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• A Novel Idea

  How's that for a novel idea? Instead of bailing out the thieves, you throw them in jail and bail out the people who had trusted those thieving bankers. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congratulations WTAMU Football !

  I hope you readers will understand, but I feel compelled to stray from discussing politics to congratulate a school that many of us here in the Panhandle... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Negotiating Involves More Than Saying NO

  There are supposed to be negotiations going on in Washington over the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the budget cuts that will automatically happen at the... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Future Could Be Looking Grim For The GOP

  The above chart is from the Pew Research Center, and it shows the percentage of the vote going to Democrats since 1972 -- for both the under 30 age group (yello... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Rich Are Still Waging A Class War

  (This caricature of prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is by DonkeyHotey.)The rich tried to win the election by spending hundreds of millions of dollars to pu... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Secular Public Education Insures Democracy

  We live in a secular country. Regardless of what some fundamentalists would like to believe, the Founding Fathers intentionally created this nation to be ruled... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Grievous Sin

  Darwin is right, of course. If the structure of the society we have built is itself responsible for much or all of the poverty in our country, then we must all... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Marijuana Legalization Gaining Support

  

  For the last couple of years, polls have shown that more and more people are coming to the realization that marijuana should be legalized, regulated, and taxed. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Devious Plan Of GOP Senators

  The lady in the picture above is Susan Rice. Ms. Rice graduated with honors from Stanford University. She then received a Rhodes scholarship to attend Oxford... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Health Care Reform Didn't Go Far Enough

  This is a rather interesting graph from the Gallup Poll. It shows that while 57% of Americans are happy with the cost of their health insurance (most of them... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Between A Rock And A Hard Place

  In their efforts to protect their rich Wall Street benefactors and please their teabagger base, congressional Republicans have managed to put themselves... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Food Stamp Use Rises

  In the last budget the Republicans proposed they wanted to not only cut free lunches for poor school children, but tried to slash the amount of money that... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fighting For The Little Guy

  Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the best friend the hard-working "little guy" in this country has. More than any Democrat or Republican, he... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Supports Filibuster Reform

  (caricature above is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.)Majority Leader Harry Reid got burned two years ago. He had a handshake agreement with Minority Leader... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "War On Xmas" Or Upholding Constitution ?

  The picture above shows a citizen walking past a nativity scene in Palisades Park in Santa Monica (California) back in 2010. That won't be happening this year. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gun Dealers Should Love President Obama

  If the gun dealers in the United States aren't big supporters of President Obama, then there has to be something wrong with their thought processes. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• (Military) Spending Is Out Of Control

  This should make us all mad. While the Republicans think we spend too much government money feeding the hungary in this country, they want to increase spending... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Opposite Ends Of The GOP Spectrum

  Two Republican politicians were in the news this week -- and both of them have been mentioned many times as possible candidates for the party's nomination as... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Court Says Taping Of Police Is Legal

  Having spent most of my adult life in various aspects of law enforcement, I have to say police brutality is neither required nor desired to uphold the law. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Higher Taxes For The Wealthy Makes Sense

  Warren Buffett (pictured above) is one of the richest men in the United States. But he has a couple of other qualities that should endear him to all Americans -... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY