Grace Slick

Grace Slick: "She also said in that book she prefers 'dark, smart, and dangerous' men."

LILEKS (James) : Fargo

LILEKS (James) : Fargo: "As a teenager, I thought Fargo was a prison sentence. Consider this my apology."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "The attention to gustatory detail can seem unseemly, after a while. All that talk of sauces and obscure drizzles and precious pates and brash herbs - please. It's just dinner. There's a difference between describing the charms of one's first love and going on and on about the interesting pattern of moles on a hooker's back."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME

Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? EXCUSE ME: "By now I�d rather read a biography of the man who typeset �Les Miserables� than read the book again."

eFilmCritic - Richard Roeper: He's not a film critic, he just plays one on television.

eFilmCritic - Richard Roeper: He's not a film critic, he just plays one on television.: "Boiled down, all of Roeper's reviews come down to just 'I liked it,' or 'I didn't like it.' This leads to a second corollary that real critics know and that Richard Roeper never learned--WHO CARES what you like? Even if I disagree with Roger Ebert, I can read his work and gain a sense of the film that might let me see if I'd be interested."

9news.com | News

9news.com | News: "'The way we live in peace in a family, in a marriage, in the world, is not by threatening people, is not by showing off your muscles. It's by listening, by giving a hand sometimes, by being intelligent, by being open and by setting high standards,' she said at the CSU rally.
In Pueblo, Heinz Kerry sounded a similar theme, criticizing the Bush administration for sending warning signals to Iran about developing nuclear weapons.
'There are about 50 countries in the world that have the capability to build nuclear weapons. Are we going to attack them all?' she said.
Gina Maggrett, of Pueblo, liked what she heard.
'(She's portrayed) as this caustic person but I thought she was really warm and intelligent. A lovely person,' she said. "

Google Search: "jefferson airplane"

Google Search: "jefferson airplane": "'Our whole generation got away with stuff we really shouldn't have gotten
away with,' Kantner said. 'We broke the laws daily.' "

New York Daily News - Daily Dish & Gossip - Bruce - why I'm on fire over election

New York Daily News - Daily Dish & Gossip - Bruce - why I'm on fire over election: "'The example I've been giving is that I've been an enormous fan of John Wayne all my life, although not a fan of his politics,' Springsteen says. 'I've made a place for all those different parts of who he was. I find deep inspiration and soulfulness in his work.' "

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Prince of Tides, Tacking and Attacking

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Prince of Tides, Tacking and Attacking: "We have 'traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure.'"

Echo Online :: Opinions :: United Nations needs to clean up America's blunder, rebuild Iraq

Echo Online :: Opinions :: United Nations needs to clean up America's blunder, rebuild Iraq: "I do think it would be helpful to get the United Nations to write a constitution,' Bush said in the same interview. 'I mean, they're good at that.'

They're also good at legitimizing a government seen by many in Arab countries as an extension of Western imperialism, Mr. President. They're also good at making sure that elections are fun fairly and freely, and won't be seen as puppets of Washington if a pro-west leader wins.

If the American people ever hope to be free of the colossal blunder of anarchy in Iraq, foisted upon us by our fearless leader, we'll need the UN's help. If the American people ever hope to see the end of the deficit, and a return to spending our money on our country, we'll need the UN's help. And if America wants to se Iraq have a stable and transparent government, removing their potential threat to America, we need the UN's help.

Let's move from the Cabal of the Willing to the Coalition of the World. "

FOXNews.com - Politics - Bush to Tell U.N. Iraq War Was 'Right Decision'

FOXNews.com - Politics - Bush to Tell U.N. Iraq War Was 'Right Decision': "'I do think it would be helpful to get the United Nations in to help write a constitution � they're good at that,' Bush said."

Totally amazing statement !

CNN.com - 'Amused'�Cat Stevens back�home - Sep 23, 2004

CNN.com - 'Amused'�Cat Stevens back�home - Sep 23, 2004: "'Celebrity or unknown, our job is to act on information that others have given us,' Ridge said."

Texans Still at Odds Over Bush's Legal Reforms

Texans Still at Odds Over Bush's Legal Reforms: "The impact has been felt by home buyers such as Mary and Keith Cohn, whose elegant new residence in this well-off Houston suburb came with a leaky roof that led to rotting and moldy wallboard throughout the structure. After their daughters became ill, the Cohns moved out. The repairs ultimately cost more than $300,000.

