It’s not often that matters solely encompassing political affairs of the British Isles make lasting impressions throughout the course of the day. The fickle nature of trending topics tends to guarantee that almost precisely at the moment we choose to tackle one in blog form, it disappears. Today, however, “BBC” and “Nick Griffin” have managed to stay afloat atop our fair list of topics. On first glance, these two seemed separate. We thought perhaps the BBC was trending because Monty Python is celebrating their 40th year of hilarity, and maybe everyone in Britain was checking feverishly to see what time a special is going to air on BBC…and not really knowing who Nick Griffin is, we figured that maybe he was a new dynamite contestant on Britain’s Got Talent. Upon further investigation this could not be further from the truth. (more…)
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BBC Triggers Controversy Over Free Speech
10/22/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under International Affairs, PoliticsCensus Reports 150,000 Same Sex Marriages
9/22/09 - Posted by Abdullah Saeed under Politics, US
Although America at large has been slow to accept gay marriage, the gay community seems to be carrying on with the business of official couplehood without much notice of legislation that doesn’t favor their lifestyle. The census shows that almost 150,000 same sex couples reported being married despite their particular brand of marriage being illegal in their states. (more…)
Steel Cage Match: Dodd vs. McMahon
9/16/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Politics, USOver the last several months the debate over healthcare has made congress look like it was embroiled in WWE Battle Royale. Barack Obama’s big speech made us feel like he was the last man standing in the ring, just before Joe Wilson made it apparent that Republicans were still hanging onto the top rope and about to charge directly at the president’s bill with a folding chair slung over their shoulders. All Wrestling metaphors aside, it looks like another Royal Rumble may be coming to the Connecticut political arena just in time for the 2010 election!
Linda McMahon, CEO of the WWE and wife of the organization’s Chairman, Vince McMahon, has announced her intentions to run for the Republican nomination for Connecticut Senatorial Seat currently occupied by “Kid Dynamite” Chris Dodd. Instead of the engaging in the typical electoral process, The Moderate Mawler is aiming at a steel cage ladder match lasting three falls. Should Mrs. McMahon take the Senatorial Championship, CSPAN is expected to become a lot more interesting as it will feature frequent filibusters from the likes of Macho Man Randy Savage and The Rock, not to mention every Monday Night you’ll be able to catch CSPAN Raw where government disputes are settled in the ring. Now that’s what I call Government!
Carter Calls Out Racism
9/16/09 - Posted by Abdullah Saeed under Politics
Jimmy Carter has nothing to lose, which is why you can believe he’s being sincere. In a nation where racial tensions have yet to be addressed in their entirety, few credible speakers have the balls to call a foul when one is due, so when distrust ran rampant and decorum degraded into childish name calling in response to the nation electing its first black president, no reasonable voices rose to the occasion. Yesterday, former president Carter called it what it was: fear of a black president. (more…)
RiotFeeds Spotlight: Pulse On Politics
9/15/09 - Posted by Jennifer Hodges under Politics, US
Question: However are you supposed to impress ivy-league ladies with your all-encompassing political knowledge when new stories are always emerging?
Answer: Riotfeeds. Specifically PulseOnDems, PulseOnGOP, and PulseOnNews.
With press releases here, new policies there, and a dash of government scandals thrown into the mix, it’s easy to fall behind on the current events - but when you follow one of these accounts via Twitter, you’ll find a steady fill of the freshest rightly and leftly inclined stories and political updates. Because nothing’s sexier than a man who knows his Obama trivia, right ladies?
If politics ain’t your thing, check out the our full list of Riotfeeds at http://riotfeeds.com
Rep. Joe Wilson Knows Politics
9/10/09 - Posted by Abdullah Saeed under Politics
As the president spoke, they held up signs, refused to clap or stand up, and even yelled stuff - honest to goodness mean stuff - right at the president.
For years, our houses of Congress maintained a level of decorum, at least when in the same room. Through the veils of polite speech and diplomatic discussion, these elected do-gooders simply managed to smile and pat each others’ backs, only passively representing their respective constituencies. For all those years, no one recognized that in order to represent your people, you have to be one of them. And dammit, lunatics at town hall meetings are Americans too. (more…)
Lady Bush Supports Obama, Literate Youth
9/08/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Politics, US
President Obama inherited a lot of undesirable elements from the previous presidential administration: two wars, a flailing economy, and a sizable debt, to name just a few. While Dubya has yet to offer so much as a whimper of an apology for putting the next President into such a politically precarious situation, The Decider’s legacy as a generally crappy decision maker has been overshadowed by his party’s quest to vilify any and all suggestions the current President makes in the attempt to get us out of this mess. Granted, not all of President Obama’s decisions have been golden eggs, but the dude is trying.
Unfortunately, partisan politics seems to follow him at every turn, whether he’s being labeled “the great indoctrinator” for trying to merely tell kids to stay in school or a “socialist” for his attempt to (gasp) get people cheaper health care. As the President continues to dodge slanderous projectiles from the extreme right and even extreme left, he’s finally found himself some conservative support from the unlikeliest of places… the wife of the man who got us into a good deal of this mess. (more…)
Brainwashed Parents Fear Same Fate for Children
9/03/09 - Posted by Abdullah Saeed under Politics, US
When you don’t agree with a guy on one thing, not only are you likely to have disparate views on everything, but he’s probably going after your children too. Patches of parents across the country are trembling with fear over what President Obama might say in his scheduled address to the nation’s students on Tuesday. Many fear that he may, with his proven special powers, brainwash our nation’s incandescent youth to fulfill the world domination scheme that began when he announced his candidacy for president. (more…)
Ahoy, Na’y Helicopter Seen Pirate Fireblasts - Aye, Bullets
8/27/09 - Posted by Abdullah Saeed under International Affairs, Politics
Though pirates off the Somali coast have been active for quite some time, the door to the days of swashbuckling adventure was opened up to Americans in April when Captain Richard Phillips was rescued from a gang of salty sea dogs, revealing the wonderment of days past to a public still buzzing from a series of them-park ride inspired films starring Johnny Depp.
Since the beginning of our new adventure at sea, the US Navy has played the part of the ‘good guys,’ intervening to liberate the innocent and humbly declining the opportunity to accumulate the spoils of battle; in this case meager amounts of rice, machine guns, and 4th hand Salvation Army T shirts rather than the traditional chests of gold coins. Well, today the ‘bad guys’ jumped on the offensive more directly than ever before when they fired on a US Navy helicopter. (more…)
Ted Kennedy: A Fond Farwell
8/26/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Politics, USTed possessed the knowing gift that his job as the Senator was bigger than himself, and certainly bigger than his transgressions.
Edward Moore Kennedy led a life marred by tragedy and scandal. As the brother of two political giants plucked from this earth well before their time by assassins, and another a victim to the horrors of war, the man they affectionately called “Teddy” could have opted for a life out of the public spotlight.
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