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President should use ‘taxation without representation’ license plate, says petition

The organization DC Vote, which advocates for increased city control over D.C. affairs, hopes to use the power of the people to put pressure on President Obama — to install a new license plate. Specifically the petition on Whitehouse.gov calls for the presidential limousine to bear a “taxation without representation”…

D.C. residents pledge to dump trash at Boehner’s house

A government shutdown could literally be a mess for House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). Thousands of the Washington, D.C. residents who will be without trash service if the government shuts its doors are promising to take their garbage to the Speaker’s residence. A Facebook page is inviting people to join…

Royalists want a little revolutionary action of their own

I’m sure everyone under the sun has seen this amusing commentary by David Schuster about the ridiculousness of the teabaggers. And while I enjoyed every double and single entendre, I think I might have laughed the hardest when he pointed out that the fundamental difference between the teabaggers and the…