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“I tell you, though. People still have faith in Toyota, even with these massive recalls. The Toyota Prius has retained its title as Consumer Reports’ top pick for eco-friendly vehicle. They said it’s a great way to get in touch with the environment, especially when it flies out of control and hits the trees.”
Jay Leno

“Weren’t the Winter Olympics fantastic? The U.S. won a gold medal in downhill economy.”
David Letterman

“And over the weekend, President Bush said that he is writing a book about how he made decisions while he was president. We have an advanced copy of it here. It’s called ‘What Would Dick Cheney Do?’”
Jay Leno

“Representative Charles Rangel, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has temporarily surrendered his post pending an ethics investigation. They’ve been investigating him for three months now. And so far, they have not found a single trace of ethics.”
Jay Leno

“New York Gov. David Paterson may be stepping down after being involved in a scandal. Something like this hasn’t happened in New York for … months. New Yorkers are desperate. They’re trying to get Gov. Paterson to leave early, and I said to myself, ‘That sounds like a job for Jay Leno.’”
David Letterman

“People magazine has confirmed that former President Clinton called Tiger Woods to offer his support during the ordeal. For real. They have things in common, I guess.”
Jimmy Kimmel

“It’s a nice thing to do, a nice gesture between two, you know, kindred spirits. It actually reminds me of the time President Bush called Homer Simpson after Homer stapled his face to a doughnut.”
Jimmy Kimmel

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“Das Internet ist eine Kultur der Jetzigkeit. Das Internet lässt uns wissen, was unsere Freunde und die Welt jetzt gerade treiben…” David Gelernter hat ab sofort eine regelmäßige Kolumne in der FAZ.

David Gelernter (Yale University) gilt als Counterpart zu Frank Schirrmacher. In einem Interview mit DCTP erklärt er seine Skeptizimus gegenüber Technologie, der eigentlich ein Skeptizismus gegenüber den Nutzern darstellt. Die sollten anspruchsvoller sein: Algorithmen können nicht flirten.

Siehe auch: Gelernters Thesen aus dem Jahr 2000. Dort sagte er nicht nur die Entwicklung von „social media“, der „cloud“ und einer neuen Informationsökonomie voraus, sondern prognostizierte auch, dass die zentralistische Ideologie von Konzernen wie Microsoft in eine Sackgasse führen werde. Außerdem: Alles fließt – David Gelernter über die Zukunft des Internet.

“Die populistische Kampagne erkennt man an ihrer Form. Genauer gesagt am Missverhältnis zwischen dem anklagenden, oft brüllenden Ton, mit dem die Probleme thematisiert werden, und der Kargheit der Vorschläge, die zu ihrer Lösung dienen sollen. Der Populismus profitiert von der Skandalisierung, nicht von der Aussicht, den Skandal durch sinnvolle Maßnahmen zu beenden. Er braucht den Missstand, den er angeblich bekämpft, weil die Empörung den Stoff liefert, mit dem er befeuert wird.” Lesenswert: Matthias Geis – Die bellen doch nur

How is it that the Olympics can hand out 250 medals in a few weeks? It takes ‘American Idol’ 58 weeks to pick one karaoke singer.”
Jimmy Kimmel

“The Olympic Games were fun, but there were some high-profile mistakes, come on. Admit it. Like the terrible decision to let Toyota design the luge.”
Bill Maher

“Balloons dropped because Dick Cheney had his millionth heart attack. And who came by yesterday to cheer him up? The ‘Angel of Duh’ himself, George Bush. They sat together, and Bush said he had spent the last year working on his book. I swear. Hard to believe Bush has a book. But if you buy Cheney has a heart…”
Bill Maher

“Former Vice President Dick Cheney was released from the hospital today after being treated for a mild heart attack, his fifth heart attack. Next one’s free.”
Jimmy Kimmel

“Dick Cheney loves snowboarding. He thinks it’s waterboarding, but colder.”
David Letterman

“Credit card companies make most of their profits from loaning money to people who they know can’t pay it back. That’s why credit card companies are evil. They’re like a cross between Satan and divorce lawyers.”
Craig Ferguson

“Being politicians you know, they all got to sharing their personal stories. Obama talked about his mother’s battle with cancer. And Harry Reid talked about a kid with a cleft palate. And John McCain told how he once carried a brain dead woman through an entire campaign.”
Bill Maher

“Hinter mir quetscht sich eine aus ihren zu engen Klamotten quillende, bebrillte Frau mit kurzen schwarzen Haaren an mich, die in diesem Augenblick der hässlichste Mensch zu sein scheint, den ich je gesehen habe. Dunkles Geheimnis Heterosexualität, ich könnte kotzen.”

Gustav Seibt über Helen Hegemanns Party zum 18. Geburtsag im Sound ihres Plagiat/Sample-Romans: “Anything Ghost“