Way before Sarah Palin ever put out her “locked and loaded” ads, her rhetoric helped increase violence. Here’s a reminder in an article from November 8, 2008: The Republican vice presidential candidate attracted criticism for accusing Mr Obama of “palling around with terrorists”, citing his association with the sixties radical William Ayers. The attacks provoked […]
Meet Tim Randal. He is now the former leader of the Big Sky Tea Party in Montana. Here is what lead to his fall from power: Tim Ravndal: “Marriage is between a man and a woman period! By giving rights to those otherwise would be a violation of the constitution and my own rights” Keith […]
BAM: The Austin appeals court erred in deciding that the state’s money-laundering statute – used to prosecute associates of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay – did not apply to transfers made via checks, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled today. The court’s 9-0 decision also upheld the state’s election laws prohibiting corporations […]
In 2008 three employees of the city of Cincinnati wanted to volunteer for the presidential campaigns, two for Obama and one for McCain. None of them could though. It turns out that Cincinnati had a law on the books for the past 80+ years that prohibited any political involvement by city employees. The law was […]
There has been a lot of talk about Justin Barrett, a police officer with Boston. He made fame yesterday when it was exposed that he wrote a letter to the media and referred to Henry Gates as a “banana eating jungle monkey’”. if you missed it, here’s the run down: The law enforcement official, speaking […]
Yeah I am sure the wingnuts will try to lecture me on first amendment rights and all, but that is how Brian Kilmead on Fox news thinks we should treat Code Pink: A Fox News morning host has a novel idea to handle those pesky Code Pink protesters who disrupt political events and Congressional hearings: […]
Prisons are for reform. Most prisoners are not there forever so they must be reformed to operate in society once they are released. Part of that reform should include keeping up on current events, however for Supreme Court nominee Alito that is not necessarily the case. When Judge Alito served on the U.S. Second Court […]
Imagine if our enemy was closer than you think – Your next door neighbor, or the person who sits across from you in the office. It could even be your doctor and local grocer. This would frighten the hell out of anyone around here. Now, what if that enemy was you? Yes – you could […]