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• Marijuana Did Well On Election Night

  

  (This image is from the website of Forbes Magazine.) There was a bright spot in the 2014 election. The various proposals regarding marijuana in the states and... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas - The State That Doesn't Vote

  

  GOVERNOR'S RACE Greg Abbott (R)...............2,779,159 (59.28%) Wendy Davis (D)...............1,822,986 (38.89%) Katie Glass (L)...............66,092 (1.41%)... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Not Posting For Today

  I apologize for not posting for today, but I spent the entire day on Tuesday working at my voting precinct -- and I'm dead tired. I'm going to get a good night'... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• For Those Who Think Democrats & GOP Are The Same

  

  (This image is from the mind and artistic ability of DonkeyHotey.) Sometimes I hear people say the Democrats and Republicans are the same -- that both have... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Handy Chart For GOP Poll Watchers

  

  LaFeminista over at Daily Kos has made this handy chart for Republican poll watchers. Remember Republicans -- you are on the wrong side of all the issues, so... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Early Voting Figures For Texas

  

  The early voting numbers and percentages provided here are only for the largest 15 counties in Texas -- but that's where most of the state's population is, and... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bill Moyers On Voting

  

  This quote on voting is from Bill Moyers (in 2008). It's still relevant. "We know tragically how bullets can change the course of history – bullets cost us... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Opinion On The U.S. Senate Races

  

  This year's campaign ends tomorrow as voters go to the polls and pick who will run this country for the next two years. All of the pundits are picking the... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Major Newspapers Endorse Democrats In Texas

  

  I don't know that newspaper endorsements mean as much as they did in the past, but it certainly can't hurt -- and for the first time in years, the largest... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poem

  

  (This cartoon image is by Bob Engelhard in the Hartford Courant.) Another poem by my friend Brian McLaughlin (from Beej's Poetry Corner): JUST A NAME So, they... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Newest Senate Race Polls

  

  Rasmussen Poll Rasmussen Poll Fox News Poll CNN / ORC Poll CNN / ORC Poll Fox News Poll Rasmussen Poll Fox News Poll Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Number Of Nonreligious People Is Growing In U.S.

  

  The last poll I saw (from the Pew Research Center) showed the percentage of nonreligious Americans was about 20% (with the youngest adults, the millennials,... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Less Than 15% Want U.S. Gun Laws To Be Less Strict

  

  The charts above were made from a recent Gallup Poll, done between October 12th and 15th of a random national sample of 1,017 adults (with a 4 point margin of... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Polytheistic Roots Of Judaism And Christianity

  

  (Image is from the website of mohebban-e-fatemeh.) Ask any of the adherents of the Abrahamic religions, judaism and christianity (and islam), and they will... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More U.S. Senate Polls

  

  Rasmussen Poll Rasmussen Poll Reuters / IPSOS Poll Christopher Newport University Poll Vox Populi Polling Landmark Communications Poll Herald-Leader / WKYT /... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Still Like Romney - But The Public Doesn't

  

  Recently, there has been a fair amount of talk about the possibility of Mitt Romney running for president again on the Republican ticket. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Losing The War On Terror

  

  We have been waging the "war on terror" for more than 13 years now. At least, that's what we have been told by our government. But the truth is that we haven't... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Happy Halloween

  

  (This image found at the website With Love by Bea.) Today marks the arrival of my favorite holidays of the year. It is Halloween, a holiday dedicated to only on... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senate Polls - New Hampshire, Arkansas, Colorado

  

  American Research Group Poll University of Arkansas Poll Quinnipiac University Poll Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Education Standards Are Now Just A Political Mess

  

  While Republicans and Democrats have long argued over just how much money should be put toward educating students, they used to agree that students should be... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY