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

Monday, February 17, 2014

Revisiting Jerry Seinfeld’s push-back and the "The Bell Curve" - Baby Steps Toward Race Realism

Little Skunks everywhere: Real honest answers are rare and refreshing today. m/r

Baby Steps Toward Race Realism - Taki's Magazine

by John Derbyshire February 13, 2014
Call me a cockeyed optimist, but I took heart from the micro-fuss over Jerry Seinfeld’s push-back against PC bullying the other day. In case you missed it, Seinfeld was being interviewed on TV about his recent comedy series. “I have noticed that most of the guests [i.e., on Seinfeld’s series] are mostly white males,” murmured the hipster interviewer, deftly unsheathing his stiletto.
Seinfeld kicked it out of his hand. Pointing out at the studio audience, he scoffed: “Take a look over here, Peter. Whaddya see? A lotta Whitey!” The hipster guy didn’t know whether to sneeze or wind his watch.
It wasn’t precisely my dream scenario, which is of some white celebrity being asked, “Are you racist?” and replying: “Yes. What’s it to ya?” As a break from the bland orthodoxy of talk TV, though, it sure was refreshing and heartening. Incidents such as this are steps, if only baby steps, away from the silly counterfactual cant that we call political correctness (PC) and toward realism about human nature.
“With the swelling flow of news from the sciences and rising cynicism among the young, the citadel of PC may yet crumble and be washed away.”

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http://takimag.com/article/baby_steps_toward_race_realism_john_derbyshire/print#ixzz2tbsmL1AW
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