Posts by Tom Quiner
Is it true that less than 5% of Planned Parenthood’s clientele get abortions?
By Tom Quiner A Quiner’s Diner reader took me to task for criticizing Planned Parenthood’s Christmas gift certificate promotion. My gripe: gift certificates promoting abortion is offensive. Her counter: “Gee, I wasn’t aware that women’s health services are a desecration of Christmas. Perhaps you are unaware that women’s health services aren’t restricted to abortion. Not…
Read MoreA titan of baseball is dead
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3afDt71vLS4] Bob Feller died yesterday at the age of nine-two. He grew up down the road in Van Meter Iowa. This Iowa kid became know as “Rapid Robert” for his extraordinary prowess throwing a baseball. As he began carving out an extraordinary baseball career, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Mr. Feller quickly enlisted…
Read MoreGood work on free trade
By John Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzJQklgLsI8] President Obama and U.S. trade representatives settled outstanding issues regarding the Korean Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) with South Korea. The trade deal is expected to increase annual exports of American goods by up to $11 billion and support at least 70,000 American jobs. KORUS FTA was proposed during the Bush…
Read MoreWho owns your productivity?
By Tom Quiner The debate has been furious. Democrats insist that taxes need to be raised on America’s most-productive Americans by letting the Bush tax cuts expire. A flawed compromise plan was reached that extends the Bush rates for two more years. At issue: should the top income tax rates for super-producers earning more than…
Read MorePresident Bush vindicated by WikiLeaks revelations
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsWAPSRWCZg] “Bush lied and people died,” was the mantra from the political Left in this country a few short years ago. Now that the WikiLeaks scandal has shed light on illegally released government documents, the Left’s assertion above is revealed as the sham we always knew it was. Saddam Hussein DID have…
Read MoreIs an abortion a proper Christmas present?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mr9OQrw3Cg&feature=player_embedded] “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” goes a popular Christmas song. God becomes man. God loves us so much, that He comes to us as a child born humbly in a manger. If you believe that God is love, then that Baby we await during this Advent season is…
Read MoreShould we turn Iowa into the abortion Mecca of America?
By Tom Quiner What a beautiful state, Iowa. Our soil is black and loaded with life. We feed the world. Our people are sensible, hard-working folks. There are no finer people in the world than Iowans. I’ve had the opportunity to travel the country over the years. Americans are great everywhere. But Iowans are always…
Read MoreIn memory of a Day of Infamy: December 7th, 1941
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Read MoreWhat’s wrong with the President’s deficit reduction commission?
By Tom Quiner I sincerely appreciate the thought put into solving America’s debt crisis by the President’s deficit reduction commission. Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson and the rest of the panel worked hard at trying to solve the mess created by our Congress. To be clear, Congress is the blame. They have the power of…
Read MoreWill lame-duck Democrats increase taxes and federal spending?
By Tom Quiner Tax rates are going up on all earners unless Democrats prevent it. Republicans are 100% on board to prevent tax rates from going up, which is what will happen if the Bush tax cuts from 2001 and 2003 are allowed to expire. Nancy Pelosi wants to increase rates for America’s most-productive workers.…
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