We just passed the eighth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, and here is how much money we thrown down the drain on it: The Cost of the War in Iraq (JavaScript Error)
Newt Gingrich, who for all intents and purposes is running for US president, went on Fox News on Thursday in order to slam Obama for publicly stating his NCAA basketball bracket during a time of crisis (by which I assume Gingrich is referring to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan). But it is the strangest […]
Five minutes after voting to cut off federal funding for NPR, the House of Representatives voted to continue funding the War in Afghanistan. How much will defunding NPR help reduce the deficit? Lemme see, according to the CBO, it will save, hmmm, absolutely nothing. How long did Congress spend debating a measly $5 million in […]
“The situation is deteriorating in Libya and Japan and the stock market is collapsing worldwide. President Obama finally took decisive action. He named Duke, Kansas, Ohio State and Pittsburgh as his Final Four.” – Jay Leno “President Obama went on ESPN to announce his NCAA tournament picks. Or, as Japan put it, ‘Really?’” – Jimmy […]
We keep telling ourselves that the USA is a shining beacon of freedom, and yet, most Americans aren’t being allowed to watch Al Jazeera’s English-language channel on our TVs. Is it because of lack of demand? No — the three cities in the US where Al Jazeera English is broadcast have high viewership numbers. Over […]
The Tea Party promised to get away from crony politics as usual, so why is it that new South Carolina governor Nikki Haley just dumped a widely respected member of the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees and replaced her with someone who donated money to Haley’s political campaign? Students at the university reacted […]
Republicans are determined to silence the only large media outlet that is not completely controlled by corporate interests. Of course, they won’t admit to that — they claim that they are trying to save taxpayer money. Even though the CBO says that the move to defund NPR will not save a penny of the taxpayer’s […]
Two county-level Democratic leaders in Michigan are charged with nine felonies for forging election paperwork to get fake Tea Party candidates on last November’s ballot. If convicted, they face up to 14 years in prison. Curiously, it would not have been illegal for the Democratic officials to help get Tea Party candidates on the ballot […]
© Matt Davies The only thing heating up more than the Japanese Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant is the propaganda war here in the US over whether we should use nuclear power to help solve our energy needs. I don’t have the answer, but I do know that the arguments being made by both sides are […]
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
“Newt Gingrich, who famously cheated on wife number two with now wife number three, says he prays for God’s forgiveness. He also prays that wife number three never finds out about Vanessa.” – Conan O’Brien ”Newt knows that before he throws his giant hat into the ring, he has to explain his past positions — […]
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
So, if we really want to cut out unnecessary spending to reduce the deficit, here are a few no-brainers: Abstinence-only sex education. We have wasted more than $1.5 billion dollars on trying to convince teenagers to not have sex. Unsurprisingly, it hasn’t worked. In fact, since we started teaching abstinence instead of contraception, the downward […]
After all, Costa Rica abolished its military, choosing instead to spend the money on security, education, and culture. © Ruben Bolling
Don’t we ever learn? I mean seriously. First conservatives release hidden video of ACORN employees supposedly breaking the law. Congress responds by destroying ACORN. Then the videotapes are found to have been highly doctored and didn’t show any wrongdoing on the part of the employees, but oops, it is too late for ACORN. Then conservatives […]
