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• Congressional GOP Cares Only For Rich

  

  President Obama has now signed the order putting the sequester cuts into effect, as he was ordered to do by the bill passed by Congress (on mainly Republican... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• All Citizens Are "Entitled" To Vote

  

  It was very disappointing to hear Justice Scalia refer to the Voting Rights Act as "a racial entitlement". The idea that a Supreme Court justice could be so... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Low-Tax Myth

  

  The Republicans have a lot of myths about taxes and economics. They like to say that raising taxes hurts job creation. That myth has been exposed by numerous... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• An Environmental Mistake

  

  It's good to finally see someone in the mainstream media finally taking a sensible position on the building of the Keystone XL Pipeline. That pipeline is an... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Had A Birthday Yesterday

  

  Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of the Republic of Texas (March 2, 1836). The yellow area on the map shows what Texas looked like as a country. It... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sun Worship

  

  (Image found on the blog of Yellowdog Granny.) What a novel concept -- worshipping something that has been proven to actually exist! Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The GOP Gets What It Wanted - Huge Cuts

  

  Well, Republican refusal to consider any new revenue by closing loopholes in tax laws for the rich has insured that the so-called "sequestration" cuts will... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Increased Desire For Stricter Gun Laws

  

  A majority of Americans have been in favor of stricter restrictions on guns for a few years now -- but it was a small majority. According to a poll done in... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Proud To Be Conservative? - Really?

  

  Conservatives won't like this graphic, but if they are honest they'll have to admit that the "conservative" officials they have elected are supporting these... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• VAWA Passes As House GOP Caves

  

  In the last election, the Republican Party did not do well with women voters, losing that demographic by a significant margin. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Gun In The Home Increases The Danger

  

  (The cartoon above is by Steve Sack in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.) Back in the early 1990s the Center for Disease Control (CDC) was conducting a study of... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Is Losing The Spending Debate

  

  The Republican Party knows they are out of step with the American public on many issues, including abortion, same-sex marriage, immigration reform, job creation... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Theft Is Theft No Matter Who Does It

  

  Does it really matter to the ordinary person whether most of the country's wealth and income is taken (stolen) by organized crime or by Wall Street bankers and... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Opinion Disconnected From Reality

  

  This chart is from a Gallup Poll (conducted between February 7th and 10th with a nationwide sample of 1,015 adults -- with a margin of error of 4 points).... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Corporatism And The Major Media

  

  This is a very perceptive statement by the legendary Malcolm X. Here in America, we like to think that our major news media are independent organizations whose... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• CPAC Snubs Best Republican Hopeful

  

  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is one of the most popular governors in the country. The Republican governor is carrying a favorability rating over 70%, and... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Telling The Truth About Marijuana

  

  The original marijuana laws were meant far more for social control than for citizen safety. That is because marijuana is the safest drug know -- and will not... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Above The Law ?

  

  The above statement is true. And even worse, the bankers (at least the big ones on Wall Street) seem to be immune to the law. Why have none of the bankers that... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Is "Extreme" And "Out Of Touch"

  

  The chart above is from the Pew Research Center, and it shows the favorability of the two political parties in the eyes of the American public. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Opposes Cuts To Most Programs

  

  All the talk now is about how the government needs to cut spending. Nobody seems to like the sequester, but both Congress and the public seems to have accepted... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY