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State Representative Mecklenborg has some ‘splainin’ to do.

ModernEsquire — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:25:55 +0000

We’ve obtained a copy the arrest record of State Representative Mecklenborg that I wrote about earlier tonight.

There’s just one new question raised by these documents:

Why was a woman named “Tiona Roberts” a passenger in the State Representative’s car while he was drunk with Viagra in his system after midnight on a Friday night in Indiana?!?

Drip, drip, drip….

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-WA)?!?

ModernEsquire — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:27:11 +0000

(HT: Dave Harding @ ProgressOhio)

According to the Daily Caller, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is contemplating running for re-election to Congress, but this time from the State of Washington.

Kucinich is believed to be one of the Ohio Democratic Members of Congress that Republicans who control redistricting will target for elimination as they redraw Ohio’s congressional map with two fewer districts. Kucinich was being forced into either a primary challenge against Congresswoman Marsha Fudge or Congresswoman Betty Sutton. However, the State of Washington is gaining a congressional seat, and Kucinich, apparently, is seriously contemplating moving there and running for [...]

John Kasich is thinking about balancing the budget with “one time” money

ModernEsquire — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:21:06 +0000

I’ve heard about privatizing government, but John Kasich is taking it to the extremes. If you’ve ever wanted to be the State’s landlord, John Kasich is going to give you that chance. Unfortunately, we won’t get the opportunity to evict him from the Governor’s Mansion since he won’t be living in it.

WBNS Channel 10 in Columbus reports that lawmakers are considering selling various State buildings, including both the Riffe Center and the Rhodes Tower to help plug the budget deficit. So, theoretically, we’re one Josh Mandel slip up from evicting the Republicans out of their State government [...]

Having solved all of Ohio’s problems, Ohio Senate GOPers declare war on centaurs…

ModernEsquire — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:56:43 +0000

Having solved every other problem in Ohio, the Ohio Senate found itself apparently with time to spare, so they decided that they needed to end the non-existent practice of creating human-animal hybrids.

Then they went to Ohio Senate-Lobbyist Summer camp which Senate President Bill Harris is all excited about making a leather wallet and Senate Majority Floor Leader totally expects to kiss his first girl.

What the hell am I supposed to do with an entire stable of centaurs that I was raising to race once slot machines were permitted at horse racing tracks leading to [...]

Ohio conservative blogger displays the failure of conservatism in the face of BP disaster

ModernEsquire — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:59:25 +0000

Here’s a pro-tip, if you’re going to write a blog post titled “OH Sen. Brown’s Dimwitted Remarks Over Oil Spill,” then at least find something dim witted about Senator Brown’s remarks.

Instead, “One Oar in the Water” says in response:

Maybe we should explore the effects of big government on the environment and energy industry? Maybe we should explore the lack of oversight Congress failed to exhibit all these years over the energy industry?

These are just a few questions Senator Brown might want to ask, but surely the oil spill in the gulf points to too much [...]

[UPDATED:] OH-15: Ohio GOP’s Tea Party support for bank lobbyist Steve Stivers Photoshop FAIL.

ModernEsquire — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:14:11 +0000

Either that presumably 50 ft. tall “Vote Steve Stivers May 4th” sign was photoshopped into a Tea Party crowd shot by the Ohio Republican Party or I missed the headline in the Columbus Dispatch:

58 Tea Party protesters killed by falling giant Stivers sign.

Christ, guys, don’t photoshop something where the sign looks so large that people’s heads are smaller than the dot on the “i.”? They actually cropped the bottom edge to make it appear like it was behind those folks and tilted the writing to give the impression it was displayed at an angle.?? What did [...]

[BREAKING:] Kasich running mate Mary Taylor conspiring to help re-elect Democratic Treasurer Kevin Boyce

ModernEsquire — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:23:32 +0000

You know, I used to think that “Scoop” Keeling was just a Kasich hack, but I’m starting to wonder if he’s just an idiot.

Today, Keeling joined Matt Naugle in pushing the latest Josh Mandel press release against State Treasurer Kevin Boyce.? In this latest installment of “I really don’t know anything about the office I seek”, Mandel alleges that Boyce is holding up state banking contracts as a way to raise more money for his campaign.

Except that both Mandel, Naugle, and Keeling ignore the fact that the decision to delay the awarding the contracts [...]

The National Republican Senatorial Committee’s attack on Christmas

Brian — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:21:54 +0000

And you think liberals are mounting a War on Christmas? Watch this monstrosity… if you dare. It’s bad enough to make you want to drown yourself in the eggnog bowl. After stopping the bleeding from your ears, first.

So, what’s a bigger attack on Christmas? Desiring that government not meddle with it and allow people to observe how they wish, or appropriating a classic carol for partisan political purposes… badly Ick.

If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes truth

Brian — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:48:53 +0000

This is astonishing.

I have now received three (3) student papers that discuss Iraq’s attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11. All three papers mention it as an aside to another point. I’ve had two papers on the virtue of forgiveness that argue that if we had just forgiven Iraq for the 9/11 attacks, we wouldn’t be at war right now. I just read a paper on the problem of evil which asked why God allowed “the Iraq’s” to attack us on 9/11.

The thing that upsets me most here is that the the students don’t just believe that [...]

Restore Patriotism to University Campuses Act

Brian — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:23:17 +0000

Are you freakin’ kidding me? Hunter was serious?

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Restore Patriotism to University Campuses Act’.

…

SEC. 3. DENIAL OF FUNDS.

(a) Denial of Funds for Permitting State Terrorist Access to Campus- No funds described in subsection (b)(1) may be provided by contract or by grant to Columbia University of New York, New York, or any subelement of Columbia University.

Wow.