CommentsDisplaying Eric-n-OTown's 10 most recent comments.

• Should Parents Be Prepped to Leave the Exam Room During Their Teen’s Appointment?

  May 14, 2012 at 12:11pm

  I‘m surprised no one has commented on the doctor’s comment about the three choices she gave a 14 year old girl who was sexually active but didn’t want her parents to find out: #1, go to Planned Parenthood. Seriously?! Another poster made a comment about everything not being a Liberal conspiracy, but I’m sorry, their agenda pervades every aspect of our society, and this is no different. It is every parent’s responsibility to develop a relationship of trust with their children, and leave it to the family to determine when is and is not an appropriate time (if any) to leave a child alone with a physician, or anyone for that matter. Unless the doctor is going to take responsibility for the actions of the child (is he/she going to pay the expenses of a teen pregnancy when contraception fails?, how about the psych bills when that child deals with the emotional breakdown after having murdered their own child in an abortion), the parent needs to be involved in any and all discussions. If a parent feels that they trust their child enough to discuss with them what was said alone with the doctor than that is their choice to make, not the doctor’s.

• The Blaze Invites You to Ask Prominent Atheist Your Most Burning Questions

  May 10, 2012 at 11:25pm

  Why is so much effort put into dismantling the Faith of others? This country grants religious freedom to all, and that includes those who choose not to believe. Yet in spite of this, great efforts are made by atheists to remove all vestiges of religion in the public square, essentially forcing their religious beliefs on the rest of the population. If logic, reason and science is your belief system, why not let that belief system be the example to others and let them make their own choices? Despite the mistakes of Christians in the past, this is what our Great Commission is and always has been: to make the introductions to know Jesus Christ and then let the individual make their own decision whether or not to accept or deny him. The Christian faith has made great strides in recognizing the mistakes of the past and the ramifications of trying to force their beliefs on others, isn’t it time that atheists recognize the same?

• Simple, Low, Fair, and Honest: a Tea Party Tax Code

  April 20, 2012 at 11:19pm

  In reply to Tjmercer.

  The Fair Tax is progressive in that it provides a “prebate” to every legal citizen equal to their taxes up to the poverty level. What this does is sets the tax rate at zero for anyone at or below the poverty level, then starts going up incrementally based on spending. Everyone pays the same rate at the register, and everyone get the prebate. As soon as you start spending above the poverty level, you start paying taxes as you have now spent your prebate up to that level. Go to FairTax.org and read the legislation for yourself. It’s fair, gives you control of your tax rate, and encourages savings. It’s transparent, and evasion becomes more trouble than it would be worth and far riskier to boot. No taxes on productivity, just prosperity!

• Simple, Low, Fair, and Honest: a Tea Party Tax Code

  April 20, 2012 at 10:37pm

  Do not try and call an iteration of the Flat Tax “the Tea Party Tax Code”! There are thousands more Tea Party members that support the Fair Tax over the Flat Tax, and this blatant attempt to co-opt the Tea Party movement is sickening! Take these Progressive tactics and peddle them elsewhere! You want to support a Flat Tax proposal? Fine, be my guest, but don’t try and label it as the Tea Party Tax Code. Reagan tried to give us a flat tax, and in the end we ended up with the bloated out-of-control mess we have now. QUIT TAXING PRODUCTIVITY AND THIS COUNTRY MIGHT JUST HAVE A SHOT AT RETURNING TO PROSPERITY!

• Mitt Romney

  February 28, 2012 at 11:50pm

  Thank you for your vote, you may now have your baby back.

• Appropriate? Mich. School Students Write Letters to Gov. During Class Time About Budget Cuts

  February 11, 2012 at 12:43am

  Shameful. But if we’re going to bring the kids into this, let’s present both sides, shall we? Ask the children to go home and ask their parents what percentage of their pay goes towards their healthcare coverage, if their employer offers it. Next, ask them when was the last time their parent(s) got a raise, or worse, had to take a reduction in salary. Finally, what kind of retirement plan is their employer providing to their parent? Yes, in Michigan, there’s a good probability that quite a few parents belong to a union, and this may be a moot point, but my guess is that many children will discover that their teachers have it pretty good. More-to-the-point, I’ll argue that their teachers have gotten raises during this recession, and no reductions in their benefits, including their pension. Once all that’s out on the table, let’s ask the children if perhaps the better question is “can’t you take a pay cut like my mommy/daddy? Perhaps contribute more towards your healthcare costs? Maybe it’s time to switch from an unsustainable pension plan and start having teachers contribute to a 401K, and when the economy improves, perhaps then we can look at the state matching a percentage of those contributions. Gee, wouldn’t that go a long way to helping solve our budget problem? It worked in my office, we lost almost half our labor force, took a cut in pay, and lost our 401K matching, but I’m still employed, and we’re starting to rebound. Do ya think that might work in the sch

• Backlash After Komen Cancer Charity Cuts Grants to Planned Parenthood, 26 Senators Call for Reversal

  February 3, 2012 at 1:00am

  I’m not seeing the problem here, they lost a potential $680K in grants, but have gained $900K in donations… Uhhhh, seems like simple math would indicate they’re ahead here. I actually applaud those that have put their money where their mouth is, stepping up and donating their money where they believe it would be best-spent. No government money needed, just individuals giving charitably of their own free will. See, there’s a little TEA party in those Liberals after all…

• Liberal SuperPAC Targets Tea Party Reps and Their ‘Downright Crazy Actions and Beliefs’

  January 30, 2012 at 9:07pm

  “Downright crazy actions and beliefs”? Really? How’s this for downright crazy actions and beliefs: According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), from 1973 through 2004 (the last year complete records were available, with some states omitting data), the Democratic party and its supporters are responsible for the infanticide of 36,391,255 American children through abortion. 36+ million lives terminated before they even had a chance (http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/abortionstats.html). And we’re “downright crazy”? If you really want to have some fun, let’s look at how those same people are responsible for the enslavement of millions more by keeping them dependent on entitlements…

• Lesbian ‘Sex and the City’ Star on Her Sexuality: ‘For Me it’s a Choice’

  January 24, 2012 at 8:29pm

  In reply to Kaoscontrol.

  True, sexual desire to the same sex does not equate to raping a child. It does equate to being attracted to a child, though. See, you distorted the argument rather than keeping to the facts. Reverse the statement and you will see just how ridiculous your argument was: Sexual desire to a child does not equate to a man raping another man. Sounds just downright silly, now doesn’t it?

  Whether homosexuals are willing to admit it or not (and partly this is society’s fault for allowing this to get out-of-hand), their choice to engage in sexual activity with a member of the same sex is the commitment of sin, both against God and against nature. Hiding behind science and claiming that you can have children through medical advances does not make it any less of a sin. In the absence of all things, two men together or two women together cannot reproduce. This is why it is a sin against nature. Period.

  We all fall short of God’s glory, we all sin, but it is the recognition of that sin and the desire for atonement through Christ’s sacrifice that separates us. I pray regularly that the truth will be revealed to people, but in the end it is a choice they will have to make.

• Billionaire Filmmaker George Lucas: I‘m an ’Ardent Believer in Democracy, not Capitalist Democracy’

  January 21, 2012 at 10:48pm

  Actually, if you listen to what he says, he has more in common with the TEA party than the Occupy movement (just comparing right/left ideologies at the ground level). The question is: will he ever get that? Capitalist Democracy, as he puts it, is Corporatism, and many if not all fans of this site are just as much against is as GL is, or at least claims to be.

  What I find interesting is how humbly he thinks of himself by not having the ability to affect change in society. Either he truly is naive, or he’s one heck of an actor. I had the pleasure (as a die-hard Star Wars fan) to meet him once and just spend a couple of minutes talking to him, and he was incredibly down-to-Earth, so I might lean towards a bit of naivete. But the fact of the matter remains, for a man who has such disdain for Corporatism, is sure does engage in it an awful lot…