Plunderbund

These guys don’t give up, do they?
President Bush threatened Tuesday to veto the D.C. budget bill unless it barred the District from using federal funds to register domestic partnerships.
In a memo to Congress, Bush said he opposed House efforts to strike that longstanding stipulation.
“Under federal law, legal marriage is the union between a man and […]

Three Libertarian candidates (Steve Kubby, George Phillies, Wayne Allyn Root) and one Green candidate (Alan Augustson) participated in the ‘Third Party Candidate Debate’ last night- broadcast live on internet radio and moderated by ‘young online radio guru’ Koko.
Despite the name, there was actually very little debate. The four candidates actually seemed […]

So, we here at PB have taken some heat for attacking Matt Naugle for his falsehoods and irrelevant personal attacks. I understand that some people think we are wasting our time, and to a certain extent, I understand that view.
But I also understand that the “most prominent right-wing blog in Ohio” has a responsibility […]

The group Columbus 9/11 Truth is bringing their Truth Film Festival to my neighborhood theatre this weekend.
According to The Other Paper, the Truth Film Festival is:
a slate of five muckraking documentaries that attempt to expose various shady dealings within the highest reaches of media and government, including a couple of films that radically question the […]

William M. Todd, Republican candidate for Columbus Mayor, and

Awesome.

I couldn’t make up something this funny. I’m including all the text because it’s JUST THAT HILARIOUS.
The Sacred Secrets of Saddam’s Super Secret WMDs
26 June 2007
Why do people still believe Saddam had WMDs? Because Jesus tells them so. Well, not Jesus, but his modern disciples.
Rod Parsley, a rising star of charismatic fundamentalism […]

Last year Deb Pryce (R) almost lost her job as the rep from Ohio’s 15th district. The close election (she won by only about 1,000 out of 220,000 votes) was, in large part, due to TV ads run by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) that accused her of voting to increasing her […]

The Plain Dealer has a funny story today about another labor dispute between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Air-Traffic Controllers Union.
But this one isn’t over money or overtime- this one is about pants.
Specifically, an FAA-imposed dress code for controllers.
The part that caught my eye was the controller in Oberlin who was reprimanded because his […]

While Ken Blackwell whines and warns us about Democratic plans for “big government takeover” of our health care system - our Democratic Governor is actually doing something good to help Ohio’s children.
The legislature passed Ted Strickland’s budget yesterday and, as promised, the budget includes:
Healthcare Access for All Ohio’s Children
* All children up to 300 […]

CNN has a good piece about aboption by same-sex couples online today.
The article discusses, among other things, the legal hurdles to adoption faced in some states that deny same-sex couples the right to adopt (e.g. Mississippi, Utah) and, of course, in Florida- the only state that specifically bans “homosexual” individuals from adopting.
Though our state […]

Do climate change skeptics ever say anything that sounds plausible? Like that other planets in the solar system are warming (Mars and Pluto, specifically), and thus the earth’s warming is due to solar radiation? Don’t let ‘em fool you. Check out New Scientists’ Climate Change: A guide for the perplexed, which sets […]

A rather curious poll came to light yesterday; amongst the current field of Democratic presidential candidates, Clinton has a large lead with 37% to Obama’s 19%, with no one else north of 10%.
However, if you throw Al Gore’s name into the mix, the situation shifts dramatically.
Al Gore, however, could enter the race as the leader. […]

In his latest Townhall.com article, Ken Blackwell blasts Michael Moore’s Movie ‘Sicko’ and all of the Democratic presidential candidates in a rant that shows his complete lack of understanding about universal healthcare. It goes something like this:
Think of the hassles you face at the department of motor vehicles. Now picture dealing with those hassles […]