Author - SK Ashby

Posted by JM Ashby I hate to say "please think of the children" but in this case that is exactly what people need to be doing. More specifically congress, which has a bad case of the budget-cutting...

Posted by JM Ashby Out of 91,000 claims for final settlement received by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, only one has received an actual settlement check in the mail. Other claimants have been strung...

Posted by JM Ashby Any wingnut you can stick in front of a camera these days expresses fantastical visions of cutting the federal work force to reduce spending and to force public employees to "learn...

Posted by JM Ashby When I was young, I was taught that you get what you pay for. That is to say, if you want a good or service that is of sufficient quality you have to pay for it. As Bill Maher said...

Posted by JM Ashby Contrary to popular belief, President Obama does spend quite a lot of time both defending his legislative accomplishments and explaining his future goals. Given the corporate...

Posted by JM Ashby Jon Stewart brings The Funny in this epic takedown of Bill O The Clown's defense of his Nazi references. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Bill O'Reilly Defends...

Posted by JM Ashby Is this what Americans voted for? Perhaps it is, if you're a member of the Westboro Baptist Church. There are a lot of serious problems facing the nation right now, so of course...

Posted by JM Ashby Four is the number of senators who attended the first meeting of the Tea Party Caucus. Almost none of the Tea Party favorites who won in November showed up to the meeting including...

Posted by JM Ashby The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission which was appointed to investigate the root causes of the financial meltdown of 2008 has released the final report detailing their...

Posted by JM Ashby Remember those vague color-coded terror alerts? The same alerts that were often used without specific pretext and in some cases elevated right before elections to scare people? No...

Posted by JM Ashby Oh wait, they were! When you bring up the issue of gun control, no matter how vague or cautionary you are when doing so, you can count on immediately being informed that guns don't...

Posted by JM Ashby While Sarah Palin sees her chances of getting elected to any office higher than President of the local PTA crumble, Michele Bachmann sees opportunity! Not content with the planned...

Posted by JM Ashby Now that Healthcare Reform has not been repealed and there is no chance that it ever will be, the Republicans can move on to more important subjects such as not repealing new...

Posted by JM Ashby John Kerry has always impressed me with his ability to beat you to death with the truth. In his speech to the Center for American Progress, Senator Kerry employed his matter-of...

Posted by JM Ashby A new McClatchy/Marist poll released today, which pre-dates both Palin's and the President's speeches last night, shows President Obama with massive leads over all of the current...

Posted by JM Ashby Fuck and You. Rush Limbaugh has kept busy today not only denying any and all responsibility for the heated rhetoric in the country, but also using the opportunity to blame...

Posted by JM Ashby Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot in the head Saturday along with a federal judge and ten to twelve others at a public event at a grocery store in Tucson, Arizona. Six...

Posted by JM Ashby For all the screeching about how we have the best healthcare system in the world, there sure is a lot of evidence to the contrary. Take for example, Malyia Jeffers, a 2-year-old...

Posted by JM Ashby Only an oil company would be arrogant enough to drink someone's milkshake run a pipeline into and tap someone's land without acquiring the land owner's permission or paying them...

Posted by JM Ashby How do you evict a homeless person? I ask the question because I honestly don't know how you legally or morally evict a homeless person from public property. That is exactly what...