Archive for September 2010
Your tax dollars at work
By Tom Quiner I’d like to introduce you to Wendy Greuel, the Los Angeles City Controller. She issued a press release on Thursday with this headline: “City controller releases audits of how Los Angeles has used federal stimulus money. $111 million in ARRA Funds has only created 55 jobs so far.” ARRA stands for American…
Read MoreAssassination attempt on Pope Benedict XVI foiled
By Tom Quiner Five men were arrested in London early this morning accused of plotting an attack on Pope Benedict XVI. This is a big, breaking story. Details will be unfolding today. What is interesting is how CNN and Fox News’ websites have treated the story. CNN’s headline is: “Arrests amid pope’s visit to London.”…
Read MoreThe world will be won by beauty
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKhmFSV-XB0] You’ve probably seen this video by now. Ten year old Jackie Evancho is taking America by storm with the voice of an angel floating from the mouth of a child. What is refreshing about Ms. Evancho is that she looks like a kid. She acts like a kid. But she sings…
Read MoreSebelius vs. Gingrich
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez07-vQrGfE&feature=player_embedded] Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sibelius, has issued two major threats to the healthcare industry. Threat #1: “There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain…
Read MoreA radical controls a budget larger than the Pentagon’s
By Tom Quiner The healthcare of one out of three Americans is controlled by a radical. I wrote about this man, Donald Berwick, in my Quiner Diner’s post on May 26th. You can read about his radical health care ideas there. Here is the essence of his philosophy: “I am romantic about the National Health…
Read More“I lied through my teeth”
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejm9KjnMHV4] The year was 1995. The partial-birth abortion debate raged. The Executive Director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers went on ABC’s Nightline. Ron Fitzsimmons said partial birth abortion, the procedure where the fetus’ skull is crushed and its brains suctioned, was only performed in situations to save the mother’s life.…
Read MoreThe magnificent World Trade Center
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQCUXNo5GI&feature=related] I remember sitting on the top floor of the World Trade Center very well. The date was July 19th, 1989. The date stuck with me, because that was the day that United Flight 232 crash landed in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 111 of its 285 passengers. I was doing a lot…
Read MoreIn tribute …
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Wt4XlXUrc] The world changed nine years ago. We pay tribute to those who lost their lives that fateful day with a song by an American original, the late Ray Charles.
Read More“We’re not at war against Islam”
By Tom Quiner Thus said the President: “We are not at war against Islam. We are at war against terrorist organizations that have distorted Islam or falsely used the banner of Islam. If we’re going to deal with the problems Ed Henry was talking about – reducing the terrorist threat – we need all the…
Read MoreWhat is this man describing?
A little political humor from the master himself, Bob Hope. Some things never change! 🙂
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