Tag Archives: Ted Cruz

Who Settled Science? (and how you can too…)

Posted on October 19, 2015 by David E Smith

"The science is settled." It's becoming an incessant catchphrase. More and more frequently, this simple statement is used as conversational pepper-spray to discourage contention and dissuade any who would continue to press their objection to the status quo. Those foolhardy enough to persist in their dissent are often labeled science-deniers; which, in today's culture of scientism, is tantamount to being branded with the Scarlet Periodic Symbol and cast from the village.

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Aaron Mair, Ted Cruz | Comments Off

Cecil Richards’ Counterproductive Letter to Congress

Posted on September 1, 2015 by altha-admin

A pro-life leader believes a letter from Planned Parenthood attacking The Center for Medical Progress proves the abortion giant is guilty of violating federal law. The 11-page letter from Cecile Richards to members of Congress tries to explain away The Center's secret videos of dealings between Planned Parenthood and organ procurement organizations to harvest aborted baby body parts.

Posted in Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sanctity of Life | Tagged American Life League, Cecile Richards, Center for Medical Progress, David Daleiden, Judie Brown, Planned Parenthood, Ted Cruz | Comments Off

Republican Party Elites Abandon Traditional Marriage

Posted on April 7, 2015 by David E Smith

Only six of 54 Republican members of the U.S. Senate signed a pro-traditional marriage legal brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that was submitted on Friday. USA Today noted, “By contrast, 44 Democratic senators and 167 Democratic House members filed a brief last month urging the court to approve same-sex marriage. The brief included the full House and Senate [Democratic] leadership teams.”

These developments strongly suggest that while the homosexual movement remains solidly in control of the Democratic Party, the tactics of harassment and intimidation that we saw wielded against the religious freedom bill in Indiana last week are …

Posted in Federal, Sexuality | Tagged Alfred Kinsey, Charlie Baker, David Koch, Dr. Judith Reisman, Harry Hay, James Inhofe, James Lankford, Jeb Bush, John Boehner, Jon Huntsman, Karl Rove, Ken Mehlman, Mark Kirk, Mason Fink, Maynard v. Hill, Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Paul Singer, Peter Thiel, Reed Irvine, Reince Priebus, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, Robert A. Levy, Rudolph Giuliani, Skinner v. Oklahoma, Steve Daines, Ted Cruz, Tim Huelskamp, Tim Miller, Tim Scott | Comments Off

The Troubling Implications of Believing Our Rights Don’t Come from God

Posted on March 28, 2015 by altha-admin

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo recently declared: "Our rights do not come from God." Then this week, Sen. Ted Cruz's assertion that "our rights don't come from man, they come from God Almighty" came under scrutiny when Meredith Shiner, a Yahoo reporter, tweeted...

Posted in Religious Liberty | Tagged Chris Cuomo, Dr. Martin Luther King, Meredith Shiner, Ted Cruz, Thomas Aquinas | Comments Off

Does Jesus Belong in the Culture Wars?

Posted on February 3, 2015 by David E Smith

One month ago, headlines proclaimed, “Grandson of Billy Graham: The Pulpit is No Place to Speak on Social Issues.”

The headlines were in response to comments made by Tullian Tchividjian, Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, during a panel discussion on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

Pastor Tchividjian had said, “I think, in my opinion, over the course of the last 20 or 30 years, evangelicalism, specifically their association with the religious right and conservative politics, has done more damage to the brand of Christianity than just about anything else.”

He added, “That’s not to say that Christian people don’t …

Posted in Faith, Media Watch | Tagged Alice M. Baldwin, Barack Obama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Franklin Graham, Joe Biden, Joel McDurmon, Morning Joe, Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, The New England Pulpit and the American Revolution, Tullian Tchividjian | Comments Off

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Files Bill to Ban U.S.-Based Islamic State Jihadis From Returning to the U.S.

Posted on January 24, 2015 by David E Smith

This is simple common sense. By going to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State’s jihad, these Muslims have joined an entity that has declared war against the United States. They have committed treason. They have forfeited the rights and privileges of citizenship. But it will be interesting to see who opposes this, and on what grounds.

“Cruz Files Bill to Ban American Islamic State Fighters from Returning to U.S.,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, January 23, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) will file legislation on Friday to ban American …

Posted in Federal, Islam & Sharia | Tagged Adam Kredo, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, jihad, Muslims, Ted Cruz | Comments Off

Storage Wars: The Midterm Edition

Posted on December 8, 2014 by altha-admin

Now that the heady rush of jubilation has faded from the election, it’s time to take stock of what we actually achieved. The numbers couldn’t be more forthright. It’s as if the American people interrupted the President to interject, “Now, let me be clear…” The 2014 election was an epic political repudiation of President Barack Obama, U.S. Senator Harry Reid, and the Progressive agenda in Washington.

It was a demonstration that all but the most white-eyed leftist loons in America are tired of Obama’s ineptitude, deliberate or otherwise. How amusing now to think about those talking heads on …

Posted in Federal | Tagged Andy Mooney, Barack Obama, Barry Loudermilk, Ben Sasse, Dave Brat, Election 2014, Harry Reid, John Boehner, John Ratcliffe, Joni Ernst, Mia Love, Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton | Comments Off

Criminalizing Dissent Via Lawfare

Posted on October 27, 2014 by David E Smith

The heavy hand of misused government power is getting heavier by the day.

Given the Obama Administration’s vast abuses of executive power, it’s not surprising that lesser lights are following the Chief Executive’s example and waging “lawfare” on their opponents.

In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, a pastoral couple who own a wedding chapel are facing a 180-day jail term and a $1,000-per-day fine if they continue to refuse to “marry” homosexual couples. The city says the couple are violating the local anti-discrimination law, which includes “sexual orientation.” Religious freedom? Not so much.

In Houston, it probably seemed like a good idea …

Posted in Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Annise D. Parker, Barack Obama, Catherine Engelbrecht, Cristina Kirchner, Harry Reid, John Chisholm, Nicolas Maduro, Raul Castro, Rick Perry, Rosemary Lehmberg, Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Ted Stevens, Tom DeLay, Vladimir Putin | Comments Off

Liberal Rag: More Despotism Please

Posted on February 3, 2014 by David E Smith

Hypocrisy, thy name is liberalism. What a difference a few years makes.

Remember when “progressive” media types chided President George W. Bush till they were blue in the face for “going it alone” on Iraq? Well, apparently “going it alone” is totally cool if you have a “D” after your name.

David Corn, Washington bureau chief over at the uber-liberal Mother Jones magazine is disappointed that an increasingly imperialist President Barack Obama wasn’t imperialist enough during his recent State of the Union Address. He’s furious that our already chestless Commander-in-Hearing-Himself-Talk showed off his bona fides in weakness and “let …

Posted in Media Watch | Tagged Barack Obama, David Corn, George W. Bush, John Boehner, Josef Stalin, Mother Jones, Ted Cruz | Comments Off