#eric

Political corruption is endemic all over this country, in some places worse than others, right? On crime, you have all the major American cities where the crime rates at different points in their histories, have spiked dramatically. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#american cities #cities #corruption #country #crime

Race in America is not a problem you can go over, or around or under. You've got to go through it. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#around #go #got #over #problem

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#anybody #behind #city #going #great

I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#americana #away #bit #country #country music

America's Facebook generation shows a submission to standardization that I haven't seen before. The American adventure has always been about people forgetting their former selves - Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac went on the road. If they had a Facebook page, they wouldn't have been able to forget their former selves. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#about #adventure #always #america #american

The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#american public #delays #diplomatic #limited #patience

Our resolution urges all Latin American and Caribbean countries to designate al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organizations. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#american #caribbean #countries #designate #hamas

So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#bitter #bitter truth #china #companies #enlisted

I ask the American people to consider the legacy this administration has handed us in the defense budget as we spend billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars without the tools and ability to track these dollars. ↗

— Rick Larsen

#administration #american #american people #ask #billions

We need a positive economic agenda that invests in the innovation and growth that will create jobs for middle class families and ensure that America remains the world leader. ↗

— Rick Larsen

#america #class #create #economic #ensure