December 2007 | On Our Radar

Worth Repeating

“One-eighth [of Americans] would prefer a $50 gift certificate for the Olive Garden to ever voting again. That seemed high, until I thought of the sweet, sweet goodness of the five-cheese ziti compared to a couple of New York politicians.”
— Writer Alex Sheshunoff reporting results of a 1,006-person phone survey on what people think their votes are worth (Public Radio International, 10/12).

“The ball that drops in Times Square on New Year’s Eve is going green. This year, the 100th anniversary of the tradition, the ball will have an aluminum skeleton and be lit by energy-efficient LED lights. With 16 times as many lights, it will use half the wattage of the last ball. That’s the power equivalent of 10 toasters toasting for six hours.”
— Grist.org, 10/04

“Mobile phones are the smoking of the 21st century; they should have health warnings on them.”
— Neil Whitfield, 49, who lost the hearing in his left ear from heavy cell phone use. Recent research shows that using a cell phone increases the risk of brain cancer. (The Independent UK, 10/7)

“What politics has become is something that requires a kind of tolerance for artifice and manipulative communications strategies that I have in very short supply. I just don’t have the patience for things that seem to be greatly rewarded in today’s political system.”
— Former VP (and recent Nobel Prize Winner) Al Gore on why he won’t run for president in 2008. (Fast Company, July)

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