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• Goldman Sachs ties enrich Romney

  Sat Jan 28, 2012
  • We fought a war of independence 250 years ago because we didn't want to be ruled by a country whose power base was an aristocracy made up of wealthy landowners, and of which the vast majority of the population was poor peasants. We wanted an equal break for everyone.

• Gingrich funder isn't trying to 'buy' the presidency, aide says

  Fri Jan 27, 2012
  • Adelson isn't trying to "buy" the presidency. He's just trying to buy preferential treatment for Israel if Gingrich (Dog forbid!!) becomes president. Don't know why he bothers, as Israel gets all the preferential treatment it needs already.

• Gingrich angrily rebuffs questions about ex-wife

  Thu Jan 19, 2012
  • Newt wants us talking about open marriages and such because the Big Elephant in the Room is that while he was betraying his marriage vows, he was doing everything he could do impeach the President of the United States for the horribly immoral act of betraying his marriage vows.

• Obama seeks power to merge agencies

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • Count on Republicans to resist this with all their might. They'll say it's "not enough" -- but what they really mean is "We don't want Obama to have ANY success, even if he's doing what we've been screaming for."

• The homes of the GOP contenders

  Tue Jan 10, 2012
  • Gingrich's "Casa Paranoia" is a crack-up. Built right up against a cliff so no one can sneak up on him! Bwaah, Newt! I gotcha!

• As home prices fall, more borrowers walk away

  Mon Jan 9, 2012
  • A home used to be a roof over your head, your family's head. Now, it's supposed to be a gold mine, and if it isn't...bye-bye. Something has changed.

• Iran navy tests surface-to-air missile in drill

  Sun Jan 1, 2012
  • Why do we bother with sanctions? Sanctions only hurt the little guy, the man in the street, the Iranians we have no argument with.

• PETA seeks memorials to cows killed on Ill. roads

  Fri Dec 30, 2011
  • Clearly. But it's been said with much more humor and delicacy elsewhere.

• Rhino poaching hits record as horns worth more than gold

  Fri Dec 30, 2011
  • Wasn't Viagra supposed to give these poor animals some relief??

• The final push: Romney's 770-mile Iowa sprint

  Thu Dec 29, 2011
  • Pretty weak stuff, a campaign that relies more on dissing the current president than on presenting anything workable to take his place.