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An Obvious Outlier – The Nine Point Presidential Approval Drop That Probably Isn’t

March 14, 2012
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My gut reaction to the CBS/NYTimes poll showing a 9 point drop for President Obama in one month was that it was clearly a flawed poll or otherwise an anomaly.

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So, You Think The Keystone Pipeline Is A Good Idea, And That Climate Change Is A Hoax?

March 14, 2012
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I love people who say they don’t believe in global warming, or climate change, or whatever the current jargon is for the catastrophic disaster looming in our future. It doesn’t matter what we call it, the fact remains the same: we are polluting ourselves out of a planet

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Social Media And Politics

March 14, 2012
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My 30 year high school reunion was in 2009. A bunch of us attended. We also pledged to keep in touch on Facebook. Now, three years later, it saddens me that I was not able to fulfill that role. Why? Because of politics.

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You Can’t Cash In Your Faith For A Vote

March 14, 2012
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At this point, all of Mitt’s horses and all of Mitt’s men are having a ton of trouble trying to put his ability to sell one-track minded conservatives from Dixie a Mormon Humpty Dumpty back together again!

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Rick Santorum: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid.

March 14, 2012
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Rick Santorum is many things, but nuts isn’t one of them.

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Presidential Candidates On Marijuana

March 14, 2012
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The relevant three Presidential candidates’ (Romney, Santorum and Obama) view on marijuana is not necessarily aligned with their fellow countryman.

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Wisconsin Activists Convicted Of Misdemeanors For Peaceful Sit-In

March 14, 2012
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The district attorney said that he charged us six because we were the only people who had to be carried or who refused to stand up. Despite the fact that we were arrested for Unlawful Assembly, all six of us were charged with Resisting or Obstructing an Officer, a Class A Misdemeanor.

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Wisconsin GOP To Battered Women: Don’t Get Divorced

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If you are a woman regularly being beaten by your husband, you are a bad mother if you seek a divorce.

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Oily Politicians Need The Drilling

March 13, 2012
By
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It seems that Obama's energy policy is not that far from what George Bush spoke about when he promoted the Advanced Energy Initiative in 2005. The problem is that this kind of thinking solves problems that the GOP doesn't want solved -- at least not by Obama.

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Wisconsin Voter Suppression Law Ruled Unconstitutional

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When the people and the law are against you, perhaps it is time to step aside and let democracy takes its course once again.

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The Truth of Syria – Is Everyone Lying?

March 12, 2012
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What you know about the bloody conflicts in Syria depends largely on your location. Accounts vary drastically; the truth depends on the messenger.

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Red States Are The Real Welfare States

March 11, 2012
By
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Red states are really parasites and gold-diggers when it comes to collecting Federal dollars even though they are the most vociferous about government spending

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Weekend Reading List

March 11, 2012
By
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For this weekend's reading list we have stories on the impressive scope of President Obama's achievements, the $635 billion we have wasted militarizing police forces, why full employment is good for the working class, why environmental funders need to focus on building a grassroots movement, and a debunking of climate deniers.

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Do You Trust Your Spouse? Do You Trust Your Politician?

March 11, 2012
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I'm making a vow that I probably won't keep, but it helps to just say it: If we get one of these Republicans currently on the primary ticket as our next president, I'm moving to Sweden.

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Who’s The Snob, Santorum?

March 11, 2012
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I would be willing to place bets that all of Santorum's children either have, are, or will be attending college. And to me, this is where the hypocrisy comes in: It's important for his kids to go to college. That's normal. That's not snobbery. But when it's a low-income kid, it's suddenly snobbery if...

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The March of Christian Dominionism 4: How Dominionists Are Trying To Undermine Our Country

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The final part of the Christian Dominionism series where we look at how Dominionists influence our political discourse and corrupt our democracy. Does the GOP's actions confuse you? This is the article that will help make sense of it all.

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Game Change Is Not A Movie, It’s A Cautionary Tale

March 11, 2012
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Game Change does not so much resemble a political drama as it is does an 80's horror flick. You know, the ones where the killer is on the loose and the only person to survive is the blonde girl who doesn't have sex? Well, after watching Game Change, I--for the first time in...

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GALLUP-ing Through The Recovery

March 10, 2012
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Now that the economy has added more than 200,000 jobs for the third month in a row – February’s report showed a net gain of 227,000 – it’s time to stop beating around the bush. This is no longer a temporary bump or phase; we are now smack dab in the middle of...

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Who Was Derrick Bell And Why Is Critical Race Theory So Scary And So Important?

March 10, 2012
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President Obama is black. You either accept that fact or you don't. If you don't, a Breitbart style video might appeal to you, but you would never be an Obama voter anyway. If you have accepted the fact that he's black, there's little race baiting that could sway your vote.

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The Romney’s Wealth Isn’t The Problem – It’s The Fact That They’ve Never Been Broke

March 10, 2012
By
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Anne Romney recently stated that she doesn't think of herself as wealthy. I believe her, and don't need to vilify her for saying so. But isn't that the problem with our current election process? There is no way for someone who isn't wealthy - and knows it - to mount a campaign.

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