Photo:(AP/Susan Walsh) Richard Burr sold lawnmowers. That is what he did. Not that anything’s wrong with selling lawnmowers, but in Burr’s case it speaks volume when you consider what he does now. Burr was never in the military, had never worn a military uniform, never saw combat of any kind. But thanks to the brilliant… Continue reading The Republican Who is Waging a #WarOnVeterans Is Not Backing Down
Year: 2014
Dr. Maya Angelou on President Obama – “I think he has done a remarkable job…”
In 2011, President Obama awarded Maya Angelou with America’s highest civilian honor – a Presidential Medal of Freedom. A year later, Dr. Angelou praised the job President Obama had done to that point, while criticizing the block party that is the Republican party. In an interview with The Guardian, she said, “I think he has… Continue reading Dr. Maya Angelou on President Obama – “I think he has done a remarkable job…”
Nigeria – Kidnapped Girls Found, But Not Rescued
The Guardian is reporting that Nigeria’s military knows where the more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram are but has ruled out using force to rescue them, the state news agency quoted chief of defence staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh as saying on Monday. Seven weeks since Boko Haram militants abducted more than 200… Continue reading Nigeria – Kidnapped Girls Found, But Not Rescued
Breaking: Maya Angelou Dead at The Age of 86 – RIP
According to her agent, Helen Brann, the noted author and poet died near her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina early this morning. “She’d been very frail and had heart problems, but she was going strong, finishing a new book,” Brann told ABC News. “I spoke to her yesterday. She was fine, as she always was.… Continue reading Breaking: Maya Angelou Dead at The Age of 86 – RIP
The Little Men With Big Guns Causing Huge Headaches in Texas
In Texas, little men with big guns need a law to authorized their little egos. But the good people of the state are speaking up for their right to peacefully assemble and eat at a restaurant without the unnecessary, legally justified intimidation of these little men and their little egos, and their big guns. It… Continue reading The Little Men With Big Guns Causing Huge Headaches in Texas
New Shooting Complements the NRA – 3 Year Old Shoots 18 Month Old in Head
So now, another senseless shooting. This time, a 3-year-old shoots an 18-month-old in the head. I guess the Republicans would say the 3-year-old had mental issues that need to be addressed. In Payson, Arizona, a town just two hours northeast of Phoenix, a toddler accidentally shot his younger sibling in the head at a residence. According to the Payson… Continue reading New Shooting Complements the NRA – 3 Year Old Shoots 18 Month Old in Head
Republicans Lose One Of Their Own – Racist Cliven Bundy Now an Independent
Photo by George Frey/Getty Images I think this is the Republicans’ way of re-branding their party – getting rid of the racists… but, who will be left after all the racists are gone? LAS VEGAS — Southern Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy no longer is a Republican. Bundy, who is embroiled in a dispute over grazing… Continue reading Republicans Lose One Of Their Own – Racist Cliven Bundy Now an Independent
Gabby Giffords Again Urges Congress to Act on Gun Violence
Photo: AP I am of course, a supporter of Gabby’s efforts to get something done on the issue of gun violence. But the fact is, she was a member of Congress, she got shot in the head and you would think that if nothing else caused the gun lovers in congress to act, seeing one… Continue reading Gabby Giffords Again Urges Congress to Act on Gun Violence
Fox News Guest Loses Job After Making Dumb Statement About UCSB Shooting on Fox
First, Robi Ludwig went on Fox News after the shooting in California and said that the mass shooting could have been caused by the shooter not being able to cope with his “homosexual impulses.” Ludwig, a spokesperson for Coldwell Banker, apparently did not check with her employer before making that statements. After her appearance on the Fox,… Continue reading Fox News Guest Loses Job After Making Dumb Statement About UCSB Shooting on Fox
Joe The Plumber to Families of Gun Violence – “your dead kids don’t trump my Constitutional rights”
The famous Republican plumber, who is not a real plumber but definitely a real Republican, has a message for the families of those killed in what is slowly becoming this nation’s favorite passtime – mass shootings. To the families of those killed, Joe says who gives a damn if you lost your child is gunned… Continue reading Joe The Plumber to Families of Gun Violence – “your dead kids don’t trump my Constitutional rights”
Republicans Attack First Lady’s Healthy Lunch Program for School Kids – Pure #Insanity
What’s messed up is having the First Lady of the United States placed in a position where she has to defend her efforts to make kids eat healthier. What is this world coming to, when eating healthy is now the wrong thing to do? That is the new fight the Republicans are on. They have… Continue reading Republicans Attack First Lady’s Healthy Lunch Program for School Kids – Pure #Insanity
More Mass Shootings, Same Old Non-Response from Congress
Photo: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters And this is the way things will be until we get a Congress brave enough to take on the NRA. After the shooting at University of California, Santa Barbara on Friday, a rampage that left six students dead, many parents and politicians found the federal government’s past responses to similar tragedies to… Continue reading More Mass Shootings, Same Old Non-Response from Congress