A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion

by Tom Quiner

A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion

by Tom Quiner

The danger of unrealistic expectations

By Tom Quiner | September 21, 2010

By Tom Quiner President Obama was set up to fail by his own bloated rhetoric and a fawning press that didn’t do their job. The video clip below of a supporter of the President’s reveals the problem: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI&feature=player_embedded] His supporter, Peggy Joseph, gushes that an Obama administration will fill her gas tank and pay her mortgage, a somewhat unrealistic expectation even in light of Mr. Obama’s goal to take money…

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Your tax dollars at work

By Tom Quiner | September 18, 2010

By Tom Quiner I’d like to introduce you to Wendy Greuel, the Los Angeles City Controller. She issued a press release on Thursday with this headline: “City controller releases audits of how Los Angeles has used federal stimulus money.  $111 million in ARRA Funds has only created 55 jobs so far.” ARRA  stands for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or to the layman, stimulus funds. Ms. Greuel is a Democrat. What…

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Assassination attempt on Pope Benedict XVI foiled

By Tom Quiner | September 17, 2010

By Tom Quiner Five men were arrested in London early this morning accused of plotting an attack on Pope Benedict XVI. This is a big, breaking story. Details will be unfolding today. What is interesting is how CNN and Fox News’ websites have treated the story. CNN’s headline is:  “Arrests amid pope’s visit to London.” We don’t know what the arrests are about. Are they simply rowdy protesters? The word…

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The world will be won by beauty

By Tom Quiner | September 16, 2010

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKhmFSV-XB0] You’ve probably seen this video by now.  Ten year old Jackie Evancho is taking America by storm with the voice of an angel floating from the mouth of a child. What is refreshing about Ms. Evancho is that she looks like a kid.  She acts like a kid. But she sings with the pure voice of one beyond her years. As in interesting contrast, watch the…

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Sebelius vs. Gingrich

By Tom Quiner | September 15, 2010

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez07-vQrGfE&feature=player_embedded] Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sibelius, has issued two major threats to the healthcare industry. Threat #1: “There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here…

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A radical controls a budget larger than the Pentagon’s

By Tom Quiner | September 14, 2010

By Tom Quiner The healthcare of one out of three Americans is controlled by a radical. I wrote about this man, Donald Berwick, in my Quiner Diner’s post on May 26th.  You can read about his radical health care ideas there.  Here is the essence of his philosophy: “I am romantic about the National Health Service; I love it.” He was talking about Great Britain’s single payer healthcare system.  He…

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“I lied through my teeth”

By Tom Quiner | September 13, 2010

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejm9KjnMHV4] The year was 1995. The partial-birth abortion debate raged.  The Executive Director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers went on ABC’s Nightline.  Ron Fitzsimmons said partial birth abortion, the procedure where the fetus’ skull is crushed and its brains suctioned, was only performed in situations to save the mother’s life.  He said it was rare. Sixteen months later, he admitted he “he lied through his…

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The magnificent World Trade Center

By Tom Quiner | September 12, 2010

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQCUXNo5GI&feature=related] I remember sitting on the top floor of the World Trade Center very well.  The date was July 19th, 1989. The date stuck with me, because that was the day that United Flight 232 crash landed in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 111 of its 285 passengers. I was doing a lot of traveling in those days.  The thought of getting on a plane the next day…

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In tribute …

By Tom Quiner | September 11, 2010

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Wt4XlXUrc] The world changed nine years ago.  We pay tribute to those who lost their lives that fateful day with a song by an American original, the late Ray Charles.

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“We’re not at war against Islam”

By Tom Quiner | September 10, 2010

By Tom Quiner Thus said the President: “We are not at war against Islam. We are at war against terrorist organizations that have distorted Islam or falsely used the banner of Islam. If we’re going to deal with the problems Ed Henry was talking about – reducing the terrorist threat – we need all the allies we can get.” Are we really at war against terrorism when the President sent…

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What is this man describing?

By Tom Quiner | September 10, 2010

A little political humor from the master himself, Bob Hope. Some things never change! 🙂

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The real story regarding the burning of the Koran

By Tom Quiner | September 9, 2010

By Tom Quiner The President is against the burning of the Koran. The Secretary of State is against the burning of the Koran. General David Petraus is against the burning of the Koran. The Pope is against the burning of the Koran. I’m against the burning of the Koran. The always politically correct Mayor of New York said, that while he finds the whole affair “distasteful,” he backs the right…

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