A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
Liberals mock C.S. Lewis
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfb1L-hMxU] My family can hardly wait to see the new Chronicles of Narnia movie, “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” This is the third installment in the classic series penned by the late C.S. Lewis. We are waiting for our married daughter to fly in so we can all see it together over the holidays. For the record, there isn’t a kid in our bunch. Yet, Mr.…
Why earmark restraint is vital
By Tom Quiner I began traveling regularly to New York City in 1989. I was struck by something amazing. As I drove from the LaGuardia Airport to Long Island, I saw abandoned cars everywhere. I saw cars that were burnt-out carcasses. Some sat on cinder blocks, stripped bare. They had clearly been there a long time. The city didn’t do anything about it. They let them sit there and pollute…
Is it true that less than 5% of Planned Parenthood’s clientele get abortions?
By Tom Quiner A Quiner’s Diner reader took me to task for criticizing Planned Parenthood’s Christmas gift certificate promotion. My gripe: gift certificates promoting abortion is offensive. Her counter: “Gee, I wasn’t aware that women’s health services are a desecration of Christmas. Perhaps you are unaware that women’s health services aren’t restricted to abortion. Not aware? Well, here’s a newsflash – women use the services of Planned Parenthood for things…
A titan of baseball is dead
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3afDt71vLS4] Bob Feller died yesterday at the age of nine-two. He grew up down the road in Van Meter Iowa. This Iowa kid became know as “Rapid Robert” for his extraordinary prowess throwing a baseball. As he began carving out an extraordinary baseball career, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Mr. Feller quickly enlisted in the Navy and volunteered for combat duty. Service to his country came first. His…
Good work on free trade
By John Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzJQklgLsI8] President Obama and U.S. trade representatives settled outstanding issues regarding the Korean Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) with South Korea. The trade deal is expected to increase annual exports of American goods by up to $11 billion and support at least 70,000 American jobs. KORUS FTA was proposed during the Bush administration in 2007, and is now ready to be sent to Congress. Advocates of the…
Who owns your productivity?
By Tom Quiner The debate has been furious. Democrats insist that taxes need to be raised on America’s most-productive Americans by letting the Bush tax cuts expire. A flawed compromise plan was reached that extends the Bush rates for two more years. At issue: should the top income tax rates for super-producers earning more than $250,000 per year increase from 35% to 39.6 percent? In other words, are these super-producers…
President Bush vindicated by WikiLeaks revelations
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsWAPSRWCZg] “Bush lied and people died,” was the mantra from the political Left in this country a few short years ago. Now that the WikiLeaks scandal has shed light on illegally released government documents, the Left’s assertion above is revealed as the sham we always knew it was. Saddam Hussein DID have remnants of weapons of mass destruction, as detailed by Wired magazines’s, Noah Shachtman. Mr. Shachtman…
Is an abortion a proper Christmas present?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mr9OQrw3Cg&feature=player_embedded] “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” goes a popular Christmas song. God becomes man. God loves us so much, that He comes to us as a child born humbly in a manger. If you believe that God is love, then that Baby we await during this Advent season is pure Love. Despite all of the commercialization of Christmas, Christians know what it’s really all…
Should we turn Iowa into the abortion Mecca of America?
By Tom Quiner What a beautiful state, Iowa. Our soil is black and loaded with life. We feed the world. Our people are sensible, hard-working folks. There are no finer people in the world than Iowans. I’ve had the opportunity to travel the country over the years. Americans are great everywhere. But Iowans are always at the top of the list when it comes to friendliness, frugality, and common sense.…
In memory of a Day of Infamy: December 7th, 1941
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnOtWm5OrM]
What’s wrong with the President’s deficit reduction commission?
By Tom Quiner I sincerely appreciate the thought put into solving America’s debt crisis by the President’s deficit reduction commission. Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson and the rest of the panel worked hard at trying to solve the mess created by our Congress. To be clear, Congress is the blame. They have the power of the purse. They have spent recklessly, especially the last ten years, especially the last two…
Will lame-duck Democrats increase taxes and federal spending?
By Tom Quiner Tax rates are going up on all earners unless Democrats prevent it. Republicans are 100% on board to prevent tax rates from going up, which is what will happen if the Bush tax cuts from 2001 and 2003 are allowed to expire. Nancy Pelosi wants to increase rates for America’s most-productive workers. She says she is against tax-cuts for the “rich,” but that is a less than…
Stay in touch. SUBSCRIBE. (We recently moved our blog and lost our subscribers. Please re-subscribe here)