Today, the Supreme Court rendered a 5-4 decision in favor of Hobby Lobby in the company's fight to deny coverage of certain forms of birth control based on the strong religious beliefs of the company's owners. While Liberal heads are exploding all over the internet, many people sounding off just don't have their facts straight. So let's do a little ( Read more... )

I'm not in favor of Prop 8, and I'll put that on the table now. But I'm still curious; if the federal courts are saying that the Prop 8 ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, then can't any laws dictating marriage then also be deemed unconstitutional?

Government should stay out of marriage completely. People should be free to marry whomever they

This makes absolutely no sense to me. Our country gives citizens the right to bear arms, but we're apparently not allowed to use them to protect our business or property?
An El Paso County jury on Friday awarded nearly $300,000 to the daughter of a burglar who was fatally shot in 2009 while breaking into an auto lot ( Read more... )

Wisconsin recently passed legislation requiring voters to present I.D. when voting. Starting in 2012, Wisconsin voters will be required to produce a state-issued photo I.D. or other acceptable form of photo I.D. when voting. This is nothing that's unheard of and it's already being done in several states. Here's a map from 2008 discussing I.D. ( Read more... )

Keith Olbermann's had a rough week. First he compared Obama's compromise with the GOP over tax cut extensions to Nazi appeasement (and denied it). Now he and Michael Moore are accused of being rape apologists. It all stems from Moore's appearance on Olbermann's MSNBC show Countdown, where Moore chalked up the rape allegations against Julian Assange ( Read more... )

I was alerted by someone who'd seen my previous blogs and tweets about a certain "charity" and the people who run it that there's false advertising on the website for the business that's run by the guy who started said "charity". As LiveJournal bans journals using first and last names (even though his name is on his website, Twitter, and blogs), I' ( Read more... )

This is going to be one big master post and rant because a lot's happened in the past few days concerning this issue.

On Tuesday, July 13th, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) passed a resolution at their annual conference condemning the Tea Party for allegedly not dismissing racism within its own ranks. On their ( Read more... )

I really don't know what to think about Kagan's jokes during the Senate confirmation hearings today. On one hand, becoming a Supreme Court justice is a serious matter, and something that shouldn't be taken lightly. On the other hand, something needed to break because people keep falling asleep at these meetings.

When asked by Senator Graham where ( Read more... )

On June 9, 2008, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D - Ohio) presented over 30 articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush including a secret propaganda campaign to push Americans into supporting a war in Iraq and painted the picture that Iran was never a threat to the United States. Obama, Pelosi, and Reid wanted nothing to do with it and the ( Read more... )

Since the Arizona immigration law SB 1070 has passed, these cities have chosen to boycott the state of Arizona:

• San Francisco, California


• Los Angeles, California


• Milwaukee, Wisconsin


• Austin, Texas


• West Hollywood, California