Tuesday edition - June 8, 2010

 

 

 

BP oil spill: Mississippi governor says press coverage is more damaging than slick
Telegraph.co.uk - Alex Spillius - ‎Jun 6, 2010‎
Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, said that press coverage of the oil slick was more damaging to his state than the BP leak itself.


 

Obama's learning 'whose ass to kick' in oil mess

Is President Obama bowing to criticism that he hasn't shown enough emotion and outrage about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? In an interview with the "Today" show's Matt Lauer on Tuesday morning, the president offered his bluntest response yet about the disaster,

Taylor’s take on Barbour
During a tour of BP’s primary equipment staging area on Monday, U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor fielded questions about Gov. Haley Barbour’s no-show at President Obama’s visit to the Gulf Coast last week.
“I think it would have been more important for the governor to be down here dealing with the president than up in N.Y., but that’s just my opinion,” Taylor said.

 

The governor of Mississippi, Haley Barbour, a Republican from Marbles-in-his-Mouth, Mississippi says it's all good to come on down to their beaches. Yeah, I believe him as much as I believed the EPA Administrator, Christie Whitman, when she said the air was fit to breathe in NYC after 9-11.

 

 

"After 40 years, Al and Tipper Gore have split up. Nobody knows why, but there is a rumor today that Al came home early last week and found another man's carbon footprints." –Bill Maher
 

The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam

UN Kicked Out Of Libya

 

The U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday it is being expelled from Libya without explanation despite being responsible for registering thousands of refugees in the North African country.

 

Haley’s Barbaric Attitude
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Don’t worry, be happy, says Haley,
In spite of the news we get daily.
Just ignore the press squeal.
The spill’s no big deal.
Must be nice to view crises so gaily.

 

 


 

 

Disturbing News

US Weapons Are Everywhere

 

Cairo - An Amnesty International report released today has found that US weapons were involved in a December attack on suspected Al Qaeda members in Yemen

 

 

"The alarming thing is that the numbers say that a lot of people have just given up looking for work entirely. And Obama tried to lift people's spirits today. He said, 'It could be worse, you could be a pelican.'" –Bill Maher
 

 

 

Republicans Caring For Your Health

 

A look at what Christie Whitman said in the days after 9/11 about environmental dangers at Ground Zero.


Sept. 13, 2001 "EPA is greatly relieved to have learned that there appears to be no significant levels of asbestos dust in the air in New York City."


Sept. 14, 2001 "The good news continues to be that air samples we have taken have all been at levels that cause no concern."


Sept. 16, 2001 "There is no reason for concern."


Sept. 18, 2001 "Given the scope of the tragedy from last week, I am glad to reassure the people of New York and Washington, D.C., that their air is safe to breathe and their water is safe to drink."
 

 

 

Republican-Shenanigans News

 

"Rush Limbaugh is getting married this weekend for the fourth time … It's a traditional wedding. Well, not that traditional. They say instead of throwing rice, throw Vicodin." –Bill Maher

 

 

 

Rock-The-Voter News

 

"President Obama today met with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to talk about illegal immigration. Governor Brewer surprised everyone in this meeting by having the President deported." –Jimmy Kimmel
 

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Biz-Tech News

 

"BP was kind of bragging about it today … the top hat. Oh yeah, they put a top hat on it, was collecting about 6% of the oil. Yes, they found a solution that stops as much oil as the margin of error. It lets 94% of the oil through. It was built by the same people who built the Mexican border fence." –Bill Maher
 

Investors Don't Like BP

 

Investors pummeled shares of oil drillers and BP on Tuesday, as President Obama talked tough about dealing with the worst oil spill in the nation's history.

 

 

 

Bush Does Express ONE Regret Over Waterboarding

By Don Davis

 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

 

"They came out with this jobs report. This is terrible, all the new jobs it turns out are Census jobs, temporary Census jobs. The bright side: Those skill you learn as a Census taker going door to door, could launch a lucrative career as a Jehovah's Witness." –Bill Maher
 

 

Go-F**k-Yourself News

 

"A very romantic moment at the White House yesterday. Did you see Paul McCartney? He sang Michelle to Michelle Obama. That went over great. But then his other choice of songs, in light of what's going on with the President, he sang, 'Fixing a Hole,' 'Octopus' Garden, ''Yellow Submarine.'" –Bill Maher
 

 

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Thank you Kim!

 

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Odd News

 

To Help You Deflate Photo

 

 

 

A pregnant woman with her belly painted attends an event to celebrate "Healthy Maternity Week" in Lima, Peru, May 21, 2010. More than 250 pregnant women participated in a dancing competition organized by a public hospital to encourage a healthy maternity.
Photo/Enrique Castro-Mendivil

 

Peace.

 

 

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