"Interviews with dozens of former classmates, teachers, neighbors and friends show that Obama was not a regular practicing Muslim when he was in Indonesia" – implying he was an irregularly practicing Muslim.
"Obama occasionally followed his stepfather to the mosque for Friday prayers, a few neighbors said" – confirming that he did pray in the mosque.
"Obama's 3rd-grade teacher at the Catholic school, who lived near the family [said that] ‘Rarely, Barry went to the mosque with Lolo'" – confirming that Obama attended mosque services.
In sum: Obama was an irregularly practicing Muslim who rarely or occasionally prayed with his step-father in a mosque.
It’s all there in black and white, from a liberal source.
All this matters, for if Obama once was a Muslim, he is now what Islamic law calls a murtadd (apostate), an ex-Muslim converted to another religion who must be executed. Were he elected president of the United States, this status, clearly, would have large potential implications for his relationship with the Muslim world.
This healthcare reform bill approved by the Senate is not even what 0bama campaigned on last year. There's no universal coverage here, The individual mandate is there and, in fact, there are a slew of new taxes for everyone, especially for those not making $250.000 a year. The current healthcare bill does nothing to reduce healthcare costs or drug costs for the individual, and if it reduces deficits at all, it does so by imposing taxes without supplying benefits for years.
Where is the outrage from the left? Or is this another one of those “excusable” failures that will be dismissed and quickly glossed over?
Oh that’s right; you’re saving your anger for those who post on craigslist.
And I believe, because of his foreign upbringing, he never had the point of view to truly understand the fundamental principles this country was founded on.
In short, your ma is right, when she says "I feel sorry for him because he doesn't know that he doesn't know what he is doing."
I got a thing in the mail that said that I ran a red light. It has a picture of my car and me doing that. That is not in doubt, I DID run the red light. Now, the City of Chicago wants me to pay $100. I am in no big rush to pay the $100, but I really don't want that to go against my record and to have my car insurance go up.
“It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this subsection.”
As I recall, Congress is not allowed to pass rules that bind future Congresses. In the House, the rules have to be offered and approved at the beginning of each session. The Senate has standing rules, but they are not in the form of law that requires further legislation to alter — legislation that would be, under this bill, out of order even to introduce. It basically makes Harry Reid the dictator of the Senate, not just now, but in perpetuity.
If ever the people of the United States rise up and fight over passage of 0bamacare, Harry Reid must be remembered as the man who sacrificed the dignity of his office for a few pieces of silver. The rules of fair play that have kept the basic integrity of the Republic alive have died with Harry Reid. Reid has slipped in a provision into the health care legislation prohibiting future Congresses from changing any regulations imposed on Americans by the Independent Medicare [note: originally referred to as "medical"] Advisory Boards, which are commonly called the “Death Panels.”
It was Reid leading the Democrats who ignored 200 years of Senate precedents to rule that Senator Sanders could withdraw his amendment while it was being read.
It was Reid leading the Democrats who has determined again and again over the past few days that hundreds of years of accumulated Senate parliamentary rulings have no bearing on the health care vote.
As soon as I was laid onto an emergency room bed, doctors surrounded me. They monitored my vitals, asked pertinent
questions, and showed a genuine interest in not letting me die in their hospital - I was grateful. However, a little brunette
woman accompanied them into my room, and proceeded to drill me with questions about my insurance policy and how
I would pay the exorbitant costs of care. Alone, afraid, and barely conscious, I attempted to answer her questions about
my inadequate policy and my low income level. Like many Americans, I worked for minimum wage at a retailer that does
not provide health care coverage. Terrified even more by her interrogation, I realized that the care provided to me was going
to cost a horrific amount of money. After this small woman left my room, a few med students began to trickle in to ask me
the same questions my ER doctors had asked only moments before. In my weak state, I must admit that I fell asleep on
my hospital bed while staring at the intimidating IV needle that was carefully placed in my arm.
I slept for an hour or two, after which I was woken up and rapidly discharged.
Wearing my paper garments from the hospital, I shivered in the waiting room while awaiting my pick up. Still soaked in
sweat and very much terrified, I watched Fox News in the waiting area to pass the time. While I normally avoid Fox News
Channel, the topic of health care reform was being discussed on the plasma screen that I shivered in front of. A very concerned
and dear friend of mine drove all the way out of his way to pick me up - purely out of the kindness and love in his heart.
When he took me to his home, his family also offered me their kindness and love by providing me with warm hugs
and clothes, mountain dew, and a hearty warm meal. They asked for nothing in return except for my love, and I profusely
thanked them for their undying kindness. It would be a few weeks before I would receive the first of my ridiculous
medical bills from Resurrection Health Care.
I don’t attend church every sunday, but I was raised in a Christian household and taught to uphold an honorable way of life.
During my childhood, my parents and the members of our church taught me important Christian ideals. They spoke of the
love of our Lord God, and his wonderful forgiveness, the love one should have for his or her fellow human beings - regardless
of financial, racial, or cultural situation, the truth and beauty of the Ten Commandments, and how Christ died for our sins - and
was later resurrected by God (Easter isn’t just about bunnies and chocolates kiddies, there’s a higher message at work).
I’m not sure if Jesus Christ is a historical figure, or a symbol of the love of our Lord, but I appreciate his lessons in charity,
forgiveness, and ultimate sacrifice that he made for humanity. His ultimate sacrifice for humanity remains one of the most
touching and important stories I heard in bible study class as a child.
Jesus was always described to me as a forgiving kind person. He didn’t ask for payment when he taught or healed, and he
treated everyone equally - from the most frail child to the richest of kings, Jesus was an equal opportunity teacher and healer.
Jesus didn’t bill you later for services rendered, and I’m willing to venture a guess that he didn’t kick anyone out of his
emergency room, or drill them about their insurance information in their time of need. I remember a story of the only time Jesus
was irritated. The story of the Son of God toppling the tables of vendors inside the temple also touched my heart. Truly, Jesus
Christ was a great man who valued the love for his fellow people more than the biggest pile of gold in the world. When the time
came, he paid the ultimate sacrifice for humanity by dying for our sins - an act that as a child, I couldn’t quite understand.
As an adult however, I realize the deeper meaning of this sacrifice and it’s importance as a symbol of how the truly honorable
live and die. When I was taught about easter in church, I learned how Jesus was resurrected by God to be with him in the kingdom of heaven.
This is an indictment of both the appallingly inadequate health care system in the US and the folks at Resurrection Medical
Center - folks that could learn a thing or two by reading the stories of Jesus (the stories are in the bible maybe they should
pick up a copy sometime). I now cite the third Commandment handed down to man from God and spoken by Moses to his
people: Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name
in vain. I’m guessing that they don’t really resurrect people from the dead at Resurrection Medical Center and that the name is a
symbol of the resurrection of Jesus Christ (the paramedics told me it was a Catholic hospital). From what I have learned about the
love of the LORD thy God, Jesus didn’t care about your money, your race, your age, or anything else. If God created you, Jesus
loved you (we sang songs about this in sunday school). The behavior of the personnel at Resurrection Medical Center was very
different from the teachings of our Lord, Jesus Christ - even though they have named their facility after his rise from the tomb
and many crucifix adorn the inside of their building.
“‘I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficit,’ the President said, ‘either now or in the future.’
“And, on taxes? ‘No family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase,’ he said.
He said he wouldn’t cut Medicare.
“People who like the plans they have wouldn’t lose their coverage.
“And, Americans were promised an open, honest debate. ‘That’s what I will do in bringing all parties together,’ then-Senator Obama said on the campaign trail, ‘not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN.’
“That was then, and this is now.
“But here’s the reality: the Democrat bill we’re voting on tonight raises health care costs. That’s not me talking — that’s the administration’s own budget scorekeeper.
“It raises premiums — that’s the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office talking. It raises taxes on tens of millions of middle class Americans.
“And, it plunders Medicare by half a trillion dollars It forces people off the plans they have — including millions of seniors.
“It allows the federal government for the first time in our history to use taxpayer dollars for abortions.
So a President who was voted into office on the promise of change said he wanted lower premiums. That changed. He said he wouldn’t raise taxes. That changed. He said he wanted lower costs. That changed. He said he wouldn’t cut Medicare. And, that changed too.
Understanding why is easy. A year ago European governments allocated a limited number of carbon emission permits to their big polluters. Businesses that reduce pollution are allowed to sell spare permits to ones that need more. As demand outstrips this capped supply, and the price of permits rises, an incentive grows to invest in green energy. Why buy costly permits to keep a coal plant running when you can put the cash into clean power instead?
All this only works as the carbon price lifts.
If carbon price drop or permits are cheap, and everyone has lots, the green incentive crashes into reverse. As recession slashes output, companies pile up permits they don't need and sell them. Other companies looking to slash costs will postpone or even scrap plans to upgrade to green technology, thus reducing the supply of tradable credits. And with the lack of available capital these days, offset projects – which often require substantial up-front investment – are having trouble securing adequate funding.
The price has fallen, and anyone who wants to pollute can afford to do so.
The overall result is a system that does nothing at all for climate change but a lot for the bottom lines of mega-polluters.
Furthermore, a study by Friends of the Earth draws disturbing parallels between the carbon market and the subprime housing crisis. Uncompleted or misleading offset projects, the report explains, could ultimately fail to reduce atmospheric carbon levels. And since sellers often promise to deliver carbon credits before they’ve even been issued – and sometimes before crediting agencies can even verify how much greenhouse gases those projects actually reduce – carbon credit contracts based on offset projects potentially carry a high risk of not being fulfilled.
Because many cap-and-trade schemes allow for offset projects to comprise a substantial portion of the total credits on the market, this “opens the door wide for subprime carbon,” says the report. If offsets fail to reduce greenhouse gases, carbon credits would crash in value – and it would be the subprime housing market all over again.
The blame lies with governments that signed up to carbon trading as a neat idea, but then indulged polluters with luxurious quantities of permits. The excuse was that growth would soon see them bumping against the ceiling. The effect is further proof that government interference equates to disaster.
“This does not surprise us ... we are again faced with powerful evidence of global imperial dictatorship.”
“Let’s not change the climate. Let’s change the system!”
“And as a consequence, we will begin to save the planet. Capitalism is a destructive development model that is putting an end to life that threatens to put a definitive end to the human species.”
History requires all people to struggle against capitalism or else life on the planet “will disappear”, the Venezuelan president argued.
“It was not feasible to call countries such as the US and China to sit at the summit on an equal footing, the same obligations cannot be imposed on both nations” Chavez said.
The day before Chavez “brought the house down”, Hillary Clinton told reporters “the United States is willing to commit up to $10 billion a year, and would support a global fund of $100 billion a year to help developing nations deal with climate change.
Hundreds of billions of our dollars going to people that stand up and applaud the destruction of capitalism.