en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/657910 Comments by Andanotherthing http://wgntv.com/2013/01/26/illinois-credit-rating-downgraded-state-drops-to-worst-in-the-nation#IDComment554998421 Perfect. Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:34:25 +0000 http://wgntv.com/2013/01/26/illinois-credit-rating-downgraded-state-drops-to-worst-in-the-nation#IDComment554998421 http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2012/02/24/maryland-governors-secret-plan-to-sink-marriage-referendum/#IDComment301716085 Judges overturning peoples' internal moral compass. This is the assumption. Proud, arrogant, corrupt and wrong. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:54:37 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2012/02/24/maryland-governors-secret-plan-to-sink-marriage-referendum/#IDComment301716085 http://biggovernment.com/eagtv/2012/02/24/overzealous-union-teachers-drag-students-into-their-messy-contract-disputes/#IDComment300815847 School choice that has nonunion schools competing with the government schools will indeed render the classless....wait for it....classless! Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:13:44 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/eagtv/2012/02/24/overzealous-union-teachers-drag-students-into-their-messy-contract-disputes/#IDComment300815847 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2012/02/23/romney-goes-occupy-the-1-need-to-pay-fair-share/#IDComment300132676 Earth to Mitt: You are in the REPUBLICAN primary! Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:12:15 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2012/02/23/romney-goes-occupy-the-1-need-to-pay-fair-share/#IDComment300132676 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2012/02/23/romney-goes-occupy-the-1-need-to-pay-fair-share/#IDComment300130826 ...until 'fair share' and 'rich' are defined. ...until the plant closes. ...until the recession still isn't fixed. ...until they figure out that this is a bad idea that hurts them more than it hurts the so-called rich. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:09:12 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/bshapiro/2012/02/23/romney-goes-occupy-the-1-need-to-pay-fair-share/#IDComment300130826 http://biggovernment.com/whall/2012/02/13/george-will-catholic-bishops-got-what-they-deserved-for-supporting-obamacare/#IDComment291811247 I too am a practicing Catholic. I remember a number of Leftist nuns and Bishops individually supporting Obamacare. The Church's position was much more cautious, and opposed to the form it actually took. I agree with you that the Church lefties were way too gullible by thinking government health care might be the answer. I disagree with you that the Church should have opposed on the grounds of lack of constitutionality. Their concern does not and should not lie there. Their concern lies in the consistency of public policy with the freedom to worship within the precepts of the church. I think we both agree on this: I hope that this wakes the Church Lefties up to the true evil that lurks on the Left. Pax. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:07:09 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/whall/2012/02/13/george-will-catholic-bishops-got-what-they-deserved-for-supporting-obamacare/#IDComment291811247 http://biggovernment.com/whall/2012/02/13/george-will-catholic-bishops-got-what-they-deserved-for-supporting-obamacare/#IDComment291796178 Not true. I was there. I paid attention. Catholic Command actually issued a statement identifying abortion as THE primary issue over all other so-called social justice issues. Catholics voted for O regardless of the statement. The Obama bumper stickers at Mass drove me crazy. The Liberal Bishops are NOT Catholic Command. They simply made it easy to vote for soft, fuzzy, dreamy stuff that eventually forced men and women of faith to do and pay for things they find abhorrent. Catholic Command (not a person, the REAL Catholic Command) remains steadfast in the opposition to the Left's assault on unborn children. Nothing trumps life. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:49:31 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/whall/2012/02/13/george-will-catholic-bishops-got-what-they-deserved-for-supporting-obamacare/#IDComment291796178 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288326068 This trial balloon will be his Hindenburg. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:33:18 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288326068 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288324804 Good advice. I have three daughters. They agree with my assertion that the most irresistible feature a young woman might possess is simply not being 'easy.' The unobtainable is irresistible. They have spines enough to tell me different if this were not the case....and they have in many other instances. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:31:10 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288324804 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288317025 Point of Order: Great Depression....1929....malnutrition....pandemic throughout history...are you a bot? Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:19:19 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288317025 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288311802 Catholic charities account for an enormous amount of charity and social services. A conspiratorial person might think that driving this need to the government would increase government control of the populace.... Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:11:38 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288311802 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288309471 Even the liberal bishops that drive me crazy have protested this atrocity. I think this one has legs. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:07:59 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288309471 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288308387 You are a bigot. There is a HUGE difference between Catholic women and men disagreeing and disobeying the Church, and Catholics consenting to a government takeover of their Church. Catholics feel endangered by this. All faiths trying to live their beliefs should feel endangered by this. This is a big deal. Your position is indefensible. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:06:20 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/sberry/2012/02/09/the-obamacare-mandate-against-freedom-of-conscience-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-because-liberals-want-government-healthcare/#IDComment288308387 http://biggovernment.com/nrbrown/2012/02/05/for-the-gop-moderate-is-the-new-conservative/#IDComment284660598 Well said! We must secure the WH with the candidate we have. It looks like the state battles will promote gains in conservatism before the national battles will bear any fruit. Think Arizona, Wisconsin, Indiana (RTW), there are others I just don't have the list in my head. We need to work locally, work long-term, and work to find a candidate that can articulate conservative values from the WH. Until then, in the general election, it looks like we settle for now. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:42:21 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/nrbrown/2012/02/05/for-the-gop-moderate-is-the-new-conservative/#IDComment284660598 http://biggovernment.com/nrbrown/2012/02/05/for-the-gop-moderate-is-the-new-conservative/#IDComment284655595 I have no enthusiasm for Newt or Mitt either. Both are at the Ruling Class Trough eating our money and destroying other candidates. But I will hold my nose and vote for one of them over Obama. This is a true emergency, and if we can't get our ideal candidate through the primaries, we have to secure the White House with the one that we have. Not voting to unseat The One translates to voting for a double-down on the oppressive and enslaving policies of the last four years he has enacted through executive orders, legally and illegally. We must stop this, and it won't be pretty. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:33:07 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/nrbrown/2012/02/05/for-the-gop-moderate-is-the-new-conservative/#IDComment284655595 http://biggovernment.com/nrbrown/2012/02/05/for-the-gop-moderate-is-the-new-conservative/#IDComment284651315 I think Christie might be in training as well... Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:25:33 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/nrbrown/2012/02/05/for-the-gop-moderate-is-the-new-conservative/#IDComment284651315 http://biggovernment.com/nrbrown/2012/02/05/for-the-gop-moderate-is-the-new-conservative/#IDComment284648841 The Tea Party is active, but is active in politically productive activity rather than just demonstrations. They are alive and well. Conservative > RINO > flatworm > Harvard faculty > Democrat in value as lawmakers. Right now it's RINO season. Weed out the RINOS in the primaries, and then fall back and vote Republicans into office in the general election. The primaries are where we don't settle. RINO's are out of season in the general election. In a general election, a third party vote from the right would elect Dems who are doing active violence to our freedoms. The enemy of good is better. Demands of purity and perfection will never be met. We must vote sometimes for the candidate that will do the least harm, and tee 'em up for a primary challenge in two years. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:20:31 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/nrbrown/2012/02/05/for-the-gop-moderate-is-the-new-conservative/#IDComment284648841 http://biggovernment.com/dloos/2012/02/02/big-labor-plans-super-bowl-chaos/#IDComment282278797 It is 2012. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:01:25 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/dloos/2012/02/02/big-labor-plans-super-bowl-chaos/#IDComment282278797 http://biggovernment.com/dloos/2012/02/02/big-labor-plans-super-bowl-chaos/#IDComment282277820 These miscreants have been downtown now for weeks. Only the union workers (many from other states) can be paid to demonstrate at the statehouse. These guys are petrified. The money spigot that was busted in the open position for the DEMs now has an operable off position. The union is fighting battles in more and more states now, and I hope more join the battle just to divide their resources. I'm going downtown tomorrow to soak in some of that Super Bowl atmosphere. I expect to see both union and OWS whining parasites. I'll have a great time. Even more so because I know that for both the union and OWS if anyone is having a good time, they are failing their mission, and just a little bit more miserable. Happy Super Bowl! Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:59:54 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/dloos/2012/02/02/big-labor-plans-super-bowl-chaos/#IDComment282277820 http://biggovernment.com/dloos/2012/02/02/big-labor-plans-super-bowl-chaos/#IDComment282272095 I was going to post that! She has the same thought process. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:50:50 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/dloos/2012/02/02/big-labor-plans-super-bowl-chaos/#IDComment282272095