This is a must watch dose of hard truth from Penn Jillette about our self-admitted formerly cannabis-smoking, "blow"-snorting President who chuckles away merrily about his violent, destructive war on people, over some arbitrarily government-unblessed substances. Had "Black Jesus", as David Axelrod privately calls Obama, been on the receiving end of his own treatment, as are millions of otherwise peaceful, peaceable Americans - 100's of 1000's of whom are rotting in prisons this minute everywhere in this country (if not being ground up and ground down somewhere within the narco-enforcement police-prosecution-prison industry), his career and his life would have been senselessly ruined for no reason other than to justify the self-serving cowardice and willful ignorance of soulless politicians...like he is now. Oh yeah, sure, Obama's cool.  Like a warm bucket of piss. JILLETTE: "What troubles me about this... I think it's beyond hypocri...

Eat the children. OK, now that I've gotten that out of my system, here goes: 1.  Public election of State Board of Education members to occur concurrently with existing school board elections in May.  State Board electoral districts to based on school-age population, and candidates must live within the districts they represent.  No at-large voting.  Non-partisan elections.  No employee of a school or school district within the SB electoral district, or employee of any company or corporation with a direct contractual, financial interest in school operations to be eligible for service on the State Board of Education.  Four-year terms. 2.  Remove the position of Secretary of Education from the cabinet and restore the State Superintendent of Public Education.  State Superintendent to be selected by, and serve at the pleasure of, the State Board of Education.  The State Board of Education to approve all employment contracts within the Delawa...

Your first clue is that Governor Mitt Romney has nothing new to offer beyond more Federal intrusion into public education is that he's rolling out his thoughts on the matter in a speech today to the US Chamber of Commerce.   The Chamber has been the major national backer of every top-down, Federally mandated education "reform" since high-stakes testing and national standards in the 1990s.  (The Chamber originally opposed NCLB because its accountability provisions were too "weak.") Your second clue is that Romney has named a special group of advisors on education that include former Secretary of Education Rod Paige (the guy who brought America "No Child Left Behind"); at least six former Bush administration senior US DOE under-, deputy, and assistant secretaries (all of whom drink the proper kool-aid); and a handful of individuals who own or direct private educational entities who exist to sell consulting services or manage charter schools. On the ...

No, this is NOT a celebrity endorsement story. But Bruce Willis' recent Esquire interview definitely catches the anti-Romney mood among the politically disaffected: Bruce Willis:  Romney is the disappointing "Dash Riprock" of the GOP. "I get cranked up, I start talking about Hollywood and what's wrong with what. Or politics. I might start in on Mitt Romney." Romney? And with that one simple follow-up, Willis gets mildly cranked up. "Yeah, Romney. He's just such a disappointment, an embarrassment. Chin up, hair up. He's just one of those guys, one of those guys who says he's going to change everything," he is saying. "And he'll get in there, and they'll smile at him and introduce themselves: 'We're Congress, we make sure nothing changes.' He won't do it. He can't. Everybody wants to be Barack Obama. And what did he change?" You think Romney'll win? "No. Nah. I don't re...

The remark comes at about the 2:12 mark in this extended interview with Libertarian Presidential candidate Gary Johnson on RT America: Fact check:  absolutely true! Gary Johnson:  8 years as New Mexico Governor; inherited $300 million deficit; cut taxes 14 times; vetoed 750 spending bills; improved public education; cleaned up the environment; best job creation record in nation during his term. Barack Obama:  3.5 years as President; inherited Bush recession and deficits--made both worse; destruction of civil liberties; creation of Obamacare. Mitt Romney:  4 years as Massachusetts Governor; created Romneycare; government spending grew; tax increases. Oh, and if you want to compare private sector:  Gary Johnson started a one-man handyman operation in New Mexico and turned it into the largest, multi-million-dollar construction business in the State. Compare that to Bain Capital, inherited wealth, and community organizing.

2008 LP candidate Bob Barr probably cost John McCain North Carolina.  This year's election could see Gary Johnson hurt Barack Obama in NC. Gary Johnson has always argued that he will take as many votes, in the end, from President Obama and he does from Governor Romney, but the MSM rarely listens.  The former two-term New Mexico Governor points out that there are not a lot of pot-legalizing, gay marriage-supporting, cut-the-defense budget Republicans out there. North Carolina may well prove his point, dancing on the knife edge in the latest Survey USA poll , with Mitt Romney at 45% and Barack Obamas at 44%.   The 6% for Gary Johnson in last week's PPP poll is nowhere to be found, but that doesn't mean that the Libertarian presidential candidate is having no effect. It is not unprecedented for a third-party candidate to have a major impact in the Tarheel State.  Despite the fact that nobody really covered the story when it happened, 2008 Libertarian Presidenti...

It's no secret that Libertarian Presidential nominee put retired California Judge Jim Gray on the ballot because the Judge is one of America's most prominent advocates for marijuana legalization. It's also now no secret that  New York Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach smokes marijuana (quite illegally) to help him deal with the chronic pain of his pancreatic cancer: NY Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach has pancreatic cancer, and the marijuana he needs to treat the pain makes him a criminal. “I did not foresee that after having dedicated myself for 40 years to a life of the law, including more than two decades as a New York State judge, my quest for ameliorative and palliative care would lead me to marijuana.” ---snip--- “Inhaled marijuana is the only medicine that gives me some relief from nausea, stimulates my appetite, and makes it easier to fall asleep. The oral synthetic substitute, Marinol, prescribed by my doctors, was useless. Rather than watch ...