One of the primary arguments used by opponents to the Individual Mandate, a Republican creation, of the Affordable Care Act is that it is unprecedented and UnConstitutional. Well, that’s not really true. A January article from the New England Journal of Medicine gives a quick history lesson on how the Founding Fathers approved of individual [...]
“Mercy is the mark of a great man” - Capt. Malcom Reynolds “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’” – Jesus Christ Last year, the United States was the only western democracy to carry out judicial executions. As far as numbers, the US ranks #5, [...]
“We as a society need to glorify those who make a profit.” Speaking on the Senate floor, saying “we should ask the oil companies what is stopping you from making even more money?”, Senator Rand Paul concluded with those 12 words. Glorify profit. Thank you, Sen. Paul, for showing the world exactly what’s wrong with [...]
We live in a culture of fear. The news media feeds a gullible public a steady diet of fear every day. We’re told we should be afraid of minorities, of liberals, of conservatives, of women, of the food we eat, of the water we drink, of nuclear annihilation and the end of the world and of the [...]
Folks, let’s just call these events, and others like them, for what they embrace. Racism. 100% pure, unadulterated racism. Example 1 – The bumper shown in the featured image of this post, spelling renege “re-nig” is blatantly racist. There is no other reasonable explanation for intentionally spelling the word that way. None. In a recent interview [...]
