Obama: “Mental distress can’t justify late abortion”
Jim Kuhnhenn for MYWAY
In an interview this week with “Relevant,” a Christian magazine, Obama said prohibitions on late-term abortions must contain “a strict, well defined exception for the health of the mother.”
Obama then added: “Now, I don’t think that ‘mental distress’ qualifies as the health of the mother. I [...]
DARRELL DELAMAIDE’S POLITICAL CAPITAL
By Darrell Delamaide
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The two presidential candidates spend a lot of time chastising us for our “addiction to oil,” warning that our dependence on foreign oil threatens our energy security.
They are going to put us on the path to “energy independence” — Barack Obama with alternative energies and John McCain [...]
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO - Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans to expand President Bush’s program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and — in a move sure to cause controversy — support some ability to hire and fire based on faith.
Obama was [...]
Posted 6/30/2008 8:47 AM CDT\
by Texas Liberal = Houston Chronicle
One reason food costs have risen around the world is the use of corn as an alternative fuel.
We put that stuff in our big trucks and SUV’s.
Meanwhile, people across the world can’t afford food.
This BBC story details the [...]
Not a hint of shame
Charles Krauthammer
“To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.” —Obama spokesman Bill Burton, October 24, 2007 -
That was then: Democratic primaries to be won, netroot lefties to be seduced. With all that (and Hillary Clinton) out of the way, Obama [...]
From The Wall Street Journal:
Anyone wondering why U.S. energy policy is so dysfunctional need only review Congress’s recent antics. Members have debated ideas ranging from suing OPEC to the Senate’s carbon tax-and-regulation monstrosity, to a windfall profits tax on oil companies, to new punishments for “price gouging” – everything except expanding domestic energy supplies.
Amid $135 [...]
There is an ocean of oil waiting to be pulled from the ground lying beneath federal lands. But access to roughly 80 billion barrels is limited in some way by various government policies.
Chart by RICHARD L. WATSON, USDI-BLM, USDI-MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE | Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:30 PM PT
Maybe we can’t drill our way completely [...]
Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations
NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.
“A man’s commitment to his beliefs is best measured by what he [...]
By INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 4:20 PM PT
Oil: Exxon Mobil is selling its gas stations because there’s no money in it. Meanwhile, two GOP congressmen do what John McCain should do — change their position on drilling in ANWR.
IBD Series: Breaking The Back Of High Oil
Despite the pain at the [...]
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