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[August1991]

Rick Hillier, Newfoundlander, 52.

He also dismissed reports of an angry phone conversation with the prime minister over the government's handling of the Afghan detainee issue, saying his relationship with Harper was "solid and good."

The general said he heard about the reports when he was on vacation in the Dominican Republic with his wife.

"I was on my third rum and Coke and I really didn't give a damn," he said with a chuckle.

CBC

[August1991]

Michelle Obama, American, 44

“I know we’re spending — I added it up for the first time — we spend between the two kids, on extracurriculars outside the classroom, we’re spending about $10,000 a year on piano and dance and sports supplements and so on and so forth,” Mrs. Obama tells the women. “And summer programs. That’s the other huge cost. Barack is saying, ‘Whyyyyyy are we spending that?’ And I’m saying, ‘Do you know what summer camp costs?’”

National Review

[guyser]

we’re spending about $10,000 a year on piano and dance and sports supplements

Seems cheap.....put the kids in hockey or swimming...yikes

[August1991]

Geraldine Ferraro, one-time US Vice-Presidential candidate, 72

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," she continued. "And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept." Ferraro does not buy the notion of Obama as the great reconciler.

"I was reading an article that said young Republicans are out there campaigning for Obama because they believe he's going to be able to put an end to partisanship," Ferraro said, clearly annoyed. "Dear God! Anyone that has worked in the Congress knows that for over 200 years this country has had partisanship - that's the way our country is."

Link

[August1991]

Eliot Spitzer, erstwhile NY Governor, 48

Over the course of my public life I have insisted, I believe correctly, that people, regardless of their position or power, take responsibility for their conduct.

I can and will ask no less of myself.

AP

(He only applied that principle to his own conduct after being discovered and even then, he gave it two days of political consideration before resigning.)

Edited by August1991, 12 March 2008 - 06:54 PM.

[Pliny]

Eliot Spitzer, erstwhile NY Governor, 48
AP

(He only applied that principle to his own conduct after being discovered and even then, he gave it two days of political consideration before resigning.)

Now he can be a regular Joe and just worry about the Eliot Spitzers of the world. Hope the door hits him in the ass on the way out. Another do-gooder paves himself a road to hell.

Edited by Pliny, 12 March 2008 - 11:03 PM.

[AngusThermopyle]

If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
--George W. Bush

01/01/2000

I really like this one.

[charter.rights]

"So, chief, what did you call this place before the European explorers arrived?" the reporter asked.

"Ours," he replied.

-- Anonymous

[AngusThermopyle]

"So, chief, what did you call this place before the European explorers arrived?" the reporter asked.

"Ours," he replied.

-- Anonymous

Nice one. Very basic and generic, very applicable to just about anyone alive today.

[Pliny]

"So, chief, what did you call this place before the European explorers arrived?" the reporter asked.

"Ours," he replied.

-- Anonymous

Complete BS. There was no such concept as land ownership. They would not have called it "ours".

Edited by Pliny, 25 March 2008 - 08:59 AM.

[August1991]

Cyndi Canary, Executive Director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, on Barack Obama as a politician in Illinois:

Obama had little choice as an Illinois politician but to deal with an ethically dubious regime. “You hold your nose and work through the system,” she said.

Yet she also thinks America is being done a disservice by those who portray Obama as somehow above the uglier wheeler-dealing of politics. “He’s a pragmatic politician, and in the end if you think that he’s superman, your heart is going to get broken.”

Times

[August1991]

David Suzuki, Environmental Activist, 72

"I love Kitsilano and Vancouver, but there are too many people and too many cars. I think we can have greater density if we made the city much more hostile to cars. The cars have made our city unattractive, and thus I like to spend more of my time in a smaller place at Quanta [ed, Quadra] Island where we also have a home."

Link

[M.Dancer]

David Suzuki, Environmental Activist, 72Link

Remember that car he gave his young student in the Karate Kid?

It was a 1950 Chevrolet Convertible...man that was great....

Global warming On, left hand, Global Warming Off right hand....

[August1991]

Michèle Piuze, ex-wife of Patrick Roy and mother of Jonathan Roy, comments after her son is involved in a hockey fight:

«Mon fils est un grand sensible.»

Canoe

Edited by August1991, 25 March 2008 - 06:11 AM.

[AngusThermopyle]

Do not destroy oil wells, a source of wealth that belongs to the Iraqi people.
--George W. Bush

03/17/2003
in a national address to the Iraqi people

I like this one as well.
[You're doing a heck of a job!]