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Will Reid Shut Down the Government?

By ⋅ September 20, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Right now the two houses of government are in a big game of chicken.  A budget is due at the end of the month, and since neither the Senate nor the President have put forth a budget bill, they are faced with considering a continuing resolution. So, the Republican lead House put forth one; however, [...]

Little Known Senate Facts

By ⋅ January 5, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

During the first legislative day of the U.S. Senate, it only takes a simple majority to alter rules for the governing body.  Every day after that, it takes a 2/3 majority. What I didn’t know was that the first day of the Senate could actually span months: Today is the first legislative day, but there [...]

The American Democracy is Broken

By ⋅ March 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Like the broken down old pickup shown above, many in America feel that the American Democracy is broken.  Putting aside for the moment that the country is actually a Democratic Republic, many believe that the officials we have in place are not cut out for the task at hand, and one wonders if that includes [...]

The Government Can

By ⋅ December 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

To the tune of “The Candyman Can”—a hilarious but scarily true commentary on recent government taxation and spending.

Abortion: Should the Government Pay?

By ⋅ November 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The 1976 Hyde Amendment was passed to prevent people that had moral problems with abortion from having to have their tax dollars fund abortion.  This was part of the natural reaction of the Pro-Life side to the fact that the United States Supreme Court “found” the right to have an abortion hidden between the lines [...]

Governing By Fear

By ⋅ November 22, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Every party does it.  Once a party gets control of a branch of government– let alone every branch of government– the party that just got into power is overwhelming concerned about keeping that power.  In some ways this is good.  It allows for moderate government to prevail, and usually it’s the case that the country [...]

Are You Going to Get the H1N1 Flu Shot?

By ⋅ October 22, 2009 ⋅ One comment

My wife is pregnant with our fourth child.  That puts us close to first in line for the H1N1 flu vaccine—only with the conflicting stories that we hear, we’re currently favoring taking a pass.

Amazon as Big Brother

By ⋅ July 29, 2009 ⋅ One comment

In Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451, the society at the time has been out burning different books in an attempt to quash contrary ideas and exalt the trivial: In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury’s classic, frightening vision of the future, firemen don’t put out fires–they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury’s vividly painted society [...]

Time for a Reboot

By ⋅ March 11, 2009 ⋅ One comment

It never fails.  You’ve been plugging away, working on your budget, writing that blog post, or just surfing when your operating system claims that it’s installed some new software and you need to reboot your system for it to take effect.  Or an application stops responding, and you find that the best thing that you [...]

President Obama and Good News

By ⋅ January 20, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

In an hour from now, this country will have a new President.  President George W. Bush will no longer be in power, and the decisions that face the nation will no longer be his to make. In some ways, I’m sure that he’s thankful for leaving his post.  I can’t imagine the amount of stress [...]

Should Everyone Have a Vote?

By ⋅ January 15, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

Yesterday we considered the Electoral College, but in order to fully appreciate the discussion, I think we need to look into the system that was set up by the Founders.  When we look at this question, however, we have to start with voting, and what we find may be shocking to some of you.

Presidential Qualifications

By ⋅ December 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

If President-Elect Obama does well in office, what does that say about the qualifications to be president?

Stimulus Package as Socialism

By ⋅ October 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

So, the Democrats are discussing having yet another stimulus package to help us through this crisis.  We have come a long way from when stimulus packages were just a gimmick when Pres. George W. Bush had one in his first year in office. However, I think that this is a bad idea.

Would You Know What Hard Lemonade is?

By ⋅ May 1, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

Again, what justifies the government taking a child from their parents?  Could it be as simple as not knowing what “Hard Lemonade” is? The way police and child protection workers figure it, Ratte should have known that what a Comerica Park vendor handed over when Ratte ordered a lemonade for his boy three Saturdays ago [...]

When Children Are Taken Away

By ⋅ April 25, 2008 ⋅ 14 comments

A call is made at night from a place three states away by a person who has a history of making claims of abuse1.  Claims are made that young people are are being forced into marriage and sex, though at worst they’re probably consenting minors.  Regardless of the current moral acceptance of teacher/student sex, homosexual [...]

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