Monthly Archives: October 2008

A poor man who votes Republican is a fool

October 23, 2008
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Taken from an article in the San Francisco Gate Cultural wedge issues In 2004, author Thomas Frank wrote in his bestselling book “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” that Republicans had convinced working-class whites to vote against their economic self-interest by appealing to them with cultural wedge issues like abortion, gay rights and gun laws....

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You know your from Iowa When

October 20, 2008
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you are from a town that has nearly as many churches and bars as houses. ( tommaher@bellsouth.net ) you bought a case of beer in one of those little towns when you were 16. ( tommaher@bellsouth.net ) you live in a beautiful old house with transparent plastic sheeting over the stom windows. ( tommaher@bellsouth.net...

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Jim Johnson, Franklin Raines, and Tim Howard

October 14, 2008
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Here is a quick look into 3 former Fannie Mae executives who have helped to bring down Wall Street: Don’t give credit entirely to these guys though. Deregulatory activity spawning all the way to Ronald Reagan allowed them the loopholes in which they operated. Now the point of this email is to talk about...

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(Not) a Sarah Palin S3x Doll

October 10, 2008
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From thefrisky.com Considering how obsessed the nation is with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, it was only a matter of time before someone created a love doll in her likeness. After the jump, all the details on what may be America?s first political sex doll. Created by adult product purveyors Topco, the Sarah...

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