Obama Spending Will DOUBLE The National Debt

Remember the "National Debt Clock" I shared a few posts ago? You may want to take another look.

Terrence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief of CNS News.com reports that Obama's spending plans would double our national debt in as short a time as ten years. Is this "change we can believe in"? Well, yes, we can believe it, but certainly not the kind of change we want or need for our country.

Obama’s Spending Plans Will Nearly Double the National Debt--White House Leaked the News Late on Friday

Monday, August 24, 2009 By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief

More Interference in Private Business Proposed in Health Care Bill

Enough!! State and local governments are already telling restaurants what kind of oils they may use to cook food, whether they may allow customer smoking, and a host of other intrusive dictates instead of letting the marketplace work as it should. If a majority of customers and potential customers stop frequenting a restaurant because of the way the food is prepared or because smoking is permitted, the restaurant will make a reasonable choice based on what the public prefers. But these choices should not be compelled by government (federal, state or local) fiat.

Now a provision in the Obama Health Care Bill before Congress would require (that's require) posting of nutritional information on menus and menu boards, even menu boards at the drive-thru windows of fast food establishments. In additional to being a further intrusion of government into private business, this provision is rather ridiculous. I mean, are most customers, especially at fast food places, really going to read how many calories and what vitamins and minerals their hamburger contains? Doubt it. . . . . But, it's in the Bill. Read on.

Health Care Bill Mandates That Restaurants Display Nutrition Information on Menus
By Edwin Mora CNS News - Monday, August 24, 2009(CNSNews.com) – Restaurant chains with 20 or more stores would be required to display nutrition information, including calorie counts and “suggested daily caloric intake” on their menus, under a mandate contained in the health-care reform bill drafted by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

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You Make a Difference

This post is somewhat a departure from our usual topics here. It's not political, but since reaching out to others is critical to achieving our goals of solving our country's problems with reason and common sense, I believe it's important. Recognizing the important difference others make in our lives and our work is so essential to building our network.

This "Who You Are Makes a Difference" movie is excellent and brings out a point we all so often forget -- recognizing others who are part of or touch our lives. In our busy daily lives, most of us seldom pause to acknowledge to others the difference they make, to tell them we appreciate them. It doesn't have to be done with blue ribbons, but just a friendly word, a sincere "thank you" or spending time with someone. I found this short movie a meaningful reminder to take time to tell and show those in our lives that they are important to us. (Thanks, Bren, for sharing this with me.)

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You Make a Difference

And the Debt Rolls On: National Debt Clock

We hear it daily -- a national debt in the trillions and growing. Billions added for the bailouts, billions in increased cost of social programs, more billions to be added if the proposed Obama care health plan passes Congress. Pretty soon, these are just numbers, hard to comprehend in terms of what they mean for each and every one of us and for our families now and on into the future for as far as anyone can see affecting our children and our children's children out to the seventh generations and beyond. We know the annual deficit spending by the administration and Congress is growing at an ever increasing rate. But how fast?

Take a look at this graphic depiction of the National Debt clock in real time. Look at all of it and pause to consider how this affects you and your family. Then look behind the news presented by the major networks and get the real facts. Watch, listen and read. Think about it. Then take action: write, email and phone your senators and representatives. Again and again and again until they listen. Go to a town hall meeting, talk to your friends and neighbors. Stand up and speak out.

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The Dollars Roll On

T-Shirts: Says a Lot We Are Thinking

It sometimes amazes me how far-seeing Thomas Jefferson was. He and his colleagues knew first hand what tyranny is. His words apply as much today as they did in 1776. 

In this time in our history, one has to wonder. Does this also perhaps apply?  ~~  S. Lane

Obama Citizenship Question Goes to Court

This is definitely major news. I'm sure we'll all want to keep tuned in for "breaking news" on this topic. ~~  S. Lane

Friday, July 31, 2009

Snopes is a huge Obama supporter.
Snopes mentioned this in a short statement, but did not elaborate.

BOMBSHELL:  Supreme Court now has Obama Citizenship


AP- WASHINGTON D.C. -

In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama's qualifications for the presidency, the group Americans for Freedom of Information has Released copies of President Obama's college transcripts from Occidental College.

