November 2007 | On Our Radar
Worth Repeating
“Without nepotism, Hillary would be running for the president of Vassar. But then, without nepotism, W. would be pumping gas in Midland.”
— Columnist Maureen Dowd (NY Times, 9/30)
“The US government has 80,000 people, including ordinary American citizens, on its ‘no-fly list.’ No one knows why they are on the list, and no one on the list can find out how to get off it.”
— Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Paul Craig Roberts (informationclearinghouse.info, 9/18)
“Anita’s wear-it-on-her-sleeve enthusiasm was part of her effectiveness as a businesswoman and activist. It was hard to resist her energy.”
— Jay Harris, president and publisher of Mother Jones, remembering Anita Roddick, Body Shop founder and supporter of countless activist efforts (including this magazine), who died 9/11.
“Before the TV show Survivor came on, who predicted that millions of people would watch a bunch of assholes fighting over a coconut? A good producer can make anything seem fascinating.”
— Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert (The Dilbert Blog, 10/04)
“Signing up a new credit card customer: $58. Buying off Congress: $8.5 million. Keeping Americans in hock for life: priceless.”
— Reporter Dave Gilson on the alarming growth of both consumer credit card debt and card company profits (Mother Jones, Sept./Oct.)
“Regrettably, some Americans are simply not aware of how large an asshole footprint they leave on the planet.”
— A social-service piece on making reparations through organizations “whose missions nobly uphold the tenets of anti-assholedom” (Vanity Fair, Oct.)
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