| Quote Unquote  “Mr.
Libby had a motive to lie and the motive matches up exactly with the lie
he told. . .
He made a gamble, he threw sand in the eyes of the grand jury. . . Don’t
you think the American people are entitled to a straight answer? A critic
points ½ngers at the White House and as a result his wife gets
dragged into the newspapers. . .”
The main points made by Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald in his closing
argument in the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff
to Vice President Dick Cheney. The prosecution claimed that Mr. Libby
willfully lied to both a grand jury and F.B.I. agents investigating the
leak in 2003 of the identity of a C.I.A. operative, Valerie Plame.
– The New York Times
“The ties between America and Ireland go far beyond bloodlines.
U.S. investment in Ireland helped create the Celtic Tiger, and Ireland’s
economic success has in turn led to a book on Irish investment in the
United States. Incalculable cultural exchanges draw us together, as do
common causes and common beliefs.
… The story of our two countries is constantly evolving and joined
together. I welcome this opportunity to be a part of that story, and look
forward to hearing your concerns in the months ahead.”
Senator Barrack Obama in an Op-Ed printed in the Irish Voice.
“We’ll not let these people slip away.”
What Monsignor Cunnane, originally from County Sligo, says of his new
flock, the Latino immigrants in his Los Angeles parish, in an article
entitled “The Hispanicization of American Catholicism.”
The New York Times Magazine “I really, really quite frankly didn’t
want to let them down tonight.”
University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun who picked up
his 500th victory at the university, on February 5, 67-60, against visiting
Syracuse and his longtime rival and friend, Jim Boeheim.
- The New York Times
 “I didn’t
put much thought into what to wear. The Cusacks clean up pretty well.”
John Cusack on attending a Children’s Charity fundraiser. –
InStyle.
“Oh, no, I like it, I love the paparazzi. They take pictures, and
I just smile away. I’ve always liked attention. I didn’t get
it very much growing up, and I always wanted to be, you know, noticed.”
Anna Nicole Smith commenting on her success in an interview with a Los
Angeles born Vickie Lynn Hogan on Nov. 28, 1967, in Mexia, Texas, died
at 39, on February 8, 2007.
– The New York Times
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