Don't Let the Sunny Daze of Summer Distract You

It's been said that "nothing much happens in Washington, DC in the month of July." Don't believe it. Keep your eyes and ears open!

A couple of things recently: The US Supreme Court had two decisions, one on hand guns and one on religion. The fair Judge Sotomayor who stated in her Senate confirmation hearings that she supported the Second Amendment and people's right to bear fire arms, voted against this in a recent 5-4 decision which the majority stated this Right to Bear Arms, was nation-wide, and states couldn't interfere.

In an other decision by the same court, the decision stated in effect, that religious groups couldn't prevent non-believers from "joining" their membership lists. This is like saying you don't have to be Christian to be Christian. How do you NOT have to be a Christian to belong to a Christian church or club? If you belonged to a butterfly-watching club, a club that promoted viewing peacefully butterflies in their natural habitat, you could be forced to allow butterfly-haters, whose agendas included squashing and killing  butterflies into your group. Many Christian-hating, atheistic-believing people would be able to come in and join your club, church, or other organization, become the voting majority, and close you down, or change your mission statement. Where is the sanity in this decision.

Speaking of the Supreme Court, Lady-in-waiting, Elena Kagen, is going through confirmation hearings. She will, if confirmed, be judging the ethics and law of the land. In her history on NON-JUDGING, (she has no history as a judge) she admitted to fraudulently revising an official medical opinion by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The society prepared a statement "its panel of experts found no circumstances in which the (partial birth abortion) procedure was the only option for saying the life of the woman."

Judge-to-be Kagen sent out an internal memo stating "This, of course, would be a disaster." She, therefore revised the language to the final statement that partial birth abortion "may be the best and most appropriate procedure in particular circumstances to save the life or preserve the health of the woman." (James Lewis, "Is Elena Kagen Morally Blind?" American Thinker 7/3/10).  And this woman will be deciding right and wrong of others!!!

Another thought of Washington, D.C.:  Why has NASA Administrator Charles Bolden been instructed to go to the Arab world to coddle Muslims, to "inspire" them in the space industry? Bolden reports the president ordered him to engage with Muslims to "help them feel good about their historic contribution to science." Is this the Sharia science of stoning women, or mutilating young girls, or putting to death anyone who converts from Islam to any other religion, particularly Christianity? Does the president want the Arab world capable of launching missiles capable of getting a man on the moon, but not capable of bombing Israel or the USA? Can he protect us from this "alternated use" of Arab science?

 Another weirdness happened recently in Massachusetts. A fool in charge of the high school made a rule that the pledge allegiance to the flag, didn't have to be said by anyone in high school, in fact, couldn't be said. A student protested, sued the school, and won a verdict that said, students could say the pledge on a voluntary basis in the school foyer, but not the class room. The reason behind the decision to NOT have the pledge in the classroom was the school committee didn't want to force teachers in leading the pledge. DIDN'T WANT TO FORCE THEM TO LEAD THE PLEDGE!!!!!  With all the unemployment in this country, and with many teachers losing their jobs, this school committee, who probably didn't want to say "under God" themselves, and therefore didn't want to force others to say "under God," denied all children from hearing and saying the pledge. Where is the sanity here? Saying the pledge together should be a unifying action, not a disruptive action.

Another thing on this theme: Unity in America. How do  you build a United States of America? First, America deserves and needs your allegiance. If you don't want to pledge your allegiance, leave! Second, you need a common language. If you don't want to learn English, leave! Third it costs money to protect our liberty from outside forces, and disreputable inside forces. If you don't want to pay "your fair share," leave! No "working under the table." No working without a Social Security card. No collecting any type of welfare if you aren't a citizen.  No Medicaid card without being a citizen.

The current administration is looking for ways to increase taxes to pay for all the programs in place. Some programs are new, others have been there a while. So the talk is tweeking Social Security so those under 50 years of age won't collect much, if any. The talk is for folks to plan on individual retirement plans to offset what they would have gotten from Social Security. Gee, doesn't that sound like what President Bush was crucified for suggesting? 

Many of those presidential edicts are going into action this summer. It may be vacation time, but sleep with one eye open, and your hand on your wallet.