Republicans aren't saying, "You're on your own!" They're saying, "Fuck you, you're on your own!"

Wednesday, 9:52 AM: In my travels I’ve usually found that, no matter how exciting the place your visiting is, it takes four or five days to get tired of it. I don’t know if that’s a hard and fast rule. Maybe I just have a serious case of wanderlust. But In the case of the Republican National Convention I found that it took four or five hours.

We’re a nation of hyperboles. Nearly any position can be boil down to the other side disrespecting life. The pro-life crowd does it all the time. Fine. But what about when that fetus becomes a cyclist? Should we not do all that we can to protect the sanctity of life, especially when that grownup fetus is trying to share the road with vehicles going 45mph, armed with nothing more than a plastic helmet? Of course!

"It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what."

...a recent post of the RNC invoked my beloved Ohio. And Lordy, do I hate being the proverbial political piñata.

“Ohioans are suffering under the Obama economy with unemployment at a stagnant 7.2%. Sign our petition to send the president a message today.”

I didn’t bother to look at their petition. I can only assume it’s a demand to release birth certificates, proof of Christianity and an executive apology for being likable toward young voters. What caught my eye was the 7.2% unemployment.

A simple Google search will confirm that unemployment in Ohio is at 7.2%. Curious, I did another search to see what it was in 2008 after 8 years of Republican policies. Unsurprisingly, unemployment rose to a then 15-year Ohio high of 7.2% in August of 2008.

It didn’t take a lot of coaxing for me to find myself, a half-hour later, idling on the curb in front of a rundown bungalow on the outskirts of Columbus, with future Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan inside said bungalow scoring what he had assured me would be a primo bag of weed.