Open Scandal

In 2006, our local fire department bought a brand new ambulance to replace one that was eight years old and no longer capable of assuring us a safe, reliable vehicle to make the hour long journey to the closest hospital and back. Obviously, we didn’t have the $85,000 we needed to make the purchase. So, [...]

I voted for Barack Obama. He was not my first choice, or even my second, but Obama won the primaries and with it the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. On the other side of the two party system, the Republicans nominated John McCain and essentially moved from a man who knew precious [...]

Mark Sanford is a marvelous choice for clueless politician of the week. His inept rationale for vetoing an increase in the tax on cigarettes (It’s just another tax!) simply gives the rest of the country ample reason to laugh at South Carolina and its certifiably insane governor. This particular story, however, has a happy ending. [...]

Interviews with several followers and yet nobody seems to nail down anything specific. Most people interviewed repeated the talking points of Fox “Views”. i.e. “You are going to jail if you don’t purchase life insurance” and “President Obama is considering banning fishing”.  At one point, the fans were repeating “There is a communist living in [...]