Author - SK Ashby

Open Thread

Debt Ceiling Explained

Artist - Tim Eagan In other news, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said today that he believes abortion doctors should be jailed, and the first photos of Gabrielle Giffords since the...

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Racism

Nope. Not Racist At All.

Eric Bolling of Fox Business Channel, the man who accused President Obama of "drinking 40s" while Joplin, Missouri was devastated by a tornado, displayed his inner-racist on Friday by saying that the...

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Economy

It Came After A Tax Increase

Tim Pawlenty's vision for the Republican Path to Poverty achieves some of it's fantastical feats by assuming an economic growth rate of 5% for 10 years straight. An inconceivable period of prosperity...

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Open Thread

It’s Just An Excuse

Artist - Mike Keefe In other news, Russia and China snubbed a U.N. Security Council meeting held today to discuss a resolution condemning the massacre taking place in Syria, and Captain Douchebag...

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Economy

Bachmann’s Path to Poverty

Paul Ryan debuted the original version of the Republican Path to Poverty several months ago, but now that the Republican presidential candidates are competing for air-time and recognition, each of...

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Open Thread

The Other Romney Problem

Artist - Pat Bagley In other news, the Obama Administration issued a memo today extending Medicaid protections to same-sex couples, and Newt Gingrich appears to be avoiding the disclosure of his...

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Election 2012

Not Welcome At Home

Woops! Only 1 out of the 9 current Republican presidential candidates have a positive rating in their home states. A newly released poll from Public Policy Polling shows only 1 of the 9 potential GOP...

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Open Thread

Weathering The Weather

Artist - David Fitzsimmons In other news, Herman Cain says he would expect Muslims to take a special oath to serve in his administration, and Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) says people who work for the...

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Economy

Taxed Enough Already!

Or maybe not. Notice that taxes on average Americans have been relatively flat since the 1940s while taxes on the wealthy have dropped as much as 30 to 40%. And as we all know, none of them actually...

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Ethics

The Guy’s A Creep

I laughed so hard at this clip last night I literally could not finish eating dinner. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Martin Bashir asking Reince Priebus if...

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Open Thread

Terrified

Artist - RJ Matson In other news, the Koch-backed conservative activist group Americans for Prosperity thought it would be funny to place eviction notices on random people's homes in Detroit. Tonight...

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Economy

Pawlenty’s Path to Poverty

Tim Pawlenty unveiled his own vision for the Republican Path to Poverty today which primarily consists of tax cuts, tax cuts, and more tax cuts. We should cut the business tax rate by more than half...

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Open Thread

The Midnight Ride

Artist - Pat Bagley In other news, a class-action lawsuit against Haliburton has been given the go ahead, and Rick "The Frothy" Santorum says our soldiers died on D-Day so that we could privatize...

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Open Thread

Losing Face

Artist - Pat Bagley In other news, Jon Huntsman is taking a page out of Rudy Giuliani's playbook by skipping the Iowa Caucus's. I don't recall that working out very well for Rudy. Tonight -- Game 3...

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