“We’re discussing the possible virtue of a short-term debt limit extension so that we have a better chance of getting the Senate and the White House involved in discussions in March.” ~Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) Short term.  Short term.  Short term. Let me take you back for a minute.  After President Obama won election in [...]

Why this story isn’t getting more attention, I don’t know. But Republicans are openly seeking to rig the 2016 elections. RNC Chair Reince Priebus is encouraging Republicans who control the government in Democratic-leaning states–PA, OH, WI, MI especially–to overhaul their electoral systems and end winner-take-all distribution of electoral votes. Of course Republicans completely oppose doing this nationally. It [...]

A smoothie shop in Vernal, Utah is sparking outrage over an unorthodox pricing structure that charges liberals an extra dollar. The shop, tellingly named the I Love Drilling Juice and Smoothie Bar, is owned by George Burnett, a pro-oil and gas activist. He donates the extra money to conservative organizations like the Heritage Foundation. “I love this place. [...]

Conservative rage over gun control has reached a fever pitch before any new legislation or executive orders have even been put on the table. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are expected to reveal their new approach on guns this week, which is expected to include significant action via executive order that would [...]

“The issue here is whether or not America pays its bills. We are not a deadbeat nation. And so there’s a very simple solution to this: Congress authorizes us to pay our bills.” ~President Obama  President Obama has taken all of the creative options off the table relative to the debt ceiling issue – there [...]

President Obama intends to push lawmakers to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would create a pathway to citizenship for most illegal immigrants, according to a report in the New York Times. The report, citing senior administration officials, said the White House would press Senate Democrats for action on the measure in the coming months. Despite coming [...]

“In recent years, there’s been a significant shift to the right, and we have seen what that shift has produced: two losing presidential campaigns.  I think what the Republican Party needs to do now is take a very hard look at itself and understand that the country has changed.  The country is changing demographically.  And if [...]

Most people really don’t understand the federal government’s budgets nor do they really understand government spending.  There has been poll after poll on this (like this one HERE); the problem is everyone thinks they know what they’re talking about because they read some headline or they heard it from someone who works for Fox News [...]

Conservatives LOVE to talk about the flat tax.  There are very few things that will make a conservative get hot and bothered more than the idea of transitioning away from a progressive tax system to a regressive tax system that taxes everyone equally.  Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) has proposed to eliminate the state income tax [...]

Myself – I don’t understand the mind of a rapist.  When a woman says no – that’s that.  I couldn’t even remotely imagine having sex with a woman without her consent; that  just seems unfathomable to me.  If you have to drug a woman to have sex with her – you’re pathetic.  If you have [...]