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Archive for the ‘Fun Facts’ Category

August 12th, 2008

The Potatoe Boogie?

Well, rumors that former Vice President, Dan Quayle, would be a contestant in the upcoming season of ABC’s hit show “Dancing with the Stars”have been quashed.
Reportedly, Quayle, now 61 years old, was invited to participate in the show, but has declined.
You sir, are no Joey Fatone.
The show’s line up will be announced on August 25th; […]

By maddy -- 0 comments

May 27th, 2008

Republican Veepstakes - Who will “win”?

MSNBC.com has a new twist on predicting the selection for Vice President.
The Veepstakes - sets up a bracket (much like we see for the NCAA basketball tournament) of political hopefuls/possibilities - each “candidate” is seeded and pitted against a particular rival.
Each participant can check out the biography of each “seed” and then pick the most […]

By maddy -- 1 comment

April 12th, 2008

Next year, the “occupation” line entry will be different…

…for President Bush and Vice President Cheney when they fill out their income tax returns.
According to CNN, President Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney have released their income tax information for 2007.
President and Mrs. Bush earned a total of $719,000 in 2007, which includes wages, a book advance for Mrs Bush and trust/investment earnings. […]

By maddy -- 1 comment

March 24th, 2008

Business Travelers, All Travelers - Buckle Up!

Having just returned from a whirlwind cross-country air travel extravaganza - with the requisite 2-hour delay in Dallas (in my humble opinion, the worst airport operation in the country) - I’d like to use this blog as an excuse to complain about some of my fellow passengers. Maybe these people irk you, too. Maybe you’re […]

By polrick -- 0 comments

February 22nd, 2008

Diplomatic Recognition for Kosovo

With the US presidential season in full swing and the recent political events in Cuba and Pakistan, Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. The US has long supported this move, and earlier this week, the US was one of the first countries to officially recognize the independent state of Kosovo. So how did that happen? […]

By polrick -- 1 comment

December 5th, 2007

Constitutional Fun Fact 1

The US Constitution, our second form of government (after the Articles of Confederation), constitutes the rules of the political game. Although it is a short document of only about 4,500 words, its 4 pages of parchment are filled with amusing little nooks and crannies that are easy to overlook as we skim for the most […]

By polrick -- 5 comments