It may not be sexy, but John Edward's endorsement of Barack Obama is a killing blow if I've ever seen one. After the handful of new delegates supporting Obama's campaign and with the John Edwards endorsement, Barack Obama is sitting pretty at the top of the Democratic mountain.  Newsweek declaration of ...

For those Americans living in a cave since George W. Bush took office, "Swift Boat Veterans For Truth" is an organization founded to perpetuate falsehoods, engage in fraud and spread political propaganda.   The Swift Boat Liars, as I call them, is once again announcing its intention to smear a Democratic ...

Barack Obama is closing in on the nomination, making Hillary Clinton's ambitions unattainable for the time being.  Despite a sense of finality creeping in for Democratic supporters, there are still many questions to be answered. Obama's New Super Delegate Lead Tom Allen, a Maine representative and candidate for the Senate, decided to ...

Increased unleaded and diesel fuel prices are undoubtedly putting the screws to our economy. Higher fuel prices means higher shipping costs which, in turn, results in higher prices for anything that must be shipped a considerable distance from its point-of-manufacture/point-of-harvest to a sales outlet of any kind. Items fabricated from ...

The Associated press reported that the House Judiciary Committee has voted to compel a top Dick Cheney Aide to testify regarding the Bush Administration's interrogation practices. David Addington originally refused to testify without a subpoena so the committee decided on Tuesday to force his testimony.   A date hasn't been set for ...

"Christians Are Useful Idiots" - George W. Bush In "Tempting Faith," David Kuo alleged that President Bush and his friends in the White House often made fun of Christian Evangelicals by calling them "nuts" and useful idiots.  If Kuo was telling the truth, for the first time, I find myself agreeing ...

Manipulating Americans Has Never Been Easier, thanks to New Media The media was always prone to bias and influence, but it is facing a very stark challenge from bloggers that threaten its existence as we know it. "Citizen journalism" has become a strong delivery tool for propagandists to flourish while their words ...

Can Hillary Clinton defeat Barack Obama given the current circumstances? Just a week ago, Hillary Clinton's surrogates were engaged in a brutal assault on Barack Obama.   The narrative went something like this: "Not only has Barack Obama failed to distance himself from a racist, hateful, ignorant, awful man in Reverend Wright, but ...

One might think the greatest threat posed by OPEC member nations would be their tendency to funnel cash through various means into the hands of those hell-bent on bringing about our destruction. While this threat is real and, thanks to Venezuela at the very least, far less remote than ...

Failed Liberty, Injustice and the Iraq Quagmire I've never been one to call names, especially not towards a party that is generally associated with Libertarian ideals, but the latest incarnation of the GOP must be called out for many of the problems that persist in America. GOP leadership is entirely to blame ...

Why isn't the media talking about it?  Hard to say, Pensito Review had a rather scorching account about the matter and offered this little tidbit: Five years from now, reporters will write books on why they chose to ignore the story of Cheney’s drafting of these immoral, unethical and un-Constitutional torture ...

Early in the campaign season, all of the buzz was about Ron Paul and the fantastic job he was doing raising money on the Internet.  Now, it is time for Barack Obama to bask in the glory of being the champion of the people and what better way to measure ...

The United States is so often humiliated in the national spotlight these days.  The news of Nelson Mandela being tagged as a terrorist in America's international terrorist database is not surprising.  Even still, the government should make strides to shed this string of government failures and international gaffes that have ...

Many families of the Virginia Tech shooting will receive payments from the University in the amount of 11 million dollars.  In exchange for this payment, the families promise not to sue the state.  The settlement has been agreed upon in principle while the other families consider their options.

Have you ever wondered why thieves would tear open a perfectly functional HVAC unit sitting on the outside of a church, rip out all the copper parts, and leave the rest behind? If you suspected that the thieves were high on meth and incapable of any meaningful thought, you'd probably ...

As you know, General Petraeus is before Congress today to issue report on the state of Iraqi progress.  As questions are asked by various Senators, I can't help but wonder if the war-hawks in Congress are aware of how ridiculous they sound when they speak before Congress on issues of ...

Mark Penn has been highly controversial and divisive according to people working for Hillary Clinton's campaign.  There was a turnover in February and this latest set-back does not bode well for  Hillary Clinton. According to CNN, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Clinton campaign surrogate, told NBC's Meet the Press Sunday that ...

John McCain's campaign is eerily quiet right now.  If not for the Martin Luther King, Jr. speech that was a major "FAIL", very little attention would be given John McCain, until now! The surge has failed Joe Biden made a loud statement by saying what a lot of pundits, bloggers and anti-War ...

There is so much information on the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., that I thought it might be useful to round up some of the commentary and information from around the web.  I'll continue to update the page as new quality sources sprout up. Frozen in time, CNN, Rev. Martin Luther ...

If financial figures are any indication, it appears that the general election could be a landslide victory for Senator Barack Obama.  The public opinion polls currently have the race handicapped at about even, but money talks. Impressive as the $40 million figure is, it is well below the $55 million Obama ...

I guess I didn't get the memo, but a note online by Dick Morris actually helps to explain why Hillary Clinton continues to fight on.  I have a number of theories that might explain why Hillary Clinton would try to push through the remainder of this democratic primary, but none ...

Hillary Clinton has been implying that Obama and his campaign are trying to stop people from voting.  She's been trying to paint Barack Obama as anti-Democratic.  Here's something she told voters in Montana: "My take on it is a lot of Senator Obama's supporters want to end this race because they ...

April 1st has to be the most annoying day of the year.   I'm only 31, but I feel as bitter and angry as John McCain does every time he hears of the rampant age discrimination going on in politics.  Instead of going along with the pranks that you'll find all ...

Lawrence Summers, the former secretary of the treasurer, this morning on CNN made a hair-raising comment about the significance of what is happening on Wall Street and with the economy.  "This is the financial equivalent of hurricane Katrina." -- Summers in an interview on CNN 3/31/08 Normally, when I ...

To quote the late Iron Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, "Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others". We should take his advice and learn from the failed Presidential candidacy of Ron Paul. Paul is somewhat unique in that he ...