PolicyBlog: Video: Health Reform and Wait Times (In Lego!)

Video: Health Reform and Wait Times (In Lego!) This clever video illustrates the fact that universal health care reform will not improve health care but make it worse than what many Americans already have. This video compares health care wait times in Atlanta and Boston - home to the failed Massachusetts health care reform, which serves as a model for Obama's proposals." Visit:
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UK cancer survival rate no better than Slovenia | Mail Online

United Kingdom's universal free health care cancer survival rates lowest in Europe. "The Tories say the failure of the NHS Cancer Plan to improve survival rates claims 35,000 lives a year." "The UK is near the bottom of the European cancer survival league - despite ministers' pledge seven years ago to bring us up to the top.Survival rates are on a par with countries such as Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic, even though health spending is three times as high as in Eastern Europe." To read more visit:UK cancer survival rate no better than Slovenia | Mail Online:

1000 PAGE HEALTH CARE PLAN! - Secondhand Smoke — A First Things Blog

Secondhand Smoke — A First Things Blog: Out of committee: "we get a $1.5 billion, 1000 page health care plan, the details of which our representatives may vote for without even having read (as we have seen in other areas of public policy since President Obama was inaugurated). And it will be hard for us to engage in democratic debate because our sickly media won’t even be able to report or keep track on what is in the bill." reported Wesley Smith in his blog SecondHAnd Smoke.
"we are on the path toward empowering utilitarian bioethicists, who you and your doctor don’t even know, to decide what treatments you can have and indeed, when you have to die We are on the path to rationing. We are on the path to health care costs being the catch all excuse for the government to control your personal behaviors....–under the pretext of keeping costs low.
I repeat, this isn’t a health care plan, it is a power grab. Rather that rushing it through, we should slow it down. This is too important to get wrong." Wesley Smith Visit:Secondhand Smoke — A First Things Blog:

Senate Committee Approves Health Care Bill - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

Voting on strict party lines, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved a bill on Wednesday to revamp the nation’s health care system, as Democrats said that the legislation held the promise of more universal health coverage and more effective and affordable medical care while Republicans argued that the measure was unaffordable and would lead not to better care but to the denial of it.
The committee vote was 13 to 10." Visit:
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Inadequately Funded Universal Health Care Leads to Rationing: Part 2 -- Great Britain

NRLC.org has an excellent article on the disaster that is "universal free health care" in the United Kingdom. Sadly, personal tragedies such as this one are not rare. "Former British diplomat Christopher Denne had prostate cancer symptoms and went to his NHS entry-level doctor. It then took six weeks to see an urologist who did not obtain a biopsy for 10 more months. The biopsy was positive for prostate cancer, but Denne had to wait another three months for another test to determine if the cancer had spread. Unfortunately it had, but after more than 14 months, the time for early treatment options had passed." Visit:
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ZENIT - Benedict XVI Offers Life Lessons to Obama

"VATICAN CITY, JULY 10, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Abortion, conscience protection and bioethics took center stage as Benedict XVI and U.S. President Barack Obama met for the first time today.
The Pope received the president, who was in Italy for the Group of Eight summit"
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Pope presses Obama on abortion, stem cells - Yahoo! News

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday, pressing the Vatican's case with the U.S. leader who is already under fire on those issues from some conservative Catholics and bishops back home." Visit:
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Obama science czar Holdren called for forced abortions

Obama's science czar Holdren once supported the notion of ccompulsory abortion: "The man President Obama has chosen to be his science czar once advocated a shocking approach to the 'population crisis' feared by scientists at the time: namely, compulsory abortions in the U.S. and a 'Planetary Regime' with the power to enforce human reproduction restrictions. Visit:
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Signs Pro-Life Bill With Abortion Conscience Clause

"Baton Rouge, LA (LifeNews.com) -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill Tuesday that gives pro-life doctors and other medical professionals more conscience protections on abortion under state law. The covers both public and private health care workers and allows them to opt out of involvement in abortions.
The measure also allows withdrawal from participating in anti-life bioethics practices such as human cloning, euthanasia or embryonic stem cell research." Visit:
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Senate Begins Hearing on Pro-Abortion Supreme Court Pick Sotomayor Monday

"Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin hearings on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Monday. Though Republican lawmakers are grumbling about the accelerated hearing process and not having enough time to review last-minute documents, they are allowing the hearing to move ahead.
Sotomayor is a federal appeals court judge President Barack Obama selected to replace retiring pro-abortion Justice David Souter, one of the five members who make up the court's pro-abortion majority." Visit:
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Congressmen NOT Required to Participate in Obama's Socialized Medicine Plan -GOPUSA

From GOPUSA: "The health care debate rages on, with Barack Obama and Democrats continuing to push for a government-run health care plan. Forget the good, old days when you could say, 'It's a free country, isn't it?' Now, if the Democrats have their way, not only will the government be more involved in our private health decisions, but Americans will be FORCED to purchase health insurance."
Interestingly enough, the Congressmen and Senators who will be voting for the health care plan Americans will be forced to pay for, are not required to participate in Obama's plan of socialized medicine. Read more: GOPUSA - The Loft:

Sotomayor 411 — Learn More about Sotomayor’s Pro-Abortion Agenda

"While Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s past decisions have not directly concerned abortion rights, there are strong reasons to believe that, if confirmed, she will follow the most extreme agenda possible. Her record of abortion advocacy indicates that she would not only uphold the current regime of abortion-on-demand in all nine months of pregnancy for any reason, but go even further — seeking to radically reinterpret the Constitution by making abortion a fundamental right (like freedom of speech) eliminating more than 500 state and federal abortion laws supported by the vast majority of the American people."

"...Sotomayor was a governing board member of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) from 1980 to October 1992. On her watch, the organization filed at least six briefs in prominent abortion-related court cases, including ...Supreme Court case Webster v. Reproductive Health Services". Visit:Sotomayor 411 — Learn More about Sotomayor’s Pro-Abortion Agenda:

HEALTH CARE - Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition

The Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition has posted a summary of HR 676 United States National Health Care Act and Republican plans. Remember, approximately 80 % of Americans have coverage they pay for themselves and will be taxed to pay for health care for illegal immigrants and "residents" which is not yet defined:

"This Bill aims to give comprehensive health insurance to all US residents, not citizens, residents. There is no qualified explanation of a resident; this has yet to be determined by the government. Each resident would be given a card for insurance purposes based on filling out a 2 page application."

"Coverage under this Bill would be allowed for visitors to the Untied States who seek premeditated non-emergency surgical procedures."

"All “medically necessary” services will be providing under this Bill:
Dental, vision, long term care, mental health and prescriptions included too.

The USNHC program will have no payments expected for any of this care. Residents would not pay for anything, no co-payments or any bills." The summary continues and other plans are reviewed here:
HEALTH CARE - Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition: "Summary of HR 676 United States National Health Care Act

This Bill aims to give comprehensive health insurance to all US residents, not citizens, residents. There is no qualified explanation of a resident; this has yet to be determined by the government. Each resident would be given a card for insurance purposes based on filling out a 2 page application.

Coverage under this Bill would be allowed for visitors to the Untied States who seek premeditated non-emergency surgical procedures.

All “medically necessary” services will be providing under this Bill:
Dental, vision, long term care, mental health and prescriptions included too.

The USNHC program will have no payments expected for any of this care. Residents would not pay for anything, no co-payments or any bills."

Kudlow's Money Politic$: Obama's "Public" Health Plan Will Bankrupt the Nation

Obama's 'Public' Health Plan Will Bankrupt the Nation

Does anybody really believe that adding 50 million people to the public health-care rolls will not cost the government more money? About $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion more? At least.

So let’s be serious when evaluating President Obama’s goal of universal health care, and the idea that it’s a cost-cutter. Can’t happen. Won’t happen. Costs are going to explode." Visit:
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FBI counters rumors, says Palin isn't under investigation: Gov. Sarah Palin | adn.com

"We are not investigating her,' FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez said on Sunday. 'Normally we don't confirm or deny those kind of allegations out there, but by not doing so it just casts her in a very bad light. There is just no truth to those rumors out there in the blogosphere.'
Palin has ignored requests for an interview since she abruptly announced Friday that she will be resigning as governor after two and a half years in office. She's used her Facebook page and Twitter account to speak for her and declare that she'll defend herself against attacks as she leaves office." Visit:
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Schenley Park Tea Party rally blasts President Obama - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

"National and local conservative activists rallying in Schenley Park Saturday said their organizational firepower is leagues ahead of where they were in 1994, when Newt Gingrich's Republican Revolution picked up dozens of congressional seats.
If so, President Obama and his allies in the House and Senate might want to pay attention to what happened yesterday morning on Flagstaff Hill. Hundreds of people showed up to boo Obama and Democratic economic and national health care policies at the Pittsburgh Independence Day Tea Party." Visit:
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PRAY TO END ABORTION: ALLENTOWN, PA JULY 11TH

HELPERS OF GOD’S PRECIOUS INFANTS Will meet to pray on SATURDAY: July 11 th, 2009

Join other young adults as we pray the rosary at Allentown Women’s Center (1409 Union Blvd; rear entrance) at 9:00 am till 10:00 am for an end to abortion.

HELD EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH .

***We meet at 7:00 am St. Ann’s Basilica in West Scranton. Rides are available.***

For more info e-mail dtafani@aol.com.

Pittsburgh Tea Party, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Independence Day, July 4

Jeff Steigerwalt wrote:
Come to the Pittsburgh Tea Party, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.,
Independence Day, July 4

Have you had enough yet! Our Freedoms are being taken away. The science is proving that there is minimal effect by man on the environment, Global Warming does not exist, yet the house passed “Cap & Trade” that will add $2,000 - $3,000 to the cost of running an average American house hold. Medicare is bankrupt under Government control, and we are thinking of handing them all of our Health Care to manage. The employee free choice act will do away with secret ballot in non-union businesses and replace it with a Union Thug coming to a workers home and asking him if he wants to sign a card. Would you want to lose your secret ballot voting rights? People that can’t afford their mortgages are being subsidized by the people that are struggling to make their payments. The Government is firing CEO’s. 1,500 businesses were confiscated by the government, under the guise of too many car dealerships. Have you asked, “Who made the choice of who lost their dealership?” These were Americans who had built those businesses. Please help us send a message to Washington that we want them to stop. Come so we can have one of the largest Tea Parties in America!

Please join our INDEPENDENCE DAY TEA PARTY JULY 4, 2009, 9:00 to 11:00 A.M.

Bring your Family and Friends Flagstaff Hill, Schenley Park The Oakland section of

PittsburghMaster of Ceremonies Glen Meakem, Entrepreneur, Radio Host, M.C.

Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform Jake Haulk, President,

Allegheny Institute of Public Policy Mark Hendrickson, Professor, Grove City College

Hans F. Lessmann, Physician & President, Society for the Education of Physicians and Patients

Hear these and many other informative speakers as they address the attacks our government is making on our political and economic freedoms.

“A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,” said the President’s right-hand man. Well, they haven’t wasted a second. They have no plans to meet looming government obligations for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, but they’re still spending like there’s no tomorrow.For more information visit: www.pittsburghteapartymovement.com

Newsmax.com - Palin Resigning As Governor, Leaves Plans Secret

"WASILLA, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.
Palin, 45, and her staff kept her future plans shrouded in mystery, and it was unclear if the controversial hockey mom would quietly return to private life or begin laying the foundation for a presidential bid." Visit:
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March of Dimes Global Report Commentary by Susan Enouen

Life Issues Institute author Susan w. Enouen, P.E. writes about the March of Dimes recent Global Report on Birth Defects. She explains how the organization's view of preventing birth defects also includes abortion though March of Dimes is very careful about the wording of their report. While one can sanitize the language, the abortion of children is a gruesome practice. When "preventing birth defects" includes partial-birth abortion, salt poisioning abortion or dismemberment abortion, Americans need to seiously consider supporting charities that respect the lives of handicapped unborn children and not tolerate or encourage their destruction.

