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• Booker Has Nice Lead In New Jersey Senate Race

  

  Democrat Cory Booker won the special election last year to serve in the Senate pretty easily. But that senate seat is up for it's regular election this year,... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Thank You, Vermont

  

  I want to give a big thank you to the citizens of Vermont for sending Bernie Sanders to the United States Senate and keeping him there. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Spending

  

  Do we really need to be spending so much on our military -- with most of it feeding the military industrial complex (and not directly going to our military... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Has Little Confidence In The News Media

  

  The chart above is made from information in a recent Gallup Poll (conducted between June 5th and 8th of a random national sample of 1,027 adults, with a 4... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Breaks His Promise - Will Send Troops Into Iraq

  

  (This cartoon image is by Matt Bors and was found at Daily Kos.) A few days ago President Obama told Americans that he would not send American troops back into... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 93% Of Americans Have No Confidence In U.S. Congress

  

  There have been numerous polls recently showing that the American people do not approve of the job that Congress is doing. The average job approval of Congress... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Says An Attack In Iraq (On Anyone) Is Illegal

  

  Green Party Shadow Cabinet member Kevin Zeese posted the following article on June 14th: The same people who got the U.S. into the mistaken Iraq War are now... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Americans Think Hillary Would Be A Good President

  

  We have had polls recently that told us that Americans like Hillary Clinton, approve of the job she did as Secretary of State, and has an excellent chance of... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP's Benghazi Sideshow Is Not Working Out For Them

  

  (This political caricature is by DonkeyHotey.) The opposition to Obamacare is dissipating (at least the desire for repealing it), and the GOP still doesn't... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What We Should Have Learned From The Bush War In Iraq

  

  (The image above is by Chris Helgren of Reuters, and was found at the Business Insider.) In May of 2003, only a couple of months after invading Iraq, President... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senate Races In Iowa, North Carolina, And Virginia

  

  Iowa, North Carolina, and Virginia are among the states that the Republicans thought they had a good chance to pick up a senate seat from the Democrats (along... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can Jeb Bush Win The 2016 GOP Nomination ?

  

  Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is what passes for a moderate in today's Republican Party -- and for that reason the establishment wing of the party would... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Says U.S. Economic Policy Not Fair To All Americans

  

  When the GOP's "trickle-down" economic policy was first proposed, it seemed reasonable to many Americans and they accepted it. They have now seen the reality... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Clinton's New Book Is Doing Well

  

  The first printing of Hillary Clinton's new book, Hard Choices, was 1,000,000 copies. The nation's book stores have already purchased all of those books, and ar... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rachel Pleads For Democracy In Texas Democratic Party

  

  The following is the latest message from Rachul Barrios-Van Os to the Democratic Party delegates that will be attending the convention in Dallas on June 26th... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Change Is Coming

  

  Dan Patrick is a right-wing idiot, and most of what comes out of his mouth is ridiculous nonsense -- but he is right about this. If the Republicans lose Texas,... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Government Could Afford To Give Free Tuition To Students

  

  (The image above is of the West Texas A M campus -- the closest public university to my own home in Amarillo.) I have said many times on this blog that I think... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Anti-Incumbent Mood To Make For An Interesting Election

  

  I know I probably sound like a broken record by repeatedly insisting that the voters are in an anti-incumbent mood, and could well flip control of the House of... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The "Deep Throat" Garage To Be Demolished

  

  (This photo is from Getty Images and was found at the website of the Wall Street Journal.) It looks like a historical site is fixing to bite the dust -- the... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Is Still The Most Popular Politician

  

  The chart above is made from information in the recent Bloomberg News Poll (conducted between June 6th and 9th of a random national sample of 1,005 adults,... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY