Dave Riddle
Self professed “Conservatives” ripping “Moderates”
For those “nominally” on my side of the Political Aisle who rip and castigate as “Moderates” and not listening to the “Founders” those that understand the requirement to attempt compromise while still seeking to advance a conservative philosophy.
Consider this about the “Founders”. Great Britain certainly did not view any of them as “moderates” even thought they certainly had issues and differences among each other. Just read the reports from the Continental Congress hashing out the Declaration of Independence. The Founders did NOT speak with one voice concerning the foundations that were laid down to establish this Nation.
Some were firebrands intent on rubbing King George’s nose in it and others did want a more moderate approach. In the end they worked to reach a compromise in the very language that birthed this Country. Including moderation in language that resulted in the bloodshed of thousands of Citizens just a few short decades later.
So consider that when you rip your fellow travelers on the “right” because those on the “left” don’t view any of us as “moderate”. They view us all as barely one on step away from wearing jackboots and brownshirts.
Taming the Shrews
The overwrought gnashing of teeth by those on the left over the possibility of SCOTUS striking down ObamaCare is beyond borderline psychotic.
When a shrew like Marueen Dowd writes something as inane as “accountable to no one once they give the last word” in referring to the Justices it just shows how dumb and desperate they are.
Hey, Maureen, you might want to take a look at the Constitution. The ENTIRE document. Then you might notice that neither SCOTUS, POTUS (or his teleprompter) have the final say. Who does? Well the answer can be found in the fact that if we don’t like something in the Constitution WE THE PEOPLE can amend it (unless of course you live in California where their Court can tell the population to pound sand – but I guess the lefts desire for DEMOCRATIC action only extends to action they agree with)
Try that and let’s see how many Americans really want to give complete control of our lives and choices to Politicians.
Non Believers want to drive Believers from the Public Square
Its is disturbing that those who claim “no belief” want to ridicule and drive those with “belief” from the public square in the name of a separation of church and state while failing to grasp what Jefferson was writing about and to ignore not only our shared 1st Amendment protections but also the plain “no religious test” clause in the Constitution proper.
“A choice between two unconstitutionally coercive regulatory techniques is no choice at all.”
Regarding the Commerce Clause argument for ObamaCare.
There is a distinct difference between regulation of commerce and coercion of commerce.
In the 1992 New York v. United States decision the Supreme Court held that Congress cannot compel a State to enter into a contract. If they cannot compel a State how can they compel a citizen of that same State?
Swing Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote that to do so was:
“Congress has crossed the line distinguishing encouragement from coercion.”
In the next paragraph she even cut to the matter of timeliness with this observation:
“We must initially reject respondents’ suggestion that, because the take-title provision will not take effect until January 1, 1996, petitioners’ challenge thereto is unripe. It takes many years to develop a new disposal site. All parties agree that New York must take action now in order to avoid the take-title provision’s consequences, and no party suggests that the State’s waste generators will have ceased producing waste by 1996. The issue is thus ripe for review.
How would an Unconstitutional forced subsidy of waste producers be any different that a forced subsidy to Insurance companies?
“Such a forced transfer, standing alone, would in principle be no different than a congressionally compelled subsidy from state governments to radioactive waste producers.”
Considering the Federally imposed penalty/tax (depending on the forum that the Administration is arguing in front of) for not entering into this coerced contract Justice O’Connor also held
“In this provision, Congress has not held out the threat of exercising its spending power or its commerce power; it has instead held out the threat, should the States not regulate according to one federal instruction, of simply forcing the States to submit to another federal instruction. A choice between two unconstitutionally coercive regulatory techniques is no choice at all.”
So for those caught up in the nonsense that the Supreme Court should follow precedence here ya go.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=505&page=144
Protected: Tyler 3-10-2012
Protected: Tyler 12-24-2011
Some good info on what is Doctrinie
I get irritated having to clear up for non-members false doctrines presented by other members.
This is a weakness of mine but it irritates me when people expound on “The Gospel According To Them”
Especially when they try to equate ALL the words spoken by another member – even if a Church leader as being doctrine.