Susan Enouen's article begins here: "The March of Dimes has released their Global Report on Birth Defects, The Hidden Toll of Dying and Disabled Children. This comprehensive summary and analysis of the available global data on the causes and incidence of birth defects makes compelling arguments about the effectiveness of preventive care. In addition to identifying the many types of birth defects, their causes, and their prevalence in different countries in the world, it is clearly intended to motivate governments and health care systems to focus on providing the preventions and treatments available today." Unfortunately, 'secondary prevention' “aims to reduce the number of children born with birth defects,” and abortion is a means of "treatment". Visit: MARCH OF DIMES, Enouen

Operation Rescue - LATE TERM ABORTIONIST LOSES LICENSE

"Talahassee, FL — Late-term abortionist James Pendergraft has lost his appeal of the suspension of his medical license for committing illegal third-trimester abortions. The suspension issued by the Florida Medical Board remains valid and in effect.
In an opinion filed yesterday, the Florida District Court of Appeals rejected all of Pendergraft’s arguments and stated that they “found no reversible error” in the Board’s suspension order." Visit: Operation Rescue:

Senate "Free Rider" Penalties: Taxing the Poor to Pay for Health Care

MORE NEW TAXES FROM THE DEMOCRATS:

"Of course, the biggest fallacy in all of this is the belief that somehow it will be employers, rather than workers, that bear the cost of any 'play or pay' mandate or 'free rider' penalty.
The reality is that either or both of these provisions will act as an extremely regressive tax on the working poor, substantially reducing their take-home pay and in some cases eliminating their jobs altogether." Visit: Senate "Free Rider" Penalties: Taxing the Poor to Pay for Health Care:

Obama's Shameful Decisions - June 2009: Obama Revokes President Bush's Policy Protecting Human Embryos

What makes for a stable country? Earlies this year my daughter and I visited Italy. While in Venice I learned that the city was supported by wooden supports made from trees. I cannot even imagine the number of supports necessary to create a stable foundation for Venice.

It led me to reflect on other ways that societies are supported: Stable families, a sound economy, respect for human life, respect for the rule of law, stable institutions such as churches and schools. It is obvious that these have been under attack for decades, but the Obama administration has begun to attack these with a new ferocity.

If one were to wait until the end of the year and decide upon "The most shameful decision, act or policy of the Obama presidency in 2009", it would be impossible to do so, because there have been so many shameful decisions. It appears there will be no end in sight.

Obama's decision to revoke President Bush's policy of funding only stem cell research that does not involve the killing of human embryos is surely Obama's most shameful decision of June 2009. The numbers of human embryos that will be created and destroyed in the years to come could be astronomical, and Obama's executive order which follows has liar written all over it. Obama: "Advances over the past decade in this promising scientific field have been encouraging" False, there have been no successful human treatments with embryonic stem cell research. Obama wants NIH to "review NIH guidelines...including provisions establishing appropriate safeguards". Safeguards? Embryonic stem cell research kills new human life-there are no protections for human embryos. Sue Cirba

Obama's executive Order
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. Research involving human embryonic stem cells and human non-embryonic stem cells has the potential to lead to better understanding and treatment of many disabling diseases and conditions. Advances over the past decade in this promising scientific field have been encouraging, leading to broad agreement in the scientific community that the research should be supported by Federal funds.

For the past 8 years, the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to fund and conduct human embryonic stem cell research has been limited by Presidential actions. The purpose of this order is to remove these limitations on scientific inquiry, to expand NIH support for the exploration of human stem cell research, and in so doing to enhance the contribution of America's scientists to important new discoveries and new therapies for the benefit of humankind.

Sec. 2. Research. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), through the Director of NIH, may support and conduct responsible, scientifically worthy human stem cell research, including human embryonic stem cell research, to the extent permitted by law.

Sec. 3. Guidance. Within 120 days from the date of this order, the Secretary, through the Director of NIH, shall review existing NIH guidance and other widely recognized guidelines on human stem cell research, including provisions establishing appropriate safeguards, and issue new NIH guidance on such research that is consistent with this order. The Secretary, through NIH, shall review and update such guidance periodically, as appropriate.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

Sec. 5. Revocations. (a) The Presidential statement of August 9, 2001, limiting Federal funding for research involving human embryonic stem cells, shall have no further effect as a statement of governmental policy.

(b) Executive Order 13435 of June 20, 2007, which supplements the August 9, 2001, statement on human embryonic stem cell research, is revoked.


BARACK OBAMA


THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 9, 2009.

Thanks to President Obama Federal Abstinence Education Funding Expires Today

"Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Today marked the end of federal funding of abstinence education under the Title V Abstinence Education Program and the CBAE (Community Based Abstinence Education). Before he took over the White House, President Barack Obama made it clear he would cut abstinence funding.
In Obama's FY 2010 Proposed Budget, the president called for eliminating the funding for abstinence education, which has been successful in helping teenagers make positive decisions." Visit:
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Michelle Malkin : The Obamacare Horror Story You Won't Hear - Townhall.com

"The White House, Democrats and MoveOn liberals are spreading health care sob stories to sell a government takeover. But there's one health care policy nightmare you won't hear the Obamas hyping. It's a tale of poor minority patient-dumping in Chicago -- with first lady Michelle Obama's fingerprints all over it." Michelle Obama worked for University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago which spent only 1.3% of its budget on medical care for the poor, much less than the average. After many complaints of patient dumping an investigation is underway. Visit:
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High Court reverses Sotomayor in firefighter case - On Deadline - USATODAY.com

"The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of white Connecticut firefighters in a 5-4 ruling that reverses an appeals court finding by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the Associated Press reports.
The high court found that the firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.
Visit: High Court reverses Sotomayor in firefighter case - On Deadline - USATODAY.com: What effect this will have on her nomination to the Supreme Court only time will tell.

Photos of memorial services for the unborn in Wichita, Kansas

On June 20 memorial services were held for the unborn victims of abortion at three closed abortion clinics in Wichita, Ks. Photos of the memorial services are posted here. Windows Live Hotmail

Call It What It Is: Rationed Health Care | Commonwealth Foundation

Call It What It Is: Rationed Health Care | Commonwealth Foundation
Guest Commentary: Robert Knight
"In a letter to Senate Democrat leaders, President Obama has called for forcing all Americans to have health insurance, employers to offer insurance plans or pay a fine, and to create a government alternative insurance plan.
Any or all of these will lead to a government takeover of the health care industry. And that will result in rationed care, in which cost-conscious bureaucrats will decide who is worth treating. Should your grandmother get a hip replacement? Go down the hall to the queue outside Office 37-B and fill out more forms. We'll let you know in a few months. Hey, you with the brain tumor. Get back in line." Visit:Call It What It Is: Rationed Health Care | Commonwealth Foundation:

No, Really, It's Not Government-Run! | Commonwealth Foundation

No, Really, It's Not Government-Run! | Commonwealth Foundation: "Faced with rising opposition to a so-called 'public option' in health care reform, some Democrats are floating the idea of establishing health insurance 'co-operatives' as an alternative. Republicans like Sens. Olympia Snowe (Maine) and Charles Grassley (Iowa), who are desperately devoted to the idea of bipartisan compromise, have pronounced themselves 'intrigued' by the idea.
A closer look suggests that the only thing intriguing about the co-op alternative is whether it is a completely meaningless construct or simply camouflage for the 'Public Plan' option."

The New Atlantis » Embryos in Limbo

This is an excellent article that examines the reasons "parents" of frozen embryos procrastinate about the fate of their future children. It examines several studies and the attitudes of "parents". I do not necessarily agree with the leanings of the author, however,the article is worth your time.
"Noah Markham was born in January 2007 to worldwide media notice. Like his Biblical namesake, this Noah had been saved from a flood. He had been one in a barrel of frozen embryos transported in a flat-bottomed boat from a flooded east New Orleans hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina by the Louisiana State Police and Illinois Conservation Police. Interviewed at the time of Noah’s birth, his mother, Rebekah Markham, said that she and her husband Glen were uncertain about whether they would use their remaining three frozen embryos to add to their family of Noah and his big brother Witt. Interviewed again on the occasion of Noah’s first birthday, she said, “How can I not? I’m happy with two, but how can you not when you know what the possibility is? We almost lost Noah. I don’t want to lose the others voluntarily.”" Visit:
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Press Releases :Operation Rescue

"Wichita, KS – Undeterred by heavy rains throughout the day and threats of disruption by abortion supporters, pro-lifers gathered Saturday evening at the now-closed late-term abortion clinic once operated by George Tiller for a memorial and prayer service.
Under skies that had temporarily cleared, a group of about 35 people laid hundreds of flowers at the clinic in honor of the babies and the women injured and killed there. The group offered prayers for peace and healing for the Tiller family and the community.
Members of a local pro-abortion group...threatened to disrupt the memorial service" Visit: (Photos are also included)
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Veritatis: The Cartoon

"Wary of public reaction, Nazis tried to conceal what was happening behind the barbed wire of death camps; image-conscious abortion advocates lash out when photographs of disemboweled, dismembered near-term children are displayed. Nazis dehumanized their victims, denying them status as human beings and calling them parasites; abortion advocates refuse to recognize the personhood of the unborn and call them products of conception. Nazis used final solution when discussing the slaughter of Jews; abortion advocates are downright effusive, using reproductive freedom, family planning, women's health care and choice when discussing the slaughter of children." Visit:
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ABC International Reports: "Iranian TV: 'Terrorists' Die; Ex-President's Daughter Arrested" - ABC News

"There are reports of fresh protest marches in Tehran Sunday, a day after violent unrest that left at least 13 people dead in clashes between Iran election demonstrators and the state security forces sent to shut them down."
Sue Cirba: People have been arrested when they went to the hospitals for treatment. Nothing said about whether they received treatment for their injuries. Notice the outrageous Headline ABC International uses. Why are they siding with Iranian TV in calling these freedom fighters "terrorists"? NOTICE ALSO THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO FIGHT WITH ARE ROCKS. This is the way dictators like their subjects - unarmed.
ABC does have a good video found at the link which follows. Please leave a comment and complain about their headline. Remember folks, the Obama administration has already labeled pro-lifers as terrorists and believe it or not I've already heard several of our fellow citizens call us terrorists as well. Visit:
Iranian TV: 'Terrorists' Die; Ex-President's Daughter Arrested - ABC News:

YouTube - Iran election protests - riots turn violent - voter fraud - cnn - Mir Hossein Moussavi - Freedom

One cannot help being concerned about events in Iran. Media reports that protesters want American style democracy are probably far from the truth. However there is no doubt many Iranians want more freedom than they have now. Visit:



YouTube - Iran election protests - riots turn violent - voter fraud - cnn - Mir Hossein Moussavi - Freedom: ""

YouTube - Muslim Demographics

The conclusion of this video encourages Christians to "share the Gospel message with a changing world (the Muslim community)". While that is not a bad idea, I've got a better one, how about going out of your comfort zone, stand in front of an abortion clinic and attempt to save some of those American babies being aborted. Forty Days for Life begins this September. Join us. better yet, for more information on the sidewalk counseling organization nearest you, e-mail me at lifeissues@hotmail.com and I will do my best to connect you with the sidewalk counseling organization in Pennsylvania nearest you. And please click on the envelope icon after this post and share this video with others. Oh, and consider having another child.

YouTube - Muslim Demographics: ""

Secondhand Smoke — A First Things Blog - Wesley Smith

"I have been warning this was coming, that the assurances from “the scientists” that eggs would not be commodified for cloning were false. New York State is going to permit would-be human cloners up to $10,000 to conduct human cloning as part of its $600 million taxpayer funded stem cell research project. (Isn’t New York broke? That $ would fill a lot of pot holes.) From the story:
New York has become the first and only state to opt to pay women for eggs donated for human embryonic stem cell research."
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Dr. David A. Prentice of the Family Research Council to Address Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation State Convention Oct. 24, 2009 in Scranton

"Dr. David Prentice is Senior Fellow for Life Sciences at Family Research Council. Up to July 2004 he had spent almost 20 years as Professor of Life Sciences, Indiana State University, and Adjunct Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine.
He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Kansas, and was at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Texas Medical School-Houston before joining Indiana State University, where he served as Acting Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Assistant Chair of Life Sciences, and was recognized with the University's Distinguished Teaching Award and Distinguished Service Award." To learn more about Dr. Prentice Visit
Family Research Council: To learn more about the State Pro-Life Conference in Scranton Visit PA Pro-Life State Conference

Secondhand Smoke — A First Things Blog

"In the months before their daughter was born in 2007, Deborah and Ariel Levy worried the baby might have Down syndrome. They say a doctor at the Legacy Center for Maternal-Fetal Medicine assured them that a sample of tissue taken from the placenta early in the pregnancy ruled out the developmental disability, despite the results of later testing that showed the fetus might have it. But within days of the birth of their daughter, the Southwest Portland couple learned the baby did have Down syndrome. Had they known, they say, they would have terminated the pregnancy." Visit:
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Penguins fans pack Downtown for parade - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

My husband and I and our daughters spent the weekend in Pittsburgh re-living the type of vacations we took when our children were small. We visited my brother, went to Kennywood Park, and other Pittsburgh attractions, then Lakemont Park in Altoona on the drive home. As we were leaving Kennywood Park on Friday, a loud cheer went up among park visitors who had been listening to the hockey game. It was no mere hockey game, but the quest fot the Stanely Cup! Fans throughout Pittsburgh were wearing their hockey, football or baseball jerseys. I would have loved to stay in Pittsburgh for todays 'City of Champions' parade but could not. I have posted the video from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for hockey fans to enjoy. Visit:
Penguins fans pack Downtown for parade - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Pittsburgh police said as many as 375,000 people attended today's 'City of Champions' parade for the Penguins, about 25,000 more than February's Super Bowl victory parade honoring the Steelers.
'You deserve to be called 'The City of Champions,'' said team captain Sidney Crosby."

You Tube Cantor Floor Speech on Dawn Johnson

Does anyone seriously think Judge Sonia Sotomayor is any less radical than Obama's other appointments? Sue Cirba

Free Health Care in Canada by Walter Williams CapitalismMagazine (The wait might kill you.)

You don't get something for nothing.

"The Fraser Institute, a Vancouver, B.C.-based think tank, has done yeoman's work keeping track of Canada's socialized health-care system. It has just come out with its 13th annual waiting-list survey. It shows that the average time a patient waited between referral from a general practitioner to treatment rose from 16.5 weeks in 2001-02 to 17.7 weeks in 2003. Saskatchewan had the longest average waiting time of nearly 30 weeks, while Ontario had the shortest, 14 weeks."
Visit: Free Health Care in Canada by Walter Williams -- Capitalism Magazine:

Sebelius on Health Care "Reform"

A quote from Kathleen Sebelius as her confirmation hearings opened: ""We face a health system that burdens families, businesses, and government budgets with sky-rocketing costs,' she told members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Rising health costs 'represent the greatest threat to our long-term economic stability ... We can't fix the economy of America without fixing the health-care system,' Sebelius said."
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Sebelius confirmation hearings open on Capitol Hill - CNN.com Sue Cirba - Obama has set an artificial deadline for health care reform as this August. What is thke point of this reckless rush into socialized medicine? Apparently so those who oppose "reform" do not have enough time to make their case against it.