A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
The latest victim of political correctness
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFOza0N-qbw] Juan Williams has been fired by National Public Radio for being politically incorrect. Wikipedia defines political correctness as … “a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, disability, and age-related contexts.” A simpler definition is “liberal thought-control.” Mr. Williams, himself a liberal, was fired for expressing a thought with…
Read MoreWho suffers most from hate crimes in the USA: Muslims or Jews?
By Tom Quiner It was just a one paragraph blurb in yesterday’s Des Moines Register: four men in New York City were convicted of plotting to blow up synagogues in New York. I read the paragraph searching for a key piece of information. Can you guess what it was? What would you like to know about these anti-semitic terrorist wannabes? The answer is motivation. The answer couldn’t be found in…
Read MoreShould we take secret ballots away from employees?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjU8psjeHIQ] My next door neighbor, Bill, is about the nicest guy you’d ever want to know. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better neighbor. He was a lifelong union member, which colors his politics. We got into our usual pre-election dust -up last Sunday. After viewing the plethora of Republican signs in my front yard, Bill asked me why I’m voting Republican. I talked about government spending,…
Read MoreThe largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade takes place this Friday. Maybe.
By Tom Quiner Cardinal Francis Arinze spoke in Des Moines this past weekend. He said something amazing. He talked about the sanctity of human life. He compared us pro-lifers to Saint Peter and the other disciples, but he didn’t mean it favorably. He said while the disciples were sleeping in the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas was wide-awake, at work organizing the enemies of Christ. While we were sleeping, Planned Parenthood…
Read MoreVote NO on Iowa Supreme Court Justices
By Tom Quiner The Des Moines Register came out with a forceful defense of retaining Supreme Court Justices who support gay marriage. The Register called it the most important vote we’ll make this election. They may be right in one way, this is the most item on the ballot for Iowa voters. All of the others are huge, too. But judges fundamentally changed a timeless, critical social institution, marriage. The…
Read MoreThe Pope of the People
By Tom Quiner Regular readers of this blog may have detected my affection for the late Pope John Paul II. I have posted seven different commentaries on JPII over the past several months. What is there about John Paul II that so inspires the young and the old? For me, his trips to Poland and Iowa in 1979 were profoundly moving, so much so, that I composed a new musical…
Read MoreIs it wrong to deliberately kill an innocent person?
By Tom Quiner I’m bothered by two conversations I’ve had. One took place years ago at Fridays Restaurant. I can’t remember when. Perhaps the late eighties. Over a festive dinner on a Friday night, politics were the subject. The good Republican with whom I was talking said something to the effect, “we’ve got to move past abortion.” The suggestion was that abortion hurt Republican chances at the ballot box, that…
Read MoreMore fallout from Obamacare
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR81QAOOHWU] “When people better understand the Affordable Care Act, they’ll understand, I think, that this isn’t something being done to them but is something that’s really going to be valuable to them.’’ This was the President’s recent defense of the Affordable Care Act, also know as ObamaCare. The law mandates elimination of lifetime coverage limits. Sounds good, right? The law mandates “free” immunization for children. Sounds good,…
Read MoreIs government corrupting our national character?
By Tom Quiner America is exceptional because our character is exceptional. Our national attitude and philosophy of life were set out eloquently by our Founding Fathers, first in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” The Founders built…
Read MoreHere’s what happened at Planned Parenthood yesterday
By Tom Quiner The weather was perfect. We prayed. We held up signs promoting life and discouraging abortion. As a marketing guy, I counted the number of cars going by at certain times so I could extrapolate the number of cars that saw our pro-life message. I’d guess we reached about 3500 cars in our two hours in front of Planned Parenthood (PP). Yes, we got the finger on occasion.…
Read MoreThe #1 way to end abortion
By Tom Quiner At 4 PM this afternoon, I’m going over to Planned Parenthood on Army Post Road here in Des Moines, Iowa. Please join me. This is their facility where they perform abortions. This is the day on which they perform abortions. I am joining folks on the sidewalk in front of this facility in silent prayer for the unborn, some of whom will die today. Despite the way…
Read MoreFreedom of speech takes a hit in the U.S.
By Tom Quiner Larry David, the comedic creator of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, has gone into hiding. No one knows where he is. His career is over. It all happened quickly following a controversial episode of his HBO sitcom, Curb Your Enthusiasm. Here’s what happened in the fateful episode. Mr. David’s character was medicated with a pill that would compensate for the shortcomings of his middle-aged prostrate. In his…
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