I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound – if I can remember any of the damn things.
– Dorothy Parker
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As someone who has consistently been in favor of in-your-face attempts to offend Muslims (e.g., “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day”), I can’t very well advocate any governmental effort (or any violent effort by other parties) to prevent the building of this in-your-face attempt to offend non-Muslim Americans. But to suggest that this center is not provocative, and that Americans should not see it as such, insults my intelligence. There is no right to NOT be offended, but we have every right to be offended, and to protest loudly to that effect. – Commenter Gene August 19th, 2010 | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)
 Most revolutions throughout history have been conducted by a small but determined group, maybe as much as 20% of the population (and probably less). The majority of the people are basically indifferent, just keeping their heads down until the shooting stops so they can go back to their lives under the rule of whoever prevailed. 20% could be more than enough for a successful revolution, but it’s not enough to win an election. – Commenter ‘Laird’ August 18th, 2010 | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)
And to think that a little over a 100 years ago, passports were almost unknown until an international assembly of governments decided to impose them. There’s just no stopping a bad idea whose time has come. Not without a guillotine, anyway. – Commenter ‘tehag‘ August 16th, 2010 | 30 comments - (Comments are closed)
In most every election, 80% of blacks vote Democratic – the perceived party of free stuff – rather than for the party that ended slavery. August 14th, 2010 | 43 comments - (Comments are closed)
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. – John Dalberg-Acton August 9th, 2010 | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)
If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage. – attributed to Margaret Thatcher July 27th, 2010 | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)
July 21st, 2010 | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)
Oh, and anyone in the government opposing [calls for Islamic dress for women to be banned in Britain] is to be conditionally applauded… …they are right to reject this vile authoritarian notion… …but if they opposite it because “Islamic dress is ok” then they are a horse’s arse and need to called that. A burqua or any item of islamic dress for women is as “ok” as a Nazi arm band… and people’s ability to wear Nazi arm bands also should not be banned, but they sure as hell should not be applauded. – Perry de Havilland July 20th, 2010 | 25 comments - (Comments are closed)
Subtracting time needed to get to the area, at 146,000 barrels per day that translates into 9 million barrels that could have been processed since the initial offer was made by the Dutch. – a commenter here called ‘Willab’ remarking on the belated US decision to accept Dutch assistance in dealing with the BP oil spill. July 15th, 2010 | 12 comments - (Comments are closed)
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke. – Alvin Toffler July 13th, 2010 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)
July 9th, 2010 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
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