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The Government Takeover of Our Children

June 5th, 2010 | 1 Comment

From One News Now: The Senate is expected to take up the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. The effort is a dangerous treaty for the family, according to pediatrician Rosemary Stein of Burlington, North Carolina, and a spokesperson for the Christian Medical Association (CMA). “It takes away the parents’ rights to rear their child and gives it to the government,” she explains. “The government becomes the caretaker and the guardian, and the parent becomes the babysitter. Another way to define it would be ‘the government takeover of our children.’” If the contract is enforced, the government would have the right to intercede or supersede if officials believe the parents are doing something that is not in the best interest of the child. An example of this comes from Germany, where the … Read entire article »

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Nuclear Option

March 3rd, 2010 | Add a Comment

From Fox News: House Panel Paves Way for ‘Nuclear Option’ in Health Care Reform Bill A key House committee on Thursday quietly altered its health care legislation in a way that could allow the Senate to mow over Republican opposition to Democratic reforms by exploiting a budgetary loophole. The Ways and Means Committee adjusted its health care overhaul package so that the Senate, down the road, could avoid a filibuster and pass health care reform with a smaller number of votes than normally required. The long-discussed process, nicknamed the “nuclear option,” is known as reconciliation. It’s coming into potential play after the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday became the last of five committees to approve health care reform legislation, sending the overhaul proposals a … Read entire article »

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College Football, a New Crisis?

March 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments

According to high ranking government officials, we are a nation in crisis. We have a financial crisis, a health care crisis, an educational crisis, and a climate change crisis…the list can go on. Right now as I right this, peril is at every headline: The Pentagon is deploying warships with anti missile capabilities because of North Korea’s plans to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile capable of striking Alaska. The Post Office is running out of money. The Dollar Drops EU  President is sure our new Obama economic policy is the road to hell. Government is laying off workers. Iran continues to be a nuclear threat. Russian arms help Chavez launch guerrilla warfare against USA . Illegal immigrants are in the U.S. taking our JOBS. Unemployment numbers are setting records. And just what are our high ranking government officials doing about it … Read entire article »

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Wooden Arrows

October 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

“Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” ~ Ronald Reagan Congress continues to live up to its 10% approval rating and passed the Senate version of the bailout bill last night. The bill that started out as only 3 pages long (It’s now the length of a novel) has some interesting items attached to it: New Tax earmarks in Bailout bill. - Film and Television Productions (Sec. 502) - Wooden Arrows designed for use by children (Sec. 503) - 6 page package of earmarks for litigants in the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, Alaska (Sec. 504) Tax earmark “extenders” in the bailout bill. - Virgin Island and Puerto Rican Rum (Section 308) - American Samoa (Sec. 309) - Mine Rescue Teams (Sec. 310) - Mine Safety Equipment (Sec. 311) - Domestic Production Activities in Puerto Rico (Sec. 312) - … Read entire article »

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