I think it's a legitimate question: Who is prevented from voting who wants to and is legally eligible to do so? Even voter ID laws are not as prohibitive as they're portrayed to be. The political left suggests minorities have a more difficult time obtaining proper identification. Why is that? Is … [Read more...]
Double standards for men and women: drunk sex and domestic violence
August 28, 2013 by 38 Comments
Not long ago TV counselor Dr. Phil asked a question via Twitter which was quickly deleted: When I first saw it I didn't get the impression that he was implying it was OK to have sex with drunk girls (or that he was asking "for a friend"). I had figured he was trying to gauge public opinion for a … [Read more...]
Causation vs Correlation: Violence and violent video games
August 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
Pols and activists will always look for a scapegoat on which to blame the actions of an individual. In this case an 8 year-old boy, for whatever reason, shot and killed his elderly caregiver. Who knows, perhaps this is a case where the boy was influenced by the game he was playing. However, this … [Read more...]
Renaming the Washington Redskins, and the rest
August 26, 2013 by 1 Comment
We shouldn't be so quick to placate to groups who want to see professional sports teams and their collegiate counter parts change their names from their traditional Native American names and mascots. What they refuse to understand is the name like the Braves, the Seminoles, the Fighting Sioux, et. … [Read more...]
The greatest con ever played
August 26, 2013 by 19 Comments
From the children at Democratic Underground: The Cato Institute recently ran the numbers and found out that, yes, in fact the poor are getting the middle class' (and the rich's) money to the tune of 3 times minimum wage in some cases (a summary can be found in THIS POST). In fact, if a poor … [Read more...]
8 Things Planned Parenthood would rather you not know about them
August 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Via Buzzfeed -- Taking Money To Abort African-American Babies Offering Sex-Selective Abortion Misinforming Women About Scientific Facts of Pregnancy Lying About Abortion-Related Deaths Lying About Offering Mammograms Covering Up Child Sex Trafficking Illegally Not Reporting Child … [Read more...]
Tweet of the day: #Manning vs #Zimmerman
August 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
https://twitter.com/MadcapMcQ/status/370591710218182657 It's amazing the difference in portrayal with which the media will treat one individual over another. Will we ever see a day where the 'news' simply reports events without creating a narrative? … [Read more...]
Dude looks like a lady: Traitor Bradley Manning wants to be ‘Chelsea’
August 23, 2013 by 70 Comments
Bradley Manning, the man who divulged classified information to the website Wikilinks, has since disclosed his desire for sex reassignment. You see, Bradley now wants to be referred to as 'Chelsea'. Hey, whatever floats your boat, I guess. But on top of his psychological disorder, he wants the … [Read more...]
Republicans, Democrats and fiscal responsibility
August 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
Talking heads on the political right routinely accuse the political left of being fiscally irresponsible. But each side will point to eras in America's political history where it seems the other side is responsible for the financial problems we're in as a nation. Is there any way to objectively … [Read more...]
Welfare pays more than working… literally
August 21, 2013 by 26 Comments
The Cato Institute has released a study comparing the value of government welfare programs and working a minimum wage job. This is what they found. In 18 states, the total value of welfare benefits has declined in inflation adjusted terms since 1995. However, this is due to the changing … [Read more...]
Trending now #AlJazeeraAmericaTVShows
August 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Al Jazeera, the Middle East's propaganda media news channel went on air in America. This comes after ex-vice president and the environmentalist equivalent of Chicken Little, Al Gore sold his failed cable channel Current to the network funded virtually exclusively by oil money. He said they are … [Read more...]
Right is right; wrong is right.
August 19, 2013 by 4 Comments
President Obama’s “Common Core Curriculum” would be amusing if it weren’t preposterous. Common Core Teachers Taught to Praise Wrong Answers Like ’3 x 4 was 11’ Apparently, under the new Common-Core standards, correct answers don’t really matter. At least that’s according to a “curriculum … [Read more...]
Global warming doomsday predictions not panning out
August 19, 2013 by 2 Comments
We've been told that with the increased warming (which stopped in the late 90s, which is when the trends begin to fall) we should expect increased extreme weather events such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and tropical storms. In reality, we've been seeing downward trends even though levels of CO2 have … [Read more...]
Would you support legalizing infanticide? These people do.
August 14, 2013 by 5 Comments
__________________________________________________ Perhaps the petitioner is referring to President Barack Obama's voting three times against laws which would prevent children accidentally born alive after a botched abortion from left to die. Or maybe the petitioner is simply invoking the … [Read more...]
On the menu: Delicious abortion soup.
August 13, 2013 by 2 Comments
Whoever believes that man is basically good has never traveled the world and seen the depravity that abounds. ** WARNING ** The link depicts graphic images (The Seoul Times) -- Some Chinese people are known to be eating babies, and the news, which has been circulating through the internet and via … [Read more...]
LGBT healthcare?
August 13, 2013 by 6 Comments
Last night I found myself at the hospital. Nothing too serious, but I noticed a graphic on the room's computer's idle slideshow. This is a rather strange thing to boast about, isn't it? I am routinely told that the LGBT community is no different than the heterosexual community. … [Read more...]
The insanity of the ‘War On Poverty’
August 8, 2013 by 53 Comments
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Albert Einstein Prior to the 'War on Poverty' which was initiated in the mid 1960s, the number of people living below the poverty line was in steep decline... Then the government got involved and spoke the words … [Read more...]
Offensive words of the day: Citizen, Brown Bag
August 6, 2013 by 4 Comments
Yes, the terms 'citizen' and 'brown bag' are under consideration for being replaced in Seattle because they are potentially offensive. In a culture where feelings are sacred and must not be violated, the natural consequence is to play 'six degrees of Kevin Bacon' with names and referent terms. My … [Read more...]
Those Evil And Greedy Hotel Owners
August 3, 2013 by 2 Comments
4 things about payday loans Payday loans arent intended to be long term, so the APRs opponents spout out is on an unfounded assumption that the loan is going to take a year to pay back when it will (is supposed to) take 2 weeks to a month. Many people who use payday loans do so in order to not … [Read more...]
Trending Now: #ThingsYouMightHearALiberalSay
August 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I love some of the strange and funny things that inevitably trend on twitter. I think I'll post them from time to time. Enjoy! Update: That didn't take long. https://twitter.com/SiftingReality/status/363409586033672194 Which was followed up with this: … [Read more...]
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