“Even less information than you get from USA Today!”
______________________
Texting or talking on cell phones while driving do not appear to result in a significant decrease in vehicle crashes.
Highway Loss Data Institute
Using a cell phone while driving can be just as dangerous and deadly as driving drunk.
University of Utah study
Maybe we should get these two outfits to collaborate on a global warming study.
______________________
During the State of the Union address, Mr. Obama’s economic pitch also differed little from last year, when the jobless rate was 7.2%. He offered a spirited defense of the stimulus, though the jobless rate is now 10%,
Well he did promise Change.
______________________
Rescuers in Port-au-Prince pulled a teenage girl out of the rubble 15 days after her home collapsed around her.
“What that shows to us is a willingness on the part of the Afghan government now to open the books, if you will, to show how they’re doing on their new anti-corruption strategy”
Mark Ward – UN special representative for Afghanistan
Jeez, that’s great Mark. Did you buy them Quicken Basic or Quicken Deluxe?
_____________________
Karzai Says Afghans Will Need 15 Years of Help
Probably more like 150 years of help but it’s only 15 years until Karzai’s retirement annuity matures.
_____________________
“Tonight, more Americans are out of work, and more are working harder for less.”
Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, August 2008
Recycling really works. The same line fits right in to the State of the Union address, January 2010.
_____________________
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that Israel would keep parts of the West Bank forever. “Our message is clear: We are planting here, we will stay here, we will build here, this place will be an inseparable part of the State of Israel for eternity.”
That should help reduce tensions in the Middle East.
_____________________
Democrats can avoid losing big in November. Although it’s clear that 2010 will be a challenging year for Democrats, they can prevent huge loses if they do what the American people sent them to Washington to do, like passing health care reform.
Former Obama Campaign Manager, David Plouffe
Uh, Dave. Hey, Dave! (sshhh, never mind… he’s sleeping)
_____________________
While with the C.I.A. in the 1980s, Defense Secretary Robert Gates helped channel covert aid and weapons through Pakistan to American allies at the time: Islamic fundamentalists fighting the Russians in Afghanistan. Those fundamentalists later regrouped as the Taliban and now threaten Pakistan.
What goes around, comes around.
_____________________
Pope Benedict has asked his priests to sign up on to the virtual world and make use of the influence of social networking sites to spread the word of God.
Good move, your holiness. Sexual predators would tell your priests the social networking sites are a great place to hook up.
_____________________
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Urges West to Buy off the Taliban
This guy doesn’t miss a trick. Fifteen percent for brokering the deal and he can retire early.
_____________________
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I plan my day around the Homeland Security Advisory System.
When the level is Elevated (Yellow), I put tin foil on my head and cover all my windows with newspaper.
When it’s High (Orange) I try to get high, too.
If it ever goes to Severe (Red), I’ll kill that barking dog across the street. The cops will figure there were terrorists in town who were hungry.
_____________________
“If you aggregate the last seven polls on health care reform, 41 percent support it and 51 percent oppose.”
New York Times
And, presumably the other 8% don’t give a shit. When they get sick, they just go to an emergency room for a $350 bottle of Tylenol.
_____________________
Brown’s Massachusetts Victory Fueled by Frustration with Washington
The Washington Post
You know, it’s penetrating insight like the above that’s made the Post one of America’s go-to sources for fish and chip wrappers.
_____________________
Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal said he’s working with lawmakers on a proposal for the upcoming Legislature to tax wind energy production.
If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street
If you try to sit, I’ll tax your feet
If you get too cold, I’ll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet
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News McNuggets
“Even less information than you get from USA Today!”
______________________
Texting or talking on cell phones while driving do not appear to result in a significant decrease in vehicle crashes.
Highway Loss Data Institute
Using a cell phone while driving can be just as dangerous and deadly as driving drunk.
University of Utah study
Maybe we should get these two outfits to collaborate on a global warming study.
______________________
During the State of the Union address, Mr. Obama’s economic pitch also differed little from last year, when the jobless rate was 7.2%. He offered a spirited defense of the stimulus, though the jobless rate is now 10%,
Well he did promise Change.
______________________
Rescuers in Port-au-Prince pulled a teenage girl out of the rubble 15 days after her home collapsed around her.
Obviously she made a deal with the devil. Ask Pat Robertson.
______________________
“What that shows to us is a willingness on the part of the Afghan government now to open the books, if you will, to show how they’re doing on their new anti-corruption strategy”
Mark Ward – UN special representative for Afghanistan
Jeez, that’s great Mark. Did you buy them Quicken Basic or Quicken Deluxe?
_____________________
Karzai Says Afghans Will Need 15 Years of Help
Probably more like 150 years of help but it’s only 15 years until Karzai’s retirement annuity matures.
_____________________
“Tonight, more Americans are out of work, and more are working harder for less.”
Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, August 2008
Recycling really works. The same line fits right in to the State of the Union address, January 2010.
_____________________
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that Israel would keep parts of the West Bank forever. “Our message is clear: We are planting here, we will stay here, we will build here, this place will be an inseparable part of the State of Israel for eternity.”
That should help reduce tensions in the Middle East.
_____________________
Democrats can avoid losing big in November. Although it’s clear that 2010 will be a challenging year for Democrats, they can prevent huge loses if they do what the American people sent them to Washington to do, like passing health care reform.
Former Obama Campaign Manager, David Plouffe
Uh, Dave. Hey, Dave! (sshhh, never mind… he’s sleeping)
_____________________
While with the C.I.A. in the 1980s, Defense Secretary Robert Gates helped channel covert aid and weapons through Pakistan to American allies at the time: Islamic fundamentalists fighting the Russians in Afghanistan. Those fundamentalists later regrouped as the Taliban and now threaten Pakistan.
What goes around, comes around.
_____________________
Pope Benedict has asked his priests to sign up on to the virtual world and make use of the influence of social networking sites to spread the word of God.
Good move, your holiness. Sexual predators would tell your priests the social networking sites are a great place to hook up.
_____________________
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Urges West to Buy off the Taliban
This guy doesn’t miss a trick. Fifteen percent for brokering the deal and he can retire early.
_____________________
When the level is Elevated (Yellow), I put tin foil on my head and cover all my windows with newspaper.
When it’s High (Orange) I try to get high, too.
If it ever goes to Severe (Red), I’ll kill that barking dog across the street. The cops will figure there were terrorists in town who were hungry.
_____________________
“If you aggregate the last seven polls on health care reform, 41 percent support it and 51 percent oppose.”
New York Times
And, presumably the other 8% don’t give a shit. When they get sick, they just go to an emergency room for a $350 bottle of Tylenol.
_____________________
Brown’s Massachusetts Victory Fueled by Frustration with Washington
The Washington Post
You know, it’s penetrating insight like the above that’s made the Post one of America’s go-to sources for fish and chip wrappers.
_____________________
Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal said he’s working with lawmakers on a proposal for the upcoming Legislature to tax wind energy production.
If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street
If you try to sit, I’ll tax your feet
If you get too cold, I’ll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet
Taxman
The Beatles
_____________________
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