Pembrokeshire news you won't
find in the papers.
Old Grumpy
"It
is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary
depends upon his not understanding it!".(Upton Sinclair)
Of all tyrannies,
a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may
be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber
barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s
cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be
satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment
us without end for they do so with the approval of their own
conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the
same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness
stings with intolerable insult. To be “cured” against
one’s will and cured of states which we may not regard as
disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached
the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with
infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals. (C.S. Lewis)
"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the
collective wisdom of individual ignorance." H L Menken
Anyone
who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted
in large matters either (Albert Einstein)
Real journalism consists of what someone doesn't
want published, all the rest is public relations (George Orwell).
"A newspaper is of necessity something
of a monopoly, and its first duty is to shun the the temptations
of monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering of news. At
the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted.
Neither in what it gives, nor it what it does not give nor in
the mode of presentation must the unclouded face of truth suffer
wrong. Comment is free, but facts are sacred (CP Scott - Editor
Manchester Guardian).
Authoritarians have an extreme contempt for
facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on
the power of the man who can fabricate it (Hannah Arendt: Origins
of Totalitarianism)
Be
you never so high, the law is above you (Lord Denning)
When
you're taking flak, you must be over the target (Pat Robinson).
www.manorbier.com
The website that aims to keep you up to speed
with the shady backstairs dealings within Pembrokeshire County
Council and other public bodies.