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• It is Black History Month; the More Some Thing Change, the More They Stay the...

  

  How far we have come, how far we still have to go. Republicans suppressed the vote this year by removing predominantly minority legal voters from voting rolls,... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Little Oscar Humor

  

  This is a little Academy award humor; as the person who shared it with me noted, it is awful - and you probably can't help laughing either. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Any Doubt the Right is Racist?

  When I visit my friend Mitch Berg's blog, the commentary of the Mitch-keteers is consistent in references to Barry-the-Kenyan and similar references to our... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Right Wing Nazis in the 2012 Election Cycle?

  

  Strictly speaking, Romney did not invent Romney care; it was an idea advanced by a right wing think tank, after being successful in other countries like... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Force is Not the Answer to the Problem, Armed People in School is Not the Answer

  

  We know what DOES work to prevent school shootings - and it is NOT armed guards in schools. The NRA is a one-trick pony that will give the same answer to every... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Gop = Hypocrisy

  

  NO woman should be forced to have her rapist's child. NO woman should be denied the choice to have an abortion of this jackass's child either. The GOP needs to... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Right Wing Policies, Theories, and Economics Are a FAILURE

  

  Our economy has not done well under GOP presidents; growth is poor. De-regulation and failure to enforce the remaining regulations resulted in the worst economi... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Fox News is Propaganda and disinformationNOT Fair OR BalancedNOT Factual, NOT...

  

  Failures like the failure of Fox to accurately report and predict the 2012 election cycle was only the most recent example. Fox news is not and never has been... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Another Example of the Violent Right

  

  These are the same people who are anti-government, "gun huggers", and who ascribe to an ideology that believes they are entitled and justified in shooting... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Busted by Factcheck.org: More GOP Game-playing, Lies and Hypocrisy - the Claim...

  We are seeing a lot of false claims made by the right about video games and video game playing. Whether it is that playing video games drives people to engage i... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Dear Conservatives, Bigots and Racists, and Let's Not Omit the Misogynists

  

  and let's not forget the homophobes, islamophobes, xenophobes, and of corse, the ever-present misogynists. So not happening, that genuine outreach, to any... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Dear GOP: Time to Blink, You've Lost.

  

  The only question remaining is how badly do you want to continue losing? Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Gun Culture Failed Thinking

  

  If you follow the logic of the claim by the NRA, that good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns, some gun-toting shoot-first-minded armed citizen should have... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• My New Favorite Things

  I have thoroughly enjoyed Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s previous series that combined DNA research with more traditional genealogy, I am very much... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Rubio

  

  Senator Marco Rubio made the rebuttal speech to the President's State of the Union address. His unfortunate awkwardness with a water bottle was made much of by... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conspiracy Theory Fringies

  

  The fringies and extremists are oblivious to how isolated and in opposition to the majority. Because they operate in a bubble, where they only hear themselves,... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Gun Deaths to Exceed Auto Deaths in Only Two Years

  

  The opponents of gun control try to pretend that all tools are alike; that there is no difference in function, use or intent and purpose of design. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• And the Number Rises Daily

  

  Those who reject the need for gun control have no answer, no real response to the clear indication that while they may - or may NOT - be different than those wh... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• GOP = HYPOCRISY : Trampling the 1st Amendment in a Fascist, Authoritarian...

  That the right willfully disregards every letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution is evident; it is obvious in their attempts at voter suppression, voter... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Celebrating Black History Month - Better Late Than Never

  

  On a serious note, too few people seem to realize that amendments continue to be ratified even after a sufficient number of states have done so for an... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY