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
Monday, October 26, 2015
Is the Fix In, Is Washington Now All Sham?
[Ryan's provision to become Speaker] "wanted was to eliminate the House rule written by Thomas Jefferson that speakers can be recalled." m/r
Speakstakes: Paul Ryan Situation Remains Murky - The Rush Limbaugh Show
Rush Limbaugh, from the 10-23-15 Broadcast
My only point is that it didn't happen that way. Washington news is a
script. Washington politics is a script. It is written for people in
Washington, in the media, and people in political parties, those that
are famous and have a role in talking and reaching the public, they have
roles to play. The short version of this is that I think, you know,
Ryan had these two demands. And I think these demands were dealt with
long before anybody ever heard about them. His demand was that he be
elected unanimously by the Republican caucus. He didn't want any
disagreement. And that was to further unity.
And the second thing he wanted was to eliminate the House rule
written by Thomas Jefferson that speakers can be recalled. And the
third thing, he didn't want to have to travel on weekends. He wanted to
be able to maintain his time with his family. Now, that was presented
to us in one day. My contention is this was all done days and maybe a
week prior, the negotiations, the expressive Paul Ryan telling people
what his demands were, people approaching him to do this, and that
processes were put in place to make those things happen. So that takes
us to this. Well, let me close the loop on it.
Here's the dream, from the Republican donor side. The Republican
donor side is that Jeb Bush or, if not Jeb, somebody else acceptable to
the Republican establishment, gets elected president, Paul Ryan is
Speaker of the House, and the donor class thinks that if they can make
that happen, that within 12 to 18 months their entire agenda will be
implemented. ...
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