“In case anyone needs reminding, it was the relentless drive of the tourism industry and kowtowing State Department bureaucrats that led to the Bush-era Visa Express Program, which relaxed visa policies, eliminated in-person consulate interviews and opened the door to the 9/11 hijackers.” NeedsPersonsStatesCasesDoorsPolicyIndustryProgramErasInterviewsDepartmentRelaxedRelentlessTourismRemindingBureaucratsVisaTourism Industry Author:Michelle Malkin
“We're building an independent political program that can run electoral politics and then turn on a dime to hold our leaders to task, in case they suddenly develop that old case of amnesia! We'll be there to remind them what they promised and who they promised to work for!” RunningPoliticalTurnsLeaderCasesBuildingProgramTasksIndependentTurn-onDimesAmnesia Author:Richard Trumka
“When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s, our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now, after years of rebuilding, our training programs and putting our best efforts to recruit the most talented men and women, we are graduating more clandestine officers than at any time in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency.” MenYearsEffortClassCasesLowsTrainingMen And WomenProgramAgencyOfficersGraduatesCiaRebuildingBest EffortRecruitIntelligence AgenciesClandestineTraining ProgramsGraduating Class Author:George Tenet
“I continue to meet people who have had their Web pages hijacked, their browsers corrupted, in some cases, their children exposed to inappropriate material from these dangerous programs hidden in their family computers.” PeopleChildrenCasesDangerousMaterialsComputerPagesProgramExposedInappropriateBrowsersWeb Page Author:Cliff Stearns
“As in 1925, creationists are not battling for religion. They have been disowned by leading church men of all persuasions, for they debase religion even more than they misconstrue science. They are a motley collection to be sure, but their core of practical support lies with the evangelical right, and creationism is a mere stalking horse or subsidiary issue in a political program...The enemy is not fundamentalism; it is intolerance. In this case, the intolerance is perverse since it masquerades under the 'liberal' rhetoric of 'equal time'.” MenHas BeensPoliticalLyingReligionChurchEnemyCasesSupportIssuesEqualProgramHorseMereCorePracticalsCollectionsIntoleranceRhetoricFundamentalismPersuasionStalkingEvangelicalCreationismMasquerade Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“There was an opening in the ER program at King Drew, so I spent the next month there, fascinated with the range of pathology that I observed, the diversity of skill that the ER physicians had to acquire, the variety of cases, and the ability to interact closely with people.” PeopleNextAbilityCasesMonthsKingsSkillsDiversityProgramOpeningVarietyRangeAcquireFascinatedPhysiciansPathology Author:Samuel Wilson
“Excellence is being thwarted not only by laziness but by reckless attachment to causes, programs, and - in some cases, leaders.” CausesLeaderCasesProgramExcellenceAttachmentLazinessReckless Author:Michael Horton
“I just really like writing and making television shows. There are ego rewards in doing battle with other television programs in prime time in the main season. I suppose there are times when I might look at that and think that's the major league. But when you look at it, ultimately would I really want to gamble my livelihood and my ability to connect with my fan base or write a show that I really like writing, or in some cases direct a show that I really like directing, for the sake of winning an ego battle? It's totally not worth it. That stuff is so ephemeral.” ThinkingWantWritingLooksShowsMightWinningStuffAbilityCasesFansTelevisionBattleEgoMajorsProgramDirectSeasonsRewardsSakeLeaguePrimeWorth ItGambleTelevision ShowsEphemeralLivelihoodMajor LeagueNot Worth ItPrime Time Author:Matt Nix
“In the world of development, if one mixes the poor and the nonpoor in a program, the nonpoor will always drive out the poor, and the less poor will drive out the more poor, unless protective measures are instituted right at the beginning. In such cases, the nonpoor reap the benefits of all that is done in the name of the poor.” IfsWorldDoneNamesPoorCasesDevelopmentBenefitsProgramProtectiveReap Book:Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty Source: Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
“Taxing the rich to fund the poorly managed government programs is simply a self-destructive decision: It does nothing more than move money and investment decisions away from proven moneymakers (read: job producers) to Washington amateurs. In both cases, American's lose.” DoeSelfGovernmentJobsMovingLosesDecisionCasesRichProgramInvestmentProducersDestructiveFundProvenSelf DestructiveGovernment Programs Author:T. J. Rodgers
“The government has investigated our program of collecting through a generalized fashion, everyone's phone records in the country. And they found that no terrorist case has been thwarted through this.” Has BeensCountryGovernmentFoundCasesRecordsFashionProgramPhonesTerroristCollecting Author:Rand Paul
“They always say the Miss America Pageant isn't a beauty contest, it's really a scholarship program. If that's the case, why don't we just put all the contestants on 'Jeopardy!' and pick Miss America that way? At least you get the smartest one.” IfsWayAmericaCasesMissingPicksProgramContestsScholarshipJeopardyPageantContestantsMiss AmericaBeauty Contest Author:Jay Leno
“Indicate which principles you support regarding affirmative action and discrimination. 1. The federal government should discontinue affirmative action programs. 2. The federal government should prosecute cases of discrimination in the public sector. 3. The federal government should prosecute cases of discrimination in the private sector.” ShouldGovernmentActionPrinciplesCasesSupportProgramDiscriminationFederal GovernmentPrivate SectorAffirmative ActionAffirmativePublic Sector Author:Newt Gingrich
“The results of recent research on the impacts of climate change dramatically weaken the case for expensive, near-term abatement programs.” TermResultsCasesResearchProgramImpactClimateClimate ChangeExpensive Book:The Greening of Global Warming Source: The Greening of Global Warming
“Traditionally Marxism attracts the oppressed. This, however, is not the case in the Arab nation... The socialist programs in Arab history did not always come from the poor, but from men who had known no oppression and became the leaders of the poor. The Arab nation has never been as class-conscious as other nations.” MenNationsPoorKnownLeaderClassCasesConsciousProgramOppressionSocialistOppressedSaddamMarxism Author:Saddam Hussein
“North Korea is making several demands in exchange for giving up their nuclear program, including a promise from America not to attack them. Which is a little strange because for us to attack them we would have to have slam dunk proof that they have weapons of mass destruction. I mean, for Gods sakes people, we're not maniacs. It would have to be an air-tight case. We wouldn't just come in there and start bombing you.” PeopleGivingMeanLittlesAmericaCasesAirStrangePromiseDemandGiving UpWeaponsMassProgramDestructionIncludingSakeProofNuclearKoreaNorth KoreaWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionBombingSlamManiacsSlam Dunk Author:Jon Stewart
“I get emails from students at programs all over the country who want to transfer to Iowa, and in most cases their frustrations have absolutely nothing to do with the programs they're attending. They have to do with the growing pains that they're undergoing as writers and with the growing pains that our own genre is constantly undergoing.” WantCountryPainCasesGrowingStudentsProgramGenreFrustrationEmailTransfersAbsolutely NothingAttendingIowaGrowing PainsGenre Is Author:John D'Agata
“In some cases there are ways of thinking about what an architectural program produces - interior and exterior - that is not necessarily directed by an economic requirement, but is a diagram based on human actions, selfish or otherwise.” ThinkingWayHumansActionCasesEconomicProduceProgramSelfishRequirementsInteriorsWay Of ThinkingExteriorHuman ActionsDiagrams Author:Jimenez Lai
“Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.” ShouldOpportunityCasesBuiltAreasProgramShould HaveElites Author:Bobby Orr
“In many cases the user interface to a program is the most important part for a commercial company: whether the programs works correctly or not seems to be secondary.” ImportantSeemsCompanyCasesEconomyProgramUsersInterfacesUser Interface Author:Linus Torvalds
“The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating systems.” PeopleWayWritingSuccessLeadershipWorkCasesStudyWrittenComputerProgramBest WayProgrammingGarbageMicrosoftProgrammersComputer ProgrammingComputer ScienceProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageComputer ProgrammersOperating SystemsGarbage CansComputer Systems Author:Bill Gates