Fearful of a damaging Republican assault on education, the National Education Association gives the early endorsement to President Obama despite his union busting policies of questionable education value.
The Republican Party has drawn their line in the sand; they flatly refuse to raise taxes on the wealthy. Their argument is that higher taxes kills job creation. Proponents phrase this as, ‘lower taxes creates jobs’ and ‘we cannot tax the job creators’. This is a circular logic, which is not substantiated by evidence.
Rush Limbaugh is making headlines over another controversial comment he made, this time regarding the deceased Caylee Anthony. During his show today he stated that the media only cares about Caylee because she didn’t die in the womb, and that liberals don’t care about the death of children
Mitt Romney is in trouble over a string of comments he made calling the auto bailout a failure. According to non-partisan sources, the auto industry bailout was an overall success.
Champions of the Tea Party and Libertarians believe in the free market and that businesses should be allowed to refuse service to anyone. They think if enough people are offended people will boycott the business until they change their policies or go out of business. How would they feel if those same principles were applied to a business because of the fact that it hosts and sponsors a tea party group?
Across the country Republicans are using the scare of ‘voter fraud’, and other methods, to strip voters of their rights, and to make it harder to vote.
The Republican party has been so wrapped up in their Pledge to America over not raising taxes, they view compromise as siding with the enemy.
Republicans are getting away with attacking workers while Democrats do little to push back against the increasing corporate power in the United States at the expense of the rest of us.
Ann Coulter is known for her attacks on liberals, and the media. Now she is making headlines for comments she made regarding the late Princess Diana of Wales.
While President Obama is trying to negotiate a deal with the Republicans in the House and in the Senate on raising the debt ceiling, both parties are actively voicing their opinions in an attempt to sway public opinion.
Many people are familiar with the stories of Sarah Palin hunting wolves from a helicopter with a rifle, which she has done, but are you aware that during her time as Governor she tried to get Polar Bears taken off the ‘threatened species’ list?
Republicans are at it again. Recently they blocked a bill titled ‘Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011’, which would have extended funding to an incredibly successful job creation program. Republicans unanimously filibustered the bill.
This week, Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann stuck at least one of what seems to be an inexhaustible supply of feet in her mouth. On the day she announced her run for the Presidency, Bachmann, who spent her childhood in Waterloo, Iowa, told Fox News, ‘I want them to know just like John Wayne is from Waterloo Iowa, that’s the spirit I have too. It’s embracing America. It’s sacrificing for America.’
What would happen if Republicans positioned themselves to gain monetary rewards if the debt ceiling is not raised? Would there be repercussions for a House Majority Leader who stands to win financial gain for tanking our economy? Would you believe that this is not merely a hypothetical?
He is perhaps the most paranoid man in America and he makes anyone who has ever claimed to have been abducted by aliens seem sane by comparison. Hell, we should rename paranoid schizophrenia after him. And he has brought the Radical Right Wing closer to the mainstream than ever before. […]
Across the country local Governments are selling public interests to save money. Is this going to help, or hurt our country?
Sometime around about April Fools’ Day, Joan Walsh jumped the shark. Since then, she’s got caught out and called out in remarks that were just the teensy-weensiest bit racist, although Joan, being Joan and a bona fide bastion of the Progressive Left abjectly and vociferously denied that she was racist in […]
Michelle Bachmann stated incorrectly that John Quincy Adams was a Founding Father. Now her supporters have attempted to update John Quincy Adams’ Wikipedia page to make her statement appear to be correct.
Congressman Ron Paul is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination, a self-described ‘libertarian’, and has some pretty unique views. When asked if he thinks that the U.S. should declare bankruptcy he stated ‘Absolutely’.
Michelle Bachmann gave an erratic interview this morning, and made inaccurate statements about the Founding Fathers and refused to answer questions directly.