To their astonishment and dismay, they learned that when the builder refused to repair most of the damage, they could not sue him for redress. Instead, they could pursue private arbitration, a process they considered stacked against them."

ThisisLondon

ThisisLondon: "'If I do not beat her, she will not be scared enough to obey me,' the husband said. "

CNN.com - 10 Questions for Jon Stewart - Sep 20, 2004

CNN.com - 10 Questions for Jon Stewart - Sep 20, 2004: "When you go to a zoo and you see a monkey throwing its s___, you can't get mad. That's what monkeys do. But you want the media at some point to go, 'No! Bad monkey!' And that's really the direction that it should be going in. Not for Republican desires or Democrat desires but for truth."

CNN.com - 10 Questions for Jon Stewart - Sep 20, 2004

CNN.com - 10 Questions for Jon Stewart - Sep 20, 2004: "And as far as I'm concerned, their best argument for election is, Yes, I drove us into a brick wall. But I didn't blink!"

CNN.com - 10 Questions for Jon Stewart - Sep 20, 2004

CNN.com - 10 Questions for Jon Stewart - Sep 20, 2004: "I mean, how many campaigns do you remember where Hitler has come up a lot? If I were the Hitler people, I'd be raising a stink. I think he's gotta protect his legacy. He's gotta come out and go, Look, all right, you guys have your flaws but, hey, I was evil, baby!"

CNN.com - 10 Questions for Jon Stewart - Sep 20, 2004

CNN.com - 10 Questions for Jon Stewart - Sep 20, 2004: "They always say politics is show business for ugly people. But I think a much more appropriate saying would be that Washington is Hollywood that actually matters. These are people who, for all their apparent insanity, control nearly every aspect of our lives."

CNN.com - 10 Questions for Jon Stewart - Sep 20, 2004

CNN.com - 10 Questions for Jon Stewart - Sep 20, 2004: "WRITING A BOOK IS SO RETRO. SHOULDN'T YOU BE BLOGGING OR SOMETHING? I can't. It's too hip. Then I'd have to get a BlackBerry, and I'm wired in, and next thing you know, I'm at a Black-Eyed Peas concert with a crack problem. I just can't go down that road."

Roger Ebert: "Fox is a Republican propaganda machine"

Roger Ebert: "Fox is a Republican propaganda machine": "But here's the best from Ebert: 'Fox is not objective. Fox is a Republican propaganda machine.'"

Two in the Bush

Two in the Bush: "Sure, it was dippy and crass�but heck if it didn�t work. It was the ultimate in smart-stupid promotion tactics, lifted straight from the bimbo playbook. It speaks to the campaign strategy of our times: You don�t have to be informed and you don�t have to make sense. You just have to be seen. "

Fried Man: Who is Bill Burkett?

Fried Man: Who is Bill Burkett?: "I've sat in total grief for the past three years, watching the institutions of America being spent as if they were lottery winnings."

The Village Voice: Features: The Ad That Beats Bush by Wayne Barrett

The Village Voice: Features: The Ad That Beats Bush by Wayne Barrett: "Bush momentarily forced at a March 2002 press conference to discuss bin Laden: 'I just don't spend that much time on him, to be honest with ya.' "

Reports fuel doubts on documents used in CBS News story on Bush's National Guard Service

Reports fuel doubts on documents used in CBS News story on Bush's National Guard Service: "Knox told the newspaper she did not recall typing the memos, but that they echoed Killian's views on Bush. She said he retained memos for a personal 'cover his back' file he kept in a locked drawer of his desk, but she was not sure what happened to them when he died in 1984. "

New Zealand News - World - Blair to urge US to take tougher action on global warming

New Zealand News - World - Blair to urge US to take tougher action on global warming: "Mr Blair, who believes the Kyoto Treaty does not go far enough, will reiterate his call for the United States to sign it. He will identify climate change as one of the greatest challenges facing the planet, saying that one country acting alone cannot solve the problem. "

