Obama Budget Dumps Funds for Jailing Illegal Immigrants and Teaching Abstinence
President Obama voted in the Senate to provide additional funding for a program targeted for elimination by his budget that provides states a federal subsidy to offset the costs of jailing illegal immigrants.
Killing the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAPP) would save $400 million, according to Obama’s budget for fiscal 2010 released Thursday. It’s one of the largest non-defense discretionary cuts proposed in the president’s budget.
Think along with me here folks… Each illegal immigrants, studies show, cost Americans roughly $1 million dollars. Democrats are trying to push through a new Amnesty bill for nearly 12 million illegal immigrants. $1M x $12M = More than $400M! The logic of Democrats make absolutely no sense at all. They never plan ahead or measure the possible long-term repercussions of their actions. Obama sees money that can be cut now – so he doesn’t, or can’t, look beyond that. This action will actually cost us more money in the end.
Obama cuts abstinence-only programsout of the budget as well. Many argue that abstinence is not realistic in today’s society, but that has become more the norm due to Hollyweird and others advocating sex on a regular basis. Sex sells and sex is becoming the norm. My personal belief is to teach both and emphasize that the only sure fire way to avoid getting pregnant and contracting an STD is abstinence. What doesn’t make sense to me is the budget cut for this.
The White House wants to get out of the business of telling youngsters “Just Say No to Sex.”
President Obama is putting his own ideological stamp on federal spending in his proposed 2010 budget by cutting cash for abstinence-only sex ed programs.
He’s taken a scalpel to a pair of $100 million George W. Bush-era programs that exclusively preached abstinence. Obama is replacing them with $110 million for comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention.
“It’s about time that evidence-based management – and sanity – return to family planning programs,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan).
Think along with me again. The more young unwed mothers you create, the more welfare recipients you create. The more welfare recipients you create, the more loyal Democrat voters you create.
Thus, Democrat sex-education must always focus on getting teenagers to have more sex, not less.
Another important point to note – see what I bolded above? How is this a tax cut? If he is replacing the PAIR of programs that each equaled $100 million with only one program worth $110 million then it is, but the writing is very vague and misleading here… the question is if he is going to replace both programs with two other programs worth more money than the previous ones…
A picture of what his budget cuts really look like in the scheme of things:
Dumping the say-no-to-sex programs were a tiny fraction of the $17 billion Team Obama trimmed from its $3.4 trillion funding budget request.Overall, New Yorkers say Obama’s budget helps the city – but raised several red flags.
One is Obama’s plan to cut $600 million from the federal terrorism insurance program.
Maybe that’s what New Yorkers should be focusing on – not sex! Wake up!
A Win For Creationism
From Fox News:
Student Wins Suit After Teacher Says Creationism ‘Superstitious Nonsense’
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge ruled that a public high school history teacher violated the First Amendment when he called creationism “superstitious nonsense” during a classroom lecture.
U.S. District Judge James Selna issued the ruling Friday after a 16-month legal battle between student Chad Farnan and his former teacher, James Corbett.
Farnan sued in U.S. District Court in 2007, alleging that Corbett violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment by making repeated comments in class that were hostile to Christian beliefs.
The lawsuit cited more than 20 statements made by Corbett during one day of class, all of which were recorded by Farnan, to support allegations of a broader teaching method that “favors irreligion over religion” and made Christian students feel uncomfortable.
During the course of the litigation, the judge found that most of the statements cited in the court papers did not violate the First Amendment because they did not refer directly to religion or were appropriate in the context of the classroom lecture.
But Selna ruled Friday that one comment, where Corbett referred to creationism as “religious, superstitious nonsense,” did violate Farnan’s constitutional rights.
Finally, a win for a Christian; we actually do have rights! It works both ways, and for once, it worked in favor for those of us who believe. I hope this sends a message that Christians are not going to lie down and take it any more.
Condi Rice Sticks it to some Stanford Students
Condi talks “torture” with typical idealistic, indoctrinated ivy league students…
Think What We Think…Or Else!
This is just too disturbing and it’s a horrible sign of what is going on at universities across the nation.
The irony is that by enforcing policies that create conformists, shape people’s beliefs, and attempt to change values, opinions, and ideologies are, in fact, oppressive by their very nature and hinder freedom. Conservatives have always championed individual rights but get labeled by liberals as dittoheads or conformists. This labeling is amusing since liberals tend to require strength in numbers for their agendas and force those opinions and issues on others through indoctrination and the media. Liberal’s policies struggle to hold up to scrutiny and hard facts. Group think is common amongst liberals and it’s incredibly obvious when you look at party divides. Right leaning people will tend to argue with one another because they champion individualism so much. They don’t all have the same opinions or ideas and it sometimes causes splits inside the overarching party as we have seen lately. This does not happen as often with Liberals who conform and champion the entire group and don’t rock the boat.
By creating agendas that label specific groups by race, religion, and sexuality – they are exacerbating racism and bigotry. I hope that one day people will wake up and realize that separating out groups and tagging people is, by its very nature, racist and prejudiced. To get past any divides that may still exist, we need to treat people as individuals, not groups.
Visit www.THEFIRE.org for more information on universities across the country and see where yours ranks.
The G.I.V.E Act Signed by Obama
Calling on Americans to volunteer, President Barack Obama signed a $5.7 billion national service bill Tuesday that triples the size of the AmeriCorps service program over the next eight years and expands ways for students to earn money for college.
“We need your service, right now, in this moment in history. … I’m asking you to stand up and play your part,” said Obama, a former community organizer in Chicago. “I’m asking you to help change history’s course.”
Joining Obama was Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who has been battling brain cancer. Kennedy championed the legislation with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and the bill was named in honor of the Massachusetts Democrat.
Kennedy told the audience that included former President Bill Clinton, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former first lady Rosalyn Carter that Obama’s efforts echoed that of his late brother, former President John F. Kennedy.
“Today, another young president has challenged another generation to give back to their nation,” Kennedy said, citing his brother’s advocacy of the Peace Corps.
The service law expands ways for students and seniors to earn money for college through their volunteer work. It aims to foster and fulfill people’s desire to make a difference, such as by mentoring children, cleaning up parks or buildings and weatherizing homes for the poor.
Bolstering voluntary public service programs has been a priority of Obama, who credits his work as a community organizer in his early 20s for giving him direction in life. The president cited his work in Chicago as an example of how one person can make a difference.
“All that’s required on your part is a willingness to make a difference,” Obama said. “That’s the beauty of it; everybody can do it.”
Anybody else see this as a means to an end? A goal to indoctrinate more youth for political gain? Follow the money – if you get money from the government you will vote that way – trust me.
I can think of several other occasions in history where this was passed, based on some philanthropic, feel-good premise, only to wind up being utilized for ideological purposes… that didn’t end well.
