Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly read more

Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria.

They will probably be there the rest of the week,

They will probably be there the rest of the week,

[Sotero kept quiet, worrying that her family would be targeted. But she found comfort in numbers at last week's rally, read more

[Sotero kept quiet, worrying that her family would be targeted. But she found comfort in numbers at last week's rally, organized by Tucson's Border Action Network. In August 2004, BAN hosted a community forum where anger simply erupted.] People had been afraid to speak out, ... They fear repercussions; they fear being targeted, because (the Border Patrol) is so dominant and so imposing in their communities, where they're told they don't have any rights.

It just goes to show you that anything that looks out of the ordinary is going to strike fear in read more

It just goes to show you that anything that looks out of the ordinary is going to strike fear in people now.

Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensated for increases in fuel costs.

Significant improvements in pricing, particularly for our North American brands, more than compensated for increases in fuel costs.

People are looking for reasons to sell the dollar.

People are looking for reasons to sell the dollar.

It's not the right thing to do. It's not the right thing to risk to try to get in this read more

It's not the right thing to do. It's not the right thing to risk to try to get in this country through these very dangerous areas.

Nobody answered the phone anyway. We had to leave messages. Said, thanks for coming, we appreciate it, stuff like that.

Nobody answered the phone anyway. We had to leave messages. Said, thanks for coming, we appreciate it, stuff like that.

We had some breakdowns defensively. A couple of them were in transition where we missed a shot and didn't match read more

We had some breakdowns defensively. A couple of them were in transition where we missed a shot and didn't match up well. We weren't shooting the ball great early and probably got a little bit frustrated and didn't pay attention in transition like we needed to.