Mark my words … I mean what I say

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"There is only one person who is going to pay this in the end -- the consumer -- whether it's a hidden fee at the time of purchase or some kind of tax or payment at the end."

-- Mark Small, vice president of Sony Electronics, commenting to USA Today on how municipalities will handle the growing tonnage of e-waste computers, cell phones, VCRs and TV sets heading for the landfills' across America.

"We have constitutional protections against the establishment of religions."

-- Gary S. Edinger, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, commenting on that organization threat to sue Mayor Carolyn Risher of Inglis, Fla., over her proclamation banning Satan within town limits.

"The president has emphasized she doesn't want this presence of U.S. troops start prostitution activities."

--Rigoberto Tiglao, a spokesman for Philippine President Gloria Arroya, regarding efforts to keep U.S. service personnel out of the country's red-light districts.

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