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 15, 2010

Is the Bellagio Heist just a real-life mixed metaphor for Harry Ried, Congress personified

A Genuine Heist (Updated) | The Weekly Standard
DEC 15, 2010 • BY VICTORINO MATUS

A motorcycle bandit robs the Bellagio ... and gets away with it?The unthinkable has happened. A man has managed to rip off the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas, getting away with more than $1.5 million in chips. Reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

Police said a man parked his late-model black sport motorcycle at the north valet entrance of the casino about 3:50 a.m. He entered the casino wearing a white, full-face motorcycle helmet and a leather jacket, police said.

The man approached a nearby craps table and demanded money, which he received, and then left the casino. He fled west on Flamingo Road on the motorcycle, police said.

No one was hurt and no shots were fired, according to Lt. Clint Nichols. The man did not take money from casino patrons and was in the casino for only 2 to 3 minutes.

"He parked, walked in, committed the robbery and left," he said.

And all without the aid of a Chinese acrobat.

Of course, unlike Hollywood's telling of impregnable casinos, heists really do happen in Vegas. A friend of mine was witness to one a few years ago. One moment she's pulling on a slot machine, the next, she's hiding behind it while armed men are pulling off a score. (I asked her if, while hiding behind the one-armed bandit, she continued hitting the "max bet" button. She declined to answer.)

According to the Review-Journal, "In 2009, there were nine casino robberies in the Las Vegas Police jurisdiction. Tuesday's robbery makes 10 for 2010, [Nichols] said."



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