The situation with ACORN has really got me thinking. Okay, I'll have to admit that I think there should be some penalty for the group which, at the very least, was caught doing something stupid in re, offering tax advice to a pimp. What has me intrigued, however, is the amount of effort and energy... Continue Reading →
Can't Understand Why People Think Race is an Issue!
Interesting that this is stamped over a picture of the Lincoln Monument! Editor of The Progressive, Matthew Rothschild, quoted this letter he received, "America is in deep, deep trouble. The country lost its mind last November and went and elected a Third World chimp as President. So who can be surprised now that Barack Hussen... Continue Reading →
The Politics of Political Surveys
Just when I was wondering what to blog about (I, in fact, have another blog in the making). Yesterday I received an invitation from Representative Connie Mack to attend his Health Care Forum in Fort Myers. Included with the invitation is a Health Care Reform Survey. Well, I'm a sociologist. Surveys are the staples of... Continue Reading →
Illegal Immigrants and Health Care
One of the many axes on which health care reform rests is whether illegal immigrants will have access to health care. There appears to be unanimous outcry from Republicans bewailing the possibility that illegals might weasel access to health care. Joe Wilson even breached congressional decorum by screaming "you lie!" at the President for stating... Continue Reading →
What do we do about Wall Street
This weekend a great deal of time has been spent remembering 9/11. This is important. We should always commemorate the suffering and sacrifice of that fateful day. But there's another day we must not forget. October 6, 2009, the day the Stock Market crashed. Now this might not have been as dramatic as a terrorist... Continue Reading →
A Larger Fishbowl! (An Agitate Commentary)
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Why I'm Against the Death Penalty
It's hard to be against the death penalty in the United States. Sometimes it's even hard in my own mind. When I read stories about brutal killers, serial murderers, child killers and molesters I must admit that I really do believe that such people deserve to die. Yet, that they may indeed deserve to die... Continue Reading →
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