May 13, 2012 The Texas League of Women Voters and our local Abilene Public Library are offering a free 'Voters Guide' to help voters make informed voting decisions.
President Obama, for years, has been against same-sex marriage but recently just shifted his support for same-sex marriage in what he calls an “evolution” of his views. What are your thoughts? Are you for or against same-sex marriage?
April 18, 2012 The race for the Sheriffs office in Abilene is promising to be a heated race as the candidates pour their feelings and experience into their campaigns. Hardin Simmons University social work students will be holding an 'Open Public Forum' on campus April 24th. Their goal is to distinguish the clear differences between all three candidates. Guess who the HSU students have coming to the 'Open Public Forum'?
It seems you can’t turn on the TV without seeing one poll or another that supposedly reflects the majority of Americans. Whether it’s TV viewing, eating, sleeping, internet or voting preferences (amongst many others) there’s a poll for everything. But, how many times have you seen results of a poll that didn’t reflect your thoughts? For me, all the freakin’ time.
April 5, 2012 Rescue The Animals, the S.P.C.A. and Abilene residence were successful in getting the Abilene City Council to table the dangerous dog ordinance they were considering. The ordinance will be reviewed again, before it's brought up for public discussion. Rest assured we will keep you updated on this hot topic.
March 22, 2012 'October Baby' opens in select theaters across the country this Friday March 23 2012, during this election year this movie will deal with a hot political topic, abortion. Hannah the star of the movie, falls ill and learns that she was a failed abortion and was given up for adoption. This is where her journey begins in search of herself and her biological mother.
If only presidential campaign videos all looked and sounded this cool. YouTube user Hugh Atkin‘s latest upload has racked up tens of thousands of views in just a matter of days. Why? Because if you take Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady” and replace the original lyrics with Mitt Romney quotes, and make it rhyme perfectly, you get the internet to “please stand up” and pay attention.
Newt Gingrich definitely knows how to play to his audience. In a campaign speech near Cape Canaveral, FL, on Wednesday, Gingrich promised that, as president, he would push to colonize the moon.
During last night’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama referenced a woman named Kathy Proctor, a mother of two and former factory worker earning a degree in biotechnology. In the most epic modesty fail we’ve ever seen, Proctor, who was sitting in the audience, excitedly blabbed to everyone around her that she was the woman in question.
There aren’t a whole lot of popular politicians these days, Gallup would know. A new report from the research organization found a record percentage of Americans are identifying themselves as independents rather than Democrats or Republicans.
Say what you will about the political competency of Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum or even Michelle Bachmann, but none of those candidates promised the entire nation a free pony while wearing half of a hip wader on their heads. And that’s why Vermin Supreme, the self-proclaimed “friendly fascist” who looks like Gandalf from ‘Lord of the Rings’ after a bender, has our vote in the 2012 presidential race.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night by the narrowest of margins, besting former US Senator Rick Santorum by just eight votes in the first primary for the Republican presidential nomination.
