W.B. Yeats

Some sobering lines from Yeats to ponder on this St.Patick's Day:

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned.”

W.B. Yeats

March Madness of King George

David Letterman offers this take on King George:

"Everybody excited about March Madness... the big NCAA tournament? Here's how it works: It starts at 65, then 64, then 32, then 16. It's just like Bush's approval rating."

Meanwhile Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has less of a sense of humor:

"I really do believe this man will go down as the worst president this country has ever had."

Burned Out

"We're all burned out. People are just tired."

Unidentified White House official stating the obvious

Unthinkable

“It would be unthinkable not to have a Guinness during a St. Patrick's Day parade. In fact, it would be spiritually wrong.”

Kinky Friedman, Independent candidate for governor of Texas