Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Taliban officials know it’s sacrilegious to hope a mosque will not be built, but that’s exactly what they’re wishing for: the success of the fiery campaign to block the proposed Islamic cultural center and prayer room near the site of the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan. “By preventing this mosque from being built, America is [...]

I know this is a hot topic with many people across the country.  I also know I am going to piss someone off with my thoughts on the matter.  In fact, I’ll probably piss off concerned parties from both sides of this issue.  The simple answer is No.  Now, I’m the first to admit that [...]

A 13-year-old American plans to visit North Korea this week and perhaps meet leader Kim Jong Il to pitch his idea for a “children’s peace forest” in the demilitarized zone.
Jonathan Lee, who was born in South Korea and lives in Mississippi, is scheduled to fly to Pyongyang on Thursday from Beijing with his parents, the [...]

An 18-year-old Iranian is facing imminent execution on charges of homosexuality, even though he has no legal representation. Ebrahim Hamidi, who is not gay, was sentenced to death for lavat, or sodomy, on the basis of “judge’s knowledge”, a legal loophole that allows for subjective judicial rulings where there is no conclusive evidence.
Hamidi had been [...]

Smoke shops throughout state are hoping a new law, regulating what they can sell, will go up in smoke.
Thirty shops have sued to block enforcement of the rules, which took effect in July, and eventually to kill them.
The law, passed in the last legislative session, makes it a misdemeanor for a smoke shop to [...]

In a recent edition of his daily segment “The Word,” Stephen Colbert hilariously skewered, by turns, “trickle-down economics,” the GOP stance on the deficit and the Bush-Era tax cuts, which may repealed by Congress (Hat tip to The Big Picture).

The high-stakes feud between Katie Couric and Sarah Palin took another ugly turn yesterday when a leaked video of the CBS anchorwoman mocking the names of Palin’s children went viral on the Internet.
The video, from September 2008, was taken from a CBS News satellite feed. It shows Couric — hair pulled back and [...]

I promise that, as hard as it may seem, the text that follows is directly from this idiot’s candidate website.  The link is provided at the end.