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Congressman Worries Guam Could Capsize
By Dave Thier - AOL News(April 1) -- At first, people suspected it might have been an April Fools joke, but the following story is not, despite all hopes to the contrary, an April Fools' Day prank. During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the proposed relocation of naval personnel to the island of Guam, Rep. Hank Johnson expressed his concern for the stability of the tiny U.S. territory -- not its political stability or its economic stability, but its basic, physical stability. "My fear that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize," the Georgia Democrat said, ...
April Fools: Republicans Say Obama 'Kept All His Promises'
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySomebody has to do an April Fools' Day number in oh-so-serious Washington. So jolly Senate Republicans stepped up Thursday with a web video declaring that President Barack Obama "kept all his promises." The ad, running 1:35, features snippets of Obama speechifying and a cartoon image of a guy riding a winged unicorn over a rainbow. "Our deficit is no more," a dreamy-sounding narrator intones, "and global warming has been solved by replacing cars with low-emission unicorns powered by the renewable energy of rainbows...and now he has blessed us with free health care, creating trillions of ...
Opinion: April Fools' Day Is Evil (Just Kidding, Sort Of)
By Dave George - AOL News(April 1) -- I hate April Fools' Day. Ah, it feels good to finally say it! Like the first time you told your friends you don't find Dane Cook funny. Now don't get me wrong -- I love a good prank. But having one day dedicated to pranks tends to bring out the amateurs, and it annoys the rest of us who pride ourselves on the appreciation of real pranks -- anytime, anywhere. April Fools' Day is to us lovers of pranks what New Year's Day is to lovers of booze. Consider: • A day dedicated to pranks gives perpetrators a free pass when a joke goes wrong. A real prank should require a bit of ...
I Call Punk'd on the Queen's iPod
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAll day long, Jake Tapper has been Tweeting about the iPod that Barack Obama supposedly gave the Queen, and the BBC is even in on the action. I say this is an April Fool's Day joke. Here are some of Tapper's Tweets: (you have to read them from the bottom up) AND also uploaded on Ye Olde Queen's iPod: Photos from Obama Inauguration; audio of Obama DNC 2004 Speech + Obama Inauguration Address41 minutes ago from webalso uploaded on the Queen's iPod: Photos +Video from 2007 visits to WH, Jamestown + Richmond, VA; video of her 1957 Jamestown visit28 minutes ago from webone more tidbit about ...
The Atlanta Journal Constitution Got Fooled On April Fool's
By Nathan Fowler - AOL NewsThat's a picture of an AJC.com sports story yesterday (click HERE for a larger version) announcing the commitment of running back Joseph Kerr to Georgia Tech. Unfortunately for the AJC, they didn't follow their own advice to beware of April Fool's jokes - as Joe Kerr was a spoof made up by the Georgia Tech recruiting and fan site The Hive.We all know that much of the mainstream media and large newspapers view the shady and occasionally distasteful world of college recruiting with some form of disdain and don't invest a lot of resources into covering it. They also realize the huge amount of ...
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