Les Pages Aux Folles: Quotes Didn't Bankrupt AIG, But They Could Have
Quotes Didn't Bankrupt AIG, But They Could Have
Peter King Of Comedy
"I never said there were too many mosques in America."
- Peter King, current Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee
"We have unfortunately, we have a, uh, too many mosques in this country, too many people that are sympathetic to radical Islam."
- Peter King four years ago
Do Keep In Mind, Though, That Sane Is Not His First Language
"We are in the middle of a crisis…but things should not be blown out of proportion as though there is a major problem."
- Libyan leader pro tem Moammar Gadhafi
Right Wing Hack Gets It Right:
A Martian Invasion Would Be More Entertaining
"Don't hide under your beds... This is not an invasion of Martians... We're about truth and freedom..."
- Ezra Levant on Sun TV on Sun TV
His Popularity In Ohio, On The Other Hand…
"I'm not overly concerned about our popularity ratings in Europe or the Middle East."
- Republican Presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty on the Democrats' reluctance to unilaterally use its military to support Libyan pro-democracy forces
And, The Sequel: Peter King Of Tragedy
"Indeed, by the Justice Department's own record, not one terror-related case in the last two years involved neo-Nazis, environmental extremists, or anti-war groups."
- Peter King, on the first day of hearings into Muslim extremism
"A 36-year-old resident of Washington state has been arrested and charged with planting a backpack bomb along the route of a Spokane Martin Luther King Day parade in January. Kevin William Harpham, who has apparent ties to white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups, was charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and possession of an unregistered explosive device."
- Salon
But, Larry, If The People Are Suffering, Who Will Be There To Build The Car That You'll Drive To Your Inhumanitarians Anonymous Meeting?
"The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll, and we can be grateful for that."
- CNBC host Larry Kudlow on the Japan earthquake
Oh! Not Where I Thought You Were Going With THAT Sentence!
"As global power dynamics shift, and China and India grow in importance, Canada must work harder to educate Americans about its continuing strategic significance."
- Globe and Mail editorial
Clearly, The Devil Needs More Bran In His Diet
"Why hasn't research into alternative fuels been getting the war-footing it needs? … The devil's excrement is still cheap."
- Praveen Swami
Are You Volunteering For Clinical Trials, Ann?
"…the only good news is that anyone exposed to excess radiation from the nuclear power plants is now probably much less likely to get cancer. This only seems counterintuitive because of media hysteria for the past 20 years trying to convince Americans that radiation at any dose is bad. There is, however, burgeoning evidence that excess radiation operates as a sort of cancer vaccine."
- Ann Coulter
One Per Cent? Really? Roughly Fifty-four Seconds? That Seems Like An Awfully Low Target
"If even one per cent of the film affects you in a positive way, I did my job as a filmmaker."
- Tommy Wiseau on The Room, which has been described as "the worst film ever made"
We Paid Good Money For That Science, So It Better Support Our Process!
"To begin, CSC [carbon capture and storage] is not a local whim; it is a real, scientifically supported process…"
- Eric Beynon, Director, Strategy & Policy, ICO2N - The Integrated CO2 Network, starts a thought in a letter to the Toronto Star
Anything To Keep Their Petroleum Overlords Happy
"…that is backed by countries around the world. The G8 formally supports CCS [carbon capture and storage] and the Global CCS Institute recently reported that 238 CCS projects were either active or planned worldwide."
- Eric Beynon, Director, Strategy & Policy, ICO2N - The Integrated CO2 Network, finishes a thought in a letter to the Toronto Star
And, Apparently, Some Easily Frightened People's Imaginations
"The Muslim Brotherhood is very strong and active here in our country. It's infiltrated every level of our government."
- Franklin Graham, son of you know who
If It Involves Rewiring The Brain So That It Perceives Sensory Inputs In Reverse - RUN!
"Are U Tired Of Hearing NO? -Start Hearing Yes! Short Video Explains How!"
- Twitter, of course
Congressman King Not Going To Peter Out Any Time Soon
"Terrorism is terrorism."
- Representative King stating the obvious
"The IRA never attacked the United States. And, my loyalty is to the United States."
- Representative King defending the indefensible
Ssh. Ssh. You Hear That?
That's The Sound Of The Cancer Rate In The Province Going Up
(Ann Coulter Take Note)
"It's certainly a very significant leak."
- Davis Sheremata, spokesperson for the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board, after 28,000 barrels of oil poured out of the Plains Midstream Canada Rainbow pipeline, the worst leak in the province since 1975
Clearly, The Comb Over Is Cutting Off The Oxygen To His Brain
"That first book was total genius and helped get him elected. But, you can tell Obama did the second book by himself because it read like it was written by somebody of average intelligence with a high school education."
- Donald Trump, explaining why he is certain that Bill Ayers, not Barack Obama, wrote Dreams From My Father
Thought-leadership: Is That A Euphemism For Brainwashing, Or Merely Propaganda?
Corporate blogs "provide invaluable internal and external engagement and thought-leadership opportunities for companies wishing to be more than just another name in the phone book."
- Rosanna Fisk, chair and CEO, Public Relations Society of America
They'll Learn The Error Of Their Ways Before The Next Election, And Then We Will Truly Be The Government Of All Canadians
"We are intensely aware that we are and must be the government of all Canadians, including those that did not vote for us."
- Stephen Harper, on his majority win
Wittgenstein Holds Steady At $0.25 Per Idea
Plato Loses One Third Of Value In Heavy Trading
Rand Spikes - Is Objectivism Value For Money Or A Bubble Heading For Trouble?
"In the marketplace of ideas, you need buyers and sellers - that's how you find the price of the truth."
- Theo Caldwell on Sun TV