Office of Common Sense

I quit.

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:15:52 -0500

Share Your Ballot Online? Hang 'em High

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:20:48 -0500

Ballot photograph has voter on thin ice - UPI.com

St. Charles County Elections Director Rich A. Chrismer said he is seeking to prosecute the voter, who tabbed St. Louis Blues player T.J. Oshie, 22, as a write-in candidate for mayor.

“They may have thought the photo was cute but it was very serious,” Chrismer said of the photo of the ballot that appeared on an Oshie fan Web site.

Oh, give me a break! If the voter put it online, just chill out St. Charles bureaucrats!

What? Now We're Importing Nuclear Waste?

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:16:54 -0500

Plan to Import 20,000 Tons of Italian Nuclear Waste into Utah Approved by US Gov : TreeHugger

Ah well, it’s only Utah. They are all mutants anyway.

Next up: Chernobyl Water! You’ll love the glow.

Oh Yeah, She Loves her Tofu

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:46:53 -0500

Colo. rejects ‘ILVTOFU’ license plate - UPI.com

Officials said Kelley Coffman-Lee’s request for a personalized plate with the phrase “ILVTOFU” was rejected…

and STFUBIYOTCH = Saint Fubiyo Teacher

Chip Reid: When You Die I Hope Your Kids Attend Your Funeral

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:28:00 -0500

President Offers Condolences To CBS News Correspondent | Political Hotsheet - CBS News

The CBS correspondent’s dad died, but his Mom and wife said he should stay on the job in London covering the President.

“Because your dad would have wanted it that way.”

What a load of horse hockey. That’s what they always say.

Attention Oprah: It Takes Personal Invovlment to Keep Kids Away From Predators

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:04:55 -0500

O no, not again! Oprah’s school rocked by second sex scandal in 2 years

Did Cities Pay for Cops to Travel to Cop Funeral?

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:46:00 -0500

Did Cities Pay for Cops to Travel to Cop Funeral?:

Those were just some of the remembrances offered today as some 19,000 law-enforcement officers from coast to coast gathered…

That’s not right. If the cop union paid or the cops paid personally, no problem, but I know better. Common sense tells me no chief had the guts to say “we can’t afford it.”

You Have to Be Shitting Me!!!

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:46:00 -0500

Senator Orrin Hatch, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary’s subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights, is demanding hearings to investigate how the NCAA selects college football’s number-one team.

What a total ass-wipe!!!

New Tax Might Slow Down Obama's Bling Spree

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:40:29 -0500

Illinois Says No To Luxury Tax

The jewelers in Illinois successfullj killed a five percent tax on useless jewelry and watches that cost more than $20,000.

Obama’s favorite watch is a Tag Heuer which has some nice price tags.

No Common Sense in Illinois. But we all knew that didn’t we?

Next up: New York. Wanna bet the jewelers get there way there too?

Let's Set Aside That Pesky First Amendment

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:36:54 -0500

Nonprofit-status newspapers would not be allowed to make political endorsements

I got an idea, why don’t we let the brains in the newspaper business figure out their own problems?

Ford Execs Still Flying In BEST class

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:00:00 -0500

In a preliminary proxy filing today, Ford Motor said the private air travel will continue for security reasons and to “maximize” the time the executives have available for company business. Mulally’s family will be allowed to accompany him when he travels on private aircraft.

Yup, thumb your noses are US/U.S. you arrogant pricks. OK, It make some sense if execs are flying to places without scheduled air service. But they aren’t. First class still isn’t good enough, they want BEST class. Families too.

"Vice President Biden at Gridiron, on Easter and the President (whispering): ‘He thinks it’s..."

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:25:14 -0500

“Vice President Biden at Gridiron, on Easter and the President (whispering): ‘He thinks it’s about him’”

- Playbook 24/7 - POLITICO.com

They still don’t get it in D.C. (Distinctly Clowns), making fun of people will offend other people.

Obama offended people with special needs kids, now Biden offended Christians.

Make fun of yourself. It’s only Common Sense. You have plenty of material.

Obama! No More Than 10 Minutes on NCAA Brackets, Right?

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:37:00 -0500

Should Obama Be Too Busy Fill out a Bracket?* -

Not much harm in a guy taking time to fill out his NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket… as long as it didn’t take more than 15 minutes.

And he better screw up royally with his picks. Final Four OK, but he better not be picking the upsets.

He has better things to do.

UPDATE: This was an ESPN idea. So Obama spent more than 15 minutes because he chatted up the reporter explaining his reasoning.

Dead Legs? Every Once In a While Jab Yourself Just to Make Sure

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:08:19 -0500

Real Life Spider-Man: Paralyzed Man Walks Again Thanks To Brown Recluse Spider Bite - Geekologie

Docs get outwitted by Brown Recluse Spider. With all the new medical breakthroughs, this guy didn’t think to get retested to see if his legs worked?

Sears Tower: Sears Tower to become Willis Tower — chicagotribune.com Sears Tower will change...

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:04:22 -0500

Sears Tower: Sears Tower to become Willis Tower — chicagotribune.com

Sears Tower will change its name to Willis Tower under the terms of a new lease signed by global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings.

It’s the Sears Tower, it will always be the Sears Tower.

Dumbass Brits think because it’s on the lease that people will refer to it any other way?

Zap Car Doomed; But Little Town Doesn't Believe It

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:42:00 -0500

A new company has taken the reigns of the often-delayed ZAP electric car plant, and it plans to move forward with a project slated for Franklin. ZAP Motor Manufacturing of Kentucky, a start-up company based in Prospect, will take over the project after Shepherdsville-based Integrity Manufacturing closed its doors last week after it reportedly ran out of money.

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Five Years And We'll Be Back To Five Years Ago

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:54:57 -0500

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett tells CNBC today that the U.S. economy has “fallen off a cliff” but should be running fine in five years.

Common sense says this is a pretty safe statement by the Oracle of Omaha. Way to help reassure US/U.S. Uncle Warren.

A Skit? Does This Church Reinact the Cruxification?

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:41:03 -0500

“We thought it was part of a drama skit … when he shot, what you saw was confetti,” said parishioner Linda Cunningham, whose husband is a minister of adult education at the 1,200-member church. “We just sat there waiting for what comes next not realizing that he had wounded the pastor.”

There must have been some radical plays at this church for the members to think a man with a gun is part of the sermon.

Here's How To Win a Drug War

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:33:19 -0600

Mexico troops move in to retake warring border city | International | Reuters

Send it the army. Mexico is putting thousands of regular army just across the border from El Paso.

While our army is overseas being the police in Iraq, Mexico is fixing their drug problem at home with troops.

War on drugs? Not until we put our military into the fight, until then we’re just chuck pebbles at tanks.

Limbaugh Said It Right

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:16:59 -0600

What to Do About Rush - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

Why shouldn’t Republicans want Obama to fail? If they believe that he is wrong - and they clearly do - they want him to fail.

Democrats wanted the surge in Iraq to fail.

Limbaugh is right, why is it not possible to say exactly what you mean?

Because that’s common sense and it’s MIA.