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Status Quo? Don't You Guys Want Change?

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 4:03:42 PM
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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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Obama's Afghan War Policy Makes Sense So Far

Posted by Mike on Monday, November 02, 2009 1:41:51 PM
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Americans are sick and tired of nation building which is just a recipe for more big government. President Obama acts wisely in resisting the tempting pleas of the military brass for higher troop levels. The goal in Afghanistan should not be to remake a small nation into a democracy like us. The Afghans have clearly demonstrated that they do not want a society based upon free elections, even though we Americans may think that we know what is best for them.

As in Iraq, the best course to follow is to bring about an orderly exit of American and NATO forces as soon as possible through negotiating with the Taliban and other resistance forces, while avoiding a bloodbath. Karzai will have to go. It is just a question of how long he has to act as puppet.

Afghanistan was not the good, necessary war any more than Iraq was the bad war of choice. Saddam's was by far a worse dictatorship than that of the Taliban. Either way, Muslims do not believe in democracy. They believe in total submission to Allah. That is why their women cover their heads in public, and not because of a paternalistic, male dominated society.

Obama, being a Christian brought up in the Muslim tradition, is uniquely qualified to act as peacemaker with respect to Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. The key to peace is that we show mutual respect for each other's civilizations and cultures.
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Health Care Reform on the Way

Posted by Mike on Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:22:16 AM
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As congressional leaders get more input from the concerns of real Americans, the liberal health care plan is sinking. There still is a real need for better health care. The likely result will be a boon for private insurance companies who will receive increases in premium revenues as Americans without health care coverage will be required to obtain some type of coverage to decrease per capita costs. The public option will not suffice, because of widespread opposition due to the failure of the Medicare system.

There will also have to be specific restrictions on abortion, sterilization and contraceptive funding which should never be considered as health care. In fact, state laws will be needed to prohibit insurance companies from paying for these services and prescription items.

Because of the push to mandate coverage of pre-existing conditions, which only makes sense when all are covered, medical premiums should be expected to rise. Employers will be expected to bear the brunt of these cost increases and we can expect that health insurance will become mandatory for all full time employees, again to help pay for the cost of covering more people.

There may be some cost reductions because of preventive care and elimination of emergency treatment for the uninsured.

Without the public option, we can expect less fraud and waste. This also leaves open the possibility for transitioning on a grand scale to privately operated medical cooperatives in which everyone has a voice in deciding what care is provided at the local level, and at what cost. The federal government wants to control health care.  It is only the voice of voters which keeps government in check. However, decentralization will only happen when Americans decide to take responsibility for their own health and well being.

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Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Posted by Mike on Sunday, September 13, 2009 5:30:13 PM
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The Values March in Washington DC this weekend marks the beginning of a new era. Ostensibly a disparate group of Americans each having their own issues, in actuality this was the first time in which the premises of Liberalism were seriously challenged. It reminds me of the small breaches that first arose in the flawed St. Francis Dam (pictured above) above the San Fernando Valley before the dam finally broke sending water crashing all the way out to the Pacific Ocean.

Liberals in both major political parties apparently just don't get that their time in government is coming to an end. Just last week, a California Assemblyman who supported family values was forced to resign for talking trash in front of an open microphone in the legislative chamber. This faux pas was a relatively minor infraction of decorum. In contrast, Congressman Joe Wilson is widely acclaimed for shouting out during the President's speech to a joint session of Congress. Both actions were inappropriate, yet the electorate can understand and appreciate the Congressman's frustration at the President's duplicity and obfuscations on health care.

What we are seeing is the beginning of a spiritual revival in which the social conservatives who have always opposed abortion are beginning to persuade the majority of citizens toward their way of thinking, because the alternative just doesn't work. As the majority shifts to oppose abortion, the tide is turning against liberalism. Americans will no longer tolerate egotism in government.
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Obamacare Only Tip of Iceberg

Posted by Mike on Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:22:31 PM
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Health care is only the tip of the iceberg. Anger and contempt for federal and state government have been building up for decades, and all because of betrayals and mismanagement of the few in government which were distorted by mass media outlets.

Take for example the case of Terry Schiavo. There was absolutely no reason for her to die. The courts promulgated a grave injustice equal to, if not worse than, racial segregation. President Kennedy used federal marshals in 1963 to stop racial segregation despite objections by governor George Wallace standing outside the classroom door in Alabama. Why could not something similar have been done for Terry Schiavo? Either of the Bush brothers could have acted to save a woman's life. If anyone was ever deprived of constitutional rights, she was. Yet there was no action forthcoming either in Florida or at the federal level. So why should Americans believe that the government cares about their health or well-being, and stand back idly while Congress and the President set up another Draconian nightmare of bureaucratic red tape? Has this socialistic approach ever worked in the past?

John McCain brilliantly began to tap into this groundswell in nominating Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. The trouble was that he didn't follow through. McCain was overly committed to the neo-conservative agenda of Randy Scheunemann and Joe Lieberman who perceived Palin as being a major threat to war funding for Israel. McCain refused to allow her to let the genie out of the bottle by addressing the pro-life gathering in Minnesota outside the convention. Taking this subject off the table in 2008 only unleashed the anger expressed at town hall gatherings in 2009. Today, most Americans feel betrayed by Congress, the President, and the Courts, and rightly so.

It may well be that this betrayal is a manifestation of the stage of capitalism in which we are now living. Any society that takes selfishness to the extreme to which America has done, and has deliberately shunned religion and morality from public life, will be faced with big problems.

Liberals in government have dug themselves into a deep hole. Like their predecessors during the French Revolution, they are now forced to either accept a flawed agenda of more and more government sponsored killing, or put their own careers and lives in danger because their past actions are criminal and punishable by any just standard of law. Let us hope that our nation can resolve these conflicts and not fall into the cycle of reprisals for past misdeeds.

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Challenges Facing America

Posted by Mike on Monday, August 10, 2009 8:06:41 PM
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The majority of Americans are learning the hard way how to conserve non-renewable resources, protect the environment, and to share the wealth with others who are less fortunate. This is being done not by altruism, but rather by default. The unholy alliance between the super-rich, government, media and academia has given rise to ever bigger demands being made by fringe elements and minorities, with ever growing attempts to marginalize and disenfranchise the white majority. The upshot of all this is that everyone is forced to settle for less in terms of material goods and to cut down on unnecessary consumption which is often detrimental anyway.

Globalization will necessitate tougher economic and financial controls and regulations. This is already happening with increased regulation of credit card companies to protect debtors from unscrupulous, usurious lending practices and perhaps also from identity theft.

Quality health care is gradually being extended to all strata of society. For this to work, government must wisely uphold an ethic based upon respect for all human life to insure that medical services are not reduced to a mere commodity to be sold to the highest bidder. The frustration and anger over the proposed health care reforms is genuine. The majority of working Americans are tired of subsidizing those who are not loyal American citizens and those who refuse to work and are only interested in tearing down the majority culture.

Our greatest challenge is to uphold our true values of charity and justice against the prevailing tide of selfishness and greed. This will require real reform in knocking the self-proclaimed nabobs, gurus and elites off their imaginary pedestals.
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Bring Torturers to Justice

Posted by Mike on Thursday, May 07, 2009 10:40:31 AM
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A Spanish judge, Baltasar Garzon, has ordered an inquiry of alleged war crimes committed against Spanish citizens and resident aliens by Americans at Guantanamo. The Spanish Court is basing its jurisdiction on treaty commitments including the Geneva Conventions.

The U.S. has the same authority to indict American politicians and judges pursuant to the legal principles established at Nuremberg in 1946.

The debate in America has so far revolved around overturning unacceptable and flagrantly unjust court decisions. What has been overlooked is the precedents for punishing those in power who have seized upon this issue for their own ends.

Obama can start the process by making sure that his next court appointments will vigorously prosecute the political opportunists in and out of government who are most responsible for the untimely deaths of millions of Americans. If he fails to do this, he will lose in 2012 and the court will then change direction with a pro-life majority.

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