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Dump the Incumbents Next Year

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The anti-incumbent sentiment is not the fault of the voters. The elite forced majority of voters to organize by making life unbearable. This is simply the way in which democracies share power.

In California, Senator Boxer is expected to face a stiff challenge. Again, it is not the fault of the voters if she is voted out of office. It is her own fault for supporting such idiotic measures as legalized abortion and socialized medicine a la public option.

Incumbency can bring the advantages of seniority and committee chairmanships to a state. However, when politicians abuse their seniority to make laws that are antagonistic to the common good, it is then time for the voters to act by electing someone who represents their traditional values better. This is the real challenge for 2010.

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Senate Flounders on Health Care

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As America awaits the coming of a newborn infant this Christmas, our representatives in Washington DC are scrambling to get the vote on the Senate version of the health care bill done before the Christmas recess so that a bill will be ready for Obama to sign. Of course the bill will not be perfect. The Senate will again betray the American people, this time by failing to include adequate safeguards to protect the lives of unborn American children by surreptitiously and sinisterly diverting public funds to private insurers and other payees that promote abortion. Some government this is.
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Government of the People

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It wasn't for nothing that the Founders included safeguards in our Constitution to keep those of questionable status from occupying the highest office in the land, that of President of the United States. Today, legal scholars can quibble all they want over whether or not the Fourteenth Amendment substantially changes the restrictions on eligibility of Article II, Section 1. However, in the person of Barack Hussein Obama, America is witnessing the very form of anarchy of which the Founding Fathers warned against.

Barack himself has made clear his antipathy to the Constitution as a document limiting the power of the federal government with negative provisions designed to keep the government in check. Barack the megalomaniac believes inside that the power of the federal government should be absolute. Barack and the other Washington liberals are really only interested in satisfying their own big egos. They want to impose a tyrannical dictatorship like that of ancient Egypt wherein Pharaoh has absolute power. This is really what the government economic bailouts and healthcare takeover are all about.

Americans must therefore change the course of government following the constitutional mandate protecting our individual rights and keeping big government permanently in check.

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Copenhagen Summit Underscores Man's Responsibility

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As the Copenhagen Summit gets underway, we should be reminded of our own responsibility to safeguard the environment. The climate change scare is nothing more or less than a wake-up call. Even though the scientific alarmists try to distort the real dangers for ulterior motives as disclosed by the release of email correspondence, we still must do our part to keep a healthy habitat for ourselves and generations to come.

God calls us to good stewardship of creation. This means that even if most of the carbon in the atmosphere is from natural causes such as volcanoes, forest fires, etc., we still must make sure that we keep our own house in order. We can do this by offering carbon credits to businesses which may be adversely impacting the balance of nature.

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Hamlet Story Ends Tragically

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The gist of the Hamlet legend is that those guilty of murder do not escape unpunished.  As Hamlet has become a metaphor for Obama and his deliberative response to major issues, America could be in for some big changes.

Hamlet did eventually avenge his father's murder.  Both the murderer, Hamlet's uncle, and Hamlet's mother ended up being killed, as did Hamlet himself, and others.  The figure of the Danish legend was ultimately killed in battle against a later rival for the kingship.  To carry the analogy a step further, the question arises whether our modern day Hamlet will pay a political price for his dithering and ultimate acquiescence to the military buildup in Afghanistan while secretly planning to withdraw American forces during the coming years.

On another level, it may be asked whether those responsible for the torture and unjust killing of Iraqi and Afghan detainees will be punished for their crimes, as Hamlet's uncle eventually was.

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Clemmons Clemency Should Put Huckabee Out of Race

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Once again, the field is narrowing for 2012. In the absence of a strong pro-life Democrat or third party candidate to challenge Obama, the two front runners on the right are now Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin.

Mike Huckabee acted as more of a spoiler in the Republican primary last year which may have sealed Romney's fate. Now with the news of the Seattle cop killings allegedly at the hands of the released convict Maurice Clemmons now deceased, his credibility as a law and order candidate has justifiably sunk.

The question then becomes, will Romney or Palin, if elected in 2012, continue a failed war policy in Afghanistan, or bring the troops home?

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Bishops' Role in Counteracting Coarseness

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One good effect of episcopal sanctions against politicians is that they correct errors that are being foisted upon the unwary in society by greedy unscrupulous fools. The politicians and their apologists try to make it appear that the Church is too authoritarian and against liberty. In truth, greed and other sins deprive man of his freedom. Like the federal bailouts, the lies put forth by government have to be so big and fantastic so as to sway the gullible masses.

It would be well to heed the advice of the bishops on matters of faith and morals affecting the affairs of state.

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Bishops Should Reprimand Wayward Politicians

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Controversy has again erupted over the episcopal actions to admonish and instruct wayward Catholic politicians and statesmen. This benefits the people of America because our government has clearly overstepped its bounds in several vital areas.

The bishops' actions are intended to instruct and discipline Catholics, and to combat scandal caused by those in public office who publicly flaunt Church teaching. Of course, in many instances such public disapproval would have no effect or be counter-productive. It is therefore a question of prudence for each bishop to decide whether in a particular case, the matter should be handled privately, or whether a public slap on the wrist or other disciplinary action is in order.

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Church and State

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The bishops give pastoral guidance and instruction. Catholic politicians are not exempt from Church precepts. The most basic precept of all is that of charity. The Church must counteract the mean spirited, small minded attitudes of the world.

Ultimately, man's fate is decided by God. The Church is God's instrument. There is always disagreement in the world between those who choose to follow God's ways and those who rebel against God. Charity necessitates that Christians admonish those among us who are in error. This includes lawmakers and others holding public office.

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The Advance of Civilization

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Like it or not, the history of Western civilization is characterized by surrender to the inevitable onslaught from outsiders. The barbarians, most notably the Franks, carried on Western culture inherited from the Greeks and Romans through a process of accepting Christ. They then in turn brought other barbarian peoples, such as the Scandinavians, the chance for a better life. The Irish preserved Western learning in the monasteries and reintroduced it to Britain and the Continent during the Middle Ages, at which time also the philosophical works of Aristotle were rediscovered from the Muslims of the near and middle East, and used to help develop Christian theology.

In today's world, as during the time of the Roman Empire, the main threat to civilization is from within. The seven deadly sins, particularly pride and avarice, corrupt individuals and subvert the social order. The outsiders only gain a chance to conquer when the fruit is already so ripe for the picking that it is about to fall from the tree.

It looks as though the Muslims, whose origins are in the ancient heresy of Gnosticism, are ready to advance intellectually with the help of the West. The same cannot be said for China which is still trapped amid the errors of communist materialism.
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Palin/Beck America's Dream Team

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Patriotic, loyal Americans can start today to implement a Ten Year Plan. The goal should be to elect pro-life and fiscally responsible Democrats, Republicans or those of other affiliation, both locally and nationally in 2010. This will follow on the heels of the kickoff victories earlier this year. We can then make sure that any health care bill will protect the lives of the unborn and will not be too costly.

Sarah Palin is the clear choice for the Republican Party nominee in 2012. She is a Washington outsider with a record of leadership in Alaska. She will bring diversity of gender to the White House. She is not beholden to special interests.

America is not essentially capitalist, but exceptionalist. The Alaska energy regulation provides for sharing of revenues with Alaska citizens. This is not anti-American but rather promotes the common good. Nowhere in our Constitution does it say that wealthy capitalists should be given special privileges. Sarah Palin stands for American exceptionalism in the proud tradition of Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.

Glenn Beck is media savvy. This will boost the ticket by compensating for Palin's weaknesses as exemplified by the Katie Couric interview last year.
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Status Quo? Don't You Guys Want Change?

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The opposition to the Stupak amendment in Congress and in the Mainstream Media is now being portrayed as an attempt to preserve the status quo of the Hyde Amendment limitations. They conveniently ignore the fact that most Americans oppose government funded abortions, and that an explicit, overt prohibition on abortion funding is necessary in any health care bill to make circumvention of the funding prohibition punishable by law.

These liberals are playing politics with our lives. It is time to force them out of the closet. Do they want abortion funding or not? If not, why are they against putting a ban on funding in the bill? Americans don't care about the status quo. They only want to make sure that tax dollars are not used to pay for abortions, or to subsidize organizations or health care plans that provide abortions whether or not the actual payment for abortions comes out of federal funding.


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The Palin Factor II

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As things stand today, Sarah Palin is the only potential candidate with any chance of dethroning Obama in 2012. This is because the wealthy capitalist elite has succeeded in conditioning the electorate to believe that diversity is, in and of itself, a good thing for America.

Obama won in 2008 because he is black. It will take an even greater anomaly, namely a credible, intelligent woman candidate, to overcome Obama's presumptuousness because of race.

To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, you can only fool all of the people some of the time.

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Is Right to Health Care in Constitution?

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The Tenth Amendment reserves to the states or to the people all rights not specifically enumerated. The Constitution gives Congress the express power of the purse. This means that only Congress has authority to decide how tax revenues are spent.

Whether or not required by the Tenth Amendment, prudence following the principle of subsidiarity would dictate that state and local governments should be in charge of health care. The primary responsibility rests with the individual and families. Government has an obligation to assist only where necessary.

Will liberals in Congress derail health care over abortion? Probably not. Sixty votes are only needed in the Senate to overcome a procedural obstacle, not to pass the legislation with or without inclusion of the Stupak amendment or similar pro-life language.

Will the Stupak amendment come back to haunt Senators and Representatives in the years ahead? We can expect a shift in the balance of power after 2010 and possibly a new administration in 2012. This is before health care reform gets off the ground. There is plenty of time to add explicit pro-life language at a later date. The Stupak amendment is at least a noble beginning.
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NY Terrorism Trial Signals Muslim Imposition

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The trial setting for Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other suspected Islamic terrorists in New York is a concession to Islam. The West is no longer Christian but rather officially secular and agnostic. This is evident in the recent banning of the crucifix from Italian public schools which will be ignored by the Italians themselves and inspire other schools in Europe to display Christian symbols such as the nativity scene in the classroom.

The pope is trying to broker a deal with Islamic leaders in exchange for the building of mosques in Europe for them to allow churches to be built in Muslim lands and to give Muslims the right to convert to Christianity or Judaism.

Secularism leaves a void in the soul which leads people to seek guidance to answer the basic questions of their existence.

The decision by the Obama administration is saying to Muslims throughout the world that the West will accommodate them even in times of war. This will inevitably lead to demands that western countries allow Muslims to live under a separate system of sharia law, something that the EU already permits at the local level.

The goal of Islam is jihad to destroy the Great Satan of secularism particularly in America and Israel. Obama is conceding that they won and that at least for the time being, America will concede them a gradual victory.
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