Politics
Sebelius 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 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 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! 🙂
Read MoreBig bad debt
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3MouF8wKxw&feature=player_embedded] Former Governor Branstad ran an ad charging Governor Culver with being a big spender. Is this charge fair? Let me quote State Auditor, David Vaudt: “The Legislature’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget relies on over $700 million of one-time resources which will not be available for Fiscal Year 2012. In addition, nearly $90…
Read MoreHow to boost America’s economy now
By Tom Quiner This Labor Day, 2010, our economy is hurting. Everything the President and his party has tried has failed. Unemployment is way up. Economic growth is stagnant. Net job creation doesn’t exist. The stock market is going nowhere fast. The underlying premise of the President is that only government can get the economy…
Read MoreMilton Friedman explains the fallacy of a minimum wage
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca8Z__o52sk] The late Nobel Laureate economist, Milton Friedman, explains why minimum wage legislation is counterproductive. He explains it better than anyone. The clip above was made when the minimum wage was around $2.50, which dates the interview around 1977. Unemployment for teens, and especially black teens, has only gotten worse, as I…
Read MoreThe mock-benevolence of “compassionate” legislation
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBcHUe4WeQ] The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) was a compassionate piece of legislation, right? It prevented discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Anyone who opposed that piece of legislation is considered mean-spirited, devoid of a drop of humanity. How about the extension of jobless benefits from a standard half year to closer to…
Read MoreIn praise of Dr. King and Mother Teresa
By Tom Quiner August 26th was a big day. That was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. August 28th was another big day. That was the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s epoch “I Have a Dream” speech. Mother Teresa didn’t know how to deliver a speech very well. She’d…
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