[googlage] "Merkel sagt..."

1. Merkel sagt Hilfen zu.
2. Merkel sagt die Wahrheit.
3. Merkel sagt Nein.
4. Merkel sagt Teilnahme am UN-Umweltgipfel in Brasilien ab.
5. Merkel sagt Nein zum Einsatz in Libyen.
6. Merkel sagt Nein zum eigenen Energieressort.
7. Merkel sagt Afghanistan Millionenhilfe zu.
8. Merkel sagt Italien-Reise ab und kündigt Erklärung an.
9. Merkel sagt Griechenland umfassende Hilfe zu.
10. Merkel sagt Unterstützung im Kampf gegen Boko Haram zu.
11. Merkel sagt, es ist alles gesagt.

[googlage] "Romney says..."

1. Romney says he turned around Olympics - Did he?
2. Romney says poor people taste like chicken.
3. Romney says no thanks to medicare.
4. Romney says president ignored debt problems.
5. Romney says he likes grits, saying 'y'all'.
6. On Fox, Romney says he is misunderstood.
7. Romney says he would oppose Blunt Bill if it prevented people.
8. Romney says he owns guns - But does he?

9. Romney says Santorum needs 'miracle' to get nomination.


Just catching up with my older googlages these days.

In the once-upon-a-time days of the First Age of Magic, the prudent sorcerer regarded his own true name as his most valued possession but also the greatest threat to his continued good health, for - the stories go - once an enemy, even a weak unskilled enemy, learned the sorcerer's true name, then routine and widely known spells could destroy or enslave even the most powerful. As times passed, and we graduated to the Age of Reason and thence to the first and second industrial revolutions, such notions were discredited. Now it seems that the Wheel has turned full circle (even if there never really was a First Age) and we are back to worrying about true names again.

(Vernor Vinge, True Names, 1981)