No U.S. President (maybe in history) has done more in his first 100 days than Barack Obama.
Unfortunately, for more and more Americans, Obama's agenda is starting to hit home. What in the world did we just do putting this EXTREME liberal in office?
In just 100 days this man has systematically destroyed foundational values the nation has held dear for decades, and is eagerly attempting to "change" the overall fabric of the USA we know and love.
Here is just some of what has taken place since January 20, 2009.
1. Appointed numerous unethical, tax avoiding people for various positions within his administration.
2. Was first sitting President to waste time by appearing on an evening talk show where he made a poor statement about Special Olympics. Can you imagine had Bush done this during this economic crisis????
3. We have seen unemployment rise even more along with the market tanking and now floundering.
4. Obama rushed a "spendulous" bill through congress chopped full of the very "pork spending" he said he would veto!
5. Obama's budget will cause the U.S. to be in debt more than $3 trillion dollars (and some say way more) more than President Bush ever asked for.
6. Met with Queen Elizabeth where he proceeded to hand her a gift of an Ipod loaded with his own speeches and then he touched her, something that no President or any other leader has ever done and is totally against British security protocol!
7. Is pushing to lift the embargo against Cuba and befriend Castro, something no President has done since 1960!
9. Went on various world tours basically apologizing for America - letting national leaders berate the U.S. while Obama sat there and did nothing.
10. First U.S. President to bow to the President of Saudi Arabia - a sign of submissions no U.S. President should ever do.
11. Released top secret CIA documents, empowering terrorists, and seriously handicapping our ability to interrogate.
12. Has refused to state anything about us still being in a war on terror. Appears to think he can be sweet, kind and logical with people that hate us. It didn't work with Carter or Clinton and it certainly won't work now.
13. Is already positioning himself to take all of the credit for the war in Iraq being successful and coming to an end soon.
14. Met and exchanged pleasantries with President Chavez, another hater of America. He sat with a smile on his face and listened to Chavez berate America. Then Obama spoke for 17 minutes and basically apologized for how we treat leaders who murder their own people.
15. Completely ignored the launch of a rocket by North Korea.
16. Has hinted that Israel should do nothing to stop Iran in an effort of defending themselves.
17. Made abortions even easier to access by providing governmental funding and prohibiting doctors from refusing to do them.
18. First sitting President to have a Easter egg hunt on the White House lawn - with only gay families.
19. Provided initial funding for nationalized health care system.
20. Had his staff cover up all Christian symbols before a speech he gave at a CATHOLIC university!
21. Has pledged to reduce our defenses including all nuclear weapons leaving us as sitting ducks.
22. Has dismantled the EMP commission. (http://www.onesecondafter.com/)
23. Never states nor discusses from stage or any other format the power of liberty, personal freedom or democracy.
24. America main stream media is in a complete slobber fest love affair with this man. He can do no wrong and his face is plastered every where! Thanks to FoxNews.com there is some sense of balance out there.
25. Has made desperate attempts already to become friends with Iran - even as they continue to spew hate and threats towards America and himself personally.
26. Subjected himself to a 50 minute tongue lashing by socialist, killed, Ortega - sitting like a submissive child.
27. Obama reported personal incomes of over $4,000,000 in 2007 and $2,700,000 in 2008. Poor guy. Yea, and we are stupid enough to believe "he is one of us". What morons... (by the way - Obama with his millions donated a whopping 5% to charity - Biden made $250,000 last year and donated an unreal amount less than 1%!!! What hypocrites telling us we need to give more!)
One thing is for sure; everything people were warning us about if he got elected he has done and more.
There is more to this list too, but I am already sick at my stomach over what this guy is doing to our country. Now is the time to become even more active and prepare for REAL change in the 2010 congressional elections. Let's just pray he can't undo everything between now and then.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
New Bill Would Reduce Free Speech Freedoms
Just received an email about a new bill that what drastically change our abilities of free speech and give Obama power to prosecute nearly anyone. FROM AN EMAIL:
America's most basic freedoms of speech, conscience and the free exercise of religion are under attack and the time to act is now. If President Obama succeeds with his priority of passing the Hate Crimes law, H.R. 1913 - the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, it could lead to the criminalization of the Biblical view of homosexuality in sermons and elsewhere. An offended homosexual could accuse a pastor, Sunday School teacher of broadcaster of causing emotional injury simply by expressing the Biblical view that homosexuality is sinful.
H.R. 1913 is one more step in the campaign to legitimize homosexuality in our culture by treating it as a protected class along with race, gender, and religion. The long term goal is to create one more platform from which to eradicate wrong thinking about homosexuality. H.R. 1913 will undoubtedly pave the way to legislation that will make thinking Biblically about homosexuality a "hate crime."
We believe prosecutors and anti-Christian groups will use loop holes in the proposed legislation to muzzle the church from speaking out on Biblical standards of morality which are shared by most Americans. Unnecessary lawsuits will bring a chilling effect to the free speech and religious liberty of our churches and of our members.
Laws already exist in all 50 states to punish violent crime, making this legislation unnecessary, unfair, indefinable, un-American and constitutionally suspect.
Laws in civilized nations have always been designed to punish conduct, not thought. H.R. 1913 is not designed to aid in crime fighting. Punishing wrong beliefs about homosexuality is the sole aim of H.R. 1913 - the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
It's true: Check it out: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1913/show
America's most basic freedoms of speech, conscience and the free exercise of religion are under attack and the time to act is now. If President Obama succeeds with his priority of passing the Hate Crimes law, H.R. 1913 - the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, it could lead to the criminalization of the Biblical view of homosexuality in sermons and elsewhere. An offended homosexual could accuse a pastor, Sunday School teacher of broadcaster of causing emotional injury simply by expressing the Biblical view that homosexuality is sinful.
H.R. 1913 is one more step in the campaign to legitimize homosexuality in our culture by treating it as a protected class along with race, gender, and religion. The long term goal is to create one more platform from which to eradicate wrong thinking about homosexuality. H.R. 1913 will undoubtedly pave the way to legislation that will make thinking Biblically about homosexuality a "hate crime."
We believe prosecutors and anti-Christian groups will use loop holes in the proposed legislation to muzzle the church from speaking out on Biblical standards of morality which are shared by most Americans. Unnecessary lawsuits will bring a chilling effect to the free speech and religious liberty of our churches and of our members.
Laws already exist in all 50 states to punish violent crime, making this legislation unnecessary, unfair, indefinable, un-American and constitutionally suspect.
Laws in civilized nations have always been designed to punish conduct, not thought. H.R. 1913 is not designed to aid in crime fighting. Punishing wrong beliefs about homosexuality is the sole aim of H.R. 1913 - the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
It's true: Check it out: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1913/show
Friday, April 17, 2009
Attacks on Christianity Keep Coming
Along with the most liberal spending in U.S. government history, the nominations of unethical people and talks of downgrading our defenses, the Obama administration appears to be on track to do all it can to tear down long-standing Christian values. He calls himself a Christian. I judge he is not...because the Bible makes it clear true believers will be known by their actions and his stance on abortion and the note below makes it obvious we do not share in reading the same Bible. See below an email Ireceived the other day from www.wallbuilders.com
A Presidential Nominee
President Obama has begun making nominations to the U. S. Courts of Appeals. His first nomination – a very troubling one – is of Federal District Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which oversees Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.When Hamilton was made a federal district judge by President Clinton in 1994, the American Bar Association rated him as "not qualified." After all, prior to his appointment as a judge, Hamilton had been a fundraiser for the widely-discredited group ACORN and was also a board member of the Indiana ACLU, serving as its litigation director.Consider some of the notable decisions he has rendered as a federal district judge.
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSIONS
Three years ago in 2006, Judge Hamilton delivered an unprecedented ruling, ordering the Indiana Legislature to discontinue its 188-year-old tradition of opening legislative sessions with prayer. Strikingly, the case had been brought before him by the Indiana ACLU – the very group that he had helped direct.
Even though the legislature had prayers from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim clerics, Judge Hamilton complained that some of the ministers had used the wrong words in their prayers. He then proceeded to list permissible words and phrases to be used in public prayers and pointed out that any prayers "offered in the name of Jesus, Jesus Christ, the Savior, and/or the Son" were unconstitutional; he would allow no public prayer unless it "refrain[ed] from using Christ's name or title." Strikingly, however, Judge Hamilton held that prayers offered in the name "Allah" were constitutional.Even though the U. S. Supreme Court had already said in clear terms that judges were not to parse the wording of prayers, Judge Hamilton had no difficulty in disregarding that by not only telling individuals whether they could pray but also what words to use in their personally-composed public prayers.The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (to which he has now been nominated) overturned Judge Hamilton's egregious ruling.
ABORTION ISSUES
The Indiana Legislature passed a law requiring abortion clinics to provide women with information about alternatives to abortion, but for seven years, Judge Hamilton kept that law tied up in his court before finally striking it down.The 7th Circuit Court (1) reversed Hamilton's radical pro-abortion decision in that case, (2) pointed out that his ruling was unprecedented by any other court in the country, and (3) chided him for his abusive handling of that case, noting:
For seven years, Indiana has been prevented from enforcing a statute materially identical to a law held valid by the Supreme Court in Casey [in 1992], by this court in Karlin [in 1998], and by the fifth circuit in Barnes [in 1992]. No court anywhere in the country (other than one district judge in Indiana [i.e., Hamilton]) has held any similar law invalid in the years since Casey. Although Salerno [in 1987] does not foreclose all pre-enforcement challenges to abortion laws, it is an abuse of discretion for a district judge to issue a pre-enforcement injunction while the effects of the law (and reasons for those effects) are open to debate. (emphasis added)
OTHER ISSUES
There are many other troubling decisions by Judge Hamilton, including issues related to illegal drug possession, and the ability of child sex offenders to move freely within a state.
