Old Fogey's Quotes for Friday

"The fact of the matter is that for years, a significant majority of the Senate Intelligence Committee had to get a good clipping service about programs that are all over the newspaper," he said. "My line is: What do I know? I'm only on the Intelligence Committee."
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) regarding NSA briefings on the domestic wiretap program
Senators Left Out of Loop Make Their Pique Known

"Conservatives have a number of analogies to explain why tax cuts will lead to spending restraint: Cut your child's allowance. Starve the beast. But the analogies are all wrong. The child has a credit card. The beast has a private meat locker. Washington can spend whatever it wants, regardless of how much it taxes."
Jonathan Chait, in LATimes editorial
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-chait14may14,1,562287.column?coll=la-util-op-ed

"Given the declining number of men seeking higher education, perhaps it will soon be women who dominate public life, while men — less educated and less productive — will be relegated to the sidelines. "
Rosa Brooks, in LATimes editorial
Rosa Brooks: 'Girlie states' vs. knuckle draggers

"It would be wonderful to have a president whose speeches weren't a duty to listen to. But how many Americans and Iraqis should die so that we can enjoy entertaining presidential speeches?"
Michael Kinsley, in WaPo editorial about John McCain
McCain and the Base Truth

"The middle of the middle is going south on Bush."
E.J. Dionne Jr, in WaPo editorial, regarding Bush's declining popularity among moderate Republicans and independents
A Right Turn Holds Peril for Bush