Hopefully this will send a message to the Christian right that their support for the gay marriage ban is less than expected: The Senate on Wednesday rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, dealing an embarrassing defeat to President Bush and Republicans who hoped to use the measure to energize conservative voters on Election […]
80% of the active military could now be affected by the stolen VA information? This is getting huge: Social Security numbers and other personal information for as many as 2.2 million U.S. military personnel — including nearly 80 percent of the active-duty force — were among the data stolen from the home of a Department […]
Wow the right wingers are out to try and lie their way into another seat in Congress. Notice this post appearing at the top of Wizbang’s political page: Also notice the time of that post is 12:03 am. Considering I am writing this at 12:50 am I can only assume they are set to eastern […]
So why do the Republicans in Alabama not support someone like Roy Moore? Remember him? He was the state supreme court justice that put the ten commandments outside of the courthouse and refused to remove them. I mean they didn’t just not support him – they destroyed him: With 70 percent of precincts reporting, Riley […]
What is amazing is how the numbers in this story keeps growing and the government is playing stupid on it: Personal data on more than 2.2 million active-duty military personnel – not just 50,000 as initially believed – were among those stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee last month, the government said Tuesday. VA Secretary […]
Mother Jones has started a new website dedicated to defending our oceans. Ocean Voyager promises this: Once a week for five weeks, you’ll receive an email invitation to a different ocean “hot spot” around the world. From chasing fish pirates off the coast of Africa to tracking a mother polar bear across the Arctic, you’ll […]
No matter what, Ken Blackwell will try to do whatever it takes to steal another election in Ohio: Democrats and representatives of voter-registration groups accused Secretary of State Ken Blackwell on Monday of trying to rig this November’s election by publishing draconian new rules governing the activities of people who register voters. Testifying at a […]
Keith Olbermann did a follow-up last night to his report last week on O’Reilly saying U.S. soldiers killed Nazi’s in cold blood at Malmedy. This was a blatant alteration of history on O’Reilly’s part, and even worse – an insult to the memories of the U.S. soldiers who were massacred on that bloody day. Olbermann […]
In E.J. Dionne’s latest piece, he brings up the current pandering by the Republicans and Administration to their base and explains who should really be angry about it: This month’s offensive by President Bush and his allies in Congress against gay marriage and flag burning proves one thing: The Republican Party thinks its base of […]
Well today is the end of days. It is 6-6-6. The bible thumpers should be going crazy. It is also D-Day, even though Bush 41 thinks that is in December. Today happens to also be Primary day in numerous states and a special election in California to replace Rep. Duke Cunningham. The states with primaries […]