Category Archives: Politics

Enough With The Political Blame Game When Things Like The Giffords Shooting Happen!

Looking all over the Internet, from blog sites to the major news media, they are all aflutter with speculation about whether the shooting of Giffords, which also resulted in the death of a 9 year old, a federal judge, and four others, was politically motivated. He’s being called a political terrorist, we hear that “words […]

Ethanol Subsidies Show Why Washington Is Broken

Interesting revelations from the Investors Business Daily Here’s the bottom line for the ethanol tax credits additive to the White House-GOP tax compromise: • $6 billion in subsidies for 2011. • $10 per extra gallon of ethanol. • $14 million per extra job. • $1.2 billion to attract one extra Senate vote. In a season […]

GOP Looks To Change Spending Process – Obviously, Some Have A Problem With This

A very interesting notion is coming from the Republicans, especially the new guard House Republicans seem intent on blowing up the staid appropriations process when they take power in January — potentially upending the old bulls in both parties who have spent decades building their power over the federal budget. The plans include slicing and […]

What’s Your Political News Score?

Take the Pew Political News IQ Quiz. I got…. 10 questions correct, which put me above 96% of the respondents. Would have gotten 1 more, but, apparently I picked something else instead of Android, which is a question I knew. Hmph.

Obama Offers GOP Advice On Governing. No, Really. Stop Laughing, You’ll Hurt Yourself

Thank you Politico for publishing the funniest story of at least the past month. It’s not quite as delusional as the one about Nancy Pelosi (Pelosi and company being delusional, not the Politico, and, make sure to check out Nancy P’s San Francisco), but, well, you have to see this President Obama offered a lesson […]

Sunday Funnies: NY Times Editorial Board Tells GOP To Try Governing

Liberals have long been having fits on the editorial pages, ranging anywhere from Hissy to Conniption to Unhinged Tools. Saturday’s full feeling of the paper is wacky and unhinged enough to make one go WharrblGarbl! Try Something Hard: Governing Yeah, it can be hard, which is why a man with virtually no real world experience, […]

Democrats Running Nastiest, Most Personal Campaign Ever

Anyone shocked, other than that the story is from ABC News? It’s not just the Aqua Buddha and David Vitter’s prostitute, Democratic candidates across the country are closing out the campaign with personal attacks on Republican candidates, sometimes digging up decades-old legal problems. In one typical example, Democratic ads have transformed Kentucky Republican House candidate […]

Van Tran Provides The Best Campaign Mailer Ever!

Brilliant, simply brilliant. And funny Hold your nose. If you thought politics stunk before, wait until you get a whiff of an attack ad making the rounds in central Orange County. It’s a scratch-and-sniff shot at Democratic Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, D-Santa Ana. “Something smells rotten about Loretta,” the ad declares, inviting readers to scratch a […]

Media Up In Arms Over “Brutal” “Head Stomping”

Don’t misunderstand, I do not condone what happened to MoveOn.org professional leftist agitator Lauren Valle (who happens to be charged with a felony last May). But, this was not brutal, as far left rag writer Joshua Green posits MoveOn Supporter Brutally Attacked by Rand Paul Supporter And it was not a stomping. Yest, the guy […]

Apparently, Tom Coburn Is Just A Big Old Shark And Women Hater

For shame, Mr. Coburn, for shame. Two stories, the first from The Hill The feud between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) flared up again Wednesday over Coburn’s objection to a bill protecting sharks. The shark legislation, which deals with a prohibition on the harvesting of shark fins, was one […]

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