Archive for April, 2011
Foster Children Only Deserve Second Best
A Michigan state senator has a budget cutting idea – allow foster children to only purchase secondhand clothes.
A Katz and Mouse Game
People who want to use the Del Senate to set up lifetime six figure sinecures don’t like the idea of term limits. Shocking right? I’d almost have to be on Katz’ side on this one if not for the loathsome people who would be empowered by term limits.
Political Courage
The Economist notices that the Progressive Caucus budget proposal does not receive the same media coverage as the Ryan proposal, despite actually balancing the budget with real numbers and faster than Ryan.
Late Night Video — Stephen Fry Says Play with Your Words
…and stop paying so much attention to the language pedants.
Delaware’s Top Republican Covers Up Wrongdoing
Tom Wagner’s office withheld a report critical of DSU and Dick Cathcart according to a News Journal investigation.
Call to Action
Android has released a dog fighting app for its phones. Not only is this disgusting, but is wrong. As Sloan Quealy-Miner writes at BSL News Android who is owned by Google has come out with a new application game for your phone called DOG WARS (developed by Kage Games LLC). This game is a DOG […]
Summer Of Spittle II Coming?
Return of the angry town halls this summer? Voters are not fooled by the GOP’s spin that they are “saving” Medicare.
More Wisconsin Shenanigans
Wisconsin Republicans have filed paperwork to recall 3 Democratic state senators but Wisconsin Democrats plan to challenge those signatures.
Naughty Boy Senator to Resign
Sen. John Ensign, who was caught screwing around with a campaign aide and then arranged for said aide’s husband to get some lobbying business, is reportedly going to resign. So, how many upright, Christian, family-values Republicans does this make in the past 5 years that have been forced from office?
An Executive Order to Provide Some Sunlight on Contributions to Political Groups
Today’s fun has been to watch some of the reaction to the news that there is circulating around the Obama Administration that would ask Federal contractors to disclose how much money they’ve contributed to organizations involved in political activity.
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