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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Commercial Refused by the Super Bowl
Here's a commercial that NBC and CNN refused to run during the Super Bowl. I wonder why?
Obama at Notre Dame? What???
As one of my students said today, maybe it should be called "Notre Shame":
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Obama a Narcissist? One man's opinion...
This is only one man's opinion, but it's a VERY interesting video about Obama and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). This was done during the campaign, but what "Dr. Sina" says makes me think a lot about Obama's attitude right now. This is not to say that Obama actually has NPD -- the video is meant to show certain narcissistic personality traits that Obama has displayed throughout the campaign. "Dr. Sina's" goal is to promote the idea that public officials should be screened for mental illnesses, just as cops and firemen are, since they are in charge of WMD's etc. Take a look and keep an open mind!
John Boehner's Speech on the House Floor
John Boehner (R-OH), gave a fantastic speech on the House floor on the "pork-a-palooza," otherwise known as the Stimulus Package. Straight to the point!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Read Obama's Lips
From the Weekly Standard's Blog
Read Obama's Lips
This may come back to haunt him:
But let me perfectly clear, because I know you’ll hear the same old claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people: if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.
Obama seems intent on running a permanent campaign, and he's still making the kind of over-the-top promises that campaigns toss around like Monopoly money. In this speech he promised cap and trade and health care reform this year. He promised universal college education. He promised a cure for cancer. Obama also promised that he, too, would "sacrifice some worthy priorities for which there are no dollars."
Obama's critics during the campaign -- Democratic and Republican -- painted Obama as a lightweight who talked a good game but wouldn't be able to deliver. Clinton accused Obama of raising a "false hope" and pointed out that it wasn't the speeches of JFK and Martin Luther King that landed a man on the moon and ended segregation, but the competence and oversight of a rather less inspiring LBJ. Now Obama, having promised so much during the campaign and already off to a bad start with his new era of bipartisanship, is pledging massive increases in spending, huge reductions in the deficit, and no new taxes for 95 percent of Americans. It's only been a few weeks, but so far all the American people have to show for Obama's election is $1 trillion in new debt and a thousand point drop in the Dow. Everything else is still just talk, some of which has the potential to damage the economy even further if implemented poorly or, in the case of cap and trade, implemented at all. The only thing Obama's certain to deliver is the one thing he claimed tonight he didn't believe in -- bigger government.
Obama Rescinds the Bush Abortion Rule
Obama to Rescind Bush Abortion Rule | ||
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is moving to rescind a federal rule that reinforced protections for medical providers who refuse to perform abortions or other procedures on moral grounds, an official said Friday.
A Health and Human Services official said the administration will publish notice of its intentions early next week, and open a 30-day comment period for advocates, medical groups and the public. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official notice has not been completed.
The Bush administration instituted the rule in its last days, and it was quickly challenged in federal court by several states and medical organizations. As a candidate, President Barack Obama criticized the regulation and campaign aides promised that if elected, he would review it.
Abortion opponents hailed the Bush regulation, saying it clarified federal policies and raised awareness about the rights of medical providers to follow their consciences. But abortion rights advocates said it could reduce access to other services — allowing a drug store clerk to refuse to sell birth control pills, for example.
Federal law has long forbidden discrimination against health care professionals who refuse to perform abortions or provide referrals for them. The Bush administration's rule requires institutions that get federal funding to certify their compliance with laws protecting conscience rights. It was intended to block the flow of federal funds to hospitals and other institutions that ignore the rights of religious and moral objectors.
The Obama administration supports the underlying federal laws that protect conscience rights, said the HHS official.
But the administration was concerned that the Bush regulation could also be used to refuse birth control, family planning services and counseling for vaccines and transfusions.
"The administration supports a tightly written conscience clause," said the HHS official. "While we are concerned about the Bush rule, we also understand there might be a need to clarify existing laws."
The administration will review comments from the public before making a final decision. Options range from simply repealing the regulation to writing a new one with a narrower scope.
The administration's move was first reported by The Los Angeles Times.
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