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"Q: What were you thinking when you conceived this idea? A: When we received the assignment, we..."

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:05:48 -0500

“

Q: What were you thinking when you conceived this idea?

A: When we received the assignment, we immediately read both of Senator Obama’s books. We were struck by the ideas of hope, change and a new perspective on red and blue (not red and blue states, but one country). There was also a strong sense, from the start, that his campaign represented something entirely new in American politics — “a new day,” so to speak.

”

- The ‘O’ in Obama - Campaign Stops Blog - NYTimes.com

"Mathematically, this works out to, I think, eight seconds of heartfelt standing applause for each of..."

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:31:37 -0500

“Mathematically, this works out to, I think, eight seconds of heartfelt standing applause for each of his felony convictions.”

- RACHEL MADDOW of MSNBC, on the standing ovations convicted Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska received in his farewell speech - Quotes of Note - The Boston Globe

"Whereas the Ludlum School students conducted a mock presidential debate related to the recent..."

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:12:45 -0500

“Whereas the Ludlum School students conducted a mock presidential debate related to the recent presidential elections and whereas the students did a wonderful job of carrying out their tasks and demonstrating their patriotism at an early age and whereas in recognition of their efforts and the victorious feat of Sen. Barack Obama in becoming the first African-American president of the United States, it be resolved that the Hempstead Board of Education proudly renames Ludlum Elementary School as the Barack Obama Elementary School.”

- “Yes We Can!” Students Rename School for Obama - Political Punch

billybrown: mynameisdave: (via askjerves)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:34:07 -0500

billybrown:

mynameisdave:

(via askjerves)

FFFFOUND! | Weirdos on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:34:44 -0500

FFFFOUND! | Weirdos on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

vruz: RADIO—via nevver

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:17:19 -0500

vruz:

RADIO—via nevver

French and Saunders - Bergman Parody (via evoloosh1) Love them.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:49:44 -0500

French and Saunders - Bergman Parody (via evoloosh1)

Love them.

No, really, take your time.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:00 -0500

Christine Todd Whitman and Robert M. Bostock - Free the GOP - washingtonpost.com

Palin has many attractive qualities as a candidate. Being prepared to become president at a moment’s notice was not obviously among them this year. Her selection cost the ticket support among those moderate voters who saw it as a cynical sop to social fundamentalists, reinforcing the impression that they control the party, with the party’s consent.

In the wake of the Democrats’ landslide victory, and despite all evidence to the contrary, many in the GOP are arguing that John McCain was defeated because the social fundamentalists wouldn’t support him. They seem to be suffering from a political strain of Stockholm syndrome. They are identifying with the interests of their political captors and ignoring the views of the larger electorate. This has cost the Republican Party the votes of millions of people who don’t find a willingness to acquiesce to hostage-takers a positive trait in potential leaders.

unburyingthelead: - via manly art Oh, Michael Caine, you were...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:01:00 -0500

unburyingthelead:

- via manly art

Oh, Michael Caine, you were so obviously my boyfriend in another life.

britticisms: Lykke Li and Q-Tip perform “Can I Kick It?,”...

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:19:58 -0500

britticisms:

Lykke Li and Q-Tip perform “Can I Kick It?,” “Move,” and “Vibrant Thing” at the 2008 MtvU Woodie Awards.

The best part of a sick day.

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:39 -0500

The best part of a sick day.

"What is heroism for women? After many years of discussion and examination we came up..."

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:46:00 -0500

“What is heroism for women? After many years of discussion and examination we came up with—it’s an old idea extrapolated from the end of Middlemarch by George Eliot, where she talks about how she was always trying to create female heroes and it was frustrating for her because she found that the heroines had to do with the smaller tributaries in life. It had to do with the details, every little action of every day.”

- Emma Thompson Is So Smart - Women & Hollywood

The U.S. Auto Industry and the Ripple Effect (via gmblogs)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:48:19 -0500

The U.S. Auto Industry and the Ripple Effect (via gmblogs)

On Poetry - ‘Letters of Ted Hughes’ - Review - NYTimes.com “When gossip grows old,” the...

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:42:00 -0500

On Poetry - ‘Letters of Ted Hughes’ - Review - NYTimes.com

“When gossip grows old,” the Polish writer Stanislaw Lec said, “it becomes myth.” In the case of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, the myth made by gossip has long obscured the art made by a couple of poets. That’s a pity. It’s a pity not only because many people might enjoy the poetry if they were to read it on its own merits, rather than for the customary vicarious frisson, but also because many people might not enjoy it. They might instead find themselves wondering why so much time has been spent on two writers whose most notable shared feature is the ability to write a poem dripping with blood, moons and psychic violence about anything from soccer to provincial beekeeping clubs. They might wonder whether the supposed primal intensity of the poetry isn’t lessened by the fact that there’s an awful lot of it: more than 300 pages in Plath’s “Collected Poems” (and she died at 30); more than 1,300 pages in Hughes’s (with the “Complete Poems” yet to come). They might even begin to think that what Plath and Hughes both stand for is a particular kind of poetic and psychological simplicity, according to which the best way to convey fraught concepts is to use words like “writhed” and “cancerous” and “Nazi.” They might question whether this is actually the revelation it is sometimes claimed to be. Or they might not. But at least they would be making an actual judgment based on an actual encounter with poetry.

nevver: Not an Asshole

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:16:06 -0500

nevver:

Not an Asshole

"Dana Perino is here, what an honor to be roasted by the spokesman for the president. Dana Perino,..."

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:14:29 -0500

“Dana Perino is here, what an honor to be roasted by the spokesman for the president. Dana Perino, wonderful to see you. I always knew Scott McClellan would hatch into something beautiful. When you crawled out of the McClellan cocoon, did you have to devour the shell for nutrients or is he still lurking around someplace? … I loved it when you told Helen Thomas that the ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner should have read, ‘Mission Accomplished For These Sailors Who Are On This Ship On Their Mission.’ I certainly hope you had a banner for that explanation. Do you get sore the next day after shoveling it that hard? I kid, I kid, but no, Dana, you are the one person who I don’t mind slamming me on this entire podium, because I know for the last year and a half you haven’t meant anything you’ve said.”

- Stephen Colbert - Stephen Colbert Roast, benefit for the Spina Bifida Association

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind,..."

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:15:44 -0500

“People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish,ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you’ve got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway.”

- Mother Theresa (via sophiniesom) (via robot-heart)

soupsoup: mikehudack:amberlrhea

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:02:06 -0500

soupsoup:

mikehudack:amberlrhea

soupsoup: danhacker: Easiest “Man of the Year” decision ever....

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:14:01 -0500

soupsoup:

danhacker:

Easiest “Man of the Year” decision ever. GQ would kind be stupid not to make him “Man of the Year”.

vruz: Torturing Democracy www.torturingdemocracy.org Watch...

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:09:07 -0500

vruz:

Torturing Democracy

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