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News/Politics 3-20-14

What’s interesting in the news today?

1. Democrats paid bribed to oppose voter ID laws in their state? 🙄 Say it isn’t so….

And don’t think for a minute this is the only state it’s happened in.

I’m sure Holder will be all over this, like he was with Bob McConnell, a Republican indicted for allegations of the same thing. Yep, any minute now….

From PJMedia  “Pennsylvania Democrats were caught on surveillance tape reportedly accepting cash bribes in return for opposing voter ID in the Pennsylvania legislature. Gifts of Tiffany’s jewelry were also given to Democrat legislators from Philadelphia, reportedly in exchange for “NO” votes on a Pennsylvania voter ID bill that passed in 2012. Despite this evidence, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has not charged any officials. Kane is a Democrat.

Kane’s excuse for her inaction? Racism: some of the legislators caught on tape accepting bribes were black Democrats from Philadelphia. From the Philadelphia Inquirer:

“Those who favored the sting believe Kane killed a solid investigation, led by experienced prosecutor Frank G. Fina, that had ensnared several public officials and had the potential to capture more. They said they were outraged at Kane’s allegation that race had played a role in the case.

Before Kane ended the investigation, sources familiar with the inquiry said, prosecutors amassed 400 hours of audio and videotape that documented at least four city Democrats taking payments in cash or money orders, and in one case a $2,000 Tiffany bracelet.”

Disgusting. As a state resident I’m ashamed that these people are still sitting in positions of authority. They should be indicted and impeached.

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2. Looks like ObamaCare’s gonna need another illegal re-write, and another insurer bailout to keep them quiet.

From TheHill  “Health industry officials say ObamaCare-related premiums will double in some parts of the country, countering claims recently made by the administration.

The expected rate hikes will be announced in the coming months amid an intense election year, when control of the Senate is up for grabs. The sticker shock would likely bolster the GOP’s prospects in November and hamper ObamaCare insurance enrollment efforts in 2015.

The industry complaints come less than a week after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sought to downplay concerns about rising premiums in the healthcare sector. She told lawmakers rates would increase in 2015 but grow more slowly than in the past. “The increases are far less significant than what they were prior to the Affordable Care Act,” the secretary said in testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee.

Her comment baffled insurance officials, who said it runs counter to the industry’s consensus about next year.”

She’s fibbin’ and she knows it.

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3. The CBO director says it’s time for some painful choices, and the sooner the better.

From CNSNews  “The United States faces “fundamental fiscal challenges” stemming from the growth in spending for Social Security and major health care programs,” CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf told a gathering in Washington on Tuesday.

The rising cost of those programs leaves Americans with “unpleasant” choices to make, but the sooner they’re made, the better, he said: 

“So we have a choice as a society to either scale back those programs relative to what is promised under current law; or to raise tax revenue above its historical average to pay for the expansion of those programs; or to cut back on all other spending even more sharply than we already are,” Elmendorf said.”

“Elmendorf said Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid and Obamacare will be much more expensive relative to GDP in future years because health care costs are rising, subsidized health insurance is expanding, and the population is aging: “There will be a third more people receiving Social Security Medicare benefits a decade from now than there are today,” he noted.”

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4. So they’re saying that even though federal and state law says it’s illegal to discriminate based on religion, that they can because it’s only Christians they’re excluding?

Giving special consideration to some religions while excluding others is discrimination. It’s nothing more than a religious version of affirmative action.

From EAGNews  ” The teachers union contract in Ferndale Public Schools in Oakland County gives “special consideration” to applicants that are of “the non-Christian faith.”

Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in employment and public services on the basis of religion. The state constitution says it, “shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.” And the Federal Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on religion.”

“Should there be two (2) or more of these applicants with equal qualifications for the position and one (1) or more of these applicants with equal qualifications is a current employee, the current employee with the greatest seniority shall be assigned. Special consideration shall be given to women and/or minority defined as: Native American, Asian American, Latino, African American and those of the non-Christian faith. However, in all appointments to vacant positions, the Board’s decision shall be final.

Earlier in the contract is a “no discrimination clause” that states no employee can be discriminated against based on their religion.”

Liberals love non-discrimination laws and push for them for just about every group. Shouldn’t they take care to follow their own rules?

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5. Biden says the US will respond to any Russian aggression. Eventually. No really, he’s totally serious.

But it will already be over by the time they type up their next strongly worded reprimand.

From YahooNews  “Ukraine’s government said Wednesday it has begun drawing up plans to pull its troops from Crimea, where Russia is steadily taking formal control as its armed forces seize military installations across the disputed peninsula.

