What is the deal with attacking Rush Limbaugh?
In the past couple of weeks or so I have noticed an up tick in attacks on comedian Rush Limbaugh, especially coming from the White House and Democratic associated groups. I just don't get it.Rush is...
View ArticleThe ultimate fix to the American healthcare system
One of the priorities of the new Obama administration is to reform the healthcare system in the United States. Statistics show that while the US spends the most per patient, the quality of that care is...
View ArticleConfession of a reformed health insurance drone
I worked for a pharmacy benefit manager for 5 years. A PBM is like a health care HMO for medications. The PBM I worked for is one of the top companies in the category in revenues and size. We also had...
View ArticleGetting kick in the 'nads over health care reform
It has been a bad week for those us supporting real reform in Health care insurance. We got stabbed in the back by the Senate and it looks like President Obama is getting the sell out he wanted....
View ArticleWhen did you think "kill the bill" meant no bill at all?
I've been caught up in the current policy debate over the Senate version of the health care reform bill. The arguments have been nasty on both sides throwing around words like denialists, stupid,...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide to the Political Talk Shows
I am sick and tired. I have tried to watch them but I can't stand it any more. They are hurting the political discourse in this country and outside the wonks who live and breathe politics, they have no...
View ArticleOH-Gov: Kasich is wrong for Ohio Governor because he offers only rejected GOP...
The 2010 election for the Governor of Ohio is a perfect example, on a smaller scale, of the Republican obstructionism and having no real ideas for governing. The GOP is also supporting a guy with a Mel...
View ArticleOH-Gov: John Kasich wants to outsource Ohio development efforts [Updated]
John Kasich, a cheap labor conservative and candidate for Ohio Governor, announced on Tuesday his plan to throw 400 state workers out of a job and provide corporate welfare under the guise of "economic...
View ArticleOH-Gov - Strickland tells his story and Kasich shows he has no plans in 1st...
Governor Ted Strickland (D) and former Congressman John Kasich (R) squared off in the first debate for the Governor's office Tuesday night. Neither candidate moved off their current talking points and...
View ArticleOH-AG: Mike DeWine wants to be a crime fighter but Ohio AG job isn’t it
Former US Senator Mike DeWine was defeated in 2006 for reelection and pretty much disappeared from the political scene. This election season he decided he wanted to be the Ohio Attorney General. He is...
View ArticleAttack on Public Workers Unions starts in Ohio
No one listened to me. I told them, elect John Kasich and the Republicans in Ohio and it will end very badly for you. It was just announced that Sen. Shannon Jones, R-Springboro, plans on introducing a...
View ArticleUniversity study shows lower Dem turn out led to GOP sweep in Ohio (updated)
A report released by the University of Akron’s Bliss Institute of Applied Politics maps out the Republican sweep of Ohio statewide offices and the open US Senate seat in 2010. The report, which...
View ArticleRep. Jim Jordan and the RSC want children to go hungry and they still hate women
Represenative Jim Jordan (OH-4), a cheap labor conservative and chair of the stealth Republican Study Committee introduced "H.R. 1167, the Welfare Reform Act of 2011" to do to food stamp recipients...
View ArticleA new campaign idea: "Re-Elect Obama: The Lesser Of Two Evils"
Lets's face it, many of us on the left are not happy with President Obama. He has done some good things but he has had some problems that were of his own doing. A friend of mine posted to an e-mail...
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Ohio GOP will lie to keep from having to admit they were wrong on SB-5
If you see a report on the news of Governor Kasich sitting in almost empty room complaining and blustering about the Unions not showing up to work out a compromise to get state issue 2 off the ballot -...
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"Actually, it's a lot of work being poor" : Facts from one Ohio county
Just hearing the talking points makes me angry so forgive me if I sound angry. Someone will make a comment or bitch about "welfare queens" and about how these lazy poor people have wide-screen TVs and...
View ArticleSomething else Governor Perry can be proud of: Texas #1 in child abuse deaths
Saw an interesting article on the BBC News website tonight. It seems the US has a child abuse death problem. The US has the highest number of child abuse deaths in the industrialized world and Texas is...
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Speaker Boehner Demands President Help Pass Phantom Job Bills Stuck In Senate
On Thursday US House Speaker John Boehner stood before reporters and, in an attempt to deflect growing pressure on his party's obstruction of President Obama's jobs plan, demanded the President help...
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Michael Shermer's Skepticism Missing In Giving Praise Of David Brooks
Michael Shermer is founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine "Skeptic". He is a BIG NAME in the freethought community and is well known for debunking pseudoscientific and...
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Beware Of The 'Professional Left' - It Will Eat Your Children
I found out tonight that the so-called "professional left" has the power to keep President Obama from being re-elected and those on the left who criticize the President, like me, are the enemy. It...
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Coach Woody Hayes endorses Herman Cain??
Herman Cain made a campaign stop at The Ohio State University in Columbus on Wednesday 11/30/11 and a Coach Woody Hayes impersonator introduced him. Woody Hayes endorsing Herman Cain? Is that really...
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Flashback: Naivete Can Be A Negative (2003)
Some people think the Occupy movement and the issues brought up by the protests is something new. I know I've been talking about corporatism and income inequality for many years. While archiving some...
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Unemployed Republican Voter Parrots Ron Paul On Social Safety Net
Vanguard, on Current TV, is like 60 Minutes on steroids by focusing on one issue for the whole hour. After the Current TV special on the GOP Iowa debate held Saturday night, Vanguard showed a program...
View ArticleNo Internet piracy but Congress considering letting cable and satellite...
Of course we should expect this from a Congress that seems more intent on protecting the 1% and sticking it to the 99%. In the same week it is considering breaking the Internet to protect the big media...
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Anti-Abortion Supporters Use Ohio State Senators, Children, And Teddy Bears...
"Every time there is an abortion a Teddy Bear dies..." You have to give supporters of the so-called Ohio "Heartbeat" bill credit, they sure know how to promote their bill with the subtlety of PT...
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
One part of political debate I like is using images to make a point. Whether it is a chart or a quote image, these graphics hold on to the adage that a picture is worth a thousand words. They are also...
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Boy Scout’s Anti-LGBT Policy Drips With Religious Right Bigotry Code Words
On June 7th the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) reaffirmed their policy to deny membership to LGBT people. There was a chance they would reconsider but the consensus of a secret committee decided it was...
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Vandana Shiva: Industrial Agriculture Hurting Our Food System And Health
Vandana Shiva Vandana Shiva was on Moyers & Company on July 13th talking about her fight against genetically modified (GM) seeds and other attempts by industrial agriculture companies, like...
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[OH-Issue 2] Opponents Of Ohio Redistricting Reform Air Misleading Ad
Banner for Ohio State Issue 2 State Issue 2 will be on the ballot in Ohio to reform the way congressional districts are drawn after each census. A cross section of groups from the League of Women...
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Website Gives Instructions On How To Commit Voting Fraud
Only people trying to steal Ohio's vote seems to be the GOP One of the narratives of the GOP and right-wing this election season is that our country is being threatened by rampant voting fraud. Their...
View ArticleOhio Republicans admit anti-redistricting reform ad was false
Today in the Columbus Dispatch, it was reported that the Ohio Republican Party and Protect Your Vote Ohio - who opposed State Issue 2 titled "Ohio Citizens Independent Redistricting Commission...
View ArticleBreaking - Appeals Court Rules Ohio Early Voting Must Be Open To All
6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that if early voting in Ohio is open the last 3 days for the military then it must also be open for all voters
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Failure Of Green Energy Companies Doesn't Mean We Don't Need Green Energy
President Obama visits a wind turbine factory A couple of my conservative friends post on Facebook with glee every time a green energy company that received government loans fails or if the Chevy Volt...
