All Blog Posts from Public Eye

"Do you believe America needs to declare a countrywide time-out and have a national group hug, and just think about our future for at least a few weeks quietly and without interference from politicians? Sixty-three percent of you responded that you agree it is time for that countrywide time-out."

--The always-embraceable Lou Dobbs, reporting the results of his weekend unscientific poll.

"I don't know if I would have advised (the candidates) to avoid free television time, whether it's on Fox or Al Jazeera."

-- Keith Olbermann, on the decision of many Democratic presidential candidates to not participate in a Fox News Channel debate. (From a report by Aaron Barnhart.)

“We are a country at war and we have a presidential election coming up. And I’m the number one google search. I think it’s kind of ridiculous.”

-- Miss New Jersey and alleged blackmail victim Amy Polumbo, discussing her story on the "Today" show this morning. (It's around the 1:50 mark. You're welcome.)

"The relationship between the President and the press is a unique relationship, and it's a necessary relationship. I enjoy it. I hope you do. As I say, sometimes you don't like the decisions I make, and sometimes I don't like the way you write about the decisions. But nevertheless, it's a really important part of our process."

-- President Bush, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new briefing room this morning, befriending the filter.

A compendium of the week's finest quotations, from the nation's newspapers and beyond.

"The news media will find the story line irresistible, and Democrats around the country are eagerly anticipating the competition."
--The Washington Post, regarding the impending possibility of Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as Democratic frontrunners in 2008.

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"A retired math teacher who moved here from North Carolina said he had no basis for judging the credibility of White House officials, including Cheney -- although he admitted that he was 'not sure I would like to go bird hunting with him, either.'"
--The Washington Post, describing one potential juror for the Libby trial.

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"The Chinese are telling the Pentagon that they don't own space. We can play this game, too, and we can play it dirtier than you."
--Security expert Michael Krepon, on the Chinese government's reason for testing an anti-satellite missile.

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A compendium of the week's finest quotations, from the nation's newspapers and beyond.

"Instead of smart phone, how about 'brilliant' phone?"
--Tim Bajarin, president of consulting firm Creative Strategies, regarding the soon-to-be released Apple iPhone.

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"Some suspicion fell on New Jersey, given the path of the prevailing winds and the prevalence of chemical and petroleum facilities in the state."
--The New York Times, discussing the potential that New Jersey was responsible for Manhattan's odd stench.

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"I would say that since Princess Diana, in terms of selling newspapers, the only person who comes close is Victoria Beckham."
--Victoria Newton, show business editor of the Sun, a London tabloid, regarding Posh Spice's marketability in advance of her move to Los Angeles.

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A compendium of the week's finest quotations, from the nation's newspapers and beyond.

"It's almost counter to the essence of the place for the majority and minority to share responsibility for legislation."
--Ross K. Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University, regarding House Democrats' move to pass its 100-hour agenda without deliberating with the GOP

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"Some of you are broke, plenty of you are conservative, quite a few of you are young and 20 percent of you are not white. A few of you even watch 'Fear Factor' …"
--NPR's Brooke Gladstone, describing the not-so-average NPR listener, according to a recent audience survey

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"Bannockburn Elementary School in Bethesda is suburban Washington's Lake Wobegon, Garrison Keillor's fictional hamlet where every child is above average."
--The Washington Post, describing the gifted education program at one of Montgomery County, Maryland's public schools

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A compendium of the week's finest quotations, from the nation's newspapers and beyond.

"I'd trade my laptop right now for a clean pair of pants."
--Jared Keith, business traveler, regarding his impromptu stay in Denver due to weather delays.

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"We're trying to figure out what changes we can make, short of putting up signs saying, 'Don't put your baby through the X-ray machine.'"
--Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, regarding the agency's plans following a recent incident of an X-rayed infant at LAX

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A compendium of the week's finest quotations, from the nation's newspapers and beyond.

"A professor called it Compulsive Risk Assessment Psychosis, otherwise known as CRAP."

Rod Read of ElectroSensitivity-UK, regarding one academic's dismissive reaction to warnings of the health hazards of Wi-Fi.

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"A host of common consumer items helps fuel conflict, ruins the environment, and relies on child labor."

Foreign Policy magazine, on the ethical dilemmas of holiday shopping.

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"The spinach investigation was, no question, a high priority."

David W.K. Acheson, regarding food safety officials' investigation of a recent E.coli outbreak in spinach.

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A compendium of the week's finest quotations, from the nation's newspapers and beyond.

"I hope we don't treat this like a fruit salad and say, 'I like this, but I don't like that.'"

--James Baker, co-chair, Iraq Study Group, to the Senate Armed Services Committee, regarding how he would like the panel's report to be received.

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"The U.S. effectively sent a bull in to liberate a china shop, and the Study Group now called upon the U.S. to threaten to remove the bull if the shop doesn't fix the china."

--Oft-quoted Military Analyst Anthony Cordesman, on the Iraq Study Group's strategy.

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"No, Sir."

--Incoming Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, responding to Sen. Carl Levin's question of whether we are winning in Iraq.

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