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The NRA’s Response to Sandy Hook Massacre is to Sell More Guns

The NRA’s Response to Sandy Hook Massacre is to Sell More Guns

NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre's presser today sounded more like a marketing strategy for the manufacturers on the board of the…

11 years ago

Why Progressives Can Make My Head Explode

Progressivism, like conservatism, is about regulating our lives. But I'm a liberal; I'm all about liberty, so leave my choices…

11 years ago

The Demographics of Progress and the Demise of the America of Conservative Dreams

The numbers don't lie: they didn't lie on Election Night, and they do not lie in the longer run when…

11 years ago

Conservatives Are Dreaming of a ‘White’ Christmas

Conservatives are dreaming of a 'white' Christmas, and that is all Christmas really is to them: a means to an…

11 years ago

Conservatives Introduce Their New Fantasy: Barack the Destroyer

Bryan Fischer introduces Barack the Destroyer, the man who wants to destroy America and make Americans suffer because of their…

11 years ago

Oregon GOP County Chair Gets the Boot for Claiming Democrats Seek Utopian Enslavement

Gary Bray, Republican Party chairman in Washington County, Oregon, called liberalism an 'atheistic cult' which seeks 'utopian enslavement'

11 years ago

Glenn Beck’s Philosophical Belch – Agenda 21

Glenn Beck takes the new Egyptian Constitution as an opportunity to push his UN conspiracy and to predict a US…

11 years ago

Move Over Star Wars: A Trilogy of GOP Cognitive Dissonance: 2008, 2012, 2016

The Republican Party's doldrums are likely to continue until they acknowledge reality, but there are no signs of that happening…

11 years ago

Republicans Turn Charter School Officials Into the New Robber Barons

School privatization is the new Gold Rush. There is money to be made in them there hills. And charter schools…

11 years ago

Just in time for Black Friday conservatives revive the War on Christmas

It is that season again - and no, I am not talking about Christmas. I am talking about the War…

11 years ago

Things I am Grateful for in 2012

Even in troubled times, there are a great many things to be grateful for. Here are a few of mine.

11 years ago

President Obama Commends the American Spirit of Helping Our Brothers and Sisters in Need

President Obama used his weekly address to remind us that Thanksgiving is a time to put aside our differences after…

11 years ago

America is a Christian Nation. If We Don’t Like it, We Should Get Out

Another one of the 24 percent tells the 76 percent to get out because America is THEIR country: white and…

11 years ago

How the Pax Americana is to Blame for Israel’s Attacks on Gaza

Israel could not have attacked Gaza without the tacit consent of the American government, which persists in seeing Israel as…

11 years ago

Sorry GOP: We Do Not Need Churches in order to Prosper Economically

Conservatives insist that economic prosperity is impossible without their God but America wil prosper just as well with 20 gods…

12 years ago

Let’s Not Give Right Wing Religious Idiots and Hypocrites the Last Laugh

The Religious Right says some laughable things, but there is nothing laughable about their money, power - or influence on…

12 years ago

GOP ReBiblicans Swept Congressional Races Virtually Unnoticed

This image gives you the dramatic story of ReBiblican wins in 2012 Congressional races.

12 years ago

Republicans Declare Defeat and Claim They Have Lost the Culture War

Longtime foe of multiculturalism, William J. Bennett, says Republicans lost culture war and accuses Democrats of playing identity politics

12 years ago

Republicans are Blaming George Clooney for Mitt Romney’s Defeat

The braniacs at World Net Daily and the American Family Association have convinced themselves we voted for Obama because George…

12 years ago

What Obama’s Victory Means to the Religious Right

The Religious Right took a black eye in 2012 but they are far from powerless and will be back to…

12 years ago

Ryan to Evangelicals: Obama’s Path Compromises Judeo-Christian Values

Paul Ryan says Obama's path compromises some non-existent values; the real problem is that Obama stands between Ryan and the…

12 years ago

The GOP’s Vorpal Blade of Cognitive Dissonance Goes Snicker-Snack!

Reality is the ultimate enemy of Republican ideology, so Tom Tancredo picks up his vorpal blade and shows himself asylum-ready

12 years ago

Romney Lies on CNN. This is his Real Vision for America

Mitt Romney took to CNN's opinion page to lie about his vision for America but his real vision is somewhat…

12 years ago

Franklin Graham Says Election Day 2012 is America’s Last Call

Not only has God decided Mormonism is not a cult, but that former heretic Mitt Romney is his last true…

12 years ago

While Science Points to Humans Causing Superstorms, Conservatives Blame Sin

Science explains superstorms like Hurricane Sandy, but conservatives prefer to see human immorality and a wrathful god

12 years ago

Billy Ray Cyrus Endorses Obama

Miley Cyrus already embraced going forward and now her father follows in her wake, coming out for Obama on Piers…

12 years ago

Republicans Scramble to Make Horses and Bayonets Work for Them

Mitt Romney stepped into a hornet's nest last night full of horses and bayonets and the Republican effort to extricate…

12 years ago

John Kerry Challenges Romney with 6 Questions He Must Answer at the Debate

Kerry lists 6 questions Romney must answer tonight. He commented, 'Romney, who once even said 'a president is not a…

12 years ago

UN Vote Monitors Draw Outrage from the GOP’s Voter Suppression Groups

Conservatives are beside themselves at the idea of foreigners monitoring their voter suppression activities on Election Day

12 years ago

Bryan Fischer, Kicked off CNN for Lying, Reacts like Childish Buffoon

Bryan Fischer appeared on CNN this week to share his hateful and dishonest spew but ran into a host who…

12 years ago

Romney’s Tax Plan Turns the Laws of Mathematics on their Head

Ask yourself why the laws of mathematics work differently for Mitt Romney than for the rest of the universe before…

12 years ago

Failure to Teach Christianity in Public Schools is Mental Molestation

Fundies claim failure to teach Christianity in public schools is mental molestation - say it ought to be punished like…

12 years ago

Romney Ignores Bainport While Trying to Take Back 47% Comments

Mitt Romney refuses to meet with the folks from Bainport to discuss his company shipping their jobs to China, yet…

12 years ago

Paul Ryan Visibly Gulped While Being Pressed for Answers During Debate

Paul Ryan's gulping was so evident that Obama for America released a new web video that that pokes fun at…

12 years ago

The GOP’s Blatant Support for Theocracy

The GOP has surrendered its platform to the most extremist elements within the Religious Right and offers a candidate who…

12 years ago

In Foreign Policy Romney Needs to be More than Not-Obama

Mitt Romney is campaigning as not-Obama and in this case at least, he is being entirely honest: he is not…

12 years ago

Republican Hatred of Their Country Hits a New Low as More Americans Find Jobs

Republicans have taken their Obama hate out on America by taking pleasure and perpetuating their misfortune at being unemployed, or…

12 years ago

I Would Like to Say Goodbye to Patriarchy

You would think that in 2012 we'd be in a position to say goodbye to patriarchy but instead it has…

12 years ago

Nonbeliever Nation by David Niose is a Secular Manifesto

David Niose's timely book is not another look at the Religious Right; this call to arms is written for Secular…

12 years ago

Romney Throws Details out Window, Turns to God

Mitt Romney has never been very specific about what he would do as president to "fix" things. He just says…

12 years ago

Sarah Palin Claims Innocence of Muslims Video Doesn’t Really Exist

In a desperate attempt to blame President Obama for the violence in the Middle East, Sarah Palin claimed that the…

12 years ago

The Smirking Sociopath: Romney Finds Sick Joy in Using Libya to Attack Obama

Romney's smirk revealed his belief that the pursuit of political expediency was worth appealing to a sick segment of society…

12 years ago

Unfortunately, America is Stuck with These Idiots

I blame the First Amendment. Don't get me wrong: I'm not making excuses for bad behavior by Islamic fundamentalists or…

12 years ago

Hitler Explains to GOP Why They Are Wrong about National Socialism

Republicans love the socialism in National Socialism but as Hitler explained to his fellow Nazis, socialists were just "salon Bolsheviks"

12 years ago

POTUS Marks the 11th Anniversary of 9/11 with Proclamation for National Day of Prayer and Remembrance

President Obama marks the 11th anniversary of 9/11 by remembering the innocent lives lost, and honoring the first responders and…

12 years ago

Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago

John Kerry exposed the Romney-Ryan foreign policy as the neocon shell game that it is, contrasting it with the steady…

12 years ago

Battling the Republican Obsession to Turn Back the Clock

It's no secret the Republicans want to take us back and that Democrats want to take us forward, but isn't…

12 years ago

How God Got Back Into the Democratic Platform

The Democrats missed an opportunity to take a step forward for the Founders' vision of a secular government by putting…

12 years ago

Sandra Fluke Shows the GOP Why You Don’t Mess with Women

The Georgetown University law student's rousing speech included, 'Our president, when he hears a young woman has been verbally attacked,…

12 years ago

Why Caving To Republican Extremists is Not an Option

In America, the crackpots are close to controlling the very government that they are bound and determined to destroy.

12 years ago

Christian End-Time Fantasies Endanger Us All

Christian end time fantasies are not limited to the world of fiction; these people get elected to office and influence,…

12 years ago

Paul Ryan: A One-Man Fiscal Cliff?

Does Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate signal his campaign is tacking to the right again, or…

12 years ago

Romney and Ryan to Embark on 87 Days of Terror

Mitt Romney is hurting in the polls, has insulted nearly everyone he's met, and now plans to take to the…

12 years ago

Schism In The GOP Causes A 2012 Three Way Split

The three way split that occurred in Iowa last night is actually representative of the fracture that exists within the…

12 years ago