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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

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Let him just read and read and read a thousand words in reaction to anything- Groan

The Nobel Laureate-for-Nothing. m/r

Barack Obama: A man for the ages!

3-11-15  ANN COULTER

PRESIDENT NUANCE

Ann Coulter rewrites famous Winston Churchill speech a la BHO


Everyone says President Obama is a feckless commander, weak in statecraft, especially compared to the great leaders of the Western world, such as Reagan and Churchill.
I believe this does Obama a great injustice. It’s so easy to react the way a great leader would. Sure, Obama could have left a small contingent of American troops in Iraq, preserved America’s victory, and prevented the entire region from collapsing into chaos and terror. He could have refrained from issuing empty “red line” threats to Syria. He could call ISIS “Islamic.” But anybody could do that – even ISIS calls itself “Islamic.” (Note for scholars: That’s what the first “I” stands for.)
These are the obvious answers. Obama could do it, too. But let me hasten to add: Those guys – unlike Obama – never won a Nobel Peace Prize. The genius of Obama is that he takes a much more nuanced view of the world.
Rather than lament that Reagan, Churchill and other great men aren’t our leaders in this increasingly dangerous world, we should really be lamenting that Obama wasn’t in charge in their day. ...

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/03/barack-obama-a-man-for-the-ages/#MKmb4XMsKfIhpHWi.99
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