“The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.” ImportantPresidentPiecesSecurityMilesSecureBordersBarriersConstructionLegislationPuzzlesFencePresident BushSignaturesBorder Security Author:Randy Neugebauer
“Human rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of POWs under the Geneva Conventions.” HumansWarPresidentDecisionPiecesRightsExampleClaimsHuman RightsDenyFighterAlsPrisonerConventionsPresident BushAl QaedaTalibanGenevaMistreatmentPrisoner Of WarGeneva Convention Author:John Yoo
“At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.” PeopleWarCountryAmericaPresidentCan DoPiecesDeserveVoteElectionPopulationCandidatesExpensiveMetalsStolenDroppingExploding Author:Ian MacKaye
“Any satirist writing a futuristic novel who had imagined a President Reagan during the Eisenhower years would have been accused of perpetrating a piece of crude, contemptible, adolescent, anti-American wickedness, when, in fact, he would have succeeded, as prophetic sentry, where Orwell failed.” WritingYearsHas BeensFactsPresidentNovelPiecesWickednessAccusedCrudePropheticFuturisticSatiristAnti-americanPresident Reagan Book:Conversations with Philip Roth Source: Conversations with Philip Roth
“Lincoln Chafee, former governor of Rhode Island, announced he's running for president. Before he announced he's running, his wife went on Facebook and asked his staff if they remembered his password. Because if a Facebook password is too hard to remember, the launch codes for the nukes should be a piece of cake.” IfsShouldHardRunningRememberPresidentPiecesWifeFormerCodeRememberedIslandsCakeGovernorsStaffPasswordsNukesRhode Island Author:Jimmy Fallon
“With any kind of physical test, I don't know what it is, I always seem to get competitive. Remember when you were in school and they'd do those hearing tests? And you'd really be listening hard, you know? I wanted to do unbelievable on the hearing test. I wanted them to come over to me after and go, 'We think you may have something close to super-hearing. What you heard was a cotton ball touching a piece of felt. We're sending the results to Washington, we'd like you to meet the President.'” ThinkingKnowsKindMayHardSeemsWantedSchoolRememberFeltPresidentResultsPiecesHeardLike YouListeningTestsBallsHearingTouchingUnbelievableRemember WhenCotton Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“Mrs Thatcher tells us she has given the French President a piece of her mind... not a gift I would receive with alacrity.” MindGivenPresidentPiecesAlacrityMrs Thatcher Author:Denis Healey
“I see this piece of legislation as essentially being a declaration of virtual war. It is giving the President tremendous powers to pursue war efforts against a sovereign nation. ...I think it is another example of a flawed foreign policy that we have followed for a good many decades.” ThinkingGivingWarNationsPresidentEffortPiecesPolicyExampleDecadesPursueGood ManForeign PolicySovereignLegislationDeclarationFlawed Author:Ron Paul
“The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing, on national television, that you have the ethical standards of a slime-coated piece of industrial waste?” JobsPresidentPiecesTelevisionPoliticianWasteStandardsEthicalRevealingSlimeEthical Standards Author:Dave Barry
“No news conferences? Interviews now only with friendly journalists? You can't be president or vice president and govern in that style, as a sequestered figure. This has been Mr. Bush's style the past few years, and see where it got us. You must address America in its entirety, not as a sliver or a series of slivers but as a full and whole entity, a great nation trying to hold together. When you don't, when you play only to your little piece, you contribute to its fracturing.” TryingYearsLittlesHas BeensPlayWholeTogetherAmericaPastNationsPresidentPiecesStyleFiguresNewsSeriesVicesJournalistInterviewsAddressesFriendlyEntityConferencesVice PresidentGreat NationsEntirety Author:Peggy Noonan