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Quote of the Day II - Guilt by Association
Now you know how it feels, Ms. Geller. When the terrorist is a Christian—in his own words, a “Crusader” for “Christendom”—and when the preacher to whom he has been linked is you, you suddenly discover the injustice of group blame and guilt by association. The citations you didn’t create, the intermediaries you didn’t recognize, the transactions you didn’t know about, the violent interpretations you didn’t condone—these exonerating facts suddenly matter.
Quote of the Day - Debt Ceiling Chicken
Yes, at some level it’s a game of chicken. Something we can all understand pretty intuitively in human nature and game theory terms. But to really get what’s really going on you’ve got to understand one key point: one of the two cars doesn’t have a driver in it.
Josh Marshall, on media coverage of the debt ceiling debate, via Talking Points Memo
Quote of the Day - The Slippery Slope
There’s a good general rule to follow when you think about slippery slope arguments: does the slippery slope work with or against human nature? The former are far more dangerous than the latter.
Quote of the Day - Angry Rhetoric Edition
Mr. DeMoss, a former aide to Moral Majority founder Rev. Jerry Falwell and an unpaid adviser to Republican Gov. Mitt Romney in the 2008 presidential campaign, said that he was particularly surprised by the hostility to the civility pledge from conservatives.
“The worst e-mails I received about the civility project were from conservatives with just unbelievable language about communists, and some words I wouldn’t use in this phone call,” he said. “This political divide has become so sharp that everything is black and white, and too many conservatives can see no redeeming value in any liberal or Democrat. That would probably be true about some liberals going the other direction, but I didn’t hear from them.”
Quote of the Day - Sympathy for the News Junkie Edition
“The news so powerfully suggests ‘what matters’, it takes a while to realise ‘but this drama is not my life’ and switch off. Addiction to ‘news’ becomes a substitute for much-needed reform in one’s own life.”
Alain de Botton, via Twitter (@alaindebotton)
Quote of the Day - Fear the Beard Edition
“I’d like to be a crossword clue one day. I want to be in The New York Times’s Sunday edition. Right now, the clue ‘Giants great’ is always Mel Ott. I want my clue to be down, not across. The down ones are usually harder. And when I’m the clue, I’ll fill it in — just that one — and frame it.”
Quote of the Day - Second-Rate Science Edition
“It’s better to read first-rate science fiction than to read second-rate science. Second-rate science may not be true either, and it is less entertaining.”
Quote of the Day - The Tea Party In a Sentence Edition
“Government isn’t what our founding fathers put into the Constitution.”
Sharron Angle, Nevada GOP candidate for Senate, via Mesquite Local News
Quote of the Day
“What I’d prefer, since [Steve] Jobs is asking, is a company that doesn’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s the ‘most revolutionary rain storm ever!’”
Farhad Manjoo: Apple’s condescending iPhone 4 press conference - Slate Magazine
Quote of the Day - Awkward Subtext Edition
“Mr. Mason said the presence of women on submarines would put an end to the kind of camaraderie ‘that involves close physical contact, like man hugs and bottom pats’ that sailors use to cope with the pressure of extended deployments.”
Quote of the Day
“In Alabama, the ‘True Republican PAC’ is running an advertisement mocking Republican gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne for supporting the teaching of evolution in schools. Yes, you read that right — these ‘True Republicans’ are so proudly, invincibly ignorant that they’re making fun of a fellow Republican for not being a moron.”
Little Green Footballs - Moron vs. Moron in Alabama Governor Race
Quote of the Day
“Muhammed implied that he has previously had some contact with the FBI regarding a trip to an Islamic country, but he would not give specific details of the incident. ‘It is American oppression,’ he said. But, he added, we probably wouldn’t understand such issues as we are ‘Darwinist faggots who are as despicable as the rest, walking around eating your Triscuits.’”
South Park Fans Spoof Islamic Website (Updated) - Gawker.com
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