Duty Calls

Worth Repeating - The Ten Cannots

From the pen of Dr. William John Henry Boetcker (1873 - 1962), Presbyterian minister and political conservative -- The Ten Cannots:

• You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
• You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
• You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
• You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
• You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
• You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
• You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
• You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
• You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.
• And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

These require no comment, but demand deep reflection and action by those to whom Duty Calls.

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Nearly 46 Million Abortions for Convenience...and Counting

The pro-abortion rights Alan Guttmacher Institute reports that there have been nearly 50 million abortions performed since 1973, the year the Supreme Court issued the Roe v. Wade decision ushering in legal abortion nationwide.

In 2008, Guttmacher says, there were 1.2 million "legally terminated pregnancies" in the United States, based on reports complied from state and local health agencies -- down from 1.3 million the year previous.

According to Guttmacher, 35 percent of all U.S. women will have had an abortion by age 45.

Guttmacher also reports that 93 percent of all abortions occur for “social reasons” such as a mother’s decision that the child is unwanted or “inconvenient.” [THAT is what "choice" is all about. "Social reasons" is a euphemism for convenience. That 93 percent represents about 46 million babies -- Duty Calls]

Both Guttmacher and CDC say that black women are more than four times more likely than non-Hispanic white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2.7 times as likely. [Can you say genocide? It gets worse! -- Read the rest at CNSNews.com -- Duty Calls]

Remember, these are human beings we're talking about. These 50-million murdered babies were not just uniquely human, but uniquely individual human beings. Each one of them had been given a special, one-of-a-kind DNA string, one that had neither been seen before nor will be seen again.

How long will we condone this barbaric behavior as a nation? How long will God tolerate our rebellion?

Please pray and peacefully advocate for the abolition of infanticide in all its forms.

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The Murder of the American Work Ethic

ObamaCare is a catastrophe for many reasons, from its yet-undiscovered burdens on American businesses to its reduction in our nation's competitiveness in the flat-world marketplace. In this piece, which appeared at TownhallDaily today, Austin Hill exposes another danger posed by this misguided legislation -- the murder of the American work ethic.

Don’t believe the claims that the House Republicans’ vote is merely symbolic. The House has now put the entire U.S. Senate in a “check mate” scenario. And just as the House majority had to answer the call of the American people to not leave us stuck with “Obamacare,” so also will the Senate need to offer a response.

And why is it so important to repeal what the President forced upon us last year, and “reform” the President’s “reform?” Americans are already experiencing the chaos that the new law has created in our regional healthcare markets, which has led to health insurance costs rising as much as 40% in some cases, just since its passage.

But another key reason why Obamacare cannot be left in its current form can be found in research conducted by our government itself. No, the claims of congressional Republicans “killing Americans” are not to be taken seriously. But President Obama’s attempt at caring for our health may be sickening, and even endangering, the American work ethic.

--> Please read the rest of Austin Hill's story here <--

Among other dangers in this healthcare bill -- which appears to be focused more on growing government than providing better care -- it threatens to grow the non-producer population and force a larger burden on those who choose to earn their own way in the world. While the House was able to pass the bill to repeal ObamaCare, the battle has now moved to the Senate, where those who favor more government control over our lives outnumber those who prefer individual liberties.

Duty calls on those of us who care about the future of our nation to contact our members of congress to encourage them to discard ObamaCare in favor of reforms built on the principles of reduced government intrusion and enlarged market forces. 

Go to USA.gov to find the contact information for your elected officials, and then take the time to tell them to support the repeal of the "Affordable Healthcare for America Act."

The fact is, we can't afford it!

Resurgence of the Original Tea Party -- 237 Years Ago Last Night

From the Heritage Foundation's Foundry and well worth a read. Are you in synch with the principles of America's original Tea Party?

Two hundred and thirty-seven years ago last night, a group of colonists disguised as Indians boarded British merchant ships and dumped an estimated £10,000 worth of tea into Boston Harbor. This Boston Tea Party, which John Adams described as the “grandest event which has ever yet happened since the controversy with Britain opened,” was not just a protest about taxation. Our forefathers did not destroy tea because of a simple tax dispute. The 1773 Tea Party were protesting the process by which the British government taxed them. They were fundamentally rejecting the way the British were governing them.

Last night, the spirit of the Tea Party won another major victory when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) was forced to drop his $1.27 trillion, 1,924-page omnibus spending bill. The problem with Reid’s omnibus spending bill was not just its size—although our federal government does spend far too much of other people’s money—but the way it was drafted and forced on the American people. For far too long our Congress has amassed more and more spending power into fewer and fewer legislative acts while waiting until the last possible minute to consider them. Lobbyists have made an entire business model out of identifying must-pass appropriations and tax bills and then getting pliant Members of Congress to insert their special breaks, loopholes, and giveaways. The omnibus collapse was a complete rejection of that way of doing business in Washington. Senator John McCain (R–AZ) told National Review: “I know this is a seminal moment, because for the first time since I’ve been here, we stood up and said ‘enough.’”

Please click here to read the rest and add your support to the Heritage Foundation's mission.

[This post appeared earlier today at www.witstop.com]