“I was just thinking, this (Hurricane) Gustav is proof that there is a God in Heaven … That it would actually be on its way to New Orleans for Day one of the Republican convention up in the twin cities at the top of the Mississippi River …”

– Filmmaker Michael Moore

Venue: MSNBC CountDown Interview August 30th 2008

Context / reference source: Chicago Tribune “The Swamp”

“Finally tonight, as promised, a Special Comment on the meaning of the story of former U.S. Acting Assistant Attorney General Daniel Levin. It is a fact startling in its cynical simplicity and it requires cynical and simple words to be properly expressed: The Presidency of George W. Bush has now devolved into a criminal conspiracy to cover the ass of George W. Bush.”

– Commentator Keith Olbermann

Venue: MSNBC Commentary November 5, 2007

Reference / Context Source: MSNBC

“For one thing, there isn’t actually any such thing as Islamofascism — it’s not an ideology; it’s a figment of the neocon imagination. The term came into vogue only because it was a way for Iraq hawks to gloss over the awkward transition from pursuing Osama bin Laden, who attacked America, to Saddam Hussein, who didn’t.”

–Columnist Paul Krugman

Venue: New York Times opinion column  October 29 2007

Reference / Context Source: New York Times

“I started just doing Google searches to try and figure out. You know, arson, arson, it was like crazy trying to figure out why is that being downplayed? Why is that, you know, just a small part of the story? And you know, every time I look for it what comes up, believe it or not, is that Blackwater wants to move to San Diego and build this giant complex in San Diego right where most of the evacuations are taking place and you know.

You just know wherever there is fire, this administration will be out there doing what it does best and that is fanning the flames, you know. It just spooks me, I can’t explain to you how creepy this whole thing is that you know, you’ve got these fires. Some of them are thought to be the work of arsonists and in the same breath you’ve got a community that’s on fire that just recently protested Blackwater West. Just recently said no to Blackwater and apparently you don’t do that.

I mean, I don’t even know what to think. You know, nobody is saying Blackwater set the fires, that is nobody that doesn’t want their house burned down. Nobody is saying that, but it is all so bizarre that this is America and you have to sort of sit there and wonder … arson, same place Blackwater West wants to be, people protesting. And then you find out that some of the guys that used to work for Blackwater are now in Schwarzenegger’s administration.

It’s all so creepy.”

– Air America host Randi Rhodes

Venue: Air America broadcast, October 24 2007

Reference / Context Source: Audio clip courtesy of ianschwartz.com

“Our country has hit a point where we have lost so much,”… “We have lost lives, we’ve lost sacred freedoms, we’ve lost financial stability; we’ve lost our position of respect on the world stage.”

– Actor / Director Robert Redford

Venue: Rome Film Festival

Reference / Context Source: Variety

Impeaching Bush-Cheney could ignite a movement to promote truth, reconciliation and reparations to the world for exporting neoconservative fascism to their countries.

– Columnist Peter Byrne

Venue: bomemian.com column March 13 2007
Reference / Context Source: bohemian.com

 “If there had been a better sense of preparation, if we had a leadership that was more mature,”  …“We did not fight back in the same way that the British fought the IRA or the Spanish government fought the Basques here. Terrorism is a manageable action. It can be lived with.”

– Film maker Oliver Stone

Venue: San Sebastian Film Festival,  Sept 28 2006

Reference / Context Source:  MSNBC

“The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I’ll kill myself. All we need is one more liar”

– Helen Thomas

Venue: Interview with Albert Eisele for The Hill newspaper, July 28 2005

Reference / Contex Source: The Hill

“The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not “insurgents” or “terrorists” or “The Enemy.” They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow — and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush?”

– Filmmaker Michael Moore

Venue: Michael Moore website, Mike’s Letter April 14th 2004

Context / reference source: michael moore website

“Yes, we’re angry. And yes, we’re fighting back. But we’re not going to do it like they do. We will be a flaming sword of justice, cutting through the turgid cacophony of right-wing talk with a blade of burnished truth. And celebrity interviews. All on a crisp, clear AM signal.”

– Al Franken, discussing Air America

Venue: Los Angeles Times March 31 2004

Reference / Context Source: commondreams.org