http://leler.com/quotes Topical and Humorous Quotes Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:08:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "The committee is extremely disappointed with the manner in which S&T [Science & Technology] is being managed within the Department of Homeland Security. [It is a] rudderless ship without a clear way to get back on course." - A bi-partisan congressional report slams yet another part of our Department of Homeland ... http://leler.com/quotes/2006/08/12/do-you-feel-safe-yet/ "The lesson for many Americans is that today's Republicans cannot be trusted with the keys to both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. During President Bush's first five years in office, the federal government increased by $616 billion. That's a mammoth 33 percent jump in the size ... http://leler.com/quotes/2006/08/11/the-conservatives-are-revolting/ "I have officially invited Matthew, who in the meantime has left to continue his travels, to return to Naples soon to eat a pizza together." - The head of the city council in Naples (Italy) tries to make nice with Matthew Godfrey, a tourist from Utah. Two men stole Matthew's camera ... http://leler.com/quotes/2006/08/10/italian-hospital-ity/ "We wanted to release a Windows version as part of Windows 98, but sadly, Microsoft has effective building security." - The amazing story of how a couple of programmers learned to break in to Apple and code for them without permission. http://www.pacifict.com/Story/ http://leler.com/quotes/2006/08/07/the-graphing-calculator-story/ “going to WWDC without a laptop is like going to war with a banana” -Ted Lee had to send his 4 month old Apple MacBook Pro in for service a week before he was due to attend the Apple World Wide Developer Conference (which starts this coming Monday). The tech on ... http://leler.com/quotes/2006/08/04/customer-service/ "Seems like someone has gone overboard. Their time could be spent better doing other things, like providing security for the country." - Larry Buss, who helps organize the Apple and Pork Festival in Clinton, Ill. "I don’t know where they get their information. We are talking about a flea market here." - Angela ... http://leler.com/quotes/2006/07/12/federal-anti-terrorism-database/ “It was difficult to turn off that lifestyle like a spigot.” - Ken Lay, who died today, defending his purchase of a $200,000 yacht for his wife's birthday despite being convicted of business fraud, bank fraud, and lying, and being over $100 million in debt. Lay died before he could be ... http://leler.com/quotes/2006/07/05/rest-for-the-wicked/ "We don't see this as anything new. Our goal was to make the policy easier to read and easier for customers to understand." - AT&T spokesman John Britton's explanation of their new "privacy policy", which now says that AT&T -- not customers -- owns customers' confidential info and can use it ... http://leler.com/quotes/2006/06/21/doublespeak/ "They have no regard for life, either ours or their own. I believe this was not an act of desperation, but an act of asymmetrical warfare waged against us." - The US Military double-speaks that the suicides of three detainees at the US base at Guantanomo Bay, Cuba, were actually acts ... http://leler.com/quotes/2006/06/11/war-is-peace-freedom-is-slavery-ignorance-is-strength/ "If the president of the U.S. started talking about how Saturn was coming into the wrong quadrant and is therefore not a good time to launch a war, one would hope that the whole White House press corps would descend on him with a straitjacket. This would be terrifying -- ... http://leler.com/quotes/2006/06/04/faith/