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ConservaTibbs.com archives: 2011

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory -- December 30, 2011

Four proposals for reforming county government -- December 29, 2011

Credit card mess is a reason for change in 2012 -- December 27, 2011

Splitting the vote is a sure path to defeat -- December 23, 2011

Joe Biden's shameful lies about Iraq -- December 22, 2011

The reality of at-large races -- December 20, 2011

Why not exempt everyone from the smoking ban? -- December 19, 2011

Making county commissioner meetings accessible to the public -- December 16, 2011

Internet secrecy: A license for depravity -- December 14, 2011

Welch should denounce Monroe County Democrats -- December 12, 2011

Internet anonymity: Shooting from the shadows -- December 9, 2011

Sam Brownback is an even bigger crybaby than Rick Santorum -- December 7, 2011

God will judge Penn State "University" -- December 5, 2011

Crybaby "feminists" turn feminist movement upside down -- December 2, 2011

No good reason to challenge Dan Burton -- November 30, 2011

Video games are not real - Part II -- November 29, 2011

Remove Smith-Ille from the Election Board -- Bloomington Herald-Times, November 25, 2011 (Comments)

Mr. Newt's personal baggage and 2012 -- November 23, 2011

Shameful incompetence thwarts open government -- November 21, 2011

2011 election disaster demonstrates need for reform -- November 18, 2011

Republicans and Democrats in Bloomington -- November 17, 2011

No reason for the condom picture on the front page -- November 15, 2011

Utah Hospitality Association attacks the Constitution -- November 14, 2011

Election night 2011: An unmitigated disaster -- November 11, 2011

The great failures of the faith -- November 9, 2011

Argumentation by anecdote is fundamentally flawed -- November 7, 2011

The GOP establishment on abortion: They just don't get it. -- November 4, 2011

Alveda King: abortion is a civil rights issue -- November 2, 2011

Mourdock picks up a major endorsement -- November 1, 2011

Stop lying about Herman Cain's position on abortion! -- October 31, 2011

Thoughts on the death of Moammar Gadhafi -- October 27, 2011

Herald-Times whines about challenge to Lugar -- October 26, 2011

Lugar the Liar distorts property tax issue -- October 25, 2011

Freedom preserved at University of North Carolina... for now -- October 24, 2011

Time to eliminate subsidies for pro sports teams -- October 21, 2011

Mormonism is a cult. Mitt Romney is not a Christian. -- October 19, 2011

The overuse of paramilitary SWAT teams -- Bloomington Herald-Times, October 19, 2011 (Comments)

Operation Chaos revisited: See, I told you so! -- October 17, 2011

Schedule for 2011 Community Service grants -- October 14, 2011

Yet another silly attempt to block Interstate 69 -- October 13, 2011

Time to limit the use of SWAT teams -- October 12, 2011

ABC "News" shamelessly lies about Ron Paul -- October 11, 2011

Paul and Kucinich are right: Targeted assassinations are wrong -- October 10, 2011

Upcoming pro-life events -- October 6, 2011

There's no need to use the F word in the newspaper -- October 5, 2011

Needless obstructionism from Green Democrats -- October 4, 2011

The Mist - an utterly wretched movie -- October 4, 2011

CCFL sponsors 2011 Life Chain on Bloomington's east side -- October 3, 2011

Revisiting a shameful low point in American politics -- September 30, 2011

Monroe County Council goes paperless with iPads -- September 28, 2011

Santorum needs to stop whining about his "Google problem" -- September 26, 2011

Netflix takes a step back in customer service -- September 23, 2011

Should violating a TOS agreement be a federal crime? -- September 22, 2011

Rick Perry was wrong on the HPV vaccine -- September 20, 2011

My position is and has always been that tax cuts create jobs -- September 19, 2011

Robbins is right to place all candidates on the ballot -- Herald-Times, September 17, 2011 (Comments)

Rick Perry is right about Social Security! -- September 16, 2011

Was September 11 a warning from God? -- September 14, 2011

Obama's jobs speech an embarassment -- September 13, 2011

Time to shake up the Presidential nomination process? -- September 12, 2011

Monroe County GOP shoots itself in the foot - again! -- September 9, 2011

Rush is wrong: Saving lives is not a distraction -- September 8, 2011

Indiana's 6th Congressional District: Travis Hankins -- September 7, 2011

I hate universe-wide reboots -- September 6, 2011

Space hippies to punish man for blaspheming Gaia? -- September 5, 2011

Hollywood's right wing fantasy world -- September 2, 2011

Graphic images to oppose smoking... and abortion -- September 1, 2011

Marriage is not a contract. It is a covenant. -- August 31, 2011

Facebook tightens privacy settings -- August 30, 2011

Poverty in America vs. income inequality -- August 29, 2011

O'Donnell's walkout suggests she is "not ready for prime time" -- August 26, 2011

