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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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jobsanger
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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 16248 )
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We All Deserve It
Amen to that. Why do the members of Congress get good government health care insurance, but those members of Congress (especially the Republicans) think it is... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Giffords Super-PAC Rakes In The Cash
Once she recovered from being shot in an Arizona shopping Center parking lot, former Rep. Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords decided to campaign for sane gun control. Read more
Posted on 04 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cutting Gov. Programs Increases Poverty
The Republicans have cut most programs that help hurting Americans to the bone -- and they want to cut them even more. They either don't care how many... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Wine Is Catching Up With Beer In Popularity
These charts were made with information from a recent Gallup Poll (conducted between July 10th and 14th of 2,027 nationwide adults -- with a margin of error of ... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Vonnegut's "Invocation"
“Oh Lord Most High, Creator of the Cosmos, Spinner of Galaxies, Soul of Electromagnetic Waves, Inhaler and Exhaler of Inconceivable Volumes of Vacuum, Spitter o... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
7.4% Unemployment - The Lowest In Years
The Labor Department announced the official employment statistics for the month of July, and on the surface it looks like great news. The official unemployment... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Raising The Minimum Wage Makes Sense
The Republicans think poor people are lazy, and we're spending too much money on them. But the truth is that poor people want to work just as badly as anyone... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
38% Of Americans Admit Trying Marijuana
The information is the chart above is from a recent Gallup Poll (conducted between July 10th and 14th of this year, of 2,027 nationwide adults -- with a margin... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Economy Is Always Better Under Democrats
I have posted this information before, but it bears repeating -- because it still hasn't sunk in to many in this country. The Republicans like to claim they... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Electoral Trouble For Senate Minority Leader
It is almost unthinkable that a politician holding the exalted position of party leader in the U.S. Senate, and who has been a fixture in the senate for some... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Is Still Beating A Dead Horse (ACORN)
(Image is from the Photobucket page of RosaBella75.) It makes no sense, but the House Republicans have once again added a provision to the latest Department of... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Green Party Calls For Pardon For Manning
I made my feelings known about the conviction of Bradley Manning is a post a few days ago. I don't think he should spend another day locked up in prison. Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
It Really Is That Simple
It couldn't be any simpler. When workers make a decent wage (and don't have to spend it all for medical care), then they have the money to buy things -- and tha... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Is Out-Of-Step With Public On Budget
The charts above were made from information contained in the results from a recent YouGov Poll, taken of 1,000 nationwide adults on July 24th and 25th. Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Is Rand Paul Stupid Or Just Lying ?
Those are the words of Rand Paul (the leading candidate right now for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016). He's talking about the greed of the victims of... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Belief In Evolution In The United States
These results are from a YouGov Poll conducted on July 8th and 9th of this year. While enlightening, I found them to be a bit disappointing -- since only a... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
An Incredible Level Of Hypocrisy
(Image is from the Facebook page of Red State Blue Woman.) Do you think this fool had any idea of the incredible hypocrisy that he exhibited with his inane... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Early Presidential Preference
I know it's still way too early, but I find this sort of thing to be quite interesting. This is the latest survey done by Public Policy Polling on the... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Bradley Manning Verdict
(This photo of Bradley Manning is by the U.S. Army, and was found at Wikipedia.) The official verdict in the Bradley Manning trial was sort of a mixed bag. The... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Choice - It's The South Vs. Rest Of The U.S.
I found this information from the Pew Research Center to be very interesting. They combined the results from their own recent survey with surveys from others,... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY
