The bishops' statement on mining is absurd. It sends all the wrong signals to investors. Those who were sitting on the fence will not be rushing in now.

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

A government decision that slashes spending at the wrong time and sends a weak economy into a tailspin can be just as undisciplined as one that unleashes a wasteful spending spree in an overheated environment.

The suggestion he was kidnapped is wrong, and absurd,

it can't be wrong, if it feels so wrong

It sends the wrong message to every one of our constituents.