“We hear from time to time about horrible human rights atrocities happening around the globe. Our government claims that it stands in favor of human rights, and our leaders are in the news demanding consequences for other countries that are abusing their populations. But there is a huge denial about how widespread and common these kinds of atrocities are in the United States, and that we are not nearly as different from other countries as we would like to believe we are.” BelieveHumansKindChildrenDifferentCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedCommonLeaderUnited StatesRightsHugeNewsHappeningsConsequenceClaimsHuman RightsPopulationFavorsHorribleDenialOther CountriesGlobesAtrocities Author:Lundy Bancroft
“Prior to his takeover of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini was camping near Paris, giving daily news conferences to a fawning international press corps without a murmur of complaint to France from the United States about the disaster it was coddling in the incredibly naive liberal belief that this extremist cleric would be an improvement over the Shah.” GivingStatesWould BeBeliefUnitedUnited StatesNewsPressesInternationalImprovementDisasterFranceParisIranComplaintsNaiveConferencesExtremistCampingTakeoversDaily NewsKhomeini Author:Alexander Haig
“The first case of mad cow disease since 2006 was discovered right here in the United States. The good news, since the cow is in California, instead of putting the cow down, they are going to enroll him in anger management classes.” FirstsStatesUnitedClassCasesUnited StatesDiseaseNewsManagementMadCaliforniaCowsGood NewsAnger ManagementMad Cow Disease Author:Jay Leno
“Pope Francis announced that next year he is coming to the United States, or as Fox News is reporting it, 'Obama lets in yet another guy from South America.'” YearsStatesAmericaGuyNextUnitedUnited StatesNewsSouthPopeFoxesNext YearOther GuysFox NewsSouth America Author:Conan O'Brien
“Fox News has learned some United States investigators believe that there are Israelis again very much engaged in spying in and on the United States, who may have known things they didn't tell us before September 11, 2001.” BelieveMayStatesUnitedKnownUnited StatesNewsEngagedSeptemberFoxesSeptember 11Fox NewsInvestigatorsSeptember 11 2001 Author:Brit Hume
“We live in such a sheltered environment in the United States. I've been fortunate enough to have traveled all over the world, and I've seen things you only read about and see on the news.” WorldStatesEnoughSportsUnitedUnited StatesEnvironmentNewsFortunateTraveled Author:Payne Stewart
“from one minute to the next the present is merely an honorary past. It must be filled unceasingly anew to dissemble the curse it carries within itself; that is why Americans like speed, alcohol, thriller films and any sensational news: the demand for new things, and ever newer things, is feverish since nowhere will they rest.” PastFilmNextUnited StatesMinutesDemandNewsFilledSpeedAlcoholCurseCarrieNew ThingsThrillersOne MinuteNewnessSensationalHonorary Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in the world and about its influence on the United States. We're concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope investors, you know - secondly, I hope investors hold investments for periods of time - that I've always found the best investments are those that you salt away based on economics.” KnowsWorldMeanLongStatesHumorPoliticalFoundTermUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceEconomicPositionPeriodsNewsConcernedEconomicsInvestmentFolksOptimisticLong TermInvestorsSaltShort TermPolitical HumorBest Investment Author:George W. Bush
“In an interview with Rolling Stone, Senator John Kerry, who is running for president, said that when he voted for the war in Iraq, he didn't expect President Bush to 'f--- it up as badly as he did.' Here's some breaking news, tomorrow former Vice President Al Gore expected to endorse Howard Dean as the Democratic nominee for president of the United States - and you thought John Kerry was using four letter words before! Actually, to John Kerry, Dean is a four letter word.” SaidWarStatesRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesFourTomorrowNewsStonesLettersDemocraticIraqVicesExpectedFormerInterviewsAlsRollingSenatorsPresident BushGoreDeanVice PresidentRolling StonesJohn KerryFour Letter WordsBreaking News Author:Jay Leno
“Our top story, in 'Threat Matrix Reloaded' news ... Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Muller held a press conference today to announce that Al Qaeda is planning attacks somewhere inside the United States at sometime in the future. So go about your normal lives, but with a vague sense of foreboding.” StatesStoriesTodayUnitedUnited StatesDirectorsNormalNewsPressesThreatPlanningAlsVagueConferencesFbiAttorneyAl QaedaNormal LifePress ConferencesForeboding Author:Craig Kilborn
“The abnormal, the sick, the vicious have become more and more interwoven into the violent culture of the United States. Into the way news is seen, into the way movies are seen.” WayStatesCultureUnitedUnited StatesNewsSickViolentViciousAbnormal Author:Assata Shakur
“We cannot have a society in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States. If somebody is able to intimidate folks out of releasing a satirical movie, imagine what's going to happen when they see a documentary they don't like or news reports they don't like."” IfsStatesHappensAbleUnitedUnited StatesImagineNewsFolksReportsCensorshipDictatorDocumentariesIntimidatingImposingSatirical Author:Barack Obama
“Congratulations to President Obama on being reelected president of the United States. Turns out it is not all bad news for the Republicans. It seems that depression is covered by Obamacare.” StatesSeemsTurnsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesRepublicanNewsCoveredPresident ObamaCongratulationsObamacareBad News Author:Jay Leno
