Take The American Civics Test, Pass It Along, And REC!
Taken from http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/... , the following test was administered to 2,508 people across the nation. The results?More than 2,500 randomly selected Americans took ISI’s basic 33...
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Raise The Gasoline Tax, Immediately/Pronto/Now!
Today the average price of Gasoline in the United States has dropped to $1.929 per gallon, per the AAA's assessment of national prices. Of that, roughly $0.48 come from state and federal gasoline...
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Gasoline Prices Are Rising Again? Time to Raise My Taxes (Yes, You read that...
Nearly 3 months ago when I wrote the original Raise the Gasoline Tax diary, the average price of gasoline stood at $1.929.After bottoming out at 1.616 per gallon in December however, gasoline prices...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Denies Right to Post-Conviction DNA Evidence
In what can only be described as judicial horror, the Supreme Court today, in a 5-4 decision, has stripped prisoners of the right to have post-conviction DNA evidence submitted to clear their...
View ArticleThe Democratic Majority is more important than the Public Option
The subject line is a direct quote by Steve McMahon today on "The Ed Show" with Ed Schultz.When video is made available I will post it. Until then, please see the transcript I've put together from the...
View ArticleObama Lifts The HIV Travel Ban - Much More To Do
Those of you who know me know that I have been very critical of President Obama in several diaries and comments ranging from civil liberties, torture and torture prosecutions, healthcare, and LGBT...
View ArticleUPDATEDx3 - Help! NYS Senate Gay Marriage Vote Tomorrow!
The NY State Assembly (our version of a House of Representatives) passed the Gay Marriage bill on May 12th, 2009 by a margin of 89-52 and had the backing of five...
View ArticleUPDATEDx4 - Help! NYS Senate Gay Marriage Vote Today!
This is repost of yesterday's diary, but we're in the home stretch and need as many people as possible to help make calls.------------------------The NY State Assembly (our version of a House of...
View ArticleUPDATEDx4 - Serving Notice To All Elected Democrats
I wrote the following letter to the DLCC, DSCC, DCCC, and amended it slightly and sent it to Senators Schumer and Gillibrand.My support for democrats hung by a thread throughout this year for various...
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REPOST: Gasoline Prices Are Rising Again? Time to Raise My Taxes (Yes, You...
This diary was originally posted February 16, 2009, more than a year ago. Given the BP Oil Disaster and the suspension of off shore drilling, I felt it appropriate to repost this diary.There is so much...
View ArticleWhat Do We Want Social Security To Be?
This may seem like an odd question to ask, but before we can truly work to solve the issues surrounding this nearly 80 year old program, issues that have no doubt been caused by bad policy decisions...
View ArticleThe polite veneer of Republican Party has been ripped away
This is my first diary in 6 years, but I've reached a point with the Republican party and the media interpretation of the equivalency between the major parties that I felt compelled to write...
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