Oh well. Whatever. Nevermind.
Its almost like Shalom Auslander is reading my mind:
Here’s the thing about people: I don’t really like them. That’s why I find racism so curious. There are so many reasons to dislike people, you going to go with color? So I avoid the people whenever possible, try to keep my distance. Its really better for everyone.
“Rudy Giuliani, he only uses three words in a sentence: A noun, a verb, and 9/11.”
–Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), in last night’s Democratic Presidential Debate on MSNBC
If there is a place with more abject stupidity swirling around than the right-wing blogosphere, I’d like to know where it is.
-Glenn Greenwald, in a post citing another example of how stupid right-wing blogs are.
I’m not trashing your book, I’m trashing your philosophy of life
–Jon Stewart to Chris Matthews, in an interview last night.
Rosa said that alcohol played a large factor in the groom ending up with someone other than his new wife.
–in a news story about a groom being arrested for sexual assault. (via The Cooler)
Alan Keyes throws his straitjacket into the ring.
–Josh Marshall on Alan Keyes deciding to run for President (previous coverage here)
I swear, some days I think I should just hand the kids a shotgun and a bottle of Maker’s Mark and send them out to play in the street.
–Michelle Cottle, after reading a newspaper story on defective milk bottles
Petraeus has licensed himself out to the right-wing noise machine.
By all accounts he’s one of the most knowledgeable people on counter-insurgency in the US military. But he’s reduced himself to being no more than another White House press operative, with all that entails for his credibility.
–Josh Marshall, on the news that General Petraeus will give an exclusive one hour interview to Brit Hume of Fox News after his congressional testimony today.
This is old and I meant to post it a while ago but I just saw it while going back through my starred items in Google Reader, so here it is:
“One of the strangest political developments of the post 9/11 world was the sudden — and totally inexplicable — transformation of Rudolph Giuliani from eccentric mayor of New York City to foreign policy expert…. It’s like treating Ray Nagin as an expert climatologist because he happened to be Mayor of New Orleans when Katrina hit. If Nagin decided he wanted to be the head of the National Weather Service, would anyone take him seriously?”
—-The Anonymous Liberal, via Steve Benen
“Of course, I believe I have an unfair edge over most of my colleagues right now. My mind works faster than my mouth does. Washington would probably be a better place if more people took a moment to think before they spoke.”
–Senator Tim Johnson, in his first public appearance since suffering a stroke.