The supposedly Rev. Pat Robertson practices a perverse theology, one in which it’s standard operating procedure in times of calamity, pain and grief, to blame the victims — any way his twisted excuse for a mind can devise. While the U.S. and much of the rest of the world began marshalling money, manpower and all [...]
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Wages of informing on rich tax cheats
is a 40-month term in federal prison
Unless the public intervenes to somehow get Birkenfeld’s sentence commuted, or better, pardoned, we who pay our taxes honestly can be sure future potential whistleblowers will decide they’re better off talking only to their attorneys.
Lawmakers opt to censure adulterous governor
Gov. Mark Sanford is in no danger of joining the ranks of the unemployed, thanks to a legislative subcommittee’s vote to censure rather than impeach him. Seems the wages of sin and misuse of state travel funds are getting off light in the God-fearing, Republican stronghold of South Carolina. The House judiciary subcommittee’s 6 to [...]
Presidents prefer blondes
Since President Obama is determined to be bipartisan, even if doing so means jeopardizing everything else he’s trying to do, he might as well go in style. President Barack Obama has tapped a former top aide of his predecessor George W. Bush to a key post on a board overseeing government-sponsored international broadcasting. Dana Perino, [...]
Schlafly: Obama indoctrinating schoolchildren
“Red alert to parents: If you send your children to a public school, they may be secretly indoctrinated in the cult of Obama-worship. If that’s not your plan for your children, you had better act now, before it’s too late. “Public schoolchildren are now forbidden to sing Christmas carols that mention the real meaning of [...]
Group takes exception to politics of deceit
A Democratic group, Call ‘Em Out, has a bone to pick with House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and others spreading lies about health care reform, plus various efforts to get America back on the road to fairness and prosperity for all. As the name implies, Call ‘Em Out’s mission is to spotlight (borrowing a [...]
Palin wit and wisdom come at a hefty price
As widely predicted, ex-Gov. Sarah Palin is cashing in after dropping out, reportedly making a haul “in the low six figures” for her speech in Hong Kong this week. Described as more moderate than last year’s campaign speeches, Palin’s 90-minute oration for an audience of investors did include criticism of U.S. foreign policy, especially regarding [...]
Events marked by admiration, love for Kennedy
Despite dire predictions of some right-wing broadcast squawkers and bloggers, memorial and funeral services for Sen. Ted Kennedy were anything but exercises in bashing his political opponents. What little mention there was of Republicans and conservatives came in the form of good-natured humor, some of it from Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Both events were impressive [...]
Kennedy backed immigration reform
before it was a radioactive issue
Immigration reform was one of Sen. Ted Kennedy’s ongoing causes, with greater fairness and opportunities for have nots and non-Europeans high on his list of priorities. Kennedy’s efforts, which extend back more than four decades, aren’t forgotten by those who’ve benefited. BOSTON – Before 1965, Leticia Hermosa had little chance of crossing the Pacific to [...]
Sen. Ted Kennedy’s death a loss
for the Senate and all Americans
Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy, D-Mass., was but 1 percent of the United States Senate’s membership, yet because of his death early today the institution suffered a 30 percent loss of enlightened decency. That’s because throughout his seven and a half six-year terms Kennedy was what a great senator should be: a lobbyist for those who [...]
