David's Blog of Common Sense

I know it has been a week since I have posted, life has been busy.  Here is a video for your political viewing pleasure!   Share var button = document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_link_874′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_icon_874′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_both_874′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_button_874′); if (button) { button.onclick = function(e) { var url = this.href.replace(/share\.php/, ‘sharer.php’); window.open(url,’sharer’,'toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436′); return false; } if (button.id === [...]

West Virginia Governor, Joe Manchin, announced on MSNBC that he will “likely” run for Robert Byrd’s Senate seat.  The West Virginia legislature will convene for a special session to determine whether the Governor should make an appointment, or whether the state should have a special election to replace Senator Byrd. Share var button = document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_link_867′) [...]

Nikki Haley  had been declared the winner in the Gubernatorial Primary for the Republican Party in the state of South Carolina.  This makes Haley the first female nominee for the Governor position from the GOP in South Carolina’s history. Share var button = document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_link_711′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_icon_711′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_both_711′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_button_711′); if (button) { button.onclick = [...]

I’ve seen some crazy political ads before, but this one takes the cake!   Share var button = document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_link_642′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_icon_642′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_both_642′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_button_642′); if (button) { button.onclick = function(e) { var url = this.href.replace(/share\.php/, ‘sharer.php’); window.open(url,’sharer’,'toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436′); return false; } if (button.id === ‘facebook_share_button_642′) { button.onmouseover = function(){ this.style.color=’#fff’; this.style.borderColor = ‘#295582′; this.style.backgroundColor = [...]

Eight years have past and the charge of President George W. Bush are coming to an end.  Some see this end as a triumphant victory, while others see it as a tremendous loss, then there are those  that simply do not care.   But how will history portray this president?  The approval ratings are lower [...]

The United States Supreme Court has decided against hearing the case to validate the birth certificate of President-Elect Barack Obama. During the 2008 campaign there was a lawsuit filed by Philip Berg, claiming that Senator Barack Obama was not a natural born U.S. Citizen, which would make him ineligible for the Presidency.  The case has been turned [...]

With this election we saw more ignorant voters coming out to the polls than ever before.  People who knew nothing about their favorite candidate, or the candidates they were against.   Watch the following video, it is absolutely sickening to me.     You can find more at http://howobamagotelected.com UPDATE: Just wanted to be clear [...]

It has been two weeks since the Election and the passage of California’s Proposition 8.  Since the election there has been protest after protest to overturn the will of the voters. The First Amendment gives people the right to peaceably assemble, but these protests have been getting out of hand. Opponents of Prop 8, have [...]

Throughout the last months of the campaign John McCain tried to peg Senator Obama with his ties to Bill Ayers, a known and unrepentant terrorist.  Time after time, Obama denied these claims saying he merely served on a board with Ayers and lived in the same neighborhood.  However, in a Chicago Sun-Times article, Bill Ayers [...]

Voters have been turning out in record numbers this year.  More election coverage coming later, we apologize that we haven’t been live broadcasting as promised, we have been having technical issues. Share var button = document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_link_264′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_icon_264′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_both_264′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_button_264′); if (button) { button.onclick = function(e) { var url = this.href.replace(/share\.php/, ‘sharer.php’); window.open(url,’sharer’,'toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436′); [...]