Is the Tea Party Real? The reason that I ask this question is because I was doing research on the Web to get a better understanding of who and what the Tea Party was and what it stands for and found things that seemed inconsistent. For one, according to a Gallup poll conducted on April 5, 2010, the “Tea Partiers Are Fairly Mainstream in Their Demographics.” This seemed odd to me because the rhetoric that I heard coming from those said by the media to be most associated with the Tea Party, namely Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul and Dick Armey, many times expressed that particular segments of the US population were the sources of our ills.

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If you live in a liberal city, how much do you feel the liberalism in the culture and in your day-to-day interactions? If you live in a conservative city, to what degree does your city feel conservative? And how much do you notice conservative political leanings in your fellow city dwellers? Read on and comment...

Conservative Christian leader Pat Robertson made some questionable comments after gay marriage was legalized in New York. Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

Conservative Christian leader Pat Robertson made some questionable comments after gay marriage was legalized in New York. Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

Earth Day Network - Guest Blogger - Cheri Smith - Hockley, TX

Cross posted at the EDN blog

I am a 39 year old mother of 6 who believes you can and should care about your planet. You won't find me holding a picket sign in front of a corporation, chained to a tree or driving a battery-powered car. What you will find is someone who raises her own range fed chickens for the eggs that are safer for my children. I have a sheep that eats the weeds around my yard that is planted with local flora and thus needs less maintenance and watering. My husband and I drive cars that  are over 10 years old so that we get the most use of a product that is already in existence and won't add to manufacturing pollution or add to the auto junk pile, in fact we don't believe in buying new cars at all. We drive them and fix them until we wring every bit of use from them we can. I raise a lot of my own vegetables organically which is great exercise and therefore I don't have to drive to the local gym to work out. I shop at a local (2 miles away!) farmer's market for what I don't grow myself. We recycle aluminum cans because there is a recycling facility nearby and it's a great way for the kids to earn some money. 

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