Government take over of health care is increasing costs for all

Health and Human Services head Kathleen Sebelius (I'm embarrassed she an Ohioan—our former governor’s daughter) now admits the government take over of health care will raise costs for everyone. She underestimates, in my opinion; apparently she doesn't see those "subsidies" as costs to us, only as “rich benefits” to the formerly uninsured. Regulation is affecting every facet of the economy and raising costs even more. Insurance costs are soaring, and the big kick in hasn't even started yet. California increase 60%. Washington 51.9%. The young voters who supported Obama will really be kicked in the teeth. What a mess. http://www.humanevents.com/2013/03/27/hhs-secretary-finally-admits-obamacare-is-raising-insurance-costs/

Things could have been different—lives could have been saved.

"The only thing that would have changed the outcome, potentially change the outcome, is something that so many people don't want to hear and that's self defense. That if someone there had a concealed carry, if someone had been armed, they might have had a fighting chance."
-Sen. Rand Paul, on gun control legislation.

Friday family photo—my horse

Not mine—but cute.

              

Just me and my horse, 1952, on a trail ride.

Martin Luther on John 3:16

"This is our Christian Creed, and in conformity with it we confess: “I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, suffered and died.” Let heathen and heretics be ever so smart; hold firmly to this faith, and you will be saved. It follows, then, that whoever believes in the Son of man, who was born of Mary, who suffered and was buried, will not be lost but is a son of God in possession of eternal life. Devil, sin, and death will not be able to harm him; for he has eternal life."

          

Leading from behind—the politicians on gay marriage, polygamy and legalizing pedophilia

Obama consistently supported traditional marriage and DOMA in public statements up to shortly before the 2012 election. So did Rob Portman and Hillary Clinton until the last few weeks. Used all the same words conservatives use. No one on the left called Obama or Hillary a bigot, hater or homophobe. Portman, of course, was different, he is a Republican and always was a target for hate. Politicians have led from behind, cowering, on marriage. TV and movies led the way.

Some states have no age limit for marriage if the child has parental consent. Sharia Law says girls as young as 12 can give informed consent. NAMBLA wants laws on age of consent thrown out so they can molest young boys without getting into trouble with child authorities. This can of worms will only get bigger and squishier.  Let’s see how long politicians will resist polygamy.  It’s big on reality shows like Big Love and Wife Swap. 

Legalizing  molestation of children has already begun—today’s school sex education materials is what the FBI warns about in hunting down perverts. Planned Parenthood gets money to indoctrinate children into become their life time customers in the PREP program. "PP follows the same business model as a drug dealer: Young children are encouraged to masturbate and explore their bodies with mirrors to introduce them to sexuality. Hichborn says of the graphic pictures used to “educate” pre-pubescent children, “If a dirty old man showed these things to a ten year old in a park, he would be arrested. But when Planned Parenthood shows them to kids in a classroom, it gets government money.” http://www.lifenews.com/2013/03/27/obamacare-funnels-75-million-to-planned-parenthood-to-push-sex-on-kids/

The haters and bigots swing into action

Dr. Ben Carson, a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, has been "uninvited" as a speaker to graduating medical students at his own university. Too conservative. Also, he is black and with his own money funds a scholarship program for poor black children. Reminds me of when the open minded librarians protested that Laura Bush, a former librarian and then First Lady, would be a speaker at ALA (2006). Each year the ALA sponsors the completely phony, trumped up Banned Books Week. Then they try to ban a speaker, the most famous librarian in the country.

Is "bullying" wrong no matter who the victim is? Or is it only wrong if the victim is gay, obese, skinny, unfashionable, nerdy, or a minority? What if the victim is bullied, shunned and called names because she is Catholic, or he is Baptist, or she is old, or he is white, or they believe in traditional marriage, or they don't want to pay for behavior which they consider sinful, like an abortion?  Is it bullying when powerful, wealthy people threaten to take away various amendments of the Bill of Rights from the masses yet retain them for their private use? Is publishing names and addresses of people who have broken no laws, indeed, followed them to the letter, bullying? Intimidation, bigotry, terrorizing, telling lies, and fomenting fear and suspicion is a behavior dependent on the intent of the perpetrator, not the morals or beliefs or race of the victim.

