A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
Federal Spending for Dummies
By Tom Quiner I have a simple and effective way to assess federal spending. I call it Federal Spending for Dummies. Use it as a handy voting guide tomorrow when you head out to vote. Here’s how it works. I take the total amount of money the federal government spends each year, including off-budget items like social security. I adjust it for inflation, putting everything in 1980 dollars. Then I…
Why is Governor Christie so great to listen to?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd8_SuyN8Vc&feature=player_embedded] He’s a straight-talker. His kind of honesty resonates in this political climate. The Democrats in New Jersey left the state in shambles. Governor Christie is fixing it. He makes no apologies for the tough decisions that were forced upon him by his predecessor. Republicans may have the opportunity after Tuesday’s election to fix the spending orgy of the past four years (two under President Obama). Let…
What is the most important vote on Tuesday’s ballot?
By Tom Quiner Iowans are faced with huge choices on Tuesday. Do we replace our big-spending Governor? Do we oust three activist Supreme Court judges who imposed gay marriage on Iowa? Do we replace a Congressman with a 100% voting record on the Pelosi index with a fiscally-prudent conservative? These are all big choices. But the biggest may be to replace Iowa’s long-standing Attorney General, Tom Miller. And we have…
My coffee with Brad Zaun
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBvONiWm9iM&feature=player_embedded] I had the pleasure of sitting down with Brad Zaun at my neighborhood coffee shop earlier this year. We discussed, what else, politics. (For out-of-state readers, Mr. Zaun is running for Congress here in Iowa against incumbent, Leonard Boswell, Democrat.) A few things struck me immediately. Brad is a regular guy. He’s an easy guy to talk to. Let me tell you something else, he is…
87,500,000 reasons to vote Republican
By Tom Quiner Who pays the union dues for public employees? You do, Mr. Taxpayer. Who on average makes more money and has better benefits, public or private employees? Public employees. Who pays for these lavish salaries and benefits? Private employees. To whom did President Obama give $160 billion in stimulus money to protect them from the impact of the recession? Public employees. Who paid for this largesse? Private employees.…
It’s all about me
By Tom Quiner “It’s not about you.” That is the first sentence in Rick Warren’s best-selling book, “The Purpose-Drive Life.” Mr. Warren’s premise, that our lives belong to God, that true happiness only comes when we do what God placed us on earth to do, is counter-cultural. American culture disagrees with Mr. Warren. Our culture suggest that we need a lot of money to be happy. Our culture suggests that…
Politics, not justice
By Tom Quiner I’ve just become aware of a website called Justice, Not Politics. The premise of the site is this: if you vote against retaining the three Iowa supreme court justices up for retention (re-election), it is somehow unjust. Why, then, does the Constitution even give us a vote on this issue if a contrary opinion of judges’ worthiness is automatically unjust? The answer is: our vote against retaining…
Vending machine abortions victimize women
By Jeane Bishop Four years ago I helped my daughter and her friend with their National History Day project. The 10 year old girls studied Dr. Nancy Hill, a pioneer female doctor in Iowa. The girls and I discovered that Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, (1821-1910) the first female physician in this country, became a doctor in order to help women. She wanted to give the women of her time medical care…
Does Iowa really need another tax increase?
By Tom Quiner Be prepared to vote on a “Land Stewardship” amendment to the Iowa Constitution. The amendment calls for future taxes to protect Iowa’s environment (sales tax increases). These taxes will help subsidize farmer’s conservation efforts. The monies will be housed in a trust fund. The idea is worthy, however an amendment is the wrong way to handle it. This is a function best left to the legislature. Do…
The risks of a “vending-machine attitude” toward gynecological care
By Tom Quiner Maggie Dewitte is Executive Director for Iowans for L.I.F.E. She stood up before the Iowa Board of Medicine last Friday and read a statement prepared by Dr. Donna J. Harrison on the dangers of telabortions. Dr. Harrison is President of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (www.aaplog.org). Here are the takeaway points from Dr. Harrison’s statement: • Telabortions are a threat to women’s health. • Telemed…
Iowa Board of Medicine considers telemed abortions
By Tom Quiner I just got back from the Iowa Board of Medicine who heard various speakers express their concern about telemedicine abortions. If the Board decides that telemed abortions are unsafe, they could halt this practice in its tracks before it spreads nationwide through other Planned Parenthood clinics. One speaker, Charles Burke, produced 1960 pages of data detailing the health risks of the abortion pill (RU-486) used in telemed…
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