The Common Sense Republic

unCommonSense: The Missing Link or Marketing Ploy?

nate V — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:54:44 +0000

“Scientists have unveiled a 47-million-year-old fossilized skeleton of a monkey hailed as the missing link in human evolution.” – Sky News This amazing fossil discovery, dubbed “Ida”, has been described by experts as the “eighth wonder of the world” and on par with the famous unearthing of the Rosetta Stone which allowed the world to decipher [...]

The Torture Witch Hunt and Flippity-flopping: it’s all about Political Convenience

nate V — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:08:59 +0000

I think the general public is coming to the sudden (and possibly harsh) realization that the democratic fervor for prosecuting the Bush administration on the issue of waterboarding is not only slowing to a crawl but beginning to royally backfire. Most people are aware of the CIA reports that emerged last week indicating that Nancy [...]

Week-end Wrap-up: What you might have missed last week.

nate V — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:55:50 +0000

The week is over; here is what you might have missed, with commentary from the left and right. . Arlen Specter forgets which team he is on? Last week in an interview with the New York Times, new democrat Specter says: “There’s still time for the Minnesota courts to do justice and declare Norm Coleman the winner.” This is very [...]

ACORN Spokesman Offers Proof ACORN is Run by Idiots.

nate V — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:49:45 +0000

Many of you have seen ACORN in the news recently for allegedly offering incentives to employees to sign up voters, resulting in voter registration fraud by over-zealous community organizers. (not to mention the 19,000 fake registrations, according to this Gateway Pundit article) In this great clip, Glenn Beck takes on a forgettable ACORN spokesman, [...]

CSL of the Week: Unwittingly greenlighting a simulated terrorist attack on NYC, no April Fools.

nate V — Sun, 03 May 2009 04:01:26 +0000

For those of you hiding under a rock or recovering from the flu, someone in the government hierarchy had the brilliant idea for a top secret photo-op to update the pictures of "Bush's Air Force One" to "Obama's Air Force One" (Like there is a difference...) To top it all off, the photo-op was to take place a few hundred feet above New York city skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty, in what would turn out to be a 9/11 flashback for many locals. One has to wonder what the real reason could be for such an insensitive operation... perhaps the presidential visitor's brochure or "mug shot" was out of date, or maybe someone thought the Air Force One picture on Whitehouse.gov would look "sweet" with the New York City skyline in the backdrop. Either way, the bottom line is that the whole thing was a silly idea in the first place. Surprisingly, polarized blogs HuffingtonPost.com and MichelleMalkin.com both reacted strongly with articles demonstrating how the government could have avoid the 300k+ spent on the photo-op, not to mention the publicity nightmare, by using Photoshop for 5 minutes. (here and here). And yes, it is possible...

Liberals vs Conservatives vs Common Sense: Most Offensive Protest Signs

nate V — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:45:25 +0000

There is no doubt; there were some very offensive signs at the Tea Parties organized by conservatives. In fact, our good friends at the Huffington Post were so prepared to be offended they had their citizen reporters out at the rallies to snap photos of the most outrageous signs (I am assuming they weren’t sent there to offer support). Since I completely agree that their “ten most offensive signs” are all in pretty bad taste and demonstrate an extreme lack of common sense, I thought I would do a little Google driven protest sign comparison and see who can push the limits of common sense the farthest… (ok, so part of me wanted to find out if HuffPo was being a tiny bit hypocritical) And so, The Common Sense Republic, in conjunction with offended people everywhere, would like to present the first four rounds of the occasionally-annual: Liberals vs. Conservatives vs Common Sense: Most Offensive Protesters.

This Just In: The UN announces possible flu pandemic, 5 days past relevancy.

nate V — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:13:31 +0000

This new, hard hitting report highlighting the UN’s fall from global relevancy comes via Breitbart.com in its entirety.

Can You Afford to Outsource Your Own Job?

nate V — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:02:49 +0000

The Onion brings us this shocking report on a previously unknown "benefit" of outsourcing; as it becomes more and more affordable, soon everyone will be outsourcing their own jobs, with impressive results.

unCommon Sense: Torture Abuse?

nate V — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:19:21 +0000

With the release of the CIA interview today claiming water boarding saved American lives, and Obama suggesting he might prosecute such actions, we all have a fresh new hypothetical moral dilemma to mentally chew on. I think most people can agree that there is some point at which everyone supports the use of aggression as [...]

Extreme Common Sense Loss: Gov Rick Perry and Secession Talk

nate V — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:54:47 +0000

The Common Sense Loss of the Week Award goes to conservative Texas Governor Rick Perry. I wont get into the implications of his ridiculous comments about secession, people on both sides of the table have had some good things to say (Kos, Hullabaloo, Hot Air) while others were strangely silent. Mike Huckabee had some especially [...]