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July 30, 2010

Republicans Abandon 9/11 First Respnders

House Republicans on Thursday were no doubt proud that their efforts to defeat a bill that would have provided funds to assist persons suffering from the ingestion of toxins created by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 were successful....

July 23, 2010

Rep. Zach Wamp: The South's Gonna Rise Again!

Most people reacted with nervous laughter to Texas governor Rick Perry's suggestion that Texas might secede from the Union should certain policies from a certain President go too far. Well now Perry's being joined by Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN), who...

July 12, 2010

No Taxes for Rich People!

On Sunday, Arizona Senator John Kyl (Republican) fielded a horrifically direct question from Fox News's Chris Wallace. Wallace stated that the Bush Administration's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans would cost $678 billion over the next 10 years. Wallace had...

July 8, 2010

Who Wants to be a Farm Worker?

George W. Bush once famously said that many illegal / undocumented immigrants in America take the jobs that Americans don't want. There were two big problems with his statement: 1) It belied the oft-touted Right-wing talking point that illegal immigrants...