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

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Lawsuit from the Feds Awaits - Gov. Christie: Atlantic City could get sports betting by year's end

Eric Holder just loves to sue Republican Governors. What, equal treatment under the law? He never head of it.

Gov. Christie: Atlantic City could get sports betting by year's end | NJ.com

ay 25, 2012, By Megan DeMarco/Statehouse Bureau 

ATLANTIC CITY — Sports betting may come to Atlantic City as early as this fall despite a federal ban, Gov. Chris Chris Christie announced today at a Boardwalk news conference in Atlantic City.
Christie said he planned to submit regulations this week and hoped patrons of the casinos in the resort city and the state’s four horse racing tracks could bet on professional and certain college sports games by October or November.
"We intend to go forward and allow sports betting to happen," Christie said. "If someone wants to stop us, then let them try to stop us."
Christie said he expected legal action from the federal government to try to stop the state from implementing sports wagering, but "I have every confidence we’re going to be successful."
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