Friday, June 5, 2009

Quotables

Obama's Cairo Speech

In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education. And this is important because no development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work
(Full text here).

Couldn't have said it better, myself...
The City of Chicago, led by Mayor Daley and a vast and tumorous army of aldermen and bagmen and yesmen and opportunists and spineless, parasitic political-machine halfwits of forms never seen outside the roiling cesspool of governmental slop-trough greed, has proven itself unworthy of something as potentially delicious and fulfilling as the 2016 Olympic Games (Sun-Times sports columnist Rick Telander).
And don't forget, these are the guys Arne Duncan wants running schools in every district.

Dr. Tiller's assassin: "They're treating me like a criminal" (AP Wire).

1 comment:

  1. "And don't forget, these are the guys Arne Duncan wants running schools in every district."

    If only journalists would start making that connection...it is almost invariably overlooked.

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