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• Republicans - Representing The Rich

  

  The House budget plan (Ryan Plan) would provide the richest Americans with hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax cuts (even after closing some deduction... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Strict Gun Laws Do Prevent Gun Deaths

  

  One of the favorite arguments of gun-lovers is that stricter gun laws don't prevent gun deaths. For instance, they love to point at the high rate of gun deaths... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• National Majority Wants Marijuana Legalized

  

  I wrote a post recently showing that the number of people that want to see marijuana legalized has been rapidly growing in recent years (mirroring the growth... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Victory For Public Education In Texas

  

  The gentleman pictured to the left is Texas State Representative Abel Herrero (D-Corpus Christi) -- and those who believe in the importance of public education... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Backward Policy

  

  The graphics above show that the Republicans are pursuing a policy that is the opposite of the one they should. Instead of trying to help the most vulnerable... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Base Not Ready For Hispanic Outreach

  

  (This picture is by bamakodaker and was found at colorlines.com.) The national Republican Party leadership has studied the results of the 2012 election, and... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support Still Strong For Gun Restrictions

  

  I've heard some talk recently about how the support for new restrictions on buying of guns has started to dwindle, and isn't as strong as it was immediately... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 50 Senators Support Same-Sex Marriage

  

  The pictures above (thanks to Think Progress) are of the 50 United States Senators that have now come out in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. This marks... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 LGBTQ, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Our Failed Drug Policy

  

  We have already wasted more than $1 trillion on the War on Drugs -- and it has been an utter failure. Why does our government keep following the same failed... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Marriage Is A Civil Right

  

  The argument in this country over same sex marriage is viewed differently by different groups. The right-wing fundamentalists say it is a religious rite, and... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Exxon Won't Have To Pay For Clean-Up

  

  The picture above shows a tiny portion of the oil spill in Arkansas. It is from a pipeline owned and operated by Exxon -- and that company admits that... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Problem

  

  America has a problem, in that while it trumpets equal rights it does not extend those equal rights to all American citizens (especially homosexuals). Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Values

  

  Isn't it strange that the people who claim the loudest to be christians act in the most un-christian way? Their Jesus proclaimed that helping the poor, feeding... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Educating For A Minimum Wage Job ?

  

  When the Bush recession hit this country, and millions of jobs disappeared, a lot of Americans opted to get more education instead of trying to find work in an... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 12 Texas Executions Set For Next 4 Months

  

  Texas has long been the most blood-thirsty state in the union, but even though they continued to lead the nation in executions, the number of executions... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• To Big To Fail/Jail = Too Big To Exist

  

  I bring you another article written by the best senator in America -- Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). This article was written for The Huffington Post, and... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Great Is Our Sin

  

  The United States is still the richest nation on Earth. There is more than enough money to wipe out poverty. But our capitalist system is by design set up to... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Not Serious About Hispanic Outreach

  

  (The above cartoon was found at guanabee.com.) After their disastrous showing in the 2012 elections (where they lost the White House by several million votes,... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Arkansas Spill Highlights Pipeline Danger

  

  The right-wing Republicans in Congress have once again sold out to corporate interests -- this time to the Big Oil corporations. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Guns Aren't A Magic Self-Defense Cure

  

  About two months ago, Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was shot and killed as he walked from his car to the Courthouse in Kaufman County, Texas (which... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY