Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards Convinces Jake That He's Pro-Choice

Cecile Richards article at the Huffington Post shocked me. I agree with her so much.

She's talking about the abortion-related compromise made with Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska:

Under this new language, anyone -- men and women of all ages -- who participates in an insurance plan that includes abortion coverage is required to write two separate premium checks each month: one for abortion care and one for everything else. I'm just trying to picture my son writing out his health insurance payment, and then writing another check for his part of the "abortion coverage."

Damned right! Why on earth is your son being forced to pay for coverage he doesn't need?

This new "extra" payment for abortion coverage is akin to an abortion rider -- as if women would take these extra steps to pay for insurance, with a separate check, that included abortion coverage. Women don't plan an unplanned or problem pregnancy any more than they plan for a heart attack. But they expect that they have coverage nonetheless.

Also right! This is coverage that many women wouldn't take, including my mother, my mother-in-law, my wife, my sisters-in-law, and, I hope and pray for the future, my daughters. Not just because the term "insurance" doesn't apply -- Do you buy "insurance" for something that's physically impossible? Do you buy insurance the only purpose of which is to destroy something that you want? -- but because they find it morally reprehensible. So yes, it's a rider, for women who want this kind of coverage.

But that's not all: Cecile and I also agree that people need insurance coverage for things that aren't planned. My health insurance covers unplanned heart attacks. My life insurance covers unplanned death. My homeowner's insurance covers unplanned fires and theft. People should buy insurance for things that they don't plan to have happen.

I guess Cecile and I differ a little bit. I mean, I can choose the amount of my life insurance, or even have none; I can choose the deductible on my homeowner's insurance. I don't understand why Cecile says that I can't choose to not have abortion coverage. That even her son can't choose not to have abortion coverage.

I'm not even sure I can explain it to my husband. He's pro-choice, but I'm not sure he's going to get why he's supposed to write a check each month to pay for abortion coverage.

Cecile, according to Wikipedia, you graduated from Brown in 1980. That puts you something north of fifty years old. Why should he write a check each month to pay for abortion coverage?

Yeah, I'd have to say that I'm pro-choice with respect to abortion insurance.

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Democrats place most corrupt Senator (Dodd) as front man for Healthcare

As expected, Democrats got exactly 60 votes to proceed to debate on the healthcare bill. What trully was unexpected was the Democratic leadership using Chris Dodd as the front man with the gavel (he presided over the vote) and the post vote press conference. You remember Chris Dodd(froom the NY Post)?

Dodd's lengthy record of ethical questions has clearly taken its toll.

Among his transgressions:

* In 2003, Dodd received two cut-rate mortgages totaling nearly $800,000 from subprime-mortgage lending giant Countrywide Financial.

The special mortgages apparently came about because the senator was dubbed a "Friend of Angelo," Countrywide co-founder Angelo Mozilo.

A Senate ethics committee determined last summer that Dodd violated no rules. But home-state voters appear unwilling to let Dodd off that easily.

* In 1994, Dodd purchased a one-third share of an Irish vacation home; the other two-thirds were bought by businessman William Kessinger, partner of one Edward Downe, who pleaded guilty to insider trading the same year.

In 2001, Dodd successfully lobbied the Clinton White House for a presidential pardon for Downe. A year later, Dodd took full ownership of the Irish property from Kessinger -- at a mere fraction of its appraised value.

* In February, Dodd introduced an amendment to the stimulus package that guaranteed that executives from firms receiving government bailouts -- including AIG -- remained eligible for bonuses.

With such baggage, no wonder 53 percent of Connecticut residents say Dodd doesn't deserve re-election.

After five terms in the Senate, the banking committee chairman and Washington special interests are just too close.

The use of Dodd as a prop here tells me much more about the process than any other single action. It's almost as if Democrats are saying, we are corrupt, we will ram this through and there is nothing you can do about it.

Enjoy it while you can Senator Reid.


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/dodd_danger_lq11DZPXtHUX5pp0DYaCTN#ixzz0XY03FxQU

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Healthcare motion to proceed scam: Tell NJ Senators to Vote NO!

On another Saturday night special, Senator Harry Reid will bring to the floor the vote for the healthcare bill motion to proceed tomorrow evening. Several Democratic Senators have deluded themselves into believing that they can vote to proceed and then have political cover by voting the heathcare bill down later own(ast it passes with a simple majority). But that kind of strategy only works when campaigning down the road and the citizens are asleep. I can assure you that when we reach the 2010 elections and beyond, no one will be asleep. Every senator who is complicit in this mess of a bill will be held accountable.

Living in New Jersey, many of us are used to our senators ignoring our requests in order to vote lock step with the Democratic establishment. And there is no doubt that Democrats support this bill. But Republicans don't and Independents don't. And Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez are supposed to represent all of us. Call them.

Lautenberg, Frank R. - (D - NJ)
324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3224
Web Form: lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/routing.cfm

Menendez, Robert - (D - NJ)
528 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
Web Form: menendez.senate.gov/contact/


There aren't going to listen but they should have to hear from you anyway.

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Tell your representatives to vote NO on the 1.8 Trillion Dollar Healthcare Bill

If you live in any of these congressional districts, it is time to contact your Representative and tell them to vote for YOU, not Nancy Pelosi. Or else.

Representative Name Phone Fax

Robert E. Andrews (D - 01) 202-225-6501 202-225-6583 http://www.house.gov/andrews/contact_form_za.shtml

Frank A. LoBiondo (R - 02) 202-225-6572 202-225-3318 http://www.house.gov/lobiondo/IMA/issue.htm

John Adler (D - 03) 202-225-4765 202-225-0778 http://forms.house.gov/adler/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

Chris H. Smith (R - 04) 202-225-3765 202-225-7768 http://chrissmith.house.gov/zipauth.html

Scott Garrett (R - 05) 202-225-4465 202-225-9048
http://garrett.house.gov/Contact/

Frank Pallone, Jr. (D - 06) 202-225-4671 202-225-9665 http://www.house.gov/pallone/contact.shtml

Leonard Lance (R - 07) 202-225-5361 202-225-9460
http://lance.house.gov/?sectionid=48§iontree=348

Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D - 08) 202-225-5751 202-225-5782
http://pascrell.house.gov/contact/

Steve Rothman (D - 09) 202-225-5061 202-225-5851 https://forms.house.gov/rothman/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

Donald M. Payne (D - 10) 202-225-3436 202-225-4160 http://www.house.gov/payne/IMA/email.shtml

Rodney Frelinghuysen (R - 11) 202-225-5034 202-225-3186 http://frelinghuysen.house.gov/contactus/form.cfm

Rush Holt (D - 12) 202-225-5801 202-225-6025
http://holt.house.gov/contact.shtml

Albio Sires (D - 13) 202-225-7919 202-226-0792 https://forms.house.gov/sires/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm

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Unemployment at 10% and where is congress? Why spending of course.

From the AP:

The Labor Department said Friday that jobless rate rose to 10.2 percent, the highest since April 1983, from 9.8 percent in September. The economy shed a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, less than the downwardly revised 219,000 lost in September, but more than economists expected.

The jump in the jobless rate reflects a sharp increase in the tally of unemployed Americans, which rose to 15.7 million from 15.1 million. The net loss of jobs occurred across most industries, from manufacturing and construction to retail and financial. That tally is based on a separate survey of businesses.

Economists say the unemployment rate could climb as high as 10.5 percent next year because employers remain reluctant to hire.

And what is the President and Congress doing about it? They are trying to ram down our throats a 1.8 trillion dollar healthcare bill that won't reduce costs, won't improve your care and still won't insure everyone. And it won't get you a job. But one thing it will do...raise your taxes.

And if you want to understand who is driving this bus, all you need to do it look at the White House Visitor's log to see who spends the most time there - Andy Stern of the SIEU(from workerfreedom.org via Americans for Tax Reform).

The White House released an incomplete list of visitors who met with President Obama and top White House officials. Predictably, Andy Stern, President of the Service Employees International Union, stopped by the White House more than any other visitor. The Wall Street Journal Reports:

“Andrew Stern visited the White House 22 times between Inauguration Day and July 31, meeting with President Barack Obama seven times and leading all visitors recorded during that period.”

You don't know who the SIEU is? They are the union that show up in purple shirts (IE the Liberal Astroturf) at every protest to outshout the regular people.

Are you getting it yet?

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Paranormal Activity Courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation

Jake Brewer of the Sunlight Foundation sent this to us today:

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