“A realistic recognition of the human condition is that it is corrupt beyond belief. What do you suppose would happen if the police all took a week off?” IfsHumansHappensHumanityBeliefWeekConditionsBuddhismPoliceRecognitionRealisticHuman Condition Author:Frederick Lenz
“A diplomat had been kidnapped, a cabinet minister had been kidnapped, they were under threats of murder. The police forces were rather tired. After a whole week, we were unable to find those that had effected the kidnappings.” WholeForceWeekMurderPoliceTiredThreatMinistersCabinetsDiplomatsKidnappingKidnappedPolice Force Author:Robert Bourassa
“In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps. When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it.” SaidTwoImportantLastsAbilityWeekInternetProtectThirdsPolicePhonesPartnersPreservesPrivacyFree SpeechChipsPollsPhone CallsCnn Author:Philip Elmer-DeWitt
“I've met with a group of very distinguished, experienced police chiefs a few weeks ago. They admit it's an issue. They've got a lot of concerns.” IssuesGroupsWeekMetsConcernPoliceChiefsDistinguished Author:Hillary Clinton
“Police in Washington D.C. are now using cameras to catch drivers who go through red lights. Many congressmen this week opposed the use of the red light cameras incorrectly assuming they were being used for surveillance at local brothels.” UseHumorLightFunnyUsedComedyWeekRedPoliceCamerasAssumingLocalsDriversPolicemenSurveillanceCongressmanBrothelsRed LightsSurveillance Cameras Author:Dennis Miller
“Outside the youth center, between the liquor store and the police station, a little dogwood tree is losing its mind; overflowing with blossomfoam, like a sudsy mug of beer; like a bride ripping off her clothes, dropping snow white petals to the ground in clouds, so Nature’s wastefulness seems quietly obscene. It’s been doing that all week: making beauty, and throwing it away, and making more.” MindLittlesSeemsWhiteTreeWeekYouthClothesLosingPoliceCloudsStoresSnowBeerStationsThrowingDroppingBridesLiquorPetalsObsceneSnow WhiteMugWastefulnessLiquor Stores Author:Tony Hoagland
“I had hoped I would have some definitive news to give you by now, but I've heard (unofficially) that they need/will take another 2 week extension to make their decision. I've also heard that the police are flooding the Gov's office with last minute calls/letters requesting that I be denied.” NeedsGivingLastsDecisionHeardWeekMinutesOfficeNewsLettersPoliceDeniedExtensionsFloodingLast Minute Author:Sundiata Acoli
“When I was sworn in as Mayor of Nashville back in 1991, I have to admit to you that I felt for several weeks like a bit of an outsider who had somehow taken over but didnt really belong in this nice palace. I secretly wondered if the real mayor would come back from vacation one day and call the police.” IfsRealFeltBitsTakenNiceWeekOne DayPoliceVacationOutsidersPalacesMayorsNashville Author:Phil Bredesen
“... the place where [adults] pass the most time and submit to the closest control is at work. Thus, without even entering into the question of the world economy's ultimate dictation within narrow limits of everybody's productive activity, it's apparent that the source of the greatest direct duress experienced by the ordinary adult is _not_ the state but rather the business that employs him. Your foreman or supervisor gives you more or-else orders in a week than the police do in a decade.” WorldGivingStatesOrderEconomyWeekSourceActivityLimitsOrdinaryAdultsDirectUltimatePoliceLibertarianDecadesProductiveSubmitClosestEnteringWorld EconomySupervisorsDictationDuress Book:The Abolition of Work and Other Essays Source: The Abolition of Work and Other Essays
“The newspaper is under fire for refusing to kowtow to left-wing word police and militant propagandists who demand unfettered illegal immigration. Last week, in the wake of angry protests against the publication, vandals threw paint bombs and spray-painted graffiti on its offices.” LastsLeftFireWeekDemandOfficePoliceAngryWingsPaintNewspapersImmigrationBombsProtestIllegalNotablePublicationSprayLeft WingMilitantGraffitiIllegal ImmigrationPropagandistVandals Author:Michelle Malkin
“Firefighters, police officers and state troopers place themselves in harm's way every day, every week, every year.” WayYearsStatesWeekPoliceHarmOfficersPolice OfficerFirefighter Author:James McGreevey
“There's a really classic cliche every time you switch the TV on - you see cops arguing. I have spent a day a week for many years in the presence of police and I have never seen them argue. It's a military hierarchy. They do what they're told. There's no bickering.” YearsWeekMilitaryTvsPoliceArguingClassicCopHierarchyClicheBickering Author:Peter James