Open Thread – The government thinks you’re a suspect
March 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The American moral trajectory
March 20, 2013 by 5 Comments
There isn't much substance I could add to this post from American Creed. Whenever anyone attempts to link the moral decay of America to the nation's resistance to God they are branded a fanatic of one stripe or another, mostly by those who are resisting God and His moral standard. Moral short … [Read more...]
Reader Poll: Should the Government be involved in marriage?
March 19, 2013 by 18 Comments
The debate over whether or not to legalize same sex marriage has some people asking if the government should be involved in marriage at all. So I pose the question to my readers. After answering the poll, it would be helpful to explain why government should or should not be involved in marriage. … [Read more...]
Would you still vote for the guy if…
March 18, 2013 by 15 Comments
In his three terms in office, New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg has removed salt from restaurant tables, banned the use of trans fats, is still trying to ban large sugary drinks from being sold (by some businesses, but not all), thinking about how he can prevent people from using ear buds too … [Read more...]
Over-reliance on incarceration by the US Government?
March 18, 2013 by 5 Comments
From the fine folks at the ACLU: The United States has become a global outlier in its over-reliance on incarceration. Our soaring incarceration rates are, by now, a familiar statistic, expressed in any number of shocking formulas: the U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world’s population but over … [Read more...]
The difference between Red and Blue politics
March 15, 2013 by 5 Comments
It's no surprise that states which have the good fortune (read: informed voters) to have their governments led by Republicans are much better off than those who squandered their opportunity. But here's a little story which aptly explains why in terms anyone should be able to understand. (The … [Read more...]
What kind of Conservative are you?
March 15, 2013 by 9 Comments
Take the Buzzfeed quiz. What kind am I you ask? … [Read more...]
The US Government is not broke: The proof!
March 12, 2013 by 16 Comments
Republicans and Conservatives are flooding their constituents and certain media outlets with the insane notion that the Obama administration is spending money we don't have. I used to believe this rumor too, and in fact I have erroneously perpetuated it here. (CNS News) -- The National Institutes … [Read more...]
Why is race so important?
March 11, 2013 by 2 Comments
In 2013 why is what color a person is still focused on to the degree with which it is? (CNN) -- Rep. Marcia Fudge, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, expressed concern in a letter to President Barack Obama over the lack of African Americans among his new Cabinet picks. "Congressional … [Read more...]
Holy Bible In Public Schools…
March 10, 2013 by 85 Comments
Judeo-Christian values are the foundation of Western society. This immutable fact cannot be intelligently refuted, yet it remains a belabored point nonetheless. It’s an argument had every couple of years, or whenever a politician or special interest group, motivated by piety or not, demand that the … [Read more...]
Democrats have bet as to who can propose the most absurd gun control measures
March 7, 2013 by 2 Comments
Or they don't. But it's the only reasonable explanation for what has been coming out of State legislatures by their Democrat law makers. (Firstcoastnews.com) -- A mandatory anger management program before you can buy ammunition? That's what one Florida lawmaker who represents part of Duval County … [Read more...]
Hearing on Global Warming postponed due to snow
March 7, 2013 by 4 Comments
Not that the presence of snow during winter is any indication that man-made global warming is a farce -- there's plenty of science which indicates that. However, the irony is excellent. (Politico) -- The snowquester has claimed yet another casualty: Wednesday's House hearing on global … [Read more...]
No Joke: MD school offers grief counselling to children over Pop Tart gun incident
March 5, 2013 by 14 Comments
In case you haven't heard, a seven year-old Maryland boy was suspended for two days after he chomped his Pop Tart into the rough outline of a gun. *gasp* Well, the madness doesn't stop there. School officials have since contacted parents of children to offer grief counselling if necessary. Two … [Read more...]
Why can’t we have a health care system like England?
March 4, 2013 by 5 Comments
Supporters of single payer health insurance systems i.e., government run health care, and, to some extent, Obamacare, they will point to England as one of the successes of this kind of system. Here is just one more example of how efficient government run health care is: (Newsmax) -- At least 1,165 … [Read more...]
For the Obama Administration, the sky is always falling
March 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Anyone ever notice that President Barack Obama always makes a case that unless we ask the more wealthy among us to pay a little more, their fair share, disastrous things will happen? Emergency personnel and teachers will be laid off, school lunch programs will be halted, single mothers will become … [Read more...]
Our Emperor is fiddling
March 1, 2013 by 5 Comments
This comparison is not my own, I read it on another blog. But just as it is reported that Emperor Nero played his fiddle while Rome was burning, our President Obama is playing golf while America burns. Of course our burning is figurative, but the American economy is crumbling. Unemployment is … [Read more...]
My premiums went up for no good reason!
February 28, 2013 by 24 Comments
Or so says Donna Brazile: https://twitter.com/donnabrazile/status/306778350574260224 Those who know better -- those on the political Right -- have been saying since Obamacare's inception, that the program would indeed raise premiums even while the President himself has not only denied premiums … [Read more...]
Fun with Twitter: Fellow socialists come to Bernie Sanders’ aid
February 27, 2013 by 28 Comments
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), an an admitted socialist tweeted about unequal wealth distribution: a notion I find sinister. The complaint rests on a presumption that wealth is distributed, and not earned. It's almost as though Sanders and other like-minded socialists believe everyone is … [Read more...]
Sequestration cuts will cut deep
February 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
Despite the reality that President Barack Obama is being untruthful about the Republican's role in the sequestration budget cuts (the cuts were his idea and insisted on them), they will have a nasty effect on government (List via Nuking Politics): Biden will have to pay for his own hair plug … [Read more...]
President just kidding when he said he wouldn’t sign a health care bill which adds to the debt
February 27, 2013 by 1 Comment
In September 2009, President Barack Obama said this to a joint session of Congress: And here's what you need to know. First, I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits -- either now or in the future. I will not sign it if it adds one dime to the deficit, now or in the future, … [Read more...]
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