“Many politicians and pundits claim that the credit crunch and high mortgage foreclosure rate is an example of market failure and want government to step in to bail out creditors and borrowers at the expense of taxpayers who prudently managed their affairs. These financial problems are not market failures but government failure. ... The credit crunch and foreclosure problems are failures of government policy.” WantProblemGovernmentStepsPolicyExamplePoliticianEconomicsClaimsRateAffairFinancialCreditDebtExpensesTaxpayersMortgagePunditsCreditorsBailCrunchGovernment PolicyBorrowersForeclosureMarket FailureFinancial ProblemsCredit Crunch Author:Walter E. Williams
“The widespread belief among politicians and pundits is that high test scores are everything. I strongly disagree. What matters most is character. Working hard, treating others with respect and honesty-those are the keys to success.” MatterHardCharacterBeliefHonestyKeysPoliticianTestsScoreDisagreeWhat MattersKey To SuccessPunditsTreating OthersTest ScoresTreating Others With Respect Author:Hal Urban
“Scientists are used to debating with one another about the finer points of new research. But increasingly, they find themselves battling their televisions and computer screens, which transmit ever-more-heated rhetoric from politicians, pundits, and other public figures who misinterpret, misrepresent, and malign scientific results.” UsedResultsFiguresTelevisionPoliticianComputerResearchScientistScreensRhetoricTransmitPunditsPublic FiguresComputer Screen Author:Lewis M. Branscomb
“Some of the same politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear program are the same folks who were so quick to go to war in Iraq and said it would take a few months.” KnowsSaidWarChoicesBloodPossibilityMonthsPoliticianCostSolutionsConsequenceProgramFolksIraqNuclearTreasureRejectsIranDiplomaticPundits Author:Barack Obama
“Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians and pundits and popes and pretenders try to float over our heads.” TryingFormComedyPoliticianSpeechUltimateHolesBubblesFree SpeechPopeFloatsPretentiousPokeStand Up ComedyPunditsPretender Book:Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid Source: Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid
“The progressive movement needs more crazy and amoral/immoral right-wing politicians and pundits like Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich and Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity.” NeedsCrazyMovementPoliticianWingsProgressiveTomsDelayImmoralRight WingSeanPunditsNewtsProgressive Movement Author:Moby