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Dear MSNBC, I change channels when you air HATE groups

I'm done breaking bread with these people.  It may be an oxymoron, but I will no longer tolerate the intolerant.  I do not sit down to tea and break bread with people who perpetuate violence against...

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Stealing education: Black woman goes to jail, Santorum runs for president

Both cases involved illegal misrepresentation of their real address in order to obtain educational thousands in benefits for their children. Santorum was never charged. The black, homeless mother gets...

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Super Tuesday: Exit polls by race

If you imagined how lily white the GOP voting lines must have been on super Tuesday, here are the numbers courtesy of CNN:Georgia (population is 58% white)   White:  94%   Black:    3%   Other:...

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Men wearing suits are just asking to get robbed...

If black men in hoodies and women in short skirts deserve what they get, then logic dictates that any white man dressed in an expensive suit is just asking to be robbed.  Obviously, they must know that...

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Taliban's War on Women is also based on religion

The U.S. theocratic movement is pushing the idea that Christian religious rights trump all other rights in this country.  In their perfect world, women, gays & lesbians, and non-Christians can only...

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Think the Bible is the literal word of God? If so, put up or STFU!

If you really think that the Bible is literally the word of God, then take the action required by your God's written word, or STFU!  I'm tired of listening to the fundies cranking the volume one notch...

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Social Contract for Capitalism

Social programs are the extortion that capitalism must pay for peace.  This concept is not written in any law book or widely discussed as an accepted premise.  I declare that it has been the case since...

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Maine Gov to FORCE high schools to pay for remedial college classes for...

Teabagger Maine Governor LePage plans to file legislation to force high school districts to pay for the remedial college classes for their graduates.  This is his knee-jerk response to the declining...

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Only a Sociopath would enjoy firing people

I had to fire an employee today.  It was a horrible situation with a new employee who simply proved to be a bad fit.  This is only the second person I have had to "let go" and it does not get any...

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GOP skewing Polls to prep GOP sheep for "stolen election" claim

The GOP will need something to scream about, something to investigate, something to propel their zombie FoxNews viewers towards their gun cabinets.  That's where they skewed pro-Romney polls come...

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Do you really think radical right will stand in line for hours to vote for Mitt?

I'm looking at the long lines and reading reports of turnout that exceeds 2008.  I'm also hearing reports of minorities enduring long waits and various suppression methods to stick it in the eye of the...

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Benghazi deaths tragic but part of foreign service risks

Every foreign service employee that has served in a third world country knew exactly what the risks were before they arrived.  I served as a US Marine Security Guard at US embassies and I can guarantee...

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The Constitution is not a Suicide Pact; time to fight back against the NRA...

Since 9-11, we have sacrificed our civil liberties (see Patriot Act) under the guise of "The Constitution is not a suicide pact." Likewise, it is time to apply this self-imposed limitation to our...

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DEMS: If you cut Soc Sec & Medicaid, kiss the 2014 election goodbye!

Time for progressives to hold the 2014 election hostage.  Our demands are simple: step away from the the social security cuts and we just may show up at the polls in 2014.What part of 2010 didn't they...

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Let's Give Boston Law Enforcement a Parade!

Boston is infamous for our duck boat parades after winning a sports championship.  Let's show the world how we celebrate the true heroes that we should emulate!  Let's contact the MA governor and...

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Texas, Bangladesh, and arresting corporate people

Bangladesh has arrested negligent factory owners after 377 people were killed in a building collapse. Meanwhile, in Texas, their mentally challenged GOP governor, Rick Perry, only whines about a...

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Another Republican convicted of felony voter fraud

Don't you just hate it when Republicans quietly get convicted of felony voter fraud and nobody even notices?  Meet Enrico "Jack" Villamaino. In this specific instance, we have another fine example of a...

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Why over-hyped threats of terrorism shouldn't terrorize us

Like Pavlov's dogs, most Americans begin drooling when the mass-media rings the terrorist dinner bell. The purpose of terrorism is to coerce a person or group of people to alter their behavior due to...

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Police=Catholic Church=GOP

There is the crime of doing. Then there is the crime of conspiracy, the covering up of known crimes or the willful ignorance so you can maintain plausible deniability. The Catholic Church practiced...

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Trump emboldened by lack of war crimes charges against Bush & his minions

I always knew there would be a price to pay for not prosecuting Bush and his band of war criminals for torture.  Politically, it would have been impossible for Obama to do without tearing the country...

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South Florida: This is where you protest today!

After two weeks of watching Bannon tear the country apart, Trump needs a vacation and is heading to his estate in Mar-a-Lago to rest and watch SNL mock him at 11:30pm.Of course, it is also a weekend of...

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Dem Talking Points for IG Report

I am so tired of watching everyone stammer on about two FBI agents who texted their preference that Trump not become president.  Here’s a NEWSFLASH: They are FBI Agents.  Part of their job is...

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NATIONAL STRIKE: First Monday after Articles of Impeachment are approved

Two and a half years after Trump’s long con began, Congress has finally stepped up to do their job.  We must presume Congress will perform their constitutional duty and pass articles of impeachment...

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Et Tu, Maine? Really?

I love Maine but it broke my heart to see this in the press on Sunday morning.  A picture of a packed bar district in Portland, Maine.  Portland, the liberal and intellectual centerpiece of Maine. The...

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I Strongly Encourage GOP Covid Parties

I don’t know about all of you, but I am exhausted.  I’m so tired of hoping that finally this will be the thing that convinces his supporters to leave his cult.  There is no getting through to them.Thus...

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Senate Power Sharing? Are you shitting me?

Lead story on CNN states that McConnell and Schumer are close to a power sharing agreement on CNN.  See: www.cnn.com/…I’m so irate I can barely type!  Schumer, do you think GA dems stood in line for...

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Use TX Abortion Bounty Law as Blueprint for Hate Crimes Legislation

Beulah M. Donald taught us how to beat the Klan years ago by suing them into bankruptcy. Since then, Texas provided the second blueprint to beat this malignant hatred that is tearing our country apart....

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