Aug 29

john-mccainPHOENIX, ARIZONA – In a recent town hall meeting in the state capitol of Arizona, “Republican” Senator John McCain admits there might be stirrings of a revolution bubbling up all across the United States. The tip-off, McCain claims, was when all those grumpy people started showing up asking their elected representatives to actually write and read legislation before votes are held in Congress.

“My friends, this is simply astounding,” said McCain. “People are actually waking up to the fact we don’t even read this stuff and they’re getting cranky about it. My colleagues in the Senate have apparently forgotten that this isn’t 1996 anymore and it’s getting harder and harder to draw a senator’s salary for doing nothing. Nothing but screw things up, I mean.”

When questioned by an attendee what he thought about the political environment, McCain responded: “I haven’t seen this kind of spirit since 1776. Sure, I was only a boy then, but it was electric. I think we’re facing the beginnings of a similar situation right now. As I recall, that other American Revolution started with a Tea Party, too.”

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Aug 27

barney_frankBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – Long-time Democrat Congresscritter Barney Frank has been tapped by Warner Brothers Studios to be the new voice of Elmer Fudd in their upcoming biopic of the famous cartoon hunter called Elmer Fudd: The Weckoning. The film, which will explain the complex, involved backstory of the seemingly simple, much-beloved cartoon character–including his long-secret struggle with drug and alcohol addiction–seemed a perfect fit for Rep. Frank, who has often been accused of talking a lot like Fudd.

“I fink it wuff a natuwal fit,” said Bawney Fwank in a recent interview with Politics & Film Quarterly. “I have always had the gweatest wespect for Mr. Fudd and his welentless effots to shoot that wascaly wabbit. I hate wabbits.”

The film is set to begin pre-production in October and should be in theaters in time for the 2010 Elmer Fudd Festival in Twin Falls, Idaho. Representative Fudd Frank said he is looking forward to voicing the iconic character and plans to attend the premiere in Idaho next year.

“Except foh their voting habits, I’ve alway wiked Idaho. The shape of the state reminds me of a home-based business I used to wun.”

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Aug 26

bernanke smileyWASHINGTON, DC – Today, Christian President of the United States Barack Hussein Ali Baba Rashid Al Siddiqui Obama took time off his busy vacation schedule to re-appoint Federal Reserve Chairman and current majority stockholder in the Hair Club for Men, “Helicopter” Ben Bernanke, to a second term. The President, who phoned in the appointment from the links, said that Bernanke was good enough to continue to fill the position for a while longer yet.

Bernanke, weeping with joy and gratitude, accepted the appointment, praising the most benevolent US President for his enlightened economic vision, as well as his excellent taste in golfing attire. In a prepared statement, he mentioned how he was surprised about being offered the job again and that he was grateful to have a second opportunity to hyperinflate the American economy into oblivion.

“I took a look at the Weimer Republic of the mid-20th century and the current economic successes of Zimbabwe and I thought to myself: ‘why can’t America be more like these countries?’ I mean, quadruple-digit inflation may seem scary to some US citizens, but it’s really quite common in other parts of the world without indoor plumbing. I mean, it’s really the only way we can insure the middle class and the poor and needy will have to pay $6,000 for a burrito at Taco Bell,” said Bernanke. “So I’m glad for this second chance. Since the original TARP and stimulus packages didn’t quite get the job done and federal usurpation of the health care system seems to be in some jeopardy, it’s going to take someone with a printing press to get this done. I promised Barry that if he would just keep me on a little longer, I would make sure the Chinese pulled their investments and that our paper currency would be worth less than antlers on a mouse by the end of next year. Thank heavens he still believes in my vision for this great country!”

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Aug 25

Chris DoddWASHINGTON, DC – Senator Christopher J. “Chris” Dodd (D-CT) is feeling blue today upon hearing the news of the death of his senatorial colleague, Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy. Some who are close enough to Senator Dodd to read his emotional state described him as “being in a funk” or “feeling funky” since the Massachusetts swim champion from Chappaquiddick bit the big one.

“Just call me Funky Dodd,” said the disheartened Connecticut senator. “Sure, I’ve still got my sweetheart illegal insider mortgage deal going, but that can’t compensate for the loss of my friend and womanizing parter, Ted Kennedy. I remember the way we used to get absolutely faced on Cutty Sark and head to some restaurant where we would molest waitresses by making ‘sandwiches’ out of them. Now… I guess my sandwiches are going to have to be open-faced. Sexual assaults on women just won’t be the same without Teddy.”

In other news, Washington-area liquor stores are quickly diversifying into other product lines to make up the expected drastic decline in alcohol sales with Senator Kennedy’s passing.

