Quotations 
Quotation: Adherents and detractors
“Both Obama’s adoring adherents and demonizing detractors disclose a lack of discernment. The sky is neither filled with angels proclaiming peace on earth, nor is it falling. Obama is neither the political messiah, nor the political anti-Christ.” -Robert Parham, executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics, writing in a commentary on EthicsDaily.com. (Hat Tip: […]
Elsewhere: Reaction from the right
The sane: “That victory is a hallmark moment in history for all Americans — not just for those who voted for Sen. Obama. As a nation, we will never think of ourselves the same way again. Americans rich and poor, black and white, old and young, will look to an African-American man and know him […]
Quotation: Get eight teams
“I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football. I’m fed up with these computer rankings and this and that and the other. Get eight teams — the top eight teams right at the end. You got a playoff. Decide on a National Champion.” -Sen. Barack Obama, talking on Monday Night […]
Quotation: Not convicted of anything?
“I have not been convicted of anything.” -Alaskan Sen. Ted Stevens, in a debate on Thursday, three days after a federal jury found him guilty of seven counts of of failing to report about $250,000 in gifts and renovations to his home in Alaska. Source: Anchorage Daily News.
Quotation: Studs the optimist
“With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, ‘Studs, you’re an optimist.’ I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what’s the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.” -Studs Terkel Terkel, who was best known for […]
Quotation: An unsalvageable series?
This World Series is unsalvageable. It is a disaster borne of people who think cowbells and haircuts make them fans, owners who are so greedy that they accept late-October baseball and late-evening start times, and a commissioner who unilaterally changes a rule while he’s carrying the book in his left hand. Game 5 is suspended. […]
Quotation: Joel Osteen and Hot Pockets
“There are times when the popularity of someone like Joel Osteen is very confusing to me. But then I realize: there are times when the popularity of Hot Pockets is also confusing to me so I choose not to dwell on it.” -Nadia Bolz-Weber, in her book “Salvation On the Small Screen? 24 Hours of […]
Quotation: Blogs on blogs
At these CMJ shows there sometimes was as much documentation going on as partying, with audience members taking notes and constantly shooting digital images, probably destined for blogs on blogs. Even Gang Gang Dance, playing pulsating electronic dance beats topped with echoey vocals and glints of African and Caribbean music, had a hard time putting […]