Topical Chat, September 19, 2007

So, I’m going to officially become a Godfather this Sunday … is it OK if I start using Marlon Brando’s voice to describe this?

1. On a man who is suing a local transportation commission because they don’t consider his Toyota Prius a limo:
“Some people should just never be allowed to see the light of day …”
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/sep/17/hillsborough-prius-isnt-limo/?news-breaking

2. On a national study that reveals that drivers waste nearly an entire work week each year sitting in traffic on the way to and from their jobs:
“However, the study did not report on how much time drivers waste while at work …”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3618391&page=1

3. On a woman who gave birth to twins instead of a single baby after undergoing in-vitro fertilization suing her doctor for the cost of bringing up the second child:
“The doctor should sue this lady for being born …”
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2007/09/18/4505865-ap.html

4. On a woman who is suing for the right to take her Glock 9-mm pistol with her to work ... at a high school:
“Hey, if the kids can do it, why not the teachers?”
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0918/p01s01-uspo.html

5. On Focus on the Family, the Colorado Springs-based Christian media ministry, endorsing a recent study finding that it is possible, through religious mediation, to change one's sexual orientation:
“Of course, they also endorse the religious findings that the earth is only 12,000 years old, and that God put dinosaur bones on the Earth to screw with our minds …”
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_6920041

6. On an actual newspaper headline that reads, “Uranus at its biggest and brightest this week:”
“My, you really have a big, smart ass, don’t you?”
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070909/LIFE/709090314

7. On the Internet auction website eBay withdrawing an unusual second-hand sale item, the country of Belgium, which had attracted an offer of 10 million euros:
“Ebay was willing to throw in Lichtenstein to the winning bidder …”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070917/tc_afp/belgiumpolitics_070917220743;_ylt=Av1OpvBic0Yf753WmEoQudGs0NUE

8. On the Goldman family wanting to own the sports memorabilia that O.J. Simpson is accused of committing armed robbery to recover for himself:
“Look, I’m in no way trying to defend O.J. – I think he’s a murderer. However, is it me, or is the Goldman family really starting to get annoying?”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_re_us/o_j__simpson_23;_ylt=AikMTKfyZxexTSllJC8UULIE1vAI