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• On This Ignorant, Irresponsible Government Shutdown

  Mad as hell and don't want to take it any more: “The American people don’t want a government shutdown, and they don’t want Obamacare,” House Republican leaders... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Why America's Middle Class Needs Help

  

  "Last year, a typical American household had an income of $51,017. The last year it was at that level was 1989 - meaning that America's middle class is making... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Senator Claire on Getting American Jobs Back

  

  I wrote our Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill on doing away with tax breaks for offshoring manufacturing and other work that could and should, of course, be don... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Lt. Gov. Kinder Against Missourians Getting More Affordable Health Care Now

  It's rather famous now--infamous? Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder not only has come out further against the Affordable Care Act--"Obamacare"--but he says we... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Business, Banks, Wall Street and the People, All Against a Government Shutdown

  Other than the extreme Right Wing of the nation, it seems most have lined up solidly against any government shutdown--most of the people, the business community... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the day--On the Republicans Vs. Working, Middle-class Americans and...

  “What the Republicans are doing is fighting for tax breaks for billionaires, for the one out of four corporations in America that pays nothing in taxes, and... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 SOCIETY

• You Know How Rep. Vicky Hartzler Voted to Kill the Food Stamp Program?

  

  Yes, she did: These Republicans Who Voted To Cut Food Stamps Personally Received Large Farm Subsidies So she voted to cut 40 billion dollars out of food stamps... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Three Huge, Recent Developments to Give One Hope

  Three things have taken place recently and really, if you think about it, they really could give you great hope. The first is that we have, to date, avoided war... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day--all That Matters

  Great quote for a Sunday: "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based o... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 SOCIETY

• First the Vote, Yesterday, and Now the Stupidity

  

  So the House Republicans did it, just as expected. They voted to send a bill to the Senate stripping 40 billion dollars of spending out of support for the poor... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Kansas City's Next Big, Annual Celebration??

  

  I got to thinking today at work. (I do it constantly, to make clear, not just once in a while). Anyway, it occurred to me, EVERY CITY IN THE NATION could--and... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day

  "We will continue to have mass shootings as long as it is so easy to buy politicians." --Andy Borowitz, American comedian and New York Times-bestselling... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Another Documentary More Americans Should See

  But sadly, won't. "Who is looking out for the American worker? The answer is: nobody." --Robert Reich, American political economist, professor, author, and... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Big Money in Our Government

  

  It's why we have to fight to end campaign contributions, folks, I say again. We have to get the big, ugly, corrupting money out of our election system so the... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Think the European Countries Spend More on Taxes Than the US on Their Health...

  You would be very, very mistaken. We, the US, spend far, far more on taxe--as well as and on top of our health care--than any other nation. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 SOCIETY

• We Need a Jobs Bill from This Congress

  From 2008 on, we have experienced the worst downturn in the American economy since the Great Depression, 80 years earlier. No small fact. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Notes on Our Debt Limit--and What Some Republicans Are Thinking of Doing to Us...

  

  There is a terrific, simply factual article in yesterday's NY Times Magazine about the nation's debt limit and how several Republicans are considering trashing... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Heads Up, Skywatchers

  

  ...and lovers of nature. This Thursday evening. Thanks to Donna and her JUST ME blog for the "heads Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Apple? That's It? That's All Ya' Got?

  

  As we all know, the new Apple company--you know, the one without Steve Jobs--had yet another product release this last week. Yes, they did. And... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 SOCIETY

• Notes on a Viral Video

  I just found this video on the YouTube home page. Observations: 1) How cool, simply; 2) How great that Home Depot is getting/will get 3) This is what equality i... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 SOCIETY