San Francisco Giants at the White House

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“Very rarely when I’m on Air Force One am I the second most important guy on there,” . “Everybody was just passing me by — ‘Can I get you some .”thing, Mr. Mays?’” President  Obama said as he talked about the plane ride he shared with the Hall of Famer before the All-Star game in 2009

“Michelle was very relieved that the press was going to be talking about what somebody else wears here in the White House, so that it’s not just her making a fashion statement” President Obama

So even though this team is a little different — even though these players haven’t always followed the traditional rules, one thing they know is how to win.  Maybe some of that wisdom comes from all the old-time greats who never won a Series, but know that being a Giant means being a Giant for life.  And that’s why greats like Willie McCovey can often be found hanging around the clubhouse, pulling young players aside and offering them hitting tips President Obama

More Debt Talks

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“We can’t allow the American people to become collateral damage to Washington’s political warfare,” President Obama

“dead on arrival.” Majority Leader Harry Reid said the measure stood no chance of passing the Senate even if it cleared the House.

“I think that’s a much better path, although serious deficit reduction would still require us to tackle the tough challenges of entitlement and tax reform,”  “Either way, I have told leaders of both parties that they must come up with a fair compromise in the next few days that can pass both houses of Congress—a compromise I can sign. And I am confident we can reach this compromise.” President Obama

NFL Lockout Quotes

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This is a long time coming, and football’s back, and that’s the great news for everybody.”  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

“We didn’t get everything that either side wanted … but we did arrive at a deal that we think is fair and balanced,” NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith

“I know it has been a very long process since the day we stood here that night in March, But our guys stood together when nobody thought we would. And football is back because of it. NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith

“I believe it’s important that we talk about the future of football as a partnership,”  NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith

“If we don’t have a good relationship, it hurts the game and the business of football. I’m not sure any two people have ever come together in a more compressed, public, interesting time than Roger and I. I’m proud to say our relationship has grown.”  NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith

“I guess everybody has the moment where they have to ‘come out,’ but once they do, they really embrace it,”

Chris Littleton who leads a consortium of tea party via The tea party next door: Friends, neighbors divide over political lines.

“Only in America can you make that much money crying, Glenn Beck is not aligned with any party. He is aligned with cynicism and there has always been a market for cynics. But we became a great nation not because we are a nation of cynics. We became a great nation because we are a nation of believers.”

via Lindsey Graham Changes His Tune On Glenn Beck.

“Whenever they were asked about this looming tax hike, they just blamed the Republicans , They said that Republicans will be to blame for some people getting a tax hike because we didn’t think anyone should get a tax hike. … The fact is, the best way to help individuals and small businesses and the economy is to give them all the certainty that their taxes won’t be going up at the end of the year.”

McConnell via Obama promotes clean-energy technology – Yahoo! News.

“I want to thank you for being the toughest leader any country could ask for,”

via Rahm’s gone: New day, new tone for the White House – Yahoo! News.

“As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country,”

via Obama makes clear support for ground zero mosque – Yahoo! News.

“It’s part of my work,” he said. “I do my job. Nothing changes.”

Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio

“The first one was difficult, and so was this one,” Marquez said. “He’s a very good boxer. Like every true Mexican warrior, we both fought with all of our hearts and left it all in the ring.”

via Marquez dominates Diaz to keep lightweight belts – Boxing – Yahoo! Sports.

“Radical Islamists are people who want to impose on the rest of us Sharia, which is a form of medieval law which would fundamentally end America as we’ve known it , There are disturbing signs that some places … you see judges succumb to this line of reasoning.”

via Newt Gingrich Suggests Attacking Rest Of ‘Axis Of Evil’ (VIDEO).

“I’m going to call them on their bluff.”

President Obama

“I feel real good,” There’s no disappointment. I’m fine. I’m having a good time. I feel great.”

“As I’ve said from the day I took office, it’s going to take months, even years to dig our way out —and it’s going to require an all-hands-on-deck effort,”

President  Obama POLITICO.com.

“Again, we obviously want Mayweather,”

Roach said via Trainer: Cowboys Stadium would host another Manny Pacquiao fight if Floyd Mayweather Jr. talks fall through – ESPN Dallas.

“this tragic accident that should never have happened.”"We care about the small people,”

 BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg apologized for he said.via BP says its sorry — and guarantees $20B for Gulf – Yahoo! News.

“This scares everybody, the fact that we can’t make this well stop flowing, the fact that we haven’t succeeded so far,” “Many of the things we’re trying have been done on the surface before, but have never been tried at 5,000 feet.”

BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles via After another failure, BP scrambles to stem leak – Yahoo! News.

“The most radical president in American history has now thrown down the gauntlet to the American people: ‘I run a machine. I own Washington and there’s nothing you can do about it,’

 Gingrich said via Sarah Palin to address gathering of GOP faithful – Yahoo! News.

“I live for the 8 months to be up,” he said. “Goodbye! Who’s gonna laugh now? Now I’m gonna laugh.”

via Should Charlie Sheen Get a Raise? – Page 1 – The Daily Beast.

“United has been standing at the altar waiting for the bride to show up and just got tired of waiting,” said an analyst. “Maybe by flirting with another girl, it can get Continental’s attention again.”

via The most important news and commentary to read right now. – The Slatest – Slate Magazine.

“It’s new, and it’s fun, and it’s nothing too serious, you know,” “I don’t want anything that’s going to take up so much of my energy and time right now in a bad way. I just want to have fun, and that’s what it’s about.”

via Rihanna Admits L.A. Dodger Is Her ‘Boyfriend’ – Couples, Rihanna : People.com.

How many times does the federal government need to fail before somebody on Capitol Hill gets it?” “We’ve got a systemic problem where we’ve got these breakdowns coming faster and faster.”

Paul Light via Rescue crews evacuate West Virginia mine.

“We just couldn’t figure out why there was this problem,”

 Jim Luca via Rescue crews evacuate West Virginia mine.

“Is there a way forward? I hope yes. I think yes,” Payne said. “But certainly, his future will never again be measured only by his performance against par; but measured by the sincerity of his efforts to change.

via Woods gets a major scolding from Masters chairman – Yahoo! News.

“It is simply not the degree of his conduct that is so egregious here,” Payne said. “It is the fact that he disappointed all of us, and more importantly, our kids and our grandkids. Our hero did not live up to the expectations of the role model we saw for our children.”

via Woods gets a major scolding from Masters chairman – Yahoo! News.

“We are not protecting our customers by keeping this quiet,”

 Irv Miller, group vice president for environment and public affairs via Toyota official: ‘We need to come clean’ – Yahoo! News.

“It’s important for women not to find their confidence in a man. I think you really have to know who you are before you can truly fall in love and give your all, and I don’t think a man can define you.”

 Jessica Simpson via FOXNews.com – Jessica Simpson Offers Women Relationship Advice: Don’t Change for Anyone!.

“He is the president of the United States, not just the president of black people, the president of Latino people, . We expect him to put together policies and an agenda that will impact all of America and not just one special interest.”

 Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie via Obama to meet at the White House with black church leaders – washingtonpost.com.

“I think the average person would say, ‘Excuse me, that’s nuts,’ ”

 Sanders, via Younger senators take aim at old Senate rules – washingtonpost.com.

“A pope can voluntarily resign, but it’s interesting… Who would take his resignation?”

Robert Mickens, the Vatican correspondent for the Tablet weekly. via Pope Benedict Cannot Be Fired, Despite Growing Sex Abuse Cover-Ups – ABC News.

The only person who can fire him is God,”

 Rev. Thomas Doyle, via Pope Benedict Cannot Be Fired, Despite Growing Sex Abuse Cover-Ups – ABC News.

“It’s tough. You put a lot of work in throughout the course of a year to get an opportunity to win. If you don’t win, then the season’s a failure,” Jeter said. “And if you don’t feel as though it’s a failure, in my opinion you shouldn’t be playing.”

via Jeter has aspirations to a be a baseball owner – MLB – Yahoo! Sports.

“We will challenge this all over America, and the will of the people will be heard,”

 Republican Senator John McCain via Healthcare overhaul faces new challenges | Reuters.

“Those that are shouting out are out of order,”

 Rep. David Obey, D-Wis. via Texas Republican says he shouted baby killer – Yahoo! News.

“I would call the mood tense, Everyone is being very vigilant about their surroundings and the environment”

Capt. Marghis via New threat puts Hemet officers on heightened alert – Yahoo! News.

“Conceal nothing, Open”acknowledge your guilt, submit yourselves to the demands of justice, but do not despair of God’s mercy.”

via Pope blasts Irish bishops, orders Vatican probe – Yahoo! News.

“I don’t only want to win the fight, I want to win with good style.”

via Amir Khan comes to America to expand fan base – Boxing – Yahoo! Sports.

“He had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand,”

Malignaggi recalled via Amir Khan comes to America to expand fan base – Boxing – Yahoo! Sports.

“In my career I used to think that I could map out what I wanted to do. Obviously, I had some U-turns and some obstacles, and overcame most of them,” he said. “I stopped mapping it out a while ago, although I still have dreams and aspirations of one day playing in the Senior PGA. The one thing I knew in my life: When I walk from the game, there won’t be a tear, a regret, there won’t be any of that.”

via John Smoltz joins TBS and MLB Network as analyst – MLB – Yahoo! Sports.

“I deserve to be punished.”

GILBERT ARENAS,

suspended Washington Wizards guard, in an interview with Esquire, on the incident in January when he brought guns into the locker room to play a prank on teammate Javaris Crittenton

via Monday, Mar. 15, 2010 – Quotes of the Day – TIME.com.

You violated me and you violated all women. You are a sexual predator, a sexual deviant and they should lock you up.

Quotes of the DayTuesday, Mar. 16, 2010

ERIN ANDREWS,

ESPN reporter, rebuking her stalker, Michael David Barrett, who received a 2.5-year prison sentence for videotaping her while she was naked

Photo: Damian Dovarganes / AP | Source: USA TODAY

via Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 – Quotes of the Day – TIME.com.

“The economy has forced everyone to be an expert in their field, so if you’re not an expert, you’re in trouble.”

DAN SCHAWBEL,

author of Me 2.0, on the new

via Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 – Quotes of the Day – TIME.com.

“I’m not a predator, I’m not a gold digger, I’m not the stalker. I didn’t have any power in that way in our relationship. He held all the power.”

via Rielle Hunter speaks – PATRICK GAVIN | POLITICO CLICK.

“Everyone talks about how Johnny has fallen from grace, In reality, he’s fallen to grace.”

Rielle Hunter via Edwards mistress: Still in love, living ‘truth’ – Yahoo! News.

“He in fact did say to me the first night, ‘Falling in love with you could really (expletive) up my plans for becoming president,’”

via Edwards mistress: Still in love, living ‘truth’ – Yahoo! News.

“Our allies are not always talking the same language,”

via Aide: Karzai ‘very angry’ at Taliban boss’ arrest – Yahoo! News.

“I don’t think that anybody who hasn’t been in places like this really understands what poverty is, and what a real lack of infrastructure is,”

via Penn spends serious time helping post-quake Haiti (AP) – The 82nd Annual Academy Awards® – Yahoo! Movies.

“The bill is locked down”

Pelosi says via Ezra Klein – Nancy Pelosi’s strategy for passing health-care reform.

“My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive,” “We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there’ll be more legislation to follow.”

via Ezra Klein – Nancy Pelosi’s strategy for passing health-care reform.

So I don’t know how the politics plays. But here’s what I do know: The American people will be more secure with this reform. Our country will be stronger because of this reform. I don’t know about the politics. But I know it is the right thing to do, and that’s why I’m fighting so hard to get it done.

via Obama delivers remarks on health-care reform in Missouri | In Obama’s Words | The Washington Post.