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I would be launching a major offensive against ISIS right now, four bombs a day? Are you serious? That's a public relations war. – Rick Santorum	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I would say to a war-weary country that if we do not begin to take back ground back from ISIS, we will see war visit us here more dramatically and repeatedly, i would be launching a major offensive against ISIS right now. – Rick Santorum	Found on CNN 8 years ago
That is exactly the strategy today and it is working -- to a degree -- not as fast as we would like, perhaps, but we are making gains. the Peshmerga here want to show that they can be united with coalition air power, with Western military advisers, who we understand are in their midst here as well, to launch a successful -- and they hope brief -- offensive towards this town, but also strategically, because of what Sinjar could mean in the future, down the line. – Paton Walsh	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The Peshmerga here want to show that they can be united with coalition air power, with Western military advisers, who we understand are in their midst here as well, to launch a successful -- and they hope brief -- offensive towards this town, but also strategically, because of what Sinjar could mean in the future, down the line. – Paton Walsh	Found on CNN 8 years ago
A strict no-tolerance policy is probably the best strategy, if students know they are going to be expelled, suspended or have their financial aid cut if they participate in racist behavior, it is likely students would think twice before acting in an offensive manner. – Robert Bruce Slater	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We'll see more of an unmitigated charm offensive than what's going on behind closed doors, the general view is there's an emerging crop of prospective leaders of the variety that sees international integration as an opportunity more than a threat, and has a more circumspect view of Beijing. – Jonathan London	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is entirely inappropriate that the railroad industry would make hostages of America's passenger rail services and chemical shippers in order to secure their favored legislative outcome, it is offensive that only when a railroad could face full liability for an accident that they find operation without PTC to be unacceptably dangerous. – Senators Diane Feinstein of California	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We need to reestablish ourselves in that area, we need to give Ukraine offensive weapons. We need to reestablish a missile defense system in the eastern bloc of countries so that we oppose him. Let's keep him on the run, we need to recognize that, you know, his fuel is oil. And we need to do everything we can to develop our energy resources at an economical rate so that we keep the oil prices down, which keeps him in his little box. – Ben Carson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
As the president of a university, I would expect more. As the president of a university currently in the middle of a scandal in the national news, I would expect even more than that. I would expect discretion. I would expect thought and research into whether or not this is considered offensive. Frankly, I would expect more creativity in costume selection. But I guess my expectations are too high for Ramsey, don't dress like a culture. They aren't costumes, they're people. – Olivia Krauth	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We just calmed down, trusted our offense, executed and got stops defensively, which led to easy baskets on the offensive end. – Blake Griffin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is offensive that Governor Bobby Jindal continues to play political games with women’s health care, governor Jindal can not drown out the voices of Louisianans who want access to STI testing, birth control, and lifesaving cancer screenings. We are not going anywhere. – Melissa Flournoy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Donald Trump don't want kids at a young age exposed to lyrics that somehow glamorize a lifestyle that's art, it's not reality, so one of the issues with the'90s hip hop music is that it had lyrics that were offensive. What it actually was were people who were living in those circumstances expressing what their life was like. In the West Coast case, for example, in South Central L.A. And so it gave insight into the lives that they were living. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The two potential outcomes are either a new offensive on Tripoli to 'liberate' it from the GNC or the continued de facto partition of the country, with Haftar playing an ever growing role. – Mattia Toaldo	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Our investigation revealed that no pledge was compelled to participate, regardless, the actions are contrary to the ideals and principles of Alpha Tau Omega and are highly offensive. – Wynn Smiley	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Now, the focus is going to be on the enemy, rather than on territory, what we're trying to do is take the offensive. You can't keep military soldiers guarding cities. – Omar Sharmarke	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This military operation is limited in time. Russian air forces will help Assad's army while it's on the offensive mode, there will be no Russian boots on the ground. – President Vladimir Putin	Found on CNN 8 years ago
My phone was stolen in Canada and out of my control for about 24 hours, i have just been able to reactivate it under my control. Please disregard any messages you received recently. I am truly sorry for anything offensive you may have received. McMillin’s Facebook page shows Jud McMillin relationship status as married. Jud McMillin also sent a second text to contacts apologizing for. – Republican Jud McMillin	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We're just going to keep working and try to create more balance, we have five new starters on our offensive line that haven't played together. We're just three games in, we're still learning a lot about ourselves. – Peyton Manning	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think there are many, many Democrats who find it impossible to admire a woman that they politically disagree with, so when you have Democrats saying my candidacy is offensive to women, that's about politics. That's not about an admiration of a fellow woman. That's not about kinship. And I think that's too bad. – Carly Fiorina	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If it causes offense that I say that 'all lives matter' -- black lives, white lives, police officers, jurists, all of us, even politicians, all of our lives matter -- if that is somehow offensive to someone, that's their issue, not mine. – South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Of course it is offensive that he would use this to impugn Asian-Americans, but I also think he's in as much trouble for his original comments about Latinos, then trying to explain it away by criticizing Asians. – Fred Yang	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Jeb Bush's comments regarding the children of Asian immigrants are derogatory and offensive, he should immediately retract his statements and apologize to the Asian community for his insensitive behavior. – Brian Schatz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There are other words, you know, like the N-word that was widely used before and people stopped using that, people realize how offensive those words are. – Alfonso Aguilar	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It’s absolutely ludicrous to make the term ‘Mother’ and ‘Father’ obsolete, quite frankly, the terms ‘Parent 1’ and ‘Parent 2’ seem more offensive than ‘Mother’ and ‘Father.’ It’s implying that one parent is the first parent and the other parent is secondary. – Kendra Armstrong	Found on FOX News 8 years ago

I would be launching a major offensive against ISIS right now, four bombs a day? Are you serious? That's a public relations war.

– Rick Santorum

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I would say to a war-weary country that if we do not begin to take back ground back from ISIS, we will see war visit us here more dramatically and repeatedly, i would be launching a major offensive against ISIS right now.

– Rick Santorum

Found on CNN
8 years ago

That is exactly the strategy today and it is working -- to a degree -- not as fast as we would like, perhaps, but we are making gains. the Peshmerga here want to show that they can be united with coalition air power, with Western military advisers, who we understand are in their midst here as well, to launch a successful -- and they hope brief -- offensive towards this town, but also strategically, because of what Sinjar could mean in the future, down the line.

– Paton Walsh

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The Peshmerga here want to show that they can be united with coalition air power, with Western military advisers, who we understand are in their midst here as well, to launch a successful -- and they hope brief -- offensive towards this town, but also strategically, because of what Sinjar could mean in the future, down the line.

– Paton Walsh

Found on CNN
8 years ago

A strict no-tolerance policy is probably the best strategy, if students know they are going to be expelled, suspended or have their financial aid cut if they participate in racist behavior, it is likely students would think twice before acting in an offensive manner.

– Robert Bruce Slater

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We'll see more of an unmitigated charm offensive than what's going on behind closed doors, the general view is there's an emerging crop of prospective leaders of the variety that sees international integration as an opportunity more than a threat, and has a more circumspect view of Beijing.

– Jonathan London

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is entirely inappropriate that the railroad industry would make hostages of America's passenger rail services and chemical shippers in order to secure their favored legislative outcome, it is offensive that only when a railroad could face full liability for an accident that they find operation without PTC to be unacceptably dangerous.

– Senators Diane Feinstein of California

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We need to reestablish ourselves in that area, we need to give Ukraine offensive weapons. We need to reestablish a missile defense system in the eastern bloc of countries so that we oppose him. Let's keep him on the run, we need to recognize that, you know, his fuel is oil. And we need to do everything we can to develop our energy resources at an economical rate so that we keep the oil prices down, which keeps him in his little box.

– Ben Carson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

As the president of a university, I would expect more. As the president of a university currently in the middle of a scandal in the national news, I would expect even more than that. I would expect discretion. I would expect thought and research into whether or not this is considered offensive. Frankly, I would expect more creativity in costume selection. But I guess my expectations are too high for Ramsey, don't dress like a culture. They aren't costumes, they're people.

– Olivia Krauth

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We just calmed down, trusted our offense, executed and got stops defensively, which led to easy baskets on the offensive end.

– Blake Griffin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is offensive that Governor Bobby Jindal continues to play political games with women’s health care, governor Jindal can not drown out the voices of Louisianans who want access to STI testing, birth control, and lifesaving cancer screenings. We are not going anywhere.

– Melissa Flournoy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Donald Trump don't want kids at a young age exposed to lyrics that somehow glamorize a lifestyle that's art, it's not reality, so one of the issues with the'90s hip hop music is that it had lyrics that were offensive. What it actually was were people who were living in those circumstances expressing what their life was like. In the West Coast case, for example, in South Central L.A. And so it gave insight into the lives that they were living.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The two potential outcomes are either a new offensive on Tripoli to 'liberate' it from the GNC or the continued de facto partition of the country, with Haftar playing an ever growing role.

– Mattia Toaldo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Our investigation revealed that no pledge was compelled to participate, regardless, the actions are contrary to the ideals and principles of Alpha Tau Omega and are highly offensive.

– Wynn Smiley

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Now, the focus is going to be on the enemy, rather than on territory, what we're trying to do is take the offensive. You can't keep military soldiers guarding cities.

– Omar Sharmarke

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This military operation is limited in time. Russian air forces will help Assad's army while it's on the offensive mode, there will be no Russian boots on the ground.

– President Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

My phone was stolen in Canada and out of my control for about 24 hours, i have just been able to reactivate it under my control. Please disregard any messages you received recently. I am truly sorry for anything offensive you may have received. McMillin’s Facebook page shows Jud McMillin relationship status as married. Jud McMillin also sent a second text to contacts apologizing for.

– Republican Jud McMillin

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We're just going to keep working and try to create more balance, we have five new starters on our offensive line that haven't played together. We're just three games in, we're still learning a lot about ourselves.

– Peyton Manning

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think there are many, many Democrats who find it impossible to admire a woman that they politically disagree with, so when you have Democrats saying my candidacy is offensive to women, that's about politics. That's not about an admiration of a fellow woman. That's not about kinship. And I think that's too bad.

– Carly Fiorina

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If it causes offense that I say that 'all lives matter' -- black lives, white lives, police officers, jurists, all of us, even politicians, all of our lives matter -- if that is somehow offensive to someone, that's their issue, not mine.

– South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Of course it is offensive that he would use this to impugn Asian-Americans, but I also think he's in as much trouble for his original comments about Latinos, then trying to explain it away by criticizing Asians.

– Fred Yang

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Jeb Bush's comments regarding the children of Asian immigrants are derogatory and offensive, he should immediately retract his statements and apologize to the Asian community for his insensitive behavior.

– Brian Schatz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There are other words, you know, like the N-word that was widely used before and people stopped using that, people realize how offensive those words are.

– Alfonso Aguilar

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It’s absolutely ludicrous to make the term ‘Mother’ and ‘Father’ obsolete, quite frankly, the terms ‘Parent 1’ and ‘Parent 2’ seem more offensive than ‘Mother’ and ‘Father.’ It’s implying that one parent is the first parent and the other parent is secondary.

– Kendra Armstrong

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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