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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 30th, 2009
The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama delivered a letter from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to Pope Benedict XVI last month. The letter and the pontiff’s response were read aloud by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick at Kennedy’s burial on Saturday. From the Kennedy letter:
I have been blessed to be part of a wonderful family. And [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 17th, 2009
As I noted below, comments made by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on CNN’s Sunday “State of the Union” program seemed to indicate that the administration was willing to compromise on the “public option” (a government alternative to private insurance companies, i.e. socialized medicine) of Obama’s health care agenda. Not so according to former DNC Chairman [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 9th, 2009
Seriously folks, this is getting out of hand. Don’t people know that we work for them, not they for us?
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2009
From Mr. Smith’s blog Secondhand Smoke over at First Things:
Leave aside for the moment that Obama smokes, do you see how insidious health care controlled by the government will be? And do you think we will be able to print money fast enough to pay for all of this?
Health care cost containment will become the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2009
To pay for President Obama’s dream of insuring almost every single American (“costing at least $1 trillion. . . yet [leaving] tens of millions of people uninsured”), Congress is discussing a VAT, or value-added tax, common in Europe, that would be applied to the cost of goods. So, let’s say, 5 percent more on everything [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2009
The New York State Catholic Conference is reporting that the Empire State Stem Cell Board will recommend June 11 that state taxpayer funds be used to pay women to harvest their eggs (oocytes) for research purposes. To the tune of, oh, ten grand. Says Kathleen M. Gallagher, director of pro-life activities for the conference,
“The New [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2009
With Dr. Gagnon’s permission:
Why a “Sexual Orientation” and “Gender Identity” “Hate Crimes” Law Is Bad for You
Part 1: Promoting hatred of people opposed to homosexual practice and transgenderism
by Robert A. J. Gagnon, Ph.D.
May 28, 2009
The so-called “Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act” (H.R. 1913), passed by the U.S. House of Representatives along party lines [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2009
Tony Perkins, president of the conservative Family Research Council, had the following remarks about Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee for the US Supreme Court:
‘President Obama has chosen a nominee with a compelling personal story over a judicial pick with a solid constitutional judicial philosophy. A compelling personal story is no substitute for allegiance to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19th, 2009
Station KUOW reports that Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire signed a bill today extending the legal rights of married couples to gay and lesbian couples. Noted Gregoire,
It is time for all us here in the state of Washington to stand up and say, ‘We stand for justice. And we stand for shared responsibility to one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2009
From the May 12 The New York Times. Quotes like the following prove why an intelligence test should be administered and passed prior to anyone running for public office:
“They are asking only for equal protection under the law,” said Ms. [Janet L.] Duprey, a Republican whose district along the Canadian border in the North Country [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.