My favorite here is Phil Gramm's whiner quote. I agree with him!

Have a favorite quote from the last year?

The Top 10 quotes of 2008, as compiled by the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations:

1. "I can see Russia from my house!" — Comedian Tina Fey, while impersonating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the TV comedy show "Saturday Night Live," broadcast Sept. 13.

2. "All of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years." — Palin, responding to a request by CBS anchor Katie Couric to name the newspapers or magazines she reads, broadcast Oct. 1.

3. "We have sort of become a nation of whiners." — former Sen. Phil Gramm, an economic adviser to Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, quoted in The Washington Times, July 10.

4. "It's not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to choose a really large number." — a Treasury Department spokeswoman explaining how the $700 billion number was chosen for the initial bailout, quoted on Forbes.com Sept. 23.

5. "The fundamentals of America's economy are strong." — McCain, in an interview with Bloomberg TV, April 17.

6. "Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency." — the Treasury Department's proposed Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, September 2008.

7. "Maybe 100." — McCain, discussing in a town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire, how many years U.S. troops could remain in Iraq, Jan. 3.

8. "I'll see you at the debates, b------." — Paris Hilton in a video responding to a McCain television campaign ad, August 2008.

9. "Barack, he's talking down to black people. ... I want to cut his ... off." — Rev. Jesse Jackson, overheard over a live microphone before a Fox News interview, July 6.

10. (tie) "Cash for trash." — Paul Krugman discussing the financial bailout, New York Times, Sept. 22.

10. (tie) "There are no atheists in foxholes and there are no libertarians in financial crises." — Krugman, in an interview with Bill Maher on HBO's "Real Time," broadcast Sept. 19.

10. (tie) "Anyone who says we're in a recession, or heading into one — especially the worst one since the Great Depression — is making up his own private definition of "`recession.'" — commentator Donald Luskin, the day before Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, The Washington Post, Sept. 14.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....for the 50's...gulp !!...

#3 just about sums it up...ohhhhhhhhhhh...for the 50's...

What about the 50s!!! I wasnt born yet so know dam well you were not. To me the best years were the 70s. Good drugs so who the Fnnn cared what was going on...

yeahhhhh bring back McCarthy

and segregation

and life in prison for smoking pot

and the KKK

that wouldn't have been part of my world...in my opinion...it was a cleaner...more peaceful...loving...less violent...time...where God and religion...weren't public enemy #1...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh for the 50's !!...boy the way Glenn Miller played.songs that made the hit parade...guys like us we had it made...those were the days...and...you knew who you were then...girls were girls and men were men...mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again...didn't need no welfare states...everybody pulled his weight...gee our old Lasalle ran great....those were the days...

You make God and religion public enemy #1..All you have to do is leave it out policies that effect people that might not share your faith. My friend you cause it!!! No one hates what you believe but you must understand they are "Your Beliefs". We wont even go into the different interpretations of the Bible..

all I said was God and Religion...I never mentioned it as " mine "...I never mentioned any policies...I never mentioned my beliefs...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh for the 50's !...

With all due respect Gio.

You seem to have an idealized picture of the 50's

I've spoken to more than one person who was working, raising a family...all the things adults do in the 50's who agree that the good old days weren't really all that good.

Had I the ability to do so I would send you back to the 50's to stay for a couple years to see just how well you liked it.

whats their to not like about...little league baseball...Nash playground...LaStrada restaurant after church every Sunday...pasta dinner every weds night...Our Lady Help of Christians grammar school...the 69' collapse of the Cubs..summer vacation at Hidden Valley Lake...Eagle River...Fox River Grove yearly picnic...59' Fords...Bullets our dog...bunkbeds...confession...the Stations of the Cross...Cappy's...the milk store...A&P...Sinclair...the Monkees...the Beatles...Jimi...Janis...the Rolling Stones...the war...Nixon...nuns...hair...greasers...doopers..Kathy O'Neil...ditchin' class...Mr Krupa...Miss Martin...Sister Mary John Nora...yes...you're right...what a fugged up time !!!...

There are a ton of really wonderful things about life now, here in 2008.

"Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way."

-- Edna Ferber

but I like dull ...lol...I guess I should be more exact...my perfect time would be...1959 - 1972...so I it's not really the 50's...although...

That was a generalization of all the threads.. You made the comment I just showed why..

There are a ton of really wonderful things about life now, here in 2008...you're probably right...but...there's just too many not so wonderful things about life in 2008...

How do you even remember what the 50s were like. I have trouble remembering yesterday!!

1959 - 1972...

I kinda like 1969-1976 myself...Great years and alot of good memories..

there was no 24 hour news then

it was not what you say

it was that the news did not get out as quickly

not hardly anyone even had a tv

get yer head out of the happy days series

every era had issues

some just never heard about what was going on

whadda ya' hocin' me for !...I like my head in that series...I like not having 24 hour news...and lastly...for me...that's exactly the way it was...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh those were the days...

Gio, you seem to have learned so little of the realities of the time you so love, even now.

I don't know why we bother to respond at all, you seem to love the negative attention, why I wonder. Don't have to answer that, it most likely will not be constructive..