Quotes of the day
posted at 10:42 pm on October 29, 2009 by Allahpundit
“‘In many ways, he’s sent from God,’ he joked in an interview, ‘because the world’s a mess.’
“But Sting is serious in his belief that Obama is the best leader to navigate the world’s problems. In an interview on Wednesday, the former Police frontman said that he spent some time with Obama and ‘found him to be very genuine, very present, clearly super-smart, and exactly what we need in the world.’…
“‘It’s aggressive and violent and full of fear,’ he said of the [conservative] backlash against Obama. ‘They don’t want change, they want things to feel the same because they feel safe there.’”
***
“They came of age during the great abundance, circa 1980-2008 (or 1950-2008, take your pick), and they don’t have the habit of worry. They talk about their ‘concerns’—they’re big on that word. But they’re not really concerned. They think America is the goose that lays the golden egg. Why not? She laid it in their laps. She laid it in grandpa’s lap.
“They don’t feel anxious, because they never had anything to be anxious about. They grew up in an America surrounded by phrases—’strongest nation in the world,’ ‘indispensable nation,’ ‘unipolar power,’ ‘highest standard of living’—and are not bright enough, or serious enough, to imagine that they can damage that, hurt it, even fatally.
“We are governed at all levels by America’s luckiest children, sons and daughters of the abundance, and they call themselves optimists but they’re not optimists—they’re unimaginative. They don’t have faith, they’ve just never been foreclosed on. They are stupid and they are callous, and they don’t mind it when people become disheartened. They don’t even notice.”
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True, true… indisputable!
ya2daup on October 30, 2009 at 12:52 AM
I have no such power. I’m a single voter in a great Democracy.
But that’s it.
And this nonsense that anybody who disagrees with you is dangerous is really stupid talk, in my opinion.
People just have opinions. They even change them.
If you don’t respect people’s opinions and honestly think they are dangerous?
That’s opposite of Democracy.
We simply have no reason to entertain that kind of nonsensical thinking.
We believe that personal expression leads to a better society.
And those of you suggesting otherwise?
You’re not remotely supporting the basic principles of this country.
I’m sort of sick of dancing around that, btw.
I’m sick of conservatives suggesting otherwise.
AnninCA on October 30, 2009 at 12:52 AM
But honestly, how much influence does she have?
AnninCA on October 30, 2009 at 12:54 AM
You need to get over yourself in a very big way.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Anybody who rhymes “I walk” with “New York” is not to be trusted.
profitsbeard on October 30, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Come come now. Is anyone really surprised by what Mr. “de doo doo doo de da da da” has to say about Obama? These people are our dancing monkeys and nothing else. They are there for us to put a coin in there tin cup after they perform. Honestly I don’t want to hear if a famous person is a conservative either.
To his credit, in… ’92 (I think) I saw a Sting concert and he didn’t mention politics once. As a bonus, he played some Police songs. Which was good since I never got to see The Police. I couldn’t say the same for Phil Collins but I did eventually see a Genesis concert before they faded away, but I digress.
Now that Allap has established a dictionary-worthy example of a “know-nothing-know-it-all” we can get on to more important matters.
Best Sting song: Fortress Around Your Heart/All This Time (tie)
Worst Sting song: We’ll Be Together
Best Police Song: Can’t Stand Losing You
Worst Police Song: Miss Gradenko/Peanuts (tie) (PEE-Yoo! Might I add)
P.S. -The Tantric thing with his wife was apparently a hoax made up by Bob Geldoff’s daughter. If I cared, I’d try to get verification for you on that.
rihar on October 30, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Yes. Putting your life on the line, as I did, has a wonderful way of focusing you on the reality of the world.
BTW Your leftist arrogance is showing. I’ll put my life in the hands of one of our “ignorant” soldiers any day before I ever consider spitting on one of these effete leftist parasites who sit around carping and undermining their country while their betters are out defending it.
elduende on October 30, 2009 at 12:55 AM
The only ones trying to shut down discussion and the free exchange of ideas aren’t “conservatives,” but the NObama White House and his New World Order Hollywood enablers like Sting.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 12:56 AM
But honestly, how much influence does she have?
AnninCA on October 30, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Not just her but how about on a combined basis?
heshtesh on October 30, 2009 at 12:57 AM
You are a parasite carping about what you know nothing about. I do. Get over it.
elduende on October 30, 2009 at 12:57 AM
Sting is just another leftist dingbat in show biz who thinks that Barry Hussein Obama is the Christ.
Not very original!
Really Right on October 30, 2009 at 12:57 AM
Yes. And people were tricked.
fullogas on October 30, 2009 at 12:59 AM
I’ve had those moments, too. But I find it ridiculous to suggest that means I understand world dynamics.
