What do “A Majority of Americans” think about a subject?

Archive for August 15th, 2008

White Americans Will Not Be Majority By 2042

Friday, August 15th, 2008

White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2042, according to new government projections. That’s eight years sooner than previous estimates, made in 2004. The nation has been growing more diverse for decades,

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Disobedience and Democracy: Nine Fallacies on Law and Order

Friday, August 15th, 2008

These nine fallacies, I believe, are not only harmful to the liberty of dissident minorities, but stifling to the growth of democracy for the majority of Americans. What I will suggest in this essay is that Mr. Fortas’ brief on dissent

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Jim Wallis: A Step Forward

Friday, August 15th, 2008

It is a common-sense approach that could unite the vast majority of Americans around a goal that leverages support for women, instead of coercion, to dramatically reduce the number of abortions in America.

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White Americans will not be a majority by

Friday, August 15th, 2008

White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2042, reveal the new government projections. That's eight years sooner than previous estimates, made in 2004. The US has been growing mor…

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Americans Don't Want to Drill

Friday, August 15th, 2008

The significance of this poll cannot be underestimated as the Drill Here, Drill Now crowd keeps harping on the statistic that a large majority of Americans favor increased drilling. This poll, unlike several previous ones, presented all

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Mondale makes 1st pitch for Obama

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Paul, an audience member asked Mondale why the race between Obama and Republican John McCain was so close, when polls show a large majority of Americans are dissatisfied with GOP policies. Obama’s opponents are spending hundreds of

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Happy Anniversary Social Security

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Like today with so many, especially children, without health care. The next Democratic President can change that, but only with our help. But like FDR’s grandson said, only with the help of a majority of Americans, like FDR had.

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Dreamers Vs. Realists

Friday, August 15th, 2008

They scoff at the vast majority of Americans who are demanding that we drill and drill now, using the lame excuse that it will take years before the oil here can be brought to the surface and refined and supplied to the nation’s gas

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Friday, August 15th, 2008

However they, meaning the Dems in charge, did little to nothing while blocking many legislation that the vast majority of Americans wanted passed. Since they are in charge and promised so much but delivered so little,

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Peter A. Ubel: Electoral Logic

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Thanks to the Electoral College, the majority of Americans who go to the polls in November will cast meaningless votes, for candidates who have ignored their states in favor of a handful of swing states. Clearly the founding fathers,

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