Municipal Government Official Gifts

"We assure residents that safety is our main motivation for installing automated speed enforcement cameras in town."

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

"Nation-building never works."

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"You're fired."

The Anti-Agent

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

Mario Draghi

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

"Who's got the hammer?"

"National security adviser"

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

Quality Control

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

Political convention

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

"What was I thinking?!"

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

CIA report

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

"... And to our friends in the Liberal Democratic party I award thirty pieces of silver."

'And this one's framed in beautiful Brazilian hardwood.'