TAKE A DEEP BREATH

Commencing tyranny?: "[G]iven the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that President-elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule [on] day one." --Valerie Jarrett, co-chair of Obama's transition team
Here we go again: "The inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another fateful choice that he -- and we -- must make this January to begin an emergency rescue of human civilization from the imminent and rapidly growing threat posed by the climate crisis." --Al Gore, populist potentate of eco-theology
Non Compos Mentis: "Many of the voters that voted for Senator McCain were older Americans, and most reside below the Mason-Dixon line where racial attitudes and traditions die hard. We can change laws, but it's difficult to change attitudes. ... I'm sure that many of our people have unfortunately lost their lives because of the absolute hatred that is manifested now that one of our own has risen to such a high office." --Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan at Mosque Maryam on Chicago's South Side on Sunday
A fool opens his mouth...: "For nine months, I kept quiet because I saw that the good words that I spoke about this beautiful young man at our Saviors' Day convention and the way they were misused. I decided it would be better for me to just be quiet rather than be drawn into the controversy..." --Louis Farrakhan, who probably should have stuck with that policy
From the Glitterati: "The election is over and I'm unleashed. I'm telling you, if this were not the outcome, I would be doing this show from Northwestern Hospital with a drip today." --Oprah Winfrey
The Big Lie: "November 5th ... what a day ... a new day ... finally Dr. King's words ring true that one day we will live in a nation where people 'will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character'." --singer Barbra Streisand