Posts belonging to Category 'Politics'

Why do Conservatives hate Wikipedia?

Among the greatest resources that the Internet has enabled is the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. In my opinion, through wonderful initial design and continued development,  it has become the greatest compendium of Man’s knowledge ever assembled- and its content expands and improves every day. I was initially puzzled that Conservatives were wary of its validity until [...]

Is our country a “Christian nation”?

During discussion of politics with “Constitutionalists”, I often hear the claim that our country was intended to be a Christian Nation. In support of that thesis, David Barton, the Founder and President of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization, has made a series of publications that he claims are based on historical fact. In response, Chris [...]

Top 10 Corporate Outrages

Here’s a letter everyone should see. It contains 10 documented cases of outrageous behavior by corporations and our government. It’s clear that we all need to get involved to stop this behavior. Sign the pledge linked to near the bottom of this post Dear MoveOn member, You might have heard this: BP is so well [...]

Climategate Fail: Scientist Cleared Of Misconduct Charges

Where’s all the media coverage now? The so-called Climategate scandal was a fabrication based on stolen emails whose meanings were distorted by climate change deniers. Now, this high-profile exoneration, and the slower charge-by-charge take down of Climategate, have received relatively little press. Why? Good ol’ media bias I guess. “I don’t doubt for a minute [...]

BIOB or H.R.W.A.T.P.T.R.T.C.I.T.G?

From John McCain and other GOP’ers: BIOB=Blame It On Bush From the Daily Show, an easy-to-remember acronym for Dubya: “H.R.W.A.T.P.T.R.T.C.I.T.G — He really was a terrible president that ran the country into the ground.” Sphere: Related Content

How Transparent are the Dems?

To reduce the effects of the SCOTUS Citizens United ruling, Congress proposed a bill that would require transparency in campaign financing. House Dems Exempt the NRA From Transparency Law As MAPLight.org previously reported, the many special interest groups opposed to this bill have contributed over $45 million to current House members over the last two [...]

Dubya’s Wars

Everyone needs to remember the devastating effects Dubya’s 2 unfunded wars have had on our economy. When you hear our GOP representatives claim they are now concerned about our debt, ask them where those concerns were when they approved these expenditures…? According to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report published in October 2007, the U.S. [...]

Colbert on Beck’s Vatican visit

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Why a Wall Street-BP double standard?

Here’s a nice article from Huffington Post contributor Les Leopold: The captains of high finance are demanding that we reduce public debt, which we ran up to bail them out and deal with the mass unemployment they caused. It takes a hell of a lot of nerve. First they crash the system and run away [...]

More Obstruction from GOP senators

When will mainstream Americans see who cares about their interests and who consistently support those of the wealthy and corporations? Jobless Benefits Filibuster by GOP senators looks increasingly likely