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"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, May 25, 2011

Stranded Limos, Wrong Dates, Botched Toasts: Obama Has Rough Time in Europe, What a Joke


This is out of a screwball comedy.
How did he miss toasting Queen Elizabeth in an Irish Pub?

My favorite line (I wish it were mine) was from Dennis Miller. Dennis Miller noted that Obama first stood up at the state banquet, turned to Lady Camila [Parker-Bowles] next to him and said, "Helen Thomas, you have the first question."

Stranded Limos, Wrong Dates, Botched Toasts: Obama Has Rough Time in Europe
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President Obama is certainly having a rough time during his trip to Europe. Several small gaffes seem to be adding up.


First, Obama's eight-ton armored limo nicknamed "The Beast" got stuck on a steep driveway while leaving the American embassy in Dublin. Ireland. He had to be switched to an inferior limo. Some say it was a Ford Festiva [what, no Volt charged up in the trunk?]. Not Obama's fault, but still.

Then while signing the guestbook at Westminster Abbey, Obama tried to turn back the hands of time, signing the date "24 May 2008." Maybe he secretly longs for the less turbulent days before he was president.

Then he botched a toast to Queen Elizabeth. This one was only partly his fault. While delivering his toast, the orchestra started playing "God Save the Queen" a bit too early. Instead of just stopping, Obama plodded on, and when he raised his glass, no one else did, instead getting a tisk-tisk glance from the Queen (you Americans are still my subjects!). The London Telegraph reports it is customary for people to stand at attention in the U.K. during the playing of the national anthem. [He may have thought it was 'My Country 'Tis of Thee']

After the song was over, Obama again raised his glass, and everybody then followed.

Obama shrugged off the incident, joking to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg that the orchestra gave him a soundtrack to his closing passage, according to the New York Daily News.

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