random quotes ... to amuse, inspire, enrage:
  I don't like the women's liberation movement. I think that it's harmful for women to become immersed in politics. It's just another way for women to imitate men, and women will wind up being hurt by it.... I don't know why the women's liberation movement dislikes me so. Women have been a definite influence on my life. I adore women as a whole. I enjoy them as a breed, like a dog. They're another species that you become endeared to. I don't mean that derogatorily, but in an admiring sense, like someone would appreciate a fine breed of horse. It's like treading on eggs not to offend these people, the women's libbers. They're touchy, always on the defensive. What are they so worried about?

tagged: women, sexism, feminists
  —Henry Miller, Interview (1975). (quoted in The Natural Inferiority of Women, pp.87-88).

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one of jon stewart’s better moments

Friday, March 6th, 2009 8:22 am

In a career of many many good moments of political commentary, surely one of the highlights of Jon Stewart’s career was the Wednesday March 4 episode of The Daily Show, which was almost entirely Jon Stewart doing commentary & interview about the financial situation.

I particularly loved his comment to Joe Nocera about CNBC’s “journalism” on Wall Street:

How does a guy like Rick Santelli have the balls to get mad about this idea of giving homeowners a break, when this network, CNBC — how did they miss this entire story? They’re a financial news network , I mean, it’d be like the weather channel interviewing hurricane Katrina and saying, “You know there’s reports that you have high winds and flooding,” and Katrina’s like, “No no no I’m sunny,” and they’re like “alright,” and then they walk away. This is insane!

At around 17:30 in the video.

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