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Gary Ackerman
American
Politician
Born:
Nov 19
,
1942
America
Down
Looking
People
Political
You
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The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game.
Gary Ackerman
News
Game
Entertainment
People
Confused
First
Think
Changed
Broadcast
Project
Philosophies
Television
No Difference
About
Give
Instead
Journalism
Between
Journalists
Know
First Thing
Stirring
Up
Get
The First Thing
Just
Hockey
Difference
Themselves
Who
Media
Now
Thing
You can compromise between good, better, and best, and you can compromise between bad and worse and terrible. But you can't compromise between good and evil. And now people look at the other side as a completely different kind of animal and say, 'They are taking the country down the road to purgatory.' It's complete intolerance.
Gary Ackerman
Best
Good
You
Animal
Good And Evil
People
Better
Evil
Country
Down
Other
Side
Complete
Worse
Say
Intolerance
Kind
Bad
Purgatory
Compromise
Road
Taking
Between
Look
Terrible
Different
Different Kind
Down The Road
Now
No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote.
Gary Ackerman
You
Vote
Call
Your
Floor
Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.
Gary Ackerman
Great
People
Sometimes
Pride
Great Pride
Higher
Take
Higher Standard
Which
Held
Standard
Who
Jewish
I am always fascinated by India.
Gary Ackerman
India
Always
Am
Fascinated
I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.
Gary Ackerman
Immigration
Rules
Favor
Also
Need
We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.
Gary Ackerman
World
Rules
Out
Out Here
Would
Some
Empty
America
Regulations
Here
If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.
Gary Ackerman
Freedom
Democracy
Siege
Threatened
Risk
America
Flag
Burns
Jerk
As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
Gary Ackerman
Good
People
Good Things
State
Never
Had
Repay
Privilege
Owe
Trying
Senator
Then
Much
Congressman
Fully
Whom
Things
I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend the needy from the aggressively greedy. I've led a blessed life. What a kick for a kid from the projects.
Gary Ackerman
Life
People
Blessed
Greedy
Needy
Kick
Projects
Tyrants
Kid
Hungry
Tried
Feed
Demanded
Protect
Go
Led
Poor
Elderly
Personally
Defend
From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.
Gary Ackerman
Freedom
People
Free
Building
National
White
White House
Our
House
Built
Were
Represent
Anything
Us
Capitol
Who
Many
Symbols
Using official government resources to help bankroll an explicit political agenda - whether on the right or left - is flat out wrong.
Gary Ackerman
Government
Political
Resources
Out
Wrong
Political Agenda
Left
Official
Flat
Flat Out
Whether
Explicit
Agenda
Help
Using
Right
For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists, but they're very brave with the terrorists... If the terrorists ever got a hold of this information, they'd get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad.
Gary Ackerman
Gay
People
Military
Out
Some
Seems
More
Chase
Baghdad
Got
Terrorists
Very
Than
Get
Brave
Afraid
Hold
Information
Against
Us
Lesbians
Reason
Platoon
Ever
The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.
Gary Ackerman
People
Down
Ability
Both
Both Parties
Part
Highly
Parties
America
Problematic
Really
Convince
Notions
Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public.
Gary Ackerman
People
Money
Lose
Rich
Sympathy
Make
Get
Whether
Public
Rich People
There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
Gary Ackerman
Saying
People
Luxury
Down
Flying
Seeing
Delicious
Message
Coming
Private
Off
Cups
Hands
Tin
Irony
Going
Them
Businesses
Washington
Jets
Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.
Gary Ackerman
People
Telling
Unthinkable
Children
Inhumane
We're not looking at banning all weapons.
Gary Ackerman
Looking
Weapons
Banning
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