A 1900% beer tax?

I'll never move to Oregon

Several Oregon politicians want to increase the tax on beer to help the state raise money. The legislation would mean that a pint of beer that costs $4.50 would cost $6.00. I say this lunacy deserves punishment.

Finish: 1900% beer tax - rate the punishment

Hmmmmm. Stimulus. YT Wonders what's going on in Congress

Check out the beard

Heheh. I said stimulus.

Seriously? What is going on in Congress?

That's what YT is wondering in a political rant today. If you have an angle into this stimulus story that keeps bugging you....

Read more: Did Democrats mishandle the stimulus bill?

Rate American stupidity - $20 billion on foreign oil in December

And that's a cheap month

For months America's oil demand has been crashing, despite considerably lower gas prices than just 6 months ago.

The price of a barrel of oil has declined to less than a third of 2008 highs.

Yet, America still spent $19.3 billion on foreign oil in the month of December.

And THAT's a BAD month, at least as far as the exporters of America's foreign oil are concerned. For America it was a fricken bargain.

Almost $20 billion a month is a deal!?! Are we stupid? Finish: Rate American stupidity - $20 billion on foreign oil in December

Can $335 million in condoms stimulate the economy?

On the verge of depression, is sex ed really a necessity?

President Barack Obama has told America that government waste is over, and as we spend hundreds of billions to stimulate the economy, things will be done differently this time. No pork. No earmarks. No waste. Razor sharp action, unlike Bush's Wall Street bailout.

Today, the country is in a financial quagmire, and the worst may be yet to come according to numerous financial experts. Thus, Obama has been very focused on creating a stimulus package to save and create jobs.

Yet, how does $335 million for STD prevention really stimulate the economy any time soon?

Finish: Can $335 million in condoms stimulate the economy?

Is this picture racist?

Anything related to a plantation is racist?

The head of the Alabama NAACP doesn't want Mobile's Azalea Trail Maids to participate in Inauguration Day, claiming the group reminds him of slavery.

"These are not just regular costumes. These are the costumes that remind someone of the plantation," claims Edward Vaughn.

Finish and Rate this picture

Quality: Perez Hilton v. Ann Coulter

Perez Hilton - Every mother's dream

I absolutely believe in free speech. So, when I heard that NBC was considering a ban against conservative Ann Coulter, I knew I had to investigate the story. Apparently, NBC executives floated the ban idea because Coulter's new book Guilt takes a pretty harsh stand against what Coulter believes is an extreme liberal bias in the media. Apparently, she also takes a few shots a President-Elect Barack Obama.

Thus, NBC pulled her from an episode of the Today Show. Instead, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton took her place. Finish: Quality: Perez Hilton v. Ann Coulter

Did Congress deserve a pay raise?

Did you get a raise this year?

So, Congress decided that after a year(s) of Congressional failure and massive scandals during its watch, a $4,700 pay raise was in order?

Rate the Congressional pay raise scandal.

Rate the idea of a fat tax - Good or bad

No, it's not on fat people

Would it be good to add a fat tax to fat food, much like a healthcare tax has been added to cigarettes?

Click here to rate the fat tax.

Bailout money funding executive bonuses - Congress, Bush SUCK!

Thanks Bush, Congress and the rest of the jokers

I was just watching some coverage on CNBC about how a number of Wall Street firms are using taxpayer bailout money to fund executive bonuses. Thus, our taxpayer money is funding the bonuses of executives whom lost 100's of billions of our wealth.

According to one expert on the panel, this is because Congress left loopholes in the bailout bill, as usual. But what do members of Congress really care? The majority are millionaires, all of them are rich.

What a bunch of crap. Finish: Bailout money going to executive bonuses

Congress is rich. Let's redistribute their wealth

Getting rich serving us?

The average American lives, barely, paycheck to paycheck - if you can call it that. We face constant worries of coming up short. In fact, it seems like we always come up short.

The average member of Congress, however, is far from coming up short. And fact, every member of Congress is rich according to the tax plans being thrown around in Congress. So, if redistribution of wealth is the big new idea in Congress, why not start with the wealth of Congressional members?

Finish: Congress is rich. Let's redistribute their wealth

Democrats are not revolutionaries - Both parties can kiss my ass

If Obama wasn't black would there be so much excitement about him?

Let me just get this out there. I'm NOT voting for Barack Obama. Of course, I'm not voting for John McCain either. I'm going to vote for whichever third party candidate catches my fancy on election day.

Even more important, I'm voting against EVERY single incumbent in Congress up for election in my district, which I think is a far more important task than voting for President. Lest we forget, it is Congress that legislates.

You want change? Finish: Democrats are not revolutionaries - Both parties can kiss my ass

Community organizer equals black?

Rate the stupidity

According to Gov. David Paterson of NY, 'community organizer' is a code word for 'black'.

The evidence Patterson uses is the Sarah Palin speech, "So I suppose a small town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except with real responsibilities," she said at the convention.

Finish: Community organizer equals black?

Do actors affect your politics and voting?

Do you buy into Hollywood?

OK. We all want to be famous. We all want to be rich. Thus, we become obsessed with people that are famous, which is usually synonymous with being rich. Yet, so much of Hollywood is filled with insiders. And, even if you do get it in. Even if you make it, what does that really mean?

Finish: Do actors affect your politics and voting

Is a Big 3 bailout a good idea?

Just let the free markets sort it out?

The Big 3 want a $50 billion bailout. Do they deserve it? Didn't the Big 3 put all their eggs in one gas-guzzling bucket?

Finish: Is a Big 3 bailout a good idea?

Should the drinking age be lowered?

Could it reduce binge drinking?

There is a move spreading in the Nation's college system to lower the drinking age. Advocates claim that students on college campuses are drinking regardless of the drinking age, but because they cannot go to clubs and bars, they are instead binge drinking at beer keg parties (I know I did when I was in college).

Finish: Should the drinking age be lowered?

Obama love: Is it a problem for the media?

On the cover again

When it comes to the mainstream media, it seems there is little journalistic integrity left. Everyone is biased. Obviously, it started with Fox, which has an obvious affinity towards the 'right' and Republicans.

But, it doesn't end with Fox.

Finish: Obama Love - Is it a problem for the media

Worst Congress in decades?

Time to pass some legislation?

No Congress has passed fewer laws in decades than the current session in Congress. Yet, aren't we facing a financial crisis? An energy crisis?

Rate Congress

Windfall profit tax on oil companies?

Forget windfall taxes

Warren Buffett, an open advocate for Barrack Obama, was on CNBC this morning, where he called windfall profit taxes on oil companies a very bad idea. Democrats and Barrack Obama have been big supporters of a windfall profit tax on oil companies, but Buffett thinks its a bad idea. So, I'm assuming all the talk coming out of the Democratic Party is just rhetoric. Read more about Warren Buffett talks oil.

Anyway, rate the idea of a windfall profit tax on oil companies. Is it scapegoating, or a good idea?

Time for Hillary Clinton to quit?

Should she stay or should she go?

Barrack Obama is not a perfect candidate for President, but he has had momentum. Obama has also inspired hope for change in many. And, let's just be honest, he is the most outside-of-the-box of the mainstream candidates.

Then there is Hillary Clinton and her tears, her million dollar loans to herself and her completely nonsensical gas tax holiday. And today, according to DrudgeReport, Democratic superdelegates are avoiding her like the plague. Isn't it time to accept defeat?

Rate Hillary Clinton's Campaign for the Presidency: Has she gone too far, or is she fighting the good fight?

DrudgeReport: Conservative Whack?

Just a dumb redneck?

So, the other day I checked out DrudgeReport.com. I learned that the Pentagon is possibly going to slow troop withdrawal out of Iraq. Iran is going to build more centrifuges. Many soldiers prefer Obama.. And, scarily, I learned there has been another possible person-to-person bird flu transmission - real redneck news.

All of that in less than a minute - not bad when you're short on time. So, is DrudgeReport.com just for rednecks?

Finish: DrudgeReport.com:Conservative Whack?

Hillary Clinton in tears: Was it planned?

Mrs. Always Well Coached gets emotional?

So, Hillary Clinton is asked a softball beauty question on the Eve of the New Hampshire primary that causes her to cry because she cares more than any of the other candidates for President? (more)

I'm sorry, but that is pathetic. Sure, maybe she's a bit emotional and she sheds a tear and tells the crowd sorry. "It's just been a long tough campaign, but let's turn these tears into tears of joy. Together we can change the world." That would have been enduring, instead she attacks?

Instead, Clinton USES this 'emotional' moment to somehow distinguish herself from her competition - even to take shots at them because she "cares" more. Bullsh_t!

Rate Hillary's sob fest: Was it contrived or just evidence of her ruthlessness?

Finally, Campaign '08 finally over?

Race to the White House

Finally! The run for the White House really gets going as Democrats and Republicans pick their favorite candidates in Iowa, and I couldn't be more happy. Soon, this whole money-wasting debacle will be over - at least for a couple of months. It seems that these days politicians spend more time running for office than representing the people.

Rate Campaign 2008: Are you happy that it's finally kicking into gear or that it's finally over?

Rate the Hillary Clinton Meal Deal picture

Is Hillary attacked more because she is a woman?

O.K., this Hillary Clinton attack-ad is nasty, but do an image search on George Bush, or many other well known politicians, and you'll find far worse 'art'. So, I don't think this picture takes politics to a new low, but it does seem misogynistic, but I think that's partially due to the theme. My guess is that the 'artist' wanted to use 'left wings' as much '2 fat thighs' or '2 small breasts'.

Rate this Hillary spoof: Does it go too far or not far enough?

Proof the NYTimes protects the Clintons?

Is there any such thing as media objectivity?

I'm a blogger and I'm not objective. I usually report an issue and then offer my perspective. I'm not really reporting the news. I'm commenting on the news.

Should the NYTimes be considered the same as just an opionated blog, or should they be held to a higher level of objectivity?

Case in point. Bill Clinton is now trying to claim that he was anti-war, as was his wife, from the beginning. But the facts are far less convincing. Covering this story, the NYTimes chose a quote from a 2004 Time article that goes, "I would not have done it until after Hans Blix finished the job,” referring to the weapons inspections there before the war.

So, maybe he did or did not support the war according to that article. The NYTimes is questioning Bill on this point, but is it objectively reporting the facts?

There are other quotes in the same article cited by the NYTimes that offer a much more convincing perspective. "That's why I supported the Iraq thing. There was a lot of stuff unaccounted for. So I thought the President had an absolute responsibility to go to the U.N. and say, "Look, guys, after 9/11, you have got to demand that Saddam Hussein lets us finish the inspection process." You couldn't responsibly ignore [the possibility that] a tyrant had these stocks. I never really thought he'd [use them]. What I was far more worried about was that he'd sell this stuff or give it away. .........So that's why I thought Bush did the right thing to go back. When you're the President, and your country has just been through what we had, you want everything to be accounted for............"

Ultimately, Bill claimed he didn't agree with the "timing of the attack", not the attack itself.

That certainly sounds much more supportive of the Bush's position, and it also sounds far from anti-War. So, why did the NYTimes choose the soft quote? Why not call Bill out on this? To protect Hillary Clinton?

Rate the NYTimes: Should they be held to a higher standard of objectivity?

Democrats, not Republicans, party of the rich?

Does either Party represent the people?

"Democrats like to define themselves as the party of poor and middle-income Americans, but a new study says they now represent the majority of the nation's wealthiest congressional districts." More....

Rate Party Politics: Do Republicans, Democrats or neither Party really represent 'The People'?

What is environmental hypocrisy?

What's worse: gas-guzzling or eating meat?

Recently Heather Mills showed up for a photo shoot to make the connection between global warming and eating meat in a gas-guzzling SUV. While Ms. Mills is right about the meat eating and global warming connection, there is also a big connection between gas-guzzling and global warming.
So does Mrs. Mills have a leg to stand on? Sadly, she does not - no pun intended.

Nonetheless, the point Mills is trying to make is a strong one, one that shows just how much of a hypocrite many environmentalists, such as Al Gore, are in the real world. Gore talks about how dangerous global warming is and buys carbon credits to offset the massive amount of pollution his mansion and jet-flying causes, but he could probably have a bigger effect on global warming by going vegetarian, yet this isn't part of Gore's inconvenient truth. Why?

Maybe the goal to being a good environmentalist is to do less lecturing and more living by example?

Rate environmental hypocrisy: Are most environmentalists hypocrites or is it just the stars of the environmental movement - those from Hollywood, etc - that give environmentalists a bad name?

Is America going to "crash"

Will the declining dollar bring down America?

"Soon we will not talk about dollars because the dollar is falling in value and the empire of the dollar is crashing," Chavez said in comments translated into Farsi from Spanish.

"Naturally, by the crash of the dollar, America's empire will crash," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said at a joint news conference with Ahmadinejad.

Rate America: Is America set to crash or is Chavez just a loud-mouth?

Is Hillary being treated unfairly

Poor Hillary being picked on?

Critics complain that Hillary Clinton flip-flops on most major issues and never really takes a stand on anything. Even worse, critics also complain that the Clinton Campaign is putting extreme pressure on journalists - via Bill Clinton - to not say anything unflattering about Mrs. Clinton.

Supporters claim that all these criticisms are being generated by Republicans and Democrats that are afraid of powerful women.

Rate Hillary Clinton: Is she being treated unfairly, or is she just a flip-flopping cry-baby?

Despite polls will Americans really vote against incumbents?

Time to fire your Congressional incumbent?

"A record number of Americans say that most members of Congress do not deserve to be re-elected, according to new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll."

So, will Americans actually take real action? Or, is this just more blah, blah, when it comes to voting? I bet more Americans just won't vote rather than vote against Congressional incumbents. In the end, most incumbents will win. Little will change, and polls for the next election will again demonstrate a new record number of Americans that feel most in Congress don't deserve to be re-elected. Blah, blah, blah. Of course, I hope I'm wrong?

Rate voters: Will they vote out a significant percentage of incumbents?

Democrats or Republicans: Does it really matter?

Lou Dobbs: Both parties run by the rich

Has anything really changed since the Democrats took office after the 2006 midterm elections? Has this Congress passed any real legislation aimed at helping this nation's middle class versus corporate America and the wealthiest among us?

Take, for example, the Senate Democrats who for some reason can't decide whether to close the hedge fund tax loophole that allows executives at private equity firms and hedge funds to pay a tax rate of only 15 percent on most of their income. Closing the loophole would be the best way to reform the alternative minimum tax and provide relief for millions of middle-class families, but these Senate Democrats are being guided by the almighty forces of campaign contributions and lobbying dollars. These Senate Democrats, like their Republican colleagues, are serving a few wealthy folks at the expense of our working men and women (more).

Rate America's politicians: Are both Democrats and Republicans failing the people?

Hugo Chavez: Hollywood's freedom-loving King!?

Long live the King! Long live freedom!

"Soldiers used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to scatter tens of thousands who massed Thursday to protest constitutional reforms that would permit Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely. Led by university students, protesters chanted "Freedom! Freedom!" and warned that 69 amendments drafted by the Chavista-dominated National Assembly would violate civil liberties and derail democracy."

Why have so many celebrities recently visited Chavez? This is the vision of so many in Hollywood? Is this Sean Penn's better world? Crush civil liberties, prevent free speech, cancel elections? I always thought liberals embraced free speech and civil liberties?

Rate Hollywood: Are they really liberals or fascists?

Are politicians the worst Americans?

If only politicians were as honest and loyal as dogs!

I can't stand politico-types on either the far left or the far right, and I especially can't stand most politicians. Everything is always politics. Everything, no matter how unrelated is always somehow the fault of the other side. Both sides have become so provincially ignorant that, quite honestly, America would be better without them.

So, now let me tell you how I really feel. Seriously, though, isn't America supposed to be the convergence of differing opinions?

Rate politicians: Are they the worst Americans?

Is too much money being spent on political advertising?

$3 billion+ this election cycle

"A wide-open presidential race and a willingness by candidates, interest groups, unions and corporations to buy TV time will lead to historic spending for political and issue-advocacy advertising in the 2008 election cycle, an analysis shows.

The cost to try to influence the 2008 election could exceed $3 billion, according to TNS Media Intelligence/Campaign Media Analysis Group, CNN's consultant on political television advertising.

This is nearly twice as much than what was spent in 2004 when political and issue-advocacy television advertising rang in at $1.7 billion. In 2006, $2.3 billion was spent on political and issue-advocacy TV commercials."

Is it worth it? Maybe an election lottery would be better? Wouldn't that really be a Democracy?

Rate political spending - Is it out of control?

Are Democrats using Armenian Genocide to thwart the Iraq War?

Can America stay in Iraq without Turkey?

In the early 1900's, some of Turkey's mullahs essentially ordered the genocide of more than 1,000,000 Armenians. Today, more than 100 years later, there is a movement in Congress to ratify a resolution acknowledging this genocide.

What would such a resolution accomplish, aside from $100.00+ barrels of oil, for example?

Might the resolution also push the Turkish government to disallow the U.S. to utilize its airports, airspace and land to supply the effort in Iraq? Since 70 percent of U.S. supplies move through Turkey, can the U.S. continue the War in Iraq without Turkey's help?

Are Democrats using the Armenian Resolution to covertly force a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq? If so, is such a move a good idea, or dirty politics?

Rate the Armenian Genocide Resolution: A good idea at this point in time, or dirty politics?

Don Imus back on the radio - Do you care?

Should he have been fired in the first place

"In a dramatic and dazzling career rebound, controversial radio host Don Imus has secured a deal returning him to the airwaves on December 3 -- this time on the nation's most listened to talk station, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned!"

Obviously, Imus made some pretty ridiculous statements regarding the Rutger's women's basketball team, but should he have been fired then? If so, should he be given a new radio station now, or be banned forever?

Rate Don Imus - Should he be allowed back on the radio?