Police Chief to Marijuana Law Reformers: “I’m with you” (Columbia, MO)
Earlier this month on the HeadCount blog, we posted a disturbing video of a SWAT Team raid on a family’s home in Colombia, MO that left the family dog dead and only turned up a small amount of marijuana. At a press conference last week, the city’s police chief made it clear that he wishes…
I need a freakin job.
President Obama took the stage on his Main Street Economic Tour in Buffalo, New York and noticed that all eyes weren’t affixed on him. A sign reading “Dear Mr. President, I need a freakin job. Period.” was displayed in front of him, slightly upstaging the leader of the free world. The sign – and similar…
Personal Liberty Issue Update: What Do Laura Bush, Howard Dean & Orrin Hatch Have In Common?
They’re all in this HeadCount Issue Update! Hello liberty lovers, we’ve got a lot of ground to cover: President Obama’s Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske says he wants to end the war on drugs; but does the new drug control strategy released this month match up with the rhetoric? You might be surprised to learn that Laura…
Yim Yames and Friends Raise Awareness for Mountaintop Removal on New Tour
Of all the ways to harvest energy from the earth, mountaintop removal coal mining might be the most universally distasteful (well, at least until the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster made offshort drilling the temporary dunce of dirty energy). Earlier this week Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris and Alison Krauss played a “Music Saves Mountains” benefit show…
Hangout Festival Review
“Excuse our appearance while we throw the biggest beach party ever!” This was the text from a lone sign that hung on one of the fences at the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, AL this past weekend. They weren’t kidding. Hangout pulled off a festival on the beach just about as well as anybody…
BP Says Oil Spill is “Modest” but Won’t Let Journalists Film
The disaster wreaking havoc on the Gulf seems to get worse and more bizarre each day. Despite being able to see the oil spill from space, BP chief executive Tony Hayward has these reassuring words: “It is impossible to say and we will mount, as part of the aftermath, a very detailed environmental assessment. But…
Congressman Promoted Abstinence-Only Sex Ed. With Staffer He Had Sex With
Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN) announced today that he will be resigning after it was revealed that he was having an affair with a female staffer. Souder ran on and was elected on a platform of “moral and family values,” which seems to be a prerequisite for congressman engaging in sex scandals. He has been an…
Tea Party Rock
Every political movement gets the sound track it deserves. Beginning August 6 in Jackson, New Jersey, for example, strident anti-Obama talk-radio star and Tea Party supporter Sean Hannity hosts the first of eight Freedom Concerts featuring Lyrnyrd Skynryd, the Charlie Daniels Band, and Michael W. Smith. Hannity’s concerts benefit the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund, which,…
Laura Bush “Comes Out” as Gay Marriage and Abortion Supporter
In an interview with Larry King, Laura Bush admits that there are at least two areas where she and G.W. don’t see eye to eye. On gay marriage: I think there are a lot of people who have trouble coming to terms with that because they see marriage as traditionally between a man and a…
College Humor makes fun of every festival you have ever been to
And they do it well to boot! Check out the flyer for this summer’s Trademarkable Nonsense Word 2010 Festival! This part is my personal favorite…