Just sit right back, and you’ll hear a tale A tale of some rightward twits Who threw a party serving tea Aboard a flound’ring ship The mate was a vocal Birtherman The skipper a greedy rube If the passengers should…
Tag: The Other 49
Ides of March Gallimaufry
When the soothsayer told Julius Caesar to “beware the ides of March,” she wasn’t talking about him getting stabbed fiftyleven times. Your English teacher lied to you. The soothsayer was cautioning Caesar and anyone else who would listen that some…
Rep. Mayberry To Propose Unconstitutional & Hypocritical Law?
As first noted by Jason Tolbert, Rep. Andy Mayberry (R-27) plans to propose a law, the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” which would ban all abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation based on certain scientific studies suggesting that this is…
Giffords was in Palin's Crosshairs [Updated 1/10/2011]
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) was shot in the head, and Chief Judge John Roll of the U.S. District Court for Arizona was killed in an attack in Tuscon, AZ, today. In total, six…
Fred Smith A Slam Dunk In House Seating Vote
Content partner Jason Tolbert has done a great job of following the Fred Smith story via various news outlets. First, there was the story by Michael Wickline regarding a theft lawsuit filed against against Smith by the Chicot County (AR)…
2011 Legislative Preview: HB 1013
See here for previous posts in this series. Bill Name: AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CONTRACTORS LICENSING BOARD TO IMPOSE CIVIL PENALTIES OR SUSPEND OR REVOKE THE CERTIFICATE OF LICENSE FOR A CONTRACTOR WHO IS FOUND TO KNOWINGLY EMPLOY WORKERS…
National Update
NV-Sen: Harry Reid (D) defeats Sharron Angle (R). Joe Lieberman now has no sway. Democrats control the Senate. Boo yah. /silver lining
National Update
Oklahoma and New Mexico have elected first female governors. Susana Martinez in NM is also first Hispanic female governor in U.S.
National Update
Carl Paladino (-25%) and Christine O’Donnell (-17%) lose. Hooray for a modicum of sanity.
National Update
Daniel Inouye’s win in Hawaii means that, barring a complete defection by Joe Lieberman, the Democrats will continue to control the Senate. Phew. (Now, if CO-Sen, PA-Sen, NV-Sen, WA-Sen, or IL-Sen can just go blue, we can all exhale fully.)