NBC trashes pro-life ad featuring Obama

NBC trashes pro-life ad featuring Obama -World Net Daily

To: Victoria Morgan, vice president of advertising standards at NBC Universal

Dear Ms. Morgan,

NBC's decision to reject the CatholicVote.org ad, "Life -imagine the potential", is most disappointing and reflects badly on NBC.

I've seen this ad and was impressed by its positive message.

NBC's explanation that it would "not allow advocacy ads" rings duplicitous in light of its position toward PETA's ad. It invites people to conclude that NBC's advertising policies are really subject to a political agenda.

Shame on NBC. Two thumbs down.

Life -imagine the potential

Here's the video so shocking that NBC refused to play it during the SuperBowl.



For more information: CatholicVote.org

Senators question Daschle's late tax filing

Senators question Daschle's late tax filing -The Associated Press

More than $140,000 in back taxes and interest? But not a penny in penalty?

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.

Blagojevich, Ryan ...and Thompson: above the will of the people?

Blagojevich news 'certainly isn't helpful' for Ryan: Chicago Sun-Times

Why has former governor Jim Thompson worked so hard to enable the convicted felon George Ryan to serve only a small part of his justly deserved prison sentence? Thompson's efforts to spring Ryan early are solidly opposed by an angry public, who more than ever are demanding that those who abuse public office pay a heavy price for their crimes.

Politics in Illinois has become a public gang-rape of the state by criminal career politicians. One of the public's few weapons of deterrence is the aggressive prosecution and severe punishment of official misconduct. We Illinoisans need the FBI and Justice Department to continue working hard to clean the rot from our state and city governments. Let us do what's necessary to rid Illinois of its reputation as a state governed by graft.

And we need former elected officials like "Big Jim" Thompson to stop interfering with the course of justice and working to thwart the will of the people.

Open letter to James R. Thompson, former governor of Illinois

Dear Mr. Thompson,

Your efforts (and those of Senator Durbin and Governor Blagojevich) to obtain an early release from prison for George Ryan are in direct opposition to the good of the state of Illinois and the will of its people. They reinforce Illinois' reputation as a state governed by corrupt politicians.

I recognize that Mr. Ryan, even in prison, has a right to legal representation, and he is entitled to hope for and ask for clemency. However, justice does not demand or even suggest that it be granted or supported by any citizen. Clemency in his case would not be clemency but indulgence, privilege, and injustice.

Official misconduct should be prosecuted and punished to the full extent of the law. Or do You disagree?

The campaign to release George Ryan is badly misguided, and I encourage You to abandon it, for the good of the state You once served in an official capacity.

Sincerely...

George Ryan clemency -is the fix already in?

Push is on for George Ryan clemency - Chicago Breaking News

One opinion: George Ryan has lots of dirt on various Illinois officials and other movers and shakers -Repubs and Dems alike. Perhaps he has put the word out that he'll keep mum provided his pardon comes through by the end of Bush's term. If he doesn't get sprung, expect him to start making embarrassing leaking sounds from prison... until something is done to rectify the situation.

At some point during his trial, perhaps George Ryan calculated that he would not avoid conviction and prison. It's likely that Ryan has information that could badly damage the careers of certain powerful individuals, and consequently they regard him as a dangerous, unexploded munition which has not been defused. But to spill his guts prematurely would risk squandering his poker chips, and he would go to prison with his best political capital wasted. In this case his best shot at a Get Out Of Jail Early card was to take his incriminating memories to prison and use them to pressure his cohorts to win a pardon or commutation of sentence. Now in the presidential pardon season, George must be pulling out all the stops to get his friends to prove their loyalty with results. We can assume that George wants to be home by Christmas. If he's not, I wouldn't be surprised that ugly revelations will soon begin to appear which implicate state officials, contractors, and other other hangers-on in Illinois' network of ne'er-do-wells. But perhaps a commutation already is on the way, and we won't be treated to the display of fireworks.

I'd like to know who's really pressuring Senator Durbin to be the new public spearhead of the sordid cause to release Ryan.

For some very interesting insights on this topic check out Thomas Roeser's article, "But What Will The Democrats Do About Patrick Fitzgerald?", in the November 13 issue of The Wanderer. Its account of Big Jim Thompson's role in defending George Ryan is most interesting.

Congress just can't spend it fast enough

Pelosi's Auto-Rescue Plan Sets Up Clash With Bush -Bloomberg.com Politics

Congress: Leave GM alone. Leave the insurance companies alone. Leave the investment firms alone.

Stop squandering public money on Your favorite businesses.

Bishops pledge to fight Obama on abortion - USATODAY.com

Bishops pledge to fight Obama on abortion - USATODAY.com

To the Roman Catholic Bishops of the United States:

Is it not time to publicly excommunicate elected officials at the highest levels of government who claim to be Catholic yet publicly support elective abortion?

Should the next Pope be black?

Black Pope could follow Barack Obama's election, says US archbishop -Times Online

Dear Archbishop Wilton Gregory,

I don't know whether Your comments quoted in the above article were misrepresented, but You were quoted as saying that the election of Barack Obama was "a great step forward for humanity and a sign that in the United States the problem of racial discrimination has been overcome".

Given Mr. Obama's radical and energetic promotion of abortion and complete disregard for the lives of the defenseless unborn, the suggestion that his election nonetheless is "a great step forward for humanity" frankly is disgusting and unworthy of any Catholic, much less a bishop. I am deeply troubled that You could obscure the situation with such unfortunate remarks.

On a secondary point, You are quoted as stating, "My own election as head of the US Bishops Conference was an important signal. In 2001 the American bishops elected someone they respected regardless of his race, and the same thing could happen with the election of a Pope." Eminence, either You were elected head of the bishops' conference because You were respected regardless of Your race, or You were elected in part because of Your race. Were there equally qualified white or asian bishops who were passed over because their skin color was not preferred? If skin color counts so much that bishops are guided by it, is this really the sort of "message" You think the Church should endorse and society should embrace?

There's a name for that message and philosophy: it's called "racism". It should have no place in society, and certainly not in the Church.

In a truly just society, skin color is not considered a job qualification, and it neither disqualifies nor favors candidates for office. In a society which rejects racism leaders are selected because of their accomplishments, capabilities, vision, and character: not the color of their skin. When our Church and nation finally become "color blind", then we will be sending a message truly worth celebrating.

If Your remarks have been misrepresented by the TimesOnline article, You may wish to consider publishing a clarification. If however they reflect Your mind on the matter, then I respectfully but firmly voice my disapproval.

Best regards,

John Robin

The media's continuing saga of victimization

Bloomberg.com: California Gay Couples `Suffering' as Foes Exult in Wedding Ban.

2008.11.06

To: Joseph Galante, Reporter for Bloomberg


Joseph,

The title of Your article, "California Gay Couples `Suffering' as Foes Exult in Wedding Ban" betrays the article's bias, presenting homosexual couples as victims gleefully oppressed by a tyrannical majority.

A more objective and balanced headline would read simply, "California voters reject legal redefinition of marriage". The reality is that a faction of homosexual activists have repeatedly attempted to impose on the public an unpopular redefinition of marriage and family, and this effort has been rejected by a majority through the democratic process. That this has happened in California, widely perceived as a socially liberal state, is extremely significant.

I would have been very interested to read a factual account of this development and the factors leading to this outcome. Instead, what I found in the Bloomberg article was more of the saga of victimization so prevalent in the "mainstream media".

There is an intense and growing public contempt toward the mainstream media, and people are turning increasingly to other sources in search of real news and objective analysis. I submit to You that primarily this is because people are sick of leftist political activism being dressed up and sold as news coverage. Unfortunately Your article is an example of the sort of activism that is driving away readers.

I wish You all the best in Your efforts to get editorial approval on more fair and objective articles in the future.

Cheers,
John Robin.

Socialists wreck nations... are You ready?

Shame, Cubed by Bill Whittle on National Review Online

Obama has clearly spelled out what he believes. He just doesn't talk about it on the campaign trail.

Just a week before the election, some of the Obama's paper trail is starting to get attention. But is it too late to matter?

Obama - buying the presidency with untraceable donations

Obama Accepting Untraceable Donations

...and the money pours in.

C-SPAN2 shows democrats preventing regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

YouTube - Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis