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• Public Still Opposed To Syrian Intervention

  

  Once again, the specter of a United States intervention in the Syrian civil war is being discussed. The reason is new speculation that the Syrian military has... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Religion / Patriarchy

  

  Images above are from the Facebook page of Pink Progressives. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Closing The Gap In Education

  

  The charts above were made from information provided by the Pew Research Center (who gleaned the rates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Is Religion Allowed To Avoid Taxes ?

  

  (This cartoon image is by the brilliant David Hayward at nakedpastor.) Before the last election, more than 1,000 churches across this nation preached partisan... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Says No New Nuclear Plants

  

  The nuclear disaster in Japan is still posing a danger to the people there (and possibly in many other places as radioactive water keeps pouring into the Pacifi... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Will Young Members Moderate The GOP ?

  

  The charts in this post were made from information from the Pew Research Center -- and was mostly gleaned from a poll done between July 17th and 21st of 1,480... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Warning! - A New George Bush Is Coming

  

  (This photo of George P. Bush is by Gage Skidmore.) I post this as a warning to voters and intelligent people across this country -- there is a new George Bush... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party - On Our Struggling Economy

  

  The rich are getting richer, the giant corporations are making record profits, and Wall Street is booming. And the politicians and pundits tell us the... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obamacare Saves Consumers Money

  

  One of the silliest lies the Republicans tell about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is that it will raise the cost of health care for Americans. Not so. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Emerging American Police State

  

  (This 2006 image of Daniel Ellsberg is by Jacob Appelbaum.) Dr. Daniel Ellsberg is a personal hero of mine. Back in 1971, while he was working as a military... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Is Bushwhacked By Their Own Poll

  

  As you probably know by now, the teabagger element of the congressional GOP wants to use the upcoming debt ceiling debate (or the continuing budget resolution... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Are Not There Yet On Racial Equality

  

  There were those who said the United States was entering a "post-racial" period with the election of Barack Obama to be president. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Just Caters To The Rich

  

  The Republicans have been telling that lie so long that I think some of them may be starting to believe it -- the lie that says they are the party that wants... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most Young Republicans Using Obamacare

  

  The Republican Party in the House has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) at least 40 times now, and huge majorities of the GOP base across the... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• ACT Scores Show Educational Deficiencies

  

  About 1.7 million students (or 54% of America's graduating seniors) took the ACT test this year, and those scores, because of the large number of students takin... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 POLITICS, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• This Is Just Stupid (Or Racist)

  

  Public Policy Polling recently did a survey of Louisiana voters (between August 16th and 19th). The thrust of the survey was to see how current Democratic... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Perry Has The Ability To Just Not Care

  

  Texas has more uninsured people than any other state in this nation -- both in raw numbers and as a percentage of the state population. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Infighting Shows A Party In Trouble

  

  (The cartoon above is by Daryl Cagle at caglecartoons.com.) There was a time when the Republican Party was united, and their biggest worry was stopping or... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Beginning To Understand Corporate Influence Over Government

  

  The chart above was made with information from a recent Rasmussen Poll. The poll was conducted on August 13th and 14th of a nationwide sample of 1,000 likely... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Perfect Metaphor For Texas GOP's Failure

  

  The above picture (from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission) shows what the roads looked like in many rural areas of the state more than 70 years... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY