Funding Abortion?

In his address to a joint session of Congress earlier this month, President Obama said:

And one more misunderstanding I want to clear up - under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.

Joe Wilson could have shouted, "You Lie!" again at this point, but chose not to.

Today, Democrats again blocked a Republican amendment that would forbid use of federal funds for abortions.

So, is there a misunderstanding? I don't think so. Just because the bill doesn't affirmatively fund abortions, doesn't mean it won't happen. Democrats have thwarted every attempt to block them.

Obama's Confusing Afghanistan Strategy

Part of then-Candidate Obama's campaign attack against Senator John McCain was that Iraq was the bad war, which was a diversion from Afghanistan, which was the "good war".

But now, the situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating and Obama is sitting on his hands. General Stanley McChrystal told the White House that he needed more troops or the Taliban might reclaim power in that country. The Obama Administration in essence told him not to ask for more troops. In fact, his troop request has not officially hit Washington yet.

But his report on the situation was leaked to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post. I think this shows desperation on the part of someone to get the debate going on the subject, despite Obama wanting to avoid the topic.

But why does Obama want to avoid this topic? Isn't this the good war? What's the problem? Send the troops and get the job done Mr. President! Or is this going to be yet another broken campaign promise?

Obama Doesn't Need to Address Children...

teachers will push his policies for him!

Update: It was an official school-sanctioned event. The school district is upset the tape was released.

Things the President Knows that We Don't

There must be a lot, because Obama has again reversed himself on one of the positions he and other liberals have espoused for years - that President George W. Bush wrongly held enemy combatants without trial.

Obama has now reversed himself, saying he does have authority to do such a thing and will continue to hold about 50 detainees indefinitely without trial.

This on the heels of Obama deciding to keep troops in Iraq after saying for the entire campaign that he would get them out right away. This also follows Obama's stall tactics on Gitmo, when he once claimed that he would shut the facility down by August and it remains open as October approaches, with no change in sight.

The intelligence information the President receives every day gives him a unique view on the world. There must be a lot of scary stuff out there for Obama to have reversed himself on so many issues - and adopted the practices of the left's favorite bad guy.

Racism?

Liberals are coming out of the woodwork to claim that opposition to President Obama is based on racism (really President Carter???)

So, I have devised a simple test.

Ask anyone opposed to Obama what they think about Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, Michael Steele or Bobby Jindhal.

ACORN Falling Apart

In the latest blow for ACORN, the Senate has voted to cut off funding for ACORN. This is on the heels of a third videotape, this time coming from the Brooklyn office of the organization.

Many props to James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles for nearly single-handedly bringing this organization down.

Let's see President Obama's reaction.

PS:
We should begin an immediate investigation into the seven Senators who voted against cutting off funding:
Burris (D-IL)
Casey (D-PA)
Durbin (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Leahy (D-VT)
Sanders (I-VT)

Notice both of the Illinois Senators voted Nay?

Punishing Joe the Congressman?

The House Democrats have decided to punish Rep. Joe Wilson for not apologizing on the House floor for yelling, "you lie!" during President Obama's speech.

Two things that strike me about this.

1) This is the same party that will let tax cheat Charlie Rangel keep his chairmanship of the committee that writes the tax code. Wilson "lacks decorum", Rangel lacks the ability to obey the law. Which is worse?

2) Why does Wilson owe House Dems an apology. If he acted improperly, it was toward Obama. He apologized to Obama. Obama accepted his apology. Why does he need to be punished further?

I think the Dems want to keep the focus on Wilson so that no one is talking about the substance of Obama's speech or the contents of the health care bills.

Wilson should not have yelled. He's not wrong, but it makes Republicans look bad. And now, he probably should apologize just so that the whole thing goes away and we can refocus on stopping ObamaCare.

I'm not saying that what Wilson did was wrong, but for the good of the party, he should not have done it.

Why We must Never Forget

In many ways, September 11, 2001 unified the people of this country like never before. People huddled together on street corners waving American flags. The Red Cross had to turn away potential donors because it couldn't store all the blood. The Fundraiser for America drew huge celebrities (Tom Petty singing "Won't Back Down" was the highlight for me) and raised a lot of money. Democrats and Republicans, Conservatives and Liberals all agreed that something must be done and that we would never forget.

President Bush said he would go after the terrorists and the countries that harbored them. Everyone agreed. He stated, you either stand with us or you stand with the terrorists - and nearly everyone stood with us. The Patriot Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, and the intelligence community was overhauled, allowing our government to fight terrorism in an unprecedented way.

And because of the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, the enhanced interrogation, the wiretapping, and all of the other intelligence and security measures we don't hear about, there has not been another terrorist attack on US soil in 8 years. God Bless President Bush for that.

But success has made far too many of us complacent. Some start to think that all these measures are unnecessary (or worse - counterproductive to our proper role in global society). Liberals want to do away with pretty much everything President Bush has done (ironically, President Obama did too until he got into power). This course of action would be highly dangerous and would almost certainly result in another attack.

And that is why we must never forget 9/11. The world is still far too dangerous. We cannot go back to a pre-9/11 mindset. We cannot be lulled into a false sense of security. We must always be vigilant, we must always work to prevent the next attack and we must keep up the practices that have made us safe for the last eight years. In football parlance, we can't afford to move to a prevent defense.

May God continue to bless America and keep us safe, and may we always remember September 11th.

Initial Thoughts on Obama's Speech

Obama is talking like a moderate - "people on the left think...people on the right say..." But the problem is that he didn't say much of anything new.
"Time for bickering is over"
"[Death Panels] is a lie plain and simple."
"Partisan politics spreading lies and confusion."

Basically, instead of moving to the middle and taking ideas from both sides, he just parrots everything he has said and tries to offer it as something new - but it is all the same.

We need choice and competition - but we're still not supporting buying insurance across state lines...public option is needed to increase competition.

I also think it is interesting that the reforms won't take place for four years - so he will already have won reelection by the time he manages to ruin the country!

One of my "favorite" lines:

Part of the reason I faced a trillion dollar deficit when I walked in the door of the White House is because too many initiatives over the last decade were not paid for

I'm getting pretty sick of this blame Bush BS. Get over it Obama!

He did mention looking into medical malpractice reform, but I don't believe a word of it.

He also mentioned looking into savings in Medicare and Medicaid by cutting fraud. Hopefully he can save more than the million dollars he managed to cut in spending this year.

In all, he really proved that he is not listening to the American people. He is basically pushing the same agenda that he has been pushing. America doesn't want what you are selling. Stop trying to act like you want ideas from the other side and actually start to incorporate them!

I'm not sure how much this speech will help - he probably said a lot of things his base agrees with and didn't say much to convince anyone who disagrees.

White House Changing Lesson Plans

In the face of fierce criticism over President Obama's address to school children and the accompanying suggested lesson plans, the White House is revising their suggested activities.

Now students are asked to write letters to themselves about meeting their education goals, instead of writing letters about helping the teacher.

However, they are still supposed to think about what the president is "asking me to do" and think about whether the speech "makes me want to do anything" - so it's a partial fix but not much.

The White House is blaming the original language on an "honest mistake."

Obama's Address to School Children

On September 8th, President Obama is going to have the first-ever address to every student in America. K-12 - they're all going to hear Obama speak.

In addition, the President is offering up lesson plans and assignments for teachers to assist in preparing for and getting the most out of this day (K-6 here; 7-12 here).

I think there is a reason no other president in the history of the country has done such a thing - it's totally creepy. Obama will be addressing our nation's children and bringing his liberal agenda straight to this captive audience. And because children are all taught to respect the President (except for children of liberal parents respecting a Republican president...) they will listen to what he says and take it to heart.

But is this a speech on the importance of education or a call to action? Look at some of the sample questions: what is the president asking me to do? What is he challenging me to do? One of the sample assignments asks K-6 students to write a letter to themselves and describe what they can do to help the president. Not themselves, not their families or schools or even the country, but the president! The teachers are to collect the letters and then pass them back out later so the students can be "held accountable" for what they are supposed to do.

And we can all be sure that the vast majority of teachers will be pushing Obama's ideas and agendas too. Check out this great video that Michelle Malkin posted at her site:

Liberal Insanity..Literally

Saw this on another great blog (Rightklik) and it is absolutely frightening. Actually click on the Organizing for America link and read the insane rantings there - right-wing terrorists, Fox Propoganda Network, etc. This page is sponsored by the Democratic National Committee! What the hell is going on in this country?

Barack Obama was supposed to be post-partisan but I have never seen one party so off the rails and slandering people who have different opinions so badly as liberals are doing now. It really is a scary time for America.