Category: Moore Award Nominee

"So where has the idea that Shakespeare is "universal" come from? Why do people the world over study and perform Shakespeare? Colonialism. That's where, and that's why. Shakespeare was a powerful tool of empire, transported to foreign climes along with the doctrine of European cultural superiority. Taught in schools and performed under the proscenium arches built where the British conquered, universal Shakespeare was both a beacon of the greatness of European civilisation and a gateway into that greatness – to know the bard was to be civilised. True story," – Emer O'Toole, The Guardian.

"We've got to do something about these Asians coming in, opening up businesses — those dirty shops … They ought to go. I'll just say that right now, you know. But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too," – Marion Barry, running in yet another election.

"I love abortion. I don't accept it. I don't view it as a necessary evil. I embrace it. … [T]here is no need to suggest that abortion be rare. To say so implies a value judgement, promoting the idea that abortion is somehow distasteful or immoral and should be avoided," - Jessica DelBalzo.

"So Western media sneak correspondents into Syria illegally, and then expect the Syrian regime to protect them.  If Israel were to see one Western correspondent sneaking into Israel, he/she would be incinerated on the spot," – As'ad Abu Khalil, on the killing of journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik by Syrian shells hitting a media tent in Homs.

"I saw pictures of Boehner and Cantor on our screens (at the convention). Don't ever let me see again, in life, those Republicans in our hall, on our screens, talking about anything. These are demons," – Maxine Waters (D-CA).

"It’s worth noting that the United States and Al Qaeda are on the same side in Syria," – Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation.

by Chris Bodenner

"I think the Komen story is important [because] we need scalps. The right scares the fuck out of the press (for example) because they got people at NPR fired recently, ended Dan Rather’s career a few years ago, etc. The left needs to scare people too. Nothing scares comfortable people more than the destructions of careers and organizations," – DougJarvus Green-Ellis, Balloon Juice, trying to milk what should be an apolitical protest for all it's worth.