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• The TPP is Bad For American Workers And Consumers

  

  Regular readers of this blog will know that I am an opponent of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. I believe this new "free trade" agreement is a massive give-away... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Government Loves Corporations - But Disdains Workers

  

  The United States Congress absolutely loves corporations. They give them a dazzling array of subsidies to low the taxes they owe, and have created a variety of... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gohmert Falls Short Of Speaker's Job -- By 202 Votes

  

  Yesterday I posted about Louie Gohmert's quixotic and rather ridiculous attempt to be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Majority In U.S. Still Support A Woman's Right To Choose

  

  Evangelicals, and their elected Republican puppets, have tried hard in the last few years to turn the American public into people who oppose a woman's right to... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• NYPD Dishonored Their Job, Their Uniform, And Their City

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Matt Wuerker at Politico.com.) I spent more than 30 years working for the state of Texas -- and nearly 30 years of that service... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Bit Of (Unintended) Humor To Brighten Your Day

  

  (This cartoon image of Louie Gohmert is by Matt Wuerker at Politico.com.) If you are like me, the thought of Republicans taking control of both houses of... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Presidential Candidate Favorability & Party ID In The U.S.

  

  I thought these numbers were pretty interesting. They come from a YouGov Poll done between December 6th and 8th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults, wit... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Reich Blasts GOP Plans For The New Congress

  

  This is the latest Facebook post of former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. As usual, he cuts through all the nonsense and tells it like it is. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Has Our Democracy Already Become A Plutocracy ?

  

  The figure above is true, and it is very troubling. Actually, the figure for Congress is slightly higher. For the first time in our history, the Congress (the... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Has More Senators But Represent Fewer People

  

  These two charts were made from information gathered by FairVoteBlog.com, and show an interesting quirk in the electoral system of the United States. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Calls For Unity To Fight Corporate Power

  

  I repost the following article because I think it deserves the widest readership possible. It was written on January 3rd by Green Party Shadow Cabinet members... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Issues The American Public Considers Important

  

  As we enter a new year, I thought it might be instructive to look at the issues facing the United States that were considered the most important by the... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Presidential Job Approval

  

  The above chart was made from the daily poll tracking done by the Rasmussen Poll on the approval/disapproval of President Obama. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 5 Reasons Why The Evangelicals Are Losing Adherents

  

  I was raised in a fundamentalist evangelical church, and even went to college to become an evangelical preacher. But, I eft that college, and the evangelical... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Think The War In Afghanistan Is A Failure

  

  When George Bush invaded Afghanistan over 13 years ago, we were told that the mission was to destroy the ability of al-Queda (and other terrorists) to use that... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• David Duke Makes A Threat He Needs To Keep

  

  (This photo of David Duke is from the New Orleans Times-Picayune.) Rep. Steve Scales of Louisiana is the third most powerful Republican in the House of... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Americans Don't Have Faith In U.S. Police Departments

  

  There was a time in this country when some of the most respected organizations were the nation's police departments. But thanks to the militarization of those... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Doesn't Want Jeb Bush To Run For President

  

  In the last few weeks, we have heard a lot from the mainstream media about a possible 2016 presidential race between Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Jim Webb Ethical Enough To Be A Presidential Candidate?

  

  I'm not a big fan of ex-Senator Jim Webb (pictured), who has expressed an interest in running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. He's a little... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Approval Rebounds At The End Of 2014

  

  This should cause a few right-wing heads to explode. Three new polls -- Gallup Poll, Rasmussen Poll, YouGov Poll -- all show the approval rating for the job... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY