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A thread for quotes which make you scratch your head.
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"The white race cannot survive without dairy products."--Herbert Hoover
WTF? I found this on a blog. I've searched the net to see if Hoover really said it, but haven't been able to find anything. *********************************** “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.†-- James Baldwin |
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These are all
 ... Some are funny, some are scary...You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense. I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist. I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them. -- Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, January 14, 1991 This is God's power and he sent this thing to warn us ... we needed a shock. -- Pat Robertson, remarking on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, quoted by Robert E Norlander in a dispatch of September 14, 2001 I think "one man, one vote," just unrestricted democracy, would not be wise. There needs to be some kind of protection for the minority which the white people represent now, a minority, and they need and have a right to demand a protection of their rights. -- Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, March 18, 1992, suggesting that South African white people's votes ought to count more than other votes because they are in the minority A cult is any group that has a form of godliness, but does not recognize Jesus Christ as the unique son of God.... One test of a cult is that it often does not strictly teach that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God who Himself is God manifested in the flesh.... Christian-oriented cults include the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), the Worldwide Church of God, Christian Science, Unity, Unitarianism, The Way International, Rosicrucian Society of America, Bahai, Hare Krishna, Scientology, the Unification Church, and the Jehovah's Witnesses. -- Pat Robertson, CBN pamphlet entitled "Cults," dated 1992 How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, greedy money changers, revolutionary assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals are on top? -- Pat Robertson, The New World Order, p. 227 Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It's no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-based media and the homosexuals who want to destroy the Christians. Wholesale abuse and discrimination and the worst bigotry directed toward any group in America today. More terrible than anything suffered by any minority in history. -- Pat Robertson, interview with Molly Ivins, 1993. Egungun, Egungun ni t'aiye ati jo! Ancestos, Ancestors come to earth and dance! "I'm sick of the war and the civilization that created it. Let's look to our dreams, and the magical; to the creations of the so-called primitive peoples for new inspirations." - Jaques Vache and Andre Breton "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." -John Maynard "You know that in our country there were even matriarchal societies where women were the most important element. On the Bijagos islands they had queens. They were not queens because they were the daughters of kings. They had queens succeeding queens. The religious leaders were women too..." -- Amilcar Cabral, Return to the Source, 1973    |
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"Inbreeding is how we get championship horses."
- Carl Gunter, Louisiana state representative, explaining why he was fighting a proposed antiabortion bill that allowed abortion in cases of incest. "What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns and a healthy democracy. You can't have both." - Dick Gephardt, Missouri representative "I've always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted." - Lawrence Summers, chief economist of the World Bank, explaining why we should export toxic wastes to Third World countries. "Whenever I watch TV and I see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I would love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff." - Mariah Carey, Pop Singer "If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate." - Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C. "Give Bill a second term, and Al Gore and I will be turned loose to do what we really want to do." - Hillary Clinton, former first lady, at a Democratic fundraiser Egungun, Egungun ni t'aiye ati jo! Ancestos, Ancestors come to earth and dance! "I'm sick of the war and the civilization that created it. Let's look to our dreams, and the magical; to the creations of the so-called primitive peoples for new inspirations." - Jaques Vache and Andre Breton "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." -John Maynard "You know that in our country there were even matriarchal societies where women were the most important element. On the Bijagos islands they had queens. They were not queens because they were the daughters of kings. They had queens succeeding queens. The religious leaders were women too..." -- Amilcar Cabral, Return to the Source, 1973 |
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 ................  I like these!! Some are really quite hilaraious!! Though I don't know if I'll be able to find the direct quote (I'll look for it when I get a chance), but, I do remember hearing Ronald Reagan say something to the effect of: There is no poverty (or poor people) in America. I thought that was pretty psychotic. And would definitely fit in with the title of this thread! BLACK by NATURE, PROUD by CHOICE. Before there was ANY history, there was BLACK history. |
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"Today you can go to a gas station and find the cash register open and the toilets locked. They must think toilet paper is worth more than money."
