Arkansas’ fish: Bream, Blue Catfish, or Largemouth Bass

One of the all-time stupidest wastes of a legislator’s time this year was Arkansas state representative Gregg Reep’s bill to make the Blue Catfish the official state fish.

Rep Alan Grayson, Disney World, and small children

Representative Alan Grayson is hosting a “Weekend at Disney World” fundraiser this weekend. Apparently he is of the mind that a fundraiser is always more fun if it is held in Disney World!

If it’s a graveyard, call it an empire!

People often claim that Afghanistan is the “graveyard of empires”, and they are absolutely right!

Nuclear bombs still outlawed within City Limits.

A recent Chico, California city ordinance re-legalized public bowling. Which immediately begs the question–why on earth would a city council waste time making public bowling illegal?

Senator Bob Smith makes final decision, runs in Florida not New H

 Senator Bob Smith was a US Senator from New Hampshire, who also briefly ran for President, in 1996 and 2000, but dropped out both times after scoring low percentages in early polling and raising very little money. 

The freedom to imbibe, internationally

The drinking age here in the United States is considered an open-and-shut case. Very few people ever question the wisdom of having the drinking age be twenty-one. 

Cigarette taxes make smoking less fun

As a bonafide political junkie, I spend a lot of time surfing other political website, blogs, and news sites. This leads me to a lot of very strange, good, racist, and fringe articles–but sometimes its the perfectly mainstream articles that catch my attention in the...

Judge breaks the law, gets “reprimanded”

Seminole County, Florida, Judge Ralph Erikkson has been reprimanded by a state board after he jailed a man because of disagreements with his lawyer. The attorney, Kendall Horween, won a continuance that Judge Erikkson had opposed earlier.

How much does it cost to buy the governorship of California?

 In the upcoming California gubanatorial race, Meg Whitman (R) and Steve Poizner (R) are considered the two most competent candidates. Meg Whitman is the former CEO of eBay and a self-made millionairess. Steve Poizner was a high tech entrepreneur, founding both SnapTrak,...