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, September 24, 2015

Islam is a Deadly Religion ... for Muslims!

The reason Muslims are obligated to only make the pilgrimage to Mecca only once is because they my not even survive. m/r
"The replies were satisfactory, and the boy
Mohammed was authoritatively ordered to conduct me round the building,
and to recite the prayers. I will not deny that, looking at the
windowless walls, the officials at the door, and a crowd of excited
fanatics below...my feelings were of the trapped-rat description,...A
blunder, a hasty action, a misjudged word, a prayer or bow, not strictly
the right shibboleth, and my bones would have whitened the desert sand. ... " ~ Sir Richard Francis Burton in the Forbidden City of Mecca, 1853.  
Video: Mecca stampede: At least 717 killed and hundreds injured in crush during hajj - Telegraph

By and Raziye Akkoc  9-24-15

At least 863 people have been hurt in a stampede in Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage in the deadliest incident in 25 years which the health minister blamed on unruly pilgrims
• At least 717 pilgrims killed outside Mecca
• At least 863 injured on the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha
• Saudi Arabia's crown prince orders investigation
• Saudi health minister blames undisciplined pilgrims 
• Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of safety errors after 43 citizens die
Saudi Arabia's safety record for religious pilgrimages was under scrutiny on Thursday after 717 people died in the worst disaster to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca in 25 years.
At least 863 others were injured in the crush at Mina, a few miles east of Mecca, caused by two large groups of pilgrims arriving together at a crossroads on their way to performing the "stoning the devil" ritual at Jamarat, Saudi civil defence said. ...
...  The tragedy was the worst to befall the pilgrimage since July 1990, when 1,426 pilgrims were perished in an overcrowded pedestrian tunnel leading to holy sites near Mecca and the ninth in a string of such incidents since then.
Both stampedes occurred on Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice), Islam's most important feast and the day of the stoning ritual. Over the last 25 years, such incidents have claimed the lives of more than 3,000 pilgrims.  ...
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