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Fred Thompson
August 19, 1942 -
Nationality: American
Category: Politician
Subcategory: American Politician

We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation.

   

China is one of the world's greatest proliferators of weapons of mass destruction to these rogue nations.

   

We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.

   

Some people think that our planet is suffering from a fever. Now scientists are telling us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian warming. This has led some people, not necessarily scientists, to wonder if Mars and Jupiter, non signatories to the Kyoto Treaty, are actually inhabited by alien SUV-driving industrialists.

   

The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations.

   

We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do.

   

I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.

   

Nobody wants to open a business near a Superfund site and risk being sued.

   

For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee, and up until about 1923, something like that.

   

Hopefully, we can build bridges, but we also have to draw lines.

   

But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now.

   

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