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, January 11, 2014

No Sense of Scope or Proportion in the Press - The Obama and Christie Scandals

Small minds, distorted agenda and reverse racism etc. Our worthless Press! m/r

The Obama and Christie Scandals | National Review Online

By Andrew Stiles 1-10-14
The GOP was accused of overreaching on the IRS; the Left won’t drop the traffic scandal. 
Some observers were quick to compare New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal to the inappropriate targeting of conservative activist group by the Obama administration’s Internal Revenue Service. Both involve the abuse of power to punish political opponents, and stunned, angry, saddened executives who blamed their underlings. However, the media’s reactions to the two scandals have been quite different.
The New York Times, for example, ran a “Room for Debate” forum asking contributors to debate whether or not Christie should resign as a result of the bridge scandal. “Despite his contrite apology on Thursday, and his dismissal of a top aide, do Governor Christie’s actions, or inactions, justify an end to his political career?” the paper wondered.
The Times’ coverage in the wake of the IRS-targeting revelations was a bit more nuanced. “I.R.S. Focus on Conservatives Gives G.O.P. an Issue to Seize On,” read the paper’s A1headline on May 13, 2013, just days after the scandal broke. Other outlets seized on similar storylines. “IRS scandal: GOP looks to seize election opportunity,” wrote CBS News. USA Today ran with: “GOP seizes on IRS scandal to press agenda.”
On May 15, New York’s Frank Rich called the IRS targeting a “White House mishap.”
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