The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Mitt Romney is back in the news. I know, I missed him too. Mr. 47% himself had the following back and forth with Fox News' Chris Wallace on Sunday: Romney: "We did very well with the majority population, but not with the minority populations, and that was a failing, that was a real mistake." Wallace: "Why do you think that was?" Romney: "Well, I think the Obamacare attractiveness and feature was something we underestimated, particularly among lower incomes. And, uh, just didn't do as good a job in connecting with that audience as we should have." This man has to be one of the most awkward public speakers in recent memory. The man's words probably makes robots give themselves a facepalm. When he proposed to his wife Ann, I imagine the Mittster did so by saying something like the following: "Ann, we've been spending a lot of time together over the past however long it's been, and been fornicating quite regularly. When we...

Upon going to a bar last night, I overheard some people talking about the "Obamaphone" - a program they claimed had started under President Obama - which provides free cell phones to low-income Americans via taxpayer money. I had merely heard about this through the grapevine and while my BS radar was going off upon haring about it, I still hadn't researched the matter greatly. I decided to stay quiet last night until I researched the matter further and decided to finally do that this afternoon. So, what's the real story? As my gut instinct told me, it's nonsense. Courtesy of the fact-checking site, Factcheck.org , the following was reported: "Q: Has the Obama administration started a program to use 'taxpayer money' to give free cell phones to welfare recipients? A: No. Low-income households have been eligible for discounted telephone service for more than a decade. But the program is funded by telecom companies, not by taxes, and the president...