"The law of the land trumps any Executive Order, which can be reversed or altered at the stroke of a pen by this or any subsequent President without any congressional approval or notice. Moreover, while an Executive Order can direct members of the executive branch, it cannot direct the private sector.
"Because of Roe v. Wade, courts have interpreted the decision as a statutory mandate that the government must provide federal funding for elective abortion in through federal programs. In other words, no Executive Order or regulation can override a statutory mandate unless Congress passes a law that prohibits federal funding from being used in this manner. Legal experts at the US Catholic Conference of Bishops, National Right to Life Committee, Americans United for Life, and Family Research Council have confirmed this view that if the Senate bill is signed into law, it is a statutory mandate for the new health plans to include federal funding of elective abortion. The need for an Executive Order is evidence that this is true, and Congressional Democrats know it. Make no mistake, a 'yes' vote on the Democrats' health care bill is a vote for taxpayer-funded abortions."
In an attempt to get their pathetic names in the papers, the Oklahoma black caucus (they don't deserve capitalization) is crying like little babies about Randy Brogdon mentioning fried chicken. Boo hoo. I hate to break it to the race baiting black caucus, but most people don't think like that. When I hear the words "fried chicken" I think of one word, "Yummy." When I talk about fried chicken it is not because I have hateful thoughts about black people on my mind. It's because I'm hungry and I want to go to AQ Chicken House in Arkansas.
And either the writer of this story mixed some words up or this guy just doesn't make sense:
"There's probably nobody in the building who disagrees more with the President Obama on health care, however, my concerns are the debate should always be about stereotype or anything else," State Rep. T.W. Shannon (R) said.
"My concerns are the debate should always be about stereotype or anything else"?? WTH?
Here is the extremely offensive remark. Please hide the eyes of your children. Heck, hide your own eyes. It is truly horrific. You probably shouldn't even continue.
"Are we going to have to purchase fried chicken tomorrow for dinner?" Brogdon asked, referring to the federal mandate.
Okay, so let me get this straight. Brogdon, in referring to the federal mandate ordering us to purchase a product, uses a very common food reference (which he explained later was what he had for lunch) and he is an evil racist who should apologize.
Maybe there were other options...
"Are we going to have to purchase fried chickenescargot tomorrow for dinner?" Brogdon asked. -Nope. Offended the French.
"Are we going to have to purchase fried chickentamales tomorrow for dinner?" Brogdon asked. -Nope. Offended the Mexicans.
"Are we going to have to purchase fried chickenchicken fried steak tomorrow for dinner?" Brogdon asked. -Nope. Offended people who don't want clogged arteries.
"Are we going to have to purchase fried chickenRokeg blood pie tomorrow for dinner?" Brogdon asked. -Nope. Offended the Klingons.
What a fun game! Play Randy Brogdon Offensive Quote Fill-in-the-Blank with your friends for hours of fun. See who you can offend!
Maybe I'm just looking at this all wrong. Maybe it feels good to get offended about little nothings. I tell you what- the next time I hear somebody mention casseroles, I am going to go ballistic!!
I saw a post on Gateway Pundit today that pointed out only 6% of Americans believe the stimulus bill created jobs. Thinking about this particular six percent of delusional people made me remember an article I saw about people believing NASA faked the moon landing. Guess what? In a 1999 Gallup poll, they found six percent believed we didn't land on the moon. I'm guessing it's the same six percent. They probably also believe fire can't melt steel.
The mayor of Tampa isn’t a Third World potentate, totalitarian dictator, or terrorist leader so I can’t understand why Obama would be in full-bow mode. Is bowing now the standard way the President greets people these days? Is he misoriented, for some reason, and thinks Tampa is a terrorist stronghold or an enemy of the United States? Does the US owe Tampa a boatload of money and the bow just good business practice?
Follow jasoncarini and mshellisright on twitter for our live tweets on the SOTU. I'm going to try to count the number of times he says the word "I". Don't do a drinking game based on that or you will be drunk in the first ten minutes.
On “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace asked White House spokesman Robert Gibbs whether President Obama was informed of the decision to read Abdulmutallab his Miranda rights before or after it was done. Gibbs avoided the question, saying, “That decision was made by the Justice Department and the FBI, with experienced FBI interrogators.” Gibbs stressed that “Abdulmutallab was interrogated and valuable intelligence was gotten as a result of that interrogation.”
Wallace pressed. “But we now find out he was interrogated for 50 minutes,” he said to Gibbs. “When they came back, he was read his Miranda rights and he clammed up.”
“No,” Gibbs answered. “Again, he was interrogated. Valuable intelligence was gotten based on those interrogations. And I think the Department of Justice and the — made the right decision, as did those FBI agents.”
“Let me just press one last question,” Wallace said. “You really don’t think that if you’d interrogated him longer that you might have gotten more information, since we now know that Al Qaeda in Yemen — ”
“Well, FBI interrogators believe they got valuable intelligence and were able to get all that they could out of him,” Gibbs said.
“All they could?” Wallace asked.
“Yeah,” Gibbs said.
Now we have bin Laden sending out a message, and IntelCenter, a group that monitors Islamist websites is saying this about it:
"The Osama bin Laden audio message released to Al-Jazeera on 24 January 2010 contains specific language used by bin Laden in his statements in advance of attacks," IntelCenter said in a statement.
The group said it considered the language "a possible indicator of an upcoming attack" in the next 12 months.
Is this really the time to start allowing terrorists to lawyer up and avoid the type of interrogation necessary to keep this country safe? Nobody believes that 50 minutes is enough interrogation time to get all the information necessary out of someone that was going to blow up an airplane. It doesn't seem to me that he would be very forthcoming with information to help us when just hours before he was willing to die for his evil cause.
I am listening to the Obamacare speech. My God, he is such a liar. Oh, so Obamacare will not insure illegal immigrants. Right. And no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions.
No, you jerk. We believe government will takeover the insurance industry because it is true! It's right there in the bill that if your insurance changes in any way, you will not be able to keep it.
He actually said that companies that don't provide health insurance have an "unfair advantage" over other companies. Is he saying that all companies should be equal? How far a step is it to demand that all people be equal and all wealth be redistributed?
Breaking News: Insurance companies try to make money. They are not charities, for crying out loud!! We have such a sense of entitlement in this country. I am uninsurable. We cannot get private health insurance because of an incurable genetic disease I have. So my husband makes sure that he is able to be covered under a group policy. If he had to go out and get a crappy job that he hated, he would do that because that's what it takes.
What is wrong with people paying for the services they receive?
I'm against Medicare, President Obama. I am also against Social Security. I am also against the Federal Department of Education. I am against Government interfering where it is not allowed by the Constitution.
I can't take him anymore. I look forward to Mark Levin ripping him apart when KFAQ airs it after the speech.
