2008 Woodie Awards
Say What?
Issue date: 10/3/08 Section: News
"We're not leaving town till we get it fixed."
SEN. MITCH McCONNELL OF KENTUCKY, Republican leader, responding to the rejection of a $700 billion economic rescue plan by the U.S. House of Representatives.
"We believe a mother's milk is best used for her child."
SEAN GREENWOOD, spokesman for Ben & Jerry's, replying to PETA's suggestion that the ice cream company be more environmentally conscious by using human milk in place of cow's milk.
"They can't catch us like goats, we will fight, and everyone here will die with us."
SPOKESMAN FOR A GROUP OF PIRATES who commandeered a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying $30 million worth of grenade launchers, ammunition and tanks to Kenya.
"The idea that the market is always right is a crazy idea."
NICOLAS SARKOZY, French President at a rally in Toulon, France, calling for an overhaul of the world's financial system and for the end of unregulated markets.
"We cannot afford to validate the prejudices that some Russian leaders seem to have: that if you pressure free nations...we will cave in and eventually concede."
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, U.S. secretary of state, expressing her opinion that Western nations should not be intimidated by Russia.
"The decision we are going to have to make is a decision we have been refusing for 40 years to look at open-eyed."
EHUD OLMERT, outgoing Israeli prime minister, explaining why Israel will have to concede much of the West Bank and accept the division of Jerusalem in order to achieve peace.
SEN. MITCH McCONNELL OF KENTUCKY, Republican leader, responding to the rejection of a $700 billion economic rescue plan by the U.S. House of Representatives.
"We believe a mother's milk is best used for her child."
SEAN GREENWOOD, spokesman for Ben & Jerry's, replying to PETA's suggestion that the ice cream company be more environmentally conscious by using human milk in place of cow's milk.
"They can't catch us like goats, we will fight, and everyone here will die with us."
SPOKESMAN FOR A GROUP OF PIRATES who commandeered a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying $30 million worth of grenade launchers, ammunition and tanks to Kenya.
"The idea that the market is always right is a crazy idea."
NICOLAS SARKOZY, French President at a rally in Toulon, France, calling for an overhaul of the world's financial system and for the end of unregulated markets.
"We cannot afford to validate the prejudices that some Russian leaders seem to have: that if you pressure free nations...we will cave in and eventually concede."
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, U.S. secretary of state, expressing her opinion that Western nations should not be intimidated by Russia.
"The decision we are going to have to make is a decision we have been refusing for 40 years to look at open-eyed."
EHUD OLMERT, outgoing Israeli prime minister, explaining why Israel will have to concede much of the West Bank and accept the division of Jerusalem in order to achieve peace.
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