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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2009
In the Desperate and Uncivil Efforts to Salvage Obamacare department, Maureen Dowd’s vitrolic, regionalist hate speech deserves some attention. Writing an op-ed piece in today’s The New York Times, hater Dowd spews, The normally nonchalant Barack Obama looked nonplussed, as Nancy Pelosi glowered behind. Surrounded by middle-aged white guys — a sepia snapshot of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2009
As in, “call out to the woodshed”? I’m confused alarmed by this type of rhetoric from the president, who spoke in Minneapolis today. From Bloomberg: President Barack Obama, saying the U.S. has never been closer to overhauling health care, promised to fight back against opponents and special interests working to defeat the effort.“I will not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2009
From today’s The New York Times: In the campaign, Mr. Obama said the public plan would compete with private insurers on the price and quality of care, thus benefiting consumers. What Mr. Obama did not foresee is that, to some people on the right and the left, it would become the most important issue in [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University's Belleville, IL campus. He is general editor of Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011), author of "Natural Law, Human Sexuality, and Forde's 'Acid Test'" appearing in that volume, is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas?, and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
