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• Honoring A Great American

  

  Today is the day our nation has chosen to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. with a holiday in his honor -- and it is appropriate that we do this. Dr. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Did GOP Blink On Debt Ceiling ?

  

  For weeks now the GOP has been saying it will not raise the debt ceiling unless President Obama and the Democrats agree to substantial cuts in Social Security... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Majority Supports Obama's Gun Proposals

  

  The Pew Research Center recently did a survey on how much support the various gun law proposals each had -- and they found that some (like closing background... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congress Is The Problem

  

  The person who made this graph (which I found on the blog of Yellowdog Granny) applied it to to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (and that would exhibit... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Are Number One (Unfortunately)

  

  You'd have to be insane to think this problem can be solved with more guns. It was created because we have too many guns in the U.S., and they are too easily... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Is Trying To Rig The Electoral College

  

  The graphic above (from Wikipedia) shows the electoral college vote in the 2012 election (weighted by the size of each state's electoral vote). It does not pain... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is the President Unfair To Fox News ?

  

  Fox News likes to claim that it is "fair and balanced", but it would take a brain-dead individual to believe that. Fox is nothing more than the propaganda wing... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two New Polls Highlight GOP Troubles

  

  Yesterday I posted about the Democracy Corps Poll taken recently. It showed that the Republican image is probably about as bad as it has ever been -- with most... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No Justification

  

  I agree with the sentiment above. It should be offensive to all men for anyone to try and shift the blame for a rape onto a woman. Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Is Anti-Business ?

  

  The Republicans have tried to convince Americans that the economy would never improve under President Obama because the president is "anti-business". Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congressional GOP Image Tarnished

  

  The above chart was compiled from information gleaned in the Democracy Corps survey done between January 10th and 14th. It shows that the image of the House... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Op-Ed On Gun Control

  

  President Obama announced the measures he would like to see enacted regarding gun control in a national speech last Wednesday. On that same day, he wrote an... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lying About The Debt Ceiling

  

  Maybe the only way the Republicans can justify their insane position on refusing to raise the debt ceiling is to lie about it, because that is exactly what... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama To Keep Pressure On Republicans

  

  During his first term President Obama tried repeatedly to compromise and negotiate with the congressional Republicans. In fact, he did it so much that many... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Still Supports Roe V. Wade Decision

  

  One of the main policies of the current Republican Party is opposition to the Supreme Court decision of Roe vs. Wade -- the decision that legalized a woman's... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama's Proposals To Reduce Gun Deaths

  

  While the NRA continues trying to scare Americans into thinking the mean old federal government is coming to take their guns away from them (and that they... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Honesty Or Propaganda ?

  

  The government says you should talk to your children about marijuana. I have no problem with that. But the government doesn't want you to tell them the truth... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gun Laws The Public Will Support

  

  (The caricature above of Vice-President Joe Biden is by DonkeyHotey.)Vice-President Biden has submitted his proposals to President Obama for new gun laws and... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Suicides Still Climbing In The Military

  

  Last year, I wrote a post about how suicides have been rising in the Army. Sadly that trend has not been reversed. In fact, it has gotten worse. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How To Irritate Your Favorite Republican

  

  (The elephant image above is from the website called Breadwig.com.)The good folks over at Addicting Info have performed a public service for us liberals who... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY