Our nation, that I love, is like a great giant that can deal with a problem when it focuses on it. But it seems like that giant of a nation is like a Cyclops, with but one eye, that can focus only on one problem at a time.
- Col. Dean M. Esserman, police chief of Providence, Rhode Island, commenting on cuts in criminal justice programs as federal support has shifted from crime-fighting to antiterrorism. (Source: The New York Times)
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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