Yesterday, on the 200th day since its enactment, Vice President Joe Biden defended the President's $787 billion economic "stimulus." First, he said it was "to bring relief to those hardest hit by the recession." But an analysis by ProPublica found that there's "no relationship between where the money is going and unemployment and poverty." The Associated Press reports that distribution of the funds was guided more by politics than need. The New York Times adds that the "transparency" promised by President Obama is practically nonexistent, with most federal agencies failing to report lobbying contacts. Biden's next standard was "to jump-start the economy by giving assistance to states."
On the day the "stimulus" was enacted, the national unemployment rate was 7.6 percent--today it is 9.7 percent. At least 16 states have unemployment rates of over 10 percent. Joe Biden's final measure was "to reinvest in existing infrastructure and lay a platform for the economic growth in future in energy, education and health care." The spending "targets" read more like a rap sheet than an investment in the future. Funds went to "bail out" such things as shows about perverts and to run porn films, courtesy of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Other funds potentially went to house sex offenders and predators in Florida and the mob in the New York City area. Vice President Biden might see the stimulus bill as a success, but by his own standards it has been a very expensive failed experiment.
In a shocking example of anti-religious (and anti-Christian) bias, a New Hampshire judge, Lucinda V. Sadler, has ordered a home-schooling mother, Brenda Voydatch, to place her daughter in public school--largely to expose her to "a variety of points of view" other than the strong Christian beliefs which both mother and daughter share. The order came as a result of a dispute between the girl's mother and father, who divorced when she was an infant. The father argued that ten-year-old Amanda Kurowski should be in public school to improve her "socialization"--but also because he "believes that exposure to other points of view will decrease Amanda's rigid adherence to her mother's religious beliefs." The court found that "Amanda is generally likeable and well liked, social and interactive with her peers, academically promising, and intellectually at or superior to grade level."
Nevertheless, Judge Sadler agreed with the conclusion of a Guardian ad Litem that being raised as a strong Christian was preventing her from learning "to critically evaluate multiple systems of belief and behavior." Our friends at the Alliance Defense Fund have taken up Brenda and Amanda's case, noting both the fundamental right of a parent to direct her child's education and the clearly unconstitutional nature of a decision based primarily on disapproval of strong religious beliefs.
National Gun Registration And Waiting Period Are Goals Of New "Gun Show" Study
Despite California's bans on "assault weapons," "unsafe" handguns, private gun sales, and sales of two handguns in a 30-day period; its 10-day waiting period on all gun sales; and its denial of carry permits to people who don't have the right connections, the Golden State's murder and robbery rates are 12 and 20 percent higher, respectively, than in the rest of the country.
Nevertheless, the Brady Campaign calls California's "assault weapon" ban "a model for the nation," and gives the state a high "grade" just for having more gun control than other states. Washington, D.C.'s city council adopted California's "assault weapon" ban and "unsafe handgun" ban whole cloth in January, backtracking on handguns this summer only in the face of court challenges.
And then there's Garen Wintemute, of the University of California (Davis), who in September released another of his "studies" in favor of gun control. His new piece is called "Inside Gun Shows: What Goes On When Everybody Thinks Nobody's Watching."
My brother and SIL have been doing WW and have had incredible success with it! I really think it's a great program, and I encouraged DH to give it a try, but he really felt he needed something a little more restrictive just to clear his body of some things. He's pretty much a DP addict and also LOVED starchy foods, and while he certainly isn't giving up either forever, he just felt he needed to get away from them for awhile to learn how to better set up some limits. So, now when we go to a place that serves bread, he eats like one roll (if any) instead of a whole basket. But for the most part he's just really stuck to the program. It's actually a really healthy diet--lean meats and cheeses, sugar free things, fruit, veggies, etc. I do agree it's best not to lose too quickly, but his weight loss has been really steady, so I really think he'll be able to maintain it. I'm just so proud of him for getting committed to being healthier. It's something he promised me after my dad passed away, but I know that he's not just doing it for me but also doing it for himself and for our family.
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My brother and SIL have been doing WW and have had incredible success with it! I really think it's a great program, and I encouraged DH to give it a try, but he really felt he needed something a little more restrictive just to clear his body of some things. He's pretty much a DP addict and also LOVED starchy foods, and while he certainly isn't giving up either forever, he just felt he needed to get away from them for awhile to learn how to better set up some limits. So, now when we go to a place that serves bread, he eats like one roll (if any) instead of a whole basket. But for the most part he's just really stuck to the program. It's actually a really healthy diet--lean meats and cheeses, sugar free things, fruit, veggies, etc. I do agree it's best not to lose too quickly, but his weight loss has been really steady, so I really think he'll be able to maintain it. I'm just so proud of him for getting committed to being healthier. It's something he promised me after my dad passed away, but I know that he's not just doing it for me but also doing it for himself and for our family.
Comments are closed.