The Tumultuous Times

Kate Sheppard of the Huffington Post was much too PC in her article entitled “Kevin McCarthy Bashes Obama’s ‘Climate Change Agenda,’ Ignores Link To State’s Severe Drought” posted to the site on July 23rd of 2014. You see, Kevin McCarthy is the current House Majority Whip and soon to be House Majority Leader as of … Continue reading →

I would like to announce that The Tumultuous Times is back online! We are still serving up Editorials for a World in Change, however, we have a new twist along with our new Chief Editor. Let us just let him take the stand for a moment . . . “We awake every morning to a … Continue reading →

Two major corporations have decided to cut their ties with the conservative bill-writing organization…The American Legislative Exchange Council (or better known by its acronym – ALEC). Both Kraft Foods, Inc. and the Coca-Cola Co. both either discontinued their memberships or let their memberships expire. If your head is already ringing…it gets better. If you are … Continue reading →

  I get it. Really I do. People like gossip. People especially like gossip about their favorite or not so favorite stars and Perez Hilton provides that service to them much like TMZ. Before you start thinking that I am gay-bashing here, stop right there. I could care less if Perez Hilton is gay. What … Continue reading →

  Ok…let us please get serious here. I just ran across an article ran by the Washington Post (figures) that was titled ” How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs”. Now…besides giving me an instant headache and the instant desire to repeatedly stab myself in my thigh with an ice pick (don’t worry, I stopped).   … Continue reading →

This is the first post in my Politics: Time for a Change Series. In this article, we will discuss the ever-popular subject of Lobbying. The Definition First of all, it is important to note that the right to petition is protected in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The right to petition government … Continue reading →

Let me begin with a strict definition of politics and the etymology of the word as taken from http://wikipedia.org Definition: “Politics (from Greek πολιτικός, “of, for, or relating to citizens”) is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or … Continue reading →

  Let’s take a fun look at some recent political cartoons. Hey, it is good to laugh once in a while…What do you think makes political cartoons so funny? I think it is because they touch on the feelings of the public. So, in a sense, it makes their humor biting and true albeit exaggerated. … Continue reading →

Doublethink defined: “the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them….To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just as long as it is needed, … Continue reading →

Here comes PETA again with it’s far-fetched attacks on a completely innocent use of an animal within a video game. in the game Super Mario 3D Land, dons his Tanooki suit — an optional item in the game Super Mario 3D Land that gives Mario the ability to glide. Strangely enough, they have had no … Continue reading →

We are not talking about the Latin soup creation. We are talking about a government proposed act which would allow the U.S. government wide, sweeping control over the internet not only within the United States, but outside the U.S. as well. It is designed to make allegedly copyright-infringing Web sites, sometimes called “rogue” Web sites, … Continue reading →