It’s so ridiculous I hate to give it any digital ink, but after Dobbs jumped on the crazy train, well, it must be done. That Republican bill is especially ridiculous. What a cowardly wink and nod to the birthers. Anybody who has their name on that bill should be ashamed of themselves. So then, question….why [...]

I’m a little late to this game, but wow…just wow… This is how it starts. “Why won’t Obama….?” and then it’s a slow, steady decline. So many sites have debunked this claim, and then there’s the clipping from the newspaper in Honolulu the day after he was born… Yeah, his parents were planning Obama’s Presidential [...]

“We’re going to take a little longer to get it right. Initially we had hoped for a full vote by then, but I don’t think it’s going to be possible.” – Senator Dick Durbin talking about a pre-recess vote on health care legislation Well, he should tell that to Pelosi and Hoyer, who are determined [...]

According to Google News, there are currently 223 articles written about this very important subject. CNN, the New York Times, Reuters, AP and even the British rag The Guardian, have all chimed in. The Washington Post, American Free Press, Newsweek and Politico have gotten in on this serious debate as well.  At a time when [...]

As you can see below, the title of this post was an actual caption on Fox News. So their argument is basically, “Because Universal Health Care brings about more diversity, it’s more likely to attract terrorists because Muslims will fit in and not be noticed. Best to have private practices where white, Christian doctors make [...]

Looks like they’ve finally come to an agreement, but at the expensive of the poor and elderly. From LA Times: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders announced Monday that they had reached a deal to close California’s $26.3-billion deficit and begin paying all of the state’s bills again, potentially ending months of partisan wrangling and [...]

Back in March I submitted a post, on Nebraska’s most active liberal blog, condemning the card check proposal that was at the core of the legislation dubbed The Employee Free Choice Act. I pointed out that a number of the other ideas in the bill seemed sound, like shortening the time between when the threshold [...]

Here’s a story you don’t hear about too often: How many stimulus funding bids have been outright rejected? This month, the Vice President has been jet-setting around the U.S. to some of the small towns and cities receiving stimulus money, touting progress, job creation and success. Yet, behind the scenes, Biden might be feeling a [...]

Some people say “a vice president is just a vice president,” that a visit from a #2 isn’t all that big a deal. However, it seems that Vice President Biden’s current trip has important meanings for all involved. While it may not be as big a deal as a visit from Obama himself, sending the [...]

You have to feel for Rep. Mike Castle. Because dealing with loons like this has to make him question what’s going on with the Republican base. Especially when everybody starts clapping for the birther and booing Castle when he says Obama is a citizen. And then she convinces everybody and pledge allegiance to the flag! [...]

Honestly, I’ve been less and less inclined to believe Rasmussen’s number over the past few months since they’ve shown extremely high negatives for Obama when no other polls were showing the same. And now we have Obama tied with Romney for 2012 after the President has made virtually no big missteps? Hmmm… Not only that, [...]

I haven’t been a big audiophile for a long time, but I will tell you, I love the services that ad supported streaming radio makes available to the listening public. I was in college during the heyday of Napster, and literally had a playlist that lasted four days long that I kept on a continual [...]

Good lord… So if you desert you should die? I understand being brought up on charges if you leave and then lie about it, which is possible what’s going on here, but the last time I heard anything about a court martial for deserting, the punishment didn’t include death. There are few things I hate, [...]

With so many huge initiatives happening, this isn’t necessarily surprising. The Obama White House has had a hard time controlling the message, especially since they allowed the House to drive a lot of the legislation and make Pelosi the point person on them. In other words, with her substitution as the face of the Democratic [...]

Good evening. I’ll be doing a weekly roundup of illuminating, notable or just plain funny comments. The talk of Donklephant this week was Health Care Reform and it was an EXCELLENT thread. I recommend reading the whole thing if you only just skimmed it at work. Honestly, the first several comments made me nervous. I [...]

With health care reform dominating the news cycle you may have missed the following story: A team of volunteers in Pakistan has set a new world record by planting more than half a million trees in one day. I like this story for several reasons: I like trees and it’s nice to read about people [...]

Hi. My name is Jacob and I’m honored to be posting here at Donklephant. I’ve been reading the blog for more than a year and can’t wait to see what the new writers bring. Personally, I was sucked in by the quality of the threads and the idea that there is a middle ground to [...]

He was the face of CBS Evening News for the better part of two decades and known as the most trusted man in America. Even his famous sign off, “And that’s the way it is,” speaks to the type of objectivity Cronkite seemed to value above all else. This brings up a broader question about [...]

Politico did some digging and the results reveal a Governor that is even more at odds with his public persona. Long story short, he definitely used taxpayer funds to go visit his mistress. More at True/Slant.

Now this is true free market capitalism if I’ve ever seen it. Apparently the American Conservative Union offered FedEx their support if they’d sign off on a costly outreach campaign. FedEx said no and the organization backed UPS. More at True/Slant.