A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion

by Tom Quiner

A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion

by Tom Quiner

Christianity under assault at home and abroad

By quinersdiner | September 13, 2012

By Tom Quiner Hanna Suchocka was the first female Prime Minister of Poland. She served as the Polish Ambassador to the Holy See. Born in 1946, she witnessed the crushing imposition of secular atheism on Poland by the communist government. She related what happened in Newt Gingrich’s documentary, “Nine Days that Changed the World” (which will be screened at the Fleur Cinema here in Des Moines on Saturday, October 6th…

World War III

By quinersdiner | September 12, 2012

We are engulfed in an undeclared world war: Islam against the world. The attacks and associated casualties are a daily occurrence. Here is a list of this week’s carnage according the website, “The religion of peace:”

Obama frets about Muslim feelings

By quinersdiner | September 12, 2012

Our ambassador is killed. Our embassy in Egypt is attacked. This administration is concerned about hurting the “religious feelings of Muslims.” That’s the first thing out of their mouth.

Looniness is sweeping the country

By quinersdiner | September 11, 2012

There’s a great old Gershwin song called “Love is Sweeping the Country.” I was thinking about it as I scanned today’s news …

Obama can’t blame deficits on the wars or the Bush tax cuts

By quinersdiner | September 10, 2012

It happened again this morning. A letter writer to the Des Moines Register blamed our deficits on the Bush tax cuts and the two wars launched in response to 9/11.In other words, the deficits are Bush’s fault and Obama is simply cleaning up his mess is the contention. Is this true? No, not according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) …

In praise of Gingrich

By quinersdiner | September 10, 2012

Presidents get too much blame for a bad economy. They get too much credit when things go well. Bill Clinton loves to make the good economy of the 90s seem like his doing. I’m willing to give him some credit. He deserves some. I like to give a chunk of praise to then-Speaker, Newt Gingrich as well. Clinton and Gingrich made a great team. They kept each side of the aisle honest, which led to a more responsible approach to government spending …

Reagan did it!

By quinersdiner | September 9, 2012

The economy was in shambles when Ronald Reagan took office, much worse off even than when Barack Obama took office. And yet Reagan fixed it where Obama failed. This week, Bill Clinton suggested that no one could have fixed our broken economy in just four years. Ronald Reagan proves him wrong …

No one says it better than Peggy Noonan

By quinersdiner | September 8, 2012

I didn’t have the stomach to watch much of the Democrat’s convention. My liberal friends probably felt the same about the Republican convention. Touche! I caught a little of Vice President Joe Biden’s speech. I couldn’t help but admire his rhetoric and delivery at the same time that I recoiled at his political philosophy and slipperiness with the facts …

Will Democrats listen to God?

By quinersdiner | September 7, 2012

Rank and file Democrats bristled at having God rammed back into their party platform by the president. Here’s the question: how did they feel about the closing benediction by Cardinal Timothy Dolan?

An astute observation on the difference between 2 conventions

By quinersdiner | September 7, 2012

As I scanned Facebook this morning, I ran across this comment from someone I know named Steve …

Democrats push for the fake Indian vote!

By quinersdiner | September 7, 2012

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUYaCkg1so&feature=youtu.be] Hang on! The Democratic National Convention is over. NewsBusted’s Jodi Miller has the behind-the-scenes stories the MSM won’t go near. Check them out: √ The Chris Matthews  “thrill-up-my-leg-a-thon” is over! √ Both conventions end with an “invisible president” routine. √ Democrats push for the “fake Indian” vote! √ Multiple “Nutters” speak! √ Why John Edwards missed the convention. √ Obama’s fake Twitter followers are really saved…

The Wizard of Stagnation

By quinersdiner | September 7, 2012