http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes Conservative commentary served up in bite-sized bits Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:37:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Great little comparison. When JFK cut tax rates, IRS receipts went up.  Same for Reagan. http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/?p=3023 From a Facebook post by La Shawn Barber: So much ink and hand-wringing over Koran-burning, yet so little over child killing. Strange, that. If we could get Democrats this riled up over living beings, we'd have substantially fewer abortion tomorrow.  But they reserve their ... http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/?p=3022 Not the folks that Obama would have you think. All those promises and none of them came about.  Well, except for highly-unionized federal government workers.  And now there's talk of a second stimulus.  You want a replay of this graph?  Really? http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/?p=3021 He was a rabid environmentalist.  He considered babies "parasitic human infants", and wanted all "pro-birth" programs to push "stopping human birth".  He was extremely anti-war, and equated having more humans with more war.  He considered civilization "filth", and its religious roots "disgusting". And ThinkProgress, an extremely popular liberal blog, ... http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/?p=3020 Steven Hawking is one of the most brilliant scientists of our time, and we're lucky to have him.  In earlier days, his disability might have relegated him to being homebound, and he probably wouldn't have lived nearly this long, robbing humanity of his intelligence. However, he's apparently branching out ... http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/?p=3019 The Oval Office got a makeover. While President Obama was on vacation, his West Wing office got a bit of a face lift, complete with a new rug, fresh wallpaper and paint, and new furniture -- all done at no taxpayer expense, the White House says. ... http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/?p=3018 David Brooks: During the first half of this year, German and American political leaders engaged in an epic debate. American leaders argued that the economic crisis was so bad, governments should borrow billions to stimulate growth. German leaders argued that a little short-term stimulus was sensible, ... http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/?p=3016 No, I'm not talking about the "Ground Zero Mosque".  I'm talking about the Dove World Outreach Center's plan to burn Korans on September 11th. There's nothing unconstitutional about doing with your own property what you wish.  Insofar as there are any relevant ordinances, it's a local issue.  But also, ... http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/?p=3017 If you think the ACLU would have a conniption over that, imagine how they would have reacted had they been around for some of these other events in the video.  The "separation of church and state" doesn't mean what they, and liberal judges, think it means. US Capitol Tour ... http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/?p=3015 Yes, it's that time of the week again, where I toss out a bunch of links that I was too lazy to do a full blog post on. Turns out the Iraq war didn't break the bank.  It's understandable that you might think that, but that only indicates a need to ... http://www.thepaytons.org/essays/considerettes/?p=3014