Mexico City Rule

President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on U.S. government funding for clinics or groups which provide abortion services or counseling for abortions overseas. The rule previously prohibiting this practice has been known as the Mexico City Rule. It has been called the Mexico City Rule because it was unveiled at a U.N. conference there in 1984.

Under this rule, no U.S. government funding for family planning services can be given to clinics or groups that offer abortion services or counseling in other countries even if the funds for those activities come from non-U.S. government sources.

This has been a good rule. There is no way to truly determine where the money came from that a Government agency sends to a foreign agency. They can claim “oh, these were private dollars we collected and sent to Bolivia”. There’s no fool proof way of knowing for sure. If you find $20 on the street and spend it on pop and candy you still have your own money sitting in the bank. If you spend $20 of your own money on a movie and popcorn it can easily be argued that you spent YOUR $20 on pop and candy and the FOUND money on a movie and popcorn.

Besides, this IS NOT about whether anyone believes in abortion or not. Whether you’re Pro Choice or Pro Life it is not OK to send our hard earned tax dollars to a foreign country to pay for their abortions. Our tax dollars should go towards more important issues that affect Americans. If you want to send money to a foreign country to pay for their abortions then write a check. I’m sure they’ll accept it.

A New Beginning?

Just a few short hours after the inauguration of the first African American President Racism rears its ugly head. I thought this election was supposed to prove that racism is over in America. This election was supposed to prove that we’re ALL Americans without any descriptive adjectives before or after the word “American”. We are all just AMERICANS.

I went to the CVS Pharmacy tonight after dinner to get some cold medicine for my daughter. As I’m at the register paying for the medicine two African American citizens entered the store. As soon as they see the White/Caucasian clerk and myself they start chanting “O-bama, O-bama, O-bama” then laugh as they disappear into the depths of the store. Neither of us bothered to acknowledge their stupidity.

Is this where we’re headed? We’ve just traded one race issue for another? At a time when race is supposed to no longer be an issue are some foolish souls going to start a race war?

I read an article a few months back where the author wrote about the possibility that some African American people may feel empowered by Obama’s election and take it out on White people. He claimed that some less-enlightened African Americans will feel their race is now in charge and that they will get “even” with the White race. I didn’t want to believe something like that was possible. “Americans” are supposed to be above that regardless of race, creed or color. After all, we have our first African American President. The countries that brought slavery to our shores, England, France and Spain, have never had an African President.

Let’s hope for all our sake that this is an isolated incident. Although, contrary to my actions sometimes; it has been pointed out to me that I am not the center of the Universe. Thus, this probably isn’t an isolated incident. So, we’ll just have to hope it’s just a celebratory act of exuberance and all will be well once everyone realizes he’s only human. After all, he is half white as well.

To Watch or not to Watch

No, we’re not ALL giddy with tingling legs about watching the upcoming Presidential Inauguration. According to the mainstream media that anointed the “great one” you’d think that all 305 million Americans will be glued to their TV’s on that fateful day. Nope, sorry.

They forget that 48% of us DID NOT vote for him. 48% of us don’t want him anywhere near the White House to be sitting behind the most powerful desk in the free world. 48% of us would rather have that grumpy old McCain puttering around the White House in a baseball cap and T-Shirt that reads “Wouldn’t you like to be a Maverick too?”

While some mainstream media outlets are making it sound like most of us can’t wait until noon on January 20th 2009 to watch our new leader take the reigns a more un-biased Rasmussen Reports poll says differently. According to Rasmussen 28% will watch the whole thing. Not quite a majority. Another 18% will watch “most” of it. That’s a total of 46% and still not a majority. Remember, he got 52% of the popular vote so not even ALL of them will be watching most or all of the glitzy Hollywood style event.

Another 29% say they’ll watch “some” of the event. If “some” equates to accidentally flipping through one of the 927 channels overplaying the event then I might accidentally fall into that category while searching for Gilligan’s Island re-runs.

So, that leaves the 21% who aren’t planning to watch any of the event at all and the 4% who aren’t sure. Aren’t sure? I’m guessing the 4% who aren’t sure just won’t answer for fear of being called a racist. Wow, we’ve come a long way baby.

To sum up; 54% will watch “some” or none of the event while 46% will watch “most” or “all” of the event. Again, hardly a landslide.

President Barack H. Obama-Lincoln

Barack Obama will be sworn in as the President of the U.S. on January 20, 2009 using the Bible that President Abraham Lincoln put his hand on when he was sworn in as the sixteenth president of the U.S. Obama has not only convinced himself, but the media that he is Abraham Lincoln.

There are some similarities:

• Both served in the Illinois State Legislature for two terms.



• Both were elected during the time of great crisis in America.



• Some claim that Obama is as good as Lincoln in public speaking and speech
  writing. Of this I must completely disagree - NO one will ever be as good as Lincoln.



• We at America’s Voice sincerely Hope that this is were the similarities end and history does not repeat itself as it did with John F. Kennedy, who just happens to be Obama’s second biggest idol.

I find it amazing that most Americans, Europeans and even some people in the Middle East are such lemmings. These people will blindly follow Obama, even down the path of destruction based on their admiration and unwitting loyalty. I can only equate this to a cult such as The Branch Dividians, Heavens’ Gate and many others, but on a much larger scale.

I have never been a follower and one must earn my respect and trust. If President Elect Obama can fulfill his promises, improve the economy, and keep Americans Safe, then and only then will I fully support our new President.

I only Hope that allowing a man with a questionable background as to his citizenship, questionable associations, William Ayers, Reverend Write, etc.., Zero experience in Governing anything and who’s ambition is to go down in History as the greatest president that ever lived, is a Huge leap of Faith that I am not ready to take.

Finally I Hope that Americans glassy eyed trust, backed by the liberal media and Obama’s personal ambition to be the greatest of all presidents will not lead see America go down in Flames.

Where's the Change?

More old people from a retro-administration? Where’s the change? Where’s the young fresh new ideas? On the bright side, Obama's obviously in favor of recycling.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/05/panetta.cia/index.html

Some will argue that it's better to fill these positions with people who are tested rather than untested. Untested? That's what Obama is and we're supposed to trust him. Wouldn't "change" from old-school Washington politics require some untested people to be put in charge?

The change we were promised isn't just change from Bush. It's supposed to be change from old-school Washington politics. Change from Bush was inevitable. Whoever won was change from Bush. The change Obama promised was away from all the old Washington politics. Obama promised us more than just change from Bush.

It looks like Obama may have found that politics is a dirtier game than he thought. It seems he's traded a lot away to the Clintons to get her to back off and let him win. Now we get a "retro" adminstration. Our change is from Bush and back to Clinton.