<![CDATA[Causes blog posts by Aaron Pendell]]> <![CDATA[Jon Stewart humorously wags finger at Blogosphere Hyperbole]]> Apropos, Mr. Stewart.  At the very moment I sit down to write a few paragraphs about Jon Stewart's sit down with Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly, the host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" sends up the enthusiastic title selection of blogger...]]> <![CDATA[GOP Response - VA Gov. McDonnell's Ironic Nod to New, Social Media]]> Tasked with following President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address, freshly sworn in Republican Governor of Virginia Bob McDonnell delivered a 10 minute rehashing of Republican talking points and conservative dogma, certain to please ...]]> <![CDATA[Obama Willingly Enters Political Mine Field with "Spending Freeze" Proposal]]> Just one day before President Obama's State of the Union Address, and one week before his administration presents its 2011 budget to Congress, the White House has announced its intentions for a "spending freeze" on discretionary spending.   That...]]> <![CDATA[Massachusetts Elects Republican Senator - Did Brown Win or Did Coakley Lose?]]> The voters of Massachusetts have spoken - The Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy for 47 years will now be occupied by Republican Scott Brown.  Democratic candidate, Martha Coakley, conceded the race around 9:21 PM, Eastern. Here's some ear...]]> <![CDATA[Cynicism and Revisionism - Palin's First Week at Fox "News"]]> The eventuality that so many liberals uttered in jest after the 2008 presidential election has come to fruition:  Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has signed on at Fox News Channel as a paid contributor. "I am thrilled to be joinin...]]> <![CDATA[The GOP has a Palin Problem]]> The National Journal conducted a poll of 109 Republican Party leaders, asking them to "rank 5 candidates in the order of likeliness to capture the GOP nod."  That former MA Governor Mitt Romney topped the lists of those polled with 81 points, 62 ...]]> <![CDATA[Questionable motives in need of questioning - Cheney attacks Obama ... Again]]> The latest round of criticism leveled at the Obama administration by Dick Cheney tell us much more about the latter than the former.  They betray the insecurity felt by the former Vice President:  that his legacy might not yet be out of the ...]]> <![CDATA[Playing Politics with National Security - Sen. DeMint Holds Up Obama TSA Nominee]]> Before the Senate shut down for the holidays, in the days leading up to the Dec. 25 attempted underpants bombing of Flight 253, South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint took it upon himself to place a hold Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security ...]]> <![CDATA[Comedic Sedition from Orly Taitz Esquire]]> As 2009 draws to a close, embattled Birther atorney Dr. Orly Taitz Esquire is apparently losing confidence in the legal effort to have Barack Obama declared constitutionally ineligible to be President of the United States.  In a Dec. 28 post on Taitz'...]]> <![CDATA[You Go, Al Franken!]]> Tip o' the hat to Al Franken!  The SNL alum, presently the Jr. Senator from Minnesota, appears to be quite comfortable in his new role.   The contentious debate over health care reform in the Senate seems to have depleted Franken's pat...]]>