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• Marijuana Users Do NOT Pose A Safety Risk When Driving

  

  A few years ago, California voted on whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana -- and the measure failed in a close vote. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jill Is Coming To Texas

  

  For those of you in Texas who don't see the Democratic Party (or its probable candidate for 2016, Hillary Clinton) as progressive enough for your taste, there i... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Ready To Shut Down Homeland Security Department

  

  When the Republicans won control of both houses of Congress, new Majority Leader Mitch McConnell assured everyone that there would be no shutdowns of government. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Once Again See Russia As Their Primary Enemy

  

  Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, the American public has had a much more benign view of Russia. Note in the above chart that as late as 2011 and 2012 ver... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Doesn't Like Boehner's Invitation of Netanyahu

  

  If you keep up with politics at all, then you know that Speaker Boehner invited Israel's Netanyahu to speak to Congress with consulting with the president first. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It's A Lack Of Demand That's Holding The Economy Back

  

  I know I probably sound like a broken record to some of you, but I feel it is very important to point out the fallacy of Republican economic theory... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 3 New Presidential Polls Taken In The "Early" States

  

  The NBC News / Marist Poll has issued three new polls on presidential preferences in three early caucus and primary states -- Iowa, New Hampshire, and South... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "Full Speed Back To The Late Nineteenth Century"

  

  Libertarians and conservative Republicans (and their "think tanks") agree on one thing. They both believe in "free enterprise" -- a free and unregulated market... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Right-Wing Still Refuses Equal Rights For LGBT Community

  

  It is now becoming obvious that right-wing religious nuts, through their Republican elected officials, won't be able to prevent same-sex marriages anymore. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Americans Satisfied With Decline Of Religious Influence

  

  The folks over at the Gallup Poll (in a survey done between January 5th and 8th of a random national sample of 804 adults, with a 4 point margin of error)... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Says The President's Plan Will Help Families

  

  President Obama has submitted a budget to Congress that will cut taxes for the middle class, create jobs, protect Social Security Medicare, and take care of... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poem

  

  IT'S GONE ON WAY TOO LONG by Brian McLaughlin when will they end they're killing our men the wars in the east have gone on way too long they just keep sending... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nearly 4 Out Of 10 Americans Don't Trust The Media

  

  This is from a recent Rasmussen Poll -- done on February 7th and 8th of a random national sample of 800 adults, with a 3.5 point margin of error. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Slightly Over Half Of Public Supports The War Authorization

  

  The charts above were made from a new NBC News / Marist Poll -- done on February 11th and 12th of a random national sample of 603 adults, with a margin of... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Patrick Wants To Keep National Guard On The Border

  

  (This photo of Dan Patrick is by Bob Daemmrich at the website of The Texas Tribune.) Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has wasted no time in trying to appease his... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Wants To Increase U.S. Participation In Iraq/Syria

  

  I don't know about you, but I find this very troubling. President Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to formally authorize the use of American military power in... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Approval Of Congress (And Its Leaders) Is Still Dismal

  

  If the Republican politicians thought gaining control over both houses of Congress would improve their job approval ratings, they were sadly mistaken. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bigot Justice Has Created A Marriage Mess In Alabama

  

  A few days ago, U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade issued a ruling that declared Alabama's ban on same-sex marriages to be unconstitutional. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie Calls For Rich To Pay A Fair Share Of FICA Taxes

  

  (This caricature of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is by DonkeyHotey.) I just received this e-mail from Senator Bernie Sanders -- and as usual, he cuts righ... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• About 6 Out Of 10 Americans Believe Humans Evolved

  

  I couldn't let the birthday of Charles Darwin go by without noting the status of belief in his finding that humans evolved (like all other animals). Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY