Day: April 12, 2011
No ‘Personal Ambition’
Michelle Bachmann said, “I’m a principled reformer,”
And not your run-of-the-mill tea-baggin’ birther.
But she must think we’re naive
If she thinks we believe
That she’ll really be a presidential one-termer!
Trump Gets All Creepy Over Vanity Fair Blog Post
I know far more about you than you know about me.
— Donald Trump, in a handwritten note to Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, complaining about a blog post about Trump’s presidential ambitions.
Republicans Who Say Obama Is the Biggest-Spending Prez Are Liars
The biggest spending president in the history of the U.S.? The answer is George W. Bush not President Obama. Never vetoed a single bill, spending bill for six and a half years. And then the Republicans sit there and say, yeah, but this guy is worse than he is three to one.
— Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY), in an interview on MSNBC.
Crist Settles with Byrne Over Song Use in Campaign Ad
It turns out I am one of the few artists who has the bucks and [guts] to challenge such usage. I’m feeling very manly after my trip to Tampa! Other artists may actually have the anger but not want to take the time and risk the legal bills. I am lucky that I can do that. Anyway, my hope is that by standing up to this practice maybe it can be made to be a less common option, or better yet an option that is never taken in the future.
— Talking Heads singer David Byrne, on a lawsuit he brought against former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist after Crist’s senate campaign used one of the group’s songs — “Road to Nowhere” — without permission in a campaign ad last year, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Terms of the settlement were not released, but it included a very unusual recorded apology by Crist.
TSA Gropes Six Year Old Girl – Having Won the War on Terror, Bin Laden Heads to Disneyland
ANNOUNCER: Hey, Osama bin Laden, you just won the War on Terror! What’s your next move?
BIN LADEN: I’m going to Disneyland!
