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Romney Advisor Says Hillary Can't Win Democratic Party Nomination
As we know now, Mitt Romney's advisors weren't living in the real world before last November's election. And their confidence even affected candidate Romney --... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cruz Can Be Bough Cheap
It's obvious that Ted Cruz, the McCarthy wannabe from Texas, still hasn't figured things out in Washington. It takes six figures or more to buy most senators,... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Making A Bad Situation Even Worse
(The above image is from the website HubPages.) The other day I wrote a post on America's poor children. Around 23.1% of the children in the United States... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cable News Regressing On Diversity
With each passing year, the United States becomes a more diverse nation -- with minorities becoming a larger percentage of our population (and whites becoming... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Why Is Sexual Assault OK In Military ?
There is no doubt that the "good old boy" network is alive and well in our military. We learned recently that sexual assaults are growing in the U.S. Read more
Posted on 16 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Moral Political War
Call it a "class war" if you want, but I call it what it really is -- a fight for economic justice. America wasn't established to make the rich richer. Read more
Posted on 16 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Child Poverty Is Commonplace In The U.S.
This chart from UNICEF should shame every single American. We live in the richest nation in the world, and yet have nearly the highest child poverty rate (23.1%... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Support For Equality Growing In The U.S.
The graph and chart above are from the recent Gallup Poll (conducted between May 2nd and 7th of 1,535 randomly chosen nationwide adults -- with a margin of erro... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Could Minnesota Get This Lucky ?
(The above caricature of Michele Bachmann was found on the website Ain't No God.) As you probably know by now, Minnesota has passed a new law legalizing same-se... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Gun Problem ?
That's a pretty amazing statistic, considering the huge number of Americans that have been killed in all of our wars (Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Attempt To Smear Hillary Is Failing
Karl Rove and his desperate minions have decided that the only chance they would have to defeat a Hillary Clinton candidacy in 2016 is to smear her good name... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Demographics That Scare GOP Leaders
(Image is from the website of Paul Vallely.) There used to be a time when the white vote ruled in American elections, and during those times the Republicans... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Minnesota Is 12th State To Legalize Equality
Posted on 14 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Background Checks - For People, Not Guns
The NRA and others on the right-wing love to say that guns don't kill people, people kill people. Why then did they oppose the background checks for people... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Using IRS For Politics Is Always Wrong
The teabaggers and their right-wing allies have made numerous accusations against the Obama administration and the federal government, and almost all of them... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Another Mass Shooting
This is getting to be a far too common occurrence in the United States. There has been another mass shooting -- this time in New Orleans. Read more
Posted on 13 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Fred Rogers - The Ultimate Role Model
While I believe in the right of every American to believe or not believe in any religion, I have to admit that there are a lot of christians in the U.S. that I... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2013 LIFE COACH -
Corporate Greed Kills
Thousands of people all over the developing world are dying to fatten the obscene profits of the giant corporations. Many of these deaths could be prevented. Read more
Posted on 13 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Many In The U.S. Cannot Afford Their Meds
It would be nice to think that as more of Obamacare comes on-line, Americans would be able to access more medical care and get better results from that care.... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Anti-Choice Crowd Still Making No Inroads
The chart above is from a recent Gallup Poll (conducted May 2nd through 7th of a nationwide sample of 1,535 adults -- with a margin of error of 4 points). Read more
Posted on 12 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY