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News/Politics 3-1-14

What’s interesting in the news today?

Open Thread Weekend, so enjoy yourselves.

Here’s one I found interesting, with a Hat/Tip to Janice for bringing it to my attention.

From Alliance Defending Freedom “Obamacare’s Abortion Pill Mandate is on trial at the U.S. Supreme Court on March 25, 2014. Two family-owned companies, Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties, are challenging the Abortion Pill Mandate that would force them to pay for life-ending drugs, or face crippling fines. The outcome will have a dramatic impact on your religious freedom in America.

With so much at stake, Alliance Defending Freedom is committing to pray during the 9 weeks leading up to the court date. We invite you to join us each week, lifting up the people and issues related to the trial. “

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“Americans are finding out every day that there is a lot not to like about Obamacare, but  the most offensive aspect of Obamacare is its assault on religious freedom.”

“All Americans – including job  creators – should be free to live according to their faith and to honor God in their  work. But Obamacare’s architects have decided that employers can only be  concerned about their bottom line and must leave their faith at the door whenever  they open for business.”

We’re seeing this same type of assault on religious freedoms where the issue of homosexuality is concerned. Dissent is not tolerated.

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25 thoughts on “News/Politics 3-1-14”

  1. Tomorrow, we will celebrate Texas Independence Day. Today, we watch Putin continue to make a fool out of Obama.

    Last week, HRW said the Russian-speaking southeastern part of Ukraine should be allowed to secede from Ukraine. It seems Putin agrees. I think Texas, South Carolina and Alabama would be supportive. That would set a fine precedent.

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  2. “There will be costs.”
    Barak Obama.

    Evidently Putin has counted the cost and decided he could afford it.
    In the meantime, we are reducing our forces to the pre-WW II levels.

    But they had better watch out. We could make a hot seech at the UN
    That wouod show them.

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  4. I’ve been thinking about what I would do if I were a baker, florist or photographer forced to do a gay wedding. I’m thinking you could you paint certain Bible verse on your delivery van. You could even show your potential customers a picture of your van before they decided to go with your service. You could even add the verses to your packaging. Other than that I see Christian business people having to say we no longer do weddings for anyone.

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  7. Ricky-I didn’t say “should” I said Ukraine should allow it to take away Russia’s “in” to domestic Ukrainian politics. With Crimea and the southeast removed from Ukraine, elections will favor western oriented parties. The West knows or should know that Putin will not allow a pro-NATO gov’t in the Ukrainian as long as the Crimea is part of the Ukraine as this is the location of the Russian Black/Mediterranean fleet. Allow the Russians to annex Crimea and some overwhelmingly Russian areas should neutralize the situation.

    Some may draw anologies to Munich but this only works if the German army or air force already had three bases in the Sudetenland. With the already present Russian naval and air force presence there, Ukraine and the West are facing an accomplished fact.

    Apparently in 1994, the US and the UK promised to protect Ukrainian independence in exchange for netralizing the nuclear weapons in the Ukraine. On the other hand, Ukraine also signed a treaty allowing Russia to maintain the Russian fleet and two air bases in the Crimea. My guess is this will allow the US to pressure Ukraine to give up the Crimea in exchange for protection elsewhere.

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  11. HRW, You should support the secession of the Southern states. To use the rationale you set forth above, with the Southern states removed, elections would favor liberal oriented parties. Perhaps the Socialists and your hero Bernie Sanders would run the US.

    Importantly, in such a case, the promotion and protection of perversion would be kept north of the Potomac and the Ohio. KBells could run her bakery without being compelled to support Sodomite celebrations.

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  12. ricky — Ukraine did call for the US and UK to honour the treaty but they can’t seriously think the US/UK will reenact the Charge of the Light Brigade. I can see Eastern European NATO allies (esp Poland, Slovakia) pushing for action if the Russians leave the Crimea and/or cross the Dneiper.

    I was taught American history by an old school Democrat which gave me a different perspective on the Civil War namely constitutionally the South had a point. They should have been allowed to separate. And you will find leftist who would have no problem letting the south go today — they argue the south is a drag on the rest of the US, taking more than they give.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_taxation_and_spending_by_state#Tables_of_Federal_Taxation_and_Spending_by_State

    http://www.theamericanconservative.com/where-do-the-47-percent-live/non-payers-by-state/

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  13. HRW, The Ukranian situation is really interesting. Putin will call the shots. He has to decide if he wants the Russian part of the country to join Russia, or if he wants to keep Ukraine largely united in order to influence the entire country.

    I am aware of the many northeastern liberals who want us out. We are trying to generate more of them by passing outrageous laws. If we do separate, our bums (Democratic voters) will flee to the North, and apply for welfare in those states. The Yankees will get a big surprise.

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  14. HRW, Your old teacher held views which dominated Hollywood in the 1930s: hostility to big business and banks and sympathy for the South. My Dad held these views in his early adulthood. The stupidity of many of LBJ’s Great Society programs turned Dad into a Reaganite.

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  17. Putin’s main concern will be the home of the Black Sea fleet and his own domestic situation. Ukrainian nationalist are based in Lviv in western Ukraine. Poles generally referred to them as “our” Ukrainians as opposed to those east of Kiev who they consider “Russia’s” Ukrainians. The western Ukrainians may not be worth the hassle for Putin.

    You’re right — he was a big fan of FDR’s New Deal.

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  18. Yes, HRW, the reason a lot of Southerners don’t like the bums is that we we’ve met the bums, we know the bums, the bum married our sister and won’t pay his child support. 🙂

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  20. Big corporations are amoral. They produce both good and bad elements in society. Similar to big government, although the inherent power that government has over its citizens makes it much more of a potential threat.

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  21. If big corporations are amoral then they are either not persons, in which case law needs to be rewritten and if they are persons they are psychopaths in which case they need to be confined or heavily regulate if not executed

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  22. Corporations, like governments, and other institutions, tend to reflect the morality (or lack thereof) of their owners, managers and employees.

    HRW, After 40 years of affirmative action, the agencies of the US government are incapable of effectively regulating any industry, even if our moronic Congress was capable of drafting rational laws. The sloth and stupidity of federal employees has reached Third World levels.

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  25. I believe it was Teddy Roosevelt who said when the US was formed the fear of government was reasonable but with the rise of corporations, corporations and not government was the greatest thereat to liberty.

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