“Dow Jones Up In Opening Trading On News Of Government Bailout.”
Atrios quoting MSNBC.
Category: Best Line of the Day
Clever turns of phrase, special splashes of wit, provocative insight — all in a sentence or two.
Best line of the night, so far
“This implicit guarantee means that profits are privatized but losses are socialized. If Fannie and Freddie do well, their stockholders reap the benefits, but if things go badly, Washington picks up the tab. Heads they win, tails we lose.”
Most important line of the day, so far
“That’s why the Bush White House’s corruption in the end surpasses Nixon’s. We can no longer take cold comfort in the Watergate maxim that the cover-up was worse than the crime. This time the crime is worse than the cover-up, and the punishment could rain down on us all.
Frank Rich in a column discussing Jane Mayer’s The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals.
Best line of the day, so far
“I still do not have a computer, but having resisted an iPod as long as I could, I have now succumbed. On my iPod at the moment I have nothing but Bach, but I have all of Bach …”
Oliver Sacks, who turns 75 today. He has the entire 157-CD Bach set on his iPod.
Sacks has recently resumed piano lessons after a 60-year break.
Best line about McCain today, so far
“McCain doesn’t want to talk about his time as a POW. Except in his ads. And speeches. And debates. And interviews. And at fundraisers, meetings, lunch, in his sleep and in the middle of saying he doesn’t want to talk about it”
Most wrong line of yesterday
“Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers in America today. And that’s a disgrace. It’s an absolute disgrace, and it’s got to be fixed.”
John McCain, town hall meeting Denver
Uh, Senator, that’s the way the system was designed 73 years ago.
Best line of the day, so far
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
Atrios quoting the United States Constitution, Amendment 4, which I will remind you all federal office holders are sworn to “support and defend … against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Best line of the day, so far
“If they do get together, I hope la Ciccone isn’t expecting much action in October.”
Charles Pierce referring to A-Rod and Madonna.
Best line as we begin Independence week
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain as quoted by Barack Obama
Best line of the day, so far
“[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.
Line of the day
“This year, about 12,000 Americans will be shot to death.”
Best bumper sticker lines of the day
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.)]
Best line of the day, so far
“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
Best redux line of the day
“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.
Best line of the day, so far
“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
Best line about a historic event on this date
“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.
Best line of the day, so far — but it’s only June
“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.
Best line of the day, so far
“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.”
Today’s best Britney line
“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
Worst line of this or any day
“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.
Best Britney Spear’s sister line of the day, so far
“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.
How’s that again?
“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. ”
Best line of the day, so far (and it’s 10:40)
“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
Best Ron Howard’s brother like headline of the day
“Britney Spears’ sister gives birth to baby girl”
Best line of the day, so far
“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