Tim James’ campaign ad. Yee-Haw! Just when I think I’ve heard it all from the tea party/Palin/conservative psycho movement, they remind me just how determined they are to move us all back into the pre-civil rights era. Republican candidate for Governor Tim James is rootin’, tootin’, fightin’ mad in the above campaign advertisement. In his [...]

Shakira is doing something that I truly wish more popular musicians would do today: she’s using her fame and power to foster social and political change. In lieu of Arizona’s republican Governor Jan Brewer signing an immigration law that allows law enforcement officials to stop someone simply because they look like an illegal (read: a [...]

A new anti-abortion campaign targeting Georgia’s African-American community makes some startling, yet true statistical claims about Black people and abortion. The “Too Many Aborted” campaign, which consists of billboards and a video (posted below), cites CDC abortion data to make its case against the controversial practice. The effort, sponsored by Georgia Right to Life, is [...]

  Sorry, I couldn’t resist the P!NK reference. Sarah Palin is too much. She’s like a teenage girl stuck in a 45-year-old’s body, and the entire country is her high school. She’s dying to be popular, she’s well-dressed, and I think she’s convinced that all the rumors she’s spreading will get her enough votes to [...]

Undoubtedly, you are painfully aware of the devastating earthquake that shook the impoverished island nation of Haiti on Tuesday. To call this event a tragedy would be a gross understatement. But perhaps even more tragic are the reactions of two very affluent Americans who, instead of sending some of their money and using their media [...]

The conservative anti-healthcare reform movement sinks to a new low as filmmaker Ray Griggs releases this laughable spot opposing Obama’s healthcare plans. The ad suggests that those in favor of the president’s plan have a tendency to accuse health reform opponents of racism, and Griggs even uses “statistics” to back up his claim. While everyone [...]

Oh Sarah. Little sweet, folksy Sarah. You sure have an uncanny ability to bring out the uninformed, racist, and blindly patriotic, don’t you?