Obama "Not Familiar" With Outlawing YOUR Insurance, Slipping in Polls, Defunding the Military, Supporting Despots

1) Morning Bell: Obama Admits He’s “Not Familiar” With House Bill …During the call, a blogger from Maine said he kept running into an Investors Business Daily article that claimed Section 102 of the House health legislation would outlaw private insurance. He asked: “Is this true? Will people be able to keep their insurance and will insurers be able to write new policies even though H.R. 3200 is passed?” President Obama replied: “You know, I have to say that I am not familiar with the provision you are talking about.” See: http://www.heritage.org/2009/07/21/morning-bell-obama-admits-hes-not-familiar-with-house-bill/ Remember from my 7-15 post: So we can all keep our coverage, just as promised — with, of course, exceptions: Those who currently have private individual coverage won't be able to change it. Nor will those who leave a company to work for themselves be free to buy individual plans from private carriers. See: http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=332548165656854 1a) Health Bill Might Direct Tax Money to Abortion WASHINGTON — An Obama administration official refused Sunday to rule out the possibility that federal tax money might be used to pay for abortions under proposed health care legislation. …Douglas D. Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, said the House bill, like one approved last week by the Senate health committee, “would result in the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade,” the 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/health/policy/20abortion.html?_r=1 1b) Should Government Determine the Value of Human Life? Controversial Princeton bioethics professor and philosopher Peter Singer is making waves with his article outlining the case for rationing in last week’s New York Times Magazine. This is the same Singer who advocated infanticide, proposing that abortion be made legal for 28 days after birth, in order to allow parents to decide whether to keep an “imperfect” baby. Professor Singer’s latest piece, “Why We Must Ration Health Care,” should be a call to action for every American who cherishes personal freedom and self-determination. There is no doubt that health care reform proposals being rushed through Congress are the initial steps in government rationing of health care. As has been shown from experience in this country and others, under a government-rationed system the needs of the elderly, the disabled, and the unborn are pushed aside in the name of government bureaucrats seeking the “best value” from limited health care resources. See: http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/21/should-government-determine-the-value-of-human-life/#more-11353 And: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19healthcare-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2 for article defending rationing. 1c) Mayo Clinic calls House plan bad medicine The Mayo Clinic said there are some positive elements of the bill, but overall "the proposed legislation misses the opportunity to help create higher quality, more affordable health care for patients."  "In fact, it will do the opposite," clinic officials said, because the proposals aren't [R]patient-focused or results-oriented. "The real losers will be the citizens of the United States." See: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/21/mayo-clinic-calls-house-plan-bad-medicine/?feat=home_cube_position1 2) Poll Shows Obama Slipping on Key Issues Heading into a critical period in the debate over health-care reform, public approval of President Obama's stewardship on the issue has dropped below the 50 percent threshold for the first time, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071902176.html?hpid=topnews 2a) Poll: Public losing trust in President Obama Trust in President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies to identify the right solutions to problems facing the country has dropped off significantly since March, according to a new Public Strategies Inc./POLITICO poll.  Just as Obama intensifies his efforts to fulfill a campaign promise and reach an agreement with Congress on health care reform, the number of Americans who say they trust the president has fallen from 66 percent to 54 percent. At the same time, the percentage of those who say they do not trust the president has jumped from 31 to 42.  The president’s party has taken a similar hit since the last Public Trust Monitor poll, with only 42 percent of respondents saying that they trust the Democratic Party, compared with 52 percent who do not. The party’s numbers are nearly the inverse of March’s survey, in which 52 percent said they trusted Democrats and 42 percent did not. …The number of respondents who think the $787 billion federal stimulus package will have a positive impact on the nation’s economy has dropped from 56 percent to 45 percent. The percentage of those who think the stimulus will have a negative impact has remained steady at just more than a quarter of those polled, but the number of those who think the stimulus will have no impact on the economy has jumped from 18 percent to 28 percent. See: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25189.html 3) Senate Strips Controversial F-22 Money From Defense Bill The Senate votes to strip from the defense bill $1.75 billion for seven additional F-22 jets -- President Obama had threatened to veto the bill if the money was not removed.  WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday voted to strip money for seven additional F-22 jets from a $680 billion defense bill, after President Obama threatened to veto the entire bill if the money remained.  The 58-40 vote was a win for the White House and, for the moment, prevents Obama from using the first veto of his presidency. The president considered the $1.75 billion addition to the defense bill a waste of money.  See: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/21/senate-consider-stripping-controversial-f-money-defense/ 4) Bernanke says Fed can take on supercop role An Obama administration proposal to make the Fed the supercop of globally interconnected financial companies would be "just inviting a false sense of security that inevitably will be shattered at the expense of the taxpayer," Bachus warned. …"A perceived loss of monetary policy independence could raise fears about future inflation," he warned. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a frequent Fed critic, rejected that argument and said the Fed already makes political calculations. "Just the fact that (the Fed) can issue a lot of loans and special privileges to banks and corporations," Paul said. "That's political." Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., who wants the Fed to be more open, argued that some people rightly say "you can find out more about the operations of the CIA, than the Fed. The public has the right to know." See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090721/ap_on_bi_ge/us_bernanke 5) The Honduras Predicament Help me out here. President Obama immediately "meddles" in the affairs of Honduras, denouncing a military coup, the intent of which is to preserve the country's constitution (emphasis mine), but when it comes to Iran's fraudulent election and the violent repression of demonstrators who wanted their votes counted, the president initially vacillates and equivocates. Are we expected to accept this as a consistent foreign policy? Yes, it is consistent. He supports despots and dictators because he is one himself.  …The fingerprints (or in this case the boot prints) of the Castro brothers, Venezuela's dictator Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua are all over this. If one is known by the company one keeps, the specter of the Castros and their protege dictators joining President Obama in denouncing the Honduran military coup is not reassuring. See: http://townhall.com/Columnists/CalThomas/2009/07/02/the_honduras_predicament?page=full 6) Napolitano pick raised funds for terror supporter Group labeled 9/11 attacks on U.S. a legitimate operation TEL AVIV – An Arab politician recently appointed to a key position by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano helped raise funds for an Islamic group that has labeled a deadly anti-U.S. terrorist attack a legitimate operation, referred to terrorists as "freedom fighters" and equated Muslim jihad with the sentiments of American statesman Patrick Henry, WND has learned.  In April, Napolitano appointed Arif Alikhan, then Los Angeles deputy mayor of homeland security and public safety, to serve as assistant secretary for the Office of Policy Development at the Department of Homeland Security. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104597 7) Rabbis to Obama: Stop pressing on capital 'You don't want to enter list of those who raised a hand against Jerusalem …"During these days when our nation mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and remembers in abhorrence those that destroyed it, we are sure that you, Mr. President, do not want to enter the list of those who raised a hand on Jerusalem and its Jewish inhabitants," the rabbis write.  The rabbis state that besides the sanctity of Jerusalem, it is "totally illogical" to "even think" about negotiating with the Palestinians, pointing out "every piece of territory" taken over by the Palestinian Authority was turned into a sanctuary for terrorism and a launching for attacks against Jews. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104679