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Friday, February 22, 2008
A tourist stops a cop in D.C., and asks "how can I get to the White House?"Answer: "Easy, just go to Harvard and turn left."
Posted by Donald L. Luskin at 2/22/2008 10:47:00 AM | link
Thursday, February 21, 2008
A made on a motorcycle is riding by the zoo, when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the collar of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents. The biker jumps off his bike, runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch. Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl, and the biker brings her to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly.A reporter has seen the whole scene, and addressing the biker, says, "Sir, this was the most gallant and brave thing I saw a man do in my whole life. "
"Why, it was nothing, really, the lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger, and acted as I felt right. "
"Well, I'll make sure this won't go unnoticed. I'm a reported for the New York Times, you know, and tomorrow's papers will have this on the first page."
The following morning the biker buys the paper to see if it indeed brings news of his actions, and reads, on the first page:
WHITE ASSAULTS AFRICAN AMERICAN AND STEALS HIS LUNCH.
Posted by Donald L. Luskin at 2/21/2008 09:53:00 PM | link
Thursday, February 07, 2008
A Texas cowboy is attending a social function where Hillary Clinton is gathering support for her nomination. Upon discovering the cowboy is a Republican, she starts to belittle him by talking in a southern drawl, using single syllable words.While doing that, she was swatting some flies that were buzzing around her head. The cowboy says, "Y'all havin' some problem with them circle flies?"
She stopped and said, "Well yes, if that's what they're called. I've never heard of circle flies."
"Well ma'am," the cowboy replies, "circle flies hang 'round ranches. They call 'em circle flies 'cuz they're found circlin' 'round the rear end of a horse."
"Oh," she says, and goes back to rambling. A moment later she stops to ask, "Are you calling me a horse's ass?"
"No, ma'am," says the cowboy, "I've too much respect for cit'zens of New York to call their Senator a horse's ass."
"That's a good thing," she says, and rambles on again.
After a long pause, the cowboy says, "Hard to fool them flies though."
Posted by Donald L. Luskin at 2/07/2008 11:41:00 AM | link
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
1. Hillary wins the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States.2. Naturally, she wants to choose as her running mate someone with a lot of knowledge and experience in government and foreign affairs, someone who is a seasoned campaigner who could bring a lot of strength to the ticket. Who better than Bill, her husband?!!!
3. Hill and Bill go on to win the election in November and the Democrats maintain control of the House and the Senate.
4. Hillary is sworn in as President on January 20, 2009. The next day, after all the inauguration parties are over, she calls a press conference to make an announcement: she is resigning as President!!! Bill, as the Vice President, immediately becomes President!!! This is all perfectly legal under the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, for it states that "no person may be elected as president more than twice". Bill is not being elected for a third term but is merely serving out the remainder of Hillary's term---all 4 years of it.
5. But wait! There's more! The following day Bill calls a press conference to make an announcement. He has chosen someone to fill the now-vacant office of Vice President. Guess who he picks? Why, Hillary, of course!!! So she can run for two more terms.
Posted by Donald L. Luskin at 2/06/2008 08:51:00 AM | link
Monday, February 04, 2008
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.
3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country and who are very good at crossword puzzles.
4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand The New York Times. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie charts.
5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country — if they could find the time — and if they didn't have to leave Southern California to do it.
6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and did a poor job of it, thank you very much.
7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country and don't really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.
8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care who is running the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.
9. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but need the baseball scores.
10. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure if there is a country or that anyone is running it; but if so, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped minority feminist atheist dwarfs who also happen to be illegal aliens from any other country or galaxy, provided of course, that they are not Republicans.
11. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.
12. The Seattle Times is read by people who have recently caught a fish and need something in which to wrap it.
Posted by Donald L. Luskin at 2/04/2008 09:26:00 AM | link