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Saturday, August 22, 2009
Barack Obama: “We’re no longer a Christian nation.” – But Now that He Is Desperate is Pleading and Praying for a ‘Hail Mary’
Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States was, as we know, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and one of the principal framers of the Constitution. He believed religious freedom is an important and personal freedom and that there should be a wall of separation between Church and State. However is also realized that in order for a nation to succeed it needed to have a strong moral and religious basis at its core and he saw Christianity as the highest expression of natural religion and Jesus as an incomparably great moral teacher, and therefore chose Christianity as America’s moral compass, while allowing the personal freedom of Americans to worship or not worship as they pleased.
Yet to the dismay and anger of many Americans and religious leaders in the U.S., President Barack Obama has gone out of his way to ignore and minimize the value of religion in the United States, except for his bazaar and incorrect comments like, “We’re no longer a Christian nation” and "The U.S. is a large Muslim Country" plus his dealings with his extremist pastor, Reverend Wright.
While writing the Healthcare Reform Bill(s) nobody at the White House or from Congress was asking for clergy input. In fact the mention of abortions and abortion funding has intentionally been left out of the bill, which makes the government funding of abortions with taxpayer money part of the bill(s) by default, whether the American people and their churches approve or not. And forcing doctors and medical practitioners and religiously funded hospitals to perform abortions even if it is against their moral convictions is also on the table.
And in every opportunity to be a friend to Israel, Obama has chosen not to be.
Yet with all that said, now that the possibility of desperation and defeat has crept into the Obama/Pelosi style healthcare reform debate, both President Obama and Speaker Pelosi (who was lectured by the Pope earlier this year about her Sunday Catholic politics) are holding meetings with religious leaders (Christian and Jewish leaders) begging, pleading and quoting scripture (and lying) to get their help. We shall hope that 'they', the American people, and God see the bigger picture!
Obama Plays the God Card
(AP) It’s said that when people are experiencing trials and tribulations, they often seek a higher power. The President is apparently one of them.
Yesterday, in perhaps the most overtly religious move of his tenure thus far, the selectively faithful Obama preached his message to more than 1,000 leaders of different faiths in two conference calls, hoping they will see the light with regard to his overhaul. No word if Reverend Wright was on the line.
According to the LA Times: “The effort, known as ‘40 Days for Health Reform,’ features a national television ad, prayer rallies, meetings in congressional districts where lawmakers are waffling and a nationwide ‘sermon weekend’ at the end of August. The push also aims to influence leaders in the Jewish faith before the fall religious holidays.
I suppose grassroots organizing isn’t so bad when you have the guy upstairs on your side. Take that town hall evil doers!
“We are God's partners in matters of life and death," Obama said during the call with Jewish leaders, according to Washington Rabbi Jack Moline via Twitter.
Translation: Seeee America?? It’s just you and the man upstairs. No death panels!
Further, Pastor Obama said that many were “bearing false witness” and took a shot at his opposition calling the pushback to date: “fabrications that have been put out there in order to discourage people from meeting what I consider to be a core ethical and moral obligation: that is that we look out for one another, that I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper. In the wealthiest nation on earth right now, we are neglecting to live up to that call.”
If Obama wants to be his brother's keeper, shouldn’t he start with his own family?
So much has been made over Obama’s religion it’s an interesting turn of events that he has strategically decided to channel biblical references in hopes of turning believers into believing in his plan.
But will this theme of holy healthcare stick? When it comes to messages on universal health reform Obama has been all over the map. He initially argued it was a moral imperative, then quickly shifted to an economic imperative that reform would save costs. When the Congressional Budget Office debunked that theory saying the plan would actually raise costs, the White House pivoted yet again to a political imperative: demonizing the big insurance companies. Now with his plan and poll numbers in peril, he’s back to embracing the moral dimension to this discussion in the hopes of a political miracle.
But what exactly are Obama’s morals? Defend the weakest or reward the dumbest? Obama paints a picture of an indigenous mass of nomads but the CBO projects that among the uninsured in 2009, 17 percent will have family income above 300 percent of the poverty level (about $65,000 for a family of four); 18 percent will be eligible for but not enrolled in Medicaid; and 30 percent will be offered, but will decline, coverage from an employer.
Isn’t it their moral duty to get coverage, rather than have others foot the bill for those who make bad decisions? And isn’t our moral duty to try and cover them first before strapping future generations into massive debt? Can I get an amen for personal responsibility?
Not long ago Obama criticized those who cling to their religion. With support for his mission rapidly fleeting, he’s now the one with open arms asserting that if you believe in God you should believe in his policies. I guess in times of adversity, it’s acceptable to use a Hail Mary to get us to cling to him.
Related Resources:
- The Smell of Desperation: Pulling out the Race Card and Religion…
- Catholics Fear ‘Stealth’ Abortion Push in Healthcare – Could Cause Hospital Closures and Doctor Shortages
- What Would Jesus Do? Ask Obama
- ObamaCare Gets Religion
- Jews Very Concerned About Obama, Leader of Jewish Organization Says
- No Turning Back From Obamacare
- Did Obama Really Say Healthcare Critics Are Guilty of Sin? – U-Tube
- Catastrophe
Friday, August 21, 2009
The Smell of Desperation: Pulling Out the Race Card and Religion… and Threatening the Use of a Nuclear Option to Pass Healthcare Reform: No Matter Wha
Obama Compares Health Care Reform to Civil Rights Movement
President Obama made a faith-based pitch for his health care reform, urging religious groups to unite in this battle "between hope and fear" just as they did in the fight for civil rights. Read The Full Article
Put a fork in him because he is done!
Did Obama Really Say Health Care Critics Are Guilty of Sin?
'We are God's partners in matters of life and death'
A reader points out that President Obama's call with the rabbis today — as recorded in Rabbi Jack Moline's and other clerics' Twitter feeds — freights health care reform with a great deal of religious meaning, and veers into the blend of policy and faith that outraged liberals in the last administration.
"We are God's partners in matters of life and death," Obama said, according to Moline (paging Sarah Palin...), quoting from the Rosh Hashanah prayer that says that in the holiday period, it is decided "who shall live and who shall die."
The president ended the call by wishing the rabbis "shanah tovah," or happy new year — in reference to the High Holidays a month from now.
By Ben SmithWhat Would Jesus Do? Ask Obama
Dems Consider Nuclear Option to Pass Health Care
Publicly, President Barack Obama is still calling for a bipartisan bill to overhaul the nation's health care system. Privately, Democrats are preparing a one-party push, which they feel is all but inevitable. Obama urged religious leaders Wednesday to back his proposals, and he prepared for a pep talk to a much larger audience of liberal activists, whose enthusiasm is in question. Polls continued to show slippage in support for the president's approach, although Americans expressed even less confidence in Republicans' handling of health care. The administration said it still hopes for a bipartisan breakthrough on its goals of expanding health coverage, controlling costs and increasing competition among insurers. In private, however, top Democrats said a bipartisan accord seems less likely than ever when Congress reconvenes next month. Read The Full Article
You can smell the desperation when everywhere you turn the race card is being invoked and the man who said, “The United States is not a Christian Nation” and the woman who was lectured by the Pope are meeting with religious leader, that were ignored through the writing of their bill, asking “What would Jesus do?”.
And then we have the threats by top Congressional leaders of passing a bill for healthcare reform using the strategy, called "reconciliation," allowing senators to get around a bill-killing filibuster without mustering the 60 votes usually needed or by any other means, that the majority of American people don’t want and our Country can’t afford…
It is time to dump the craziness and “Let’s Start Over” on healthcare reform!! “Let’s Start Over” is the new battle cry of moderates and conservatives of both parties as well as independents and the majority of the American people!!
“let’s Start Over” seems to be the new Healthcare Battle cry from moderate and conservative politicians and the majority of Americans. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver – Democrat from Missouri's Fifth District said the same thing earlier today.
Americans want to fix what is wrong with the present healthcare system and keep what is good… not throw it out and start over!! Tort reform and fraud control, plus some sensible changes in the medical insurance rules like portable coverage, focus on prevention, inclusion of alternative and holistic medicine and supplements, no more exclusion for pre-existing conditions, allowing the self-employed and small businesses to form and buy insurance as consortiums, allowing inter-state sales of insurance and tighter regulation of Big Pharma and the AMA would pretty much take care of the uninsured and spiraling costs. Take out covering people who are in the U.S. illegally and paying for abortions and unnecessary elective surgeries and allowing ideas from the Republicans and any politicians and companies who have made positive changes in healthcare or learned from trial and error and we could reform American healthcare without destroying the best coverage in the world or giving up our freedoms.
The answer is throw out all 5-bills presently being considered and start over with focused reform instead of destroying a system that works for over 85% of Americans and Legal Residents. So “Let’s Start Over” on this reform!
You know there has to be something wrong when liberal journalist Helen Thomas says: “Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama!”, so “Let’s Start Over!”
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Thought For The Day - 09.22.08
“Charity begins at home, but shouldn't end there.” …Scottish Proverb
The biggest scandal of the election campaign is going unreported, for the most part, by the mainstream newspapers and TV shows. Imagine if John McCain or Sarah Palin had a half-brother who was living in a hut. Imagine if McCain, a multimillionaire, did nothing to help the guy. Imagine if McCain came to the convention and spoke incessantly about compassion and how he was inspired by the biblical mandate: we are our brothers' keepers! This would be the lead story on the evening news.
George Obama. Photo by Guy Calaf, Vanity Fair
So why aren't the networks covering the fact that Barack Obama's half-brother George lives in a 6 by 10 foot hut in the slums of Kenya? It took a reporter for the Italian edition of Vanity Fair to locate George Obama. Obama noted that when he met his famous half-brother in 2006 “we spoke for just a few minutes. It was like meeting a complete stranger.” George Obama also told the magazine that “I live here on less than a dollar month,” and “if anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.” Obama has done absolutely nothing to help his unfortunate half-brother.
Apparently alarmed that this report could hurt Obama, CNN dispatched one of its reporters to do cover-up work for the Obama campaign. This is a hopeless enterprise; anyone who sees pictures of George Obama's dwelling place on the web knows that they reveal the worst images of African poverty. Moreover, for all its propagandistic intent, the CNN report is unintentionally damaging to Obama. The reporter cannot hide the fact that George Obama comes from a "ramshackled slum." A neighbor tells CNN that Barack Obama really should connect with his half-brother and "see how he's living" and do what he can to "improve our way of life."
CNN attempts to portray George Obama as a self-reliant fellow who doesn't want any help. The network quotes him saying, "I was brought up well. I live well even now." George, however, speaks in a halting voice; he is trying to maintain his self-image. George also says, "I'm Kenyan...I would love to live in
When I posted on my AOL blog about George Obama last week, the Obama apologists could do no better than to say that Barack Obama doesn't owe his half-brother anything. But sibling assistance is not a matter of debt. Rather, it is a matter of family values and compassion. Obama has cited as his favorite Bible verse Jesus's statement: whatever you do to the least of my brothers that you do unto me. It seems that the Republican allegation that this man is full of pretense and empty words--in other words, a modern-day Pharisee--is more than justified.
Obama may not want to help his 26 year old half-brother, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't. I'm starting the George Obama Compassion Fund which has the goal of raising some money to help George Obama move out of his one-room hut. George also wants to become a mechanic and surely he could use some funds to get the training he needs to fulfill his humble aspirations. Currently George lives on a few dollars a month. Even a few thousand dollars would completely transform this man's life.
I'm putting up $1000 to get this fund started. I invite people to send me small contributions--$5, $10, $25, whatever you can spare. Send them to
By Dinesh D'Souza, NewsMax contributor and author of What's So Great About Christianity and Enemy at Home.
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