Do we really want to pay $3.5 Billion to change all the vending machines in the US, so they accept new bills that blind people can tell apart?

No clue what went wrong - quick, let's make new rules so it doesn't happen again!

Our bureaucrats are not morons; quite the contrary.

And be proud of it?

What on earth is a US Army officer doing kissing the Koran?

China's masters are starting to act like they care about ordinary Chinese. Quite a new leaf for Communists.

They were "only following orders"...

Judges which rule based on feelings rather than the law, cause unintended consequences quite the opposite of what they wanted.

There are many places around the world where we should "Do Something!"

When the paper is not to their liking, bureaucracies tend to have hissy-fits and throw their weight around.