Released today, the transcript indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro,received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an undergraduate at the school. The transcript was released by Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California. The transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship program.

To qualify, for the scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship. This document would seem to provide the smoking gun that many of Obama's detractors have been seeking.

Along with the evidence that he was first born in Kenya and there is no record of him ever applying for US citizenship, This is looking pretty grim. The news has created a firestorm at the White House as the release casts increasing doubt about Obama's legitimacy and qualification to serve as president.

When reached for comment in London, where he has been in meetings with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Obama smiled but refused comment on the issue.

Britain 's Daily Mail also carried the story in a front-page article titled, “Obama Eligibility Questioned,” leading some to speculate that the story may overshadow economic issues on Obama's first official visit to the U.K.

In a related matter, under growing pressure from several groups, Justice Antonin Scalia announced that the Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments concerning Obama's legal eligibility to serve as President in a case brought byLeo Donofrio of New Jersey . This lawsuit claims Obama's dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as President. Donofrio's case is just one of 18 suits brought by citizens demanding proof of Obama' s citizenship or qualification to serve as President.

Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation has released the results of their investigation of Obama's campaign spending. This study estimates thar Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign funds in the past year with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal resources to block disclosure of any of his personal records. Mr. Kreep indicated that the investigation is still ongoing but that the final report will be provided to the U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder. Mr. Holder has refused to comment on the matter.

LET OTHER FOLKS KNOW THIS NEWS THAT THE MEDIA WON'T EMBRACE!

posted by Sue "Kit" Whalen, writing as S. Lane

Elders: Speak Out on Health Care -- Before it's too late

Hi, blog friends,

It's been a while since I've posted here. Perhaps the political news coming out of DC has just been too discouraging. We're being steamrollered by the Obama administration and their willing allies in the Congress and the media. The opposition in Congress, with a few exceptions, has been all too much a loyal and compliant opposition.  What's a concerned citizen to do? Obviously sit back and take it really isn't an answer no matter how futile our grassroots efforts may seem to be. So -- time to get back into the action writing here as S. Lane.

Sue "Kit" Whalen

Oh good grief!!!! just isn't strong enough to express what I think of this health care plan. I knew part of it involved cutting back services to the elder citizens and to those with chronic conditions (however treatable these may be). I didn't fully realize
how totally cold and, yes, cruel it's supporters were openly being.

This is, quite simply, unacceptable and doctors who are supporting it are violating the letter and spirit of the basic principle "first do no harm."

I'm not opposed to a doctor or health care provider informing any person of his or her
options near the end of life or when facing potentially terminal illness -- IF the patient asks for options. I support a patient's right to choose regarding life support and extraordinary measures. I am adamantly opposed to making such counseling mandatory for everyone, regardless the state of their health, based simply on age. I am also opposed to denying care, even care the patient can and is willing to pay for, simply because of calendar years or a pre-existing condition. We have, at least currently, more control and choice than this health care bill would allow when making decisions regarding veterinary care for our pets.

Where in Hades has the "right to choose" gone if rules such as these are imposed on our health care decisions? Down the drain, I'm thinking.
S. Lane


Be sure to listen to the Fred Thompson interviews at the bottom of the e-mail. This is unbelievable.

Page 425 of Health Care Bill - Listen to this interview Fred Thompson's Radio Show interviewing Betsy McCaughey (pronounced Mc Coy). Or look it up on www.fredthompsonshow.com, under interviews.

On page 425 it says in black and white that EVERYONE on Social Security, (will include all Senior Citizens and SSI people) will go to MANDATORY counseling every 5 years to learn and to choose from ways to end your suffering (and your life). Health care will be denied based on age. 500 Billion will be cut from Seniors healthcare. The only way for that to happen is to drastically cut health care, the oldest and the sickest will be cut first. Paying for your own care will not be an option.

Now, CALL YOUR PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON!!! Tell them to read page 425 if they don't read anything else. Surely some of them have parents.

"ON PAGE 425 OF OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE BILL, the Federal Government will require EVERYONE who is on Social Security to undergo a counseling session every 5 years with the objective being that they will explain to them just how to end their own life earlier. Yes...They are going to push SUICIDE to cut medicare spending!"

Fred Thompson: Interview

(BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINE!)