Recent Posts Tagged With 'congress'

• Around the Hill (6/26): Personal Edition!

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 21:26 in politics, global warming, Republicans, Democrats, climate change, congress, tyranny, featured, White House, dennis kucinich, interns, round-ups

  Happy Friday! Here's what happened in politics this week....

• Revisionist History

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 18:46 in politics, Republicans, Democrats, socialism, Barack Obama, cold war, congress, cuba, gop, ronald reagan, revisionist history

  I am truly flattered by the GOP sometimes.  I write a couple blog articles about their obsession with the  term “socialism,” and now it seems like they are trying to apply the label as much as possible.  For whatever reason, members of...

• Congressman Goes Hunting for Commies

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 21:40 in politics, entertainment, Republicans, Film, socialism, congress, joe mccarthy, spencer bachus, m. night syamalan

  BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania) Students of history may well remember the case of Senator Joe McCarthy, who initiated a witch-hunt for Communist Party loyalists within the federal government.  His exploitation of Cold War fears is often refere...

• GOP Senator Threatens Armageddon

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 12:39 in politics, Republicans, Democrats, congress, cowboys, nuclear war, al franken, norm coleman, john cornyn, election day, presidential election ´08

  BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania) We all take so much for granted in this world.  For example, when we wake up in the morning, we know that there are two senators to represent all of us in Washington, DC.  But there are many in this world who g...

• GOP Becomes the Party of “That’s What She Said”

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 18:41 in politics, entertainment, Republicans, television, congress, the office, c-span, sexual innuendo, that's what she said

  BEN THEODOR (Haverford, Pennsylvania) It may have surprised some C-SPAN viewers on Thursday to discover that their regularly scheduled budget negotiations suddenly became entertaining (just in time for May sweeps, too).    And for a Republican Par...

• Lessons In Whining, Straight From The Pros

  Posted on Thursday August 14th, 2008 at 14:35 in Democrats, Hillary Clinton, congress, nomination, bill clinton, democratic national convention, presidential election ´08

  DEVON GRANDY (Honolulu, Hawaii) When this half of Break Out The Oreos was a child he often attempted to pout or whine his way into getting what he wanted–that new toy, one more cookie than was the limit, another hour of sleep, you know the dril...