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I have been getting in several arguments and discussions in various forums and blogs lately. Several times now I have been asked where I get all my stats, information, claims, etc. Not always as a challenge to the argument/discussion. Sometimes it is out of a true desire to go research some things on their own. So, I will post here a bunch of the sites I go to for various sources of data. Now keep in mind, some of these sites I go to for "false" data as well (meaning I go to sites of various political affiliations and research what is being claimed there as truth, see what they are talking about, etc). These sites give biased information to varying degrees (Townhall is rabidly Republican, Truthdig is left leaning) but they give viewpoints of those ideals.

Here is a partial list of .gov type sites I frequent:

http://www.fedstats.gov/

http://www.census.gov/

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

http://www.firstgov.gov/ <---- General U.S. Government info.

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ <---- Government Printing Office

http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/home.do?tabId=0 <---- General Services Administration

http://www.energystar.gov/

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main <---- "Your Voice in Federal Decision-Making"

http://www.nih.gov/ <---- National Institute of Health

http://www.bls.gov/ <---- Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

http://www.gao.gov/ <---- Government Accounting Office

http://www.loc.gov/index.html <---- Library of Congress

http://www.dol.gov/ <---- Department of Labor

http://www.usaid.gov/ <---- Agency for International Development

http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml <---- Dept. of Education

http://www.archives.gov/ <---- U.S. National Archives

http://www.sec.gov/ <---- Securities and Exchange Commission

http://www.ustreas.gov/

http://www.eia.doe.gov/ <---- Dept. of Energy / Energy Information Admin.

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=98357,00.html <---- If you ever want a headache

http://www.fec.gov/ <---- Federal Election Commission

http://www.cbo.gov/ <---- Congressional Budget Office

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ <---- National Climactic Data Center

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ <---- Bureau of Justice Statistics / Dept. of Justice

http://www.nrel.gov/ <---- National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Heres a few viewpoint sites:

http://www.townhall.com/sitemap.aspx <---- Easy access townhall (so you can get to individual blogs easier as well as townhall content) Conservative talk radio site.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

http://www.truthdig.com/ <---- Liberal media site

http://www.thenation.com/

http://www.corpwatch.org/

http://www.aclu.org/ <---- American Civil Liberties Union

http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20041221155307646 <---- Some questions about 9/11 that do need answering.

Well I think thats enough for now... I'm cut and pasted out.

B

P.S. Hope this works... maybe to many links 3rd try the charm?