But the "just shut up" strategy, as veteran celebrity publicity Howard Bragman has dubbed it, comes with its own set of challenges.
Over the weekend, we were treated to a smorgasbord of self-justification from Herman Cain and Jerry Sandusky, who, as they spiral downward and hopefully out of the public eye, seem unable to just shut up.
For what this really does is removes much of the pressure that the Troika (ECB, EU Commission and IMF) can bring to bear on the Greek Government to just shut up and force austerity down the throats of the citizenry.
The media just would not shut up about this company, since even before the IPO.
Just before Congress shut up shop, a bipartisan group of ten senators suggested a compromise that would allow drilling off Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia, while also raising taxes on oil firms.
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That trying to get someone to shut up on the internet just massively increases the number of people who listen to them.
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He thinks the mayor's threat to shut up shop may be just a bluff in an attempt to wrest more money from the state, which is busy with another racing-industry crisis.
"When police shut these Web sites down, they just mushroom up some other place, " he said.
If these budget negotiations break down, we could end up having to shut down the government, just at a time when the economy is starting to recover.
All we need now is for ESPN, ABC and TNT to take the hint, shut up blabbering on-air personalities and give us just basketball, raw and uncut.
The PDE immediately switched over to a back-up chain, and it also shut itself down just in case the anomaly was a problem in the electronics rather than in the physical system itself.
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According to the Gallup Organization and numerous other respected analysts, 49 percent of current American employees admit to not being engaged, meaning they just show up, follow orders, and keep their mouths and their brains shut.
Nonetheless, detectives admit that this is just the tip of the iceberg, and as soon as one site is shut down another will spring up - hence the need for members of the public to remain vigilant.
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