Posted by StephC on April 19th, 2010 in Bill of Rights/Civil Rights, Congress, Conservatism, Elections, Healthcare, Jim Cooper (TN-05), Opinion, Tennessee Politics, The Constitution
Updated and bumped: I’ve been informed that there is another candidate for TN-05 whose name is David Hall. Please follow the link made from his name and check him out.
In spite of its passage over the protests of the majority of Americans, the health care debate rages on in the states. The number of states [...]
Posted by Susannah on August 12th, 2009 in Congress, Democrats, Economy, Haterade, Healthcare, Media's Political Role, Obama, Opinion, Politics General
Last Saturday, New York Times columnist Charles Blow wrote quite an incendiary op-ed about people who oppose Barack Obama’s health care proposals and about Republicans in general. I have pasted an excerpt of the last half of his column below–oh, and I must warn you that it really blows (pun intended).
“Not only are anti-reformists [...]
Posted by StephC on January 24th, 2009 in Bipartisanship, Campaign Shenanigans, Celebrity Politics, Congress, Conservatism, Democrats, Economy, Elections, False Premises, Fun, Media's Political Role, Neocommunism, Obama, Opinion, Pathetic Politics, Republicans, The Constitution
Apparently, the President of the United States is afraid of him. While the “I won” comment is making its rounds across the blogosphere to the rest of the world, there was more than that to the story.
President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh [...]
Posted by StephC on January 14th, 2009 in Bill of Rights/Civil Rights, Celebrity Politics, Congress, Democrats, False Premises, Media's Political Role, Neocommunism, Opinion, The Constitution, World Affairs
Amy Proctor has a blog post showing a clip of Ann Coulter on The View and it reminded me of how much respect I’ve lost certain celebrities.
Once upon a time, I had a great fondness for Whoopi Goldberg. She rarely made a movie, starred on a show that I didn’t watch; a decade ago. Whoopi [...]
Posted by Steve on November 14th, 2008 in Congress, Conservatism, Democrats, Economy, False Premises, Opinion, Republicans
I opposed the bailout from the beginning, in spite of what was said about what it would do. Looking back, I believe I was right. Nothing has changed since it was signed into law except the Treasury Department has new powers; powers it shouldn’t have.
Companies are lining up to get their share of the bailout [...]