In American society our television options continue to balloon and expand faster than the known universe. The overabundance of cable news options has warped our standard 30 minute newscast into 72 hours a day of news. While there is scarcely enough national news for one 24 hour news channel nationally, this news-sprawl has slowly devolved [...]
In the past Republicans have always been masters of setting the terms of a national discussion and then forcing Democrats into mealymouthed hours of legalese discussion and defense. The GOP would charge, “Democrats are defending terrorists” and Democrats would drown themselves in hours of high minded ideals. Republicans would then win the news cycle. This [...]
In the winter of 1992, then Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton found his way back to second place in the New Hampshire primary. He’d climbed back from the brink of oblivion after revelations of marital misconduct and declared himself that night, “The Comeback Kid.” Last night former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney came back from behind to [...]
As most people who know me personally could tell you, I know how to flap my yapper with the best of them. I started this site four years ago as a way to keep from writing angry screeds to the local paper’s editorial board and to save my friends the added bother of listening to [...]
Since we are gearing up for the presidential political season that means the nation’s political press turns its lonely eyes to the pointless endeavor we call Iowa. The people of Iowa seem like perfectly wonderful citizens aside from the bizarre hill people that keep electing Steve King to Congress ever two years. But the nation’s [...]
You may have already seen it but it deserves watching again. Further demonstrating how far-afield the modern Republican party has gone from the legacy of their Christ figure, I give you Reagan advisor Bruce Bartlett on the debt ceiling and taxes. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
For decades the 40th president of the United States has been the God Emperor of the conservative pantheon. After the disaster of Nixon and Watergate, and the uselessness of the bumbling Ford, it was only natural that movement conservatives would latch on to such a strong and charismatic leadership figure as Ronald Wilson Reagan. Yet [...]
After the Site-Flight from Myspace to Facebook years ago and the rise of Twitter, the world of social networking has been a two dog show. Facebook has grown to such a behemoth that companies have now eschewed placing their own websites at the end of their commercials and now just refer to their Facebook pages. [...]
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