Last night reviewing the analytics of my website I found that I received one keyword search visit from the term “dixie chicks called bush nazi.” I’d actually not heard the news of Bocephus spouting off about Obama being a Nazi. But I’ve always found it fascinating about the conservative character, that when presented with such [...]
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This morning I was reading a tweet from a conservative I follow (@kevpga63) that linked to a Wall Street Journal column from former Hall Of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton. The column, What If The NFL Played By Teachers’ Rules, compares the concept of tenure with teachers to the supposed meritocracy of the National Football League. [...]
Since the time of Ronald Reagan the modern Republican party has slowly reduced their entire political philosophy to a simple creed, lower taxes. Reagan’s successor staked his entire political legacy on his promise to never raise taxes, and when he acted like an adult to address the ever growing deficit problem he was promptly treated [...]
Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of the horrific attacks of September 11th 2001, and should have been a quiet day of reflection and prayer. Occurring as it did on a Sunday meant that the day would share a place with God and football, but politics should never have shared the stage with those three. The [...]
It’s really telling to me seeing the current conservative uproar over Jimmy Hoffa Jr.’s “take them out” reference to Republicans. If there is something that conservatives love more than Reagan and guns, it’s playing the victim. This is especially surprising to me because these same conservatives were the ones doggedly defending Sarah Palin’s gun-sites over [...]
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 [...]
This video from the Mr. Show boys basically explains the Republican (A wholly owned subsidiary of Tea Party USA) view of self worth.
As I write this at midday Sunday, it appears that our long national debt-limit increase nightmare will soon be over. But the great crisis of 2011 will be looked at post-mortem as both a victory and a failure by elements of both sides of the aisle. It has proven several things true politically, and revealed [...]
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