Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Speaking of Enviro-Disaster through Regulation - Is the ethanol mandate worse than fracking?

Total ineptitude throughout the administration based on its fantasy political, socialist goals. m/r

Is the ethanol mandate worse than fracking? | The Daily Caller
11-12-13
An in-depth investigation has revealed that a key Obama administration environmental policy is actually harming the environment, causing large amounts of toxic nitrogen fertilizer to seep into water supplies.
The Associated Press’s investigation into the federal ethanol mandate found that not only is it not living up to its expectations, but the policy is also causing widespread environmental degradation and harming drinking water.
On the other hand, oil and natural gas exploration using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is not damaging water quality. The Environmental Protection Agency has failed on three separate occasions to link fracking to drinking water contamination, and an Energy Department study said fracking is safe when done within regulatory constraints.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/12/is-the-ethanol-mandate-worse-the-for-environment-than-fracking/#ixzz2kSA2WLV9
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