Only dozens showed up to hear Tea Party darlings Michele Bachmann and S.C. Governor Nikki Haley speak at a rally in Columbia, SC. While the media tries to talk up the significance of the Tea Party, the showings at recent rallies have told another story. Yesterday was a prime example of this, as the Taxed […]
This is how the GOP cuts government spending: For a guy who insists that federal bureaucrats make too much money, incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor sure doesn’t mind handing out handsome government raises of his own. Cantor, the Virginia Republican who has led the GOP charge this year to freeze federal salaries, has boosted […]
I just love hearing Republicans talk about “cutting the budget”, yet when asked for specifics they never can. That’s what happened with teabagger darlings Rand Paul and Jim DeMint yesterday: DeMint came the closest to naming specifics, but I would expect more from someone who has been in the Senate since 2005 and proclaims to […]
Remember bartering with chickens for health care? Well it seems like a bank has taken that advice to a whole new level when it comes to debt collection: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters Life!) – This little piggy went to market — to pay off a Russian woman’s overdue debt to a bank. Court officers in far […]
It has been four days now since the news that Chad Castagana was arrested in suspicion of sending fake anthrax letters to numerous stars and Democratic politicians. In this time, there has been a very eerie silence coming from the right-wing blogs, as well as the mainstream media. As matter of fact, the only person […]
The culture of corruption expands: Federal officials are probing scathing allegations that the Romney administration falsely claimed to conduct safety inspections in the Big Dig tunnel that collapsed and killed a woman in July. The Securities and Exchange Commission is zeroing in on state financial documents from 2005 – cited in a new report by […]