Quotes of the Month: October 2012

Quote of the Month: “She certainly didn’t break the group up, the group was breaking up.”

-Paul McCartney on Yoko Ono

Stupid Quote of the Month:

"We know that Pakistan has arrested the doctor who helped us catch Obama-uh-bin Laden."

-Bob Schieffer

And the rest…

“How they can justify . . . raising taxes on the middle class that has been buried the last four years?”

-Joe Biden

“Hope is not a strategy.”

-Mitt Romney

“It’s stunning that he’s in politics, because he really doesn’t like people.”

-Former Clinton aide Neera Tanden on Barack Obama

"The president's remarks are brought to you by the letter O and the number 16 trillion."

-Mitt Romney

“Actually Mitt is his middle name. I wish I could use my middle name.”

-Barack Obama

Quotes of the Month: May 2011

Quote of the Month:
“That ticks me off, I am my own woman, I have not been quote ‘bred’ to look the other way.”

-Maria Shriver 2003 rebroadcast over and over after her separation

Dumb Quote of the Month:
“He doesn’t understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they’re broken, they become cooperative.”

-Rick Santorum on John McCain (note: McCain was tortured in Vietnam)

Dumb Quote of the Month part 2:
“Like this right-wing slut, what's her name, Laura Ingraham? Yeah, she's a talk slut.”

-Ed Schultz
and the rest:

“USA! USA!”

-Crowds across the nation after the news of Bin Laden’s death
“Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.”

-Barack Obama
“Justice has been done.”

-Barack Obama
“Osama always loved Snooki’s hair poof. He called it nature’s turban.”

-Jimmy Kimmel
"We want to make sure that he's really retired first."

- Packers on waiting to retire Bret Favre's #4.

“I had a bad day.”

-Jorge Posada after taking himself out of the lineup b/c he was batting 9^th

“With allies like that, who needs the left?”

-Paul Ryan on Newt Gingrich
"The Rays demand profanity-free performances from all of our concert performers and we are extremely disappointed by the language used in last night's show. It is not consistent with the family-friendly atmosphere that Tropicana Field is known for."

-Tampa Rays Spokesman Rick Vaughn on Avril Lavigne’s profanity laced family concert
　

Bush in Review: Afghanistan

One major event in 2001 was the invasion of Afghanistan and Fall of the Taliban. The Taliban are a modern day Islamic Nazi political/religious group. They committed many atrocities across Afghanistan. The U.S. overthrew them. They literally ran to the hills. Unfortunately, many Taliban and El Queda members escaped. Osama Bin Laden himself escaped heavy bombardment at the Battle of Tora Bora. On the plus side, the US and NATO overthrew a barbaric regime. On the other hand, many of them escaped.

In 2003, a counterinsurgency began. A stalemate has developed. However, there are some positives to report. Afghanistan has held free elections and will probably continue to do so. Also, some Taliban groups have opened negotiations to end hostilities.

The War in Iraq has pushed Afghanistan to the sidelines. However, with Iraq apparently winding down, Afghanistan should start moving back to the front burner.

As a side note, 911 was the first time the NATO charter had ever been invoked to defend a member nation.