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

Friday, September 27, 2013

How can anyone tell the difference? News media's revolving door to Obama White House blurs lines of objectivity

Most of the media has been sleazy and totally in the bag for Obama. It has been a short road to perdition for the US. From films, TV,  journalism schools to the mass media, objectivity is non-existent. m/r

News media's revolving door to Obama White House blurs lines of objectivity - Washington Times

By Jennifer Harper
- 9-24-13


Politico, illustration by Matt Wuerker
Press Secretary Jay Carney wears his Time magazine credentials
while schooling political reporters (from left to right)
The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, ABC’s Ann Compton,
and Politico’s own Carrie Budoff Brown and Glenn Thrush,
to illustrate how Carney’s journalism past affects his job behind the podium. 

News media and politics in the age of Obama have grown uncomfortably close. So many journalists have found employment in the Obama administration that the phenomenon has become a story itself, with a dozen news organizations tracking the cross-pollination between the two and speculating on the implications. The current count of press turncoats varies from a low of 15 reported by The Daily Beast to a high of 24 as reported by The Atlantic.
"I'm often surprised when I hear about colleagues leaving journalism for government or government relations. I can't imagine doing anything else, although I understand how the news business can turn sour for some people," said veteran newsman Mark Knoller, WhiteHouse  correspondent for CBS News.
"My experience in dealing with former journalists now serving as government spokespersons or officials is mixed. Some of them understand the information I'm seeking and why — and are most helpful," he said. "But some others strike me as having turned to the dark side and seem more interested in denying information than providing it."


Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/24/news-medias-revolving-door-to-obama-white-house-bl/#ixzz2g8YodWLG 
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