Quotes are back with a vengeance
Mood:  chatty
Topic: Quotes
"I have nipples Greg, could you milk me?" - Deniro in Meet the Parents

"Lisa! In this house we obey the laws of themodynamics!" - Homer, Simpsons

"Have you ever heard of this? No? You should read a few books, then" - Prof Tiwari

"You are an economic Girlie Man" - Arnold

"Engineering - the study of systems whose solution is ASinx+BCosx" - Eric Mesa

Sick Bastards I'd Love to Castrate
Mood:  irritated
Topic: News
I switched on my Tv sometime around midnight last Saturday. I had just returned to my apartment after going out dancing with my fiancee. Since I usually watch the news during dinnertime, MSNBC was on. It was some kind of special news report where the reporters go undercover with hidden cameras and expose the evils of the world. My favorite part about it is when they confront the people as reporters and the peole they are confronting don't know that there is secret footage of them doing shady things so they deny the charges.

When they are shown the video of the illegal or unethical activity, the viewer takes great pleasure in observing the reactions of the confronted. Usually their face quickly transitions from shock to guilt to anger at being caught. No one likes to be caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Even less people like to be caught covertly and then confronted about it because they're being ambushed. But as the viewer, the effect is exactly what the networks want, pure satisfaction and joy that this immoral person is getting his just desserts.

This week's episode - people who go to Asia to have sex with the hookers there. Although it's technically illegal there too, those developing countries don't have the resources or government integrity to actually enforce it. Well, ok, these are bad people, but trivially so. People go to prostitutes all the time.

Then MSNBC hits me with the punchline - these travellers don't just want sex, they want sex with underaged partners. So my outrage increased a little. But, again, I thought "well, that's no surprise. You're 15 or 16 and some American wants to throw US dollars at you and you won't say no." So this is wrong, but by no means attrocious. Also, it's not a surprise to me either.

But MSNBC isn't done yet, they're just getting to the climax - these tourists want to have sex with girls around the age of SIX to TEN. I almost lost my dinner all over the living room. "Say that again!!" I incredulously asked the telivision. It was happy to oblige, "that's right we said six to ten year olds." I felt myself getting nauseous, but it continued.

The pimps were thirteen to fifteen year old boys. The girls were not even doing this for money since they were too young to really understand. They were kidnapped Vietnamese girls (I forgot to say this was in Cambodia) and they were forced to have sex so that the pimps or madames of the sex houses could make money. Most of them were slaves for life.

Then they interviewed an American radioologist who explained how to do it and not get in trouble with the authorities. I immediately wanted to get on a plane with a .45 and shoot him. NO doubt about it in my mind, no second thoughts. Just, "hey there" BOOM! And that sick, deranged man is out of commission. Even better, we should castrate those people. I got so mad I was hoping that at the end of the show they'd advertise that they were looking for people to join a la Boondock Saints and snipe these jerks out of existance.

Unfortunately, they just said there was some British or Australian guy trying to help out the girls through the UN and crap like that. If I ever snap and go holy vengeance, you can bet, that's where I'll be.

The Quincentennial Post!
Mood:  chatty
Topic: News
This is THE FIVE HUNDRETH POST for Eric's Binary World! Alright! It's just a couple of months until this blog has been in existance for a whole year. Pretty neat. I've got 230 more posts if I want to have two posts for every day of the year - we'll see if I can make it.

Well, I've been wanting to blog for quite some time now about the "Swiftboat" Ads against John Kerry. However, I'd like to take a different approach from the talking heads on CNN and MSNBC. They have mostly focused on whether the information is factual or not. Basically, I think it's a pointless question. Everything on Tv during an election year is BS. Anything about Kerry OR Bush is either an exaggeration or a misrepresentation. So whether these "Swiftboat" ads are factual or not seems to be irrelevant.

What I think that the pundits haven't drawn enough attention to is the motive of the men who are backing these ads. And, no, I don't mean whether Bush or someone else is paying them or something like that. Rather, as no reporter yet has paid much attention to, these men are putting forth these ads because they are mad at what John Kerry said after his time in the Vietnam war. Actually, to clarify, the media has talked about this in the sense that they have mentioned it. That's how I know about that fact.

But what they have failed to do is point to how rediculous this is. The ads really don't make sense to me. They show Kerry talking about attrocities that occured in Vietnam and then say he's a bad candidate. I don't get it. Basically they are mad at him for airing the dirty laundry. So what?

What they did was disgusting - raping women, cutting off peoples ears, etc. They have no right to mad at him. These things NEED to be exposed because they show that even the mighty USA needs to focus on wartime ethics.

Kerry is not a traitor for bringing these things to light. If he's a traitor then those who are calling for the Abu Garaihb soldiers to be brought to justice are traitors. And, as you can see, wartime conduct has NOT improved since Vietnam when Kerry made a big deal of it. I think that more attention needs to be brought to these injustices. You can't just do whatever the heck you want - ethics be damned - just because you're in a war. It's bad enough that people are being killed - and often for silly reasons such as oil or weird Cowboy revenge-type reasons.

But what can one expect? In an atmosphere so full of negative feelings and energy, can you expect people to act ethically? Just look at the footage that Moore shot of US soldiers in Iraq where they are making fun of corpses and doing a bunch of sophmoric stunts.

Seriously, if Kerry shot someone in the back (literally) or negotiated with the VietCong for his own life at the expense of his crew, then he's a traitor. Otherwise this whole ad campaign is just a crock of bull.

The Curses and Benefits of Being a Cornell Student
Mood:  chatty
Topic: School Stuff
Call me a nerd (you wouldn't be the first), but I was actually anticipating my classes today. I really just wanted to get started on my classes so that I could be one step closer to graduation and thus one step closer to working and getting married. Also, I think my classes are really exciting this semester. I'm in the real meat and potatoes of ECE at Cornell now. This semester all of my classes have course IDs like 4XX. Nice, hard material that gets me one step closer to the reason why I wanted to be ECE in the first place - the exciting technology.

So the awesome part of Cornell is that you get kick-@$$ awesome professors who really know their stuff. I can scarcely go an issue of IEEE without reading about the research of some professor at Cornell. And, although John Hopkins and Duke get most of the press, even in other periodicals that are for non-technical folks there are Cornell professors cited. Our professors are doing things! That, of course, is their job since they are part of the Ivy League. All of the member schools require the professors to be doing awesome stuff or they are shown the door.

There is, however, a dark side to this. First of all, although this never affected me too much as an underclassman, some professors feel that their teaching jobs are secondary - at least at the frosh level classes. They are teaching something that is so below their knowledge field that they almost seem to feel insulted. But, I never had to deal with that too much. The reason for my post today is actually because of the other problem: our professors are so awesome that they are called around the world to offer their expertise. Freshman year my advisor was always in some other country working on an important job. And today, my first class was cancelled because my professor is in China. I can only guess that he's there helping to improve the infrastructure of China's power system since he's a power systems professor, but who knows. I guess we'll find out on Tuesday. It's a shame, because it's the class that I was looking forward to second-most. But such is the plight of a Cornell student. I've had friends whose academic or research advisors were AWOL all semester-long off on some trek to save the world.

Fine and dandy, but it shouldn't be done at the expense of us students who are paying >$30k a year to be here. Additionally, I have been trying to find stuff to do for about an hour so that I could make up for the time I was supposed to be in class today. I don't have any homework or readings to do yet, since it's the first day of classes. And, since I didn't know (until I arrived in the classroom) that class would be cancelled, I already did my morning meditation. I guess I should cherish this last bit of time during which I'll have absolutely no obligations because I won't have another time like this until after finals.

But, as I said above, I just want to get this over with. Yesterday in the apartment, waiting for today to come, I was overcome with boredom. Sure, I could have found things to do, but I just couldn't get myself to do any of it - probably because I knew that, compared to school work, it was all pointless. I mean, how would playing Mario Kart contribute to me getting a better job? What purpose does Chrono Trigger serve, other than to entertain and stimulate my mind? The only game that I played last night that I truly enjoyed was Boggle because that jogs my mind from both the left and the right. It makes me be creative and jogs my vocab.

Well, enough about that, I'm hungry so I'm going to go munch on some almonds and sit in the newly restored engineering quadrangle while I wait for my next class to start.

School is nearly upon me!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: School Stuff
This thursday I will begin my senior year of Cornell. I'm pretty psyched about my classes. It'll also be a ton of fun to collect quotes again. Not much else to say right now....

Bush is coming to an end today
Mood:  chatty
Topic: Quotes
REPORTER: What do you think tribal sovereignty means in the 21st century, and how do we resolve conflicts between tribes and the federal and state governments?
DUBYA: Yeah -- tribal sovereignty means that, it's sovereign. It's -- you're a -- you're a -- you've been given sovereignty, and you're -- viewed as a sovereign entity. [Laughter emanates from the audience]
REPORTER: Okay.
DUBYA: And, therefore, the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between -- sovereign entities.
-- Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004

One sure way to hold things up is that the federal lands say, you can't build on us.
-- I'd say that federal lands being able to speak would have greater implications than that, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Apr. 26, 2004

I'm working with Congress to pass the Striving Reader and Math Initiative Program, and that's a fancy word for saying we're going to intervene quickly with struggling middle-class -- middle grade and high school students.
-- Freudian slip? Minneapolis, Minnesota, Apr. 26, 2004

We have an obligation to lead the fight on AIDS, on Africa.
-- Prime Time Press Conference #3, White House, Apr. 13, 2004

By the way, Patty is a 7-11 franchisee, owner. Pays taxes, by the way, business taxes at the individual income tax rate. So when you hear them talking about, going to run up these -- tax the rich, that's what you're talking about, right there.
-- Dubya and his ilk are apparently just a bunch of poor 7-11 franchisees trying to make a living, Washington, D.C., Mar. 16, 2004

We need less regulations. I suspect -- we met with a homeowner -- home builder yesterday, Congressman. Remember the guy? He was upset that he had to fill out forms at the federal, state, and local level in order to build a house.
-- Advocating deregulation for the sole reason that filling out forms is a hassle, Washington, D.C., Mar. 16, 2004

Alphonso and I have set a job. We want to close the minority homeownership gap in America. We want more people owning their own home, and we want more of our minorities owning their own home, as well.
-- People and minorities are apparently mutually exclusive terms, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Mar. 15, 2004

[The estate tax is] on its way to being put to extinction. I say, on its way -- you'll hear me talk in a minute that these -- some of these taxes don't really go away. It's like they go away for a period of time, but they come back.
-- Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 26, 2004
Marriage ought to be defined by the people, not by the courts.
-- Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2004

And traveling with me today is one of our daughters, a newly-graduate from college, Barbara Bush. Thanks for coming, Barbara.
-- Marquette, Michigan, Jul. 13, 2004

I shared a story the other day during a press conference where I talked about a dinner I had with Prime Minister Koizumi of Japan. And we're eating Kobe beef. I don't know whether it's grown here in Minnesota or not, but it's real good.
-- Ummm, no it's called Kobe beef because it comes from Kobe, Japan. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Apr. 26, 2004

Secretary of State Powell and Secretary of State Rumsfeld, and a number of NATO defense and foreign ministers are exploring a more formal role for NATO.
-- Prime Time Press Conference #3, White House, Apr. 13, 2004

Earlier today, the Libyan government released Fathi Jahmi. She's a local government official who was imprisoned in 2002 for advocating free speech and democracy.
-- Actually, Fathi Jahmi is a man, so Dubya probably would have been better off paying tribute to someone else in this speech commemorating International Women's Week, Washington, D.C., Mar. 12, 2004

I want to thank all the other members of the Congress and the Senate who have joined us. Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to share in this historic moment.
-- Also known as the House and the Senate, at signing of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act, Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2003

REPORTER: Mr. President, we were told you got to see Mr. Chalabi today?
DUBYA: I did see Chalabi. I met with -- well, let's see, I had the dinner, you saw that. I wasn't sure how long you were there, you probably timed it, but an hour or so -- are these the times? Oh, these are the people there. I shook a lot of hands, saw a lot of kids, took a lot of pictures, served a lot of food and we moved on to see four members of the Governing Council -- the names are here. Talibani is the head of it right now, so he was the main spokesman. But Chalabi was there, as was Dr. Khuzaii.
-- Air Force One, Nov. 27, 2003

You know, let me let me talk about al Qaeda just for a second. I -- I made the statement that we're dismantling senior management, and we are. Our people have done a really good job of hauling in a lot of the key operators: Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi ahh -- Ramzi al Shibh, or whatever the guy's name was.
-- Eventually he got around to saying "Binalshibh", White House, Jul. 30, 2003

When you think about the continent of Africa, you think about leadership, you think about President Mbeki. He's taking strong positions along with President Obasanjo, and providing troops -- the South African.
-- By adding "the South African", Dubya is presumably clarifying which country's president has committed troops. In this context, Dubya would be "the American". Washington, D.C., Jul. 3, 2003

President [Arroyo] and I also reviewed the developments with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front -- MLIF. That group must abandon the path of violence.
-- Even if called by the wrong acronym, White House, May 19, 2003

REPORTER: And about the MILF -- your offer of assistance in the MILF problem...
DUBYA: Well, my offer of assistance, it depends upon the MLIF choosing peace as a peaceful reconciliation of issues. If they continue to want to use terror and force, we will be involved to the extent that the President invites us to be involved, within the constitution of the Philippine government.
-- Dubya's sticking to his acronym, come hell or high water, White House, May 19, 2003

And, most importantly, Alma Powell, Secretary of Colin Powell, is with us.
-- In case you were wondering, Alma Powell is not the "Secretary of Colin Powell", but rather Secretary of State Colin Powell's wife, Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2003

The law I sign today directs new funds and new focus to the task of collecting vital intelligence on terrorist threats and on weapons of mass production.
-- At the signing of the September 11th Commission Bill, Washington, D.C., Nov. 27, 2002

I want to thank all the local and state officials who are here with us today. I see governors and county judges, mayors for coming. My own mayor -- the Mayor of Washington, D.C., I appreciate you coming, Mr. Mayor. I want to thank the local and state law enforcement officials who are here, the chiefs of police and fire chiefs who are with us today. I see the chief of my city now is here as well. Thank you, Mr. Chief, for coming.
-- Either the mayor's last name is Mayor, and the police chief's name (or is it the fire chief's name) is Chief, or Dubya doesn't recall either of their names, Washington, D.C., Nov. 25, 2002

I'm using this as an opportunity to make a point on judicial reform. And that is that if a judge thinks he's going to retire, give us a year's notice, if possible. And then we will act -- we, the administrative branch -- will nominate somebody and clear them within 180 days.
-- Dubya still having trouble with the name of the branch of government he heads: the executive branch. White House, Nov. 7, 2002

I need to be able to move the right people to the right place at the right time to protect you, and I'm not going to accept a lousy bill out of the United Nations Senate.
-- South Bend, Indiana, Oct. 31, 2002

John Thune has got a common-sense vision for good forest policy. I look forward to working with him in the United Nations Senate to preserve these national heritages.
-- Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Oct. 31, 2002

Any time we've got any kind of inkling that somebody is thinking about doing something to an American and something to our homeland, you've just got to know we're moving on it, to protect the United Nations Constitution, and at the same time, we're protecting you.
-- Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Oct. 31, 2002

You see, the Senate wants to take away some of the powers of the administrative branch.
-- White House, Sep. 19, 2002

I'm proud to come back to my alma mater -- well, that is, my honorary alma mater. I'm proud to come back to support Chris Cacho -- Chocola.
-- Presumably talking about Indiana University at a Chris Chocola for Congress dinner, South Bend, Indiana, Sep. 5, 2002

I'm thrilled to be here in the breadbasket of America.
-- Ah yes, the sprawling wheatfields of California, Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002

Of course, I like to remind people that Washington is full of all kinds of numbers crunchers. They talk about this number here, and that number there.
-- Birmingham, Alabama, July 15, 2002

I want to thank Chung for her introduction. Backstage, we had a picture taken. I said, only in America. Only in America do we have somebody as dedicated as people like Chung, who are willing to sacrifice on behalf of the United States of America, use their time and talent and energy like everybody in this hall to work for others. So, Chung, thanks for your hard work, thanks for your dedication to your job, and thanks for representing the good folks in this hall.
-- "Chung" is so respected that she apparently doesn't merit being referred to by her full name (Chung Yon Kim Marston) once, most likely because it was too difficult for Dubya to remember, Washington, D.C., July 10, 2002

Get me Pootie-Poot on the phone!
-- Dubya's way of requesting a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as reported in May 27, 2002 issue of Time

DUBYA: I want to thank and welcome Geno Auriuma. Is that right?
MR. AURIEMMA: Auriemma.
DUBYA: Auriemma. Okay, fine. I've never been too good in English. But he's a heck of a coach, however he says his name.
-- interaction with U-Conn. women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma, in remarks to NCAA men and women sports champions, White House, May 21, 2002

I want to thank Delegate Faleomavaega. Did I even come close? Well, at least I gave it my best shot, Eni. How about just Eni? Thank you for coming from the American Samoa.
-- Remarks on Asian Pacific Heritage Month, in front of a room full of people of Asian-Pacific backgrounds, White House, May 17, 2002

I was -- and I must confess, it did confuse some of the folks at the Crawford, Texas coffee shop, when I was traveling around the country with Theodore Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, thanking him for working on this bill. But we put it all aside, all the typical Washington, D.C. bickering and name-calling, and decided to do something right for the children, and passed a great piece of education reform.
-- Senator Kennedy's full name is Edward Moore Kennedy, Chicago, Illinois, May 13, 2002

And so, in my State of the -- my State of the Union -- or state -- my speech to the -- nation, whatever you wanna call it, speech to the nation -- I asked Americans to give 4,000 years -- 4,000 hours over the next -- of the rest of your life -- of service to America. That's what I asked. I said 2 -- 4,000 hours.
-- The medicine seems to be wearing off, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Apr. 9, 2002

For those of you out there who are interested in participating, I want you to call up this number, 1-800-USA-CORPS, or to dial up on the Internet, www.citizencorps.gov.
-- The correct phone number is 1-877-USA-CORPS (the one Dubya mentioned is the toll-free number for AppleOne Employment Services Inc. of Glendale, California), Knoxville, Tennessee, Apr. 8, 2002

We're in for a long struggle, and I think Texans understand that. And so do Americans.
-- Texans and Americans are apparently completely separate entities, El Paso, Texas, Mar. 21, 2002

Let me see if I can put this into English, or Texan.
-- remarks at Albers Manufacturing, O'Fallon, Missouri, Mar. 18, 2002

[We're] working hard to convince both the Indians and the Pakis there's a way to deal with their problems without going to war.
-- Casually throwing an ethnic slur into the mix, Jan. 7, 2001

It is a great honor to travel to Spain and visit the King and also Prime Minister Anzar.
-- Commenting on Spain trip, where he met Prime Minister Aznar, June 11, 2001

Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican.
-- Dubya's way of declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, Apr. 21, 2001

Tonight we'll have a dinner, just the four of us -- Ms. Blair and Laura and the two of us, and I'm really looking forward to it.
-- British PM Tony Blair's wife's name is Cherie Booth, as she did not change her last name when they married, Feb. 23, 2001

We will require all power plants to meet clean air standards in order to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury and carbon binoxide - carbon duh - dioxide within a reasonable period of time. My opponent calls for voluntary reductions in such admissions. In Texas, I think we've done it better, with mandatory reductions. And I believe the nation can do better, as well.
-- Saginaw, Michigan, Sept. 29, 2000

This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve.
-- Speaking during Perseverance Month at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H. As quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000

DUBYA: "First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence day. That's dieciseis de Septiembre, and ..."
MATTHEWS: "What's that in English?"
DUBYA: "Fifteenth of September."
-- (Dieciseis de Septiembre = Sept. 16) Interview with Chris Matthews on "Hardball", MSNBC, May 31, 2000


MODERATOR: Do you know who the president of India is?
DUBYA: Vajpayee.
--. In actuality, Atal Behari Vajpayee was the prime minister of India and K. R. Narayanan was the president of India at the time, New York Times, Feb. 26, 2000

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Hope you enjoyed it. I think we should vote for Bush - four more years of fun quotes!

Bush - halfway there
Mood:  chatty
Topic: Quotes
One thing I've noticed while researching these quotes is that Bush repeats a lot of quotes. I think I've more or less shielded you from this in the past. This time you'll see what I mean with some of these quotes.

And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you look, you know?
-- Washington, D.C., Jun. 15, 2004

Freedom frightens people who are terrorists.
-- Hershey, Pennsylvania, Apr. 19, 2004

By making the right choices, we can make the right choice for our future.
-- Dallas, Texas, Jul. 18, 2003

I had the opportunity to go out to Goree Island and talk about what slavery meant to America. It's very interesting when you think about it, the slaves who left here to go to America, because of their steadfast and their religion and their belief in freedom, helped change America. America is what it is today because of what went on in the past.
-- Dakar, Senegal, Jul. 8, 2003

I think war is a dangerous place.
-- Washington, D.C., May 7, 2003

We can help somebody who hurts by hugging a neighbor in need.
-- Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Apr. 4, 2003

Sometimes, Washington is one of these towns where the person -- people who think they've got the sharp elbow is the most effective person.
-- New Orleans, Louisiana, Dec. 4, 2002

The solid truth of the matter is, when you find -- if you want to help heal the hurt -- if you want to hurt people and help people in pain, the best way to do so is to call upon the great strength of the country, which is the compassion of our fellow Americans.
-- Bentonville, Arkansas, Nov. 4, 2002

All of us here in America should believe, and I think we do, that we should be, as I mentioned, a nation of owners. Owning something is freedom, as far as I'm concerned. It's part of a free society... It's a part of -- it's of being a -- it's a part of -- an important part of America.
-- Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2002

There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once -- shame on -- shame on you. You fool me, you can't get fooled again.
-- The saying he was trying to dredge up was "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.". East Literature Magnet School, Nashville, Tennessee, Sep. 17, 2002

Every life matters, whether it be an American life or the life of an Afghan girl.
-- Little Rock, Arkansas, Aug. 29, 2002

I think work is incredibly important. Work leads to dignity.
-- So apparently, if you don't have a job, you don't have any dignity, Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002

A strong America is America based upon strong families.
-- Green Tree, Pennsylvania, Aug. 5, 2002

People in America understand that we're into a different era, we're heading to a different culture. ...It means that you of course make a living for your family. But it also means that when you find a neighbor in need, you love that person.
-- West Ashley High School, Charleston, South Carolina, July 29, 2002

In order to defeat evil, you can do so by loving your neighbor like you'd like to be loved yourself.
-- Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, June 24, 2002

A country which has been under attack can respond by loving your neighbor like you'd like to be loved yourself.
-- Atlanta, Georgia, June 17, 2002

Walking across the street to a shut-in, saying, "I love you, what can I do to help you?" is part of loving your neighbor like you'd like to be loved yourself.
-- Des Moines, June 7, 2002

If America goes to sleep, the rest of the world is in trouble. If we blink, the rest of the world will close their eyes. So we're not blinking, and we're not going to sleep.
-- To summarize, Blinking: bad, Sleeping: bad, Los Angeles, California, Apr. 29, 2002

The other thing the volunteers do is they welcome people here, for this is the people's land. This isn't one person's land, it's the people's land, and foreign visitors about the mountain so they can enjoy their time and leave only footprints behind.
-- Whiteface Mountain Lodge, Wilmington, New York, Apr. 22, 2002

I see a peaceful world, I do. The rest of the world watches us very carefully. I like to say, "If the United States blinks, they'll go to sleep." We're not going to blink.
-- Republican Party luncheon, Dallas, Texas, Mar. 29, 2002

It is awfully hard to realize there can be peace in a place like the Middle East.
-- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Mar. 27, 2002

There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to exist. That's the most deep thought of all.... I can't think of anything more deep than that right.
-- Washington, D.C., Mar. 13, 2002

But as a result of evil, there's some amazing things that are taking place in America.
-- Daytona Beach, Florida

It must be hard to describe how to cause people to love one another.
-- Martha's Table Volunteers and Board of Directors, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2001

A job is the best thing that you can do to help anybody.
-- Martha's Table Volunteers and Board of Directors, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2001

You know, I don't think there's ever going to be an end to evil.
-- Stating the obvious with conviction, Barbara Walters interview, Dec. 4, 2001

We have a renewed appreciation of the character of America. We are a generous people, a thoughtful people who hurt.
-- Trying to say that American feel their share of pain, but making it sound like Americans deal out doses of pain on others, Thomas Wootten High School, Rockville, Maryland, Oct. 30, 2001

I've seen fox in here, I've seen all kinds of birds. It's a wonderful spot to come up in here and just kind of think about the budget.
-- "Prarie Chapel" Ranch, Craword, Texas, Aug. 25, 2001

Our nation must come together to unite.
-- Tampa, Florida, June 4, 2001

I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.
-- Saginaw, Michigan, Sept. 29, 2000

That's what politics is all about, as far as I'm concerned - it's the people's will.
-- Aboard Air Force 1, Mar. 9, 2001

People want civility. We're going to give them civility.
-- Civility on demand in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Mar. 9, 2001

Making sure every child can read, making sure that we encourage faith-based organizations ... when it comes to helping neighbors in need, making sure that our neighborhoods are safe, making sure that the state of Texas recognizes that people from all walks of life have got a shot at the Texas dream but, most importantly, making sure that government is not the answer to people's problems.
-- Definition offered - inherent contradiction and all - when asked to define "compassionate conservatism", date unknown

Sitting down and reading a 500-page book on public policy or philosophy or something.
-- Answer to interviewer when asked to name something he's not good at, Talk Magazine, Sep. 1999

My pro-life position is I believe there's life. It's not necessarily based in religion. I think there's a life there, therefore the notion of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
-- Quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 23, 2001

I have said that the sanction regime [against Iraq] is like Swiss cheese. That meant that they weren't very effective.
-- Presidential press conference, Feb. 22, 2001

The great thing about America is everybody should vote.
-- Austin, Texas, Dec. 8, 2000

If you don't stand for anything, you don't stand for anything.
-- Bellevue, Washington, Nov. 2, 2000

Our priorities is our faith.
-- Greensboro, North Carolina, Oct. 10, 2000

One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.
-- Los Angeles, California, Sept. 27, 2000

We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.
-- Houston, Texas, Sept. 6, 2000

Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness.
-- CNN online chat, Aug. 30, 2000

I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.
-- U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2000

I think we agree, the past is over.
-- On his meeting with John McCain, Dallas Morning News, May 10, 2000

It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in nature.
-- Los Angeles, Feb. 23, 2000

I don't have to accept their tenants. I was trying to convince those college students to accept my tenants. And I reject any labeling me because I happened to go to the university.
-- Today, NBC, Feb. 23, 2000

Will the highways on the Internet become more few?
-- Concord, New Hampshire, Jan. 29, 2000

When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were," he said. "It was us vs. them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there.
-- Iowa Western Community College, Jan 21, 2000

There needs to be debates, like we're going through. There needs to be town-hall meetings. There needs to be travel. This is a huge country.
-- Larry King Live, CNN, Dec. 16, 1999

The important question is, How many hands have I shaked?
-- Answering a question about why he hasn't spent more time in New Hampshire, in the New York Times, Oct. 23, 1999

They said, you know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people. And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates or not doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work.
-- Portland, Oregon, Oct. 31, 2000

Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to know it.
-- George W. Bush

I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question.
-- In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back any of his answers in the first debate. Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2000

They have miscalculated me as a leader.
-- Westminster, California, Sept. 13, 2000

That's a chapter, the last chapter of the 20th, 20th, the 21st century that most of us would rather forget. The last chapter of the 20th century. This is the first chapter of the 21st century.
-- On the Lewinsky scandal, Arlington Heights, Illinois, Oct. 24, 2000

G.W. History Lessons
Mood:  chatty
Topic: Quotes
Like the Second World War, our present conflict began with a ruthless, surprise attack on the United States.
-- Actually, a few other things happened before Pearl Harbor, such as Germany's invasions of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Yugoslavia and Greece, and the Blitzkreig attacks over the U.K., and Japan's invasions of Korea, Manchuria, China and French Indochina, but close enough, I guess. United States Air Force Academy, Jun. 2, 2004

I told the story, I think, at one of these endless press conferences I had last week -- where -- I love them, of course -- where -- where I had dinner with Prime Minister Koizumi of Japan. And it was at that dinner that we were talking about the situation in North Korea. And it dawned on me during the course of the conversation with my friend that, if we hadn't got it right after World War II, would I have been having this conversation with the Prime Minister about a common threat we share? And it probably wouldn't have. If we hadn't secured the peace in a proper way after World War II, I don't think -- maybe I'll be wrong -- but I don't think I would have been having the very kind of conversation I was having with Prime Minister Koizumi.
-- Not only does Dubya manage to reserve 100% of the success of postwar Japan to U.S. policy, he also manages to time travel, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Apr. 19, 2004

September the 11th, 2001 moved this country from grief to action.
-- What exactly were we grieving about before September 2001? The poor economy, maybe? Dinuba, California, Oct. 15, 2003

See, free nations do not develop weapons of mass destruction.
-- I wonder if Dubya is going to try and rewrite the history of the 20th century to agree with this statement, Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 2003

Two-and-a-half years ago -- or two years ago, this nation came under enemy attack.
-- Sure, he corrected himself, but how could he get this wrong one day after the 2nd anniversary? Fort Stewart, Georgia, Sep. 12, 2003

It used to be in our history that only a few would own stocks. I bet there's a lot of people in Georgia in the old days would look up at Wall Street and say, you know, they own stocks, what is that all about?
-- Making Georgians sound rather unsophisticated, Kennesaw, Georgia, Feb. 20, 2003

But it used to be that oceans -- we thought oceans could protect us, that we were guarded by the oceans. And that if there was a threat overseas, as a result of the protection from the oceans, we could decide whether to be involved or not. It might affect us overseas, but it couldn't affect us at home. And therefore, we have the luxury of kind of picking and choosing gathering threats.
-- I guess the oceans protected us from the British in the War of 1812, and World War II was a "luxury choice", Kennesaw, Georgia, Feb. 20, 2003

History has called the United States into action, and we will not let history down.
-- Apparently we owe history a war, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jan. 29, 2003

Before September the 11th, many in the world believed that Saddam Hussein could be contained. But chemical agents, lethal viruses and shadowy terrorist networks are not easily contained. Imagine those 19 hijackers with other weapons and other plans -- this time armed by Saddam Hussein.
-- Well, they'd have to come back from the dead for starters, so you really would have to imagine pretty hard, but more importantly, how is September 11 supposed to have changed the world's view of Saddam Hussein when he didn't have anything to do with it? State of the Union Address, Jan. 28, 2003

Like the Nazis and the communists before them, the terrorists seek to end lives and control all life. And like the Nazis and the communists before them, they will be opposed by free nations and the terrorists will be defeated.
-- I guess the communist nations of China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam have already been defeated, Vilnius, Lithuania, Nov. 23, 2002

I want the youngsters here to remember the story of Flight 93, one of most profound parts of this entire history of the recent history we've been through.
-- St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 4, 2002

I don't believe we can afford to have a League of Nations again.
-- The irony of this statement is that the League of Nations failed in part because the U.S. refused to join (respect) it. I guess history does repeat, after all. Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2002

It seems odd that with all the history it contains, this great building went more than a century without a name befitting its dignity. We've solved that problem today, and we've solved it once and for all. This building now bears the name of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
-- Actually, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building has been called by this name since Nov. 1999, when President Clinton signed the bill into law, Washington, D.C., May 7, 2002

See, if we blink, everybody else goes to sleep. History has called us into action. History has laid the mantle of responsibility for peace squarely on our shoulders. I accept that responsibility, and so does the American people.
-- Santa Clara, California, May 1, 2002

When we grew up, the baby boomers and everybody else, we never really thought we'd be attacked. I mean, the last thing that I entered my mind when I was getting out of high school in 1964 is that an enemy would attack America. And, yet, here you are graduating from high school, the first high school class to ever have seen the 48 contiguous states attacked by an enemy.
-- I guess this is true if you don't consider Maryland, Oregon or California states (Baltimore was attacked by the British in the War of 1812, as was the White House, and locations in Oregon and California were attacked by the Japanese in WWII), and you don't remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, bomb shelters, and "Duck and Cover" drills, Eden Prairie High School, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Mar. 4, 2002

My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific.
-- With the minor exception of World War II, which brought something entirely different to the Pacific, Remarks to the Diet, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 18, 2002

After all, we're at war, and for the first time in our nation's history, part of the battlefront is here at home.
-- Apparently Dubya has still never heard about the British burning down the White House during the War of 1812, or the Japanese seizing the islands of Attu and Kiska (Alaska), bombing Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and shelling Fort Stevens, Oregon and Santa Barbara, California in WWII, remarks to the National Association of Manufacturers, Oct. 31, 2001

This is a very unusual period in American history, obviously. We've never been attacked like this before. We're still being attacked. Our heart goes out to anybody who suffers in America. And so, we're bolstering our homeland defense. We're disrupting and denying anybody who wants to harm the American people. We spend hours tracking down every possible lead of somebody who would come into this country or who might be burrowed in this country, trying to hurt any American.
-- Aside from the inaccuracy about the U.S. never being attacked, the rest is just plain hilarious, remarks to the National Association of Manufacturers, Oct. 31, 2001

There is a certain sense of fascination with previous wars in Kosovo and Desert Storm, where people could turn on their TV screens and see high-tech weaponry burrowing into bunkers and massive explosions.
-- Commander-in-Chief acknowledging the coolness of watching stuff blow up, Washington, D.C., Oct. 9, 2001

I know that an act of war was declared against America, but this will be a different type of war than we're used to. In the past, there have been beaches to storm, islands to conquer. We've been able to watch on our television screens sophisticated weaponry to find a building.
-- Making a poor choice of visual imagery for Americans weary from seeing the World Trade Center blow up a thousand times on television, Pentagon, Sept. 17, 2001

When Europe and America are divided, history tends to tragedy.
-- Warsaw, Poland, June 15, 2001

There wasn't a lot of protest at Yale in '68. I don't remember that. And I think most people -- I don't know if you found anything differently -- I just don't remember any great days of rage. I think those were mainly in the 70's.
-- In actuality 1967-68 saw the following events: Race riots in Yale hometown of New Haven, antiwar "teach-ins" and protests, students burning draft cards and William Sloane Coffin Jr., Yale chaplain, was indicted for helping draft resisters. New York Times, June 19, 2000

George W's command of Geography
Mood:  chatty
Topic: Quotes
But we've got a big border in Texas, with Mexico, obviously -- and we've got a big border with Canada -- Arizona is affected.
-- Washington, D.C., Jun. 24, 2004

If I may have your attention for a second. First, I want to thank Governor Warner for his hospitality and leading this important state through Hurricane Isabel.
-- Speaking about the "important state of Virginia", Richmond, Virginia, Sep. 22, 2003

I think I've answered the question, and yes, [Arnold Schwarzenegger] would be a good governor, as would others running for governor of California. Like you, I'm most interested in seeing how the process evolves. It's a fascinating bit of political drama evolving in the state -- in the country's largest state.
-- Alaska is the country's largest state, followed by Texas (Dubya's state), followed by California, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 13, 2003

I asked the [Pima] County [Arizona] commissioner... I said, has the response been good? His first, right off, he said, [Senator] McCain and [Representative] Kolbe have been incredibly responsive to the people of this part of the world.
-- By "this part of the world", Dubya means "Arizona", Summerhaven, Arizona, Aug. 11, 2003

I've got very good relations with President Mubarak and Crown Prince Abdullah, and the King of Jordan, Gulf Coast countries.
-- Dubya gets a little bit confused geographically, confusing the Persian Gulf (Qatar, Bahrain) with the Gulf Coast (Texas, Florida), with reporters, May 29, 2003

And the time is getting worse. That's what people have got to understand up there in Washington or over there in Washington down there in Washington, whatever. Thought I was in Crawford for a minute.
-- Scranton, Pennsylvania, Jan. 16, 2003

appreciate so very much the Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, for joining us here. He has been a steadfast friend. I really enjoy dealing with him on a personal basis. He's a plain-spoken fellow, with a good sense of humor. Probably won't go too good up here in Canada, but he'd be a great Texan.
-- It would go even better if you were in Canada, Dubya, Detroit, Michigan, Sep. 9, 2002

But one of the things that rang true yesterday to me, and does every time I make a stop here in America, is that we should never lack confidence in our character, in the character of the American people.
-- Where is he flying in from on his "stops here in America"? Canada? Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Aug. 14, 2002

America at one time was protected by two oceans. We seemed totally invulnerable to, for example, the wars that took place here in Russia or on the European continent.
-- Remarks to community and religious leaders, Moscow, Russia (located on the European continent), May 24, 2002

And today, I'm informing the prime minister that we're lifting the travel ban on Turkey.
-- Which would have been a good thing if there had been a travel ban in the first place; unfortunately for Dubya, there wasn't, press conference with Turkish prime minister, Jan. 17, 2002

Over 50 percent of our energy comes from overseas. Fortunately, a lot of it comes from Canada.
-- Apparently an invisible ocean separates the U.S. and Canada, town hall forum in Ontario, California, Jan. 5, 2002

They wear boots in other places.
-- Dubya exhibiting vast knowledge of the customs and cultures outside of Texas, Barbara Walters interview, Dec. 4, 2001

To help displaced workers around this part of the world -- to help those who want to help themselves find the training necessary to allow them to learn new skills to find work again.
-- "Part of the world" mentioned above is the State of Florida, still a part of the Union the last time I checked, Town Hall Meeting in Orlando, Florida, Dec. 4, 2001

It is a real pleasure to be back in Warsaw, this time by telecast. I had a wonderful visit to the region in June, and I know I'm among friends today.
-- Embracing his "virtual-reality", out-of-body experience a little too literally while addressing the Warsaw Conference on Combatting Terrorism by satellite, Nov. 6, 2001

Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better.
-- In press conference with Canadian PM, and apparently forgetting about the country wedged between Canada and Mexico, Sept. 24, 2001

The White House is in Washington, D.C., it's up East.
-- Explaining that East is "Up" to students at Crawford Elementary School, Aug. 23, 2001

We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, and we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.
-- Warsaw, Poland, June 15, 2001

Most people in Arkansas know where Texas is, and all the people in Texas know where Arkansas is.
-- Insulting Arkansas in front of a group of Arkansas schoolchildren, Little Rock, Mar. 1, 2001

I assured the prime minister of Canada that my vision of the hemisphere goes both north and south.
-- talking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Feb. 13, 2001

The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas.
-- To a Slovak journalist as quoted by Knight Ridder News Service, June 22, 1999. Bush's meeting was with Janez Drnovsek, the prime minister of Slovenia.

Vice President mentioned Nigeria is a fledgling democracy. We have to work with Nigeria. That's an important continent.
-- Presidential debate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2000

I've supported the administration in Colombia. I think it's important for us to be training Colombians in that part of the world. The hemisphere is in our interest to have a peaceful Colombia.
-- Presidential debate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2000

The only people that are going to reform Russia are Russia.
-- Presidential debate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2000

The people who care more about that land are the hard-working farmers and ranchers of your part of the state of Washington, D.C.
-- Speaking in Spokane, Washington, September, 2000

Keep good relations with the Grecians.
-- Quoted in the Economist, June 12, 1999

Kosovians can move back in.
-- Inside Politics, CNN, April 9, 1999

That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting ready to jump out of the foxholes before the first shot is fired.
-- Westland, Michigan, Sept. 8, 2000

Actually, I - this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about - when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.
-- Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000

DUBYA: Because the picture on the newspaper. It just seems so un-American to me, the picture of the guy storming the house with a scared little boy there. I talked to my little brother, Jeb--I haven't told this to many people. But he's the governor of--I shouldn't call him my little brother--my brother, Jeb, the great governor of Texas.
JIM LEHRER: Florida.
DUBYA: Florida. The state of the Florida.
-- The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, PBS, April 27, 2000

I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California.
-- In Los Angeles as quoted by the Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000

I'd like to go down to South America. There is a complicating factor there. The Mexican presidential election is taking place, and I certainly don't want to get involved in that.
-- If Dubya took a trip to South America, at best he'd fly past Mexico -- in North America -- to get there, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mar. 19, 2000

G.W. is ghetto fabulous!
Mood:  chatty
Topic: Quotes
Quotes where George loves to use the word "fabulous"

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I'm never disappointed in my Secretary of Defense. He's doing a fabulous job, and America is lucky to have him in the position he's in.
-- White House, Jun. 17, 2004

Rick Sanchez has done a fabulous job. He's been there for a -- a long time. His service has been exemplorary.
-- White House, May. 25, 2004

Fortunately, she said yes when I asked her to marry me, and now she is a fabulous First Lady of our country.
-- Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, May 7, 2004

Let me -- let me say something about the FBI. Pete's boss is Bob Mueller. He's now the Director of the FBI. Mueller is doing a fabulous job.
-- Buffalo, New York, Apr. 20, 2004

This country is a fabulous country because we've got good, honorable people who are willing to serve at all levels of government. And one of the key levels of government, of course, is running the city hall.
-- Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

One of the people I've tasked with coming up with solutions to the problems we face is Secretary Ann Veneman. She's done a fabulous job on behalf of the people of the United States. She is a common sense purpose -- person.
-- Summerhaven, Arizona, Aug. 11, 2003

Listen, this guy [Secretary of State Colin Powell] has done a fabulous job. Washington, particularly in August, is a dangerous period -- a dangerous time, because there's a lot of speculation.
-- Crawford, Texas, Aug. 6, 2003

