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87,500,000 reasons to vote Republican
By Tom Quiner Who pays the union dues for public employees? You do, Mr. Taxpayer. Who on average makes more money and has better benefits, public or private employees? Public employees. Who pays for these lavish salaries and benefits? Private employees. To whom did President Obama give $160 billion in stimulus money to protect them…
Read MoreIs it wrong to deliberately kill an innocent person?
By Tom Quiner I’m bothered by two conversations I’ve had. One took place years ago at Fridays Restaurant. I can’t remember when. Perhaps the late eighties. Over a festive dinner on a Friday night, politics were the subject. The good Republican with whom I was talking said something to the effect, “we’ve got to move…
Read MoreThe danger of unrealistic expectations
By Tom Quiner President Obama was set up to fail by his own bloated rhetoric and a fawning press that didn’t do their job. The video clip below of a supporter of the President’s reveals the problem: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI&feature=player_embedded] His supporter, Peggy Joseph, gushes that an Obama administration will fill her gas tank and pay her…
Read MoreTwo reasons Obamanomics isn’t creating jobs
By Tom Quiner As many of you know, jobs are hard to come by. The unemployment rate continues to hover near ten percent despite stimulus spending by the Federal Government which will surpass the cost of the Iraq War (see previous post). Nothing the Democrats have done is working. In fact, the case can be…
Read MoreIs the Iraq War responsible for our deficits?
By Tom Quiner Voices on the left are clear: our fiscal problems are the result of an unnecessary war on Iraq forced on the country by former President Bush. Democratic Party strategist, James Carville, is blunt: “It was under Mr Bush that the deficit spiralled out of control as we fought an unnecessary and endless…
Read MoreDemocrats take cynicism to new heights
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atD7sAJTiX0&feature=player_embedded] Governor Chet Culver should be ashamed. A group called “Iowans for Responsible Government” have been running attack ads against Republican candidate for Governor, Terry Branstad. They smear Mr. Branstad as being too liberal, that he would make Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Barack Obama proud. The goal of the ads was…
Read MoreDemocrats owe Americans an honest budget
By Tom Quiner Is America heading in the right direction or the wrong direction? According to poll results at www.RealClearPolitics.com, 61.7 percent of Americans say we’re heading in the wrong direction. One year ago, the number was 48 percent. Why is dissatisfaction growing? Certainly some of the biggest concerns are runaway deficits and the unprecedented…
Read MoreModern Auschwitz
By Tom Quiner The Nazis exterminated 4 million human beings in Auschwitz. Pope John Paul II visited the site on June 8th, 1979. His remarks are immediately relevant. The late-great John Paul said: “Can it still be a surprise to anyone that the Pope born and brought up in this land, the Pope who came…
Read MoreDemocrats propose bill to limit conservative free speech
By Tom Quiner The public increasingly rejects the Democrat’s leftward lurchings. Polls show that the Dems may take a big hit at the polls this November. What’s a political party to do when the public rejects their message? How about pass a law that restricts the free speech of the opposition? That is the net…
Read MoreGovernment unions ask us to sacrifice
By Tom Quiner Here’s what I said on my recent post titled, A Tale of Two Protests: “Something’s wrong when public employee unions donate lavishly to one political party, the one that keeps the perks and jobs flowing for these unions, while the rest of America sacrifices and suffers.” Here’s a response I received back:…
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