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• A Belief In God Is Not A Requirement To Be A Moral Person

  

  This is a topic that has always irritated me a bit -- whether a person must believe in some god to be a moral person. Religious people like to think they have... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who Benefits From Building The Keystone XL Pipeline ?

  

  (This image of the Koch brothers is from the website mediamatters.org.) The Republican right-wingers have been loudly beating the drum in support of building th... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Judge Tosses Out Michigan's Ban On Same-Sex Marriage

  

  (This image of Michigan draped in the LGBT Rainbow Flag is from Wikipedia Commons, where it was posted by Fry1989.) Late Friday U.S. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Best Selling Points For A Hillary Clinton Presidency

  

  (This caricature of Hillary Clinton is from DonkeyHotey.) We're still far from Hillary Clinton making any announcement about whether she will run for... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hunger Is A Huge Problem - Especially In The Red States

  

  (The image above is from the website of moveforhunger.org.) In spite of record prices on Wall Street and record profits for giant corporations, these are not... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Seeds Of A Voter Revolution Still Exist

  

  These charts were made from information in a new Rasmussen Poll (conducted on March 18th and 19th of 1,000 nationwide likely voters, with a 3 point margin of... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Applauds The Democratization Of El Salvador

  

  Last week the people of El Salvador elected leftist Salvador Sanchez Ceren to be their new president. The Green Party says this is a victory for democracy in... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Over 12 Million New People Now Have Health Insurance Thanks To The Affordable...

  

  There are more than 12 million people who certainly won't be supporting any repeal of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). That's because they now have health... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It's Time To Pass The "Robin Hood" Tax (HR1579)

  

  Teabaggers and other right-wingers in the GOP's base like to believe that the Republican Party (and its elected officials) are against taxes, and will always... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Views On The Environment By The American Public

  

  These numbers are from the Gallup Poll -- the latest being done between March 6th and 9th of 1,048 nationwide adults, with a margin of error of 4 points. Not... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Abbott Would Veto A Law Helping Women Get Equal Pay

  

  Texas Attorney General (and GOP gubernatorial candidate) Greg Abbott is quite happy to accept huge pay raises from the people of Texas -- a 63% raise since... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Corporate Media Is Still Lying To Us About Social Security

  

  You may think my title for this post is an exaggeration, but it's not. When is the last time you have heard on any of the major (corporate-owned) news networks... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Canada Comes To Its Senses - The U.S. Doesn't

  

  (This image of Canadian troops returning is from the website of the BBC.) The Afghan occupation is now in its 13th year, and while the United States government... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Still Don't See A Real Economic Recovery

  

  Gallup Poll survey taken March 6th thru 9th of 1,048 adults nationwide, with a 4 point MOE. Rasmussen Poll taken on March 16th 17th of 1,000 likely national... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obamacare Private Insurance Purchases Top 5 Million

  

  The nightmare continues for right-wing Republicans. When the state and federal exchanges of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) opened last October, the compute... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Wendy Davis Is Chipping Away At Abbott's Lead In Texas

  

  Texas hasn't had a Democrat elected governor since Ann Richards won the office more than 20 years ago (in 1991), and most political pundits have predicted that... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas County/Senatorial Conventions To Be Held Saturday

  

  In the past, Texas Democrats held a precinct convention at their polling place right after the primary voting ended (where they elected delegates to the next... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Has His Legacy Of Hate Caught Up With Fred Phelps ?

  

  The ugly human pictured at left is Fred Phelps, the founder and leader of the hate-filled Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas. He has devoted his life to spreadin... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shaheen Asks Brown To Sign Pledge Limiting Outside Money In The New Hampshire...

  

  Former Massachusetts Senator has been toying with the idea of moving to New Hampshire and running for senator for several months -- and now it looks like he is... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• First Official Map Of Texas As A State

  

  This picture is from Heritage Auctions. It is the first official map of Texas after it became a state in 1845. The map was made in 1849, which makes it 165 year... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY