Today I don’t write about gun laws or assault rifles; I don’t write about hundred round clips or political ideologies. Today I write in an attempt to assuage the alternating numbness to anguish
Category: National
Red Badge of Cowardice?
During our lifetime, there comes a minute, a day, or an event that implores us to make a decision separate from our own personal gain and in the best interest of the least and the unprotected aroun
Am I My Sisters’ Keeper?
With all the talk in this election cycle supporting “values” voters and the pronouncements of personal faith driving political policy, I am reminded of my own Sunday schooling in the rural Sou
Romney’s Debate Night Rope-a-Dope Defies Theory of Evolution
I make no apologies that I am an advocate of President Obama. I am a blogger, not a journalist, and I don’t have to maintain any semblance of neutrality or non-bias. Progressives citing my wr
Komen Foundation, Planned Parenthood: A Race to Cure Blind Ideology
I am pro-Choice. That means I am the decider when it comes to issues of personal health, personal happiness, and personal wealth…and with that, the distribution of such wealth. Today, I have
Thankful I’m a One-percenter: Love, Family, Friendship
As regular readers of the ‘Schmootz blog can attest, I don’t write about myself very often…at least outside of my political ponderings or entertainment selections that I deem personally worth
Don’t Mess With History – TX Gov Perry Correlates GOP Tax Struggles to Civil Rights Struggle
Reiterating without repose the sad commonality that corporations are people, Republican presidential frontrunner, Rick Perry (R-TX), compared the GOP fight for lower corporate taxes to the Civil
Reached My Own Debt Ceiling, No More Cash For Candidates
I have to hand it to my Conservative friends. You did it again, and I don’t blame you for dancing in the streets. I’m sure at this moment, Capital Hill is sporting many more Republi
McCain Emerges From Middle Earth
Politics is so bad in Washington DC, even I quit watching. If I wanted to see a bunch of pandering, poor actors pretending to be potential bedfellows, I would tune-in to Rizzoli and Isles. I tur
Weiner Not a Hypocrite, Just a Stupid Dick
What did politicians learn from Dick Nixon? It’s always the cover-up, never the crime. Had Andrew Breitbart not been involved, I would have called bullshit on the Congressman’s expl