Jesus Christ was recently called up to served on jury duty in Jefferson County, Alabama, but was ‘excused’ because of being disruptive and asking questions instead of answering them. This is not a joke.

60 Minutes and Vanity Fair magazine just released the results of their online poll that seems to confirm that Rush Limbaugh is the defacto leader of the Republican Party. Although online polls are far from scientific, and can easily be ‘freeped’, it appears that both the early and later polling have come to the same conclusion.

Today, the US House of Representatives voted to pass to pass health care reform despite Republican obstructionist tactics and Tea Party disruptions.  The final vote of HR3962 was 220 yea, 215 nea.  39 Democrats joined every Republican in voting against this bill except one, Joseph Cau (R-LA).

Background of the Resistance to Reason
The hijacking of the Tea Party movement by Republican strategists and corporate front groups like FreedomWorks has been well documented.  Despite some folks having legitimate concerns about certain issues, the vast majority in …

Although a temporary truce between Libertarians and Republicans has been in effect for the Tea Parties, divisions over legalizing marijuana, domestic espionage, abortion, torture, gay marriage, the separation of church/state, immigration, and de-militarization are starting to take a toll. The schism between Libertarians and Republicans is widening.

Corporations are busy behind the scenes, flooding astroturfing groups like FreedomWorks with tens of millions of dollars in an effort to derail the best opportunity we have for reform and progress in a generation.

On the Daily Show, Jon Stewart made the bold statement, “[The Olympics] are proof that conservatives hate Obama more than they love America.” While their reaction to this event certainly demonstrates this is true, their actions go well beyond merely cheering the loss of the Olympics.

Yesterday may have been International Blasphemy Day but this story is no joke.  In response to accusations of covering up child abuse and violating many provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Catholic Archbishop Silvano Tomasi sought to counter-attack and deflect criticism.
According the Guardian:
In a defiant and provocative statement, issued following a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva, the Holy See said the majority of Catholic clergy who committed such acts were not paedophiles but homosexuals attracted to …

A vociferous but peaceful group of several thousand people marched for miles through downtown Pittsburgh on Friday, united by opposition to the Group of 20 summit but expressing a diversity of mostly liberal causes as an army of stone-faced riot police watched their every move. -MSNBC

Freedom is sacred to those on the left side of the political spectrum. It is our central domain. We are almost exclusively anti-authoritarian, freedom loving individuals. From instigating independence movements against tyrants, to fighting for the liberty of human rights, to confronting the oppression of slavery, to standing up for free speech, Liberals stand for Liberty.

Interview of Vick, the Serbian Nationalist and right wing extremist in the American Outback, literally on the Loneliest Highway in America.