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

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Want more proof that Politicians and Government are our Enemy? Who decides if a political ad is a lie?

Democrats are the worst, Rino's are a close second. m/r

Who decides if a political ad is a lie? | New York Post
William McGurn 1-16-14
Steve Driehaus [D-Ohio] is still a loser.
For those who remember, Driehaus was the Ohio politician who sued his political opponents for — get this — “depriving him of his livelihood” as a congressman. So egregious was this sorehead’s effort to criminalize people for criticizing him, even the local ACLU sided against him.
Now the folks Driehaus tried to bully into silence will get their day in the Supreme Court. Their case raises a fundamental question about speech: In a free society, who gets to decide the truth or falsity of political claims: the voters, or an unelected government panel?
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