Holden Caulfield
-I hate phonies.
-People never notice anything.
-People always think something’s all true.
-All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
-Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.
-It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.
-Boy, when you’re dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody.
-Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.
-If a body catch a body comin’ through the rye…
RIP J.D.
2010 State of the Union Address
A few points from Obama’s first State of the Union that stuck with me…
- So tonight, I’m proposing that we take $30 billion of the money Wall Street banks have repaid and use it to help community banks give small businesses the credit they need to stay afloat. I’m also proposing a new small business tax credit -– one that will go to over one million small businesses who hire new workers or raise wages.
- From the day I took office, I’ve been told that addressing our larger
challenges is too ambitious; such an effort would be too contentious. I’ve been told that our political system is too gridlocked, and that we should just put things on hold for a while. For those who make these claims, I have one simple question: How long should we wait? How long should America put its future on hold?
- Still, in this economy, a high school diploma no longer guarantees a good job. That’s why I urge the Senate to follow the House and pass a bill that will revitalize our community colleges, which are a career pathway to the children of so many working families. To make college more affordable, this bill will finally end the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies that go to banks for student loans. Instead, let’s take that money and give families a $10,000 tax credit for four years of college and increase Pell Grants. And let’s tell another one million students that when they graduate, they will be required to pay only 10 percent of their income on student loans, and all of their debt will be forgiven after 20 years –-
Josh in NYC - In the Winter 2010 album
Christmas in Castine - In the Winter 2010 album
Visiting Shelly in Maine - In the Winter 2010 album
Drinking and the Art of Settlers - Sculptors of Catan
Paella Day - In the Winter 2010 album
President Barack Obama - Address to West Point
