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POPSWhatever it takes to win! Democrats are gearing up for whatever happens on Election Day. Should Obama win, champagne will flow, McCain will make a concession speech, and all will be well with the world. But should Obama lose, McCain will pop the cork, and Lawsuits will fly into courthouses across the land.
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POPSIncredible cold and snow in Greece I rarely snows in Athens. To snow in semi-tropical Crete is unheard of. And yesterday Crete and the other Cyclades islands were snowed in! Another example of the absurdity of global warming claims by liberals. What is actually happening is global cooling.
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POPS Congress' Disappointing 'New Direction' “Our job is to take America in a new direction, and we are working hard to do that,” a spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Of the 106 bills signed by President Bush into law this year, nearly half (46) name post offices, courthouses or roads. Another 44 bills were equally non-controversial measures, such as reconstruction of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis. Of the remainder, 14 bills merely extended existing laws. So much for “a new direction.” As last week’s Democratic debacle over the State Children’s Health Insurance Program revealed, even moderate Republicans who have supported “new direction” initiatives from the Democrats are losing their patience. “I used to think they cared about the policy. Now I think they care more about the politics,” moderate Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) told the Washington Post.
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POPSArguments against same-sex marriage, part 2 An editorial by the president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, recounting opinions by a number of legal scholars on the potential implications of legalized same-sex marriage for religious liberty. Again, I don't agree, but this is generally an intelligent and balanced assessment.
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POPSNow: Faith and Politics As a former three-term Republican U.S. senator from Missouri and an ordained Episcopal priest, John C. Danforth has watched the changes in the Republican party and the church with growing alarm.