A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
U.S. taxpayers fund ant-covered Mohammed art exhibit at the Smithsonian
By Tom Quiner Did that headline get your attention? It’s not totally accurate. In fact, the nationally-funded National Portrait Gallery, a part of the Smithsonian Institute, IS featuring an exhibit with an important religious figure covered with ants. Only it’s not Mohammed. It’s Jesus. It is politiically-correct to desecrate Christ with tax-payer money. It is not politically-correct to desecrate Mohammed in the eyes of the liberal elites who fund anti-Christ…
Let’s blame God
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGJWBWcFD_4&feature=player_embedded] What do Steve Johnson and Christopher Hitchen have in common? They both blame God. Mr. Johnson is a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills. Mr. Hitchens is a political columnist and author of the book, God is Not Great. Unlike Mr. Johnson, he is a champion of the new atheism. This past weekend, their personal philosophies toward God crossed paths. Mr. Johnson’s team, the Bills, were…
An interview with the composer of The Pope of the People
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zXfPcO1kFM&feature] I consider the late Pope John Paul II to be one of the most important persons of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. I have written a musical, The Pope of the People, on the dramatic first ten years of his papacy. I talk a little about the piece in the interview above.
An easy way to visualize America’s debt problem
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt8hTayupE] I like this video. You can visualize the magnitude of our national debt problem and how it is driven by entitlement programs. This video was made before Obamacare was passed. The picture is only going to get worse once it kicks in in its entirety. We have to get a grip on entitlements and our nation’s unfunded liabilities. Can our political parties work together to curtail…
Why tax increases are bad for the deficit
Since World War II, each new dollar raised in taxes has led to $1.17 in new government spending. Taxes won’t cut deficits. Only spending restraint will.
Are you willing to strip naked in public for the sake of political correctness?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-jdDE6bFow] Here is news you may have missed from this past weekend: Lashkar-e-Taliban gunment barged into a home in India and murdered a 60 year-old woman. This group is a militant Islamic organization whose goal is to introduce an Islamic state in South Asia. In Iraq, an 8 year old girl and woman are “disassembled” in their own home by Islamic bombers. In Afghanistan, a paramilitary group…
Jesus, remember me …
By Tom Maly [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Lwbtni4Ag] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcAqBHJe6z8] Throughout scripture, Jesus often acted differently from the expectations of His day and was not shy about challenging those who acted hypocritically as they sought to practice their faith. As an example, talking to any woman, much less a Samaritan woman, as Jesus did at the well, was scandalous. He also touched and healed lepers and recently we heard of him being chastised for dining with a tax collector, a…
The impossible dream that really happened
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quS6lhyhz7M&feature=related] Pope John Paul II’s life was a miracle. A Slavic Pope? Impossible! The fall of communism? Impossible! This man was perhaps the most beloved human being of my lifetime. This video pays homage to the drama and beauty of his life. Someone posted this comment on YouTube below the video: “I was an Atheist for a long time, I found my home in the Catholic Church…
Do you believe prayers are answered?
By Tom Quiner I participated in an event called 40 Days for Life as recounted in my blog posts on October 7th and 8th. I stood with others in front of the Planned Parenthood facility where abortions are performed. We quietly prayed for the unborn in Des Moines and throughout America. I’m a small cog in a huge movement of the faithful who are praying consistently, fervently, and passionately for…
Three ways to reduce federal spending
By Tom Quiner Why the huge deficits? Liberals blame the Bush tax cuts. That notion can be quickly discounted. The Federal Government has pretty consistently collected taxes in the amount of 20% of gross domestic product for the past fifty years. It’s the spending that has changed. The reason for our huge deficits is the increase in federal spending to an unprecedented level of 25 percent of GDP. We’ve got…
The perils of politically-correct capitalism
By Tom Quiner A couple of weeks ago, Washington Redskin Quarterback, Donovan McNabb, was benched with two minutes left in the game. If you’re not a football fan, stick with me. There’s a connection to this event and a larger American issue. There were rumblings that Redskin coach, Mike Shanahan, was racist for benching the African-American McNabb. I think not. The National Football League (NFL) cares about one thing: money.…
Why God allows war
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B81kW814qA] On this Veteran’s Day, I pay tribute to all the men and women who have served this nation in the armed forces. Thousands and thousands have given their lives in the name of freedom. We thank-you for your service to America. A letter writer in the Des Moines Register gave voice to us all in her lament this morning: ” … I wish I could think…
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