Response To a Reader Who Complains Conservatives are Racists

April 1, 2009 by Lisa Krempasky  
Filed under Politics

Lisa,
Thanks for logging on to my site. And reading our articles. I hope you continue to. Lisa after reading your ridiculous comment I have a question for you.

When one of these right wing bigot followers tries to kill our President, will you be happy? Because I am going to tell you this. With racist like Sean Hannity, Lura Ingraham, Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and many others filling your heads with hatred against OUR President, someone is going to try to kill him.

Fox News and conservative right wing radio hosts are going over the line against OUR President. Fox refuses to cover 95% of President Obama’s events. THIS IS THE PRESIDENT!!! Did they do this to the WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA….GEORGE W. BUSH?? Hell no.!!!!!

Please get your head out of the right wing clouds Lisa and smell the coffee.

President Obama was left with a huge mess after eight failed years of the previous so called President and Vic Preident.

Support OUR President. The first African American President in our history. And his beautiful wife Michelle who is not “trash” like the bigot host said she is. She is a great mom, intelligent and will be one of our best First Ladies ever!!!

Again thanks for reading our articles and feel free to send your comments to us Lisa. You have your opinions. After all, this is America and everyone cannot agree on everything.

Gordon Curvey

Gordon,

I would like to address several themes in your message.

1. While it is true that there are conservatives that are racists they are by far in the minority. You will find conservatives as a whole have a great belief in the individual and do not care where they came from, what color their skin is or who their parents are. In fact it is conservatives that judge President Obama by the content of his character and not the color of his skin. Conservatives pray for and support the president as a human being, but most definitely do not agree that his policies will lead us in the path of freedom or prosperity. They have not worked in the past and are unlikely to work in the future. On the other hand there are a vast number of liberals who voted for the president primarily of his skin color. It was not because of his policies because he did not campaign on policies. It was not on his promises because he campaigned as a moderate to get moderate votes, but is already turning out to be our most liberal president ever.

2. Some people on both sides are over the line regarding the president. There are plenty of liberals who refuse to look at what Obama is doing and spend time talking about the first family’s clothes and their physical appearance. Many liberals swoon instead of question. No president is due undying acceptance of every word He says, especially when it does not line up with his actions. It is our duty to question him and hold him accountable. It is our duty to cajole and prod the president into doing our what is right for the nation. We are responsible for our future and leaving it solely in the president’s hand abdicates our roll. We the people have the power to make a difference. Of course there are times when tempers flair. Is that right? No. Is it human, especially in times of great stress? Yes. Hopefully as we grow and mature we can all have more right and less human responses.

3. It is NOT all Bush’s fault. We can spend the rest of our days pointing fingers and assessing blame. The truth is it is all of our faults. Everyone participated in the mess and we are doing a great disservice pointing fingers to save ourselves. How much time and money and energy will be lost trying to blame someone else? The simple thing I learned as a child is that when you are pointing one finger there are three pointing back at you. So let’s move on. There is enough blame to go around, including to our current president. But none of that solves our problems. Let’s get out and take back our nation! Let’s make a difference! Let’s do something! Let’s do something great!

Unfortunately Gordon did not include the link to his blog in his email.

Encouragement for Conservatives

March 29, 2009 by Lisa Krempasky  
Filed under Politics

Do the politics of the nation have you down? Are you feeling overwhelmed by our massive debt and reckless rush to cast off moral restraint? Here is encouragement for conservatives.

President Obama may have the executive, legislative and will probably end up with the judiciary. BUT we have the people, the truth and our God. I like our odds. If things don’t turn out exactly like we hope, i.e. winning political victory before it is too late, we will still win no matter the cost. Hard times bring out strength and character in those that have it and we are those. Hard times bring out weakness in those that have it and they are those. We will prevail because we are strong, unyielding and RIGHT.

never, Never, NEVER give up. Fight evil at every turn. Don’t let it overwhelm you because that is their strategy, but do all that you can and take a break to recover when you are weary. We will hold the line for you. If we don’t all hang together we will surely all hang separately. One way or the other truth will prevail. Take action today, tomorrow, and the day after. We cannot afford to rest or coast any longer. We must be out there constantly…our very way of life is at stake.

