Kyle Bell

Why is it that rich white people that protest a democratically elected government are called “patriots” yet a diverse group of middle class Americans protesting unaccountable corporate greed are called “mobs”? Just a thought. var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL2t5bGViZWxsLmNvbS8yMDExLzEwLzA5L3RoZS10ZWEtcGFydHktdnMtb2NjdXB5LXdhbGwtc3RyZWV0Lzx3cHRiPlRoZSBUZWEgUGFydHkgdnMuIE9jY3VweSBXYWxsIFN0cmVldDx3cHRiPmh0dHA6Ly9reWxlYmVsbC5jb208d3B0Yj5LeWxlIEJlbGw%3D”;

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This is what freedom looks like in America. Speak up against the rich and you get beat down (literally). As reported by a local Fox station in New York: While covering the Occupy Wall Street protests on Wednesday night, Fox 5 photographer Roy Isen was hit in the eyes by mace from a police officer [...]

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Showing just how amazing modern bio-technology has become, a deaf woman is now capable of hearing thanks to an implant. A video of this has hit Youtube, causing waves as she emotionally hears her own voice for the first time. If that doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, I don’t know what will. var [...]

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Republican politicians in Pennsylvania have floated around the idea of changing state election law to give their party’s nominee an advantage in next year’s election. The Democratic-leaning state has not supported a Republican for president since George Bush’s father in 1988 against Michael Dukakis. Barack Obama easily defeated John McCain here in 2008 by a [...]

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President Obama might not like to gloat about his foreign policy victories, but he deserves recognition for them. The toppling of the Gaddafi regime is a rare triumph for American foreign policy in recent years. Without the leadership of President Obama, the rebels would have been squashed in Benghazi and the country would have remained [...]

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The metaphor that Republicans are hostage takers has been used by several writers regarding the debt ceiling debacle that has brought the nation’s economy to its knees. The analogy is an incorrect one for a simple reason: hostage takers are supposed to let go of the hostage after their demands are met. President Obama and [...]

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Have you heard ads on TV blaming the country’s deficits on President Obama? You likely have if you’ve watched cable news in the past couple weeks. They are being blanketed nationwide in a $20 million effort by a conservative group known as Crossroads GPS. Working behind the scenes is Karl Rove, the former political mastermind [...]

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Let me tell you about my favorite place. It is called Kyleville. Everyone there always dresses in purple, and all the cars and the geese are purple, too. The Beatles came to do a concert in Kyleville once, and the band liked it so much they never left. Now every Monday night, all the people [...]

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Have to love Will Ferrell. Best George W. Bush impersonation on the planet. var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL2t5bGViZWxsLmNvbS8yMDExLzA1LzA2L3ByZXNpZGVudC1idXNoLXJlYWN0cy10by1vc2FtYS1iaW4tbGFkZW4ta2lsbGluZy88d3B0Yj5QcmVzaWRlbnQgQnVzaCBSZWFjdHMgdG8gT3NhbWEgYmluIExhZGVuIEtpbGxpbmc8d3B0Yj5odHRwOi8va3lsZWJlbGwuY29tPHdwdGI%2BS3lsZSBCZWxs”;

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The Sanctuary Movement: How Broken Immigration Policies Affect Cities is selling strong on Amazon.com. The latest sales figures on the site put it at #1 among books about immigration law and #2 among books about El Salvador history (the book is not about El Salvador, although it does reference a period of war where Salvadorans [...]

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