Health Care BS Open Thread

7 11 2009
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Thanks Obama!

I’m not the only one that is downright furious at Obama and his scum-bag Democrat water carriers, so here’s a place to vent about todays happenings over Obamacare!

 

I have read the supposed reports that came out of their meeting today, and I’m positive the real truth has been buried today for the Obama version of the truth.

Please try to keep it as clean as humanly possible.





Obamacare Bill Push-Back

6 11 2009

A big h/t goes out to littlemissmuffin for sending this gem!

A must see video from the rally in D.C.  (yesterday).





Abortion Movie

6 11 2009

Another call to action. There is nothing more important than stopping abortion! Well, here’s one way you can help…

abortion05_editedA new movie is coming out that reveals the secrets of Planned Parenthood called “Blood Money”. Because this is an independent film they have to find unusual ways to promote the movie, and to get it shown in more theaters across the country. One way you can help is to click on the following link… http://www.bloodmoneyfilm.com/. The makers of “Blood Money” say that they need as many people as possible to click on their link because they need to show the amount of visits to the movie distributors. This will help determine how many movie houses will order this film to be shown at their theater. Below is the link to the movie trailer for “Blood Money”.

Gio-





Important Notice #2

6 11 2009

A message to all members of Patriotic Resistance

The vote for Obama/Pelosi Care is slated for Saturday in Congress.  WE can kill this bill if we can persuad the Bluedogs to vote no! Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D FL-24) has already decided to vote no!

This is critical….we must apply more pressure and while you are at it call Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D FL-24) and thank her for standing with the people!

Time is is of the essence…please call and fax and email these Bluedogs:

http://www.rallycongress.com/freedomworks/2592/call-bluedogs-in-congress-urge-them-to-vote-no-on-obamacare/

Go to Resistnet and follow the to do action list on the front page.

If you haven’t checked out how to take back the GOP our precinct strategy…Please do so….this is where the power is in the party! 
http://www.resistnet.com/group/invadethegop

Remember, the call to the Bluedogs in Congress is urgent! Call First!
http://www.rallycongress.com/freedomworks/2592/call-bluedogs-in-congress-urge-them-to-vote-no-on-obamacare/

We don’t want government intrusion in our healthcare…tell them to kill the bill!

Thanks for all you do!
Resistnet Team

Visit Patriotic Resistance at: http://www.resistnet.com





Important Notice

6 11 2009

A message to all members of Team Sarah.

FORWARDED MESSAGE:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steve King today made the following statement calling on American citizens to come to Washington this weekend to stop a government takeover of health care.

“Nancy Pelosi and Washington liberals cannot ignore what transpired yesterday in Washington. Americans from every state stormed Capitol Hill. They took over the Hill. And they loudly chanted ‘Kill this bill!’

“We can kill this bill and stop the government takeover of health care. We need the help of every American willing to stand up for freedom and liberty. I urge all Americans who oppose this bill to come to Washington tomorrow morning and join us to stop this bill.”

Tomorrow at one p.m. Congressman King will join his Republican colleagues and Americans from across the nation seeking to have their voices heard in the health care debate for a second House Call press event. Republicans and other participants will deliver a message that the American people reject a government takeover of health care.

What:  Second Health Care “House Call” on Washington

Who:    Members of Congress Americans concerned about our health care future

Other Guests – TBA

When:  Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.

Where:  U.S. Capitol
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For those who can attend, let us know how things went, send stories/pics to teamsarahhq@gmail.com!

Bill Collier
TS Governance

Visit Team Sarah at: http://www.teamsarah.org





Army Base Killer A Hero

6 11 2009

H/T for this one goes to DCG.

WARNING: This is really going to piss you off, so if you don’t want your blood pressure to go up, or you don’t want to be accused of being involved with hyping a Muslim story, then I strongly suggest you to skip the rest of this post.

Please Note: The words and graphics below were copied directly from a website at http://www.revolutionmuslim.com/. Giovanni’sWorld does NOT agree with anything written below. We are only posting this to show people how devoid of God these people are. 

Gio-

An Officer & a Gentleman

Friday, 06 November 2009 00:24 Revolution Muslim

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Major Nidal Hasan M.D.

An officer and a gentleman was injured while partaking in a preemptive* attack.

Get Well Soon Major Nidal

We Love You

 

We do NOT denounce this officer’s actions,we do however apologize for the following acts committed by our country:

Bay of Tonkin

The East Timor Massacre by USA Supported Suharto

1902 Samar Massacre in the Philippines by the USMC

1,000,000 Dead Iraqis

Afghani & Pakistanis Killed by the USA

Starvation of Africa & Rape of it’s Resources by the USA

Support of the Brutal “Israeli” Occupation Entity

Etc. Etc.

Every day is Fort Hood for the world community due to USA policies and & their tyrant totalitarian puppet regimes. Rest assure the

slain terrorists at Fort Hood are in the eternal hellfire and it is not to late for YOU to change your policies.

 

Sharing a Smile with The International Community,

Yousef al-Khattab

*as opposed to a USA’s”Preventive War”(aka war crimes)





Proud Americans

5 11 2009

It’s nice to see that Americans, real Americans not the commie loving types, have finally found their voice. May we never… ever, be silent again!





Planned Parenthood Exposed

5 11 2009

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Abby Johnson was employed for 8 years at a Planned Parenthood branch in Bryan, Texas. For 2 of the 8 years, she was its director.

Recently, for the first time Johnson saw an ultrasound of a baby in the womb. Confronted with the undeniable reality that what she had seen was a living human being, she quit Planned Parenthood.

Not only that, Johnson is now confirming what has been alleged/rumored for years, that

  1. Planned Parenthood has a monthly abortion quota or goal;
  2. Planned Parenthood has a financial incentive to perform as many abortions as possible.

~Eowyn

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S ABORTION QUOTAS EXPOSED

Ex-director: We’d have client goal every month

By Chelsea Schilling – Nov 4, 2009

A former director of a Texas Planned Parenthood branch who resigned after she watched an ultrasound-guided abortion told WND the clinic was pushing employees to strive for abortion quotas to boost profits.

“There are definitely client goals,” former clinic director Abby Johnson said. “We’d have a goal every month for abortion clients and for family planning clients.”

Johnson, 29, said the Bryan, Texas, Planned Parenthood clinic performed surgical abortions every other Saturday, but it began expanding access to abortion to increase earnings.

“One of the ways they were able to up the number of patients that they saw was they started doing the RU-486 chemical abortions all throughout the week,” she said.

RU-486 chemical abortions kill the lining of the uterus, cutting off oxygen and nutrients, resulting in the death of an unborn baby. Johnson said the chemical abortion costs the same as an early first-trimester abortion: between $505 and $695 for each procedure.

She told WND the clinic was experiencing financial difficulties due to the economic downturn.

“Abortion is the most lucrative part of Planned Parenthood’s operations,” she said. “Even though they’re two separate corporations, all of the money goes into one pot. With the family planning corporation really suffering, they depend on the abortion corporation to balance their budget, help get them out of the hole and help make income for the company.”

She continued, “They really wanted to increase the number of abortions so that they could increase their income.”

Now Planned Parenthood has retaliated against Johnson, filing a restraining order against her because the clinic fears she may leak confidential information.

Johnson explained that she resigned after she saw an ultrasound-guided abortion in which an unborn baby was vacuumed out of a woman’s uterus.

“Ultrasound-guided abortions are not typically done in Planned Parenthood abortion centers because they’re more time-consuming, and that’s just not something that centers like that do,” she said. “I’d never seen one of those done before. For whatever reason, the physician had called me back to assist with the procedure. When I saw that, that was really when my heart was changed.”

Johnson, who was employed at the clinic for eight years and served as a director for two years, said the issue of abortion was “unsettling” for her the whole time she worked with Planned Parenthood. She said she kept “pushing down the guilt” and felt spiritually unsettled.

“There’s no religion and there’s no spirituality in an abortion clinic. There can’t be,” she said. “Whatever side you are on, pro-life or pro-choice, it is what it is – and that’s taking a human life.”