Brigham Young let’s see what he had to say on the issue…
“I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inqure for themselves of God whether they are led by him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self-security, trusting their eternal destiny in the hands of their leaders with a reckless confidence that in itself would thwart the purposes of God in their salvation, and weaken that influence they could give to their leaders, did they know for themselves, by the revelations of Jesus, that they are led in the right way. Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not. (Brigham Young, 9:150)”
The First Presidency have of right a great influence over this people; and if we should get out of the way and lead this people to destruction, what a pity it would be! How can you know whether we lead you correctly or not? Can you know by any other power than that of the Holy Ghost? I have uniformly exhorted the people to obtain this living witness, each for themselves; then no man on earth can lead them astray. (Brigham Young, 6:100)”
In trying all matters of doctrine, to make a decision valid, it is necessary to obtain a unanumous voice, faith and decision. In the capacity of a Quorum, the three First Presidents must be one in their voice; the Twelve Apostles must be unanimous in their voice, to obtain a righteous decision upon any matter that may come before them, as you may read in the Doctrine and Covenants. Whenever you see thse Quorums unanimous in their declaration, you may set it down as true. (Brigham Young, 9:91-92)”
And this from President Lee
“It is not to be thought that every word spoken by the General Authorities is inspired, or that they are moved upon by the Holy Ghost in everything they write. I don’t care what his position is, if he writes something or speaks something that goes beyond anything that you can find in the standard church works, unless that one be the prophet, seer, and revelator – please note that one exception – you may immediately say, “Well, that is his own idea.” And if he says something that contradicts what is found in the standard church works, you may know by that some token that it is false, regardless of the position of the man who says it. We can know or have the assurance that they are speaking under inspiration if we so live that we can have a witness that what they are speaking is the word of the Lord. There is only one safety, and that is that we shall live to have the witness to know. President Brigham Young said something to the effect that “the greatest fear I have is that the people of this Church will accept what we say as the will of the Lord without first praying about it and getting the witness within their own hearts that what we say is the word of the Lord.” (Harold B. Lee, Stand Ye In Holy Places, pp. 162-3, “The Prophet, Seer, and Revelator,” Address delivered to seminary and institute teachers, BYU, July 8, 1964)”
From the Church’s own website
“Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine. A single statement made by a single leader on a single occasion often represents a personal, though well-considered, opinion, but is not meant to be officially binding for the whole Church. With divine inspiration, the First Presidency (the prophet and his two counselors) and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (the second-highest governing body of the Church) counsel together to establish doctrine that is consistently proclaimed in official Church publications. This doctrine resides in the four “standard works†of scripture (the Holy Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price), official declarations and proclamations, and the Articles of Faith. Isolated statements are often taken out of context, leaving their original meaning distorted.
Some doctrines are more important than others and might be considered core doctrines. For example, the precise location of the Garden of Eden is far less important than doctrine about Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice. The mistake that public commentators often make is taking an obscure teaching that is peripheral to the Church’s purpose and placing it at the very center. This is especially common among reporters or researchers who rely on how other Christians interpret Latter-day Saint doctrine.
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/approaching-mormon-doctrine
A few years ago I was in the Elders Quorun in my Ward and we were going to have a little cookout and play horseshoes on a Saturday afternoon. I had volunteered to cook the Brats and Beans. My recipe for Brats calls for steeping them over low heat in beer overnight (along with veggies and spices). Of course cooking them on the hot grill over coals is going to disapate what little alcohol is in the Beer too. The event was a success and everyone loved my Brats. Flash forward a few years and the Elders decide to do this again. I’m asked if I will cook again. Sure, no problem. The night before I’m planning on going to the store to get my ingredients I get a call from one of the guys in the Elders Quorum Presidency and he starts off the conversation (with what I took to be a tone of condesention) “Brother Riddle…” He said it had come to his attention that I cooked the brats in beer and wanted me to not do that. I said thats how I cook them and he was of course free to get someone else to cook. I then pointed out that the Church has no position on cooking with alcohol and asked if his wife made sugar cookies or if he ate vanilla ice cream as both contain vanilla which, by law, is +35% alcohol by volume whereas beer is often 5% or less.
