ObamaCare: Abortion's Trojan Horse

Article updated 6:00 AM, 8/17/09

This morning I heard on the news that the President is willing to drop the public option requirement in his so-called healthcare reform plan. Pressure is mounting in opposition to this unneeded and grossly flawed plan. There is more wrong with the plan than just the public option. He still is intent on passing healthcare 'reform' yet this year.

Following the abominable action of Notre Dame University earlier this year, when its administration invited radically pro-death President Soetoro a/k/a Obama to deliver its commencement address and to receive an honorary doctorate degree, other Catholic organizations are attempting to outdo the school in terms of atrocious behavior. Earlier this month, several large and influential Catholic social and health organizations encouraged their members to support the current ObamaCare supposed healthcare reform bill.

"Why would Catholic Charities USA do this? Well guess what, 5 days after endorsing ObamaCare, Catholic Charities USA, got its first ever federal contract worth $100 million dollars. In other words, JUDAS just got paid! ---American Life League (ALL), August 9, 2009

Catholic Charities USA, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and the Catholic Health Association have all thrown their weight behind (President Soetoro a/k/a) Obama's push for health care reform. In response, American Life League (ALL) exposes the Trojan Horse hidden in the bill that opens the way for abortion in the video embedded below. ALL is calling on Catholics and other Pro-Life proponents to demand that the bill be scrapped!

Following the video is a transcript of this important video. This video contains a great deal of ammunition for those who oppose the dastardly so-called health care reform bill and who want America to hold to a culture of life, rather than move even more toward a culture of death. Moving to secular socialism is exactly what this bill, euphemistically referred to as America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 or HR 3200, or ObamaCare, or the Euthanasia Bill, or the Abortion Bill, or Universal Healthcare, or Socialized Medicine, or Nationalized Medicine or Single Payer Healthcare, does.

“There is an awful lot of talk, and therefore an awful lot of confusion about the ObamaCare Health Reform Bill (HR 3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009) currently waiting a vote in Congress.

“Some say that the Bill will create universal taxpayer-funded abortions, while others say that abortion is nowhere to be found in the bill.

“Some claim that the bill will obtain optimal healthcare for everyone in the country. And there are those who say the bill is targeting the elderly and infirmed for an early grave.

“And as the name calling begins and the shouting ensues, organizations like Catholic Charities USA, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Catholic Health (hospitals) Association (CHA), and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) are all working to rally support for (Soetoro aka) Obama’s reform of the healthcare system.

“But if you want to understand what is really happening you must have to bite the bullet and read the bill itself to get to the truth. [gregjaye: Something even most Congressman can’t or won’t do.]

“HR 3200, commonly referred to as ObamaCare (or Universal Healthcare, Socialized Medicine, Nationalized Healthcare or Single-Payer Healthcare), is over 1000 pages long. . . .

“The authors of the ObamaCare bill knew full well that any mention of abortion or Planned Parenthood [gregjaye: the biggest and billion-dollar abortion provider in America] would create an uproar from the majority Pro-Life population of the country. So they created a TROJAN HORSE.

Page 30, Section 123 creates yet another bureaucratic entity called the Health Benefits Advisory Committee whose job it is to define the benefits standards that any plan, public or private must contain. This committee, chaired by the Surgeon General, is the VEHICLE being created by Obama and his cronies, to claim that abortion is NOT in the ObamaCare Bill, while enabling them to [gregjaye: stealthily and conveniently] insert it into the Plan once it is passed

This is exactly why (Soetoro alias) Obama, Pelosi, and Peter Orszag have deliberately dodged whether abortion would be covered under the bill.

[The following are excerpts of video taped evidence showing how each dodged the issue.]

On Fox News Mike Wallace asked Peter Orszag (Director of Management and Budget) whether he was prepared to say government taxpayer-funded health insurance plan that no taxpayer money would go to pay for abortions. Orszag’s reply, “Ahhh, I think that will wind up being part of the debate. I am not prepared to say ahhh explicitly right now,

Pelosi: That’s not, that’s not, that’s not the issue. The issue is people go out there to . . .we’ll be working on that issue . . .

(Soetoro aka) Obama: You know, what I think is important at this stage is not trying to micromanage what benefits are covered . . .

Now you know why Henry Waxman held an emergency session late in the night to strike down the amendment that would bar the commission from being included abortion in the benefits.

“But the TROJAN HORSE Commission isn’t the only section hiding the culture of death.

“Pages 769-777 contain a section (Section 1714) “State Eligibility Option for Family Planning Services.” We all know that “family planning is code for birth control and abortion. So when the bill refers to “family Planning services” in “family planning settings,” we all know that the author is talking about ABORTION INDUSTRIALISTS like Planned Parenthood!

“Now, given this blatant attempt to sneak ABORTION into the package, you can understand why Catholics are OUTRAGED by the support that Catholic Charities USA, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Catholic Health Association (CHA) are giving ObamaCare.

"In their action alerts these groups told members and supporters:

The House of Representatives introduced a health care reform bill yesterday afternoon members of Congress are debating this week. . . . Your members of Congress need to hear form you that you SUPPORT healthcare reform, and that the system needs to be reformed now.

"The Catholic Health (Hospitals, etc.) Association (CHA) even produced a video, which begins with a a clip of (Soetoro aka) Obama rallying Congress to support his healthcare plan, and the de Paul Society posted the video on its website.

“Why? Why would Catholic Charities do this? Well guess what, 5 days after endorsing ObamaCare, Catholic Charities USA, got its first ever federal contract worth $100 million dollars. In other words, JUDAS just got paid!"

COMMENT

I looked at all three Catholic organizations' websites, which ALL referred to in their video. I found evidence that on one side of their proverbial mouths they support current healthcare 'reform' and on the other they oppose any reform that includes abortion, conscience protection or senicide (euthanizing or premature killing of elderly). It is unclear where they really stand. It reminds me of the fuzzy positions of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) in terms of abortion and homosexuality under one of their former leaders Richard Cizak. You can read those articles here.

TAKE ACTION

(1) Catholics need to call their Bishops and ask them to tell Catholic Charities, Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, and Catholic Health Association (CHA) that they must NOT support or in any way support (Soetoro alias) Obama’s Death Care Bill . . . (see www.Canon915.org)

(2) Everyone should call their Congressman and demand that they vote to scrap HR 3200.

Shining God’s Light on the Koran – Dealing with a Prodigal

Sam continues his on-going series, which contrasts the Judeo-Christian Bible with the Islamic Koran on a variety of topics. He aims the beam of the Biblical laser on the Koran to expose, to reveal what it really says. See his previous articles here.


Does God Love a Prodigal?

The question at hand is, “Does God love the prodigal?” The prodigal is one who wastes or squanders all of his resources on his or her own selfish desires and then returns to his family seeking forgiveness.

THE KORANIC ACCOUNT

Do not be a prodigal. Observe this, Allah does not love the prodigal (Surah 6:141 or 142).

COMMENTARY ON THE KORANIC ACCOUNT

Clearly according to the Koran Allah does not love the prodigal, someone who waists his resources.

THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT

Ezekiel 18:23
“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

Ezekiel 18:32
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Luke 15:1-3
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

Luke 15:4-7 The Parable of the Lost Sheep.
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Luke 15:8-10 The parable of the lost coin.
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Luke 15:11-32 The parable of the prodigal son.
And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT

The three parables above, the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin and the Prodigal Son, are essentially saying the same thing. There is rejoicing at the end of each parable by God and the angles over finding what is lost. God is pleased when sinners, evil people, who repent and come to Him and find (eternal, spiritual) life.

God does not delight in the death of anyone. Instead He prefers that people repent of their sins and be saved. He is not willing that any should perish.

God’s provision for sin extends to all men and women. When Jesus received the sins of all mankind into His own body on the cross, no one was excluded. The Apostle John writes that Jesus is the propitiation, or payment, for sin but not only for our sins but also for the sins of the whole world. No one is excluded. Scripture says, “That He (Jesus) by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” No one is excluded. Jesus is the only mediator between God and men. This includes all men. Again; none is excluded.

People have a choice. It is written: He (Jesus) came unto His own and His own received Him not, but as many as received Him to them He gave the right or power to become the Children of God even to them that believe on His name (John 1:11,12). No one is excluded by God but some people choose to exclude themselves. God knew before creation who would exclude themselves and who would accept His gift of salvation. Those then that He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ (Romans 8:29).

COMPARING & CONTRASTING THE KORAN WITH SCRIPTURE

The Koran states that Allah does not love the prodigal. The statement is clear.

The father in the Prodigal Son parable represents God the Father. Jesus is using this parable to explain God’s love for even the worst of sinners. God clearly loves the prodigal.

CONCLUSION

The Allah of the Koran is different than the God of the Holy Bible. The God of the Holy Bible is the one who offers everyone, including you eternal life through His only begotten Son.

If you want eternal life you must believe that Jesus is God in flesh, that He received the wrath of God for your sins in His death and crucifixion, and rose from the dead. You can repent of your sins right now and invite Jesus into your heart. A sample prayer that you can speak to God is, “Lord Jesus Christ forgive me of my sins and come into my heart.”

REFERENCES

The Koran passages are a paraphrase of several English translations.
The Koran, translated by N.J. Dawood: A Penguin Classic
The Qur’an, translated by M.H. Shakir: Tahrike Tarsile Qur’an, Inc.
The Holy Qur’an, translated by Maulana Muhammad Ali: Ahmadiyya Anjumann Isha’at Lahore Inc. U.S.A.
The Koran, translated by Marmaduke Pickethall: Everyman’s Library
The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, An explanatory translation by Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, Dar al-Islamiyya, P.O.B. 45677-1298, Kuwait
The Holy Bible is the King James translation of 1611 from the WORD program by Tom Hills with the New Creations

ObamaCare: 10 Key Questions, Part 8 – Losing Freedom

Cartoon by Gary McCoy as found on Townhall.com 8/14/09

Questions to ask our [Doctors,] Senators and Representative about ObamaCare

This is the eighth in a series of questions about ObamaCare (i.e., Socialized Medicine, Universal Healthcare, Single-Payer Healthcare, Government-Run Healthcare, or Nationalized Healthcare that we conservative and Christian patriots should strongly consider asking our U.S. Representatives and U. S. Senators over the next month, while the Congress is taking its summer recess. If their unnecessary and freedom-robbing healthcare reform, which is being forged and forced on America by the current administration and the current Democrat-controlled Congress is to be stopped, it is through the voices of many Americans – We the People. It’s a priority TEA Party action item.

The questions were developed by Gary Bauer (American Values) and are intended to be used in interactions in our Senators and Representatives during the next 30 days. President Obama has already conceded that there probably won't be a vote on healthcare reform until "the end of September or the middle of October." That means we have August to attend town hall meetings with our representatives and senators, stop by their congressional offices, write letters to the editor and educate our friends and family members about the dangers of socialized medicine. Don Wildmon of the American Family Association (AFA) encourages his supporters to form groups as part of the process of engaging members of Congress.

8. LOSS OF FREEDOM. The healthcare reform legislation under consideration in the House will eventually force all Americans into a government-approved plan. After a five-year grace period, every new insurance policy will have to comply with government mandates, and any policy changes – "altering co-pays, deductibles, or even switching coverage for this or that drug" – invalidates your previous coverage and forces you to choose a government "qualified" plan. In addition, the House plan mandates coverage for every individual. If you are self-employed or choose not buy insurance for whatever reason, the bill imposes a "healthcare tax" of 2.5% of your income. (Source: CNNMoney.com, July 24, 2009 and Bloomberg.com, July 15, 2009)

Question for your Congressmen: Why do you believe bureaucrats can make better decisions than me about what kind of health insurance I should have? And will you guarantee that any healthcare reform bill passed by Congress will always allow me to choose my own doctor?

Putting "Cold Cash" Jefferson (D-LA) in the cooler

“Last week former DEMOCRATIC Congressman from Louisiana William Jefferson was convicted for bribery, racketeering, and wire fraud.

“And the news media was convicted of not mentioning that Jefferson is a DEMOCRAT.”

- - NewsBusted, Episode 8/14/09


NewsBusted is a conservative comedy webcast about the news of the day, uploaded every Tuesday and every Friday. Their newest NewBusted episode includes the excerpt above.

See right panel of this blog and click on the picture to watch this 2-3 minute comedy YouTube video.

ObamaCare: 10 Key Questions, Part 7 – Ignoring the People

Cartoons by Adam Stiles as found at www.GetLiberty.org

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Questions to ask our [Doctors,] Senators and Representative about ObamaCare

This is the seventh in a series of questions about ObamaCare (i.e., Socialized Medicine, Universal Healthcare, Single-Payer Healthcare, Government-Run Healthcare, or Nationalized Healthcare that we conservative and Christian patriots should strongly consider asking our U.S. Representatives and U. S. Senators over the next month, while the Congress is taking its summer recess. If their unnecessary and freedom-robbing healthcare reform, which is being forged and forced on America by the current administration and the current Democrat-controlled Congress is to be stopped, it is through the voices of many Americans – We the People. It’s a priority TEA Party action item.

The questions were developed by Gary Bauer (American Values) and are intended to be used in interactions in our Senators and Representatives during the next 30 days. President Obama has already conceded that there probably won't be a vote on healthcare reform until "the end of September or the middle of October." That means we have August to attend town hall meetings with our representatives and senators, stop by their congressional offices, write letters to the editor and educate our friends and family members about the dangers of socialized medicine. Don Wildmon of the American Family Association (AFA) encourages his supporters to form groups as part of the process of engaging members of Congress.

7. THE PEOPLE ARE BEING IGNORED. According to a recent poll, just 23% of voters believe healthcare reform legislation will lower costs, while 53% believe it will lead to more expensive care. By a margin of 50% to 23%, voters believe that "reform" legislation will make the quality of care decline. And while voters believe they will get worse care at higher costs, 78% also believe that healthcare reform will result in middle class tax hikes. In addition, a recent Fox News poll found that 91% of those surveyed have health insurance, 84% said that the quality of their health insurance was either excellent or good and 83% said the quality of health care they receive from their private insurance is either good or excellent. And only 12% of those surveyed said reforming health care was the most important issue Congress should be working on right now. (Source: Rasmussen Reports, July 28, 2009 and Fox News poll July 23, 2009)

Question for your Congressmen: Why are you and the White House rushing this bill through Congress and ignoring the concerns of the American people?

An Answer to failing public schools

The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch newspaper runs a regular feature called the Hot Issue, where they ask their readers a question of interest and ask them to answer the question and comment on their answer. Here is their question of the day for this past Monday along with my answer.

The Hot Issue:

Do you think charter schools have helped or hurt the public school system?

__X_Helped
____Hurt

My Response:

In one sense, ideally charter schools and other private schools help the public schools by creating a more competitive environment, in which the public schools would strive to improve. Without competition the schools have no reason to improve. In other words, the public schools get entrenched in the status quo and mediocrity.

A better, more pertinent question, however, would be, “Do you thing charter schools have helped or hurt students and their learning?” But, that does not seems to be the concern of politicians, educational bureaucrats. or the teachers unions. Our public schools, based on the money per child “invested” in education, is an abject failure. This is especially true when you compare US student achievement with other industrialized nations. We rank near the bottom of the list. Why? It is the failed curriculum and the overarching godless, secular humanist philosophy, deliberate dumbing-down of America’s children that is the root cause of its failure. Furthermore, we are turning out amoral and immoral students.

Charter schools and especially private schools seem to have more of a mandate to teach than do the prison-like institutions or indoctrination centers, the government-run schools. Looking at how well government has done in education should be instructive as to why government should not be involved in ripping apart and redoing our healthcare system.

Why speak the truth?

Sign of the Times

Indivisibility?

(The above display of an upside-down American flag is not a sign of disrespect, but of dire distress.)

http://www.jeffhead.com/liberty/flagdistress.htM

I have one thing in common with Michael Newdow, the ACLU and the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. I hate the Pledge of Allegiance. But the reason why I hate it is very different than their reasons. The reason why I am writing this now is that in one of the town hall meeting videos on this blog, Tim Bishop responded to a question about the unconstitutionality of government-run healthcare (this is because of the 10th amendment) by quoting the part of the Pledge about our nation being “indivisible”. (This mentally impaired hack took this to mean that if one American needs healthcare, all Americans should pay for it.) The Pledge is not in the Constitution and never should be. It is not at all like the Declaration of Independence, the Magna Carta, or the Federalist papers. And if we are really so "indivisible", then why are so many people so angry at their congressman these days?

The original Pledge was written by a Socialist named Francis Bellamy. He claimed to be a Christian, at least at first, but (according some sources) fell away from the church into a godless Socialism. The writing of the Pledge was just an assignment given to him by the magazine he worked for. The purpose was to boost sales. There was no “under God” in the original Pledge. The original accompanying salute to the flag (according to Wikipedia) “involved stretching the arm out towards the flag in a manner that resembled the later Nazi salute.” It had nothing to do with the founding of the Union of states or any of its laws. The Pledge was not written until 1892 and "under God" was not officially added until 1954.

Now let’s examine the text itself. The original wording was:

I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to* the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

(* 'to' added in October 1892).

I have no problem with “liberty and justice for all”, but these words had, by that time, been distorted, and much as they are today, mean different things to different people. But how can a Christian pledge allegiance to an inanimate object? Is this not idolatry?

Certainly I believe that we should have some sense of pride and patriotism for our country (at least Bellamy acknowledged the correct form of government of our country unlike our modern politicians who say “democracy”), but to pledge allegiance to it under any and all circumstances is dangerous. What better way to precede the daily brainwashing of children in the public school system than to force them to pledge their allegiance to an Obama-controlled, fascist government? If Michelle Obama can say, “for the first time in my life I’m proud of my country”, then maybe we should start saying that we are NOT proud of our country. How is it that it is improper flag etiquette to put the Christian flag above the United States flag when they are flown on the same pole? Why is it that there used to be such a to-do about a Constitutional amendment to put people in jail for burning a U.S. flag, but no one suggested criminalizing the burning of a Bible? Where are our priorities?

The original pledge, having been written after the Civil War, uses the word “indivisible” in a way that is a direct attack on state’s rights. The Declaration of Independence says:

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

The institution of the Pledge into the schools may also have helped solidify blind loyalty to the United States in the Spanish-American War, which was a war in which we were the aggressor.

If you read the entire Declaration of Independence, you will see that many of the grievances which compelled the Founders to secede from British rule are the same grievances we have today (and most we had even before Obama’s alleged Presidency). We do have a right to secede, and as far as I’m concerned, the sooner the better. We need to stop believing in this idea that the United States must be preserved under any and all circumstances. That is idolatry. We are to put the Bible first. If secession is the only way to abolish this tyrannical system and to restore a republican form of government, that is what we should do. But like disobedient Israel, we may someday be ruled over by another nation and if it is God doing it to punish us, no amount of patriotism or "pulling together" is going to stop it.

Michelle Obama Lied About Ron Paul

The Right Way to Amend the Constitution, part 8

This is part eight of an ongoing series of articles containing proposals for amendments to the Constitution. For someone who claims so fervently to be a “Constitutionalist”, how is it that I can be so eager to change the Constitution? Well, there are several reasons. For one thing, I believe that after the Bill of Rights, much damage was done by some of the amendments that were added and the legitimacy of some of their ratifications are questionable. Secondly, the Constitution has been violated so much that the necessity of further amendments is needed to resolve the resulting problems. But this should be done extremely cautiously. These amendments are extremely unlikely to ever be introduced, much less ratified, but hey, I can dream, can’t I?

The title for this week’s proposed article of amendment (subject to revision) is The Legal Racial Distinctions Abolishment Amendment, the text of which follows:

Section 1: All uses of the term “person” in any law of any State or of the United States, including this Constitution, shall be construed as inclusive of all races of human beings.

Section 2: No law of any State or of the United States, except this article of amendment, shall make reference to a distinction between races or skin colors.

Section 3: All references to a distinction between races contained in any law of any State or of the United States, including this Constitution, shall become inoperable when this amendment is ratified.

Section 4: This amendment shall not be construed to affect the sovereignty of Indian tribes.

Commentary on this proposed amendment:

My motivation for this amendment is the belief that laws which require people to be classified by race are the major cause of racism. The fact or perception that one race is more protected under the law than another is the reason for this. This would tend to go away with this amendment. Private entities could still have affirmative action programs if they chose to do so, but I think that this would go away with time. The courts might have to make a ruling on whether or not policies of public institutions are considered “law” for purposes of this amendment. That would be interesting indeed.

Click here to read the next article in this series.

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The President's Czars

How to Make it to Heaven, part 3

ObamaCare: 10 Key Questions, Part 6 – Quality Care

Questions to ask our [Doctors,] Senators and Representative about ObamaCare

This is the sixth in a series of questions about ObamaCare (i.e., Socialized Medicine, Universal Healthcare, Single-Payer Healthcare, Government-Run Healthcare, or Nationalized Healthcare that we conservative and Christian patriots should strongly consider asking our U.S. Representatives and U. S. Senators over the next month, while the Congress is taking its summer recess. If their unnecessary and freedom-robbing healthcare reform, which is being forged and forced on America by the current administration and the current Democrat-controlled Congress is to be stopped, it is through the voices of many Americans – We the People. It’s a priority TEA Party action item.

The questions were developed by Gary Bauer (American Values) and are intended to be used in interactions in our Senators and Representatives during the next 30 days. President Obama has already conceded that there probably won't be a vote on healthcare reform until "the end of September or the middle of October." That means we have August to attend town hall meetings with our representatives and senators, stop by their congressional offices, write letters to the editor and educate our friends and family members about the dangers of socialized medicine. Don Wildmon of the American Family Association (AFA) encourages his supporters to form groups as part of the process of engaging members of Congress.

6. QUALITY CARE. American healthcare is better than that in European countries with socialized medicine. The German breast cancer mortality rate is 52% higher than in the United States. Prostate cancer mortality is 604% higher in the United Kingdom and 457% higher in Norway than in the United States. Canadian healthcare lags behind the United States too. Canadian patients wait twice as long to see a specialist for hip surgery or cancer than we do in the United States. Most Americans say they are satisfied with the U.S. health care system, but more than 70% of Germans, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders and Britons say that their systems need "fundamental change" or "complete rebuilding." (Source: National Center for Policy Analysis.)

In an editorial on July 26th, the Washington Post criticized President Obama for not "leveling about the consequences of change" when it comes to healthcare costs versus quality. Here's what the Post wrote: "The Congressional Budget Office estimates that new technology accounts for about half the increase in health-care costs over the past several decades. This, for the most part, is a good thing. Adjusted for inflation, health-care spending per person is six times what it was 40 years ago. But no one today would settle for 1960s-style medicine."

Question for your Congressmen: Why are you trying to force us in the direction of more government involvement in healthcare when everywhere government-run healthcare has been tried, quality declines and care is rationed?

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to be continued

U.S. Rep. John Boccieri, a close shave

All the local dignitaries, maybe a 100 or so people in all, came to the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Barbasol (shaving lotion) plant in Ashland, Ohio. There were at least two state representatives and one state senator present along with U.S. Congressman John Boccieri. In addition there were two dozen or so patriots, many were members of local area tea party groups.

The protesters and their signs were there to bring to Boccieri’s attention as well as the public’s attention our grave concern for his yes vote for the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade (Tax) Bill as well as his planned vote for ObamaCare, H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2009.

As I passed a group of gentlemen along the side of the road I heard one mention “local rightwingers” in describing the group of folks on the opposite side of the street from the dedication ceremonies for the new Barbasol plant. The protesters were very respectful and were very happy that a new American plant was coming to the area. They were not so happy about what Boccieri is doing and about to do in Congress . . . Unlike the two state representatives and the state senator, Boccieri did not approach the protesters, like many Democrat politicians they would rather not face the unpleasant music.

Boccieri is one of many, if not all in Congress, that must be pink slipped in 2010 (see http://www.MoveOutCongress.com/).

The arrogance of an elitist, no not the President

Here is a video that captures the antithesis of a good representative of We the People!

In the ObamaNation

H/T to Pharmacists for Life International (PFLI) where I first saw the poster below. A true expression of the state of America in 2009 thanks to the alleged President Barry Soetoro a/k/a Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled, and I do mean controlled, Congress!

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Our government has asked its citizens to report anyone spreading 'falsehoods' about the proposed nationalization of medicine. Did you ever think this nation would stoop to such a lows? Elections have consequences. Many are beginning to see the evil of their ways . . .

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Are We Morphing into a Socialist State?

ObamaCare: 10 Key Questions, Part 5 – Burdening Small Business

ObamaCare Kills Small Business

H/T to RidesAPaleHorse

Questions to ask our [Doctors,] Senators and Representative about ObamaCare

This is the fifth in a series of questions about ObamaCare (i.e., Socialized Medicine, Universal Healthcare, Single-Payer Healthcare, Government-Run Healthcare, or Nationalized Healthcare that we conservative and Christian patriots should strongly consider asking our U.S. Representatives and U. S. Senators over the next month, while the Congress is taking its summer recess. If their unnecessary and freedom-robbing healthcare reform, which is being forged and forced on America by the current administration and the current Democrat-controlled Congress is to be stopped, it is through the voices of many Americans – We the People. It’s a priority TEA Party action item.

The questions were developed by Gary Bauer (American Values) and are intended to be used in interactions in our Senators and Representatives during the next 30 days. President Obama has already conceded that there probably won't be a vote on healthcare reform until "the end of September or the middle of October." That means we have August to attend town hall meetings with our representatives and senators, stop by their congressional offices, write letters to the editor and educate our friends and family members about the dangers of socialized medicine. Don Wildmon of the American Family Association (AFA) encourages his supporters to form groups as part of the process of engaging members of Congress.

5. MORE BURDENS ON SMALL BUSINESSES. Despite a 9.5% (and rising) unemployment rate, the healthcare bill in the House imposes a new 8% payroll tax on small businesses with payrolls of $400,000 or more that don't provide health insurance for their employees. This is in addition to the current 15% payroll tax. What this means is that any employer with a payroll of $400,000 dollars or higher will have to pay at least 25% above the salary just to hire someone. Common sense tells you that any struggling small business will likely lay off workers to avoid this additional tax. On the other hand, if the tax is cheaper than the cost of health insurance, larger businesses may opt to cancel their health insurance, forcing employees into the government’s "public option," and simply pay the 8% fine. (Source: Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2009)

Question for your Congressmen: Why are you imposing additional mandates and taxes on small businesses, which create the overwhelming majority of new jobs, in the middle of a severe recession?

Town Hall Meetings Interrupted

“Americans have been attending town hall meetings to voice their concerns about the Democrats’ health care plan.

“Unfortunately, when they leave the meeting the main question is whether or not the plan will cover their broken noses caused by union thugs.”

- - NewsBusted, Episode 8/11/09


NewsBusted is a conservative comedy webcast about the news of the day, uploaded every Tuesday and every Friday. Their newest NewBusted episode includes the excerpt above.

See right panel of this blog and click on the picture to watch this 2-3 minute comedy YouTube video.

MSNBC Media Madness over Healthcare Town Halls

Cartoon by William Warren as found at NetRightNation.com 8/10/09

ObamaCare: 10 Key Questions, Part 4 – Rationing

Questions to ask our [Doctors,] Senators and Representative about ObamaCare

This is the fourth in a series of questions about ObamaCare (i.e., Socialized Medicine, Universal Healthcare, Single-Payer Healthcare, Government-Run Healthcare, or Nationalized Healthcare that we conservative and Christian patriots should strongly consider asking our U.S. Representatives and U. S. Senators over the next month, while the Congress is taking its summer recess. If their unnecessary and freedom-robbing healthcare reform, which is being forged and forced on America by the current administration and the current Democrat-controlled Congress is to be stopped, it is through the voices of many Americans – We the People. It’s a priority TEA Party action item.

The questions were developed by Gary Bower (American Values) and are intended to be used in interactions in our Senators and Representatives during the next 30 days. President Obama has already conceded that there probably won't be a vote on healthcare reform until "the end of September or the middle of October." That means we have August to attend town hall meetings with our representatives and senators, stop by their congressional offices, write letters to the editor and educate our friends and family members about the dangers of socialized medicine. Don Wildmon of the American Family Association (AFA) encourages his supporters to form groups as part of the process of engaging members of Congress.

4. RATIONING CARE. According to a July 15th report by The Hill, "The House bill would be paid for by roughly $500 billion in Medicare and Medicaid cuts..." These "cuts" would come as millions of Americans are retiring. Logic suggests that if we are "cutting" hundreds of billions of dollars healthcare would have to be limited or rationed in someway to accommodate more people. And seniors would be most affected by Medicare cuts.

In addition, advisers to President Obama, such as Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, have suggested that healthcare should be rationed to certain individuals. Dr. Emanuel once wrote that "services provided to individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens...should not be guaranteed. An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia." (Source: The Hastings Center)

Question for your Congressmen: How can government promise to do more with less? Will you oppose any healthcare reform bill that in any way limits my access to healthcare or medicines recommended by my doctor?

to be continued

post updated 8/11/09

Sen. Sherrod Brown's Rep. to be at Town Hall

For all that live in the (OHIO) Richland, Crawford, Morrow , Ashland and other Counties that are interested, we {Mansfield North Central Tea Party (The Non-Partisan Tea Party)} have a meeting scheduled with John Ryan from Sherrod Brown's office and we have a location for the town hall on Monday, 8/24, at 7 PM, with Mr. Ryan - Mansfield Sr. High Auditorium. It holds 1,200 people. (We would love to fill this) We are also trying to get a representative from Voinovich's office there too, but so far they are not returning our calls. Please try to attend if at all possible. Let others know. Thank you my fellow Patriots. Fred

Tactics against you

Friends of Liberty,

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/08/lt-colonel-allen-west-warns-the-deliberate-and-organized-attack-against-america.html

This is right out of Saul Alinsky's playbook, Rule's for Radicals. From what I have read , this is also the exact tactics of Hitler's Brown Shirts. Let's be honest here. I trust most of you are adult minded, mature individuals. As you read this, would you not agree that this is something a juvenile mind would come up with? Maybe I should say, a devious , evil mind--a mind only trained to think in agenda(istic) terms. This is scary and pathetic.

Why ObamaCare is evil

I found this quote in a news article on OneNewsNow.com over the weekend. It says it all. I agree with Governor Palin's assessment.

"The America I know and love is not one in which my parents [the ‘unproductive’ elderly] or my baby with Down Syndrome [the ‘unproductive’ disabled] will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' [page 30, Sec. 123 of H.R. 3200 Health Benefits Advisory Committee] so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care . . . Such a system is downright evil.” - - - Governor Sarah Palin

Is this Josephine the ‘Plumber’?

Hats Off to NewsBusters.com, where I first saw this powerful video. The NewsBuster.com writer ask, “Could this be the next Joe the Plumber.” Or could it be the next Rick Santelli? The clip is from the Washington Journal, a C-Span TV show. The YouTube description of the video reads, “This lady [caller] spells it out plainly how we are all feeling about this mess that has been manufactured by the Whitehouse...”

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Here is a transcript, which I also found on NewBusters.com, of the video of 'Josephine's' comments.

LEAH IN MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Hi, yeah, I just wanted to clarify a few things about these "manufactured, angered crowds." I've never been politically active in my life. I've never done anything like go to a protest ever. I started going to protests, these Tea Parties back on the Fourth of July, and the reason that you're seeing the numbers grow and swell and become bigger and bigger is not only because of the healthcare legislation, but like you said earlier, all these massive bills, thousands of pages long that are passed with almost no debate, no time for us to see what's in it, in direct controvertion (sp) of what was promised about transparency and a near era and we're going to know what we're doing in advance. I see, I see politicians admit on TV that they can't read it, that they can't understand it because of its complexity. Lawyers who are writing these bills say they need lawyers to tell them what's in the bill.

Now, when I watch the news people stand here and tell me that I am a member of a hired mob, that I've been called up by the Republican Party, they only wish they could have done something like this. I've never been contacted by any organized group. This is an organic movement, and when people stand there, and lie to me about what I know is going on, how can I trust them when they tell me it's going to save money when the Congressional Budget Office says it isn't? That it's going to cover everybody when the Congressional Budget Office says it isn't? That it's going to let me keep my, my healthcare when common sense tells you that's not what's going to be the end result of this when the government ends up providing all the healthcare which the man who wrote the bill in the beginning says. Go watch it, Jacob Hacker who wrote this says that in time, and President Obama said it, we will all be swallowed up in this government plan.

When people lie to us, we don't trust them when they give us platitudes about what's in the bill.

ROB HARRELL, C-SPAN "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" HOST: Leah, are you planning to, are there any town halls planned in your area, in your neck of the woods?

LEAH: No, my, my Congressmen are afraid. Now they won't even come out and meet us face-to-face. They want to do some phony telephone thing so that we can't judge their facial expressions. We can't say with a follow-up question, "I'm sorry, that didn't answer my question. Could you please?" You know, yes people are getting angry. That doesn't mean it's fake. That means it's real. And by the way, about the caller who says it's all racial, the only person I've seen that's been attacked, physically attacked, is a black man who was attacked by SEIU, and he says they were black. So, I'm getting tired of the race card. I'm getting tired of the lies. I'm getting tired of the media not telling us what's in these bills but giving us a bunch of "Republicans says this, Democrats say that." I don't care.

First Amendment Rights Violated at Post Office

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Righting First Amendment Wrongs

Not only is the United States Postal Service a model of inefficiency, ineffectiveness and bloated bureaucracy, now it apparently allows blatant violations of the rights of conservatives and Christians. Do the supervisors have too much time on their hands? Maybe they need to find a job? Read the following story, which I saw today www.PatriotUpdate.com, what do you think?

Postal Worker denied First Amendment Rights

By: Jay Taylor

GROVE CITY, OH. A postal carrier who has served the United States Postal Service in Grove City, Ohio for 21 years recently sent an email to The Patriot Update claiming that his First Amendment rights are being denied. It all started when John (we’re protecting his real identity for now) displayed a couple of conservative bumper stickers from The Patriot Depot on his car. His supervisors demanded that he remove the stickers from his personal vehicle if he wanted to continue parking on the USPS employee lot.

Read the rest of the above article here.

In America in 2009 it is fashionable, tolerable, and very acceptable to mock, marginalize, discriminate against conservatives and Christians on any and every public and private venue. The hatred on the part of the Left is so vehement because they want to eradicate what they apparently perceive as the last barrier to implementing their full socialistic, Marxist, globalist agenda.

You see evidence of this in the John Freshwater case in Mount Vernon, Ohio. They not only want God out of the schools, but they want Christ-followers out, too. You also see a clear example of this in the opposition media's (ABC, AP, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, etc.) treatment or mistreatment of Sarah Palin ever since she set foot on the national stage. They want all godly, Christian, conservative and traditional, historical American values purged everywhere, from the public square to the kindergarten. The media, entertainment, education, even so-called mainline Churches (same-sex champion Episcopalian, Evangelical Lutheran, etc.) don't want anything to do with the God of the Judeo-Christian Bible or the conservative principles of the Founders.

Barry Soetoro a/k/a Barack Obama unseats Jimmy Carter

T.D. sends us this happy face photo. Jimmy Carter II (a/k/a Barry Soetoro, a/k/a Barack Obama) now has that distinction.

Shining God’s Light on the Koran – Absence of Responsibility

Sam continues his on-going series, which contrasts the Judeo-Christian Bible with the Islamic Koran on a variety of topics. He aims the beam of the Biblical laser on the Koran to expose, to reveal what it really says. See his previous articles here.


Irresponsibility

Irresponsible is where a person is not required to give a reason of explanation for their actions or where a person lacks a sense of responsibility for their actions (1).

A father is a man who has begotten a child; the male parent of a plant or animal. Also someone who brings something into being; found, originate, or invent. A father takes responsibility for what they have done (2).

THE KORANIC ACCOUNT

Observe that Jesus and Adam are alike to Allah. He created Him from dust and then said “Be” and he was (Surah 3:59).

We created man from potters clay; a black mud formed to shape (Surah 15:26).

Remember Mary in Scripture; that she had secluded herself from her relatives to a place in the east (Surah 19:16).

We sent unto her Our Spirit in the form of a handsome man (Surah 19:17). Upon seeing Him she said I seek refuge in the Beneficent One. If you fear Allah; leave me alone and go away (Surah 19:18). He said, I am a messenger of your Lord sent to provide you a son without any fault (Surah 19:19).

She answered, “How can I bear a son? I have neither been touched by a man nor have I been unchaste” (Surah 19:20). He replied: Never the less, your Lord says, It is no problem for Me. It shall be that We may make of him a revelation to all mankind and a grace from Us. The matter has been decreed (Surah 19:21).

Then she conceived and withdrew with her son to a remote place (Surah 19:22).

He, who is sovereign over the heavens and the earth, Who has begotten no children, and Who has no partner in his sovereignty. He has created everything, and established it all in its proper place (Surah 25:2).

Declare: Allah, He is One: Eternal. On Him all depend. He begets no one, nor is He begotten. There is none like unto Him (Surah 112:1-4).

People say: “Allah has begotten a son.” Nonsense, He is self-sufficient. All that is in heaven and earth belongs to Him. You have no right to make such a statement. Do you speak against Allah what you know nothing about (Surah 10:68)?

COMMENTARY ON THE KORANIC ACCOUNT

According to the Koran, Allah has no children and most surely has not begotten any. There is no one else of equal stature.

Also according to the Koran the Spirit of Allah combined with the spirits of some angels to form a man who approached Mary to inform her that she was going to have a son. Since Allah needs only to say “Be” and it is: Mary conceived at the word of this messenger of Allah.

The question then is: Who is the father? Normally, the one who induces conception is the father of a child. That is: the one whose sperm unites with the egg. In this case the man, who was not human but appeared to be, spoke the words but was not the power behind the words. The angels who united with Allah’s spirit are not recorded in the Koran as having the ability to say “Be” and it is. Therefore, Allah is the only one capable of providing a sperm which would cause Mary to conceive.

The Koran clearly states that Allah never begat a son. Yet, the Koran states that Allah made a woman (Mary) pregnant. This is known as double speak. Yes I did but no I didn’t. In Native American Indian lingo it is called, “Speaking with a forked tongue.” Do you know what species of animal has a forked tongue? Do you know who is represented by that species of animal? If you do not know, research it. The exercise will do you good.

Allah is denying any responsibility for his child. This is irresponsibility. Not good for any father, much less for Allah.

Allah created Adam yet he denies him also the status of ‘son’.

THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT

Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Luke 3:38
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

Luke1:26-29
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

Luke1:30-33
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Luke 1:34-36
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

Luke 1:37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Luke 1:38
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Lu 1:39-41
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

Luke 1:42,43
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

Hebrews 2:16
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.

I Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

I John 2:2
And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Matthew 18:3-5
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receives Me.

Matthew 19:14
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT

God created Adam and therefore calls him son.

God caused Mary to become pregnant and have a son. God calls this one the Only begotten Son of God. All other sons of God are created or adopted. The God of the Holy Bible recognizes His responsibility as a Father and is responsible.

God’s provision for sin extends to all men and women. So why then, would He give faith only to a few chosen, and not everyone? When Jesus received the sins of all mankind into His own body on the cross no one was excluded. The Apostle John writes that Jesus is the propitiation, or payment, for sin but not only for our sins but also for the sins of the whole world. No one is excluded. Scripture says, “That He (Jesus) by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” No one is excluded. Jesus is the only mediator between God and men. This includes all men. Again; none is excluded.

People have a choice. It is written: He (Jesus) came unto His own and His own received Him not, but as many as received Him to them He gave the right or power to become the Children of God even to them that believe on his name (John 1:11, 12). No one is excluded by God but some people choose to exclude themselves. God knew before creation who would exclude themselves and who would accept His gift of salvation. Those then that He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ

COMPARING & CONTRASTING THE KORAN WITH SCRIPTURE

The Allah of the Koran claims to have created Adam and then claims to have made a woman pregnant and yet denies having any son. The statement is false because both situations cannot be true at the same time. One of the statements must be false. Either Allah did not create Adam and did not get a woman pregnant and therefore has no son; or Allah did create Adam and got a woman pregnant and therefore has at least two sons: One son by creation and the other son by begetting. Allah of the Koran appears to be in denial.

The God of Scripture claims to have created Adam and begotten a child, who is Jesus. He calls both of them son. One son is by creation the other son is by begetting which makes Him God in flesh. The God of Scripture is not in denial.

The Allah of the Koran is not the same as the God of Scripture and the son controversy clearly shows this.

CONCLUSION

You must choose who you believe is correct: The Allah of the Koran or the God of Scripture.

The God of Scripture offers you eternal life here and now, and you do not have to kill yourself or others to receive it.

If you want eternal life for yourself, you must believe that Jesus is God in flesh, that He received the wrath of God for your sins, and that He rose from the dead. You can repent of (turn away from) your sins right now and invite Jesus into your heart. A sample prayer is, “Lord Jesus Christ forgive me of my sins and come into my heart.”

REFERENCES

The Koran passages are a paraphrase of several English translations.
The Koran, translated by N.J. Dawood: A Penguin Classic
The Qur’an, translated by M.H. Shakir: Tahrike Tarsile Qur’an, Inc.
The Holy Qur’an, translated by Maulana Muhammad Ali: Ahmadiyya Anjumann Isha’at Lahore Inc. U.S.A.
The Koran, translated by Marmaduke Pickethall: Everyman’s Library
The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, An explanatory translation by Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, Dar al-Islamiyya, P.O.B. 45677-1298, Kuwait
The Holy Bible is the King James translation of 1611 from the WORD program by Tom Hills with the New Creations

1. Paraphrased from Webster’s New World College Dictionary, page 756.
2. Paraphrased from Webster’s New World College Dictionary, page 517.

Town Hall, closed for the summer?

Cartoon by William Warren as found on GetLiberty.com 8/8/09

This article is a follow-up to "Town Hall: Something's Happening Here," which I wrote earlier today.

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This summer recess when the 111th Congress members are home visiting with their constituents, town hall meetings or gatherings are held. This summer there is increased significance to these town hall events. The public is righteously angry with the direction this president and this Congress is moving the nation and they want to make their message clearly known. A natural outgrowth of the TEA Party protests, interacting with their representatives at TEA Parties or in district offices is the next step in the growing TEA Party movement, action that needs to be taken.

Let's look at the Wikipedia's definition of a town hall meeting:

A town hall meeting is an informal public meeting derived from the traditional town meetings of New England. Similarly to those meetings, everybody in a community is invited to attend, voice their opinions, and hear the responses from public figures and elected officials, although attendees rarely vote on an issue. In today's heterogeneous communities with large populations, more often, town hall meetings are held so that people can influence elected officials in their decision making or to give them a chance to feel that their voices are being heard.

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There are no specific rules or guidelines for holding a town hall meeting. If the turnout is large, and the objective is to give as many people as possible an opportunity to speak, the group can be broken down into smaller discussion groups. Participants all hear an opening presentation and then group-up to discuss an aspect of the presentation. Each group appoints someone to summarize their group's discussion.

What the alleged President Soetoro a/k/a Obama attended in Virginia the other day is depicted in the cartoon at the top of this article. The town hall meeting was a choreographed, staged event. People clapped and laughed on cue. The occupier of the White House had his enormous ego massaged. He put on his best campaign face, one of the two things he does best. The other thing he does well is spend nonexistent taxpayer money.

It has at this particular fabricated town hall meeting that Soetoro alias Obama stated that his opponents should just shut up and get out of the way (apparently so he could ram his wicked agenda through Congress at lightening speed, before anyone has a chance read or analyze it. See the video here (http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-dont-want-the-folks-who-created-the-mess-to-do-a-lot-of-talking/). In that video I wasn't sure whether he was blaming Republican politicians for creating the economic mess and the healthcare 'crisis'? Or, whether he was blaming those individuals who come to the town halls and who dare to oppose his proposed government-run healthcare plan and his Cap & Tax plan?

I do not see Republican politicians going to Democratic town hall meetings, so he must be talking about the citizens, we the people. His homeland security department considers those who oppose him to be ‘terrorists.’ Pelosi calls me a ‘Nazi’ and collectively, opponents are considered an ‘angry mob’ and ‘supporters of fringe and far-right wing organizations.’ The people, I see at the town halls on several videos that I watched, are those who are sincerely concerned with the wayward direction that this nation is headed these last six months and past two years. The athletic ‘Democratic supporters’ who showed up in St. Louis at Congressman Russ Carnahan's Town Hall Meeting recently were literally Chicago thugs from the SEIU. They even beat up a black conservative . . . They are the real violent and angry domestic terrorists, the real opponents of freedom, liberty and this Democratic Republic . . .

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President Soetoro alias Obama seems to have inflamed the situation starting with belittling ('they acted stupidly') the police in the Gates-gate. Furthermore, his White House told the Democratic Members of Congress, before they left Washington for the summer recess, that they will help ‘push back,’ apparently even physically, anyone who gets in the way . . .

In the video, linked above, the President struck me as being a bit too arrogant, showboating and campaigning, which along with spending money are the only things he has demonstrated to me that he does proficiently.