Category Archives: RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT

Connecticut governor orders no official travel in Connecticut

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Designated2

That’s how anti-discrimination he is! This is just too rich not to post about.  From Sean Davis writing at The Federalist Connecticut’s Governor Doesn’t Understand His Own State’s RFRA In case you needed more proof that the recent backlash against … Continue reading →

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Indiana Wars instigated by “Selma Envy”

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Designated2

Phoney valor, liberals intolerance, and hypocrisy on display  The title and substance of this article by a Lutheran Pastor, Hans Fiene appearing in The Federalist today is perceptive, encompassing and delineative.  The incredible amount of broadcast and print space devoted … Continue reading →

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Making the Bizarre Banal

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Designated2

How troglodyte of us, thinking secular and religious institutions have a roll to play in defending the culture. Cruising a couple of publications on the coffee table today, obscure same-sex marriage references took our eye.  One in a local secular … Continue reading →

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Somebody with an inside track send this to the Pope

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Designated2

The following article is posted in its entirety with permission from Casey Research. They issue a free newsletter, the Casey Daily Dispatch dealing with markets and the politics of investing. Doug French writes for Casey research and is the former … Continue reading →

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Protecting the Culture Also Protects the Treasury

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Designated2

These pages have long held that social policy drives fiscal policy. The breakdown in the family has driven welfare costs, debt and obligations out of sight. Our views are in the face of what still remains among a large portion … Continue reading →

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On the Pope, Bureaucracies and Christology

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Designated2

Pope Francis definitely has a way with words Addressing the throng in South Korea voluntarily assembled to hear him the Pope laid a prayer on them: “May they combat the allure of a materialism that stifles authentic spiritual and cultural … Continue reading →

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Just a Reminder About the Consistency and Depth of Mayor Gluba’s Concern for the Children

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Designated2

February 2012: Mayor Gluba bows to continuing perpetrator of China’s brutal one child / forced abortion policies — then Vice President of China Xi Jinping, then also heir apparent to the Chinese Communist Party chairmanship. Of course Da Mayor also … Continue reading →

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Does Mayor Bill Gluba of Davenport Have A Clue?

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Designated2

Some questions for Mayor Gluba regarding his desire to add to the city’s complement of citizen welfare recipients with 200 totally dependent non-citizens from Central America. It is clear from even leftist commentators and sources that the non-citizens from Central … Continue reading →

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Gluba’s Sincerity Paid For With Tax Dollars

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Designated2

Please view the KWQC footage accessed from the link below.  It explains Gluba-think: essentially that largess and good feeling is a matter of spending somebody else’s money, even if it is expropriated from others through taxes. It is what passes … Continue reading →

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Flash: New York Times AND Hobby Lobby Have First Amendment Rights . . .

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Designated2

Liberals astounded, . . .  Ginsburg and Pelosi apoplectic . . . This article from Robert P. George, writing at First Things provided the inspiration for our headline.  What Hobby Lobby Means How we got here—and where we’re headed   The … Continue reading →

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