tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791802714478416332Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:42:39 +0000inernational women's dayrush limbaughBecket FundBill MaherCatholicsDick CheneyFirst AmendmentHHS mandateIAEAIRSIranJames ClapperJohn EdwardsMitt RomneyNewt GingrichPresident ObamaRepublican primaryRick SantorumScooter LibbySuper TuesdayVATabortionbishopsbudgetcontraceptiondeficitdouble standardsfair sharemichelle malkinnuclear powernuclear weaponspresidential candidatespro-lifesarah palintaxesultrasoundwar on womenwomenwomen's issueshttp://inconscientement.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (green machine)Blogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791802714478416332.post-1454039950072693709Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:58:00 +00002012-06-03T07:35:19.518-07:00Dick Cheneydouble standardsJohn EdwardsScooter Libbyby Leslie S. LeblOkay, here's a little experiment to stimulate the imagination:  Imagine, for a moment, that you're back in time, say around 2007.  Former Vice President Dick Cheney's aide Scooter Libby is being sent to jail for something, but darned if you can remember what it was.  Oh, yes - for not remembering correctly something said to him in a meeting several years before that.  Not for thehttp://inconscientement.blogspot.com/2012/04/little-thought-experiment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (green machine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791802714478416332.post-917007717895233936Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:44:00 +00002012-06-03T07:35:19.519-07:00IAEAIranJames Clappernuclear powernuclear weaponsby Joseph SternbergHave you ever noticed whenever there is a news story based on information from the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (AIAE) or some other Intelligence source that reports Iranian progress towards developing nuclear weapons,  the article is invariably ended with a sentence stating that Iran authorities deny that Iran is developing nuclear weapons? Evidently journalistic http://inconscientement.blogspot.com/2012/04/iran-path-to-nuclear-weapons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (green machine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791802714478416332.post-6143217328325717232Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:30:00 +00002012-06-03T07:35:19.519-07:00Becket FundbishopsCatholicscontraceptionFirst AmendmentHHS mandatewar on womenby Libby SternbergIt’s easy to forget, in this freewheeling, anything-goes, tolerance-minded society of ours, that it wasn’t so long ago that Catholics were derided, their beliefs publicly ridiculed, and their leaders mocked.Oh, wait, that was just yesterday.Or so it seemed when the contraception debate began. That is, when advocates for the HHS mandate (saying all employers must include free http://inconscientement.blogspot.com/2012/03/is-first-amendment-outdated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (green machine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791802714478416332.post-6687360572179300595Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:23:00 +00002012-06-03T07:35:19.519-07:00abortionBill Maherinernational women's daypro-liferush limbaughultrasoundwomen's issuesby Libby SternbergEven though it's been weeks since conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh called a reproductive rights activist a "slut" and then apologized, the "war on women" has not subsided. Good. It's high time that women on the right side of the political aisle joined the battle. And because conservative women's long-simmering outrage was ignited by the left's double standard in the http://inconscientement.blogspot.com/2012/03/yes-there-is-war-on-women.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (green machine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791802714478416332.post-5455853505981818056Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:10:00 +00002012-06-03T07:35:19.519-07:00budgetdeficitfair shareIRSPresident ObamataxesVATby Joseph SternbergFederal expenditures have increased during President Obama's administration from a previous level of about 20% up to 25% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is an increase of $780 billion dollars a year. How is such an increase going to be paid for? Recently, President Obama submitted a budget for 2013 that calls for an increase of government expenditures, not a http://inconscientement.blogspot.com/2012/03/middle-class-beware.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (green machine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791802714478416332.post-8904566837735700479Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:31:00 +00002012-06-03T07:35:19.519-07:00inernational women's daymichelle malkinrush limbaughsarah palinwomenby Libby SternbergHow serendipitous--a week after conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh called reproductive rights activist Sandra Fluke a "slut" for her advocacy for free contraception, we have arrived at... International Women's Day.  I'm sure all those who steamed with outrage over Rush's offensive remarks will now be hurrying to champion other women's issues--say, their right to drive http://inconscientement.blogspot.com/2012/03/international-women-day-pro-women-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (green machine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4791802714478416332.post-1610293000474155552Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:45:00 +00002012-06-03T07:35:19.519-07:00Mitt RomneyNewt Gingrichpresidential candidatesRepublican primaryRick SantorumSuper Tuesdayby Leslie S. LeblLet me offer a dissenting view from the conventional wisdom.I've liked the fact that the Republican party has no clear front-runner in the Presidential race. Yes, I know that no one else agrees with me, but since this blog is a wonderful place for lone voices, let me explain what I mean.I saw the end of Newt Gingrich's victory speech Tuesday night, after the Georgia primary; he http://inconscientement.blogspot.com/2012/03/and-more-time-too-please.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (green machine)