Spacer

hey bloggers!

Add a poll to your site and get traffic back from Pikk.com!
pikk sponsor
Swear
related tags

Activism Bill_clinton Blagojevich Boner Budget Buffalo Bush Cabinet Change China Congress Corruption Crime Deficit Diplomacy Economy Fundraising Gay_issues Gay_marriage Gop Government Health_care Health_care_reform Hillary Homophobia Hp Illinois Jobs Justice Kennedys Legislation Louisiana Michael_steele Obama Overkill Political Potus Privacy Race Racism Roland_burris Rush_limbaugh Rust_belt Scandal Senate Snl Stimulus Taxes Tv War_on_terror

pikk sponsor
pikk sponsor

Stories Tagged With Politics

Arrow_bkgd

HUGE

MINOR

5 Pikks

 

House bans earmarks to for-profit companies

Facing an election-year backlash over runaway spending and ethics scandals, House Democrats moved Wednesday to ban earmarks for private companies, sparking a war between the parties over which would embrace the most dramatic steps to change the way bu [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
2 comments (last by bowlofsoup)
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

HERO

JERK

7 Pikks

 

Yes Massa!

Bn-20100305-b001-massastafferall-29704-mi0001
I'm sure you think he's a jerk or a fool, but Eric Massa's my hero for a day. I'd love to see him bring down Glenn Beck, but that ain't gonna happen. But he did stand up to The Man! Bravo Massa! [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
8 comments (last by bowlofsoup)
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

APPROVE

OBJECT

5 Pikks

 

GOP mocks Dems with cartoon caricatures in fundraising document

One page, headed “The Evil Empire,” pictures Obama as the Joker from Batman, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid are depicted as Cruella DeVille and Scooby Doo, respectively.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
0 comments
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

HERO

JERK

9 Pikks

 

One senator blocks unemployment extension, pissing off everyone

Hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers faced an end to their jobless benefits Monday, and the federal government furloughed about 2,000 employees without pay, as a result of Bunning's efforts to block legislation that would fund $10 billion in fe [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
10 comments (last by kapauldo)
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

BELIEVE

DOUBT

8 Pikks

 

Spike in domestic abuse linked to spike in unemployment

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) drew catcalls from conservatives Tuesday for saying that men "tend to become abusive" when out of work, but battered-women's advocates who have watched their caseloads grow as the recession took hold pointed  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
0 comments
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

GLAD

SAD

6 Pikks

 

Under Fire, Gov. Paterson Drops Election Bid

Gov. David Paterson of New York dropped his bid for election this afternoon, bowing to political pressure from leading Democrats amid anemic poll numbers and a new investigation into his administration's response to a domestic abuse claim against one  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
0 comments
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

YES

NO

6 Pikks

 

Do you want to see more open summits in government?

President Obama declared Thursday that the time for debate over health-care reform has come to an end, closing an unusual seven-hour summit with congressional leaders by sending a clear message that Democrats will move forward to pass major legislatio [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
0 comments
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

YES

NO

7 Pikks

 

Would you swap Iranian prisoners for American prisoners?

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday proposed a prisoner swap of Iranians in U.S. prisons for three American hikers being held in Tehran. Ahmadinejad said in interview with state TV that there were ongoing negotiations about possibly ex [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
0 comments
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

HOORAY!

BOO!

6 Pikks

 

A Good Fight - Swampland - TIME.com

The Chinese, who have been acting pompous and huffy on the global stage in recent years, are upset that Hillary Clinton has challenged them on internet censorship. Too bad. This is a good fight to have--and a very good moment to show the Chinese that  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
0 comments
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

REDEMPTION

DAMNATION

4 Pikks

 

Love, Lust, and Losing Things. Bye Bye John Edwards . . .

Sorry, but you'll have to read the whole thing before you know what you really think. Then tell me what I think. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
0 comments
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

THRIVE

FAIL

6 Pikks

 

How America Can Rise Again - The Atlantic (January/February 2010)

James Fallows Claims we can, and he narrows his focus to the political system in identifying what needs to be fixed. Can Buffalo represent a perfect microcosm of the nation as a whole? If Buffalo can rise again, then we all can, right? Wide right? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
0 comments
Watch_story
Arrow_bkgd

SERIOUS

STUPID

5 Pikks

 

On the White House - A Phrase Sets Off Sniping After a Crisis

Ya gotta love the political sniping which follows choice of phrase. Kinda makes you feel as if the jackals lie perpetually in wait, no? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
Watch_tags
Bury
1 comment (last by kapauldo)
Watch_story
© 2010 for pikk by Oasis Web Development