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Affirmative Action of a Different Kind

By Chuck Hobbs, Esq – Barely minutes after President Obama trumped Donald Trump on the idiotic “Birther” issue, Trump side-stepped his failure by asking to see President Obama’s undergraduate grades from Columbia and Harvard Law School. For Obama supporters, before getting too outraged please consider that such has been a fair area of inquiry before, […]

Tea Party Members and Special Interest Money

By Chuck Hobbs, Esqq. – “Enough dollars make sense, while you ride the bench…catch me swinging for the fence…” Dead Presidents–Jay-Z. For the unfamiliar, the phrase “dead presidents” long has been urban slang for money, referencing the presidents that adorn American currency. In this instance, members of Congress elected last year under the Tea Party […]

President Obama Fights Back

Chuck Hobbs, Esq. – Thank you, Mr. President, for regaining your swagger—perhaps, to you, it was never lost. What pleases me is Mr. Obama’s willingness in recent weeks to bluntly speak about issues regardless of who he ticks off. This new found fight is interesting when one considers that if Republican attacks on his policies […]

Obama Depicted as a Monkey

For those who scoff at the idea of multicultural education consider this: Orange County Republican Executive Committee member and Tea Party activist Marilyn Davenport recently circulated an email depicting President Obama as a baby chimpanzee. Astonishingly, when civil rights organizations called for her resignation, Davenport claimed ignorance of the racist overtones, stating that she simply […]

Congressional Budget Crisis

By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – Whether you support or despise the loose coalition of groups collectively known as the Tea Party, you have to admit that, if nothing else, the rise of this movement has coincided with a greater awareness of politics and the practicality of decisions made by political leaders. When considering the looming […]