Current Worldview Of America Expecting Change With Obama
"The idea of exceptionalism is viewed as a smoke screen for American imperialism." -- Dominique Moisi, French writer Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Applying A Little Churchillian Logic To The War In Iraq
"European War [read: Bush's War] can only end in the ruin of the vanquished and the scarcely less fatal commercial dislocation and exhaustion of the conquerors. Democracy is more vindictive than Cabinets. The wars of peoples are more terrible than those of kings." -- Winston Churchill, Spech to... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 31, 2008
How To Define The Bush Administration
"Modern political ideology that seeks to regenerate the social, economic, and cultural life of a country by basing it on a heightened sense of national belonging or ethnic identity. Fascism rejects liberal ideas such as freedom and individual rights, and often presses for the destruction of... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
On Why The Democrats Keep Losing Elections -- An Electoral Perspective
"Democrats keep losing because they can't f**king count." -- Dave "Mudcat" Saunders, Democratic political strategist Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Bush Administration Artifices Rekindled Constitutional Interest
“The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 3, 2008
On Earmarks, Special Interests, Demographics, And Targeted Audiences
"This is the great danger America faces -- that we shall cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups; city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual... If that happens, who then will speak for America? Who then will speak for the common good?"... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
If You're Lucky, You Can Play Her One Last Time -- Conceding
"I want to be done playing this lady November 5th. So if anybody can help me be done playing this lady November 5th, that would be good for me." -- Tina Fey, Emmy acceptance speech at the 2008 Prime Time Emmy Awards Sign in to see full entry.
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." --... Sign in to see full entry.
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 Sign in to see full entry.
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 Sign in to see full entry.