“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain as quoted by Barack Obama
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“[W]hen it comes to energy policy, the U.S. toggles between complacency and panic.”
Attributed to the first U.S. energy secretary, James Schlesinger.
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Power corrupts.
That’s what it’s for.
Been there. Done that.
Wrote the FAQs.
[By the way. I see that this is post #14000. (Some 669 were drafts never posted or have been deleted.)]
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“The Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia’s 32-year-old ban on handguns and ruled that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting. When he heard the news, George Carlin was given a warning for using the seven words you can’t say in heaven.”
Marc Ragovin
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“The irony is that when it comes to terror threats, the Administration has decided that a 1% chance is enough to impel decisive action. But when it comes to the global climate change that could wipe out most of the world’s coastal cities and threaten civilization itself, even near certainty is not enough to provoke action.”
Andrew Tobias, first posted here two years ago.
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“It’s been very difficult for the firefighters to get things under control because the vegetation up in Northern California where the fires are is about 40% marijuana plants. So the poor crews, they’re supposed to be bringing in supplies, but they keep bringing in Doritos and chocolate milk shakes. And it’s not helping.”
Jimmy Kimmel
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“It wasn’t Custer’s last stand; it was Custer’s last fight,” Medicine Crow said.
“It was Sitting Bull’s last stand. They won the battle that day but lost a way of life.”
From a 2006 article in the The Rocky Mountain News about the history and current issues at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.
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“In the wake of last week’s Newsweek poll showing Obama with a 15-point national lead comes a new L.A. Times poll that puts Obama up by 12 points.”
Here’s the Los Angeles Times story, which has the subhead: “A Times/Bloomberg Poll says that in a two-man contest, 49% of respondents favor Barack Obama, while 37% support John McCain. With Ralph Nader and Bob Barr added to the mix, Obama holds 15-point edge.”
FiveThirtyEight.com has it Obama 344, McCain 194.
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“Instead of sunblock, they’re recommending A-1 Sauce, it’s that hot.”
David Letterman on the California heat wave (116º in the San Fernando Valley).
Another good one from Letterman:
“He’s inspired a new line of clothing, and I believe if you want some of the John McCain stuff, you can go to — it’s being sold at, oh, at the Very Old Navy.”
“Britney Spears flew to Mississippi this week to help her sister Jamie Lynn with her new baby. Britney says it’s really important that she spend time with the baby now — because soon it will be busy raising its own baby.”
Conan O’Brien
“I’m not here to say that the government is always right, but when the government tells you to do something, I’m sure you would all agree that I think you all recognize that is something you need to do.”
U.S. Senator Kit Bond (R-Nuremberg) quoted by Morningstar - Dow Jones & Company, Inc. on the FISA deal.
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“And while some are using the opportunity to point out the scary statistics and difficulties that accompany teen motherhood (and/or being born into the Spears family), we’re trying to look at the bright side.”
The post lists five babies of teenage mothers that did well, including Jack Nicholson, Bob Marley and Eric Clapton.
And how about NewMexiKen!? My mom was a teenager when I was born.
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“McCain said that Obama’s move to drop out of the system ’should be disturbing to all Americans’ and that he may decide to opt out, too. ”
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“I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?”
Ronnie Shakes
“Britney Spears’ sister gives birth to baby girl”
“In a recent interview, President Bush said that he might not be the last President Bush if his brother Jeb decides to run. Yeah, when he heard this, Jeb said, ‘Please stop reminding everyone we’re related.’”
Conan O’Brien
“This is ugliest stretch of road I know. And I am from New Mexico. I know from ugly roads.
Karen Fayeth from I-5 in central California.
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“As for Tiger’s knee pains at the U.S. Open? Armchair surgeons suspect it’s either an anterior cruciate or a rocco mediate.”
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“The question in the NBA, and in life, isn’t whether or not you can shoot. The question is, can you get your shot?”
The late sportswriter Ralph Wiley in 2004. First posted here in 2004.
“I thought I was working for the Jedi Knights and in reality I was working for the Sith Lords.”
Fired U.S. attorney for New Mexico David Iglesias on The Daily Show. Quoted at New Mexico FBIHOP.
“There were no fewer than 1,004 mentions of Tiger’s knee surgery during the five days of coverage … but does anyone know what the surgery entailed? How come there was never any specific mention as to what kind of surgery he had?”
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“I thought you had a high threshold for pain.”
The above was first reported here four years ago today. It was said to me.
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“My wife and I had a fight this morning. I think it’s because the institution of marriage is weakened by California’s activist judges.”
“Fox News is hopeless; you might as well get angry at mildew.”
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“Lately, however, there always seems to be at least one food-safety crisis in the headlines — tainted spinach, poisonous peanut butter and, currently, the attack of the killer tomatoes.”
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“You can’t eat tomatoes because they’re tainted with deadly salmonella. Yeah, now listen to this. First, of course, we went through tainted lettuce. Now, tainted tomatoes. Who would have thought that the healthiest part of a B.L.T. would be the bacon?”
David Letterman
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“How resounding was the Celtics’ comeback from a 24-point deficit to beat the Lakers in Game 4?
“Cemetery workers swear they could smell cigar smoke wafting up from Red Auerbach’s grave.”
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“Every day is a gift. But does it have to be a pair of socks?”
Tony Soprano, “The Ride,” Episode 74
“The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times.”
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy writing for the Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush.
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