Category: Politics
World’s Worst Eye-Searing Campaign Website
November 3rd, 2009, 3 Comments
Republican George Hutchins is challenging Democrat David Price for his NC 4th District seat in Congress in 2010 and has published the most eye-searing, horrid, ugly campaign website I’ve ever seen. I think he’s trying to single-handedly revive Geocities or something and have a hard time seeing him as a serious contender against Rep. Price.
Stunned Speechless
September 16th, 2009, 7 Comments
Every time I see one of these videos I end up staring slackjawed at the screen. I can’t imagine myself ever holding an equivalently outrageous sign up in protest to a Republican president. These images stun me every time I see them.
Even worse, I’m becoming cynical about whether any kind of real conversation can happen [...]
Behind the Times
August 23rd, 2009, No Comments
You know you’re behind the times when Mexico does something in the “Drug War” before you do.
Mexico enacted a controversial law Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging free government treatment for drug dependency.
The law sets out maximum “personal use” amounts for drugs, also including LSD and [...]
Obama’s Hypocricy
July 12th, 2009, 7 Comments
Yesterday, in a speech in Ghana, President Obama said (emphasis mine):
America has a responsibility to work with you as a partner to advance this vision, not just with words, but with support that strengthens African capacity. When there’s a genocide in Darfur or terrorists in Somalia, these are not simply African problems — they are [...]
A step forward for Gitmo Transparency
June 1st, 2009, No Comments
I’m pleased to see more transparency coming to the Guantanamo Bay proceedings. It’s about time. The unclassified evidence used to justify continued incarceration of over 100 detainees at Guantanamo Bay must be filed with the court within one month and the U.S. government has to apply for court approval to keep specific information secret.
U.S. [...]
Dr. George Tiller
May 31st, 2009, No Comments
My heart goes out to Dr. Tiller’s family in their time of loss. I’m glad that a suspect has already been arrested. I worry what demented justification he/she will provide for their violence.
Randall Terry is an asshole
May 31st, 2009, No Comments
I was going to link to his savage words on the Operation Rescue website, but it appears to be down at the moment. I hope moderate and liberal Christians turn out it droves to condemn this killing and Terry’s horrid statement.
Shut up already, Joe
April 30th, 2009, No Comments
Vice President Joe Biden has an amazing appetite for the taste of shoe leather. This morning he went off responding to a question about what he would tell his family about the current flu situation. Joe, really. Just shut up already, damn. Or at least stick to the scripted answers. You really don’t help things [...]
Standing up for what’s right.
April 22nd, 2009, 4 Comments
I’ve always felt we should investigate and prosecute the people responsible for making the decisions to use torture on detaines at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere. I’m angry with the Democratic leadership in Congress for not standing up for what’s right while they held control of the Congress during the Bush administration and with President Obama [...]
Conflict of Interest?
April 14th, 2009, 1 Comment
President Obama has tapped yet another RIAA lawyer for a top spot in his Justice Department.
Gershengorn, left, a partner with RIAA-firm Jenner & Block, represented the labels against Grokster (.pdf) and will be in charge of the DOJ Federal Programs Branch. That’s the unit that just told a federal judge the Obama administration supports [...]
