http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com Politics and other weird news from around the country Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:10:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Vatican this week announced plans to bring in experts to search the cosmos for signs of extraterrestrial life. And while the Catholic Church's position is said to be that of a continuing effort to reconcile religion with reason and gain a better understanding of the origin of life, a source close ... http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com/2009/11/10/aliens-abduct-the-pope/ It's a tragedy, something no parent should have to deal with. Losing a child would undoubtedly cause a lifelong hurt no parent could ever recover from. I can't say for certain but I'm sure the void left by the child's death would forever be filled what ifs, a burden the ... http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com/2009/01/06/losing-a-child/ Get a life! Michael Newdow, you and your plaintiffs are making all of us look like whiny little children. You're lawsuit to have "so help me god" taken out of the inaugaration and your objection to Rick Warren delivering the invocation speech are petty and seem to ignore the fact ... http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com/2009/01/02/from-one-atheist-to-another/ Is it a "huge mistake" as one editor put it? Barack Obama's choice to let über-conservative evangelical pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is drawing a lot of flack from liberals and the gay community but should we be surprised by this for any other reason than ... http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com/2008/12/18/obama-under-fire-from-gay-community/ This may not be the best way for Barack Obama to start his stint in the Oval Office. The stench surrounding Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich spreads across the entire state and sticks to every politician around. But the noxious fumes might affect the president-elect worse than anyone, including Blago himself. The ... http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com/2008/12/11/obama-will-start-term-amidst-controversy/ Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has, as U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said, "taken us to a new low," by allegedly trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant senate seat in exchange for financial benefits for him and his wife. Scumbag. The Democrat also allegedly contemplated keeping the seat for himself if he ... http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com/2008/12/10/corruption-in-illinois/ Does Barack Obama need to apologize for perhaps being the first politician to stick to his word? During his campaign he promised to reach across the aisle and work with moderates and conservatives to help fix the problems afflicting our country. Now every politician makes that promise but would we ... http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com/2008/12/09/obama-takes-heat-from-liberals/ Mark Begich, the incoming Alaska senator who beat out convicted felon Ted Stevens for a seat held by the Republican for decades, is now saying his 85 year-old former opponent should not be thrown in jail. Ted Stevens was convicted in October on seven felony counts of making false statements in regards to ... http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com/2008/12/05/senator-doesnt-want-ted-stevens-put-in-jail/ Nathaniel Hawthorne said "Families are always rising and falling in America." Actually, I am more or less quoting "The Departed" and its quoting of that line. Nevertheless, it's true. That being said, could we possibly see the Bush family rise from the ruins that George W. Bush has left it ... http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com/2008/12/04/senator-jeb-bush/ Cat fight! Alaska Senator Lisa Mukowski has shown her claws to Governor Sarah Palin, warning the former Republican vice presidential candidate not to run against her in her bid for re-election to the senate in 2010. "I can guarantee it will be a very tough election," Murkowski said in an interview. Murkowski ... http://thelastmaninamerica.today.com/2008/12/03/murkowski-warns-palin-about-run-for-senate/