TOP 10s
TOP 10s
  1. “Change”
  2. “Bailout”
  3. “Hockey mom”
  4. Fist bump
  5. “Nuke the fridge” - to exhaust a Hollywood franchise with disappointing sequels. Coined after the latest Indiana Jones sequel.
  6. “Staycation”
  7. “Rickrolled”
  8. “PUMA” - Party unity, my ass
  9. “Tweet”
  10. “Topless meeting” - gatherings where mobile devices and laptops are banned

According to Time…

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  1. “If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her, then. … Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.” —William Kristol, Fox News Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006
  2. “Peter writes: ‘Should I be worried about Bear Stearns in terms of liquidity and get my money out of there?’ No! No! No! Bear Stearns is fine! Do not take your money out. … Bear Stearns is not in trouble. I mean, if anything they’re more likely to be taken over. Don’t move your money from Bear! That’s just being silly! Don’t be silly!” —Jim Cramer, responding to a viewer’s e-mail on CNBC’s Mad Money, March 11, 2008
  3. “[In] reality the risks to maritime flows of oil are far smaller than is commonly assumed. First, tankers are much less vulnerable than conventional wisdom holds. Second, limited regional conflicts would be unlikely to seriously upset traffic, and terrorist attacks against shipping would have even less of an economic effect. Third, only a naval power of the United States’ strength could seriously disrupt oil shipments.” —Dennis Blair and Kenneth Lieberthal, Foreign Affairs, May/June 2007
  4. “[A]nyone who says we’re in a recession, or heading into one—especially the worst one since the Great Depression—is making up his own private definition of ‘recession.’” —Donald Luskin, The Washington Post, Sept. 14, 2008
  5. “For all its flaws, an example to others.” —The Economist on Kenya’s presidential election, Dec. 19, 2007
  6. “New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will enter the Presidential race in February, after it becomes clear which nominees will get the nod from the major parties. His multiple billions and organization will impress voters—and stun rivals. He’ll look like the most viable third-party candidate since Teddy Roosevelt. But Bloomberg will come up short, as he comes in for withering attacks from both Democrats and Republicans. He and Clinton will split more than 50% of the votes, but Arizona’s maverick senator, John McCain, will end up the country’s next President.” –BusinessWeek, Jan. 2, 2008
  7. “There is a real possibility of creating destructive theoretical anomalies such as miniature black holes, strangelets and deSitter space transitions. These events have the potential to fundamentally alter matter and destroy our planet.” —Walter Wagner, LHCDefense.org
  8. “The possibility of $150-$200 per barrel seems increasingly likely over the next six-24 months.” —Arjun Murti, Goldman Sachs oil analyst, in a May 5, 2008, report
  9. “It starts with the taking over of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which has already happened. It goes on to the destruction of the Georgian armed forces, which is now happening. The third [development] will probably be the replacement of the elected government, which is pro-Western, with a puppet government, which will probably follow in a week or two.” —Charles Krauthammer, Fox News, Aug. 11, 2008
  10. “I believe the banking system has been stabilized. No one is asking themselves anymore, is there some major institution that might fail and that we would not be able to do anything about it.” —Henry Paulson on National Public Radio, Nov. 13, 2008

According to Foreign Policy.com…

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David Letterman’s Top Ten List:

1 — “Any way we can just get Tina Fey to do it?”
2 — “John Edwards wants to know if you’d like some private tutoring in his van
3 — “Can we get Congress to bail us out of this debate?”
4 — “We have to wrap it up for the day — McCain eats dinner at 4:30″
5 — “Can I just use that lipstick-pit bull thing again?”
6 — “We’re screwed!”
7 — “Maybe we’ll get lucky and there won’t be any questions about Iraq, taxes, or health care”
8 –” Hey, I can see Mexico from here!”
9 — “Can you try saying ‘Yes’ instead of ‘You betcha’?”
10 — “Let’s practice your bewildered silence”

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  1. Debates are easy:  As long as a candidate knows what he or she is talking about, a debate should be easier than many media events.
  2. 20 questions, 20 answers, one message:  Every question is just another way for candidates to answer the question, “Why should we vote for you and not the other guy?”
  3. Familiarity matters:  Familiarity leads to comfort, which then leads to confidence.  Candidates should do whatever they can to feel at home at the debate site.
  4. Don’t cram:  Too much new information learned right before the debate will likely confuse a candidate, leading to stammering and the impression he or she does not know the issues.
  5. Wit is sticky:  Smart candidates will use humor to make their message stick in voters’ minds.
  6. The camera is always on:  Self-explanatory – candidates should avoid ever looking bored, annoyed, harried or angry.  They need to stay pleasant and interested.
  7. Create a moment:  Most voters don’t watch the debates; they see clips on the news.  Candidates need to assure themselves a spot in one of those clips by using sharp words, and eye contact.
  8. Don’t be a lawyer:  Lawyers do not make good debaters because the structure of their arguments is the opposite to how a debater must state his or her ideas.  An effective debater starts with the conclusion, and then explains that conclusion.  Anything else can be construed as weakness.
  9. Small people make small points:  Focus on the big picture, and not petty digs.
  10. Debates are more often lost than won:  Following these rules will help you avoid gaffes, but confidence is the most important tool a debater can have in his or her corner.

According to Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor…

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1 Rwanda 49%

2 Sweden 45%

3 Denmark 38%

4 Finland 38%

5 Netherlands 37%

6 Cuba 36%

7 Norway 36%

8 Belgium 35%

9 Costa Rica 35%

10 Austria 34%

Source: World Bank

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1 - Egypt2 - Turkey

3 - Pakistan

4 - Jordan

5 - Korea, South

6 - India

7 - Mexico

8 - Brazil

9 - Greece

10 - Venezuela

Source: BBC

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1 - Sweden2 - Norway

3 - Iceland

4 - Denmark

5 - Finland

6 - New Zealand

7 - Canada

8 - United Kingdom

9 - Germany

10 - Australia

Source: BBC

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by: froosh

10. Jimmy Carter, 1976
40,828,929 votes

9. Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964
43,126,506 votes

8. Ronald R. Reagan, 1980
43,899,218 votes

7. Bill Clinton, 1992
44,908,254 votes

6. Richard M. Nixon, 1972
47,165,234 votes

5. Bill Clinton, 1996
47,401,185 votes

4. George H.W. Bush, 1988
48,881,221 votes

3. George W. Bush, 2000
50,459,211 votes

2. Ronald W. Reagan, 1984
54,281,858 votes

1. George W. Bush, 2004
59,668,261 votes

According to Whitehouse.gov

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by: froosh
Former Reagan administration Secretary of Education Bill Bennett:

“[Y]ou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.”

[Salem Radio Network’s Bill Bennett’s Morning in America, 9/28/05]


Pat Robertson:

“If [Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez] thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it.”

[Christian Broadcasting Network’s The 700 Club, 8/22/05]


Bill O’Reilly to San Francisco:

  “[I]f Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we’re not going to do anything about it. … You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead.”

[Westwood One’s The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly, 12/8/05]


Bill O’Reilly:

“Illegal immigrants are “biological weapon[s]”: I think you could probably make an absolutely airtight case that more than 3,000 Americans have been either killed or injured, based upon the 11 million illegals who are here.”

[Westwood One’s The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly, 4/15/05]


Rush Limbaugh:

“Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.”

[The Rush Limbaugh Show, 8/12/05]

Rush Limbaugh on the kidnapping of peace activists in Iraq:

“I’m telling you, folks, there’s a part of me that likes this.”

[The Rush Limbaugh Show, 11/29/05]


Ann Coulter:

Bill Clinton “was a very good rapist”; “I’m getting a little fed up with hearing about, oh, civilian casualties”; “I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning.”

[New York Observer, 1/10/05]


Ann Coulter:

“Isn’t it great to see Muslims celebrating something other than the slaughter of Americans?”

[Syndicated column, 2/3/05]


Radio host Glenn Beck:

“[Y]ou know it took me about a year to start hating the 9-11 victims’ families? Took me about a year.”

[Premiere Radio Networks’ The Glenn Beck Program, 9/9/05]

Tucker Carlson

“Canada is a sweet country. It is like your retarded cousin you see at Thanksgiving and sort of pat him on the head. You know, he’s nice, but you don’t take him seriously. That’s Canada.”

[MSNBC’s The Situation with Tucker Carlson, 12/15/05]
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1 - Mahatma Gandhi

2 - Sardar Vallabhai Patel

3 - Mother Teresa

4 - Subhash Chandra Bose

5 - J.R.D. Tata

6 - Srila Prabhupada

7 - Lokmanya Tilak

8 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale

9 - Rabindranath Tagore

10 - Indira Gandhi

According to IndiaWorld

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