(HT: Don Surber) I agree with Mr. Surber here. There is no bar you can hold so low that John Murtha cannot crawl under it!! (FB may need to open “note” for video access)
And here’s my daily e-mail from POTUS Obama’s fund raising machine: (notice that pesky little “donate” button that our President seems to have a passionate love for!!)
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On Wednesday night, Senate leadership unveiled their final health reform package. It’s a great bill that accomplishes President Obama’s core goals for reform: provide more security for those who have insurance, guarantee affordable coverage options for those who don’t, and rein in the cost of care for American businesses and families. And it accomplishes all of this while reducing the deficit by as much as $777 billion over the next 20 years. Now, we’re in the final sprint toward reform, and the next challenge is already here. Today, senators are listening carefully to see how constituents react to the bill and how we want them to proceed. So it’s our job to make sure they hear quickly and unmistakably: Move forward! On Saturday, the Senate faces a close vote on whether or not to begin debate, so it’s critical to weigh in right away. Click here to call Nebraska’s senators now. Please call: Sen. Ben Nelson at 202-370-7888 (Not your senators? Click here to look yours up.) Just tell whomever answers the phone where you live and that you support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — and want the Senate to begin discussing it right away. After you’ve called, click here to tell us how it went: http://my.barackobama.com/SenateVote Many senators have worked tirelessly to get us this far, and they deserve our thanks. But it is crucial that every senator knows that we are counting on them to stand up to the insurance industry and support reform — and that we will be right there standing with them. We’re getting so close, and your incredible work is a big part of why we’ve been successful so far. Let’s keep it up and get this job done. Thanks, Mitch Mitch Stewart  |
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Senator Ben Nelson - (D) Nebraska
I guess I am no longer pro-life – I am now anti-choice!! And still darn proud of it!!
Dear ACLU Supporter,
The anti-abortion agenda is now in full view. Anti-choice extremists think they have won a massive victory in their attempt to limit access to abortion. Let’s prove them wrong.
As Senate action on health care reform heats up, the reproductive freedom of millions of American women is on the line.
Your senator—Senator Ben Nelson—has a critical role to play in deciding whether or not health care reform will undermine the reproductive rights of women all across the country.
Urge Senator Ben Nelson to reject anti-choice efforts to hijack health care.
As you may know, anti-choice forces in the House—led by Representatives Stupak and Pitts—succeeded in making the House health care bill a vehicle for advancing their agenda.
This isn’t, as its sponsors claim, an attempt to make sure health care legislation maintains the “status quo” when it comes to federal funds not being spent on abortions. It is an effort to dramatically alter the landscape of reproductive rights for women all across the country.
Health care reform should improve women’s health and lives, not interfere with their ability to get the health care they need. But politics and ideology came together in a toxic mix when the House of Representatives added the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
We must not let the same thing happen in the Senate.
Urge Senator Ben Nelson to reject anti-choice efforts to hijack health care..
If this amendment is part of the final health care legislation, anyone who participates in the health care exchange will be prohibited from buying a plan that covers abortion care if they receive a federal subsidy, even if they contribute their own private funds to pay part of the premiums.
Please act right now by urging your senator to protect women’s ability to make private health care decisions without government interference.
Thank you so much for acting to protect reproductive freedom.
Sincerely,
Vania Leveille
ACLU Legislative CounselP.S.. Even though the odds seem daunting, I know we can win. The Stupak-Pitts amendment is one of the most dangerous intrusions into women’s lives we’ve ever experienced. But you and I know the American people don’t want the government interfering in their personal lives. Please take action today and tell your friends to do the same.
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Can Someone Tell Me Why Our President Is Still Soliciting Donations?
From my email:
Making history
From: President Barack Obama (info@barackobama.com)
Sent: Sun 11/08/09 12:17 AM To: Robin Schneider (xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.net) Robin –
This evening, at 11:15 p.m., the House of Representatives voted to pass their health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has ever before passed comprehensive health reform. This is history.
But you and millions of your fellow Organizing for America supporters didn’t just witness history tonight — you helped make it. Each “yes” vote was a brave stand, backed up by countless hours of knocking on doors, outreach in town halls and town squares, millions of signatures, and hundreds of thousands of calls. You stood up. You spoke up. And you were heard.
So this is a night to celebrate — but not to rest. Those who voted for reform deserve our thanks, and the next phase of this fight has already begun.
The final Senate bill hasn’t even been released yet, but the insurance companies are already pressing hard for a filibuster to bury it. OFA has built a massive neighborhood-by-neighborhood operation to bring people’s voices to Congress, and tonight we saw the results. But the coming days will put our efforts to the ultimate test. Winning will require each of us to give everything we can, starting right now.
Please donate $5 or whatever you can afford so we can finish this fight.
Tonight’s vote brought every American closer to the secure, affordable care we need. But it was also a watershed moment in how change is made.
Even after last year’s election, many insider lobbyists and partisan operatives really thought that the old formula of scare tactics, D.C. back-scratching and special-interest money would still be enough to block any idea they didn’t like. Now, they’re desperate. Because, tonight, you made it crystal clear: the old rules are changing — and the people will not be ignored.
In the final phases of last year’s election, I often reminded folks, “Don’t think for a minute that power concedes without a fight,” and it’s especially true today. But that’s okay — we’re not afraid of a fight. And as you continue to prove, when all of us work together, we have what it takes to win.
Please donate to OFA’s campaign to win this fight and ensure that real health reform reaches my desk by the end of this year:
https://donate.barackobama.com/History
Let’s keep making history,
President Barack Obama
A team of scientists has sent a letter to all U.S. senators warning that a claim there is “consensus” in the scientific community on the climate change issue is false.
The letter dated Oct. 29 reads in part: “You have recently received a letter from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), purporting to convey a ‘consensus’ of the scientific community that immediate and drastic action is needed to avert a climatic catastrophe. . .
“The claim of consensus is fake, designed to stampede you into actions that will cripple our economy, and which you will regret for many years. There is no consensus, and even if there were, consensus is not the test of scientific validity. Theories that disagree with the facts are wrong, consensus or no.”
The five signees of the letter include professors from Princeton University, the University of Virginia and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The letter refers to an earlier open letter sent to Congress by those five signees and others declaring: “The sky is not falling. The earth has been cooling for 10 years, without help. The present cooling was NOT predicted by the alarmists’ computer models, and has come as an embarrassment to them. . .
“We are flooded with claims that the evidence is clear, that the debate is closed, that we must act immediately, etc., but in fact there is no such evidence. It doesn’t exist.”
The Oct. 29 letter also notes that the American Physical Society, an organization of physicists, did not sign the AAAS letter and states the society is “at this moment reviewing its stance on so-called global warming, having received a petition from its membership to do so. That petition was signed by 160 distinguished members and fellows of the society, including one Nobelist and 12 members of the National Academies. Indeed a score of the signers are Members and Fellows of the AAAS, none of whom were consulted before the AAAS letter to you.”
The petition reads in part: “Studies of a variety of natural processes, including ocean cycles and solar variability, indicate that they can account for variations in the Earth’s climate on the time scale of decades and centuries. Current climate models appear insufficiently reliable to properly account for natural and anthropogenic contributions to past climate change, much less project future climate.
“The APS supports an objective scientific effort to understand the effects of all processes — natural and human — on the Earth’s climate.”
The 160 signees of the petition range alphabetically from Harold M. Agnew, former White House science councilor and former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, to Martin V. Zombeck, a physicist formerly with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and include Ivar Giaever, who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1973.
From the Allentown (PA) Morning Call:
In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park.
Little did the do-gooder know that his altruistic act would put him in the cross hairs of the city’s largest municipal union.
Nick Balzano, president of the local Service Employees International Union, told Allentown City Council Tuesday that the union is considering filing a grievance against the city for allowing Anderson to clear a 1,000-foot walking and biking path at Kimmets Lock Park.
”We’ll be looking into the Cub Scout or Boy Scout who did the trails,” Balzano told the council.
Balzano said Saturday he isn’t targeting Boy Scouts. But given the city’s decision in July to lay off 39 SEIU members, Balzano said ”there’s to be no volunteers.” No one except union members may pick up a hoe or shovel, plant a flower or clear a walking path.
Hey, Vernon! Seven lies in less than two minutes – from one of those mind numbing, consummate lying, can’t think for themselves Republicans Democrats!!
Your mouth is moving – you might want to do something about that!
Check out the cause HERE
We are not, necessarily, like you think we are!
I’m just sayin’…
Federally Funded Abortion IS IN Health Care Reform Bill – Leaders of Reform Have Lied Again… Anyone Surprised??
Information gleaned from Republican House Leader John Boehner’s blog, found HERE.
Speaker Pelosi’s 2,032-page government takeover of health care :
On line 17, p. 110, section 222 under “Abortions for which Public Funding is Allowed” the Health and Human Services Secretary is given the authority to determine when abortion is allowed under the government-run plan. The Speaker’s plan also requires that at least one insurance plan offered in the Exchange covers abortions.
Monthly abortion premium will be charged of all enrollees in the government-run plan:
On line 16, page 96, section 213, under “Insurance Rating Rules.” The premium will be paid into a U.S. Treasury account – and these federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services.
Section 213 describes the process in which the Health Benefits Commissioner is to assess the monthly premiums that will be used to pay for elective abortions under the government-run plan. The Commissioner must charge at a minimum $1 per enrollee per month.
