I’m guessing there are many people here that are happy about this.
I wasn’t shocked to hear about a governor stepping down…but I was surprised that it was Alaska’s. Consider that an insight into SC politics.
More: Us of Common Sense.com – Palin’s Political Career Should Be Over
Recently the citizens of Oklahoma were ask to vote on which rock song they felt should be the state song. The Flaming Lips song “Do You Realize” was voted for by the majority (capturing over 50% of the votes gaining over 10k votes in all) of the citizens of Oklahoma to be that state song.
After the [...]
Perhaps the public perception of the Republican Party…or conservatives…is wrong.
Yesterday there were hundreds of “Tea Parties” across the nation in an effort to raise awareness of government excess and call for economic responsibility (in fact, approximately 3,000 people attended the party here in Columbia, SC). While the orchestrators of these events like to say that [...]
It’s time to promote bi-partisanship today. There’s no way around it, but our government is incompetent. You don’t have to look hard to see that there’s a big commotion going on about the AIG bonuses. And let’s take this issue as exhibit number 1 on why our government is incompetent, and why the US government [...]
California is flat broke for many reasons, but one state assembler Tom Ammiano thinks the answer may be in the states biggest cash crop: Marijuana! He is pushing forward efforts to introduce a bill that would decriminalize marijuana and allow the state to collect a tax on it’s sale. Their would be a $50 dollar [...]
Many of you may have noticed there has been a lot of discussion recently about abolishing the blue laws that prevent Sunday alcohol sales in the five states that still partake in this medieval practice: Georgia, Connecticut, Texas, Alabama and Minnesota. Many of the lawmakers in these states have been quick to point out how [...]
…I finally concede there is no possibility I could ever win a fight with a chimpanzee. Not only could I not win a fight with a chimp, it would not even be close – the battle would be similar to this brief summary of the 911 call about ‘Travis’ the chimp attacking a friend of [...]
I’m finally coming around to this whole OBAMAnia thing. And then it struck me: We have a stimulus package that is going to save/create 3.5 million jobs. And, we’re in the process of trying to figure out how to nationalize banks. And, we’re trying to create a socialized health care program. And, we’re also trying [...]
There’s an awful lot of talk about the Stimulus Package, and what impact it will have on turning around the economy. But there’s been very little talk about the impact the Stimulus Package will have on your health care.
What? Health care reform in the Stimulus package? Yes. Buried in the 1434 pages of the Stimulus [...]
The House passed the new stimulus package today. It passed without a single Republican’s vote, and with 12 Democrats also opposing.
The bill now moves towards the Senate as a $900 Billion monstrosity. Why am I such a downer? Becasue I saw what happened the first time they pulled this crap.
A mere few months ago TARP [...]
