Did You Hear What They Said?

That's right, True-Believers!

It's your favorite series that reminds us all what people have actually said.

Remember, it's not a port deal. . . .they really said it!

IRAN

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"It is striking. Four years ago we were talking about Iraq, saying they may have been trying to seek nuclear weapons, we thought they were sponsoring terrorism, so we went to war. Here's a country that's saying right to our face they are going forward with a nuclear program, we've proven that they've sponsored terrorism, and they have a president who says he wants to wipe one of our key allies off the map. And we're treating them differently, aren't we?"--Matt Lauer
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"Our enemies may be irrational, even outright insane, driven by nationalism, religion, ethnicity or ideology. They do not fear the United States for its diplomatic skills or the number of automobiles and software programs it produces. They respect only the firepower of our tanks, planes and helicopter gunships." —Ronald Reagan

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NATIONAL SECURITY

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"The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite, and for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely be imposed on the power to which the care of it is committed." —Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 23

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DANISH CARTOON FLAP

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"Muslims think they can issue decrees about what images can appear in newspaper cartoons. Who do they think they are, liberals?"--Ann Coulter
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"Christians, Jews, Buddhists, [and] Mormons...don't lash out in violence when their religious sensibilities are offended. They certainly don't expect their beliefs to be immune from criticism, mockery, or dissent. But radical Muslims do." —Jeff Jacoby

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MEDIA

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"Why don't you just report the news instead of what might be the news?" —Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

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"The mighty American media doesn't want to think itself spineless. So they close their eyes, rationalize their fear and call it the responsible thing to do." —Tony Blankley

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FROM THE "DEMOCRATIC" PARTY

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"Some Democrats are furious that their party doesn't have its own ideas. Others say they do have ideas; they're just keeping them secret for now. That sounds a lot like the high school geek who insists that his girlfriend is really hot but lives in an undisclosed location in Canada." —Jonah Goldberg

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"It is frankly shocking that there is anyone in Washington who would politicize the Patriot Act. It is an insult to those who died to tell the American people that the organization posing the greatest threat to their liberty is not al-Qa'ida but the FBI. Hearing any member of Congress actually crow about 'killing' or 'playing chicken' with this critical legislation is as disturbing today as it would have been when Ground Zero was still smoldering." —Debra Burlingame

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"I take a back seat to nobody when it comes to fighting terrorism and standing up for national homeland security. Our port security is too important to place in the hands of foreign governments. I will be working to introduce legislation that will prohibit the sale of ports to foreign governments." —Sen. Hillary Clinton

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Memo to Hill: First, there is no transfer of security responsibility. Second, no ports are being sold. Third, if you feel so strongly about the UAE threat, then perhaps Bill should return the $600,000 he received from the UAE for speaking engagements in the last two years.
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"Hillary said that she finds the administration's refusal to level with the American people "troubling." She also finds it somewhat nostalgic."--Jay Leno

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"Al Gore announced he is finishing up a new book about global warming and the environment. Yeah, the first chapter talks about how you shouldn't chop down trees to make a book that no one will read." —Conan O'Brien
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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"For the public, there may be some psychological solace in the assertion that preventing DPW from managing port terminals is tantamount to securing our destiny—but it is a false sense of security."--Mark Alexander

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PASS THE PEYOTE, PLEASE

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"Now you pick up the paper and there's a Watergate every day. I don't think anyone's connecting the dots and saying to the public, "Wake up, folks, because you could end up in a totalitarian nightmare, wondering what happened to your country." --Robert Redford

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"Try not to laugh when someone says these are the world's greatest athletes, despite a paucity of Blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention."--Bryant Gumbel

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

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Who said the following?

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"Private initiative is the only answer to black poverty and to rebuilding New Orleans."

A) Jesse Jackson

B) J.C. Watts

C) Star Parker

D) Al Sharpton

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Scroll down for the answer (no cheating!)

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C) Star Parker

HAVE A GREAT DAY!