Proof that Obamacare uses tax dollars for abortions from the 2000 page text, chapter & verse.

I ran into a fan of Keehan who defended her position that there is no federal funding of abortion.  She also chided us for being ignorant.
Here's proof that Keehan is naive and ingenuous about the federal funding of abortion in Obamacare.
http://www.examiner.com/x-49886-Houston-Religion--Politics-Examiner~y2010m6d7-Health-care-reform-act-funds-abortion
and
on page 779 of the 906 page bill, in Section 1301 (1) the bill specifically states the following:"‘‘
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may elect to prohibit abortion coverage in qualified health plans offered through an Exchange in such State if such State enacts a law to provide for such prohibition."


Excerpts:  How the act funds elective abortions
The Act uses a "segregation of funds" policy to subsidize health insurance plans that cover elective abortions. These subsidized health insurance plans are designed to make coverage available to millions of Americans who currently lack coverage. Each purchaser of a subsidized health insurance plan that includes elective abortion coverage is required by the Act to make two premium payments per month. One payment goes into a fund that pays for abortion coverage.

Thus, persons with subsidized plans that cover abortion will receive abortions paid for by the premiums of everyone enrolled in said plans. This "segregation of funds" method clearly reverses long-standing federal policy of not using federal monies for any part of a subsidized health benefits package that covers elective abortions. The federal government's health insurance subsidies will expand abortion coverage and make abortions more accessible.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) manages the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). The Act authorizes the OPM to contract with private insurers to provide coverage to federal employees. The Act requires the OPM Director to ensure that in each state there is at least one plan available that covers elective abortions. Other available plans may still fund elective abortions using the "segregation of funds" method described above.

The Act further appropriates $7 billion over five years to create a "Community Health Center Fund". This was expanded to $9.5 billion in the budget reconciliation bill passed March 25 (Public Law 111-152). These funds are appropriated outside the bounds of annual appropriations bills normally within the scope of the Hyde amendment and other similar riders.

The only specific limitation on these funds within the Act relates to "school-based" health centers. While these centers will dispense contraceptive drugs and devices to minors, the "school-based" health center funds may not be used to pay for abortions. Otherwise, there is nothing in the Act to restrict health centers funded by the Act from paying for abortions, and it isn't clear whether "school-based" centers may use federal funds for abortion referrals.

How the new Health Care Law Limits Senior Citizens' Right to Use Their Own Money to Save Their Own Lives.

Listen to Master of Ceremonies and National Right to Life Executive Director David N. O’Steen give background on how the health care system worked before and will work after Obamacare. Then, Federal Legislative Director Douglas Johnson discusses abortion coverage in the new law. Finally, Burke Balch, J.D. who directs the Powell Center for Medical Ethics discusses rationing components of the law. To download the PowerPoint presentation accompanying the discussion of rationing, click on "Rationing in the Obama Health Care Law, June 26, 2010." To see as well as hear the presentation, view the C-SPAN coverage.


View video from http://powellcenterformedicalethics.blogspot.com/

Video: Nancy Pelosi on how to fix jobs in America. (Incredible. You got see it to believe it.)

Actual audio of Speaker Pelosi used in background.  It's like Yogi Berra but kicked down by a hell of a lot of notches.

My positive response and recommendations:
1.  Get more economists and business people to advise the Administration.
2.  Get therapist for the Speaker of the House.
3.  Better lay low until the new batch of legislators come this Novermber.  Play golf with the POTUS and they'll do less harm to the nation.

If video fails, go to http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2010/07/video-nancy-pelosi-on-how-to-fix-jobs.html

Panthers, Klan and Patriots to party at Mall this Summer?

The New Black Panther Party  (If video fails, go to http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2010/07/panthers-klansmen-and-patriots-to-party.html )  ( BTW, has anyone seen a panther that is not black? )

The New Black Panther Party plans to attend a Tea Party Event at the Mall this August.  In a video,  their leader puts themselves at the same level as the Tea Party.  That's apples and oranges.  Anyone who's been at a Tea Party knows that we're nothing like the Panthers.  Just look at us below.

The Tea Party Patriots

If I were to find a group that matches the panthers' attitudes and methods, then White Supremacist groups & the KKK come to mind. I wonder if these guys plan to be there as well.

The Klan

Abp. McElroy favors political correctness over faithful discipline in SF

I doubt if the newly appointed auxialiary bishop of San Fran will deny Holy Communion from  Nancy Pelosi  anytime soon.  From his earlier commetns, this Harvard & Stanford grad deems it more damaging to impose its discipline on pro-abort politicians than just to let it go.  The perception that the church is using it as a weapon and being a tool of the GOP will make others question the objectiveness and truthfulness of her proclamation.  IMHO - if the Church censors herself by word or action, then she already ceases to be an objective voice of truth.  She may not appear to be a tool of the GOP but she unwitting became a supporter of  the Democrats because silence is consent.  In making pastoral decisions, I think the worldly considerations should take a back seat to the proclamation of God's Word - in and out of season, be it popular or not.  And if discipline is required as Pope Benedict directed, the bishop must come out swinging his staff to keep the wolves from tearing apart the flock.  Abp. McElroy must not have read that directive yet or think himself to know better.  I may be wrong and I certain hope I am.

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The newly-appointed auxiliary bishop of San Francisco has in the past criticized Catholic Church policy disallowing politicians who promote abortion from receiving Holy Communion, saying that such a move makes the Church appear too "partisan," "Republican" and "coercive."


In his column, McElroy began by noting that "the theological starting point for those who advocate eucharistic sanctions is a sound one," inasmuch as the support of Catholic leaders for "abortion rights" represents a scandal and "a major failure in church life."...  Citing the Church's traditionally prudential handling of scandal, the monsignor claimed that the benefits of denying Communion are "heavily outweighed" by other considerations, such as that the move would be "perceived by Americans ... as coercive" and make abortion appear to be a "sectarian Catholic issue."  "The imposition of eucharistic sanctions solely on candidates who support abortion legislation will inevitably transform the church in the United States, in the minds of many, into a partisan, Republican-oriented institution," he wrote. 

"It does not matter that eucharistic sanctions would be fully within the legitimate moral and civil rights of the church to adopt, and that those who have attacked them as a violation of the separation of church and state are totally in error in their understanding of the constitutional tradition of the United States," wrote McElroy. "What does matter enormously is that Americans will in general recoil from the use of the Eucharist as a political weapon, and will reassess their overall opinion of the church’s role in the political order."

News source: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jul/10070606.html

Vatican 2 Church as community failed in US public square

Vatican II made Catholics realize that they are the people of God, a community of faith.  This people aspect emphasized human rights,  justice and peace.  This is exemplified in the photo that shows how the Church has stepped up to block tanks and troops and avert a civil war in the Philippines back in the 70s.

Today, there is still an assault to justice and peace as the human rights of unborn children keep getting violated every day.  More than 60 million have been slaughtered in the US alone.  But where is the Church?

During the past elections, the Church left it to the conscience of the individual to decide whether to vote for pro-aborts of not.  What happened to the community;  why is now up to individuals?  And what about standing up for the rights of people - even if they are in the womb?

But it is as if Vatican II never happened as the Church failed to stand as a people to defend justice and peace.  It failed because of unfaithful bishops, priests and nuns who supported Obama and the Democrats  As a people, the Church has been dispersed by lies of fake Catholic groups and religious who blurred the Church's teachings as well as the candidates immoral stances.  The community of believers have been infiltrated, divided and mislead by other commmunity organizers.  The real community organizers of the Church were focused elsewhere.

Now the leaders of the Church are facing another opportunity to lead God's people in the public square as the November elections approach.  Will they rise to the challenge or will they succumb to the false prophets and dissidents that support abortion pols?

Video: Successful school experiment (not Obama scholars)

There is hope for public education in the US as shown by the New Orleans experiment. It boils down to a somewhat privatization of the system that forces quality to thrive in a competitive system.

Video description:
Before hurricane Katrina ravaged the city in 2005, New Orleans had one of the worst performing public school districts in the nation. Katrina forced nearly a million people to leave their homes and caused almost $100 billion in damages. To an already failing public school system, the storm seemed to provide the final deathblow. But then something amazing happened. In the wake of Katrina, education reformers decided to seize the opportunity and start fresh with a system based on choice.

Today, New Orleans has the most market-based school system in the US. Sixty percent of New Orleans students currently attend charter schools, test scores are up, and talented and passionate educators from around the country are flocking to New Orleans to be a part of the education revolution. It's too early to tell if the New Orleans experiment in school choice will succeed over the long term, but for the first time in decades people are optimistic about the future of New Orleans schools.

Approximately 10 minutes. Produced by Paul Feine; hosted by Nick Gillespie; shot by Alex Manning and Dan Hayes; edited by Alex Manning.

To see view, go to web source http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2010/07/video-successful-school-experiment-not.html