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Posted by Billy on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 5:18:08 PM




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    Nelson-Hatch-Casey Amendment and Remaining Conscience Concerns

    Posted by Billy on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:09:02 PM
    On Monday, Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Robert Casey (D-PA) offered an amendment to the Senate health care reform bill that would ensure that insurance plans are not forced by the government to cover abortions, and would prohibit federal funding for elective abortions and for insurance plans that cover elective abortions.  This amendment could receive a vote as early as today .
    Even if the Senate passes the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment, which adequately prohibits both federal funding of abortion and any mandates on insurance plans to provide abortion coverage, the Senate health care reform bill fails to provide sufficient protection for the right of conscience.  The Senate must add language mirroring Section 259 of H.R. 3962, which prohibits government entities from discriminating against health care providers on the basis that they do not participate in abortions.
    ( Mary Harned explores the details of what is missing from this amendment over at the Americans United for Life blog site.)
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    Can Atheists Have Christmas

    Posted by Billy on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:52:11 PM
    I have posted a  new video of  a sermon I did a few days ago on my faith based blog. Please watch it by clicking on the following link, Can Atheists Have Christmas.

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    Snow Day

    Posted by Billy on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:23:30 PM
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    Here in Omaha, Nebraska we are snowed in.  The school I work at along with most of the other schools were closed last night even the colleges have been shut down. The one good thing is we had warning this was coming. So we are in today.  I plan to study for my Bible college class, do some cleaning, washing, catch up on some email, and perhaps even do some reading. I know some souls  hate these kinds of days but I rather enjoy them . It gives me time to do things which  have been    put on hold . It for sure beats driving in the snow and being out in the cold. If you are living in a place that has been impacted by this storm stay  in  and if you have to get out take it slowly.
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    Nebraska Abortionist Investigated

    Posted by Billy on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 1:28:41 PM
    I am happy to report that my home state is going to go after a doctor who does late term abortions. This is in deed is good news. To listen to a report from Family News in Focus click on the following link,  Nebraska Abortionist Investigated.
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    Harry Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery.

    Posted by Billy on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 12:13:49 PM

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers who clung to the institution of slavery more than a century ago. 

    The Nevada Democrat, in a sweeping set of accusations on the Senate floor, also compared health care foes to those who opposed women's suffrage and the civil rights movement -- even though it was Sen. Strom Thurmond, then a Democrat, who unsuccessfully tried to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and it was Republicans who led the charge against slavery. 

    Senate Republicans on Monday called Reid's comments "offensive" and "unbelievable."  ( Harry Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery... )

    (It is time for the good people of Nevada to retire this man from the US Senate. When Bush was President people like Reid said they were allowed to disagree with our leaders even when it was hurting the men and women who were fighting to defend America  in the war. I guess there is freedom of speech for one party but not for the other party. That doesn't sound like America but more like Cuba. )


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    Today Post's

    Posted by Billy on Monday, December 07, 2009 12:35:45 PM


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    Episcopal Church: No sign of repentance

    Posted by Billy on Monday, December 07, 2009 12:30:35 PM

    The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elected a lesbian as assistant bishop Saturday, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first.

     

    The Rev. Mary Glasspool of Baltimore needs approval from a majority of national church leaders before she can be consecrated as assistant bishop in the Los Angeles diocese. ( Episcopal Church: No sign of repentance )

     

    Still, her victory underscored a continued Episcopal commitment to accepting same-sex relationships despite enormous pressure from other Anglicans to change their stand.

    (I think it is getting close for people who are submitted to the Lordship of the Bible to get out of this so called church. There is a time to stay and fight but also a time to stop fighting and leave. God will deal with those who don't follow him and his word. I wouldn't want to be them on judgement day. Also church should be a place where you can grow in your faith and learn about the Bible and God. It should not be a place where something the Bible calls sin is blessed and encouraged by the leaders. ) 

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    Survey says giving outweighs receiving

    Posted by Billy on Monday, December 07, 2009 12:23:11 PM

     According to the study conducted by Caravan Opinion Research Corporation for the American Red Cross, nearly 40 percent of Americans say it is more important to make charitable donations, even if that means forgoing a gift.

