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, January 27, 2017

The World Gets Alined With the Stars

The two Great English Speaking Counties together again in their Special Relationship! m/r

What a special relationship! Trump gets touchy-feely with Theresa as he declares 'great days lie ahead' and reveals he's meeting the Queen (let's just hope he keeps his hands to himself that day)

  • PM has sealed her fledgling alliance with Donald Trump with a warm handshake at White House 
  • Signed the visitors' book before viewing a bust of Churchill the president has moved into the Oval Office 
  • Held a joint press conference and went to working lunch 
  • Earlier May laid wreath at Arlington National Cemetery before heading for first talks with Trump 
  • Says she hopes to have a close relationship with the new President because 'sometimes opposites attract'
  • Urged Trump to beware of Vladimir Putin and called NATO 'the cornerstone of the West's defense'
By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com and James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline
Published:  27 January 2017

The pair bonded over a bust of Winston Churchill in the American president's office and were later seen walking hand-in-hand from down the West Wing Colonnade on their way to a joint press conference.
Trump grabbed May's hand as they approached the cameras, patting it twice, and then letting it go. 
May announced at a news conference that the Queen has invited Trump for a state visit to the UK and revealed that the president and first lady had accepted.
Trump and May opened a new chapter in the 'special relationship' between the allied nations as they met today for talks on trade, NATO and the fight against ISIS. 
The fellow conservatives sealed their fledgling alliance in the Oval Office with a warm handshake. Trump said it was 'an honor' to have May in the White House. May replied: ‘Well thank you Mr President.’ 



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