Tuesday, November 6, 2012
| | Elections and Catholics By Judie Brown Election Day is upon us. If we have been faithful to our civic and moral responsibilities, then we have evaluated the candidates, read Church documents, and come to an informed decision as to which candidate we will vote for today. As encouragement for us all, Judie Brown offers her insights into what our country really needs as we get closer to determining who will lead this country for the next four years. [ Click here to read more. ] | | | |
| HEADLINES |  |  Presidential election also means 3,000 unelected, unknown political appointees
Washington Times
If you live outside the beltway----the ring that I-495 forms around Washington, D.C.----it's quite likely that you have never heard the expression "personnel is policy." I had no idea what a powerful insight this was when I first came to our nation's capital a decade ago. What the president is told and how policy is formed is driven by the people the president appoints to inform him and to enforce policy on us. That means that, when we elect a president, we also "elect" 3,000-4,000 unelected but powerful political appointees. Less than one in three of the thousands of appointments requires any check and balance like Senate approval. |
|  Medical emergency at Colorado Planned Parenthood makes 16 in 22 months
Operation Rescue
An ambulance was called to a Planned Parenthood abortion
clinic in Denver, Colorado, on October 26, 2012, and transported a hemorrhaging woman to a local hospital, according to a 911 Computer Aided Dispatch Transcript released to Operation Rescue by local pro-life activists. The incident is the sixteenth medical emergency documented by Operation Rescue since
January, 2011. |
|  The Affordable Care Act and its unaffordable costs for
human life
Truth and Charity Forum
Much attention has rightly been focused on the power of the HHS to mandate that certain medical services, specifically contraception, sterilization, and abortifacients be covered by insurance. It is important to remember that the Affordable Care Act also gives the HHS the power to restrict services that are deemed excessive. Regardless of this November's election results, we all need to remain on high alert to make certain that the Affordable Care Act is not allowed to grow into what is already common in Europe, a means of getting rid of the least convenient members of society. | |