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Aug 24

polar-bearREYKJAVIK, ICELAND – In light of the unsustainable environmental damage done by the Industrial Revolution, the internal combustion engine, and termite flatulence, amid other factors, the government in Iceland is bracing themselves to confront the eventual polar ice cap melting thingamajiggy that will completely render their island nation sans ice by the year 2004. In light of this impending problem, the Prime Minister and several other over-paid government types have begun preliminary market testing to re-name the country from Iceland to a more appropos moniker once the greenhouse gasses reduce their country from a majestic glacial landscape to a grody-looking lava outcropping in the North Atlantic.

Current favorites include Puddleland, Not-So-Icy Land, Volcanoland, and the Country Formerly Known as Iceland (currently the favorite according to Prince). Other names also under consideration are Abandondonia, Sealrock Central, and the Polar Bear Palace.

“It’s regrettable that technology has reduced our great land to searching for a more climate-appropriate name,” said Lars Sigurdssssssson, a current member of the Icelandic parliament, called the something or other. “I kind of liked ‘Iceland’ and thought it had a nice ring to it. However, coal-fired electricity has become a very harsh mistress, indeed, and when our land is finally devoid of ice and snow, there will be a great debate about what to call our beloved country–after the year-long kegger, of course.”

In unrelated news, Argentina has declared war on Denmark for no apparent reason. More details later.

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Aug 21

Obama's Mr. HappyWASHINGTON, DC – Today, following the rousing success of his succinct and insightful analysis of Washington politics, President Barack Hussein Al Sadr Obama pronounced the situation in Iran to be “wee weed” up, as well, along with a number of other things happening around the world.

“You see, the American people are a bunch of inbred, bitter, clinging yahoos that need to have complex issues explained to them in silly kindergarten terms that they can understand,” said Barack Obama, sipping mojitos from his private yacht. “Still, I insisted on using the words ‘wee weed’ because that’s the value of a Harvard education in a nutshell. When I use such erudite terms on the fly and without my trusty teleprompter, I just feel like building another statue for myself somewhere. Heck! Maybe I will!”

The Washington press corps was in thrall as usual, adding the words “wee weed” to their daily parlance and in their studied writings.

“Who would have known that ‘wee weed’ was such a powerful combination of words?” said Helen Thomas, rasping aloud. “Perhaps his eminence, Predident Obama, will grace with other Ivy League vocabulary to analyze the situation in North Korea, like “poopoo doodied up”, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as ‘goobie boobered up’. I’m all atwitter with anticipation.”

“It’s rare that a world leader with so little experience can manifest such penetrating insights so early on in his administration,” said Bill Moyers, taking a moment from smarming it up in the mirror to speak to our reporters. “Let’s just set aside the elegant word usage for a moment and consider that this kind of prescient analysis is rare in a national figure, regardless of their years on the job–or lack thereof.”

Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, upon hearing that the conditions in his country were wee weed up, commented that the Great Satan and its imperious leader could “kiss his rosy red bum bum”.

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Aug 19

Hillary Reads the Eye ChartNEW YORK, NEW YORK – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s star has apparently stalled out, stranding the aspiring megalomaniac at the #36 spot on a list of the most powerful women in the world, according to some random criteria made up by a bunch of bored people that you will never really care about. In their anonymous opinion, Mrs. Clinton is at least 35 places out of first, coming in behind such luminaries as Piper Perabo, Maya Angelou, Vicki Lawrence, Amanda Bynes, Winnie Mandela, Mrs. Desmond Tutu, and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

The ranking system, which was based on a number of factors, included such stringent criteria as use of the English language, ability to dress one’s self, ability to walk unassisted (waived in Courtney Love’s case), good color co-ordination of wardrobe, screechy-ness of speaking voice, arrogance quotient (AQ), and the all important lack of sex appeal category.

Germany’s Bundeskanzler Angela Merkel came in at #1 after revealing her cleavage to a number of the members of the voting panel. Apparently, she not only has the best chest in the West, but can out-drink all other comers, as well, including Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Abdul-Aziz Obama, and the hapless Queen Elizabeth II of England (that’s in Europe kids, right next to Luxembourg). When asked about her victory for the fourth year in a row, Chancellor Merkel just smiled and said “It’s good to be on top of the heap. Better yet, nobody’s even heard of my husband. Take THAT, Hillary!”

With that, Angela put on her traditional German Oktoberfest dress and did the little happy dance.

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Aug 14

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Aug 11

colonWASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Hussein Obama signed into law a temporary stop-gap measure combining his raging desire for socialized medicine in the United States with the amazingly popular and well-implemented “Cash for Clunkers” program, dubbed simply “Cash for Colons”. The gimmick with this program is simple, Americans will finally be able to make some money by turning in their old, inefficient colons for newer, more food-efficient models at their local doctor’s office or health clinic.

“This is a historic moment, indeed,” said President Soetoro, beaming quietly to himself as he twirled his official “Bill Signing Pen” between his fingers. “It was sheer genius on my part in that I combined the country’s need for health care reform with the expertly thought-out Cash for Clunkers program. Now, we can finally get those old colons off to the side of the road and let the newer, more functional colons lead us into a new age of unprecedented prosperity.”

Already, doctors are bracing for the tremendous spike in demand, purchasing new colons off the black market and from third-world organ vendors at various selected synagogues in New Jersey.

“This is going to really boost our business,” said Dr. Melvin Weinstein, who runs a small organ transplant facility near East Orange, New Jersey. “Colon transplants are going to be all the rage as all those unemployed American workers rush to sell off their old ones to raise a couple of bucks. In turn, we can re-sell the old colons to people in the third world for an excellent mark-up.”

Rascal Tymmerman, the first person to undergo the procedure at his local Van Nuys, California, doctor’s office, was all smiles. “This new colon feels like a million bucks! I’ll be able to clog it with all kinds of trashy food before dinner, so then I’ll feel right at home. Besides, the doc paid me $75 for it! What a deal! Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to grab some drive-thru food and pound a case of Michelob Lite before nightfall. Ta!”

While others are skeptical about the new program, they were systematically rounded up and sent off to a concentration camp somewhere in the Arizona desert.

Aren’t government and medicine a great combo, folks?

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Aug 8

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – In a surprise publishing decision that no-one would have anticipated, Alpha Books, publisher of the wildly popular “Complete Idiot’s Guide” series, has announced today they will also publish a new, companion series called the “Incomplete Idiot’s Guide”. When asked why they have decided to do this, Alpha’s spokesman, Lefty Goldblatt, said that they needed more money and selling twice the number of books would enable the company to achieve this goal.

The features for the new line of self-help books include advise for those who are not complete idiots and also books that the authors were not quite finished writing yet. Visit your local bookseller soon to check out the first three titles “The Incomplete Idiot’s Guide To….”, “The Incomplete ….”, and “The Incomplete … Guide To Origami”.

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Aug 5

ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA – Today, the Kroger’s Super store in Alpharetta, Georgia, let it’s inhabitants know that it was just not feeling up to par. Citing the unrealistic expectations of its shoppers and employees as a reason, the store intimated that it really didn’t know what was expected of it other than being “super”.

“It’s really kind of a weasel word if you think about it,” said the Kroger’s. “I mean, it conjures up a vague image of something positive, but everyone has a different idea of what that means. I wish I could just be a ‘mart’ or a regular store without having to live up to umpteen different visions of what a ‘superstore’ should be. I’m just not feeling it.”

Crisis counselors who specialize in these sorts of cases have been called in to help the store cope with its feelings of inadequacy. More later as the story develops.

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Aug 3

F_462521_tNYMSTPiexFh8IEBcvMJFCdRNpc4DADAYTON, OH – Tempers are flaring again across the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. According to a new report from the Institute for Myopic Statistics (IMS), nine out of ten Americans constitute 90% of the country’s population. The unusual study has been widely heralded as one of the greatest studies ever conducted in the history of great studies that have been conducted, sending the mossback theoreticians of the statistics and probability world scrambling.

“This truly changes everything,” said Dr. Otto Benhoeffer, lead statistician for the IMS study. “Just think of what people can achieve with this new information. Whole new avenues of progress can now be opened up for the betterment of mankind. The findings have stood the statistical world on its proverbial ear and I think that’s really, really nifty.”

While admittedly the IMS’s conclusions are revolutionary, there are many who were totally honked off by the discovery – namely, the other one out of ten Americans. A large scale protest one-tenth the size of normal protests was quickly organized outside IMS headquarters in downtown Dayton.

“This is totally unfair and discriminatory against the 10 percent not included in the study!” said one protester, brandishing a placard that read “10 percenters are people, too!”

Another person recited some home-made haikus in protest, lambasting the research firm for their narrow-minded oversights.

“We’re not gonna leave until somebody realizes that were here!” shouted a shrill-voiced woman dressed entirely in plate armor.

Indeed, what was intended to be a study to benefit all of America has inevitably left some out in the cold. How long will the protests last? Until 9/10 of the police force arrive and haul them away.

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