Quotes
“At the rate that technology is advancing…people will be implanting chips in our children to advertise directly into their brains and tell them what kind of products to buy.â€
â€"Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) talking at a Kaiser Family Foundation forum, July 20.
“We could also electrify this wire with the kind of current that would not kill somebody, but it would be a discouragement for them to be fooling around with it. We do that with livestock all the time.â€
â€"Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) describing how a border fence would work, July 11
“The name of our association must be about what we do, not who our members are.â€
â€"Association of Trial Lawyers of America president Ken Suggs suggesting that the group change its name to the American Association for Justice, to combat a “smear campaign†against the phrase “trial lawyer,†June 29
“The Internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a truck. It’s a series of tubes.â€
â€"Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explaining how cyberspace works, June 28
“I hope that after this is over, that we can get Joe Liebermanâ€"all of us, even for the ones that get along greatly with Joeâ€"and to beat the shit out of him.â€
â€"Ken Delacruz, a leader of Connecticut’s Metal Trades Union, on whether the union should endorse the Democratic senator in his primary, June 27