Posted by JM Ashby Governor Rick Scott (R-Shithead) recently claimed that Florida would never accept money from the Federal Government to begin construction on high-speed rail projects, after which...
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GOP Rep: God Will Replenish Everything!
Posted by JM Ashby This is the belief at the heart of the climate-change deniers isn't it? As ex-Christian fundamentalist Frank Schaeffer says, they see the idea of man having power over the earth as...
Fortunately, Beck Isn’t Allowed Near Razors
Posted by JM Ashby Colbert returned last night and much fun was had at the expense of Beck's socialist, communist, islamist caliphate theory. Mildly NSFW by the way. "To him the situation is...
A Healthcare Executive’s Support for Pill Mills
Posted by JM Ashby Yes America, this is what you get when you elect a disgraced former chief healthcare executive which paid $1.7 billion in fines for defrauding Medicare as your governor to run the...
Very Serious Deficit Hawks
Posted by JM Ashby President Obama unveiled a budget plan today that shaves $1 trillion dollars off the deficit over 10 years while still making some much needed investments in the future of the...
Investors Fear Budget Cuts
Posted by JM Ashby Just as virtually every Republican governor in the nation is looking to kill unions, cut education, cut Medicaid, or even cut corporate taxes again to somehow magically fix their...
Government Motors Gives Record Bonuses
Posted by JM Ashby Two years after Government General Motors was bailed out by the Obama Administration, the company has completely turned around and is now going to dish out record bonuses to the...
Those Diabolical Liberals
Posted by JM Ashby They're coming to get you Barbara. Look, here's one of them now! Herman Cain, who has already formed a presidential exploratory committee for the next election cycle, alleged...
How To: Get People Angry and In The Street
Posted by JM Ashby Dear World Leaders: There is no quicker or easier way to end your citizen's media-induced stupor, make them angry. and flush them into the streets than to shut down their ISP and...
Kicking People Who Are Down
Posted by JM Ashby In the search for ways to kick people who are already down, Florida Republicans have come up with a new idea: Require unpaid volunteer service to qualify for unemployment benefits...
Republican Corporate Caliphate!
Posted by JM Ashby "Dear Corporate America, we would like to apologize for what we would consider to be a shakedown." -Republicans WASHINGTON – From large manufacturers to a small electric company...
Going After Public Pensions
Posted by JM Ashby "No way is the federal government going to bail out our state," declares Representative Joe Walsh, a Teabagger from Illinois. Too bad for him, because Illinois received $1.2...
Waiting for Superman Mini-Review
Posted by JM Ashby I watched Waiting for Superman several nights ago, and I would like to recommend it to anyone who hasn’t seen it yet. I didn’t have the opportunity to see it when it was first...
Game Turns Kids Into Killers, Politicians Don’t?
Posted by JM Ashby Parents beware! According to Fixed News, a new video game that is decidedly rated M for Mature and therefore only sold to people ages 17 and up might turn your children into future...
GOP Governors May Ask for Fed’s Help
Posted by JM Ashby Oh delicious irony. You can't make this stuff up. Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Republican governors said they may ask the federal government to run the exchanges where residents will buy...
Taxed to Death!
Posted by JM Ashby We've all seen the misspelled, barely readable signs of the Tea Party claiming they've been "taxed enough already" or "taxed to death." We've also seen a cable news network and...
Redefining Rape… Again
Posted by JM Ashby I'm not sure why Republicans feel the need to defend rapists, but they just can't stop themselves from making it a priority at a time when the economy is in the shitter and a...
Sen. Hatch Thinks Kagan Should Recuse
Posted by JM Ashby This notion that Kagan is not only biased in regards to HCR, but that Roberts, Thomas, and Scalia somehow wouldn't be, is so ridiculous I have trouble even repeating it. Here is...
Just Like Bush
Posted by JM Ashby If conservatives were upset about the TSA's new screening practices, which they all but demanded by endlessly fearmongering over "terrsts", now they will really flip their shit...
A Ride On China’s 310mph Maglev
Posted by JM Ashby Will we see this here in the states anytime soon? Not likely. Republicans just say NO. In fact, you have a lot of conservative American citizens out there that consider the...
