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• Republicans Willing To Knowingly Cause Serious Damage To The Economy

  

  The House is currently debating a continuing resolution to fund the government past September 30th, and the Republicans are threatening to shut down the... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• House GOP Reaches New Heights Of Mean

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Julio Carrion Cueva [Karry] at karrycartoons.blogspot.com.) The Republican economic policies cost this country millions of jobs... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Blasts Secret "Black Budget"

  

  While most Americans don't realize it, the budget items for the federal government that are openly debated don't cover the entire federal budget. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Uninsured

  

  This map (from The Christian Science Monitor) shows the percentage of people without health insurance in each of the four parts of the country. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Overwhelming Approval For Putin's Plan

  

  Ten years ago, the perception of Russia was a very positive one in this country. About 67% of Americans viewed Russia as a friendly country (an ally) and that... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shutdown Looms As Boehner Gives In To The Congressional Teabaggers

  

  (This caricature of Speaker John Boehner is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) Speaker of the House John Boehner was hoping to avoid a government shutdown,... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• U.S. More Exceptional Than Other Nations ?

  

  The chart above is from a recent Rasmussen Poll (conducted on September 12th and 13th of 1,000 likely nationwide voters, with a margin of error of 3 points). Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Silence Is Not A Neutral Position

  

  This is very true, and it extends to all kinds of violence -- even the violence of words. When you let a bigoted or racist remark (or "joke") go unchallenged,... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No One Should Be Surprised At Another Mass Shooting In The United States

  

  Another mass shooting has happened in the United States. This one happened in a Washington Navy Yard, where a man (who had been hearing voices in his head, and... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Christie Still Has A Big Lead In New Jersey

  

  I am not a big fan of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. He has been personified in the media as a moderate. He is not. He is a corporate-owned right-winger. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Continuing Gender Inequity In Pay

  

  The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce has published a new report (done by Anthony P. Carnevale, Jeff Strohl, and Michelle Melton). It... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 12 Years Of War (And Waste)

  

  I have always been amazed that our government can't find the money to help Americans, but they can easily find trillions to fight ridiculous and unnecessary... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Adults Want Obamacare To Succeed

  

  The charts in this post were made from information in the latest Pew Research Center survey on Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act). Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Racist Idiots Upset Over New "Miss America"

  

  The beautiful young lady in the picture above (from the website Forward Progressives) is Nina Davuluri, and she is the newly crowned Miss America. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie: Why People Oppose More War

  

  When President Obama proposed military strikes by the United States against the Syrian government, it quickly became apparent in poll after poll that the... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Austerity Reduces Deficit - Hurts Economy

  

  The latest figures from the Treasury Department show the budget deficit has dropped significantly. In August of 2012, the deficit was about $1. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Buying Power Of Minimum Wage

  

  This chart is from the website of ABC News, and it shows what our elected officials have allowed to happen to the minimum wage. Even though the minimum wage... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Newspaper Chastises Texas GOP Leaders About Refusal To Expand Medicaid

  

  East Texas newspapers are not known for supporting liberal ideas. In fact, outside of the Panhandle, East Texas is probably the most Republican area of this ver... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Self-Defense ?

  

  (Image is from the website called Exposing The Truth.) Unfortunately, this is too far too often. Think back. Weren't the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (and... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rich Get Richer (And No One Else Does)

  

  If you are a regular reader of this blog, you have heard me say that while the recession may be over for rich Americans it certainly isn't for the rest of... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY