tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61908322010-02-28T01:45:29.393-06:00where politics meets reality and they're both better offScott Spinolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735883697237832597noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190832.post-56710274419264883682009-04-13T18:46:00.000-05:002009-04-13T18:46:00.170-05:00

This Lenten season I participated in a very powerful and moving 40 Days for Life prayer vigil at an Austin abortion clinic. I watched as men dropped off and picked up women at the clinic, and I reflected on what could lead a man to do this. This is a very personal issue for me, not just an academic exercise, so it hit especially close to home. When a man participates in an abortion, especially

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For anyone who still thinks that abortion is a “personal choice” consider this:Abortion kills nearly half of all African American babies and nearly 16 million since Roe v. Wade.Not even the Klan was that efficient.

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“Our nation will sink into a crisis that, at some point, is going to be that much tougher to reverse. So we cannot afford to wait. We can’t wait and see and hope for the best.” (President Obama)Thank you Mr. Happy! So much for abandoning the politics of fear for change and hope. Worse, Obama’s Chief of Staff stated publicly, ”You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” This is the clearest

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This guy is awesome. I especially love how he slams Will Smith for saying that he's finally proud to be an American when he's been a multimillionaire in America his entire adult life. He slams other Hollywood celebrities for the same reason. They've done nothing but complain for the last eight years out of hatred for President Bush, and now, all of a sudden, they want to do something nice for the

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This is the commercial that NBC refused to air during the Super Bowl, a commercial that honors Barrack Obama and delivers a message that every American can agree with, yet it was too "political" for the liberal media.Decide for yourself.

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“Dems Back Off On Family Planning Provision,” by Brian Montopoli, CBS Political Hot Sheet, 1/27/09 11:47 a.m.It appears that Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democrats are backing away from their disgraceful attempt at eugenics and are removing hundreds of millions of dollars in "family planning" (read "abortion") funding from the latest economics stimulus package. This funding targeted the poor in

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If you believe that a woman has an inalienable right to abortion, then you must believe all of the following: A woman may abort her baby because the father is black. A woman may abort her baby because she believes it will grow up to be gay. A woman may abort her baby because it is female. If you believe in the right to abortion then you must allow her to make those decisions. If, like me, you

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In a speech on Father's Day last June, then candidate Obama spoke, I will admit, rather eloquently about the responsibility of fathers in the lives of children. In reality, this is a speech that social conservatives have been giving for decades, but, to be fair, I give the President credit for saying what needs to be said: the presence of fathers aids the successful development of children.Here

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President Elect Obama declared in 2007 that he would, as his first act as president, sign the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). This bill would eliminate every legal restriction that ever was placed or ever will be placed on abortion at every level of government. For those of you rejoicing at the freedom this would bring, consider the following statistics and consider that Obama will be America's

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How sad is it that major American media outlets are so in the tank for The Chosen One that it takes a British journalist to set the record straight on Obama:“You have to pinch yourself – a Marxist radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshiped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus

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At a recent campaign stop in Pennsylvania, Governor Sara Palin took off the gloves, charging that Barrack Obama "hopes that you won’t notice how radical, absolutely radical his idea is on [abortion], and his record is, until it’s too late... Obama is a politician who has long since left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life."Bravo for Governor Palin putting the issue of life back on

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Thomas Sowell wrote a customarily brilliant article over at National Review Online. In it he wonders whether facts matter in political campaigns or if it is only the perception of facts that count.“The media are not alone in keeping the facts from the public. Republicans, for reasons unknown, don’t seem to know what it is to counterattack. They deserve to lose.But the country does not deserve to

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One mark of a true leader is defending moral truths regardless of the personal repercussions. Obama prefers a legalistic and "balance sheet" approach. Two examples display this tendency in stark detail.Teaching Kindergarten Children About Sexually Transmitted DiseasesIt is morally reprehensible to teach five and six year old children about sexually transmitted diseases, yet, in 2005, as an

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In the wake of the Yahoo fiasco where some loser without a life hacked Governor Palin's email accont, a forward thinking email service should take the lead in email security. The ability to create a custom question is a good start, but a better solution would be to allow users to add a verification phone number to their account.The service will send an SMS message to the account phone number to

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Once again, Democrats showed that they value political appearance over actual accomplishment. Politics Over Production In a transparent attempt to proclaim to the American people that they are "doing something" to end our foreign oil dependence, Democrats in Congress passed a bill that claims to allow off-shore drilling, but which actually extends the ban on offshore drilling within fifty miles

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[Updated: 03-Sep-08 with information on and link to Financial Times article.]The liberal media has not reported some major victories in Iraq over the last two years. It is absolutely shameful that they completely ignored these victories and, instead, continue to report nothing but failures. Here is a news flash you won't hear from them:Eleven of the eighteen Iraqi provinces are now under local (

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Like most Americans, when I learned that Senator John McCain's choice for Vice President would be Sarah Palin, my initial response was, "Who?" Then I read her biography and was stunned. Stunned that I was now excited about this election again. Stunned that John McCain did not select some lukewarm, pseudo-conservative, Washington insider or Northeast Governor. He selected a true movement

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ESPN - Specter criticizes NFL, wants independent Spygate investigationThis sort of arrogant display of power from Mr. Specter is the result of Americans continually electing politicians who promise to solve our every problem and relieve us of our every burden. You can't ask the government to control only certain aspects of your life such as health care or the environment and not expect them to

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“...the ad violated The Times’s own written standards, and the paper now says that the advertiser got a price break it was not entitled to.”“The ad infuriated conservatives, dismayed many Democrats and ignited charges that the liberal Times aided its friends at MoveOn.org with a steep discount in the price paid to publish its message, which might amount to an illegal contribution to a political

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Any individual who threatens or engages in violence against abortion providers (Ex-con charged with trying to bomb clinic, Austin American-Statesman, April 28, 2007) is a disgrace to the pro-life cause, and ignorant of its purpose. Do not mistake abortion clinic bombers for pro-life activists, for they seek the same end as the abortionists they attack: death.The culture of death that breeds these

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Senator Robert C. "KKK" Byrd's Legacy:KKK Grand Dragon in the 1940s;Filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for 14+ hours;Voted against the nomination of Thurgood Marshall, the first black appointed to the Supreme Court;Billions in Pork barrel Spending to West Virginia the past 17,327 days.If Byrd were a Republican the media would have scourged and crucified him decades ago and he would be a

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At least 1&1 Internet, Inc. responds to complaints about their hideous General Terms & Conditions. Unfortunately it's the usual thanks for the suggestion blah blah blah from complaints@1and1.com:Dear Sir/Madam,Thank you for contacting us.I understand that some of our terms and conditions might be intimidating. I also understand where you're coming from here. But at the time, these conditions

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Below are a few excerpts from web hosting company 1&1 Internet, Inc.'s General Terms & Conditions (T&C) at the time of this posting. I was considering them to host this site. Perhaps I should think again.I'm sure 1&1 Internet, Inc. is far from unique in cramming these types of terms into their web hosting agreements, but these seemed especially egregious to me. They make me wonder what I'm

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It is quite a sport, these days, to accuse President Bush of all manner of ungodly and horrific breaches of trust, privacy, and constitutional liberty, but several references in this story about the FBI searching a Louisiana Congressman's congressional offices suggest that it is the Legislative branch and not the executive branch that is presuming too much power in this case and putting itself

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As four terrorists execute their cowardly act of slaughter, four heroic Americans band together to prevent it. Eight willing martyrs: four evil, four good. This is the story of United Flight 93, and the everyday heroes who stood up against a monstrous evil.As if filmed with shaky, hand-held video cameras, with no major stars to distract your focus, the documentary style of United 93 gave the

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