More recently, Mr. Wyly called Vice President Al Gore a regulation-happy environmentalist and mused about cranking up an anti-Gore advertising campaign.
They would be built around the theme that Mr. Gore, whose environmental record might appeal to some voters, was a regulation-happy Democrat who would not be good for business or the environment.
Whether that desperation comes from the breakneck pace of competition that famed VC Kai-Fu Lee alluded to yesterday at Disrupt, or to an increasingly regulation-happy and controlling Beijing government, is an open question.
Expect the court's decision to inflame Republicans who think the FCC has been too regulation-happy and cause greater tension over issues like Net Neutrality in the coming year.
In the end, the Obama Administration -- perhaps the most regulation-happy in history -- weakened a regulation that was actually working.
When word went out that the BPPE threatened to fine and/or shut down a handful of coding bootcamp schools like Hack Reactor and General Assembly, some technologists reacted strongly against the perceived regulation-happy hand of government.
Mr Cameron, wary of poisoning relations with the press and of Tory colleagues fiercely opposed to regulation, is happy to kick the matter into the long grass.
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he was open to additional government regulation and happy to testify before the U.S. Congress.
Many shoppers come from states with less restrictive regulation and were happy to see the bottles in the same store as their meat and potatoes.
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said: "The car complies with the regulations, we're happy with that.
"There are firms out there who have taken a lot of flak, but even with that negative press and extra regulation they are still happy to bombard and harass and even lend to someone who has a history of not being able to pay it back and is in insolvency".
