The Planned Parenthood lie
By Rhonda Phillips Planned Parenthood’s (PP) Jill June, who has enjoyed a hefty 45% salary increase from 2008-2010 and reportedly earns $265,389.00 annually, seeks to terrify women and vilify the GOP, claiming they want to eliminate healthcare for women. This is a lie (Here’s Another Reason Women Leave the GOP, Jan 19-2012). There are countless…
Read More“Politics and taxes and people grinding axes …”
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L107m8Q1CA] Zoom zoom zoom zoom The world is in a mess With politics and taxes And people grinding axes There’s no happiness *** Let us pause during this presidential campaign for the break that refreshes: a jewel of a song by the Gershwin brothers, George and Ira. I’m talking about their 1937…
Read MoreIn defense of Mitt Romney’s tax returns
By Tom Quiner Quiner’s Diner has invested thousand of words beating up on Mitt Romney. Next to Ron Paul, he is the easiest Republican candidate for Barack Obama to beat in our view. He’s taking heat for dragging his feet on releasing his income tax records. Why? Because it will reveal that most of his income…
Read MoreRepublican debate explores race issues
By Tom Quiner It started with Juan Williams. The likable and liberal Fox News contributor asked Newt Gingrich about his comment that black Americans should demand jobs, not food stamps. Williams wondered if the former Speaker of the House could be viewed … “at a minimum, as insulting to all Americans, but particularly to black Americans.”…
Read MoreAnybody seen my old friend, Martin?
By Tom Quiner Anybody here seen my old friend Martin? Can anybody tell me where he’s gone? He freed a lot of people but it seems the good they die young You know, I just looked around and he’s gone. Didn’t you love the things they stood for Didn’t they try to find the good…
Read MoreThree themes in this presidential campaign
By Tom Quiner The theme of Barack Obama’s campaign is fairness. Taking his cue from the Occupy Wall Street Crowd, he targets capitalism and Big Business as the root cause of our problems. Envy is the foundation of his message: you are downtrodden because the “rich” are making money on your backs. The job of…
Read MoreShould the State tell churches who they can hire?
By Tom Quiner Something amazing happened. The Supreme Court just issued a unanimous ruling. In recent years, the Court has been split down the middle with with one split decision after another. It took another of Barack Obama’s radical Justice Department shenanigans to unite the nine justices. The case: Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v.…
Read MoreVenture capitalism vs. venture socialism
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_bQgFBDZjo&feature=player_embedded] Mitt Romney is under attack for the successes and failures of Bain Capital while he was there. Whatever you think of Mr. Romney, and I have concerns about him as a candidate, I would like to point out that Bain Capital used private money to make more money. Let us contrast…
Read MoreThe debt ceiling blame game
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyLmru6no4U&feature=player_embedded] Is there anything wrong with raising the debt ceiling? A Senator said yes. He charges the president for being “unpatriotic” and “irresponsible” for asking to have the debt ceiling raised. Who is this Senator? You guessed it: the former junior senator from Illinois, Barack Obama. It is wrong when a Republican…
Read MoreGod reveals next president to Pat Robertson
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCWLAvJ8otg&feature=youtu.be] You know, you just can’t beat a little conservative humor on a Friday. For that matter, you can’t beat it on the other six days of the week either! Enjoy a few laughs from our friends at NewsBusted.
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