Bits of Tid: July 25, 2009

• On the 19th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, President Obama announced that UN Ambassador Dr. Susan Rice will sign a UN treaty which calls upon nations to afford disabled people the same rights as everyone else.
• In domestic policy news, Obama wants schools to reform by being more welcoming of charter schools while paying teachers based on student achievement. The incentive for doing so? Aid. Of course, student achievement can be measured in different ways, and measuring achievement by test scores alone is about as good of an idea as Obama joining the Republican Party.
• Bush considered using troops inside the US to capture terror suspects.
• Republican Kent County Commissioner Dean Agee has been busted for careless firearm discharge.
• Who wants 36-year-old cake?
• Tigers' magic number: 65.

Who Said It?

Match the quote with the person who said it! It's more fun if you guess before you click the links!

• "I didn't come here to debate the past -- I came here to deal with future"
• "As Americans get to know gay couples and or have gay family members, or work associates ... they come to understand that these relationships are deep and worth being respect and being protected."
  
• "If my Senate Republican colleagues want to figure out a way to cut state spending and limit our budget shortfall, they should take up this legislation next week."
  
• "You don't pull out a gun if everybody in the room knows it's not loaded."
  
• "Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city. No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes. (Laughter.) Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a few steps to public transportation, and ending up just blocks from your destination."
  
• "This is coming out today: Rush Limbaugh’s dog says he hopes Obama’s dog fails." 
  

Who Said It?

1. David Letterman
2. McCain advisor Steve Schmidt
3. Joe Biden
4. Fmr. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-PA
5. Barack Obama
6. State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Lansing
   

Bits of Tid: April 13, 2009

You Have Earned The New Puppy Edition

• Oh, but it looks like Bo is not getting a warm reception from conservatives!

  "The administration acknowledges that this is a Portuguese Water Dog," said Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK). "The American people have a right to know whether American water dogs were passed over in the administration's rush to install their chosen candidate. And was the dog born here, or in Portugal? I, for one, would like to see a birth certificate."

  (Hopefully you realize that was snark!)
• Title of a Daily Kos Diary: Stimulus Projects UNDER Budget.
• It looks like (un)common sense is making its way into discussions about US-Cuba relations!
• Luck.
• Uh, Guv?
  Here's an explanation. Because teams from their states were playiong in the NCAA Championship, Granholm and North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue made a bet - as politicos often do at championship time - to see which governor's home state team would win it all. Because UNC won, Granholm wore the UNC garb and donated to a food bank in North Carolina.