March 16, 2010
The smell of Obamacare is heavy in the air. So, here are a couple updates extracted from an AFP email: There’s been much talk about ‘reconciliation’ but candidly, it’s overrated and perhaps even a red herring. Here’s why. The president will sign the original Senate bill, HR3590, into law immediately following House passage. That means […]
Tags: Blue Dogs, Congress, health care, healthcare, House bill, House Democrats, House of Representatives, HR3590, legislation, Medicare, Obamacare, Politics, reconciliation, Senate bill
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March 15, 2010
What should one look for in a candidate for U.S. Senate? A certain amount of intelligence, competence, ability to work well with others. A bit of leadership experience would be nice, but not necessarily the same amount as one needs in a governor or president. Someone who is familiar with the issues of the day, […]
Tags: Breathe Easy, clean coal, Clean Coal Technology Council, clean energy, Commissioner Williams, conservative values, energy policy, GOP candidate, GOP Senate hopeful, Governor Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Michael Williams, National Coal Council, nuclear power, Politics, Republican Party, Republican rising star, Rick Perry, Senator from Texas, Special Achievement Award, special election, strong conservative, Texas Railroad Commission, wind energy, Winnovators
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March 12, 2010
Noooooooooo!!!! This can’t be happening! Is nothing sacred?! Now some state & local governments want to take it upon themselves to, in effect, punish you for consuming something unhealthy by adding an extra tax onto things like soda, candy, and other sugary foods. Maybe even pizza! Cigarette smokers must be either crying or laughing their […]
Tags: consumption habits, excise, extra sales tax, fat tax, frivolous taxes, government control, individual responsibility, levy, obesity, premium, snack tax, soda tax, sugar tax, surcharge
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March 9, 2010
Modern theories abound… Whether based on the latest evolutionary hypothesis or sheer outrage at the thought of a God who is both loving and demands justice, modern conclusions about the origin of religion run the gamut. They include “Religion is Good”, “Religion is Bad”, “Religion Doesn’t Matter”, and “Religion Can Be Explained by X”. In […]
Tags: agnosticism, atheism, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary theory, God, hate God, Religion, Science, theism
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
March 7, 2010
In a paper published in BioEssays journal last year, the authors admitted that the event known as the “Cambrian Explosion” still has no plausible explanation within a materialistic paradigm. The Cambrian Period is the name given that time in geological reckoning that spanned from roughly 542 million years ago (Mya) to 488 Mya. The period […]
Tags: BioEssays journal, Biology, Biology's Big Bang, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian fauna, Cambrian Period, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwinism, distinct body plans, Ediacaran Period, Intelligent Design, materialistic paradigm, MicroRNA, modern synthesis, multicellular organisms, Neo-Darwinism, Paleontology, phyla, Pre-Cambrian fauna, Religion, Science, Yunnan Province
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
March 6, 2010
Here’s a piece forwarded to my email today. I’m assuming his numbers & facts are accurate, and he makes some interesting observations. Thought y’all would appreciate it. The Lawyers’ Party — by Bruce Walker The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers’ Party. Barack Obama is a lawyer. Michelle Obama is a lawyer. Hillary Clinton is […]
Tags: ACLU, lawsuits, lawyers vs. businessmen, legal system, medical costs, political parties, Politics, product costs, running the country, The Lawyers' Party, tort reform, trial lawyer lobby, trial lawyers
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March 4, 2010
Yeah, I said “Black”. Got a problem with that? I know some people may be offended by that term, but then others say they prefer to be called “Black”, precisely because it’s more encompassing than “African-American” (e.g., it includes Haitians, Dominicans, Jamaicans, Barbadans, some Cubans & Brazilians, etc.). And, the mere fact that I felt […]
Tags: Affirmative Action, African-American, bigot, Black, Democrat demagoguery, political correctness, racial stereotypes, racism, subculture
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March 2, 2010
I got an email alert about this. Rather than try to restate or summarize, I’ll just quote from the email: This Focus on the Family ad, believe it or not, has been yanked off the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) website for one simple reason: Focus on the Family supports natural marriage, believing that marriage […]
Tags: censored, censorship of Christianity, censorship of pro-life messages, Focus on the Family, homosexual activism, NCAA, PC, political correctness, pro-family, pro-life, selective diversity
Posted in Religion |
February 28, 2010
Yeah, I hate to say it, but there is at least one thing on which I agree with Nancy Pelosi. Sometimes there are things more important than keeping your job. Sometimes you have to act based on principle, even when it puts in jeopardy certain comforts & privileges to which you have become accustomed. On […]
Tags: Congress, health care, healthcare, House Democrats, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare, Politics, principled decisions, re-election at risk, Speaker Pelosi
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February 28, 2010
The great bear of enviro-activism has poked his head out from a self-imposed hibernation. We haven’t heard from him in awhile, but Al Gore has a new op-ed piece in the New York Times. Not surprisingly, he minimizes the current climate data scandals, maintains support for the IPCC, and tries to obfuscate by marrying climate […]
Tags: Al Gore, climate change, Climategate, climatology, enviro-activism, environmentalist alarmism, global warming, Greenhouse Gases, IPCC, legislation, misguided scientists, Politics, Science, scientific controversy, UN Climate Change Conference
Posted in Politics, Politics & Science, Science |