Uncle Sam as mother hen

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By Allan Erickson

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Full column here.

It is clear Mr. Obama & Co. never spent much time on the farm. These folks never learned not to step in it. Ever since Jan. 20 this man and his pals have stepped in one pile after another, piles they make for themselves.

And for us.

Public service indeed.

The House just passed a bill (vote 220-215) paving the way for the federal government to take over the healthcare industry. It is expected the Senate will step in the pile and the President will sign it. In short order costs will increase, quality of care will plummet, access will not improve, and the government will have another massive, bankrupt bureacracy on its hands, and on our backs. Did you know if you don’t comply with the provisions of ObamaCare, you will be charged with a felony?

For all the rational reasons to mourn this day, conservatives should celebrate. With every pile smeared all over the shoes of this administration, with every misstep they make, we are one step closer to being delivered from the barnyard.

Honestly examining the claims of Christ

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Jürgen Habermas, a veteran leftist German philosopher stunned his admirers not long ago by proclaiming, “Christianity, and nothing else, is the ultimate foundation of liberty, conscience, human rights, and democracy, the benchmarks of Western civilization. To this day, we have no other options [than Christianity]. We continue to nourish ourselves from this source. Everything else is postmodern chatter.”

RESURRECTION: HISTORIAL FACT?  Video series here.

PARTIAL LIST OF ATHEISTS AND AGNOSTICS WHO CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY

YOUR ETERNAL DESTINATION

The Ultimate Question

What are you telling your kids Mrs. Pelosi, Mr. Reid, Mr. Obama?

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Full column here.

Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid and Mr. President:

My kids have a few questions.  They’ve heard that thanks to federal spending creating huge national debt, looking out a few years, each of them personally owes about $180,000 plus interest.   We have five kids so combined they are already under water more than  $1 million.  Our youngest is three.  Her indebtedness will exceed that of her older siblings. 

Their first question is: how are we going to pay off this debt? Their second question is:  how did we get so far in debt?

We have told them the truth.  It’s kind of a tradition in our family.  We told them President Bush allowed the federal government to grow 60% on his watch with a lot of controversial spending. And, of course, you folks in Congress had a lot to do with that too.  We told them so far, President Obama has outdone Mr. Bush by a factor of three.  This means Mr. Obama has spent three times as much as Mr. Bush in 1/8th the time.  And, of course, you folks in Congress had a lot to do with that too.

THIS WILL BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY!

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One incredible young man!

Other Novembers Remembered

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By Allan Erickson

11.3.09

As we see indications at the polls Americans are rejecting far left ideology in favor of conservatism, it gladdens the heart to think Ronald Reagan would be pleased.     Heading into Thanksgiving, thinking about this special month and all we have to be thankful for, it is also heartening to remember certain milestones in Mr. Reagan’s life during the month of November, national milestones we may be revisiting, not just in memory alone, but in present-day action as well.

On Nov. 4, 1980, Mr. Reagan was first elected President, defeating Jimmy Carter.

He was re-elected by a landslide Nov. 6, 1984, defeating Walter Mondale.

On Nov. 13, 1974, the Reagan’s purchased Rancho del Cielo high above Santa Barbara.  It became known as the Western White House, a modest 1500 square-foot ranch house on several hundred acres.   It was the Reagan retreat, the place they rested, the place they rode horses, and the place Mr. Reagan worked with his own hands clearing brush, chopping and stacking oak firewood, building fences, and caring for his horses.

During his presidency Mr. Reagan spent every Thanksgiving at Rancho del Cielo.  The Reagans left the ranch for the last time Nov. 27, 1988, moving to L.A., but using the ranch periodically in the years following for special occasions. 

Mr. Reagan’s last visit to Rancho del Cielo occurred in 1995. 

Mrs. Reagan’s last visit was in 1998. 

The ranch is now owned by the Young America’s Foundation which preserves it as a “living monument to Reagan’s ideas, values and lasting accomplishments.”  Special private events and seminars are conducted there.

Speaking of Mr. Reagan’s accomplishments, detail here.

Perhaps his greatest contribution: demonstrating for us with grace and good humor how important it is we preserve the dream, and forward, with optimism, the work for a better America, and a better world: “One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice, for all.”

With that in mind: two inspiring quotes from one of the best men ever to hold the office.

“Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we’ve ever known.”

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”

Happy Thanksgiving.

Pssst!

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“Smile, dammit.   I promise I’ll keep Reid away from you!  And what’s another $1.3 Trillion anyway.  Just a drop in the bucket to make sure we put ourselves in the driver’s seat on healthcare.”

 

 

 

Horrors from the Hounds on the Hill

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“This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. ”

Will Rogers

Heading into Halloween, what the monsters have wrought: Boo!

The blind leading the blind

. . . and we all go into the ditch.

Hate speech legislation becomes law today

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Commentary by Allan Erickson here.

HATE CRIMES BILL TO BECOME LAW

Written by Edward Lee Pitts

October 27, 2009

The White House has announced that President Obama on Wednesday will sign into law the defense spending bill that contains sweeping new hate crimes legislation.

Obama will sign into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 Wednesday afternoon.  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Members of Congress, and others will join him.

Then later that day Obama will host a reception to commemorate the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

This act, named after a gay teenager and a black man who were both murdered, makes it a federal crime to discriminate based on sexual orientation, disability or gender.

Controversy erupted when this hate crimes act became tied to the $680 billion defense spending bill.

Tony Perkins, with the Family Research Council, said it forced lawmakers to choose between supporting the nation’s troops or their belief that the hate crimes act could interfere with the freedom of one’s religious beliefs:

“This hate crimes provision is part of a radical social agenda that could ultimately silence Christians and use the force of government to marginalize anyone whose faith is at odds with homosexuality. Expanding hate crimes puts America in lock step with the stated agenda of homosexual activists who will turn next to the so-called Employment Non-discrimination Act, followed by the repeal of the ban on homosexuality in the military and then the Defense of Marriage Act.”

Implications:

Christian broadcasters leery of  ‘hate crimes’ law

Charlie Butss – OneNewsNow – 10/28/2009   EXCERPT

The “hate crimes” bill approved recently by Congress could be a problem for broadcasters — most importantly, Christian broadcasters — when it is signed into law.

Sometime today President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law a measure that adds to the list of federal hate crimes attacks on people based on their sexual orientation. Congress approved the legislation last week as part of the $680-billion FY 2010 Defense Authorization bill. Appended to the hate crimes amendment was a statement ensuring that a religious leader or any other person cannot be prosecuted on the bases if his or her speech, beliefs, or association.
 
But Craig Parshall, chief counsel for National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), discounts that statement, pointing out that such laws in other countries have been used to silence people of faith. He believes the law approved by Congress is potentially dangerous as it relates to comments made about homosexuality or another religion.

HERE COME THE THOUGHT POLICE

Grandma accused of hate crime

Colson on hate crimes

More feel-good ‘hate crime’ legislation from Congress

Related:

How the FCC and liberal churches are scheming to shut you up  FULL STORY HERE

Michelle Malkin – Syndicated Columnist – 10/28/2009   EXCERPT

The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on “hate speech” over cable TV and right-leaning talk-radio airwaves. President Obama’s speech-stifling bureaucrats seem all too happy to oblige.

 Over the last week, an outfit called “So We Might See” has conducted a nationwide fast to protest “media violence” — specifically, “anti-immigrant hate speech, which employs flawed arguments to appeal to fears rather than facts.” Their ire is currently aimed at Fox News and conservative talk-show giants. But how long before they target ordinary citizens who call in to complain about the government’s systemic refusal to enforce federal sanctions against illegal alien employers or the bloody consequences of lax deportation policies?
 
The “interfaith coalition for media justice” is led by the United Church of Christ. Yes, that’s the same church of Obama’s race-baiting, Jew-bashing ex-pastor Jeremiah Wright. Other members include the Presbyterian News Service, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the National Council of Churches. These religious liberals have partnered with the National Hispanic Media Coalition, which filed a petition in January demanding that the FCC collect data, seek public comment, and “explore options” for combating “hate speech” from staunch critics of illegal immigration.

Two kinds of liberals

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OH, OH!  ONE MORE KIND, ONE MORE KIND!

THE THREE IN ONE: