Author Archives: Andy Shanks

This isn’t rhetoric, friends, this is hard cold fact gathered from government websites using official census data and US Department of Treasury numbers. No bumper sticker slogans, no five second sound bites, it’s the real deal and you can double-check … Continue reading →

The Republicans blame Democrats for the high cost of gasoline, saying that if we only drilled in ANWAR we’d have enough oil to bring prices down. There are only a few problems with that. One: For 20 years Democrats have … Continue reading →

I keep hearing that the “surge” is succeeding. Really? There are still 600 attacks from insurgents every month. Those attacks kill 1000 Iraqis and 70 or more US soldiers every month. This must be a definition of success with which … Continue reading →

Joe Barton (R-TX) doesn’t believe that global climate change exists or if it does Man has nothing to do with it. Perhaps he should talk to the families who lost loved ones in last week’s tornados that ripped through the … Continue reading →

Contrary to the whining of many, the United States was not founded by Christians or on Christian principles. As close as any of the Founding Fathers came to Christianity was George Washington who was a non-practicing Episcopalian. For the most … Continue reading →

On this Veterans Day there’s an email floating around suggesting we all send a Christmas card or letter to a recovering soldier at Walter Reed. Nice idea, easy to do and, sadly, pointless. Because of security concerns Walter Reed cannot … Continue reading →

I’ve waited a few days before writing about Bush’s veto of the SCHIP bill . Had to. Otherwise the profanity would have set off alarms in most email clients. For those not familiar, SCHIP (State Child Health Insurance Program) is … Continue reading →