END THE WAR AND DO AWAY WITH BABIES

Twas a late Friday afternoon and all the little news people were having their last cocktail before calling it a day. Unbeknownst to them, the lights still burned at the White House as the sun set on the Potomac. Perchance, was something going on that they should have been aware of?? Me thinks an obamarama was taking place in ye olde Oval Office. Read on-----

Paying for Overseas Abortions
As he promised during the election campaign, President Barack Obama late last Friday struck down a ban against taxpayer-funded abortions overseas. The ban — known as the "Mexico City policy" because it was first announced there at a United Nations Conference on Population — has been a political football between Democratic and Republican administrations for decades. Ronald Reagan first adopted the ban in 1984. Bill Clinton rescinded the ban in 1993. George W. Bush reinstituted the ban in 2001. And, now, Barack Obama has struck it down in 2009.
Obama issued the presidential memorandum rescinding the ban late Friday afternoon, which did not allow for typical coverage by the media. The quiet signing was in contrast to the televised coverage of Obama's announcement the prior Wednesday on ethics rules and Thursday's signing of orders to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and end torturing of terror suspects. It seemed to stand in contrast to his inaugural address promises to maintain an open and transparent administration.
His action came just one day after the 36th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in America. The announcement brought cheers from pro-abortion groups, especially those like Planned Parenthood International (there they are again!!) and Marie Stopes International, which will now be receiving huge federal funding, along with other family planning groups that either offer abortions or provide information, counseling or referrals about abortion as a family planning and population control method.
Pro-life groups have also reacted strongly. "President Obama not long ago told the American people that he would support policies to reduce abortions, but today he is effectively guaranteeing more abortions by funding groups that promote abortion as a method of population control," said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee.
Dr. Alveda King, niece of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a well-known pro-life activist and speaker, noted that the policy reversal takes taxpayer dollars "that could be used for feeding our families, educating our children, and giving our citizens of this wonderful country somewhere to live." She also said, "In any civilization where people begin to turn on their young, to kill their babies, and when motherhood [or parenthood] is no longer a sacred task, ... then we begin to see those civilizations crumble." And the United States, she warns, is heading down that slippery slope. [OneNewsNow.com, LifeNews.com] [Italics are mine]

By the way, the previous item "The Guys Need Something To Do" and this item came from the Pastor's Weekly Briefing of January 30, 2009. I'm not going to add any more comments to this--I'm not, I'm not, I'm not! Just gonna go check my blood pressure again. I love everybody---I love everybody---I love everybody (keep sayin' it, Joe) I love everybody. Even PP and ACLU. Right? Right! I really do, Lord. It's just kinda hard loving some than it is others. I love everybody.

THE GUYS NEED SOMETHING TO DO!

Planned Parenthood & the ACLU really need something to do to keep them from getting ulcers over everybody else not wanting to put babies out of existence before they have a chance to be born. I'd like to ask you all to send your local PP or ACLU office a deck of cards, puzzle books, checkers, etc. Maybe that would keep them busy enough we can all do our thing without them wanting to do their thing on us! Read this-------

Rights of Conscience

Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union are suing the national government over rules that protect health care providers' freedom of conscience. The Department of Health and Human Services put the regulations in place last month to reinforce federal laws that protect doctors from being forced to participate in abortion and other anti-life practices. "We consider the right of conscience to be the biggest issues we face," said Dr. David Stevens, executive director of the Christian Medical Association. "Medical professionals should not be forced to perform abortions against their conscience," said Matt Bowman, legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund. [CitizenLink.org]
Don't they have enough doctors doing their dirty work without forcing others to do it against their will? Where do their rights to extirpate babies end and our right to live by our conscience begin? It's sort of like the young man that plays his car radio so loud it vibrates the glass in your house. He claims he has the right to play his radio but you also have a right to peace and quiet. Go down to Braum's or Dairy Queen, get an malt and chill out PP and ACLU!
Excuse me while I go check my blood pressure!!!!!!!!!!

OH NO!! CRITICISM!

Again from the January 23rd "Pastor's Weekly Briefing."

Louisiana Schools Allow Criticism of Evolution

The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved rules Tuesday that will allow public-school teachers to debate and discuss origin-of-life theories and criticisms of Darwinian evolution. [citizenlink.org]
Darwin is probably rolling over in his grave right now. Someone is actually given permission to tell young people that maybe Darwin's theory is just that--a theory. Not a proven fact, mind you. Just a theory--without proof. But a lot of folks seem to want to run with the theory of Evolution. Sort of reminds me of a modern day Darwin. People are running behind him like a bunch of mice after the Pied Piper. His name is Al Gore. In his case, though, he is making lots of money off his theory (not fact).
I know there are some of you who would disagree with me on both of these theories. However, I must stand to reject Darwin's little idea because if you accept it you are rejecting God. God said that He created man. God did not say that man evolved from some slimy creature. I realize there are a lot of people in the world that make you believe in evolution in the sense that man came from monkeys. They sure act like it enough to make you wonder.
As for Al Gore's theory--Oh well, it's Al Gore. What can I say?

SEND 'EM A PIZZA (Lots of Jalapeno)

From the January 23rd edition of the "Pastor's Weekly Briefing" I submit this article:

Adoption Policy Reserved for Married Couples is Defended

The American Civil Liberties Union is up in arms after voters in Arkansas approved "Act 1" in November, specifying adoption only by married couples. The Alliance Defense Fund filed a motion to intervene Friday on behalf of the Family Council Action Committee, joining the state of Arkansas in defending against a lawsuit filed by the ACLU who claims that Act 1 is unconstitutional. [citizenlink.org]
Those folks at ACLU seem to get upset at every whipstitch. If it's good for America they just can't seem to be happy with it. Poor folks need to know they are loved. If you are anywhere near an ACLU office, why don't you send them a Pizza and just sign it "With God's Love--Your friends in Christ." (What does ACLU stand for anyhow? Without A CLUe? Anti-Christian Liberties Union?? Anti Civil Liberties Union?? I think I'm getting closer, maybe.)
Oh, well. God Bless 'em anyhow!

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET A LIFE

Isn't it funny how the Ten Commandments, Prayer, the Nativity Scene, and anything else that has to do with Christianity scares the daylights out of some people. It scares them so badly that they just need to get it out of their sight. Look at this article from the January 9th "Pastor's Weekly Briefing."---

Atheists Sue Over Inaugural Prayers

Michael A. Newdow, who attempted to have the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance, has again filed a lawsuit in an attempt to keep religion out of the presidential inauguration. Newdow brought similar suits four and eight years ago.
He and other groups, such as the American Humanist Association and the Freedom from Religion Foundation who have joined him in the lawsuit, are requesting that the words "so help me God" be removed from the president's oath of office and that the prayers of invocation and benediction be eliminated from the ceremony, as well. The lawsuit argues that the prayers and religious references "are completely exclusionary, showing absolute disrespect to Plaintiffs and others of similar religious views, who explicitly reject the purely religious claims that will be endorsed, i.e., (a) there exists a God, and (b) the United States government should pay homage to that God." A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments on Jan. 15.
Rev. Rick Warren, a Southern Baptist, has been asked to lead the invocation and Rev. Joseph Lowery, a United Methodist, is scheduled to deliver the benediction. [christianpost.com, cnsnews.com]

1 Corinthians 1:18-19 (NKJV) For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."

I guess if you don't believe in Christ, or even the One true God, then you have good reason to be fearful. Let us make sure we pray for people like this man and the organization involved as well. The Grace of God has no boundaries.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD BITES THE DUST

Every week I receive the Pastor's Weekly Briefing from Focus on the Family. The following article was in the January 9th edition. I thought I would just share it with you as Planned Parenthood is one of the major instigators of abortion in our nation.

Texans Boot Planned Parenthood

They say it took a long time, but American Life League's campaign, Stop Planned Parenthood (Stopp International) finally got results. In 1997 PP operated 19 clinics in the Texas panhandle. As of December 31, and after 12 years of fighting against PP, they are all gone. Two remaining clinics in Amarillo have disaffiliated with the national organization. A spokesman from Stopp says other cities can accomplish the same goal if they are determined. Information is available at http://www.stopp.org. [onenewsnow.com]
David, writing the words inspired by God, said in Psalm 139:13-16 (NLT) You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
I wonder, if somewhere along the line, we have aborted the one who could have come up with a cure for cancer--AIDS--other life-threatening, life-taking ailments. I just wonder.