Sunday, May 1, 2016

More Things To Ponder

Quote: "The “free exercise” of any religion would require abiding by the moral doctrines of one’s chosen faith. A moral doctrine “discriminates” against activities it deems immoral—what it considers “sin.” If religious beliefs must be sanctioned by the government, will Christians be forced to delete “offensive” verses from their Bibles? Thankfully, Christians are winning many “freedom of religion” battles in our court system."    http://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2016/04/18/treasuring-freedom-of-religion-n2148691/page/full

Truly meaningful insight.  Quote: "That is, many Americans are happy to treat other people unfairly if those other people belong to the alien Tribe. And — this is perhaps the most telling finding of all — their desire to punish the outgroup is significantly stronger than their desire to support the ingroup. Through a series of games, Iyengar and Westwood discovered that “Outgroup animosity is more consequential than favoritism for the ingroup.”  And, "What is being forgotten in this rush to punish the outgroup is a wise word put forth long ago by Orestes Brownson: “Error has no rights, but the man who errs has equal rights with him who errs not.”     http://www.theamericanconservative.com/jacobs/the-outgroup-and-its-errors/

Boy! Does he ever hit the mark!!!  A very good piece.  https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/inside-the-liberal-minds-of-clooney-streisand-julia/   

Cogent insights on Thomas Jefferson and the Democrat party's decision to wipe his legacy from their political platform.  Quote: "Today would be Thomas Jefferson’s 273rd birthday, if he were still alive. Scholars and historians will be celebrating and discussing his legacy today, but politically speaking, he might be better off where he’s been for the past two centuries: buried at his estate in Monticello.  That’s because the Democratic Party, which rooted itself two centuries ago in Jefferson’s ideology, has flippantly decided that it no longer has much use for him or his brand of republicanism."     http://opinion.injo.com/2016/04/255145-democrats-wont-celebrate-thomas-jeffersons-birthday-today-for-one-reason-they-dont-realize/   Democrats have truly lost their way.

This item provides five historical facts you probably did not know.   http://conservativeamerica-online.com/5-reasons-we-know-nazis-were-liberal-progressives/   And this item explains what happens with progressive culture goes off the rails.  http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2016/04/12/when-a-progressive-culture-goes-off-the-rails-n2146739/page/full

This has been said before but is worth repeating.  Socialism is for the socialists, not for the people.  Obama is living proof of that statement.  Just like most if not all socialist leaders throughout history he lives a lavish lifestyle off the backs of we the people, the non-socialist taxpayers.  Here is just one of numerous examples that could be offered.   http://www.conventionofstates.com/obama_s_dance_lessons_cost_1_million?   This is a trend that is both revealing of our improper treatment of presidents and loss of perspective as to what their job really is.

A refreshing  perspective.    http://humanevents.com/2016/04/06/freedom-to-disagree/? 

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