A recent report from the Pew Research Center has surveyed the gap in wealth between racial groups and has found that the gap between whites and other minorities is as wide as it has ever been in 2009. The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of … [Read more...]
If the Government wont save us from ourselves, who will?
July 25, 2011 by 45 Comments
More and more States are taking legislative action on drivers using hand-held cell phones, presumably because cell phone use is wreaking havoc on our nation's highways. We are told how inherently dangerous it is to walk and chew gum drive and talk on a cell phone, and for our own good we must ban … [Read more...]
Safety First
July 14, 2011 by 16 Comments
It is not too often that I can report good news coming from the Guttmacher Institute who just recently reported the stark increase in the number of State laws restricting abortion on demand, but I'll take this news where ever I can get it. To those on the pro-life side of the debate this comes as … [Read more...]
Black children better off as slaves…maybe
July 8, 2011 by 63 Comments
Or so implies Daily Kos blogger, Lefty Coaster, of Republican Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann in a piece titled: Michele Bachmann signs pledge that implies black children were better off under slavery. Lefty cites a Thinkprogress.org pdf link of “The Marriage Vow — A Declaration of Dependence … [Read more...]
Good Grades Not Good Enough
July 1, 2011 by 5 Comments
Merit based achievement is the pinnacle of success. To excel in a particular area due to personal performance is also the pinnacle of personal freedom. Affirmative Action stifles both true success and true personal freedom. It has outlived its noble purpose and has become what it was intended to … [Read more...]
More taxes? Because they can afford it
June 28, 2011 by 18 Comments
When discussing taxes this past week with a co-worker, I had voiced my opinion that everyone ought to have some skin in the game. Namely, that everyone should bear some tax burden regardless of their income, even if it were only a hundred bucks a year. As it stands people whose income is not … [Read more...]
Shocking revelation: Businesses are in business to make money
June 23, 2011 by 8 Comments
I felt prompted to respond via comment on Ilovemygov's latest post about the recent discoveries in the Obamacare debacle. Namely that an "Obamacare loophole will allow an estimated 3 million more Americans to join the Medicaid rolls in 2014. This lucky group of people could be making as much as … [Read more...]
Atheists hate hero Firemen…maybe
June 22, 2011 by 24 Comments
Gothamist.com -- Atheists are complaining about a new street sign in Red Hook that commemorates firefighters who died on 9/11.[...] "It’s improper for the city to endorse the view that heaven exists," said David Silverman of American Atheists tells the Brooklyn Paper. "It links Christianity and … [Read more...]
My Conservative Dilemma
June 20, 2011 by 3 Comments
I feel as though I am on the horns of a dilemma. I am a self-identified Conservative, admittedly to the right of most. I was disappointed to see Barack Obama win the 2008 presidential election. I was sure that selecting Joe "3-letter word, j-o-b-s" Biden as his number two, that his fate was … [Read more...]
A Little Discrimination Never Hurt Anyone
June 18, 2011 by 3 Comments
Discrimination carries with it a certain connotation. It is nearly understood universally as a bad thing. For example, a blog I read daily commented on a nail salon which--as a business practice--charges men $1 or more for the same services provided to women. A man has apparently had enough of … [Read more...]
Electric vehicles not so Green after all
June 14, 2011 by 20 Comments
The Australian, via The Week -- ELECTRIC cars could produce higher emissions over their lifetimes than petrol equivalents because of the energy consumed in making their batteries, a study has found. An electric car owner would have to drive at least 129,000km before producing a net saving in … [Read more...]
LGBT hate crime alarmism
June 14, 2011 by 5 Comments
A while back I had posted on hate crime legislation in general as a concept, and why I thought it was a bad idea to criminalize thought. The statistics just do not bear out the attention hate crime receives. So when I happened upon a blog post not long ago titled Hate Crimes, on … [Read more...]
Victimhood And Responsibility
June 10, 2011 by 21 Comments
The war on drugs has been a hot topic for some time. By some estimates, the program, instituted by President Nixon, has cost the American tax-payers $1 trillion dollars with few to none of its declared goals met. Whether you support the war on drugs, one can understand why politicians would be … [Read more...]
Failing economy is Obama all the way
June 9, 2011 by 1 Comment
I can sympathize with those supporters of President Obama who have had to endure (and defend) two and a half years of failed promises: unemployment to stay under 8%*, closing Gitmo, pulling out of Iraq, general economic prosperity, etc. Obama has spent a good amount of time blaming his predecessor … [Read more...]
LA House votes 91-0 to display 10 Commandments
June 7, 2011 by 5 Comments
nola.com -- The House voted 91-0 Monday to allow a locating a monument of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the State Capitol. Rep. Patrick Williams, D-Shreveport, the sponsor of House Bill 277, took less than 30 seconds to explain the bill when the House vote board lighted up green. … [Read more...]
Media Matters flunks math
June 3, 2011 by 11 Comments
Media Matters for America is hoping its readership is not very good at math: Neil Cavuto kicked off his Fox News show with this misleading image suggesting that the stimulus is responsible for 1.8 million lost jobs: In fact, multiple non-partisan studies have said that the stimulus saved or … [Read more...]
New law unfair to convicted drug dealers…maybe
June 1, 2011 by 10 Comments
Fox News-- A year ago, a drug dealer caught with 50 grams of crack cocaine faced a mandatory 10 years in federal prison. Today, new rules cut that to as little as five years, and thousands of inmates not covered by the change are saying their sentences should be reduced, too. "Please make this … [Read more...]
Score one for religious bigotry
May 27, 2011 by 13 Comments
Fox News -- School officials in Neptune Township, N.J., have bowed to the demands of the ACLU and will cover decades-old religious signs posted in the historic Great Auditorium. Just so we're clear. If being in the presence of religious symbols and imagery, or hearing religious language like a … [Read more...]
Authorized Personnel Only
May 26, 2011 by 46 Comments
In the last commentary I responded to an op-ed piece from Rich Benjamin on NYTimes.com in which he made his case for boycotting the weddings of his heterosexual family and friends. I argued that his reasons for his protest are empty in content, since what he suggested the homosexual community … [Read more...]
Giving at the office
May 25, 2011 by 19 Comments
Liberals are always quite generous with other people's money. So much so that we now have a near irreversible entitlement 'where's my stuff?' society. With nearly 50% of the country paying no federal income taxes, the takers have become complacent with expecting their hand-out. One of aspect of … [Read more...]
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