November 2009 Archives

The debate over the chicken or the egg is a common one even if you don't have a chicken or egg handy. It can be spread to just about any discipline you want. Today, it will be used in the field of politics. As an amateur political scientist (with only a Bachelor's Degree) I love to delve into these political questions of the day. As we have noticed, there has been a sudden breakdown in...

A final look at the Houston stop of the Tea Party Express with some appropriate music as background:...

Guest Blogged by our friend, Rock Headed Momma:Some of us were talking not too long ago about Wal-Mart and how so many people feel they have to shop there for the extremely low prices.  They want to support the American economy, they realize everything in Wal-Mart is mostly cheap Chinese items, but, they know that most of the stuff in other stores is cheap Chinese stuff too.  They wanted to know, what can a person...

Yesterday, Desperado and I attended the angry mob tea party in the parking lot of the Sam Houston Race Track.  Hundreds showed up to voice their concern about a black president and losing an election  higher taxes and government spending.  One gentleman was so kind as to let us know that Obama couldn't be prosecuted for treason because he's not a citizen - instead - he can be prosecuted for espionage.  From Kenya, I assume?...

The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has reported that the latest unemployment rate is 10.2%.  This represents the highest unemployment rate since the early eighties when the rate hit 10.8%.  The unemployment rate since 1995 has consistently been below 6% (except for a period after 9/11) and Americans have come to expect those types of unemployment rates.  Economists consider a 0% unemployment rate unattainable; rates of 4% to 6% are considered full...

I get more than little weary of the constant harping from the nattering nabobs of negativity about the failure of the economic stimulus package which is proven by, in their narrow, ill-informed minds, the still-rising unemployment rate. Their favorite moan being that President Obama "promised" that the unemployment rate wouldn't top 8% if the stimulus were passed, it's now in excess of 10%, therefore the stimulus is a failure. A few salient points, which I...

There's low, and there's fearmongering monster low.  As 13 families grieve their loved ones this morning, right wing fearmonger Jerome Corsi has already tried to turn the Fort Hood Shooting into another incident caused by a radical Obama associate.  Today, on World Net Daily (a site that makes Fox News actually look 'Fair and Balanced"), Corsi wrote, "Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged shooter in yesterday's massacre at Fort Hood, played a homeland security advisory role in...

Since it's Friday I thought I would do a little self-advertising and tell some humorous stories that are in my book. I'm certain every professional person can agree that so-called professional development is the bane of our existence. In education it is the same and probably worse. Professional development occurs throughout the year, but it is concentrated in the days before school starts. When you think about it, this is the worst possible time for...

The AWRA (Angry White Republican Astroturfers) held their "press conference" on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. yesterday, so named because they didn't have a permit for a "rally." The speakers at this event planned and coordinated by Americans for Prosperity spontaneous gathering of concerned Americans who aren't about party, just happened to all be Republicans, and also all white (with the exception of George Hamilton John Boehner), but I'm being redundant. Here's...

With all deference to Desperado, I wanted to piggy back on his idea of looking back at the last year since Obama was elected president. However, instead of evaluating his performance, I wanted to take a look at the political landscape. Obama made a lot of noise about changing the tone in Washington. He wasn't the first and he won't be the last. George W. Bush made the same pledge when he went to Washington....