Top News Article | Reuters.com

Top News Article | Reuters.com: "'I think it's unlikely that we will find any stockpiles,' Powell told lawmakers when asked about the intelligence behind his Feb. 5, 2003, U.N. Security Council speech laying out U.S. arguments for the war with Iraq that began six weeks later. "

VANITY FAIR / **** (PG-13)

VANITY FAIR / **** (PG-13): "Of course he expects Becky to show her gratitude, although oddly enough she shows it more frankly in the 1828 novel than in the 2004 movie; its PG-13 rating no doubt inspired Nair and her writers to suggest to their tender young audiences that Becky can be friendly and grateful without, as the saying goes, Steyn having sex with that young woman. In the real world, the furniture would have been back on the sidewalk."

I won't watch a butchered entity.

VANITY FAIR / **** (PG-13)

VANITY FAIR / **** (PG-13): "I had thought her a mere social climber. I see now she's a mountaineer."

DRUDGE REPORT 2004�

DRUDGE REPORT 2004�: "'Flyers distributed to Texas voters during Bush's failed Congressional race say 'he served in the U.S. Air Force and the Texas Air National Guard.' But according to Air Force officials, Air National Guardsmen are not counted as members of the active-duty Air Force.' "

The Captive Mind Now - What Czeslaw Milosz understood about Islam. By Christopher�Hitchens

The Captive Mind Now - What Czeslaw Milosz understood about Islam. By Christopher�Hitchens: "But when he paints the joyous, radiant life of people in the Soviet Union, I stop believing him. I am inclined to believe him as long as he speaks about what he knows: I stop believing him when he starts to speak about what I know myself."

Dance of the Stem Cells (washingtonpost.com)

Dance of the Stem Cells (washingtonpost.com): "But talk is cheap. While Laura Bush is destroying hope by the traditional method of spreading gloom and pessimism, her husband is bringing the pessimist's art into the 21st century by actually destroying the objective basis for hope. While she battles rhetorically against false hopes, he works to ensure that there is no hope at all.
On balance, I think I prefer her approach. "

Dance of the Stem Cells (washingtonpost.com)

Dance of the Stem Cells (washingtonpost.com): "As Laura Bush put it, George Bush 'is the only president to ever authorize federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.' She noted that 'few people know' this. Few may have known it, but many might have guessed. It is true indeed that Bush's predecessors, from George Washington to Bill Clinton, failed to fund embryonic stem cell research. Even Abraham Lincoln. Not a penny for stem-cell research from any of them. Historians believe this might have been because it didn't exist yet. But that's just a guess. "

KRT Wire | 09/07/2004 | New weather patterns turn Florida into a hurricane magnet

KRT Wire | 09/07/2004 | New weather patterns turn Florida into a hurricane magnet: "When asked if Florida can endure another hurricane, Gov. Jeb Bush pointed Tuesday to a button he wore on his shirt. It said: ``I survived damn near everything.''"

The Village Voice: Features: The Waiting Game by Jennifer Gonnerman

The Village Voice: Features: The Waiting Game by Jennifer Gonnerman: "Like everybody else, the two men were cuffed, put on a bus, and taken to a grimy former bus depot at Pier 57. Later, they were brought to 100 Centre Street to be fingerprinted and photographed. Arrington had been released the day before, after 18 hours. He worried he might have nerve damage; a cop had put plastic handcuffs on him so tightly that one thumb was still numb. Yet he was even more worried about his brother. Peter Hinds, who received a Purple Heart for his service in Vietnam, had been locked up for 38 hours.
'Something happened here I thought would never happen,' Arrington says. 'You expect it in the former Soviet Union, or Saudi Arabia maybe. But New York City? It's like they took the Bill of Rights and threw it in the trash can. To be arrested for standing on a sidewalk for disorderly conduct? It's beyond ridiculous. It violates people's rights. I'd have never believed it if you told me this would happen in the middle of New York City.' "

Behind the sweet smile is a steely-eyed writer. Maureen Dowd's an 'equal-opportunity skeptic'

Behind the sweet smile is a steely-eyed writer. Maureen Dowd's an 'equal-opportunity skeptic': "'This is the greatest father-son story,' she said. 'They're going to be studying this for a long time.'"

