Thought of the Day

A Clear Winner?

2008-05-08T08:47:00.002-05:00

If Obama has so clearly won, why are so many Democrats and media talking heads calling for Clinton to get out of the race?

Burma's Thuggish Regime

2008-05-07T08:37:00.003-05:00

This is just a hunch, but Burma's cyclone disaster, which has left tens of thousands of people dead, may claim another victim: the military junta ruling the country. The regime apparently chose not to warn citizens of the impending storm and is blocking international efforts to save lives and relieve suffering.

National disgust over the regime's nasty, secretive ways might finally well up into revolution that even the goons can't beat down. God sometimes uses natural disasters to judge the nations, and it would be fitting if Cyclone Nargis brought down the thugs repressing the Burmese people.

Elitest and Heartless

2008-05-06T14:07:00.003-05:00

Hillary Clinton may indeed be pandering to voters like me who are struggling to pay for gas. But Barack Obama's answer-punish the oil companies for making money and encourage new technology (how you do that I'm not sure)-is no solution at all. In fact, it is a liberal's dream: Force the price of energy ever higher so people will have to use less. And I for one can't afford a new hybrid anyway.

Obama's approach is called social engineering, and it's elitest and heartless. Consumers need relief now. Providing a federal gas tax holiday may be largely symbolic, but it's a start. Perhaps more substance will follow the symbol.

Question for Obama Supporters

2008-04-18T06:25:00.000-05:00

Do you really believe this man is ready to be president?

And the Winner Is ....

2008-04-17T09:47:00.001-05:00

In the big battle between Barack and Hillary last night, who was the big winner?

John.

Tank It

2008-04-03T13:00:00.001-05:00

When you've run out of hope, fill up your tank with faith.

Name-calling

2008-04-01T16:43:00.001-05:00

If you want to advance a conversation or win an argument, don't call names. Especially if you don't know the person.

Rules for Living

2008-03-31T09:22:00.001-05:00

No. 132: Be as clear as you can, and expect to be misunderstood.

Slow Indignation

2008-03-28T17:21:00.000-05:00

I don't mean to pick on Barack Obama, but he just keeps asking for it. Today he says he would have left Rev. Wright's church for all those offensive comments except for the fact that he knew Wright was retiring. Hey, we're all on the road to retirement. But Wright's comments about 9/11's chickens coming home to roost were made six and a half years ago.

How long will it take Obama to get indignant when he is president?

Bad Habit

2008-03-27T11:04:00.002-05:00

A woman who stole $250,000 from a Chicago-area church where she worked did so because she was "feeding a gambling habit," according to the press. A habit? Are we so nonjudgmental? Brushing your teeth after breakfast is a habit. This is an addiction.

Human Hillary

2008-03-26T09:44:00.001-05:00

Hillary Clinton says that her misspeaking about her trip to Bosnia proves that she is human. As if we doubted?

Misstatement

2008-03-25T09:43:00.002-05:00

Hillary Clinton now admits to a "misstatement" over the danger of a trip she took to Bosnia when her husband was president. This was a pathetic attempt to inflate her so-called "experience" to gain an advantage over the hugely inexperienced Barack Obama. She was caught in this exaggeration only because there was footage to the contrary. My question is, how are we going to catch her when there is no video?

Resurrection Sunday

2008-03-23T09:54:00.000-05:00

Christ the Lord is Risen Today

Judgment?

2008-03-22T10:33:00.002-05:00

Barack Obama keeps telling us that if the decision had been his five years ago, he would have left Saddam Hussein in power. And this is evidence of his good judgment?

Death Before Life

2008-03-20T16:27:00.001-05:00

Most people think that life comes before death. I believe that death comes before life.

Gray Obama

2008-03-19T09:27:00.004-05:00

Rather than black or white, the color I associate most with Barack Obama is gray.

- A man who speaks in soaring rhetoric but is unspecific about his plans (except about his bias for bigger government).

- A man who says he is for racial healing but whose spiritual mentor is a conspiracy theorist with contempt for our country.

- A man who claims superior judgment, since the file listing his accomplishments is slender indeed.

Promising change (but from what and to what he doesn't say), Barack Obama offers us a blank canvas, onto which we can paint our hopes and fears:

"Vote for Obama and expiate your sins, America! Don't worry about his policies, his inexperience, or the unsavory nature of his closest associates. The tragic legacy of race in this country can be dealt with once and for all! Vote for Obama and feel good about yourself again!"

Mr. Obama's Cake

2008-03-18T11:20:00.002-05:00

With Jeremiah Wright, Mr. Obama wants to have his cake and eat it, too. Obama disavows the lurid rants of his longtime pastor and spiritual mentor but continues to attend his church and give it his money. If I had a pastor who said anything on par with what Wright has said, I would not split hairs or parse sentences.

I would leave.

Asking Much

2008-03-17T15:24:00.003-05:00

Barack Obama asks much. Touting judgment over experience, he asks us to believe he got in bed with political fixer Tony Rezko but didn't lose his virginity. He says he never granted favors to Rezko, who was all about clout and kickbacks. Perhaps Obama didn't give Rezko anything in response for help with his home and the lot they shared, or the hundreds of thousands he had raised for Obama's political campaigns.

But Rezko is a long-term thinker. Maybe he hadn't called Obama yet. But he definitely had the junior senator from Illinois on his rolodex. Obama asks us to believe he didn't know of Rezko's ethical and legal problems. This means Obama is either (1) dumb; (2) naive; (3) lying; or (4) darn lucky.

Is this what we want in a presidential candidate? I think this is asking too much.

Bad Week for Hillary

2008-03-14T09:42:00.004-05:00

It's been a bad week for Hillary Clinton. First she gets trounced in Mississippi. Then Geraldine Ferraro, a prominent supporter, stirs up a hornet's nest on race. Then Eliot Spitzer, one of her superdelegates, resigns in disgrace, reminding everyone of Bill and Hillary's travails.

Is the presidency really worth all this?

Identity Politics? What Identity Politics?

2008-03-13T08:28:00.002-05:00

I'm glad to know Barack Obama's standing in the polls as a serious presidential contender has nothing to do with him being African American. (And I'm sure the black Democrats in Mississippi, who supported him 9-1, will be glad for that clarification.) And I'm sure Hillary Clinton's strong candidacy has nothing to do with her being a woman (someone tell Gloria Steinem, please). The Democrats, after all, eschew identity politics.

Recreational Sex

2008-03-12T16:07:00.002-05:00

A new study says fully 25 percent of teen girls have a sexually transmitted disease. No word on how many more have become pregnant, had an abortion, or otherwise had their lives and psyches turned upside down by premarital sex.

Recreational sex, indeed.

Spitzer's Fall

2008-03-11T09:33:00.002-05:00

The fall of hard-charging Eliot Spitzer, the pro-abortion/pro-gay marriage governor of New York, for involvement in a prostitution ring illustrates the biblical wisdom that pride goes before a fall. As new details are likely to emerge, I pray for his wife and daughters.

It's Not All about ME

2008-03-10T12:26:00.001-05:00

Judging by the unsolicited e-mails in my inbox, you might think that the founders were seeking life, liberty, and the pursuit of "male enhancement."

Enough already!

Yeah-yeah-no

2008-03-07T15:15:00.000-06:00

In everyday conversation, when did the normal "Yes" response morph into "Yeah-yeah-yeah"?

Results

2008-03-06T09:05:00.000-06:00

Whoever said "50 percent of life is just showing up" must have worked for the government. In the private sector, they expect results.