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Cheerios has a brand new commercial featuring an interracial couple and their daughter that has prompted internet racists to react in a way that YouTube was forced to shut down it's comments section because of the ugly, vile things being said.

I was watching NBC Nightly News last night with my wife and heard something that really made me angry. First of all, I usually don't like to blog about political issues, but this issue really sent me over the edge. The story involved New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) and President Obama (D) walking together on the newly opened New Jersey Boardwalk that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy m

There have a been a few controversial commercials lately, but a new ad from Samsung has men everywhere crying foul. Usually, when the term 'sexist' is used about an ad, it almost always involves women being offended in some way, but the new Samsung ad, called 'Evolutionary Husband' has men very angry about being portrayed as morons.

The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that states lower the blood alcohol level for drunk driving to .05% from .08%. The NTSB believes at least 1,000 lives could be saved each year if this plan were to be adopted. It would be up to the individual states to pass such legislation. Currently, all 50 states have .08 as the standard by which a driver is considered impaired and subjec

Since 3-D printing technology became a reality, the fear of being able to create something destructive has been realized. The first ever 3-D printed gun has been fired successfully, which has a lot of people, including lawmakers, very worried. The other problem is the fact that the gun's digital blueprints can be downloaded for free by anyone who wants to build their own and has access to a 3-D pr

This has been a very difficult week in light of the bombs at the Boston Marathon, the explosion at the fertilizer plant in Waco, TX. and yesterday's defeat in the Senate of a bill that would have expanded background checks to purchase a gun and banned the sale of some semi-automatic weapons like military assault weapons. My question to the Senate is, what's wrong with expanded background checks? R

Since the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT., gun control, gun rights and gun ownership has been a major hot button issue across the country with tensions running extremely high on both sides. The town of Nelson, Georgia has passed a law that seems strange at the very least, that requires citizens to own a gun and ammo.

Not many of us know a lot about every president through history, but most adults recognize most of the presidents if nothing else. We all have our favorite president and can tell you exactly why. You wouldn't expect to find many children under the age of 8 who even know what the president does, let alone anything about them - until now.

Last month, the U.S. Postal Service announced it would end Saturday delivery of first class mail in an effort to save $2 billion annually. The Postal Service lost about $16 billion last year, but on Thursday Congress passed legislation requiring six-day delivery, which is not what the Postal Service wanted to see.

A proposal that would make it mandatory for some Hoosier welfare recipients to undergo drug testing to remain eligible for benefits was approved, early Monday morning, by the Indiana House.

Kentuckians may soon be allowed to get stinking-drunk before hitting the polls, as state lawmakers are entertaining the idea of abolishing the Prohibition-era booze ban that currently prevents everyone from the social drinker to the raging alcoholic from purchising a stiff drink on Election Day...

Indiana lawmakers believe that organizations like the Humane Society of the United States are aggressively looking to put an end to citizen’s rights to kill wildlife for sport as well as govern the livestock production of area farmers...