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‘We the People’ Loses Appeal With People Around the World

Ethan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:42:49 +0000

Then I saw what was missing just a few sentences later: But the Constitution is out of step with the rest of the world in failing to protect, at least in so many words, a right to travel, the presumption of innocence and entitlement to food, education and health care. ... To be fair to the authors, they concluded with a powerful and unrebutted counterpoint by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: “Every banana republic in the world has a bill of rights,” he said.

Brits Tiring of Increased Taxes

Ethan — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:52:18 +0000

Among other interesting findings, Britons are less willing than ever to pay higher taxes to support the National Health Service, schools or the environment, a new survey suggests. The National Centre for Social Research's 28th annual British Social Attitudes report also found increasing numbers blaming poverty on “laziness”.

Christmas Consumerism vs Charity

Ethan — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:22:28 +0000

The situation on the dark continent isn’t likely to get better until they reform or replace their incredibly corrupt governments, which are far too often propped up or enabled by…our aid and charity. ... It came straight from the director of a Christian African business organization—born in central Africa—who spoke at Central Christian Church (Mesa, AZ) a couple years ago making the case that Americans should actually reduce our charitable contributions to the continent and replace them with economic activity and increased direct pressure on governments to reform.

CNN Shows Its Bias Against Guns

Ethan — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:23:42 +0000

You know the story isn’t really about the homicide just by reading the first three paragraphs: In his 60 years, Arnold Blaine has known only two people who’ve owned a gun: one a hunter, the other a nightclub owner. ... Having until recently been an Arizona gun owner myself (I now reside in North Carolina—with guns—but my kids were in Mesa schools) I can guarantee there are thousands of legally owned firearms of all types throughout the city of Mesa.

Evangelicals and the Case for Foreign Aid

Ethan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:10:39 +0000

Stearns is also confused about the meaning of the word “dependence”: And at a time when more than a billion people do not have enough food to eat, President Obama’s Feed the Future initiative provides nutrition assistance and helps 21 South American, African and Asian countries feed themselves, without dependence on aid. ... We are also concerned that our tax dollars are so frequently spent in ways we believe to be contrary to both America’s interests and to the primary calling of the church—to reach the lost for Christ—which the government cannot do.

More Like Europe?

Ethan — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:47:21 +0000

MOBS have begun stripping people and taking their belongings as police struggle to control riots in London and in other major English cities… A young man is shown being forced to hand over all of his clothes after appearing to be stripped naked during the third night of lawless riots… Another picture which emerged shows an unnamed woman completely naked next to a police officer after apparently having her clothes taken from her… …another shocking video shows a bleeding teenager being robbed in broad daylight by lawless thugs who pretend to help him to his feet. ... The Bobbies—yes, that’s one ‘o’ and two ‘b’s, not the other way around—can’t control the mobs, and the people have been entirely disarmed by their own government so that they can’t protect themselves.

Europe Showing Signs of Awakening to the Danger Within

Ethan — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:16:15 +0000

Speaking at a security conference in Munich on Saturday, Mr. Cameron condemned what he called the “hands-off tolerance” in Britain and other European nations that had encouraged Muslims and other immigrant groups “to live separate lives, apart from each other and the mainstream.” He said that the policy had allowed Islamic militants leeway to radicalize young Muslims, some of whom went on to “the next level” by becoming terrorists, and that Europe could not defeat terrorism “simply by the actions we take outside our borders,” with military actions like the war in Afghanistan.

While the rest of the world expands drilling…

Ethan — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:49:36 +0000

While the rest of the world expands oil drilling, we shut it down and will inevitably wind up buying even more of what we need from foreign sources. While sucking the energy life-blood out of our own economy we pour billions into other nations’ oil ventures. Brilliant, that.

Just Answer the Question!

Ethan — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:08:04 +0000

Obama has an almost uncanny ability to avoid answering tough questions. Of course, that may simply be because he doesn’t have any idea what an effective policy would look like.

International Leaders Discover Obama is Tone Deaf

Ethan — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:44:31 +0000

At the G-20 meetings, President Obama is proving quite definitively before an international audience that he is tone deaf.