Welcome to the November 8, 2011 edition of skeptical political inquiry.

William Hambleton Bishop, MA presents Teenage Drinking | Solving Youth Substance Abuse | restraint theory, individuation, overpopulation, cultural priorities and freewill posted at Thoughts from a Therapist, saying, “this looks at the political, social, and individual elements of the teenage drinking problem in our country… I offer solutions for every proposed concern.”

Scott Spiegel presents Occupy First; Ask Questions Later posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “What the hell are the Wall Street occupiers protesting? Do they even know?”

Shoeboxpublish presents The Short Selling of America posted at DCTrader, saying, “The repeal of a little known trading rule back in July of 2007, is shown to be the primary cause for the stock markets extreme volitility in the past few years. Wild swings of 300 or more points have become common place. This article explores why that is, and why stability will not be returned to the markets or the economy – until this little known trading rule is reinstated.”

just4theplanet presents Tories sound death knell for “greenest economy ever” | posted at Just 4 the Planet.

K.D. Koratsky presents Good Theories Mean Accurate Predictions: Democrat Corruption Runs Wild: Part I of IV | Neo-Darwinian Enlightenment Blog and Forum posted at Neo-Darwinian Enlightenment Blog and Forum.

Scott Spiegel presents The Tea Party vs. the Pot Party posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “The glaring differences between Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party rallies are obvious to anyone with a functioning pair of eyes (and nostrils).”

Jillian Plomin presents Occupy Wall Street – What’s the Effect on Campaigning? posted at GOPcampaigner.com, saying, “This article takes a look at Occupy Wall Street and analyzes whether it has staying power in the political arena.”

Jillian Plomin presents Mitt Romney Is Our John Kerry posted at GOPcampaigner.com, saying, “This article takes a look at two of the GOP presidential primary candidates, Mitt Romney and Herman Cain, and breaks down their strengths as potential opponents to Barack Obama.”

Eric Phillips presents Returning to Normalcy in a Post-9/11 World posted at Notes & Observations.

Scott Spiegel presents Occupy Wall Street: Abandoning the Law to Save It posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “Ironically, the Tea Party, which is suspicious of government, has been following the letter of the law. Occupy Wall Street, which favors more government regulation, has been trampling all over the law.”

articlespolitics presents Occupy Wall Street Then Leave it to Censor posted at Articlespolitics.com.

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Welcome to the September 29, 2011 edition of skeptical political inquiry.

Scott Spiegel presents Florence Is No Jersey Shore posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “What’s a more damaging label these days: guidos or PIIGS?”

just4theplanet presents Is Obama caving in to Heavy Industry and the GOP on the Environment? | posted at Just 4 the Planet.

Scott Bartlett presents Corruption Repeats Itself posted at BATSHITE, saying, “An article about how today’s growing economic gap between rich and poor isn’t new, historically speaking, and how this gap tends to widen significantly in the years before a civilization’s collapse.”

Scott Spiegel presents Investors Downgrade S&P to Junk Bond Status posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “Tea Partiers pushed for bigger cuts than Democrats and even House Republican leaders would accept. S&P wanted cuts twice as big as those Congress agreed on. What other bargaining chip did Tea Partiers have to work with besides the debt ceiling?”

smrtas1 presents Obama Debt Ceiling Increase Flip Flop posted at Conservative Patriot HQ.

Jared Surnamer presents The Best Law America Could Pass posted at jaredsurnamer.com, saying, “Per our conversation. Thank you!”

Michael Wolf presents Letter 2 America for August 15, 2011 posted at letters2america, saying, “Where in the world is Barrack Obama?”

The Libertexican presents Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is! posted at The Libertexican.

Scott Spiegel presents Michele Bachmann’s Official Stance on Gays: “Yawn!” posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “Bachmann clearly cares first and foremost about federal spending and national defense, and believes gay marriage should be dealt with by the states.”

Erica Morgan presents 10 Reason?s for the Internet Pornographer?s Bill posted at Internet Providers.

Keenan Steel presents Tyrannical Democracy: Democracy Is Not Freedom posted at Egoist Philosophy Blog, saying, “Keenan Steel attempts to define the difference between democracy and freedom, using Egypt as a model to display how democracy may be tyrannical.”

Scott Spiegel presents What Obama Could Have Done posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “How can Democrats govern like liberals for any extended period of time and generate good results so they can maintain their favorable ratings? They can’t. Liberal policies don’t work.”

K.D. Koratsky presents U.S. Election Will Go the Way of the U.S. Economy, But Why?: Part I of VII posted at Neo-Darwinian Enlightenment Blog and Forum.

Mike189 presents More Taxes On The Rich Will Solve So Many Problems! – My Political Diary posted at My Political Diary, saying, “Very skeptical indeed.”

Brianne LaRochelle presents The Electoral Race: Why should we care? posted at bluishoblivion, saying, “Thoughts about our upcoming election.”

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Welcome to the July 30, 2011 edition of skeptical political inquiry.

Scott Spiegel presents MediScare: Anatomy of a Fraudulent Campaign Theme posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “What’s more frightening: Democrats’ brazenness in hiding behind MediScare so as not to have to address the Medicare crisis, or Republicans’ failure to explain MediScare’s absolute absurdity?”

eldina presents The Two Faces of the American Society: “Social consciousness” versus “winner/loser” perspective. posted at Eldinas Blog.

Scott Spiegel presents CDC Prepares for Outbreak of Bachmann Derangement Syndrome posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “I’d rather have a president with 80% of the facts at her command than one who governs according to 100% discredited crackpot redistributionist economic theories.”

Sam Butler presents A Response to MEP Roger Helmer?s post supporting capital punishment posted at Penal Reform.

Erin Pavlina presents Who Should Be President? posted at Erin Pavlina – Spiritual Wisdom for Conscious People, saying, “I wanted to write about the American election, but every time I started writing I felt inadequate to the task. What do I know about politics and presidents really? I know what each candidate says he’d like to accomplish, but we all know it’s not as simple as just wanting something. There are a lot…”

Ani Doyle presents 10 Scary Things About the Patriot Act posted at Satellite Internet Service.

Ross Nelson presents Time Magazine’s July 4th Cover: Shredding the Constitution | Logical Observations posted at Logical Observations.

Ross Nelson presents Two things are certain? Taxes and? more taxes. posted at Logical Observations.

Ross Nelson presents Rhode Island Passes Voter ID Law posted at Logical Observations.

Ross Nelson presents What exactly is happening in Greece, anyway? | Logical Observations posted at Logical Observations.

Ross Nelson presents Getting rid of Coal | Logical Observations posted at Logical Observations.

Ross Nelson presents More Stimulus on the Way? | Logical Observations posted at Logical Observations.

Ross Nelson presents Housing market falls again. Nobody’s fault this time. | Logical Observations posted at Logical Observations.

The Libertexican presents H.R. 2306 posted at The Libertexican.

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