unCommonSense: The Missing Link or Marketing Ploy?

“Scientists have unveiled a 47-million-year-old fossilized skeleton of a monkey hailed as the missing link in human evolution.” - Sky News
This amazing fossil discovery, dubbed “Ida”, has been described by experts as the “eighth wonder of the world” and on par with the famous unearthing of the Rosetta Stone which allowed the world to decipher… »

Week-end Wrap-up: What you might have missed last week.

The week is over; here is what you might have missed, with commentary from the left and right.
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Arlen Specter forgets which team he is on?
Last week in an interview with the New York Times, new democrat Specter says:

“There’s still time for the Minnesota courts to do justice and declare Norm Coleman the winner.”
This is very… »

ACORN Spokesman Offers Proof ACORN is Run by Idiots.

Many of you have seen ACORN in the news recently for allegedly offering incentives to employees to sign up voters, resulting in voter registration fraud by over-zealous community organizers. (not to mention the 19,000 fake registrations, according to this Gateway Pundit article)  In this great clip, Glenn Beck takes on a forgettable ACORN spokesman,… »

CSL of the Week: Unwittingly greenlighting a simulated terrorist attack on NYC, no April Fools.

For those of you hiding under a rock or recovering from the flu, someone in the government hierarchy had the brilliant idea for a top secret photo-op to update the pictures of “Bush’s Air Force One” to “Obama’s Air Force One” (Like there is a difference…) To top it all off, the photo-op was… »

The Grey Republic: A Look at What Divides Us

Within our modern society there is very little that we can classify as cut and dry, non-negotiable, agreed upon by everyone, black and white.  Most of us have never met a person that we agreed with on each and every issue.  As such we all have a few options when it comes to social interaction… … »

The Constitution

The Constitution:
We, the slightly sarcastic people of The Common Sense Republic, may have created this forum to promote free thinking and general good sense through humor and social/political commentary. It may have also been designed to demonstrate, even prove, that opposing viewpoints can still be presented with logical argument in a respectful way. We might… »

The Amendments

The Amendments for the Comedic Minded

We believe in Humor. We believe in Common Sense. Therefore we are not afraid to promote Common Sense through exposing those who demonstrate a lack of it. Please do not take it personally, and feel free to present your defense, no matter how silly it may seem.
Every established institution and… »