“Her nomination for vice president in 2008 represents the most desperate inclinations of the Republican Party. In two hundred years, I suspect historians will use Palin as an example of how insane America became in the decade following the destruction of the World Trade Center, and her origin story will seem as extraterrestrial and eccentric as Abe Lincoln jumping out of a window to undermine a voting quorum in 1840.” WorldYearsTwoStoriesUseSeemsAmericaPresidentPartyExampleRepublicanHundredWindowDestructionTradeVicesFollowingDecadesInsaneDesperateVotingSuspectsHistorianRepublican PartyJumpingInclinationEccentricVice PresidentPalinNominationsWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterExtraterrestrialAbe Book:I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) Source: I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)
“I think the idea that the hedge fund manager gets lower taxes than the taxi driver or the physics professor is insane. The legislators who leave that policy in place are derelict in their duties to be rational and fair. There are plenty of them in both political parties. It's totally outrageous.” ThinkingIdeasPoliticalPartyPolicyDutyTaxesFairsPhysicsRationalInsanePlentyManagersFundDriversProfessorsPolitical PartiesOutrageousTaxiLegislatorsHedge FundDerelict Author:Charlie Munger
“I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax. If you can figure out a way to split the difference there and find a meal you will both enjoy, you can probably figure out how bipartisanship is going to work the next few years.” IfsWayTryingYearsStatesWould BeNextEnjoyDifferencesPartyImaginePlansFiguresDinnerInsaneMealsAgreementItalianSplitsPreferenceGoing To WorkTireRimsBipartisanshipAnthrax Author:John Cole
“Molly: You don't like New Years Eve? Are you insane? It's literally the best holiday ever. You just party all night and it doesn't matter what stupid stuff you do because the year's over and you get a brand new start in the morning.” YearsMatterNightStuffPartyHealingMorningStupidInsaneBrandsHolidayNew YearAll NightBrand NewNew Years EveNew StartBest Holiday Author:Hillary DePiano