Oops, don't tell multi-hundred-millionaire Al Gore, but the supposed savior of the environment, electric cars, are one of the most dirty forms of transportation when you consider the entire scope of the vehicle. (UPI.com) -- Electric cars, despite their supposed green credentials, are among the … [Read more...]
Remember Independence Day
July 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Take some time today to read and reflect on what America's Founders endured for the opportunity to begin anew. They organized against their King that they may usurp his authority to reign over them and faced certain death for their actions. Below is the Declaration of Independence. In it, our … [Read more...]
We need “slave” labor and “slave wages”… don’t we?
July 3, 2013 by 14 Comments
Many people decry, rightly, the low paying wages which illegal immigrants and foreign factory workers earn. Granted it's not very much, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone willing to accept the alternative. Understand that I'm not suggesting that anyone be forced into what we might … [Read more...]
Describe Obama and Bush in a single word…
July 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
What do you make of the survey released by Pew asking Americans to describe President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush in a single word? Both surveys were held in the first year of each president's second term. Notice how Obama is seen as less honest, more incompetent, and more … [Read more...]
Memorial built to nothing
July 1, 2013 by 7 Comments
If you ask the Atheists you encounter, many of them will tell you their atheism is a non-belief; that it's not a view. Well, the American Atheists have had a monument approved and erected at a courthouse in Florida. I hope those Atheists who claim atheism is not a view or belief set see the … [Read more...]
Is the Zimmerman trial a real life ‘Sleepers’ plot?
July 1, 2013 by 1 Comment
For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the movie 'Sleepers' it's about four friends who pull a prank on a street vendor which goes horribly wrong. After getting caught each is sentenced to a juvenile facility where they are abused and raped by a few select guards. Fast forward to adulthood. … [Read more...]
Who is proud of Texas Senator Wendy Davis?
June 29, 2013 by 2 Comments
Texas Sen. Wendy Davis spent about 13 hours filibustering a bill which would prohibit elective abortion after 20 weeks and hold abortion facilities accountable for meeting otherwise basic health and safety standards. In that same period of time, 1,796 babies lost their lives at the hands of doctors … [Read more...]
Justice for George Zimmerman?
June 28, 2013 by 2 Comments
The trial of George Zimmerman, the man on trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin in what he claims was self defense, is in a fight for his life -- on multiple fronts. If convicted he faces life in jail. And if acquitted, he faces a life on the run in hiding. Twitter is abuzz with death threats … [Read more...]
Liberal Bias?
June 27, 2013 by 78 Comments
No one likes to believe they've bought into a conspiracy theory, or are seeing things which simply aren't there, but sometimes the crazy people are right. If you talk long enough with a conservative like me about why our country is so far off the rails, I might tell you it's due to the educations … [Read more...]
Basic Truths You Can’t Talk About Anymore in America, Part 5
June 26, 2013 by 2 Comments
John Hawkins from Right Wing News posted a list of 20 issues which are considered too politically incorrect to discuss openly in America anymore. (Number 5) -- The reason most politicians in D.C. are shameless liars with no character is because most Americans will knowingly choose a shameless liar … [Read more...]
What’s your fair share?
June 25, 2013 by 83 Comments
For as many times as I've heard the 'fair share' discussion it is always from the prospective of the wealthy being morally responsible for relinquishing more of their money for the good of the less wealthy. I never hear it asked what those defending this "redistribution" consider what the … [Read more...]
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes is a blessing in the world
June 19, 2013 by 3 Comments
https://twitter.com/PeaceHugs/status/347316313380757504 Yes, the same Chris Hayes who was caught lying about racist Democrat Governor of Alabama, George Wallace by labeling him a Republican on his show. Eventually Hayes … [Read more...]
Is America becoming the world’s bad example?
June 17, 2013 by 5 Comments
Is he serious? you ask yourself. Well, yes and no. The governmental structure of communist USSR was terrible, both for the citizens of the nation and for the threat it posed to the free world. People were the innocent victims of political oppression; those seen as potential enemies of the … [Read more...]
Basic Truths You Can’t Talk About in America Anymore, Part 3
June 13, 2013 by 5 Comments
John Hawkins from Right Wing News posted a list of 20 issues which are considered too politically incorrect to discuss openly in America anymore. (Number 3) -- Most black Americans are good and decent people, but percentage wise there are more black Americans in jail because percentage wise, black … [Read more...]
Plan B: The Slippery Slope
June 12, 2013 by 2 Comments
Well, you can't say the pro-life groups didn't call it. Only a month after the court decision to allow the "morning after pill" (a pill which will prevent pregnancy by prohibiting a fertilized egg i.e., a new human being, from implanting in the uterus) to girls as young as 15, the Obama … [Read more...]
Senate candidate Markey: It’s Not Math, It’s Arithmetic
June 12, 2013 by 15 Comments
How sad is it that Massachusetts voters will likely vote this man into office? __________________________________________________________ About as sad as the Georgia voters who keep electing this guy (warning, if you make it through the mindless questions about the size of Guam, your attention … [Read more...]
Basic Truths You Can’t Talk About in America Anymore, Part 2
June 11, 2013 by 28 Comments
John Hawkins from Right Wing News posted a list of 20 issues which are considered too politically incorrect to discuss openly in America anymore. (Number 2) -- Most people who remain poor over the long haul in America stay that way because of their own poor life choices. This is one of those … [Read more...]
Why do you think the poor stay poor?
June 10, 2013 by 36 Comments
I've already made clear what I believe to be the prime factors causing long-term poverty for individuals in America. Here's the results from an NBC/WSJ poll asking people what they believe are the reasons for continual poverty. See Dan, America is on my side on this one. And they're … [Read more...]
Open Thread — United States, 1984
June 6, 2013 by 19 Comments
As much as I hate conspiracy theories, it's difficult to dismiss that there has been a conspiracy afoot by this president's administration. Between targeting reporters who reported on the Fast and Furious scandal; the IRS targeting conservative applicants for tax exempt status; now we're finding … [Read more...]
Priorities awry
June 5, 2013 by 5 Comments
It can't be just me. The recent case surrounding 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, a girl in desperate need of a lung transplant is shining a Bat signal-like light on this administration's ideological priorities. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has essentially stated, 'oh well, my … [Read more...]
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