Tuesday, September 1, 2009

8/13/09

More news from these town hall meetings on healthcare: Republican Senator Chuck Grassley told an Iowa crowd yesterday that they were correct to fear that the government would “pull the plug on grandma.” When Joe Biden heard this he said, “Plugs? What plugs? I don’t knowanything about plugs.”

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said at his town hall yesterday inIowa that President Obama’s health care plan could mean “pulling theplug on grandma.” After he said it, an elderly woman shouted, “Yeah, just try to catch me!” And then sped off in her Jazzy Scooter.

This electric car one-upsmanship is crazy – first GM said the Chevy Volt would get 230 mpg, and yesterday Nissan announced their electriccar – The Leaf – would get 367 mpg… Then Toyota was like our new electric car has a “Flux Capacitor”… It’s crazy.

A new federal report finds that NASA doesn’t have the $800 million it needs to track asteroids that pose a threat to Earth. But don’t worry: NASA officials plan to ask Obama if old space shuttles count as “Clunkers.”

Heidi Montag – star of “The Hills” – says she used Playboy magazine toshop for the perfect breasts when she got implants back in 2007 –which is odd because Heidi always struck me as someone who only checked out Playboy for the articles?

A Muslim woman in Paris was banned from going to a pool because shewas wearing a “burquini” – a swimsuit that covers the entire body. Oooooh so that’s what you call that thing Michael Phelps swims in, a “Burquini.” – I didn’t know he was religious.

A new study from the University of Massachusetts finds that, when we talk to strangers, we lie about 3 times every 10 minutes. The study also found that when Republican Senators talk to their wives they lie about 10 times every 3 minutes.

Police in Florida are trying to figure out who left 60 pounds of cocaine, worth $1 million, on a busy sidewalk. My guess is, AmyWinehouse.

Kiefer Sutherland has been named the highest paid TV actor, earning $550,000 for each episode of “24”. That’s like a hundred grand forevery, “Dammit!”

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