I really liked some of the references and observations on this page. Yes I do see the irony pointing to someone else’s observation on the “Gospel According To Them” but then the guy that wrote that page does have a disclaimer
From the Church’s site:
Tinga Poblana
- 2 lbs boneless Pork shoulder
- 8 oz Chorizo sausage
- 2 med Red Potatoes, cut into 1/2″ cubes
- 1 C chopped Onion
- 14.5 oz can diced fire-roasted tomatoes, undrained
- 3 can Chipotle peppers i adobo sauce, chopped
- 1 T Adobo sauce
- 4 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 t dried Thyme leaves, crushed
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 t dried Mexican oregano, crushed
- 1/2 t Salt
- 1/4 t Sugar
Trim Fat from the pork and cut into 1″ cubes
Cook Chorizo over med-high heat until well browned. Transfer Chorizo to paper towels to drain
Combine Pork, chorizo, potatoes, onion, tomatoes, chipolte peppers, adobo sauce, garlic, thyme, bay leaves, oregano, salt and sugar in the corckpot.
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours
Discard the bay leaves, skim the fat form the liquid. Remove the pork from the liquid. Shred the meat and return to the cooker.
Serve with tortilla chips and garnish with avocado and queso fresco
Pot Roast Paprikash
Serve it either as a “stew” or over some wide egg noodles
- 2.5 lbs Beef Rump Roast
- 2 T Paprika
- 1/2 t Smoked Paprika
- 14.5 oz can diced Tomtoes, undrained
- 14.5 oz can beef broth
- 3 Med Onions (halfed and cut into 1/2″ slices
- 3 Large Carrots, chopped
- 12 oz jar roasted Red sweet Peppers, drained and cut into 1/2″ strips
- 1/4 C water
- 2 T cornstarsh
- 8 oz Sour Cream
Trim fat from the meat and cut into fourths and place in crockpot. Combine Paprikas and sprinke over the meat.
Add the tomatoes, broth, onions, carrots and sweet peppers. Cook on low for 10 hours.
Skim fat from the top of the liquid. Remove meat from the pot and tear into corse shreds. Return meat to the pot and turn heat to high. Whisk together the water and cornstarch. Stir into the pot, cover and cook for 30 min. Stir in the Sour Cream. Salt & Pepper to taste.
Brazillian Black Bean Stew
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- 16 oz Dried Black Beans
- 8 C Water
- 6 Ham Hocks smoked
- 4.5 C Chicken Stock
- 3 Onions chopped
- 3 Jalapeno seeded and minced
- 4 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 T Orange Peel finely shredded
- 3/4 C Orange Juice
- 3/4 C Dry Sherry
- 1/4 C Cilantro chopped
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- Rinse beans. Place in a large saucepan with the water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and sit covered for 1 hour. Drain and rinse beans again.
- Place beans in slow cooker. Add ham hocks, broth, onions, jalapenos, garlic, orange peel, orange juice and sherry Cover and cook on low for 10 hours
- Remove Ham hocks and once cooled pull meat from the bones, tear into shreds (it will be falling off the bone so this is not an issue!). Discard the bones and transfer the meat back to the slow cooker and stir in the cilantro Serve over rice in a bow
Balsamic Vinegar and Honey BBQ Pulled Pork Sliders
Simple and flavorful sandwiches
Pork
- 3 lb boneless Pork Shoulder roast
- 1 C Onion, chopped
- 3/4 C Green Sweet Pepper, chopped
- 1 t Dried Thyme, crushed
- 1/2 t Dried Rosemary, crushed
- 1/2 C Chicken broth
Barbeque Sauce
- 1 C Balsamic vinegar
- 3/4 C Ketchup
- 1/3 C Brown Sugar
- 1/4 C Honey
- 1 T Worcestershire sauce
- 1 T Dijon mustard
- 1 clove Garlic, minced
- 1/2 t Ground Black Pepper
- 1/4 t Salt
Coleslaw
- 1 lb bag of shredded Cabbage
- 1/2 C Marzetti’s coleslaw dressing
Place pork in a crockpot on low for 10 hours or on high for 5 hours.
Remove meat from Crock and shred. strain the liquid and discard. Return meat and vegetables to the crockpot and mix with the Barbeque sauce.
Serve on slider-sized buns (I like to use King’s Hawaiian sweet rolls) and top with coleslaw
My analogy of the day:
Government spending to make the economy grow is like a pilot flying on instruments not wanting to believe his attitude gauge. He’s sure the gauge is wrong and he is not inverted. Right up until the moment he climbs into the ground.
The economic gauge is telling us the same thing and they keep pulling back on the stick hoping to gain more altitude when I’ll they are really doing is pushing us over into a nose dive to death.
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Cuban Flank Steak Sandwiches
Cuban Flank Steak Sandwiches
- 2 lg Onions, cut into thin wedges
- 1 1/4 t Cumin
- 1 1/4 t black pepper
- 1 1/4 t granulated garlic
- 1 1/4 t Onion powder
- 1 1/4 t dried Oregano, crushed
- 1 t Crushed Red Pepper
- 2 lb Flank Steak
- 1 1/4 C Beef broth
- 1/3 C Lime Juice
Place Onion in slow cooker with the broth and lime juice
Combine the spices in a bowl
Cut the meat crosswise into four pieces and rub with the spice mix
Place meat into the slow cooker
Cover and cook on low for 8-9 hours
Move meat to cutting board to shred
Return meat to slow cooker to keep warm
Spoon meat onto rolls and top with Picadillo Relish
Relish
In a large skillet place over medium heat
2 T vegetable oil
Add
- 1 1/2 C chopped Onions
- 3/4 C Chopped Red bell peppers
- 3/4 C chopped yellow bell peppers
- 6 cloves minced Garlic
Cook and stir until veggies are tender (about 5 min)
Add
- 1 15-oz can Black beans (rinsed and drained)
- 1 C chopped tomatoes3 T Red Wine Vinegar
- 1 t packed Brown Sugar
- 3/4 t Cinnamon
- 1/4 t crushed Red Pepper
Stir and cook for about 2 more minutes
Cool and serve the relish on top of the sandwiches. Add a little Monterey Jack cheese too
Crock Pot Beer-Braised Short Ribs
Yum…
- 5 lbs Beef Short Ribs
- 1 14.5-oz can Beef Broth
- 1 12-oz can Dark Beer
- 1 med Onion, cut into wedges
- 1/4 C Molasses
- 2 T Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 t dried Thyme, crushed
- 1 t Hot sauce
- 1/2 t Salt
Place ribs in crock pot. Add broth, beer, onions, molasses, vinegar, thyme, hot sauce and salt
Cover and turn heat on. 11-12 on low (setting I use) or 5-6 on high
Transfer ribs and onions to a platter. Skim fat from the slow cooker and use the cooking liquid as a sauce to ladle over the ribs and onions. Serve with a baked or mashed potatoes
Southwest Tandori Chicken
Based this recipe off an India “Tandori” style recipe but with an American Southwest flavor
- 2 lb tub of Plain Yogurt
- 1 pkg McCormick “Hot” Taco Seasoning
- 1 pkg McCormick “Regular Taco Seasoning
- 4 oz Can diced Hatch Green Chiles “mild”
- 3 Tbl Lime Juice
- 8 oz of ground Chorizo
- 4 Green Onions (discard the white “root” portion and finely chop the green stems)
- 1 Can Yellow Hominy
- 3 Lbs of Boneless/Skinless Chicken Thighs
Step 1: Mix the Yogurt, Taco packages, Hatch Chiles, Lime Juice, Chorizo (crumbled but not cooked), green onions and 1 cup of the Hominy (reserve the rest for step 3 below) in a large bowl. Once blended well add the Chicken thighs.
Cover and refrigerate to marinade for 24 Hours
Remove the Chick Thighs and place on a tin foil wrapped broiler pan and place under the broiler for 10 Minutes then reduce the temperature to 350 for another 10 minutes
Step 2: Pour the marinating liquid into a Sauce pan with 1 C. Chicken Broth over Medium-High heat bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium allow to reduce
Step 3: In a frying pan place 3 Tablespoons of vegetable oil. To this heated oil add the remaining Yellow Hominy. Fry until it starts to turn crispy and it will begin to sound like popcorn popping
Serving Suggestion:
- Place Chicken over a bed of “Spanish/Mexican” Style Rice.
- Pour the reduced sauce over the chicken
- Garnish with the crispy Hominy, Crushed Fritos Corn chips and Avocado. Serve with heated flour tortillas
Thai Chili Beef Jerky
1/2 C Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
2 T Thai Chili Garlic Paste
2 T Soy Sauce
2 T Ponzu
1/2 Water
1 Lb Beef Jerky
Zingers & Quotes
Every so often I amuse myself with a nugget of thought. Just a post to keep some of them around.
- It’s always funny when someone tries to use their resume as a debate point. Had a “Conservative” History Prof that has taught some Legal History classes try this on me this evening during a debate on ConLaw. I wonder if he would fall victim to that ruse himself if Laurence Tribe, actual ConLaw Prof at Harvard, played it on him?
Yeah, I don’t think so either. That ruse is a sure sign of a weak argument
Not sure if that falls under the debating fallacies of “Ad verecundiam” (argument that appeals to revered authority) or “Ad misericordiam” (argument that appeals to pity) - Your freedom to yell through a bullhorn or bang a drum ends were my window panes begin.
- Just because the MSM in deciding “All The News They See Fit To Print” does not report it a tree still did fall in the forest.
- Did Cain harass those women? No idea. But it is funny to see the Press convulsed in vapors and fainting spells because according to them Herman is black and the women are white with blonde hair so therefore Conservatives would hate him.
I wonder if those same reporters happened to notice Clarance Thomas’s wife, Ginni?
Sure wish the left would stop with their incessant race-baiting. - Watching you try to form cogent thoughts is like watching someone wolf down a bowl of alphabet soup and attempting to arrange the mush of letters into words as they pour forth from their bowels in a stream of explosive diarrhea.
- What they really want is to turn the Founding Fathers into their own Fantasy Football team but on an ad hoc basis bringing players off the bench as needed and sending them to the showers when they hold positions that don’t match.
- When reaching out to turn off the alarm is like swimming in a sea of molasses you sure wish that the snooze button had a half hour option.
- Gotta love lemonade that is tart enough to make your temples pucker
- It is hard to suppress the laughter when you see someone sprain their brain.
- So how many “When did you stop beating your wife” type questions can Joy ask? Tune in (or not) to find out.
- Together they might generate enough brain power to light a match
- Pondering the random intersections and interconnections of life.
- I have repeatedly pointed out how they and Ron are so selective in their memory of the founders that the gerry-mandered borders they create around them would make a California congressional district look downright sane.
- Paulista’s just continue to show they can’t play long. Instead of staying in the game with bunts and singles advancing runners arond the bases they want to keep swinging themselves into the dirt trying to reach the fence.
- For my misguided friends that follow the AZ Cardinals. Who needs Social Security or a 401k when you can fund your retirement by always by always betting against them.
- thinks it is adorable that those on the right that lampoon Obama’s “Hope & Change” rhetoric are willing to buy the snake-oil called the FairTax while completely ignoring the reality that a current Congress cannot bind a future Congress.
- Probed by the Government, Bankers or Aliens it’s all the same. They get you in the end
- “punching small holes in the scrotum rather than making an incision” does not make the procedure sound any better
- Many of those standing at the Bully Pulpit use the Pulpit to be Bullies.
- Compared to Obama, Jimmy Carter was an optimist
- If OWS really wants a revolution they just might want to consider which group is armed. Tea Party or OWS?
- Billboard for the UofA along I-10 in Phoenix and next to an “Adult Bookstore” saying this is “Wildcat Country”. They need to rename it the “Pussycat Lounge”
- Religion is not in the business of proving anything. Religion is based on Faith. The problem with modern Science is that we have been educated to believe that science proves anything. It does not. Science only establishes current understanding.
- It is to laugh. To be accused from the “left” of being a “tea-bagger” and from the “right” of being a “lib” and that I ought to move to Castro’s Cuba if I don’t like the States.
- Voice mail should not be a 6.5 minute monologue.