To read the rest of the article, go HERE.





Army Base Shooting Open Thread

5 11 2009

aa proud armyThis is not going to turn out good no matter what we learn about this brutal attack today at FORT HOOD, Texas. So far we know of 12 people killed.

The other thing we know is… there may have been more than one shooter. This leaves me to guess this may be terrorism.

Gio-





Beck vs Oprah Poll

5 11 2009

MSNBC has a poll on:

Whose book recommendation would you most trust?

  • Glenn Beck
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Neither

I just voted, and the results were:

  • Beck 68.4% (25,174 votes)
  • Oprah 20.5% (7,549 votes)
  • Neither 11.1% (4,095 votes)

For the poll, go HERE.

H/t informed GiovanniWorld member Steve!

Speaking of Beck, I received this e-mail update from his people:

After being in pain most of the night, Glenn ended up leaving the radio program early yesterday to see a doctor. Turned out the pain was appendicitis and Glenn underwent surgery. Everything went well and he is now in recovery and doing fine. Glenn and his wife Tania are so thankful for all the kind words, prayers and support from everyone. Well, almost everyone. Those compassionate loving liberal bloggers were bummed things didn’t end differently for Glenn.

Hmmm, I wonder if there’s a Beck lookalike doll somewhere with pins and needles stuck into his abdomen? LOL

Actually, it’s not as far fetched as one might think. There was a New Yorker article in its April 3, 2006 edition on the very liberal actor Sean Penn, in which he admitted that he stubbed his cigarettes into an Ann Coulter voodoo doll.

~Eowyn





As Mad As a Pelosi

5 11 2009

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Has Nancy Pelosi gone Mad-Hatter? Does her elevator reach the top floor? Are there bats in her belfry?

Inquiring minds among her Democrat comrades want to know!

H/t beloved GiovanniWorld member LittleMissMuffin!

~Eowyn

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THE MADNESS OF QUEEN NANCY

By John Fund – WSJ – Nov 6, 2009

It’s one thing to be serene under fire, it’s another to be delusional.

More than a few Democrats in Congress are perplexed and worried that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is insisting on ramming through a 1,900-page health care bill on Saturday, just days after her party took heavy losses in Tuesday’s elections. “It reminds me of Major Nicholson, the obsessed British major in the film ‘Bridge on the River Kwai,’” one Democrat told me. “She is fixated on finishing her health care bridge even as she’s lost sight of where it’s going and what damage it could cause to her own troops.”

Indeed, the Speaker’s take on Tuesday’s off-year elections struck some of her own members as delusive “happy talk.” “From our perspective, we won last night,” a cheerful Ms. Pelosi told reporters, citing her party’s pick-up of a single House seat in a New York special election and retention of another strongly Democratic seat in California.

That’s not how many of her own troops see it. Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama told Politico.com that members are “very, very sensitive” to the fact that the agenda being pushed by party leaders has “the potential to cost some of our front-line members their seats”

On health care, added New Jersey Democrat Bill Pascrell: “People who had weak knees before are going to have weaker knees now.”

Ms. Pelosi, however, apparently thinks the moment is ripe to use sheer political muscle to pass legislation reordering one sixth of the economy, with zero Republican support. The right mixture of “incentives” and Rahm Emanuel-style pressure, she believes, will bring enough Democrats to heel to vote for the bill.

The obsession Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have with passing health care strikes some Democratic moderates as a completely misplaced priority. Polls show that fewer than a fifth of Americans rank health care reform as the most important issue. Their biggest concern right now is jobs. Only 29% of voters in the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll believe the economy “has hit the bottom.”

…That the bill would be a job killer isn’t the only concern. Democrats worry about a backlash from the one-fourth of seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage — a program that faces steep cuts in both the likely Senate and House bills.

But Speaker Pelosi isn’t about to step back. In fact, she plans to force her troops to vote on health care just one day after Friday’s jobless numbers are due, which are likely to show unemployment still growing. “When I take this bill to the floor, it will win,” she proclaimed earlier this year.

To read the rest of the article, click HERE.