-Joey Bishop "Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain." -Lily Tomlin "On the one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars." -Bruce Willis (On the difference between men and women) "Behind every successful man is a surprised woman." -Maryon Pearson "I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night." -Marie Corelli "Mystify people with your intelligence, and if you cant do that, mystify them with your B.S." -Unknown We say we love flowers.. yet we pluck them. We say we love trees.. yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid.. When told they are loved. -Unknown Side note to Oshun... Pat Robertson is such an azz. Every single time I've tried to hold my nose and watch the 700 Club, I've made it about 10 or 15 minutes before I absolutely must find something less painful to do... like hanging by thumbscrews...  Ubuntu - I am what I am, because of who we all are. "Peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice." - MLK www.PersonalSafetyInstitute.org |
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And now... for some politics...
“The name of my cousin Dick Cheney will not be on the ballot. That was really embarrassing when the news came out! When they do these surveys, you hope you’re related to someone cool… Dick Cheney… that was really a let down.†– Barack Obama at a stop in Boise, Idaho, joking about a recent story showing that he is a distant relative of current Vice President Dick Cheney, February 2, 2008 “I wonder if it’s possible to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time.†– Hillary Rodham Clinton on C-SPAN, June 21, 2004 “The idea of Bill Clinton back in the White House with nothing to do is something I can’t imagine.†– Mitt Romney’s response when asked at the Florida primary debate about how he’d run against the Clinton team, January 24, 2008 “I can’t make her younger, taller, male, there’s a lot I can’t do.†– Bill Clinton in New Hampshire referring to differences that cannot be changed between his wife, Hillary Clinton, and her rival Barrack Obama, January 6, 2008 “One of the great challenges facing us is that we do not commit the same mistakes with our growing Hispanic population that we did with African Americans 150 years ago and beyond. We’re still paying the price for the pathetic manner in which this country handled that… I think, frankly, the Lord is giving us a second chance to do better than we did before.†– Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee at a meeting of the Political Animals Club in Little Rock, Arkansas, December, 2006 “Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam’s torture chambers reopened under new management: U.S. management.†– Ted Kennedy on the floor of the Senate calling for a complete investigation into the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in a Baghdad-area jail, May 2004 “No Child Left Behind is the most ironically named piece of legislation since the 1942 Japanese Family Leave Act.†– Al Franken in a speech at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Nov 19, 2003 "I don't want to be invited to the family hunting party." --Sen. Barack Obama, on revelations that he and Dick Cheney are eighth cousins "My job is a decision-making job. And as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --The Decider, George W. Bush "If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women." --Ann Coulter "I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president." --President George W. Bush, as quoted by author Robert Draper in Dead Certain "We Bushes cry easily." --President George Bush Sr., in 1989 "At my age, any scream is a good scream." --Former President Bill Clinton, on an Iowa woman mistaking him for Bob Barker "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." --Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, on why he strapped his dog to the roof his car "Friends, the press and the government are in bed together in an embrace so intimate and wrong, they could spoon on a twin mattress and still have room for Ted Koppel. Journalists used to questions the reasons for war and expose abuse of power. Now, like toothless babies, they suckle on the sugary teat of misinformation and poop it into the diaper we call the 6:00 News. Demand more of your government. Demand more of your press." --Kent Brockman, on The Simpsons Ubuntu - I am what I am, because of who we all are. "Peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice." - MLK www.PersonalSafetyInstitute.org |
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When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front-row seat.