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Judge David Hamilton has proven himself to be an extreme pro-abortion activist and a religious bigot, specifically singling out Christianity for hostile treatment. Now, President Obama wants to reward him by elevating him to the very court that overruled his radical decisions. Please call your two U. S. Senators and ask them to vote against Judge Hamilton for the 7th Circuit. Americans do not need judicial activists on federal courts who deliberately undermine the constitutional protection of life and religious liberty. (To find the phone numbers and email addresses of your Senators, go to http://www.senate.gov/ and select your state from the top right corner.)
God bless!
David Barton
To sign up on the WallBuilders email list and receive future information about historical issues and Biblical values in the culture, visit www.wallbuilders.com.
A Presidential Nominee
President Obama has begun making nominations to the U. S. Courts of Appeals. His first nomination – a very troubling one – is of Federal District Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which oversees Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.When Hamilton was made a federal district judge by President Clinton in 1994, the American Bar Association rated him as "not qualified." After all, prior to his appointment as a judge, Hamilton had been a fundraiser for the widely-discredited group ACORN and was also a board member of the Indiana ACLU, serving as its litigation director.Consider some of the notable decisions he has rendered as a federal district judge.
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSIONS
Three years ago in 2006, Judge Hamilton delivered an unprecedented ruling, ordering the Indiana Legislature to discontinue its 188-year-old tradition of opening legislative sessions with prayer. Strikingly, the case had been brought before him by the Indiana ACLU – the very group that he had helped direct.
Even though the legislature had prayers from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim clerics, Judge Hamilton complained that some of the ministers had used the wrong words in their prayers. He then proceeded to list permissible words and phrases to be used in public prayers and pointed out that any prayers "offered in the name of Jesus, Jesus Christ, the Savior, and/or the Son" were unconstitutional; he would allow no public prayer unless it "refrain[ed] from using Christ's name or title." Strikingly, however, Judge Hamilton held that prayers offered in the name "Allah" were constitutional.Even though the U. S. Supreme Court had already said in clear terms that judges were not to parse the wording of prayers, Judge Hamilton had no difficulty in disregarding that by not only telling individuals whether they could pray but also what words to use in their personally-composed public prayers.The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (to which he has now been nominated) overturned Judge Hamilton's egregious ruling.
ABORTION ISSUES
The Indiana Legislature passed a law requiring abortion clinics to provide women with information about alternatives to abortion, but for seven years, Judge Hamilton kept that law tied up in his court before finally striking it down.The 7th Circuit Court (1) reversed Hamilton's radical pro-abortion decision in that case, (2) pointed out that his ruling was unprecedented by any other court in the country, and (3) chided him for his abusive handling of that case, noting:
For seven years, Indiana has been prevented from enforcing a statute materially identical to a law held valid by the Supreme Court in Casey [in 1992], by this court in Karlin [in 1998], and by the fifth circuit in Barnes [in 1992]. No court anywhere in the country (other than one district judge in Indiana [i.e., Hamilton]) has held any similar law invalid in the years since Casey. Although Salerno [in 1987] does not foreclose all pre-enforcement challenges to abortion laws, it is an abuse of discretion for a district judge to issue a pre-enforcement injunction while the effects of the law (and reasons for those effects) are open to debate. (emphasis added)
OTHER ISSUES
There are many other troubling decisions by Judge Hamilton, including issues related to illegal drug possession, and the ability of child sex offenders to move freely within a state.
– – – ◊ ◊ ◊ – – –
Judge David Hamilton has proven himself to be an extreme pro-abortion activist and a religious bigot, specifically singling out Christianity for hostile treatment. Now, President Obama wants to reward him by elevating him to the very court that overruled his radical decisions. Please call your two U. S. Senators and ask them to vote against Judge Hamilton for the 7th Circuit. Americans do not need judicial activists on federal courts who deliberately undermine the constitutional protection of life and religious liberty. (To find the phone numbers and email addresses of your Senators, go to http://www.senate.gov/ and select your state from the top right corner.)
God bless!
David Barton
To sign up on the WallBuilders email list and receive future information about historical issues and Biblical values in the culture, visit www.wallbuilders.com.
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