Drones will be used to enforce ObamaCare….apparently (video)


According to Fox News there could be as many as 30,000 surveillance drones filling the US sky in the not too distant future. There are some that think that these unmanned vehicles could be used to enforce “any” law “including ObamaCare”.  Fortunately, … Continue reading

The facts don’t fit your prejudices? No problem. Be like Fox News and invent your own! (video)


This week both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert highlighted the fantasy facts used by Fox News regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s recent report about ObamaCare. Due to copyright restrictions in order to watch the clip use the password: imincorrigible (Video © Comedy Central) Jon Stewart … Continue reading

Tea Party Fruit Loops (An Occasional Series): No.1 Michele Bachmann (video)


The following is Michele  Bachmann’s Rational Wiki entry and should tell you everything you need to know about the level of commitment to ignorance that is necessary to simply be Ms Bachmann. “We have checked [Michele Bachmann] 13 times, and seven of her claims [have been found] … Continue reading

ObamaCare and the debt ceiling: kicking insanity down the road (Part 1) (video)


Part One: ObamaCare and The Threat Of A Shutdown Many of us in Europe could be excused for wondering why our American cousins are having such a spat about President Obama’s insistence on the introduction of his singular presidential achievement to date the … Continue reading

Make It Stop — Congressman Grimm


I’m not a huge fan of the DCCC but they have a point about the GOP controlled congress obstinately refusing to represent the people by actually doing some work!

Note to GOP: Repeatedly voting to repeal Obamacare and doing nothing else does not count as representing the American people!

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With Speaker John Boehner bragging about his broken Congress this weekend, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched an online ad campaign telling Congressman Michael Grimm to stop being part of the problem.

On Face the Nation this weekend, Speaker Boehner said that Congressman Grimm and his Republican colleagues should be “judged on how many laws we repeal.” In practice, the House Republicans’ All-Repeal Agenda has created unparalleled gridlock — not jobs — and Congressman Grimm is part of the problem of a dysfunctional Congress.

“Americans want jobs, not a partisan, all-repeal agenda from Congressman Michael Grimm that hurts the middle class,” said Emily Bittner of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “If this gridlock and partisanship don’t stop, Americans will judge Congressman Grimm not on how many laws Washington Republicans repealed, but on whether he stood up for everyday Americans against the broken Congress — and right now Congressman Grimm is failing.”