Shoutout to Optimistic Chad of Political Jesus for the inspiration for the graphic! In a fit of partisan anger, Governor Rick Perry sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announcing his intention to not only decline the funds for Medicaid expansion in the state of Texas, but also refuse to set up insurance exchanges, [...]
So much for ‘liberty’. To Ron Paul and his son Rand Paul, liberty is again exposed as something that only applies to corporations, even when The Commons are at stake. Via AZSpot: Rand and Ron Paul have penned an Internet Freedom manifesto that is pretty terrible. It pans the idea of net neutrality, arguing that the phone [...]
A little reported story slowly gaining momentum is of the worst tuberculosis outbreak in Florida in 20 years. A TB outbreak is bad enough, but what’s making this worse is that this outbreak was covered up, and covered up because state health officials believed only the underclass was affected. In other words, since it seemed [...]
There are two big stories floating around this week dealing with the subject of faith-based schools. In the first story, Congressman Andre Carson (D-IN) caused quite a stir when he said the following at an Islamic Circle of North America convention: “America will never tap into educational innovation and ingenuity without looking at the model that [...]
Oh dear lord help us. This coming November there will be two “sovereignty” measures on the Arizona ballot. One will allow the Arizona Legislature to nullify “any law they determine” violates the US Constitution. Who needs that pesky old Judicial Branch anyway!?! The other will have Arizona declare its “sovereign and exclusive authority and jurisdiction over [...]
