July 2009
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SONG OF THE DAY
The Streets
“Stay Positive”
from the 2002 album Original Pirate Material
Iraq Force Soon to Be a Coalition of One →
nytimes.com
Wasn’t it a coalition before in the same way P.F. Chang’s was a Chinese restaurant?
The Daily Dish - Andrew Sullivan →
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
As Andrew Sullivan points out here, the people who are obsessed with Obama’s birth certificate are completely full of shit.
Colbert also illustrated this point last night quite hilariously:
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SONG OF THE DAY
The Police
“Dead End Job”
1978
Quotation Of The Day
“The reason a real health-care bill is not going to get passed is simple: because nobody in Washington really wants it. There is insufficient political will to get it done. It doesn’t matter that it’s an urgent national calamity, that it is plainly obvious to anyone with an IQ over 8 that our system could not possibly be worse and needs to be fixed very soon, and that, moreover, the only people opposing a real reform bill are a pitifully small number of executives in the insurance industry who stand to lose the chance for a fifth summer house if this thing passes.”
“Those stadium shows may possibly be the most extravagant and expensive (production-wise) ever: $40 million to build the stage and, having done the math, we estimate 200 semi trucks crisscrossing Europe for the duration. It could be professional envy speaking here, but it sure looks like, well, overkill, and just a wee bit out of balance given all the starving people in Africa and all. Or maybe it’s the fact that we were booted off our Letterman spot so U2 could keep their exclusive week-long run that’s making me less than charitable?”
— David Byrne
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SONG OF THE DAY
The Roots
“Stay Cool”
from the 2004 album The Tipping Point
“Legalization is not in the president’s vocabulary, and it’s not in mine.”
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- Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy
Then why the fuck do you have this job, Gil?
