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Play that funky music, white boys

Play that funky music, white boys

Jaime Carrillo and Jaime Carrillo March 7, 2012

Is there anything better than when music meets politics? If you watch as much C-SPAN as I do, then your answer is definitely no. Problem is, most popular musicians are rather peeved when Republican Party...

Hannity Hallucinations

Hannity Hallucinations

Jaime Carrillo and Jaime Carrillo February 22, 2012

Osama bin Laden is dead. In fact, I’d argue he is very dead. I’d propose that he is somewhere in the deepest levels of hell, making non sequiturs with Hitler and the guy who invented “business casual”...

Hand to God

Hand to God

Jaime Carrillo and Jaime Carrillo February 9, 2012

As far as Republicans go, I can’t imagine a group I disagree with more, except for perhaps Nickelback fans or people who watch The Voice. But with Representative Michele Bachman, pizza guy Herman Cain,...

Americas love affair with socialism

America’s love affair with socialism

Jaime Carrillo and Jaime Carrillo November 30, 2011

I wish I knew how to quit you: America’s rollercoaster relationship with Socialism I was watching Woody Allen’s romantic comedy classic Annie Hall. I used to identify with Woody Allen’s character...

Insane in the Cain Brain

Insane in the Cain Brain

Jaime Carrillo and Jaime Carrillo November 9, 2011

I feel really sorry for Herman Cain. The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and Republican presidential candidate is currently the GOP front-runner. However, I’m almost entirely positive he doesn’t want...

Wasilla or Bust

Wasilla or Bust

Jaime Carrillo and Jaime Carrillo October 26, 2011

The 2012 presidential elections have already exhausted me. Whether it’s Gov. Rick Perry and Gov. Mitt Romney arguing over which one is more compassionate (compassion, in this case, being a derogatory...

Does Obama deserve a second chance?

Does Obama deserve a second chance?

Jaime Carrillo and Jaime Carrillo October 12, 2011

The first vote I ever cast was for Barack Obama (save for that one time I voted for Sanjaya) and I remember the day like it was yesterday. I wore a nice collared shirt I had bought just for the occasion,...

Survivor: America And how the GOP debates are the new summer reality show

‘Survivor: America’ And how the GOP debates are the new summer reality show

Jaime Carrillo and Jaime Carrillo September 28, 2011

You can take your Jersey Shores and your Real Worlds and your Bachelorettes and shove them in a sewer pipe. The true reality television art form lives on; nay thrives on, in the Republican presidential...

The South Shall Deny Again

The South Shall Deny Again

Jaime Carrillo and Jaime Carrillo September 14, 2011

I’m a snob. If you’re a frequent reader of my column you know this to be stone-cold fact. And the snobbery doesn't stop with me. I think that there are parts of this country that are just plain smarter,...

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