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A blog that I post on whenever I see something that makes me want to go off on a Republican (Libertarian every once in a while) rant. Note, all times are for the Eastern time zone, daylight savings time when applicable, so stop leaving comments that it’

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• Did Paris Hilton’s Response to McCain’s Ad Hurt McCain?

  Posted on Thursday August 7th, 2008 at 23:10 in 2008 election, ad, attack ad, Barack Obama, blogroll, britney spears, campaign, campaign ad, celeb ad, conservation, Democrat, Democrats

  Alright, so as I posted about before, John McCain put out an ad called “Celeb” which shows Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, and compares Barack Obama to them, saying that he’s a ce...

• Jack Kevorkian Lives: the Obscure Congressional Candidate Has Started Campaigning

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 20:05 in 2008 election, 3rd party, 3rd party candidate, 9th district, assisted suicide, blogroll, campaign, candidate, Civil Liberties, congress, criminal, criminals

  OK, so the title was a little cheesy.  Anyway, this is my next segement in my series on the Race for Michigan’s 9th Congressional District.  Dr. Jack “Death” Kevorkian had a town...

• Now that He’s Safe, Obama Wants to Seat Michigan and Florida’s Delegates

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 13:04 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, alexis herman, Barack Obama, blogroll, carl levin, chairman, convention, credentials committee, debbie dingell, delegates, Democrat

  Well, this came as a move that we all knew would happen, but it doesn’t make it any less disgusting.  After complaining and whining about seating Michigan and Florida’s delegates (156 an...

• Kansans, Michiganders, Missourians, and Georgians: Don’t Forget to Vote Today!

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 01:50 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, blogroll, Democrats, detroit, detroit zoo, election, elections, georgia, kansas, michigan, mill

  Michiganders, Kansans, Missourians, and Georgians, today is your primary election!  I don’t know about you, but we’ve got lots of fun stuff to vote on down here in Wayne County (Michigan...

• Obama Is a Hypocrite When It Comes to Race

  Posted on Monday August 4th, 2008 at 01:53 in 2008 election, ad, african americans, Barack Obama, berlin, blogroll, britney spears, campaign ad, celeb ad, Democrat, Democrats, dollar bill

  So, there have been stories in the news recently talking about how much race will be an issue in the 2008 election. We had Barack Obama’s comments in response to McCain’s “Celeb̶...

• I’m a Republican, And I’m Voting For a Tax for the Detroit Zoo

  Posted on Sunday August 3rd, 2008 at 23:54 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, ballot, blogroll, conservative, detroit, detroit zoo, election, elections, finances, macomb county, macomb county zoological authority

  Well, this is a decision that wasn’t exactly easy for me to make, but now that I’ve made it, I’m confident that I  made the right decision.  I have decided that I will vote for the...

• Analysis of McCain’s “Celeb” Ad: Both McCain and Obama Have Been Treated Like Celebrities

  Posted on Saturday August 2nd, 2008 at 22:04 in 1964 election, 2008 election, ad, attack ad, Barack Obama, barry goldwater, blogroll, britney spears, campaign, campaign ad, celeb ad, daisy ad

  Well, I’m sure many of you have heard about John McCain’s latest attack ad, titled “Celeb.” Before I get into too many details, I’ll give you a chance to watch it: Now...

• A Political Analysis of the Movie Swing Vote

  Posted on Saturday August 2nd, 2008 at 02:14 in 2008 election, abortion, ad, ballot, blogroll, campaign, campaign ad, campaign manager, candidate, Democrat, Democrats, dennis hopper

  Alright, so tonight I saw Swing Vote.  I liked it.  Although it had a LOT of swearing (which added some humor at times, but was a little over the top at others), I’d give it a 9 out of 10. Fir...

• Federal Judge Rules Bush’s Aides (Like Karl Rove) Can Be Subpoenaed

  Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 20:07 in 110th congress, attorney, blogroll, California, chairman, congress, court, court case, dana perino, Democrat, Democrats, executive branch

  So, as I said, before, a case looking into executive privilege in regards to subpoenas from Congress was in a federal court, and the federal judge, U.S. District Judge John Bates (a Bush-nominated Ju...

• House Committee Votes to Hold Karl Rove in Contempt of Congress

  Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 18:30 in 2008 election, attorney, bill clinton, blogroll, California, chairman, congress, contempt of congress, court, court case, Democrat, Democrats

  Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee (chaired by John Conyers [D-MI]) voted 20-14 along party lines to hold Karl Rove in contempt of Congress for not showing up to testify back in early J...

