I left a comment at Iowa Independent re: the Iowa GOP’s coming agenda: Iowa GOP ready to push hard on social issues in 2011, by Tyler Kingkade : http://iowaindependent.com/49776/iowa-gop-ready-to-push-hard-on-social-issues-in-2011 Legislation to end or curb same-sex marriage and abortion is beginning to take shape as the Iowa General Assembly prepares for a busy 2011 session. The non-partisan Legislative…
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The Freedom Government
What should we call the form of government where everybody is free to do whatever they want as long as they don’t hurt somebody else? Because that’s the government I want. It sounds great, except the point that keeps tripping me up is the definition of the word, “hurt.” Some people (you extremists know who…
GOP Still the other white meat
From Frank Rich at the New York Times: The Republicans haven’t had a single African-American in the Senate or the House since 2003 and have had only three in total since 1935. And: The Tea Party movement is virtually all white. Can you put 2 + 2 together?