QoD Weiner hugs the press

Anthony Weiner tells it like he sees it.

Today's quote of the day comes from that sexy man Anthony Weiner, who to top his favorable media impression, not only believes that the press should get a hobby, he also believes that the press is "just one big cuddly collection of humanity" who he thinks of fondly.

And the press thinks of you, Anthony Weiner, as a big collection of sexiness, hugs, and common sense...just don't text us or send us any naked pictures, ok?

QoD Jason Alexander on the purpose of an AR-15

Jason Alexander doing a TwitLonger on the Aurora theatre shooting:

What purpose does an AR-15 serve to a sportsman that a more standard hunting rifle does not serve? Let's see - does it fire more rounds without reload? Yes. Does it fire farther and more accurately? Yes. Does it accommodate a more lethal payload? Yes. So basically, the purpose of an assault style weapon is to kill more stuff, more fully, faster and from further away. To achieve maximum lethality.

QoD Hitler and Christianity

Here is a scary quote that someone posted on Facebook today:

"I am personally convinced of the great power and deep significance of Christianity, and I won't allow any other religion to be promoted."

— Adolf Hitler

I have no idea what context this statement came from. Nevertheless, I would hate for my religion to be look on favorably by Adolf Hitler.

QoD Rufus Opus on what Christians are not here to do

"And Christians aren't here to run for political office. They aren't here to establish the Law of Moses as the Law of the Land. They aren't here to picket abortion clinics. They aren't here to deny gay couples the right to marriage. They aren't here to meddle in the things of the world."---Rufus Opus

The rest of Rufus Opus's post about what Christians are supposed to be doing can be found here.

QoD MDE On the Dangers of the Pornoscanners

Myself (the remarkable Morgan Drake Eckstein) on the dangers of radiation from the full-body scanners (pornoscanners) used at the airport:

The government is keeping us safe from terrorists by turning us into glow-in-the-dark cancerous blobs. Makes sense---you cannot get killed by a terrorist if you are already dead.

QoD Lisa Weil on Education Cuts

We're glad the cuts to K-12 have gotten less disastrous, but let's be clear: they are still disastrous for Colorado's kids. If we are celebrating that we are making "only" a quarter billion dollars of cuts for the second year in a row, we've lost perspective.

        -----Lisa Weil, spokeswoman for Great Education Colorado

QoD Douglas Adams on the role of loony politicans

Given the loonies that are running for office this electional season, one is reminded of Douglas Adams' theory about the role of certain politicians. C'mon you know that you think that Adams might be right.

The President [of the Imperial Galactic Government] is very much a figurehead---he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display  are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.

In another version of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the President is elected, though some voters may have thought that they were voting for the worst dressed sentinent being in the galaxy when they elected Zaphod Beeblebrox; the slogan of the other person running: Don't vote for stupid.

Qod Not really a true Christian

[T]he tighty-righties don't actually believe in the Jesus who died on the Cross for our sins; they believe in the Jesus born in Bethleham, PA, who wore the American flag as a cape, used superpowers to conquer the world for democracy, built Jerusalem in Texas, made northern Europeans the Chosen People, preached old fashioned American values and warned that the gays, blacks and women would take over unless the values were followed to the letter and, before ascending to Heaven, promised to send his prophet Ronald Reagan to restore us to the way of righteousness.

---Matt Robare (a friend of a friend over on Facebook)

Quote of the Day: Myself on Censorship

The effectiveness of certain tactics of censorship are that they make one question everything that you want to say...but they only work provided that the person is actually trying to be fair...censorship never works on a natural born villain.
---Morgan Drake Eckstein

Quote of the Day: Acton on Who is fit to govern

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
--- Lord Acton

Quote of the Day: Crichton on Compromise

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
--- Michael Crichton

Quote of the Day: Crichton on Compromise

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
--- Michael Crichton

Quote of the Day: Wiggam defines Conservative

A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
--- Alfred E. Wiggam

Quote of the day: Voltaire on acceptable murder

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
--- Voltaire

Quote of the day: Reagan on Education and Absolutes

Here is a quote I ran across while doing research about conservatism by the late Ronald Reagan.

“The educator is wrong who denies there are any absolutes – who sees no black and white or right or wrong, but just shades of gray in a world where discipline of any kind is an intolerable interference with the right of the individual.”

For some reason, I think this statement is about as clear as mud. Oh, I can read it and understand it, but I had to dissect it before I could figure out what he was going on about. And I really wonder what the original context was.

Quote of the day: DeGeneres on finding time to work out

I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. It's been about two months since I've worked out. And I just don't have the time. Which uh..is odd. Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And uh..and watch tv. And get a bone density test. And uh.. try to figure out what my phone number spells in words.

Ellen DeGeneres

Quote of the day: Work and the rich

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

---Bruce Grocott

Quote of the day: Reagan on the Economy

The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Ronald Reagan

Quote of the day: Colbert on mathematicss

Equations are the devil's sentences.

Stephen Colbert

Quote of the day: Sontag on Art and Morals

Much of modern art is devoted to lowering the threshold of what is terrible. By getting us used to what, formerly, we could not bear to see or hear, because it was too shocking, painful, or embarrassing, art changes morals.

Susan Sontag

1933-

American Essayist