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

Friday, August 6, 2010

More Trash and 40 Freinds- on US- Michelle Obama's $375k Spanish holiday


Spanish police close public beach for Michelle Obama's £250k Spanish holiday | Mail Online

Michelle Obama's Lives Lavish Lifestyle (And Lavish Vacations) On Taxpayer Dollars

I've been wondering how long it would take for the blogosphere and the media to begin to heat up more critically over the Obama's lavish lifestyle and frequent vacations, at least to the point that even Democratic pundits weigh in. Apparently that time has come and apparently Michelle Obama's expensive and ostentatiously lavish vacation to Spain (most at taxpayer expense) was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back.

Judith Klinghoffer has a post up about material girl Michelle Obama'smodern-day Marie Antoinette lifestyle:

No first lady could not have gotten away with such ostentatious vulgar spending this long especially during a major depression. Michelle Obama has been pushing her luck in a most insensitive manner for a year and a half. Not that Barack has been much better. Now the dam burst just in time for the midterm elections.
Read more ... (with awesome images). Judith goes on to point out Susan Estrich's (a Democrat) piece suggesting that the Obama's just don't get it.

Shannon Bell has more on the excesses of the Obama's at the expense of the taxpayer, and justifiably suggests that we can expect more of the same as long as the Obama regime occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Ave:

The First Lady's excessive trip to Spain on the President's birthday has garnered much attention in the press. The left fawns over her as some sort of modern day American queen who has somehow earned the right to partake in luxuries that most of us will never know, simply by virtue of the fact that she is Michelle Obama. Never taking into account the economic struggles of everyday Americans on a daily basis, all the while asking, no, telling us we must sacrifice for the greater good.

This is how it is with leftists. It's always about what you should do, not what they actually do. Obama (and Michelle) are the "do as I say, not as I do" First Couple. I suppose Marie Antoinette was the same way.

And surely this is just the beginning. Americans are beginning to take notice of the Obama's lavish vacations and lifestyle, as illustrated by the comments in this Sun Times article.

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