Regulatory Aficionado Mugs

'We're pleased to announce we're doing a government study to find out just who regulates the electric industry.'

"Great news! The Fed possibly confirmed that a possible rate hike is possibly possible!"

"Your Honor, we're going to go with the prosecution's spin."

'I request an postponement, Your Honor -- I have to study for my bar exams.'

Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Forever Supreme

'Wow! I never before saw such a strenuous objection.'

"The sign ruins our surprise attack, but it's a big OSHA fine if we don't have it."

"Don't worry! He's totally changed..."

"...And the court awards you twenty five thousand for the loss of faculty in your right arm."

Obama's Financial Reform Pill: I hope they won't need a glass of water.

He waited for the next wave of regulations to arrive.

'I know you don't belong here, but if we let you go to Heaven, we couldn't not guarantee your safety.'

"Haven't you ever heard of the first amendment?"

"I was caught and released. But according to news reports, I remain a fish of interest."

They Are Not Going to Take Me

Speeding Forklift

'Dalrymple came to us from the public sector.'

"We can serve a rare handburger, but because of health regulations, this room will have to be heated to 160 degrees."

'Your Honor, we find the defendant rich, famous and not guilty.'

'... Because it's the law! That's why!'

Judge

Federal Bureau of Bureaucrats: 'Regulation - the mother's milk of politics!'

News and Magazines. New Economic Regulations. "New economic regulations" --- What do you suppose they are? "Come to a complete stop"?

Freeway exit signs: Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation.

'You can't arrest me -- I gave my power of attorney to another guy!'

'Federal Bureau of Technological Compliance - May I help you?'

'I just had the greatest idea! -- Let's deregulate ourselves!'

"Look, they get really mad when I dig up the garden, so, can you please sign this statutory declaration..."

J. P. Morgan whale harpooned by bank regulators.

'I'm a doctor... This man needs someone who can grant me immunity from liability, and FAST!'

"I've decided to accept my legal counsel's advice and take the fifth."

"So we are four days into the new Procurement Act. How are you feeling?"/"I am ok and everything seems to be fine, but I miss the anticipation."

"Uh-huh, I see... and how did you get along with the other adopted sections of this highway?"

'He's the most important man here - He writes the compliance procedures for the DEPARTMENT of Compliance!'

'I've learned one thing in my years of experience in the business world -- never see a lawyer without seeing a lawyer first.'