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

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Hang on to your Guns and Sodas, Hypocrite 'Nanny' Bloomberg wants to Run

What a Putz! m/r

 Bloomberg to Run | Truth Revolt

 2.8.2016  Brian Lilley

 Former NYC mayor wants to bring nanny state nationwide.  

Is America ready for a president concerned about the size of your soda or the amount of sodium that is in food donated to the homeless? Michael Bloomberg hopes so.

The billionaire media mogul who was mayor of New York City from January 2002 until December 2013 is looking at a run for the White House, according to The Financial Times. Like another billionaire candidate, Bloomberg was a lifelong Democrat until he saw opportunity and switched to being a Republican in a successful attempt to replace the popular and outgoing Rudy Giuliani as NYC's top political boss.

In an interview with FT, Bloomberg admits for the first time that he is considering all options and has a team looking at plans;
"I find the level of discourse and discussion distressingly banal and an outrage and an insult to the voters," Mr Bloomberg said in an interview, before adding that the US public deserved "a lot better." 
And Bloomberg thinks he is better, even though a poll done by his own Bloomberg news organization and the Des Moines Register found that just 9% of Republicans in Iowa and 17% of Democrats had favorable views of Hizzoner.

Bloomberg, who fancies himself an independent now, made nationwide  headlines with attempts to ban large soda drinks from being sold in New  York and other nanny state measures. Since leaving office Bloomberg has devoted a lot of time and millions of his own dollars to support the push for greater gun control. In keeping with what Donald Trump would
label "New York values," Bloomberg is also reliably pro-abortion and supports many other liberal causes. ...

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