I also think the media's presence simply raised the question: If the media could get to these places, why couldn't the federal government? |
I am extremely wary of this unnecessary and costly review of settled PTSD cases, ... The veterans who received full benefits for PTSD are some of those who need our help the most. |
I am very impressed with his intellect, ... He strikes me as a good and decent person but he is still following instructions, which is to say as little as possible on some core issues about how he would decide cases. |
I didn't know Lenin was a player, |
I didn't see the weapons of mass destruction at the time, I didn't think there was an imminent threat from Saddam Hussein. |
I don't have a litmus test, but I do expect that there's a core of constitutional values that are going to be upheld in these next series of appointments, and I suspect that I will have something to say about who's going to shape the legal landscape for the next 40, 50 years. |
I don't understand how you could have a situation where you've got several days' notice of an enormous hurricane building in the Gulf Coast, you know that New Orleans is 6 feet below sea level. ... The notion that you don't have good plans in place just does not make sense, |
I find it unbelievable that the EPA would continue to drag its feet despite the fact that their own analysis found that these rules could prevent 28,000 lead-related illnesses each year, |
I have absolute confidence that if everybody works hard for the next 24 hours, we're going to see Freddy come out on top, |
I hope we realize that the people of New Orleans weren't just abandoned during the hurricane, ... They were abandoned long ago—to murder and mayhem in the streets, to substandard schools, to dilapidated housing, to inadequate health care, to a pervasive sense of hopelessness. |
I hope we realize that the people of New Orleans weren't just abandoned during the hurricane. They were abandoned long ago — to murder and mayhem in the streets, to substandard schools, to dilapidated housing, to inadequate health care, to a pervasive sense of hopelessness. |
I hope we realize that the people of New Orleans weren't just abandoned during the hurricane. They were abandoned long ago—to murder and mayhem in the streets, to substandard schools, to dilapidated housing, to inadequate health care, to a pervasive sense of hopelessness. |
I hope you invite me (back) before then. |
I see no evidence of active malice, but I see a continuation of passive indifference on the part of our government toward the least of these, |
I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible, |