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podcat
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Posted - 11/30/2010 :  21:00:16  Show Profile Send podcat a Private Message  Reply with Quote
This is the first of a series from The Rachel Maddow Show. Hopefully it will be appropriate in this particular forum.

"What's my function?" 11/9/10

True or False:

1. Nicaragua accidentally invaded Costa Rica.

2. Kentucky senator-elect Rand Paul opposes earmarks.

3. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave an interview in which she discussed the propensity of Americans to spend our days wrestling and wearing bikinis.

4. The head of the Burger King mascot looks a lot like the head of the world's tallest Jesus statue being erected in Poland.

5. It is morning in America (that is, in the political ad Sarah Palin released after the election, the sun is rising over the Statue of Liberty).

6. When President Obama was a child in Indonesia, he had a nanny who was openly gay and went on to play on a trans-gendered volleyball team.

7. A missile was launched off the coast of Southern California.

Answers to 1-6: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#40099929

Answer to 7: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#40099970



“In a modern...society, everybody has the absolute right to believe whatever they damn well please, but they don't have the same right to be taken seriously”.

-Barry Williams, co-founder, Australian Skeptics

podcat
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Posted - 11/30/2010 :  21:24:00   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send podcat a Private Message  Reply with Quote
"What's my function?" 11/10/10

True or False:

1. The Republican who was elected governor of Florida paid his campaign staffers with American Express gift cards.

2. After its' bailout, GM not only survived but is thriving and is in excellent financial health.

3. The real problem with the Obama administration is they are sending the deficit skyrocketing.

4. First Lady Michelle Obama forced an Indonesian minister to break his religious custom by shaking hands.

5. The 9/12 Project wants the Virginia government to print license plates with the motto "Don't Tread On Me".

Answers: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#40120979

“In a modern...society, everybody has the absolute right to believe whatever they damn well please, but they don't have the same right to be taken seriously”.

-Barry Williams, co-founder, Australian Skeptics
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