In 2010 the Supreme Court passed legislation that made sure the 2013 gun control bill would die and leave those who were victims of gun violence as well as the majority of the American people without recourse. Government did not work as the framers had intended. The saga began with the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary…
Since the election there have been many Republicans pundits who are trying to figure out how Ronmney lost. They blame his ground game, his 47% comment, and demographic shifts in the electorate. However, the answer is more simple than that. The Republican party is mean, voters are starting to figure that out, and Romney was…
I’ve seen some pretty bad spokespeople, but Jason Mauk may be the worst of all and Governor John Kasich agrees with him. Mauk is the spokesperson for Building a Better Ohio, the group that supports Issue 2 (SB5). This is the organization that pirated an ad from We Are Ohio, the group that is against…
This should make all Ohioans mad as hell. As is typical of a republican led effort, the lies and distortions keep pouring in. I’m talking about SB5 and Issue 2. The Building a Better Ohio the group that supports issue 2 have taken the words of Marlene Quinn from a We Are Ohio ad and…
I can’t help but like James Carville. First of all because his political philosophy mirrors mine. But also because the man can turn a simple sentence into a folksy smart condemnation. Here’s what he said about the Tea Party. Which really isn’t a party at all, it’s just a bunch of pissed off white people…
Happy Labor Day. When this day first became a holiday unions were a primary reason for the growth of the middle class. Now the middle class is under attack. Income inequality is at its highest rate since the depression. In Ohio, Issue 2 is an attempt to thwart a union busting bill that severely hampers…
I know the title of the post seems rather far fetched. But when you consider the behavior of the modern Republican party, this may not be as crazy as it sounds. From threatening to default on our loans by not raising the debt ceiling, to insisting on policies such as trickle down theory, and fighting…
The Republicans in the General Assembly are bringing back a new version of the old Jim Crow laws that suppressed the African American vote after the Civil War. However, they have expanded the mission. It continues to be the African American vote they are trying to nullify, but over time they have added the poor…
Ohio children had their highest scores on the graduation test since it was implemented in 2004. This is good. However, it doesn’t solve the age old problem of relying on property taxes for school funding. In addition, in order to fill budget shortfalls many states are cutting school funding. The nation and the State of…
I’m not sure Governor John Kasich even knows what he is saying anymore. Like most republicans he has the GOP talking points engraved into his DNA. However, sometimes he says something that appears to be off script. If a staff member wrote it, Kasich should probably find him another job, if he didn’t, I bet…