“Now, many Americans fear that China might grow too strong ... I'm more worried that America might be getting too weak. It's not bad for the United States if other nations have a strong economy. One fewer hungry-mouthed country wanting us to take care of it and its people is great news. If they have money, maybe they will buy the things we innovate and make.” PeopleIfsCountryStatesMightCareAmericaStrongNationsGrowsUnitedUnited StatesEconomyNewsWeakChinaTake CareHungryWorriedFewerStrong EconomyGreat News Author:Mike Huckabee
“When I'm through with the Lee Greenwood Theatre, I won't do anything else in entertainment. Maybe I'll become an ambassador for the United States maybe I'll get into television, some news anchoring or something in a major city. Certainly the visibility would interest me a little bit. But someplace that would allow me to sit still certainly.” LittlesStillsStatesBitsInterestUnitedCitiesUnited StatesTelevisionMajorsLittle BitNewsEntertainmentTheatreAmbassadorsVisibility Author:Lee Greenwood
“If you see what passes as the news on the networks in the United States, there's virtually no coverage of the rest of the world, not even of neighboring countries like Mexico or neighboring continents like Latin America.” IfsWorldCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesNewsLatinMexicoContinentsCoverageLatin America Author:Tariq Ali
“I have met with women who toward the end of their pregnancy get the worst news one could get, that their health is in jeopardy if they continue to carry to term or that something terrible has happened or just been discovered about the pregnancy. I do not think the United States government should be stepping in and making those most personal of decisions. So you can regulate if you are doing so with the life and the health of the mother taken into account.” IfsThinkingShouldEndsStatesGovernmentMotherTermDecisionUnitedUnited StatesTakenHappenedWorstTerribleMetsNewsAccountsPregnancyState GovernmentJeopardyUnited States Government Author:Hillary Clinton
“The good news is that the Paris Agreement is not just a bilateral agreement between the United States and some other country. You have 200 countries who came together. It's an international agreement.” CountryStatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesNewsInternationalParisAgreementOther CountriesGood News Author:Barack Obama
“When the United States invaded Iraq, a New York Times/CBS News survey estimated that 42 percent of the American public believed that Saddam Hussein was directly responsible for the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. And an ABC news poll said that 55 percent of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein directly supported al-Qaeda. None of this opinion is based on evidence (because there isn’t any).” WorldSaidStatesUnitedOpinionUnited StatesNew YorkNewsPercentEvidenceResponsibleTradeIraqAlsSeptemberSaddamHusseinPollsSeptember 11New York TimesSurveysAl QaedaPentagonWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterSeptember 11th Author:Arundhati Roy
“If we're not vigilant foreign countries can have an impact on the political debate in the United States in ways that might not have been true 10, 20, 30 years ago in - in part because of the way news is transmitted and in part because so many people are skeptical of mainstream news organizations that - everything's true and everything's false.” PeopleIfsWayYearsHas BeensCountryStatesMightPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesNewsYears AgoOrganizationImpactDebateMainstreamSkepticalVigilantForeign CountriesPolitical Debates Author:Barack Obama
“I think Canada has stayed true to its news roots better than the United States has, in many ways. So I think Al Jazeera America is going to look a lot like the news that Canadians are used to: longer stories, more investigation, deeper analysis, less partisan.” ThinkingWayLooksStatesStoriesAmericaUsedUnitedUnited StatesNewsRootsDeeperAnalysisCanadaAlsInvestigationPartisans Author:Ali Velshi
“On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening news broadcast. Not one had been president of an Ivy League college or run a serious campaign for president.” StatesRunningHousePresidentUnitedUnited StatesCollegeSeriousNewsCourtCampaignsSupremeEveningLeagueSpeakersSoloSupreme CourtAstronautAnchorsIvyIvy League Author:Dee Dee Myers
“A significant number of people believe tribal people still live and dress as they did 300 years ago. During my tenure as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, national news agencies requesting interviews sometimes asked if they could film a tribal dance or if I would wear traditional tribal clothing for the interview. I doubt they asked the president of the United States to dress like a pilgrim for an interview.” PeopleIfsYearsBelieveStillsSometimesStatesFilmNationsPresidentUnitedNumbersUnited StatesDoubtNewsYears AgoDressesSignificantTraditionalChiefsAgencyInterviewsClothingsPrincipalPilgrimTenureCherokeeSignificant Numbers Book:Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women Source: Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women
“Immigration and border security remain critical issues that I am committed to addressing this year. The good news is that illegal immigration is at an all-time low, making now the time to dedicate the needed technology and resources to finally secure the border for good. As border security improves, I look forward to working in a bipartisan manner to fix our broken immigration system and address the millions of people living in the United States outside of legal status.” PeopleYearsLooksStatesUnitedMillionsTechnologyUnited StatesIssuesSecurityBrokenNeededNewsLowsResourcesCommittedCriticalImmigrationAll TimeSecureBordersAddressesIllegalGood NewsImmigration ReformBipartisanIllegal ImmigrationBorder SecurityAll Time Low Author:John McCain