"You’ll have ‘trouble’ votin’, huh? You’re gonna have trouble walkin’, too, because Ah’m gonna put mah foot so far up your ass you’re gonna be tastin’ wingtips fer a month. Now you get back in there, and get your fuckin’ people together on this. We got sixty votes, and Ah will be god-damned if Ah’m gonna let this shit fall apart on me on account of Joe Fuckin’ Lieberman."

Andy Sturdevant channels LBJ

"Insurers will quickly figure out that every case of Type 2 diabetes they can prevent adds $400,000 to their bottom line. Suddenly, every can of soda or Happy Meal or chicken nugget on a school lunch menu will look like a threat to future profits."

Michael Pollan, Big Food vs. Big Insurance

(dang … I had this one all queued up and then ericaaaaa scooped me)