Laura Ingraham debates a Know Nothing from Boston University

A student who apparently was involved in a condom distribution demonstration at Boston University was up against the much more experienced and knowledgeable (and Catholic) Laura Ingraham last night on Fox. I’m a Lutheran and even I could spot this activist’s fallacies for why the BU rules should be flaunted even though she could go to any college/university she chose. It’s the same as Sandra Fluke and Georgetown.

1.  She tried to base her cause on statistics about how many Catholics use contraception (the figure she gave was much higher than any I’ve heard) and therefore the church was out of step.  Try telling that to a policeman the next time you’re going 75 in a 35 mph zone and because everyone else was doing it the law must be wrong. Or when you get caught cheating on a test and your excuse is everyone cheats.

2.  She tried to argue that the Catholic church ruling on contraception was recent and therefore to her that seemed a good argument that it didn’t need to be followed by the university. Usually, young people say a rule is too old—she’s saying it was a recent ruling.  Wrong again. Humanae Vitae ( Of Human Life)  written by by Pope Paul VI and issued in 1968 (long before this young lady was given life by her parents) reaffirmed the teaching of the church.

http://www.lauraingraham.com/

A Decalogue of Canons for observation in practical life

A Decalogue of Canons for observation in practical life.
by Thomas Jefferson written to Thomas Jefferson Smith, Feb. 21, 1825

1.  Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
2.  Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
3.  Never spend your money before you have it.
4.  Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.
5.  Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
6.  We never repent of having eaten too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
8.  How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
9.  Take things always by their smooth handle.
10. When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

I expect to read more now

Second cataract surgery yesterday.

The 1942 Stuart Chase playbook for a strong, centralized government

Stuart Chase worked for President Roosevelt. According to Wikipedia, Chase, born in 1888, was an American economist and engineer trained at MIT. His writings covered topics as diverse as general semantics and physical economy. Chase's thought was shaped by Henry George, Thorstein Veblen and Fabian socialism.  In 1942 he wrote a little book called "The Road we are Traveling."  He summarized the causes and outcomes of WWI and the Great Depression.  He wanted a new system of government that was socialism, but not called that (we were at war with 2 socialist countries), and which wasn’t capitalism because he believed that created the Depression.  So he named it System X.  If you look through the list (download from internet), you see we have it.

1. Strong, centralized government.
2. Powerful Executive at the expense of Congress and the Judicial.
3. Government controlled banking, credit and securities exchange.
4. Government control over employment.
5. Unemployment insurance, old age pensions.
6. Universal medical care, food and housing programs.
7. Access to unlimited government borrowing.
8. A government managed monetary system.
9. Government control over all foreign trade.
10. Government control over natural energy sources, transportation and agricultural production.
11. Government regulation of labor.
12. Youth camps devoted to health discipline, community service and ideological teaching consistent with those of the authorities.
13. Heavy progressive taxation and hidden taxes on nations wealth.

page 95

                        

Will rich gay men marry and share their assets in a divorce?

I don't believe a lot of gay men are going to rush out to marry their lovers--they are the wealthiest demographic in the US and also big in the art, music, interior design, literature, film and political fields. How many have added the boyfriend to the will or mansion deed?  Some have, and nothing has prohibited that.  But just look around at the trophy wives or the girl friends (a certain golfer comes to mind) of men.  Do you really think gay men want the expense of lawyers and alimony?  Why hand over their assets to someone who is the equivalent of a rich man's mistress?

