Musings of the Great Gonzo

In a move which should infuriate each of us, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the father of a fallen U.S. Marine to pay more than $16,000 in costs requested by the Westboro Baptist Church for copies of motions, briefs and appendices. Oh, but wait. The costs are a result of his suit against the church because the church picketed his son’s burial with signs that read “God Hates You!”, “You’re Going to Hell!” and “Thank God for Dead Soldiers!” Members of the fundamentalist church based in Topeka, Kansas, appeared outside Snyder's funeral in 2006 in Westminster, Maryland, according to a CNN Justice report published yesterday (http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/30/westboro.baptist.snyder/index.html). Among the teachings of the church, which was founded in 1955 by Pastor Fred Phelps, is the belief that God is punishing the United States for "the sin of homosexuality" through events such as soldiers' deaths. This group, under the guise of doing God’s work, r...

So, now Obama is on the defensive, in an article published today on breitbart.com “President Barack Obama mocked Republicans' campaign to try to repeal his new health care law, saying Thursday they should "Go for it" and see how well they fare with voters.” I guess he wasn’t paying attention to the approval numbers of the American public. According to a Quinnipiac University poll published Thursday, March 25 49% of Americans disapproves of the Health Care Reform Act. The Rasmussen Report published that Obama’s overall disapproval rating across the country is 51%. Realclearpolitics.com reports an averaged (average of ten leading opinion polls) disapproval rating of just over 50%. Had the President paid more attention to the polls he may have noticed that in all of them nearly half the respondents are opposed to the Act. Had a popular vote been taken it could very well have resulted in a stalemate. Instead he engaged in partisan politics – something he himself has vowed to ...