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, October 18, 2010

Obama to appear on upcoming episode of ‘Mythbusters’ -as Buster their Dummy Presumably!


Obama to appear on upcoming episode of ‘Mythbusters’ | Washington Examiner

Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
10/18/10 11:55 AM EDT

Ladies and gentlemen, start your punchlines! Seriously though, Mythbusters is an entertaining and educational show, so if the President wants to go on and talk about Archimedes, great. (Though after the weekend, I have my doubts about what he president really knows about “facts and science.”) Hear hear!

But seriously, how thin are they planning on stretching the Obama brand here? Shouldn’t he be governing the country in the midst of a war and the worst economic crisis in 80 years? Or failing that, raising money for Democrats? Last year the guy made 411 speeches, comments and remarks; gave 42 news conferences and 158 interviews; and had 23 townhall meetings. He doesn’t appear to have slowed down much this year. Maybe the guy should take some meetings and avoid the fluffy stuff for while…



Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/obama-to-appear-on-upcoming-episode-of-mythbusters-105180354.html#ixzz12jf7EEIJ
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