You can't kill America. We're more than a nation. We're a notion. We're an idea. The American Dream. You never heard of the Afghanistani Dream have you. Except by bearded hermetic recluses with a fetish for uneducated women dressed as giant shuttlecocks.
Will DurstBudget cuts if you're not rich, tax cuts if you are. Less money for those who don't have any and more to those who do. That's how President Fredo says we're going to get out of the giant deficit hole he's dug. You can't put it any more simply. Rich people richer. Poor people poorer.
Will DurstThe problem is, we have yet to convince the Taliban they are fellow passengers on spaceship Earth.
Will DurstHow did sex come to be thought of as dirty in the first place? God must have been a Republican.
Will DurstIt is my experience that the best way to deal with American politics is 50 milligrams of Zoloft 3 times a day.
Will DurstWell, we won the war. You know what that means. In twenty years, we'll all be driving Iraqi cars
Will DurstThe administration says the American people want tax cuts. Well, duh. The American people also want drive-through nickel beer night. The American people want to lose weight by eating ice cream. The American people love the Home Shopping Network because it's commercial-free.
Will DurstThe reason the Democrats are so intent on passing a stem-cell bill is they're depending on the research to grow themselves a spine.
Will DurstComedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.
Will DurstThere is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of shock to find it.
Will DurstWhen people talk about how in America, anybody can grow up to be President, I'm not sure George Bush is exactly what they had in mind.
Will DurstPresident Bush says we've turned the corner in Iraq. What is that, about 16 corners we've turned? I think they call that running in circles.
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