The Obama Deception

5 11 2009

This movie, The Obama Deception, is two hours long.

Don’t have the time? You can always bookmark the page and return to watch ;)

~Eowyn





Iranians See the Real Obama

5 11 2009

Mask

Obama, your mask is slipping, and your true face is showing.

More and more people in America and across the world are seeing you for who you really are.

Now, even the brave Iranian people are on to Obama. Yesterday, tens of thousands of Iranians defied police bludgeons and tear gas to protest against their tyrannical government. For the first time, the Iranian people are expressing impatience and skepticism about Obama, chanting “Obama, Obama — either you’re with them or you’re with us!”

Even more importantly, the protesters have turned against both their government’s anti-U.S. stance, as well as Tehran’s ally — Russia. This is a golden opportunity that the United States should not squander!

Obama, it is time for you to choose — in America, Iran, and Afghanistan. Are you for freedom, or are you for tyranny?

~Eowyn

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A militia member clashed with protesters Wednesday at Haft-e-Tir Square in Tehran. More Photos >
DISSIDENTS MASS IN TEHRAN TO SUBVERT AN ANTI-U.S. RALLY
By ROBERT F. WORTH – NYT – November 5, 2009

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iran’s beleaguered opposition movement struggled to reassert itself on Wednesday, as tens of thousands of protesters braved police beatings and clouds of tear gas on the sidelines of a major, government-sponsored anti-American rally.

The protests — in Tehran and other cities — were the opposition’s largest street showing in almost two months and came on the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the United States Embassy in Iran, an event that was a crucible for both Iran and the United States. Although a huge force of police officers beat back and scattered many of them, the protesters took heart at their ability to openly challenge the government despite a stream of warnings from all levels of Iran’s conservative establishment.

Even some government authorities seemed to grudgingly concede that the opposition had — for the first time — disrupted the annual anti-American rally. The official IRNA news agency reported in midafternoon that “rioters,” many wearing the opposition’s signature green color, had gathered in front of its offices on Valiasr Street chanting “Death to the dictator” and other antigovernment slogans.

At the same time, a new theme emerged, with many protesters declaring their impatience with President Obama’s policy of dialogue with the Iranian government. Many could be heard chanting, “Obama, Obama — either you’re with them or you’re with us,” witnesses said.

…Protesters openly flouted the day’s official anti-American message, with about 1,000 people gathering outside the Russian Embassy in Tehran and chanting, “The real den of spies is the Russian Embassy.”

The American Embassy has been called the “den of spies” in Iran for decades. But many opposition supporters were angered by Russia’s early acceptance of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed victory in Iran’s presidential election in June.

To read the rest of the article, go HERE.




Democrats Are Stupid!

4 11 2009

Democrat celebrating yesterdays elections.Yesterdays elections ended with overwhelming victories for Conservatism, and to a lesser degree… Republicans. Yet the Democrats want to somehow convince the phantom that the opposite happened, and yesterday was good news for the Democrat party.

For some dumb reason, they have yet to figure out that what happened yesterday has energized Conservatives and Republicans. Or is this exactly what they fear?

Gio- 

Democrats to Use Election to Push Agenda in Congress

WASHINGTON — Blaming election setbacks on a drop in voter enthusiasm, Congressional Democrats said Wednesday that losses in governors’ races in Virginia and New Jersey — and a striking House win in New York — should give new urgency to their legislative agenda, including a sweeping health care overhaul.

As they assessed the results, Democratic lawmakers and party strategists said their judgment was that voters remained very uneasy about the economy and did not see Democrats producing on the health, energy and national security changes they promised when voters swept them to power only a year ago.

“Most of us ran on that,” said Representative Gerald E. Connolly, Democrat of Virginia and president of the party’s freshman class. “We must deliver. I need to give Democrats something to be excited about.”

Democrats still face the political dilemma that has dogged their health care efforts this year and will continue to face tough choices as they take up issues like curbing global warming. Should they concentrate on motivating their core supporters, many of whom appeared to stay away from the polls in New Jersey and Virginia, by taking a more liberal approach, for example by embracing a public health insurance option?

