Tis the Season to Bash Feds

It must be the holiday season as it seems that the rethuglicans in Congress are once again taking aim at Federal employees. As a compromise to extending the payroll tax holiday that has been championed by President Obama, Senate ruthuglicans, led by Sen. Dean Heller (Tehadist - NV), introduced legislation to "pay" for the extension by freezing Federal salaries for an additional 3 years (on top of the 2 year freeze instituted last January) and cut 200,000 Federal jobs. And get this, these asshats also want to make sure that millionaires won't be eligible for food stamps! Now when was the last time a millionaire either qualified or applied for food stamps?

Gloria (Gaynor) Cain Will Survive

s Herman Cain headed home on Friday to Georgia to face his wife for the first time since Ginger White alleged an affair with him, a new report surfaced stories of the couple having deep marital unrest long before Cain's presidential campaign was rocked by allegations of sexual harassment.

Friday Open Thread [12.2.11]

The U.S. labor market strengthened last month, adding 140,000 new private sector jobs and pushing the unemployment rate down to 8.6%. This marks a three year low for the unemployment rate.

Newt’s Got A Kid Problem

So Newt thinks that poor kids only know how to rob and steal. The asshat from Georgia thinks he's a celebrity because some idiot is willing to pay $60K to…

Unopposed, Gov Markell Sends Out First Campaign Fundraising Email

Governor Markell is still unopposed right?
Dear Jason330, Delawareans do not give up, particularly when it comes to fighting to get people working now and creating the strongest possible public schools to ensure our state’s future. We stay focused, and we keep fighting, to move forward together, sometimes against profoundly difficult odds. Because of your support in the past, I have had the honor of helping to lead that fight the last few years – to give new hope and new light at shuttered manufacturing facilities, to help small businesses through our LIFT program, and to be responsible stewards of public resources.

Thursday Open Thread [12.1.11]

David Duke was arrested in Germany while he was addressing a group of about 100 German citizens "eager to hear [his] message of heritage and freedom." No doubt, Duke was spreading his neonazi hatred. However, in Germany, it is a crime to be a Nazi, and it is a crime to deny the Holocaust. Perhaps David wants to return to America. I hear the Republicans are looking for a suitable Presidential candidate to fit their views.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

President Obama, like most Presidents in this “Tough on Crime” era of the last 40 years, has been a veritable teetotaler when it comes to using his Pardon Power. Presidents, from Johnson to Obama, have erred on the side of their own political interests in not appearing soft on crime instead of showing mercy or righting pasts wrongs. Until this year. Over the last 12 months, the President has pardoned 22 people. What is behind this new found love of the really only unchecked power the President has?