donttreadonme's blog

This opinion piece will cover two related issues, both why we need to expand from the current two party system and why I believe that the Libertarian Party is the best party.  Read More »

I posted this on the Washington Post in the comments section in response to some others, but I doubt I'll get much feedback. A little background. Terry McAullife, Brian Moran, and Creigh Deeds are running for the Democratic nomination.  Read More »

Recently I went to the St. Patrick's Day festival in Church Hill in Richmond. Church Hill is an old an historical neighborhood in the East End of Richmond, home to St.  Read More »

There's this website called Fundies Say the Darndest Things (fstdt.com). They also have on their website "Racists say the Darndest Things" and "Conspiracy Theorists Say the Darndest Things". I have to say, some of the quotes are hilarious (and kind of scary). But a lot of the comments for each quote are just mean.  Read More »

It is critical that we let Georgia and the Ukraine into NATO, along with any other former Soviet Socialist Republics and satellite states that want to join. NATO has once again become necessary with Russia's new military policy focused on controlling its former empire.  Read More »

I wish all the Republicans would just drop out of the races. That way, when Barrack Obama becomes president, he can appoint all the people without contest, and get everything he wants done. I mean part of the problem with America is that we always have two parties fighting. If we only had one party, we could really get things done.  Read More »

First off let me say that the connection between Barack Obama is a stretch. Their relationship amounts to time spent serving on a board together, and Ayers is a professor at The University of Chicago, so plenty of Chicago politicians, regardless of their political affiliations, are probably going to have some connection to him.  Read More »

Recently in New Mexico, Elane Photography (a husband and wife who shoot weddings) was sued by Vanessa Willock because they would not photograph a commitment ceremony between Willock and her girlfriend, due to the photographers' Christian beliefs. The photographers were ordered to pay $6000 to the plaintiffs by the New Mexico Human Rights Commission.  Read More »