Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, November 16, 2008

President-Elect Barack Obama met with Hillary Clinton on Thursday to discuss the possibility of Clinton serving as his Secretary of State.   If selected, Clinton’s primary responsibility would be answering the phone at 3AM.

Sarah Palin told CNN this week that she would be honored to help President-elect Barack Obama in his new administration. Palin hopes she can help Obama govern as much as she helped him get elected in the first place.

Joe Biden was booed by fans at last Sunday’s Philadelphia Eagles game when he was shown on the screen.  Biden claims that the fans were actually yelling “Boo-iden!”

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BIG NEWS REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2008 - BONUS JOKES!

Big News presents its Top Five Reasons to Start to Boo at a Sporting Event:

5. Santa Claus arrives….without his clothes and with only one shrunken present for everyone to share.

4. “Please welcome your Los Angeles Clippers!!!”

3. After a particularly vicious slide tackle, a soccer player gets up immediately and resumes playing without any histrionics.

2. “With the first pick in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft, the Detroit Lions select Matt Millen.”

1. After the fifth inning, the concession stands start charging for extra nacho cheese.

However, if you don’t want to boo something, come on out to Big News this Sunday at 9 pm!

Joe Biden, who attended last Sunday’s Philadelphia Eagles game, was booed by fans when he was shown on the screen. Philadelphia fans booed Biden because he’s a person with a pulse. (more…)

Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, November 9, 2008


On Tuesday, voters elected Barack Obama the forty-fourth president of the United States. Obama’s first order of business: getting a new catchphrase.


Thousands of Obama supporters gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park to celebrate his victory Tuesday night. The celebration confused Chicago Cubs fans in the crowd, because they had no idea what it feels like to support a winner.


Barack Obama has selected as his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, whose brother is the Hollywood superagent who inspired the character of Ari Gold on HBO’s “Entourage.” By appointing Emanuel to the position, Obama has ensured that his administration will be just like “Entourage:” incredibly overrated. (more…)

BIG NEWS REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2008 - BONUS JOKES!

Of course, this week only one thing was really in the news. 

The mayor pro tem of Dallas and his fight against baggy pants.

When will you young whipper-snappers of the world stand up and realize that the way your elders did it is tried and true and will always work? Elders know better. Elders know about the benefits of suspenders and belts. Some of you listen. Some of you don’t.

When you talk to us of change and how things might be better if we tried something new, we tune out immediately. We’ve tried new things. Often times more than once. (Take for instance sushi. One time our daughter nagged us until we broke down and almost gagged and one time we didn’t read the menu close enough on the “Amazing Super Duper Salad” at TGIFriday’s which is topped with sushi - which I didn’t find amazing or super or duper.)

I just hope you finally listen to your elders, do what we have always done and find a way to pull up your trousers. Otherwise, what hope do we have for our future? 

With his loss in the election, John McCain is now mapping a new role for himself in the Senate. Experts believe McCain’s role will be to let the other senators know when it’s time for the Early Bird special at the Sizzler.

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Sarah, Plain and Blameless

In the wake of an historic American election, Governor Sarah Palin wasted no time in turning on a dime and leaving seven cents change:

“I don’t think anybody should give Sarah Palin that much credit…that my presence on the ticket would trump the economic crisis that America found itself in a couple of months ago and attribute John McCain’s loss to me,” the Wasilla Wonder said of her long-forgotten Vice Presidential campaign of twenty-four hours ago.

John McCain’s loss.

Palin exhibits no responsibility for her actions, ignores polls which prove her negative impact on the ticket, and quickly throws her “hero” under the bus to serve her agenda.  Who says this hockey harpy doesn’t have a future in the Republican party?  The woman’s a natural!

Sadly, for now it’s goodbye to Neiman-Marcus and back to protecting American’s northern airspace for Vladmir Putin’s head-rearing flybys.  By the way there, Gov, if Putin or any Russian jets actually do intrude on your snowy state’s borders, by golly you might want to crank up the phone and call President Obama at the White House to let him know.  That’s kind of an important detail concerning our nation’s defense, you betcha!

