GROUPS AMERICANS REFUSE TO VOTE FOR

Got my 1st issue of Psychology Today - the Oct 09 issue - and boy do I like it. Shudda got this thang long ago.
I've been mentally preparing blogs from several of the articles I've read, but just found one I cannot wait to do.
Still stinging a year later over the Hillary/Obama thing and all the articles and stories, and opinions that didn't agree with mine and with which I couldn't argue back, etc - and lots of misconceptions on what the actual facts are. Not saying all my opinions are facts. But I am saying this: as much discrimination as there is or isn't in the world, the discrimination against women is still open and blatant, all over the world, oh oh oh I am not prepared to start my own opinion piece on this right now, at 5:40 a.m. So I'm gonna give you a fact, then the results of a poll I just found in Psychology Today:
While most of us (I hope) can agree every adult citizen of any nation deserves a say in the goings on in their country, it hasn't always been so (still isn't in many places now). BUT, who had it worse here? Who was most undervalued here in the USA? WOMEN. Which is the reason it stung me so bad to have my black sisters choose to vote race over sex when they were asked and they responded that they had planned to vote for Hillary til Obama ran, and either they really didn't know what one or both stood for, or agreed enough with both etc etc. But many said that they chose to go with Obama simply because he's black and they wanna see one of their own, one discriminated against, win. Here's the thing. Men mistreat women, no matter the race. Look at the abuses heaped upon women (not all men of course so don't start, cuz the numbers of women who suffer at hands of men are gigantic, and tho every man may not mistreat women, every woman will likely, at some point, be mistreated by men, sometimes violently = rape, domestic abuse, murder by a man they loved...) I think I messed that sentence structure up but I don't care so know I know, but my mind is working MUCH faster than my fingers.
AND as for histories of discriminations, WOMEN HEAR THIS: 5 years after slavery ended, black males won the right to vote (even as slaves, males always had a vote that counted 3/5 - unfair but better than women, who had none, no matter their color). It took another 50 years - FIFTY YEARS - before women whon the right to vote. Read up on womens' sufferage - lots of women were beaten, raped, and murdered by men for demanding the right. So today we follow the same pattern, evidently. Now we've finally elected the first president that isn't white, will it take another 50 years before a woman is elected? I wouldn't doubt it. Look at these numbers now:
Psychology today had an article about this nation's refusal to elect atheists, and various other religions, and it went ahead and did a poll asking who Americans refuse to vote for.
53% refuse to vote for atheists
43% refuse to vote for gays (their terminology not mine so write them if you don't approve - I know several homosexuals and each of them are offended by different words, but they all know me and know I don't discriminate so I don't get yelled at for anything as such)
42% won't vote for anyone over age 72
24% won't vote for Mormons
12% refuse to vote for Hispanics
11% won't vote for women
7% wont vote for Jews
5% won't vote for blacks
4% won't vote for Catholics
So maybe this will help some of us who have been under false ideas about who discriminates against what groups most and who is most discriminated against, etc etc, can see some better hint of the truth here. Hopefully it'll make some members of the above groups feel better to know nowhere near as much of the world is against them as they thought. If it angers anyone that the numbers are lower than they believed, they need to examine the reasons for that. No there shouldn't be any discrimination, but there IS, and always will be - if not against race, or sex, or religion, then against weight, ppl who wear glasses, who dress to wildly or consevatively, - humans are a very judgemental and hateful group, and almost always the reason for such is that looking down on others makes humans feel bigger, and anyone who says they don't judge harshly nor discriminate against any group at all - you're lying to others, or to yourself, or you are one of a handful of ppl from all places and all times who sit firmly in the company of ppl such as Mother Teresa, and....and....um.....hm.

Government Websites: A few you may find useful

I tested all these sites before including them, so they're all good as of August 2009:

Government Accountability Office (GAO) www.gao.gov

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) www.cia.gov

Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) www.eac.gov

Executive Branch Websites www.loc.gov/rr/news/fedgov.html

Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) www.fbi.gov/homepage.htm

Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) www.pueblo.gsa.gov

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) www.fema.gov

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) www.fda.gov

Department of Homeland Security www.dhs.gov/index.shtm

Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government www.uscourts.gov

Senate www.senate.gov/index.htm

House of Representatives www.house.gov

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"The4 best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary." - Richard WhatelyRichard Whately (1 February 1787 – 8 October 1863) was an English logician and theological writer who also served as Anglican Archbishop of Dublin.

POLITICS 1.COM : As Good A Place As Any To Begin

Here I have copied directly the Directory for the Politics 1 website. It was the easiest and best way I could see to demonstrate to you what this website is and what info you can find there:

http://www.politics1.com/index.htm DIRECTORY: Home | The Presidency | P2012 Race | State/Federal Candidates | Political Parties
Calendar | Campaign Products & Services | Issues | News Blog | News Links
FAQ | View from Abroad | Our Awards | Advertise | About Us | Email Us|

As you can see above, this site is about State as well as Federal government and politics.

Politics 1 lists itself as "the Ultimate Guide to U.S. Politics and Elections...since 1997. There you'll find very useful info, including news updates, short bios and contact links for current government officials, right up to the president, and related links for each. They have links to such useful places as the White House and the National Archives. The resources they list are organized very well, and should be very useful. You should certainly find all you need and more. Of course there are articles to explain, well, all things political. So far - and I am nowhere near 1/4 the way through the site, as its just too big to do thoroughly in any short amount of time - I haven't really come across any opinion pieces. They may have them there, but if so, its still mostly just information and facts - many of which all Americans really should know. And if I make it sound boring, its not. Well, some things are, but there is also a lot of interesting information here as well.

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And in case you don't wanna read the entire site, or at least not right now, at the end of this blog is the link that brought me to this site in the first place, and is the main idea of this blog. Here, the site has a nice, comprehensive listing of ALL the United States political parties. For each party, they have included several links to the major, important websites, including the official party site of each. And, they have a short description of each party's platform, so you don't have to search through each link to find out - you may want to read through their info, and if you see anything that piques your interest, they have the links for you to learn more.
I believe this website, or this information, to be crucial to any American that wants to make the most of his or her vote; anyone who wants to really get involved, to truly have their own voices heard, and to educate themselves on the politics and major issues of this nation.
Most of us are only aware of the 2 main parties (Dems and Reps), and possibly 2 or 3 others. In fact, a fast scan and approximate count of this list shows between 40 and 50 political parties. This makes me believe that many of us who just choose between the (very limited) 2 main parties, or the 3 or 4 best-known, may find a party with more ideals and ideas in common with us than our current party (or lack of one - Tho I choose to remain anti-party system, and protest the entire idea of parties, tho I do understand how and why they formed and what their advantages are, so you don't need to comment and inform me, unless its something you just WANT to talk about - in that case, you're welcome to).
This link can also be found at the bottom of my blog, in my "Links" list. But I wanted to bring particular attention to it.

http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm