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Not much ever really comes of commissions, really. The last one that really came up with something truly concrete was the Warren Commission, and for all its good work, most Americans persist in believing that Oswald was working in tandem with the CIA, FBI, Lyndon Johnson, and the John Birch Society.

~Christopher Buckley

Topics: American Believing Came Cia Commission Concrete Ever Good Good Work John Johnson Last Lyndon Lyndon Johnson Most Much Persist Really Society Something Truly Up Warren Work Working Fbi

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I do a show. It comes on late at night on TV. And if that means I'm a late-night talk show host, then I guess I am, but in every other regard I resign my commission, I don't care for it.

~Craig Ferguson

Topics: Am Care Commission Every Guess Host Late Late-Night Late-Night Talk Means Night Other Regard Resign Show Talk Talk Show Then Tv I Am

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We're going to break a story that there are people on the staff on the 9-11 Commission that didn't want the 9-11 Commissioners to know the details of Able Danger because of the potential to embarrass those commissioners.

~Curt Weldon

Topics: Able Because Break Commission Danger Details Embarrass Going Know People Potential Staff Story Those Want

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The commission members themselves were never briefed on Able Danger.

~Curt Weldon

Topics: Able Commission Danger Members Never Themselves Were

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I am extremely disappointed by the actions of the 9/11 commission.

~Curt Weldon

Topics: Actions Am Commission Disappointed Extremely I Am

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The statistics might have a Eurosceptic cast, but they are not exactly a fun read. Few of us want to wade through ONS graphs or European Commission tables.

~Daniel Hannan

Topics: Cast Commission European Exactly Few Fun Might Read Statistics Tables Through Us Wade Want

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Net-neutrality proponents howled when Comcast started throttling traffic from BitTorrent, a bandwidth-hogging program people use to swap video files. The Federal Communications Commission sided with the open-Internet folks, ruling that Comcast could not selectively choke off traffic.

~Daniel Lyons

Topics: Choke Commission Communications Could Federal Files Folks Off People Program Ruling Started Swap Traffic Use Video

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When we talk about kids earning commission for chores, we always have at least one parent who argues that children should do chores because they are part of the family. I agree, but if you don't involve money in a few chores, you lose the teachable moments in the work, spend, save, and give principles.

~Dave Ramsey

Topics: About Agree Always At Least One Because Children Chores Commission Earning Family Few Give Involve Kids Least Lose Moments Money Parent Part Principles Save Should Spend Talk Who Work You

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My children were taught at an early age how money works and that it comes from hard work. They've been on a commission - not an allowance - since they were little. They learned that if they worked around the house, they got paid. If they didn't work, they didn't get paid.

~Dave Ramsey

Topics: Age Allowance Around Been Children Commission Early Early Age Get Got Hard Hard Work House How Learned Little Money Paid Since Taught Were Work Worked Works

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In a global race, can we really justify the huge number of expensive peripheral European institutions? Can we justify a commission that gets ever larger? Can we carry on with an organisation that has a multibillion pound budget but not enough focus on controlling spending and shutting down programmes that haven't worked?

~David Cameron

Topics: Budget Carry Commission Controlling Down Enough European Ever Expensive Focus Gets Global Huge Huge Number Institutions Justify Larger Number Organisation Peripheral Pound Programmes Race Really Shutting Spending Worked

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