Archive for March, 2012

March 31st, 2012

Per MSM it could only be Planned Parenthood supporters withholding donations from Komen

Jill Stanek. “In reality, Komen has alienated both ends of the ideological spectrum now.”

March 30th, 2012

It’s time for Democrats to moderate on abortion, says … Jimmy Carter?

Hot Air. A crass discussion of the issue in terms of political costs and benefits.

March 30th, 2012

Home-school, private-school families win tax break

Go Upstate. “After eight years of fighting, proponents of helping parents send their children to private schools won approval Wednesday in the South Carolina House.”

March 29th, 2012

Justices poised to strike down entire healthcare law

LA Times. “Kennedy said it would be an ‘extreme proposition’ to allow the various insurance regulations to stand after the mandate was struck down.” But “Ginsburg said the court should do a ‘salvage job’ not undertake a ‘wrecking operation.’”

March 29th, 2012

Scalia: Reading entire health care law would be cruel and unusual punishment

Politico. “What happened to the Eighth Amendment? You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages?”

March 28th, 2012

Santorum tops polls in Nebraska

PPP. “Rick Santorum is the strongest Presidential candidate in Nebraska- for both the primary and general elections.”

March 28th, 2012

Newborn Seized in Hospital by Police, Social Worker

HSLDA. A tale of false claims and abuse of power.

March 28th, 2012

Outcry over Sweden’s Persecution of Homeschoolers Grows

New American. Swedish diplomat defends draconian actions under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

March 28th, 2012

SCOTUS Will Hear Loudermilk Home Privacy Case

HSLDA. Can deputies threaten a family into “voluntarily” permitting a police search?

March 28th, 2012

Victory in Canada: Restrictive Education Bill Defeated

HSLDA. “A bill that was destined to pass, and would have given the government authority over the education content of every child in Alberta, including homeschoolers and private school students, was defeated Monday.”

March 28th, 2012

Gingrich Cuts Staff, Looks to Convention

Politico. “Newt Gingrich is cutting back his campaign schedule, will lay off about a third of his cash-strapped campaign’s full-time staff, and has replaced his manager”.

March 28th, 2012

Five More Texas Abortionists Scheduled for Hearings on Abortion Abuses

Operation Rescue. “The Texas Medical Board has scheduled five more abortionists to appear at Informal Show Compliance and Settlement Conferences”.

March 28th, 2012

Etch a Sketch Story Reaches 44% of Public

Washington Post. Is that significant? or not so much?

March 28th, 2012

Zondervan Publishes the President Carter Study Bible

Caffeinated Thoughts. “That a Sunday School teacher of such tenure would still exhibit such woefully inadequate interpretation of Scritpure should have been a clue to Zondervan to pass on this project.”

March 27th, 2012

Maryland Board Will Not Allow Abortionist to Surrender License to Avoid Discipline

Operation Rescue. “The Maryland Board of Physicians has refused to allow abortionist Nicola Irene Riley to surrender her Maryland medical license “on several occasions” in order to avoid discipline for her part in Steven Chase Brigham’s illegal late-term abortion scheme”.

March 27th, 2012

Hunger Games Movie Is Apolitical, and Yet …

WND. The movie “presents some interesting questions about the consolidation of power under a central government.”

March 27th, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio To Hold Another Press Conference March 31

Western Center. Sheriff Joe Arpaio will present “preliminary findings and updates to the investigation of the Selective Service System Registration form and Certificate of Live Birth for President Barack H. Obama II.”

March 26th, 2012

City-funded activist group teaches homeless how to invade apartments

NY Post. “Picture the Homeless, a Bronx nonprofit that has received at least $240,000 in taxpayer money in the last five years, is giving a crash course on squatting — and city-owned buildings are a prime target.”

March 24th, 2012

Appeal Is Made To Abortion Workers To Blow the Whistle On Abuses

Green Mountain Scribes. “Operation Rescue is mailing appeals to abortion clinic workers asking them to come forward with information about abortion abuses”; offers $25,000 reward.

March 23rd, 2012

Obama Converts Keystone to a Pipeline to Nowhere

Common Sense. The approval of only a section is a publicity stunt.

March 22nd, 2012

Mitt Romney: the Etch A Sketch Candidate

Caffeinated Thoughts. Romney’s “record shows that he is a political chameleon.”

March 22nd, 2012

Supreme Court Rejects Christian Clubs’ Appeal on School’s Nondiscrimination Policy

Christian Post. ADF’s Cortman: “Christian student groups from coast to coast are being told that it is supposed ‘discrimination’ to choose leaders who share their religious beliefs.”

March 22nd, 2012

NY Forbids Salty Food Donations for Homeless

NY Post. “The Bloomberg administration is now taking the term “food police” to new depths, blocking food donations to all government-run facilities that serve the city’s homeless.”

March 22nd, 2012

Sea Ice Data Is Not Cooperating With Global Warming

WUWT. “Arctic Sea Ice on the rise again, presently in the range of normal levels; Antarctic Sea Ice is at slightly above normal levels”

March 22nd, 2012

Inevitability Has a Very Unreliable Track Record

Creators.com. “During the primary season, people should vote for whomever they prefer, on their own merits, not because pundits have pronounced them inevitable.”

March 21st, 2012

Houston hospital starving and dehydrating patient against family’s wishes

Texas Right to Life. “They formed a committee under Texas law, which is essentially the same death panel laws found in Obamacare, to decide whether Willie should continue living in their hospital.”

March 21st, 2012

Your Tax Dollars Saved 8 of the 10 Worst Built Cars in America

Bluegrass Pundit. “8 of the 10 Worst Built Cars For 2012 in America are made by either GM or Chrysler”.

March 21st, 2012

9/11 Gets PC Rewrite in US Textbooks

WND. ACT! for America Education finds that history of 9/11 “was rewritten in our school textbooks.”

March 20th, 2012

The Iowa House Education Bill Better for Nonpublic Schools, Not for Local Control

Caffeinated Thoughts. “While this is a much better bill that the original, especially for nonpublic schools, it still expands the power of state government and erodes local control.”

March 19th, 2012

Ron Paul Cheated of GA Delegates?

WND. Paul’s tricksy attempt at gaining delegates may have been illegally blocked.

March 19th, 2012

Santorum Leads Obama In FL, NC, OH, VA; Romney Trails

Tree of Mamre. Romney’s poor showing with conservatives make it unlikely he could win against Obama.

March 17th, 2012

CBO: Exploding debt under Obama policies

Politico. “tax and spending policies will yield $6.4 trillion in deficits over the next decade”.

March 16th, 2012

Texas Loses Federal Women’s Health Funding Over Planned Parenthood Cuts

Christian Post. Perry: “It is unconscionable that the Obama administration has essentially told Texas it will send our tax dollars back to fund this program only if we violate state law and include its pro-abortion allies.”

March 16th, 2012

UK government’s dictatorship of relativism on gay marriage

SPUC. Gay agenda in UK promises religious freedoms will be protected. A look at historical promises.

March 16th, 2012

Why Evangelicals Are Not Warming Up To Romney

Tree of Mamre. Scotus opines that evangelicals are not primarily bothered by Romney’s Mormonism; they dislike Romney’s social liberalism. Same for the Paul’s.

March 15th, 2012

Canada’s tax revenues steady as they lowered corporate tax rates

Wintery Knight. “This data is no surprise to supply siders – we expect this because of past experience with tax cuts.”

March 14th, 2012

Planned Parenthood Accused of Medicaid Fraud, Wrongful Reimbursements Totaling $5.7M

Christian Post. “Former clinic director turned pro-life activist Abby Johnson is accusing Planned Parenthood of committing Medicaid fraud”.

March 13th, 2012

Iowa’s Expensive Wind Addiction

Conservative Reader. “Wind turbines don’t increase the standard of living; in fact they seem to make energy more expensive.”

March 12th, 2012

Latin America Debates Drug Legalization; Obama Demands More War on Drugs

New American. Latin America may be abandoning the US-led “War on Drugs”.

March 12th, 2012

Wind Farms Paid to Stop Producing Power

New American. A number of factors make wind energy not very “green”.

March 10th, 2012

The Unemployment Rate With and Without the Recovery Plan

Tree of Mamre. “What really gets people upset is the chart at the top of the post”–Obama’s own chart.

March 10th, 2012

OWS Going Broke, a Case for Capitalism

Lonely Conservative. “Wow, who knew socialism doesn’t work?”

March 10th, 2012

Time to Repeal Daylight Saving Time?

New American. Why did Daylight Saving Time start? Is it a good idea today?

March 10th, 2012

SC Private School Choice Bill

SC Now. “A new plan that would give South Carolina parents help paying for private school or homeschool is on its way to the full House floor.”

March 10th, 2012

Empty the Halls or Flood the Schools?

Desert News. Liberals argue for and against public schools: freedom for children or helping the achievement of less privileged classmates?

March 9th, 2012

State Bills Raising Compulsory Attendance

Examiner. Alabama. Journal Star. Nebraska. Patch. South Carolina. CBS News. Massachusetts. PJStar. Illinois.