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According to the Chinese calendar, 2007 is the Year of the Pig. We hear about “Pork Barrel Spending” or “earmarks” all the time when we hear about congressional spending. Supposedly this is when a representative sets aside an amount of money to send to a special project in his or her district.
It helps them [...]

My compadre, on The Hawg Pen, Reg-E recently blogged about Cindy Sheehan, and her run for Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s seat in Congress.
He explained that her only issue is the war, and that that isn’t reason enough to vote for her.
Cindy Sheehan is one of the founders of Gold Star Families for Peace (along with her [...]

Hello…… LP!!…….. is anybody home?
Does the Libertarian Party want [...]

This post originally appeared on Mercury Rising.

The GOP/Media Complex, always ready to shove nonsense down our throats:
On the May 10 broadcast of Sean Hannity’s nationally syndicated radio show, radio hosts Jim Quinn and Rose Tennent repeated baseless allegations that they had reportedly made on their own XM Radio show that Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman [...]

Happy Independence Day. In honor, I’m posting an audio blog. Listen to The Hawg Pen’s recent conversation with Raymond McKinney, who is seeking The Repulican Party’s nomination for President of The United States.
Mr. McKinney is not an independent candidate, but he has an independent streak, and some positions that I think could be described as [...]