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• Immigrant Businesses / Walmart

  

  Immigrant businesses add to our economy. Walmart sucks money out of it. Why then do the teabaggers support Walmart and hate immigrants? Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ready For The Convention

  

  I am in Dallas now, getting ready for the Democratic State Convention (which starts today). The picture above is the view from my hotel room. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• American Public Says No To Military Action in Iraq

  

  As you know by now, Iraq has exploded in violence and war again. It has never been violence free since we invaded, but at least for a while after our troops lef... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Supremes Make A Good Decision This Time

  

  Every now and then the United States Supreme Court surprises me and makes a unanimous decision to uphold our Constitution. Wednesday was one of those times, whe... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Indiana Same-Sex Marriage Ban Tossed By Federal Judge

  

  Indiana has joined a growing list of states that have had their same-sex marriage bans declared unconstitutional by a federal judge. U.S. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Temper The Enthusiasm Over The Mississippi Runoff

  

  (The image above of Thad Cochran is from wxxv25.com.) The media headlines regarding Mississippi's GOP runoff election for U.S. Senate this morning talk about th... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congressional Numbers Are At A New Low

  

  The numbers above are from the latest Rasmussen Poll -- taken on June 22nd and 23rd of 1,000 likely voters nationwide, with a margin of error of 3 points.... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Livable Minimum Wage Would Benefit Businesses

  

  (The image above is from the website liberalamerica.org.) Yesterday I discussed the ridiculous fallacy that raising the minimum wage would cause businesses to... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Polls Agree That U.S. Public Supports Same-Sex Marriage

  

  Recently, Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) said that although he doesn't support same-sex marriage, he would not do anything to stop it. That's a pretty amazin... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Militarization Of Our Police

  

  (This image is from the website stopmakingsense.org.) The following is from the blog of progressive activist Jim Hightower: Let's check our weaponry: 93,000... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Livable Minimum Wage Will NOT Cost Jobs

  

  I have to admit that the graphic image above (from the Facebook page of Working America) makes a lot of sense to me. The same companies that whine about having... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Still Wins Head-To-Head Battles With GOP Hopefuls

  

  The Republicans have done their best to smear Hillary Clinton in the last few months, but at least so far, it's just not working. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bill Maher On Why We Can't "Fix" Iraq

  

  The following rant from Bill Maher (from his HBO show) is humorous, but there is also a lot of truth in it. Enjoy. Now that Iraq is falling apart again,... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Soccer Thoughts

  

  (This cartoon image of World Cup groups was found at joyreactor.com.) I spent much of the time that I normally dedicate to research and blogging just watching... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Ridiculous Teabagger War On Common Core Standards

  

  The state of Louisiana had joined most other states last year in agreeing to federal common core standards in education. As most states have, they recognized... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Hampshire Poll Highlights GOP's 2016 Dilemma

  

  A recent survey, the SUPRC / Boston Herald Poll, showed what a mess the GOP has in trying to find a suitable candidate to run for president in 2016. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obamacare Is Working But Single-Payer Would Work Better

  

  The Commonwealth Fund has released its 2014 report on health care. This report compared health care in several different areas for 11 rich developed nations. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bush Recession Has Changed Public Attitude About Poverty

  

  The bottom chart above was made with information from a NBC News / Wall Street Journal Poll done between June 11th and 15th of 2014, of a random national... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gun Death Rates Of The 50 States (Per 100,000 People)

  

  I'm not going to do any rant on guns or gun restrictions today. I just thought you might like to see the gun death rates in the separate 50 states. The gun deat... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In The Real World

  

  Some of you may think the above graphic is a bit over-the-top. I don't. It just illustrates in a real way just how much trouble many Americans are having. The... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY