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 […]
There are some who don’t think Westboro Baptist Church is a real church — just how do you decide if some organization is a real church or not? So if the Supreme Court feels it is important to protect the free speech rights of Westboro, then I expect to see a rash of new “churches”. […]
Right now, one of “the most active lobbying efforts” ever is going on in Congress, but you might not have heard much about it in the mainstream media. The fight is over the fees that banks collect from debit card transactions. Currently, the banks collect (on average) around 44 cents per transaction, but under Obama’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
© 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 […]
If you attempt to pay a highway toll Florida with a 20 dollar bill (or larger), you could be detained and not allowed to leave until you provide identification. That sounds inconvenient, but detaining someone without legal authority is actually a serious crime. So Florida resident Joel Chandler called and emailed the Florida Department of […]
© Tom Tomorrow What’s ironic about this is that it seems to be working.
© Matt Davies We know why the states are facing big deficits — because the collapse of the economy lowered tax revenues. And we know who caused the economy to collapse. So why are we punishing state workers? I’m guessing that if you took all those bonuses that were awarded to bankers, it would more […]
A few days ago, I posted a story about the Republicans unanimously voting to give $5 billion a year in subsidies to big oil companies, which even oil company executives said they didn’t need. Well, it happened again. This time, Congress voted to spend $13 billion on not one but two weapon system programs, which […]
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