“The Afghansti have caused a great many people a great deal of grief and have themselves suffered - for a lie, let us not forget - the same ways we in the United States have caused much suffering in Southeast Asia, and have also suffered much in return, also for a lie. It was no small betrayal, no small lesson for a man to learn at the age of 19. Any soldier returning home must rediscover his humanity and establish a livable peace with the discovered, liberated, permanently dark places in his own heart -the darkness that is always with us.” PeopleMenWayHeartStatesHomeAgeLyingSufferingHumanityDarkForgetUnitedDealsGriefDarknessUnited StatesReturnLessonsSoldierBetrayalGreat MenAsiaLiberatedDark PlacesSoutheast AsiaReturning Home Author:Larry Heinemann
“John Boehner - doesn't he look like every guy you've ever seen at a hotel bar? He looks like the kind of guy who licks his thumb when he counts his money.” LooksKindGuyBarsHotelThumbs Author:David Letterman
“It is cold down in Washington, DC. They had to use an ice scraper on John Boehner's face to get the tears off, it was so cold.” UseFacesTearsColdIce Author:David Letterman
“I heard doctors revived a man who had been dead for 4-1/2 minutes. When they asked him what it was like being dead, he said it was like listening to Yankees announcer Phil Rizzuto during a rain delay.” MenSaidHeardMinutesListeningRainDoctorsDelayYankeesAnnouncers Author:David Letterman
“When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?” PeopleBelieveDreamYour DreamsWhy NotBelieve In YouBelieve In Your Dreams Author:Billie Jean King
“John Boehner chose a huge gavel. I think somebody's compensating for his small government.” ThinkingGovernmentHugeSmall GovernmentGavel Author:Stephen Colbert
“John Boehner will be the new speaker unless, out of habit, he blocks his own confirmation.” HabitBlockSpeakersConfirmation Author:Stephen Colbert
“Well, it looks like John Boehner will be the new Speaker of the House. He is the son of a bartender, one of 12 children. He grew up in a two room home with just one bathroom, worked his way through school, became the first person in his family to graduate from college. And, sadly, fell in with the wrong crowd and wound up in Congress.” WayFirstsWellsLooksChildrenPersonsTwoHomeSchoolHouseRoomsCollegeSonGrewGrew UpCongressCrowdsWoundsJust OneGraduatesSpeakersBathroomFirst PersonBartenderWrong Crowd Author:Jay Leno
“In his first speech as Speaker, Boehner thanked his loved ones - tobacco lobbyists, the oil companies, the CEOs.” FirstsCompanySpeechOilLoved OnesSpeakersCeoTobaccoLobbyistsOil Companies Author:Jay Leno
“Speaker John Boehner complained that Barack Obama ordered the U.S. military into combat in Libya without clearly defining the mission to the American people and Congress. See, apparently, you're only allowed to do that when invading Iraq.” PeopleMilitaryCongressIraqMissionsBarackCombatSpeakersDefiningLibyaInvadingInvading Iraq Author:Jay Leno