" When the process of governing is incomprehensible, manipulation and propaganda thrives. The strange stories that Glenn Beck creates with his chalkboard gain traction with Americans, who are made anxious by the large changes that have overtaken the United States, "

"In fact, in official statements on stem cell research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) repeatedly have disputed claims such as Keyes'."

"And now we understand the leaders of Al Qaeda are calling for a holy war between Islam and Christianity. It's going to come, ladies and gentlemen, and I hope that those of you who care about this pope will support him. He's a wonderful man."

Jaw-dropping nonsense: "McCaskill said the key is fiscal responsibility, doing things like conducting cost-benefit analysis reports on Congressional projects. ... Talent said the key was to use the money funneled into social security FOR social security"

Deceptive or poorly disclosed licensing agreements, bad. Information monopolies, bad. However. Pandering to mass ignorance and free-riding, also bad. Advocating unrealistic, poorly premised solutions, also bad.

"would allow sex offenders to be publicly identified and tracked EVEN IF THEY'VE NEVER BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME. ... the person would be subjected to the same registration and community notification requirements and restrictions on where he could live."

"Last night on Hannity and Colmes, Buchanan explained that he’s motivated by his desire to keep the country overwhelmingly white. ... In his book, Buchanan supports the idea that whites are genetically superior to minorities."

"COULTER: Most of the “scientists” favoring Darwinism, you know, they’re barely even scientists. They’re biologists. They’re not physicists. They not chemists."

"When naysayers call the Singularity the “Rapture of the Nerds”, what they’re actually saying is “some really smart and successful people are excited about this and I don’t understand it too well so it annoys me”."

"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as "pizzas" which will now be known as "elastic loaves,"... "

"Kristol and his colleagues may worry that once this one thread is pulled from the fabric of religious belief, perhaps the whole will become unraveled, with grave social consequences."

See also his response to Helen Thomas during the 21 March press conference.

for no other reason than an example of blog/pundit demagoguery

"Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane ..."