March 03, 2006
First, to set the question up -- it's about abortion, so steel your nerves now.
Joe's post was talking about the law being passed in SD that would basically ban all abortions. The usual arguments and abortion-related comments showed up, and then the old "exception for rape and incest" showed up. Joe proposed quite a solution:
When a child is aborted because a rape-induced pregnancy, the rapist must also be killed. If the situation warrants the taking of an innocent life, then justice demands that we also take the life of the guilty.
Would you vote for that law? Be sure to think a little before you answer, please.
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When the state is providing the medical care for a prisoner, then they most certainly have the right to adjust and control the "patients" to attempt to reduce medical costs.
Now one prison facility has chosen to expand that prohibition, banning smoking anywhere "on campus" -- including guards and other employees. They're selling this on the scientifically questionable, but publicly acceptable notion of "secondhand smoke." Don't you just love it when public facilities make public policy based on rumors? Expect lawsuits, but don't expect them to succeed.
Even more interesting is the process here. Note how quickly this passed through without any mention anywhere. And note exactly what's going on -- since the state is the one providing the medical services, they are within their right to attempt to restrict the activities of its patrons.
If the state provides medical services to you, or the public, then they will also be within their right to completely control your activities and lifestyle. Sure, the medical care might be "free" (to you), but only if you follow the rules. I can see this working for the socialist-style medicine that the Democrats so strongly support -- it's an easy way to completely control you so they like it.
Where could it lead? Simple -- make all medicine state-controlled as the Democrats would like. Then the state gets to decide who gets service and who doesn't. You're a smoker? They deny you any health care. You were caught speeding? Sorry, that's risky, no service for you. Hippocratic oath? Sorry, that's for the ancient Greeks, not state-sponsored health care.
Oh how I yearn for freedom.
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March 02, 2006
I'm not sure how much Whiskey drinkers will appreciate this song, but I'm willing to bet they won't deny it...it's another great sing-along tune, too.
Amazon has a short clip so you can hear the tune if you don't know it:
Whiskey you're the divil, you're leading me astray
Over hills and mountains and to Amerikay
You're sweeter, stronger, dacenter
You're spunkier than tay
Oh whiskey you're me darlin' drunk or sober.Oh, now brave boys are off for
marching off to Portugal and Spain
Drums are beating, banners flying
The divil a home we'll come tonight
Oh, love fare thee well
With me tiddery idle loodle lum a da
Me tiddery idle loodle lum a da
Me right fol torral addee o
There's whiskey in the jar.Said the mother do not wrong me
Don't take me daughter from me
For if you do I will torment you
And after death me ghost will haunt you
Love fare thee well
With me tiddery idle loodle lum a da
Me tiddery idle loodle lum a da
Me right fol torral addee o
There's whiskey in the jar.Now the French are fightin' bouldly
Men are dying hot and couldly
Give every man his flask of powder
His firelock on his shoulder,
Love fare thee well
With me tiddelly idle loodle lum a da
Me tiddery idle loodle lum a da
Me right fol torral addee o
There's whiskey in the jar.
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Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., called veterans who belong to the American Legion to fight again, "to defend our sacred liberties.""This battle will be fought with letters, e-mails, phone calls and personal visits," he said.
The enemy? The American Civil Liberties Union.
Hostettler was speaking Tuesday to 700 members of the American Legion who are in Washington for an annual convention. Tuesday afternoon, many of them went to lobby their representatives, and Hostettler's bill, the Public Expression of Religion Act, was on their list of requests.
Hostettler told the crowd that Gibson County's Ten Commandments display challenge began because "a local strip club owner said he was offended. If he meant it troubled his conscience, the monument is a benefit to the community."
Chuckles rippled throughout the hotel ballroom, and then applause.
Ultimately, the display was held to be constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
But often it goes the other way. Hostettler said, "The more cases they win, the more this false right is reinforced."
Hostettler told the group he has failed to get the bill made into law in four consecutive congressional sessions, and this is the fifth time he's tried.
"We need to pass PERA, and we need to pass PERA now," he said. He urged American Legion members to spread the word to their friends that they oppose "the ACLU and their minions who would enrich themselves at the expense of our Constitution."
Hostettler closed the speech by saying although the ACLU wouldn't like him saying so, "May He (God) continue to bless the United States of America."
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1. Immediate withdrawal of all troops from Iraq. Complete and total withdrawal. After all, those people can fend for themselves, right? If Saddam's people free him and he takes power again, that's fine -- it's none of our business, right?
2. Free all prisoners at Gitmo. They keep complaining about Gitmo prisoners, right? So we should do as they suggest -- just completely free all enemy combatants, all dangerous people who are bent on destroying America -- let them go free.
3. Cancel the Patriot Act and restore the "wall" between all the departments in the government -- no sharing of information between the CIA and FBI or anyone else. That's what the left wants, right?
That's the current, stated agenda of the left (media, Democrat Party, etc) in this country. Now, which of those do you support? If none, then you shouldn't be supporting the Democrat Party, or the formerly mainstream media.
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We've spent literally hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money. That money could have been used in better ways.
We've lost tens out thousands of lives. How can we continue a "war" when so many are killed every day?
We've ruined and destroyed countless families. This has to stop.
And we're losing. We are no closer to victory in the war than we were at the beginning. For every battle we win, we lose 10 others. We're losing the war, but our leaders simply cannot see it.
I give up. The war has to stop. The war should end now.
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I thought about doing that one, too, but the numbers of deaths is a lot harder to track for that "war."The vote? In what seems to be a majority vote, the motion to raise the tax 50% passed 6-2. But, further investigation reveals that the 2 who voted against the increase had absolutely NO problem with the increase -- they voted against the tax because of limitations on how THEY could SPEND the money!
The 50% increase is on a tax that is actually CALLED the "Motor Vehicle privilege tax." No, that's not me calling a spade a spade, it's the actual name of the tax. Apparently in Winston-Salem, you have to PAY the city for the honor of owning a vehicle. I knew there was a reason I didn't live there.
Yet again, I wonder why people stay there. Why do you live in a city where the "elected" representatives fine you for being productive? Why don't you find a job that's outside the city? Or perhaps do as so many who move to Charlotte do -- move outside the city and only work there?
The government already has too much money. There is quite literally nothing you can say to convince me that the city NEEDS this tax increase to fund anything! I NEED a new 100-inch plasma HD TV to watch baseball this year. Why can't I have one? Why can't I point a gun at someone and take their money to pay for it? That's what government does, and no one seems to care.
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March 01, 2006
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From dust we came, in dust we live – and yet from dust we are formed in order to live amid the dust of life on earth as a reflection of the Creator’s love and mercy. “God’s love and mercy often seems so severe,” I agonized to myself as I looked at the mounds of earth beside the grave. Somehow, although I believe it to be true, I’ve never felt much satisfaction in the promise of a future resurrection from the dust. Why do we have to go through all the pain of human mortality – of sin, struggle and suffering – just to end up being put into a hole in the ground and swallowed up by the earth from whence we came?
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So, I think we should celebrate the entire first half of the month of March, instead of just one day. So I shall -- with much singing!
Today, I'll give you the words to a really neat Irish tune. It's short, but very powerful. It was written in the early 1800s Thomas Moore. It's called "The Minstrel Boy." I love this song, have a neat rendition on CD, and sing along at the top of my voice:
The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone
In the ranks of death you will find him;
His father's sword he hath girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;"
Land of Song!" said the warrior bard,
"Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery!"
If you want to sing along, you can hear the midi tune as well.
Interestingly enough, when looking for the lyrics online so I didn't have to type them, I found The Minstrel Boy blog! Weird, huh?
And if I could sing a little better, I'd sing this at the Renaissance Festival this year...
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Welcome to the second FairTax Blogburst!
While many people know what the FairTax is all about, many others do not. This week we'll cover a little ground explaining the basics of the FairTax, and why the members of this Blogburst think it's an idea whose time has come.
First off, let's be clear about one thing -- the FairTax is not about tax reform. It's a complete replacement of the existing system. The current tax on income is completely gutted. In the words of Steve Forbes,
"[The tax code] is a monstrosity, and there's only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it, and hope it never rises again to terrorize the American people."
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Sherri Johnson, told The Charlotte Observer: "Next year's budget will clearly show education funding from the general fund going up."
So, while spending from the general fund will increase for education (education spending will NEVER, EVER decrease), more than $1 billion from the education lottery is planned to REPLACE current projected levels of spending.
Democrats in North Carolina, I don't understand why you so strongly support such blatant liars as those who lead your party.
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