December 2008
5 great New Year's resolutions for amateur travel... →
robot-heart:
A lot of really good advice! I’m thinking about starting a photoblog just for my pictures…and trying to take a picture every single day.
Love Karen, Chookooloonks is one of my favorite photo blogs.
Women's Rights Wins Of 2008 | The Frisky →
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Old Louisville, Kentucky will surprise you →
We had just driven into downtown Louisville when this quirky little car zipped by — a blue Honda Civic with vinyl decals and a bumper sticker reading, “Keep Louisville Wild and Woolly.” The driver had a thick beard that indeed looked wild and woolly, like Garth Hudson’s on the cover of “The Band” album.
The moment seemed unusual and, well, hip — a scene...
“As soon as I arrived home and opened the door, my kids rushed toward me. They...”
– Gaza Family Considers Emigration After Attacks | Newsweek International | Newsweek.com (via robot-heart-politics)
“That night, on 9/11, Rumsfeld came over and the others, and the president...”
– Richard Clarke, chief White House counterterrorism adviser. Vanity Fair Magazine.
Bill & Hill Ring in the New Year →
Hillary (and Bill) Clinton had quite a year: A presidential campaign that produced 18 million votes, a Secretary of State nomination… yada yada.
Now the duo will help kick off 2009 by helping to lower the 12,000-pound Waterford crystal ball in Times Square tonight. Also joining the Clintons: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The Jesus Landing Pad: : Bush White House checked... →
vruz:
By Rick Perlstein, Village Voice
Dateline Spring 2004
—via unburyingthelead:jhnbrssndn:retropolitics: It was an e-mail we weren’t meant to see. Not for our eyes were the notes that showed White House staffers taking two-hour meetings with Christian fundamentalists, where they passed off bogus social science on gay marriage as if it were holy writ and issued fiery warnings that “the...
3 Rules for Political Leaders in 2009 and Beyond
—Donna Brazile
1. Remember that you are elected to represent all your constituents: those who voted for you, against you and who didn’t bother to vote. The ordinary citizen working every day for less pay and almost no benefits should be valued more highly than the lobbyists and corporate CEOs who filled your campaign coffers.
2. Promote ethics in public service. This should be simple...
“I think what we really need right now is to embody the courage, calm and focus...”
– Tegan Quin (via allisonweiss) (via frecklesmakemestrong)
“No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming....”
– Hunter S. Thompson’s suicide letter to his wife. (via poortaste)
the weight of words…
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Blagojevich makes me nervous... why is he so...
spintree:
Does he know something I don’t? I find it super hard to believe he actually thinks he’s untouchable.
Same here. I do think part of him believes it though, you know…the part that’s mentally unstable.
Blagojevich to name Burris to Senate →
notthatkindagay:
absurdlakefront:
Why the fuck are we letting him appoint anyone? Sometimes this state can suck it. I do not care how well liked and respectable the person he picked is, I hope the Senate blocks the appointment. The Illinois legislature needs to hurry up and impeach Blago, since he does not have the decency to step down.
Bristol Palin Reportedly Offered $300,000 for Baby... →
MSNBC is reporting that the Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston may receive up to $300,000 for the first pictures of their son Tripp.
The price didn’t soar immediately, according to the sources, because Sarah Palin stories just didn’t sell all that well for the weeklies on newsstands. …
The drug-related arrest of Johnston’s mother, however, caused the price tag for the...
“My relationship with my father had been on the proverbial fritz since the time I...”
– Chelsea Handler, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands (via haleyleigh) (via carleighholley)
“It allowed everybody to believe that this Sarah Palin-like president, because,...”
– Lawrence Wilkerson, top aide and later chief of staff to Colin Powell, on Dick Cheney and George W. Bush
“Katrina to me was the tipping point. The president broke his bond with the...”
– Matthew Dowd, Bush’s pollster and chief strategist for the 2004 presidential campaign.
“I don’t exist in that (Hollywood) world. I observe it, but there’s so much else...”
– Cate Blanchett
Kucinich criticizes Israel; wants U.N. probe →
Kucinich said the perpetrators of attacks against Israel should be brought to justice, but that Israel “cannot create a war against an entire people in order to attempt to bring to justice the few who are responsible.” “All this was, and is, disproportionate, indiscriminate mass violence in violation of international law,” Kucinich said in a statement. “Israel is not exempt from international law...
“When a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something...”
– Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies (via isopod) (via inothernews) (via shiningstar)
Bristol Palin gives birth to a boy: Tripp Easton... →
Day 5,840 of Drama on the Internet Crisis: Peace...
notthatkindagay:
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Healthy Foods for Under a $1 →
Many Teens Don't Keep Virginity Pledges →
NO!? You don’t say? I’m shocked and appalled I tell you, shocked and appalled.
“I’m scared that I’m going to end up alone. I’m scared that I’m always going to...”
– (via boredintheburbs) (via notthatkindagay) (via onemoretimewithfeeling)
This is probably my #1 fear in life.
The English-to-12-Year-Old-AOLer Translator →
Man who campaigned to protect sharks is snatched... →
Brian Guest wrote on the Western Angler website forum in 2004: “I have always had an understanding with my wife that if a shark or ocean accident caused my death then so be it, at least it was doing what I wanted. Every surfer, fisherman and diver has far more chance of being killed by bees, drunk drivers, teenage car thieves and lightning. Every death is a tragedy – regardless of the cause...
“I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an...”
– Elizabeth Wurtzel (via rainier)
PLEASE DISSEMINATE
shiningstar:
britches:
mariadiaz:
In talking to a few other tumblr people (okay, why do I lie, just one!) we realized we didn’t know many of the blogs listed on Tumblr Awards. So what to do? Since I have had 3 glasses of chardonnay and just watched a very inspiring What Not To Wear (US) (YES I AM A LIFETIME MOVIE. Fuck off, I love cold wine and being inspired!.) I am going to spearhead an...
“I want to live in the West Village,” Lola said.
But why honey?”...”
– Candace Bushnell, One Fifth Avenue (the first of my winter break reads)
politics on tumblr
msbadkittie:
i had a feeling when i posted today about the Israeli attacks on Gaza that i might lose some followers. sure enough, i’ve already lost one. i know who it was. and i know that i was unfollowed because what i was posting seemed ‘unsympathetic’ to Israel.
i don’t care what country you are. what religion you are. who you are: this type of attack is terrorism. it’s terrorism when the...
“John Kennedy led us on a journey to discover the moon. Obama needs to lead us on...”
– Thomas Friedman - Time to Reboot America
This is one of those columns where you want to quote each line, each graph. I leave you with the close, but I promise it’s not a spoiler.
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“End of December and today is supposed to be 65 degrees in Indiana.”
– Blissful Self: Ray
Ditto in Fort Wayne!! That’s a 65 degree swing from earlier this week!!
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it’s 70 degrees here in Lexington today…and it was about 4 degrees less than a week ago. i don’t even try to understand it anymore!
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I wore FLIP FLOPS to check the mail!...
“Sarah Palin, has one-sixteenth of Clinton’s experience, intellect and...”
– Taylor Marsh, on the difference between the most admired woman in America (Clinton) and the 2nd most admired (Palin)
“Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many...”
– Caroline Kennedy, in her first interview since expressing interest in Hillary’s seat