Syria: Our Bi-Weekly Political Roundup

Two weeks ago in this space we took the position of not taking a position on Syria. We basically stuck a thumb up our ass and said ‘Oh gee well we don’t want to drop any bombs but chemical weapons are bad, ummkay?’ Now that the question is before congress let us hone this blog’s […]

Hey Remember That Time We Started Bombing Syria?: Our Bi-Weekly Political Roundup

If this all feels a little too familiar it should. We did it in Iraq and it was a disaster. Then we did it in Libya and while it wasn’t a disaster, it wasn’t exactly walking on sunshine either. Now we’re about to start bombing another Middle Eastern country, pretty much because we feel like […]

Nothing Doing: Our Bi-Weekly Political Roundup

Hi-ho Choppers. Do you know what today is? Of course you do. There’s a dateline right under the title of this post. Today is August 14. which means it’s pretty much the exact dead-on middle of August. Which means there’s nothing much at all going on politically with all of congress back in their districts […]

Carlos Danger: Our Bi-Weekly Political Roundup

We don’t believe a whole hell of a lot of the bible. Noah’s Flood and Moses floating down a river and God raining down plagues on Pharaoh… they all strain credulity more than a little. That being said, those stories aren’t in there for no reason. They’re there because they are valuable teaching tools with […]

Zimmerman, Egypt, and Water Bills: Our Bi-Weekly Political Roundup

We’re coming into one of the worst times of the year for news junkies and political watchers. We’re just a few weeks away from congress’ annual August recess when nothing at all happens in Washington. That’s not to say that anything has been happening in Washington with congress there. The House Republicans are still gripped […]