The Earth, Jan. 4, 2012
From a profile in Vanity Fair, from 1995. A lot of the article is how his then-wife really didn't want to be first lady. But the quote to savor is this:
This is sort of like that picture of Clinton hugging Monica on the rope line. Little did we know at the time…But in Washington there are many demands on the Speaker's time. Since Newt became a national celebrity, he has no shortage of female admirers --from Callista Bisek, a former aide in Congressman Steve Gunderson's office who has been a favorite breakfast companion, to the ubiquitous Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, who has become a self-appointed guardian to the newly desirable Newt.
Ran into Bobby Coyote today. He's a big Nick Lowe fan and I told him I like Lowe's latest. Bobby wanted to know which song was my favorite. It's this one:
From the New York Times obit:
Why is it always "Man Bites Dog" when a rich guy tells the truth?
When businesspeople take credit for creating jobs, it is like squirrels taking credit for creating evolution. In fact, it’s the other way around.Emphasis is mine.It is unquestionably true that without entrepreneurs and investors, you can’t have a dynamic and growing capitalist economy. But it’s equally true that without consumers, you can’t have entrepreneurs and investors. And the more we have happy customers with lots of disposable income, the better our businesses will do.That’s why our current policies are so upside down. When the American middle class defends a tax system in which the lion’s share of benefits accrues to the richest, all in the name of job creation, all that happens is that the rich get richer.
