Knee-Slapper: Gibbs Thinks Congress is Burning the Midnight Oil Poring Over 1,924-Page Omnibus Bill

He's here all week, folks!

Don't forget to tip your waitress.



Via Bluegrass Pundit. Cross-posted.

'It’s The Death of Comedy'

Unfunny people who cracked lame Bush jokes for eight years have now realized they can no longer make fun of the president.

How quaint.

Ms. Conrad, 24, admitted thinking about the President Bush comedy clock winding down. “Biden says wacky stuff sometimes,” she said hopefully.

Dan Gregor, the screenwriter, volunteered for the Obama campaign, working on phone banks with many comedians. “We felt, like, actual ownership of the political process in some way,” he said. “This felt like the right way to cap that off.”

That sounds awfully sincere. “It’s the death of comedy,” Mr. Gregor said. “We’ve entered the era of sincerity. That’s unfortunate because sincerity is pretty bland. But if it makes the world better, I’ll give up sarcasm.”

Judging by his tone, not quite yet.

As for those of us who didn't vote for Obama, now the fun begins. We'll see how amusing the left finds things now.

Hot Air links. Thanks!

Detroit City Council to Governor: Uh, Could You Help Us Get Rid of Mayor Mac Daddy?

The comic farce in Detroit continues, as thug Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's future may now rest in the hands of Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm's office on Tuesday accepted with little fanfare a politically charged request to remove Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office.

"The Detroit City Council's request of the governor has been received, and it will be reviewed," spokeswoman Liz Boyd said in a statement.

The Democratic governor faces a tough decision now that the council has formally asked her to remove Kilpatrick, a fellow Democrat, for misconduct in a whistle-blowers' settlement [That and about a thousand other things...--ed.]. State law allows the governor to remove an elected official from office for a number of reasons, including when an officeholder has been guilty of official misconduct.

Granholm so far has said she wants to allow the criminal process to play out. But that could drag on for months, prompting the council to ask the governor to remove the 37-year-old mayor.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Tuesday's request is a critical step in the council's actions to force Kilpatrick from office. In March, the council approved a nonbinding resolution asking Kilpatrick to voluntarily step down. Kilpatrick has steadfastly said he will not resign.

Yes, those nonbinding resolutions always hold so much sway on their intended targets. Just ask the UN.

The latest action comes after Kilpatrick tried to muscle in on City Council power by taking over distribution of federal grant money.

“This is outrageous, ridiculous, patently absurd . . . a low down evil attempt to strip council of power,” said Councilwoman JoAnn Watson.

Naturally, the AP omits any mention of Democrats in their dispatch.

Thanks to Ace for the link!

Hamas Comedians Set Terms For Ceasefire

These Hamas clowns may have a future in stand-up comedy.

Hamas publicly set its terms on Wednesday for a ceasefire with Israel, calling for an end to Israeli raids in Palestinian territory and a reopening of Gaza border crossings.

Egypt has been trying to broker a truce that would also end Gaza rocket attacks against Israel by militants from Hamas and another Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad.

"There must be a commitment by Israel, to end all its aggression against our people, assassinations, killings and raids, and lift the (Gaza) siege and reopen the crossings," Hamas' Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a speech.

A ceasefire deal, he said, should be "reciprocal, comprehensive and simultaneous" and apply both to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

"We will not abandon you, our people in the West Bank," Haniyeh said. "Aggression against you is aggression against us."

There was no immediate Israeli comment on Haniyeh's remarks.

They were too busy laughing.

Meanwhile, some lovely leftwing activists thought outside a Nazi resistance museum in France was a good place to call for Israel to be erased.

President Shimon Peres encountered some not so pleasant left-wing protestors on Wednesday during a visit to a museum on Nazi resistance groups during World War II in the French city of Lyon as part of his official state visit to the European country.

Some far left activists held a demonstration at the museum where they dubbed Peres and Israel "criminal," called for Israel "to be erased," and said "the resistance in Gaza is legitimate."

Sick people.

Saturday Morning Slapstick

Enjoy.

Also at A Tangled Web