The following stories were on the national news tonight and were presented with great emotion and oh so serious faces.
1. People with bad credit who were given home loans are defaulting on those loans in record numbers.
Why is this a surprise? They even did a segment on how to avoid foreclosure. A whole segment? Barring tragic circumstances, I can wrap up avoiding foreclosure in one sentence: Borrowers, don't borrow more money than you make and lenders, don't loan outrageous amounts of money to people with bad credit.
2. Terrorists are planning to attack the United States.
Yes. Yes, they are. This is what they do. This is the only thing they do. They blow things up and they plan to blow things up.
3. Alberto Gonzales might have committed perjury.
Might have? Might have? Alberto Gonzales can't even tell the truth convincingly.
3. (a) Oh, and by the way, the president stands behind him. That's another little "no shit" moment on the nightly news for you.
4. Cat is harbinger of death.
Okay, this one was good. To watch the video, click here.
10 comments:
I liked the story about the cat. :)
News anchors are far too serious most of the time, which is why I don't like watching the news much. I get most of my news from late night comics and The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
This morning on our local news show, one of the anchors was saying that it looked like Michael Vick would be out of playing football for a while. His co-anchor said, "Good. Er, I mean, "Oh, Goodness."" Hahaha. I thought that was funny.
The cat is an Angel From Heaven sent to help the ill who possibly do not have a relative close by to comfort them. That patient can feel Oscar's present and knows it is O.K. to go that God is waiting.
You know how I truly believe in Angels.
Why do they sound surprised?
I'm guessing thats a rhetorical question?
Jen - I love news and political bloopers. Most of them take themselves way too seriously.
Mom - I bet you're right.
Peter - Absolutely. It's all in the script.
That cat story was good.
Leslie - I knew you'd like that one.
The only thing more redundant is when the lead story is about how the network just won an award for humility
Lorna - Isn't that the truth.
I wanted them to send the cat to the White House. Just let him wander around ...
Jami - Hahahahah! I'm going to do a whole post about your comment. :)
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