The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Quoteworthy
“He’s more like an aloof father who turned the Situation Room into a seminar.” – Maureen Dowd, New York Times, on President Obama’s professorial mien in the aftermath of the underwear-bomber, terrorist incident.
“I’m a liberal. I’m a civil libertarian. But if the country were being threatened by middle-aged Jewish women, I’d open my purse and my pockets in a New York minute.” – Susan Estrich, Creators Syndicate Inc.
“Complaining from the sideline while doing nothing is a failing if you’re a politician. But if you’re a pundit, it’s your job!” – James Poniewozik,Time magazine.
“But if those calls are heeded, we’ll be repeating the great mistake of 1937, when the Fed and the Roosevelt Administration decided that the Great Depression was over, that it was time for the economy to throw away its crutches. Spending was cut back, monetary policy was tightened – and the economy plunged back into the depths.” – Paul Krugman,New York Times, on increasing calls for an end to government-backed, economic stimulus.
“There is nothing I’ve seen that gives me the slightest feeling that these people have learned anything from the crisis. They just don’t get it. They are off in a different world.” – John Reed, a founder of Citigroup, on the correlation between the public’s perception of Wall Street and investment banks’ big bonus payouts.
“They’ll want their teachers and professors to respond to them immediately, and they will expect instantaneous access to everyone, because after all, that is the experience they have growing up.” – Larry Rosen, author of Rewired:Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn.
“This is turning into one of the big stories of campaign 2010. Is the Florida GOP imploding or not?” Larry Sabato, University of Virginia political scientist on possible repercussions from the Crist-Rubio/Greer-Thrasher dynamic.
“My parents lost their country to a government. I will not lose mine to a government.” – Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate candidate and first-generation Cuban-American.
“I’ve got to build a trust factor between these players. They didn’t choose me. I chose them.” –Newly-appointed USF head football coach Skip Holtz.