10 years ago, a group of politically aware comedy writers had an idea. Create a "fake news" show that was actually funny. They succeeded in that and more. Today, The Daily Show is "THE" show to be on according to both political and entertainment circles. It used to be that Saturday Night Live had the "premier" fake news show, and with the Tonight Show (with Johnny Carson) was "THE" show to be on way back when. Then it was Letterman, Today, it is Stewart. This week's guests have included ...

Over the weekend, news junkies were treated to a series of "back and forths" concerning former President Bill Clinton's interview with Fox news anchor Chris Wallace. Wallace, claiming e-mails had forced him to ask the questions, pressured Bill Clinton over what he did to stop terrorism and Al Quaeda during his tenure. Clinton resonded with emotion, pointing out where he tried, but regrettably failed. he also pointed out that his counterterrorism chief presented the next administration with th...

The headlines about them are, of course, entirely wrong. It is not essential that a past president, bullied and sandbagged by a monkey posing as a newscaster, finally lashed back. It is not important that the current President’s portable public chorus has described his predecessor’s tone as “crazed.” Our tone should be crazed. The nation’s freedoms are under assault by an administration whose policies can do us as much damage as al Qaida; the nation’s marketplace of ideas is be...

This morning, I was thinking "what platform planks would MY political party have?" This is what I came up with in my head this morning. Keep in mind, these are platform planks, not policies or plans. they are not minutely detailed or specific. Tax Policy....taxes should be minimalized and simplified. Not endorsing a totally "flat tax" but the tax code should be simple and universal. The poor do not pay taxes, except "use taxes" such as sales tax. Fairness is key. Foreign Policy...Ame...

Just a break from the serious debates and all...This morning I was thinkin bout how many good lookin women are on the news. Without getting into a debate about sexism, plastic surgery or anything else serious...who would you rank in your top 5 news babes (best lookin)...and do you have a "worst babes" list as well? feel free to share, here's mine... hottest: 1) Monica Crowley- MSNBC et al... the ex-nixon assistant (post presidency) and conservative pundit may infuriate me sometimes wit...

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Factcheck.org covers how blatantly dishonest Rick Santorum's new campaign ad is. Santorum should be ashamed, but he's probably not. This is true desperation. Check out the article here... Link

this was a commentary made by Keith Olbermann last week on his primetime show. the next day, the pundits were attacking it, but provided little evidence as to why exactly....Keith pretty much hit the bullseye. Here's what he said, and I couldn't have said it any better. Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was yet to happen, as a reporter. All the time, I knew that ...

Last week, President Bush announced to the world that the distinguished war veterans such as John McCain, Colin Powell and Lyndsay Graham along with other well respected insiders like John Warner were clueless about the geneva Convention. He claimed another need to circumvent the constitution so he could do his thing in secret, his way...but don't worry, it's legal, cause he says it is. Bush claimed that "alternative interrogation methods" had produced a wealth of information, prevented at...

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The time has come. Don Rumsfeld must go. Some may contend that time is long past. Those people probably haven't had a nice thing to say about Rummy or anyone involved with this administration for the past 6 years. this is not about that. This is not partisan or anything of the kind. the simple fact is that if donald rumsfeld was in any other organization than this administration, he would have been fired a long time ago. Rumsfeld, while not responsible for any decision to go to war, is ...

On September 11, 2001, America was the most popular country in the world. Virtually every nation condemned the attacks on our homeland and were on our side to bring the perpetrators to justice. Since then, we have gotten bogged down in the previously secular Iraq, giving Iran what they always wanted, a "Shiite Crescent" that stretches from tehran to Beruit. Recruiting for groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and Al Qaeda are thru the roof. Meanwhile, we have lowered our standards to recruiting th...

About 5 years ago, George Bush stood at ground zero and told the American people that we would get the people who had attacked America. He was wrong. Osama is still at large. Shortly thereafter, anthrax was used as a weapon against Americans. We never caught anyone for the crime despite boastful statements. Almost 4 years ago, George Bush was running around the country telling us Saddam Hussein had massive stockpiles of WMD's and was just a yellowcake transaction away from a nuclear bomb. H...

The Following was an article i wrote over 2 years ago when 1st posting on this site.... Could Pot End The War On Terrorism??? is the fuel of the future inside that old weed? By SConn1 Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2004 on Thoughts, Views, Opinions and Rants Discussion: Politics Recently, I started a post on the subject of the legalization of marijuana as it pertains to tax revenues. As our coffers run dry in Washington, and our children's futures are mortgaged for the sake of anoth...

Just as the weather is getting warmer this spring, the immigration battle has been heating up...again. I've put some thought into this issue, had some good, and not so good conversations on the topic, and have come away with some ideas. 1st off, it's just plain ridiculous to suggest the deportation on 10's of millions of people. It's not going to happen, it's logistically impossible, and we simply don't have the resources on any level, from law enforcement to actually processing and...