It’s funny that even with the entire Blago debacle going on in Illinois and Republicans trying to paint Democrats in the state as the epitome of corruption, the people still want Democrats to lead them: Democratic Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley claimed victory tonight in the 5th District race to replace Rahm Emanuel in Congress. […]
Funny for someone who was to much of a pussy to even fight for our country. (transcript here) I guess this is one of those “phony soldiers” that Rush refers too. I mean this guy is the voice of the Republican Party and he clearly shows he has no respect, what-so-ever, for those who serve […]
The AP has taken a closer look at the recent rampage of gun violence in this country: They had more in common than unleashing carnage _ nearly every gunman in this monthlong series of mass killings was legally entitled to fire his weapons. So what does that say about the state of gun control laws […]
A small report by the AP about the growing trend of E-Cigarettes. They mention the fact that you can still get your nicotine addiction through the device, but fail to mention the fact that you aren’t getting all the other chemicals that plague traditional tobacco cigarettes. Another thing they mention is the price. They claim […]
Norm Coleman sued and that ended up giving Franken a bigger lead than before: Democrat Al Franken today extended his lead over Republican Norm Coleman in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election, after the counting of about 350 formerly rejected absentee ballots this morning. Franken captured 198 of the ballots, while Coleman took 111. The ballots added […]
The carnage continues, this time in Alabama: Two women and their children were shot to death this morning at a Greenhill residence, according to friends of the victims’ family. Identities of the victims have not been released by law enforcement officials, but they have confirmed four people are dead. Family friends say the victims are […]
Meghan McCain’s latest piece exemplifies the problems of the GOP that I have been talking about for years: It is no secret that the Republican Party, for all its faults, consistently displays party unity. But Democratic leaders seem more concerned with their own personal agendas than supporting President Obama and the future of their party. […]
Something we aren’t used to seeing; oversight of an administration, being conducted by the administration’s own party: A congressional oversight committee opened an investigation yesterday into whether the Obama administration is circumventing a law that limits lavish pay for executives at firms benefiting from the $700 billion federal bailout. Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), chairman of […]
A very good story out of Fort Wayne where a woman, who has smoked for 30 years, has been able to kick the habit by using an e-cigarette: Hall smoked Winston Ultra Lights for 30 years. For a while, she tried to cut down on expenses by rolling her own, sitting down for an hour […]