Only two months into his tenure and one of the GOP’s golden children from the last election is already in a huge ethical investigation that is causing members of his own party to distance themselves from him: Florida Rep. David Rivera, under an ethical cloud and facing an expanding investigation into his finances, is in […]
Alan Simpson, the Republican co-chair of President Obama’s debt commission, decided to go on another rampage yesterday: The co-chairman of President Obama’s deficit commission tried to scold the elderly on Monday for complaining about their Social Security funds being targeted, but instead he found himself making a reference to “Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dogg.” “This is […]
Sarah Palin once again opened her mouth (twouth?) and showed her ignorance for the laws of the land: Yesterday’s ruling that Westboro Baptist could continue to protest the funerals of fallen soldiers was a classic first amendment case. That’s why John Roberts, said that “even hurtful speech on public issues to ensure that we do […]
Republicans went on a rampage last year claiming that scientists the world over engaged in the historically largest act of collusion ever to coax the world into believe the climate was in trouble. Now we are finding out (yet again) that these people on the right were trying to dope the world into believing their […]
A quick follow-up on my morning post about Indiana assistant attorney general Jeff Cox calling for “live ammunition” against Wisconsin protestors. Cox has now lost his job with the state: The Indiana Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday morning that Cox’s comments were under review. A later statement said Cox was “no longer employed by this […]
The rhetorical violence of the right continues: Members of the various Tea Party, 9/12, and other freedom-oriented folks in the Atlanta area will be assembling in the vicinity of Georgia State Capitol this coming Wednesday afternoon at 4 pm. We’ll be providing balance to the ravings of the passengers aboard the SEIU Thugbus, which is […]
Jeff Cox is a deputy attorney general for the state of Indiana. This weekend he took to Twitter to go after the protestors in Wisconsin: On Saturday night, when Mother Jones staffers tweeted a report that riot police might soon sweep demonstrators out of the Wisconsin capitol building—something that didn’t end up happening—one Twitter user […]
The Tea Party has come up with an idea on how to handle those pro-union protestors, in a post entitled ‘FIGHT THE SEIU WITH TACTIC THEY USE AGAINST US – THIS WEEK!’ by the very racist leader Mark Williams: http://action.seiu.org/page/s/solidarityaction . That link will take you to an SEIU page where you can sign up […]
The assault on workers and organized labor taking place in Wisconsin has been all the talk this week, but it looks like what we are seeing there will start popping up in more places. Here in the buckeye state yesterday, a similar protest broke out: Hundreds of union protesters again packed the Statehouse in protest […]
Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dick Wadhams has decided to call it quits in his re-election bid for state chair: “I have loved being chairman, but I’m tired of the nuts who have no grasp of what the state party’s role is,” Wadhams told the Post. Wadhams, who has been chair since 2007, was considered a […]