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December 18, 2006

But This Wolf Comes As A Wolf

Filed under: Comments, In English, Joke — Rui Guo @ 6:42 pm

Scalia described the legislative choice as a naked rent-seeking legislation to protect the position of politically favored actors.

…That is what this suit is about. Power. The allocation of power among Congress, the President, and the courts in such fashion as to preserve the equilibrium the Constitution sought to establish — so that “a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department,” Federalist No. 51, p. 321 (J. Madison), can effectively be resisted. Frequently an issue of this sort will come before the Court clad, so to speak, in sheep’s clothing: the potential of the asserted principle to effect important change in the equilibrium of power is not immediately evident, and must be discerned by a careful and perceptive analysis. But this wolf comes as a wolf.

Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654, 699, 101 L. Ed. 2d 569, 108 S. Ct. 2597 (1988) (Scalia, J. dissenting)

December 16, 2006

Did Pinochet, Following Milton Friedman, Really Create an “Economic Miracle” in Chile? (Leiter)

Filed under: Comments, In English, reading — Rui Guo @ 5:26 pm

[What Pinochet achieved was described that he made the nation of Chile free from the dead hand of bureaucracy, taxes and union rules, and therefore the country took a giant leap forward"...

pinochet

…but some added a few words, which are “- into bankruptcy and depression”. What’s the truth? (more…)

December 1, 2006

Beijing Exhibits Human Rights

Filed under: China, Comments, 中文 — Rui Guo @ 3:24 pm

From http://realliyida.blog.sohu.com/23197321…

“人权展”

为期十天、在北京民族文化宫举办的首届《中国人权展》在当局的尴尬和紧张的抓捕中悄悄结束。从17日到26 日,该展览历经开始无人问津的冷冷清清,被访民挤得水泄不通、抗议此起彼伏、外国记者被赶走的中期,再发展到干脆禁止百姓进入,公开抓捕的后期过程。北京 访民王学鑫表示:人权展,斩人权。该展真正展示了中国当今人权的状况。 (more…)

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