Or do they try to write health, energy and fiscal policies that can attract independents, who broke for Republicans in Tuesday’s voting, in order to protect more moderate Democrats in conservative districts where spending and the rising debt are top worries?

“We have to do something, but it has to be right,” said Representative Frank Kratovil Jr., a first-term Maryland Democrat who won his seat away from a Republican last year. “My biggest concern is cost. The impact on the deficit is a real problem.”

Republicans portrayed the election outcome as a repudiation of Democratic policies and predicted significant Congressional gains next year despite Tuesday’s embarrassing loss in a longtime House Republican stronghold in upstate New York.

“If we can continue to stand on principle and oppose these liberal policies and show the American people that we have better solutions that are common sense solutions, we are going to do fine,” Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader, said. He predicted that the Democratic rank-and-file, fearing for their political futures, would press its leadership to rethink the party’s direction.

Yet several Democratic lawmakers said the election could have the opposite result and spur Democrats on in an effort to recapture the coalition of young, minority, urban and suburban Democrats and independents who were central to the 2008 election victories.

“I think the issues of health care and energy independence are important issues the president has outlined early on, and those are issues we ought to focus on,” said Representative Allen Boyd, a centrist Florida Democrat.

From a purely Congressional perspective, Tuesday was a positive night for Democrats as they retained a California seat in a special election and picked up the seat in upstate New York partly as a result of a Republican Party feud. The winner of that race, Bill Owens, has already assured Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California that he will support the party health care proposal that could reach the floor this weekend, aides said.

Mr. Owens and John Garamendi, a California Democrat who won a House seat in the Bay Area vacated by a Democrat, could be sworn in as early as Thursday, bringing the party breakdown in the House to 258 to 177 in favor of Democrats, a net increase of one.

“This was a victory for health care reform,” Ms. Pelosi said. “From our standpoint, we picked up votes last night.”

While not discounting the Republican wins in Virginia and New Jersey, Democrats said the New York and California House races were the only contests that centered on Congressional issues and Democrats won both despite months of Republican attacks on the legislative priorities of President Obama and Congressional Democrats.

“The governors of Virginia and New Jersey don’t have a vote on the Obama agenda,” said Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Yet there were ominous signs for Congressional Democrats in the results, notably in Virginia, where Democrats picked up three Republican seats last year and acknowledge that they will have difficulty holding on to them. Republicans noted that in two of those freshman districts, the Republican victor for governor, Robert F. McDonnell, won by a more than 20-point margin.

“The election in New York may provide a momentary victory for Democrats, but the results in two gubernatorial contests tell us more about what 2010 holds in store for the party in power,” said Representative Pete Sessions of Texas, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

In the Senate, some Democrats said the voting on Tuesday was likely to give some lawmakers from more conservative parts of the country further pause in considering how to vote on health care. But Democrats in both chambers said that their views on how to vote on the issue were being shaped by multiple factors and that the election results would play little role.

“My decision is based on the substance of the bill and how it affects my constituents and nothing else,” said Mr. Boyd, the Florida Democrat.





URGENT: Stop Obama and Pelosi!

4 11 2009

Obama coolThis is an addition to Eowyns’ post on taking action to KILL OBAMACARE!

Below are some concrete actions to take tomorrow to let Congress, Pelosi, and Obama know that Obamacare is wrong for our country!

A message to all members of Patriotic Resistance


State Capitol and/or Local Office Obamacare Protest, Nov 5th Help Us Meet Our Goal of 1 Million Contacts with Congress on Thursday!

On Thursday at 12:00 Eastern we are asking everyone that can to go to your State Capitol and stage a protest on your Capitol Steps or to your local Reps or Senate Office. This will correspond with the 12:00 Est Press Conference in DC. Contact local media and invite them. We must stop the passage of this ObamaCare Bill!

On Thursday: Goal- 1 Million Citizen Contacts coinciding with Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s call to join her in walking the halls of Congress and make sure the voice of citizens is heard.

