Pro-Life Democrats Seek to Block Health Bill...

...if Pelosi Won’t Allow Vote on Amendment Barring Abortion Funding

Rep. Bart Stupak (D.-Mich.), co-chairman of the House Pro-Life Caucus, told CNSNews.com that Democrats who oppose government funding of abortion will try to block the health care reform bill from coming to a vote on the House floor unless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) allows a floor vote on an amendment to explicitly prohibit abortion funding in the bill.

It is good to see some Democrats standing up for life, but will they really stand up and block the health care reform bill if their amendment fails?  Let's see them put their political money where their mouth is.  Call me skeptical, but I don't expect them to put it all on the line and stand up for life when it requires them to stand against their party.

Yet another politician that needs to be culled from the herd...

I don’t expect to actually read the legislative language because reading the legislative language is among the more confusing things I’ve ever read in my life. We, we write in this committee and legislate with plain English and I think most of us can understand most of that. When you get into the legislative language, Senator Conrad actually read some of it, several pages of it, the other day and I don’t think anybody had a clue--including people who have served on this committee for decades--what he was talking about. So, legislative language is so arcane, so confusing, refers to other parts of the code—‘and after the first syllable insert the word X’--and it’s just, it really doesn’t make much sense.

If you can't understand it, why in in the world would you vote for it?

Big Government Health Care PSA

Another great PSA poking fun of Will Ferrell and his Hollywood homies.



This one has a tagline at the end.  It is from CatholicVoteAction.org.

Listen to overpaid celebrities

If you haven't seen the health care ad sponsored by MoveOn.org with Will Ferrell and other celebrities, don't bother. Watch this one instead. Its actually funny.



I don't know who put this together, but they did an excellent job.

Obamacare with a Melody

What do the Bishops Say About Health Care?

I thought it would be a good idea to see how the Bishops are framing their discussion the new health care legislation that is being pushed by our President and his compatriots on the left side of the aisle. So I found a couple of recent writings to post. I suggest that you read both.

First, we have Archbishop Chaput of Denver in his August 12th column in the Denver Catholic Register.

A few key principles should guide the development of any health care reform legislation, especially in light of the mixed and sobering track record of national health plans in other countries:

• It should provide access to basic, quality health services for all persons, from conception to natural death, with a special concern for the poor, elderly and disabled, and the inclusion of legal immigrants;

• It should protect the conscience rights of individuals and religious institutions;

• It should exclude all so-called “services” that involve violence against the dignity of the human person, such abortion, physician-assisted suicide and their funding;

• It should be economically realistic and sustainable, with costs spread equitably across all taxpayers.

Second we have Bishop R. Walker Nickless, the leader of the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa. He also uses four main points to illustrate his column.

First and most important, the Church will not accept any legislation that mandates coverage, public or private, for abortion, euthanasia, or embryonic stem-cell research. We refuse to be made complicit in these evils, which frankly contradict what “health care” should mean.

Second, the Catholic Church does not teach that “health care” as such, without distinction, is a natural right. The “natural right” of health care is the divine bounty of food, water, and air without which all of us quickly die. This bounty comes from God directly. None of us own it, and none of us can morally withhold it from others. The remainder of health care is a political, not a natural, right, because it comes from our human efforts, creativity, and compassion. As a political right, health care should be apportioned according to need, not ability to pay or to benefit from the care. We reject the rationing of care.

Third, in that category of prudential judgment, the Catholic Church does not teach that government should directly provide health care. Unlike a prudential concern like national defense, for which government monopolization is objectively good – it both limits violence overall and prevents the obvious abuses to which private armies are susceptible – health care should not be subject to federal monopolization.

Fourth, preventative care is a moral obligation of the individual to God and to his or her family and loved ones, not a right to be demanded from society. The gift of life comes only from God; to spurn that gift by seriously mistreating our own health is morally wrong.

Best Town Hall Slap Down Ever

This marine delivers the best town hall slap down ever. Hoo Rah!

Its Baaack!

The dreaded "Right Wing Conspiracy" is back and its plaguing another Democratic administration.

Obama: Republican conspiracy out to kill health reform

Will the madness never end?

I wonder if Hillary has a copyright on the phrase?

The Future of Obamacare is here, in Oregon

How's this for compassion. Oregon's state run health care system will not pay for chemo, but will cover you for doctor assisted suicide.



It makes the phrase, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you," send chills down your spine, doesn't it.