Democrats continue to push the lie that tea party protesters shouted racial epithets at members of the Black Congressional Caucus as they went into the House to vote for ObamaCare. There is a lot of video of the protests, but nothing on tape supports the allegation. BigGovernment.com posted the video and is offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who can prove racial slurs were actually invoked by anyone in the crowd of thousands. Not even Jesse Jackson shouting at protesters and pointing a finger could evoke a slur. A coffin was placed on a Missouri Democrat’s lawn, another in a string of incidents against lawmakers after their vote Sunday on a health care overhaul.However, the St. Louis tea party protesters never made any threats. A news story about the protest stated this:
Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) had a coffin placed “near his home,” a spokesman said Wednesday evening.
“Carnahan appreciates thoughtful feedback received both in favor and opposition of health insurance reform,” Carnahan spokesman Jim Hubbard told POLITICO Wednesday evening “We can disagree on important issues facing our country without resorting to this kind of thing. Russ Carnahan isn’t going to shy away from the importance of reform when 45,000 fellow Americans died last year due to a lack of health insurance.”
In St. Louis, people on both sides of the issue gathered to watch the vote. Those in favor of healthcare reform came to celebrate, those opposed came to mourn.Apparently, the protesters who Carnahan slandered were actually praying for Carnahan as well as the babies killed as a result of the Democrat healthcare law.
For the Tea Party protesters, it was a somber night. Jim Hoft says, “We’re sad about what’s going on tonight in Washington D.C.”
And so complete with candles and casket, they held a funeral, grieving over the heathcare changes to come.
Hoft says, “We believe they’re taking away our freedom and this represents death to part of what we’ve grown up with.”
And the tears here were very real. Cynthia Rice says, “It’ll change everything for us.”
I just finished reading President Obama's Executive Order on federal abortion funding, which is supposed to prohibit federal funding of abortion. The ambiguity of the document is making my head spin. Here's a taste: "Under the Act, the Hyde language shall apply to the authorization and appropriations of funds for Community Health Centers under section 10503 and all other relevant provisions. I hereby direct the Secretary of HHS to ensure that program administrators and recipients of Federal funds are aware of and comply with the limitations on abortion services imposed on CHCs by existing law. Such actions should include, but are not limited to, updating Grant Policy Statements that accompany CHC grants and issuing new interpretive rules."The controversy arose because a group of pro-life Democrats led by Bart Stupak objected to proposed changes in the law that permitted federal funding for abortion. The House passed version of ObamaCare, which is not the version ultimately passed, contained provisions that continued the prohibition (known by Legislators as the Hyde Amendment). Stupak and the other Democrats in his group hoped the ObamaCare law would continue existing policy.
One of the unintended consequences of the Democrats ObamaCare law, which is scheduled to be enacted today, is it undermines all health industries except those favored by the federal government. 
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The House is having trouble mustering sufficient votes to pass the Senate version of ObamaCare. The House Democrats are under pressure from constituents not to pass the massive healthcare reform package. The Senate version is particularly loathsome because it contains numerous special deals for certain States favored by the Senate leadership. It also would reverse a long-standing federal policy prohibiting federal funding for domestic abortions.The Slaughter Solution is a plan by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the Democratic chair of the powerful House Rules Committee and a key ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), to get the health care legislation through the House without an actual vote on the Senate-passed health care bill. You see, Democratic leaders currently lack the votes needed to pass the Senate health care bill through the House. Under Slaughter’s scheme, Democratic leaders will overcome this problem by simply “deeming” the Senate bill passed in the House - without an actual vote by members of the House.The text of the Slaughter Rule has not yet been released and is apparently still in the drafting room. It will be interesting to see how Representative Louise M. Slaughter, (D. N.Y), microbiologist with a master's degree in public health, can overcome the obvious Constitutional problem created by a “deeming rule.”
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.The emphasized sections of the quoted section of the U.S. Constitution show that all Bills must have a recorded vote before they can be signed into law by the President. It is hard to conceive a rule that would allow the House to avoid the clear dictate of Article I, Section 7.
