Category Archives: Unvarnished

The Wicked Witch of HHS

Ethically speaking, this situation is a tough one…   Via CNS News ~ Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that she would not intervene in a decision that bars a 10-year-old girl – given just weeks to … Continue reading

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Bearing false witness – no longer “immoral”

  In this week’s episode of “Disorder in the Courtroom,” we learn that mis-representing yourself to a prospective employer is perfectly OK in Ohio. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   If you heard about this story in the last day or two it was … Continue reading

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Has the IRS become the Gestapo arm of the Federal Government?

Speaking on the House floor on May 21st, Tom McClintock (R-CA) revealed how truly disturbing the IRS scandal really is, detailing cases of personal intimidation ~   “Ve vont names!”   Threatening a non-profit organization that teaches teens Constitutional principles? … Continue reading

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Deliver us from Evil

Growing up I used to believe that some scriptural phenomenon were just part of the Biblical version of the olden days – nothing to worry about in “modern” times. Persecution for example. Since the Romans were long gone, there didn’t … Continue reading

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Cowering in Place

Drummer Rigby’s murder by an Islamist lunatic in the streets of London last week was horrific enough in itself, but the eerie reaction of the bystanders made it doubly so. Just because this neighborhood is named “Woolwich” must its residents … Continue reading

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A very sad day for the BSA

Boy Scouts of America was incorporated more than 100 years ago; Feb. 8th, 1910. The new organization was the U.S. version of a movement begun in England by Sir Robert Baden-Powell two years earlier. Yesterday BSA’s leaders effectively voted to … Continue reading

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Team Obama Issues Drone Alert

“Urgent! *** Take action immediately! *** Save the Planet from your Crazy Uncle Harry!”   OK – that’s not really the title of the recent email issued by Obama’s “Organizing for Action” group, but it may as well have been. … Continue reading

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“Religion of Peace” strikes again

Hey! Doesn’t London have a machete ban?   UK Daily Mail headline: ‘We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you’: What man holding bloody cleaver said after ‘hacking soldier in Help For Heroes T-shirt to death just … Continue reading

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Supplanting Free Speech With “Official Truth”

Front Page Mag published a very insightful article by Caroline Glick (columnist – Jerusalem Post) last Friday: Obama and the ‘Official Truth’. I believe I’ll subtitle it; “All opposition must be silenced” ~ With the flood of scandals now inundating … Continue reading

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Civil Society Under Attack

The following editorial was published at Investor’s Business Daily on May 16th. I’m posting it in its entirety because I totally concur – and couldn’t have said it any better ~   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IRS Attack Against Tea Party Assaulted Civility … Continue reading

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Vindication. Smells like Tea!

Rep. Mike Kelly(R-PA) was awesome yesterday at the House Ways & Means Committee hearing, lecturing to doofus IRS Commissioner Shulman (who, by the way, looks – and acts – like he should have been a regular on The Sopranos) ~ … Continue reading

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The Big Benghazi Question for Barack

Up-date: 5-20-13 White House continues to stonewall: “‘Irrelevant’ Where Obama Was During Benghazi Attacks”   It’s only irrelevant if he’s not the commander-in-chief! Why does this administration think they can have it both ways? Oh, never mind; because the msm … Continue reading

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