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

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Come Home and Die or Get Fired! Liberian Ministers Who Defied Ebola Order Fired

The better off than most Liberians, who are abroad in diplomatic positions, were ordered to return to their African homeland or lose their jobs. Most, as reported, saw the choice as no choice and refused to return to a 50% prospect of death by Ebola. What would you do? m/r

Liberian Ministers Who Defied Ebola Order Fired – ABC News | News List Online

 -full short post from AP  -8-26-14-

The Planet Health Organization states 240 healthcare employees happen to be have contracted Ebola, 1 / 2 of whom died.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has wiped out greater than 1,400 individuals Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. Liberia continues to be toughest hit and it has probably the most severe measures, including sealing off a whole neighborhood from the capital.
An argument from Ellen Manley Sirleaf’s office late Monday didn’t say the number of authorities or which of them have been fired. An order to come back and turn into in Liberia came a couple of days ago included in a condition of emergency.
Liberia’s leader has fired all Cabinet ministers along with other top authorities who defied her order revisit the nation because it struggles by having an unparalleled Ebola outbreak.

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