Topical Chat, April 27, 2007

Last weekend in April … wasn’t it just Christmas recently?

1. On Massachusetts Governor's Councilor Marilyn P. Devaney being accused of trying to hit a clerk at a Waltham beauty store with a curling iron after the store refused to accept her personal check for a purchase:
“Maybe if she used the hair dryer, they would’ve accepted it?”
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/04/26/state_official_accused_of_assault/

2. On seven weapons belonging to Wake County's Special Weapons and Tactics team being stolen from a van outside a Memphis barbecue restaurant Monday afternoon:
“This can only happen in Tennessee …”
http://wral.com/news/local/story/1287484/

3. On two police officers pleading guilty Thursday to manslaughter in the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman during a botched drug raid:
“They were immediately hired by the Wake County SWAT team.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070426/ap_on_re_us/elderly_shooting;_ylt=AgSYVupNSp.yr7kBlq.Jk_5H2ocA

4. On the Bush approval rating slipping to 28%:
“I’m guessing this is the approval rating for his presidency, not on what he has provided to unintentional comedy.”
http://users2.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=evo-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117752895118782401.html?mod=politics_primary_hs

5. On ABC airing a live Atheist debate between Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort:
“Will they have entrance themes? If so, Kirk should come in with the Growing Pains theme song, while Ray Comfort should come in with Highway to Hell.”
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/385522925.html

6. On door-to-door cheese sales sickening 11 people:
“Um … I’ve heard of door-to-door vacuum cleaner sales, but this is really ‘cheesy.’”
http://www.theindychannel.com/video/13135057/index.html?source=

7. On predictions that gasoline will hit $4 a gallon this summer in the U.S.:
“So all those people that bought Hummers must really be proud of themselves right about now ...”
http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/26/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htm

8. On a D.C. lawyer who is suing a dry cleaner for misplacing his pants … $65 million:
“And I still can’t figure out why lawyers get such a bad rap…”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042502763_pf.html