Who Pays?

Oh goodness, a lot is going on, and most of it isn't very good news ... especially as it pertains to this health-care crisis that our government representatives are about to foist upon us, to not only destroy our economy but precious unborn lives. There is considerable debate about who is paying, and who should pay for abortions, whether it be private insurers, or if the government should get involved in subsidizing with large sums of the taxpayers money the funding of abortions.

One thing I must point out in all of this, is the fact that the majority of abortions being performed are being directed by Planned Parenthood, which redirects funds from the government to make it appear as if there is no government involvement in the financing of abortions...make no mistake, Planned Parent receives millions each year from the government through other subsidies that the government pays to 48% of the population in the form of welfare, or Medicaid, etc ... and the greatest percentage of abortions are done through low-income clinics according to one of the institution's largest supporters and data providers the Guttmacher institute, a fanatically pro-abortion organization in conjunction with Planned Parenthood, which Margaret Sanger founded, the largest abortion provider in the world, seeking to control the population via control over reproductive rights in much the same manner as Communist China, with their one child per family policy. So, we have to be careful when accessing information that comes from the Guttmacher institute, who claims that "74%" of all abortions are being payed for by "private insurers."

A couple of thoughts on this ... most families that are fairly well-off financially and that are organized morally/spiritually I don't think are going to think about going to the extreme of murdering a new beginning in their family, that being their unborn children...it would seem unthinkable for those families who have a sense of right and wrong about them. On the other hand, we have those who, by being constrained by the government through subsidizing their poor state of living, leads them to a mentality of complacency, and waiting upon the government to supply their needs, and thus, they acquire only enough of the finances they need to survive, but do not wish to step out of their cocoon that the government keeps them in, and this is how those who run for office garner support for their socialist or communistic ideas, and thereby, creating a state of complacency...or like the boiling frog analogy...if you put a frog in a pot of cool water on a stove-eye, if you turn the heat up all at once, the frog can sense the impending danger and will jump out...but if you turn the heat up in increments (small degrees at a time), the the frog becomes accustomed to the heat but does not realize its fate ... this same analogy can be applied to the unnecessary entitlement programs that the government provides in the form of welfare, SSI, etc.

These government programs subsidize whether directly or indirectly the funding of abortions, the greatest percentage of the funding being directed through Planned Parenthood, and then documented as "personal finances," or from "private insurers" on the books of Planned Parenthood and their alliance with the data provider, the Guttmacher institute.

Much debate is now being waged over the point at which point human life develops the status of personhood, which will determine to a great extent, how and by whom abortion should or should not be subsidized. There should be no question as to what point a human life develops the status of a person with a right to life, or "if" a child is human in the womb. Life begins at conception, and is due the same right to life as anyone else in this world ... a human in the womb is made up of human DNA, and therefore equals a human. So there is no question about a right to life. Little unborn children hold the same amount of worth as you and I who stand on two feet.

So the answer to this question of who is, or who should be funding abortion, is? As of right now, the only ones paying for abortion, are those who are committing the act of murder upon the unborn. As to who should ... no one, whether a private insurer or the government. Insurance, just like law, is there to protect and benefit what is good and right. Not destroy it.

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The proof is in the pictures (OneNewsNow.com)

Here is some praiseworthy news as it relates to the abortion industry...Abby Johnson a new person through the viewing of the miracle of life in a sonogram.

The director of Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas, has resigned after a spiritual experience.

Abby Johnson spoke with local television station KBTX and said she threw in the towel after viewing a sonogram of an unborn baby in September. It was that moment that brought the former director to a realization. "I can't do this anymore," she remembers thinking. "It was just like a flash that hit me, and I thought, 'That's it.'"

Johnson worked at Planned Parenthood for eight years, two of which she spent as director. She says the organization was changing, and that was something she realized when she was instructed to get more abortions to the facility, apparently for financial reasons. This was something she could not do because she felt that God changed her heart.


Read full story ... The proof is in the pictures (OneNewsNow.com)

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Serfdom

From the POTUS, to Congress to the last links in our society, we have no moral guidance, hence everything is open to "Fed interpretation" of what is right for us. It's no longer about community standards or values, it's about "Politically Correct", "collectives" and what someone else believes we need.

We could have done much to prevent this day by just simply protecting school prayer and Bible reading in our schools, and maintaining that oft-quoted phrase from Scripture...Matthew 7:12 - "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."

Too late, too late...

We've lost our country as we knew it and it's been a long time coming. Obama and his band of merry communists, radical anti-Americanism and Capitalist destroyers, are merely the final "irresistible force" for our final road...the road to serfdom.

