Stop Slogan-Voting. Stop Hate-Voting. Stop Being Manipulated. Part 2: High Dollar Campaigns = Government of the Puppet People

January 17, 2013 By Rebecca Hamilton

There are two ways to campaign for office: hire a consultant or do it yourself. Consultants cost money; lots of it. They earn this money by raising money. Like lawyers who work on contingency, campaign consultants take home a piece of the money action that the campaign generates. They also run high-dollar, glitzy campaigns that are long on smears, slogans and invective-filled one-liners, all designed to pound home the party line while hiding the actual party agenda. Candidates who are... Read more

Protecting Life: How Does Your State Rank?

January 17, 2013 By Rebecca Hamilton

American’s United for Life is a great organization. I’ve partnered with them on legislation in the past, and they are super people to work with. They publish information about pro life legal status in the states that I can’t find anywhere else. I frequently use their books in my work. Here is their assessment of where the states stand in protecting life. Look it over and see how your state stacks up. There’s a lot more information at the Americans... Read more

Obama’s 23 New Executive Orders on Gun Control

January 17, 2013 By Rebecca Hamilton

Here are the 23 Executive Orders on gun control that President Obama signed yesterday. You can find a complete list of all of President Obama’s Executive Orders here. 1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system. 2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system. 3. Improve incentives for... Read more

In Case You Missed It: Obama’s Speech on Gun Control

January 17, 2013 By Rebecca Hamilton

Whenever possible, I try to give you original sources and let you think things through yourself. Here is the full text of the press release with President Obama’s speech on gun control. The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 16, 2013 Remarks by the President and the Vice President on Gun Violence South Court Auditorium 11:52 A.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT: Before I begin today, let me say to the families of the innocents who... Read more

Book Review: Polemic Trying to be a Satire

January 16, 2013 By Rebecca Hamilton

The join in the conversation about Operation Screwtape, The Art of Spiritual Warfare, or to find a link to buy a copy, go here. To be honest, I stopped reading Operation Screwtape about 20 pages or so before the end because I just found it too tedious to go on. That action (or in-action) highlights one of my two major criticisms of the book. It’s not interesting. I’ll get to the other criticism in a minute, but I want to focus... Read more

Two Men Euthanized in Belgium Because They Were Losing Their Sight

January 16, 2013 By Rebecca Hamilton

Speak of slippery slopes and it will never happen. Identical twin brothers were recently euthanized in Belgium because they were losing their sight. This, in a country which allows doctors to legally murder (euthanize) children and people who are suffering from Alzheimer’s. Neither one of these two groups of people is competent to give informed consent. Also, the practice of harvesting organs for transplant from the corpses those who have been murdered by euthanasia complicates things since it gives doctors... Read more

Gay Marriage Trumps Freedom of Conscience in European Court

January 16, 2013 By Rebecca Hamilton

Gay marriage trumped freedom of conscience in the European Court of Human Rights yesterday. The Court handed down rulings on four contentious cases which had been brought before it by British citizens. In three of the cases, it ruled with the British government and against the citizens. Here’s how it went: 1. British airways employee Nadia Ewelda won the right to wear a cross around her neck to work without being fired. Part of the reasoning was that other British... Read more

Stop Slogan-Voting. Stop Hate-Voting. Stop Being Manipulated. Part 1: Your Vote = Their Power

January 16, 2013 By Rebecca Hamilton

Your Vote = Their Power Politics is about power. The two political parties are not political parties as we once knew them. They are consortiums of special interests. They operate on behalf of these interests for one purpose: to get and keep power. Everything else they say is a lie. The next time you feel like bowing down to your political party, remember this, and stand upright. Don’t bend your knee to the R and the D. Register for whichever... Read more

GPS Leads Woman 900 Miles Out of Her Way

January 15, 2013 By Rebecca Hamilton

Sabine Moreau, a 67-year-old women from Belgium, wanted to go about 90 miles to pick up a friend at a train station. But instead she followed the directions from her GPS all the way to Croatia, 900 miles away. She told the press that she wasn’t paying attention. Here’s the story: Put too much faith in technology and you may wind up in Croatia. A 67-year-old woman from Belgium learned that the hard way after she followed (faulty) directions from... Read more

Gorgeous George, the Vatican’s First Pin-Up

January 15, 2013 By Rebecca Hamilton

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Public stardom is difficult for anyone to handle. Based on the outcomes we’ve had with several “star” priests, I would say that clergy don’t handle it any better than anyone else. That said, I have to admit that I’ve noticed the nice-looking man standing in the background in several photos of Pope Benedict XVI. I wasn’t aware until today that the Italian press had dubbed the good father “Gorgeous George.” I tend to associate the moniker “gorgeous george” with a... Read more