CEO Compares Michelle Obama to a Chimp in "Political Humor" Email (Black Voices)Filed under: Celebrity News , News The CEO of Tennessee's Hospitality Association, Walt Baker, has joined the club of high-ranking public figures to hurl racial slurs at members of the first family. Hip Hop Wired has the full story: It was reported by the Tennessean of Nashville that CEO Walt Baker's e-mail compared Obama to the sidekick of character Tarzan, Cheeta. The message features a ...
Political 'Humor' Casts Bad Light on Tn. (FOX 13 Memphis)The C-E-O of Tennessee's Hospitality Association is accused of being more than inhospitable. He recently sent an e-mail that compared first lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee.
Capitol Steps brings political satire to Vail Valley (Vail Daily)VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - Literary classics such as "Gulliver's Travels," "Animal Farm" and even "The Prince" are understood as political satire. And, these days, all sorts of media, from political cartoonists and magazines to Web Sites such as The Onion and the Humor Times, exist just to chaff politicians. But nobody does it better than the Capitol Steps, with their musical bipartisan political ...
Editorial: Racist 'humor' fails to amuse (Memphis Commercial Appeal)Walt Baker, CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association, could not have been fired soon enough. This was a no-brainer. Mr. Hospitality forwarded an e-mail depicting Michelle Obama as a chimpanzee, perhaps inspired by Chip Saltsman, the former state Republican Party chairman who thought it would be funny to send around copies of a song titled "Barack the Magic Negro." Susan Whitaker ...
Some political humor – sort of – Hanks does Carville [Video] (The Inquisitr)I gotta admit that this isn’t the first thing I think of when Tom Hanks decides to flex his ad-libbing chops on this mornings Good Morning America. With a good bit of humor Tom Hanks lets loose with an impression of political heavyweight James Carville. I’ll let you be the judge of whether it was [...]
Former Telegraph columnist Bill Boyd dies at 74 (Macon Telegraph)Bill Boyd, the newspaper columnist whose everyman nature and homespun humor endeared him to readers and made him a household name in these parts for four decades, died Tuesday of cancer. He was 74.
Obama hails contributions of 'daring' women (AP via Yahoo! News)Crediting their role in the American story, President Barack Obama on Monday praised the nation's "daring, indomitable" women — including the one-time political rival who is now his secretary of state.
Chamber dinner: Community leaders honored at annual event (The Marietta Times)A good dose of stress-relieving humor was the prescription for members of the local business community during Monday's 95th Annual Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce Dinner Meeting at Dyson-Baudo Recreation Center on the Marietta College campus. Other highlights of the evening included the naming of Alice Chapman as Gabe Zide Citizen of the Year, and Janet Laraine Kidd as the Zonta Elizabeth L.
GOP Lawmaker Demands Recall of Car That Drove Him to Gay ClubSACRAMENTO (The Borowitz Report) – Anti-gay California State Sen. Roy Ashburn today demanded a sweeping recall of the vehicle that drove him to a gay nightclub this week.
Sen. Ashburn, a Republican who has consistently voted for anti-gay legislation, said that the car drove him to the club “against my will.”
“If we are recalling cars for [...]
Obama to GOP: I Will Quit Smoking if You Will Quit Being DicksWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – President Barack Obama today threw down a new gauntlet in the battle over healthcare reform, telling his Republican opponents, “Here’s the deal: I will quit smoking if you will quit being dicks.”
While most political observers expected the GOP leadership to reject the President’s offer out of hand, House Minority Leader [...]
Decision to Stop Making Hummers Saddens AssholesDETROIT (The Borowitz Report) – General Motors’ decision yesterday to stop manufacturing Hummers has struck at the heart of the group who loved the vehicles most: America’s assholes.
Across the nation, leading assholes spoke of a sense of loss and sadness caused by the decision, and suggested that they would now be searching for new ways [...]
Toyota Chief Overshoots Congressional Hearings by 150 MilesWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – The reputation of the Toyota Motors Corp. received another black eye today as the president of the embattled company missed his scheduled appearance at Congressional hearings after he overshot Washington, D.C. by 150 miles.
Toyota president Akio Toyoda said he was having difficulties with the brakes on his 2010 Toyota Prius, [...]
Tiger?s Penis Issues RebuttalPONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL (The Borowitz Report) – Just minutes after Tiger Woods vowed to lead a life of decency and integrity, the golf legend’s penis issued a furious rebuttal.
“Let’s make one thing very clear,” Mr. Woods’ penis told a select group of reporters. “Tiger Woods does not speak for me.”
Mr. Woods’ penis sought to [...]