Category Archives: Quotes

Today’s Quote: The Sorrows of Empire

Posted on September 5, 2011 by admin

Have things changed much since this book was published in 2005? “Four sorrows are certain to be visited on the United States. Their cumulative effect guarantees that the U.S. will cease to resemble the country outlined in the Constitution of … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quotes: How Torture Happens

Posted on September 2, 2011 by admin

“With numbing regularity good people were seen to knuckle under the demands of authority and perform actions that were callous and severe. Men who are in everyday life responsible and decent were seduced by the trappings of authority, by the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quotes: Media ‘Balance’

Posted on August 30, 2011 by admin

“[O]ne of the things that really has gotten dumber about our culture: the media constantly talks about truth as if it … were always equidistant from two points. In other words, sometimes the truth is one-sided.” […] “[I]t’s exactly like … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quote Two-Fer: Bill Hicks, Words and Video

Posted on August 28, 2011 by admin

Bill Hicks wasn’t a stand-up comic like Jerry Seinfeld, and he didn’t tell jokes; he used spike-in-the-eye satire to make his philosophical points, and he told the raw truth as he saw it, which didn’t make him popular in the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quote: Welcome to the New Great Depression

Posted on August 25, 2011 by admin

“Here’s the dirty little secret: Republicans want the economy to fail. They want Obama to fail, and they don’t care who gets hurt in the process. They want these things, because the beast is in the bathtub and they can … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quotes: Bierce on Delusion

Posted on August 23, 2011 by admin

“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.” — Ambrose Bierce “Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.” — Ambrose Bierce

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Today’s Quotes: Resume Blunders

Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

Snippets from resumes and employment applications from various sources. “I have learned about life’s hard lessons from watching reality TV.” “Once I had my stratergy planned, I left the details to my suborednates.” “My mother told me you would hire … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quote-to-Quote: Modern Conservatism

Posted on August 21, 2011 by admin

“The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.” – Mark Twain “Conservative: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quotes: Rush Limbaugh Unmasked

Posted on August 21, 2011 by admin

“Rush [Limbaugh] said that he thought most people are incredibly gullible, and he felt that the key to radio programming was to reach that crowd, and that it would be really, really easy. He thought he could get anyone to … Continue reading →

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Today’s Quote: The Problem with Christopublican Biblical Literalism

Posted on August 19, 2011 by admin

“The problem with fundamentalist Christians insisting on a literal interpretation of the Bible is that the meanings of words change over time. A prime example is ‘Spare the rod, spoil the child.’ A rod was a stick used by shepherds … Continue reading →

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