Jeff's Political Stuff

I voted for President Obama twice but if he bombs Syria without congressional approval, he ought to be impeached. Sign in to see full entry.

The president is going to have to be awfully persuasive if he wants to get Americans to support the bombing of Syria. Right now, 59% of us are opposed Sign in to see full entry.

President Obama's proposal to take military action against Syria puts Republicans in an awkward position. Normally Republicans jump at any excuse to start a war, but they also jump at any excuse to oppose the President Sign in to see full entry.

As I understand it, the purpose of bombing Syria is to keep them from using chemical weapons again in the future. That would probably work if we were dealing with rational people. I don't think we are. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Sign in to see full entry.

According the the Supreme Court's Citizens United Decision, corporations are people with the same rights as people to contribute to political campaigns. Of course Corporations are people, some of my best friends are corporations. I was having lunch with my old buddy Microsoft the other day and he... Sign in to see full entry.

An update of an essay I originally posted June 16, 2011. So now we have the sequester. Cuts in social security,medicare, programs benefitting the elderly, the disabled, children and the poor. Americans are supposed to believe this is the greatest country in the world. It's considered unpatriotic or... Sign in to see full entry.

Gun control opponents say there's no point in passing new gun control laws because criminals will just ignore them. Rapist ignore laws against rape so why don't we just legalize rape? Think of all the money we'd save by not prosecuting and incarcerating rapists. Sign in to see full entry.

Seventy-Five percent of Americans support term limits for members of congress. That's what a recent Gallup poll found. Well so what? Even if 99 percent of Americans supported term limits it would never happen. Politicians will never vote to limit their own terms. Unless... What if? What if we had a... Sign in to see full entry.

Marco Rubio Republican Senator from Florida Candidate for President in 2016. Among the items on his Senate resume:Voting against aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Senator Rubio was on TV the other day, talking about gun control. He spouted the same baloney we've been hearing from opponents of... Sign in to see full entry.

I just heard that Texas is executing a man with an IQ of 61. At first I thought it was Rick Perry but his IQ probably isn't that high Sign in to see full entry.