Quote of the Day [11.16.08]

“I’ve always thought respectable people scoundrels, and I look anxiously at my face every morning for signs of my becoming a scoundrel.”

Bertrand Russell

Quote of the Day [11.14.08]

I cherish the twilight
I maximize, my soul is the right size
I watch for the power to run out on the moon
(And that'll be sometime soon)De la Soul, "I am. I be"

Quote of the Day [11.12.08]

“A few months ago, I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true. But the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.”

President Reagan walking back a lie, March 4, 1987

Quote of the Day [11.11.08]

There’s no point in asking us you’ll get no reply
I just steam in but I don’t decide
I got no reason it’s all too much
you’ll always find us
Out to lunch!
We’re so pretty oh so pretty vacant
We’re so pretty oh so pretty vacant

Sex Pistols, “Pretty Vacant”

Quote of the Day [11.09.08]

I can’t get no satisfaction
I can’t get no girl reaction
Cause i try and i try and i try and i try
I can’t get no
I can’t get no

Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones

Quote of the Day [11.08.08]

lame duck

1.a. An elected officeholder or group continuing in office during the period between failure to win an election and the inauguration of a successor.
b. An officeholder who has chosen not to run for reelection or is ineligible for reelection.
2. An ineffective person; a weakling.