SF Gate: News and Information for the San Francisco Bay Area

SF Gate: News and Information for the San Francisco Bay Area: "New documents show he did not meet National Guard standards and disobeyed orders to take a physical. "

FOXNews.com - Politics - National Sales Tax Promoted as Fairer System

FOXNews.com - Politics - National Sales Tax Promoted as Fairer System: "'I'm not exactly sure how big the national sales tax is going to have to be, but it's kind of an interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously,' "

Ms. Heinz Kerry Is A New Flavor Of Election Mate

Ms. Heinz Kerry Is A New Flavor Of Election Mate: "Why on earth did he marry that woman? Could it be, men across America may wonder, that Mr. Kerry is our First Trophy Husband? "

Ms. Heinz Kerry Is A New Flavor Of Election Mate

Ms. Heinz Kerry Is A New Flavor Of Election Mate: "Call her 'crazy' (whatever that means), but to many women, Teresa is rather gloriously unhinged. "

Reaction to Mahony's Decision Is Divided

Reaction to Mahony's Decision Is Divided: "Priests, he said, want molesters brought to justice. Yet, he said, that can be done in ways that still protect the general principle of privacy and don't disclose unrelated portions of files."

Insane. No citizen receives this kind of consideration within the justice system. To confer this benefit on priests - as a group, is absurd, untenable and unjust.

Records Say Bush Balked at Order (washingtonpost.com)

Records Say Bush Balked at Order (washingtonpost.com): "The documents include a memo from Bush's squadron commander, Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian, ordering Bush 'to be suspended from flight status for failure to perform' to U.S. Air Force and National Guard standards and failure to take his annual physical 'as ordered.' "

The New York Times > International > Middle East > School Siege in Russia Sparks Self-Criticism in Arab World

The New York Times > International > Middle East > School Siege in Russia Sparks Self-Criticism in Arab World: "'The majority of those who manned the suicide bombings against buses, vehicles, schools, houses and buildings, all over the world, were Muslim,' he wrote. 'What a pathetic record. What an abominable `achievement.' Does this tell us anything about ourselves, our societies and our culture?' "

The New York Times > International > Middle East > School Siege in Russia Sparks Self-Criticism in Arab World

The New York Times > International > Middle East > School Siege in Russia Sparks Self-Criticism in Arab World: "'It is a certain fact that not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is equally certain, and exceptionally painful, that almost all terrorists are Muslims,' Abdel Rahman al-Rashed, the general manager of the widely watched Al-Arabiya satellite television station wrote "

The New York Times > International > Middle East > School Siege in Russia Sparks Self-Criticism in Arab World

The New York Times > International > Middle East > School Siege in Russia Sparks Self-Criticism in Arab World: "'It is a certain fact that not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is equally certain, and exceptionally painful, that almost all terrorists are Muslims,' Abdel Rahman al-Rashed, the general manager of the widely watched Al-Arabiya satellite television station wrote "

Putin's Misdirected Rage (washingtonpost.com)

Putin's Misdirected Rage (washingtonpost.com): "a statement on the Beslan massacre from a jail cell, where he is being held on fraud and tax evasion charges. 'Hate can't be defeated by fury,' said Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man. 'Inexorability, solidarity, mutual help and understanding -- here is the defense of our children. No special service can defend an indifferent people.' "

My Way News

My Way News: "it showed the unit joined a '24-hour active alert mission to safeguard against surprise attack' in the southern United State beginning on Oct. 6, 1972, a time when Bush did not report for duty, according to his pay records."

washingtonpost.com � White House Briefing

washingtonpost.com � White House Briefing: "' 'We've got an issue in America,' the president said in discussing the need to limit malpractice awards. 'Too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country.' "

washingtonpost.com � White House Briefing

washingtonpost.com � White House Briefing: "'Health insurance premiums for senior citizens enrolled in Medicare will rise 17.5 percent in 2005, bringing the total monthly payment to $78.20, Bush administration officials said yesterday.' "

washingtonpost.com � White House Briefing

washingtonpost.com � White House Briefing: "Bush got a slot in an outfit known as the 'Champagne Unit' "

WorkingForChange-Unmitigated gall

WorkingForChange-Unmitigated gall: "Loved the Schwarzenegger speech and apologize again for having accidentally misappropriated the wonderful line of Clive James', the Australian journalist: �He looks like a condom stuffed with walnuts.� "

