Back in a Moment-
Jul 4, 2009 Political
Sarah Palin resigned effectively on July 18 of this year, and people are wondering why. I am wondering why not sooner, what with all the unwarranted abuse she had to take from the left wing loons who delighted in attacking her family, something that used to be considered off- limits, back when the left had some semblance of morality and/ or a conscience when it came to attacking mentally challenged babies. That, as we have seen ad nauseum, is and has been out the window when it came to this past election cycle. The left was utterly vicious, and I have heard some who were actually proud of those attacks.
Not that politics has ever been anything but down in the mud fighting before, but families were kept out of it, much like the old mob hits- you might shoot a man to doll rags, but not his family. Now however, both the right and the left show no mercy, no morality- they are more like the cowardly Mexican drug gangs who just spray a whole house down with bullets, killing all inside.
There are some political insiders who feel that this is a calculated move, possibly to gain her some time to learn global politics- perhaps so, but the action is still a bit puzzling in a political sense.
Palin’s statement was ambiguous with regard to her future. “We know we can effect positive change outside government at this point in time on another scale and actually make a difference for our priorities,” she said, hinting at larger ambitions. But she also expressed weariness over what she called “superficial, wasteful, political blood sport.” Was that a hint that she intends to turn away from elective politics?
Certainly, after a week when she was the target of new attacks over her performance in the 2008 campaign — attacks that sparked a war of words between prominent Republican strategists — slipping into the background might be a welcome tonic for Palin and her family.
washingtonpost.com
Certainly the attacks from the left have been relentless, but the attacks from the right, as surrogates of other presidential hopefuls try to tear her down, are also a cause of great disappointment, I am sure- after all, they are supposed to be part of the same team, but they are acting every bit as badly as any die hard liberal, cowardly backbiting in an attempt to give their chosen “candidate” an edge.
One strategist who assumes she has presidential aspirations called the decision to resign her office “puzzling,” and another described it as “nutty.” “If this is about running for president, it’s about as odd a way as we’ve ever seen,” said John Weaver, a Republican strategist.
Their reasoning followed conventional assumptions about what it takes to mount a national campaign — that, in surrendering the governor’s office in Alaska and ending her brief tenure in statewide office, she leaves behind a thin record on which to base a national bid.
washingtonpost.com
Of course, thin as her record is, it still dwarfs the record of our newest Resident, whose biggest real accomplishment so far has been to limit the amount of cigarettes he smokes. Other than that, not much has really happened.
I wouldn’t blame her for walking away- when you sacrifice your privacy, your families’ privacy, your time and your good name,in the service of your country, you might think that the attacks would limit themselves to you alone, but no. There is so much more in terms of satisfaction being a private citizen, and Sarah and Todd have five children to raise.
Why they would prefer to raise them in the goldfish bowl of national politics was always beyond me. Even the Wicked Witch of the West, Nanny Pelosi, waited until her spawn was grown. Now they are off spawning little libbies of their own, and she is helping the U.S. implode.
Sarah has plenty of time to raise her family, and become educated on International politics- she is smart, she is driven, and even if she decided to forego politics for the rest of her life, there is precedent for this too.
Politics was never envisioned as a “career” for anyone. You were expected to serve some time, move back to the private sector, where the money was, and move on with your life. Politics was never supposed to be a place to get rich. That was in bad taste and totally venal to boot. It just was not done, that is, IF you had a conscience and were a moral person.
Sadly, we see less and less of this every day.
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Tags: conscience, liberal attacks, moral character, sarah palin
Conscientious Objectors Not Allowed In Health Care
Feb 28, 2009 Political
The Obama administration is great at manipulating the media. Of course, that is not an overly difficult task because most of the media are drinking from his Kool Aid dispenser. It is well known that the way to slip stuff in with little media attention is to slip it in on a Friday evening. Fortunately we have the Internet where people look for things and post about them. The latest turd was dropped last night:
Taking another step into the abortion debate, the Obama administration today will move to rescind a controversial rule that allows healthcare workers to deny abortion counseling or other family planning services if doing so would violate their moral beliefs, according to administration officials.
The rollback of the so-called conscience rule comes just two months after the Bush administration announced it late last year in one of its final policy initiatives. The Anchoress
The administration of The Evil One is doing this under the guise that the Bush initiative is misleading and confusing. They, of course, need to rewrite the thing or get rid of it all together.
This rule allows those health care professionals who are opposed to abortions to refuse to give counseling for them or to provide them. There is nothing wrong with people in the health care arena refusing things that they are opposed to. It is up to the health care professional to inform the patient of this and to indicate that the patient will have to look elsewhere for those services. It might go like this:
Patient: I really don’t want to have a baby and I have given it a lot of thought and I want an abortion. Can you schedule me for that?
Doctor: I’m sorry, I don’t believe in abortions so you will have to find another provider who does them.
What is difficult about that?
Those who oppose this method are worried that the conscience of some people will keep them from doing their jobs. The oft cited example is a pharmacy worker who will not dispense contraceptives, especially the “morning after” pill.
First of all, there are plenty of workers at pharmacies that will dispense the medication. Secondly, there are plenty of pharmacies for people to go to. There will be NO complete denial of services but people might have to go to a different place to do business. Scientologists do not believe in the use of psychotropic medication but I imagine that does not stop them from becoming pharmacists or from working in one. The government has not stepped in to ensure the people who need medication for their mental health are protected.
This is a slippery slope which might end up having the government dictate to health care providers that they have to provide abortion services even if they are opposed to them.
What will happen if health care providers are not allowed to practice within the confines of their beliefs? There will be fewer doctors in fields where abortions are performed. How will this extend? There are a lot of hospitals that are run by religious organizations. Will they be forced to provide abortions (or any other) services to which they are opposed?
King Hussein of America is already known to be in favor of unlimited abortion. He opposed legislation that allowed children born alive after a botched abortion to receive care. Despite what people say, and no matter why, he opposed it. His entire platform on this subject is pro abortion though he skillfully lies about it. There is a “Pro Life Obama” website that was funded by George Soros designed to specifically obfuscate The Evil One’s position on the subject. Gateway Pundit points this out.
This is one piece of a bigger puzzle. First they will tell doctors that they must provide services that they are opposed to. Then they will tax us to death to provide “cheap” health care for everyone to put private insurance providers out of business. After that everyone will be on the government’s health care rolls.
It won’t be long before some bean counter is deciding what treatments are allowed based on age, lifestyle and cost.
The United States of America will become the United Socialist States of America and we will have a “wonderful” system like they do in England.
Socialists do not take over all at once. They slowly chip away at things until one day the population wakes up and realizes it no longer has control of its own destiny.
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened.” Norman Thomas
Obama and his liberal comrades are working on making this happen.
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