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Simple Logical Reason The GOP Is Wrong For This Country
The Romney-Ryan campaign like most cheap labor conservatives think that poor people are just lazy and would have a job if we didn't coddle them with things like food stamps and welfare but they also...
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Ohio Sheriff Calls President Obama An Enemy - Won't Enforce Laws He Doesn't Like
Hancock County Ohio Sheriff Michael Heldman Think law nullification is a quaint old timey southern strategy that was used to defend slavery in the 1860's and segregation in the 1960's? An Ohio Sheriff...
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Obama's Stupid "Grand Bargain" Gives GOP No Incentive To Replace Sequester
Speaker John Boehner: I got 98% of what I wanted... HA! HA! Earlier on Thursday, Republicans in the Senate filibustered a bill meant to replace the "dreaded" sequester due to take effect today (March...
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Guys, If The Girl Is Drunk It Is Rape – Period
The Steubenville, Ohio rape trial is over and both boys were found guilty. News reports of some of the testimony on Saturday really ticked me off. It is real simple guys, if the girl is shitfaced...
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A Few Minutes With Secular Student Alliance's August Brunsman
August E. Brunsman IV, Executive Director of the Secular Student Alliance I have known August Brunsman, Executive Director of the Secular Student Alliance (SSA), for at least 13 years through my...
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Why Do We Have To Choose Between Privacy Or Security?
If you aren't doing anything wrong then this should not be a problem, right? The media coverage over what National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden did, by publicly revealing the large...
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Why Can't We Drug Test Welfare Recipients? I Got Tested For My Job
Friends of mine who are somewhat liberal ask me, Why can't we drug test welfare recipients? I got tested for my job. It's true, many people are tested for drug use before being employed. Even the...
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Bad Journalism About The Affordable Care Act Trickling Down To My Local Station
The problems with the national Healthcare.gov website have been reported quite a bit by a national media that loves to parrot Republican talking points. I really hoped that the bias in the reporting...
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Before Obamacare The Health Care System Worked?
Good Oral Health Is Important One of the old tropes used by the GOP and their complaint corporate media drones is that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will 'destroy' a health care system that we were...
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My Free School Lunch Horror Story
After reading the story about Rep. Paul Ryan's false 'no free school lunch' story he told at CPAC and the general feeling among conservatives that kids need to work for their free lunches, I wanted to...
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Gov. Kasich Campaign Ad Tries To Make You Forget Anti-Union Law He Supported
Lieutenant Steve - brainwashed police officer Ohio Governor John Kasich has been batting a thousand for ridiculous campaign ads so far this election season. My current favorite is titled 'He Listened'...
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Catholic Group Plans To Move Same-Sex Marriage Debate To School Districts
An evangelical Catholic group asked central Ohio Catholics to change the argument against same-sex marriage to 'a child-focused civil institution that unites children with their mothers and fathers.'...
View ArticleUS Army Recruiting Station Goes Rogue
One of my Facebook friends posted a meme the other day that caught my eye. It wasn't so much the content of the picture but who originally posted it. It seems a US Army recruiting station in Washington...
View ArticleOhio Press Group Says We Deserve Better Political Reporting
I found an interesting guest column in my local paper the other day from Dennis Hetzel, who is executive director of the Ohio Newspaper Association and president of the Ohio Coalition for Open...
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A $15 An Hour Minimum Wage Would Help All Of Us
A meme showed up in my Facebook feed the other day that tried to undermine the movement to raise the minimum wage to $15 and hour by comparing 'burger flipping' with a 'real job' as if that proved the...
View ArticleStop Scapegoating The Poor, Please!
Once again a politician, setting themselves up for higher office, goes to the 'kick a poor person' playbook to build some conservative cred. Ohio Auditor Dave Yost, who likes to kick things...
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There Is No Compromise On Civil Rights If You Want My Vote
Democrat Heath Mello, running for Mayor of Omaha, NE is not a progressiveSometimes I dislike people who focus on one single issue to decide if they will vote for a particular candidate. For example...
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