I understand the politics of focusing on the economy and playing to the least common denominator. However, we absolutley MUST be concerned with moral issues. Fixing the economy will not fix our nation (nor would we get credit for it anyway) but fixing our morals will result in a strong economy. Without a widely accepted moral standards democracy cannot stand. “In politics the middle way is none at all.” John Adams

And most importantly we must cry out for the mercy and intervention of God Almighty. This nation was born of destiny…a destiny which she has yet to fulfill…a destiny which God wants us to fulfill far more than we want to fulfill it…a destiny which we MUST NOT let go of. O Lord would You, in Your great mercy, hear our desperate cry and save this nation?

Petition Notre Dame to Remain Pro-life

March 25, 2009 by Lisa Krempasky  
Filed under Action Steps

Notre Dame is one of the premier Catholic universities in America and the world. The Catholic church’s official position is profoundly pro-life. Yet Notre Dame has again decided it prefers prestige over principle. It has extended an invitation to president Barack Obama to speak at it commencement and to offer him honorary doctorate degrees. President Obama has accepted and will be delivering the commencement address in Notre Dame’s 164th graduation on May 17, 2009.

President Obama has sparked a nationwide fury in a church that is taking it’s pro-life mandate more seriously with each passing day. Some students vow to recite the rosary during the president’s speech. Others vow to boycott their own graduation all together.

And now we have an opportunity to support our brothers and sisters in their stand for life. We can join with hundreds of thousands already standing up and sign the petition to tell the university president that his actions are outrageous and scandalous.

The official petition states:

Dear Father Jenkins:

It has come to our attention that the University of Notre Dame will honor President Barack Obama as its commencement speaker on May 17.

It is an outrage and a scandal that “Our Lady’s University,” one of the premier Catholic universities in the United States, would bestow such an honor on President Obama given his clear support for policies and laws that directly contradict fundamental Catholic teachings on life and marriage.

This nation has many thousands of accomplished leaders in the Catholic Church, in business, in law, in education, in politics, in medicine, in social services, and in many other fields who would be far more appropriate choices to receive such an honor from the University of Notre Dame.

Instead Notre Dame has chosen prestige over principles, popularity over morality. Whatever may be President Obama’s admirable qualities, this honor comes on the heels of some of the most anti-life actions of any American president, including expanding federal funding for abortions and inviting taxpayer-funded research on stem cells from human embryos.

The honor also comes amid great concern among Catholics nationwide about President Obama’s future impact on American society, the family, and the Catholic Church on issues such as traditional marriage, conscience protections for Catholic doctors and nurses, and expansion of abortion “rights.”

This honor is clearly a direct violation of the U.S. bishops’ 2004 mandate in “Catholics in Political Life”: “The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions.”

We prayerfully implore you to halt this travesty immediately. We do so with the hope that Catholics nationwide will likewise call on you to uphold the sacred mission of your Catholic university. May God grant you the courage and wisdom to do what is right.

If the servers are overloaded or you wish to write you own words you can email Father Jenkins directly at [email protected], call him at 574.631.5000, fax him at 574.631.2770 or write him at 317 Main Building, Notre Dame, IN 46556

AIG Follies

March 20, 2009 by Lisa Krempasky  
Filed under Politics

Never let a crisis go to waste. That is the unending theme of the Obama administration. And if your poll numbers are going down create a crisis. Play into people’s fears and prejudices. That, and that alone, is exactly what happened with AIG.

