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Because you just can not make these stories up!

1. As many of you know, BloggingBlue went dark yesterday to protest SOPA. Well it turns out that one of the authors of this insane bill, Rep. Lamar Smith (R- Texas), was caught violating his own bill.

Isn’t it funny when a Republican [...]

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From Alyson Pohlman:

“This year while my husband and I shared Christmas Eve with our loved ones, someone else was not celebrating. Instead, they were stealing the Recall banner that adorned our fence. They used a knife to slash the ropes and then to cut our Christmas lights. Not wanting to be silenced, on Christmas [...]

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Cross Posted @ Forwardlookout:

Christopher Mertes, managing editor and far right wing idealogue, of the Sun Prairie Star, recently wrote one of the most ridiculous editorials I have seen this side of Christian Schneider. In his editorial, Mertes accuses democrats of hate speech, based on a few different [...]

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Found on Facebook…

On December 27, 2011 By

Christmas cookies, “pepper spray cop” style!

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On Sunday, November 27th I wrote an article about a troubling Facebook post concerning the Recall Scott Walker movement. I have reprinted that entire blog below with one minor update: I have added Senator Spencer Coggs as the Democratic office holder involved. Since that time I have twice emailed the Senator’s office for comment without [...]

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High School Senior Emma Sullivan mean \'tweeted\' Kansas Governor Sam Brownback.

Emma Sullivan, a senior at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, was in Topeka on Monday as part of Kansas Youth in Government, a program for students interested in politics and government.

During the session, in which [...]

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A long look at OWS.

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I’m not a big believer in conspiracy theories, people are usually too disorganized to form active conspiracies.  But it does appear, from this footage, that Olson may have been hit with purpose.  It’s jerky and blury and has all the usual Zapruder caveats attached to it, but you can’t argue he was threatening or [...]

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A case for the true capitalists on Wall Street is made by Bruce Judson from The Roosevelt Institute.  I can’t say I disagree with this assessment.

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An eloquent articulation of what it is that makes people who have homes and families sleep on cardboard and under tents and tarps in the name of social justice and economic fairness.  We are the 99%!

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