The party's over
"In order for us to have the security we all want, America must get rid of the hangover that we now have as a result of the binge, the economic binge we just went through. We were in a land of — there was endless profit, there was no tomorrow when it came to, you know, the stock markets and corporate profits. And now we're suffering a hangover for that binge" — George "the Crusader" Bush, July 15.
Endless profit
"For the first three quarters of 2001, the 100 companies that make up the NASDAQ 100 [which includes Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Oracle and Dell Computers] reported [US]$82.3 billion in combined losses to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For the same period, these companies reported [US]$19.1 billion in combined profits to shareholders ... a difference of [US]$101.4 billion or over $1 billion per company" — media release by SmartstockInvestor.com.
Totally neutral
"I have no agenda at all... I'm not carrying any signals" — Prince Hassan of Jordan explaining his attendance at a London meeting of Iraqi military officers to discuss the overthrow of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein. New York Times, July 14.
They all look the same
"The Vermas could have been any family flying into New York City for the first time ... This was no ordinary family. One of Mr Verma's daughters, a star of Bollywood movies, is on a tour of the United States... Acting on a nervous passenger's suspicions, the authorities called in two fighter jets to escort the plane to La Guardia Airport ... The entire family were taken into custody for several hours of questioning by the joint terrorism task force — New York Times, July 18.
From Green Left Weekly, July 24, 2002.
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