Policy Critic Pillows

'Europe a fortress? What are you talking about?! Can't you see - the door's wide open!'

'And here are the results of our listening exercise.'

'Is my face red! -- I had so many appointments with lobbyists last session, I forgot to VOTE for anything!'

Higher walls around the EU.

'Remember the NHS ethos; if it ain't broke, break it. Then make sure it can't be mended.'

' I appreciate you coming here to personally vouch for him. But we'll still need to see a doctor's note.'

"See! All we have to do is wait!"

'You can NOT be turned down for this insurance, but we reserve the right not to pay off on claims.'

Fort Australia

'It's the new managements policy on how we persecute whistleblowers.'

"Oh, don't mind me...just go on as though I wasn't even here!"

'We can't cut entitlements for federal employees. We're federal employees.'

"The only person whose body I should have authority over is my own. . .and every breeding age woman in the country."

"It's the new practice policy on how we persecute whistleblowers."

FLu jabs delayed for third year running...'GP's are always saying they want more consistency, less change...So we haven't changed ANYTHING for three years!'

'But this endless growth is unsustainable.'

That last prescription drug you gave me doesn't control my hypertension!

GP responsibility.

"Our policy regarding paid vacations is - if you take a vacation, you'll pay for it."

"More government regulations, Mr. Maslin?"

"Yes, I did say you needed to back up all your date. But there's an easier way than handwriting thousands of pages."

'Poor girl - she's suffering from terminal underfunding.'

UK border controls relaxed.

'Are you willing to take a drug test and a vow of chastity while on school property?'

'...and these are for staying on good terms with our private-sector friends, Bechtel and Halliburton.'

Federal grant money hooks state and local governments.

The Invisible Man

"....rather than spend millions on a potentially fruitless effort to avoid flooding we've decided to focus on public safety!"

Gov't think tank initiative...to offset costs of daily visits to elderly to requiring them to undertake other duties

Didn't Ask, Didn't Tell.

Great rail disasters: 'Privatisation.'

We can learn a lot from Macdonalds says Birmingham PCT director of service development.

"And what do you think of the government's record on housing?"

"Hold it right there! Our legislature is currently considering new measures to protect children from the insidious ravages of cell phones in schools!"

"Recipes for disaster: Book 1, tariffs."