"The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl Sunday with President Obama rooting
for them in the White House. It was exciting. Arizona would have won but the
White House put together a seven-point bailout for the steel industry with a
minute to play."
- Argus Hamilton
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"Barack Obama's Kenyan half-brother George has been arrested by police in
Nairobi on charges of possession of marijuana. It seems like a tradition that
high ranked politicians have a brother than taints their names. Bill Clinton
had his brother Roger, Jimmy Carter and his brother Billy, and Jeb [with] his
brother George."
- Pedro Bartes
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Daschle Paid $220,000 By Health Care Industry
http://www.theonion.com/content/amvo/daschle_paid_220_000_by_health
President Obama's pick for secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle,
has received almost a quarter million dollars in speaking fees from various
health care companies over the past two years. What do you think?
Frank Watson, Loan Collector
"Daschle got screwed. Health insurance providers can afford a lot more than
that."
Leslie Adelman, Unemployed
"It's still not as bad as the $400,000 that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has
received from the geyser and hot springs lobby."
Rory Kasel, Travel Nurse
"I don't think that would conflict with the traditional health secretary's role
of failing to reform health care."
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All I Said Was....
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/crjsh/2009/crjsh090203.gif
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Members (and FORMER members!) of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms
like NASCAR drivers, so we can identify their corporate sponsors...
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"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do
anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco."
- Robert E. Lee
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"All day Monday, Cabinet nominee Tom Daschle apologized to the Senate Finance
Committee for failing to pay $120,000 in federal taxes. When he filled out his
1040 form, he thought $10.40 is what you're supposed to pay. Hey, it's an
honest mistake."
- Jerry Perisho
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Sorry....
http://www.cagle.com/working/090202/fitzsimmons.jpg
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"HHS nominee Tom Daschle paid up one hundred and forty grand in taxes after his
returns were examined Monday. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner paid up thousands
after he was vetted. The only thing scarier than getting a letter from the IRS
saying you are getting audited is a letter from the White House saying you've
been nominated."
- Argus Hamilton
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"In politics these days, a person is presumed innocent until confirmed."
- Gil Stern
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Just out.... Turbo Tax for Senators, now w/more deductions!
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Paying Taxes
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/tt/2009/tt090203.gif
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DASCHLE WITHDRAWS AS HEALTH SECRETARY NOMINEE
He follows withdrawal earlier Tuesday of chief performance nominee
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28994296/
Former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle on Tuesday withdrew his nomination
to oversee the Health and Human Services Department, just a few hours after
another Obama nominee also withdrew.
Both had controversies with taxes and cited distractions over that as their
reasons for withdrawing.
In a White House statement, President Barack Obama said he accepted Daschle's
withdrawal "with sadness and regret." ...
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"I screwed up. Ultimately, I campaigned on changing Washington and bottom-up
politics. And I don't want to send a message to the American people that there
are two sets of standards -- one for powerful people and one for ordinary folks
who are working every day and paying their taxes."
- President Barack Obama
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Maybe Obama's going to nominate every tax cheat in the country to some office
or another, and fix the deficit that way....
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It's Hard To Get Good Help
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/tmdwa/2009/tmdwa090203.gif
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"Nancy Killefer withdrew her nomination to the Obama administration because of
tax problems. Running from a job over taxes -- in Washington this is becoming
known as the 100-yard Daschle."
- Doug Austen
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MEMORANDUM
To: Anyone who sent his or her resume to my transition team
From: The President of the United States
Please pay your taxes. We kinda need them, what with the financial crisis and
the massive stimulus spending and whatnot. Thanks.
____________
PS: In case you're confused -- personal gifts are things like sweaters and
bottles of wine, and -- if you're really lucky -- maybe a Wii or Sox-Yanks
tickets or something. If you're honestly deluded enough to believe that daily
use of a goddamn Town Car and a goddamn chauffeur are a "gift," you're probably
too divorced from reality to work for the people of the United States.
kthxbai, POTUS
(via Trapper John, DailyKos.com)
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Vetting
http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/bs/2009/bs090204.gif
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OBAMA TO PICK FROM IRS LIST OF 'PAID UP' DEMOCRATS
- ScrappleFace.com
Just minutes after two of President Barack Obama's nominees withdrew today over
failure to pay their tax obligations, the president reportedly requested and
received from the IRS the official list of wealthy Democrats who have filed
accurate tax returns, and whose accounts are paid up.
Former Sen. Tom Daschle pulled out of consideration as Secretary of Health and
Human Services today after revelations that he didn't fully declare his income,
and failed to pay Medicare taxes for his limo driver. The president's pick to
be "chief performance officer", Nancy Killefer, has also withdrawn over issues
related to failure to properly file and pay taxes Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner, however, garnered Senate approval to oversee the IRS as a form of
"community service" -- punishment for his failure to pay $43,000 in
self-employment taxes.
>From now on, the White House said, the nomination process will start with a
>"white list" from the Internal Revenue Service.
"The president is all about change," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs,
"so, instead of finding potential nominees and then vetting them, he's going to
start with the short list of wealthy Democrats who have handled their taxes
legally, and then choose his appointees from there. It's like being
pre-approved for a mortgage before you go house shopping."
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"Former Sen. Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination to head the Department of
Health and Human Services. So now, the President has to find a Democrat who has
paid all of his or her taxes. So far, no Republicans have volunteered either."
- Joe Hickman
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So I guess Willie Nelson and Wesley Snipes are out of the running....
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On Feb. 19, President Obama will address the Parliament in Ottawa on the topic,
"Yes, We Canada!" He will be followed by Governor Palin, "Take a Hike to the
Klondike" and by Bernie Madoff, "Yukon, I con."
- Paul Feehan
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"I don't know why this stuff always goes haywire in Alaska. Here is what
happened. A little bit of trouble. Groundhog comes out of its hole. Sarah Palin
shoots it."
- David Letterman
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"According to a recent survey, 55% of Republicans want Sarah Palin to be the
face of their party. The other 45% want her to be the ass."
- Pedro Bartes
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"This weekend, the Republican National Committee elected their first ever
African-American chairman. His name is Michael Steele, or as he's known in the
Republican Party, 'the black guy'."
- Conan O'Brien
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"Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele has become the first
African-American Republican National Committee chairman ever. Black Republicans
said they were thrilled. Both of them."
- Jay Leno
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"Illinois former governor Rod Blagojevich became a national star last week
during his battle to keep his job. He was thrown out of office for trying to
get money he never actually got. That explains the incompetence count in the
articles of impeachment."
- Argus Hamilton
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The Oscars will be given out this month. There's a heavy favorite in the
category best documentary short subject. "Blagojevitch: The Golden Years."
- Alan Ray
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The Late Show With David Letterman, Feb. 3, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhtdBMOorDk
Rod Blagojevich: "I've been wanting to be on your show in the worst way for the
longest time."
David Letterman: "Well, you're on in the worst way, believe me."
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"This guy Blagojevich will not go away. He just came out with his own shampoo.
You may have seen this is the store. It's called Gee Your Hair Looks
Ridiculous."
- Jay Leno
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SHE GOT EATED!!!!
http://snackfeed.com/videos/detail/42ed8d98-3f98-102c-a525-00304897c9c6
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