A Florida developer is threatening to cancel development plans without South Carolina tax payer bailout. “Sembler Co. president Jeff Fuqua has said he will abandon plans to build the Okatie Crossings shopping center and luxury outlet mall if South Carolina doesn't grant the company tens of millions of dollars in tax incentives.”As much as Zickert and Fuqua wept and wailed all year long about how much they cared for the community and how much they were doing for the residents, no other developer has lied, pretended to promise, bad mouthed, cheated, abused, tricked, bought off, threatened, and peddled influence more than Sembler and its attorneys.Brookhaven Georgia project
The surprises started last Wednesday when the DeKalb Board of Education filed an injunction and lawsuit to stop the Development Authority from voting on the tax break that would potentially take away future revenues from the school system. The same day, five members of the DeKalb Board of Commissioners signed a resolution saying it “opposes the proposed economic development incentives for the project at this time” and would challenge the incentives if passed without the endorsement of the commissioners. Then the DeKalb Ethics Commission notified Development Authority Chairman Dr. Eugene Walker that he was under investigation for a potential conflict of interest after accepting $18,000 in campaign contributions from Sembler Company employees.Dunwoody Crier (Jun. 23, 2009).
Fuqua told the Development Authority on May 12 that without the bailout, Sembler would just have walk away from the project.StandupDekalb.org.
The issue is the potentially devastating cost of ObamaCare, the massive Democrat bill that would allow the federal government to take over health care in America.“The party’s over and sooner or later everyone who isn’t brain-dead has to see that. Entitlements have drained the treasury dry. An entire generation has blown its wad and doesn’t even have enough kids to borrow from. And as any who’s ever shaken his wallet and seen only old ATM receipts flutter out of it, the message is signally clear. Gotta get back to work.”
The link here takes you to the National Right to Live post on the subject. It is very detailed and contains specific provisions that show where ObamaCare, if passed, will provide billions for funding abortion. 
The website, Military.com, posted an article by Lisa Daniel (Armed Services Press Service) on February 26, 2010, quoting Navy Secretary Ray Mabus statement to Congress that women will begin serving on submarines by the end of next year. Many in the Navy's Submarine community have resisted on the grounds that submarines are extraordinarily cramped with very limited facilities. Click on to read the full article. Female Sailors will begin serving on submarines by the end of next year, with Naval Academy graduates leading the way, Navy leaders told a Senate committee.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Navy is in a good position to move forward with integrating women onto submarines.
"We think we learned a lot about integrating women in the services years ago, and those lessons are relevant today," Mabus said. Those lessons, he said, include having a "critical mass" of female candidates, having senior women to serve as mentors, and having submarines that don't require modifications: the SSBN ballistic missile and SSGN guided-missile subs.
Finally, Mabus said, "We have the lesson learned to make sure any questions are answered, ... and we're very open and transparent on how we'll do this. We think this is a great idea that will enhance our warfighting capabilities."
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates notified Congress on Feb. 19 of the intended change to Navy policy. Mabus had pushed for the change since taking office in May. Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, endorsed the change, saying in a statement released in September that his experience commanding a mixed-gender surface-combatant ship makes him "very comfortable" integrating women into the submarine force. The Navy changed its policy to allow women to serve on combatant ships in 1993.
"We have a great plan, and we're ready to go for the first women to come aboard in late 2011," Roughead told the Senate committee yesterday. In a prepared statement to the committee, he said the change would enable the submarine force "to leverage the tremendous talent and potential of our female officers and enlisted personnel."
Besides the incoming officers from the academy, the first women submariners will include female supply corps officers at the department head level, Roughead said. The change will be phased in over time to include enlisted female Sailors on the SSBN and SSGNs, he said. Women will be added to the Navy's SSN fast-attack submarines after necessary modifications can be determined, he said.
"This initiative has my personal attention, and I will continue to keep you informed as we integrate these highly motivated and capable officers into our submarine force," Roughead told the committee.
"Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678 – July 28, 1741), nicknamed il Prete Rosso ("The Red Priest"), was a Venetian baroque composer, priest, and famous virtuoso violinist. He was born and raised in the Republic of Venice. The Four Seasons, a popular series of four violin concerti, is his best-known work and is representative of the baroque period in European art music." See Wikipedia Site.
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