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• Public Believes U.S. Ground Troops Will Be Sent To Iraq

  

  The chart above was made from information in a new NBC News / Wall Street Journal / Annenberg Poll that was done between September 19th and 25th of a random... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Polls In Seven U.S. Senate Races

  

  Rasmussen Poll Rasmussen Poll Rasmussen Poll Rasmussen Poll CNN / ORC Poll CNN / ORC Poll Des Moines Register Poll Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Should The District Of Columbia Be Granted Statehood ?

  

  These charts were made from information in a new YouGov Poll -- done on September 18th and 19th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults, with a margin of... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• This Capitalist Says The Minimum Wage Must Be Raised

  

  The article below was written by wealthy entrepreneur Nick Hanauer. It first appeared in YES! Magazine, and was reprinted by Bill Moyers. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky

  

  Congratulations to Chelsea and Marc Mezvinsky on the birth of their daughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky. Here is how CNN reported it: Chelsea Clinton has give... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Survey On Religion And Politics In American Society

  

  The Pew Research Center just did another survey on religion and politics in this country. They surveyed a random national sample of 2,002 adults, and the... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Too Many Americans Prefer Bible Over The Constitution

  

  These two charts are made from a fairly recent Gallup Poll -- done between August 7th and 10th of a random national sample of 1,032 adults, and has a margin of... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Asks For Help To Keep The GOP At Bay

  

  (This caricature of Senator Bernie Sanders is by DonkeyHotey.) This is the latest message from Sen. Bernie Sanders to his supporters: These are tough times for... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What GOP's "Trickle-Down" Has Done To Income Growth

  

  The chart above is by Bard College and Levy Institute economist Pavlina Tcherneva. The chart was based on statistics from Thomas Piketty's best-selling book,... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Bad News For The GOP Regarding Obamacare

  

  After their failure to keep the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) from becoming law, the congressional Republicans told a whole stack of lies about it. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Green Party Comment On Our Newest Unnecessary War

  

  The following response to the U.S. starting a new (and unnecessary) war with the bombings in both Iraq and Syria was written by Green Party Shadow Cabinet membe... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Majority Says A 3rd Party Is Needed (But Don't Mean It)

  

  This chart was made from information in a continuing survey by the Gallup Poll -- with the last survey being taken between September 4th and 7th of a random... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Troubling Numbers In Texas Governor's Race

  

  The chart above is from a poll that is nearly a month old. It is the NY Times / CBS News / YouGov Poll that was taken between August 18th and September 2nd of... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Americans See Economy As Unfair To Small Business

  

  When the Republicans instituted their "Trickle-Down" economic policy a little over 30 years ago, they fooled Americans into believing that their economic... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Top 1% And Median Incomes Of The 50 States

  

  These two images are from Business Insider. The map at the top shows the minimum income required in each state to put a person in the top 1% of income earners. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Has An Amazing Level Of Ignorance About Politics

  

  Thomas Jefferson said, "No one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in its effect toward... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senate Races In Virginia And Georgia

  

  Here are a couple more polls on Senate races. It looks like Warner, the incumbent Democrat, is way ahead in Virginia. He leads Gillespie by a 19 point margin.... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dems Support Their Elected Officials - Republicans Don't

  

  I thought these were some interesting results. It turns out that, on these social issues above, the Republicans don't think their representatives in Congress... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Is Still Saying Disadvantaged Americans Are "Lazy"

  

  Most Americans understand that we have poor, unemployed, and otherwise disadvantaged Americans, who would love to work and support themselves but can't for one... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Bombing Of Syria Has Begun - Is It A Good Idea?

  

  We learned yesterday that the United States has begun bombing ISIS targets in Syria -- using both cruise missiles and bombs from planes. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY