What Liberals Say » Control

Nationalize the banks

Terry Moran — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:38:42 +0000

“Why not just nationalize the banks? Why shouldn’t you just fire the executives who wrecked these banks in the first place and tanked the world’s financial system in the process.”

Not good to have freedom?

Jackie Chan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:19:40 +0000

“I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we’re not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want.”

Population control

Paul Watson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:59:54 +0000

“We need to radically and intelligently reduce human population to fewer than one billion. We need to eliminate nationalism and tribalism and become Earthlings. And as Earthlings, we need to recognize that all the other species that live on this planet are also fellow citizens and also Earthlings. This is a planet of incredible diversity of life-forms; it is not a planet of one species as many of us believe.”

Oil Companies Watch Out!

Hillary Clinton — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:24:25 +0000

“We’ll take on the oil companies and harness their record profits to create millions of clean energy jobs — high-wage jobs you can raise a family on. I’ll end their special tax breaks and give them a choice: invest some of your profits in alternative energy , or we’ll do it for you.”

There’s not enough government.

Barney Frank — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:18:06 +0000

â€œOur problem today is too little government.â€

Demanding more stringent federal controls of arsenic.

Hillary Clinton — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:04:22 +0000

“I guess this administration wants to be known for calling arsenic a beverage.”

We want to Impeach President Bush.

John Kerry — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:58:22 +0000

“If we take back the House, there’s a solid case to bring articles of impeachment against this President. [. . .] Don’t tell anyone I said that.”

State control of all births.

David Lykken — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:31:24 +0000

“[I]f children were born to unlicensed parents, the state would intervene immediately. Licenses would be checked in hospital maternity wards. Unlicensed parents would lose their children permanently. Adoptions would be final and irreversible.”

Your kids belong to everyone.

Hillary Clinton — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:47:01 +0000

“There’s no such thing as other people’s children.”

The government should control all births.

David Brower — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:42:04 +0000

“Childbearing [should be) a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. . . . All potential parents [should be] required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing.”