A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion

by Tom Quiner

A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion

by Tom Quiner

A liberal’s idea of a vacation

By quinersdiner | November 15, 2012

Layoffs mount as the reality of a 2nd Obama term sinks in

By quinersdiner | November 15, 2012

By Tom Quiner Cisco Systems just slashed 1300 jobs. In New Jersey, a retailer of discount designer brands called Daffy’s is shutting down, eliminating another 1300 jobs. The U.S. banking industry said they’ll be laying off another 17,000 jobs this year on top of last year’s 64,000 eliminated jobs. Morgan Stanley is eliminating a 1000 jobs. Citigroup is going to cut another 350 jobs on top of the 1200 they…

Secession

By quinersdiner | November 14, 2012

There is irony with the timing of the Spielberg biopic, Lincoln. It comes at the same time that a growing number of unhappy Americans sign petitions to secede from the union.

How the Obamacare mandate can ruin Obamacare

By quinersdiner | November 14, 2012

You are required by law to purchase health insurance or be fined. But the fines are far less than the price of the insurance. If you’re healthy, you may choose to forgo health insurance until you need it. In other words, it makes more economic sense to wait and purchase health insurance when you get sick.

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil.”

By quinersdiner | November 14, 2012

People of faith need to confront the reality that they are being called to confront evil. As Dietrich Bonhoeffer states, if you don’t speak up, you are speaking volumes. You are giving your tacit approval to evil by not confronting evil …

C’mon, men, let’s start thinking with our heads

By quinersdiner | November 14, 2012

Obamacare is impractical

By quinersdiner | November 13, 2012

Who will get hurt the most by the mock benevolence of Obamacare mandates? The poor; the elderly; all those on government policies that pay below market value.

The truth about the pro life movement

By quinersdiner | November 12, 2012

The pro life movement loves human life from conception to natural death. Respect Life groups from Maine to Hawaii work silently in the trenches helping the pre-born as well as new born babies. I know, I know, the pro abortion crowd constantly rails against us, claiming that we only care about the baby up until the moment she is born. And then we forget about her. It’s a bunch of baloney.

What would Jesus do?

By quinersdiner | November 12, 2012

We chose Greece

By quinersdiner | November 12, 2012

The American people chose, and we chose the Greece model championed by Democrats. Greece economics is characterized by unsustainable public debt and entitlement programs. Let me give you but one sample of the coming economic hit from Obamacare …

There is only one obscenity for liberals

By quinersdiner | November 10, 2012

Time for Obama’s rhetoric to meet reality

By quinersdiner | November 10, 2012

The fiscal cliff looms. Let us hope the two sides can work together as thinking adults to address the spending side of the ledger. Obama’s rhetoric may produce more gridlock.