The Irrational War on Tea

Sometimes, you just can’t help laughing at the state of affairs in the world.  Laughter helps the world go ’round.  It also distracts my brain from its deep-seeded desire to eat its way out of the back of my skull for having been exposed to the ongoing theater of the absurd that is the war [...]

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This Doesn’t Bother Me…

There’s a few conservative folks who’re getting up in arms over the latest from The Onion: You know, I’m going to go against the flow here…  this is actually a smart piece of satire.  If this wasn’t The Onion, I’d say…  sure.  It’s evil, stupid, and we should ignore it.  But this is, frankly, kinda [...]

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When Heroes Fail Us

I get what you’re doing, Newt.  You’re playing the party game.  Dede Scozzafava is a “Republican” and the party’s nominee, so it’s important that the party members support the party nominee, right? Yeah – I get it.  And you’re wrong.  Very, very wrong. I’ve admired you for a long time, Newt.  Your 1994 Republican Revolution [...]

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NY-23

The big buzz today in political realms is about New York 23rd Congressional district special election being held November 3rd.  Why is it important?  It is important because it is one of the first elections being held since the big O was elected as President last year.  This race has big implications for 2010 and [...]

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Not-So-Subtle Threats: The Chicago Way

Let’s let Obama cronies David Axelrod and Rham Emanuel speak for themselves: “A lot of their news programming, it’s really not news. It’s pushing a point of view,” senior adviser David Axelrod said on ABC’s “This Week.” “The way we — the president looks at it and we look at it, is, it is not [...]

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