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Violated Consciences

February 6, 2012

It seems as if the American Catholic Bishops are oh-so-upset with President Obama's decision to mandate all employers to cover contraception in all health plans, even those provided by religious institutions to employees. “In effect, the president is saying we have a year to figure out how to violate our consciences,” said Cardinal-designate Timothy M. [...]

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Jacksonville Jive On Health Care

January 27, 2012

Question from last night's CNN GOP debate in Jacksonville, Florida: My name is Lynn Frazier and I live here in Jacksonville. And for the Republican presidential candidates, my question is, I'm currently unemployed and I found myself unemployed for the first time in 10 years and unable to afford health care benefits. What type of [...]

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Calling The Truth A Lie

December 21, 2011

Let's do a thought experiment, shall we? Let's say that McDonald's comes out with a 'new and improved' Big Mac. The Big Mac sandwich has been around for quite awhile now and despite it's continued popularity, McDonald's decides to "save" the iconic sandwich by reforming, remodeling the classic, 39 grams-of-fat, double hamburger. In my hypothetical, [...]

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Vegas Debate: Same Old Tired, Failed Nonsense

October 19, 2011

Last night's GOP-CNN primary debate in Vegas was a tad more exciting than the previous debates I've watched. Debate transcript here. Texas Governor Rick Perry, in my opinion, ended his chances last night with his petulant behavior towards Mitt Romney. If looks could do damage, Perry's looks in Romney's direction after several Romney backhands, would [...]

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Failed State?

June 8, 2011

Deregulated mortgage brokers, real estate appraisers, and Wall Street sellers of derivatives and credit default swaps loosely conspired to bring the largest economy in the world to it's knees. The only people punished were average Americans who lost homes and home equity, jobs, health care, retirement savings…and hope. Bogged down over 3 years in a [...]

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United Against Seniors

May 26, 2011

Droopy Dawg McConnell grinning over the prospect of gutting Medicare. Yesterday, I reviewed Tuesday's Democratic win in New York's 26th district. A special election held in a very Republican district became an upset win for Democrat Kathy Hochul. The main reason that New York voters turned against the Republican candidate, Jane Corwin, was because she [...]

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Is GOP Anti-Life?

May 13, 2011

Oh my. A number of Catholic academics have signed a letter to House Speaker John Boehner encouraging him to reconsider his political party's policies of stripping services from the most vulnerable while simultaneously giving the wealthy more tax breaks. Quick review. All but four House Republicans voted for the now-infamous Ryan budget. As detailed here [...]

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Indiana Declares War On Women

April 30, 2011

Last June, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, called for conservatives to declare a "truce" over divisive conservative social issues if Republicans planned on regaining the presidency in 2012. That naturally led to many on the sanctimonious right to blast ole' Mitch. Example, the Huckster, and bass guitar playing Mike Huckabee…. Apparently, a 2012 Republican presidential prospect [...]

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Medicare Mendacity

April 25, 2011

First it was the audacious GOP governors of the Tea Party persuasion. Governors, Kasich of Ohio, Walker of Wisconsin, Snyder of Michigan and Scott of Florida….all came out of their inaugural gates like a house on fire. The GOP governors had apparently mainlined some artificially sweetened, make-believe mandate from voters. Pretending to be balancing their [...]

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AB Journal Failing Its Readers

April 23, 2011

Making mistakes is human. Deception is another issue altogether. This morning's Akron Beacon Journal front page headline blares…. "Partisan ideas could clash on ballot." The article is authored by Julie Carr Smyth of the Associated Press….and it starts out this way…. Voters in Ohio could get a chance this fall to weigh in on two [...]

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