This week has seen so much hoopla over the fight to raise the debt ceiling (which shouldn’t even be a fight unless we want a financial Armageddon) that there’s been another economic issue that has barely been touched on. In the nexus between corporations and government there’s another fight going on: the one to create…
Category: Thursday
Petty Issues
Herman Cain supports communities that want to ban mosques, but what about my community that wants to ban Herman Cain from The White House? Happy Birthday to someone special who had a birthday this week, actually two special people that did. Michelle Bachmann and her husband own a gay rehabilitation center and yet, they weren’t…
Larger Editorial: Does the GOP Have Buyer’s Remorse About the Tea Party?
For the majority of the two years since the Tea Party has existed it has mostly been a boom for the mainstream Republican Party. They pretended to hate it when the Tea Party was getting started and kicking out some of the last moderates in the GOP. But every person who ran as a Tea…
Petty Issues
Why is Rupert Murdoch even interested in hacking people’s phones? He mostly makes up the news. He gets his “leads” by having someone write “Obama sucks” on a bathroom stall door 15 times and calling it a “Poll of how Americans feel about the President.” So a part of California wants to secede into a…
Larger Editorial: Michelle Bachmann vs. Hillary Clinton, Who Will Be Our First Female VP?
In the past few weeks there has been a phenomenon that is so far unexplained and unlikely to ever be explained. I’m not talking about an alien invasion (although since it’s in half this Summer’s movies that now seems more likely). No, I’m talking about Minnesota congresswoman, Republican rodeo clown, and avid bat shit enthusiast…
Petty Issues
Tim Pawlenty says he doesn’t care what anyone thinks, he’s a patriot. Unless you don’t like patriots, then he’s not one. People who walk their dog are the city version of sunday drivers, except an old lady’s Buick never tries to bite my ankles when I pass it. Best Part of American freedom: Fireworks. Worst…
Larger Editorial: Glenn Beck’s Final Show, So Long Shit Bag
Today, we have a special treat…if you count water boarding as a treat. I will be watching Glenn Beck’s final show, the first I’ve seen from start to finish. Minute 1: Beck is outside the New York City studio his show is filmed at. Okay, I can do this. I’ve got a Snapple and an…
Petty Issues
While watching the fourth season premiere of True Blood I found myself saying “What the fuck am I watching?” and not in a good way. Fairies chasing people in the desert while shooting white bursts of lightening, Jason leading a cult of diseased looking children, Tara as a lesbian? At a certain point, it tips…
Larger Editorial: Why Herman Cain is the Scariest GOP Candidate
I know that in a week dedicated to immigration and race issues, it might not be the smartest idea to single out the one black candidate Republicans have running for President as the scariest. Rest assured, it has nothing to do with his race, and unlike when Republicans say they don’t hate Obama because he’s…
Petty Issues
I want to see Ron Paul’s birth certificate. I’m pretty sure he killed my great, great grandfather at the Battle of Gettysburg. For a party of homophobes, Republicans sure are gay for Ronald Reagan. They quote him constantly and try to predict what he would or wouldn’t like he’s some messianic figure worth slavish devotion….
GOP’s Attack On Teachers Will Discourage People From Becoming Teachers
Repeatedly, we’ve been told that “Obamacare” will discourage sharp, motivated professionals from becoming doctors. That even though it makes no mention of capping the salary a doctor can make, young people will be so dismayed at any type of regulation to the health insurance market they won’t want to go to school to become one…
Petty Issues: Republican Debate Edition
After watching the Republican debate, a few thoughts… 5. This is the party of has beens, only two of the seven candidates on stage are currently in government, and it’s laughing stock candidates Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann 4. John Huntsman should save his money and not run. When Republicans say they want more variety…
We Can’t Keep Losing Our Top Anti-Corporate Voices to Sex Scandals
Below this feature Now What? did an excellent job of pointing out how strange this whole Weinergate saga is, but I’m a little interested in the uniqueness of it and a lot more interested in the “Who cares about it all?” aspect of it. Most importantly, we’re a little worried this is going to cause…