Promoting Dependency on Government

The most expensive item in our bloated federal budget is the cash and benefits given to the 47% of the American people who pay no income tax and depend for their living expenses in whole or in part on government handouts. This federal welfare apparatus includes 12 programs providing food, 10 for housing assistance, 10 for social services, 9 for educational assistance, 8 programs giving cash, 8 for vocational training, 7 for medical assistance, 3 for energy and utility assistance, 2 for child care and child development, and one that gives out free cell phones. This totals $900 Billion a year of federal taxpayers' money that is handed out to non-taxpayers because they are below a designated poverty level. After Barack Obama became President, he increased federal welfare spending by a third because, as he told Joe the plumber, Obama wants to "spread the wealth around." This was a conscious political strategy; it promotes dependence on government and more votes for leftwing politicians.

Shaken Baby Syndrome's Real Victims

Shaken Baby Syndrome is a theory promoted by the child abuse industry. It causes wrongful convictions of loving caregivers when sick infants die during their watch. These cases lack outward evidence of abuse, such as a broken skull or neck, but are prosecuted based on symptoms like tiny internal bleeding. Shaken Baby Syndrome is never witnessed, but sends many innocent people to long jail sentences based on half-baked theories of so-called experts.

Hispanics on divorce

A Discover blog compares Hispanic views in the USA to see if they are really socially conservative. It finds that their views are comparable to white non-Hispanics. The one big exception was with marriage, where Hispanics are twice as likely to want to make divorce easier.

Easier? All 50 states have no-fault divorce laws where either spouse can unilaterally obtain a divorce at any time and for any reason. How much easier do they want it?

Yes, it could be easier. Islamic divorce sometimes only requires the husband to say he wants a divorce three times. No witnesses are required.

No marriage in Quebec

Marriage is already obsolete in Quebec Canada, and replaced with something else:

De facto spouses are defined by Quebec’s law as two people who have been living together for a year or more without being married and who check the “couple” box on their income tax statement form. Quebec’s lawmakers have deliberately chosen not to give de facto couples the same rights and responsibilities that married couples have under the Law of Quebec, to preserve the freedom of choice. ...

The very religious province of Quebec traditionally perceived de facto spouses as a threat to the social order. But the “Quiet Revolution” starting in the 1960s led to a radical rejection of the church, a decline in religious weddings, and a reform of the Family Law that introduced the notion of de facto unions in 1979. The status gained more recognition during the ’80s and ’90s, mostly thanks to lobbying by gay rights advocates.

The institution has become wildly popular in Quebec, for gays and straights. An astonishing 34.6 percent of all Quebec couples are de facto couples, and one half of couples under 40 are not married. A full 60 percent of Quebec children are born out of wedlock.

According to the story, a court case involving a super-rich couple threatens to end the practice.

Eagles Killed by Windmills

The eagle is a gorgeous and most impressive bird. It's no wonder that it was chosen to be honored as the American bird. I have been blessed to live in a area where eagles congregate every winter. They come down the three rivers, the Mississippi, the Missouri and the Illinois, and Alton, Illinois is about as far south as many of them care to go in the winter. It is a federal crime to kill an eagle. It can result in a fine of up to $250,000 and imprisonment for two years. Over the past two decades, the federal government has prosecuted hundreds of cases against oil and gas producers and electricity producers for violating some of our wildlife protection laws: the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Eagle Protection Act.