I moved to the Ann Arbor area about two years ago to be closer to this bastion of liberalness and coolness. Imagine my horror to find out that my representative to the U.S. House of Representatives is one of the biggest right-wing Dick Cheney wannabes in the entire Congress, Tim Walberg. To whit: He recently voted AGAINST to refund the […]

This makes my blood boil. For the fourth time this summer Republicans stopped the Senate from taking up wide-ranging legislation that extends tax breaks for teachers, businesses and parents and provides tax credits to an array of renewable energy entrepreneurs. But for many Republicans, it’s a matter or principle and politics: many oppose what they say are new tax increases […]

So much for Straight TalkingTM your way to the presidency… As you know, earlier this week, Senator John McCain ran a scurrilous ad saying that Senator Obama decided not to visit wounded troops in Germany on the European leg of his trip abroad. Instead, the ad claims, he chose to go to the gym because he wouldn’t be allowed to […]

I was perusing the uber-conservative Free Republic forums at lunch (don’t ask) and came across this comment in reference to Barack Obama being “arrogant”: “I certainly hope someone shoots this wacky SOB. Now that would be a selfless act of true patriotism.” Some people in this country are just so fucked up. I’m just sayin’…

Okay, this is some scary shit. Greg Pallast is an investigative reporter from the BBC and he’s teamed up with Ted Rall, a man who writes some pretty nasty little liberal cartoons, to peel back the layers and show how the 2008 election may just be already rigged to let John McCain win. When you look at how absolutely abysmally […]

They’re the best! I’m just sayin’…