P. J. O'Rourke Quotefest 2004

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Post by Simply Joel » Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:52 am

"President Bush will make certain that we are combating terrorism at the source, beyond our shores, so we can reduce the risk of having to confront it in the streets of New York. John Kerry's record of inconsistent positions on combating terrorism gives us no confidence he'll pursue such a determined course."
RUDOLPH W. GIULIANI

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Oh my . . .

Post by atossab » Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:25 pm

In looking for this quote:
dream of the day when the last priest is strangled on the guts of the last preacher.
—Gus Hall (Jewish Chairman, Communist Party U.S.A
I found this site: http://www.conspiracyworld.com/index0095.htm

Anyone seen this before?

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Post by Simply Joel » Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:54 am

Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.
- John Maynard Keynes

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Post by Simply Joel » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:47 am

The insane liberals, despite how much they claim to loathe insane conservatives, seem to have absolutely no qualms with adopting their awesome policy of forming large groups waving crudely misspelled signs, stomping around public places to disrupt the daily routines of normal non-insane folks, and screaming at everybody they see with the ultimate goal of annoying them into submitting to their wills. If people have to choose between George Bush and a crowd of furious bicyclists whose biggest claim to fame is that one of their blogs was mentioned in passing by Al Franken on that one AM radio station nobody turns on because it's about as exciting as listening to NPR at 50% speed, they'll either choose George Bush or they'll choose to look away when the riot police start caving in skulls with their nightclubs.

Here's a newsflash you guys and gals who believe George Bush is going to physically break into your bathroom and steal the awesome weed you have hidden in that prescription gout medication bottle next to the Drano: most people might actually listen to you if you present your facts clearly and act confident enough in what you believe in to know that these facts will speak for themselves. Most people will NOT listen to you if you're stomping around and blocking traffic while shouting tremendously catchy slogans like "two, four, six, eight, George Bush is a fucking liar and is Hitler and Satan and fuck you George Bush you cocksucking father of whores." Whenever chucklefucks like you begin blocking up traffic and causing me to be delayed, my first two priorities instantly switch to running you down with my car and voting Republican across the boards, not necessarily in that order.

Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2362

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Post by cowboyangel » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:29 am

Simply Joel wrote:The insane liberals, despite how much they claim to loathe insane conservatives, seem to have absolutely no qualms with adopting their awesome policy of forming large groups waving crudely misspelled signs, stomping around public places to disrupt the daily routines of normal non-insane folks, and screaming at everybody they see with the ultimate goal of annoying them into submitting to their wills. If people have to choose between George Bush and a crowd of furious bicyclists whose biggest claim to fame is that one of their blogs was mentioned in passing by Al Franken on that one AM radio station nobody turns on because it's about as exciting as listening to NPR at 50% speed, they'll either choose George Bush or they'll choose to look away when the riot police start caving in skulls with their nightclubs.

Here's a newsflash you guys and gals who believe George Bush is going to physically break into your bathroom and steal the awesome weed you have hidden in that prescription gout medication bottle next to the Drano: most people might actually listen to you if you present your facts clearly and act confident enough in what you believe in to know that these facts will speak for themselves. Most people will NOT listen to you if you're stomping around and blocking traffic while shouting tremendously catchy slogans like "two, four, six, eight, George Bush is a fucking liar and is Hitler and Satan and fuck you George Bush you cocksucking father of whores." Whenever chucklefucks like you begin blocking up traffic and causing me to be delayed, my first two priorities instantly switch to running you down with my car and voting Republican across the boards, not necessarily in that order.

Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2362

Has poor Rich tried The Nation, Katha Pollit, David Korn, Alice Walker,
Good Ole Noam, Howard Zinn, Mike Parenti, Molly Ivans, George Lakoff,
Martin Sheen, Woody Harelson.....onandonandon.......stopping traffic from time to time is far less a catastrophe than continuing to allow poor young Americans to be blasted to bits in Iraq, the deficit to surpass 70 trillion, terrorists like Bin Laden to roam free, Nukes to gain new respectability, not to mention the assault on the environment and working folks...come on get real Rich, you are probably more of a streotype than the dedicated people you are attempting to put down....Advice to you....go to Burning Man.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believe is false."- William Casey, CIA Director 1981

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Post by samtzu » Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:17 am

Damn... I don't have a quote to answer that quote, except
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like unto him
Proverbs; King James Bible
The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing ~~ Eric Hoffer

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Post by Simply Joel » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:56 am

cowboyangel wrote:
Simply Joel wrote:The insane liberals, despite how much they claim to loathe insane conservatives, seem to have absolutely no qualms with adopting their awesome policy of forming large groups waving crudely misspelled signs, stomping around public places to disrupt the daily routines of normal non-insane folks, and screaming at everybody they see with the ultimate goal of annoying them into submitting to their wills. If people have to choose between George Bush and a crowd of furious bicyclists whose biggest claim to fame is that one of their blogs was mentioned in passing by Al Franken on that one AM radio station nobody turns on because it's about as exciting as listening to NPR at 50% speed, they'll either choose George Bush or they'll choose to look away when the riot police start caving in skulls with their nightclubs.

Here's a newsflash you guys and gals who believe George Bush is going to physically break into your bathroom and steal the awesome weed you have hidden in that prescription gout medication bottle next to the Drano: most people might actually listen to you if you present your facts clearly and act confident enough in what you believe in to know that these facts will speak for themselves. Most people will NOT listen to you if you're stomping around and blocking traffic while shouting tremendously catchy slogans like "two, four, six, eight, George Bush is a fucking liar and is Hitler and Satan and fuck you George Bush you cocksucking father of whores." Whenever chucklefucks like you begin blocking up traffic and causing me to be delayed, my first two priorities instantly switch to running you down with my car and voting Republican across the boards, not necessarily in that order.

Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2362

Has poor Rich tried The Nation, Katha Pollit, David Korn, Alice Walker,
Good Ole Noam, Howard Zinn, Mike Parenti, Molly Ivans, George Lakoff,
Martin Sheen, Woody Harelson.....onandonandon.......stopping traffic from time to time is far less a catastrophe than continuing to allow poor young Americans to be blasted to bits in Iraq, the deficit to surpass 70 trillion, terrorists like Bin Laden to roam free, Nukes to gain new respectability, not to mention the assault on the environment and working folks...come on get real Rich, you are probably more of a streotype than the dedicated people you are attempting to put down....Advice to you....go to Burning Man.
One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)

CA, i wonder if you could just observe some fucking rules on the e-playa... like here, where most of us post a quote on a quote page...

and here is my personal favorite as it applies here

"this shit just wears me out"

sayeth joel weidinger

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Post by samtzu » Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:50 pm

"Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

Mark Twain
The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing ~~ Eric Hoffer

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Post by Simply Joel » Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:11 pm

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
- Mark Twain

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you heard it here, first

Post by Simply Joel » Mon Sep 27, 2004 5:25 pm

"china will eventually be the single world superpower"

cedric novy

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Post by bullD » Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:53 pm

"I have acknowledged that I made a mistake, said that I regretted it, asked to be forgiven, spent a lot of very valuable time with my family in the last couple of weeks and said I was going back to work. I believe that's what the American people want me to do.''


--Bill Clinton

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Post by bullD » Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:55 pm

"I'll be back."

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Post by bullD » Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:01 pm

"If my faith burns bright, as I hope it will even if I stand alone, I shall be alive in the grave, and what is more, speaking from it."

--Gandhi

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Post by bullD » Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:22 pm

"I'm forty-seven. Forty-seven years old. You know how I stayed alive this long? Fear. Fearsome acts. A man steals from me, I cut off his hand. If he lies to me, I cut out his tongue. If he stands up against me, I cut off his head, stick it on a pike and lift it up for all to see. A spectacle of fearsome acts. That's what maintains the order of things. Fear."