I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood. Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time. Once you leave the womb, conservatives don’t care about you until you reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. Property is theft. Nobody “owns†anything. When you die, it all stays here. The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it. -George Carlin
 My parents used to leave it on in the morning times and yell at it(The 700 club on TV). I used to call them political/religious masochists... They always told me 'know thine enemy'... My response: But once we see he is a moron, I think it's time to tune out, for our own sanity... Although I must admit I do get stuck on TBN if I'm flipping through channels and Jan Crouch is on... Kinda like watching a car crash... I can't look away...  Egungun, Egungun ni t'aiye ati jo! Ancestos, Ancestors come to earth and dance! "I'm sick of the war and the civilization that created it. Let's look to our dreams, and the magical; to the creations of the so-called primitive peoples for new inspirations." - Jaques Vache and Andre Breton "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." -John Maynard "You know that in our country there were even matriarchal societies where women were the most important element. On the Bijagos islands they had queens. They were not queens because they were the daughters of kings. They had queens succeeding queens. The religious leaders were women too..." -- Amilcar Cabral, Return to the Source, 1973 |
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Why does she cry so much? and why is her hair pink? When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak Audre Lord |
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Oh the mysteries of life... I think a possible and likely answer to both questions is "To be like, but have one up on Tammy Faye". And don't forget... sometimes her hair is a little purple too.  Egungun, Egungun ni t'aiye ati jo! Ancestos, Ancestors come to earth and dance! "I'm sick of the war and the civilization that created it. Let's look to our dreams, and the magical; to the creations of the so-called primitive peoples for new inspirations." - Jaques Vache and Andre Breton "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." -John Maynard "You know that in our country there were even matriarchal societies where women were the most important element. On the Bijagos islands they had queens. They were not queens because they were the daughters of kings. They had queens succeeding queens. The religious leaders were women too..." -- Amilcar Cabral, Return to the Source, 1973 |
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“I don’t feel like a wealthy person. Other people think of me as a wealthy person, but I don’t."
~ billionaire Stephen Schwarzman http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/02/05/billionaire-schwarzman-im-not-wealthy/
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Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
George W. Bush Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. (V. Frankl) |
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During a White House news conference Thursday morning, President Bush said the country is not headed into a recession, noting that the government has acted "robustly." His view of the economy, however, is far more chipper than that of many economists, who fear the country is entering a recession (or may even already be in one. In fact, when asked by a reporter about what advice he'd given an average American, who is faced by the prospect of $4 gallon gas, the President responded: "That's interesting. I hadn't heard that. ... I know it's high now."
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from Noah, The African...
"That aint no sh1t I want to be a part of. I can recall when I was a teenager working way out in the burbs at a restaurant, washing dishes. It was another brother working in their too who talked a lot a smack. So I called him on it. He then called his boys and they were supposed to come up there with their heaters and slit. I could not get in contact with none of my boys...but a white dude in their who I hardly knew say he would help me fight the cats…because they were in the wrong. For me…color aint got sh1t to do with right and wrong and who is being treated fairly and unfairly. I am a Pan African because African people have been abused, exploited and oppressed in this world and it aint never stopped. I don’t have to support every Negro because he is black…..I am always going to support the person being mistreated in any damn situation. To be honest, the way I see black folks having turned on the Clinton……we aint Sh1t!" When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak Audre Lord |
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“The central question that emerges … is whether the White community in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, in areas in which it does not prevail numerically? The sobering answer is Yes — the White community is so entitled because, for the time being, it is the advanced race. It is not easy, and it is unpleasant, to adduce statistics evidencing the cultural superiority of White over Negro: but it is a fact that obtrudes, one that cannot be hidden by ever-so-busy egalitarians and anthropologists.â€--" [A]lmost certainly written by Mr. [William F.] Buckley," National Review editorial, 8/24/57
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It's not a quote, but it definately had me saying
several years ago...Gen. Butt Naked Vs. the Tupac Army Egungun, Egungun ni t'aiye ati jo! Ancestos, Ancestors come to earth and dance! "I'm sick of the war and the civilization that created it. Let's look to our dreams, and the magical; to the creations of the so-called primitive peoples for new inspirations." - Jaques Vache and Andre Breton "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." -John Maynard "You know that in our country there were even matriarchal societies where women were the most important element. On the Bijagos islands they had queens. They were not queens because they were the daughters of kings. They had queens succeeding queens. The religious leaders were women too..." -- Amilcar Cabral, Return to the Source, 1973 |
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"I must say, I'm a little envious. If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed ... It must be exciting for you ... in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You're really making history, and thanks."
~ George W. Bush during a video conference with soldiers in Afghanistan |
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