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“Look, eight years was awesome,” George W. Bush said in a recent interview Tuesday. “You know, I was famous and I was powerful, but I have no desire for fame and power anymore.”
George W. Bush: Being president was ‘awesome … but I have no desire for fame and power anymore’
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Bush is so statesmanlike in his use of the word awesome. And not wanting fame and power anymore, well, thank god for that.
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“Sarah Palin hasn’t yet received an invitation to the Republican Convention…I don’t think she should feel bad. A lot of Republicans aren’t excited that Mitt Romney is going.” –Jay Leno
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The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
- Bombs kill 8 Afghan civilians, 2 NATO soldiers
- Attack on Israeli tourists kills at least six in Bulgaria
- Palestinians join Syria revolt: activists, FSA
- Religious Israeli lawmaker tears up New Testament
- Guantánamo war court holds secret session; accused not present
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Christians Ring Their Church Bells. Will Mosques Have Their Call to Prayer Five Times a Day? Just Askin’.
Muslims in a Tennessee congregation prepared Thursday for the holy month of Ramadan a day after a federal judge ruled they have a right to occupy their newly built mosque, overruling a county judge’s order that was keeping them out.
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“Have you seen the Olympic uniforms? It’s for the American Olympic team and it’s berets. To me, nothing says America like a guy in a beret. Look at our founding fathers, they all wore berets.” –David Letterman
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Republican Shenanigans
- Boehner, Ryan: Romney’s Taxes a Grand Distraction
- Ann Romney says husband ‘not quite there yet’ on veep decision
- Muslim rights group blasts House Republicans
- Lockheed Joined by Cheney in Push Against Defense Cuts
- Fox News revisits Obama’s cocaine use
- Mack Attacks the Media, Again
- Chick-fil-A president slams gay marriage
- Gingrich and Snooki talk strippers with Jay Leno
- Sean Hannity’s Show Is George Zimmerman’s Safe Place
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McCain Defends Hillary’s Aide. Right Wing Attack Against Him to Begin in 3…2…
Republican Sen. John McCain on Wednesday strongly defended a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton against unsubstantiated allegations that her family has ties to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, repudiating charges leveled by another Republican, Rep. Michele Bachmann.
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“Nobody cares that Mitt Romney is rich. It’s Romney’s inability to understand the institutional advantage that he gains from the government’s tax code largesse, that’s a little offensive to people, especially considering Romney’s view on anyone else who looks to the government for things like, I don’t know, food and medicine.”–Jon Stewart
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Rock-the-Voter News
- Morgan Freeman donates $1 million to pro-Obama super PAC
- Poll: White House race still even, despite Bain attacks
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Legal Kidnapping by the US?
In a controversial case that involved the rights of illegal immigrants and their young children, a Guatemalan mother lost her effort today to get back the five-year old son who was taken away from her after her arrest on immigration charges and put up for adoption in Missouri despite her objections.
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Joe Arpaio’s Trial Begins
The self-proclaimed “Toughest Sheriff in America” is facing one of his toughest tests. A trial begins Thursday morning in Phoenix accusing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of violating the civil rights of Latino citizens and legal U.S. residents. The class-action civil suit says the sheriff went over the line in his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.
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Business/Tech News
- Oil above $91 in Europe for first time since May
- Home Sales Drop 5.4% in June
- Jobless Claims Rebound After Sharp Fall
- China’s online population rises to 538 million
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“Well, Harry Reid and other members of congress, they’re just furious over this Olympic uniform deal. He says we should burn the uniforms, and it’s an embarrassment and a disgrace. Not as embarrassing as congress constantly borrowing money from the Chinese, but still embarrassing.” –Jay Leno
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Ann Romney on Tax Returns: The Mormon Version of Shut the F**k Up
Mitt Romney’s wife is reinforcing her husband’s refusal to make public several years of tax returns, saying “we’ve given all you need to know” about the family’s finances.
Ann Romney tells ABC News she thinks the Obama campaign’s attacks on her husband have been “beneath the dignity of the presidency.”
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A new study found that women’s IQs ARE HIGHER THAN MEN’S for the first time in 100 years. They would have found it earlier, but the researchers were all men. – Jimmy Fallon
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Please help me put food on my family…another pig would be nice!
Offline donation: Lisa Casey ~ PO Box 88 ~ Ashford, AL 36312
email me at lisa@allhatnocattle.net
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Odd News
- Penn State to rule on Paterno statue in 7-10 days
- Lettuce photo gets 3 Burger King workers fired
- Message in bottle resurfaces after 35 years in Vt.
- Police: Pa. mom changed her kids’ grades
- Oregon farmer buys hundreds of water beds for his cows
- Austrian farmer fined for ‘unbearable’ cow bells
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Time To Deflate Photo
600-year-old garments surprise fashion experts, who thought bras were a modern invention
Fashion experts have been surprised by the discovery of four bras around 600 years old in an Austrian castle.
The underwear style was thought to be a little over 100 years old as women abandoned tight corsets, but the linen versions unearthed by archaeologists date back to the Middle Ages, the University of Innsbruck said on Wednesday. I wonder if it came with a matching chastity belt.
