Tag Archives: Kenya

Candidate Trump and the birther issue… What do you guys think?

By Mark | April 10, 2011

Was this the only way for Donald Trump to break out of a crowded political field and make a decent showing in the Republican primary, or does he really believe this birther shit?

Posted in Politics | Also tagged Birthers, Donald Trump, Obama's birth certificate, Presidential politics, tea party | 51 Comments

The resurrection of Newt

By Mark | September 12, 2010

My friends tell me that I shouldn’t worry about Newt Gignrich getting too far in the Republican presidential primaries. I’d like to share their optimism. I’d like to think that there’s no way in hell that so-called “values” voters would elect a man who we now know to have been boning his mistress in the […]

Posted in Observations, Politics | Also tagged Alinksy, anti-colonial worldview, D’Souza, Kenyan worldview, Mosharraf Zaid, Newt Gingrich, Pamela Geller, Sarah Palin, Talibanization, Terry Jones, that evil Socialist Barack Obama | 13 Comments

Republicans, Religion and the Triumph of Unreason

By Mark | August 20, 2009

I hate to keep flogging a dead horse, especially as I think 99% of you already agree with me on this, but I just have to share this article in the UK Independent by Johann Hari. It’s absolutely brilliant. Here’s how it begins: Something strange has happened in America in the nine months since Barack […]

Posted in Ideas, Media, Politics | Also tagged 7-11, Bill Maher, Birthers, death panels, Detroit News, fear mongering, George Bush, health insurance, healthcare, healthcare reform, insanity, Johann Hari, John McCain, lies, madness, Obama, Obama's birth certificate, racism, Republican, Sarah Palin, shifting national demographics, take action, the collapse of the Republican party, UK Independent, unreason | 16 Comments

Tea-Baggers Gone Wild: taking back healthcare town halls

By Mark | August 5, 2009

Every year at this time, when Congress goes into recess, our elected officials travel back to their home districts and engage their constituents. And, this year, as you can imagine, most of them are talking primarily about healthcare reform. The problem is, Republican operatives have made it their mission to disrupt such town hall meetings, […]

Posted in Health, Politics | Also tagged accusations of socialism, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, astroturf, Austin, Birthers, Bush administration, fear mongering, Free Speech Zones, freedom hounds, H.R. 3200, health insurance, healthcare reform, John Dingell, Lloyd Doggett, loyalty oaths, Monroe, NPR, Obama, Obamacare, Operation Urgent Fury, Republican National Committee, Romulus, Romulus Athletic Center, Swiftboating, teabagging, Think Progress, Wall Street run healthcare | 53 Comments

Birthers and healthcare reform

By Mark | July 23, 2009

Is it just me, or is anyone else wondering if this new bout of wing-nuttery over Obama’s birth certificate has anything to do with the healthcare debate? It seems as though “birthers” are bubbling up everywhere in the press these days, and I have to think it’s not just a coincidence that we’re hearing it […]