Archive for February, 2010
Remember Carrie Prejean? You know, the beauty pageant contestant from California who spoke out against gay marriage when giving her answer during the, umm…question and answer session during some pageant she was in? She was subsequently stripped of her title following the pageant; she claims that this was all in retaliation to her opposition to [ READ MORE ]
I’m working on a pretty lengthy post about today’s health care reform summit. I thought I was going to finish it tonight, but I’m really tired–it’s past my bedtime. The post will definitely be up tomorrow evening after I get home from work. Look for it around 8 or 9 PM. Goodnight, all[ READ MORE ]
Here’s everything you need to know about how Republicans want to deal with reforming health care. … Yep. If you watched the health care reform summit today, you heard from the Republicans: 75% talking points 20% lies 4% subtle jabs at Democrats 1% actual ideas[ READ MORE ]
A bit of a break from politics tonight as my focus shifts, albeit temporarily, back to the world of sports. Don’t fret, however, this is not a post about football. It isn’t really about any kind of competition. So don’t tune out just yet, anti-sports readers. Tiger Woods, the man many consider to be well [ READ MORE ]
Do yourself a favor and read this article by Leonard Pitts, Jr. It pretty much sums up my feelings about Sarah Palin and her supporters perfectly. I may have a comment or two later on, but for now I have to go get ready for work[ READ MORE ]
According to this story from CNN, everyone’s favorite tax-evading non-plumber, Joe Wurlzelbacher, aka “Joe the Plumber,” is none too pleased with the man to whom he owes his 15 minutes of fame, John McCain. In an interview with a Pennsylvania radio station, Wurlzelbacher stated “I don’t owe him sh*t,” in reference to whether he owes [ READ MORE ]
A quick thought about something I saw on the Tiger Woods story. As you probably saw, Tiger Woods was less than convincing during his apology press conference on Friday. Again, I don’t really care, because the man didn’t owe me an apology. As I posted last week, Tiger didn’t owe anyone who wasn’t in his [ READ MORE ]
As the debate over health care reform rages on, President Obama has taken a major step in bringing Republicans and Democrats together in an attempt to actually accomplish some manor of reform with his proposed Health Care Summit. He has called for a Republicans to join him at a televised meeting on February 25 in [ READ MORE ]
Are Republicans afraid of Rush Limbaugh? More specifically, are they afraid of getting on Rush’s bad side? It’s a question I’ve often pondered, and the recent events that transpired involving Mr. Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Rahm Emanuel and a certain derogatory term for the mentally-challenged only reinforces my belief that not only are Republicans afraid of [ READ MORE ]
It’s Super Bowl Sunday in America and all across the world as football fans and casual observers alike will all tune in tonight to watch the Indianapolis Colts take on the New Orleans Saints. The buildup to the Super Bowl is always huge, but this year seemed really extraordinary. I’m not sure if it’s because [ READ MORE ]
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