States Rights
Ferguson Underscores the Inability of State and Local Governments to Handle Big Toys and Bigger Issues
(Photo: Gov. Jay Nixon (D-MO) with Highway Patrol Chief Ron Johnson.) Last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) temporarily jumped onto the Ferguson bandwagon after having previously suggested that it's okay to kill (an American) liquor store thief using a weaponized drone. As often as ...read more
Right-Wing Scam Artist James O'Keefe Sneaks Across Border Dressed as Bin Laden -- Or Did He?
There's an old saying in Texas: Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again. Drudge and the far-right media have been suckered into promoting another James O'Keefe prank, taking the fraudster at face-value despite his lengthy track-record of ...read more
The Bundy Ranch Fiasco: Another Chapter in the Continuing Story of Unhinged, Anti-Government Outrage
There are so many layers of ridiculousness in the Bundy Ranch story, it's difficult to know where to begin. Above all else, it ended up being a fantastic opportunity for a pack of ignorant states' rights cowboys to get intimate with their rebellion and secessionist fetishes, ...read more
Anti-NSA Activists Discover a (Not So) New Weapon Against the Government: States' Rights
You might've noticed that since the election of President Obama, there's been a re-emergence of support for nullification. Briefly described, nullification is thought to be the right of the states to overrule federal laws, per the language of the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. ...read more
Tea Party Tenther Steve Stockman Demands FEMA Assistance
In the months following the gun massacre at Sandy Hook, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) went on a rampage against the president for daring to enact new gun regulations through a series of executive orders. Stockman, along with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), introduced the "Restore the ...read more
50 Years After the March, New Enemies of Racial Equality Have Mobilized Against the Dream
The violation was known as "vagrancy." If you were a black man in the South following Reconstruction, and you were unable to show proof of employment on-demand to the police, you could be arrested and delivered into what Douglas Blackmon, author of Slavery by Another Name, ...read more
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If You Stand With Rand, You Also Stand With His Racist Crackpot Buddies
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has a racism problem. It's not the same as Paula Deen's racism problem. He didn't try to serve up "Sambo burgers" or hire actors to play slaves at a wedding. That we know of (kidding... maybe). But a trend is developing in which he bashes face first into ...read more
The Republicans Are Still Confused About The Debt
By Bob Cesca: As I watch the convention coverage and glance across the throng of Republican delegates, I can't help but to think, "Ah yes. This makes sense. The nation's most confused and contradictory Americans have gathered to nominate a liar for president." I know. I know. ...read more