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Monday, November 30th, 2009

By Terence P. Jeffrey – Washington Times

When Martin Luther King Jr. Day arrives in January, I doubt you will hear commentators at MSNBC denigrating that heroic leader of the Civil Rights movement by claiming he improperly crossed the boundary line between church and state when he demanded that the laws of this country protect the God-given rights of blacks. They would not have the nerve.

Recent programs on MSNBC, however, have attacked America’s Roman Catholic bishops for making arguments based on exactly the same principles the Baptist minister King invoked while challenging racist statutes because they were contrary to the natural law and the law of God.

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HHS would become federal giant under Senate plan

Monday, November 30th, 2009

By Susan Ferrechio – Washington Examiner

A quick search of the Senate health bill will bring up “secretary” 2,500 times.

That’s because Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would be awarded unprecedented new powers under the proposal, including the authority to decide what medical care should be covered by insurers as well as the terms and conditions of coverage and who should receive it.

“The legislation lists 1,697 times where the secretary of health and humans services is given the authority to create, determine or define things in the bill,” said Devon Herrick, a health care expert at the National Center for Policy Analysis.

For instance, on Page 122 of the 2,079-page bill, the secretary is given the power to establish “the basic per enrollee, per month cost, determined on average actuarial basis, for including coverage under a qualified health care plan.”

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Obama’s Killing Time

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Four more US Soldiers died in Afghanistan yesterday as we continued to wait anxiously for Obama to make up his mind about how to respond to General McChrystal’s report. During the pre-surge days in Iraq, 4 dead soldiers was enough for every major news outlet to scream from the rooftops about the costs of war. Now? Hardly a whisper.

Why is it so hard, Mr. President, to DO something about Afghanistan-even if you have to adjust your strategy again later-given that doing NOTHING has only gained you more fallen heroes? Since taking office, YOUR casualty count is nearly DOUBLE that of George Bush’s worst year as Commander in Chief. Why? Since receiving McChrystal’s assessment back in late August, your casualty count is rapidly approaching half of the entire year’s total. Again, Mr. President, WHY?

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Halt Obama Newsletter 11/24/09

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

AMERICA TAKES ONE MORE STEP TOWARD SOCIALISM – SENATE VOTES TO BRING HEALTHCARE BILL UP FOR DEBATE
By Dr. Rick Scarborough November 24, 2009

Obama-Care passed another perilous milestone Saturday evening when — on a strictly partisan vote (without one Republican supporting the measure) — the Senate voted to bring H.R. 3590, the federal takeover of U.S. health care, to the floor for amendment and debate.
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Obama is Sub-50% in the latest Poll

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Ben Smith – Politico

President Obama’s job approval numbers will dip below 50% for the first time today in Gallup’s daily tracking poll, according to a Gallup official.

“Gallup Daily tracking results just in. Obama will be below 50% for the first time when we update our numbers at 1:00 p.m.,” wrote Gallup.com managing news editor Lymari Morales on Twitter.

His approval numbers have bounced down to the 50% mark several times, driven by weaker support from independents and Republicans, but hadn’t crossed it.

The slide is worrying for the White House (more…)

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The $100 Million Health Care Vote?

Friday, November 20th, 2009

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl reports:

What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?

Here’s a case study.

On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”

The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, (more…)

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Pastors Gather for Freedom of Speech

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

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Halt Obama Newsletter 11/18/09

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

URGE SENATORS TO VOTE NO TO ANTI-JESUS JUDGE
By Dr. Rick Scarborough November 18, 2009

Yesterday, the Senate voted (70 to 29) to end a filibuster led by Sen. Jeff Sessions on the nomination of Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

After 30-hours of debate, a final vote is expected tomorrow. His nomination must be defeated. Hamilton would be an unmitigated disaster on the Circuit Court.

David Hamilton is a judicial activist par excellence. By nominating him, President Obama is fulfilling his campaign promise to pick judges on the basis of “empathy” for interest groups favored by the left, rather than experience, objectivity or commitment to the Constitution and rule of law.

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Pastors Test Expanded Hate Crimes Law

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Lillian Kwon – Christian Post Reporter

WASHINGTON – Conservative pastors rallied outside the Justice Department on Monday to test the limits of the newly expanded hate crimes law.

Calling the new law – which broadens (more…)

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China questions costs of U.S. healthcare reform

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

James Pethokoukis – REUTERS

Guess what? It turns out the Chinese are kind of curious about how President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans would impact America’s huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House questions. Detailed questions.

Boilerplate assurances that America won’t default on its debt or inflate the shortfall away are apparently not cutting it. Nor should they, when one owns nearly $2 trillion in assets denominated in the currency of a country about to double its national debt over the next decade.

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