Disgusting...

...Democrats.

More on Margaret Thatcher...

A couple items:

Althouse on Rush Limbaugh, who called Margaret Thatcher “One of the greatest Americans quote, unquote I've ever met”.

Margaret Thatcher's 19 most badass moments, including this one (watch it to the very end, it's short):


Oh, how I long for American politicians at the national level with such fervently held beliefs!

Goodbye to the Iron Lady...

My readers will know that Margaret Thatcher has long been one of my heroes.  She's been out of the public eye, ill and suffering from dementia, for many years now.  Her death yesterday feels like just one last step in a long process, but still very sad.

If you don't know much about Mrs. Thatcher, I recommend Claire Berlinski's excellent book There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters. 

Here's a small collection of links to the varied thoughts of some political and economic observers upon her death:

Mark Steyn (an ex-Brit)
James Delingpole (a disgusted Brit)
Paul Johnson
Megan McArdle

My favorite two quotes from yesterday:

    With her passing, there are no more men in England.
        -- Sanford Begley

    The Brits haven't had a PM fit to carry her purse since.
        -- Tam

Goodbye, Mrs. Thatcher.  The world needed you, and needs you still...

Thatcher Quotes...

Here's a nice collection of Margaret Thatcher quotes.  Like the Reagan quotes I linked a few days ago, this one also contains several I'd not seen before, including this gem on political consensus:

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

Oh, Maggie, that's exactly what's wrong with political consensus, in just a few words.  Perfect...

And here's one of my all-time favorite Thatcher quotes, which I've heard many times before:

We should back the workers, not the shirkers.

You hear that, CongressCritters?