Jan 18 2013
When Tim Scott was chosen by our illustrious governor, Nikki Haley, to become our newest Senator, replacing Jim DeMint who retired to head the Heritage Foundation, he left the 1st District of South Carolina without a congressman. The 1st District is on the coast of South Carolina, and includes Charleston, the hometown of Stephen Colbert …
Oct 16 2012
Jill Stein and her running mate have just been arrested outside the presidential debate for “blocking pedestrian traffic” AKA for showing up in protest of the two party monopoly over politics in this country. Video of the arrest: http://rt.com/usa/news/police-jill-stein-debate-589/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/16/green-party-candidate-arrested-outside-debate-site/
Oct 09 2012
I am taking a class this semester on intersectionality and, unsurprisingly, despite the fact that the class is about Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, it has also become significantly about religion. You’re welcome. It has also focused on the election a great deal. One thing that has come up is the idea that Romney’s religion …
Jul 20 2012
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) has taken the bold step of being the most prominent asshole to try to use the tragedy in Colorado to further a political agenda. That political agenda is talk about how atheists are destroying the country. From HuffPo: “People say … where was God in all of this?” Gohmert said. “We’ve …
Jul 13 2012
I know, you’re all probably sick of hearing about how horrible my governor is. In defense of my homestate, we didn’t *all* vote for her and her approval rating is not great, though depressingly high all things considered. I wrote about the Arts Commission and many of you wrote on my behalf, for which I …
Apr 06 2012
Not one Democrat has entered the race for the US House of Representatives against Joe Wilson. The party has entirely failed to recruit or field a candidate for a national office against a man who is an absolute disgrace to this state. They also have not responded to my inquiries as to why they’ve failed …
Sep 25 2010
I watched the entire two hours on CSPAN so you don’t have to. I have to say it’s interesting how completely defensive the witnesses were, both on the Republican (anti-immigrant) and Democrat (pro-immigrant) sides. I get that people have a point of view and an argument they’re trying to make, but when someone has a …
Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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