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Friday, May 26, 2006

How An American President Became A Tyrant

"A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped." -- Norman Mailer, Preface to The Presidential Papers Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 22, 2006

Why Bush Doesn't Speak Speak Spanish Very Often

"The trouble with foreign languages is, you have to think before your speak." -- Swedish proverb Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts And Their Kind

"It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men." -- Henry David Thoreau, "Life Without Principle" Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

The Patriot Act, The GOP, Bush And Executive Orders

"Security gives way to conspiracy." -- William Shakespeare, "Julius Ceasar" Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 13, 2006

The Philosophy That Has Allowed The GOP To Gain And Remain In Power

"I'd love to change the world/ but I don't know what to do/ so I'll leave it up to you..." -- Ten Years After, "I'd Love To Change The World" Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 12, 2006

Wiretap This, You Gestapo Bastards!

"... privacy is... connected to a politics of domination." -- Bell Hooks, African-American author, feminist, human rights activist " Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite." -- Marlon Brando Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

What Kind Of Blogger Are You Anyway? Well?

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." -- Anonymous Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 8, 2006

Let Me Guess -- The Lesson He Learned From 9/11 and Katrina

"I think that it's very important for us to take his words very seriously. When people speak, it is important that we listen carefully to what they say and take them seriously." -- president George W. Bush, Bild newspaper transcript, when questioned on the seriousness of Iran's president Mahmoud... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 7, 2006

When To Listen To Your Advisors

"The next war is not just going to be military on military. The deciding factor is not going to be how many tanks you kill, how many ships you sink, and how many planes you shoot down. The decisive factor is how you take apart your adversary's system. Instead of going after war-fighting capability,... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 4, 2006

Not Just A Moron, Rush Limbaugh Is A Mind-Reading Fool

"When the sensitive, caring, proper, and understanding Joe Biden, liberal Democrat, says Moussaoui may not have 'gotten the better end of the deal,' you can't fool me. I know exactly what he's talking about: the old bend-over-forward-and-grab-the-ankles-in-prison time." -- Rush Limbaugh,... Sign in to see full entry.

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