The Water Cooler
“The county used to be a
little bit like the Yankees.
Its first response to a
problem was to throw
money at it.”
— Remarks by King County Executive Dow
Constantine in his “state of the county”
speech, comparing county government to
that of the chronically underfunded Oakland A’s (and the cash-infused New York
Yankees) as characterized in the film and
book, “Moneyball.” (1)
“Apple is facing a $38
million fine in China
because the word ‘iPad’
is trademarked by a
Chinese company. Apple
was nervous about owing
money to China — but
then Obama was like,
‘Ah, you get used to it.’”
— Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2)
RON PAUL COMIC BOOK
IN STORES TODAY — PAUL
SIGNS COPY OF COMIC BOOK
& BEATS ROMNEY!
— E-mail teaser from Bluewater Productions, touting
its latest publication, “Political Power: Ron Paul.” Other
upcoming comic book biographies from Bluewater
include the U.S. Army, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords, John Lennon, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. (3)
“Mr. Obama has seen the energy
sun rise and is crowing like a
rooster that he made it happen.”
— From “’Stupid’ and Oil Prices,” The Wall Street
Journal’s Feb. 24 editorial about President Obama and
rising gas prices. (4)
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