The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Public Policy Polling (PPP) released an interesting finding today. It's funny; just yesterday I wrote about how sick and tired I was with the right's paranoid let's-bomb-them-all-before-they-bomb-us mentality. Well, according to PPP's latest finding, it does appear a decent percentage of Republicans would be in favor of bombing just about anything. According to this poll, it found that 30% of Republicans would be in favor of bombing Agrabah - a fictional city in Disney's Aladdin . Here's how the complete poll numbers to that question break down by party: Q: "Would you be in favor of bombing Agrabah?" Republicans: 30% approve/13% disapprove (net +17%) Democrats: 19% approve/36% disapprove (net -17%) No, I'm not making up those numbers... Due to the results of this poll, expect to see the following poll results at some point in the future: - 78% of Republicans don't feel the Hunchback of Notre Dame's healthcare plan should include...

It can now be confirmed as official - Republican New Hampshire state House Representative Stella Tremblay has all the answers regarding the Boston Marathon bombing. Appearing on The Pete Santilli Show , Representative Tremblay filled the world in on her vast knowledge of the tragedy, saying: "I went to Infowars and I started opening my eyes. I thought, you know, Alex Jones, everyone says he's crazy, but perhaps there's some truth to this. And the more I looked at this, in my heart, something told me there's something wrong here. You just have to look at that backpack and you can see. If there's an explosion, the backpack is blown to smithereens. There's nothing left. What was it doing just laying there? Then, my first gut reaction seeing the horror of that person that has their legs blown off. You know, the bone sticking out? He was not in shock. I looked and I thought there's something... I don't know what's wrong, but it seems surreal to ...

Remember that big drone controversy surrounding President Obama? Last month, the Obama Administration said it was theoretically possible, as well as legal, for the president to order a drone strike on an American citizen under, and I quote, "extraordinary circumstances." The administration then elaborated some on this statement by saying the president didn't possess this authority if the American citizen was "not engaged in combat." Ever since I saw the headlines and read the reports, while I understood some Congresspeople's concerns, as well as non-politicians', I thought things were getting blown out-of-proportion. It seemed quite clear that these hypothetical drone strikes on American citizens would only occur if the person was a member of a terrorist organization and engaged in combat. It's not like the president was saying, "Ever since I embarrassed myself bowling that one time, I really hate the sport. Let's drone strike bowling alle...

Like with any national tragedy, the bombings at the Boston Marathon yesterday brought about much fear, pain, grief, and confusion. Also, while the tragedy prompted many to place others before themselves and showcase the selflessness most people seem to possess in such dire situations - coming together in times of need, others have taken the tragedy to spread conspiracy theories and place blame on the federal government, claiming yesterday's tragedy was a "false flag" operation, orchestrated by the government. The tragic school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut was met with a similar reaction by some. Like with the conspiracy theory surrounding the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting being proven false, it's likely that the conspiracy theory surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing will be proven false as well. On the other side of the political spectrum is Chris Matthews, the host of Hardball on MSNBC, who insinuated that if the bombings were an act of domestic terr...