Opinion Forum

Hugo Chávez at Mass

April 6th, 2012

By Dan Miller Having returned on April 4th from his second round of Cuban radiation therapy for cancer of an unspecified type, Venezuelan el Presidente Chávez wept and asked God to spare his life during a pre-Easter Mass after returning from his latest session of cancer treatment in Cuba. … He says the latest surgery [...]

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Tags: Brazil, cancer, Cuba, Hugo Chavez, Jesus, prayer, radiation, treatment
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An Angry President May Have Ways to Tame a Disobedient Supreme Court

April 4th, 2012

By Dan Miller None are no good ways and with only one exception none appear to have been attempted. Still, we do live in very interesting times. On April 2nd, President Obama presented a political diatribe claiming that for the Supreme Court to strike down ObamaCare as unconstitutional would be “unprecedented.” Although it is true [...]

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Tags: impeachment, judicial review, Obamacare, President, Supreme Court
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I Support the Buffett Rule!

April 2nd, 2012

By Dan Miller No, not the Warren Buffett rule, the Jimmy Buffett rule: a healthy dose of insanity is needed to save us from going insane and to help us to understand what goes on in our world. The Warren Buffett rule was suggested by a wealthy but inexplicably noble gentleman who was offended that [...]

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Tags: fairness, insanity, Jimmy Buffett, satire, taxes, violence, Warren Buffett
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BREAKING NEWS: Results of Supremes’ Friday ObamaCare Deliberations

April 1st, 2012

By Dan Miller Shocking details revealed here Fast, Furiously, Exclusively and First, TODAY ONLY! Last Monday through Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of ObamaCare and what to do if parts of it are unconstitutional. I tried to provide an instant analysis here, cautioning that we won’t know the final results [...]

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Tags: breaking news, decision, source, Supreme Court, unconstitutional, vote
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Should We Feed the Malnourished North Koreans?

March 30th, 2012

By Dan Miller No, not now. Due to the impending launch by the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of (North) Korea (DPRK) of a “weather satellite,” the United States has “suspended” food aid recently offered in exchange for a promise by the DPRK to refrain from further nuclear and missile tests. The impending launch should come as [...]

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Tags: DPRK, food aid, foreign policy, hunger, missile, North Korea, satellite
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Pravda Frowns on Governor Romney

March 29th, 2012

By Dan Miller He is out of touch, out of date and unelectable. But President Obama is like a Red Red Rose. Oh my luve is like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June: Oh my luve is like the melodie, That’s sweetly play’d in tune. As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So [...]

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Tags: foe, geopolitical, Obama, Pravda, Putin, Romney, Russia, satire, Venezuela
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What Will Happen with ObamaCare?

March 28th, 2012

By Dan Miller I don’t know and it is often foolish to predict results based on oral arguments. Still, here goes. The Supreme Court has been hearing oral arguments this week on the constitutionality of ObamaCare. Although I have never argued a case before the Supreme Court, I have argued cases before the Court of [...]

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Tags: Congress, election, mandate, Obamacare, severability, Supreme Court
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Climate Change Is the Worst Peril Mother Earth Has Ever Faced

March 26th, 2012

By Dan Miller It is everywhere and is the worst threat ever to everything. It is worse than all other horrors combined. Demon climate change must be killed. If we don’t succeed — and Yes, We Can — the odds will soon become overwhelming to the point that even people who have never died before [...]

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Tags: Al Gore, climate change, Earth, environment, gas, oil, Rio, satire, UN
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Birther Stuff and Possible Consequences

March 25th, 2012

By Dan Miller I don’t know how big a problem we have now, but the Birther stuff is being pursued more vigorously and more effectively than previously. If not wisely done it could get out of control with potentially disastrous consequences for the nation. Whether President Obama is a “natural born citizen” for purposes of [...]

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Tags: birther, citizenship, Constitution, natural born, President, qualifications
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The Media Trial of George Zimmerman Shows That We Don’t Need Courts

March 24th, 2012

By Dan Miller During Alice’s visit to Wonderland, she attended a trial. The queen demanded, “sentence first, trial later.” We can do even better! As just about everyone not comatose for the past several days now knows, twenty-eight year old George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot and killed seventeen year old Trayvon Martin almost [...]

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Tags: arrest, racial, racist, satire, shooting, Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman
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Governmental Coercion Works – Very Effectively

March 21st, 2012

By Dan Miller A frog was placed in a pot of pleasantly warm water. He thought it was great. Then, the temperature increased but remained pleasant. Eventually, it became quite hot, to the point that he could no longer jump out. He eventually emerged, delicious and well done. In this article, I expressed disappointment with [...]

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Tags: ACA, federal funding, frogs, mandate, Medicaid, Obamacare, Supreme Court
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The March 16th Executive Order Can Be Hazardous to Our Health

March 18th, 2012

By Dan Miller The Executive Order slightly modifies prior justifications for governmental control over all sectors of the economy. Expansive authority can still be exercised at the discretion of the President and those whom he selects under broadly undefined circumstances and with little or no outside review. It is potentially very hazardous, particularly during the [...]

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Tags: executive order, national defense, power, President, production, resources
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i deserv, i mean lik, yu no, more betr edutasion

March 15th, 2012

By Dan Miller the wurld aint fare and i deserv lots more betr stuff then i get. mostli i deserv a gudd edutasion so i kan hav lotsa monie two liv gud and sav th wurld like i wanna. i weasted twelve years of mi lyfe in skools and done gradueted. stil peple tell me [...]

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Tags: education, ignorance, jobs, satire, skills, teachers, welfare, youth
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Rep. Allen West Supports National Graduated Driver Licensing Legislation

March 13th, 2012

By Dan Miller I greatly respect Colonel West and wish he were running for higher office. Were he to seek the Presidency, I would vote for him with enthusiasm. However, on this matter I think he has stepped into a trap. According to this article at his blog, Rep. West favors new federal legislation requiring [...]

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Tags: driver license, federal, funding, invasive, requirements, state
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Keep Up the Great Work, Haaretz. May Allah Bless You.

March 9th, 2012

By Dan Miller There are clear signs that Prime Minister Netanyahu may be Churchillian — probably with thespian tendencies. Such horrible accusations could never be make about President Obama. In this article, I tried to analyze an editorial by the editor-in-chief of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that criticized Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s AIPAC speech. In that [...]

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Tags: appeasement, Chamberlain, Churchill, Iran, Netanyahu, Obama, satire, war
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Can a Nuclear Attack on Israel Be Compared Legitimately with the Holocaust?

March 6th, 2012

By Dan Miller It can be and should be. According to this article by the editor-in-chief of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s AIPAC speech moved closer than ever to the point of no return en route to war with Iran. Netanyahu compared Iran to Nazi Germany, its nuclear facilities to death camps, and [...]

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Tags: Holocaust, Hormuz, Iran, Israel, nuclear weapons, oil, terrorism, U.S., war
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Further Thoughts on Koran Burning in Afghanistan

March 2nd, 2012

By Dan Miller There have been a few developments and some of them are good. In this article, I wrote about recent Koran burnings and the military justice implications. Little if any reliable further information emerged until today: PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan — Military investigators have concluded that five soldiers were involved in the incineration of a [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan, burning, Islam, Koran, Muslims, punishment, Quran, soldiers
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Vietnam and Afghanistan

March 1st, 2012

By Tom Carter This article was originally published in September 2009 — two and a half years ago. Unfortunately, it’s as relevant today as it was then. In late 1965, I was in Kontum, Vietnam as a pilot in a helicopter crew sent there for a few days to support U.S. Special Forces operations. I [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan, Bernard Fall, failure, Islam, Taliban, terrorism, Vietnam
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What Happens After Korans Are Burned in Afghanistan?

February 29th, 2012

By Dan Miller Who did it, why and under what circumstances? What should and should not be done? The military justice system demands justice for our troops. It does not permit revenge upon them to curry favor with others, even our enemies. The burning of an unstated number of Korans in Afghanistan and the aftermath [...]

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Tags: Afghanistan, apologies, burning, Islam, justice, Koran, Quran, satire, trial
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Why Can’t Muhammad Be as Funny as the Pope?

February 28th, 2012

By Tom Carter The media are loath to write or depict anything that might inflame Muslims to come looking for them with knives, guns, bombs, or airplanes. Part of the reason is fear, and who can blame them — no one wants to be murdered. Another part is their antipathy toward Jews and Israel and [...]

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Tags: Catholic, fear, freedom, Islam, murder, Muslim, religion, speech, terrorism
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