Thursday, October 14, 2010
Words & images
"You never let up, do you? You can't just let it set." (CNN's Larry King to Academy Award-winning assclown Michael Moore. On last night's program King asked Moore to react to gripping video of the 33rd and last Chilean miner being rescued, prompting Moore to begin a harangue about the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.)
"I find it abundantly disconcerting that we have this much in common with Wasilla...she's so far off the grid." (An unidentified female Delawarean, after she'd watched last night's debate between U.S. Senate candidates Chris Coons and Christine O'Donnell.)
"He was a throwback, a traditional newsman who understood that he was the eyes and ears of his readers. His passing is a great loss to our newspaper and the community." (Editor Ben Marrison of The Columbus Dispatch, speaking of long-time columnist Mike Harden, who died last night at 64. Read Harden's final column here and KintlaLake's personal favorite here.)