This is just insane: Anti-choice Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) just filed an anti-choice amendment to a bill related to agriculture, transportation, housing, and other programs. The DeMint amendment could bar discussion of abortion over the Internet and through videoconferencing, even if a woman’s health is at risk and if this kind of communication with her […]
Here in Butler County, Ohio we have seen the same financial struggles as rest of the country. County agencies are cutting staff and services are becoming more scarce. With all that going on, there’s one thing that still see’s the money – dues to organizations: Every year taxpayers foot the bill for county politicians and […]
I have been tied up the last several days helping my sister get her new house ready so I am a little behind the news. Today I find out the wingnuts have decided to launch their own response to Occupy Wall Street, a movement called the 53%. These are Republicans against the 47% of Americans […]
Everyday we see America move closer to becoming a third world nation: Cash-strapped Topeka, Kansas, has decided to stop prosecuting domestic violence casses in order to save money. The City Council announced the proposal Oct. 4, after the Shawnee County District Attorney’s office announced it could no longer prosecute misdemeanors, including domestic violence cases. The […]
Republicans have been lobbing that “class warfare” meme at President Obama ever since he said that the wealthiest should pay their fair share in taxes. It’s pretty funny, considering the idol of the GOP, one Ronald Reagan, also thought the same way. We’re going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that allow some of the […]
Republicans and Democrats have come together to offer a new jobs package in the House. Well should I say “Republican” and “Democrat” in the names of Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE2] and Edolphus Towns [D-NY10]. The two have introduced HR 3035, the “Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011”, which gives this quick summary: To amend the […]
E.J. Dionne has a great piece today talking about the Buffett tax plan. Conservatives have been on a constant attack against Warren Buffett over his claims that his tax rate is to low. Of course all the focus has been on Buffet, but there are other’s in Buffett’s tax bracket that feel the same: Advocates […]
Bev Perdue, the governor of North Carolina, has an interesting suggestion: North Carolina’s Democratic governor suggested this week that the U.S. suspend congressional elections for two years so the people’s representatives won’t have to focus on reelection while they work to solve the nation’s budget woes. “You have to have more ability from Congress, I […]
If you ask Democrats the Republicans controlling the House are the problem. If you ask Republicans the problem lies in Senate and and the White House. None of that should really matter though. The problem is that our government is broken and Americans are fed up with it according to a new Gallup poll that […]
Every time Michelle Obama does something to push for our children to be a little healthier the right goes ape shit, instantly associating it with socialism. Here’s Drudge right now: The article linked by the image reads as follows: Michelle Obama said Thursday that a pledge by the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants and […]