WorkingForChange-Unmitigated gall

WorkingForChange-Unmitigated gall: "This convention alone would be enough to convince me that John Edwards is right about �two Americas,� except I don�t think he�s gone far enough. These folks are in from another planet. They�re living in an alternative reality. When is a fact a fact to these people? When did anyone ever find evidence Saddam Hussein had dog to do with Sept. 11? "

USATODAY.com - Don't send more kids to die

USATODAY.com - Don't send more kids to die: "I would like to hear him say tonight, 'I'm sorry. There never were weapons of mass destruction and there never was a connection between Saddam Hussein and 9/11. There was no imminent threat, our lives were not in danger, no missiles were going to hit Cleveland. Because of our desire to get our hands on the second largest supply of oil in the world, we sacrificed a thousand of your sons and daughters. For this, we are greatly sorry.'
I guess a boy can dream."

USATODAY.com - Don't send more kids to die

USATODAY.com - Don't send more kids to die: "This week, in an appearance leading up to his arrival here Wednesday night, Bush acknowledged he had miscalculated what would happen in Iraq after he invaded it. He had thought it was going to be much easier. It turned out to be much, much worse.
That must be some comfort to the parents of nearly 1,000 brave soldiers now dead because of his 'miscalculation.' If I made a miscalculation and ran over a child on the street, what do you think would happen to me? Do you think the cops would simply say, 'Hey, Mr. Moore, you did your best driving down this street, you made a miscalculation, the kid is dead, but you are trying to save the world, so be on your way?' "

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Cutups and Cutthroats

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Cutups and Cutthroats: "Ms. Shipman asked the vice president 'his greatest guilty pleasure.'
His wife quickly interjected that it was fishing. But we all know, of course, it's global domination.
It's always amusing to watch Republicans try to get down. At convention time, they stop bilking Joe Lunchbox to act like Joe Lunchbox."

TIME Magazine: The Case Against Him

TIME Magazine: The Case Against Him: "In four years, this small man had two historic opportunities to reach for greatness, to lead this country to a new and better place, and he passed up both. The first was when the Democrats patriotically bowed to a Supreme Court decision they believed to be wrong, if not corrupt, so that the U.S. could avoid a further constitutional crisis. What a moment for bipartisanship! Maybe put more than a token Democrat in the Cabinet? Not a chance.
George W. Bush's second opportunity came on Sept. 11, 2001. Past grievances suddenly seemed petty, current disagreements seemed irrelevant, and, even among Bush's opponents, desperate hope replaced sullen doubts that our nation's leader would be up to the task. Bush got this gift from the opposition�the suspension of dislike and disbelief�without doing anything to deserve it. He could have asked for and got anything he wanted in the weeks and months after 9/11.
And he decided to invade Iraq.
For once, George W. Bush was tested. And he flunked. "

TIME Magazine: The Case Against Him

TIME Magazine: The Case Against Him: "Reagan whittled down the world's complexities into a few simple truths. But Reagan pondered those complexities on his way to simplicity. He stopped thinking only after a fair amount of thought. Bush's advisers deliver ideas to him like a pizza. His stove has never been lit. And four years have not illuminated the meaning of compassionate conservatism. It remains an insult to conservatives and a mystery to everybody else."

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2004�

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2004�: "'The essence of ... family life remains procreation. If we embrace homosexuality as a proper basis for marriage, we are saying that it's possible to have a marriage state that in principal excludes procreation and is based simply on the premise of selfish hedonism.'

Asked whether that meant Mary Cheney 'is a selfish hedonist,' Keyes said: 'That goes by definition. Of course she is.'"

Yahoo! News - Text of Schwarzenegger's Speech at RNC

Yahoo! News - Text of Schwarzenegger's Speech at RNC: "Now, the other party says there are two Americas. Don't believe that either. I've visited our troops in Iraq (news - web sites), Kuwait, Bosnia, Germany and all over the world. I've visited our troops in California, where they train before they go overseas. And I've visited our military hospitals. And I can tell you this: Our young men and women in uniform do not believe there are two Americas!
They believe we are one America and they are fighting for it! We are one America � and President Bush is defending it with all his heart and soul! "