‘Politics’ Archives
Planning to Overthrow US Goverment, It’ll Cost you $5
I would really like to take South Carolina seriously as a state. But I can't. Part of it is the Mark Sanford thing. Some of it stems from silly legal things like taking forty-nine years to ratify Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote. The state legislature didn't think it was a good [...]
Tea Party Stewing Over Captain America Slight
Issue 602 of Captain America finds the title hero investigating a right-wing anti-government militia group called "the Watchdogs". Hoping to infiltrate the group, Captain America and his African-American sidekick The Falcon observe an anti-tax protest from a rooftop. The protesters depicted are all white and carry signs adorned with slogans [...]
Congressman Duncan Hunter Fears The Transgender Army
U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) took time out from the Don't Ask, Don't Tell hearings to explain his position to the National Public Radio audience. Somehow interviewer Melissa Block kept a straight face. BLOCK: You are not in favor of a repeal of don't ask, don't tell. Why not? Rep. HUNTER: No, because I think that its bad for the [...]
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is Still Asinine Despite John McCain
"No matter how I look at the issue...I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens...For me, it comes down to integrity -- theirs as individuals and ours as an institution." -- Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint [...]
End the Reality Siesta in Mexico
So anytime there's a news item about Mexico, particularly about corruption or the drug cartels I check it out. I do have some distant relatives that live in some of these areas. Also, I use the articles to talk myself out of travel to Mexico anytime in my lifetime. If you've read my previous post about Mexican tourism, you may have already [...]
Palin Going Rogue and Running on Fumes
I tried to ignore the former Alaska governor. I didn't say a word when she quit her job last July. I didn't say anything sarcastic when she and David Letterman went round and round. But now I think she needs some advice. She's on her book tour for "Going Rogue", she's been on Oprah, and now all the hoopla is cooling so she's looking for [...]
Gossip Girl Threesome Strikes Fear Into Parents
The Parents Television Council is threatening to declare war on CW Television Network affiliates who broadcast next week's Very Special Threesome episode of Gossip Girl. In a letter to stations, PTC chief windbag Tim Winter blasts the scheduled storyline as "reckless and irresponsible" and claims the show is "expressly targeted to impressionable [...]
