“If I had admitted my guilt, it would have been the same as putting my head on the chopping block - lifetime ban. Death penalty. I spent my entire life on the baseball fields of America, and I was not going to give up my profession without first seeing some hard evidence ... right or wrong, the punishment didn't fit the crime, so I denied the crime.” IfsGivingFirstsHas BeensHardAmericaSeeingCrimeFieldsFitGiving UpEvidenceBaseballGuiltLifetimeProfessionPunishmentBlockDeniedPenaltiesDeath PenaltyBansChoppingBaseball Field Book:My Prison Without Bars Source: My Prison Without Bars
“Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness—there was always folks stupid enough to say, Where there's smoke there's fire, when the saying should have been, Where there's scandalous lies there's always malicious believers and spreaders-around, regardless of evidence.” ShouldMindHas BeensEnoughStoriesLyingFireStupidEvidenceShould HaveFolksBelieverSmokeFoolishnessShould Have BeenMaliciousScandalous Book:Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker Source: Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker
“I think there's no question that, even though we may not have the evidence as Richard (Perle) says, that there have been such contacts (between Iraq and al Qaeda). It' s normal. It's natural. These are a lot of bad actors in the same region together. They are going to bump into each other. They are going to exchange information. They're going to feel each other out and see whether there are opportunities to cooperate. That's inevitable in this region, and I think it's clear that regardless of whether or not such evidence is produced of these connections that Saddam Hussein is a threat.” ThinkingFeelsMayHas BeensTogetherActorsOpportunityNaturalClearInformationNormalEvidenceConnectionsThreatIraqContactInevitableRegionsAlsSaddamHusseinBumpsAl Qaeda Author:Wesley Clark
“Why is there such insistence that AGW has occurred and needs drastic solutions? This is a puzzle, but my short answer is that the IPCC has been built on the AGW proposition and of course keeps plugging it, whatever the data say. The IPCC has considerable clout. Most people shy off inspecting the evidence because it looks like science and must therefore be hard. The media have been captured by AGW (it makes for great stories), the environmental movement and the Greens love it, and business is reluctant to get involved.” PeopleNeedsLooksHas BeensHardStoriesCoursesAnswersMediaMovementInvolvedSolutionsEvidenceBuiltEnvironmentalDataGlobal WarmingShyPuzzlesPropositionsGet InvolvedCapturedReluctantInsistenceDrasticClout Author:Don Aitkin