Daschle pays $100k in back taxes

Daschle Pays $100k in Back Taxes Over Car Travel - Washington Post

Former senator Tom Daschle "naively" didn't believe that the car and driver provided him by "a friend" are considered taxable income?

Who can believe this?  Who thinks that Daschle, like the newly appointed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, didn't cheat on his taxes, and then lie about it to save his appointment to Obama's cabinet?

By the way, Daschle's "friend" also happens to be Democratic fundraiser Leo Hindery Jr., and the founder of the private equity firm that paid Tom Daschle over $2 million last year. In the same year, Daschle made $2 million as a "senior adviser" at the law firm of Alston and Bird. That totals about $2000 per hour for a guy who doesn't think he needs to declare his income.

These guys clearly don't feel obligated to follow the law unless their career advancement is at stake.

A Woman’s Right To Choose

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Gary, very well said. Thanks for putting the self-evident into words, as our nation has become almost completely blind to much that is self-evident.

What hope remains for a nation that kills its own children?

Nancy Pelosi: 'Children cost too much, and are life unworthy of life'

Pelosi: Contraception is Good Stimulus for the Economy - Capital Commerce (usnews.com)

Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

"Well, the family planning [contraception and abortion] services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now and part of what we do for children's health, education and some of those elements are to help the states meet their financial needs. One of those - one of the initiatives you mentioned, the contraception, will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government." -ABC's This Week, 25 January 2009.

Translation:

"Children are a drag on the economy. In particular, the children of minority groups of lower economic status represent a big cost to society. We're in financial trouble now, and so we're better off without these children. We need to promote contraception and abortion to discourage reproduction among less desirable groups."

President Obama declares war against the unborn

Funding Restored to Groups That Perform Abortions, Other Care - washingtonpost.com

Funding a war against the unborn in this country and around the world is high on the priority list for President Obama, and an important part of his "stimulus package".

Birth Control and the (shrinking) Culture of Death

EWTN.com - Birth Control Pill Inventor Laments Demographic "Catastrophe"

Pope Paul VI in the 1960's predicted that acceptance of artificial contraception would bring many evils to men, women, families, and the world. The evidence is abundant that his warning was and remains prophetic.

The demographic implosion in many western countries reveals an epidemic of moral darkness which prizes pleasure, comfort, and freedom from commitment over generosity, fidelity, and love.

"Be fruitful and multiply", the divine calling engraved upon human nature, illuminates mankind's earthly vocation to life-giving generosity, service, and love. But increasingly this mission has been abandoned by many who have adopted a different motto: to "Be barren and lifeless".

When the natural connection between sexuality and procreation is deliberately severed, both lose their meaning and power to sustain individuals, families, and society.

Artificial contraception breaks that connection. It makes it all too easy to view sexuality as purely a recreational activity requiring no significant responsibility, commitment, or love. Therefore, one's partner needs hardly to be respected even as a person with life-giving potential, but simply as a tool for one's use. This vision of sex is conveyed powerfully by artificial contraception.

The inner language of human sexuality speaks the message, "I give myself to You totally, and I accept You totally". The inner language of artificial birth control says, "I do not give myself to You totally: I do not entrust to You my procreative potential, nor do I accept Yours."

Read for Yourself the Paul VI's comments on the meaning of human sexuality and the threat posed by contraception.

Governor Rod Blagojevich Impeached By Illinois State House

Governor Rod Blagojevich Impeached By Illinois State House - cbs2chicago.com

Congratulations to the Illinois House for mustering enough clarity and common sense to do what was obviously necessary: impeach the governor.

That's one point for the citizens of Illinois, and a non-lethal but meaningful hit against Illinois machine politics.

Now let the Senate follow the House's lead and move decisively to convict and eject the governor from office.

Joe the Plumber reports... You decide

Joe the Plumber is now a war reporter in Israel | csmonitor.com

The contemptuous attitude of the CSM article about Joe The Plumber's new gig as a correspondent in Israel is an example of why people, starved for objective, factual news, increasingly are abandoning newspapers for other sources.

Perhaps it's no wonder that so many papers are failing or cutting back, just as the Christian Science Monitor recently cut back from daily to weekly publication. And it's no wonder that the Monitor lost $19 million in 2008.

Drop the sneering agendas, check the facts, report the news. Maybe people will want to read your paper again some day if it still exists.