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• Too Much Media Is Owned By Too Few

  

  This is why Americans don't get every side of most issues -- just the corporate-approved side of the news. Anyone who wants news not biased to the point of... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jimmy Carter On Economic Inequality

  

  While the politicians in Washington continue to play political games and ignore the economic reality that this nation is fast becoming one of the most unequal... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Super-Committee? Really?

  

  The government shutdown demanded by the Republicans in Congress is now in its second week. And the crazy thing is that it did not need to happen. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texans Want Legalization Of Marijuana

  

  As you probably know by now, two states (Colorado Washington) legalized the possession, taxation, and recreational use of small amounts of marijuana by... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pro-Choice Doesn't Mean Pro-Abortion

  

  It seems that the wife of Texas' right-wing governor doesn't agree with him that women should be second-class citizens. She recently said that she believed wome... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Believes Congressional Pay Too High

  

  Recently, one congressman complained that he couldn't afford to buy his own insurance without help from the government, because he had to get by on a salary of... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shutdown No Help To Congress Approval

  

  Americans show their discontent, approval sinks to 11% Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Carole King Speaks Out For Clean Power

  

  (The picture above of Carole King is by Michael Borkson.) Songwriter/musician/singer Carole King (whose Tapestry album is one of my all-time favorites) has... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Quarter Of Public Is Angry With Government

  

  The charts above represent research done by the Pew Research Center, and I found it interesting. It seems that anger with the federal government is generally... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Human Worth Is Not Determined By Money

  

  The great Bob Marley is absolutely right about this -- and I wish more people in this country (and worldwide) realized it. Far too many people think their... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Worst Recession Recovery Since WW II

  

  As I have said before, the recession is over for the rich and the corporations. The rich are making record incomes and the corporations are making record profit... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can Democrats Flip The House In 2014 ?

  

  It has become obvious in the years since 2010 (when the Republicans got control of the House of Representatives) that they only way to cure the gridlock in... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Says "Fracking" Is Neither Inevitable Nor Unbeatable

  

  Energy companies, and to a large extent federal and state governments, have been touting "fracking" as an answer to the energy problems facing this nation. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Women Think The GOP Has Not Improved Its Anti-Woman Views

  

  In the 2012 election, the Republican Party did very poorly among three demographic groups -- minorities, young people, and women. They lost all three of those... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Federal Workers To Be Paid For Not Working

  

  As the photo above shows, the House of Representatives has voted 407 to 0 (with 25 members not voting) to give all the furloughed federal workers back pay for... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What The GOP Calls Compromise

  

  (Image is from the Facebook page of Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian.) The Republicans in the House keep whining that the government shutdown is not... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Worried By Shutdown Now Than 1995

  

  The charts are made from information in a new Gallup Poll (conducted on October 2nd and 3rd of a random nationwide sample of 1,021 adults, and has a margin of... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Half of Americans Consider GOP "Extremist"

  

  Back in August of 2010, Americans had a different view of Republicans than they do now. While 40% of them considered the Republican Party to be extremist,... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Maryland Ready To Legalize Marijuana ?

  

  It looks like the forces of sanity may finally be getting to be a majority in another state -- Maryland. Maryland may soon join the growing list of states that... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No Unemployment Numbers Thanks To Shutdown Of Government By GOP

  Normally, I would be reporting and discussing the Labor Department unemployment numbers on this day (because they are released on the first Friday of the month... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY