Thursday, August 14, 2008
Are The Republicans Just Blathering Idiots Or Did They Miss The Fox Update?
"This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can threaten its neighbors, occupy a capital, overthrow a government, and get away with it." -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, press conference, August 13, 2008 "...in the 21st century nations don't invade other nations." --...
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Monday, July 28, 2008
You Knew There Had To Be A Sensible Explanation For It...
"This week, NBC News defended their coverage of Barack Obama. They’ve been accused of giving him more favorable treatment than John McCain. And today NBC News denied it. They said, "'That’s ridiculous. We’ve never even heard of John McCain.'” -- Jay Leno
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Saturday, July 26, 2008
How Come It Is The Blind That See Things So Much More Clearly...
"Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger in the long run is no safer that outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing." -- Helen Keller
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Friday, July 25, 2008
As The Trials Of Detainees Begin At Guantanamo... Finally...
"The very core of liberty secured by our Anglo-Saxon system of separated powers has been freedom from indefinite imprisonment at the will of the Executive." -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Bust Of Churchill Blair Gave Bush A Dusty Scold Of Detainee Policy
"The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him judgment by his peers for an indefinite period, is in the highest degree odious, and is the foundation of all totalitarian governments whether Nazi or Communist." --...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
I'll Take Inexperience Over Inability To Remain Informed Anyday...
"For the second time in two days, John McCain has referred to current events in ‘Czechoslovakia’ - a country that officially ceased to exist in 1993. Afterwards, McCain said, ‘The same thing happened the last time I went to Mesopotamia.’" -- Conan O'Brien
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Friday, July 18, 2008
When You Scorn Congress, Remember There's A Woman In Charge...
"God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States -- a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject." -- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in an interview on CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer"
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Conservative = Foreign Wars, Indiscriminate Spending, Increased Govt. Size
"In virtually every realm, Republicans seek to use the force and power of government to control the lives of American citizens. To secure this control, they spend recklessly and with abandon, and propose one law after another designed to criminalize the private choices of citizens. They are the...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
And Still Those Pesky Polls Have McCain and Obama Running Neck-and-Neck
"If the Democrats can't landslide the Republicans this year, they ought to just wrap up, close down, emerge in a different form. You think people are going to vote for a pro-war John McCain this year?" -- Ralph Nader, on Meet The Press, February 2008
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Conservative Pundits Quote Obama: "Force Our Children To Learn Spanish"
"I agree that immigrants should learn English. But instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English -- they'll learn English -- you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish. You should be thinking about how can your child become bilingual. We should have every child speaking more...
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