Today's Jokes by Wendel Potter

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Arizona is threatening to cut off electricity to Los Angeles if LA continues its boycott.   Now that's pretty scary when your electricity comes from a state that's already in the dark.

Arizona is thinking about cutting off its own electricity this weekend.  They figure the Suns have a better shot at beating the Lakers if they play in the dark.

In Philadelphia,  Independence Hall was evacuated after a guard found a balloon filled with a white powder.   And earlier, that same guard found crack in the Liberty Bell.

Yesterday, while President Obama was speaking in the Rose Garden, a rodent scurried past the president's podium.  Obama was announcing the end of the Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul package.  The rodent turned out to be a Wall Street executive trying to flee a sinking ship.

I'm not sure why that rat got so much media coverage.  A rat in Washington is not news.


According to USA Today, the rate of jobless claims fell in 34 states.  Coincidentally, in those same states, the death rate among working age citizens is up.




Rand Paul said today that President Obama's criticism of British Petroleum is un-American.  Isn't criticism of the British the way we became Americans in the first place?