I'm a DC-area mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by any political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
Three days ago, the President signed an order that codified a set of federal budget cuts known as The Sequester. Pundits have been screeching like scalded seagulls over this for weeks, decrying whichever party they feel is to blame for the cuts. It’s an orgy of blame, a veritable vomitorium of verbal attacks. I’m sure it’s a ratings for bonanza for people whose main audiences like to deal with the aftermath of any major policy…
JB: Yo Prez! U up? BO: It’s 2am. Who is this? JB: John. This is my personal phone. Don’t wanna use my work phone. I think Eric Cantor peeks at it when I’m not looking. BO: Cantor’s a douche. No one likes him. JB: Paul Ryan does. Maybe too much. BO: Why are you waking me up to bitch about Cantor? JB: I really want to bitch about Harry. BO: Harry? Why? JB: You gotta…
Questions for Mitt Romney: We’re confused: do you like Romneycare or not? If not, why? How do you defend private sector wage stagnation? Come clean on abortion. You’re going to piss someone off no matter what. At least be straightforward and honest. Why won’t you release your tax records? If I can’t afford college – even a cheap one after I’ve shopped around like you suggested – and my parents don’t have money to loan…
Disclaimer: This post was written in five minutes while a 4 year old was whining at me to look at Where’s Waldo books with him. It’s barely coherent and has not been proofread. But I mention a dancing horse and I curse. So enjoy! OK, so by now we all know about the thing Mitt said about 47% of Americans paying no income tax and feeling entitled to food and shelter from government sources. And…
It’s time to clean house. Not my house. Not your house. The Houses of Congress and Statehouses and Governor’s Mansions. We need to get rid of any and all elected officials who don’t get that women are autonomous. Yesterday, Representative Todd Akin (R-MO), who is running for the Missouri Senate seat currently occupied by Democrat Claire McCaskill made this charming observation: “First of all, from what I understand from doctors, (pregnancy from rape) is really…
It’s an election year – I know. You’re shocked to hear that considering how low-key all the campaigning has been and none of it started two years before that actual freaking election. Grrrr. Anyway, it’s an election year and for some reason, that always seems to spur a hatefest against lobbyists. People get all twitchy when they remember that politicians have been meeting with lobbyists, probably daily, since the last election and then they scream…
Dear Newt, So. Newt. This is it, huh? Your last stand. You’re probably not ever going to run for office again so these last weeks of the primary race are your final opportunity to capture this kind of national spotlight. What are you going to do with it? Now, you can count me solidly among your detractors because I have a shitload of serious misgivings about you, starting with that whole adherence to supply-side doctrine…
Dear Mitt, May I call you Willard? I had a good friend in college named Willard and thinking of him might make me like you better. Though I do like you better than the guys you’re running against for the nomination. So, there’s that. Willard, we need to chat. You have a talking problem. You say dumb stuff. Like when you said you like being able to fire people. During a period of record unemployment?…
OK, this is going to be one of these posts where I get all long-winded and pedantic. Feel free to quit reading whenever you feel like it. I’ll try to throw in some cuss words to keep it interesting but I may get boring in spite of myself. So. If you’ve turned on the news in the past few weeks you’ve heard a LOT about birth control. Either filthy slutty liberals are forcing God-fearing non-slutty…
A new article in the Christian Science Monitor trumpets that abortion is becoming a major issue in the 2012 Presidential campaign. The Republican candidates are all stating and restating their opposition to legal abortion while at the same time the Obama administration is enforcing rules broadening access to contraception, bringing his views on contraception and abortion back into sharp focus. I can applaud the administration for increasing access to birth control for all insured women…