Does Sarah have her mascara-laden eyes on a national office in 2012, now that pesky McCain is no longer dragging on her $150,000 coattails?  Today’s polls asking who could best lead the Republicans moving forward puts Palin in 3rd place behind Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, two of a handful of prominent, nationally vetted GOPers who have already lost a bid to be President.  Losing as the nominated VP is the Webster’s definition of persona second banana, just ask Dan Quayle.

Of course this is also a sad day for Joe the Plumber, the GOP’s second fictional character trotted out in this election cycle to stand up as a cynical parody of the average American citizen.  But at least Joe has his publicist, his country music recording contract and his book deal to fall back on while he doesn’t buy that plumbing company he mentioned to Obama.  Word to Joe: don’t be surprised if those record producers and publishers suddenly become a bit slow in returning your calls.  I’m just saying.  That ding! you heard today was the kitchen timer and the national media set it for fifteen minutes.  No, there aren’t brownies!  But get your fork ready because something’s done, all right.

Now you had better hope that President Obama gets down to work fixing the economy and lowering taxes for average Americans since your club membership was just reinstated.  That is, when Obama isn’t bringing the “death to Israel” — that was your prodigious foreign policy experience proclaiming that gem, wasn’t it?  Maybe you can be Palin’s Secretary of State in 2012, when all our adversarial countries will be airlifted within walking distance of the White House portico so Sarah can keep an eye on ‘em?  Gotta watch ‘em like a hawk, ya know!

At last this stupid election is over so Sarah Palin can put that albatross John McCain behind her and get back to firing underlings in Alaska, since it’s not an unethical abuse of power.  Though you might want to get the hubby to put the kibash on that whole secession idea if you plan to run again in four years: you’d no longer be eligible for the U.S. Presidency.  In the meantime, I hear the Sak’s Thrift Avenue in Anchorage has some darling outfits on sale this month.  Dress for success in 2012!

McCain’s Straight Talk Goodbye

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The 2008 Presidential Election Nears the Finish Line!

(Written by Big News writer Reg Tigerman)

The reporting on the presidential campaign could have
focused on the candidates and the issues.  Instead, as usual, reporters
spent most of their time obsessed with the horse race aspect of the
election.  It all started on January 3rd, at the Iowa causeses…

AND THEY’RE OFF!

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Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, November 2, 2008

Election officials report a huge surge in early voting, not only in person but also by mail.  As a result, the current front-runner to win Tuesday’s election is a twenty percent off coupon from Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Republicans are warning of the dangers of letting one party control both Congress and the Presidency, should Democrats sweep the upcoming national elections. As evidence, Republicans point to all the years they were in charge.

In Massachusetts last weekend, Ralph Nader broke the world record for most campaign speeches in a single day after giving twenty-one speeches in twenty-one cities.  What excited Nader the most was that through his twenty-one speeches, he got his message out to twenty-one more voters.

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Watch Big News Episode 280: “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”

Big News Episode 280: \"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes\"

Since Jimmy Dore is returning as our special guest this Sunday night, November 2, we thought it was appropriate to post the last episode he guested in.  So enjoy this, and stop by iO West this Sunday at 9 for our Pre-Election Day show!

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Big News Report for the Week Ending Sunday, October 26, 2008

The Iraqi government reported this week that it is having problems spending its $79 billion oil profit surplus. Democrats urged President Bush to force Iraqi payment of war costs, while Republicans suggested blowing it all on Sarah Palin’s wardrobe.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress on Thursday he is shocked at the breakdown in U.S. credit markets. Greenspan expressed his shock by speaking in a dull monotone and making no facial expressions.

The New York Times on Friday announced its endorsement of Senator Barack Obama. In a related story, the Weekly World News has once again endorsed Batboy.

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