New RNC Chairman Named

In a last ditch effort to show that their party is indeed diverse the Republicans have picked Michael Steele, the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, to chair the Republican National Committee. Steele will be the first African American to hold the position.

Republicans have also announced that they will be replacing house minority leader John Boehner with Saved By The Bell Star Mario Lopez.

Friday Poll

Well Friday has rolled around once again which means it's poll day!

With Superbowl Sunday in two days, I think I'll give this week's poll over to my sports fanatic friends and ask Who do you want to win the Superbowl this year?

The Pittsburgh Steelers?
or
The Arizona Cardinals?

STD's in the Red States

Wow big shocker apparently STD rates are higher in red states than they are in blue ones. And people thought abstinence only education was working.

The Lilly Ledbetter Act

President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter act into law today. The new law gives women the right to file a lawsuit against the company they are working for, if they discover that they are being paid less than their male counterparts because of their gender. Prior to the act being signed into law women only had 180 days after they started their job to sue for pay discrimination, but the new law gives women 360 days to to file suit after finding out that they have been discriminated against.

Lilly Ledbetter had been working for many years as a supervisor at a General Motors plant in Alabama when she found that she was earning much less than her male co-workers, who performed the same tasks as she did. Ledbetter filed a suit against GM, and the case was taken all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court who then rejected her case 5-4, because she did not sue within the 180 day time limit.

Unfortunately the new law is not retroactive, and Ledbetter will not see any money from this new ruling, but President Obama signing this bill into law is a giant step forward for all women in the workplace. However, it is disgusting to me that it took until 2009 for this law to be put on the books.

Baby Bump

The View co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck is expecting her third child with football player husband Tim Hasselbeck. Hasselbeck announced her pregnancy this morning on The View. She is due in August.

White House Bambino?

Perez Hilton posted this blurb yesterday about the rumor swirling around DC that First Lady Michelle Obama is preggo. I think it would be very exciting if she were, but in my honest opinion I do not think she is. If she were pregnant then why was she drinking what looked like champagne at the inauguration?

What do you think? Is Michelle Obama pregnant?

If You Give a Republican a Drink...He's gonna vote No on your Economic Stiumulus Package

The House approved of an 819 Billion dollar economic stimulus package last night, without a single Republican vote. I don't get it Republicans Obama opened up his home and his liquor cabinet to you, and you can't even open your wallets you bastards!