On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:39:17 -0500, Cliff wrote:
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THE TOP 10 quotes of 2008, as compiled by the editor of the Yale Book of
Quotations:
1. "I can see Russia from my house!" — Comedian Tina Fey, while
impersonating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," broadcast
Sept. 13
2. "All of them, any of them that have been in fr ont of me over all these
years." — Palin, responding to a request by CBS anchor Katie Couric to
name the newspapers or magazines she reads, broadcast Oct. 1
3. "We have sort of become a nation of whiners." — former Sen. Phil Gramm,
an economic adviser to Sen. John McCain, quoted in The Washington Times,
July 10
4. "It's not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to choose
a really large number." — Treasury Department spokeswoman explaining how
the $700 billion number was chosen for the initial bailout, quoted on
Forbes .co m Sept. 23
5. "The fundamentals of America's economy are strong." — McCain, in an
interview with Bloomberg TV, April 17
6. "Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are
nonreviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed
by any court of law or any administrative agency." — The Treasury
Department's proposed Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, September 2008
7. "Maybe 100." — McCain, discussing in a town-hall meeting in Derry,
N.H., how many years U.S. troops could remain in Iraq, Jan. 3
8. "I'll see you at the debates, b — ." — Paris Hilton in a video
responding to a McCain television ad, August 2008
9. "Barack, he's talking down to black people. ... I want to cut his ...
off." — the Rev. Jesse Jackson, overheard over a live microphone before a
Fox News interview, July 6
10. (tie) "Cash for trash." — Paul Krugman discussing the financial
bailout, The New York Times, Sept. 22
10. (tie) "There are no atheists in foxholes and there are no libertarians
in financial crises." — Krugman, in an interview with Bill Maher on HBO's
"Real Time," broadcast Sept. 19
10. (tie) "Anyone who says we're in a recession, or heading into one —
especially the worst one since the Great Depression — is making up his own
private definition of 'recession.' " — commentator Donald Luskin, the day
before Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, The Washington Post, Sept. 14
Source: The Associated Press
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...yndication=rss
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The last is the most ironic. Donlald Luskin is an interesting critter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Luskin
Having spent his entire career in the banking and investment industry his
comment above is either a self-serving lie or shows that he is irreparably
out of touch with reality.
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Regards, Curly
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