A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion

By Tom Quiner

Catholics will decide this election.

Quiner’s Diner has made the case that “the Catholic vote could tip the election” in a previous post.

The selection of Congressman Paul Ryan was the equivalent of injecting orthodox Catholics with high potency steroids. In Paul Ryan, we have a man who embraces his Church’s non-negotiable positions on Life and Marriage. Even more, he embraces his Church’s positions on key social justice issues. He simply approaches them differently than liberals want.

Paul Ryan doesn’t want to get rid of our social safety net as his detractors claim. He wants to save it. Mr. Ryan says what Democrats refuse to acknowledge, that the emperor has no clothes. Our current fiscal path is unsustainable.

Our entitlement programs are going to break the bank on their present course.

Interest payments are consuming bigger and bigger chunks of our budget.

We can’t tax ourselves out…

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The Postmodern President – WSJ.com

Peanut Gallery: How do you deal with politicians who will say and do anything to get elected… and an electorate that believes everything is relative? Postmodernism is the death of any rational discourse that depends on factual analysis and consistency.

This election is getting down to a choice between a two-year old having a tantrum (I want what I want when I want it) and an adult (stop whining and get a job – I’m not paying for your bad behavior any more.) Sadly, two-year olds often win the day.

“The point is that more than any President we can recall, Mr. Obama isn’t trying to persuade voters that he deserves to stay in office because of his philosophy, record or positive vision for the country. Rather, his case is that he deserves re-election because Mr. Romney is worse, and he is so very much worse because of things that were invented in the West Wing but are detached from reality.

The entire theory of the Obama campaign seems to be that the more outrageous the claim the better, because the more you repeat it the more the media will talk about it, and the lie will achieve a kind legendary truth.”

Please read the full article –

Review & Outlook: The Postmodern President – WSJ.com.

Morning Reading: 1 Peter 2.11-12 NLT

“Dear friends, I warn you as temporary residents and foreigners, to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.” 1 Peter 2.11-12 NLT