First let’s start with the obvious. AIG paid out $160M in bonuses. That is, no doubt, a lot of money. But it is miniscule in comparison to what our government directly lost in AIG. In all of its wisdom the federal government of the United States of America has so far given AIG $173B. At the time I am writing this post AIG has a market cap of $3.39B and we, the taxpayers, own 80% or $2.71B. So in a few short months our government has just thrown away over $170B of we, the taxpayers, money. Where did that money go? Why is no one screaming about it? That is 100x the bonuses which the media and president have hyped into a frenzy, yet there is nary a mention of it.

Second let’s move on to basic business management theory. We, the taxpayers, should want as many AIG employees as possible to be earning obscene bonuses. Rewarding employees for performing tends to encourage performance. It is in our best interests as the shareholders of AIG to have performing employees. We should want them to perform exceedingly and abundantly beyond where they presently are. The key to performance bonuses has always been picking the right benchmarks.

And what about our governments involvement? President Obama claims he did not know of the bonuses until they were being paid out. Okay, do we really want a president that knows that little about what is going on in his own administration? Additionally, in February Chris Dodd specifically inserted protections for the bonuses into the non-stimulus “stimulus” bill. It is disingenuous for Congress to now say they did not know it was in the bill. I am certain that every senator and representative knows how to read. In addition to our Congress, that bill was cerimonously signed with great fanfare by President Obama. If he did not know what was in the law or did not understand it, he should not have signed it. If we can’t trust our leaders to do what we want, can’t we at a bare minimum expect them to know what they are signing?

So why all the fuss? It’s because the wealthy are easy targets. They are easy bad guys, easy villians. People love to hate the rich. It used to be we wanted to emulate the rich…to become rich. Now we just want the rich brought down. We are angry. So remembering the mantra to never let a crisis go to waste President Obama, our leader, comes after the very people who got the very bonuses that he just weeks before had made it the law that they keep. Do you want a president that will turn on you when it is politically popular to do so?

Now we come to congressional solutions. The first theory was just to break the contracts. That simple act alone would have undone hundreds of years of common law history. If the government can come in and unilaterally nullify any contract that willing people entered into because it wants to where does that leave any business. How could our leaders have even seriously considered this? Fortunately they chose against it.

The present solution is to tax the money back…but only for those making over $250k per year. I guess bonuses are okay if you are not rich…maybe because our leaders are not principled, they are political. I am very unclear as to whether this witchhunt is even constitutional. This tax bill is after the fact of the bonuses and after the fact that Congress required that the bonus contracts be paid. And again no consideration is given to this. They are bullying people who will have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to challenge the law.

So really why all they fuss? Go back and read point one all over again. Our leaders are trying to get the focus off of them. They are doing the old razzle dazzle of smoke and mirrors and marketing. We are presently suffering from leaders that are grossly incompetent and just throwing billions and trillions around like they are pennies or we have leaders that are intentionally deceptive doing one thing and say another. But at least our president is cool.

Obama Proposes Recission of Conscience Clause

March 14, 2009 by Lisa Krempasky  
Filed under Action Steps

On January 20, 2009 President Bush administration enacted rules that would plug holes in the federal Conscience Clause. The Conscience Clause permits doctors to refuse to provide abortions if they are morally opposed to them. The full text of the present federal law can be found at the end of this post.

President Bush extended the conscience clause to all workers in health-care settings — from doctors to janitors — who can now refuse to provide services, information or advice to patients on subjects such as contraception, family planning, blood transfusions and even vaccine counseling if they are morally against it. Health and Human Service (HHS) says they want to rescind the rule primarily to require providers to give information on family planning and contraception.

HHS rescission would apply only to the portions of the rule put in place by President Bush as he was leaving office. The main conscience clause rule can only be overturned by Congress.

Right now President Obama’s decision is up for its required public comment period. This happens with changes in administrative rules and provides a period where concerned citizens can officially tell the government their opinion. You can make your official comment here Click on the bubble beside add comments.

