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, March 16, 2020

I was hospitalized, operated on and lost interest

Now that world is freaking out about the Chinese Corona Virus, I thought I would let you step into my world, briefly.
I was in one of my doctor's waiting rooms today. The nurses and receptionist were wearing face masks.
An older woman came into to the office. She immediately started to pump the hand sanitizer on the table. Then she asked if they had any extra masks. They did and gave her one, maybe more.
She put the mask on and sat down. Then she started to stare at me.
I wasn't wearing a mask. I was just reading the paper from the waiting room table, minding my own business.
As I turned the pages, I noticed she was still staring at me.
So I looked her in the eye and wiped my nose with my bare hand.
She stopped staring at me.

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