Beware the flapping lips
Writing by treason on Wednesday, 24 of October , 2007 at 5:33 pm
Mark Twain:
“…We all know that in all matters of mere opinion that (every) man is insane — just as insane as we are… we know exactly where to put our finger upon his insanity: it is where his opinion differs from ours… All Democrats are insane, but not one of them knows it. None but the Republicans. All the Republicans are insane, but only the Democrats can perceive it. The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.”
Congressman Pete Stark, representing California’s 13th District:
“The Republicans are worried that they can’t pay for insuring an additional 10 million children. They sure don’t care about finding $200 billion to fight the illegal war in Iraq. Where are you going to get that money? Are you going to tell us lies like you’re telling us today? Is that how you’re going to fund the war? You don’t have money to fund the war on children, but you’re going to spend it to blow up innocent people? If he can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the President’s amusement.”
Mark Twain:
“Is a person’s public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.”
Senator/Presidential candidate John McCain:
“A few days ago, Senator Clinton tried to spend one million dollars on the Woodstock concert museum. Now my friends, I wasn’t there. I’m sure it was a cultural and pharmaceutical event. I was… I was tied up at the time.”
“I will follow Osama Bin Laden to the gates of hell and I will shoot him with your products.”
Senator Ted Kennedy:
“Why don’t we just ask Osama bin — Osama Obama — Obama what — since he won by such a big amount. Seriously, Senator Obama is really unique and special.”
Governor/Presidential candidate Mitt Romney:
“Just look at Osama… Barack Obama said just yesterday. Barack Obama calling on, on radicals, Jihadists of all different types to come together in Iraq.”
Senator/Presidential candidate Barack Obama:
“… that happens …I don’t pay too much attention to that.”
Mark Twain:
“When we are young we generally estimate an opinion by the size of the person that holds it, but later we find that is an uncertain rule, for we realize that there are times when a hornet’s opinion disturbs us more than an emperor’s.”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid:
“As you know, one reason that we have the fires burning in Southern California is global warming. One reason the Colorado Basin is going dry is because of global warming.”
Mark Twain:
“We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions: one private, which we are afraid to express; and another one — the one we use — which we force ourselves to wear… until habit makes us comfortable in it, and the custom of defending it presently makes us love it, adore it, and forget how pitifully we came by it. Look at it in politics.”
California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi:
“I got some doubt about the value of President Bush coming out here. How many times did he go to New Orleans and still made promises, but hasn’t delivered? It’s public relations. Okay, President Bush comes out, we’ll be polite. But frankly, that’s not the solution. How about sending our National Guard back from Iraq so that we have those people available here to help us?”
Senator Barbara Boxer:
“Right now, we are down 50% in terms of our National Guard equipment because they’re all in Iraq, the equipment, half of the equipment.”
Mark Twain:
“We all break over the rule two or three times in our lives and fire a disagreeable and unpopular private opinion of ours into print, but we never do it when we can help it, we never do it except when the desire to do it is too strong for us and overrides and conquers our cold, calm, wise judgment.”
Senator/Presidential candidate Christopher Dodd:
“… In a Dodd Administration, never again will our houses be on fire because our troops are taking fire in Iraq. Never again will our first responders be left without the support they need because our President failed to do what it took to keep our communities safe…”
Mark Twain:
“Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will.”
Senator Dianne Feinstein:
“I do not think there is any blame to be cast on anyone. I think everyone is responding — the Governor, the Mayors, Homeland Security, FEMA, and, of course, the President.”
“I think Judge Southwick made mistakes by concurring in the two opinions in question, but I don’t think those rulings define his views. I don’t believe they outweigh the other factors that suggest Judge Southwick should be confirmed… Is he not a person inclined to protect civil rights? For some, is he a racist? I looked very carefully at him. I really came to the conclusion that he is none of the above.”
“In this body, what goes around comes around. I have been on the Judiciary Committee for 15 years, and I have watched it go around and come around, and it has got to end. Somebody has to be part of an effort to step forward and try and see if that can happen. We are going to have another president, perhaps a Democratic president, and we want this person to have an opportunity to present their nominees.”
Mark Twain:
“We are nothing but echoes. We have no thoughts of our own, no opinions of our own, we are but a compost heap made up of the decayed heredities, moral and physical.”
Congressman Charles Rangel, representing New York’s 15th District:
“Two people, six spouses. It’s a little complicated if you’re not religious, especially when you’re running against a Mormon, but I’m just saying that America has to look at all of these things and that there are enough moles on this man that embarrasses those of us who have sought public life. When we get involved in public life, it means we’re in a goldfish bowl, and it would seem to me with all the breaks that the mayor has had in touching with Kerik and being involved, uhhh, with his personal problems, that he would thank God he’s got as far as where he did go without making the politicians get involved in his personal life.”
Mark Twain:
“I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts.”
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and senior national correspondent Claire Shipman of ABC:
SHIPMAN: So, you think the comparison to Katrina that everybody’s making in the back of their mind these days is a good one in terms of state and federal.
SCHWARZENEGGER: All you have to do is just look around here and see how happy people are. No one is screaming. No one is complaining about anything.
SHIPMAN: Well, you’re saying everybody’s working together, but you have heard there have been some complaints from officials. For example, in Orange County who say, ‘If we’d only had more resources earlier, more planes, more firefighting resources, we might have been able to head off the fires ravaging Orange County right now.’
SCHWARZENEGGER: Anyone that is complaining about the planes just wants to complain because it’s a bunch of nonsense. The fact is that we have all the planes in the world here. We have 90 aircraft here and they can’t fly because of the wind situation…
Trust me when I tell you, you’re looking for a mistake and you won’t find it because it’s all good news, as much as you maybe hate it, but it’s good news. Trust me, okay?
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