This gem is from Mike Stanfill’s blog, The Far Left Side: From the sublime to the truly ghastly, presidential contender and noted scam artist Newt Gingrich opened his big yap to complain about those mean old Occupiers at a Republican forum in Iowa this past weekend. One line that caught my ear was the following: […]
©Bob Englehart In this video of Newt Gingrich speaking at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Nov 18th (warning: starts with commercial), Newt Gingrich said: It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in, first of all, child laws, which are truly stupid. Most of these schools ought to get rid of […]
One difference between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney is that Mitt’s stand on issues changes whenever convenient whereas Newt holds conflicting opinions simultaneously, for a price. Mitt doesn’t have a strong core but he does seem sincere as he swings in the breeze. On the other hand, Newt has a very strong core but it’s […]
©Garrincha Another quote from P.J. O’Rourke: Economic history since the Industrial Revolution proves — be the rich however stinking rich — we ordinary people can make more of the good things in life. But we have to make them ourselves, with our knowledge, skills and hard work. Government can’t give us good things. Government doesn’t […]
Fox News needs to study up on Article V of the United States Constitution. Unless Fox is aware of a clause written using invisible ink saying “a rightwing faux news service may amend this document to provide rhetorical cover for baseless opinion”, Articles cannot be added by Fox fiat. Media Matters reports: Fox national correspondent Steve […]
The audio is real: Michele Bachmann Looks To China for Economic Inspiration Along with our jobs, China apparently acquired our exceptionalism, except without religious freedom, collective bargaining, effective work safety regulations, environmental protections and reproductive freedom. No wonder Bachmann looks up to them. UPDATE: Scott Galupo, in a usnews.com story, goes into great detail on […]
Many conservatives seem very selective about which Constitutionally guaranteed rights they recognize. Life at conception supported over living after birth. Freedom of some religions is valued but freedom from religion should not be an option. Happiness and the benefits of marriage for heterosexual couples is sanctioned but no love for others.Money is protected speech, protestors […]
I’ve heard the conservative/libertarian ideological opposition to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but, like most libertarian/utopian rhetoric, the problem is reality not vision. Charles Pierce writes, “One office in the CFPB is the Office of Servicemember Affairs, which is dedicated to keeping veterans from being bilked in a hundred different ways, from loan-sharking, to predatory lending practices, […]
Have you been shopping for underwear lately? If you start checking the labels you’ll find it’s hard to find Made In The USA down there. If you try, you might find made in Canada – OK by me – but most of all it’s made in China and that’s not OK … and it’s not OH, SC […]
I purchased online these “WE WELD AMERICA” gloves made by Tillman Co. When they arrived, the fine print on the label said, “MADE IN CHINA”. American products made in China are so ubiquitous that it should be assumed, left unsaid. – Iron Filing
I know I’ve said it before, but Jon Stewart is brilliant. And he’s on a roll with this one, pointing out the utter hypocrisy of the chicken hawks.
I don’t want to celebrate the death of Muammar Gaddafi even though he was responsible for the Lockerbie bombing, one of the worst acts of terrorism (other than 9/11). But I do want to point out something hypocritical. When Obama decided to help out the Libyan rebels who were fighting Gaddafi, he was repeatedly criticized […]
Jon Stewart doesn’t have to tell us about the hypocrisy of Republicans condemning the Wall Street protests, he lets them tell us themselves using their own words:
State officials of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) commissioned a scientific report on Galveston Bay, and hired three scientists to write it, including John Anderson, an oceanographer at Rice University. The scientists knew there might be problems; after all, the head of TCEQ is a Rick Perry appointee who frequently claims scientific arguments […]
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