A cornerstone of the Tea Party philosophy has always been “personal responsibility”. That always sounds good, but when it comes time to “practice what you preach”, Tea Party darlings always fall short: Former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) has filed papers in court asking to have his child support payments readjusted. According to the Chicago […]
On Thursday of this past week a large number of websites had a very unpleasant experience. As a user went to popular sites like NBC, CNN, Huffington Post and others, they were instantly redirected to a Facebook error page. If you click the Okay button, you were then taken to a blank page. In short […]
Here’s Bill Stevens testifying before Congress. This video went viral in the pro-gun blogosphere, saying that he “owned” Congress. This same video has also been viewed 2.4 million times on YouTube since being added 4 days ago. Well as it turns out, Bill Stevens’ daughter, Victoria, actually doesn’t go to Sandy Hook. Instead she goes […]
While Republicans around the country are trying relentlessly to kill democracy and instill new ways that could have actually lead to a Romney/Ryan victory last fall, despite Obama getting 5 million more votes, one man who would have been winner isn’t so keen on the idea: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has come out against altering […]
We all know that our prison population is growing out of control, yet nothing is being done. Well leave it to a Republican to come up with a most awesome alternative to incarceration – spankings: A Montana Republican state lawmaker wants to give criminals the option of choosing “corporal punishment in lieu of incarceration.” According […]
It has been 48 days since Adam Lanza went to Sandy Hook Elementary and engaged in a shooting spree that left 20 children shot dead. Since then a lot has been discussed about gun control and legislation is slowly starting to form. But there has been one question that has been plaguing me since that […]
That’s something you hear pro-gun nuts constantly say when trying to argue against tougher gun control. While it’s true that Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, it’s also true that guns are easy to get by traveling to near by cities without such laws. But there’s another angle to this […]
Another day, another episode in the hatred of the GOP. Here’s Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) talking about immigration reform (via Think Progress): “It’s amnesty that America can’t afford,” Barletta said Monday. “We have to stop people from coming in illegally. This will be a green light for anyone who wants to come to America illegally […]
She won’t be missed! A former top aide to Mitt Romney says that she quit her career as a television pundit and began taking online real estate classes after the former Republican presidential nominee’s “brutal” loss to President Barack Obama. Bay Buchanan, the sister of former Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, told the Washington Examiner […]
Talk about being taken to the cleaners! Sarah Palin uttered more than 189,000 words over 150 appearances on various FOX broadcasts during her three years as an analyst at the network, or $15.85 per word With the three-year contract now expired between FOX News and Sarah Palin, there is a wealth of commentary made by […]