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Friday, February 26, 2010
George Bush disses himself
Proving that politicians are always funnier after they leave office, former President George Bush cracked on his own reputation while talking about his book to be released this November, Politico reports.
“This is going to come as quite a shock to people up here that I can write a book, much less read one,” Bush said Friday, Feb. 26, at a Bush Cheney Alumni Association at a Washington hotel.
Cheney, who is recovering from a mild heart attack, did not attend the breakfast.
Bush, the 43rd president, said he is trying to stay out of the public eye.
“I have no desire to see myself on television. I don’t want to be a panel of formers instructing the currents on what to do,” he said according to Politico. “I’m trying to regain a sense of anonymity. I didn’t like it when a certain former president — and it wasn’t 41 or 42 — made my life miserable.”
Bush’s joke was apparently about Jimmy Carter, the 39th president.
What do you think?
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State to launch cuss-free week
Some Californians might have very soapy mouths next week.
The California Assembly approved a resolution Thursday, Feb. 25, that would establish “Cuss Free Week” there the first week of March.
The state Senate is to vote on the measure week. If approved it would take effect immediately, the Los Angeles Times reports, pointing out that the measure comes with no enforcement mechanism and is simply a means to promote greater “harmony and connectedness.”
You can’t ignore a ‘little thing’ called free speech, but maybe a cuss free week isn’t such a bad idea. Some potty-mouths obviously should clean it up.
More than 90 percent of people who responded to a 2006 poll said they do not think profanity is acceptable in the workplace.
The hope is that Californians will “act like you’re at your grandma’s house,” according to a blog on ABCNews.com.
What do you think? Would a cuss free week work in Ohio?
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Chuck Liddell and Heidi Northcott’s naked exercise voyeur video a naked hoax
Turns out UFC champion Chuck Liddell and his poker-playing girlfriend Heidi Northcott were not victims of a naked exercise-voyeur.
Instead, TMZ reports that a video of the somwhat famous buff bods working out completely in the buff bod was all a part of a lame viral campaign for Reebok.
The intentionally shaky 42 second video has been removed from YouTube for violating the video sharing site’s terms of conditions.
But don’t despair naked semi-celebrity exercising fans. CBS’ Crimesider’s site has posted the video on its site.
What do you think? Is this campaign lame of genius.
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