Tuesday, November 30, 2010

New Musical-Video Feature:
" I Believe" "I believe in the people of all nations to join and to care for love. I believe in a world where light will guide us, and giving our love, we'll make heaven on earth"...
Psalm 118:24 This Is the Day which The LORD has made, We will
rejoice and be glad in it!

"GerryBlog" Features:
"POLITICAL 'CHOICES' AT "POINT ZERO"

World's tallest Jesus statue unveiled in Poland

Haiti Needs Our Prayers!!
Haiti's cholera death toll grows, fueling riots.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – An outbreak of cholera has killed more than 1,000 people, the Haitian government said Tuesday as it sent top officials to the country's north in hopes of quelling violent protests against U.N. peacekeepers accused of spreading the disease.

"TELLING IT LIKE IT IS" -
Political News:


Defense Authorization Bill - amendment allowing military clinics to conduct abortions.
"Sen J. Inhofe said.."they are going to turn our military hospitals into abortion clinics," and called on people to "rally against lawmakers interested in moving the proposal forward." Senate Democrats are angling to end the military's decades old ban on allowing elective abortions on publicly funded facilities - in overseas military hospitals.

U.S. lawmakers outraged over WikiLeaks’ disclosure
U.S. lawmakers expressed their outrage at what they called “illegal” publication of classified American documents by WikiLeaks, and asked the Obama Administration to use all legal means to shut down this whistleblower website.

Global crises overshadow Obama's economic message.
WASHINGTON – Foreign policy challenges are intruding on President Barack Obama's promise to focus on the economy after the Democrats' election debacle and threatening to knock the White House off message altogether.

U N Official: “Climate Policy Is Redistributing The World's Wealth”
Climate policy has almost nothing to do anymore with environmental protection, says the German economist and IPCC official Ottmar Edenhofer. The next world climate summit in Cancun is actually an economy summit during which the distribution of the world's resources will be negotiated.

18 Former ACORN Workers Have Been Convicted or Admitted Guilt in Election Fraud. So far this year, at least 18 former workers have admitted guilt or been convicted on varying charges of election fraud. The punishment has ranged from probation to several months of prison time.

GOD Returns to Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Last year the Obama White House caught heat from some groups when God wasn't mentioned in the president's first Thanksgiving proclamation. It was the first time the yearly proclamation failed to include the religious reference. But this year's uses the word God twice.

Planned Parenthood Is Worried...and Should Be. In an e-mail to supporters the day after the 2010 midterm elections, abortion providers Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards wrote, "There's no getting around it: the results of yesterday's election are truly alarming." She lamented the "extremists" who have been elected and who will "pursue a dangerous agenda." That agenda, of course, is saving unborn children from being murdered.

Zogby | Gallup Polls Show Obama Approval Slipping at 39%.

In response to N. Korea's Attack - Obama Calls for Joint Military Exercises with S. Korea
The two presidents agreed to hold combined military exercises and enhanced training in the days ahead to continue the close security cooperation between the two countries.

Lawmakers Seek Probe of TSA's Pat-Down Training After Reported Misbehavior
In separate letters issued Monday, two U.S. lawmakers are looking for answers on the training and methods employed by Transportation Security Admin. agents, including one congressman who wants to know why officers trailed a videographer who taped a kid stripped at the security gate.

U S tries to quell uproar over invasive pat-downs, scanners
The Obama administration tried Sunday to quell an uproar over pat-downs at US airports, with air travelers in revolt against the new security measures described by some as invasive and humiliating.

How Liberalism self-destructed
Liberalism’s appeal has diminished, particularly among middle-class voters, as it has become increasingly control-oriented and economically cumbersome.

Obama calls on Senate to ratify START treaty
LISBON - Obama and NATO piled pressure Friday on the US Senate to ratify a new nuclear pact with Russia, as the alliance warned that any delay would damage European security.

Obama Admin. Set to Remove National Guard Border Troops from TX, NM, CA. A letter sent to various members of the Texas Congressional delegation from Texas' Gov. Rick Perry's office says, "In February, 2011, the Texas, New Mexico, and California National Guard forces that were deployed to the border in September, 2010, under President's Obama's Southwest Border Augmentation Plan, will have 30 days to complete a total draw down of forces."

U S Congress Begins (Wrangling) Lame-duck Session

Senate Votes to Delay Doctors' Medicare Pay Cut
The Senate late Thursday voted to postpone a massive cut in Medicare pay for doctors, agreeing to pay doctors at current levels through Dec. 31. If the House goes along, Congress would stave off a 23 percent cut in doctors' pay scheduled to take effect Dec. 1.

Video - Over Ten Union Groups, 111 Businesses Receive Obama Care Waivers.
Unfortunately, if you’re a small business or you don’t have the right connections you can’t get a waiver for your company. Unbelievable!

Democrats Frustrated With White House Over Tax Cuts
Senate Democrats remain divided on how to move forward on extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, and some are pointing the finger of blame at the White House.

Fed responds to criticism of its asset purchases
The critics argue that the Fed is deliberately weakening the dollar to increase the competitiveness of U.S. exports, that the asset purchases could lead to inflation down the road, and that the move is unlikely to succeed in spurring economic growth The response is further evidence that the central bank's traditional independence from politics has begun to fade.

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Directory of United States Governors, Senators, and House Representatives.

House Republicans Consider Effort to Revive D.C. Voucher Program.
Newly empowered Republicans may try to resurrect the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which pays for low-income children to attend private school in Washington, when they assume control of the House in January. In 2009 House Republicans tried to reauthorize the program but the bill died with Republicans outnumbered by Democrats.

Obama calls for earmark limits, GOP calls for ban.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting the nation's mounting deficit, President Barack Obama is urging Congress to limit spending on pet home-state projects, while Republicans are challenging him to support an outright ban.

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