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• The Minimum Wage Is A Poverty Wage

  

  I've posted this map before, but it deserves to be repeated. By comparing the amount of hours a person making minimum wage would have to work to afford a... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Thank Goodness For Equal Voting Rights

  

  I shamelessly stole this from the great blog of Juanita Jean (owner of the World's Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc.). It compares what actually happened to wha... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It's Primary Day In Texas !

  

  (This image is from the website of the Idaho Secretary of State.) Early voting ended last Friday here in Texas, and today is the voting day in both of the... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Americans View Michelle Obama Favorably

  

  Americans like their current First Lady -- or at least 2 out of 3 of them do. Michelle Obama is viewed favorably by 66% of Americans (and that figure has been... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. Public Unsure Of Response To Invasion Of Crimea

  

  The Russians have now poured over 16,000 soldiers into the Crimea (a province of Ukraine). It's starting to look like they are going to use the political... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Red States Don't Oppose Legalizing Same-Sex Unions - As Long As You Don't...

  

  It has been widely reported, and commonly believed, that people in the red states (those states controlled by right-wing Republicans) oppose granting the LGBT... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia Damages Its Rehabilitated Reputation With Invasion

  

  The U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union) was regarded as an enemy by much of the world, especially the Western nations. It was viewed as anti-democratic, and an aggressive... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Early Party Presidential Preferences In Iowa

  

  One of the first states to choose their preference for president for each party in 2016 will be Iowa. The choices made by the party caucuses in that state can... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie On Veterans Benefits

  

  This is some pretty good advice from Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. When you vote to send American citizens to war (any kind of war, even a... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obamacare Is Here To Stay (And The GOP Knows It)

  

  The Republican Party had said they would be voting again to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) this coming week, and this time they would be passing... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kinky Supports Legalizing Hemp And Marijuana

  

  Kinky Friedman (pictured at left) is running for the Democratic nomination to be the candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner on the November ballot. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Growth Of The Non-Religious In The United States

  

  Since 1972, the Social Science Research Center at the University of Chicago (with from the National Science Foundation) has been taking a General Social Survey... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Early Voting Up In Amarillo - Down In 15 Biggest Counties

  

  Amarillo is different than most fairly large cities in that it rests in two different counties. The southern half of the city is in Randall County, and the... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Refuses To Allow A Vote On Veterans Benefits Bill

  

  (This cartoon image is by Steve Sack in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.) The Republican Party, especially those on the far right, like to make a public display... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Internet Turns 25 Years Old Amid Huge Success

  

  In less than two weeks, the internet will turn 25 years old -- to say say it has been a success would be an understatement. It is now used by a huge majority... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poem

  Time and Tide Time waits upon no one in its passing we find little to be permanent for with time also comes the tide high and low offering an ever changing... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Military Cuts Proposed Are Not Nearly Enough

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Stuart Carlson at carlsontoons.com.) Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has announced some cuts to defense spending. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Brewer Vetoes Arizona's Religious Bigotry Law

  

  (This caricature of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is by DonkeyHotey.) I wrote the other day about Arizona's "cover your bigotry with religion" bill. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kinky Asks For Your Vote

  

  Dear Fellow Texan, I’m not usually one to keep things brief, but I know you’re busy and already getting too many political emails. So I’m going to keep this... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Same-Sex Marriage Ban In Texas Ruled Unconstitutional

  

  Back in 2005, the voters in Texas approved an amendment to the state's constitution that defined marriage as only being between a man and a woman. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY