Political Shorts – 12/3/10

Congress passed a bill that prevents advertisers from raising the volume of TV commercials to catch viewer’s attention. Next year it hopes to add a provision that requires Keith Olbermann to sit further away from his microphone.

Charlie Rangel was officially censured for misconduct by Congress yesterday. The house also voted to call all future ethics violations “Pulling a Rangel.”

Christine O’Donnell has signed a deal to write a book. She said, “I’ve never written a book, but what the heck, neither did Harry Potter.”

John McCain has called the study that recommends gays be allowed in the military flawed. He complained, “It didn’t even ask servicemen if they watch the Tony Awards.”

According to a new study, members of the congressional Tea Party caucus are linked to $1 billion in earmarks. As one congressman explained, “We’re just purging.”

Some of my best friends should be deported

Arizona may enact one of the toughest laws in the nation against illegal immigrants. It would, among other things, require police to question people about their immigration status if there is reason to suspect they are illegal.
But it doesn’t stop there. In addition, any person can be arrested for:

• Resembling Edward James Olmos
• Correctly pronouncing “salsa”
• Singing “Quantanamera” while mowing a lawn
• TiVoing “Lopez Tonight”
• Knowingly hiring a mariachi band
• Referring to Sen. John McCain as “antiguo pedo“

Sen. McCain: “Get your own damn colonoscopy!”

Sen. John McCain, a life-long recipient of government health care, complained about the “government takeover” of health care on ABC’s “Good Morning America” – proving once again that one man’s Maverick-care is another man’s wasteful government-mandated medical plan.