January 2009
12 posts
George Bush is sat in the oval office one morning, reviewing the Iraq situation with his generals. The door opens, an aide walks in.
“Bad news I’m afraid, Mr President, we have just had word that 3 Brazilian soldiers have been killed in Iraq.”
President Bush drops to his knees and puts his face in his hands and starts sobbing with grief, absolutely inconsolable. The President seems to have taken...
“To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it....”
– Theodor Adorno (via Eric Gamalinda)
Can I pretend that the South didn't have slaves,...
And then we could pretend that the Civil War was fought solely over the issue of states rights versus federalism.
from inothernews < thedoctr < bowlingalleylawyer < sistermarymartha
“With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what...”
– President Barack Hussein Obama
“Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing...”
– Thomas Paine
“Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions — who suggest that...”
– President Barack Hussein Obama
“In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is...”
– President Barack Hussein Obama
“America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in...”
– President Barack Hussein Obama
“I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious...”
– Martin Luther King Jr, upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 (via binding wor(l)ds together)
“It is the eternal struggle between these two principles—right and...”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Never in my most un-lucid moments had I imagined it.”
– Cloris Leachman, on being selected as grand marshal of today’s Rose Parade, from the Los Angeles Times