Some time ago I read a book called Patriots and I ran into a glaring historical inaccuracy which I’ve since come across in other places: […]
States: Gun Laws and Crime across the United States
As stated in a previous blog post (Bad Pro-Gun arguments) gun stats allow for a lot of convenient cherry picking. In reality, the stats are […]
Mitt Romney’s: Obama Voters are the 47% that pay no income taxes
In a private fundraiser a few months ago, Mitt Romney ‘explained’ to his crowd of wealthy donors that Obama firmly had 47% of the vote […]
The Medicare Crisis Myth and Paul Ryan
Myth: Medicare costs are going through the roof! We need to “reform” Medicare by transitioning it to a voucher program so senior citizens can have […]
Half of Americans Pay no Taxes – A Myth that refuses to go away
The facts regarding the percentage of Americans are as follows: Roughly half of all Americans pay no federal income taxes specifically About 86% of Americans […]
Google Searches: Occupy Wall Street > Tea Party
According to Google Politics & Elections Blog, Google searches for Occupy Wall Street resoundingly topple the amount of Google searches for Tea Party. The blog […]
The Difference Between Republican and Democrat Parties are Real
The myth that there is no difference between Democratic and Republican Party is actually quite common (especially among disgruntled Libertarians). But this is demonstrably false. […]
The Politics of Bad Analogies: It’s the Drain Stupid
What happens when you mix clever but simple ‘sound byte’ cartoons with somewhat complicated political issues? Sometimes you get bad analogies. And these bad analogies […]
The Tea Party’s Take on Tax Rates and Size of Government
For some time now, the Tea Party has been making a ruckus over the size of government, tax rates and the alleged debt/deficit ‘crisis.’ […]
End the Fed and Return to the Gold Standard!?
Part of Ron Paul’s narrative is that the federal reserve and the switch from a gold standard to a fiat currency is the cause for […]