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, October 27, 2016

It Couldn't Happen to a Worse Bunch of MF's

Will The NBA Vote (Inadvertently) For Trump—And White America?

Paul Kersey   October 25, 2016

he National Basketball Association (NBA) tips off the 2016 season tonight, exactly two weeks before the November 8 election. The overwhelmingly black league seems poised to allow players continue “protests” started by their counterparts in the NFL—and thus inadvertently mobilize white America to vote for Donald J. Trump [NBA, players’ union outline joint ‘meaningful action’ plan in letter, ESPN, by Brian Windhorst, September 22, 2016].
Note that the NBA actually has a rule that “players, coaches and trainers are to stand and line up in a dignified posture along the sidelines or on the foul line during the playing of the national anthem”. [Unlike NFL, the NBA has a rule that players must stand during playing of national anthem, NOLA.com, by John Reid, September 15, 2016]
Even more interesting: why this rule was put in place—a black player, Chris Jackson, converted to Islam, became “Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf,” and sat down the national anthem before a game in 1996: ...

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