The significance of “who built it”

Homerun! That’s my reaction to last night’s opening round of speeches at the Republican National Convention. I loved the way they developed the theme that “we built it.” Republicans are the party of achievement, of entrepreneurship, of opportunity.Democrats are the party of government …

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Clarifying Reaganomics vs. Obamanomics

By Tom Quiner Team Obama will say anything to get elected. Campaign Manager, Stephanie Cutter, cut loose with another factually-impaired whopper recently. She said: “Over the past, you know, 27 months, we’ve created 4.5 million private sector jobs; that’s more jobs than in the Bush recovery, in the Reagan recovery…” You know, Stephanie, you’ve got…

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E pluribus unum

“Out of many, one.” This is one of America’s greatest values. This value separates us from so much of the world …

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The unemployment number you don’t hear about

We know the unemployment rate remains high under the Obama economy. We know the unemployment rate is actually much higher due to folks who have just given up looking for a job in the Obama economy. We know the unemployment rate for black teenagers is astronomical in the Obama economy. What isn’t reported so much is how long American workers remain unemployed.

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Iowans disenfranchised by Democratic-controlled Senate

By Tom Quiner Iowa judges imposed gay marriage on Iowa. Iowa voters lashed back two years ago and threw out three of the judges involved in the decision. A fourth judge involved in the decision is up for retention this November. I provide this as background for out-of-state readers of Quiner’s Diner. An Iowa attorney,…

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The bogus rape issue

Abortion is now at the “center” of the campaign debate intones CNN. The mainstream media (MSM) desperately desires this to be true, because their man’s handling of the economy has been so abysmal …

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The culture takes another turn toward the nude

Prince Harry galavants in the nude. “Palace fury at Harry naked photos” screams the Drudge report. Meanwhile, the Parents Television Council reports that nudity is exploding on network television. The number of “full nude” scenes increased by 407% from last year. Seventy percent of these occurred before 9 PM when younger viewers are more likely to be exposed. Full frontal nudity has increased 6300% (you read that correctly) since last year …

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