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Conservative Christians Claim They Should be Able to Spew Hate Without Consequence
Conservative Christians want to be able to spew hate and lies but for nobody to have the right to disagree with or refute them
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A Look Inside A State Democratic Convention A.K.A. Vote for Colbert Busch Tomorrow
There’s a lot of listening, clapping and jumping up and down at a Democratic state convention. Other than that, very little for delegates to except try to mobilize voters for Elizabeth Colbert Busch.
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Ralph Nader Attacks the Imperial Presidency but Ignores the Do-Nothing Congress
Ralph Nader is railing against the “imperial presidency” but has nothing to say about our runaway, do-nothing Congress. It makes no sense to rail against the one while ignoring the other.
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The Republican Party and the un-Founding of America
Republicans claim to be the defenders of the Constitution; this while wishing to do away with every amendment save the Second and the Tenth- narrowing Republican goals to guns and secession.
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Our Middle-Aged and Elderly Citizens Are America’s Forgotten Addicts
Most addicts are still on the young side, but an increasing number of middle-aged and elderly are joining their ranks and dying from drugs
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Sarah Palin Hypocritically Accuses Obama of Playing the Politics of Emotion
The queen of the politics of emotion accuses President Obama of playing the politics of emotion
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Right Wingers Claim Prayer Doomed Manchin-Toomey
You probably didn’t know this but gun safety laws are “pagan” and it was prayer that defeated Manchin-Toomey
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Grandmother Says She is Persecuted if She is Not Allowed to Convert Grandson
Visiting Grandma should not carry with it the prerequisite of conversion
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Buster Wilson Wakes Up to Discover He’s a Hate Monger
Buster Wilson complains that if he believes what he says the Bible says about homosexuality, he is a hate monger
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Elizabeth Colbert Busch Shows What A Democrat Has To Do to Win in the South
Elizabeth Colbert Busch had to try to appeal to Democrats, Republicans and Independents in her Monday night debate with Mark Sanford.
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NBA Player Jason Collins Comes Out – Religious Right Apoplectic
NBA player Jason Collins says he’s gay; the religious right says he is immoral and aberrant and so are we for supporting him
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What You Need To Know For the Elizabeth Colbert Busch/ Mark Sanford Debate
This evening at the Citadel, the two candidates for the SC District 1 Congressional seat, will debate for an hour and fifteen minutes. Here is what you need to know.
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Fox News Says Rep. Keith Ellison Is ‘Very Dangerous’ Because He’s a Muslim
Apparently if you actually exercise your First Amendment rights to be something other than Christian, you’re dangerous.
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The Bush Presidential Library, Museum and Think Tank. Think Tank?
Thursday marks the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, not to mention a think tank. What a waste of money.
Bryan Fischer Says Liberals Hate America and Christianity
Bryan Fischer dishonestly says liberals hate America and Christianity because they want to replace America as it was founded
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Larry Pratt: Bombing Seen by Liberals as Opportunity to Increase Government Control
Republicans want bombing suspect treated as enemy combatant but it’s liberals who want increased government control?
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Deep In The Heart of Texas Lies and Coverups Surround Fertilizer Plant Explosion
The state of Texas continues to claim that there were 14 deaths in the recent fertilizer explosion. There are logical reason to suspect more.
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The GOP’s Boston-inspired Insanity
The GOP: Sodomizing our shared reality – and you
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Dzhoklar Tsarnaev Has Been Captured But The Questions Are Just Beginning
The capture of Boston bombing suspect Dzhoklar Tsarnaev was and will continue to be tragic theater with an endless stream of unanswered questions.
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Mark Sanford Sinks His Own House Campaign. Can Elizabeth Colbert-Busch Take Advantage?
More troubles for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District candidate, Mark Sanford. He’ll face a judge after his special election. This presents an opportunity for Elizabeth Colbert-Busch
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Death And Destruction At the Last Venue You Would Expect Tragedy
At 2:50 PM Eastern Time, late finishers of the Boston Marathon heard 2 bomb explosions near the finish line. Over 100 injured, 3 killed
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It Is Time For Democratic Women to Usurp the Power of Male Republicans
By any measure, America is in decline. The fault lies almost completely with male Republicans. Democratic women must usurp the power.
An Old Foe Is Returning in 2014, and He Could Defeat Nikki Haley
In all likelihood the 2014 South Carolina Governor’s race is going to be a replay of the 2010 race, not good news for incumbent Nikki Haley
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The Tea Party Speaks From The Gutter and Tells the GOP to Forget Hispanic Voters
Tea Party Republicans like Rep. Tim Huelskamp are spewing more hate and intolerance by decrying Republican outreach to “so-called” Hispanic voters.
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Rick Warren Forgives Whoever Sold His Son the Unregistered Gun Used in His Suicide
After the brutal slayings of 20 precious Sandy Hook children, the son of Pastor Rick Warren shoots himself with an unregistered gun purchased on the Internet, and still the NRA doesn’t care.
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15 Republican Governors Would Rather Kill Their Own Citizens Than Expand Medicaid
15 states with Republican governors are refusing to expand Medicaid even though the first 3 years are free and never more than 10% in state costs.
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There Must be a Better Way to Compromise Than By Bringing Fiscal Harm to Seniors
POTUS Obama has revived a plan that will cost those who can least afford it, money. Elderly seniors could lose up to $1,000 monthly by 85.
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Mark Sanford’s Very Republican God Redeems His Career: He Is Forgiven So You Must Forget
Former Congressman and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is about as immoral and unethical as they get, but God is reviving his career.
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Kansas Republican Tim Huelskamp Put the Fool in April Fool’s Day
Kansas Republican Tim Huelskamp says marriage equality is unpatriotic and will destroy the family and motherhood – and even your apple pie
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God Wills It! Things You Will Never Hear an Atheist Say
When Reshad Riddle gunned down his father at Church, he didn’t say his act was the will of atheism.
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Possible Low-Skilled Immigrant Worker Program Awaits Senate Agreement
A prominent Senator, the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce have sent the Senate an agreement on an low-skilled immigrant worker visa.
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Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Sarah Palin, the GOP’s New, Kinda New and Old Voices
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Sarah Palin seem to have captured the spirit of the current crop of Republicans; still extreme and still anti-Obama.
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A Misleading and Highly Incomplete ‘Study’ Continues the GOP Attack on Obamacare
The Society of Actuaries conducted a study on the costs of medical claims and draws some scary conclusions. Exactly what the client paid for.
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Powerful Democratic Operatives in D.C. Help South Carolina Republicans Retain Control
South Carolina Democrat Jaime Harrison is a powerful lobbyist for the Podesta Group. He’s about to become the Chairman of the state party.
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What the DINOs In The Senate Have Really Cost Us
The five Democrats who killed the assault weapons ban will further embolden the million caliber wackjobs to make this the most dangerous county on the planet, wars notwithstanding.
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ALEC Education Bill Hides Privatization Behind a Reading Skills Disguise
An increasing number of states have passed a bill whose main component is increasing reading skills. It’s really another privatizing effort
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Sit on Your Ass and Watch Democracy Pass: People Need to Act Not Just Talk
The legislation being proposed by the GOP House is pathetic. Yet, little is heard from Democratic constituents. Activism is the answer.
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An Examination of a Legit Defense Expenditure Would Out a Number Of Illegitimate Money-Wasters
The U.S. has an enormous number of military personnel and weaponry in the U.S. territory of Guam. It’s legit, but are other ‘occupations?’
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The Bill to Fund the Government Is the Latest Bit of Stand-up Comedy From House Republicans
The primary purpose of House Bill 933 is to perpetuate the bloat of the defense budget and decimate domestic programs.
The Republican Party’s Bad Character-Guy Culture
The NFL hates ’em, the GOP loves ’em: bad character guys. Who needs Nazis and the KKK? We already have the Republican Party.
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Millions of America’s Gun Nuts Aren’t Hiding Their Yearning for Civil War
After years of manipulation and buying off elected officials, a large percentage of radical right-wingers are planning a civil war.
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When One Receives a Political Email Full of Pure BS, You Know It Came From a Republican
There’s a national email movement to demand the defunding of ACA. It’s spearheaded by Heritage Action for America (HAA), an offshoot of the Heritage Foundation.
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Pat Robertson Says You Have Demons in Your Underpants
Pat Robertson thinks there are demons in your underpantsr, so be sure to rebuke them before heading out of the house
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No Harm, No Foul as Rich Folks Have No Reason To Fear Sequestration
On March 1st a decision will be made that could impact millions for at least 9 years. Jobs will be lost and people will go hungry, but not the rich.
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80 Republicans Sign Supreme Court Brief in Support of Marriage Equality
More than 80 Republicans have signed a brief which will be submitted to the Supreme Court in support of Marriage Equality
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A Tea Party Texas Congressman wants to take a six-shooter to Sharia law
Texas Republican Representative, Louie Gohmert is convinced Sharia law is trying to take over the U.S. legal system. So, he’s packing.
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America’s Capitalism Has Embraced White Slaves as Well as Black
American capitalism supported white indentured servitude before and alongside black slavery and relinquished it only reluctantly.
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The Tragic Shooting of Reeva Steenkamp Proves that Some People Can’t Handle Guns
Olympic star Oscar Pistorius’s shooting of his girlfriend, whether it was an accidental infliction of a mortal wound or premeditated murder, explodes gun nut myths.
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World Net Daily to PoliticusUSA: Facts are anti-Semitic
Reality-challenged Joseph Farah of World Net Daily feels that inconvenient and uncongenial facts about ancient Israel are anti-Semitic.
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Republicans Love to Regulate When it Benefits Their Wealthy Friends
A long-time and oft-repeated Republican criticism of Democrats is the tendency to regulation. But, so do Republicans, especially for friends.
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Show Me State Republicans Need Somebody to Show them Reality on Gun Control
If any facet of the GOP’s war on America has grown to lunatic proportions, it is gun control. The more people die from gun violence, the more the GOP sinks into denial.
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Conservatives Convince Themselves Obama Would be in Jail if He Wasn’t President
Conservatives have convinced themselves that though Obama SHOULD be in jail even as president, he would certainly BE in jail if he were not.
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Why Fashion Designers are the Last Line of Defense Against the Gun Obsessed
It’s clear that there will be no effective gun legislation passed as long as the House remains in Republican hands, but fashion has the answer.
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Joseph Farah Says America Needs Ten Commandments – Wants Money
Joseph Farah is putting up 10 Commandment billboards in “Sin City” – Las Vegas – and he wants your dollars to do it
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Buster Wilson Claims Obama Wants to Declare Christians to be Mentally Ill and Lock Them Up
Buster Wilson lets go of his meat long enough to claim Obama thinks he’s crazy and wants to lock him up.
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Calling all Right Wing ‘Patriots’ Please Identify All the Freedoms You’ve Lost
Right wing “patriots” are constantly complaining of losing their freedoms and liberty. I would ask what these freedoms and liberties are.
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Ralph Reed Invokes MLK’s Fight for Freedom in Defense of his Fight to Oppress
So Ralph Reed of the misnamed Faith and Freedom Coalition, took exception to my findings yesterday, that the Bible is irrelevant as a determinant of United States immigration policy reform. He thinks he’s pretty clever and like any good conservative these days, goes right to invoking MLK: “So MLK was wrong to invoke the BIble &…
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Right Wing Bigots Claim Immigration Reform Path to Citizenship Violates the Bible
Ralph Reed, mistaking the Bible for the US Constitution, believes his holy book should govern US immigration policy
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Look out Idaho, A New Herd of Paranoid Survivalists Are Heading to Your State
A planned, walled-in Patriot Community called the Citadel Project is being planned for a mountainous region of Idaho. It’s all about guns
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Steven Seagal Shows Sheriff Joe’s Criminal Vigilantes How to Rescue our Children
Are you not entertained? Former action star Steven Seagal is training a criminal collection of deputies how to protect our school children
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It’s Time to Start Treating Cuba as a Neighbor
The American government persists in shutting out communist Cuba while welcoming communist Vietnam and China. It’s time to bring Cuba aboard.
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Bryan Fischer Condemns Interfaith Prayer and Counterfeit Gods
Some have realized that people might be praying to the same god or gods and that mixing it up isn’t a bad thing. Not Bryan Fischer
Chris Christie Sells Himself as a Moderate, but That’s Not Even Close to True
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and presidential hopeful has been casting himself as a jolly moderate. I invite you to check the record.
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Glenn Beck Fears for Humanity’s Future and He Wants You to be Afraid Too
Glenn Beck reacts with his usual hysteria to the idea of the Singularity and humankind’s next leap forward: the Singularity.
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Conservatives Release the Propaganda Hounds in Defense of Religious Bigotry
A collection of WTF Boy Scout moments, brought to you by the party that hasn’t read the Bible they’re using to beat us over the head
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The Republicans Are Now a Step Closer to Shutting Down the Post Office
Get ready to say bye to the Postal Service as we know it and hello to near-monopoly private providers who will charge high prices, pay low wages, hire a majority of their workers on a part-time basis.
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BP Proves Corporations Can Get Away with Almost Anything with No Risk of Prison
As long as they’ve got decent insurance, a few bucks in the till, political contributions to the right people and a Supreme Court majority, corporations will always receive preferential treatment.
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A Sudden Bi-Partisan Senate Love Fest Over Immigration Reform? Are you Listening House?
While the Senate may indeed find a bi-partisan path to citizenship for undocumenteds, look for any positives to be scuttled by the House.
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The Conservative Obsession with Liberal Media Bias is Right Wing Propaganda
The “Liberal Media”, is a tiresome and wholly inaccurate screed that is the centerpiece of right-wing propaganda.
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Fundamentalist Says Refrigeration Removes Sin. Tough Luck Gays and Lesbians!
Oklahoma Pastor James Taylor says if you can refrigerate something (like shellfish) it isn’t an abomination anymore
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The Right Claims Liberals Have a Dull-Witted, Self-Defeating, Abjectly Wicked Worldview
Conservatives seem completely confused and befuddled by reality, as evidenced by Liberty Counsel’s Matt Barber and his recent scree
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The gun issue reaches the tipping point as the radicals are making their voices heard
The gun movement radicals are coming out of the woodwork post-Obama Executive Orders. The worst of them has threatened death for gun reform
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Our 44th President said just the right inaugural things
President Barack Obama and a number of other speakers and entertainers brightened up an inauguration that struck just the right tone.
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Misremembering is the Conservative Way of Treating Martin Luther King
As our nation celebrates Martin Luther King Jr, conservatives choose NOT to remember him, but to misremember him as a conservative
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The IQ-Killing Plague Driving the Gun Lobby
What might an alien observer make of the seeming disease causing humans to shun science for superstition?
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The GOP is going try to fight President Obama’s Executive Orders
The President’s 23 Executive Orders on gun control are now public. The Republicans are pushing back implying some may be unconstitutional
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Proposed Missouri Law Would Throw Federal Agents in Prison Over Guns
If you think a person is violating the Constitution, you don’t violate the constitution yourself as a remedy and expect anyone to take you seriously.
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The Tea Party’s Intolerable Acts Are a Parting Shot from George III
The Tea Party’s actions in Wisconsin and Michigan show them to owe their inspiration not to the Patriots of 1776 but to King George III
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Obama talks to the nation about gun control, but House Republicans won’t listen
President Barack Obama gave a moving speech on gun reform, but House Republicans have already chosen the gun lobby over children’s lives.
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GOP: Refusing to do What We Want You to Do is a Violation of the Constitution
The Republican Party seems to think if Obama doesn’t do what they want him to do, he is violating the Constitution
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Critics on Both Sides Distort Obama’s White Male Cabinet Problem
Should we worry about Obama’s white male cabinet appointments? How about we wait and see what his cabinet looks like before we complain
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Impeach Obama for Pagan Gun Safety Laws?
According to GOP gun nut Larry Pratt, gun-control policies are Pagan, thus proving Piers Morgan’s accusation that he is unbelievably stupid
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Gun Nuts to Build 2,000 Acre Citadel in Idaho’s American Redoubt
How do America’s most extreme gun enthusiasts want to live? You’ll soon get to find out as they build their own city in the mountains of Idaho
Michele Bachmann Refuses to Pay Employees Unless They Promise to Hide Illegal Activities
Americans should be asking themselves this weekend why Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is refusing to pay five of her staffers for the work they did helping her try to win the presidential nomination.
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President Obama is More Popular Now than During His First Term
The GOP finds itself in trouble as Obama’s popularity soars and their own plummets, and Obama’s second term only promises more of the same
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Right Wing Insanity Boils Over With Claim Marriage Equality Caused Noah’s Flood
Right wing Pastor Scott Lively hit a new level of crazy even for the far right by claiming that same sex marriage caused Noah’s Flood.
A Desperate Religious Right Renews the War on Marriage Equality
With growing desperation, the Religious Right tries to stem the liberal tide of toleration, equality, and genuine religious liberty
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One fiery speech and the Syrian threat is taken to a whole new level
Reporting on the recent Assad defiant speech and a recent story on Russia’s role in the Syrian civil war. Syria may explode
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The GOP Needs to Shed its God Problem Before it’s Too Late
The Republican Party needs to shed its God problem before its unhealthy obsession destroys America
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Opposition to Chuck Hagel is a No-Win Scenario for the GOP
There is no conceivable outcome in which GOP opposition to Chuck Hagel ends happily for Republicans
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Its the End of the World as You Know It
Joseph Farah wants you to believe an angry God is about to snuff us out, but first we have to survive the Republicans
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Republican Grifters Rob Oregonians Blind With Charter School Scam
Two Republicans have scammed the state of Oregon out of $17 million in a charter school scam.
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The Republican homage to Sandy Hook – anything goes state gun laws
The Firearms Freedom act legislation is passing in a number of states. It establishes state laws that override the feds; a waste of time
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When Your Doctor Offers to Pray for You
We go to medical doctors for medical care based on the most recent medical science, not for prayers
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Republican Congressman Says He’s Not Convinced Sandy Victims Need Relief
Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp told AFA Director of Issues Analysis Bryan Fischer that he saw no real need for disaster relief for Hurricane Sandy victims.
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John Boehner’s F-Bomb to America
John Boehner, back to the wall, has come out swinging a middle finger, offering an F-bomb to Harry Reid and to the victims of Hurricane Sandy
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A Desperate Grover Norquist Claims Fiscal Cliff Deal Not Violation of Pledge
Grover Norquist tried to defend his pet congressmen and women while simultaneously branding President Obama as an enemy of liberty
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The Republicans Have Quit on America; It’s Time for Americans to Quit on Them
Republicans have quit on America. They’re putting forth no effort, and most importantly at all, they haven’t even bothered to show up for the past two years.
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Things to Like About 2012
We had some rough times in 2012 but there are things to like about the year just past. Here are a few of them.
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Unlike most of your public utterances Republicans, Hillary was telling the truth
Unlike most of the words that come out of Republicans like John Bolton’s mouths, Sec. of State Hillary Clinton was telling the truth about her concussion and now blood clot.
