December 2009
“Do you know why I put up with this pitiful job, Mr. Donaghy? Why I fetch these...”
– KENNETH, 30 Rock (via inothernews)
hrrrthrrr:
I think people need to find hobbies but people like drama better. Isn’t there enough television for that?
“And really, the point of reform isn’t to shovel taxpayer dollars to the...”
– Daily Kos: 20 answers (via robot-heart-politics)
“Passing any bill is a victory. And that’s the problem. Decisions are made about...”
– Howard Dean (via robot-heart-politics)
The biggest problem in politics.
“[I]t is telling that Vice President Cheney and others seem to be more focused on...”
– White House Communications Director, Dan Pfeiffer (via notthatkindagay) (via apsies) (via mikehudack)
“If we can’t catch a Nigerian with a powerful explosive powder in his oddly...”
– Maureen Dowd, NY Times (via underpaidgenius) (via buffleheadcabin)
Dowd irritates me, but…you know what? Yes.
(via robot-heart-politics)
Agreed.
“I am not a music critic. Nor historian, nor archivist. I cannot tell you where...”
– Jon Stewart at The Kennedy Center Honors (via kabloom, fuckyeahjonstewart) (via bringmethathorizon) (via apsies) (via brooklynmutt)
“I’ve previously asked the question about why the right are so afraid to try...”
– ginandtacos.com » Blog Archive » FINGER-POINTING (via robot-heart-politics)
“Aside from the obvious question - how would anyone know that a bomb had gone off...”
– wish i was taller: You Are Not the Father (via robot-heart-politics)
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Who is your best friend?
Zachary Jesus Hughes. (zachattack.tumblr.com) He is the coolest cat in town. We met in high school. He didn’t know me but I called him in the middle of the night and asked him to help me write a paper about a book I never read. We soon became inseparable, spending our free time doing martha stewart projects and lusting over furniture in the...
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What is your favourite book?
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
I lost my father when I was a kid and Oscar, the main character in the book, reminds me a lot of myself at that age. If you haven’t read the book, I strongly recommend it.
Ask me anything
“A lot of people believe that the only way for a country to get rich, stay rich,...”
– - Fmr. President Bill Clinton, on why some problems are just downright hard to solve
(From our ‘Interview Issue’)
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“Six months ago I was getting booed by my own audience when I would make jokes...”
– Bill Maher, interviewed by Joe Scarborough, for our ‘Interview Issue’ (via newsweek) (via brooklynmutt)
“We are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health...”
– President BARACK OBAMA, on the passage of the Senate’s healthcare reform bill.
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Why not... ask me anything! →
My favorite documentary of all time is on... →
caraobrien:
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Through a chronological history of the South African liberation struggle, this documentary cites examples of the way that music was used in the fight for freedom.
“This is for my friend Ted Kennedy. Aye!”
– Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the 92-year-old Democrat from West Virginia, casting his vote for health care overhaul. (via savingpaper) (via banalitycheck) (via apsies)
Senate Passes Health Care Overhaul Bill -... →
shaneguiter:
The Senate voted Thursday to reinvent the nation’s health care system, passing a bill to guarantee access to health insurance for tens of millions of Americans and to rein in health costs as proposed by President Obama.
The 60-to-39 party-line vote, on the 25th straight day of debate on the legislation, brings Democrats a step closer to a goal they have pursued for decades. It...
Bombshell: Diaz-Balarts pull endorsement of... →
notthatkindagay:
U.S. Reps Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart of Miami have pulled their endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist for the U.S. Senate.
Lincoln offered few details as to why, just that Crist had “left us no alternative and he knows why.”
He said the withdrawal has nothing to do with Crist’s slumping poll numbers, and in fact, the decision was made weeks ago. But their names were only...
“It went over well except for one person who thought it was blasphemous and tried...”
– ‘Seinfeld’ over, but Festivus keeps giving - CNN.com (via jeffmiller)
“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via poortaste) (via thegoodlife)
“Senate Republicans agreed Tuesday to allow a Christmas Eve vote on raising the...”
– GOP cuts deal on vote to raise debt - - POLITICO.com (via sexartandpolitics)
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Watchshaneguiter:
Another Chapter Begins for NewsHour - On the final night of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the anchor looks back at the show’s 35-year history and ahead to the new PBS NewsHour.
“I have often cautioned against calling all opponents of gay rights stupid or...”
– Nathaniel Frank: Eviscerating Rubén Díaz on Gay Marriage (via robot-heart-politics)
“The basic assumption that jobs will eventually return when the economy recovers...”
– Robert Reich (via azspot) (via robot-heart-politics)
