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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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House GOP Poised To Kill Immigration Reform
The national Republican Party realized after the last election that it was going to be very difficult for them to win back the White House (and the Senate)... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cutting Social Security Won't Fix The Budget
I'm getting very tired of all the lies about Social Security. Social Security is not the cause of a single penny of the budget deficit (because it is funded... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Stop The Outsourcing
If you are blaming China for the outsourcing of American jobs, then you're blaming the wrong people. China couldn't take a single American job unless an America... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cowboys Take Wisconsin Center In 1st Round
It's hard to get a real difference maker in the NFL Draft when you have a mediocre football season -- a season that's not good enough to get you in the... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 FOOTBALL, SPORTS -
West Memorial - Honoring The Brave
There was a memorial service for the brave first responders who lost their lives in West, Texas. The president was there, and here's some of what he said:... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Worst President Ever ?
I think it is a valid question to wonder if the Bush presidency was the worst ever. George W. Bush certainly had a whole list of failures -- from a failed... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Guns For Terrorists
(The political cartoon above is by John Sherffius in The Boulder Camera.) The following missive is from Mayors Against Illegal Guns. I agree with it, and I don'... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Innocent Civilians
I have to agree with what the president said. It is an act of terror to attack civilians with a bomb. Unfortunately, he puts some restrictions on the civilians... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Still Views Bush Presidency As Failure
The Bush Library is ready to open, and today he will celebrate that opening with Presidents Obama, Clinton, Bush I, and Clinton. Read more
Posted on 25 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Using Religion To Kill
The couple in the picture above are Herbert and Catherine Schaible of Philadelphia. They just allowed their 8-month old baby to die by refusing to get medical... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Illustrating America's Gun Problem
Words don't register on some people, so the Business Insider has compiled a group of charts, illustrations, and pictures to illustrate the problem this country... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
People Have No Right To Water ?
This is what corporations think of poor people -- that they should have no right to water. This CEO actually came out and said what many CEOs believe -- that a... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Colbert Busch Leads Sanford In S.Carolina
A year ago, no one would have given the Democrats much chance of winning the House seat in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. It was considered to be... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Tax Dollars Provide Most Of Big Bank Profit
A new report from Bloomberg News (a conservative, business-oriented news organization) should infuriate tax-paying Americans. We know that after being bailed ou... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Texas House Votes To Kill The Lottery - But Finally Cooler Heads Prevail
The Texas House had a moment of insanity yesterday. Led by freshmen Republican legislators, a motion to continue the Texas Lottery Commission was defeated in th... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
NRA Betrays Its Members
We need more honest gun owners to follow the lead of Mr. Busch -- many more. The NRA no longer represents gun owners, and hasn't for many years now. They may... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Stop CISPA
I had several posts written for today, and had even posted them for a short while. But I have since learned that Anonymous has called for an internet blackout... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Extremism Is The Problem, Not Differences
The bombers of the Boston marathon were islamic. That one fact is now touching off a new round of demonizing followers of islam and congressional Republicans an... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
A Disaster That Was Waiting To Happen
By now, you've heard of the disaster in West, Texas -- where a fertilizer plant blew up, killing more than a dozen people (many of them first responders) and... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Huge Mistake For President Obama
Readers of this blog will know that I was very disappointed when President Obama offered to give the Republicans what they want, by going to a cost-of-living... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY