Could have been the wedding cake
"We are aware of reports of civilian casualties, but don't know if casualties were caused as a result of the bomb." Pentagon spokesperson Lieutenant Comm- ander Jeff Davis, commenting on the US military's July 1 slaughter of Afghan villagers.
Overstated
"We've believed from the start that the perception of these negative items has been overstated... We have begun to institute a number of things that I believe will restore public confidence." WorldCom CEO John Sidgmore, quoted in PR Week magazine the day before WorldCom's fraudulent accou- nting practices were publicly exposed.
Like bombing Afghan villagers
"But corporate America has got to understand there's a higher calling than trying to fudge the numbers, trying to slip a billion here or a billion there and may hope nobody notices." George "The Crusader" Bush, commenting on the WorldCom scandal.
Must be a sado-masochist
"A country which has been under attack can respond by loving your neighbour like you'd like to be loved yourself." George the Crusader again.
From Green Left Weekly, July 10, 2002.
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