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Archive for August, 2007

“We’ve killed over 400,000 of their citizens”

– Tim Robbins, famous for his over-active imagination, talks about civilian deaths in Iraq.
Ignorance must be bliss.

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“I would like my president to have pillow talks with Bill Clinton”

– Michael Douglas talks about his choice for president. I bet he’s not talking about Dennis Kucinich or Ron Paul.

“I would be very happy with that”

– Michael Douglas talks about his choice for president.

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On this second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, please take a moment to remember the victims. More than 1.1 million volunteers have responded to help but more are still needed, and many homes have still not been rebuilt.

Oh sure, everyone knows about the “refugees” of Hurricane Katrina, and many of us, myself included, have our own horror stories about “non-victims” who attempted to take advantage of the system or even demanded that people “take care of them”. But I am not concerned with those people now, as they have disappeared back into the slimy little holes they crawled out of. The people I am concerned about are the real victims of Katrina. The people who took all the proper precautions and fled when they knew the storm was bearing down on them.

Since the day of the disaster, Americans have donated over 14 million hours of volunteer service to help rebuild New Orleans and the other affected areas. This has been the single biggest volunteer response to a disaster in our nation’s history, but there are still many jobs to be done, lots of work to be completed, and many people who still cannot return to their homes.

Several people I know had homes in the affected areas, and luckily most of them have been able to return or have settled elsewhere around the country, but let’s take a moment out of our day and do what we can to help. Heck, I’m not asking you to volunteer, or even donate money, I’m simply asking you to help raise awareness so others will remember as well.

“I am not gay”

“I never have been gay”

“I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct”

“I chose to plead guilty to a lesser charge in hopes of making it go away”

“I am back”

“I have lived the American dream. Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father’s best days”

– Attorney General Alberto Gonzales talks while announcing his resignation.

“Al Gonzales is a man of integrity, decency and principle”

President Bush talks about the resignation of Alberto Gonzales.

“Alberto Gonzales was never the right man for this job”

Harry Reid talks about the resignation of Alberto Gonzales.

“Long overdue”

Nancy Pelosi talks about the resignation of Alberto Gonzales.

“He demonstrated that his loyalties lie with the president and his political agenda, not the American people or the evenhanded and impartial enforcement of our laws”

HIllary Clinton talks about the resignation of Alberto Gonzales.

“This is a great, great development”

David Iglesias, former U.S. Attorney, who was fired, talks about the resignation of Alberto Gonzales.

“Better late than never”

John Edwards talks about the resignation of Alberto Gonzales.

“The American people deserve to know that their presidency is not for sale”

“The Lincoln Bedroom is not for rent”

“I think reasonable people can come to reasonable solutions”

– Jeff Burton talks about NASCAR ’s battle to keep the AT&T logo off the #31 car.

“In order for that to work, people have to be willing to be reasonable”

– Jeff Burton talks about NASCAR ’s battle to keep the AT&T logo off the #31 car.

“I can’t see where it is in the sport’s best interest to ask a sponsor who has been part of this thing for years to not be here”

– Jeff Burton talks about NASCAR ’s battle to keep the AT&T logo off the #31 car.

“The United States is the one who broke the law first”

“By letting people cross over without documents’

“By letting people pay taxes”

“I watched Sicko… It’s a great movie.”

– John Edwards talks about seeing Sicko, you know, the movie about Cuba’s government run health care system.

“I’m going to be honest with you — I don’t know a lot about Cuba’s healthcare system.. Is it a government-run system?”

– John Edwards talk about Cuba’s healthcare system, or his lack of knowledge of it anyway.