Word: shamelessness
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...until three hours after the fall of Villamor did Aquino go on the air to address her people. Speaking on Channel 9, a privately owned network, the President said, "We shall smash this shameless and naked attempt once more. This nation must never again be allowed to fall into the hands of tyrants." At that point, the government counterattack began. Seven army trucks headed for Channel 4 and a fire fight with rebel forces there. Ramos and De Villa monitored the crisis from Camp Crame, the constabulary headquarters...
Last week Volume II, Means of Ascent, began to run in the New Yorker. The excerpt details a shameless pattern of deceit in L.B.J.'s early career. Among the juicier disclosures is how Johnson, as a noncombatant in World War II, was able to parlay 13 minutes under enemy fire into a Silver Star, which he then had repeatedly presented to himself at public ceremonies. Alice Glass, who according to Caro was Johnson's mistress as well as the lover of one of his most influential supporters, had a more realistic view of Lyndon's war. "I can write...
...anything, these few morality trials do not go nearly far enough. The real scandal in Congress is not what's illegal; it is what's legal: the blatant, shameless greasing of congressional palms that violates good sense, good taste and good government. Capitol Hill is polluted by money -- campaign money, speech-giving money, outside money from investments, and money substitutes like all-expenses-paid vacations and gifts. Fred Wertheimer, president of the public-interest lobby Common Cause, is looked upon these days as an ethics ayatullah, but he is not overstating by much when he says, "Our nation faces...
...THESE people are absolutely shameless!" exclaimed Gerald Ford on Monday, denouncing Panama's election fraud. General Noriega's security forces have publicly torn ballots, closed voting areas and even beaten opposition candidates...
...defined the Reagan era may be on the way out, but its legacy remains. Time praised the women of the Bush family for popularizing dresses that cost "only" $800--a mere pittance compared to the $22,000 displays of conspicuous consumption that adorned Nancy Reagan. In the age of shameless accumulation, we seem to have lost sight of the fact that $800 is a hell of a lot of money to most people. For the more than 7 million Americans who work for the minimum wage, it's considerably more than a month's gross earnings...