Republican Guilt-trips

A lot of Republicans like to use guilt trips to glorify the actions of their constituents, and in most cases these guilt-trips are misplaced. At the same time they like to discount accomplishments made by the Democrats and either deny their existence or give credit for these...

GOP withdrawals med. marijuana bill because voters harass?

Issues in the news: I. Fox News, the propaganda arm of the religious right-wing in America, is upset that Google didn't do one of their famous holiday doodle screens with an Easter theme, on Easter. Who did they honor that day? Well, one of the greatest labor leaders that...

Atheists attacked and large public support for Christianity

As an atheist, I never realized that I was a threat to take down the remains of the World Trade Center. That I was trying to "finish the job" that Muslim terrorists committed on 9/11/01. I must be, because some guy named Shawn Akers (who I haven't even heard of until 5...

Examples of Christian nationalism in our public schools

Issues in the News: I. Bill O'Reilly, debated with devout Christian and talk show host Laura Ingraham about his previous on-air statement, "The compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals. That is where the compelling argument is. We're Americans, we just...

M. Obama at the Oscars and countdown to the Pope being nope pope

Issues in the News: I Well, Pope Benedict XVI has only a few more hours left and then the chaos of no pope in Rome! Well, there is no Italian government in Rome right now, so I guess it isn't that bad. One of the more anti-gay Cardinals, Keith O'Brien of Britain, will not be...

Taxpayers forced to pay for churches and Marco Rubo lies

On February 13 our House of Representatives, a secular institution supposedly upholding our secular Constitution, passed HR 592, a bill to to impose taxpayer money to go towards the rebuilding of churches (or other houses of worships). It wasn't even close, it was by a...

Anti-unionism in Michigan and police trampling on our rights

Number of issues to get to: I. In Michigan the Republican controlled state government changed union laws to reduce a source of funding from unions to Democrats, in order to ensure they retain a hold on their power. This is supposedly for workers, but actually it is for their...

Republican Senate candidate believes rape is something intended

Republican Indiana Rep. Richard Mourdock, who is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate, believes that rape is something intended and planned by the god that he believes in. He literally said it. He stated in a debate with Democratic candidate Joe Donnelly that, "I think that...

The Reasons Why We Fight

by Isaiah Carter Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”  --Isaac Asimov A history lesson:...

Death penalty for disobedient children?

Southern Republicans don't believe in evolution or the Big Bang. About 1/2 of the nation doesn't believe in evolution, and unfortunately, Southern Republicans are the most hardcore opponents to believing in it. So it shouldn't be too surprising that Georgian Republican Paul...

Why do Democrats need a reference to an imaginary being?

The Democratic party platform has been changed to re-include a deity in it. My position, I detest the Dems being theocratic in anyway, but at least they aren't the party of pure theocracy that is the Republican party. A party with people like Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum...

Democrats and Wealth

In 1997, I caught up with my former university roommate, who has been a lifelong Republican. When I told him that I had gotten a job that was paying $70,000 a year, he started questioning how I can be well-off and a Democrat at the same time. In fact, there are many reasons...

Bain, Romney's old firm, gives millions to Dems

Bain Capital, the private equity firm co-founded by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney – and portrayed by President Barack Obama’s supporters as a gang of corporate raiders – has pumped nearly $4.5 million into Democratic campaigns and causes, public...

Why do Democrats need a reference to a deity, in their platform?

The Democratic party platform has been changed to re-include a deity in it. My position, I detest the Dems being theocratic in anyway, but at least they aren't the party of pure theocracy that is the Republican party. A party with people like Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum...