The President Vetoes the SCHIP Legislation

Yesterday, the President vetoed the legislation that would have expanded government healthcare. Regardless of whether the Dems or the Repubs control the Congress, it seems like the only time he does something right is when he uses his veto pen.

I heard Senator Kennedy barking about horrible this veto is. The liberals are crying about children losing their healthcare. We are talking about families of four making up to $60,000 per year (I have heard some people say $81,000 per year). The news media is saying that 70% of Americans want this government handout. If this is really true, what are they thinking?

First of all, the money that the government is using to fund these programs is not theirs to give away. It’s your money! This is just as much stealing as if you were to rob a bank to pay for someone’s healthcare, even if they are making $0 per year. I don’t want children to lack good healthcare, but I am not in favor of using immoral means to bring this about. I favor the use of charitable funds to help children in needy families, rather than pointing a gun at people’s heads saying that you will go to jail if you don’t pay this extra tax to help these people.

The Bible says, “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God laves a cheerful giver.” (II Corinthians 9:7)

It is also good that each giver can decide who needs their charity the most. One might, with good reason, be reluctant to give money to a family if they are not willing to follow God’s provision for a healthy life.

¡Viva la Veto!

Like addicts overcome and overdosed with an overdue fix of power, the profane, pro-socialist, pernicious Democrat-led United States House of Representatives last week recklessly pushed through and readily passed a piece of clearly unconstitutional "hate crimes" legislation – H.R. 1592 the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 or the Senate version (AKA the Matthew Shepard Act) S. 1105. What is the remedy for this resulting malady, this needless and heinous ‘Hate Crimes’ law? The treatment plan includes a defeat of the same bill in the United States Senate, and if that fails, an injection of a Presidential veto vaccination, followed by a regimen of self-administered reading, rehabilitation and remedial education on the United States Constitution itself. If unsuccessful then all 237 Congress people should be summarily removed from office by the voters in the 2008 election cycle.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement found on the Family Research Center’s website: "Criminalizing thoughts as well as actions, and creating special categories of victims are unconstitutional. The actions of a majority of the House today undermine the promise of equal protection under the law guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. This legislation creates second-class victims and a legal system of 'separate and unequal.'”

Mr. Perkins’ statement caused me to look up and see for myself what the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution actually says. What follows is the first section of the Constitutional Amendment.

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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Perkins continues his website article saying, "There has been no proof that violent crimes perpetrated against any of the groups listed in the bill have not been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, yet now Congress is asking the federal government to get involved in issues that are, and should remain, local concerns.” See my recent article on AGC where I provided a recent example of the extent to which the supporters of “hate crimes” laws will go to sell their evil wayward agenda.

Perkins concludes his article with a warning and a call to action, "By far the most disturbing threat we face by this legislation - is the threat it poses to free speech and our religious liberties. In some jurisdictions that have adopted similar laws, 'hate crimes' have been defined to include not just physical acts of violence but merely verbal ones as well. When 'thought crimes' laws are interpreted this way, they pose a serious threat to freedom of speech and religious liberty."I strongly encourage people to let their Senators know to vote against this unconstitutional legislation and encourage President Bush to follow through with the White House statement issued today and veto any such measure should it reach his desk."”

I have written to both of my senators urging them to vote NO on HR 1592/S 1105. I also wrote to President Bush to urge him to make good on his advisor’s counsel to him to veto this “hate crimes” measure. This veto is the last line of defense in this assault on the constitution and this affront to freedom of speech and freedom of religion. President Bush, I anticipate, will have to get his veto pen ready and use it a lot this next year and a half.