Video- Lindsey Graham: Turn over Social Security or I shoot the economy
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View ArticlePhoto Wall of Shame- The 22 Republican Senators That Voted Against Violence...
Graphic via TP, list from TPM. Read 'em and don't weep. If they're your Senator, work to get them out. The 22 Republicans who voted against it were Sens. John Barrasso (WY), Roy Blunt (MO), John...
View ArticleCelebrating Immigration Reform Breakthrough-- Not So Fast Gang Of 8
So, how’s the immigration reform bill coming along, the one proposed by the Gang of Eight (GO8) this morning and celebrated as THE BREAKTHROUGH? It depends on who you ask. Just hours after the...
View ArticlePatron Saints of ...
As a child growing up in Irish Catholic Boston, it was commonplace to see a St. Christopher's medal dangling from a car's rear view mirrors or on the dashboard. After all, he's the guardian saint of...
View ArticleNo Racism Here
Ah, there's nothing like a mid summer gathering of the tea party to bring out their best. And on Capitol Hill, July 15th, it was no exception. People gathered, they picnicked, socialized (oops,...
View ArticleThe Show Me State of Mind
When I was a kid, each summer my family would take us on vacation. We needed things to occupy us during the long drives to our destination. Often we played a game where you were given a state motto...
View ArticleCain vs. Abel
Ah, when brothers fight, they sometimes end up destroying the whole family. In this example its a case of brothers under the skin as they take turns destroying the GOP. And I'm loving it. Here's a few...
View Article3 GOP Nuts In Search Of A Bolt
In the mid '60s there was a Mamie Van Duren movie called "3 Nuts In Search Of A Bolt." It was billed as the spiciest, funniest, bawdiest picture of the year. Don't believe me, here's the trailer:...
View ArticleLindsay Graham, Today's Graham Cracker
Growing up, I loved a simple dessert - it was ice cream and a Graham Cracker. So until my adult years and the ascendancy of South Carolina's Lindsay Graham, all was well in the cracker world. That is...
View ArticleHow Sleazy Can Congress Be? A Dirty Deeds Chart
Hypocrite Watch via Huffpo: Here are some of the sleaziest things members of Congress have done since the shutdown: Grandstand at the World War II Memorial Members of congress, reacting to their...
View ArticleYou Might Be A Political Extremist If...
I always got a lot of laughs while watching Jeff Foxworthy with his routine, "You Might Be A Redneck." You've all heard some of his "You might be a redneck:" If you mow your lawn and discover a car....
View ArticleProof Senators Listen -- If You Have Money
With the numerous polls out there on the media today, you can get a pulse of what people are thinking on almost every subject. How accurate they are depends on so many things -- especially the honesty...
View ArticleGOP Drawing Plans For The Future
When I was in high school I took a class in mechanical drawing. It actually was a pretty cool course as it taught me a lot about measurements, dimensions, perspective and engineering. But one lesson I...
View ArticleLuckily For Peace, Our Congress Is Inept
If it weren't for the inability of either chamber of Congress to get their acts together and actually do something, we might be heading for war. Yup, war. Just after Obama chose to involve Congress in...
View ArticleChristie's Either Naive Or A Liar. Neither Makes Him Presidential
Political payback? A scandal. A Conspiracy? Well, it all depends on who you ask. But GW Bridgegate has become open field for speculation. And depending on who you ask, some office deputy in Chris...
View ArticleSenator Tim Scott Plays The GOP's Stepin Fetchit at National Winter Meeting
This week the Republican National Committee had their annual Winter meeting. Much was made of the libido remarks by former Governor Mike Huckabee, but he wasn't all the news from the confab. During...
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