Topical Chat, July 11, 2007

Topical Chat, July 11, 2007

All Star night … let’s hope Barry’s legs fall off!

1. On Pope Benedict XVI reasserting the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says other Christian communities are either defective or not true churches and Catholicism provides the only true path to salvation:
“This will probably do for Catholicism what Chris Benoit has done for wrestling.”
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/POPE_OTHER_CHRISTIANS?SITE=TNNAT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

2. Council chiefs have ordered an artist to tear down his work after he installed 10 random road signs at a busy junction on a main road – causing lots of traffic problems:
“So, which was the art, the traffic signs, or the traffic problems?”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=467469&in_page_id=1770

3. On a California lawmaker proposing a porn tax:
“If this country wasn’t so f-d up politically, this kind of tax might actually help to eliminate the national deficit in like a year …. AND solve the health care AND social security issues …”
http://cbs5.com/watercooler/local_story_191010059.html

4. On Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen spending $12 million on a 40-foot working replica of the Beatles' yellow submarine:
“This is around the time you might have an inkling that you have more money than you know what to do with …”
http://valleywag.com/tech/wealth/paul-allen-lives-in-a-yellow-submarine-276738.php

5. On President Bush's "approval rating" dropping to an all-time low 29% in the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll:
“Even Katie Couric is more popular than him at this point …”
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/07/usatgallup-po-1.html

6. On a study of Canadian fifth-graders finding they prefer larger portions of snacks and fast foods and smaller portions of vegetables than recommended:
“The same study also revealed that water is wet.”
http://www.upi.com/Consumer_Health_Daily/Briefing/2007/07/09/children_choose_less_vegetables/7054/

7. On a teenager who is responsible for 40% of the crime in his town:
“Wait, how old do you have to be to become mayor?”
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23403538-details/The+Asbo+teenager+who+caused+40+per+cent+of+crime+in+one+town/article.do

8. On New Jersey working on regulating bathroom breaks in school:
“Nice to see that they have finally received a 100% graduation rate, so that they can focus on the real issues.”
http://www.nj1015.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=7200&z=1