Talk about threats to national security — how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?
BOB SCHAFFERI always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
More Bob Schaffer Quotes
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I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
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It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
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The revolution has been dubbed “The Orange Revolution,” orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government…
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They’ve asked me to do this temporarily. I don’t know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.
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A police reporter walks into the worst moment in someone’s life on every single story that he covers. It’s not like being a sports reporter. That’s a great job and all that and takes certain skills.
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Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation.
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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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Parents don’t like it, administrators don’t like it, and kids don’t like it, but politicians and bureaucrats in Washington love it–which should be the first indication to you that it is a troubled program.
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We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They’ve heard it on the radio. They’ve seen it on the Internet. They’ve seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.
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I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it.
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The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
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I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
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Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander’s boss to get that changed.
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But here’s the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can’t. I can’t even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don’t get it.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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