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2014 Senate Prospects Rising For Dems
(The image above was found at the website Geekation.com.) A lot of political pundits have been predicting that the 2014 election would look a lot like the 2010... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Desperation Over Obamacare Growing
It is obvious that the Republican desperation over Obamacare is growing. They have now voted in the House to repeal (or defund) it 40 times. Read more
Posted on 07 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Americans And Fast Food
Posted on 07 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bigotry
Well put and very true. All forms of bigotry are the province of weak and small-minded people -- the kind of people who are so afraid to live their own lives... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Major League Baseball Did The Right Thing
If you are a sports fan, then you probably know by now that Major League Baseball has issued some heavy penalties to 13 professional players. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2013 FOOTBALL, SPORTS -
The Best Candidate The Republicans Have Is The One They Don't Want
The information discussed in this post is from the recent Monmouth University Poll (conducted between June 25th and 30th of 850 registered voters nationwide --... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Young Cowboys Look Good In HOF Game
(The picture above is from the website of dallascowboys.com.) Almost none of the starters for the Cowboys played in the Hall of Fame Game last Sunday night,... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2013 FOOTBALL, SPORTS -
Susan B. Anthony
Isn't it time to toss our patriarchy out the window, and start living like the Constitution meant something? Doesn't the Constitution guarantee all American... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Is Split On What Change They Want
After they got embarrassed in the last election, Republican leaders decided their party needed to change. They even produced a report on what kind of change... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Israel Shows It Is Not Interested In Peace
(Image is from a 5/25/2009 edition of The Telegraph.) Once again, the Israeli government is showing it is not really interested in the success of peace talks... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Wants To Punish The Poor By Cutting Food Stamp Funding By $40 Billion
There is no doubt that a record number of people are now receiving help to buy food through the federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
We All Deserve It
Amen to that. Why do the members of Congress get good government health care insurance, but those members of Congress (especially the Republicans) think it is... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Giffords Super-PAC Rakes In The Cash
Once she recovered from being shot in an Arizona shopping Center parking lot, former Rep. Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords decided to campaign for sane gun control. Read more
Posted on 04 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cutting Gov. Programs Increases Poverty
The Republicans have cut most programs that help hurting Americans to the bone -- and they want to cut them even more. They either don't care how many... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Wine Is Catching Up With Beer In Popularity
These charts were made with information from a recent Gallup Poll (conducted between July 10th and 14th of 2,027 nationwide adults -- with a margin of error of ... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Vonnegut's "Invocation"
“Oh Lord Most High, Creator of the Cosmos, Spinner of Galaxies, Soul of Electromagnetic Waves, Inhaler and Exhaler of Inconceivable Volumes of Vacuum, Spitter o... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
7.4% Unemployment - The Lowest In Years
The Labor Department announced the official employment statistics for the month of July, and on the surface it looks like great news. The official unemployment... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Raising The Minimum Wage Makes Sense
The Republicans think poor people are lazy, and we're spending too much money on them. But the truth is that poor people want to work just as badly as anyone... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
38% Of Americans Admit Trying Marijuana
The information is the chart above is from a recent Gallup Poll (conducted between July 10th and 14th of this year, of 2,027 nationwide adults -- with a margin... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Economy Is Always Better Under Democrats
I have posted this information before, but it bears repeating -- because it still hasn't sunk in to many in this country. The Republicans like to claim they... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY