American liberals have adopted a state sponsored religion. Instead of worshipping a God, however, it is the government they worship, and whom they expect us to worship. When life is good, we are expected to pay tithes to the government, for it is the government that has bestowed upon us the opportunity to earn such money. The more money we make, the more we give the govt, for "the govt. loves a cheerful giver". When life is bad, it is the government who is to blame. It doesn't matter if we...

Whenever politicians make a decision we don't like, we're quick to fall back on democracy to insist that they must always, necessarily vote with the majority. We do so assuming the majority have the same interests we do and that the power given by the majority vote won't be abused. But while it sounds good on paper, majority rule is not always the best way to make a decision. That is why we function better as a Republic than as a Democracy. Let me explain: Assume we ran our country by majorit...

We were discussing the war in Iraq. The opponent, a seasoned Democrat, was appalled at our presence over there. Her comment was blunt, and forceful: "We don't have the RIGHT to force democracy on other people". I rolled my eyes, having encountered another inconsistency of the left. Allow me to illustrate with a few similar observations using the history of our own nation (note: a few of these positions I actually agree with, most I don't. We'll leave it at that): We don't have the RIGHT to ...

I left the end of the title blank because I don't want to be accused of flaming the individual in question. But I had to address a VERY hyperbolic statement by one of our JU regulars. This individual wrote, in response to one of my blogs: Your apparent fixation with Soros is making me start to question your sensibilities. It seems lately every post you make has something to do with Soros. I gather you just got done reading that "Shadow Party" book? My "fixation" with Soros has been large...

I still haven't firmly committed my vote in November's Gubernatorial race. But as time goes by, I would say my vote is increasingly likely to go to Carole Keeton Strayhorn, the current state Comptroller. As Kinky Friedman is running a campaign based on largely ignoring the Texas Panhandle to campaign downstate (a practice I find detestable; it was first used [to my knowledge] by Bill Clinton in 1992 when he ignored completely the states that had no electoral importance to him), and as...

This is a direct quote in a response on an article I wrote recently. I did not edit it or take it out of context: IF SATAN-THE-DEVIL runs this November in CT ... against the incumbent I WILL VOTE FOR HIM. This kind of thinking greatly frightens me. While I certainly appreciate anti-incumbent sentiment, and am, in fact, banking on it in my own campaign, I do not believe in anti-incumbency at all costs. I will give this respondent credit for the rare honest response. At least he is wil...

As Connecticut's Senatorial race begins to heat up, the possibility of a Joe Leiberman victory is looming large. A Leiberman victory would be the ultimate slap in the face to Soros and the radical left "shadow party" that are trying to hijack the Democratic Party and chase the moderates (such as Leiberman) away. A Leiberman victory would mean a Senatorial seat that will go to an Independent, and not to a Democrat. To a party trying to regain seats in November's election, this would be a loss,...

In his summer movie, "An Inconvenient Truth", former Vice President Al Gore demands that we are on the brink of catastrophe, and that only through drastic actions can we avoid suffering the consequences of global warming. He insists that we need to live "carbon neutral lifestyles". This despite the fact that in 8 years as Vice President, he did not do anything meaningful to advance the United States in this pressing issue. This despite the fact that he has never encouraged developing countrie...

As I'm working on analyzing the American left du jour, I'm starting to believe I have the answer for why they are being destroyed. And maybe I'll have to make it all into a sinister plot and write a book about it! I believe that it all started with Ronald Reagan. When people were released from mental hospitals onto the streets in his administration, they went out and began collecting government checks. Anyone collecting a government check is going to naturally vote for those who propose bigge...

We've seen them for forty years, in communities such as Miami's "Little Havana". They have always placed their loyalty to Cuba foremost over their loyalty to the United States, and demanded they be called "exiles". They will not assimilate, as they do not consider this their home. I have my own feelings on this matter. I believe a patriot works to improve things in their country rather than fleeing their country. This, for the record, is why I didn't emigrate to another country long ago. But ...

There's no end to the number of articles written demanding that Israel's response to Hezbollah is improper. Yet in all of those blogs, only one offers a solution, and, ironically that solution is one that opponents of Israel's foreign policy would even find appalling. That solution is, of course, Emp's solution of the complete extermination of all Israelis. Not surprisingly, Emp's solution is also Hezbollah's solution. The lack of real, viable solutions for Israel is part of what is making th...

I deliver newspapers to the low income housing projects in the community near us. These are not the slums of the larger cities, but are, in fact, fairly nicely kept, and the people in these projects are usually polite and well mannered. These housing projects sit about 300 feet from the local community college. Those who are wheelchair bound would find it about twice as long, but still far less than the trips they routinely take to the store, to McDonald's, Long John Silver's, Taco Bell and ...

There's been a lot of discussion centering on whether or not Israel's response to Palestine has been disproportionate. I think it's really silly, because anyone who would even ASK the question misunderstands the very nature of war. My response: Hell, yeah, it's disproportionate! And it better be, if Israel intends to survive. You see, Israel is quickly proving what has been said by "extremists" of Islamic fundamentalists all along: they don't want their own nation, they want the exterminat...

In my younger years, when I was new to Christianity, I was often startled by inconsistencies in my newly embraced faith. Conservative ministers would decry the sin of abortion, yet point a crooked finger at the pregnant "pouches" of young, unmarried women in their congregation. Many of these women would then compound the mistakes that led to their current condition with the greater mistake of abortion, feeling that if they hid their actions, they could escape judgment. I resolved early on that I...

OK, it's been quite awhile since the whole flap about the New York Time's "outing" of the NSA's oversight of banking transactions in America. While I don't think the Times acted responsibly, I am still puzzled as to why there's a story there. See, I know (as does every red blooded American who uses banks) that banking oversight has increased greatly since 9/11. In fact, there's a sign on the wall of our credit union stating the government's need to have information such as our social security...