1. Schedule Your Fax to Your Lawmakers or send your own:anytime today or tomorrow the 5th:
http://www.grassfire.org/2122/offer.asp?Ref_ID=500051

2. Call your 2 Senators at 12:00pm est
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

3. Call your Congressional Rep at 12:10pm est
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml

4. Twitter “We Stand Together” and use hashtag #killbill at 12:15pm est

5.  At 12:30 est, everyone will sing “God Bless America.” nation wide.

6. Call the White House (202.456.1414) at 1:00pm est Tell the White House “We Stand Together.”

7. Email Your Senators online form @ 1:10 est
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

and  Email your Rep thru on line form @ 1:20 est
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml

8. Don’t forget to contact friends and family to take part also!

9. Persistence..Stay the Course!

Thanks!

Visit Patriotic Resistance at: http://www.resistnet.com





URGENT: Stop Pelosi!

4 11 2009
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Design by BobKeyser

Conservatives, Patriots! The battle continues. Please re-energize yourselves and resist!

~Eowyn

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Nancy Pelosi, unfazed by big conservative victories in Tuesday’s election in Virginia and New Jersey, is still planning to ram through a floor vote in the full House by Friday on the massive, 1,990-page government health care takeover bill that was just unveiled a few days ago. It’s an abuse of power and an utter outrage. Even Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in the face of widespread public opposition, has said the Senate will have to delay its version until December or even next year.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), one of the most outspoken opponents of the bill, says Republican members were literally locked out of committee rooms where the bill was written. Recall that President Obama promised “transparency” and that any bill would be written in public. That did not happen.

Mrs. Bachmann is asking Americans to take some time on Thursday, Nov. 5, and do one of several things. She is organizing a noon rally at the U.S. Capitol building on the House side. Participants will then be encouraged to visit the offices of their congressman.

Any Americans within driving distance who can get there areencouraged to show up to support the effort to stop the bill. Those who can’t are asked to visit congressmen’s district offices back in their states. And those who cannot do that are encouraged to flood the Capitol switchboard with calls to their congressmen .

Please Take Action.

Please consider taking one of the following actions.

1) Pray that wisdom prevails and that Congress does the right thing.

2) If you can, please come to Washington, D.C. for Thursday’s rally at noon at the U.S. Capitol building on the House side.

3) Or visit your congressmen’s district office locally.

4) Call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or (202) 225-3121 and ask for your congressman’s office. Click here to locate your representative. Be polite but firm and tell them simply that you do not want this health care takeover passed, period.

More Background

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) said Wednesday that it is now clear the health care bill “is not about health care, but about changing the fundamental relationship between Americans and their government.” In short, it will mean serfdom, as Americans will be made entirely dependent on federal bureaucrats for allocation of health care. Yes, this means “death panels” and the rest of it. Senior citizens will take the brunt of the “savings” that will be mandated, including $500 billion in designated cuts in Medicare. A study by Price Waterhouse Cooper estimates that the average family will have to pay $4,000 more for insurance by 2019, and individuals another $1,500.

Also in the bill:

Government insurance. The “public option” is still in. This provision would create a government insurance plan that would quickly drive private insurers out of business and ensure a “single-payer” system that is, in effect, socialized medicine.

Abortions. American taxpayers will be forced to pay for them. Pelosi and her fellow liberals have defeated 30 efforts in both Houses of Congress to prohibit such funding. The bill has language barring school-based clinics from actually committing abortions, but does nothing to keep the clinics from referring or facilitating abortions.

Domestic partners. Insurance tax benefits are expanded to unmarried couples, which means taxpayers will be subsidizing homosexual relationships.

Tax increases. Americans for Tax Reform has found 13 tax increases or new taxes in the $1.2 trillion bill, including the “medicine cabinet” tax that would prevent people from paying for non-prescription drugs through tax-deferred health savings accounts.

Your prayers, visits, calls or emails will make a difference!

Again, call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or (202) 225-
3121 and ask for your congressman’s office. Click here to locate your representative. Be polite but firm and tell them simply that you do not want this health care takeover passed, period.

