“Either today or yesterday, Barack Obama said Americans are ‘sick and tired’ of people ‘being rewarded for failure.’ Is he talking about me?” -David Letterman “President Obama has asked the Senate to cut $50 billion from the economic stimulus plan. Yeah, Obama says the government will no longer need the $50 billion once everyone in […]
In an open letter published in the New York Times, the CEO of NetFlix asks President Obama to raise his taxes. That’s right. He wants to raise the top federal marginal tax rate to be 50% on all income above $1 million.
This blog has reported previously about the “terrorist watch list”. The list has more than a million people on it — if more than a million Americans are terrorists, haven’t the terrorists already won? Or is it more likely that some of those people are on the list by mistake? You know, people like Senator […]
“The U.S. Post Office announced they could run out of cash by the end of the year. They said they’re in serious danger of becoming a bank. That’s how bad it is.” -Jay Leno “Aren’t you tired of bad economic news, ladies and gentlemen? Well, here is some good economic news. President Obama has a […]
There is an interesting provision in the proposed Massachusetts state budget that would prohibit state agencies from hiring lobbyists to lobby the state government. Apparently, in 2008 the state government spent more than $1 million to hire outside lobbyists to lobby itself. But what makes this doubly ironic is that at least two lobbyists are […]
“Very exciting Super Bowl on Sunday, and they said every seat at Raymond James Stadium was a good seat. Unless, of course, you were sitting behind Aretha Franklin. ‘Hey, lady, the hat. Take the hat off, lady.’” -Jay Leno “Right after Sunday’s Super Bowl, President Barack Obama placed a congratulatory phone call to the Steelers […]
“Happy TGIF. You know what TGIF stands for? The Governor Is Fired.” -Jay Leno “The Illinois State Legislature on Thursday voted unanimously to remove Governor Rod Blagojevich from office and barred him from ever holding public office in the state again. When informed of his impeachment, Blagojevich was so stunned his hair stood on end, […]
Jimmy Kimmel made MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell cry from laughter with his skit about former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s hair. You’ll laugh too:
PolitiFact is keeping a close eye on Obama, compiling a list of over 500 promises made during the campaign to see if he keeps them. With less than two weeks in office, Obama’s score stands at 6 promises kept, 18 in the works, 1 stalled, 1 compromise, and now sadly, 1 promise broken. When Obama […]
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