Nota Bene #92: Echoblowcation

A few things for you NB readers: 1. NB is now numbered by year-issue instead of marked by date; 2. NB will continue to be issued weekly, but not necessarily on Monday night/Tuesday morning; 3. I liked last week’s format (quoted line from source) so much I’m repeating it. Enjoy! … “[O]ur recovery is likely to feel like something well short of good times” … “[T]here may be a biological advantage to fellatio” … “That motivates me more than anything else” … “‘What’s your name?’ a somber President asked as he extended his hand” … “Our plans go beyond serving food and marijuana” … “Is it worth having Tom Cruise as your news editor?” … “The vast majority of the weapons the Taliban are using are more than 40 years old” … “This really is propaganda for a healthy lifestyle because it is hard to imagine breakdancing having anything to do with drinking and dope” … “If I’m not going to wear number 23, then nobody else should be able to wear it” … “The odor of money hovers over the Blue Dogs” … “[W]e will not untie our ribbon until Saudi women enjoy their rights as adult citizens” … “He’s kind of mythical character you can glean lots of drama from” … “[T]hat’s why the Village destroyed Howard Dean” … “[W]hat we’re looking for are people with overwhelming personal problems and patterns of behavior that are not at all related to religion” … “[T]hese women never invite him to join them on play dates” … “I’ve been in the room and they’ve been scared of me” … “No business will give up a single penny of its profits to keep its workers healthy” … “[D]eforestation accounts for about a fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions from human activities” … “[T]he blogosphere has responded by raising more than $81,000” … “I am deeply ashamed as a citizen of that country to read this anywhere STILL after all these years” … “Perhaps his campaign promise of peace talks was only a ploy to win votes” … “[T]here was going to be a friggin’ fight if they didn’t let me watch ‘Hee Haw’” … “Plain and simple, there’s not supposed to be a mouse on the aeroplane” … “Once again, IOKIYAR — or in this case, IOKIYACR” … “A trail of blood about one-half mile long was traced from where deputies found the horse” … “Friday the 13th turns out to be a lucky day for a cat that was set on fire” … “We believe in pay for performance” … “[R]eformers were quite pleased with themselves, and celebrated by eating a cake” … “Their flags, their bikes and most of all their daunting presence was the first thing a passerby may have noticed” … “The proof is in her knapsack, in a bright yellow flexible file folder, hidden from prying eyes” … “[H]is $15,000 a month salary choked the shelter, financially” … “[T]he less rules that exist in the American market, the more cost-cutting exploitation they can engage in” … Would the Navajo be inclined to root for or against the Kansas City Chiefs? … “I was a feminazi-hating, liberal-bashing loudmouth who tried to befriend Bill O’Reilly” … “[M]an, the contempt US co’s have for [A]mericans” … “Sean Hannity apologized on the air tonight” … “[O]ne can make out the footprints the astronauts left” … “In the real world, Burton is employed at Rabobank in Palm Springs” … “That’s the sort of miracle we need to replicate” … “[T]he long journey into the outer Solar System should be a quiet one” … “It was the best time of my life and the worst time of my life” … “[O]f all the leaders in the industry that I’ve worked with, he showed more inspiration” … “ABC News’ Brian Ross has a breathtaking record of recklessly inaccurate, overhyped stories” … “At worst, the article is a propaganda tool” … “‘If Michael could push his way out of his grave past all that dirt, I
know he’d say it’s a beautiful world,’ he declared before pulling handfuls of bouncing tiny balls out of his fanny pack” … “[W]hile some forms of horseshit are no longer a problem, others will always be with us” … “Clinton said the time seemed ripe for a peace deal with the MILF” … “Gorilla on the loose in the Mile High City” … “Our American militarists love war so much that they even bankroll the enemy” … “It is important that black people are interested in jazz” … “Some of those expenses include a staggering $15,211 bill at Frasca restaurant” … “I went against my free-market instincts” … And finally, “The state of affairs at the Washington Times, to put it mildly, is in disarray.” ∞