October 26, 2005
Long Live the Uber-sexuals
Sorry, Jeff, I HAVE to: Metrosexual man bows to red-blooded übersexuals . After dominating US style and fashion for several years, the ideal of the modern male as someone who cared about fashion and skin care as much as a… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 04, 2005
New Orleans Deputy Police Commander Hits Rock-Bottom, Calls Caterpillar
They just keep coming don’t they… “We have people who died while the National Guard sat and played cards. I understand why we are not winning the war in Iraq if this is what we have.” – New Orleans Deputy… Posted by Brad on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (0)
May 26, 2005
Europe’s Blasphemy Trial
“Basically, where people warn about theocracy in the United States, we’re seeing what amounts to a trial for blasphemy in Italy. Tom Wolfe once said that Fascism is forever descending on the United States, but that somehow it always lands… Posted by Jeff on 2005 05: Read more… | Comments (0)
May 22, 2005
Straight Talk on MidEast Peace
“Until we have someone on the other side who is willing to say ‘Yes,’ we’re not going to continue to prostitute the American presidency to people who aren’t serious. It’s a mystery to me why Arab countries can’t work on… Posted by Jeff on 2005 05: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 07, 2005
Bathist Assad Distants Himself From Bathist Hussein
“Please send this message: I am not Saddam Hussein. I want to cooperate.” – embattled Syrian “President” Bashar al-Assad in a plea to United States citizens via Time magazine. We wonder if this image had anything to do with Mr…. Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 05, 2005
Trusting a Communist
“I don’t believe a word of the American version. The Americans deliberately fired on Italians. This is huge. All of the center-left must vote in parliament for the withdrawal of our troops.” – Oliviero Diliberto, head of the Italian Communist… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 17, 2005
A Brief Moment of Candor at the U.N.
“Personally, I hope to God we never get another oil-for-food program or anything approaching that kind of responsibility, which was tantamount to trying to oversee the entire import-export regime of a country of 24 million people, which was a tall… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
December 09, 2004
Karl Rove’s Chief Useful Idiot
“For the last month, we’ve had to listen to a lot of conservative pundits talk about how Democrats need to run away from Hollywood. It’s actually the opposite. Democrats need to embrace Hollywood because this is where they need to… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 03, 2004
The Power of Denial
Reuters reports that Britain, Germany, France, Russia, and China rallied around U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday in response to criticism from the United States over the Oil for Food Scandal. French President Jacque Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder…Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
November 16, 2004
CIA Purge
“The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House. Goss was given instructions … to get rid of those soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White House as a hotbed of liberals… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 04, 2004
Losing Touch
“We cannot ignore the swath of red [Republican] states across the South and Midwest. The party of FDR has become the party of Michael Moore and [his film] ‘Fahrenheit 9/11,’ and it does not help us in big parts of… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
October 20, 2004
Selective Memory
“He’s created something that didn’t exist before the war in Iraq — he’s created a haven for terrorists.” Vice Presidential Candidate Senator John Edwards. The Senator must have missed these historical facts: – Abu Nidal: Commonly regarded as the “world’s… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Standing Pat?
“I will be disappointed. But democracy is democracy. If that’s what the people choose, that’s what the people choose.” – President Bush in response to a question from the AP regarding his position should the Iraqis elect a fundamentalist Islamic… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 18, 2004
Bush = Al Qaeda?
