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Texans Support Obama On Contraception
As I have said before, Texas is a very red state. No Democrat has held an elective statewide office in more than twenty years. Read more
Posted on 20 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Pledge For All
(This pledge was found on The Immoral Minority.) The fundamentalists in the United States have ruined this country's pledge of allegiance for many citizens. Read more
Posted on 20 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Graham Is Just Another GOP Liar
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) is upset about the "sequester" cuts that will soon become a reality if Congress doesn't find another way to reduce... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
No Room For Diversity
Last week the Senate Republicans launched a filibuster against Chuck Hagel (a Republican) becoming the next Secretary of Defense. And on Thursday, they voted... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Real Problem Is Handguns
The chart above is from the blog called Mikeb302000. It shows the weapons that were used to commit murder in the United States in 2010. Read more
Posted on 19 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Denying Economic Reality
Keynesian economics worked very well for this country for many years. Then came the "Reagan revolution", and the Republicans replaced it with supply-side... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans Support Raising Minimum Wage
(Chart above was found at Under The Mountain Bunker.) In a fair society, both workers and business owners would benefit from an increase in worker productivity. Read more
Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Entrenched Entities Oppose Legal "Pot"
With each passing year, attitudes about marijuana change in this country. The changes are usually small, but represent progress toward the legalization of the... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Real Small Business Problem
This picture (which I got from Facebook) contains some hidden truth -- that many people (especially the teabaggers) want to blame President Obama for the... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Economy Depends On Well Paid Workers
With the help of the Republican Party, Big Business seems determined to bust unions, depress wages, share none of the increase in productivity with workers,... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Religiosity In America
There is an element of christian fundamentalists in this country who still like to claim this is a christian country. They would even like to change the... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Remembering Che Guevara
The lady in the picture above is Dr. Aleida Guevara. She is the daughter of Ernesto "Che" Guevara -- a true revolutionary who battled for the betterment of his... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bertrand Russell On Religion
The following two paragraphs are from a speech given in 1927 by Bertrand Russell (pictured above) entitled "Why I Am Not A Christian". Read more
Posted on 17 February 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
U.S. Has Always Been A Secular Nation
Those fundamentalists who claim the United States was founded to be a christian nation are denying history. The Treaty of Tripoli, ratified by the Senate in 179... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A GOP Rep Lies About Minimum Wage
The congressional Republicans nearly had a stroke the other night when President Obama said he wanted to raise the minimum wage to $9. Read more
Posted on 16 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Strange Bedfellows
The picture above is of "hemp" plants. They are more commonly called marijuana (or cannabis) plants -- and all varieties are against the law. Read more
Posted on 16 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
On Both Sides Of The Fence
This is something I have never understood about right-wingers. They do not trust the government, and yet they want to increase the military power of the same... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Rise In Minimum Wage Benefits All
It's no secret that the current minimum wage (about $7.25 an hour) is about as low as it has been in the history of the wage. It would take a minimum wage of... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Democratic Donor Says Hillary Will Run
The picture above shows Hillary Clinton swearing in Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis as the American ambassador to Hungary (in January of 2010). The gentleman in th... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Unions Protect Workers
Too many Americans have bought into the corporate propaganda that unions are not needed in modern America. They think they can actually bargain on a one-to-one... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY