Looks like the Obama Administration has responded to objections to it’s anti-religious liberty HHS mandate by expanding its reach: In a move that is likely to reignite the ire of religious leaders, late Friday afternoon the Obama administration announced a proposal that would require universities, including religious universities, to provide contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs …
The Church of Obama
Another great read from Mark Steyn today at National Review Online: The bigger the Big Government, the smaller everything else: First, other pillars of civil society are crowded out of the public space; then, the individual gets crowded out, even in his most private, tooth-level space. President Obama, Commissar Sebelius, and many others believe in …
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Typical Obama double-talk on anniversary of Roe vs. Wade
Via Politics Daily: On the 38th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, President Obama said Saturday he is committed to protecting what he considers a fundamental principle: “government should not intrude on private family matters.” Obama, in a brief statement marking the 1973 Supreme Court opinion, said he also remains committed “to …
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More fuzzy health care math from Congress
Via Yahoo Finance: The Congressional Budget Office said Friday that rolling back a programmed cut in Medicare fees to doctors would cost $208 billion over 10 years. If added back to the health care overhaul bill, it would wipe out all the deficit reduction, leaving the legislation $59 billion in the red. The so-called doc …
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President Say Anything promises free lunch for seniors
At a rally today in Ohio pushing for his planned health care takeover, President Obama said: “…this proposal would make preventive care free so you don’t have to pay out-of-pocket for tests that keep you healthy.” Does the president, who is known for saying anything to make a point without regard for the facts, really …
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Cal. legislature declares budget crisis over, looks for ways to get rid of excess cash
From KCBS radio in California (via Michelle Malkin): A key legislative committee in California revived a bill Thursday to create a government-run health care system in the nation’s most populous state, two days after Massachusetts elected a senator who opposes the president’s national health care plan. The Senate Appropriations Committee released the bill for a …
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Kent Conrad: Senator Ben Nelson is a sucker
Senator Kent Conrad was on Fox News Sunday this morning, and essentially said that the “deal” (taxpayer-funded bribe) to Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a sham, “without a whole lot of meaning”. Via The Hill: “No Congress can bind a future Congress” to expand Nebraska’s Medicaid deal past 2016, when expansion in other states …
Instapundit on drugs
…or pharmacists actually: I HAVE A LIBERTARIAN SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM: Over at The Corner we’re seeing a rather large number of abortion-related posts today. In this one (which really goes beyond the abortion issue) Kathryn Jean Lopez decries a poll showing that 80% of Americans think that pharmacists ought to have to fill prescriptions …
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Big Business for Marxism?
Professor Bainbridge predicts socialized healthcare is coming to America: I predict that the next time a universal single payer plan gets to the policy table, however, that business will be first in line to back it. When you read interviews like the one Rick Wagoner gave the Journal, one can but conclude that business is …
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