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• Ban Private Purchases Of Military Weapons

  

  As the graphic shows, there are many legitimate reasons to own a firearm, but an assault weapon (such as the AR-15 shown) is not appropriate for any of those... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Social Security & Medicare - The Truth

  

  The Republicans are still telling horror stories about Social Security and Medicare. The claim both of those programs are broke, and will soon go bankrupt --... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Marriage Equality Can't Be Stopped

  

  The battle for same-sex marriage equality has been a long and hard one, and there are still battles to be waged on behalf of it -- but the war may already have... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas GOP - Spending More To Do Less

  

  The Texas legislature has just authorized payment of $4.5 billion in Medicaid (which they left out of the original 2012-2013 budget to balance the books in... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Corporate Media

  

  I couldn't agree more with that statement. The media is supposed to search out and report the truth, because a democracy cannot exist unless it has an educated... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Right-Wing Extremists Choose Favorites

  

  Each year the most extreme right-wingers in America hold a conference. It's put on by the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC). Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• House GOP Kills Rise In Minimum Wage

  

  The Republican Party doesn't care much for poor people. They call them "takers", and make fun of them for not paying federal income taxes. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• One-Fifth Of Americans Have No Religion

  

  A few weeks ago I posted about a Pew Research Center survey that concluded about 20% of Americans have no religion. They are not affiliated with any organized... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Maryland Votes To Abolish Death Penalty

  

  The gentleman pictured above in Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley. For several years now he has been campaigning against the death penalty, saying: "Evidence... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Patriarchy And Christianity

  

  Another brilliant cartoon from David Hayward at the naked pastor. He drew it as a commentary on the fact that the new leader of the catholic church will be... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Presidential Polls Already ?

  

  You're probably thinking that it's way too early to be looking at presidential polls for 2016 -- and of course, you would be right. There's at least three... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Corporate Media

  

  This is the kind of nonsense you get with today's corporate-owned media. Real news (news that affects citizens in their everyday lives) gets ignored, while... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Spending Is Not The Problem

  

  Federal government spending is not the problem these days. Spending has already been massively cut since President Obama assumed office, and as a percentage of... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voting Turnout For 2012 Election

  

  (Image is from the ECHR Blog.) The news media has been reporting that voting turnout in 2012 was down, and sort of giving the impression that it was very low. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dueling Budget Bills

  

  The chart above shows the differences between the Senate budget bill (proposed by Democrats) and the Ryan budget bill (which has been proposed by House... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Third Gun Bill Gets Committee Approval

  

  On Thursday, a third gun bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. Earlier in the week a couple of other gun bills had received committee approval. The first... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Plays Politics With Women's Health

  

  These two excellent charts clearly show how devastating the actions of the Republican-controlled legislature have been to women's health in the state of Texas. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Those Big Spenders

  

  Let me give you a hint -- both of the presidents who did not lower the budget deficit have the initials "G" and "B". While Republicans like to accuse the... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Still Polling Better Than The GOP

  

  The chart above was compiled from the newest ABC News/Washington Post Poll (conducted between March 7th and 10th of 1,001 random adults nationwide -- with a... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Pope - Same As The Old Pope

  

  The catholic cardinals had a tough decision to make. Should they choose another pope from the developed world and try to slow the disintegration of the church i... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY