(From the diaries…bill s)
The heart of this entry is a letter I wrote in response to one specific liberal professor who made the … after the passing of the 13th Amendment. … They were conscious of the population growth in the North and expected that it would eventually overrun the influence of the South…
So Linc Chafee is in the race. This brings the number of contenders up to four. … Pilkington was practically the Easter Bunny of the craft. … She starts the election with nearly 60% of the public thinking she’s a liar and only about 45% having a positive view of her.…
It is the first time in more than a decade that Americans have expressed a favorable view of Bush, at least according to a new CNN/ … the 43rd president unfavorably. … He concocts a story that pins the problems on the previous employee and deftly sidesteps blame for the issue.…
the Benghazi attack. … There is are two major problems with this approach for the Democrats: 1) the Democrats have no idea who the Republicans will nominate … Sunday, but the hostesses were working the phones and pushed the deadline till Monday.”…
the next great things. … The “Wars” only happen when governments get involved – placing tariffs, regulations and subsidies in the way of the flow. … As the former paying for the latter. Very un-Potato Head of them.…
There are two points of view:
Sex and gender are the same thing, and it is mental illness that makes you believe that your gender … This is the pinnacle of the social movement to get what was deviant declared normal, and push for what was normal to be considered … Remember that glorious time when the country was founded on the idea of debate? Yeah, good times.…
I cannot imagine the feelings of law enforcement in this country, who have a difficult enough job as it is, as they viewthe outrageous … In Baltimore, in the aftermath of Freddie Gray’s death in April, violence in the month of May was the highest it has been in 15 years … If deaths of civilians at the hands of police have gone up, the same is true of officer deaths at the hands of civilians.…
and basically gave an updated version of his father’s view of 9/11; a view which received gasps and boos from the audience when Ron … It’s a view that is born from the same moral relativism that guides the foreign policy views of well-known idiots like Janeane Garofalo … His view has no place in the post-9/11 world, much less a world that just saw an ISIS attack in Texas a few weeks ago.…
beat its chest at the end of the day. … To that end, I favorably viewthe idea of traditional roles. Growing up, things were pretty clear in my household. … We exaggerate the notions that are the bumbling, uninterested dad and the bossy, overbearing mother.…
The Iowa GOP cancelled the Straw Poll last Friday. But didn’t it feel more like just pulling the plug. … The Straw Poll died last cycle when Michele Bachmann blatantly bought the win, finally bringing into full view that the emperor truly … Since the Straw Poll had always been the opening weekend of the State Fair, we found the schedule online and booked our event the weekend…
In the Thursday vote, the House passed TPA (fast track) without the aide to displaced workers known as TAA (or Trade Adjustment Assistance … After TPP comes the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union, followed … Ruch Limbaugh noted the irony of the GOP’s sellout:
“This is actually one of the most amazing things.…
Dystopic Worldview
Along with a false premise, the encyclical is based on a very dystopic view of the situation. … Quite honestly, it is a view much more in line with Young Adult fiction of the genre that has given us The Hunger Games and Divergent … This view of the market is a major blind spot of the draft, but also reflects a long history of the Vatican often ignoring or downplaying…
On the surface, l’affaire Dolezal seems barely worth mention in the oddity section of actual news coverage. … Certainly, at least some of it is due to the humor value, as the #AskRachel hashtag on twitter aptly demonstrated, but underneath the … It is not an exaggeration to say that the way you viewthe Rachel Dolezal story is a leading indicator of the way you viewthe modern…
The statement, the platform it was shared on, and the timing (right after the Hobby Lobby contraception decision) blended together … They’ll always promote the idea that the Right is the party which wants to rewind back to the 1950s, complete with pearl necklace-adorned … Reclaiming the term would require us to connect our logical view of gender issues/roles to one of the most illogical and damaging of…
The Bruce Jenner/Rachel Dolezal clown show has provided an interesting view into the anti-science and anti-logic core underpinning … The argument has long been that much human pain is the result of denying the heart its deepest desires, that the path of indulgence … Even within the context of the left’s own arguments you see the utter imbecility clawing its way out of the very thin-shelled egg. …
However, the article doesn’t really address the fact that this is an alarming social commentary. … I wasn’t surprised by the answer. … StatSocial’s CEO is quoted in the piece as saying “People on the Left are more insular.…
In the end, the GOP caved to the siren song of Corker and only one MAN voted against it: Tom Cotton. … The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is sounding the alarm about the nuclear talks with Iran, warning the United … “I understand the dynamics that can develop when a group believes they are close to a deal and how your aides may view this as a major…
One of the bywords of the cultural revolution of the late 1960s when it his college campuses was “relevance.” … Once one gets past the utter racism of this point of view and the condescension that says history-began-about-the-time-I-started-high-school … one of her students by sending them into the world with theview that nothing is significant but their own experiences.…
A squishy (or fluffy, depending upon how you view cellulite) northeast governor considering a run for the presidency visits Iowa and … As a point of perspective, with the vast majority of homes and businesses privately insured, the total cost estimate for the entire … Not only did the bill not pass until 91 days after the event (by contrast the Katrina relief bill passed 11 days after the event) but…
This is true not just in their conclusion that the unborn are to bear the brunt of the blame in certain situations, but also in their … Only a year ago, the issue of contraception was on the national stage as the “evil” Hobby Lobby sought to control the healthcare decisions … As usual, the Left vocally opposed all the supposed horror taking place.…
In my view, the American Revolution produced two battles which really let you understand the war. … During the retreat into Pennsylvania, Washington had all the boats on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River rounded up and consolidated … Monmouth marks the creation of the American Army as a fighting force worthy of the name.
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the star at the 50-yard line of Cowboys Stadium while playing for the San Francisco 49ers. … that has come out of the Westboro Baptist Church in the other direction over the last few years. … ” and the key question people today (for better or worse) demand an answer to – “Why is this view something the government should enforce…
and not with respect to the decision to enter the relationship that is the foundation of the family in our society.” … your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to … In the words of the late mil blogger Carrol LeFon, aka Neptunus Lex, when discussing the merits of the single seat F/A-18 with the…
The First Amendment guarantees, however, the freedom to “exercise” religion. Ominously, that is not a word the majority uses. … This is the roadmap. … The larger Protestant denominations will toe the line. Some, like the Episcopalians, are only nominally Christian as is.…