Quotes of the day
posted at 9:40 pm on March 21, 2009 by Allahpundit
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“A central aspect of the plan, which has already been announced by the administration, would give the government greater authority to take over and resolve problems at large troubled companies not now regulated by Washington, like insurance companies and hedge funds.
That proposal would, for instance, make it easier for the government to cancel bonus contracts like those given to executives at the American International Group, which have stoked a political furor. Under the proposal, the Treasury secretary would have the authority to seize and wind down a struggling institution after consulting with the president and upon the recommendation of two-thirds of the Federal Reserve board.”
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“You take a look around you, the genuinely successful people that you see who you want to be did not check their individualism at the door when they started their work. They didn’t check their self-interests at the door, and they didn’t check their self-respect, and they didn’t turn over the belief in themselves to somebody else. That’s all I’m talking about and that’s under assault by this administration, which wants to control and limit freedom, ’cause the only way Obama can get the power he wants and the Democrats can get the power they want is if you willingly turn it over to them, by getting rid of your self-interest, your self-respect and holding your best interests at heart. Your best interests do not coincide with your government’s, especially now.”
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I was working 12 hours a day and had over an hour commute each way. What I most remember is one headline:
Mush from the Wimp
I’m waiting for Obama’s.
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 2:01 AM
Good Night Katy, dream of drunken dentists.
msmveritas on March 22, 2009 at 2:01 AM
Are you educating your grandchildren?
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 2:02 AM
LOL! True on that.
sheebe on March 22, 2009 at 2:04 AM
I don’t have grandchildren. Sixty days ago I would have said, sadly I don’t have any grandchildren but lately, as I posted in another thread, I have stopped my none to subtle hints about marriage and grandchildren. Too unsure of the future, be it financial or ideological.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 2:06 AM
I can’t make the Chicago tea party but I’ll be there in spirit; we’re breaking out the horses to try our hand with a homemade furrow plow, believe it or not. Should be interesting.
Bishop on March 22, 2009 at 2:07 AM
Your memory is pretty good Cindy. Carter didn’t do shit while he was in office. And how long were are fellow American’ held hostage under his term?
As my father always says “he was as worthless as tits on a boar.”
Knucklehead on March 22, 2009 at 2:07 AM
Nobody. Americans are kicking their own butts.
TMK on March 22, 2009 at 2:07 AM
I don’t know where your children stand, but my mother is convinced that conservatives will outnumber liberals in a few generations – you know, those vans full of 17 member families aren’t O’s biggest supporters…
Upstater85 on March 22, 2009 at 2:09 AM
Institutions that are on the “public teat”, that is, those that have taken public funds to guarantee their survival, should be forced to have all employees live under the “GS” schedule for government employment wages, effective at the time they take the public funds. The general rule is this: If we backstop you then you live on public-sector salaries. End of discussion. If you object to this then return the public money and have a go of it on your own.
- Denninger
MB4 on March 22, 2009 at 2:10 AM
I like to think of it as The One spanking his prodigal children. We need the guidance of POTUS and TOTUS.
Upstater85 on March 22, 2009 at 2:10 AM
Cool, would love to know how that works out. I am a recovering equestrian. My owned my last horse 34 years ago but you never get over it.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 2:11 AM
Well if things get brighter and conservatives make a stand that appears to be working, I will reverse course and make nagging my full time job. I know I wish I had had more than three.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 2:13 AM
You’re right. “Conservatives”, specifically Christians, have abandoned the arts, or at least have willfully acknowledged the superiority of the aesthetics of the Marxists.
Cultural aesthetics are the outward expression of our morals and worldview. It all goes back to what we’re taught to value. Through use of media and mass psychology, people have come to learn that form is more important than substance. Through aesthetics, whether song lyrics or conversations and background props in tv shows or magazine ads, we’re taught that businessmen are evil misers; fathers are clueless, incompetent oafs who aren’t as smart as their children; Christians are irrational hypocrites; government provides safety and security in all areas of life…
Three things need to happen: 1) remove our children from the indoctrination centers we call public schools, 2) take an active role in our spheres of influence to change the culture by adopting and communicating a Christian worldview, and 3) support those in the media who have adopted and communicate a Christian worldview in their programming, magazines, music, etc.
Send_Me on March 22, 2009 at 2:14 AM
LMAO, I forgot all about that snafu lol lol lol
But if someone makes that kind of booboo on Boy King, that racist of deck of cards will be flying like nothing we’ve ever seen.
