Updated August 19, 2010

 

“Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest” Simon and Garfunkel

“The number one symptom of heart disease is sudden death” Todd Snider

“When our republic was created, the population ratio between the largest and smallest state was 13 to 1. Now, it's 68 to 1. Because of the abuse of the filibuster, 41 senators representing less than 11 percent of the nation's population can, in principle, block action supported by 59 senators representing more than 89 percent of our population. And you wonder why it's so hard to get anything done in Washington?” E.J.Dionne Jr.