Saturday, October 9, 2010
© Ben Sargent This is a pretty good representation of how I feel about the political parties today. Some people are calling for new political parties, but I can’t help but think how much better things would be if we didn’t have political parties at all. Even George Washington warned against them.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Some recent polls: From Public Policy Polling: Even though only 4% of Republican voters support building a mosque 2 blocks from ground zero, 21% of them say they would support building a strip club in the same place. From Opinion Research / CNN: Americans are now almost evenly divided on their opinion of Obama versus […]
© Rex Babin It has already become a virtual truism that people who are virulently anti-gay are probably acting out of their closet. With the recent revelation that that anti-immigrant hardliner Meg Whitman employed an illegal alien as a housekeeper for nine years, it seems that the same thing applies to people who condemn illegal […]
“The White House has issued an alert for American tourists traveling in Europe over fears of a terror attack. But the joke’s on you, terrorists. We can’t afford to go to Europe.” – Jimmy Fallon “The State Department has issued a travel warning. They’ve warned Rick Sanchez not to travel to Israel.” – Jay Leno […]
The District of Columbia created an electronic system to make it easier for overseas and military voters to cast ballots over the Internet. I want to point out that this is not some complicated electronic voting system, it is very simple: The voter goes to a website and they get a PDF file of the […]
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Recently, Dana Milbank wrote a column about long-time Republicans politicians who are being forced out of office by more radical tea-party candidates. He used as examples, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Bob Bennett of Utah. But a reader wrote him a letter challenging the idea that these were “faithful conservatives” and even accused them of […]
Thursday, October 7, 2010
I have nothing but respect for the “chamber of commerce” — the thousands of local organizations that help small businesses and consumers, but most people don’t realize that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is completely different. The USCC has become a blatantly partisan organization, running the largest campaign against Democrats in the upcoming election: […]
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
© Keith Tucker Not just the house, but three dogs and a cat died in the fire. While firefighters were ordered to stand there and do nothing. To me, that is criminal. Especially since the homeowner stood there with an open checkbook and offered to pay whatever it cost to put out the fire. The […]
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
“Today we found out that a third college that Christine O’Donnell said she attended has no record of ever knowing her. I’m starting to wonder if she ever really went to Hogwarts.” – Bill Maher “I feel bad for my part in this, and then the feeling passes when I imagine her in the Senate […]
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
© Tom Tomorrow Yes, believe it or not, this really happened. By the same infantile liar who brought down ACORN with his heavily edited and misleading video.
Last week, a home in Tennessee caught fire and the firefighters arrived, but they let the house burn to the ground because the owner had not paid his $75 “subscription fee”. Even when the owner offered to pay the firefighters to save the house, they refused. What’s next? Police who refuse to stop a crime […]
Scientific American presents an interesting example of how even seemingly small politically-based decisions can have far-reaching and significant consequences. Ten years ago, the US ranked at or near the top in most studies of broadband internet price and performance. But in 2002, the FCC (dominated by Bush appointees) made an strange decision. They classified broadband […]
“President Obama has been meeting with voters in what he calls ‘backyard chats.’ He’s held these in real people’s backyards. You know something, I think all politicians should talk to people in their backyards. Then you could take what they say and spread it on the lawn.” – Jay Leno “Yesterday President Obama told voters […]
© Ed Stein Back in the last mid-term election, in 2006, outside interest groups spent $16 million on campaign ads for political candidates. Not chump change, but it is nothing compared to the $80 million already spent by outside groups in this election, and we still have almost a month to go. Yes, the Supreme […]
