Via Kevin Drum, here’s a quote which leapt off the screen at me: O’Beirne’s staff posed blunt questions to some candidates about domestic politics: Did you vote for George W. Bush in 2000? This seems to me to be a patently illegal question insofar as interviewing and fair employment laws and all that. It probably [...]
Posts Tagged ‘quotes’
Isn’t this illegal?
Posted in Posts, tagged Politics, quotes on September 18, 2006 | Comments Off
Quick Thoughts
Posted in Posts, tagged elections, GWB, Politics, quotes on September 8, 2006 | Comments Off
Quick Thoughts This quote always bothers me: And Mr Bush won the 2004 presidential election with more votes than any president in history. (Economist, America’s Longest War, August 31, 2006). That wouldn’t be a function of the fact that there are more, you know, voters than at any time in history? Argh.
Leon is everywhere
Posted in Posts, tagged education, quotes, rants, red hook on October 17, 2005 | Comments Off
Matthew Yglesias: A Cop-Out What strikes me here is the fact that Ms. Senior made the unfortunate choice of quoting Leon Botstein. Why, I wonder, is he so CONSTANTLY quoted in magazines? It’s weird. Maybe I would just for once like to see him explain, in one of these many quotations, why someone would actually [...]
Danforth on Evangelicals
Posted in Posts, tagged Politics, quotes, religious right on June 17, 2005 | Comments Off
Via The Washington Monthly: Danforth on right-wing evangelicals: “for us, the only absolute standard of behavior is the commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves.” Amen, brother.
Condition of Music
Posted in Posts, tagged music, quotes on September 27, 2004 | Comments Off
All Art Constantly Aspires Toward the Condition of Music. A favorite quote of mine. I am reminded of it while listening to Lennon’s “Imagine”. Granted, the words are a bit treacly, but that easy, simple piano just works wonders for them. Another good example is “Let It Be”, whose “Naked” version is getting play on [...]