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Ronald Reagan

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Allen West Just Quoting Everybody All Willy-Nilly, Misquotes Lincoln on Lincoln Day

    ​Earlier this month, Congressman Allen West said he was "not into name-calling, all that kind of stuff." On Saturday, he said Democratic leadership should "get the hell out of the United States of America." Those comments, at the Palm Beach County GOP's Lincoln Day dinner, got plenty of play on Tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Allen West History Revision: Attributes Ronald Reagan Abortion Quote to Abraham Lincoln

    ​If you didn't know about Abraham Lincoln's strong anti-abortion policies while he was in the White House, it's probably because they didn't exist.Rep. Allen West, however -- the former history teacher -- decided to deal an anti-abortion quote to the annual March for Life at the National Mall in W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    If Pizza Is a Vegetable, So Is This Burger

    Flickr user: WhologwhyMmmm, veggies.​Every few years, our elected officials pretend to care about nutrition. This week, Congress is debating whether to keep counting the tomato paste on pizza as a serving of vegetables in school lunches. Makes you nostalgic for the days of mystery meat and rubbery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Rick Scott Wants the Government to Choose Your College Major -- No More Anthropologists

    Anthropology? All that stuff is already covered in the Bible!​Here are Gov. Rick Scott's small-government principles at work again -- he wants the state to pick and choose which university majors are more important and shift funding from liberal arts programs toward the state universities' enginee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    President Obama Turns 50 Today; Let's Recount His Most Magical Moments

    via Photobucket user bluejessamine​President Barack Obama turns 50 years old today -- according to both his "Kenyan" birth certificate and the real one -- and policy decisions aside, it's been a magical ride.That's right, magical. The president has managed to invent a few new states, made fun of N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    The "Black Ronald Reagan" Is Coming, but It's Not Allen West, According to The Root

    ​The Root, an African-American culture magazine, says that there's "a job opening out there for a black Ronald Reagan" but that Rep. Allen West don't fit the bill.The magazine says West, along with Rep. Tim Scott and presidential candidate Herman Cain, are black Republicans who have had the opport ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Allen West Is Pissed About Libya, Part I: Apology To Obama?

    Above you'll find Allen West, talking on Sunday at a the second anniversary picnic of Florida 9/12. He is speaking about President Barack Obama's weakness in the face of Muammar Gaddafi. "I don't care what anyone says -- you can't win a war from 30,000 feet," he says. Thank goodness we're not at war ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Reader: This is a Republican's Wet Dream

    ​Our comment of the day today comes from a long time commenter who summed up what a Republican might (ahem) say while doing dirty things.This comes after our post on The Juice that details how Deputy Property Appraiser Bob Wolfe not only supports Allen West but tweets about it.His office didn't ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    A Real Laffer: Rick Scott's Economic Guru Is "Trickle Down" Man

    Florida Fraudster-in-Chief Rick Scott has named his economic advisers, and it's not a pretty list. The biggest name on the list is Arthur Laffer, Ronald Reagan's trickle-down voodoo economist whose "Laffer Curve" was aptly named. It was certainly laughable. Laffer claimed that ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    Ronnie's Kids

    Today, amnesty is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

  • Film

    October 1, 2009

    With Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore Sells the Same Old Shtick

    Today, amnesty is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

  • Music

    September 10, 2009

    Political Boss

    No rock star has played politics smarter than Bruce Springsteen.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    What About Bob? Florida Senior Bids to Be Florida's Junior Senator

    Bob SmithBob Smith, who for 12 years served as New Hampshire's U.S. Senator, is betting that his brand of retro-Republicanism will carry him to victory in the 2010 race to be U.S. Senator from Florida. Smith retired in Sarasota six years ago and declared his candidacy this month. If elected, he woul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Tribune's Lee Abrams Defines America

    In his latest think piece, Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams describes the transformation of the company's national cable channel, WGN, into "WGN-America." "WHY 'AMERICA'? Because there's more to life than Hollywood and Manhattan," Abrams writes. "The channel will speak to Mi ... More >>

  • Film

    March 5, 2009

    Dr. Manhattan Goes Hollywood

    Whew! Tinseltown's go-to graphic novel guy didn't ruin Watchmen. But he doesn't get it either.

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Grand Old Puny: Republicans Feeling Blue

    Not that it matters for another 22 months, but a recent in-depth state-by-state analysis of party affiliation by Gallup says Florida "leans Democrat." The study included more than 18,000 interviews with Floridians and ultimately says that since 2002, the country has gone from mostly Republi ... More >>

  • Music

    October 23, 2008

    Cool Credos

    We offer the presidential contenders our picks for political theme songs

  • Film

    October 16, 2008

    Murder, Spies, & Voting Lies and Boogieman

    We offer the presidential contenders our picks for political theme songs

  • News

    September 4, 2008

    Trickster in Chief

    Famed political hit man Roger Stone takes a special interest in would-be Broward Sheriff Scott Israel

  • Music

    September 4, 2008

    Takin' Care of Business

    A changing music industry means business as usual for All That Remains frontman Phil Labonte

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2008

    McCain's VP Pick Is Beyond The Palin

    A changing music industry means business as usual for All That Remains frontman Phil Labonte

  • Music

    July 3, 2008

    Rock 'n' Roll's National Anthems

    Here are some songs to enjoy on the Fourth of July

  • News

    April 24, 2008

    No Country for Old Communists

    Mikhail Gorbachev, at Seminole Hard Rock, tears down that hall

  • Music

    March 6, 2008

    Licensed to Chill

    How the Beasties went from hip-hop pranksters to musical renaissance men

  • Home Entertainment

    March 6, 2008

    Oscar-Starved

    How the Beasties went from hip-hop pranksters to musical renaissance men

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2007

    Forget Justice. We Got Terrorists To Catch.

    How the Beasties went from hip-hop pranksters to musical renaissance men

  • Home Entertainment

    July 19, 2007

    Cold War Reheated

    Red Dawn: Collector's Edition

  • Home Entertainment

    February 22, 2007

    Chick Flick

    Shut Up & Sing, Lunacy, Family Ties, 49th Parallel

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2006

    Down On Florida

    Shut Up & Sing, Lunacy, Family Ties, 49th Parallel

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2006

    Help Team Bores Us To Tears (Or Is It Our Contacts?)

    Shut Up & Sing, Lunacy, Family Ties, 49th Parallel

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2006

    Backstage Pass

    Shut Up & Sing, Lunacy, Family Ties, 49th Parallel

  • Music

    November 10, 2005

    Jello Biafra with the Melvins

    Sieg Howdy! (Alternative Tentacles)

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Letters for November 3-9, 2005

    Sieg Howdy! (Alternative Tentacles)

  • Film

    September 22, 2005

    Senior Moment

    Jan Decleir shines as a senile hit man in The Memory of a Killer

  • Film

    August 11, 2005

    Going for Broken

    Jim Jarmusch's latest road movie is filled with fetching existential ambiguities

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2005

    Driven to Drink

    Sol Theatre raises a toast to surviving the '80s

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Third Man

    Fort Lauderdale's John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980 and paved the way for spoiler candidates

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Fort Lauderdale's John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980 and paved the way for spoiler candidates

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Contra Campaign

    An Iran-Contra conspirator joins the Swift Boat crowd. It was bound to happen.

  • Music

    June 17, 2004

    Earache

    I had fun at the Darkness show. So bite me.

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2004

    Cucarachas, punk rockers

    I had fun at the Darkness show. So bite me.

  • Culture

    May 29, 2003

    Dem Blues

    The left, turning right, was plain wrong

  • Film

    August 15, 2002

    Cruel Summer

    Looking for fun? Crush will leave you blue

  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002

    Best Centenarian

    Al Ross

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Waiting For Otto

    Why would a man sullied by Iran-contra and illegal propaganda campaigns be a Bush nominee? Good question.

  • Best of BPB

    May 17, 2001

    Best Right-Wing Loony

    Dan Gregory, talk-show host

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    A Double Whammy

    Two top execs at the gaming company that Boulis built have deep ties to the Christian right

  • Music

    January 25, 2001

    Hear Horton

    James Heath leads rock's longest-running revival from one Bush to another

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    One Man, One Vote

    Haitian immigrants like Gerlyn Cadet know in their marrow that a ballot is a precious thing. But this election leaves them feeling robbed.

  • Culture

    September 10, 1998

    There's Something About Jodie

    Haitian immigrants like Gerlyn Cadet know in their marrow that a ballot is a precious thing. But this election leaves them feeling robbed.

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