     
    The survey questioned 1001 adults, 68 percent of which felt that one effective way to give more to charity is to ask someone to make a donation rather than purchasing them a gift. 80 percent said they, themselves would contribute to humane organizations instead of buying someone a gift if they were asked to do so.

    (This is great that people are putting others  first. Too often we see and hear ideas of me first. Read more on this issue right here.)


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    E-mails release Chinese prisoner

    Posted by Billy on Monday, December 07, 2009 12:16:55 PM
    Two years ago, Osman Imin and Aliman Yimit, two leaders in the Uyghur house church movement, were arrested by Chinese authorities. Osman was recently released, but Aliman is still confined in what is called "arbitrary detention." (E-mails release Chinese prisoner  )
     
    Dr. Carl Moeller, president of Open Doors USA, believes a two-year e-mail campaign helped motivate authorities to release Osman.

    (Lets rejoice over the release of Osman and lets work along with praying that soon Yimit is released.)
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    Castro's son elected to baseball

    Posted by Billy on Monday, December 07, 2009 11:36:53 AM

    A son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's has been elected one of three vice presidents of the International Baseball Federation after a vote Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland, Cuban sports officials said.

    Antonio Castro, a 39-year-old doctor, was elected to the post along with Japan's Kazuhiro Tawa and Mexico's Alonso Perez. Ricardo Fraccari of Italy was selected the federation's new president. The IBAF administers baseball outside the major pro leagues.

    ( I don't  blame children for the sins of their parents but it is sad that this man didn't grow up knowing what it is like to live in a free nation.  It is also sad that most children growing up in Cuba don't get the chances that this man got. Read more on this issue Castro's son elected to baseball...)

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    Evangelical Lutheran leader suggests Bible not the final authority

    Posted by Billy on Monday, December 07, 2009 11:18:11 AM

     

    The presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is suggesting that the Bible isn't the last word on homosexuality.

     

    In a town hall meeting Sunday, Bishop Mark Hanson said, "the understanding we have of homosexuality today does not seem to be reflected at all in the context of the biblical writers." Therefore, he said, Lutherans should consider more modern views on sexual orientation.

    (This so called Bishop should go find another job. He also need to read 2 Timothy 3:16-17 - Passage Lookup - New International Version  which reads, All Scripture comes from God. When it gets down to faith and spiritual issues it doesn't matter what anyone thinks including this so called Bishop. What matters is what God says in his word the Bible. Read more on this issue 

    Evangelical Lutheran leader suggests Bible not the final authority.)


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    Sen. Baucus nominated girlfriend for U.S. attorney post...

    Posted by Billy on Monday, December 07, 2009 11:05:08 AM

     Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's U.S. attorney, saying Saturday that his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is "highly qualified" but eventually withdrew her nomination.

    Baucus said that he began dating former state office director Melodee Hanes after they were both separated from their spouses. The Montana Democrat said they did not have an affair, but began dating while she worked for him.

    Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele called Saturday for a Senate Ethics Committee investigation of Baucus' actions. Steele said the panel should determine "why Senator Baucus put his personal needs above those of the people of Montana. (Sen. Baucus nominated girlfriend for U.S. attorney post...  )

    ( I believe this is what they call a conflict of interest. Mr. Steele is right this is something which should be looked into.) 
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    Obama's closed-door open-government

    Posted by Billy on Monday, December 07, 2009 10:23:16 AM

     It's hardly the image of transparency the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openness is closed to the public.

    The event Monday for federal employees is a fitting symbol of President Barack Obama's uneven record so far on the Freedom of Information Act, a big part of keeping his campaign promise to make his administration the most transparent ever. As Obama's first year in office ends, the government's actions when the public and press seek information are not yet matching up with the president's words.

    "The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails," Obama told government offices on his first full day as president. "The government should not keep information confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract fears.

    (Yes this is going to be an open administration! Not! Obama goes after Fox news and then a meeting yesterday on health was not open to the GOP but also not open to the public. It looks like President Obama is afraid people will see what his  White House is  doing to this great nation. Read more on this issue Obama's closed-door open-government meeting.)
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