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Archive for February, 2009
Is it time to legalize marijuana?
According to a series of new polls conducted by Rasmussen Reports, CBS News, and Zogby, it’s quite evident that Americans are becoming friendlier to the idea of of legalizing marijuana. So does this mean that we’re going to see the legalization of that mountain cabbage in the next few years? When looking at this chart [...]
Strange Congress: Before women got the right to vote in 1920, she was voting as a Member of Congress since 1917
Back when Montana had two congressmen (now Montana only has one At-Large member) Jeannette Rankin, a woman, was on of them. Apparently, On November 7, 1916 she was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana, becoming the first female member of Congress. The Nineteenth Amendment, (which gave women the right to [...]
How to keep legislators on your side: get them drunk
Now this is something that you don’t see every day. In honor of President George Washington’s 277th birthday’s, members of the Virginia State Senate found a selection of miniature bottles of Whiskey on their desks, complete with a shot glass. Of course, this wasn’t the act of some Whiskey distiller politician trying to exert a [...]
Gun ownership could soon cost you $1million
If you’re an Illinois resident, you didn’t read that wrong. Should a bill that was recently introduced by State Representative Kenneth Dunkin, a Chicago Democrat, be passed, all gun owners in the state of Illinois would be required to maintain a liability insurance policy of at least $1,000,000. Here is the synopsis of this ridiculous [...]
Jon Kyl Invites Geert Wilders to Washington to present Fitna
This is an interesting story that might get buried in everything else that is happening in Washington this week. It looks like Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) has invited Geert Wilders, the Dutch film maker and politician, to present the film Fitna to the United States Senate later this week. For those of you unaware with [...]
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