Remember, you are not alone. Many other national groups are  encouraging their constituents to take these actions, too. If enough Americans respond, we will stop this ghastly power grab in its tracks before it even gets to the Senate.

www.coralridge.org





Thanks Italy

4 11 2009

We shall remember this if you ever get into a fix. In fact, the next time you need help from the USA, take a hint from the man-in-black!JonnyCashFinger

Italy Convicts 23 Americans for C.I.A. Renditions

MILAN — In a landmark ruling, an Italian judge on Wednesday convicted a base chief for the Central Intelligence Agency and 22 other American C.I.A. operatives of kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan in 2003.

The case was a huge symbolic victory for Italian prosecutors, who drew the first convictions involving the American practice of rendition, in which terrorism suspects are captured in one country and taken for questioning in another, often one more open to coercive interrogation techniques.

Critics of the Bush administration have long hailed the case as a repudiation of the tactics it used to fight terrorism. And that Italy would actually convict intelligence agents of an allied country was seen as a bold move that could set a precedent in other cases.

Still, the convictions may have little practical effect. They do not seem to change the close relations between the United States and Italy. Nor did they reveal whether the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had approved the kidnapping. And it seemed highly unlikely that anyone, Italian or American, would spend any time in prison.

Judge Oscar Magi handed an eight-year sentence to Robert Seldon Lady, a former C.I.A. base chief in Milan, and five-year sentences to the 22 other Americans. Three of the other high-ranking Americans were given diplomatic immunity, including Jeffrey Castelli, a former C.I.A. station chief in Rome.

Citing state secrecy, the judge did not convict five high-ranking Italians charged in the abduction, including a former head of Italian military intelligence, Nicolò Pollari.

All the Americans were tried in absentia and are considered fugitives. Through their court-appointed lawyers, they pleaded not guilty.

Complete story here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Powerful Walk-for-Life Video

4 11 2009

This video is of the 2009 Walk For Life, West coast (San Francisco).

Can you see the haters in the video?

The Left has perverted America, distorting good into evil, and twisting evil into good.

H/t my brave friend Nancy who has participated in countless such Walks. She writes: “The first year the opposition was scary.  I have never seen such hate and we really needed the Police protection. The way the press has demonized pro-lifers is unbelievable at the same time as they have soft pedaled the tactics of the opposition.  The vile comments directed at the priests in front of the many young children amongst the marchers that first year was truly a revelation.”

~Eowyn





When Barry Met the General

4 11 2009

H/t beloved GiovanniWorld regular Bob!

Read the caption below the photo first, then read the thought bubble!

~Eowyn

Do as I tell you





Questions for the GOP

4 11 2009

no-rino's

Among the things that make Giovanni’s World so cool are its highly intelligent and passionate regulars. Tom of NC is one. We are grateful to him for the following list of questions, which we can use the next time we get a solicitation phonecall or letter from the GOP.

If you don’t get “Yes” to every one of the questions, don’t give them even one penny!

I suggest you print the following list of 10 questions out, and keep it next to your phone!

Here’s Tom of NC’s list:

  1. Are all of your candidates pro-life?
  2. Do all of your candidates support the 2nd Amendment?
  3. Do all of your candidates support smaller government?
  4. Do all of your candidates oppose Obamacare?
  5. Do all of your candidates support across the board tax cuts?
  6. Do all of your candidates support a strong military and support themissions in Iraq and Afghanistan?
  7. Do all of your candidates oppose cap and trade and oppose the hoax and hysteria of man made global warming?
  8. Do all of candidates support free trade and capitalism?
  9. Do all of your candidates oppose gay marriage?
  10. Do all of your candidates oppose a reestablishment of the fairnessdoctrine?
  11. Any negative answers are grounds to say sorry, I only support CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES! Soon when they start to realize they are losing a mountain of money because they are supporting RINOs, reality will hit them like a brick upside their heads, but it take a massive effort because RINOitis has infected the GOP from the bottom to top and will take massive amounts of Conservative antibiotics to cure it. We need to band together and give this party a giant shot in the arm before 2010 so we can wipe out this virus once and for all.

~Eowyn