So what you do is do the best you can, express the genuine concern you
feel for the environment... but not take irresponsible action to guard
against incidents of this nature.
-- President George Bush, commenting on the Exxon Valdez oil spill
-- for the first time, seven days after it happened
I realize that the MX missile is none of our concern. I realize that
the whole point of living in a democracy is that we pay professional
congresspersons to concern themselves with things like the MX missile
so we can be free to concern ourselves with getting hold of the
plumber....
