The Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa was a post-Apocalyptic dystopia of what the world could be if Republicans were completely in charge: Scared (mostly) white people in a militarized labyrinth of blockades in strategic dead ends … all for your protection. Attendees endured security checks inside secured perimeters within partitioned areas. “Small government” police brigades were in roving gangs [Read More]

Independent’s Eye by Joe Gandelman PUEBLO, Colo. — When President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented Raymond G. “Jerry” Murphy with a Medal of Honor in 1953, he noted that Pueblo nicknamed “the Steel City,” has had several Medal of Honor recipients and wondered: “What is it… something in the water out there in Pueblo? All you guys turn out to be [Read More]

So that happened. Clint Eastwood argued with an empty chair on national television for 14 minutes. Also, Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidential nomination, but his Pinocchio speech (in which he tried to become a real boy by lying) isn’t what people are talking about. When an old man arguing with furniture is what people remember, your convention didn’t go [Read More]