I must admit, part of the problem I have with the Conservatives and the Republicans is that I just don't get their logic. They are in favor of regulating private behavior, things that take place only in private and have no real effect on them or anyone else (try asking a Con how gay marriage will actually affect them and more »
I detest Rick Santorum and all he stands for but I do think that the GOP establishment is quite obviously messing with him so that Robo-money (who is just goofy) can get ahead. Look at what has happened so far… In Iowa, Romney gets what, for him, was some momentum due to him winning the first contest. This "push" throws more »

For decades in the U.S., the pro-life activist has pushed hard to eradicate and demonize the pro-choice mentality. Pro-lifers and their right-wing counterparts don't appear to care what happened to the children once they were born and demonstrate that by repeated attempts to reduce funding which provides assistance to low income families with children despite the fact that the more »

Over the holidays I went back to my home town in Louisiana to visit relatives and while there, was against struck by the disparity between the haves and have nots. While in many of the larger cities and in other states it is very easy to not see poor people, other than perhaps some homeless or possibly homeless panhandling on more »
Leaving aside the asinine policies and beliefs that the current Republican contenders espouse, and leave aside the fact that the people who appear to be supporting them are the very ones who are going to be hammered if they get control of the Presidency and Congress (and the supporters are too stupid to realize that), leave aside that waaaaaaaay too more »