“Twitter has become like high school, where the mean kids say something hurtful to boost their self-esteem and to see if others will laugh and join in.” Matt Lewis, writing in The Week, on why an early adopter now hates Twitter.
“This is a tough time for a lot of people — millions of folks all across the Eastern Seaboard. But America is tougher, and we’re tougher because we pull together. We leave nobody behind. We make sure that we respond as a nation and remind ourselves that whenever an American is in need, all of [...]
“If we find out we that there was a big breakdown, and somebody didn’t do their job, they’ll be held accountable.“ President Obama, speaking to MSNBC’s Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski in New Hampshire, inadvertently gives votes another reason to make him a one term President. It’s time for a SuperPAC to [...]
“The middle class has been buried for the last four years” Joe Biden, speaking in Charlotte, North Carolina today. The day before the first Presidential debate is not a good day to let Joe out into the wild. Expect to hear about that tomorrow night. Agree with @joebiden, the middle class has been buried the [...]
“I just can’t put my arms around it, it’s, to me, it was our 9/11 today. I just saw planes crashing into towers” Penn State graduate Tom Price, speaking to WNEP about the sanctions levied against Penn State on Monday.
From Mondoweiss, a portion of a question and answer session at The State Department on human rights. Matt Lee, AP Reporter: So the next time Human Rights Watch comes out with a report that’s critical of Israel for its treatment of the Palestinians, I’ll assume that you’re going to be saying the same thing, correct; [...]
And the Bishops are teaming with Republicans to plan these eventual murders: The collusion of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has led to an open declaration of war on the women of this country. The bishops have long sought to enshrine into law those policies of the Catholic [...]
Promoted from the comments in DJ’s piece on knowing your audience. JWH offered up the title line in reference to ideological purity and the debt ceiling. Now I’m the first to say blow the whole thing up now before it gets any worse. Lance the boil and let the healing begin. Something I’ve learned in [...]
Mitch McConnell, expressing the kind of pessimism many of us in this country are feeling: Mr. McConnell, the Senate’s top Republican, said he had gone into negotiations in good faith over how to formulate a deficit-reduction package to accompany an increase in the statutory borrowing limit. The Treasury has said the limit must be raised [...]
This ought to qualify as the quote of the week: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the House Small Business Committee on Wednesday that the Obama administration believes taxes on small…
He’ll make $10.72 million this year as an NFL running back: Vikings running back Adrian Peterson compared NFL owners’ treatment of players to “modern-day slavery,” according to an online interview published…
He recognizes the NAACP not so much for what they used to represent but what it is they represent today. God bless the man for his candor:…
Interesting perspective being put forth on the Giffords shooting: "If we feel that civility in public discourse is going to take away mass shootings we are mistaken," said Dr. Michael…
If this doesn't nail the press' hypocrisy, nothing does: Interesting that the lamestream media, mindlessly mouthing the mantra of Sarah Palin's lack of intellectual curiosity never thought to ask John…
Philmon points us to Ken Blackwell who sums things up most nicely:”We have become a culture where making money doesn’t entitle you to it, but wanting money does.”Does that not adequately describe…
Can you name the guy who penned the following?The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want…
"He's frustrated because he cares about the small people, and we care about the small people. I hear comments sometimes that large oil companies are greedy companies or don't…
"Organized labor just flushed $10 million of their members' money down the toiled on a pointless exercise." An unnamed White House official, on the AFL-CIO, SEIU, AFSCME, and other major…
"You know, when I woke up this morning and I'm shaving, and Malia knocks on my bathroom door and she peeks in her head and she says, 'did you plug…
"The person asking the question was missing the point that unrestricted guns are a devastating issue. To illustrate the point, he offered what admittedly could be considered a less than…
"I wore the uniform in Vietnam and many came back to all kinds of disrespect. Whatever we think of war, we owe the men and women of the armed forces…
"My job is to find out as much information as possible about a player that I'm considering drafting. Sometimes that leads to asking in-depth questions. Having said that, I talked…
… for chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chris Van Hollen who said the following about the Massachusetts Senate race:”Why would you hand the keys to the car back…
I kid you not:Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he’s “blacker than Barack Obama” and tells Esquire magazine that he was a real person in a political arena dominated by…
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