Some reckon that the environmentalists are so intense, it’s kind of like they’re in a fringe religious cult . I agree some of them are kind of cult-like in their devotion to the cause. On that theme, Al Armendariz, the head of the EPA’s Region 6, compared his EPA enforcement methods to the pagan Roman practice of crucifixion during a meeting in 2010. (Start at about 0:25) Armandariz apologized and all, but the hurt is done — in a time of frustratingly high gas prices and in the middle of a tense political season, here’s another Obama appointee on video saying something inappropriate and divisive. It’s clearly been amateur-hour in that West Wing since January 2009. Once again the left simply has not come to terms with the impact YouTube has had and continues to have on their credibility.
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EPA Enforcement Tactics Inspired by Crucifixion
On his radio show Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh said this : What does it say about the college co-ed Susan [ sic ] Fluke who goes before a Congressional committee and says she must be paid to have sex? What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She’s having so much sex, she can’t afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex. What does that make us? We’re the pimps. I really heard the bit myself and at the time laughed because quite frankly on the substance of the issue he has a philosophical point. Rush usually illustrates “the absurd with absurdity” and the average libtard , who has no sense of humor, simply doesn’t get it. I’m convinced that’s part of the reason why they despise Rush so much. But, Rush did personally attack Fluke, the Georgetown University student who testified ( btw--didn’t that used to be a Catholic school ? ), who he apologized to this weekend . Yet, in his buckling under the public pressure he did say this: I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? In my monologue, I posited that it is not our business whatsoever to know what is going on in anyone’s bedroom nor do I reckon it is a topic that should reach a presidential level. Again, on the substance I reckon he’s completely right. Perhaps the government should refocus this issue onto itself, turning the 10th Amendment into a prophylactic to protect the states from the federal government impregnating, giving birth to and forcing the states to raise the “unwanted children” of more government largesse and crackpot social engineering.
Here is the original post: Rush Buckles? Must be a Fluke
The housing bubble was the largest financial bubble in history. Banks gave loans to people who couldn’t afford them, then sold mortgage-backed securities to dupes around the world. Then, a circle firing squad of financial nitwits chose to insure the securities all along the way. Times were excellent until about 2007. By September 2008 Lehman Brothers, who leveraged these loans multiple times, experienced a sudden end to the gravy chain and poof! the financial crisis started as reverberations ran through the entire world’s economy. The banks aren’t stupid. They aren’t going to place their industry at risk unnecessarily. The government encouraged them to make these loans, backing them up through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. So, the banks, with backing from the federal government, went nuts — why not? the government expressly had their backs, allowed them to leverage beyond the legal limit around 2004, and kept civil rights groups and community organizers away too! So, when I saw this deal the feds made with the banks and 49 states today, and listened to some of Obama’s remarks , I was frustrated. We’re rewarding people’s terrible behavior again. I get the attempt to nail the banks if the banks tried to plainly screw people, but that should be handled on an individual basis, not in a blanket bailout. We tried to make homeownership a right last decade — we saw how that turned out.
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Foreclosure Settlement Fixes Nothing
I have to admit that while I’m more than a C&E (Christmas/Easter) Catholic, I do tend to attend mass only sporadically. Well, I HAD to attend mass this weekend to hear what my priest was going to say about the Obamacare mandate forcing religious groups to violate their consciences or be forced to only provide for people of their faith . The issue at hand is that an Obamacare mandate taking effect in August forces all health care providers to cover birth control services ( ie- abortions, the pill, the morning-after pill, sterilization procedures ) for their employees and prospective patients. This violates the conscience and beliefs of Catholic health care providers, whose facilities serve the whole community, not just Catholics. This regulation in Obamacare makes them choose — continue to help anyone by violating your beliefs, or break the law. When did our country start resembling China on church-and-state issues? It’s a symptom of the problem with one-size-fits-all health care, dictated to us from the masterminds at HHS, who clearly believe they know what’s best for us all. If the individual mandate is struck down by SCOTUS, then this point may become mute. One hopes. So, at mass yesterday the homily consisted of my priest reading a letter from the bishop on this very issue. I could tell my priest was a small uncomfortable talking politics, but was clearly steadfast and in solidarity with the bishop’s plea that this provision be repealed with the help of the Catholic community pressuring their representatives. While I break with the Roman Catholic Church on some “social justice” issues, since to paraphrase Andrew Wilkow, I’m not sure Jesus would be for universal health care dictated to the masses at the tip of a Roman spear, and that I distinguish between right refugees and freeloaders when it comes to border crossings, I believe protesting this particular issue is dead on. Other faiths should also be highly concerned at this “ prohibiting the free exercise thereof ” concept regarding how religions practice their faith in the community is being handled. The Obama Nation doesn’t seem to care much about religion, since to the statists religion generally gets in the way of the secular-progressive ethic which the statist wishes to impose on the masses. This open animus should be resisted through all legal means. Also, what stupid politics! Catholics support Democrats more than Republicans for some reason — I suppose the liberal-means-being-a-nice-person swill the left has successfully ingrained into the well loved culture contributes to that. But, why fit this latest time-bomb into Obamacare knowing that its timing will negatively affect a group the Dems require to win majorities in numerous key Northeastern states? Either the Obama Nation’s incredibly naive or cocky as they hope Catholic Democrat voters either really are sheep or don’t really believe what their faith tells them.
Link: Catholic Bishops Rail on Obamacare
