Conrad in Nevada

326 days to go

"I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists."
—As quoted in Newsweek; February 28, 2000

"I must confess. It did confuse some of the folks at the Crawford, Texas, coffee shop when I was traveling around the country with Theodore Kennedy."
—Chicago, IL; May 13, 2002

Who the hell is Theodore Kennedy?!? Senator Kennedy's name is Edward, not Theodore. What a dumbass...

328 days to go

"Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious—I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well."
—Miami, FL; June 4, 2001

I highly doubt President Bush even knows what a hemisphere is. I think we should book him on "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" after he's out of office. He'd may even do as well as Kellie Pickler...

329 days to go

"I know how hard it is for your to put food on your family."
—Nashua, NH; January 27, 2000

330 days to go

"For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times."
—Tokyo, Japan; February 18, 2002

I can't imagine what Japanese citizens thought of this idiotic remark.

331 days to go

"I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an opportunity to urge you to work with these five senators and three congressmen, to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving. The power that be, well most of the power that be, site right here."
—Washington, D.C.; June 18, 2001

332 days to go

"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mential losses."
—At a South Carolina oyster roast; as quoted in the Financial Times; January 14, 2000

Did he mean mental losses or missile launches?!?

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How to Use:
The best way I've found to use techbargains.com is to use their RSS feed. This allows you to get the most up-to-date information at your fingertips in a format you are comfortable with. If you don't use RSS, then the techbargains.com Web site also works very well. It lists all the latest deals with the inclusion of thumbnail images. The deal listings include a short description of the item, price, shipping costs, and any rebates (if applicable). Lots of great information.

More Stores:
I've found many new online stores through techbargains.com and you can too. Just click on the 'More from Vendor' link on the main Web page and you will get all the deals from that store. This is a great feature and allows you to find other items in case you need to add more items to qualify for free shipping.

Hot Items:
One of the coolest features on techbargains.com are their 'Cheap' pages: Cheap HDTV | Cheap GPS | Cheap Digital Cameras | Cheap iPods | Cheap LCD Displays | Cheap Notebooks | Cheap Cell Phone. These pages aggregate all the latest deals from the normal listings and put them on a single page.
Another cool feature are their 'Find' pages: Find a Wii | Find a iPhone | Find a PS3 | Find a DS Lite | Find a Xbox 360. These pages aggregate all the stores selling that specific item--a great way to see deals on the most hard-to-find items.

333 days to go

"We need to counter the shock wave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates."
—Washington, D.C.; October 4, 2001

334 days to go

"One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected."
—Los Angeles, CA; September 27, 2000

335 days to go

"We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives—like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write."
—On federal education requirements; Washington, D.C.; April 28, 2005

336 days to go

"We look forward to analyzing and working with legislation that will make—it would hope—put a free press's mind at ease that you're not being denied information you shouldn't see."
—Washington, D.C.; April 14, 2005

337 days to go

"It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life."
—Washington, D.C.; December 21, 2004

338 days to go

"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case."
—As quoted by the San Antonio Express-News; Pella, IA; January 30, 2000

Is Bush trying to tell us something here?

339 days to go

"We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you like to be liked yourself."
—Florence, SC; January 11, 2000

340 days to go

"We got the best workforce in America—in the world."
—Washington, D.C.; December 2, 2005

341 days to go

"The Bob Jones policy on interracial dating, I mean I spoke out on interracial dating. I spoke against that. I spoke out against interracial dating. I support the policy of interracial dating."
—CBS News; February 25, 2000

Can't tell through the nonsensical Bush-speak, but Bush said he was "heartened" to hear the ban was lifted--about a week after he said he was against it.

342 days to go

"My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate."
—Washington, D.C.; April 21, 2004

Like, gag me with a spoon...

343 days to go

"Finally, the desk, where we'll have our picture taken in front of, is, nine other presidents used it. This was given to us by Queen Victoria in the 1870s, I think it was. President Roosevelt put the foor in so people would not know he was in a wheelchair. John Kennedy put his head out the door."
—Showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office; Washington, D.C.; May 5, 2006

344 days to go

"We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge."
—Washington, D.C.; April 20, 2005

Keep up to date on all the latest coal power plant news here.