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

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

How can someone who appears so normal be so delusional, i.e. Sebelius

Sebelius: 'No Going Back' on Health Care; American Public Disagrees | The Weekly Standard
DEC 21, 2010 • BY JEFFREY H. ANDERSON

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius told reporters on a year-end conference call, regarding Obamacare: "I think it's important that folks understand that there is no going back." But the vast majority of American voters disagree with her.

By a 19-point margin, Americans now think that Obamacare—which stands to give Sebelius unprecedented levels of largely unchecked power—is more likely to be repealed than not. According to the latest Rasmussen poll of likely voters, 52 percent of Americans now regard repeal as likely, while only 33 percent regard it as unlikely. (The remaining 15 percent are undecided.)

Americans' belief that Obamacare won't ultimately survive has been greatly buoyed in the months following the Democrats' passage of the massive overhaul in March. Shortly thereafter, by a margin of 13 percentage points, Americans regarded Obamacare's repeal as unlikely: Only 39 percent of likely voters then thought Obamacare would be repealed, while 52 percent thought it wouldn't be. Thus, the current poll marks a 32-point shift against Obamacare's likelihood of survival.

What a difference a year makes. Last Christmas, the Democrats were ramming Obamacare through the Senate in open defiance of public opinion. This Christmas, 69 Democrats on Capitol Hill are clearing out their offices to make way for Republicans, and the vast majority of Americans think that Obamacare will eventually be sent packing as well.

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