In a warning to Moscow, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden declared the United States will respond to any aggression against its NATO allies, which include neighbors to Russia.

Standing side by side with a pair of Baltic leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania, Biden said the U.S. was “absolutely committed” to defending its allies, adding that President Barack Obama plans to seek concrete commitments from NATO members to ensure the alliance can safeguard its collective security.

“Russia cannot escape the fact that the world is changing and rejecting outright their behavior,” Biden said, after meeting in Vilnius with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and Latvian President Andris Berzins.”

And you and the President can’t escape the fact that it just changed because of Russia, and that they continue to reject your attempts to stop them. You’re a day late and a dollar short Joe.

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13 thoughts on “News/Politics 3-20-14”

  1. Bob Buckles (from yesterday), For forty years many Christians and other conservatives have wimped out and used homosexual euphemisms such as “gay” and “LGBT”. Few dared to tell young people this was “perversion” as the Bible clearly states. I do not mind being called a “hater” for using Biblical terms. “Hater” is another term invented by the perverts.

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  3. Kim, I saw this a couple of days ago. The company called them and upped the ante.

    Ricky is right. The LGBT people talk about discrimination, and letting people love each other. But everyone is ashamed to talk about what they really do.
    When the guy on Duck Dynasty says what it really is, everyone is outraged.

    It is an unnatural act. And it isn’t only the Bible that condemns it. Every culture in the world condemns it. Until it becomes degraded as the ancient Greek and Roman cultures.

    And we are getting there.
    The problem is, there is no bottom to it.
    Evil has no stopping point.

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  5. Bob, Ricky and Chas – In reading your discussion, I was reminded of two things:
    1. Matthew 9:10-13
    “And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
    And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eats your Master with publicans and sinners?
    But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
    But go ye and learn what that means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

    2. This blog post, written by a man who practices what Jesus taught in one of the largest homosexual communities in Canada: http://www.challies.com/articles/sharing-the-gospel-in-the-gay-village

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  6. roscuro,

    Thank you. I don’t want to beat a dead horse. It’s dead.

    Our church, my Sunday School class, is presently grappling with helping the homeless. Our city/county has a large, visible homeless community. The homeless “camps” are cleaned out but there is not much done to help them. We started out by making sack lunches and taking them to hand out.

    Next, some of the ladies realized “What am I doing here?” while handing out lunches.

    Our area is cool/cold, wet and covered with vegetation; not all that comfortable to live outside.

    Drugs, dysfunctional families, few jobs, drugs. A hard place to get started in adult life. Atypical small town in America.

    Crescent City, CA 95531

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  7. HRW – In regards to your posts last night – thank you for the more detailed information about the government make-up in Ukraine. However, I see no double-stand in the G-7 countries supporting Ukraine.

    Svoboda is only the fourth most powerful party in Ukraine. The Fatherland party is the ruling party, much more mainstream. Also, Ukraine is not the only European country to have far-right parties in its make-up. I confess I find the legislative systems of Europe complicated and confusing, but I recall reports on such parties gaining considerable influence Western European countries such as Austria, Switzerland and Norway. They are a fact of life in Europe, with its multi-party governments.

    Now, it might be said that in Eastern Europe, such parties do have a will to cause damage. There are grave concerns about violence against Gypsies in Hungary and Romania. However, some of the most serious reports of violence against minorities come from Russia. In fact, Putin’s rhetoric surrounding the Crimea has been nationalistic, all about reuniting the ethnic Russian people. So, Russia’s propaganda about Ukraine’s government being made up of Neo-Nazis is really a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

    Lastly, as I said several days ago, WWII was not started over concerns about racism in Nazi Germany. As despicable as racism is, the truth is if a country chooses to bring in racist measures within its borders, there is little the world can do to stop it. The British of the early 1800s bemoaned the US use of slavery, but they could do nothing about it. The concern of the G-7 is that Ukraine maintains its independence, thus it is not hypocritical of them to support Ukraine over Russia. Had Russia not interfered with Ukraine, the West would not have interfered.

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  8. Roscuro, Your two references made me think of an issue that goes way beyond homosexuality. As you noted, Jesus said he came to call sinners to repentance. The pastor in Canada clearly showed the love of Christ. However, did he ever call anyone to repentance? When is the last time any of us heard a pastor call for us to repent?

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  10. Roscuro, If you look at the sermons of Jesus, the call to repentance was His primary message. The same was true of the sermons of the disciples recorded in Acts. The first few chapters of The Gospel According to Jesus by John MacArthur do a good job of analysis on this point.

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