“UNLIKE MY BOOK ‘THE OUTLIERS,’ MY THEORY IS THAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION NEEDED ONLY TEN MINUTES TO BECOME EXPERT AT SCREWING UP THE WORLD. THAT’S WHY ALL IT TOOK WAS FOR US TO BLINK, AND WE REACHED THE TIPPING POINT TO ARMAGEDDON.”

[Some background on the Gladwell 10,000 Hour Rule.]

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on the “Blame Obama” Cry if Mumbai Terror Attack Occurred on January 21st.

Madkane on the outgoing outaw: Dear Bush, Doesn’t Your Brush Need Clearing?

Dan Kurtzman on “Giving Thanks for Bush.”

 

A candidate I know just came from Chicago streets
He smiled because I did not understand
Then he held out some marijuana, oh ho
He said it was the best in all the land

[From Ringo Starr's The No No Song, and the background story]

“Hillary’s more divisive than Yoko.”

“THE PROBLEMS OF TWO CANDIDATES DON’T AMOUNT TO A ‘HILLARY OF BEANS’ IN THIS CRAZY CAMPAIGN.”

“FORGET VICTOR LASZLO, YOU HAVE TO STAY WITH THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Norm Jenson actually prefers Hillary on Science over the arts. 

And back to John McCain: the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week, and is the Media Missing the Story of the Miss.

Lisa Casey on the McCain denial.

Christy Hardin Smith on McCain and the ‘Friends Business.’

 

“SINCE WE ALREADY¬†LOCK-IN OUR EMPLOYEES OVERNIGHT, THIS WAS JUST A¬†COST-FREE WAY TO DIVERSIFY OUR ‘HOLDINGS’.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Norm Jenson with an interesting post on the forgotten candidate: John Edwards.

Dave Lindorff at BuzzFlash on The Bush Dollar Trap.

The Enron End-Run — Nicole Belle at C&L¬†on the latest pro-business Supreme Court Decision.

DoJ Investigators Digging toward Major Report — TPM Muckraker¬†citing¬†The Hill.

 

“HILLARY, I DID NOT HAVE ‘INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS’ WITH THOSE WOMEN.¬† BUT EVEN IF I DID, AFTER¬†I WAS ELECTED I’D BE A DAMN FOOL NOT TO SEEK YOUR ADVICE ON¬†THAT AS WELL.”

[The Background here.] 

Be sure to check out Dan Kurtzman’s¬†25 Dumbest Quotes of 2007, and related satirical “Year in Review” posts.

“WE DON’T CARE ABOUT THE COLOR OF A CANDIDATE’S SKIN, AS LONG AS THEY HAVE¬†THE¬†’WHITE STUFF’.”