A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
“Tenacity of protestors is to be admired”
By Tom Quiner The pro life protesters took over city parks around the nation. They were loud and profane. They called themselves the 99.5, which represents the percentage of our population not aborted each year. They protest in defense of the .5% preborn who have no rights and are aborted each year. At their encampment at Zuccotti Park in New York, violent crime went up. People were assaulted. The police officer…
Lost and clueless
By Tom Quiner I just received the brief story below via e-mail. I have no clue who wrote it, so I’m sorry to the author for lack of attribution. However, it’s pretty funny and worth sharing. *** A woman in a hot-air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, “Excuse me, can you help me? I…
Lord of all hopefulness
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSet74NSDv0] I played this song at last night’s Thanksgiving Mass at my church. I love this old Irish tune and posted a beautiful instrumental version above performed by the O’Neill Brothers. The lyrics by Jan Struthers are worth reading this Thanksgiving Day: *** Lord of All Hopefulness Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy, Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares can destroy, Be there at our…
Why does the president want to raise taxes?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIqyCpCPrvU&feature=player_embedded] It’s a fair question, don’t you think? The president and his party want to raise income taxes on America’s most productive workers. In other words, he wishes to create a deterrent for more productivity out of them by letting them keep less of the fruits of their labor. It’s a terrible idea, because taxes on productivity don’t bring in much revenue for the government during a…
What kind of person is Nancy Pelosi?
By Tom Quiner I am awed by the beauty of the Catholic faith. Critics of Catholicism typically don’t know Catholicism. I know how that goes, because I wasn’t Catholic for half of my life. I was critical with aspects of Catholicism before I became Catholic. The more I learn about my faith, the more I am in love with it. That’s why I am so disheartened when I hear “Catholic”…
The exquisite beauty of human life
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKyljukBE70&feature=youtube_gdata_player] I am typing this post on a MacBook Pro. What a piece of engineering it is. Thank-you Steve Jobs and Apple Computer. Do you know anyone who would think that this cool laptop could have been created by naturalistic forces? In other words, do you think it is possible for a MacBook Pro to be created by random chance over billions of years by the primal…
How Obama wins
By Tom Quiner Barack Obama will most likely be re-elected to the presidency. Are his unfavorable ratings in the tank? Yes. A whopping 49% disapprove of the job the president is doing. Only 44% approve. Is the economy in the tank? Is unemployment abysmal? Have incomes dropped? Yes. Yes. Yes. And yet the electorate prefers Democrats over Republicans 44% to 41%. Think about it. Democrats have controlled the levers of…
What is marriage?
By Tom Quiner Marriage is … “a covenant or partnership of life between a man and woman, which is ordered to the well-being of the spouses and to the procreation and upbringing of children. When validly contracted between two baptized people, marriage is a sacrament.” The above citation is how the second edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church defines marriage. “Well, the state should never have gotten involved…
Occupiers Plan to protest until eligible for Social Security
By Tom Quiner Our friends from New Busted take aim at the Occupy Wall Street crowd. Ready for some good laughs? Watch! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AEWZr6Ab2w&feature=youtu.be]
Can I put you on?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElTgJTWZyRg&feature=related] What do Elton John and Barack Obama have in common? A song. Today is the 41st anniversary of Mr. John’s first live album titled 11.17.70. It was recorded on November 17th, 1970, in the A & R Studios in New York and was broadcast live on radio. This album was one of my first exposures to Mr. John’s music, and I was quite taken with it.…
Modern man’s struggle to be humane
By Tom Quiner How could this happen? I refer to the tragic child molestation accusations at Penn State. Children and adolescents have once again gotten caught in the cross hairs of modern man’s self absorption with gratification. The carnage in the wake of America’s assault on the defenseless is beyond human calculation. We were shocked when we discovered how the Nazis had systematically exterminated the Jews because they simply hated…
The Catholic vote will determine the next president
By Tom Quiner I sat in a Catholic bible study a week before the 2008 presidential election. We briefly discussed the upcoming election. Most in the room were voting for Barack Obama. I asked how a Catholic could vote for a man who had told Planned Parenthood that passage of the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is the first thing he intended to do. FOCA posed a direct threat to…
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