Archive for April 2nd, 2017

Popular Conservative News and Comment Site Pulls My Article for Being ‘Anti-Semitic’

Popular Conservative News and Comment Site Pulls My Article for Being ‘Anti-Semitic’

Anti-Semitic – definition: Hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group. Merriam-Webster A person who discriminates against or is prejudiced or hostile toward Jews. Dictionary.com I recently wrote an article that dealt with the Pharisees and Jesus judgment of them in comparison to some of today’s Church denominations and their actions. In this article, modern day Jews were not even mentioned – at all. Was the article mentioned an indictment of the Pharisees? Yes, it was, then again, even Jesus referred to the Pharisees as the children of Satan. So to say this article was anti-Semitic is to say: Jesus was wrong in His judgment of the Pharisees, or that I said things that I never said. I also mentioned that many of the Jews of Jesus time refused to believe in Him. Is this an indictment of the Jewish people as a whole? No I do not believe so, it is fact. Therefore, when I received […]

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Four Must-Haves for ObamaCare Replacement

Four Must-Haves for ObamaCare Replacement

It looks like the House debate on how to replace Obamacare is open again, with pressure mounting on conservative members to support the legislation proposed by House Speaker Paul Ryan. Before members rush ahead, however, given the current pause in the bill’s passage, this appears an opportune moment to note a few of the major shortcomings in the legislation’s current iteration, and potential changes that would improve it dramatically. Get rid of the 30 percent premium hike for 12 months for those whose insurance lapses 63 days. The House-proposed legislation included this new mandate that looks too much like the individual mandate and will be used by the left and the right to hammer members for raising premium rates, particularly on the uninsured. When rates go up, Republicans will get blamed for the government-mandated penalty, and this provision will loom large. Moreover, it does nothing to incentivize uninsured to go […]

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