seasoned reason

It’s funny. If your average guy were to rape a 13-year-old girl and then flee into exile rather than paying for his crime, pretty much everyone and their twin sister would agree that he was a scumbag who deserved nothing less than the hammer of justice brought down upon him. Turn that average guy into a rich artist with good connections, and suddenly the crime wasn’t that bad, the girl was probably asking for it (or her mother was, whatever), and it’s really close to fascism to put the guy through the indignity of being extradited to face justice.

Jeff Fecke (via katoleary) (via ihatethismess) (via wingsandfins)

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt (via sherry, danielholter) (via azspot) (via falconieri)

How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?

Paul Sweeney (via verymuch)

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt (via verymuch)

We did cover the event, what we didn’t do is promote the event. Just like we did when thousands marched on Washington to protest the war in Iraq, we covered it as well, probably less than we covered this event, but we didn’t promote it. Bottom line is we do cover the news and we did extensively cover this event, we didn’t promote the event, that’s not what real news organizations are supposed to do, we covered the event. I would invite you to look into that distinction between those two words, promote and cover. Cover is kind of like a fair and balanced way of doing things. You get it? You might want to look into that. It’s about letting Americans make up their own minds. Let me cut to the chase. When thousands of Americans showed up at the nation’s capital to protest big government we covered it, with four correspondents, two satellite trucks, lawmakers on the record, and conversations with attendees. By the way, we put a call into Fox News, and we expect an apology. But we’re still waiting. Let me address the Fox network now, perhaps the most current way that I can, by quoting somebody who used a pithy phrase. Two words. That’s all I need: You lie.

Rick Sanchez of CNN (via soupsoup) (via chuckmore) (via apsies) (via asprettyasasong)