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• Maine's GOP Governor Trailing In Early Polls

  

  It looks like Maine's dalliance with a right-wing Republican Governor may be coming to an end next year. A new poll from the Maine Peoples' Resource Center show... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Social Security Did Not Cause The Deficit

  

  (Image is from the Facebook page of Americans Against The Republican Party.) Today's right-wing Republicans want Americans to think that Social Security is the... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Morality Doesn't Depend On Religion

  

  Christians (and many from other religions) would have us believe that a person cannot be moral without believing in a god. That is far from the truth. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dirtiest 1% Of Power Plants Producing 33% Of Power Plant Carbon Pollution

  

  (This image of a coal-fired power plant is from ecology.com.) The title of this post may sound amazing, but it is true. The United States has more than 6,000... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• American Public Unsure About Russian Plan - But Still Opposes Military Action

  

  The above charts are from information contained in the recent Gallup Poll. That survey was done on September 11th and 12th of 1,038 nationwide adults (with a... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Greens Say Austerity Hurting The Poor

  

  The Republicans want Americans to believe that austerity is the answer to all of America's economic problems. But the truth is that it is exactly the wrong thin... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Austerity Hurts Children

  

  Just a reminder of how insane the Republican austerity really is. They have already cut social programs to the bone -- in spite of the shameful fact that this... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 20% In The U.S. Struggle To Afford Food

  

  The chart above is from a recent Gallup Poll, and was made with surveying large monthly samples of nationwide adults -- the latest survey being done in the mont... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Teabaggers Are Unhappy With GOP Leaders

  

  The charts above were made with information from a survey done by the Pew Research Center between September 4th and 8th. Some 396 Republicans were interviewed,... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie's Advice For President Obama

  

  (The image above is from the Facebook page of Senator Bernie Sanders.) America's best U.S. Senator, Bernie Sanders (I- Vermont), appeared on The Ed Show the... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Socialism Is Not Evil - Corporatism Is

  

  Bill Maher hits the nail on the head here. Maher understands that too many in this country don't have any idea what socialism really is. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Inequality Of U.S. Economic System

  

  This chart, made from information in the University of California - Berkley report written by Emmanuel Saez, clearly shows just how out-of-whack the economic... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who Owns The Members Of Congress ?

  

  Finance, Insurance, Real Estate (57) Lawyers Lobbyists (25) Health (5) Agribusiness (3) Labor (2) Energy Natural Resources (2) Misc. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Approval Of Congress Improves Slightly

  

  This chart is based on the newest Gallup Poll on congressional approval (done between September 5th and 8th of 1,510 random nationwide adults, with a 3 point... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Not Racist ?

  

  And don't even try to say it's because of his "socialist" policies? President Obama is one of the most moderate and centrist Democrats ever elected, and far to... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Minimum Wage Is Not A Livable Wage

  

  The Republicans in Congress would like for Americans to believe that only teenagers living with their parents are paid the minimum wage, and therefore that... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Has Russia Saved Obama From A Mistake?

  

  Two more polls have been released, and they show the same thing that numerous other polls have shown -- that the American people do not want their government... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• NYC Democrats Choose Their Candidates

  

  (This beautiful image of New York City is by Daniel Schwen.) The Democratic primary is over in New York City, and the mayor's race has come out just as predicte... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Capitalism

  

  This is a good definition of capitalism. An unregulated capitalism gives the owners (the capitalists) the power to abuse their workers to make the largest profi... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Opposition To An Attack On Syria Is Growing

  

  I know I'm probably beginning to sound like a broken record on the Syrian attack issue, but I think it's important, and I think it would be a serious mistake fo... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY