I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasn't, either. But somebody gave us a chance. Just like these folks up here are looking for a chance.
~ President Barach Obama in a speech to a group of students in Elyria, Ohio, from MSNBC, Official White House transcript HERE

Speaking of rhetoric, he (President Obama) had some fiery rhetoric ( Read more... )

'Sic Semper Tyrannis' (Thus be to tyrants)
~ John Wilkes Booth, while leaping into Abraham Lincoln's balcony to shoot him

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
~ George Bernard Shaw

Even the President so far, he can't walk in my house without being invited, like he's my daddy, just to say whoa. Not yet! . . . But people are dead now. And it' ( Read more... )

The Mugglenet March Madness Game has some serious problems! Vote totals for the March Madness game ballooned by thousands of points yesterday, mainly for minor characters without big fan followings. There is no way that even constant voting could get these totals so high so fast. It's a shame because people were enjoying it. Hey, Mugglenet! Whassup ( Read more... )

I have to admit that I am not a staunch Tim Burton fan. I like the movie Beetlejuice, but only after watching it many times over the years with my husband who thinks it is hilarious. I was fascinated by Burton's take on Alice in Wonderland and even accepted the Mad Hatter's scarecrow dance as some kind of nice Burtonesque-Halloween-ish-Crossover.  ( Read more... )

You can still sign petitions to get Rush off of Armed Forces Radio. One is on the White House website, the other is directed at Senators McCain and Levin and the Armed Forces Committee (McCain spoke out against Limbaugh the other day).
White House: Secretary Panetta, Get Rush Limbaugh Off Armed Forces Radio Now
Change.Org: Senators Levin and McCain ( Read more... )

In an essay called Rush Limbaugh's McCarthy Moment - No Common Decency the writer states: "When Edward R. Murrow discussed McCarthy's ongoing diatribes towards suspected Communists, he described McCarthy's 'primary achievement' as 'confusing the public mind'. Isn't that what Rush is doing, and has been doing, for the last fifteen to twenty years?" ( Read more... )

Quote Via GOPClownShow. There's probably more of this manure if you listen to the radio show clip, which I refuse to do.

Rush: "By the way, what is the exit strategy for the war on women? I’m just thinking about it. No, you mean, every GOP male candidate defeated, is that what you mean? I’m just wondering, when do you pull out…in the war on women? ( Read more... )

More advertisers are pulling out of Limbaugh's show.
Limbaugh Loses 9th Advertiser
CEO Michael Rozbruch @Tax Resolution on Twitter
Thank you for your concerns. We have decided to join other advertisers and suspend our sponsorship of The Rush Limbaugh Show.

BIG ONE ~ AOL Drops Advertising on Rush Limbaugh Show
From AOL Facebook
At AOL one of our core ( Read more... )

Rush Limbaugh has posted what he calls an "apology" on his website for his vile, callous, and uncivilized remarks about Sandra Fluke, Georgetown University Law Student who testified to Congress about a friend's problems getting insurance for contraceptives for a hormonal problem. Read more in My Previous Post

Read His Lame-Ass Apology Here

Like every ( Read more... )

Kid Rock gave Mitt Romney an endorsement. He also endorsed porn, Jack Daniels, and hepatitis C.
~ Jimmy Kimmel, quoted on Newsmax

"I am sitting at home eating ramen noodles and everyone in the government is eating filet mignon and talking about birth control, and they are all men."
~ Salonika Evans, student in Columbus, Georgia, quoted in the New ( Read more... )