-- William 'Bill the Butcher' Cutting

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Post by Simply Joel » Sun Oct 10, 2004 5:32 am

"When our resources become scarce, we fight over them. In managing our resources and in sustainable development, we plant the seeds of peace."
WANGARI MAATHAI, of Kenya, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Post by Simply Joel » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:52 pm

"You know what's interesting, though? You're as big a dick on your show as you are on any show." John Stewart speaking to Tucker Carlson of CNN's Crossfire

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ahhhhh, now i feel all warm inside.

Post by Simply Joel » Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:18 am

Bob wrote: Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:18 am
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"Those of you who have such great ideas about how to engineer people or things you don't like or understand out of the event are the first people I'd send elsewhere. If (ugh) radical self-whatever means anything, it means being responsible for yourself, your own experience, and those you can directly affect. It was a word-of-mouth project to begin with, after all.

Alternatively, we could limit ticket sales to newcomers only, and avoid all the it was better last year whining."

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Re: ahhhhh, now i feel all warm inside.

Post by bullD » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:44 am

Simply Joel wrote:
Bob wrote: Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:18 am
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"Those of you who have such great ideas about how to engineer people or things you don't like or understand out of the event are the first people I'd send elsewhere. If (ugh) radical self-whatever means anything, it means being responsible for yourself, your own experience, and those you can directly affect. It was a word-of-mouth project to begin with, after all.

Alternatively, we could limit ticket sales to newcomers only, and avoid all the it was better last year whining."
uh huh.

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Post by Simply Joel » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:45 am

"It's about her lyricism and the lyrical persona and how they articulate certain things that gender and sexuality studies have been trying to grapple with. What we're talking about here is new notions of sexual consciousness, sexual politics in her rhymes, how she deals with societies based on male domination in her rhymes and societies based on rigid gender categories and constructs."


-- Professor GREG THOMAS telling the New York Daily News about the class Syracuse University will offer on the works of rapper LIL KIM.
Democrats... snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, daily!


slap my salmon, baby

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Post by Simply Joel » Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:45 am

"My major responsibilities as grand marshal are to wave, look fabulous, try not to fall off the float, and show my bosoms. I give my fans what they want."


-- JENNIFER TILLY, co-star of "Seed of Chucky," on her duties at Greenwich Village's Halloween parade, quoted in the New York Daily News.
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Post by samtzu » Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:28 pm

Samtzu to work partner about the trying day they had both had:
It's a good thing I'm the fucking Buddha, 'cause otherwise I'd shoot somebody..."
The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing ~~ Eric Hoffer

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Smiling at big brother

Post by Simply Joel » Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:27 am

"Every so often, I like to stick my head out the window, look up, and smile for a satellite picture. " Steven Wright
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Post by Simply Joel » Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:08 am

fucking duh!



"The official mourning period is over today and there is a silver lining -- George W. Bush is prohibited by law from running again."


--Film director MICHAEL MOORE to Daily Variety, adding that he is planning a sequel to "Fahrenheit 9/11," his polemic against the Bush administration.
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Post by buckethead alien » Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:11 am

<i>Quote-master J
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with him the posts are truly large

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Post by samtzu » Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:10 pm

“As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land well reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron”
H.L. Menken
The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing ~~ Eric Hoffer

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Post by Guest » Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:32 pm

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Post by Guest » Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:37 pm

hmm...i should probably credit mine more accurately...

"There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference."
-William James, Under the Influence of Nitrous Oxide, 1882
As taken from Pihkal, page 924

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a quote for DVD's anarchy comments.

Post by Simply Joel » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:09 am

"The United States is too experienced and too proud to move toward anarchy, which always produces the autocrat or the despot."
wm f buckley jr
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Re: a quote for DVD's anarchy comments.

Post by samtzu » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:47 am

Simply Joel wrote:"The United States is too experienced and too proud to move toward anarchy, which always produces the autocrat or the despot."
wm f buckley jr
Bingo! (no reference)
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Post by Simply Joel » Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:58 am

"As we must account for every idle word,
so must we account for every idle silence."
Benjamin Franklin
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