Official Gifts

"I don't think we've time for a risk-reward analysis."

"It's not my fault that you forgot your hearing aid!"

"No, I'm afraid that doesn't count."

"Mrs. Walsh? Oh, good ... you’re still alive."

"Before we can make it official, we'll need you to pee into this cup."

'...and remember, it's not what you bribe but who you bribe...'

"Nation-building never works."

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

The Anti-Agent

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

"You're fired."

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

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

Mario Draghi

Pretty Flowers

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

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

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

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

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

'What distance! Pity it wasn't the hammer!'

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

"National security adviser"

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

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

"What was I thinking?!"

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

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

Political convention

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

CIA report

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

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

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