Posted on August 30th, 2006 by Travis G.

Talk, talk, talk – it’s only talk: comments, clichés, commentary, controversy, chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat, conversation, contradiction, criticism. It’s only talk – cheap talk.
Shorter Terence Jeffrey: If it were up to East Coast elitists, we wouldn’t even have the forward pass.
Shorter Jacob Sullum: As a libertarian, I don’t think doctors should be convicted of drug trafficking for prescribing pain medication unwittingly to drug abusers.
Shorter Kathleen Parker: If local governments handed out compact fluorescent light bulbs, we might be able to forgo further sacrifices in energy consumption.
Shorter Tony Blankley: The world is such a mess that the Apocalypse is plausibly imminent, but I remain optimistic that maintaining fidelity to conservative principles may yet remedy the situation.
Shorter Michelle Malkin: Muslims should be denied ambulances until they learn to use them for their intended purpose.
Shorter Walter Williams: For decades, Americans have been willing to allow politicians to trample over – Pardon me? Say again? Phone call database? Warrantless-wire-who? That all sounds a bit far-fetched, my friend. I was merely referring to smoking, foie gras and endangered species.
Shorter John Stossel: Schools should be run more like a Costco.
Shorter Donald Lambro: Americans will vote on many issues that concern them, but they’ll continue to vote Republican as long as they’re scared witless.
Shorter Linda Chavez: Richard Armitage is a coward for not coming forward as the original source in the Plame leak, and Democrats are hypocrites for prosecuting Scooter Libby for perjury.
Shorter Brent Bozell III: The news media could regain some credibility by presenting opposing sides in a debate in ratios that reflect public opinion polls.
Shorter Bill O’Reilly: Hollywood liberals are obligated to provide recommendations on national security, but who wants to hear their ill-informed political views?
Shorter Ben Shapiro: Curtailing freedom during wartime has historically been a sign that we’re winning.
Shorter Paul Greenberg: No, I didn’t get the memo about ignoring Katrina’s anniversary. I wasn’t at my office, see – I was in Boston. I couldn’t even get my paragraphs to break properly.
Shorter Paul Weyrich: Oliver Stone deserves credit for making a movie about the World Trade Center, but he should’ve made clear who was responsible for that tragedy: Muslims.
Shorter Austin Bay: A shady Iranian neo-conservative wrote in the Wall Street Journal that Israel has defeated Hezbollah – which is certainly nice to hear.
Shorter Roger Schlesinger: There are other options besides a 30-year mortgage.
Shorter William F. Buckley: I grow increasingly weary of discussing Iraq.
Shorter Maggie Gallagher: Absent babies, there is only death.
Shorter Chuck Colson: MTV should be ashamed of itself.