Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society."
Willow: You know what they say. The bigger they are... Anya: The faster they stomp you into nothin'.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Nov 07, 2008 9:56:04 am PST #43 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
amych - Nov 07, 2008 10:03:39 am PST #44 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Ah, thanks, Ginger -- I must've remembered someone else's rephrasing of Holmes. No idea where I got Brandeis in the mix, in that case. The sentiment stands.
megan walker - Nov 07, 2008 10:06:54 am PST #45 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Newly victorious progressives can snicker and dismiss them, but that popular vote was too close for my comfort, and we dismiss those millions to our peril.
Maybe, but I thought 6 % points is generally considered a fairly big gap as these things go. That's probably better than half the elections in the past century. Certainly those in recent memory.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 07, 2008 10:18:59 am PST #46 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
ooh, stealth Natter turnover! Top 50??
Cashmere - Nov 07, 2008 10:19:08 am PST #47 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
The press conference killed me! The dog question came up and I loved his answer. Weighing Malia's allergies with the desire for a shelter dog ("a mutt like me"--OOOF).
Ginger - Nov 07, 2008 10:20:06 am PST #48 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The sentiment stands.
It's one of my favorite quotes, because I get so pissed off about this constant "tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts." It's up there with Oliver Wendell Holmes' statement that the most important principle is "the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."
Aims - Nov 07, 2008 10:20:08 am PST #49 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
OMG I love that man. I am totally fangurlling the P-EOTUS.
Ginger - Nov 07, 2008 10:21:01 am PST #50 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I was sitting here thinking "The future president is speaking and I have no desire to throw something at the radio. How wonderful!"
Gudanov - Nov 07, 2008 10:22:53 am PST #51 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Maybe, but I thought 6 % points is generally considered a fairly big gap as these things go. That's probably better than half the elections in the past century. Certainly those in recent memory.
In 1988, Bush beat Dukakis by nearly 8% in the popular vote and with an electoral landslide. That was the last election without an incumbent before Bush the lesser.
Kat - Nov 07, 2008 10:27:15 am PST #52 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Aw.crap. I lost my NYT link to the conservatives saying that the moderates have ruined the party.
Doh.