Posts by Tom Quiner
How the American culture poisons us
By Tom Quiner With a U.S. circulation of 3.032,211 readers, Cosmopolitan Magazine is the 16th best-selling periodical in America. Their target audience is young, unmarried women. “Cosmo” is famous for their suggestive cover headlines: Bad Girl Sex: 75 very naughty moves to try on a man. Great Guy, Lame Sex? Orgasm Virgins. ALL NEW: 60…
Read MoreRemarkable media bias at last night’s debate
By Tom Quiner Just when you think the media can’t crane to the left any further, they surprise you. Take ABC’s George Stephanopoulos with this question in last night’s Republican debate: [Do you believe] “that states have the right to ban contraception, or is that trumped by a constitutional right to privacy?” Think about this question. As…
Read MoreHow to destroy a nation
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxHfYNTrnic&feature=youtu.be] It is essential to squash a people’s independent spirit to bring them down. America is the most independent nation in history. That is changing. As the chilling video above reveals, our kids coming out of public schools today increasingly have a sense of entitlement. In other words, they are increasingly comfortable…
Read MoreWill the real Mitt Romney please stand up?
By Tom Quiner One cartoon says it all.
Read MoreRomney divides Republicans
By Tom Quiner Mitt Romney did an excellent job in the Republican debates last year. He knows his stuff. He’s pretty quick on his feet. He comes across as presidential. And he’s likable. He has squandered much of these positives with the barrage, no, with the tsunami of negativity he and his surrogates unleashed on…
Read MoreIowa Caucus postmortem
By Tom Quiner My fair state has given us much to chew on after last night’s Caucuses. A few reactions … Negative campaigning pays. Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and their pressure groups launched a focused smear campaign on former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich. It worked. Mr. Gingrich lost half of his support in…
Read MoreQuick reactions from my caucus experience tonight
By Tom Quiner Precinct 16 in Des Moines had 81 people show up. Two candidates imported speakers from out of state: Rick Perry and Ron Paul. Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, and Michelle Bachman did not have anyone get up and speak on their behalf. Rick Santorum had a speaker from my neighbor speak, who did…
Read MoreWhat I’m going to say at the Iowa Caucus tonight
By Tom Quiner My wife, son, and wheel-chair laden mother-in-law will head to Hillis Elementary School tonight for the Iowa Caucuses. This is the biggest caucus of any of our lives. For my 20 year old son, it is his first. For my 87 year old mother-in-law, perhaps her last. The stakes are huge. America…
Read MoreMore myths from 2011 exposed!
By Tom Quiner In my previous post, I presented five myths that worked there way through the nation’s media last year. I barely scratched the surface. Here are five more: MYTH #6: America suffers from consumer inequality. This is the natural extension of the 1% vs the 99% argument made by the Occupy Wall Street…
Read More2011 myths exposed!
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVP3KU-qOzc] Joseph Goebbels was Adolph Hitler’s Propaganda Minister. His philosophy was specific: “Success is the important thing. Propaganda is not a matter for average minds, but rather a matter for practitioners. It is not supposed to be lovely or theoretically correct. I do not care if I give wonderful, aesthetically elegant speeches,…
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