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• Life

  

  We humans like to think we are the most important thing that ever happened. The truth is that we are just another animal, albeit a thinking one, that the Earth... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Killing Off The Poor For Votes And Profit

  

  The map above shows the sad plight of poor people in America -- people who have no health insurance and cannot afford to get the preventive care that would... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Remembering A Hero

  

  Today marks the birthday of a true American hero -- Cesar Chavez. Mr. Chavez was born on March 31, 1927. No one fought harder for the poor, the downtrodden,... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Most & Least Religious Metropolitan Areas

  

  As christians gather to celebrate the Easter Bunny (and look for the eggs he/she has hidden), the good folks at the Gallup Poll have released their latest... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP - Hurt Poor & Elderly To Help Rich

  

  The Republicans would have us believe that this country is in serious financial trouble with the current budget deficit (which they caused after inheriting a... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Opposed To Deporting Immigrants

  

  The following charts are from the recent survey on immigration reform by the Pew Research Center (taken between March 13th and 17th of 1,501 nationwide adults -... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gun Deaths Are An Epidemic In The U.S.

  

  Guns death top 30,000 each year in the United States (31,076 in 2010). About 35% of those deaths are homicides, while about 62% are suicides and the remaining 3... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tradition ?

  

  Unfortunately, this is true all over the world -- including the United States. Far too many people think the oppression of women is just the way things are... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rubio Shoots Himself In The Foot

  

  There is no doubt anymore that the vast majority of Americans (around 9 out of 10) want to see a background check done on all people trying to buy a gun --... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Et Tu, O'Reilly ?

  

  Nobody knows how the Supreme Court is going to decide the two cases it just heard on same-sex marriage, but poll after poll has made it obvious that most... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Willie And Rick (Texas View On LGBT)

  

  A couple of Texas' more famous (or infamous) personalities recently spoke out about the LGBT community and same-sex marriage. They are Willie Nelson and Rick... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shameless

  

  This may be humorous, but it also contains a lot of truth. When President Obama was elected by a large margin, the GOP was terrified that he might improve the... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP's Growing "Marriage Equality" Problem

  

  The ultra-right-wing Republicans that make up a majority in the modern Republican Party like to say quite often that we should not change the laws in this... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Will Filibuster Senate Gun Bill

  

  There is no doubt that a huge majority of Americans support closing the loopholes on background checks for gun buyers. Poll after poll has shown that between 88... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Marriage Is A Civil Right

  

  The right-wing, especially the fundamentalists, want to separate some rights from others. For them, the right to own a firearm is a right that should be extende... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Economic Injustice

  

  This is for those who think that our economic system has remained the same, and the "trickle-down" Republicans didn't change anything -- the rich just worked... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shocking Truth About Income Growth

  

  This rather shocking chart (from an article by David Cay Johnston, an expert on tax law at the Syracuse University School of Law, at tax analysts.com) reveals... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Politicians Supporting Marriage Equality

  

  This week the Supreme Court is hearing two very important cases. I call them important because they will decide (at least for a while) whether the U.S. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cutting Taxes Still Doesn't Create Jobs

  

  It isn't just the Republicans in the U.S. Congress that are trying to convince Americans that the way to prosperity and new jobs is to cut taxes for the rich. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Wars Cost Money - Lots Of Money !

  

  What indeed! Any politician with even half a brain knows that wars cost joey, a lot of money -- even wars that are justified (such as the war President Lincoln... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY