LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report 7/29/09 #4670

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LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report:  Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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• Democrats Reach Deal on Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill, Fall Vote
• Pro-Life Group: Sonia Sotomayor Will Back Abortion on Supreme Court
• Pro-Life Group Runs "Harry and Louise" Ad Against Pro-Abortion Bill
• Obama Science Advisor Holdren Also Said Newborn Baby Net Fully Human
• Catholic Groups Questioned About Support for Health Care Bills
• Opposition Builds to Sotomayor, Democrats Getting Fewer GOP Votes
• New United Nation Treaty Obama Favors Targets Unborn With Abortion
• Pregnant Woman Killed, Unborn Child Taken From Her Body
• Mormons More Likely Pro-Life on Abortion Than Evangelicals
• Terri Schiavo Documentary Wins More Awards, Schindlers Help Disabled
• IRS Postpones Case Against Pro-Life Pastor Who Endorsed McCain
• Norma McCorvey Tells Pelosi to Stop Pro-Abortion Health Care

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House Democrats Reach Deal on Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill, Fall Vote Expected
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Democrats in the House of Representatives have reached a deal on a health care bill that had the backing of party leaders but opposition from moderate members. The new deal paves the way for a committee vote this week, but a full House vote is not expected until the fall. With the Senate also waiting until after the August Congressional recess to vote on its health care restructuring bill, pro-life advocates have more time to generate support for amendments to the bill or opposition if those changes fail to materialize. The pro-life movement opposes the government-run health care plan as the bills in Congress currently stand. There are dual concerns that the bills would promote taxpayer funding of abortions and insurance coverage mandates and other concerns that it would lead to health care rationing for seniors and the disabled. Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have proposed more than 30 amendments to the bills and pro-abortion Democrats have opposed those amendments each time. Full story at LifeNews.com

National Pro-Life Group: Sonia Sotomayor Will Back Abortion on Supreme Court
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Should the Senate confirm appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, they will be adding another abortion advocate to its ranks. That's the gist of a new letter the National Right to Life Committee sent members of the Senate in an attempt to defeat her nomination. Yesterday, Sotomayor received a 13-6 vote from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of her nomination to replace retiring pro-abortion Justice David Souter. With a vote in the full Senate expected as early as next week, NRLC wants senators to know the kind of nominee they will be considering and the potential ramifications of adding her to the Supreme Court. The National Right to Life letter acknowledges that "Sotomayor has encountered little in the way of abortion-related litigation, either at the district court or the court of appeals" during her tenure as a judge. "Yet, there are many troubling indications that Ms. Sotomayor believes that it is the proper role of the U.S. Supreme Court to construct and enforce constitutional doctrines on social policy questions," the letter explains. NRLC notes that Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision in 1973 that allowed virtually unlimited abortions, "was imposed by seven Supreme Court justices" in "an exercise in judicial legislation." "The evidence indicates that Ms. Sotomayor approves of the Roe ruling and approves of the type of judicial activism that produced it," the letter says. Full story at LifeNews.com

Pro-Life Group Runs "Harry and Louise" Ad Against Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A national pro-life organization has launched an advertising campaign in five select states to warn about the pro-abortion dangers associated with the health care restructuring plans in Congress. The Family Research Council says the bills could mandate abortion coverage and taxpayer-funded abortions. During a live webcast Tuesday night, which FRC officials tell LifeNews.com 49,000 pro-life advocates viewed, FRC president Tony Perkins unveiled a new television ad. The ad features an elderly couple reminiscent of the famous Harry and Louise ad that targeted the Clinton health care plan. "And to think that Planned Parenthood is included in the government-run health care plan and spending tax dollars on abortions," a man says to his wife. "They won't pay for our surgery, but we are forced to pay for our abortions." The commercial will run in five states, including Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Alaska, Louisiana, and Nebraska and is meant to generate calls and emails to members of the House and Senate. Full story at LifeNews.com

Obama Science Advisor John Holdren Also Said Newborn Baby Net Fully Human
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- John Holdren, the Science Czar chosen by pro-abortion President Barack Obama, has already come under criticism for backing population control and forced abortions. Now, new information is appearing showing Holdren didn't believe that newborn infants are fully human. Holdren co-wrote a 1973 book ,"Human Ecology: Problems and Solutions," with infamous population control advocate Paul Ehrlich in which his view supporting forced abortion appears. Holdren's office later denied he held those views. In another manuscript, Holdren also says a newborn child "will ultimately develop into a human being" if properly fed and socialized. "The fetus, given the opportunity to develop properly before birth, and given the essential early socializing experiences and sufficient nourishing food during the crucial early years after birth, will ultimately develop into a human being," Holdren wrote. Obama chose Holdren to become the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Full story at LifeNews.com

Catholic Groups Questioned About Support for Pro-Abortion Health Care Bills
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Three Catholic organizations are facing questions from pro-life advocates for their support for the current health care restructuring bills in Congress. Although Catholics traditionally support expanded health care coverage, they also hold fast to pro-life teachings against abortion. That generate an inherent conflict whereby a government-run health care bill Catholic groups may normally endorse is generating opposition because there are no protections on abortion. As currently written, both he House and Senate bills pave the way for taxpayer-funded abortions and insurance mandates on abortion. Yet, Catholic Charities USA, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Catholic Health Association have banded together to promote the legislation. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Catholic Charities USA sent out an action alert asking members to contact their legislators immediately. Full story at LifeNews.com

Opposition Builds to Sonia Sotomayor, Democrats Getting Fewer GOP Votes
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Now that the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor moves to the full Senate from the Senate Judiciary Committee, opposition is building to her nomination. Senate Democrats are acknowledging that more lawmakers oppose her bid for the Supreme Court. Sen. Bailey Hutchison, who is battling pro-life Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican primary for governor next year, announced her opposition today. Hutchinson said "her judicial philosophy is an area of great concern to me." "I am also concerned about her statements in a speech that the Federal appellate courts are where policy is made. I believe judges should interpret the law, not make it," she said. Richard Burr, a pro-life North Carolina senator, also announced his opposition. "I am concerned with Judge Sotomayor's ability to adhere to long-standing case precedent and apply the law according to a strict interpretation of the Constitution. I am troubled by her decisions in cases where she appears to have relied on something other than well-settled law to come to a decision," he said. Full story at LifeNews.com

New United Nation's Treaty Obama Favors Targets Disabled Unborn With Abortion by Cliff Kincaid
President Barack Obama's much-anticipated pro-United Nations treaty campaign has been launched with a White House ceremony declaring support for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. But despite the title and language of the treaty, including the affirmation of a "right to life," it is doubtful whether the treaty would protect the rights of unborn children with disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome. Through its affirmation of "sexual and reproductive health"-a phrase that clearly means access to abortion and abortion rights-the treaty also supports abortion, even though it has been estimated that over 90 percent of pregnancies in the United States with a diagnosis of Down syndrome are terminated through abortion. This controversial aspect of the seemingly non-controversial treaty has been completely ignored in the many stories hailing Obama's endorsement of the "legally binding" measure. However, it explains why a pro-abortion administration would support such a measure. This treaty, for the first time in history, establishes an international right to abortion. Full story at LifeNews.com

Pregnant Woman in Massachusetts Killed, Unborn Child Taken From Her Body
Worcester, MA (LifeNews.com) -- A pregnant women in Massachusetts was apparently killed on Monday and the assailant in the incident killed Darlene Haynes purposefully because she was pregnant. The attacker stole Haynes' unborn child after slicing open her womb following the attack. Haynes, 23 and who was eight months pregnant at the time, was discovered on Monday wrapped in a comforter in her second-floor apartment. A search is underway both for the baby who was taken from her and for the killer who is responsible for her death. Roberto C. Rodriguez, the ex-boyfriend of the slain woman and the father of the unborn child, told news agencies on Wednesday that he is devastated by the news and hopes authorities apprehend the assailant quickly and that the baby is found safely. "Turn yourself in or keep running," he said. "The Lord is going to catch up to you. Drop the kid off. Drop the kid off at a hospital." Full story at LifeNews.com

Mormons More Likely to Take Pro-Life View on Abortion Than Evangelicals
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new survey by the Pew research forum finds that Mormons are more likely to take a pro-life view against abortion than the public in general and members of other religions. The Pew poll also finds Mormons have more conservative views as a whole and are more likely to back the Republican Party. The recently-released Pew survey and analysis compared Mormons to various religious groups and Americans as a whole. Pew found the general population learned slightly in favor of keeping abortions legal, which contrasts with five polls taken in April and May showing a pro-life majority or movement in the pro-life direction. Mormons, however, had a very strong pro-life position. Fully 70% say abortion should be illegal in most or all circumstances, compared with 42% among the general population, Pew found. They are also more pro-life (70-61 percent) than evangelical Christians. Full story at LifeNews.com

Terri Schiavo Documentary Wins More Awards, Schindler Family Helps Disabled
St. Petersburg, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The Terri Schiavo Story, a highly-regarded documentary on the life and euthanasia death of the disabled Florida woman, continues to rack up new awards. Meanwhile, the Schindler family continues to help disabled patients whose lives are threatened by doctors or families. Schiavo was killed in a painful starvation and dehydration euthanasia death over the course of nearly two weeks when her former husband won a court order to kill her and the documentary presents facts that the mainstream media distorted. Earlier this year the Terri Schiavo Story won the 2009 Jubilee Award at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival. Now, the film has won the 2009 Crown Award for Best Documentary at the ICVM conference (International Christian Visual Media). In addition, the Dove Foundation, known for their high standards in family entertainment and their "Family Approved" Seal, has given "The Terri Schiavo Story" its highest rating of five stars. Full story at LifeNews.com

IRS Postpones Case Against Pro-Life Pastor Who Endorsed McCain Over Obama
Minneapolis, MN (LifeNews.com) -- The Internal Revenue Service has postponed a case against a pro-life pastor in Minnesota who endorsed John McCain over pro-abortion presidential candidate Barack Obama. Pastor Gus Booth of Warroad Community Church participated in a special event during the election. A group of pastors issued endorsements for McCain in late September as a part of an effort to overturn a decades-long rule prohibiting endorsements from the pulpit. Aided by the pro-life law firm Alliance Defense Fund, they say the rules violate their free speech rights. More than 33 pastors across the United States were involved in the endorsement effort, including Booth. Booth told his congregation, "We need to vote for the most righteous of candidates. And it doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure that out. The most righteous is John McCain." Full story at LifeNews.com

Norma McCorvey, of Roe v. Wade, Tells Pelosi to Stop Pro-Abortion Health Care
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Norma McCorvey, the former Jane Roe of the infamous Roe v. Wade case that allowed unlimited abortions, visited the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to urge the Congressional leader to support efforts to make the health care bills in the House abortion neutral. McCorvey joined with two dozen pro-life advocates at Pelosi's office on Tuesday but got no further than an aide and was not able to meet with Pelosi herself. After getting the aide to write down a note meant for Pelosi, McCorvey spoke with the media and said Pelosi should not receive communion because she is a pro-abortion Catholic. "[Pelosi] shouldn't be allowed to take communion," the recent Catholic convert said. "What I said was that Nancy Pelosi, since I'm a Catholic [like Pelosi], should not receive Holy Communion because she's pro-abortion and she doesn't deserve to receive the Holy Eucharist since she believes in killing children," McCorvey added. Full story at LifeNews.com

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How much is 1 Trillion Dollars? Stop Barack Obama's Risky Health Care Experiment

From: GOPUSA  Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:54 PM Subject: Stop Barack Obama's Risky Health Care Experiment

Barack Obama has proven with his words and actions that he knows no other strategy for addressing America's challenges but massive taxation and limitless government growth. The Democrats in Washington have taken last year's election as a sign that voters want them to impose a liberal agenda on our society while we struggle with the present recession. Billions of dollars are being wasted on pet liberal spending projects, but there is little evidence that the so-called Stimulus, government takeovers of banks and auto companies, and crushing deficit spending are having any positive effect. Americans are starting to wake up to the radical nature of Barack Obama's agenda. And now, as his popularity and influence start to slip away, he is trying to ram through Congress an unprecedented new government health care takeover. Barack Obama's risky experiments must be stopped. Right now the RNC is running this ad in an effort to counter the misleading claims of the Obama Democrats, and to keep the pressure on Democrats in battleground states like Arkansas, Nevada and North Dakota who may be pressured to vote for Obama's health care boondoggle. But the RNC is running up against tens of millions of dollars in ads from liberal special interests who see the debate on healthcare as yet another way to get a government payout. Help us keep our message on the air and prevent Barack Obama and the Pelosi-Reid Democrats in Congress from ending individual health care choice and using your tax dollars to treat only the patients they deem deserving. After you watch our ad, please make a contribution to support our media effort to get our message past the liberal media filter and directly to the voters. If we do not stop the Obama Democrats' risky schemes for our health care system, we will face the end of health care choice in America and new burdensome taxes. Now is your chance to defend health care freedom.  We must hammer home the unacceptable costs and risks of the Obama Democrats' government imposed health care scheme now! End Barack Obama's experiments today. Sincerely, Michael Steele, Chairman, Republican National Committee P.S. We can stop the Obama Democrats' assault on our hard earned incomes and health care freedoms.  Now is the time to push back and dispel the Obama mystique!  Please help us win this fight by making an additional online contribution of $25, $50, $100, $500, or $1,000 to the RNC today.  Thank you.  Contributions or gifts to the Republican National Committee are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.  Contributions from corporations, labor unions, federal contractors and foreign nationals without permanent residency status are prohibited. Republican National Committee | 310 First Street, SE | Washington, D.C. 20003 | p: 202.863.8500 | f: 202.863.8820 | e: info@gop.com Paid for by the Republican National Committee. 310 First Street, SE - Washington, D.C. 20003 - (202) 863-8500 www.gop.com   Copyright 2009 Republican National Committee   GOPUSA Friends E-mail List:  The content of this e-mailer does not constitute an endorsement by GOPUSA. This message was sent to GOPUSA subscribers on behalf of a paid advertiser. Through their support, GOPUSA can continue to bring you the best array of conservative news, information, commentary, and discussions. For questions regarding the content of this e-mailer, please contact the advertiser directly. Please note that this list is different than our daily news and commentary list. For more information about the GOPUSA Friends List, please click here. Copyright © 2000-2009, GOPUSA.com A division of Endeavor Media Group, LLC P.O. Box 891354 Houston, TX 77289 ++ Contact Us

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Bend Over For "ObamaCare"

From: Conservative Action Alerts  Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:44 PM Subject: Bend Over For "ObamaCare"

Bend Over For "ObamaCare" "Blue Dog Democrats" To Cave Into Democrat Leadership Like an unwanted trip to a Proctologist Pelosi and the Democrat Leadership are forcing "Blue Dog Democrats" to accept "ObamaCare" and a $1.5 Trillion Tax Increase. The Republican staff of the House Ways and Means Committee estimated the deficit would increase by $759 billion. Where will the money come from? ...you guessed it taxpayers just like you! The Socialized Medical Bill that calls for a government committee (Pg 30 Sec 123 of the bill) to tell you just to take a pain pill and die is expected to be marked up and out of a House Committee at any moment. The Pelosi August rush plans to bring the bill to the floor for a quick vote before the Recess. But we have a chance TODAY to stop them! YES - so far thanks to "blue dog Democrats," who are more conservative than their "leaders" like Pelosi and Reid. Already, they've been holding up the bill in committee. But now, they're saying that Pelosi might have forced them to cave to get the votes she needs in the House! Tell the Congress to vote NO for a new entitlement program for socialized health care when they have not even begun to face up to the current unfunded medical care liabilities problems. Keep calling your Congressmen today, toll free numbers include 1-877-851-6437 and 1-866-220-0044, or call toll 1-202-225-3121 AND REGISTER YOUR OUTRAGE at expanding the Obama Green Energy Tax Bill! CALL PRESIDENT OBAMA 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414 expressing your outrage at incompetence in wasting tax dollars to increase energy costs. DO NOT BE SILENCED - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! NOTE: We need TENS OF THOUSANDS of faxes and PHONE CALLS and EMAILS delivered to ALL Congressmen right away! Your voice can be heard - we need your urgent help at AmeriPAC.  Any amount - $1000, $500, $250, or even $100 will help us fight the battle in Congress to tell Congress about the "OBAMACARE" Bill. It's time we stood up and said enough is enough! Please join us with your AmeriPAC donation TODAY.  Thank you. DONATE NOW. Stop ObamaCare! https://secure.conservativedonations.com/ameripac_dc/?a=2796 For more information, visit www.ameripac.org Defend America, Alan Gottlieb, AmeriPAC, President and Founder Please make checks payable to AmeriPAC: American Political Action Committee (AmeriPAC), Dept Code 2796, PO Box 1682, Bellevue, WA 98009-1682 Paid for by AmeriPAC, a federally-authorized and qualified multicandidate political action committee. Contributions to AmeriPAC will be used in connection with federal elections. Maximum contribution per individual per calendar year is $5,000. Contributions from foreign nationals and corporations are prohibited. Contributions are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.

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"..make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves.."

"The house of representatives ... can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as the great mass of society.  This has always been deemed one of the strongest bonds by which human policy can connect the rulers and the people together.  It creates between them that communion of interest, and sympathy of sentiments, of which few governments have furnished examples; but without which every government degenerates into tyranny." -- Federalist No. 57, February 19, 1788

related:  Traditional American Values & Founding Fathers' Quotations:  http://harrold.org/quotes

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Dems May Sneak ObamaCare Through Congress This Week

From: GOPUSA Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Subject: Dems May Sneak ObamaCare Through Congress This Week

Nancy Pelosi's House Democrats, along with a handful of Republicans-in-Name-Only, are holding secret closed-door meetings in a last ditch effort to ram ObamaCare down the throats of the American people before they leave town.      You read that right... before they leave town for their summer vacation.      And what about the news reports that say ObamaCare is stalled... that there will be no legislation coming out of Congress in the foreseeable future? You really didn't believe that the politicians in Washington had given up... did you?      According to a late-breaking news report released by the Associated Press on Tuesday: "A bipartisan group of senators is closing in on a health care compromise... as lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol labor to deliver sweeping health legislation to President Barack Obama."      And, according to an article published on The Washington Examiner's website on Tuesday: "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi still claims that she has the votes to approve the new legislation and that a floor vote could come by Friday...."      In addition, The New York Times claims House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is looking at keeping the House in session to pass whatever health care bill comes down the pike: "The House Democratic leader... said it was conceivable the House might stay in session a few days longer and vote on Aug. 3 or 4."      Anthony G. Martin, in an article published by The Washington Examiner, gives perhaps the best description on what is going on right now: "It doesn't take an enormous amount of digging to see what's going on here. The self-styled 'rulers' who now run Washington seem intent on ramming through legislation that no one has read and that even Barack Obama had great difficulty explaining... The ultra-liberal Democratic leadership, along with the 'blue dog Dems' and the RINOS (Republicans in Name Only') would like nothing better than to foist upon an unsuspecting public a multi-trillion-dollar healthcare fiasco, complete with rationing, just so they can fulfill some sort of ideological obligation in their demented, brainwashed minds that 'government must take care of ALL of the needs of the people."      It's as if we're fighting the Amnesty battle all over again. The American people, in resounding numbers, are saying "no" to ObamaCare and politicians in Washington are, for some inane reason, trying to sneak it past us anyway.      And that's not acceptable.      Let's tell these politicians in Washington that when it comes to ObamaCare, the American people don't want any so-called "compromises" made behind closed doors in the dark of night.      Let's make sure they get the message this time around... "no" means "no." Tell them that when the American people say "no" to ObamaCare, the American people mean "no." Tell them it does not mean, "let's try sneak it through when the American people aren't looking." Tell them that ObamaCare is deceitful and treacherous, a recipe for rationing and reduced quality of care. Tell them that the American people want choice when it comes to health care, not government bureaucrats making decisions for people and their families.  Damn The Transparency... Full-Speed Ahead.      Make no mistake, the powers-that-be in Washington did not want you to know what is in this horrendous Obamanation that they are calling "health care reform."      In fact, some Democrats - led by Speaker Pelosi -- are trying to suppress the truth about ObamaCare ... prevent We the People from knowing the facts about this legislation.      According to Roll Call: "Democrats are preventing Republican House Members from sending their constituents a mailing that is critical of the majority's health care reform plan, blocking the mailing by alleging that it is inaccurate." "House Republicans are crying foul and claiming that the Democrats are using their majority to prevent GOP Members from communicating with their constituents. "'Hiding the truth about wildly unpopular policies is a Democrat specialty,' said one GOP aide. 'I'd like to see the flow chart on how Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi plans on implementing the open and transparent government she keeps promising everyone.'"      Last month, five governors made the "mistake" of using the word "rationing" in discussing proposed health care legislation making its way through Congress.      Response from the Administration was quick. Don't use that term. We don't want the American people to think about having to cut back on procedures now available to them.      But despite these efforts, the truth is getting out. People are coming to know that ObamaCare is rationed care... long waiting lines for government-approved treatments dictated by bureaucrats in Washington.      If you think your family's health care decisions should be made between you and your doctor rather than a morass of bureaucrats, we must kill ObamaCare once and for all.      If we let them sneak it past us, there will be no going back. And What Is The Truth About ObamaCare?       Even the title of the legislation is deceptive: "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009" (H.R. 3200).      But, truth be told, it has nothing to do with making health care affordable.      According to Congressman John Shadegg (R-AZ), a leader in the fight against Obama's government-run health care experiment: "Passage of the Democrats' Affordable Health Choice Act of 2009 will guarantee one thing - choice in health care will cease to exist. Don't be fooled. If enacted, this legislation will restrict the health care options you have today. If there are any changes whatsoever made to your plan, the government will say no."      In other words, the bill effectively makes private health insurance illegal.      On page 16 of the House bill, a provision entitled "Protecting The Choice to Keep Current Coverage" reads: "Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day" of the year the legislation becomes law."      Investor's Business Daily clarified for all of us just what that provision truly means: "So we can all keep our coverage, just as promised -- with, of course, exceptions: Those who currently have private individual coverage won't be able to change it. Nor will those who leave a company to work for themselves be free to buy individual plans from private carriers."      Here's Congressman Shadegg again, summing up the provision: "If you have coverage now and your insurer wants to change your plan in any way, for example, to give you a premium discount for not smoking or quitting smoking, too bad. If an insurer makes such a change, the policy can no longer be sold. If this bill becomes law, choices will go away. So much for the President's claim, that if you like it, you can keep it."      Sure, if you already have private insurance, you can keep it... as long as the company that employs you doesn't fold... or cancels the health insurance it offers in favor of the government plan... or as long as your private plan doesn't change... or as long as you don't change jobs.      That's just about everybody.      But wait a minute... we're not done yet.      Leaving no stone unturned, the House legislation has a special surprise for the literal handful of people that may miraculously escape the above provisions.      A few paragraphs later, the House bill states: "The Commissioner shall establish a grace period whereby, for plan years beginning after the end of the 5-year period beginning with Y1, an employment-based health plan in operation as of the day before the first day of Y1 must meet the same requirements as apply to a qualified health benefits plan under section 101, including the essential benefit package requirement under section 121."      In plain English... if you somehow manage to keep your private plan - if any private plans even exist in five years - the government is going to start calling the shots... your private plan will essentially be "private" in name only.      President Obama looked the American people in the eye and claimed: "If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."      But the sad truth is that everyone will eventually be forced on to a government-run plan in which taxpayers will be paying more for less care. If the button above does not work, please use this hyperlink. What Else Would The Future Hold Under ObamaCare?      If you want to get an idea of how ObamaCare will affect you and your family, look no further than Canada.      Oh, the Canadian system is great - as long as you don't get sick. The sicker you get, the worse treatment you receive.      And if your illness is life-threatening and requires immediate attention, you might as well start pricing cemetery lots.      Did you hear the Canadian woman on Mike Huckabee's show talking about her excruciatingly painful back condition? She needed surgery, and she couldn't even get an appointment with a surgeon. Estimated waiting period - 3 years.      One doctor told her that she was too young to qualify for the operation - that she hadn't suffered enough.      When it got to the point where she was using a walker and wearing diapers, she scraped up enough money to travel to wicked, capitalistic America and got her back fixed skillfully and quickly.      And you've probably seen the television ad featuring the Canadian woman who had a malignant brain tumor and was told she couldn't be treated for six months. In six months she would have been dead. She came to the United States and survived.      By the way, after four decades, is the Canadian system chugging along like The Little Engine That Could?      Claude Castonguay - the former health minister and chief champion of public health insurance in Canada - recently chaired a committee that reviewed the system in Quebec.      Guess what. He reported that the system is in "crisis" - the same word Obama has used to characterize our health care system.      Here's what Castonguay's committee concluded. (And we're not making this up): "We thought we could resolve the system's problems by rationing services or injecting massive amounts of money into it.... We are proposing to give a greater role to the private sector so that people can exercise choice."      In other words, they've been down that same dark road Obama wants us to travel, and now they're on their way back. Coverage For Illegal Aliens Too?       Did you know that Congressman Dean Heller proposed an amendment that would have prevented 12-20 million illegal aliens from receiving benefits under ObamaCare?      But liberals shot down the amendment.      Here's how Columnist Michelle Malkin described the situation in a recent column: "Big Nanny Democrats want to ration health care for everyone in America - except those who break our immigration laws. Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee defeated an amendment that would have prevented illegal aliens from using the so-called 'public health insurance option.' Every Democrat on the panel voted against the measure."      That's right. Our so-called elected leaders in Congress, who claim to want to "bend the cost curve" on rising health care costs, want to give taxpayer-funded health care to 12-20 million illegal aliens.      Apparently Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, was either naive or lying when he said: "We're not going to cover undocumented aliens, undocumented workers. That's too politically explosive."      You better believe it's explosive.      A recent Rasmussen poll found that a whopping 80 percent of Americans oppose covering illegal aliens.      And here's the kicker: When Obama and his radicals talk about the 46 million uninsured, the Census Bureau tells us that 15 percent to 22 percent of those 46 million are illegal aliens.      ObamaCare must be defeated... and it must be defeated now. Yours In Freedom, Jeff Mazzella, President, Center for Individual Freedom Center for Individual Freedom, 917-B King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 703-535-5836 & Fax:703-535-5838 CFIF is a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit constitutional advocacy organization with the mission to protect and defend individual freedoms and individual rights. Contributions to CFIF are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Contributions may be deductible as a business expense. 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Lou Dobbs Rips Fox News' Geraldo, MSNBC's Maddow Over Obama 'Birther' Show

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:59 AM By: Kenneth D. Williams

On Tuesday's Lou Dobbs radio show, the host had plenty to say about critics who are ripping him for allowing a debate on his program about Obama's birth certificate — everyone from Ann Coulter, to Fox News and "intellectually challenged" Geraldo Rivera, to MSNBC TV's "tea-bagging queen" Rachel Maddow. Maddow had her own retort for Dobbs last night: The Observer, Sunday 28 September 2008 - Who's Maddow? Bill O'Reilly defended Dobbs for allowing "free speech" on his program: SPLC -- Another view It's founder'n court © 2009 Newsmax. All rights reserved.

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American Values Quotations

"As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles." --Tench Coxe, An American Citizen, No. 2, 1787

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illegals - The Border War Rages On! & free health care for illegals

From: Minuteman PAC Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Subject: The Border War Rages On!

July 29, 2009

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Lou Dobbs of CNN under attack re Obama's birth certificate by MoveOn.org & o'bamastapo (silence free speech & the 1st Amendment)

From: Justin Ruben, MoveOn.org Civic Action  Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:46 AM Subject: Obama's birth certificate

Why is CNN promoting right-wing paranoid conspiracy theories about President Obama's birth certificate?

The fringe ideas of the so-called "birthers" have been thoroughly debunked.¹ But CNN host Lou Dobbs perpetuates these myths by constantly talking about them on his shows and asserting that Obama still needs to "produce a birth certificate."

This is not responsible journalism. Our friends at Media Matters have launched a campaign calling on CNN to address its Lou Dobbs problem—but a lot of us are going to have to speak out in order to get CNN's attention. Clicking here will add your name to their petition:

http://civ.moveon.org/stopdobbs/o.pl?id=16683-9247257-IyExAvx&t=3

The petition reads: 

Dobbs' relentless promotion of outlandish conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama's birth certificate seriously damages CNN's credibility. It is time for "The Most Trusted Name in News" to prove it deserves viewers' trust. We the undersigned demand CNN address its Lou Dobbs problem in a credible manner. 

Numerous reporters, including CNN's own hosts, have debunked the idea that Obama wasn't really born in the U.S.²

Nevertheless, Dobbs has repeatedly claimed on both his television and radio shows that the birth certificate the president posted online more than a year ago has "some issues"³—and lashed out at "lily-livered lefties" who criticized him.

CNN's reputation is on the line. Their president, Jon Klein, has admitted that anyone who "is not convinced doesn't really have a legitimate beef"—but he has refused to correct the situation.⁴

CNN needs to hear that allowing Dobbs' to promote "birther" conspiracy theories is simply irresponsible. Please sign the petition by clicking here:

http://civ.moveon.org/stopdobbs/o.pl?id=16683-9247257-IyExAvx&t=4

Thank you for your help in holding CNN accountable.

–Justin, Eli, Lenore, Michael and the rest of the team

Sources:

1, 2. "As Dobbs digs in, CNN rebuts, ridicules, distances itself from birth certificate claims." Media Matters for America, July 22, 2009.
http://mediamatters.org/research/200907220035

"Born in the USA." FactCheck.org. November 1, 2009.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html

3. "Dobbs repeatedly makes Obama birth certificate claims his CNN colleagues call 'total bull'." Media Matters for America, July 17, 2009. http://mediamatters.org/research/200907170039

4. "Dobbs 2, CNN 0: CNN president Klein reportedly calls Dobbs' birther coverage 'legitimate'." Media Matters for America, July 25, 2009.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/200907250009

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