Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) delivers a smack-down on a Republican bill that attempts to repeal the scientific finding that pollution is harmful. But the real question is whether the people he was slamming even understood anything he was saying. [Thanks to Blue Girl]
Just in case there is any doubt about what is really going on in Wisconsin, here’s a quote from Republican Scott Fitzgerald, who is the majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate: If we win this battle, and the money is not there under the auspices of the unions, certainly what you’re going to find is […]
An Arizona man was arrested for attempting to bring a pitchfork into a county supervisor’s building in February. The judge acquitted him, stating that the county manager’s decision “allowing members of the public with holstered handguns access to the building but denying access to the defendant because he had a holstered pitchfork was arbitrary, capricious […]
“Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is a man who cheated on his first wife and left her while she was in bed with cancer. Then he cheated on his second wife with his current, third wife. I don’t think actual newts are this slimy.” – Bill Maher “In a new interview, Newt Ginrich […]
Buried in the budget cuts the Republicans are demanding is a 28% cut to the National Weather Service, including the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Inconveniently for the GOP, nature seems to be drawing attention to what these cuts may actually mean. In addition to saving lives when something like today’s Japanese tsunami occurs, accurate weather […]
Congressman Peter King (R-NY) held hearings yesterday on “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response”. We will ignore, for the moment, the question of just what possible good could come from hearings that seem designed to further antagonize and demonize the Muslim community in the US. No, what’s really […]
In what some are calling “one of the strangest, most dumb-founding ironies in contemporary American culture“, a new survey shows that White Evangelical Christians as a group reject politicians and policies that reflect the actual teachings of Jesus. For example, Jesus preached that mercy and forgiveness are cardinal virtues of the Christian faith. And yet […]
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© Ted Rall We’ve done a spectacularly bad job of “helping” countries like Iraq and Afghanistan transition to democracy. I for one am glad that we are staying fairly hands off with countries like Egypt and Libya. But it is ironic that the same conservatives who used to denounce “nation building” are now attacking Obama […]
“The Libyan rebels this week kind of hinted to the United States that they could use a little help. Right. Like, America would just blunder around the Middle East killing people without all the facts. That doesn’t sound like the America I know.” – Bill Maher “I don’t think Khadafi gets it, because half the […]
© August J. Pollak Pena also said that if Riddle’s bill passes without the exception “With things as they are today, her bill will see a large segment of the Texas population in prison.” A spokesperson for Riddle claims that the exception was to avoid “stifling the economic engine” in Texas. Have these people become […]
“Gov. Scott Walker’s dispute with Wisconsin’s labor unions is making him unpopular with his constituents, who feel like he’s attacking his own people. That’s not good, because the only other guy doing that right now is Moammar Gadhafi.” – Jay Leno “Protests continue in Libya. It was reported that most of the protests are being […]
© Joel Pett I just had a bizarre thought — wouldn’t the GOP be better off if they just ran God for president? After all, the Republicans already worship Reagan as if he were a mythological being.
“The Senate has sent President Obama a spending bill that gives the government enough money to keep going for two weeks. Our Congress has the financial planning skills of a college sophomore.” – Conan O’Brien “Oprah has been invited by Egypt’s new government to do a show from Cairo. So they’ve replaced one power-mad tyrant […]
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