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Quote of the Weekend

“Irony: protesters in Iran using twitter as com are unable to get online b/c of overposts of “Michael Jackson RIP.” Well done, ADD nation.”

6/28/09 11:37 am | Comments disabled. | Permalink | Tags: CNN, Iran, Michael Jackson, Twitter

Fuck the UN, we’ve got Twitter! That is what your U.S. State Department basically said when they asked Twitter to postpone routine maintenance so that Iranian users could continue posting updates. (CNET News)
Two Republican Congressmen tweeted (twat?) that the GOP is just like Iran’s reformers because they both use Twitter and are “oppresed.” Of course, “oppression” in GOP-land means Nancy Pelosi won’t let Republicans add earmarks to appropriations bills or chant “Drill, Baby Drill” for eternity on the House floor. Not to be confused with oppression in Iran, which includes being beaten, jailed, or killed. So yeah, basically identical. (The Hill/CNN)
Oh, and here is one of the important things your GOP did despite being so oppressed. I will actually quote it directly, for the lulz: ”House Republicans presented a four-page outline of their health care reform plan Wednesday but said they didn’t know yet how much it would cost, how they would pay for it and how many of the nearly 50 million Americans without insurance would be covered by it.” Nice work, guys! (Roll Call)
And on a totally unrelated note, it turns out that Sen. John Ensign’s affair was revealed by… the housing crisis? Cynthia Hampton, the married woman Ensign was fucking, can’t afford to pay her subprime mortgage and maybe revealed the affair for desperately needed cash money. Intrigue! (Gawker)

The Bush Legacy™ is a success! A panel of 65 historians judging presidential leadership has ranked George W. Bush 36th out of 43. Take that, William Henry Harrison! (C-SPAN)
Secretary of State Clinton is off to Asia on her first overseas trip and you can follow her. On Twitter! Seriously, everyone is on Twitter these days. (techPresident/Twitter)
House Republicans are taking advantage of the Presidents’ Day recess to go back to their districts and tout the benefits of the recently-passed stimiulus package that they unanimously voted against. It seems like their big political strategy is to hope nobody was paying attention. Good luck with that. (McClatchy)
Whoops! Two nuclear submarines–one British, one French–accidentally crashed into each other in the Atlantic Ocean. Nobody was injured, which was fortunate considering that they were both carrying nuclear freaking missiles. (Guardian)
Rumor has it that the Senate will vote to give DC a voting member of Congress next week. (Roll Call)