Sorry, I’m just a bit more humble. Funny you mention arrogance.
and, no, I’m not interested in sharing what those moments were.
I grew up with a WWII father. I definitely understand.
But even he never imagined that meant he understood or had all the answers.
AnninCA on October 30, 2009 at 12:59 AM
and off she flounces, as usual style
fullogas on October 30, 2009 at 12:59 AM
Yes it is. But just because I don’t agree with someone politically doesn’t mean I can’t recognize and appreciate their talent. If that were the case I’d never listen to music or watch movies because the politics of most musicians and actors is beneath contempt.
beachgirlusa on October 30, 2009 at 1:00 AM
I am not sure tricked is the right word.
It’s dangerous, though. It’s a bit like politics has become the god of some people.
Sad, eh?
AnninCA on October 30, 2009 at 1:00 AM
So why do you risk hurting yourself by trying to opine on that very subject?
*snort*
Somewhere between humility and arrogance, AnninCA flounders…
Promise?
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 1:02 AM
Ann-in-a-Can’s passive aggressive way of hijacking a thread is truly amazing.
Dhuka on October 30, 2009 at 1:02 AM
OK, my show is on!
Nite.
And it’s OK if some of you are glad. *haha
AnninCA on October 30, 2009 at 1:02 AM
Sting still looking for his last name in a dip. So ogabe a dip i knew it.
bessex on October 30, 2009 at 1:05 AM
ROFL!
Indeed–she’s so bi-polar and schizophrenic, I have whiplash.
It’s like watching Barack with that teleprompter.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 1:06 AM
I thought that sounded like classic Noonan while I was reading it, but it just didn’t seem possible that she actually wrote it based on her recent opinions. If she has finally seen the light, good for her.
holygoat on October 30, 2009 at 1:07 AM
Most liberals aren’t evil but the liberalism that infects them is.
Speakup on October 30, 2009 at 1:08 AM
Well said.
beachgirlusa on October 30, 2009 at 1:09 AM
Well said.
beachgirlusa on October 30, 2009 at 1:10 AM
I think you are exactly, precisely wrong. The opposite is true, but not specifically in regard to the armed forces, but more broadly. American’s want to inspire the world to freedom, liberty and justice for all, (a trait that most of us are very proud of), but for now they are more concerned about their own futures. Maybe that’s why Obama is doing his best to ensure that they continue to concern themselves with their own futures, even while he pretends to be doing something about it.
See, this is why I never engage with you. It’s useless to argue. You’re kind has always existed, and always will. “We’ll be fine if Nazi’s take over Europe.” Or, “We’ll be fine if the Soviets take over Europe.” Or, “We’ll be fine if suicidal terrorist regimes acquire nukes and/or other WMD’s and spread across the face of the earth and multiple.
I mean, what’s the point? Just stick your head back in the sand and everything will be fine! Why should I waste my vakyabke time trying to save you from yourself?
FloatingRock on October 30, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Um…. vakyabke = valuable
FloatingRock on October 30, 2009 at 1:13 AM
A+
beachgirlusa on October 30, 2009 at 1:15 AM
What’s up FR? I haven’t seen you posting for a while.
elduende on October 30, 2009 at 1:15 AM
Well said.
FloatingRock on October 30, 2009 at 1:19 AM
Excellent, very well stated.
beachgirlusa on October 30, 2009 at 1:24 AM
Thanks. Good nite all.
elduende on October 30, 2009 at 1:32 AM
“Invisible Sun” in my book.
Not Geldof’s daughter, Geldof himself.
Sting, Geldof et al are a motley looking bunch, aren’t they?
beachgirlusa on October 30, 2009 at 1:33 AM
A+
beachgirlusa on October 30, 2009 at 1:35 AM
Not much, just work and a recent vacation.
FloatingRock on October 30, 2009 at 1:35 AM
I’ve never understood some people who think it’s right to just sit back and watch terrible things happen, justifying that it’s OK because it isn’t happening to us.
I wiser man than I once said this:
What did we do to preserve the spirit of liberty when Iran started killing it’s own. What have we done to preserve the spirit of liberty in Honduras when Zelaya tried rewriting the constitution, or in Costa Rica which is now in the process of being overrun by the Chavistas? What kind of message are we sending the downtrodden in North Korea and Iran with our weakness?
And what seeds of despotism have been planted in our own home soil?
One thing that frustrates me to no end is a person who fails to see who his real friends and real enemies are. I’ve dealt with some pretty annoying people in my lifetime, but those types drive me straight up a wall.
Here we have a president who dithers on Afganistan and ignores Iran while declaring war on Fox News. Here we have a senate who stays moot trying to silence the Law Library of Congress about a Pro-Micheletti report out of Honduras while congress is trying to nationalize healthcare.
And we have people in this thread and in this nation who fail to see what’s happening around them!
Do people remember what kind of enemy we fought in the Cold War? Do people remember the evil empire that was Communism?
I’d go further, but I cannot.
Chaz706 on October 30, 2009 at 1:36 AM
Sleep tight. Good to see you again.
FloatingRock on October 30, 2009 at 1:37 AM
Good to see you around. I gotta go. Later.
elduende on October 30, 2009 at 1:38 AM
By the way, we do not live in a democracy, we live in a representative republic.
Johan Klaus on October 30, 2009 at 1:39 AM
Earlier, I questioned the need to waste valuable internet space on Mr. Sting.
So…going OT…today I turned the volume to 0 and watched Barack’s head turn back-n-forth, back-n-forth, back-n-forth, while he read from the twin TOTUSes. Occasionally, the camera would do a side view, showing the TOTUSes and I noticed how very strange he looked…the leader of the free world completely unable to speak on his own accord. I wanted to laugh at how ridiculous he looked turning his head so often…as if he is fooling anyone. But I really found his teleprompter dependency to be both sad and frightening. Surely it has become a joke to other world leaders. Surely that joke is translating into America being a joke. That’s all…do,do,do and da,da,da.
redwhiteblue on October 30, 2009 at 1:47 AM
For the life of me, Peggy, I cannot wrap my head around your inability to recognize this in yourself.
While I witnessed you being swept away by Obamian rhetoric like it was a moonlit dinner over the French Riviera, I was asking the same questions of you.
Saltysam on October 30, 2009 at 1:51 AM
I’m saving this one an having it tattooed somewhere!
gary4205 on October 30, 2009 at 1:54 AM
I completely disagree with Noonan that Americans feel there is no way out (or no “path through,” as she says it). But I can see why she has to say it (aside from her unfortunate predeliction for melodrama). That is, because she cannot face the reality of leftism, and cannot face her own failure to identify it early in Obama. This is a problem or deficiency common to elitist “conservatives” (those more elite than conservative). Put simply, she blew it, and now needs to posit solemn, apocalyptic cul de sacs for the great American dream because she can’t comprehend the very simple and awful truth of Leftism (which in fact is very easy to fight if you know what you’re fighting, but poor Peggy hasn’t a clue).
I wasn’t listening to you then, Peggy, and I’m not listening now.
rrpjr on October 30, 2009 at 1:56 AM
rrpjr on October 30, 2009 at 1:56 AM
Exactly.
She’s simply projecting.
Saltysam on October 30, 2009 at 1:58 AM
The Obama administration is based upon Covetousness and the encouragement of Sloth and Dependence.
What’s not to love?
/sarc>
landlines on October 30, 2009 at 2:19 AM
guess thats the going rate for a night in the lincoln bedroom
Sonosam on October 30, 2009 at 2:21 AM
Give the Harkonnen a blade…
YoungAmerican on October 30, 2009 at 3:22 AM
You’ll probably never notice this response as it is very late.
I never, ever watch him anymore; that is a given, mostly because all he does is lie, on top of lie, depending on the venue and I am nauseously sick of him. However, when he was still running for president, I vividly remember a video when he was struggling to get the crux of the matter, without TOTUS. There she was, his adoring wife, standing on the side-lines and and anxiously mouthing what he should be saying because he lost track of the subject was and had no clue on what to utter next. Very candid, indeed.
betsyz on October 30, 2009 at 3:47 AM
For a moment there, you shifted to the left. Careful!
Shy Guy on October 30, 2009 at 3:49 AM
Back to the Sting thing. I WANT some of this ambrosia, no kidding. I’d love to be in this state of rapture because the reality of what he has/hasn’t done is too repulsive to my senses. Pass the bong, I beg of you.
betsyz on October 30, 2009 at 4:03 AM
Another trained seal that does tricks to amuse the rest of us.How does that make his opinion more valuable that the night drive through worker at your local Mickey D\’s?Nothing, really. Sting, Britany, and the seals at Sea World. Only a difference in communication ability.
schmuck281 on October 30, 2009 at 4:04 AM
+ ><>
Shy Guy on October 30, 2009 at 4:11 AM
The hatred of Reagan in the GOP elites and the democratic party (BIRM) is to blame. The government stopped teaching about America. about the consitution, about personal responsibility, about the joys and sorrows of capitalism. They allows Hollywood to be taken over by marxists, they allowed the schools to be taken over by marxists, they embraced PC and multiculturalism instead of the truth and the melting pot in their thrist for powr.
Our leaders have failed us because they chaffed uder the limits placed on them by the consitution. They fell for the sugar candy to win votes. they understood it was easir to bribe then presuade.
unseen on October 30, 2009 at 4:25 AM
What most people in the music industry, or in Hollywood, know about actual historical events and issues, could be put on the back of a matchbook. People like that grew up in an industry of make believe. Imagine this clown is talking about the last few generations as those living in excess. Of course that’s true, and it’s also what put bread on your table as fools spent that extra excess money buying your tapes & CDs and throwing money away at your once that you’ve made your pile of money, you can sit back like all the other aging musicians and actors and spout leftist propaganda and tell everyone how horrible they were for living in excess.
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 4:46 AM
“…at your concerts”
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 4:47 AM
Don’t follow leaders and watch the parking meters…
elifino on October 30, 2009 at 4:57 AM
Hey Sting, was Obama sent by God when he was busy voting against a bill that would allow babies born alive after a botched abortion, to receive medical care?
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 5:15 AM
Peggy! Where ya been? Welcome back.
fluffy on October 30, 2009 at 5:18 AM
I do have one question though. Why make note of the political thoughts of Sting. What’s next week? Pee Wee Herman?
Why would anyone care about the thoughts of either of them?
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 5:25 AM
Describes Pelosi and the Ivy League Marxists very well.
I like Sting’s music and acting. Whatever personal experience he has with America comes from interacting with his peers in show business. He describes them very well, indeed.
maverick muse on October 30, 2009 at 6:00 AM
Fascinating. A self absorbed narcissist thinks highly of another self absorbed narcissist.
CarolynM on October 30, 2009 at 6:29 AM
This clearly proves that the ability to sing doesn’t mean you are inteligent, just talented at one little thing, like a good barber, or lawn care guy.
BTW, that is one creepy picture.
Alden Pyle on October 30, 2009 at 6:37 AM
This clearly proves that the ability to sing doesn’t mean you are inteligent, just talented at one little thing, like a good barber, or lawn care guy.
BTW, that is one creepy picture.
Alden Pyle on October 30, 2009 at 6:37 AM
Alden Pyle: Or,an ACORN worker,ahem!!:)
canopfor on October 30, 2009 at 6:42 AM
Ann Why vote then? Why open your trap? You and your liberal buddies are dangerous. I don’t wish to shut you up but you are .
CWforFreedom on October 30, 2009 at 6:58 AM
I find it rather funny that the guy who penned “King of Pain” loves Obama.
Indeed, Obama is the “King of Paaaaaaaain!”
*Chorus*
“It’s the same old thing as yesterday…”
watchmen on October 30, 2009 at 7:16 AM
Sting go to hell punk.
Denniscat on October 30, 2009 at 7:17 AM
Next up, Ozzie Osborne weighs in on the SCOTUS rulings last term……
Seriously, Why do these people get quoted as having opinions worth noting. Sting hung out with the filthy lying coward but I don’t really care about it any more than I want to see Nancy Pelosi in a pair of tight leather pants up on a stage singing some rock ballad.
highhopes on October 30, 2009 at 7:22 AM
You haven’t been listening…she really hasn’t changed.
JetBoy on October 30, 2009 at 7:24 AM
Wow, Sting sorta looks like the guy from Home Improvement these days.
vcferlita on October 30, 2009 at 7:31 AM
Shut up and sing, dumb-ass.
outOfElement on October 29, 2009 at 10:46 PM
LOL
OF course there is a long list that this can apply to:
Dave Matthews
U2
Black Eyed Peas
I think this list could become a thread of its own.
mad scientist on October 30, 2009 at 7:33 AM
I’m sure it was said earlier in this thread but in the immortal words of Laura Ingraham…
Shut up and sing!
cmsinaz on October 30, 2009 at 7:35 AM
And Sting hasn’t put out anything worth listening to since not long after he left the Police in the mid-80′s…
wildcat84 on October 30, 2009 at 7:35 AM
and it was
:-)
cmsinaz on October 30, 2009 at 7:36 AM
thank you!
cmsinaz on October 30, 2009 at 7:37 AM
Looks like AnnInCa shat all over a thread again. Dang.
All I remember about Sting (aside from the fact that some of his music is good) is, while he was campaigning for people to reduce population, he was out siring at least six children.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Gordon Sumner.
Wanderlust on October 30, 2009 at 7:44 AM
He was worth listening to in the 80′s, but I wouldn’t give a plugged nickel to hear him again.
yoda on October 30, 2009 at 7:45 AM
I dodn’t even listen to this guys music anymore, why would I listen to his political posturing?
loudmouth883 on October 30, 2009 at 7:46 AM
For the metal heads let me add:
Rage Against the Machine (henceforth no more)
System of a Down (again, no more)
Too bad that’s not more of a trend when mixing your politics with your trade.
loudmouth883 on October 30, 2009 at 7:48 AM
If you don’t respect people’s opinions and honestly think
If you truly believe this then you can’t possibly be an Obama supporter. This administration goes out of its way to demonize anyone who dares criticize “the Won.”
WarEagle01 on October 30, 2009 at 7:48 AM
Well,one thing is clear,its quite obvious that Sting
is a graduate of,the University of BaBa Streisand!!!
canopfor on October 30, 2009 at 7:55 AM
No, the one thing that is clear is that decades of adoration and privilege have rotted Sting’s brain away as surely as heroin would have. He suffers from what can only honestly be described as elitist dementia.
doriangrey on October 30, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Who cares what Sting thinks? He’s a musician, not some fount of wisdom.
zoyclem on October 30, 2009 at 8:00 AM
“And they bought my crap records and made me a fantastically rich man.” What a pretentious twit.
WarEagle01 on October 30, 2009 at 8:07 AM
After seeing that I feel a strange urge to beat my head against a wall.
mizflame98 on October 30, 2009 at 8:12 AM
more proof that he’s just not too bright! I mean back in the 80′s and 90′s he was saying the rain forest would be gone by the year 2000 so how much stock do you want to put in his opinion anyway?
jdsmith0021 on October 30, 2009 at 8:16 AM
Why wouldn’t Feyd Rautha Harkonnen like Obama? They have so much in common.
BohicaTwentyTwo on October 30, 2009 at 8:19 AM
aawww–another fading celebrity needed some attention.
varnson on October 30, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Yeah, Dufus, sent by God to reawaken Americans of their duty to posterity.
It is mind boggling that SOOOOooo many of these artistic successes have no concept of the role that the American Revolution, the Constitution, Federalism, and the American Soldier played in their own dim witted, pretentious existence.
If this is the future of intellectualism among our artists in the future, it will be a sad epoch.
Saltysam on October 30, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Next, we’ll be blessed by the Political Ideology of Devo.
Whip it good.
kingsjester on October 30, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Not metal…but you are 100% correct about politics.
98% of all musicians are part of the leftist herd. Just the way it is.
ClassicCon on October 30, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Looks like our Literature Teacher turned Pop Rock Star hasn’t read any Karl Marx.
Irenaeus on October 30, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Nothing better than starting the day with a good laugh at AnninCa’s expense. Why anyone bothers to banter with her ridiculous pleas for attention is beyond me, but I do appreciate the entertainment.
anniekc on October 30, 2009 at 8:44 AM
I have an Irish Setter. He’s a gift from god. He’ super smart. I think fido should be president. He might be smarter than Obummer, Biden and Sting, and probably a few others. Sting had a few good songs about 25 years ago. Unfortunately, when he started using his voice for potical gasbagging he his songs all became crap as well. Nothing to see here folks.
toongoon on October 30, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Honestly, who really give a flying rats a$$ what Sting thinks other than Sting?
rollthedice on October 30, 2009 at 9:13 AM
I wouldn’t say that near “The Angel of freakin’ DEATH” if I were you.
Blacksmith8 on October 30, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Hey Sting, I’m a recovering Liberal. My wife and I are poor, but we are working our butts off for our 2 young daughters. No one has handed us anything and we don’t want it. We know that with hard work we will come out of this. Yes, we are very concerned about the future for our kids.
Even though I was raised to be a Progressive like most other kids in my suburb, I eventually came to my senses a few years ago. Top-down egghead authoritarian social engineering does not work, even with the best intentions. It spreads misery, poverty & grievances. See: the recent housing boom & bust, the War on Poverty, etc.
Facts, data, history and reason have changed me from a Progressive to a conservative. Sting, you should try it sometime.
Sorry for spelling errors, I’ve been up all night with this newborn! :D
visions on October 30, 2009 at 9:16 AM
This guys moniker should be
Cybergeezer on October 30, 2009 at 9:21 AM
who cares! get a grip HOTAIR!
NRA Lifer on October 30, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Sorry, jd-. Didn’t mean to steal your term. I didn’t research page one for it.
Cybergeezer on October 30, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Right; It’s nothing but more media pandering. They wash each others feet.
Cybergeezer on October 30, 2009 at 9:27 AM
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