Barack Obama Is President, And When Dick Cheney Pretends He Isn’t, It Makes America Less Safe
“We are at war, and when President Obama pretends we aren’t, it makes us less safe”
– former Vice President Dick Cheney
Why? So They Can Starve In The Streets Twice?
“Haitians don’t need more UN programs. They need economic freedom.”
– Peter Foster, columnist, National Post
But, It’s So Much easier If You’re White
“It is possible to be black and stupid.”
– Ann Coulter on Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters
Clearly, Somebody’s In Touch With His Inner Cheney!
“In our Canadian prisons, some people get beat up.”
– General Rick Hillier, responding to allegations that prisoners handed over to the Afghan military by Canadian troops were subsequently tortured
…If Anybody In America Notices…
“[I]t is not my personal calling as a pastor in America to comment or interfere in the political process of other nations.”
– Pastor Rick Warren on why he initially resisted calls to oppose Uganda’s draconian anti-gay laws
Yeah…Shame They Grow Up To Be Adults…
“Yes, we can. And most of all, we can bring our kids. They are our greatest gift to the world. They are the biggest reason why I’m proud to be a Canadian.”
– Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente
Those Damn Hippies Are Everywhere!
“The hippie view…that we should trustfully negotiate with people such as Taliban who accept any such offer as a proof of weakness, and will not hesitate to exploit it bloodily – is itself impossible to argue with.”
– Ottawa Citizen editorial
“The top NATO commander in Afghanistan, U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, says he hopes the increased number of American troops in Afghanistan will lead to a negotiated peace deal with the Taliban.”
– Voice of America
It Was A Decision…About Being Part Of A Lie, A Conspiracy And A Deception
“This isn’t about a lie or a conspiracy or a deceit or a deception. It’s a decision.”
– former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, testifying at the Iraq war inquiry
It’s The Age Of The Internet, Where Information On One Newspaper Page Travels To Another At Light Speed
“While I disagree with the nature of KAIROS’ militant stance toward the Jewish homeland, that is not the reason their request for taxpayer funding was denied.”
– Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney, in a letter to the Toronto Star
“We’ve de-funded organizations, most recently like KAIROS, who are taking a leadership role in the boycott [of Israel].”
– Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney, quoted in an article on the opposite page
I’m Not Saying Pat Buchanan Is A Fascist Torture Aficionado, But…
“…frankly if that means you have to deny him pain medication because he’s badly burned, I think you go ahead and do that. I’m not arguing for torture, but…”
– Pat Buchanan discusses how alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab should be treated
You Know Things Are Bad When You Make Pat Buchanan Sound Reasonable By Comparison
“Well, Mayor, how are you going to feel when it’s your daughter that’s kidnapped at school by a terrorist? How are you going to feel when it’s some clerk – some innocent clerk of the court – whose daughter or son is kidnapped? Or the judge’s wife? Or the jailer’s little brother or little sister?”
– Arizona Congressman John Shadegg, to New York’s mayor on Khalid Shaikh Mohammed’s trial in that city
Would That Make The US Canada’s John?
“If Britain is the mother of Parliaments, her Canadian daughter is a fallen woman.”
– John Ibbitson saying…something in the Globe and Mail
Are You Sure You Want To Go There? Do You Have Any Idea What Conrad Means In Bahasa Indonesian?
“Indonesia’s President Bambang (who replaced Megawatti Sukarno, inciting curiosity about why this country’s leaders have such odd names in English), is following in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous, and largest Muslim country (240 million people), a somewhat parallel path in India.”
– Conrad Black saying something…weirdly racist in The National Post
Even Though God Doesn’t Vote In Quebec?
“I am a lot more concerned by God’s verdict on my life than the one of historians.”
– Prime Minister Stephen Harper
…Of Foreigners…
“We will never let…our country’s character be defeated by sinister or treacherous acts.”
– Army Padre Captain Sandy Scott
As Long As You Renounce Your Homosexuality – If You Do Not, The Bible Teaches That You Should Be Condemned And Hated
“In Why I Stayed, Gayle walks us through the choices she made in her darkest hour and shares her renewed passion for the central message of the Bible – the liberating message of forgiveness and love.”
– publisher’s blurb for a book written by the wife of disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard
Like The Conservative Party Dropping In The Polls?
“There’s some specific information that certainly causes me concern.”
– Transport Minister John Baird
Or, For That Matter, The Way Homo Sapiens Do
“I don’t look at the world the way liberals do.”
– Ann Coulter
Even World Leaders Settle:
Could Be A Mediocre One-term President Rather Than A Really Good Two-term President
“I’d rather be a really good on-term president than a mediocre two-term president.”
– Barack Obama
Like Gravity? Electricity? Electric Coffee Percolation?
“The public is not only shifting from left to right. Every single idea associated with the educated class has grown more unpopular over the past year.”
– David Broder, The New York Times
More Like”Based On A True Story,” And When We See That At The Beginning Of A Movie, We All Know What It Means
“They were under the heel of the French, you know, Napoleon III and whatever. And, they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, ‘We will serve you if you will get us free from the prince.’ True story.”
-“religious””leader” Pat Robertson’s response to the catastrophic Haitian earthquake
They Sent The Message To The Wrong Party!
“The America people want us to work together.”
– Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the message of a Republican Massachusetts victory
Tell Me About It!
“Permanent virginity is harmful.”
– Soranus, 120 CE