Quotes Of The Day

CNSNews.com ^ | November 14th, 2001 | CNSNews.com

[GeekDejure]

The surprisingly swift advance of Northern Alliance soldiers, aided by U.S. bombing and special forces, has once again turned Washington punditry upside down."
--Washington Post editorial

"The chaotic retreat by Taliban forces from Kabul, and indeed from most of northern Afghanistan, is a dramatic development that did not seem conceivable even a week ago. But the Northern Alliance's triumph does not, by itself, achieve the basic American objective of defeating the Taliban and destroying the terrorist organization Al Qaeda."
--New York Times editorial

"We give the Northern Alliance an air force and they embarrass us with savage force."
--Maureen Dowd, New York Times columnist, decries retaliatory killing of Taliban by opposition forces.

"I think attaching ANWR to the economic recovery bill would send as clear a signal as you could send that [Republicans] are not really serious about passing an economic recovery bill this year."
--Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.)

"I don't think it's a damn bit funny. I don't think it's cute. It's not responsible for them to speak in these terms."
--House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Tex.), commenting on a published report in which an unnamed Democrat compares House leaders to the Taliban.

"There is no reason to offer any taxpayer support, at any level, to those who do not believe in America enough to allow her flag to waive proud and free."
--Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Col) has introduced H.R. 3201, the "Freedom to be a Patriot Act," which would ban federal funding for any individual or organization that "prohibits the patriotic display of the flag of the United States." See Full Story

[GeekDejure]

If You Can't Dazzle Them With Brilliance, Riddle Them With Bullets !!!
--GeekDejure's UZI mounted Spotlight

[stubernx98]

M Dowdy, hasn't been right in the head (or anything else)since Douglas dumped her

[wideawake]

Who is Douglas?

[ABC123]

the actor who play "The American President". Michael (sic)

[wideawake]

Oh . . . guess I'm not up on my gossip! Hmmm . . . Zeta-Jones is an enormous step up!

[Diogenesis]

"We give the Northern Alliance an air force and they embarrass us with savage force."

--Maureen Dowd, New York Times columnist, decries retaliatory killing of Taliban by opposition forces.

We give some "reporters" access to officials and news,

and they embarrass us with stupid comments and their lies.

[Freemyland]

Dowd is silly and lightweight, and has been since forever. Until September 11, it didn't matter, because the times themselves were silly (we were arguing about "lockboxes", for goodness sakes). Times are no longer silly, and she is trying to play catch up and become a heavyweight. However, she just isn't up to it.

[stubernx98]

Michael Douglas was using her as his squeaze during the presidential campaign to make sure she made nice to Gore & Dems. He dumped he shortly thereafter.