This whole contraceptives thing highlights how outmoded our country's fundamental documents are. The man behind IMAO explains how to fix the Bill of Rights so that it reflects what people expect of government in these modern times. (Watch out, pop-ups) An excerpt:

We want a strong government that guarantees us all the things we need, and we should ( Read more... )

I worked on my "serious" story a few weeks back. Did a little groundwork and a scene or two. The last few days, though, I've been working on my "light" story. I have been getting places with that. It's more fun and easier to sketch out the plot and characters than do the writing, though. So no, I'm not doing NaNoWriMo this year. I don't have the ( Read more... )

From here!

Really, where would we be if a bumpkin like Palin were president? With her brainpower, we'd probably be stuck with a Cabinet full of tax cheats, retreads and moralizing social engineers ( Read more... )

Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage

In a statement, Obama welcomed the legislation, saying it "reflects many of the principles I've laid out, such as reforms that will prohibit insurance companies from refusing coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and the concept of insurance exchanges where individuals can find ( Read more... )

Congrats, Rush. Good job figuring out what's been blatantly obvious for at least a dozen years or so. *rolling of eyes ( Read more... )

There isn't even much of substance here, but what there is is more than enough.

( Notice the one thing he DOESN'T claim the Pennsylvanians 'cling' to? )

Whichever way you cut it, "Pathetic" is guaranteed to be part of the answer ( Read more... )

In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, I've seen a lot of people putting the blame on guns. "We need more gun control laws", they say... "If we didn't have so many guns in this country, this never would've happened", they say... "Stupid Second Amendment! I'll get you for this!" they say ( Read more... )

Which of the following, according to a radio commercial I just heard, is a "radical anti - property rights group" that (presumably) t3h 3v4l Clare McCaskill is associating herself with and so if we meet her on the street we should kick her hard and run away as fast as possible screaming as loudly as possible ( Read more... )

I hope the time will come soon when broadcasters stop saying "the economy did worse than expected for the third quarter" or "Target's earnings were higher than predicted" and start putting things in proper perspective by saying "analysts overestimated how well the economy would do this past third quarter" or "the so-called experts' expectations for ( Read more... )