God bless and protect all, as we watch our country crumble before our eyes!

Believe it...abortion funding is in healthcare bill (OneNewsNow.com)

A very ominous sign of the impending legislation...

A national pro-life group is warning members of Congress that a vote in favor of the 1,990-page House healthcare bill is a vote to establish a federal government program that would directly fund abortion-on-demand with taxpayer dollars.

Abortion funding in healthcare imagePage 110 of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, authorizes a new government health insurance program to pay for all elective abortions. Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee, explains.

"This is a federal agency, a federal program, [and] of course it's going to spend federal funds -- that's the only kind of funds it's got," he notes. "So all of these assurances that some prominent Democrats, including President Obama, have given that there won't be federal funding for abortions, that's not what's in the bill."

Read full story....Believe it...abortion funding is in healthcare bill (OneNewsNow.com)

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Wednesday Hero Blogroll 10/28/09

Spc. Justin Slagle


Spc. Justin Slagle returns to Forward Operating Base Lane in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after an air assault mission in the Zabul province of Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2009. Even as leaders in Washington struggle with the next steps in Afghanistan, troops there are moving to better protect the Afghan people by separating them from Taliban influence and intimidation.

Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army

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Rifqa returns to Ohio to face Muslim parents (OneNewsNow.com)

Some very sad, and troubling news...

COLUMBUS, OH - Rifqa Bary is back in Ohio after running away to Florida because she said she feared her father would harm or kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity.

The Florida Department of Children and Families says 17-year-old Bary arrived in Columbus Tuesday accompanied by a state social worker and a Florida police officer. She is now in the custody of Franklin County Children Services, which was given control of her case earlier this month pending her arrival back in Ohio. Bary will stay with a foster family and undergo counseling.

Earlier Tuesday an Ohio judge ordered the state to supervise Bary's telephone and Internet use at the request of Children Services.

Read the full story:Rifqa returns to Ohio to face Muslim parents (OneNewsNow.com)

Please pray for Rifqa Bary as she is returned to a foster family near her parents.

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Atheist's Research Indicates Global Faith Revival; Irreligious Europe, not America, is Exception to the Rule

Some interesting and wonderful news...

Atheist's Research Indicates Global Faith Revival; Irreligious Europe, not America, is Exception to the Rule

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Wise Saying Worth Heeding Part VIII

I chose today's wise saying as it applies to some of what I've been going through lately, and for the reason that it has helped me to come to terms with, and overcome some of what I've been going through...it comes from the book of James:

Starting with James 1:5-7

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting. for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."

And continuing in...

verses 12-18

"Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."

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Pelosi and Dems Desparately Looking To Force Government-Run Healthcare

A healthcare policy analyst says the healthcare legislation being promoted by liberals in Congress is dangerous even without a so-called "public option."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has counted votes in the House and reportedly does not have enough to pass a "robust public option," however her office is denying that report. Obama administration officials believe they will be able to pass a compromise form of government-run healthcare by rounding up enough liberals and moderates to support a public option "trigger." The plan would allow a government plan to kick in if private insurers do not expand coverage fast enough.

Greg D'Angelo is a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation's Center for Health Policy Studies. He says Pelosi does not have enough votes because her proposal is out of touch with what Americans want in a health reform plan.

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If the blue dog Democrats give in on this, the American taxpayer is surely in trouble. Naturally the radicals, the communist oriented faction of our Congress will do everything they can to deceive other members of Congress who oppose the radical bill to go along with it ... but this is where it's critical for those members of Congress who oppose the measure to stick to their guns, so to speak...and not give in. Even more critical is for the American people who are concerned, that sector of America that pays taxes to continue writing their Senators and Representatives telling them to not support the bill ... because if they go against our wishes, the American peoples wishes, there will be dire consequences.

So, who would you rather there be more and severe consequences ... you, the American people ... or Congress, who won't opt for the same?

Take heed, America ... this is where the future of this great country rests ... on this single, and most critical decision, alone.

God bless!

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Wednesday Hero Blogroll 10/21/09

Sailors & Marines Playing Volleyball With Local School Children


Sailors and Marines assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) play volleyball with students from Sangley Point National High School during a lunch break at a community service project. Tortuga, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) are participating in Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2009. PHIBLEX is designed to improve interoperability, increase readiness and develop professional relationships between the U.S. military and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Photo Courtesy Navy.mil Taken By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Geronimo Aquino

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Why Obama Is Moving His Agenda Forward Hastily

Just a quick thought on this to try and sort of answer the underlying strategy that some liberals have in trying to discredit the thoughts and feelings of Conservatives on why we think Obama is moving forward with his agenda with great speed.

Much of the reason for this, is that many liberals seem to think that Obama's agenda is "harmless," and they do this by attacking Conservatives by making excuses for why they think we feel the we do, and additionally because many Conservatives (such as Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh) have exposed Obama and his agenda for the many dangers that he and his agenda pose to the country, and as history has proven in the past with communism, everything about his (Obama's) agenda (such as Cap-n-Trade, Universal Healthcare, etc, etc) and his administration gives us every reason to not just suspect, but to foresee as fact the great damage that his agenda and administration will do to this nation. Of course, God is using this dangerous man and his administration to fulfill His great plan for our country.

So what is the truth as to why Obama wants to move forward with such speed on bills and appointments that nobody in his administration, including himself, have never taken the time to review and come to a consensus fair and balanced seeking not just the opinion of the party in power, but across the isle? Well, as many of you probably already know, Communism, much like a system of fascism deals primarily with a central-authority, in which a single party rules all, in this case, it would be Democrats, communism itself arising from atheistic principles, because in communism, the people in control ignore the overarching authority, the Creator, who rules all, everything. And that's why communism is so dangerous, because God has no part in the decisions that are being made, and He therefore looks with disdain upon the nation and brings forth swift judgment.

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Wednesday Hero Blogroll 10/14/09

This Week's Post Was Suggested By Beth

Cpl. Benjamin S. Kopp
21 years old from Rosemont, Minnesota
3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
July 18, 2009


Ben Kopp has been a fighter since the day he was born. When he was born his mother was given morphine to stop her labor so the doctors could deliver her via a cesarean section. But it caused his heart rate to slow and when he was born he wasn't breathing. But he recovered to the amazement of everyone. "Ben has always been up for a challenge," said his mother, Jill Stephenson. "He came into the world a fighter."

On July 10, 2009, Cpl. Benjamin Kopp was wounded in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. He was hit in the knee that hit his popliteal artery and the loss of blood caused him to go into cardiac arrest on the operating table at a battalion surgical center. As a result of his injuries, Cpl. Kopp developed swelling in his brain was put into an induced coma to try and save his life. But he died on July 18.

But his service didn't end with his passing. Upon his death, by his own desire, his organs were donated to people in need saving their lives.

"Please continue to say prayers for all of the men and women who so proudly serve our country," Stephenson wrote online. "Ben had a deep love of country and has just left a legacy of heroism for all of us to cherish. Be as proud of him as I was as his mother."

You can read much more about Cpl. Benjamin S. Kopp here.

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We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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One-Half of A Solution For America

This is one, probably one of the bigger problems we face in America today, and it needs to be addressed.

The Apostle Paul describes for us how it is to be properly done:

1 Corinthians 6:12 - 7:16

"All things are lawful for me, "but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything. "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food:--and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh." But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Now concerning the maters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer, but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. Now as a concession, not a command, I say this. I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?"

And so we can see, through Paul's teachings, why America continues in decline, through an acceptance of a promiscuous culture...it is because of a disobedience of those commands set forth by Almighty God in His Word.

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Wednesday Hero Blogroll 10/07/09

Sgt. Michael Egan
36 years old from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
104th Cavalry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard
September 19, 2005


News of Egan’s death came to Pennsauken shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday, Krista Egan, Sgt. Egan's sister-in-law, said. His mother, Irene, was on the telephone when an Army sergeant walked up to the door. "My mother-in-law was talking on the telephone to Mike’s wife, Maria, when he came. Maria had just got the news. The Army sergeant told my mother-in-law it was his first time notifying a family."

Sgt. Egan served in the Marine Corps for eight years, was a civilian for a year, then joined the National Guard. As a Marine, he had been previously served in Afghanistan.

"He was well-liked by everyone," Patrick Egan, Sgt. Egan's brother, said.

Sgt. Michael Egan was killed when an IED detonated near his vehicle while on patrol in Ramadi. Also killed in the attack were Spc. William Evans, 22, of Hallstead, PA, Spc. William Fernandez, 37, of Reading, PA and Lt. Mark Dooley of the Vermont National Guard.

Information Was Found On And Copied From MilitaryCity.com & You Can Read Much More About Sgt. Michael Egan Here.

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Wednesday Hero Blogroll 9/30/09

This Week's Post Was Suggested By Cindy

1st Sgt. Jose San Nicolas Crisostomo
59 years old from Spanaway, Washington
August 18, 2009


Sorry for the presentation of this post, but haven't been feeling well and don't feel much like typing. You can read Sgt. Crisostomo's story here and here.

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