Quote of the Day
“Deadly situations can happen in the blink of an eye,” she said. “If you are not proactive … you are a vulnerable target.”
Linda Smith was the victim of an attempted robbery and rape. Fortunately, she was armed.
QOTD
Today’s quote of the day is from Borepatch:
Massachusetts State Motto: “Guns? ICK!”
Silly, yes, but it made milk come out of my nose. Thanks, BP! Oh, yeah, and there was something relevant and poignant about tyranny. Whatever.
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QOTD is from Breda, on the use of the term “racist”:
This sort of thing has happened frequently enough that the epithet has lost all its sting. I see it now for what it is, a knee-jerk reaction to some perceived slight combined with a lack of better vocabulary.
I’ve often said that when someone calls you a racist, the appropriate response is to laugh. Anything else just perpetuates the behavior. And I think the term has sort of become the equivalent of “the N word” or calling someone a fascist or “commie”: semantically null and without meaning.
A few years ago, my wife was teaching in the South Bronx. She had a parent complain to the principal that “Mrs. Newbie” was not being fair to her son, and perhaps it was racially motivated. She went to sit down with the principal and the parent. She ran into the mother of one of her former students, who said “Hello, Miss. Maidenname” (We had gotten married in the meantime and she had changed her name.) They had a bit of a chat, and then the both of them walk into the principals office. Mother turns to her son, slaps him upside the head and says “Boy, you are in a lot of trouble. You didn’t tell me it was Miss Maidenname!” Seems the mom didn’t realize that my wife was the one she was accusing of racism. Needless to say, it went nowhere.
So the moral of the story…develop more creative insults. And laugh if you are accused of racism.
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I’ve been trying to decide what to say about the Scott Brown/Martha Coakley affair. I’ve decided to steal a quote from Marko.
I think that the Democrats’ loss of “Kennedy’s seat” to the Republicans has done is to chip away at the sense of inevitability that comes with elections in areas heavily dominated by one party. If Massachusetts can vote a Republican into Teddy’s well-worn Senate chair, then nothing’s a sure thing anymore.
As my mom, who is still trapped behind the lines in New York, said: “If they can get rid of the Kennedy seat, that means we can get rid of Schumer!”
Or as Dod said:
What the American people really said: “Mr. President, welcome to the first day of the rest of your presidency. We look forward to its conclusion.”
Another QOTD
…comes from Robb:
I’ve come to the rather nasty realization that I prefer actual terrorists to our own government. “Submit or die!” is comprehensible and defensible against. Failing to fight against that is a self correcting problem. “Submit for your own good or we’ll make more laws to make you submit for your own good” is the exact opposite. Failing to fight against that just leads to more of the same.
I’ll put it another way…at least the terrorists are up front about the fact that they want to destroy America. The leftys are sneaky about it.
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Today’s quote of the day comes from Tam:
Mahomet on a motorscooter, we are living out Atlas Shrugged, except we have no Hank Rearden or Dagny Taggart, just a bunch of Mouches and Boyles.
True, ‘dat. If you haven’t read Atlas Shrugged, now would be a good time to familiarize yourself with what is coming.
Oh…and the whole “sitting down and coming up with a plan three days later” is a little creepy.
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Today’s quote of the day comes from Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, via Thirdpower. Hot Rod is a sad panda because he got caught in corruption so obvious, blatant, and over the top that even the people of Illinios couldn’t turn a blind eye.
“If they can do it to a governor, they can do it to you.”
That’s the problem, buddy. You are the antecedent of “They” in that sentence. And you have been doing it to us for a long time. Not so much fun being a bottom, is it?
In fairness to Blago…he probably didn’t realize that his real sin was marring the ascension of The One.
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Today’s quote of the day comes, again, from Tam:
I would like to take this moment to note that “fair” is nothing but a word in the dictionary between “fail” and “fantasy”.
I’m sooooooooo stealing that.
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Today’s quote of the day comes from RobertaX:
“Washington is a reverse Philosopher’s Stone, turning gold into dross with speed and verve — and style, oh! What style!”
This entire bailout mess reminds me of a scene from the Simpsons. Jasper gets his beard caught in a meat grinder. Grandpa tries to get him out by first turning the handle one way, then the other. Each time Jaspers head moves closer to the blade. Finally Grandpa runs off and leaves Jasper to his fate.
I’m still kind of hoping Paulson will just leave us to our fate. Every time that guy opens his mouth, the Dow drops a few hundred points.
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Today’s quote of the day comes from Tam:
“Hate animals“? No, no! Palin loves animals. With mashed potatos.
Heh!
Do your part!
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