>...This unsavory phrase originates in British government bureaucracy and darkly refers to the Civil Service's clever response to the threat of spending cuts....>>
Source:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/the_parade_of_bleeding_stumps.html
A cunning plan to spring a killer from a jail on England's Isle of Wight by helicopter was foiled by prison guards and police when prison staff spotted the bizarre phrase "more heat, less light" in a document.
"The Austrians were right" is a phrase we hear often now, and for good reason.
The housing bubble and bust were called by the Austrians and, essentially, no one else. The Austrians were right about the dot-com bubble and bust. The Austrians were right about the 1970s stagflation and explosion in the price of gold after the gold window was closed.
Source:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/hazlitt-bretton-woods147.html
There is no more solemn duty for an American��commander-in-chief than the martialling of "all elements of American power" - the phrase Obama himself used on Monday - to protect the people of the United States.
In that key respect, Obama failed on Christmas Day, just as President George W.
