Watercooler Quote of the Day: 11/17/08
michael November 17th, 2008
“I am basically going back to my corporate roots.”
- Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), who is retiring after 14 years in Congress, announcing that he has accepted a job at Deloitte Consulting
Watercooler Quote of the Day: 11/14/08
michael November 14th, 2008
“Considering how taxpayers’ money around Washington isn’t respected, a day shouldn’t go by without having an inspector general checking on it.”
- Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Watercooler Quote of the Day: 9/19/08
michael September 19th, 2008
“We are an ‘insight’ organization. If DoD customers ask us for information, we will provide that information as requested.”
- Richard Cole, spokesman for the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), in response to allegations that the DCMA improperly assisted Lockheed Martin and the Air Force in their efforts to undermine then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s decision to terminate the C-130J program
Watercooler Quotes of the Day: 9/11/08
michael September 11th, 2008
“Sexual relationships with prohibited sources cannot, by definition, be arms’ length.”
- Department of Interior Inspector General report on a wide-ranging ethics scandal involving inappropriate relations between government officials in charge of oil royalties and employees of energy companies
“America is more communist than China right now.”
- Commodities investor Jim Rogers, chief executive of New York-based Rogers Holdings, on the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae bailouts
– Michael Smallberg
Watercooler Quotes
michael July 23rd, 2008
In what will hopefully become an ongoing series on the Watercooler, we’d like to share some of our favorite quotes from recent news articles:
“Too much money, no adult supervision”
– Winslow Wheeler, Center for Defense Information, on the defense procurement system
“To be really good at oversight, you have to be very comfortable making people uncomfortable. I don’t think he’s cut from that cloth.”
– POGO’s Danielle Brian on Senator Joseph Lieberman’s (I-CT) personality
Have you seen or heard a quote lately that made you chuckle or wince in pain? Please send it our way: watercooler@pogo.org.
– Michael Smallberg
