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For Americans, the “Beer Goggles” are off
by The Banter-er on January 26
Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory was so dismayed by the historic Scott Brown victory in Massachusetts, that he compares the experience with being date raped, complete with the sting of regret and the pain of violation. The haunting detail of his commentary would suggest that McGrory himself has an intimate knowledge of such affairs; only the question of which end of the seduction he found himself on remains a mystery. While McGrory accuses the majority of Massachusetts voters of being loose... Read more...
SCOTUS Ruling: Right on the Money
by The Banter-er on January 22
Despite being characterized as an judicial activist ruling by angry liberals, yesterday’s ruling from the Supreme Court granting corporations the right to get involved in elections is spot on. I’ll use the omniscient Wikipedia to prove my point…from their page on Corporations: Despite not being natural persons, corporations are recognized by the law to have rights and responsibilities like actual people. Corporations can exercise human rights against real individuals and the state,[2]... Read more...
She’s a Compassionate Idiot
by The Banter-er on November 3
Abby Johnson has resigned as director of a Planned Parenthood office after 8 years of service because – get this – after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure. I’m not sure which reaction I should go with to this story: she’s a moral human being for doing the right thing, or she’s an idiot for taking 8 years to learn what Planned Parenthood is all about. Johnson cited that in the down economy, her superiors were pressing her to abandon pregnancy prevention... Read more...
More Careful Erosion of Family Values
by The Banter-er on October 28
The battle for the sustainment of the traditional family is constantly under siege. Since the beginning of time, society has practiced the age-old concept of one man and one woman making a lifelong commitment, rearing children within the bounds of matrimony, and fighting like mad to keep it all together. In our society today, we have fought very open and public battles to keep the traditional definition of marriage alive. Exactly a year ago there was national attention paid to Proposition 8... Read more...
Eternal Reaganism
by The Banter-er on
Today is the 45th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing” speech. Much has been said today about the eloquence uttered by the conservative leader…and rightly so. I know it will never happen, but this short speech could fill an entire semester of a high school civics class – and the country would be better for it. The past few years have seen a number of elitist Republican leaders claim that the era of Reagan is over – that the movement he lead is... Read more...
Patrick Kennedy Communes with Humility
by The Banter-er on
A point of great sadness and frustration for me is the misuse of religious principles to justify a liberal’s point of view. In each case the perpetrators are either willingly blaspheming or grossly misunderstand the theology they supposedly espouse. An annoyingly ignorant bumper sticker I saw recently read: “I’ll pay higher taxes to give unto ‘the least of these’” (Matt. 25:40). Seriously? You think this teaching of Jesus directed his disciples to lobby Caesar... Read more...
Why?
by The Banter-er on October 26
Why Everyday Banter? My wife lives in a bubble. She works hard as a stay-at-home mom caring for our two children, and often doesn’t have the time to see the world outside our modest home. If it doesn’t happen on Barney, Inside Edition or Bold and the Beautiful, it doesn’t happen in her life. When I return from work each day, I am eager to engage her in a riveting conversation about the days’ events. I am increasingly frustrated with her ignorance of the goings on... Read more...