Obama and Dem's war on little girls

This story makes me sick. 

A bill that would ban sex-selective abortions failed to muster enough support to pass the House Thursday following a contentious debate. 

The final vote was 246-168. Though a majority voted in favor of the bill, this particular proposal required a two-thirds majority to pass -- supporters of the bill fell 30 votes short. 

The proposal would have made it a federal crime to carry out an abortion based on the gender of the fetus. 

The measure takes aim at the aborting of female fetuses, a practice more common to countries such India and China, where there is a strong preference for sons, but which is also thought to take place in the U.S. 

The White House and Democratic lawmakers opposed the bill out of concern that it could end up subjecting doctors to strict punishment, suggesting the law would be difficult to follow. 

"The administration opposes gender discrimination in all forms, but the end result of this legislation would be to subject doctors to criminal prosecution if they fail to determine the motivations behind a very personal and private decision," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Thursday. 

But GOP lawmakers pointed to the opposition as further proof of the administration's abortion advocacy. "It is inconceivable to me how our Nobel Prize-winning president can refuse to protect little girls from the violence of sex-selection abortion," Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., said Thursday.

 

Wisconsin unions lose members as recall vote approaches

The upcoming Wisconsin recall vote of Governor Scott Walker will set the stage for future union negotiations across the country.

Public-employee unions in Wisconsin have experienced a dramatic drop in membership—by more than half for the second-biggest union—since a law championed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker sharply curtailed their ability to bargain over wages and working conditions. 

Now with Mr. Walker facing a recall vote Tuesday, voters will decide whether his policies in the centrist state should continue—or whether they have gone too far. The election could mark a pivot point for organized labor. 

Mr. Walker's ouster would derail the political career of a rising Republican star and send a warning to other elected officials who are battling unions. But a victory for the governor, who has been leading his Democratic opponent in recent polls, would amount to an endorsement of an effort to curtail public-sector unions, which have been a pillar of strength for organized labor while private-sector membership has dwindled.

A victory for Gov. Walker will send a signal to other local and state politicians that it's okay to battle these unions in the name of fiscal sanity. A loss will encourage these unions to continue their destruction of local and state budgets.

It's a critical vote to watch next Tuesday.

Administration considers special rights for Arab Americans

The Obama administration continues its assault on America.

The Commerce Department is considering naming Arab Americans a socially and economically disadvantaged minority group that is eligible for special business assistance. 

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) petitioned Commerce earlier this year to ask that Arab Americans be made eligible for the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), which helps minority entrepreneurs gain access to capital, contracts and trade opportunities. 

The ADC petition cited “discrimination and prejudice in American society resulting in conditions under which Arab-American individuals have been unable to compete in a business world.” The group claimed discrimination against Arab Americans increased after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. 

Sometimes it seems the only Americans that don't warrant special privileges are white Christians.

Romney clinches nomination with Texas win

It's now official.

Thanks to Texas, Mitt Romney can finally drop the word “presumptive” from his title. 

More than five years after launching his first campaign for the presidency, the former Massachusetts governor on Tuesday night clinched the Republican nomination by winning the largely uncontested Texas primary, the Associated Press projected. 

The achievement completes what for Romney has been an arduous process of winning over skeptical conservatives and projecting himself as the party’s most competitive choice for taking on President Obama in the fall. 

The former Massachusetts governor surpassed the 1,144-threshold to become the nominee by winning at least 88 delegates in Texas, according to the Associated Press tally. The victory is a formality, as most of his Republican opponents had long since peeled away from the race – and then gradually crossed over to endorse Romney.

Now that the top of the ticket is official, can we concentrate on getting Marco Rubio put on the bottom of the ticket?

$20 million for Obamacare promo

You're tax dollars at work campaigning for Obama:

A new $20 million Obamacare public relations campaign to simply tell Americans to stay healthy is coming under heavy GOP fire as a propaganda effort to prop up the embattled health reform law and the president.  

“I’m calling on the president to cancel this contract,” said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. “The American public want real solutions to problems of health care--not more press releases and propaganda paid for with their taxpayer dollars,” added the medical doctor who chairs the Senate Republican Policy Committee.  

