Jobsanger

LATEST ARTICLES ( 16248 )

• Bloated & Obscene Defense Budget Passes Congress

  

  The House and Senate have passed the Defense Authorzation Act, and it now goes to the president. To say this is a bloated and unnecessary budget is an... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nearly Half In U.S. Ready To Discard Law And Morality

  

  We now know the results of the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into the use of torture by this country -- and it's worse than we expected. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Clinton Leads Among The Nation's Top 8%

  

  I thought this survey was interesting. It is the CNBC Millionaire Survey, which queried 500 people with at least a million dollars in investable assets... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Where Is The Teabagger Outrage Now ?

  

  (The image of a teabagger above is from theliberal.com.) There were two significant events that led to the uprising of the movement known as the "Tea Party"... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• American Public Believes Government Gridlock Will Continue

  

  While the Republicans are celebrating their November victory, giving them control of both houses of Congress, the American people know this is not a victory... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Exposes The Agenda Of New GOP Congress

  

  As you know by now (unless you've been living in a cave somewhere with no media access), the failure of Americans to turn out to vote last November has allowed... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ideological Purity Is Not As Important As Winning In 2016

  

  I am very disappointed in MoveOn.org. I didn't used to be. For a long time, I have appreciated their existence -- because this country needs more organizations... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Still Say NO To Ground Troops In Iraq/Syria

  

  The charts above reflect the numbers contained in a new Rasmussen Poll -- done on December 7th and 8th of a random national sample of 1,000 likely voters, with ... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• John McCain Stands Up Against The Use Of Torture

  

  (This caricature of Senator John McCain is by DonkeyHotey.) Let me preface this post by saying I am not a fan of Senator John McCain (R-Arizona). Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Which Are The Most And Least Corrupt States In U.S. ?

  

  (This cartoon on political corruption is by Pat Bagley in the Salt Lake Tribune.) If there's one thing that is sure these days, it is that political corruption... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Has Convinced A Majority To Believe Two Lies

  

  The GOP's policies are so bad, and so out of touch with reality, that for years now they have been reduced to telling lies to justify themselves. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The U.S. Used Torture -- And Then Lied About It

  

  The Senate Intelligence Committee is finally releasing its report on the inexcusable actions committed by the federal government in its "war on terrorism". Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Confidence In Police Shows A Big Racial Gap

  

  This chart was made from a recently released Gallup Poll. They surveyed a random national sample of 9,442 adults from 2006 through 2014, and the poll has an... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton Looks Good Compared To Republican Hopefuls

  

  The business-oriented publication Bloomberg News commissioned a survey to see how the 2016 presidential race stands at this early stage. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• President Obama's Job Approval Rating Rebounds

  

  While congressional approval has been in the low double-digits at best for months now, President Obama's approval has been fairly steady (bouncing between 45%... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Leads All Developed Nations In % Of Low-Wage Jobs

  

  The following comes from The Business Insider (which no one can claim is a liberal-leaning publication). And the situation is just getting worse -- as most new... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• All We Are Doing In Afghanistan Is Creating More Suffering

  

  The American people have been duped on Afghanistan. They have been told that a victory in Afghanistan would be a victory against terrorism, and that we are (by... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New NCAA "Play-Off" System Fails In Its First Year

  

  For years now, college football fans have been complaining that the "championship" is nothing more than a popularity contest, with the two teams deemed by the... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Demands Justice In Five Critical Areas

  

  We have come a long way in this country -- but we still have a long way to go before establishing equal rights and equal justice for all American citizens. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Are Playing With Fire On Immigration

  

  Recently, the president announced he would be using executive action to solve a serious problem with how undocumented immigrants are treated -- mainly the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY