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We, The People. . .
I may be prejudiced, but I thought President Obama gave an excellent speech at his inauguration yesterday. If you want to read the text of his entire speech, yo... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Inaugural Poem
One of the moments in the president's second inauguration that I loved the most was the reading of his original poem by poet Richard Blanco (pictured above). Read more
Posted on 22 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Coincidence ?
You'd have to be incredibly naive to believe this was just a coincidence. The best way to get the attention of anyone in Congress is to pump a bunch of money... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama And Biden Start Their Second Terms
It's official. The public inauguration ceremonies will take place today, but the president and vice-president have already been officially sworn in and started... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Growth Of Right-Wing Terrorism
The chart above is from a new report on right-wing terrorism in the United States. The report was done by the Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Christian View Of Gays/Lesbians Changing
The right-wing fundamentalist christians in the United States have been adamant in their refusal to to extend constitutional equal rights to the homosexual... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Guns Were Not Needed
There are two main arguments used to oppose any new restrictions on guns in the United States. The first is for home self-defense. Read more
Posted on 21 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Honoring A Great American
Today is the day our nation has chosen to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. with a holiday in his honor -- and it is appropriate that we do this. Dr. Read more
Posted on 21 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Did GOP Blink On Debt Ceiling ?
For weeks now the GOP has been saying it will not raise the debt ceiling unless President Obama and the Democrats agree to substantial cuts in Social Security... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Majority Supports Obama's Gun Proposals
The Pew Research Center recently did a survey on how much support the various gun law proposals each had -- and they found that some (like closing background... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Congress Is The Problem
The person who made this graph (which I found on the blog of Yellowdog Granny) applied it to to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (and that would exhibit... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
We Are Number One (Unfortunately)
You'd have to be insane to think this problem can be solved with more guns. It was created because we have too many guns in the U.S., and they are too easily... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Is Trying To Rig The Electoral College
The graphic above (from Wikipedia) shows the electoral college vote in the 2012 election (weighted by the size of each state's electoral vote). It does not pain... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is the President Unfair To Fox News ?
Fox News likes to claim that it is "fair and balanced", but it would take a brain-dead individual to believe that. Fox is nothing more than the propaganda wing... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Two New Polls Highlight GOP Troubles
Yesterday I posted about the Democracy Corps Poll taken recently. It showed that the Republican image is probably about as bad as it has ever been -- with most... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
No Justification
I agree with the sentiment above. It should be offensive to all men for anyone to try and shift the blame for a rape onto a woman. Read more
Posted on 19 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama Is Anti-Business ?
The Republicans have tried to convince Americans that the economy would never improve under President Obama because the president is "anti-business". Read more
Posted on 18 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Congressional GOP Image Tarnished
The above chart was compiled from information gleaned in the Democracy Corps survey done between January 10th and 14th. It shows that the image of the House... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama Op-Ed On Gun Control
President Obama announced the measures he would like to see enacted regarding gun control in a national speech last Wednesday. On that same day, he wrote an... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Lying About The Debt Ceiling
Maybe the only way the Republicans can justify their insane position on refusing to raise the debt ceiling is to lie about it, because that is exactly what... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY