A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
A beautiful Christmas message from Ronald Reagan
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU0tuah-x7M] Let’s turn the clock back thirty years to hear the beautiful Christmas address of a president who loved Christ. Ronald Reagan wasn’t afraid to call Jesus the Christ. He called a Christmas tree a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree. He gave no quarter to the politically correct Thought Police who want to expunge Christianity. Mr. Reagan’s words grow in their impact with each passing year.…
December 23rd, 1981
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkKVYjw1Ehc] Today, international drama rages in the Mideast. During the Reagan years, it raged in Eastern Europe. A dozen days before Christmas in 1981, the communist government in Poland declared marshal law on their citizens. Poles were devastated. President Reagan sprung into action. He called Pope John Paul II and offered support. Two days before Christmas, he met with the Polish ambassador and his wife in the…
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 purchase health insurance if you are not insured, or you’ll face legal sanction. (The Supreme…
Romney 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 than mandate. Let us be crystal clear with Romneycare and Obamacare: if someone doesn’t buy…
Why Saudis don’t want women to drive
By Tom Quiner The folks from News Busted offer up more politically-incorrect laughs in this week’s news report. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dR23viIpk4&feature=youtu.be]
The Rage Against God
By Tom Quiner [Writer Christopher Hitchens died yesterday. He gained notoriety in recent years for his attacks on religion and for his evangelical atheism. I am re-running a Quiner’s Diner post from last year that talks about Mr. Hitchen’s view point. I always enjoyed reading Mr. Hitchens, even when he infuriated me.] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5B1U2Y7KRw&feature=player_embedded] At the age of 15, Peter Hitchens burned his Bible and denied God’s existence. At the age…
Fraudulent 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 for by the Iowans for Life.” Iowans for LIFE had no involvement in producing or…
Beware misleading negative campaign phone calls
By Tom Quiner The negative campaigning begins. A group calling themselves Iowa Pro-Life Action is making robo calls suggesting that Newt Gingrich is not pro life. The Executive Director of Iowa Right to Life, the largest pro life group in the state, set the record straight with a press release today. Jenifer Bowen said: “A number of supporters have received robo-phone calls from a small, newly minted organization calling itself…
The 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 out slavery and passed tough laws outlawing the scourge of racial discrimination. This is a…
Robust 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. Mr. Romney reminds me of President George Bush the First. Mr. Bush ran a campaign…
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