A 'Grand Bargain'--for Surrender [col. writ. 8/6/11] '11 Mumia Abu-Jamal The recent debt-ceiling kerfuffle, which was 'resolved' at the 11th hour amidst political and economic chaos, was less a deal than a defeat. For deals are made when both sides succeed in getting what they want wit... Read more...
The Daily Show - Republicans Watch "The Town" Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook House Republicans use a clip from "The Town" to urge hardline Tea Party freshman to support John Boehner's debt ceiling plan. Read more...
Ever since the Democrats established the legality of mandatory minimums and three-strike laws under the leadership of the late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, African Americans have literally had the book thrown at them and the key thrown away. Regardless of circumstances, as convicted felons they a... Read more...
It is no secret that the ranks of scientists and engineers in the United States include dismal numbers of Hispanics and African-Americans, but few have remarked about another significantly underrepresented group: Republicans. No, this is not the punch line of a joke. A Pew Research Center Poll ... Read more...
NOTE: FOR THE RECORD, I AM A POLITICAL ATHIEST...I DONT PARTICIPATE NOR DO I BELIEVE IN THE PUPPET SHOW. AS LONG AS WE ONLY HAVE 2 PEOPLE OR 2 PARTIES TO CHOOSE FROM...NO THANKS, I'M GOOD. BUT I'M JUST STATING THE FACTS HERE... This nation’s top historians reveal that the Democratic Par... Read more...
Legislative text put forward by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) under the banner of mandating network neutrality would instead prevent the government from requiring broadband providers to treat all Internet traffic equally. Waxman, who has vowed that he would support the so-called 'Net Neutrality' p... Read more...
Nearly half of American Adults see the government today as a threat to individual rights rather than a protector of those rights. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Adults see the government today as a threat to rights. Thirty-seven percent (37%) hold the... Read more...
A proposed $23 billion bailout of America’s educational system fell short of the support needed to save hundreds of teacher jobs. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, (D-WI) cancelled last Thursday’s committee meeting after realizing they would not be able to muster the... Read more...
When Tea Party activists began protesting last July, it wasn’t the health-care overhaul that set them off. The target was a cap-and-trade bill, designed to limit carbon emissions, that had passed the U.S. House of Representatives a few days before. Their anger, along with opposition from some Dem... Read more...