Upon learning that 1 in 5 Americans wrongly think President Obama is a Muslim, the Washington Post’s Justin Moyer found that one-fifth of Americans also believe, among other things, that socialism is better than capitalism, that states have the right to secede, that intelligent beings from other planets have made contact with earthlings and, judging from their acknowledged behavior, that it’s OK to urinate in a swimming pool.
– Sedgwick County should not repeat the mistake of setting a public hearing for its budget at the same time as a Wichita City Council budget hearing, creating a conflict for interested constituents of both governing bodies.
– The Sedgwick County Commission’s 4-1 budget vote offered the jarring sight of Chairman Karl Peterjohn, formerly executive director of the Kansas Taxpayers Network, voting against a tax cut (as he voted against the budget out of dissatisfaction with its spending).
– When he campaigned for the commission in 2008, Peterjohn complained that the county budget had “ballooned by well over 100 percent” since 1992. Yet he couldn’t name a single item in the budget that should be cut. Now that he has been on the commission through two budget cycles, Peterjohn is still complaining about spending yet offering few specific and substantive recommendations for cuts.
The following satirical headlines come from borowitzreport.com and theonion.com:
ALL U.S. WORKPLACES TO BE FITTED WITH INFLATABLE SLIDES; Could Reduce Job Stress, Labor Department Says
OBAMA DECLARES VICTORY, SORT OF, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, IN IRAQ
REPORT: STILL 12,000 MORE GAMES LEFT In 2010 BASEBALL SEASON