What gay marriage has done in states that have recognized it (like Massachusetts) is create over night a new lower class--kind, loving, respectable people can now be bullied and ridiculed as bigots and homophobes with a simple redefinition of a word. In those states, churches are losing freedom of speech and religion; parents are losing control of their right to transmit their values to their children. Adoption will not be about what is best for children, but about pleasing adults.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/03/real_bullies_the_homosexuality_is_normal_movement.html

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/julyweb-only/gay-marriage-religious-freedom.html

It’s not like the courts have never been wrong

7 million Californians voted to support traditional, historical and life giving marriage.  The California court then denied them their vote. Over 30 other states have also voted to uphold the purpose and meaning of marriage.   If the Supreme Court upholds the California decision, it doesn't change the truth of history or of all major religions and all governments of all civilizations. Abortion may be legal, but it is still wrong for children and families and someone always dies.  Slavery at one time was legal in the U.S., but it was morally wrong even when upheld by the courts. Marriage is not just about love, it is not about government benefits and it is not just about a specific couple you know or who are related to you. If it were, you could marry anyone, of any age, and in any number, and expect recognition by the government.

What comes next?

After gay marriage legalization, the fight will be to legalize what used to be called pedophilia, but will be redefined, and then polygamy and polyandry. The law already allows (in some states) someone younger than 16 to marry with parental permission. Once same sex marriages are OK, so will young teen boys and older men; if it's OK for young girls and older men, why not? The man-boy love advocacy group is pushing for this. And our society has been softened up for several years with a reality TV show called Big Love to accept polyamory, or multiple partner families in a formal relationship (with benefits).  Our president’s father was a polygamist and his mother was only 17; is it such a huge step to see groups demanding that it is just about love for a 30 year old man with 3 “husbands” to want to take on a teen boy?

If this is about love and government benefits, what difference is the number? And although it may be awhile, there will be no compelling reason to forbid incestuous marriages--in fact, you'll be called a bigot and a sibophobe if you call it that.

The three branches of government

It's not true that homosexuals can't marry.

             

They can marry someone of the opposite sex, and many do.  On the other hand, there is a long list of restrictions for anyone who wants to marry--your state will be different than Ohio, but Ohioans can't marry a sibling, a step-parent, or a cousin, or a first cousin once removed (the daughter or son of your cousin), or someone under age. Ohio has an odd law--Ohio law does not recognize same-sex marriage, but its adoption law permits a “step-parent” in a same-sex union to adopt a “stepchild.”

Many states allow first cousins to marry if they are of an elderly age and no longer able to conceive. In some states, you can't marry an in-law. You can't get married if you are already married, no matter how long you've been separated.  And if you want to marry a sex offender and you have young children, there's going to be a residency problem if you plan to live together (plus you should have counseling, imo).

Some state laws won't allow a marriage if either party has a venereal disease--or rubella, sickle-cell anemia, and tuberculosis.  If you are a felon, you probably can't marry another felon because of that messy "association" rule.  You can't marry a person who legally can't give consent due to mental retardation, illness, drunkenness, etc.  If you are an alien, getting married doesn't give you residency or citizenship. You'll also need paper work--sometimes a birth certificate, sometimes your divorce papers, and yes, you'll need ID to show your residency and citizenship. Most states have waiting periods after you obtain the license and before you can marry--5 days in Ohio. Second thoughts, I guess.   And you'll need to find a proper, licensed person to marry you who knows how to file the paper work or you won’t be legally married.

Marriage through out history has not been about love, or even society’s approval.  For thousands of years marriages were arranged for the good of the family and community.  Most restrictions on marriage in modern society are for the safety and well-being of children. A homosexual union does not produce children, which after all, is the purpose of marriage and why all civilizations from earliest history have recognized marriage as important for the well-being and continuation of society.  It's for the next generation.

What Can I Do to Help Stop Common Core in Ohio?