Please remember to be respectful as your comments become an official part of the legislative history of our nation. Here are some ideas of what you can say:

1. The government should not be interfering in the doctor patient relationship by regulating what doctors must say.

2. No person should be required to choose between their profession and their conscience or religious beleifs.

3. Patients can get a second opinion if they do not like what their doctor tells them. There are plenty of places to get this advice and plenty of doctors to provide it. It is even publicly available through libraries and the internet.

4. Patients should have the right to go to and have their family go to health providers that align with their moral and religious beliefs and should not have to listen to advice they do not want. There is presently no opt-out provision so a doctor would be required to speak with your 14 year old daughter about family planning options.

Please comment with other thoughts you have or with your full comment.

CONSCIENCE CLAUSE
TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 6A > SUBCHAPTER VIII > § 300a–7Prev | Next § 300a–7. Sterilization or abortion
How Current is This? (a) Omitted
(b) Prohibition of public officials and public authorities from imposition of certain requirements contrary to religious beliefs or moral convictions
The receipt of any grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee under the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], the Community Mental Health Centers Act [42 U.S.C. 2689 et seq.], or the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act [42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq.] by any individual or entity does not authorize any court or any public official or other public authority to require—
(1) such individual to perform or assist in the performance of any sterilization procedure or abortion if his performance or assistance in the performance of such procedure or abortion would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions; or
(2) such entity to—
(A) make its facilities available for the performance of any sterilization procedure or abortion if the performance of such procedure or abortion in such facilities is prohibited by the entity on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions, or
(B) provide any personnel for the performance or assistance in the performance of any sterilization procedure or abortion if the performance or assistance in the performance of such procedures or abortion by such personnel would be contrary to the religious beliefs or moral convictions of such personnel.
(c) Discrimination prohibition
(1) No entity which receives a grant, contract, loan, or loan guarantee under the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], the Community Mental Health Centers Act [42 U.S.C. 2689 et seq.], or the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act [42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq.] after June 18, 1973, may—
(A) discriminate in the employment, promotion, or termination of employment of any physician or other health care personnel, or
(B) discriminate in the extension of staff or other privileges to any physician or other health care personnel,
because he performed or assisted in the performance of a lawful sterilization procedure or abortion, because he refused to perform or assist in the performance of such a procedure or abortion on the grounds that his performance or assistance in the performance of the procedure or abortion would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions, or because of his religious beliefs or moral convictions respecting sterilization procedures or abortions.
(2) No entity which receives after July 12, 1974, a grant or contract for biomedical or behavioral research under any program administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services may—
(A) discriminate in the employment, promotion, or termination of employment of any physician or other health care personnel, or
(B) discriminate in the extension of staff or other privileges to any physician or other health care personnel,
because he performed or assisted in the performance of any lawful health service or research activity, because he refused to perform or assist in the performance of any such service or activity on the grounds that his performance or assistance in the performance of such service or activity would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions, or because of his religious beliefs or moral convictions respecting any such service or activity.
(d) Individual rights respecting certain requirements contrary to religious beliefs or moral convictions
No individual shall be required to perform or assist in the performance of any part of a health service program or research activity funded in whole or in part under a program administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services if his performance or assistance in the performance of such part of such program or activity would be contrary to his religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(e) Prohibition on entities receiving Federal grant, etc., from discriminating against applicants for training or study because of refusal of applicant to participate on religious or moral grounds
No entity which receives, after September 29, 1979, any grant, contract, loan, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy under the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], the Community Mental Health Centers Act [42 U.S.C. 2689 et seq.], or the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 [42 U.S.C. 15001 et seq.] may deny admission or otherwise discriminate against any applicant (including applicants for internships and residencies) for training or study because of the applicant’s reluctance, or willingness, to counsel, suggest, recommend, assist, or in any way participate in the performance of abortions or sterilizations contrary to or consistent with the applicant’s religious beliefs or moral convictions.