“What they do is find candidates … that haven’t been in office, haven’t served or performed in any kind of public service. My opponent is typical, frankly.” Congressman Jim Moran, D-8th, Virginia When you read the above quote, it’s not possible to understand the level of absurdity just from the words spoken. You might think [...]
“Climate change — to deny it exists, to just put your head in the sand and, ‘oh no, it doesn’t exist, what are you talking about,’ is about like standing on the floor of Macy’s during the month of December and claiming Santa Claus doesn’t exist.” Rep. Nick Rahall Democratic incumbent for the U.S. House [...]
Below is actual email from 10:10 Founder Franny Armstrong promoting the video, “No Pressure” that we referenced in our previous post (this email apparently went out at about 6:00a.m. yesterday, 10/1). Read the tone of the email and note how enthusiastic she is about this disgusting film: Hello 10:10ers, Even by my not-entirely-downbeat standards, I [...]
“I’m certain you’ll agree that detonating school kids … into gory pulp for ignoring their carbon footprints is attention-grabbing.” – Britain’s Guardian Newspaper “What to do with those people [climate change skeptics] … maybe a little amputating would be a good place to start?” – 10:10 Founder and Film Maker Franny Armstrong Yes, you read [...]
From a letter published in the Washington Post by our lead blogger: “How can it be appropriate to change the legal mechanism for filling a vacancy after that vacancy has occurred?” “Oh yes he did say that!” ================================= Can Massachusetts Do That? Tuesday, September 1, 2009 While I agree with the thoughts expressed in the [...]
“What has changed is the University’s former policy … of sending grade reports … to parents or guardians of dependent students … we are therefore discontinuing these forms of communication.” – from the president of a private, East-coast university The statement above is from a letter sent to parents of students at this institution of [...]
“I love these members that get up and say, ‘Read the bill’! Well, what good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you’ve read the bill?” – Representative John Conyers, D-MI Did a veteran member of Congress [...]
“We cannot but regard Mrs. Clinton as a funny lady as she likes to utter such rhetoric … Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping.” – North Korean Foreign Ministry Spokesman This oddly-worded, verbal assault on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was issued by North Korea on Thursday (7/23) [...]
- “If we do not move swiftly to sign [the economic stimulus bill] into law, an economy … will be faced with catastrophe … This is the assessment of the best economists in the country.” – “Few challenges facing America, and the world, are more urgent than combatting climate change. The science is beyond dispute [...]
“Mr. Ricci … can’t have it both ways; these laws can’t be good when you use them to protect yourself and bad when they’re used to protect someone else.” – People For the American Way Executive Vice President Marge Baker Ms. Baker and People for the American Way, an organization that states in its mission [...]
- “Defendants … have engaged in coercion, threats, and … intimidation of voters … brandished a deadly weapon … made statements containing racial threats … at both black and white individuals … while the polls were open for voting.” – “The department [of justice] is committed to the vigorous prosecution of those who intimidate, threaten [...]
“Close-minded people are very certain and dogmatic in their views, and generally believe that there is a single correct point of view.” – Dolores Albarracin, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Huh? To paraphrase a bit, didn’t Prof. Albarracin just say that “close-minded people are close-minded people”? The above quote relates [...]
“The term, ‘Congress,’ Madame Speaker, actually is an ancient term. It means interaction — it means the intercourse between men and women — and ideas and philosophies.” – Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) He said it, not us! With some of the recent antics of former and current members of the House and Senate in the [...]
“[Lt. Gov.] André Bauer … has somewhat eccentric behavior patterns … The prospect of him in the governor’s mansion has caused a lot of people who might otherwise pressure the governor to resign not to do so.” – James L. Guth, a political scientist at Furman University (Greenville, SC) Well, we may already be violating [...]
“In Iran, firstly, we do not have homosexuals like you have here [in this country]. In our country, such a thing does not exist.” – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, September 24, 2007 In general, when we say, “Oh no you didn’t say that,” we will be commenting on current, topical quotes by politicians, sports figures, [...]
“… this legislation is paid for by the polluters who currently emit the dangerous carbon emissions that contaminate the water we drink and pollute the air that we breathe.” – President Barack Obama The above quote is from the President’s June 23, 2009 press conference. It is in reference to the “cap-and-trade” bill making its way [...]