From the Ohio Common Core Facebook Page

“As we can tell so far, Ohio is way behind the 8 ball on this one. We need to get moving fast.
1. Find friends in your district that feel the same way you do. Start researching; pick different areas of CC so you are not trying to do it all.
2. Stay tuned to this page [Facebook], we try to post the best articles and documents we can find. As more starts happening in the state, we will update here. (Website soon to come!)
3. Gather talking points and talk to your principal and teachers. Speak respectfully and ask them to question. Don’t be upset with them, they have been snookered just as we have.  Leave them with the feeling we are all in this together, for the sake of our children. Yes, some merits to CC, but not at the great costs, loss of privacy, loss of teacher/district/state control.
4. Attend school board meetings and ask questions. Encourage your school board to invest as little as possible on CC .  Five states rejected it and 13 have pending legislation to stop it. Educate them on problems with CC and NO, we don’t have to accept it. As a state we can stop it!
5. Write letter to editor of local papers.
6. Write letters to your state reps and senators - requesting this be stopped. We can stop it and cut our losses now, because the financial costs in the long run will be much greater.
7. Write an Opt-Out letter for your child. 

“http://truthinamericaneducation.com/uncategorized/ccss-parent-opt-out-form/

China’s one child policy has aborted 336 million babies

To put the numbers in perspective, the 336 million deaths in China are:

• More than the entire population of the world at the time of the Crusades (c. 1100 AD).

• Equal to the entire combined populations of the United States and Australia.

• More deaths than were caused by (in millions): the Bubonic Plague in Europe (100), the Great Chinese Famine (45), the 1918 Influenza Pandemic (40), the HIV/AIDS pandemic (25), the Holocaust (13), the Soviet famine of 1932-1933 (8), the Russian famine of 1921 (3), and the American Civil War (.8).

• More than all the people killed in the 10 ten deadliest wars in human history (Based on highest estimates (in millions): World War II (72), World War I (65), Mongol Conquest (60), An Lushan Rebellion (36), Taiping Rebellion (30), Qing Dynasty conquest of the Ming Dynasty (25), Conquests of Timur (20), Dungan Revolt (12), Russian Civil War (9), Second Congo War (5.4))

• More than all the children that will be born in the world over the next ten years.

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/03/22/china-admits-to-the-greatest-slaughter-in-human-history/

Ohio State will host journalists who served in Afghanistan

I see there will be female journalists speaking at Ohio State on Afghan women in April. They spent the last three years in Afghanistan. Their presentation is co-sponsored by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies; the School of Communication; the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; the Women's Place and the Middle East Studies Center. I wonder if they'll mention that G.W. Bush freed more women in a few months in Afghanistan than Lincoln did slaves in our bloody civil war? Probably not. Or that more American military were lost in Afghanistan under Obama in 4 years, than under Bush in 8 years. Probably not. It is, after all, the liberal media speaking at liberal academe. If you tell people the truth, it could shut down your speaking tour.

CBS apology to our military and Vietnam Vets

CBS' apology was pretty poor in my opinion--"to those who were offended" for denigrating Vietnam veterans in Amazing Race. They never apologized for what they did or the thought, planning and evil behind it. The competitors had to sit through a musical number celebrating Communism in order to get a clue they needed to continue, and CBS planners put a checkpoint at a Communist memorial park built around the wreckage of a downed B-52. I think the MSM is beyond repair.

Here's how an apology works. I'm sorry I did xyz, I was wrong. Forgive me. NOT: I'm sorry your feelings are hurt.  And forgiveness does not mean reconciliation.  The one to whom you apologized is under no obligation to be your friend, especially not if it’s as limp as “I’m sorry you were offended.”

Starbucks doesn’t want our business

“At the Starbucks annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, CEO Howard Schultz sent a clear message to anyone who supports traditional marriage over gay marriage: we don’t want your business. After saying Starbucks wants to “embrace diversity of all kinds,” he told a shareholder who supports traditional marriage that he should sell his shares and invest in some other company.”
http://joemiller.us/2013/03/starbucks-ceo-no-tolerance-for-traditional-marriage-supporters/#ixzz2OV038xIq

I think that’s good advice from Starbucks.  You should always know how and where your money is invested.  It should reflect your values.  I don’t invest in tobacco, alcohol or viaticals (investing in life insurance policies of dying people). I don’t support any investing which is anti-life, or anti-creation. And since Starbucks doesn’t want me, I’ll respect their wishes.