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• Inaugural Promises

  By Drew Gibson on January 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Unlike our sitting President, who is most comfortable with a raucous crowd of supporters at his feet and perfectly manicured remarks in his hand, our nation’s 43rd President was at his best when the thin veneer of executive privilege and… Read More ›

• Spoiled Earth

  By Drew Gibson on January 19, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  While I don’t purposefully intend to come across as fatalistic or dour, the thought has been on my mind a lot lately that mine may well be the first generation to come of age with the knowledge that the earth… Read More ›

• Medicaid! Get Your Ice Cold, Completely Free Medicaid Here!

  By Drew Gibson on January 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  All too often, I find myself spending my days meticulously deconstructing the criminally duplicitous arguments of politicians and public figures whom I dislike instead of searching for the kernel of goodness that lies within each and every one of them… Read More ›

• America and Israel: Partners Who Deserve Each Other

  By Drew Gibson on January 13, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  I will be the first to admit that I am woefully ignorant when it comes to the intricacies and day-to-day developments of the conflict in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. With the exception of major events like the recent hostilities… Read More ›

• Andrew Napolitano: Fox News’ Accidental Historian

  By Drew Gibson on January 11, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Oh, Andrew Napolitano, you rat-faced enemy of understanding. I am accustomed to hearing a steady stream of paranoid Limbaughian bullshit from the fine folks at Fox News and, for the most part, I’ve learned to treat it the same way… Read More ›

• Wholesome Heidi Heitkamp’s Wild West Show

  By Drew Gibson on January 7, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Heidi Heitkamp desperately wants you to know that she’s just a good ole gal from the prairies of North Dakota who doesn’t put much truck in all of this Washington DC doubletalk and wonk-speak. She’s a straight-shootin’, Midwest values havin’,… Read More ›

• Hagelian Philosophies

  By Drew Gibson on January 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  During his two terms as a Republican Senator from the state of Nebraska, Chuck Hagel voted for The Patriot Act, supported the invasions of Afghanistan & Iraq, and okayed both sets of Bush Tax Cuts. Hagel endorsed the military’s Don’t… Read More ›

• Politcial Nonsense, Buffet Style

  By Drew Gibson on January 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Some days are just too weird for words…or at least too weird for long sequences of words put together in a linear and grammatically correct fashion. Today would happen to be one of those days, in no small part because… Read More ›

• You Have The Right To Remain Silent…And That’s About It

  By Drew Gibson on January 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  During the honeymoon period following President Obama’s 1st successful bid for The White House, there was a great deal of talk about the former Senator from Illinois surrounding himself with a “Team of Rivals” as Abraham Lincoln did when he… Read More ›

• House GOP to America: “La-La-La-La…Can’t Hear You!”

  By Drew Gibson on January 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  So, this is the Democrat’s idea of protecting the Middle Class in America? After a year and a half of political gamesmanship, we have a plan formulated by a Democratic-led Senate to raise tax rates on individuals making more than… Read More ›