• Alaska Senator Ted Stevens Indicted; Department of Justice Makes a Statement

  Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 00:48 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, abortion, alaska, arlen specter, attorney general, bill allen, blogroll, bribery, crime, criminal, criminal division

  So, on Tuesday night, news broke that Ted Stevens (or “Uncle Ted” as he’s sometimes referred to in Alaska) (R-AK), who I love for his firey personality, but strong disagree with on ...

• Dennis Kucinich: To Impeach, or Not to Impeach? That Is the Question

  Posted on Wednesday July 30th, 2008 at 01:40 in 2008 election, bill clinton, blogroll, bob barr, brennan center for justice, bruce fein, charles manson, church committee, congress, constitution, Democrat, Democrats

  Alright - here’s another one of my stories that I’m posting as a catch-up from vacation. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) testified before the House Judiciary Committee (chaired by John Conyers [D-M...

• 49% Think the Media Will Try to Help Obama Win

  Posted on Monday July 28th, 2008 at 13:18 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, ABC, anchor, Barack Obama, blogroll, cnn, Democrat, Democrats, election, elections, fox

  Here’s another story I heard about when I was on vacation: A recent Rasmussen Reports poll came out about media bias in the 2008 Presidential election.  I’ll post the results and then ana...

• Focus on the Family’s James Dobson Will Endorse John McCain

  Posted on Sunday July 27th, 2008 at 21:04 in 2008 election, abortion, albert mohler, ap, Associated Press, Barack Obama, bill clinton, blogroll, candidate, christian, christianity, conservative

  Early last week (while I was on vacation), I saw a news story about Dr. James Dobson, from Focus on the Family, saying that he might endorse McCain.  So, I dug around and found the whole quote, from ...

• McCain Deserves Respect for His Military Service (This Is Directed Toward You, John Aravosis)

  Posted on Wednesday July 16th, 2008 at 20:51 in 2008 election, americablog, Barack Obama, blogroll, Democrat, Democrats, election, elections, general election, john aravosis, john mccain, military

  So, back in late June (I’ve had this one in the qeue for a while), John Aravosis from AMERICAblog, wrote a post, “Honestly, besides being tortured, what did McCain do to excel in the milit...

• Does Michigan Need a Constitutional Convention? Absolutely Not

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 13:33 in 2008 election, 2010 election, amendment, ballot, blogroll, campaign, candidate, central michigan university, cmu, conservative, constitution, craig deroche

  So, earlier this week, Dennis Lennox made the following statements, proposing that Michigan Legislators put a call for a constitutional convention on this November’s ballot (instead of waiting ...

• Former White House Press Secretary, Tony Snow, Passed Away

  Posted on Saturday July 12th, 2008 at 11:44 in add new tag, blogroll, conservative, conservative political action conference, cpac, death, politics, press secretary, republican, Republicans, tony snow, White House

  I just found out about this, and this has really saddened my day.  Tony Snow was a great man, inside and outside of his job.  I had the privilege of hearing him speak at the Conservative Political...

• Karl Rove Ignores Subpoena and Refuses to Testify to House Committee

  Posted on Friday July 11th, 2008 at 02:04 in Alabama, bill clinton, blogroll, California, congress, conservative, contempt of congress, court, court case, Democrat, Democrats, don siegelman

  Well, yesterday, Karl Rove didn’t show up at a hearing at a House Judiciary subcommittee (chaired by Linda Sanchez), where he was supposed to testify, regarding whether or not the Justice Depar...

• Iraq Inisists on Withdrawal Timetable

  Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 23:24 in 2008 election, ali al-adeeb, ap, Associated Press, Barack Obama, blogroll, Chuck Hagel, Democrat, Democrats, election, elections, general election

  Well, the War in Iraq is getting harder for the U.S., and again, this shows it’s time for us to do like Chuck Hagel said, and move our troops to the border, and let the Iraqis deal with the ci...

• Congressional Approval Ratings Fall to Single Digits for the First Time Ever

  Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 00:40 in 2008 election, approval rating, blogroll, congress, congressional approval rating, Democrat, Democrats, election, elections, George Bush, George W. Bush, house of representatives

  Well, late yesterday Rasmussen Reports published the results of a poll that came as quite a blow to the Congress.  For the first time in Rasmussen history (and any polls I could find), the approval...

• Obama Disagrees with the Ban on the Death Penalty for Child Rapists

  Posted on Wednesday June 25th, 2008 at 22:04 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, blogroll, child rape, child rapist, death, death penalty, Democrat, Democrats, election, elections, john mccain

  Today, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty is an unconstitutional crime for child rapists.  Barack Obama came forward and said that although he normally disagrees with the death penalty, h...

• Obama Says Clinton Supporters Need Help to “Get Over It”; The Media Takes it Out of Context and Overreacts

  Posted on Wednesday June 25th, 2008 at 00:29 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, african americans, Barack Obama, blogroll, campaign, candidate, congress, Congressional Black Caucus, Democrat, Democrats, diane watson

  Well, the media has been reporting a story recently about Obama making the statement, “If women take a moment to realise that on every issue important to women, John McCain is not in their corne...

• Gas Prices Are Too High, and Joe Knollenberg Has a Plan to Fix That

  Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 16:59 in 2008 election, 9th district, Alternative Energy, blogroll, cafe, campaign, candidate, congress, corporate average fuel economy, Democrat, Democrats, Economy

  Alright, this is the next segment in my series on  the race for Michigan’s 9th District.  Although it doesn’t directly tie into what’s going on in the race, gas prices are rising a...

• Michigan May (and Should) Add 10 Cent Deposit to Water and Juice Bottles

  Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 15:20 in blogroll, bottle deposit, container recycling institute, cri, dennis muchmore, deposit, ed deeb, election, elections, environment, house of representatives, james clift

  Yesterday, the Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) announced a plan to extend Michigan’s 10 cent deposit law (the first in the nation) to also apply to water, tea, and juice bottles. Here...

• Some Black Republicans May Vote for Obama Because of Race

  Posted on Tuesday June 17th, 2008 at 12:53 in 2006 election, 2008 election, 2008 primary, african americans, ap, armstrong williams, Associated Press, Barack Obama, blogroll, Democrat, Democrats, detroit

  So, a few days ago, the Associated Press came out with a story about some black Republicans selling out their beliefs just to “VOTE FOR A BLACK MAN!!!”  Personally, I think this is desp...

• Hillary Clinton Drops Out of the Race (FINALLY!): A Look At Her Concession Speech

  Posted on Friday June 13th, 2008 at 14:25 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, Barack Obama, blogroll, campaign, candidate, death, democracy, Democrat, Democrats, election, elections

  Alright, I know this is a few days old, but my life got hectic over the weekend, so here’s my commentary of Clinton’s concession / endorsement speech: Thank you so much. Thank you all. Wel...

• Hillary Clinton: “I will be making no decisions tonight” on Quitting the Race

  Posted on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 at 23:46 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, Barack Obama, bill clinton, blogroll, campaign, candidate, chelsea clinton, convention, delegates, Democrat, democratic national convention

  So, I’ve already analyzed Obama’s speech which was given shortly after Clinton’s following speech.  She had been expected to suspend her campaign and acknowledge that Obama had...

• Barack Obama: “I will be the Democratic nominee”

  Posted on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 at 22:33 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, arizona, Barack Obama, bill clinton, blogroll, campaign, candidate, caucus, Chuck Hagel, convention, delegates

  Well, Barack Obama has given a speech, claiming victory as the Democratic nominee.  Well, I’ve got news Barack, it really “isn’t over until the lady in the pants suit says so.R...

• South Dakota Primary Results for 10:30 P.M.: Clinton & McCain Win

  Posted on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 at 21:31 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, Barack Obama, blogroll, delegates, Democrat, Democrats, election, election results, elections, Hillary Clinton, john mccain

  Here are the results as of 10:30 P.M. for the  South Dakota primary: Democrats, with 61% reporting: Clinton 35,898 56% 8 delegates Obama 28,577 44% 5delegates Republicans with 60% reporting: McCai...

• South Dakota Primary Results for 9:30 P.M.: Clinton & McCain Win

  Posted on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 at 20:32 in 2008 election, 2008 primary, Barack Obama, blogroll, delegates, Democrat, Democrats, election, election results, elections, Hillary Clinton, john mccain

  Here are the results as of 9:30 P.M. for the  South Dakota primary: Democrats, with 23% reporting: Clinton 14,917 56% 8 delegates Obama 11,664 44% 5delegates I am prepared to call it for Clinton.�...