As it turns out, the US Census Bureau, official counter of poverty stricken Americans everywwhere, uses an outdated method to determine poverty rates which dates back to 1955!Well, that’s one of the many good ways to skew the numbers – use criteria from 55 years ago for 2010 issues. As if anyone with eyes, ears, and a brain couldn’t tell. The US government fudges numbers – doh!Did you know that
Tag: Tea Party phenomenon
Meet the Tea Party candidates (video)
Alex D’Atria of GOP Thinks sent along this video with details on a gaggle of Tea Party candidates and their ideas of how to govern. The smorgasbord includes Sharron Angle and Rand Paul for your ‘be very afraid’ consideration.Ah, US Politics…anything emotionally engaging that keeps the American people’s panties in a twist, us at each others’ throats, and the power elite in charge!And here’s an
Bill Maher on Christine O’Donnell’s win
By now you’ve heard that Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell won big in yesterday’s Republican primary in Delaware with the eventual plum in the pie being VP Joe Biden’s old Senate seat.Click to watch Mr. Maher on CNN with Larry King last evening; text of the comedian’s remarks are included. He says he knows O’Donnell personally and likes her (she’s a nice person) but adds his usual maverick
Newt Gingrich then and now: (im) peaches and tea
Newt Gingrich last won political office so long ago the chads have whiskers.And though he’s up to something GOP-ish with the big corporation Koch Brothers funded Tea Party movement, this article comparing him in his political heyday (think ‘impeach Clinton’) to his current machinations leaves me sputteringly speechless. Almost.As I like to remind people whenever necessary: Mr. Gingrich is not