Old Fogey's Quotes for Friday

"The Middle East is littered with the results of people believing there are military solutions to political problems in the region."
U.N. official, cited in Sojourner newsletter
Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace

"One of those stereotypes is that poor blacks are lazy citizens who victim-monger while bemoaning the 'white man.' Such a view is undercut by what we know about the black poor: Most of them work, and few are paralyzed by their astute perceptions of persistent racism."
Michael E. Dyson, University of Pennsylvania professor, is the author of "Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?"
The Injustice Bill Cosby Won't See

"The media rage on the left--at least among those politically active online--now matches that on the right. . . . But where the right-wing blogosphere accuses journalists of ideological bias, the progressive netroots view them as corrupt and compromised."
Lakshmi Chaudhry, in The Nation
Lakshmi Chaudhry

"Liberalism is not a title easily worn now, and that could happen to conservatism."
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Reed and The End Of a Road

"President Bush was benefiting from the soft bigotry of low expectations when he addressed the NAACP convention yesterday. But that wasn't quite enough to get him through."
Dana Milbank, in WaPo, regarding Bush's lukewarm reception by the organization he boycotted until this year
Bush and NAACP: Uneasy Does It

“We knew that day we had changed the country forever, and indeed we had.”
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), regarding the original passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965
By a Vote of 98-0, Senate Approves 25-Year Extension of Voting Rights Act

"This morning the dogs were eating the neighbors."
Ali Deeb, Lebonese woman, noting that seven people lay dead in the house next door, struck by an Israeli missile. Ambulances couldn't get through to collect the corpses.
Frightened Residents Flee Chaos of South Lebanon

"It should be enticing enough to provoke questions: 'What's that you're wearing?' Then you take that opportunity to speak of your faith. They've opened the door, and now they're going to get it."
Milton Hobbs, regarding the "Christian perfume" he is selling at the International Christian Retail Show
Christian Retailers Put Their Print on Products

And today's must-see link: Jesus' General has a very funny ad with Angela Merkel endorsing Joe Lieberman. (Courtesy of Media Notes in WaPo)