“Tomorrow night, President Obama will give his State of the Union address. The White House says the speech will focus on American jobs. So, I guess he’s going to talk a lot about India.” – Jay Leno “Focus on jobs. This is going to be the shortest speech in history. ‘Hey, there aren’t any. Thank […]
Three new studies from Tufts University show that we can generally identify people as either Republican or Democrat simply by looking at photos of their faces! Subjects were able to identify the political party of US Senate candidates from previous elections based on black and white photos of their faces. But even more amazing, subjects […]
I guess there is a reason why we use the word “free” to mean two different things. Or as the geeks like to put it, there is “free as in freedom, or free as in beer”. But I get the feeling that free speech just got a lot more expensive. © Ben Sargent
© Steve Sack Republicans hypocritically oppose Obama’s balanced budget law, which he proposed in the state of the Union address: The Senate took a vote on requiring Congress not to pass legislation that it can’t pay for. All 40 Republicans voted no. A similar rule was in place during the Clinton era, when the deficit […]
Since when is one parent complaining about a book enough to get it pulled from schools? In seemingly unrelated incidents, a Virginia school district has yanked Anne Frank’s famous diary off its curriculum and shelves, because of a short passage about genitalia: There are little folds of skin all over the place, you can hardly […]
Jon Stewart points out the ridiculousness of Democrats trying to please the Republicans: My favorite part was the “Descent of the Democrats”.
In a wonderfully ironic twist on the recent Supreme Court ruling, an actual corporation has announced it is running for Congress. Why not? If corporations have all the rights of people, why can’t they run for public office? Murray Hill even have an “official” campaign website, so it must be real! Watch their campaign video: […]
“John McCain’s wife and her daughter, Meghan, have posed for pictures endorsing gay marriage here in California, although Senator McCain – well, he’s still very traditional. He believes marriage should be between an older man and a really hot-looking younger woman.” – Jay Leno “Actually, I saw John McCain today. He and John Edwards were […]
I keep giggling over the latest post from Andy Borowitz: Instant Poll: 90% of Republicans Who Did Not See Obama’s Speech Disagree With It WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address has already gotten a big thumbs-down from one key group of voters: Republicans who did not see the […]
© Larry Wright As I pointed out yesterday, the downside for corporations of making it legal for them to spend unlimited amounts of money on electioneering, is that their competitors will be doing the same thing.
“The Supreme Court today ruled in a five votes to four decision that corporations can now spend as much as they want on political campaigns. In other words, if Exxon or Dow wants to support a candidate, they can give him or her as much money as they want. I can’t see that having any […]
I’ve been reading arguments in favor of the Supreme Court decision removing restrictions on political speech by corporations. Some of these arguments come from people or groups I trust, so I was curious to see if they could change my mind about the decision. First, I should explain that I am not against the Supreme […]
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