Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts

Union Contributions

| Tuesday, March 29, 2011 | 0 comments |
Just in case anyone wonders why democrats are so hot to support labor unions, particularly government employee unions, check out the contributions.

States of Fear: Science or Politics?

| Tuesday, February 8, 2011 | 0 comments |
At one time, both the pseudoscientific geocentric notion of the universe (that the Earth lies at the center of the solar system) and eugenics (the racial theory to “purify” the human race) were widely accepted by leaders in science, politics, journalism, and business. Such theories were pushed by powerful interest groups that possessed highly politicized agendas driving government policies and public opinion, until ultimately both theories were disproved. Is environmental debate today, including global warming, bio-technology, and other issues, based on science or politics? Are popular accounts of such issues rooted in science or phantom risks? Are government policies focusing on the trivial while ignoring the real, and in the process wasting limited resources, crippling human innovation to address true dangers, and inviting tyranny? In discussing not just environmental issues but the increasing politicization of science itself, best-selling author Michael Crichton examines the intersection of media, politics, and science, inspiring viewers to challenge old assumptions and to search beneath the surface of issues as they seek to discover the truth.

Top 10 Political Lies of 2010

| Friday, January 7, 2011 | 0 comments |
by Larry Elder
1. Ninety-five percent of "working families" received a tax cut.

2. The General Motors bailout "worked."

3. ObamaCare will "bend the cost curve down."

4. The tea party is "racist."

5. The $800 billion "stimulus" funded millions of "shovel-ready" jobs.

6. Stimulus "saved or created" 3.5 million jobs.

7. There is a "consensus," according to the White House website, that the stimulus plan "pulled us back from the brink of economic disaster."

8. The 111th Congress was the "most productive" since -- pick one -- the New Deal, LBJ's Great Society or the beginning of the republic.

9. Bush-era "deregulation" caused the Gulf oil spill.

10. Guantanamo Bay will be shut down in 2010.

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Should pastors speak about candidates from the pulpit?

| Tuesday, October 26, 2010 | 0 comments |
Pastors, not the government, should decide when
they can speak about candidates from the pulpit

by Wayne Grudem

An important moral voice in American public life was muzzled in 1954, and we are still paying the price.

Before 1954, pastors of churches were free to speak out about candidates and political issues whenever they thought it wise to do so, and many did. But in 1954, Congress amended the Internal Revenue Code to restrict the speech of non-profit organizations. This amendment – spearheaded by then-Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas – required churches to refrain from promoting or opposing any political candidate by name. Apparently Johnson had proposed the amendment to “get back” at two non-profit organizations that had vocally opposed his candidacy. His amendment passed on a voice vote without debate.

Since that time, the IRS has insisted that any speech by churches that deals with candidates for political office, including a pastor’s sermon, could result in a church losing its non-profit, tax-exempt status. This law has suppressed the valuable moral guidance that American pulpits could be contributing to our political process.

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Political Map

| Thursday, September 9, 2010 | 0 comments |
Choose a state for congress/senate incumbents,
challengers, biographies and seat history.