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• A Majority In U.S. Want Marijuana Legalized

  

  This is exciting news, because it shows that support for the legalization of marijuana (for both medical and recreational use by adults) is picking up steam, an... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tx Voter Suppression (aka Voter ID Law)

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Adam Zyglis in The Buffalo News.) Texas is one of the states with a Voter ID law. It was pushed through the legislature a while... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Shrinking Middle Class Is Unacceptable

  

  The congressional Republicans continue to repeat their mantra of government cuts and tax cuts for the rich. Unfortunately, neither of those addresses one of... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Equality Is Now Legal In New Jersey

  

  (Image is from the Facebook page of David Gerrold.) In September, Judge Mary Jacobson of the Mercer County Superior Court ruled that New Jersey must allow... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Doesn't Like GOP Control Of House

  

  Republicans like to talk these days about the approval rating of President Obama (which is currently 8 points under his disapproval). Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cruz Obstructs Vote On FCC Nominee

  

  The Texas GOP's worst imposition on American government to date, teabagger Ted Cruz, is at it again trying to obstruct the work of the United States Senate. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Would Rob Social Security/Medicare

  

  (This image above is from the Facebook page United Progressives.) The Republicans love to use the word "entitlements" when they are talking about Social Securit... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Education Matters In An Unfair Economy

  

  As the chart above shows, since about 1980 (when the GOP instituted its "trickle-down" economic policy) the income growth in the United States has gone mostly t... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Supreme Court Backs EPA Decisions

  

  Big Business and global warming deniers lost some battles in the Supreme Court recently. Lower courts had ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Early Look At The 2014 Elections

  

  Just a few months ago, it was hard to find a political pundit that thought the Democrats had even a remote chance of flipping the House of Representatives (and... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Truth From A Republican

  

  It's nice to see a Republican telling the truth. There are too many left in that party with a grip on reality. They seem too invested in their ideology to see... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fast Food Costs You More Than You Think

  

  (The image above was found at the website eslpod.com.) The Republicans would like for all of us to think that those receiving help from government programs are... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public's Mad At Congress - Not Government

  

  I thought this survey by the Pew Research Center was interesting -- taken between October 9th and 13th of 1,504 adults across the nation (with a 2.9 point margi... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 3 Out Of 4 United States Citizens Believe Their Government Is Corrupt

  

  Here is one more survey showing just what a low opinion of their government officials the United States citizens have. The Gallup Poll surveyed about 1,000... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Prayer Was Never Banned In Schools

  

  I'm tired of right-wing fundamentalists spreading this lie. Prayer was never banned in schools -- not in any state or community in this nation. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Did The GOP Learn Its Lesson ?

  

  The Democracy Corps Poll was conducted between October 6th and 8th of 950 2012 voters nationwide (with a 3.18 point margin of error). Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unemployment Statistics Out Next Week

  

  We are now two weeks past the date when we should have gotten the unemployment statistics for the month of September. The release was delayed because the... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Views GOP As Being Too Partisan

  

  The congressional Republicans want Americans to think their fight with President Obama and the Democrats is over policy. While that may have been true in the... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Stupid

  

  If they hadn't proven it before, the teabaggers have proven it now by shutting down the government (and threatening to force the government to default on its... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Public Really Thinks Of Obamacare

  

  For the last couple of weeks we have heard the teabaggers in Congress claim they are just doing what the American people want them to do by shutting down the... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY