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Friday, October 9, 2009

News Morning News

Posted by Jen Graves on Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:42 AM

Obama Wins: Nobel Peace Prize.

Obama Responds: To be honest, I don't feel that I deserve it.

Bushies Respond: It's a stupid prize anyway!

And Now to Iraq: Getting out is hard.

And Now to Afghanistan/Pakistan: Deadliest suicide attack ever in Peshawar; 49 killed on supply route to Afghanistan.

Obama Not the First Controversial Nobel Peace Prize Winner: A history, from Elihu Root to Henry Kissinger.

Full Scale Terror Drill with 150 SWAT Teams: At the mall in Puyallup.

Death to Protester: In Iran.

56 Women, 34 Men: More women kicked out under Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

Will Women Be Let onto Navy Submarines?: One local sailor would like to point out it's a bad idea because "don't women have mood swings?"

Golf and Rugby: Now Olympic sports.

Liz Taylor: Tweets that her heart surgery went swimmingly.

They Crashed into the Moon: No word on whether there's water there yet.

Landslides: Very bad season in the Philippines.

Meditation: Helps if you're in jail.

Because friends should really, you know, stay current:

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I'm thinking more women than men were kicked out under DADT because they didn't give in to demands for sex from superiors. Does that make me a bad person?

Posted by Vince on October 9, 2009 at 9:02 AM

The MSNBC article about the show of force in Puyallup states:

Residents living close to the South Hill Mall were warned overnight about the training drill through a reverse 911 telephone advisory system.

What is that? I've never heard of any such system.

Posted by Phil M

on October 9, 2009 at 9:05 AM

What has happened to our world? Do they not see what Barack Hussein Mohammed seeks to do to our country, and thus the world? Is celebrity and good looks and reading off a teleprompter all the Nobel committee care about now? Are we all just a bunch of Paris Hilton's?

What has this man done to bring peace to the world? Bow to Muslims? Deny that we are a Christian country? Apologize to the world for our supposed arrogance?

Well, the nobel committee is dominated by liberals. That much is obvious. They did give the world to Gorbachev over Ronald Reagan when the latter did more to bring peace (by destroying communism) than Gorby ever did. As well as Yasir Arafat (???), and even the Worthless One himself, Jimmy Carter.

So who will win next year? Britney Spears? Beyonce? The Backstreet Boys?

I am crying for my country this morning.

Posted by Lord Basil

on October 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM

@3 You could never hope to understand such greatness. Your mind is too small.

Posted by Vince on October 9, 2009 at 9:12 AM

@1 is right, as CNN reveals today, and as a long time having access to military personnel files and charge sheets and their dispositions taught me.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on October 9, 2009 at 9:19 AM

I'm probably with Obama. I don't think he deserves it either. He may have captured the world's imagination and given hope like no other. But I think the Nobel Prize has to be about what you do- not what we hope you do. I don't think he's done enough to justify winning such a prestigious honor. I could see him being a candidate in the future, but it's a little early.

Posted by Jamie in Pittsburgh

on October 9, 2009 at 9:22 AM

Will in Seattle was in the military??????? Seriously?

Consider my mind boggled...

Posted by Keekee on October 9, 2009 at 9:26 AM

Hmm... Or perhaps jus' a public servant for the V.A.????

Posted by Keekee on October 9, 2009 at 9:28 AM

Keekee, you have to consider that Will is full of shit 99.9999% of the time; theredore, everything he says needs to be taken with a grain of salt. If you even take it seriously at all.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on October 9, 2009 at 9:34 AM

Wazzup, Wazzup, Wazzup wit u?

WAAAAZAAAAAHHHHHH

Posted by Meags on October 9, 2009 at 9:56 AM

Why does that horrible music video start with an animation of Discworld?

Posted by Cap'm Seymore on October 9, 2009 at 11:40 AM

Oh Lord Weasel, you know nothing about the process of Nobel prize selection so quit pretending that you do. But please keep crying your little eyes out, sissy.

Posted by McGee on October 9, 2009 at 1:38 PM