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Quote of the Day
“We are outraged to see the Supreme Court ignoring the constitutional limits the Founders put in place to constrain the federal government’s power over us. Shame on them! With this decision they have given a blank check to the federal government, forever altering the constitutional concept of checks and balances that has been so crucial throughout our history. We wholeheartedly believe we must strive to make health care more affordable for all Americans. But, it is inconceivable to believe we must infringe on our constitutional rights in order to achieve that.”
– Penny Nance, Chief Executive Officer and President of Concerned Women for America, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
Nance and the menopausal heifers that comprise the CWA gang didn’t seem to mind the Bush Administration infringing upon the will of the American people to invade Iraq and provide unfunded tax cuts to the wealthiest citizens. But, I guess that kind of warped thinking is one effect of Botox addiction.
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Inspiration
Growing old always beats the alternative. Then again, I’ll never get old! I’ll just keep fermenting nicely.
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Second Quote of the Day
“I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day. I’m not kidding. If we had spotted him in the Capitol, we could have arrested him.”
– House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, denouncing the Republicans’ actions as harassment in comparison to how Democrats treated Bush Administration officials.
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First Quote of the Day
“What I want to know is, what is he trying to hide?”
– Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY), before a House committee vote to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for refusing to divulge documents in the botched “Fast and Furious” gun operation.
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Picture of the Day
One of the nearly 400 statues, or moai, on Easter Island guards a hilltop beneath a nocturnal South Pacific sky. Scientists are still trying to understand how the residents of Easter Island managed to erect these massive structures, which on average, are 15’ to 20’ in height and weigh upwards of 10 tons. The largest statue is 70’ tall (about 5 stories) and weighs 270 tons. That humans even made it to Easter Island is amazing unto itself. Barely 63 square miles, Easter is the most remote spot of land on Earth; some 2,150 miles west of Chile and some 1,300 miles east of Polynesia’s Pitcairn Islands. The island’s indigenous people, the Rapanui, like to say the statues walked by themselves to their present positions. But, without draft animals or some kind of wheel mechanism, it’s more likely they just used brute strength. Check out Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, which features a chapter dedicated to Easter Island’s plethora of mysteries. Photograph by Randy Olson, National Geographic.
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Happy 53rd Anniversary to My Parents
1958
Today, my parents mark their 53rd wedding anniversary. It’s a completely different world now from when they got married. In this day, when some people treat marriage like shoes – they change them at will – it’s nice to know there are others who take it seriously. My folks have had their usual mix of good and bad times, as in any relationship. But ultimately, they never gave up on one another. They’re both almost 80 now, and I don’t know how much longer I’ll have them, so this simple gesture is for them.
1996
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Cartoon of the Day
This is for all my dark-complexioned Hispanic friends and relatives who speak better English than most people from Arizona or Great Britain and break their backs working hard and paying taxes.
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Picture of the Day
This 14×48-foot billboard looms over busy Interstate 30 east of Highway 360 in Arlington, TX, and was placed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. It will be up for a month. It’s aimed at the Roman Catholic Church, but it could easily be directed towards any religious entity that feels it has the right to tell people what to do with their bodies and their health.
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Quote of the Day
“It used to be you had real friends on the other side of the aisle. It’s not like that anymore. Society has changed. The public is to blame as well. I think the people have gotten dumber.”
– Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), in an exit interview about changes in Congress.
I don’t think the people have gotten dumber. The politicians have gotten meaner and ruder. The voters aren’t left with much when they head to the polls.
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Chief Writing Wolf 