Telling It Like It Is:

Happy Earth Day Features

Ariz House: Check Obama's Citizenship Legitimacy
PHOENIX -- The Arizona House on Monday voted for a provision that would require President Barack Obama to show his birth certificate if he hopes to be on the state's ballot when he runs for reelection.

Obama - "No litmus test for Supreme Justice pick - Just "Women's Rights" - No 'Children's Rights.' WASHINGTON — Obama, dealing with the explosive issue of abortion, said Wednesday that he will choose a Supreme Court nominee who pays heed to women's rights and personal privacy when interpreting the
Constitution. "That's very important to me," Obama said. Yet he insisted he will not make any potential nominee pass a "litmus test" on a woman's right to end a pregnancy.

Court Opinions:
Justice Scalia Defends Constitution, Will Not Accept Roe Precedent:
"When you give the court the power to insert new rights, you also give it the power to take out old rights," he said, adding, "The right to abortion on the part of a woman is the end of the right to live on the part of the fetus." - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

"I write separately to reiterate my view that the Court's abortion jurisprudence, including Casey and Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) has no basis in the Constitution." - Justice Thomas wrote, with Justice Scalia agreeing,
in a brief added to the April 18, 2007 Partial Birth Abortion Decision.

Universe
NASA's New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images 4.21.10 - NASA's recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. These solar activities affect everything on Earth.

VIDEO of Protesters @ La. Republican fundraiser where 2 were beaten.
In the wake of reports of the beating of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s top fundraiser, Allee Bautsch, and her boyfriend, Joe Brown, outside a high-dollar GOP fundraiser in New Orleans.

Oklahoma to Join States Suing over Obamacare
Lawmakers in Oklahoma late Tuesday announced their intent to file a lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional mandate in Obamacare that forces people to buy government-approved health insurance whether they want to or not, or pay a fine.

Alaska joins 19 states suing federal government over health insurance reform.
Invoking the Founding Fathers with a dramatic statement that it is "time for us to breathe deeply this American air," Gov. Sean Parnell announced Alaska will join 19 other states suing the federal government alleging the recently passed health insurance legislation is unconstitutional.

BORN IN THE USA? Justice Clarence Thomas: We're 'evading' eligibility. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a House subcommittee that when it comes to determining whether a person born outside the 50 states can serve as U.S. president, the high court is "evading" the issue.

Featured GerryBlog:
"GOING BANANAS??"
Who's Afraid Of Domestic Violence??

UPDATE: Beaten Republican Fundraiser Says Anti Republican Protesters are the Perpetrators. Conservatives are not the violent ones; check this out, in her latest interview Della Berning -- mother of the brutally beaten top fundraising aide to Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal -- said her daughter and daughter's boyfriend believe protesters outside the GOP event were the perpetrators of their vicious beating

Nebraska Bill Would Ban Most Late-term Abortions Due to Fetal Pain.
"…there is substantial evidence that by 20 weeks, fetuses seek to evade stimuli in a way that indicates they are experiencing pain."

Featured Report:
What REALLY happens during an abortion: One surgeon finally tells the truth!

Defense Secretary Gates critical of Obama administration's Iran nuke policy;
Report says ‘wake-up call’ prompted re-evaluation.
WASHINGTON – A memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the White House warned that the United States lacks a coherent long-term plan for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program, according to a published report.

Legal Experts Blast Judge’s Decision To Declare National Day of Prayer Unconstitutional.
Legal experts say a federal district judge in Wisconsin had no legal basis for declaring the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional – and predict the decision cannot stand.