Blogs Posts on "General Politics"

Obama Bows Before The Emperor Of Japan by Donklephant on Nov 14, 2009I’ll start this out by saying that I’m sure several of you are going to disagree with me. Unlike conservatives, I was willing to give Obama the benefit of the doubt when he appeared to give a deferential bow to the King of Saudi Arabia.

Jon Stewart To Sean Hannity: Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire by Donklephant on Nov 11, 2009The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c...

Prefab Participation by Donklephant on Oct 29, 2009Whilst walking the dog this rainy evening, I happened upon an illuminated, inflatable lawn ornament of the Halloween variety. These decorations are an easy, relatively inexpensive way to acknowledge the holiday. They require little or no thought bey...

Club For Growth Poll Shows Three-Way Statistical Tie In NY-23 by Donklephant on Oct 26, 2009A new poll of New York’s 23rd Congressional District from the Club For Growth, which is backing Conservative Party Candidate Doug Hoffman in the race, effectively shows that the race is now a statistical dead heat among all three candidates: Wa...

Praful Patel should be removed as the minister of civil aviation by Our Country Our Voice on Aug 14, 2009I was shocked to read a report in ET that the number of foreign flights operating out of India increased from 711 services a week to 1315 services a week, an increase of nearly 90% since summer of 2004. The number of passengers have gone up from 14 m...

Cash for Clunkers Extended by GeekPolitics on Aug 6, 2009The Senate just voted to extend the cash for clunkers program to the tune of another $2 billion dollars. Here are the top 10 new cars purchased under the cash for clunkers program: 1. Toyota Corolla 2. Ford Focus FWD 3. Honda Civic 4. Toyota Prius 5.

The Birthers And The GOP: A Shotgun Wedding by Donklephant on Jul 28, 2009Yesterday’s Politico had a front-page story about the difficulties that the “birther” movement is beginning to pose for the GOP: When lawmakers return home for recess in August, they can expect to hear tough questions from constitue...

Senate Republicans Help Make The Health Care Bill A Bit More Palatable. by GeekPolitics on Jul 28, 2009According to the New York Times three Senate Republicans: Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming, Charles E. Grassley of Iowa and Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, are working together with the Democrats to help construct a version of the Health Care Bill that would p...

Dumbest. Congress. Ever. by GeekPolitics on Jul 7, 2009In the midst of cash for clunkers, cap and trade, and universal health care, we add to the list … a resolution honoring Michael Jackson. You can read it here. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee apparently isn’t paying attention to what is actually...

Why is “Climate Change” a High Priority? by GeekPolitics on Jul 1, 2009The House just passed the ridiculous cap and trade bill. Congress is also working on cash for clunkers, a bill designed to get rid of gas guzzlers and get you to buy a new car you can’t afford. For a 2 miles per gallon improvement the governmen...