Blair Looks Back

Tim Blair is compiling memorable quotes from 2005 arranged by month, and with commentary. Here is a one quote per month sampling.

December:

* “Inexplicably, caucasians were not the only targets.”—an ABC TV reporter can’t understand why a rampaging Lebanese mob didn’t spare Asians

November:

* “The great Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is, yet again, humiliating George Bush by showing him how a national leader should act.”—the Sydney Morning Herald’s Andrew West

October:

* “[Capitalism] is destroying the world. The world is in danger. Never has there been such disasters, hurricanes, droughts, torrential rains. Incredible! The world is dangerously off balance.”—Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

September:

* "Has Katrina saved the US media?”—BBC reporter Matt Wells

August:

* “More and more Whites are starting to understand the danger of Jewish power, and Cindy Sheehan’s mission against the Zionist’s war in the Middle East is one of many open doors to an increase of that understanding.”—US Nazi group National Vanguard jump on the Mother Sheehan bandwagon

July:

* “We want this to be a thank-you to the celebrities who are giving up their time and energies.”—Nicole Cashman, whose firm assembled goodie bags for anti-poverty Live 8 performers. The bags included Hugo Boss suits ($1,000), XM satellite radios and subscriptions ($655), Gibson guitars ($2,600), and Bertolucci watches (up to $7,900)