In their words …
“You can’t pull a trigger without being absolutely positive of what you’re shooting at.”
– Spokesman Phil Cooper, of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game department, after a Spokane Valley man was killed in North Idaho by a hunter who reportedly mistook him for a deer.
“People are remembering the days of Saddam. These were the precise reasons that we fought Saddam and now we are seeing the same thing.”
– Former interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, quoted in the London Observer as saying today’s Iraqi security forces are committing human rights abuses on a par with those of Saddam Hussein’s secret police.
“We’re engaged in one of the worst aspects of government, which is entity suing entity.”
– Spokane Deputy Mayor Jack Lynch, regarding litigation between the city of Spokane and Spokane County over sewer bills.
“It’s not quite the ticket to the statehouse if you promise to execute more and more and speed it up.”
– Executive Director Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Center, saying public attitudes about capital punishment are turning against political candidates who favor it.
“What we’re doing is opening a door that already exists and giving access to a floor or bench that already exists.”
– House of Charity program coordinator Michael Cain, describing a new Spokane plan in which homeless people are admitted to warming centers when the outside temperature or wind chill falls below 10 degrees.
“It’s Santa showing up on a Humvee, or whatever.”
– Juliann Runolfson, who shared with her two small sons the excitement of last week’s Spokane Valley Festival of Lights, at which Santa Claus showed up in a military armored personnel carrier.
“I’m much more sensible and objective before and after games.”
– Washington State University basketball coach Dick Bennett after announcing he’d reinstated Cougar Randy Green who’d walked out of a WSU game Wednesday after a heated courtside exchange of words with the coach.
“As doctors, if we have the possibility to improve our patient, that’s what we can do.”
– Transplant specialist Jean-Michel Dubernard, co-leader of the team of French physicians who performed a controversial face transplant on a woman who had been severely disfigured in a dog attack.