”I think a light has gone off for people who’ve spent time up close to Bush: that this instinct he’s always talking about is this sort of weird, Messianic idea of what he thinks God has told him to do…. Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 07, 2004
An Ally Responds
“I find it kind of sad that a senator with 20 year parliamentary experience is unable to notice the Polish presence in the anti-terror coalition. This is immoral…There is one thing which should be stated clearly: this coalition is not… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 04, 2004
Hear No Evil, See No Evil
“I am sure that there are Hamas members on the UNRWA payroll and I don’t see that as a crime. Hamas as a political organization does not mean that every member is a militant and we do not do political… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 02, 2004
Birds of a Feather
“The Iraqi insurgents are our best allies.” – French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin This quote reminded us of the street protests a few months back in Paris where the protestors showcased their solidarity with the Iraqi “resistance.” Tip courtesy of… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
September 29, 2004
Making A Bad Situation Worse
“In principle, we shouldn’t give in to blackmail but this time we had to. Although it’s a dangerous path to take because, obviously, it could encourage others to take hostages, either for political reasons or for criminal reasons.” – Gustavo… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 16, 2004
Higher Education
“You must isolate the men from women because of the immoral attitudes existing in the private and public universities. If this is going to continue, we will hit the colleges and universities.” – Message from the Islamic Jihad Brigade in… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 08, 2004
Holding Strong
“This is no longer Iraqi resistance. These people first targeted soldiers but now helpless civilians, two women whose only wrong was to sacrifice their daily lives to alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi people.” – Gianfranco Casini, speaker of Italy’s… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 03, 2004
French Compassion
“Chirac, who wants to present himself as fair, must take his share of responsibility in the kidnapping of his two compatriots as he opposed all international resolutions aimed at restoring Iraqis’ security.” – Iraqi Newspaper of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 02, 2004
Friends of a Common Enemy
The following is a translation from a speech by Mohammed Bashar Al-Faidhy, spokesman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, addressed the ‘Iraqi resistance’ in an open message at a press conference broadcast by the Arab satellite channels on Tuesday: “To… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
August 31, 2004
Lessons Not Learned
“The French, like all democratic countries, can’t content themselves with adopting a passive position. The Americans, British and other nations that are fighting in Iraq are not only fighting to protect Iraqis, they are fighting to protect their own countries…. Posted by GPR on 2004 08:Read more…
August 24, 2004
Do As I Say, Don’t Do As I Do
“They have obviously decided that some people will believe anything, no matter how fictional or how far-fetched, if they just repeat it often enough. That’s how they have run their administration, that’s how they’re running their campaign, and that’s how… Posted by GPR on 2004 08: Read more…
July 01, 2004
Projecting
“This is all theater, the real criminal is Bush.” – Former Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein… Posted by GPR on 2004 07: Read more…
June 30, 2004
Falling on Deaf Ears
“I would like you to please hurry, as NATO, to Afghanistan. Come sooner than September.” – Afghan President Hamid Karzai The United States, responding to Mr. Karzai’s pleas for NATO assistance, proposed a plan that would send the newly created… Posted by GPR on 2004 06:Read more…
June 23, 2004
An Islamic Paradise?
“We will carry on our jihad against the Western infidel and the Arab apostate until Islamic rule is back on earth.” – Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in purported tape threatening the new Iraqi Prime Minister. Is anyone still… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 22, 2004
Myth or Reality?
“I believe the counterintelligence services more than I believe journalists.” – Czech Interior Minister Stanislav Gross commenting on the media’s repeated attempts to discredit the Atta-Prague connection. On the surface, the 911 Commission appears to have vindicated the media over… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 18, 2004
Quotable
“The press, with all due respect, (is) often times lazy, often times simply reports what somebody else in the press said without doing their homework.” – Vice President Dick Cheney commenting on the media’s misrepresentation of the 911 Commission’s findings… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 08, 2004
If the Media Doesn’t Report Something, Did it Really Occur?
“I would like to record our profound gratitude and appreciation to the U.S.-led international coalition, which has made great sacrifices for the liberation of Iraq… Before I end my speech, I would like us to remember our martyrs who fell… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 07, 2004
In His Own Words
“How do you tell a communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.” – Ronald Reagan, Remarks in Arlington, Virginia, September 25, 1987 “I now… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
Quotable
Although this quote is almost two years old, it deserves to be revisited given the events in Saudi Arabia during the last few weeks: “My message to the families is please convert to Islam as soon as possible.” – Convicted… Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
May 13, 2004
Usual Ted
“On March 19th, 2004, President Bush asked, “Who would prefer that Saddam’s torture chambers still be open,’ and shamefully we now learn that Saddam’s torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management. President Bush has presided over America’s deepest and… Posted by GPR on 2004 05: Read more…
