“Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.”

Strangely enough, this reminds me of Bernanke and the FED today. The only thing they know is printing money. You give them the printing presses...you know the rest.

yep, so many examples, so little time

How appropriate for the last eight years. It's the Peter Paul principle taken to the extreme

Americans don't need Ukranians to tell us that. We have George W, you know the guy who even chopped down that poor little tree.

True enough. Another reason the US government's powers are supposed to be strictly limited as per the Constitution. Whenever I see Obama, I see a little boy.

Thank you, Alex. I'll take the bleeding obvious for five-hundred.

Every time the government encounters you expect a pounding.