Political

Barack Obama became the most high-profile member of Foursquare when he joined the location-based social network on Monday.

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This video shows the complete ridiculousness of political advertising...I love it.

On last night’s ‘Tonight Show,’ Roseanne Barr announced that she’ll be running for president in 2012. Even more surprising is that she claims to be completely serious.

“I am running for president of the United States,” she said. “I’ve got to solve all the world’s problems. I’m totally serious because I want to be part of the debates. I want to represent the taxpapers and, in fact, I’m choosing the taxpayers as my vice president.”

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I honestly believe in life that good people win and evil people lose.  However, after the whole Casey Anthony case sometimes that is hard to believe.

So after reading this story about a new bill passed that allows our government to record every single thing you and I do online really creeps me out and solidifies my stance: Our government needs to stay the hell out of my private life!

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When in doubt, laugh about a crap-tastic situation...like the national debt.

I hope Speditol takes the edge off.....and if you take it, in like five years you can get a high priced lawyer and take them to court for advising you to take it

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On 'The Colbert Report' Tuesday, Stephen Colbert gave his support to Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain principally because his name is easy to rhyme.

"When it comes to a presidential candidate, I look first for an easily rhymed name," said Colbert. He then dropped a hysterical (and slightly nonsensical) verse playing on Cain's name.

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In a recent story about gun rights, a reporter got a little more than he bargained for.

Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas was recently interviewing state senator Lori Klein, who's unapologetically carried her pink Ruger pistol in the state's capitol building for years -- most controversially in the days directly after US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was the victim of a mass shooting in Tuscon.

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We've been doing the 50-state thing since Hawaii got the nod in 1959. But if one California politician gets his way, we're going to have to add another star to the flag.

Jeff Stone, who sits on Riverside County Board of Supervisors, is proposing that his and 12 other counties in the southern half of California break away from the Golden State and form their own state called South California.

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Stephen Colbert was ecstatic on Monday night's episode of 'The Colbert Report' when he learned that John Lennon may have been a closet Republican.

According to a man who worked for Lennon, the musician once said he was considering voting for Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter. This was all the evidence Colbert needed.

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First he found Bin Laden and now he’s quieting the cries of our nation’s babies. In an official White House video that’s circulating today, Barack and Michelle Obama are greeting a crowd of visitors when the first lady picks up a fan’s baby. The infant is wailing, but when she’s handed over to the president, her cries instantly stop. Watch the clip below:

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For a man who had just been arrested, former US Sen. John Edwards sure looks chipper in his mugshot, which was released on Wednesday.

The one-time vice presidential hopeful was arrested in June on conspiracy and campaign law violation charges, to which he pleaded not guilty.

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How can a state with so many smart people in charge have so many financial problems?

Nearly 90 percent of all legislators in California have a bachelor's degree or higher, the highest percentage of any state legislature in the US. Of course, considering the well-known money issues plaguing the state, maybe it's time voters elect someone who majored in economics.

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