Politics
The rationale of health insurance reform
By Tom Quiner You, as a voter, are faced with two competing rationales when it comes to health insurance reform. The Democratic approach uses massive government control as being implemented in Obamacare. The Republican approach focuses on consumer control. Obamacare imposes a mandate on consumers. In other words, you will be required by law to…
Read MoreRomney is willing to retain parts of Obamacare
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5JjBHq8_0&feature=player_embedded] Mitt Romney appreciates aspects of Obamacare. This is understandable. After all, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid modeled Obamacare after Romneycare health insurance legislation enacted in Massachusetts when Mitt Romney was governor. Mr. Romney said his legislation provided consumers with “incentives” to purchase health insurance. This is a nicer word…
Read MoreFraudulent anti-Gingrich smear campaign continues
By Maggie Dewitte, Executive Director, Iowans for LIFE Last evening at the Des Moines, IA premiere of the new pro-life documentary Gift of Life with Governor Mike Huckabee, flyers were placed on cars outside the event. The flyers had disparaging remarks about presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. The flyers also claimed to be “Authorized and Paid…
Read MoreThe case against reverse discrimination
By Tom Quiner Should we discriminate on the basis of race in college admissions? Let’s talk this through a minute. Most white Americans find the idea of racial discrimination repugnant. I think we feel shame for our past transgressions against our African-American brothers and sisters. And yet we feel pride for the way America stamped…
Read MoreRobust conservatism vs. mellow moderation
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jzno_apP1Q&feature=player_embedded] Newt Gingrich represents robust conservatism. Mitt Romney represents mellow moderation. That’s how I see it based on their respective records. Mr. Romney has a splendid resume, but he’s a manager, not a visionary, a technocrat, not a general who will lead the charge against the radical liberalism choking America to death.…
Read MoreEven Democrats fear Big Government
By Tom Quiner Even as President Obama and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi commend the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, rank and file Democrats are more fearful of Big Government than Big Business. Even as President Obama and his party call for an even bigger federal government, his Democratic base is not in agreement, according to…
Read MoreCongress under fire
By Tom Quiner The American public is disgusted with America’s runaway debt and a Congress unable to do anything about it. Yes, President Obama has contributed to the mess by promoting and signing bad legislation. And yes, he is a shameless class warfare demagogue, a man who promised to be a post-partisan president, but is…
Read MoreQuiner’s Diner’s readers react to Newt Gingrich …
By Tom Quiner Newt Gingrich is the most interesting candidate in the field. Love him or hate him, you’re going to listen to him and talk about about what he is saying. I’ve gathered together comments from reader’s of this blog post regarding Speaker Gingrich. A Des Moines attorney who was a Pawlenty backer this…
Read MoreThe ulterior motive behind the global warming con
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmtjh7yCrw4&feature=player_embedded] The recent revelations of Climategate II reveal the scientific duplicity behind the global warming movement. An international global warming conference is taking place in Durbin, South Africa, right now, with little international fanfare. The movement has been discredited. As Jim Inhofe, Republican Senator from Oklahoma, says above: “The message from Washington…
Read MoreAnalyzing Gingrich’s “baggage”
By Tom Quiner One of three men will be elected President of the United States in eleven months: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, or Newt Gingrich. Could one of the lower tier candidates like Michele Bachman or Rick Santorum experience a resurgence and win the presidency? It is possible, but unlikely at this stage in the…
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