Archive for GOP

Another Look at the Movie “Game Change”

Mar 30, 2012 No Comments

The child that moved into my house last July has greatly diluted the amount of time I have to watch movies, be it in the house or at the movies. I wouldn’t have it any other way, just sayin’. Due to my cable going on the fritz in some storms last night, I was in [...]

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Rick Santorum Almost Calls Obama the N-Word in Campaign Speech: But, Did He Mean It?

Mar 30, 2012 9 Comments

The funny thing about racism when discussed publicly, is that it’s easy to point out, but sometimes hard to prove. Take Republican presidential nomination candidate, Rick Santorum for example. We now know that he isn’t into making the lives of Blah people any better by giving them other people’s money. Does this make him racist? [...]

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Obama 2012: Four More Years – The Easy Way

Mar 22, 2012 1 Comment

A large part of paying attention to things people think one might not much give a damn about is the ability to tune things out when they become an annoyance. With that in mind, I am quite okay with how this election cycle is playing itself out thus far. -Newton Gingrich deciding to go in on [...]

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What Does Bondage, Scandal and the Inability to Spell Properly Have in Common…..

Mar 21, 2012 1 Comment

Now that we are knee deep into the public display of stupidity and ignorance, also known as the Republican Party, stories like this one are turning up a dime a dozen on the internet. What burns me up is the hypocritical front that many members of this group of people put on for show when [...]

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Derrick Bell Fallout: Fighting for the Full and Equal Rights of Black People is Most Certainly Anti-White Racism

Mar 16, 2012 No Comments

In full hazmat suit and knee high waders, I have been picking through the cesspool that is Breitbart conservative Right-wing demagoguing regarding the late Derrick Bell and his “relationship” with President Obama. For folks who are familiar with Dr. Bell’s work, were lucky to have met him, been mentored by him, or know anything about Critical [...]

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Moral Politics: Sociological Imagination, Opinions, & Conservatives Stuck on Stupid

Mar 14, 2012 1 Comment

¡Hola! Everybody… When confronted with evidence disproving a cherished belief, most people will throw away the evidence and keep the belief. Most of my readers know how much I detest overly simplistic explanations. Take these for example: Idiots are consistently voted into office = Voters/ people are stupid. The subprime meltdown was the consequence of [...]

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South Carolina GOP Gets Caught Being Unethical: Typical Deceitful, Cheating, & Unapologetic

Mar 10, 2012 2 Comments

Some people are of the opinion that two wrongs don’t make a right and when the Republican party suffer’s such damage such as this recent indictment of South Carolina representative Ken Ard only a few hours after he resigned this past Friday, folks like me should take the high road and shut the fuck up [...]

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Rep. Mary Franson (R-MN.): Giving Poor People Welfare is Like Feeding “Wild Animals”

Mar 03, 2012 12 Comments

OK, so where have I heard this before? Yep, yet another one of those “we hate poor people” statements from yet another Republican politician. I know, it’s like these people just don’t get it; and quite frankly, I don’t think that they even care to. This time around, Minnesota State Rep. Mary Franson has released a YoutTube video [...]

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Wisconsin GOP Senator Thinks Being a Single-Parent on Welfare is Child Abuse

Mar 02, 2012 4 Comments

Don’t ever say that the GOP doesn’t like children. It has become quite apparent, that they will do whatever it takes to protect them.They’re against women having abortions; they’re against women using contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies; they’re against gay couples adopting children; and hell, they’re even against gay marriage just on the off chance [...]

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Why Are Republicans Suppressing the Votes of Dead People?

Mar 02, 2012 3 Comments

The Republican party has a problem with certain groups not voting for them. Being resistant to change as they are, they’ve set out to change the rules so as to reduce the number of Republican-adverse votes that are cast for Democrats. In their version of leveling the playing field, they’ve introduced Voter ID laws in [...]

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Arab-Americans Unhappy with Republican Party Endorse Ron Paul

Feb 29, 2012 1 Comment

So Mitt Romney managed to squeeze out a win in Michigan’s primary yesterday. His slim margin of victory over Rick Santorum was so close, that many are calling it a loss. But hey, as they say in sports: a win is a win. Yep, and a win is what Romney needed desperately – at least [...]

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