Income Tax Revenue Goes Down

by Julian

We have a revenue problem.…

NC Democratic Governor Bev Perdue Vetoes GOP-Sponsored Voter ID Bill

By Obewon

Veto, likely to succeed, would “disenfranchise many eligible and legitimate voters”…

Karl Rove Says Obama Likely To Lose

Weak economy, key voter groups losing faith, strategic blunders, unpopular policies
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Save Money: End The Death Penalty

by Stuart Shapiro

Fiscal conservatism makes for strange bedfellows.  Already the alliances on foreign intervention are shifting as deficit hawks and isolationists join anti-war activists in opposing our continued presence in Libya and Afghanistan.  Another possible area for this cooperation is the death penalty in the wake of a new study on California.

Taxpayers have spent more than $4 billion on capital punishment in California since it was reinstated in 1978, or about $308 million for each of the 13 executions carried out since then, according to a comprehensive analysis of the death penalty’s costs.

The examination of state, …

New York Clinton County Legislator Says If Gay Marriage Passes We’ll Have “An HIV Epidemic”

“You don’t see two male dogs sleeping…together,” says Sam Trombley

Gay relationships “blew his mind”…

“Christian” Extremists Advance The War Against Democracy

by The Liberal Rotweiller

Religious right overreacts to “under God” Omission

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WSJ Reports Rick Perry Likely To Announce In August

“A definite maybe” that another Texas Governor to jump in…

On Thursday’s Radio Show…

• Virtually nobody was pleased by President Obama’s Afghanistan address. Alan explains why.

• Ken Bronstein of New York City Atheists discusses why he opposes naming a street “Seven In Heaven Way” in honor of fallen firefighters.

• Can the GOP win the debt debate by abandoning it? Alan responds to the Republican walkout.…

President Obama’s Speech Fails To Justify Continuing War In Afghanistan

By Yashwanth Manjunath

Yesterday Barack Obama gave arguably the worst policy speech of his entire presidency thus far. Under the guise of charting a new direction in Afghanistan, all President Obama did was justify the status quo. The announced troop withdrawal of 10,000 troops by the end of the year and 30,000 by December of 2012 has been the plan for months, would only bring back the surge of troops Obama announced back in 2009 at West Point, and would leave nearly twice as many troops in Afghanistan by the end of his first term as there were when he …

You Don’t Think We Need Healthcare Reform?

by Gabe Berman
Gabe is the author of Live Like a Fruit Fly

I bumped into a friend in Starbucks yesterday. And I don’t literally mean “bumped into” but it was a close call because she’s eight and half months pregnant and her belly was basically taking up the entire store.

Jokingly I asked, “Do you have college saved up for the baby yet?”

She responded, but far from jokingly, “I can’t even think about saving for college. I’m putting $2400 together to save the cord blood. And then it costs between $150 to $300 to keep it.”

According to …

Thought They Were Worried About The Economy? Think Again!

by 54bravo

After the 2010 elections the foundation for the Republican Party was, “we get it” in the reason why we voted Republicans out of office in 2006 and 2008. Many polls showed the concerns about Republicans included the lack of were not good stewardship of our debt, our decisions to go into war, and placing more importance on social rather than fiscal issues. Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony List urges GOP presidential candidates to sign an anti-abortion pledge. The pledge places four points in front of them:

1) Only appoint judges that will not legislate from the …