Barry and Abortion

"Life with Obama"(click for full article)
by David Freddoso
Excerpt:
"On March 30, 2001, Obama was the only senator to speak in opposition to a bill that would have banned the practice of leaving premature abortion survivors to die. The bill, SB 1095, was carefully limited, its language unambiguous. It applied only to premature babies, already born alive. It stated simply that under Illinois law, 'the words "person," "human being," "child," and "individual" include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development.'
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"Given Obama’s position on babies born alive, it should come as no surprise that he opposes and denounces all restrictions on every kind of abortion, including partial-birth abortions. He promised at a Planned Parenthood event in July 2007 that 'the first thing' he will do as president — his top priority for the nation — is sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would erase every federal and state restriction on abortion, no matter how modest. His top priority, again, is to re-legalize partial birth abortion under all circumstances, abolish all laws on informed consent and parental notification, and eliminate all state restrictions on taxpayer funding of abortions.

"No humanitarian impulse or consideration of bipartisanship has ever swayed Barack Obama’s legislative mind on the issue of abortion. Pro-life voters who try to convince themselves otherwise engage in willful self-deception."

"Life Lies"(click for full article)
by David Freddoso
Summary: Recently, Obama has said that the Nat'l Right To Life is lying about the above - that he vetoed the bill because it was ambiguous about it's impact on abortion rights. He in fact is the one lying.

November Can't Come Soon Enough

Mike passed this email and article to me that he received from a Catholic/Pro-Life professor of his from Holy Cross. I'm so entirely sick of all the election coverage, yet I keep watching. Anyway, I'm passing it on to you all to get opinions, as I can't seem to make up my mind between not voting at all, voting Mccain, or *gasp* giving Obama some thought.

Here it is:

Both John McCain and the Democrats are giving Catholics reasons to reconsider which party can and will do more to reduce the number of abortions in America.

When on August 11, McCain told the Weekly Standard that he welcomed pro-choice Republicans, he articulated openly what has been obvious for some time: the GOP uses the issue to get votes, but will not outlaw abortion.

No less an expert than Prof. Douglas Kmiec, once professor of law at Catholic University, and a former Reagan Administration lawyer who wrote briefs for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, now says the Democrats have a stronger approach to reducing abortions.

Link to the article:

http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=27820

It's Not an Hors d'oeuvre, But...

I just wanted to reassure all of you that the incident of the mismatched shoes was not my last "BRENT" experience. I recently did something that Sean labeled a definite "TM" moment.

I left my office 2 Saturdays ago and flipped open my phone to call Sean. The call went directly to voice mail which generally means that Sean and the baby are napping. I smile, grateful that he is getting some rest. I then proceed to leave the following message.

"He Sean, I'm leaving work now; glad she let you sleep. I'm on my way to the mall to drop off your phone, but I should be home soon. Love you."

Without connecting the dots I go to Verizon and stand around for 10 minutes waiting for service. When my name is called I turn the phone on and explain to the guy behind the counter what the problem is. He assures me they can take care of it and that I can pick it up in an hour. I know I will have to wait until the next day to get it, but I thank him and walk away.

I then open my phone and again dial Sean's number...

The phone rings a bunch before going to the machine, so I figure he is up, but can't answer...because he is feeding Maggie or maybe changing her...so I leave another message...seriously. I assure him that I have dropped off his phone, and that I am on my way, and to try to hold off on feeding her until I get home if he hasn't done so already, so we can save the bottle.

When I get home, he is in the kitchen and I ask, "Where is she?" When he says she is sleeping, I ask, "Well did you just wake up? When I called before I figured you were taking a nap." He just looks at me blankly. I stare back for a second. He asks, incredulously, "You did drop my phone off at the mall, right?" I reply, "Yeah, so?" His reply??? "You're an ass!"

It took that long for me to realize that Sean can't answer the phone I was calling, because it was in my hands.


And the salt to the open wound...the thunderous laugh that comes from the living room as he is checking his messages the next day!

BRENT