Our politicians congratulate themselves on this as we stand in line.

NPR: 'This American Moment' As Peggy Noonan Sees It

Kerry voters may have been motivated by the war or the economy, but it seems that in this election, not enough of them felt strongly enough to go and stand in line to vote.

BBC: Karl Rove

But those who embrace this new investment framework stand to achieve double-bottom line results in the form of strong financial, as well as socially meaningful, returns that yield positive impacts on the environment and on communities around the world.

FORBES: Philanthropy, Now Yielding Financial Returns

Next time you stand in line for an hour to have a guard ask you for photo ID, think about this: If our enemies want to attack, the easiest part of the plot will be making the forged IDs.

FORBES: Let's Get the Engineers

Of course, this would require a new bureaucracy to administer the program and force working people with kids to stand in a line somewhere to apply.

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