Partisan Stupidity in US Politics, part 1

This will be the first in a few installments of opinion pieces on "what's wrong in America" which being an independent I feel uniquely qualified to ruffle feathers on both sides.  Yes, this IS a major problem for this country which sees one side of the spectrum spending...

Child beating endorsed by church and dumb things Catholic clerics

 Religious rightwing churches often use violence and beatings against children if they do minor infractions. No surprise, religion is often built on violence.Rightwing religions have an authoritian streak to them. In La Habra, California a teenager wasbeaten for...

Should our Constitution be considered sacred? No, of course not.

 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, of the U.S. Supreme Court, when asked if Egypt should get a Constitution modeled on the U.S. Constitution stated:  "You should certainly be aided by all the constitution-writing that has gone one since the end of World War II....

Tak radio lies told about global warming

I was listening to a rightwinger on talk radio who stated that to believe in man made global warming (as do the vast majority of scientists on this question by the way), you must believe that most CO2s or global warming gases are caused by human beings. I thought, this guy...

GOP candidate does not believe you deserve personal autonomy

Rick Santorum, Republican presidential candidate and clearly closeted anti-gay zealot, has stated in the past:   "This whole idea of personal autonomy, well, I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that...

A nation of Archie Bunkers

  Archie Bunker was an idiot. He was a loudmouth crude moron from Queens, NY. If Mr. Bunker was a real person and lived in 2009 he would be labled a real American patriot and be a loyal listener to far rightwing radio. He would of course, be politically correct....

Why do Republicans want to take away your condom or pill?

The Republican party likes to say they are the party of small government. Well, that is true when it comes to reducing pollution controls on factory owners, but when it comes to the nation's bedrooms, they are all for a war on sex. Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who...

Why would a conservative not believe Robert E. Lee was a racist?

I was listening to conservative talk radio and once again, I heard something incredibly stupid. This was beyond stupid. The host, an apologist for the Southern Confederacy, asked a caller in mocking derision, did he the caller believe that Robert E. Lee was a racist. Um,...

Why would a conservative host not believe Robert E. Lee was a rac

I was listening to conservative talk radio and once again, I heard something incredibly stupid. This was beyond stupid. The host, an apologist for the Southern Confederacy, asked a caller in mocking derision, did he the caller believe that Robert E. Lee was a racist. Um,...

Republican candidates and the religious right-wing.

This is an excellent column by Rob Boston of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State on theocracy within the Republican party and its' presidential candidates. "I spent two hours Saturday evening in front of my computer watching the Religious Right’s...

Is Penn State as bad in abuse coverup as the Catholic Church? No

I was listening to conservative talk radio, and boy, do I have a lot to say in response. One host stated that the Catholic church was treated worse than Penn State, when it comes to sexual abuse of children, and its' coverup. Give me a break! The Penn State scandal...

Where have all the "support the troop" ribbons gone?

Something I have noticed, why are there so much fewer "support the troops" ribbons on cars? When George Bush was president, they were everywhere. Where have they gone? Did those conservative critics of Obama's handling of the military conflict in Libya, not care about the...

Where have all the "support the troop" ribbons gone?

Something I have noticed, why are there so much fewer support the troops ribbons on cars? When George Bush was president, they were everywhere. Where have they gone? Did those conservative critics of Obama's handling of the military conflict in Libya, not care about the...

The British Economy Has Become a Dreadful Economy

The British economy has become a dreadful economy, the opposite of what David Cameron expected.Andrew Tyrie Conservative MP for Chichester writes in his Centre for Policy Studies pamphlet that the government's...

The Hijacking of the U.S. Government by the Republican TEA Party

The United States of America was created with three check and balance components meant to allow governing of the country through the representative process. The United States is not a true democracy; it is a...

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