(The Washington Free Beacon) -- The Obama administration’s proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their healthcare, while leaving unionized civilian defense workers’ benefits untouched. The proposal is causing a major rift within the Pentagon, … [Read more...]
Politics and gas prices
February 27, 2012 by 8 Comments
I seem to remember the last time gas prices were on the rise threatening to hit $4 and $5 per gallon, the blame was laid at the feet of the man in the White House. It was claimed that W was just taking care of his oil buddies, that gas prices were raising arbitrarily. So I have to ask, why is no … [Read more...]
Do as we say, not as we do
February 26, 2012 by 2 Comments
(The Daily Caller) -- Documents published online this month show that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an organization known for its uncompromising animal-rights positions, killed more than 95 percent of the pets in its care in 2011 [...] Fifteen years’ worth of similar records … [Read more...]
Memories
February 24, 2012 by 18 Comments
My experience has led me to the conclusion that abortion advocates and defenders are some of the most intellectually dishonest debaters of issues. Some of the arguments they make span the spectrum from vile (See: Hookworms, Mosquitoes, and Embryos), to wholly uninformed (See: Get A Life, Part 1), … [Read more...]
Rep. Darrell Issa Bars Minority Witness, a Woman, on Contraception? So What
February 21, 2012 by 10 Comments
(ABCnews) -- A Capitol Hill hearing that was supposed to be about religious freedom and a mandate that health insurers cover contraception in the United States began as an argument about whether Democrats could add a woman to the all-male panel. “Where are the women?” the minority Rep. Carolyn … [Read more...]
This Is A Democracy, Not A Theocracy!
February 15, 2012 by 2 Comments
This is a democracy, not a theocracy! is something I have heard more than once from both liberals and secularists, who are likely to be one in the same. Non-religious Americans are nearly twice as likely to be Democrat or Democrat leaning, and in my experience both more likely to be hostile and … [Read more...]
Don’t You Know Who I Am?
February 10, 2012 by 19 Comments
The Obama administration has successfully brought to the fore a legitimate discussion on what it means to have a separation between church and state with the healthcare mandate requiring insurance plans to cover birth control, the morning after pill, and sterilization. By not exempting religious … [Read more...]
Me, Myself, And I
February 6, 2012 by 2 Comments
Though clichéd it is not any less true that the nanny state -- or as I call it, the mommy government -- is operating in full force with the support of a large swath of the population. Record numbers of young adults have moved back in with or have never left their parents' homes. New participants … [Read more...]
Pregnancy: A “Curable” Disability?
January 30, 2012 by 10 Comments
The Americans with Disabilities Act should be expanded to include pregnant workers, according to research to be presented... at the American Association of Law Schools annual meeting in Washington, D.C. "The recent expansion of the ADA's protected class now includes persons with minor temporary … [Read more...]
2012: Year of the Bible
January 28, 2012 by 8 Comments
General Assembly of Pennsylvania, H.R. 535 -- Declaring 2012 as the "Year of the Bible" in Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, The Bible, the word of God, has made a unique contribution in shaping the United States as a distinctive and blessed nation and people; and WHEREAS, Deeply held religious … [Read more...]
Legislating Ideals
January 27, 2012 by 5 Comments
As redundant as this is going to sound, I think for all the similarities, I think there are vast differences between liberals and conservatives when it comes to dealing with reality. I am not suggesting one side is delusional, but I am suggesting they deal with reality in fundamentally different … [Read more...]
The Cradle And The Grave
January 23, 2012 by 10 Comments
As a generality I think we -- as a people -- are becoming far too selfishly frivolous when it comes to matters of life and death. Or put from a different angle: those who are most in need of protection are having that protection rationalized away from them. Those in the womb, "pulling the plug", … [Read more...]
Income inequality
January 20, 2012 by 70 Comments
I normally don't like writing such short or flippant posts, but reading a blog post made me think about those who complain about income inequality. Has anyone noticed the glaring lack of demand for effort equality when discussing income equality? Liberals love demanding everyone receive equality … [Read more...]
Whatever Doesn’t Kill You, Makes You Stronger
January 7, 2012 by 112 Comments
Keep your laws off my body is the first thing I see upon entering the locker-room emblazoned on a bumper sticker where I work. I find this to be one of the weaker slogans offered by those who defend elective abortion: That the issue is about the woman's body alone. In fact, I would go so far as to … [Read more...]
Unequals Are Not Equal
January 2, 2012 by 7 Comments
Politicians, activists, and the media are keen on sloganeering. Sloganeering is the practice of reducing a movement's ideology and/or purpose to a bumper-sticker sized slogan. Whatever the slogan, they are rarely given much thought. Or maybe they are, but the idea itself is poorly thought out. … [Read more...]
Voter ID and the Elderly
December 29, 2011 by 27 Comments
No one group of people enjoys creating victims like liberal activists. Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson create victims of racial "bias". Many Democrat legislators are creating victims of the wealthy, the 99% who are not wealthy because the 1% has made their undeserved fortunes by bilking them out of … [Read more...]
The difference between liberals and conservatives
December 15, 2011 by 22 Comments
(WISN.com) -- The signatures of Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler will be counted on recall petitions targeting Gov. Scott Walker as long as they are properly dated and include a Wisconsin address, the board charged with reviewing the petitions was told Tuesday. [...] "We will flag them, but we … [Read more...]
When Does Life Begin? Hint: It Doesn’t Matter
December 8, 2011 by 29 Comments
The morality of abortion hinges on different criteria depending on with whom it is you are discussing the issue. One of the most persistent defenses for abortion is the question of when life begins -- despite the answer to this question having been known for decades (See: Get A Life, Part 1). The … [Read more...]
If you can’t stand the heat…
December 7, 2011 by 5 Comments
The advent of social media outlets have made a small world even smaller. Friends of yesteryear and family rarely seen or heard from have been brought back together via Facebook, Twitter and other internet social mediums. In addition to reconnecting with family and friends, people put out there for … [Read more...]
All It Takes Is One?
December 5, 2011 by 39 Comments
Anyone apart of the Facebook world has likely seen a video of Zach Wahls petitioning the Iowa State House of Representatives opposing the proposed ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions. Wahls describes a storybook rendering of his childhood as he recounts being raised by a lesbian … [Read more...]
Sifting Reality 
Who said what…