Bachmann Leaving Congress

Michelle Bachmann announced today that she will not be seeking reelection in 2014.  This certainly opens up that district of Minnesota for another crazy reactionary to fill that seat but they could never live up to her unique brand of crazy.

Congress will be a little smarter next time simply without her.

It will be interesting to see what she does next.

Happy Memorial Day

Why Us?

It is toward the end of the class I am taking and I am working on a paper so I may be a little scarce around here.  I will try to throw a cartoon or something up each day at least but it will be hard to write here as well as my paper for a few days.  Who doesn't like political cartoons anyway?

The Benghazi Coverup

Friday Shakedown

This week has seen a lot of scandal and general craziness but the problem of guns has not gone away.  People need to not forget that this is still very important and this is why.

In Florida, a 4-year old and a 2-year-old were playing with a gun they found.  11-year-old Jarvan Jackson tried to take it away from them and in the brief struggle with the 4-year-old, Jarvan was fatally shot in the neck.  The 4-year-old also received an injury during the struggle but it was not life threatening.

Police have ruled the shooting as an accident but are investigating how the 4-year-old had access to the weapon.

Babies with guns, Rep. Stockman...

In Tullahoma, Tennessee, Kevin Sayre, 26, was "field stripping" two handguns attempting to show how the parts were interchangeable between the two.  He failed to unload the weapons first, however, and shot his 1-year-old daughter in the chest.

Police have said that Sayre acted recklessly and have charged him with aggravated assault.  The child was last listed in critical condition.

Some people just don't seem to get it and unfortunately, too many of them are in Congress.  Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) believes that abortion is to blame for school shootings in recent years, as if that makes any sense at all.

Forty years ago, the United States Supreme Court sanctioned abortion on demand. And we wonder why our culture sees school shootings so often.

 Yes, that's the reason.  Let's ignore how conservatives make it easier to buy a gun than to get a job.  A lot of jobs require a background check of some sort but you don't need that to buy a gun because FREEDOM!  Idiocy at it's finest.

A Week Of Scandals

I cannot not post on the scandals that have come to light over the past week.  

So the IRS was specifically targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny.  Their justifications had better not have been purely political because that is a turn we cannot tolerate.

The Justice Department was spying on the Associated Press reporters.  There really is no spin that makes this a good thing.  This is a clear violation of the first amendment and it will be interesting to see how long it takes before the AP wins their case.

I don't have much to comment on at this time about these issues because information is just coming to light.  I do know that there will be some serious punishment for those responsible.  I just wonder how high these scandals will go.

War Drums

Been out of town all weekend.  Back to a normal schedule tomorrow.  Happy Mother's Day!