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman added, “There is no justification for wasting $20 million in taxpayer dollars on an advertising blitz for the president’s health care spending law.” The A-list GOP vice presidential possibility added, “With Washington nearly $16 trillion dollars in debt, the American taxpayers should not be asked to fund ad campaigns defending a law that only deepens the spending hole we’re in.”  

The $20 million effort--more than 10 times previous efforts to promote Obama care--will publicize elements Obamacare that encourage Americans to stay healthy. Past efforts have included a $1 million program to send out 4 million postcards promoting a tax cut in the health plan and a $700,000 ad narrated by Andy Griffith.

Attorney in 9/11 hearing asks women to wear "appropriate" clothing

The defense attorney for an accused 9/11 terrorist has requested all women present at the trial (Muslim, or not) cover themselves and dress in an "appropriate" way so as not to offend or distract her client.

The defense attorney [an American woman] who wore a traditional Islamic outfit during the rowdy arraignment of the accused Sept. 11 terrorists is defending her courtroom appeal that other women in the room wear more "appropriate" clothing to the proceedings -- out of respect for her client's Muslim beliefs. 

Cheryl Bormann, counsel for defendant Walid bin Attash, attended the arraignment Saturday dressed in a hijab, apparently because her client insisted on it. She further requested that the court order other women to follow that example so that the defendants do not have to avert their eyes "for fear of committing a sin under their faith." [No mention of mass murder being "a sin under their faith."}

At a press conference Sunday at Guantanamo Bay, Bormann said she dresses in a hijab at "all times" when she meets with her client "out of respect" for his beliefs.

America is still under assault by radical Islamists, yet Americans are asked to accommodate radical Islamist values? Values that include a call for our own demise?  Values that demean and debase women to a status no more than chattel? Values that allow for "honor killings" within families? Values that have no issue with strapping bombs on their young children?

While I might occasionally wear a skirt that is above the knee, I will never dress my children in C-4 explosives and direct them to a crowded marketplace.

Thanks, but I'll stick to honoring and respecting American values.

Obama launches campaign in empty stadium

What a difference four years can make.

Barack Obama launched his campaign in unspectacular fashion today at Ohio State University, the largest college in the crucial swing state. A photo posted to twitter by Mitt Romney's campaign spokesman Ryan Williams reveals sparse attendance. The above image, according to Williams, was taken during the President's first official campaign speech.

Happy weekend!

One sunny day in January, 2013, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama." 

The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Obama is no longer President and no longer resides here." The old man said, "Okay," and walked away.

The following day the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama."

The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Obama is no longer President and no longer resides here." The man thanked him and again just walked away.

The third day the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U.S. Marine, saying, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama."

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Obama. I've told you already that Mr. Obama is no longer the President and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"

The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand, I just love hearing it."

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, " I love saying it ! See you tomorrow, Sir."

Wishing Andrew lots of Luck

Last night's first pick in the NFL draft was Andrew Luck, who is going to the Indianapolis Colts.

Luck played high school football at Houston's Stratford High School. Next year my oldest will be a freshman at Stratford. Needless to say, we are all Andrew Luck fans around here.

Here's a fun highlight video from Luck's time at Stanford University:

 

Another video highlight's Luck's high school career at Stratford. What a great kid and wonderful role model for our children.

 

Vaya con Dios, el presidente

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon was in Houston yesterday and used the opportunity to criticize America's immigration policy in front of a group of Houston-area Mexican immigrants.

Calderon pointed to Arizona's immigration law and called it, “regressive policy toward workers, a hard and offensive type of politics.”

The law he refers to would allow police, during routine traffic stops, to check whether the people they stop are here legally. Nothing regressive there, just common sense national security policy. But President Calderon doesn't see it that way.

Calderon continued: “We don’t think it’s just that someone is discriminated against for their race,” he said. “The people who come here are not coming to steal, they are coming to work.”

Most, yes, but some, no. There are plenty of examples of illegal immigrants committing heinous crimes in this country against our citizens. But that's beside the point.

Our country is one based on the rule of law. If we allow lawbreaker's intentions to weigh in, then what good is having the laws in the first place. It's either a law or it isn't . You're either here legally or you're not.

Calderon went on to credit his own policies in Mexico for having drastically reduced the flow of Mexican immigrants to the United States. No mention was made of Obama's abominable economy this side of the border being a deterrent.

I guess out-of-touch, delusional heads of state aren't exclusive to our country.

Go home, el presidente.