By Kimberley Johnson on June 10, 2013
Activism, Uncategorized, Women's Issues
Fifty years ago today President Kennedy signed The Equal Pay Act into law. Today, we are still experiencing pay inequality. One way employers get away with gender pay inequality is by enforcing the “company policy” that employees not discuss salaries. How convenient. Feminist Charles Clymer wrote in his blog post: We’ve been stealing from […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 9, 2013
Racial Issues, right-wing hatred, Videos
Right Wing Hatred, Videos
The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Virginia, E. W. Jackson, wrote a book released in 2008 titled Ten Commandments to an Extraordinary Life. In this unpopular book, Jackson claims that birth defects are a result of sin. “Keep in mind that the whole cosmos has been made imperfect — wounded — by sin. It […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 8, 2013
Bill Maher, The Tea Party
Humor, Politics
Bill Maher destroys the notion that Ronald Reagan would have been rejected by today’s Tea Party. We hear it all the time from liberals – that the Republican Party has gone so far right, Reagan himself, wouldn’t fit in. Maher nails it: “Ronald Reagan was an anti-government, union busting, race baiting, anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-intellectual, who […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 6, 2013
Commentary, politics
Exclusives, Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Politics
In an interview with CNN, former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said he was “very upset” over his infamous comments that “there are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what,” because they are “dependent on government,” and “believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing.” […]
By Kimberley Johnson on June 6, 2013
gun control, Humor, Satire, Videos
Entertainment, Gun Control, Humor, Videos
The Bill Of Needs? Guns and God version 2.0: “They are our rights…given by our creator to us all.” Oh really? Assuming by creator, they mean God. So I guess God told someone, “And the people shall have the right to more than ten bullet magazine clips.” Where is that in the Bible? Anyone? Beuller…. […]