Dr. Condoleezza Rice is an honest, fabulous person. And America is lucky to have her service. Period.
-- White House, Jul. 30, 2003

This is a fabulous country called America, and I'm proud to be your President.
-- Annandale, Virginia, Jun. 17, 2003

Now here she is, the First Lady of the United States. Thank goodness. What a fabulous job she is doing. ...And Fred Thompson is leading that charge. And as he succeeds, and when he succeeds, he will leave behind a fabulous legacy for future administrations and senators. ...[Lamar Alexander] loves his family, he loves his country, he's got fabulous values. ...I named a fabulous woman out of Texas, named Priscilla Owen to the 5th Court.
-- Nashville, Tennessee, Sep. 17, 2002

My, we have got a fabulous United States military.
-- Davenport, Iowa, Sep. 16, 2002

We've got a fabulous United States military, and they're on the hunt.
-- Louisville, Kentucky, Sep. 5, 2002

More than one person, Chris, said they wished Laura were here. ...Now she's the First Lady of the United States, and she's doing a fabulous job.
-- South Bend, Indiana, Sep. 5, 2002

Rod [Paige] did a fabulous job in Houston, and he's doing a darn good job here in Washington, D.C.
-- Washington, D.C., Sept. 4, 2002

I'm really proud of Laura. ...She didn't care for politics and didn't particularly like politicians. Now she's stuck with one. And she's doing a fabulous job as First Lady.
-- Little Rock, Arkansas, Aug. 29, 2002

I'm off to New Mexico, and after I spend the afternoon in New Mexico, I'll be back in Crawford, Texas, where I'll tell the First Lady of your thanks. By the way, she's doing a fabulous job.
-- Santa Monica, California, Aug. 24, 2002

And I picked my neighbor, somebody from Compton, to serve in an incredibly important position, particularly for the folks in this part of the world, and that is to serve as our Secretary of Agriculture. Ann Veneman is doing a fabulous job.
-- Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002

I appreciate Congressman Greg Walden being here, as well. I don't know if --All I can see is a hand and an shining head. But Walden is a good man; he's doing a fabulous job as a congressman.
-- Portland, Oregon, Aug. 22, 2002

We've got a fabulous military, a lot of young men and women who are taking a risk on behalf of freedom.
-- Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 14, 2002

And now here she is, the First Lady of the United States, and she's doing a fabulous job.
-- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Aug. 14, 2002

I want to thank our Secretary of Agriculture, Ann Veneman. She's doing a fabulous job.
-- Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 14, 2002

I want to thank Elaine Chao of my Cabinet, and Dave Lauriski, who is the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administrator, for being here. They tell me, Dave, you did a fabulous job.
-- Green Tree, Pennsylvania, Aug. 5, 2002

I'm sorry the First Lady is not here with me -- she's hiking. But I can't tell you how proud I am of her. She's doing a fabulous job as the First Lady of the United States.
-- Charleston, South Carolina, July 29, 2002

I love coming to North Carolina. It's a fabulous state, full of fabulous people.
-- Greensboro, North Carolina, July 25, 2002

I believe, I believe this country, I know this country is a fabulous country. But I believe we've got great days ahead of us.
-- Kansas City, Missouri, June 11, 2002

This is a fabulous country in which we live, it is. And it's because the people are fabulous.
-- White House, June 4, 2002

You know, you know better than me that -- you've see a lot of America in your day, and it's a fabulous country that we're able to call home.
-- Washington, D.C., May 17, 2002

I want to thank Daniel Rodriguez for lending his fabulous voice in tribute after tribute to the greatness of America.
-- Washington, D.C., May 15, 2002

It's going to be hard to do what they've done -- 90 children over 35 years is a fantastic feat. But it's a fabulous tribute to Americans making the decision to help somebody.
-- Chicago, Illinois, May 13, 2002

Tommy [Thompson] did a fabulous job as the governor of Wisconsin in helping people, and he's doing a great job as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
-- Columbus, Ohio, May 10, 2002

I am really proud of my wife. She's done a fabulous job. She's been a great First Lady.
-- Washington, D.C., May 9, 2002

She's a fabulous, fabulous First Lady -- who is going to spend time reminding people that classroom teachers, people in the classroom, are incredibly important for America.
-- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 8, 2002

It's good to welcome Mitt Romney back to the White House. Mitt, you did a fabulous job.
-- White House, Apr. 23, 2002

This is a fabulous country and I want to thank you all.
-- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Apr. 15, 2002

And that thing greater than ourselves is freedom. And that thing greater than ourselves is a country based upon fabulous values.
-- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Apr. 15, 2002

Everybody in Crawford says hello, starting with Laura. She is doing a fabulous day. I tell people it's because she's from Midland, Texas.
-- Dallas, Texas, Mar. 29, 2002

Thank you all. Well, thank you all for coming out to say hello to me and my little brother. I sure hope you work hard to get him back in. He has done a fabulous job.
-- St. Pete Beach, Florida, Mar. 8, 2002

I recognize I'm not exactly Bernadette Peters -- but she did a fabulous job last night to fill this hall.
-- Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2002

We're a country based on fabulous values.
-- Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 31, 2002

And we'll prevail, because we're a fabulous nation, and we're a fabulous nation because we're a nation full of fabulous people.
-- Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 31, 2002

But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me.
-- Dec. 21, 2001

No, the country -- this country is a fabulous country. They thought they hurt us, the evil ones. They have made us stronger, more real, and a better land.
-- Dec. 4, 2001

I also am so pleased and thrilled to be with my friend, the Governor, who is doing a fabulous job for the people of New York.
-- New York, New York, Nov. 11, 2001

It's an honor to receive this award from such a fabulous organization as Little League Baseball and, on behalf of the presidency, thank you for what you do.
-- Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Aug. 26, 2001

I'm really proud of my appointment of Gale Norton to the Secretary of the Interior. She is doing a fabulous job.
-- Denver, Colorado, Aug. 14, 2001

I'm extremely proud of our First Lady. She's doing a fabulous job.
-- Denver, Colorado, Aug. 14, 2001