Dear @TeaPartyNation – The 1st Amendment Is Not For Christians Only

It should really come as no surprise that there is a great deal of commonality between far-right conservative Christians and the Tea Party.  Despite all the claims that they’re more ‘libertarian’ than anything else, poll after poll reveals that there is little that distinguishes Tea Party people from the Religious Right.  Sarah Posner, over at Religion Dispatches, has been detailing this over...

David Limbaugh Insinuates Liberals Are Vermin

Edited to include juicy new gossip! Real nice, Davie, real nice. Well, it seems that some of the lesser famous Limbaugh’s minions alerted him to my post.  On his Twitter account, Davy responded: Of course, “Rat” isn’t short for Democrat, unless you’re using it in a very derisive manner. Oh, and Davy, you ain’t cool enough to quote Stripes….. but, of course, you did go...

When The Poor Aren’t Poor Enough

About a month ago, the Heritage Foundation, a notoriously right wing think tank, released a report that attempts to redefine what it means to be poor in America. Each year for the past two decades, the U.S. Census Bureau has reported that over 30 million Americans were living in “poverty.” In recent years, the Census has reported that one in seven Americans are poor. But what does it mean to be “poor”...

Tom Tomorrow: Tea Party Tim And Plutocrat Pete

The latest from Tom Tomorrow over at This Modern...

New York Mayor Bloomberg Blows It

Personally, I’m not really looking forward to the 10th Anniversary “Freedom-palooza” that’s going to surround September 11th, but c’mon Mayor, dissing first responders who were there? Disgraceful. When debris rained from the sky in lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001, the first responders to the terrorist attack did not turn away. They rushed to the World Trade Center buildings...