The H-T has it wrong on canceling elections -- August 25, 2011

All candidates should always be on the ballot -- August 24, 2011

Trust in parents isn't the issue. Trust in politicians is. -- August 23, 2011

Replace Smith-Ille on Monroe County Election Board -- Bloomington Herald-Times, August 19, 2011

Big government Republicans and private property rights -- August 19, 2011

Abortion, state sovereignty and the Tenth Amendment -- August 18, 2011

Free speech and the Internet -- August 17, 2011

The problem is spending, not revenue -- August 16, 2011

No, we cannot all just get along! -- August 15, 2011

The wrong race at the wrong time for Mike Delph -- August 12, 2011

Boards and commissions hiding from the public -- August 10, 2011

The crisis in Somalia is not a famine. It is genocide. -- August 8, 2011

Perry Township Board discusses how to use vacated space -- August 5, 2011

The Bible's central role in the Christian faith -- August 4, 2011

When heat advisories become irresponsible -- August 3, 2011

Michelle Bachmann's legislative accomplishments -- August 2, 2011

A note about the structure of this blog -- August 1, 2011

Animal rights extremists pretend to be "physicians" -- July 29, 2011

Attack on Mike Pence in conflict with the facts -- July 28, 2011

Journalistic integrity at the Herald-Times -- July 27, 2011

Zaltsberg fails to spin away the truth -- July 26, 2011

Humiliation leads to character assasination -- July 25, 2011

We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem! -- July 22, 2011

Obama headed for defeat in 2012 -- July 21, 2011

Google Plus overview -- July 19, 2011

The Herald-Times' shocking call for one-party rule -- Herald-Times, July 19, 2011 (Comments)

Microsoft Office 2010 -- July 18, 2011

Princess Diana was murdered! -- July 15, 2011

One party rule in Monroe County? -- July 14, 2011

Bars and taverns ban smoking - voluntarily -- July 13, 2011

Drug testing in Florida -- July 12, 2011

Illegitimacy remains a curse on society -- July 11, 2011

The Herald-Times shows its true colors again -- July 8, 2011

Little sympathy for owners in NBA labor dispute -- July 6, 2011

Molech worship - the god of modern America -- July 4, 2011

Opposition to intervention in Libya is not isolationism -- July 1, 2011

Despicable racist ad has no place in politics -- June 30, 2011

"News" media continues to brazenly lie about video games -- June 29, 2011

Take the politicians off welfare -- June 28, 2011

Security cameras in downtown Bloomington? -- June 27, 2011

Justice, not convictions, must always be the goal. -- June 24, 2011

Peggy Welch is not a terrorist -- June 23, 2011

Bad economy provides the roadmap to defeating Obama -- June 21, 2011

Herald-Times defames opponents of sobriety checkpoints -- Printed in the Herald-Times, June 18, 2011

Planned Parenthood gets corporate welfare again -- June 17, 2011

No corporate welfare for the merchants of death -- June 15, 2011

A political scandal with cultural and spiritual implications -- June 14, 2011

You can't argue Christian doctrine without the Bible! -- June 10, 2011

Joe Donnelly's hyperpartisan double standards -- June 9, 2011

A shameful and despicable personal attack -- June 8, 2011

Barack Obama's pro-abortion extremism -- June 7, 2011

The truth hurts, doesn't it? -- June 3, 2011

Eating meat is normal and natural -- June 2, 2011

Palin Derangement Syndrome, revisited -- June 1, 2011

"I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy" -- May 31, 2011

I write editorials for the Evansville Courier now? Really? -- May 29, 2011

Thoughts on the 2012 Republican field -- May 27, 2011

ObamaCare's individual mandate, revisited -- May 26, 2011

Obama proposes Israel sign a suicide pact -- May 25, 2011

Pure hypocrisy: In order to value diversity, we must discriminate -- May 24, 2011

Pro-life arguments banned by HeraldTimesOnline -- May 23, 2011

Carding for alcohol and common sense -- May 20, 2011

Petulant Lugar lashes out, insults fellow Republicans -- May 18, 2011

No handouts for Planned Parenthood -- Herald-Times, May 18, 2011

Indiana "justices" give al Qaeda major victory in War on Terror -- May 17, 2011

Rush Limbaugh is wrong about Mitch Daniels -- May 16, 2011

Andrew Bynum should be thrown out of the NBA -- May 13, 2011

Indiana Dems getting a little ahead of themselves? -- May 12, 2011

Companion animals? Political correctness runs wild -- May 11, 2011

No corporate welfare for the merchants of death -- May 10, 2011

Osama bin Laden is burning in Hell -- May 9, 2011

Monroe County considering a Rain Water Tax -- May 6, 2011

Republicans need to show some backbone -- May 5, 2011

GenderF*** demonstrates the sad state of higher education -- May 3, 2011

Tolerance and censorship don't mix -- May 2, 2011

New game consoles coming - but when? -- April 29, 2011

Donald Trump's war against private property rights -- April 28, 2011

Honor God by obeying the law -- April 27, 2011

Banning sexually degrading terms on HTO -- April 26, 2011

Cancer does not justify drive-by shootings -- April 25, 2011

You cannot win the future by lying about the past -- April 22, 2011

Republicans: Stay in your own primary -- April 21, 2011

Limited government, abortion and same-sex marriage -- April 19, 2011

Monroe County Democrats still smearing an IU student for working on a class project -- April 19, 2011

Turnout down at Tea Party rally, Leftists disrupt anyway -- April 18, 2011

Meddling legislators need to stay out of my life! -- April 15, 2011

Silly Florida pastor provides valuable public service -- April 14, 2011

Opposing abortion in a moral and legal manner -- April 13, 2011

No constitutional authority to fund family planning -- Indianapolis Star, April 13, 2011

Republicans propose new Congressional, House and Senate maps -- April 12, 2011

Rachel Maddow "confuses" limited government with anarchism -- April 12, 2011

The childish Tu Quoque fallacies used to defend Obama -- April 9, 2011

There's no reason to panic about binding arbitration -- April 6, 2011

The importance of contested elections -- April 4, 2011

War should always be the last resort -- April 1, 2011

Prescriptions for pseudoephedrine won't stop meth -- Bloomington Herald-Times, April 1, 2011

I shop at Wal-Mart. I do not and will not apologize for that. -- March 30, 2011

Effective political yard signs -- March 28, 2011

End the military operation against Libya -- March 25, 2011

A limited federal government - principle, not partisanship -- March 24, 2011

Looking back on the "Bluebird" tree sit, ten years later -- March 23, 2011

Shameless lies used to support .xxx domain -- March 22, 2011

Universal morality requires a Primary Source -- March 18, 2011

The human rights crisis in American prisons -- March 17, 2011

Mike Nifong is a rapist - Five years later -- March 16, 2011

Real vs. virtual killing: An open letter to Joe Lieberman -- March 14, 2011

Defunding Planned Parenthood is a moral imperative. -- March 11, 2011

We need to change our focus on government schools -- March 10, 2011

A critical victory for free speech -- March 9, 2011

Jesus was not a hippie. Jesus was Lord. -- March 8, 2011

The corrupt social services funding process -- March 7, 2011

John Hopkins social services funding schedule -- March 4, 2011

Abolish mandatory donations -- March 3, 2011

Community Development Block Grants to be distributed tonight -- March 2, 2011

An ongoing 'Melo-drama comes to an end -- February 28, 2011

Swimming in the sewer, but unable to smell the feces -- February 25, 2011

With government money comes government strings -- Herald-Times, February 25, 2011

Justice, not convictions, must always be the goal -- February 23, 2011

Race baiting in anthem controversy is despicable -- February 22, 2011

Private property rights trump abortion "rights" -- February 21, 2011

The providence and sovereignty of God -- February 18, 2011

Vouchers are an invitation to government meddling -- February 17, 2011

Sheila Jackson Lee: The girl who cried racism -- February 16, 2011

Draw legislative districts for the people, not the politicians -- February 11, 2011

Statewide smoking ban: The nanny state marches on -- February 9, 2011

Conservatives must be unified to defeat Lugar -- Indianapolis Star, February 09, 2011

Planned Parenthood: A thoroughly corrupt criminal enterprise -- February 7, 2011

Limited government and the depravity of man -- February 3, 2011

Barack Obama's missed opportunity on civil rights -- February 2, 2011

Indiana's silly liquor law -- February 1, 2011

"Are you a Christian or a Paulian?" -- January 31, 2011

Political correctness should never trump public safety! - January 28, 2011

Christian Citizens for Life organizes 2011 Rally for Life -- January 27, 2011

Take the politicians off welfare -- January 26, 2011

Change we can believe in? You can take that to the Banks. -- January 25, 2011

Using Scripture in a "secular" argument -- January 24, 2011

Abortion rhetoric and civility in politics -- January 21, 2011

Thoughts on the State of the State address -- January 20, 2011

CitiBank's fraudulent student loan payment website -- January 20, 2011

Shameful sensationalism from the drive-by media -- January 19, 2011

Stop trying to score political points with the atrocity in Arizona -- January 18, 2011

Following up on my letter to the editor -- January 17, 2011

Barack Obama's grocery store scanner moment -- January 13, 2011

The Herald-Times' quirky religion rules -- January 12, 2011

Scott Wells was not set up. -- January 10, 2011

Reforming local government -- January 7, 2011

Rescue those being led away to death -- Herald-Times, January 06, 2011

Barack Obama's unsustainable deficits -- January 5, 2011

Sexual assault: It's not about patriarchy -- January 3, 2011