"People assume we should be offended that somebody in the military thinks our song is annoying enough that played over and over it can psychologically break someone down. I take it as an honor to think that perhaps our song could be used to quell another 9/11 attack or something like that."  - Bassist Steve Benton of Drowning Pool, whose 2001 hit "Bodies" is a particular favorite of interrogators

On Thursday, Putin fielded three hours of questions live on Russian television and radio, aimed largely at calming fears about the financial crisis.  The Independent publishe

"I look at Obama, a young man, a good-looking person.  That is my first impression, I feel sorry for him.  He looks 100% like Lukashenko, when I came to power after the downfall of the Soviet Union.  The store shelves were empty, a severe financial crisis."  --Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, in a recent

"Bush is to the left of me now. Comrade Bush announced he will buy shares in private banks." - President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela

"[W]hen the tide laps at Gulliver's waistline, it usually means the Lilliputians are already 10 feet under." - Bret Stephens, writing in the Wall Street Journal on why A

"In my opinion, both in foreign policy and economic issues, the government of Ahmadinejad has not been successful."  --Mehdi Karoubi, former Iranian parliamentary speaker who will run against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009

"Sovietology, like paranoia, is a very dangerous disease, and it is a pity that part of the U.S. administration still suffers from it."  --Dmitri Medvedev, President of Russia, commenting on the U.S.

For him to use the internet and video is not something extraordinary. It's normal. Medvedev is very comfortable with the Internet, in the same way that Putin is comfortable when he's in church. . . Putin is a post-Soviet leader. Medvedev is a post-post Soviet leader - Sergei Markov, United Russia Party member.