Conservative on Target! Redistribution, Sharia, Coal, Patton, Obama’s Favorability, Straw Horse & More

The Church and the Poor: Historical Perspectives: These examples show that dealing with poverty involves more than just feeding the poor: it requires economic structures that promote human flourishing holistically. Significantly, this does not mean reorganizing society to shift wealth from those who produce it to those who do not; rather, it means providing opportunities to all to earn their own way and providing a safety net for those who cannot.

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Libyan Draft Constitution: Sharia Is “Principal Source Of Legislation”… But despite the Lockean tenor of much of the constitution, the inescapable clause lies right in Part 1, Article 1: “Islam is the Religion of the State, and the principal source of legislation is Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharia).” Under this constitution, in other words, Islam is law

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Obama Hits Struggling Americans With Energy Rate Hikes: Following Barack Obama’s vow to “bankrupt” the coal power industry, Americans are set to be hit with a wave of utility bill hikes as draconian EPA regulations drive up the cost of energy while General Electric, one of Obama’s biggest campaign donors, gets a waiver and is completely exempt.

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A Letter from General George S. Patton to His Son: All men are timid on entering any fight; whether it is the first fight or the last fight all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.

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 Does Obama’s personal favorability rating matter? At this juncture, Pres. Obama and the Democrats have to hope that the sputtering economy only dials back the electorate from 2008 (where Democratic turnout exceeded GOP turnout by five percent) to a more evenly split electorate along the lines of 2000 or 2004. Under those circumstances, the GOP’s candidate selection — and the Democrat Media Complex’s ability to demonize that nominee — could make a difference in enough swing states to eke out a second term for Obama. Otherwise, the public’s cognitive dissonance between Obama’s personal and job approval ratings will be resolved by people deciding they do not like a guy who fails.

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Huntsman On the Attack: GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman did not hesitate on Sunday to criticize his competitors, saying that they represent what is wrong with the current political landscape. The move is sure to differentiate Huntsman from the Republican crowd, but it remains to be seen whether it is an act of political suicide. [ I have said before that Huntsman is so much a RINO that he must be a stalking horse! – JS]

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”But folks, we have a choice. We see people for who they are — prone to make the wrong moral choices — and commit to train and inspire them to make good moral choices, or this is our choice, we can bar the windows and start hiring more riot police.” – Chuck Colson