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Tracking the growth of government since the 1930s is a breathtaking adventure. Presidents serving prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt would not recognize today’s Federal government. By any measurement — responsibilities, receipts, expenditures, employees, departments, power, influence — contemporary American government dwarfs the administrations of Wilson, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, the last four Presidents presiding over any [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Energy, Fraud Watch, Health Insurance Debate at 5:40 PM UTC
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The grave is dug, the casket ready, and the eulogies have been written, but the body is missing! Everyone knows Hillary is beaten, except Hillary. Discerning her motive for soldiering on isn’t really that tough. She probably figures this is her last chance. An Obama victory in the general election will end her presidential aspirations. [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Coming This Week, Video at 10:26 AM UTC
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The California State Supreme Court yesterday ended the state’s ban on marriages between couples of the same sex. The 4 to 3 vote is receiving widely differing responses. Homosexual groups and supporters are expressing emotions bordering on euphoria, but traditional marriage proponents are vowing to continue the fight with a ballot issue this November. Leaving [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Cultural Insanity, Ethics, Judicial Activism, Rule of Law at 3:12 PM UTC
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“70 pastors, scholars and business leaders” have issued “An Evangelical Manifesto” aimed at reforming America’s most visible Protestants, according to a Los Angeles Times story published May 10th. The Manifesto’s Introduction lays out its sweeping goals: “For those who are Evangelicals, the deepest purpose of the Manifesto is a serious call to reform — an urgent challenge [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Politics, Religion at 1:58 PM UTC
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With oil prices at all time highs and further increases likely, one would hope enlightened government leaders would finally come to grips with energy realities. America’s refusal to harvest its own energy resources — crude oil, kerogen, natural gas, hydro-electricity, nuclear, coal — has inevitably led to the demand for energy approaching the upper limits of supply, resulting in…anyone?…higher prices. To bring energy [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Energy, Politics at 3:19 PM UTC
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Fifty years after the greatest advances in civil rights ever, America is becoming a shining example of the triumph of good over evil, equality over prejudice, and honesty over ignorance. The most diverse nation on earth, the United States has become the best place on earth to live for people of color. Barack Obama has acknowledged [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Race Relations at 6:38 PM UTC
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The Christian doctrine of Original Sin evokes more hostility from non-Christians than most other Church beliefs, with the possible exception of my personal favorite, Eternal Damnation. Interestingly, the animosity directed at Original Sin is not sourced in empirical research, because more evidence exists proving Adam’s sin has passed to all humanity than supports any other Christian doctrine. I mean, [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Current Affairs at 6:09 PM UTC
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Michelle Obama’s negativity and pettiness coupled with Hillary’s stubborn refusal to throw in the towel may be John McCain’s ticket to the White House. A Obama/Clinton ticket would unite the Democratic Party, assuring victory. Fortunately for Republicans, Michelle Obama has already nixed that possibility.
Burma’s ruling military thugs have revealed their base natures, refusing much of the [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Coming This Week, Video at 11:39 PM UTC
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For months we’ve been told it’s coming. The anointing was a foregone conclusion. Experts predicted it would be a fact by March 31st. Hundreds of articles reaching to thousands of column inches have confirmed it. All the signs were in place, said the Associated Press, and “sixty-one percent of the public” believed it was a done deal. But, despite [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Media at 3:28 PM UTC
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Polygamy has been practiced by various religious groups in the United States since at least 1831, the year Joseph Smith received a revelation from God affirming the practice. Smith was martyred a few years later, but the Mormons survived and thrived under the guidance of Brigham Young. To escape further persecution, Young took his flock to [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Current Affairs, Religion at 1:56 PM UTC
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