Old Fogey's Quotes for Saturday

"Most electric cars were designed by and for people who fundamentally don't think we should drive. We at Tesla Motors love cars."
Martin Eberhard, founder of Tesla Motors which makes an electric sportcar that can go 135 mph.
An Electric Car With Juice

"The country has been torn to shreds. Is this the price we pay for aspiring to build our democratic institutions? . . . You want to support the government of Lebanon? Let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen, no government can survive on the ruins of a nation."
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora
Bush's Choice

“The real underlying issue is that fundamentalism in the Southern Baptist form is incompatible with higher education. In fundamentalism, you have all the truths. In education, you’re searching for truths.’’
David W. Key, director of Baptist Studies at the Candler School of Theology at Emory, regarding colleges and universities whose ties with state Baptist conventions have been severed
Feeling Strains, Baptist Colleges Cut Church Ties

“Every time the wind blows wrong.”
Ricky Stephens, a New Orleans contractor, answering when does the power go out
New Orleans, Getting Less Power, May Pay More

“It’s not pornographic; it’s not scatological. It’s an emotional expression of a reality they experienced, and it’s part of the historical record.”
Margaret Drain, the vice president for national programs at WGBH in Boston, regarding editing of profanities required by the FCC and Ken Burn's documentary on WWII
Soldiers’ Words May Test PBS Language Rules

“I know some people look at what’s happening in Texas and say, Well, it’s open season on redistricting. But I’m hopeful that the bitterness that people will see will cause them to reel back in horror from trying this in their own states.”
Alfred Stanley, a longtime Democratic political consultant in Austin, regarding new plans for redistricting following the SCOTUS decision that could eliminate one more Democratic incumbent
Ruling Has Texans Puzzling Over Districts