#sue

The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#attentive #been #british #city #europe

In the U.S. I think there are really two reasons we should pursue energy policy. One is climate change, and the second is this notion that the oil market is cartel-ized by people, some of whom are friendly, some of whom are not, some of whom are in a more ambivalent position to us. ↗

— Brad Carson

#change #climate #climate change #energy #energy policy

There are philosophical issues involved in that about choosing the right discount rate, the value, the future, and things like that which drive it. But its start with the premise that global warming is real and if you're a denier of that fact, then you're not going to find climate change mitigation policies to have particular appeal. ↗

— Brad Carson

#appeal #change #choosing #climate #climate change

What we're trying to do is address something I saw in Congress that was a major problem, which is to say that energy is arguably the most fundamental issue confronting our country. ↗

— Brad Carson

#arguably #confronting #congress #country #energy

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#avoid #betray #confidence #controversial #had

I don't think the Tea Party people are racist, except maybe a tiny portion of them. But there has been a deliberate effort - again, referring to Fox Broadcasting - to inject the race issue into it. They have actually called Obama a racist on television. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#again #been #broadcasting #called #deliberate

If our country is to reach a workable solution to the abortion issue, the Democratic party must be open to and tolerant of opposing views. ↗

— Robert Casey

#country #democratic #democratic party #issue #must

One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#changing #episode #episodes #even #favorite

I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices. ↗

— Lacey Chabert

#apply #choices #college #couple #decide

Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated and detailed level. Within the philosophy of mind, the problem of consciousness is no big news. ↗

— David Chalmers

#big #big news #broader #consciousness #detailed