Local Politics Buff Pillows

'Hey, he's just some guy from the neighborhood -- and you know what Chicago neighborhoods are like!'

"Whether we refer to them as lakes or ponds, it's mere semantics."

"'I don't want war'. . . well, wither our translation program is broke or this president has a strange kind of humor!"

"I'm voting for Stephen because I cannot stand Katie's mother, she is so catty! Anyway-- how're your parents doing with the divorce?"

"A student skipped a model U.N. meeting – now he's claiming diplomatic immunity."

CIA report

"This is a neighbourhood vigilante area."

"Congratulations, Trumpism. It's ot often we initiate a new horseman."

Public Relations: Reputations cleaned and repaired

"... And to our friends in the Liberal Democratic party I award thirty pieces of silver."

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

'I don't think the employees like me.'

Presidential Pooch Meets The Press

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

"Moulting"

'As the government sees it, the U.S. budget would be fine if more deficit earners like you, Mr. Wald, go on the ball!'

Looks Like They're Finally Renovating The Toilet

"You realize, of course, that I'll have to make a big show of having security escort you out."

"...in other news: Google has been admitted to the United Stations..."

"Anybody who doesn't like our one-party system can go to Russia!"

Viva Belarus!

Pecking order.

'Look at this story... 'Jewish settlers are going on building houses'!'

"If you could just stop threatening to invade us every 5 minutes... that would be great."

"Our intelligence shows that everybody loves us."

Distraction.

'No way! To fund health, education and welfare, we'd be forced to tax oil companies!'

Obama punishing Assad

". . . And then the mob stormed the capitol and ran amok inside the halls of congress. . ."

Bad News

"Well, Sara Kalen is wrong – Edward Snowden is not a 'tattletale.'"

". . . We're being sucked into the UK national debt!"

Midterm election s results

"Ah, you'll be wanting our red tape department, third door on the left!"

"We've been campaigning for years to encourage central government to delegate more powers to local authorities..."