The question is and this is what
Barack Obama didn't want to answer—
is that human life a person
under the Constitution?
And Barack Obama says no.
Well if that person—
human life is not a person, then—
I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say,
"We're going to decide who are people
and who are not people."
--Rick Santorum
(we're going to miss you)
A list of Republican athletes. One change: Joe Paterno is no longer voting Republican. A-Rod and Clemens were no surprises, but Ducky Schofield? Say it ain't so, Duck. I've been unable to find any Democrats.
They sported knowing,
and they sported ignorant;
they sported an ægrotat.‥
They sported an exeat,
they sported a dormiat.
--OED
(The original source of the poem is The Freemason's Magazine, [vol 4, p. 106] although the OED credits Gentleman's Magazine, December 1794. The full quote: ". . . they sported knowing, and they sported ignorant; they sported aegrotat, and they sported a new coat! They sported an exeat, they sported a dormiat, they sported their outer, a lion, a lioness, a cat, and a levant!" The article was signed: An Enemy to All Ambiguity.)
A visual:
Where spelling doesn't count.
So, for me, it really is KSW, and it’s just like,
it’s something that, uh, I don’t mince words with that.
And I won’t hesitate to put ethics in someone else,
because I put it ruthlessly in myself. And I think that
I…uh…I respect that, you know, in others. And, you know,
I’m there to help, and we’re here to help, and my opinion is
is that, look, either you’re on board or you’re not on board.
And uh, they said, “So, have you been an SP?”
I looked at them and I thought, “What a beautiful thing,”
because maybe one day it will be like that, you know?
You know what I’m saying.
Maybe one day it will be that “Wow, SP,
they just read about those in the history books.” You know?
it’s not how to run from an SP. It’s how to shatter suppression,
confront and shatter suppression. You apply it, and it’s like, boom.
--Tom Cruise
KSW: Keep Scientology Working
SP: Suppressive Person
Well, for one thing,
if the Democrats said we
had a war on caterpillars,
and mainstream media outlet
talked about the fact
that Republicans have
a war on caterpillars,
then we have problems with caterpillars.
The fact of the matter is it’s a fiction
and this started a war
against the Vatican
that this president pursued.
--Reince Priebus
A brief storm blew through here this afternoon. My neighbor lost a tree and a back window on his car. My other neighbor, the quiet one who never leaves his porch, didn't seem very concerned:
Some pain in the ass grammarian finds out that the Whole Foods in Pinecrest has a usage problem. "Reserve less for amounts or mass nouns--forexample less salt, dirt, water. Reserve fewer for countable things[[for esample fewer people, calories, suggestions." Or items. (Chicago Manual of Style)
In the Netherlands, people wear
different bracelets if they are elderly.
And the bracelet is:
Do not euthanize me.
Because they have voluntary euthanasia
in the Netherlands, but half of the people
who are euthanized--ten percent
of all deaths in the Netherlands,
half of those people are euthanized
involuntarily at hospitals because
they are older and sick. And so
elderly people in the Netherlands
don’t go to the hospital.
They go to another country because
they are afraid, because of budget purposes,
they will not come out of that hospital
if they go in there with sickness.
--Rick Santorum
Q: I’ve seen him in casual conversation.
He comes off
very smooth and okay, but
sometimes he comes off stiff.
Do you have to fight back some criticism,
like "My husband isn’t stiff, OK?”
A: Well, you know, I guess
we better unzip him
and let the real Mitt Romney out
because he is not!
--Ann Romney
(the Mitt-stabilizer)
Satan has his sights on
the United States of America
this is a spiritual war
and the Father of Lies has
his sights on what you would think
the Father of Lies would have his sights on:
a good, decent, powerful, influential country
if you were Satan
who would you attack in this day and age?
There is no one else to go after
other than the United States
--Rick Santorum
I understand
but just understand
they sent a Romney person
to our speech
he fed the line to all
the reporters
and everybody in that
everybody in that room
even the reporters said
oh yes we understood
what you meant but
you know the Romney
people said this to us
so we had to ask you about it
that’s what happened
--Rick Santorum
I have not written my
public policy pronouncements
on an Etch A Sketch
they are written on my heart
--Rick Santorum
well higher-income people
don’t have to pay taxes
if they don’t want to
because they can move
their money somewhere else
they can move their investments
they can stop investing
they can stop working
they don’t need to work
they’re higher-income people
--Rick Santorum
It's very easy to excite the base
with incendiary comments
if you're willing to say really
outrageous things that are accusative
I'm not willing to light my hair on fire
to try and get support
I am who I am
I'm a person with extensive
experience in the private sector
--Mitt Romney
Real answers from the lady in my pocket.
Me: Who's on first?
Siri: Right. That's the man's name.
Me: What's on second?
Siri: I didn't find any meetings.
strange things are happening to me
I am learning to say y’all,
and I like grits and things.
Mornin’ y’all. Good to be with you.
I got started right this morning
with a biscuit and some cheesy grits,
I’ll tell ya. Delicious. Hilton Garden Inn
knows just what to serve me
in the morning.
Look, I’ve worn a garbage bag
for rain gear myself.
--Mitt "Bubba" Romney
