Hmm. Petty? Yes. Ineffectual? Yes. Infuriating and off-putting? Yes. Counterproductive? Yes. It's got to be a product of the French Foreign Ministry.

Things that can't go on forever, won't. Debts that can't be paid, won't be.

Imagine what things would be like if the news media actually sided with civilization.

If you only stand up for speech you approve of, you're a hack. If you only stand up for speech that everyone approves of, you're a coward.

I can think of no better reason to vote against Obama than the prospect of an administration where any criticism of the President is treated as racism.

Never trust anyone who calls himself a libertarian socialist. They're bound to be deeply confused, at best.

That's the thing about conspiracy theories: in a comforting sort of way, they give rise to the feeling that someone, somewhere, knows what's going on.