Knucklehead on March 22, 2009 at 2:15 AM
Three is more than the Politically Correct 1 boy 1 girl (or 2 girls in Master O’s case) and a lot more than the group “Childless by Choice” – really, there is a facebook group…
Upstater85 on March 22, 2009 at 2:15 AM
Obviously, not close enough to members of the opposite sex.
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 2:16 AM
Taking your kids out of public schools sounds like a great idea and would be good for them in most cases, but if Team Zero follows the European model we won’t have that option available to us. Don’t forget how fond Zero is of the word “mandatory”.
I Germany you will lose your children if you try to home school. One family decided to take one of their daughters out of school because she was doing poorly, and she excelled under her parents care, but the government, after trying to force the entire family to undergo psychoanalysis, finally offered to let them home teach their daughter, but only at the price of having the other five children removed from their home.
Germany is littered with orphanages and they are not mostly orphans, they are captives of the government. We have so much more potential damage to fear from these despicable radicals than a mere economic depression.
Maquis on March 22, 2009 at 2:17 AM
Okay, I am hitting the hay. I am noticing that my postings are getting too close together and they have the dumbest errors in them. I am going to be kind to myself anf blame it on the late hour. Sweet dreams everyone.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 2:17 AM
Seriously, I love the idea of the Tea Party’s and would gladly attend one if my work schedule doesn’t conflict (still got to pay my own bills ya know) but I don’t know if it’s going to be enough to save this nation from the disaster unfolding before our eyes.
Yakko77 on March 22, 2009 at 2:17 AM
Sleep beckons. Good night all.
Send_Me on March 22, 2009 at 2:17 AM
I’m heading that way myself.
Later dudes and dudettes
Knucklehead on March 22, 2009 at 2:19 AM
Cool, would love to know how that works out. I am a recovering equestrian. My owned my last horse 34 years ago but you never get over it.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 2:11 AM
They aren’t actually my horses, they belong to my neighbor, but we use them to go hunting, camping, trekking, etc. One of my shop guys welded up a horse-drawn plow just for the hell of it so we decided to start tearing up a nearby field at different times of spring to see how it works.
Yes, we in Minnesota really are batshat crazy and have nothing better to do than plow a field for no apparent reason.
Bishop on March 22, 2009 at 2:19 AM
Yes, I share your fear; however, we should take comfort that homeschooling became “popular” during Clinton’s Presidency. Further, I think we also need to keep our eyes on the individual states. I think CA and NY will be quicker to ban homeschooling than O himself (they will work on behalf of The One, though).
Upstater85 on March 22, 2009 at 2:21 AM
Here’s what
AllahPundit’s friendsBill Maher and Co. think of us:http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/03/21/maher-glenn-beck-increasing-chance-horrible-action-obama
P.S: if I recall, Beck’s mission was to debunk the “FEMA camps”
RightWinged on March 22, 2009 at 2:22 AM
We have so much more potential damage to fear from these despicable radicals than a mere economic depression.
Maquis on March 22, 2009 at 2:17 AM
Must be why I can’t find reloading supplies anywhere.
Bishop on March 22, 2009 at 2:23 AM
Didn’t the One just ditch vouchers for D.C. in Porkulus?
There’s your beginning.
Knucklehead on March 22, 2009 at 2:24 AM
Refer to it as recovering a lost art. There may be many that need to recovered before this mess is all over. You would be amazed at how much your preparations and those of others mention on HA have be in mind. I am totally unprepared and will have to go the non-perishable food and water route. And if it turns out that the tin foil hat was unnecessary, I will be ready for Florida’s next hurricane.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 2:25 AM
I suspect you are correct, they will lean on/lead the states, but the Feds love to dictate when they are paying, and Zero will certainly up the funds for that particular lobby.
I happen to be essentially stateless at the moment, so I need to take this into account as I try to figure out where to be…
Maquis on March 22, 2009 at 2:26 AM
I love parts of NYS, but don’t move there. They are now taxing non-diet soda.
Upstater85 on March 22, 2009 at 2:29 AM
No doubt.
Maquis on March 22, 2009 at 2:29 AM
“This, uh, bill, uh, isn’t, uh, perfect, but TOTUS told uh me to uh sign it…”
Yeah, I saw that.
Upstater85 on March 22, 2009 at 2:30 AM
Not to sound like a dumb broad, Bishop, but is this reloading stuff that powder and those primer thingys with a goofy thingy to punch it together?
If it is, I’ve got tons of that stuff in my basement and wish I could figure out a a way to dump it. I got it in the divorce.
Did I have good lawyer?
Knucklehead on March 22, 2009 at 2:30 AM
Hey, I don’t drink regular soda, so tax away!!
Just kidding.
I am fond of the weather in the Pacific Northwest but of course can’t stand liberal hellholes so I’ve been thinking Spokane, WA. Have to put up with a liberal state, but the region is conservative and beautiful. The more I freak out paying attention to our unfolding disaster though,,, well, I’m getting conflicted. ‘~’
Maquis on March 22, 2009 at 2:34 AM
Please stop using all that technical jargon, I can’t follow your train of thought.
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 2:34 AM
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 2:25 AM
Something is better than nothing, and hopefully the prep won’t be necessary but I’m not sitting idly by while waiting to find out.
Odd things have been occurring up in my area; lights have been seen in houses that are vacant, cars and “odd” looking people slowly cruising through the neighborhood, houses broken into. A guy at a town meeting told of finding his mastiff farm dog half beaten to death and his pole-barn ransacked.
Weird enough happenings that people are getting spooked, it’s more than a little creepy as it seems a bad element is reconning our area.
Bishop on March 22, 2009 at 2:34 AM
Knucklehead on March 22, 2009 at 2:30 AM
Ugh…I wished you lived close as I would gladly take it off your hands.
Bishop on March 22, 2009 at 2:36 AM
This what I think whenever I hear O give his Colombia-esque speeches… It’s all so hard to understand. All of those long Uhhhh’s followed by the ever so correctly placed little rrr’s
Upstater85 on March 22, 2009 at 2:37 AM
The Obama Depression won’t be the FDR Depression where “we’re all in this together”. Our cultural fractures and the damage from racial demagoguery and Marxist politics have radically altered our culture. It’s spooky.
Hope you have good neighbors.
Maquis on March 22, 2009 at 2:40 AM
A final thought before I go to bed my friends.
In every time, man has been faced with the same dilemma. We all are comfortable with our present life and comforts. As were our ancestors in the 1700’s. relativity speaking, they had a better way of life than most other people in the world. But at some point they decided that the fight for freedom and liberty from England was worth jeopardizing all that comfort. Are you prepared to jeopardize your comfort to insure a just republic for your children and grandchildren? Are you willing to step outside your comfort zone and say that “I am not happy with the direction of our country and I will force change if need be”.
Our prudent course is to demand candidates for public office that will support our ideals. And in 2010 do everything we can to put those folks in charge. But we must also understand that the bulk of the electorate are uneducated about the issues and we may well lose at our attempt to effect change.
At that point, what are you willing to do? What comforts are you willing to sacrifice to insure a prosperous future for your descendants. We have had the advantage of having selfless ancestors that sacrificed all they had for us. The question is, do you have that same determination?
Good night all
conservnut on March 22, 2009 at 2:40 AM
Yes, me too. But in this case, I was not referring to Obama’s style of elitist intellectual jargon, I was referring to Knucklehead’s far more common feminine technical jargon, i.e. “thingy.” That’s even worser.
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 2:42 AM
We are so skrewed.
I WANT A RECALL.
http://www.petitiononline.com/
Kini on March 22, 2009 at 2:44 AM
Hope you have good neighbors.
Maquis on March 22, 2009 at 2:40 AM
The best kind: tradesmen, craftsmen, self-starters, family-oriented, hunters and gun owners.
Unfortunately we don’t have our own city police force and must rely on county sheriffs for patrolling; there is a bad element nibbling at our fringes and it will probably get worse before it gets better.
Bishop on March 22, 2009 at 2:46 AM
I truly hope so. Thanks, and Good Night.
Maquis on March 22, 2009 at 2:47 AM
I remember a time when husband and wife could be of different parties and have little spats about it and then “make up.” Today, I bet there are few marriages that could survive spouses of different party registration.
We need to stop this divisiveness, but most of the time, I can only talk to a liberal without mentioning anything political or cultural without being called a name or getting yelled at. And lately, I am finding it increasingly difficult to keep quiet or talk “nice.” It’s a dilemma.
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 2:48 AM
Yeah, the demonization of Conservatives and the hyper-sensitization of the liberals makes inter-species communication very difficult.
Maquis on March 22, 2009 at 2:52 AM
Almost all of my colleagues are progressives. Instead of trying to argue about things they will refuse to listen to, I simply pretend that I am shocked at O’s performance. I was expecting so much better than Boooosh. This get’s them all really sad without them biting my head off… You might want to try it.
Upstater85 on March 22, 2009 at 2:53 AM
Also put down the government and how much you hate the government meddling in your life… Remember, the government is The Man…
Upstater85 on March 22, 2009 at 2:53 AM
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.
- Sun Tzu
MB4 on March 22, 2009 at 3:05 AM
Well, maybe there are certain days I think like this…
Upstater85 on March 22, 2009 at 3:07 AM
Night all.
Maquis on March 22, 2009 at 3:09 AM
I do understand, and have used that approach for much of the last 20 years. However, it gets tiresome to hear so many others who feel completely free to talk openly about their beliefs, and hear all the agreements, and see all the heads nod, while I cannot express myself freely at all, and instead must create clever ways to cross-dress my beliefs in clothing acceptable to liberals.
It’s oppressive.
Even so, I have to re-learn to be patient with irrational, non-factual liberal thinking. And feel empathy for them, as well. For, no matter how delusional I think their thinking is, and no matter how oppressive they can be toward me, they are still human beings and that humanness deserves respect.
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 3:11 AM
And now, my insomnia is ending, goodnight.
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 3:12 AM
I saw that in the other thread. (And I have only just started reading this one on page 7.)
I think you are wrong. Life goes on. Life should go on. Life isn’t what they do to us. Life is what we make for ourselves.
Alana on March 22, 2009 at 3:36 AM
Worst president, administration, and congress in the history of our country.
Obama, Pelosi, Reid = the triumvirate of arrogant destruction
jdflorida on March 22, 2009 at 7:19 AM
Interesting. Law would have no meaning.
drjohn on March 22, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Limbaugh was outstanding on Friday.
forest on March 22, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Oh lord yes. My son is a 2X combat veteran of Iraq with additional deployments to his credit. He is buying deflated stock, a cheap little house he loves, and he and his wife are probably going to present me with a grandchild in the not too distant future. And he cringes when the word “Obama” is mentioned in his presence. He is excited about the future.
JonRoss on March 22, 2009 at 7:58 AM
You did hear about the proposed future carbon tax for having more than 2 children didn’t you?
Yes I’m serious.
ex-Democrat on March 22, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Sooo, when can we expect to see some of that oversight applied to the salaries and bonuses athletes and celebrities receive?
Barb Dwyer on March 22, 2009 at 8:24 AM
If the teleprompter puts a lid on pro athletes salaries, I wonder what that fat ass POS Barkley will have to opine about that…
I hope all of you who did no hear Rush say those words on Friday, open up the link AP provided and read them. Keep in mind, Rush pulled these words off the top of his head, no teleprompter, no written speech…
Like him, love him, or hate him; hard to argue with these words.
Keemo on March 22, 2009 at 9:00 AM
i went back to pg. 1 to read some of the comments.
1st: well, duh, we all knew bambi wanted to destroy us. prepare. protest. do not be silent.
2d: and i get over my “bambi depression” by watching John Wayne movies.
kelley in virginia on March 22, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Bishop on March 22, 2009 at 2:34 AM
Two things, pretty scary on the happenings in your area. The other is my husband almost started reloading. We have everything, including a bunch of brass because he and the oldest belong to a competition shooting club. I guess I won’t complain about all that stuff being in the way.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 9:18 AM
cindy, did you sleep?
kelley in virginia on March 22, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Midas, so far I’ve only managed to read a couple hundred or so of the 600 posts since you wrote this.
Did you ever get around to telling us what you’re doing other than commenting on a blog?
DarkCurrent on March 22, 2009 at 9:49 AM
So many on the left try to copy Rush but they just don’t get it.
RobCon on March 22, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Those of us living in Red China take offense at that remark ;)
DarkCurrent on March 22, 2009 at 9:55 AM
I’m still here.
sven thinks I need to learn a lesson about Democrats and dealing with the left etc. I am not naive. I don’t need any lessons. I just know that 51% beats 49% and if you want to win..you have to find a way to be in the 51%.
That is why there was such a thing as Reagan Democrats. There are a lot of Democrats who are not going to be comfortable with many of Obama’s stances. That is why Democrats ran blue dogs, to win in certain places where a liberal Democrat could not win.
Republicans need to find a way to reach those kinds of people. I think they can.
Terrye on March 22, 2009 at 9:57 AM
You give me hope that Virginia will come back to the fold. It’s good to have you on our side. Thank you for the encouragement.
chunderroad on March 22, 2009 at 10:09 AM
You are still stuck in the myth we are a simple democracy where 51% can eat the 49%….
if that’s the case we will either fracture or go forward with blood on the winner’s hands…
I will NOT let the moonbats “win” in ignoring the bill of rights with a simple majority.
sven10077 on March 22, 2009 at 10:09 AM
This was a very informative post, as well.
chunderroad on March 22, 2009 at 10:11 AM
I did, I slept until about 8. Close to a record breaker. The trouble is if I doze anytime today I will be up until all hours. I should actually try to accomplish something instead of posting but that’s no fun.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Terrye on March 22, 2009 at 9:57 AM
sven10077 on March 22, 2009 at 10:09 AM
I am not ready to give up on the people yet and sven have you stopped to think that as much as we hate what is going on, there are an equal amount of people, still in the glow of our historic election, that would fight back? And then there would be the people who believe everything you believe, except the solution. I really liked the idea of taking children out of public schools. Obviously that would require a coordinated effort with the help of people like me who’s children are grown. If that isn’t feasible then we need some other BIG statement.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Does anyone have faith that these Tea Parties are going to have an effect?
Queen0fCups on March 22, 2009 at 12:01 PM
I don’t watch Glenn Beck, but I DVR Red Eye and sometimes catch the tail end of his show and he was talking about some website that as of last Friday did not exist, but this Friday has hundreds of thousands of people who signed up?
Does anyone know what that is all about?
Queen0fCups on March 22, 2009 at 12:03 PM
A box of Kraft macaroni & cheese goes for 27 yuan ($4) here. It’s almost a luxury food ;-)
DarkCurrent on March 22, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Hard to say, W ignored the anti-war crowd. I think Congress would take notice. For what it would be worth.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Cindy Munford
I must compliment you for your troll work last night. You demonstrated a focus and patience I have yet to be able to achieve.
Loxodonta on March 22, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Thanks, I try to logic them to death. Unfortunately after a few hours of sleep they pop back just as goofy as ever.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Logic has no more effect on them than the earth has on a neutrino.
DarkCurrent on March 22, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Good points.
This government takeover is clearly an Obama Administration take-over – and an end-run around the Democrat Establishment in Congress.
Dodd has already refused to “take one for the team” and outed the Administration on the AIG bonus issue. It is obvious he was supposed to get hit by pitch to advance the plan. But he balked.
Dodd & the rest of the Dems are starting to see the Obama(read Axlerod,Rahm,Soros)Plan will strip them of their power just as Chavez dissolved the congress. Obama & co. have little to no respect for their fellow Dems and only treat them as useful idiots. This is why he went on the Tent-Revival/Jay Leno tour while the Dems got saddled with the heavy lifting. Obama detached himself – figuratively & actually from the dirty dealings. It’s brilliant really.
Absolute power mean never having to share it with anyone.
batterup on March 22, 2009 at 1:02 PM
I know but it allows me to sharpen my rhetorical skills. Trying to live up to the company I keep here at HotAir.
Cindy Munford on March 22, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Too bad there are 9 blue dog senators…
phreshone on March 22, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Thanks for the smile. Indeed – if they were logical they could never be in the camp they’re in.
Entelechy on March 22, 2009 at 2:15 PM
As an addendum to Rush’s statement about the threats to individualism, it’s a good time to note something which has not been covered in the MSM: Namely that Barack Obama thinks we should emulate South Korea when it comes to education, by lengthening the school day/week/year (something which I adamantly oppose).
South Korea’s culture is very different from our own, and the individual plays second fiddle. See Korean Family Values.
Perhaps one of these days Obama will find something to like about this country, instead of this constant need to make us more like Europe or Asia.
Buy Danish on March 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Read the linked article and failed to undersand why Korean family values are a problem or at odds with American family values.
We could shorten the school year and come out ahead if US teachers on average were up to typical east Asian standards. Actually, we could shorten the school year and come out ahead with the teachers we have.
DarkCurrent on March 22, 2009 at 3:44 PM
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