August 4, 1961. That was the date that Barack Obama came into this world. In the American state of Hawai'i. "I ... have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack...
As my Democratic friends and I have basked in the glow of Obama's presidency these last six months I have tried to temper the euphoria with some cold water reality to ensure we don't suffer the same fate as our...
Have the nutcase roosters finally come to roost for the GOP? Lee Atwater, the elder Bush's Karl Rove, baited these loonies but never got in bed with them. He knew that it was playing with fire and that ultimately, you...
Those of us who have been paying attention have noticed an uptick this year in violent actions by lunatic-fringe Right-Wing radicals. So, I suppose it was only a matter of time until the endorsement of violence as a means to...
I watched President Obama deliver remarks prior to his departure from Ghana this afternoon. Obama's remarks were delivered from a podium on the tarmac in front of Air Force One at the airport in Accra. Traditional drummers and dancers graced...
Obama: Geee-Odd Daaay-Ammm! Sarkozy: Mon Dieu! *Credit on awesome caption: Puppa Monkey...
Boing Boing: Shaming Congress into voting against the industries who bribed them to stop public healthcare. And it's working! Ad: Will Landrieu Sell Out Louisiana? Awesome....
While there is a whole lot of consternation generated by Sarah Palin's decision that being the governor of Alaska just isn't doing it for her anymore, it seems that perhaps the real reason that she's giving up that gig has...
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin shared some thoughts on her resignation with her friends on Facebook. As we've come to expect from her, her comments border on the nonsensical. "The response in the main stream media has been most predictable, ironic,...
I have one very minor point to make: Obama said that America was founded by a small band of patriots. I would argue that everybody who signed the Declaration of Independence effectively committed treason against their king and their country....
Caribou Barbie (a.k.a. Sarah Palin) announced today that she will be stepping down from the governorship of Alaska also. CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked her if she still had any aspirations for 2010 or 2012. "No decision that I'd want to...
Fox News's Glenn Beck had former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer (who at one time worked on the hunt for Osama Bin Laden) on his show on Tuesday to share his thoughts on just what it would take to prompt the...
