“So there are some things in here that have been added since the other day that are very important. Legislation has passed the House over and over again, but never could make it through the Senate, and now it has. That doesn’t take away from the fact that we’ve been dealt a mighty bad hand—the core part of this legislation. But it has been improved; it is a compromise, but it is just a start."

-- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, speaking on the addition of 150 billion dollars worth of bullshit to the financial market bailout (source: congressional record via http://speaker.house.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=0855)

"Fuck that, and fuck you!"

-- Noted commentator John Riney upon reading this quote