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I have cross-posted today:http://www.untilmysoncomeshome.com/2013/03/trading-places.html...

An open letter to Facebook user 2nd Amendment, and other gun advocates on Facebook and other social media who advocate unfettered gun ownership:I appreciate the way some of you have respected the tragedy that has been visited by us by senseless gun violence after taking down your inflammatory posts such as the one about how teachers who can't handle a weapon shouldn't be trusted with our children. Honestly, that post and similar ones are some...

Over the weekend, the conservative blogosphere freaked out over an art print being sold by the Obama campaign.  The image was a free hand likeness similar to an American flag, with the Obama logo in the upper left corner.  Conservatives screamed that it was a "desecration" of the flag, even though it's not a flag at all.  Here's said offensive image: The fake outrage campaign worked, of course, and the poster no longer appears on...

Is it me, or has the cast of characters really changed in the GOP at the convention this year?  Also, what about the subjects that have been the keystones of Republican focus for over a decade?  Listening to the speeches last night, I was more struck by what is not being said and who is not present rather than who is there and what is being said. Who's missing?  Only former president George W. Bush,...

After refusing to withdraw from the Senate race in Missouri yesterday, Rep. Todd Akin went on Mike Huckabee's radio show in an attempt to clarify his remarks about "legitimate rape." As could be expected, Akin pulled out his trusty shovel and kept digging:"You know, Dr. Willke has just released a statement and part of his letter, I think he just stated it very clearly. He said, of course Akin never used the word legitimate to...

Hannity and Ryan, sittin' in a tree..... "The Ryan selection sent a jolt of electricity, and the conservative base, including myself, are energized by it even as it allows Romney now to also appeal to young voters. In one week, Paul Ryan has become a national sex symbol. Independents are fascinated with the idea somebody might be fiscally responsible." Fiscally responsible? "From 2001 to 2008, Congress passed legislation that increased the national deficit by a...

Has there ever been a more brazen, bald-faced, shameless, liar running for president than Mitt Romney? This guy makes Richard Nixon look like Abraham Lincoln. Yesterday in Ohio: "His [Obama's] campaign and his surrogates have made wild and reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the Presidency."This on the same day that the Romney campaign released yet another ad with the lie about President Obama ending work requirements for welfare, because you know (wink, wink)...

In the uproar over Harry Reid's claim that Mitt Romney hasn't paid taxes in a decade, there is one prominent name missing. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has called Reid a "dirty liar." Lindsey Graham said Reid is lying. George Will called Reid's accusation "McCarthyism from the desert." John Sununu joined the 'Reid is lying' chorus. Richard Cohen of the Washington Post accuses Reid of "gutter politics." Frank Bruni at the New York Times calls what...

Truer words were never spoken.  Have a look:...