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Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People ?
Atheists think most religious people are not very bright because they sacrifice logic for faith. The religious think atheists are not very bright because they... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
U.S. Unemployment Remains Steady At 5.5% For March
The Labor Department has released its unemployment statistics for the month of March. It shows that about 126,000 jobs were created in March -- about half the... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Researchers Expose The Lies Of The NRA
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has been able to block any kind of reasonable gun legislation in this country. They have done it wit propaganda and outrigh... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Gays/Lesbians Are More Popular Than Evangelicals
Republicans, acting on behalf of evangelical christians in their base, recently passed a law in Indiana that would have allowed both individuals and businesses... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
An Agreement With Iran Is Better Than A War With Them
(The cartoon above is by Daryl Cagle at cagle.com. The caricature of John Kerry is by DonkeyHotey.) Both the Democrats and Republicans seem to think it would... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Stupidest Supreme Court Argument In Nearly 50 Years
This has to be a sign of just how desperate the politicians of the religious right have become in their effort to please the fundamentalists. Read more
Posted on 03 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Plurality Would Like To See Puerto Rico Become A State
The idea of making Puerto Rico a state has been tossed around for quite a while now. And a new poll shows that a plurality of the U.S. Read more
Posted on 03 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Clinton Looks Good In Latest Poll - No Leader Among GOP
These charts were made from a new ABC News / Washington Post Poll -- done between March 26th and 29th of a random national sample of 1,003 adults. The survey ha... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
It's Not The Poor Who Are Lazy, But Many Of The Rich
The Republican mantra is that poor people are poor because they are lazy, and if they just worked as hard as the rich, they could be wealthy also. Read more
Posted on 03 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Middle Class Has Shrunk In All 50 States
Between 2000 and 2013, every state in the United States has seen it's number of middle class families shrink. It is just a regrettable fact that the trickle-dow... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Wants More Emphasis Put On Clean Energy Sources
All we seem to hear from congressional Republicans is "drill, baby, drill". They want our government to put the emphasis on drilling for (and using) more oil... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Opposes Indiana-Style "Religious Freedom" Laws
Indiana recently passed a law that would allow people and businesses to discriminate against the LGBT community (and possibly even others) by claiming that... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama Unpopular? - Remember His Predecessor?
Congressional Republicans love to talk about how "unpopular" President Obama is these days (even though his job approval is at least 30 points higher than... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Obamacare Insured Are Happy With Their Coverage
Obamacare has proven time after time that the lies told by Republicans about it are ridiculous. Now this Gallup Poll (done in October and November of last... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Hampshire Republican Presidential Preferences
These charts show the results of the Franklin Pierce University / Boston Herald Poll that was done between March 22nd and 25th of 429 likely GOP primary... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Green Party Says U.S. Is Worst Of Established Democracies
Are we losing our democracy in the United States? Is it already gone? How does our democracy rate compared to others. Here is a thought-provoking post by Green... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama Poses A Bigger Threat Than Russia Or China ?
This chart was made from information contained in a new Reuters / IPSOS Poll. It was done between March 16th and 24th of a random national sample of 1,059... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Discrimination - An American Tradition That Needs To STOP
There are those in this country that seem to need to believe they are better than others -- at least one group of others. This is not a new thing. Read more
Posted on 31 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Different Kind Of Presidential Poll
This is a new CBS News Poll -- taken between March 21st and 24th of a random national sample of 1,023 adults. The margin of error for both Republicans and... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bigotry With A Bible Is Still Bigotry (Even In Indiana)
(From the Facebook page of America's Best Christian, Mrs. Betty Bowers.) The Republican officials in Indiana have decided that their fundamentalist base was... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY