Primer on govt unions, their monopoly power through collective bargaining. (Video)

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Let's support Gov. Walker in his effort to stop this abuse.

Obamacare Funded with $105 B

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$105 Billion secretly tucked into Obamacare without Congressional approval from http://networkedblogs.com/f1jnF

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann went “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren last night to explain how, unbeknownst to many Americans and members of Congress, $105 billion is already appropriated to funding ObamaCare through FY2019.

Michele Bachmann The House has been struggling to save taxpayers $100 billion but now we learn $105 billion was appropriated to fund ObamaCare through FY2019 when the law passed last year. Unless Congress specifically rescinds this funding the Health and Human Services Secretary will be able to spend that money whether we like it or not!

Comments:  It's the Conservatives turn to go and invade Congress until they repeal this.

Islam Falsely Associated with Terrorism and Immorality? UN to resolve.

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"Christian" Obama Works As Enemy of Church

Excerpt from Catholic Herald:

What I mean, though, is that across the whole spectrum of contemporary moral issues, he is passionately committed to a series of views which run directly contrary to those of the Church. All this has caused at least one Catholic bishop (there are probably others) to call him anti-Catholic.

As a Senator, he supported sex education, to be provided by Planned Parenthood, to children of five years old. He consistently voted for abortion, including partial birth abortion. He voted (twice) against Bills prohibiting public funding of abortions; he voted in favour of expanding embryonic stem cell research; he voted against notifying parents of minors who had undergone out-of-state abortions; he voted for a proposal to vote $100,000,000 for the funding of sex-education and contraceptives (including abortifacients) for teenagers; he opposed the “Born Alive Infants Protection Act” on the Senate floor and in 2003 killed the bill in committee. This would have outlawed “live birth abortion,” where labor is induced and an infant is delivered prematurely and then allowed to die  ....

Obama now has the institution of marriage in his sights. He last year issued a “proclamation” (which you can read on the White House website) on the occasion of the “Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Pride month”, indicating his intention to “give committed gay couples the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple, and repeal the Defense of Marriage Act….”, and his conviction that “An important chapter in our great, unfinished story is the movement for fairness and equality on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.”
The Defense of Marriage Act was, ironically, signed into law by another Democratic President, Bill Clinton. Under the law no state (or other political subdivision within the United States) needs to treat as a marriage a same-sex relationship considered to be a marriage in another state; it defines marriage clearly as a legal union between one man and one woman. It passed both houses of Congress by large majorities: Obama has no chance of getting it repealed. So he is now doing what he can to undermine it. ...

This, apparently, is enough to impede the Act’s operation, enough, at least, seriously to alarm the American Catholic Bishops: here’s CNS again:
The U.S. bishops’ Office of General Counsel said the Obama administration’s decision to no longer support the Defense of Marriage Act in legal challenges ahead “represents an abdication” of its “constitutional obligation to ensure that laws of the United States are faithfully executed.”

Martyrdom of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s leading Catholic politician who oppossed Islamic blasphemy laws

Excerpt from CatholicHerald

The first Christian to hold a cabinet post in Pakistan, Mr Bhatti spoke about the threat facing him last month, during a visit to Canada to raise awareness about his country’s blasphemy laws. He said: “I have been told by pro-Taliban religious extremists that if I will continue to speak against the blasphemy law, I will be beheaded.”
However, he said: “As a Christian, I believe Jesus is my strength. He has given me a power and wisdom and motivation to serve suffering humanity. I follow the principles of my conscience, and I am ready to die and sacrifice my life for the principles I believe.”

Ash Wednesday next week

Ash Wednesday is next week - a day of fasting and abstinence to usher the season of Lent when one purifies oneself with intense spiritual exercises.  Speaking of which, Patrick Archibold makes this unusual insight in the National Catholic Register on how lethargy made him holy.  He and his brother Matt puts a humurous spin on things. 

I'm not a spiritual director but I think it put him on the path to holiness -  which always starts with charity.  It is like when our Provincial Superior then would tell us to get our 8 hours of sleep and be nicer to the kids instead of depriving ourselves with sleep but becoming testy and impatient during the day.

Wisconsin GOP Senator Glenn Grothman chased, trapped by hecklers

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Take the state guard and clear the passage ways.  Arrest those who resist for disorderly conduct.