“If you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else?” - RuPaul - - - - - - - - - - - “if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.” - John F. Kennedy - - - - - - - - - - - - “Imagine finding someone you love more than anything in the world, who you would risk your life for but couldn’t marry. And you couldn’t have that special day the way your friends do – you know, wear the ring on your finger and have it mean the same thing as everybody else. Just put yourself in that person’s shoes. It makes me feel sick to my stomach …. When I shared a picture of my tattoo on my Twitter page and said, ‘ALL LOVE is equal,’ a lot of people mocked me – they said, ‘What happened to you? You used to be a Christian girl!’ And I said, ‘Well, if you were a true Christian, you would have your facts straight. Christianity is about love.’ The debate resulted in a lot of threats and hate mail to people who agreed and disagreed with me. At one point I had to say, ‘Dude, everyone lay off.’ Can’t people have friendly debates about sensitive topics without it turning into unnecessary threats?” - Pop star Miley Cyrus on her marriage equality tattoo - - - - - - - - - - -
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

In His Own Words: Throwing a Ball Was The Most Nerve-Wracking Moment of George Bush's Presidency

"The adrenaline was coursing through my veins, and the ball felt like a shotput. And Todd Greene, the catcher, looked really small. Sixty feet and six inches seemed like a half-mile. And anyway, I took a deep breath and threw it, and thankfully it went over the plate. The response was overwhelming. It was the most nervous I had ever been. It was the most nervous moment of my entire presidency, it turns out."
Yes, supposedly the most-nervous moment in all of President George W. Bush's life was throwing the first pitch during the 2001 World Series.  I know, you think I'm making it up, because you Republicans believe Georgie was God, correction, is God.  In either case, here the former President stating his case on the documentary, Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience. which aired last weekend on HBO and CNN.

 

And you thought the following issues would have been George Bush's Most Nerve-wracking moment...
  • Challenged his father—at the time the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations—to a fight, mano a mano.
  • Was arrested for drunk driving.
  • Quit drinking.
  • Achieved narrowest presidential victory in history after a month-long recount battle.
  • Nearly choked to death on a pretzel.
  • Received warning in August 2001 that Osama bin Laden was "determined to strike" in the United States.
  • Flew around the nation in Air Force One on September 11, 2001, looking for a safe place to land as nation beneath him shuddered under worst attack in modern memory.
  • Ordered the invasion of Afghanistan.
  • Ordered the invasion of Iraq.
  • Survived grenade attack in Tblisi, Georgia.
  • Presided over federal response to the destruction of the nation's 31st largest city by a storm.
  • Initiated and authorized most wide-ranging extrajudicial surveillance of American citizens in a generation.
  • Authorized the torture of detainees in U.S. custody.
List and video courtesy of Gawker

1 comment:

Ryan said...

And to think, come 2012 we could have this all over again with our wonderful governor Rick Perry. May God have mercy on us all.

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