Current events

Are we in danger of losing our common language?

It's not just wacky, Tea Party conservatives who think Common Core might not be the magic solution for the education system:

President Obama tells "immigration activists" (i.e. those who want to erase our borders) that "no force on earth can stop us," then says, as a preface to a bunch of "this country is its people" gobbledygook,

 People who love this country can change it. America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington.

I swear, big city weenies:

Hmmm:

No, jerkwad, they join to protect the interests of this country and serve unworthy idiots like you:

ESPN’s Colin Cowherd went off on a rant today about Americans who do and do not, in his view, deserve his “sympathies.”

Well, duh:

President Obama insists he will not have “boots on the ground” in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), but the line between a combat and advisory role is blurry.

Obama plans to send more than 1,600 troops to Iraq as “advisers” to the military, and all of them could find themselves in harm's way.

Things are getting so bad for press that journalists are starting to turn on the progressives they normally idolize. Liberals in power, it turns out, can be just as secretive and parnoid as anybody else.

First up, those loveable Clintons, making damn sure those pesky reporters don't deviate from the party line:

Pardon me while I take a little nap:

So, when an important issue is at stake, I guess people will get off their lazy butts and go to the polls:

Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence.

With the results in from all 32 council areas, the "No" side won with 2,001,926 votes over 1,617,989 for "Yes".

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