Obama's Reproductive Healthcare Hype

I must say that I am a bit concerned about the huge negotiations that appear to be taking place around keeping federally funded abortion out of the health care bill.  I am concerned that the democratic administration is hyping the inclusion of this as a leveraging ploy to get a government run program that will take over our health care economy.  I am not sure of the politics preventing them from dropping the abortion clauses in reconciliation simply to get the government in place.  I have largely been opposing this for social justice reasons, but do we really want governement health care?   Won't this fly through congress if abortion is gone?  Think of it:  we all breath a sigh of relief, no federal funding of abortion...whew.  But that begs the question: once abortion is gone - do we really want government health care of any kind?  By doing this the government will beome both a player and the referee in the medical community.  In so doing it will be able to regulate all other options out of business.  If the government could actually run a transparent, efficient and effective system that wouldn't be so bad.  But what is the history  of our government running things?

1. The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. 234 years to get it right and it is becoming more unsustainable by the day.

2. Social Security was established in 1935. 74 years to get it right and it is bankrupt.

3. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. 71 years to get it right. It is bankrupt and now has an unlimited line of credit from the Fed (printing fiat).

4. The War on Poverty started in 1964. 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor".  We are still around.

5. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. 44 years to get it right.  They are bankrupt.

6. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. 39 years to get it right. It is bankrupt and now has an unlimited credit line from the Fed.

7. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.

FAILED in every "government service" attempted while overspending massive tax dollars that could be saved, invested or spent by the American people. Can we NOW trust a government Health Care system to work...a system bigger than all of these programs?  And aside from that once they put private insurers out of business, what's to stop them from reinstating the funding? 

Prayer of Thanks, Forgiveness, Balance, Justice and Wisdom

Father: Thank you for the virtue of compassion that you have given President Obama. He has weathered so much criticism for the financial crisis. Please don't allow him to exacerbate or prolong a bad situation and make it worse. Thanks that he has called upon President Bush to join him and President Clinton to use their influence to help the people of Haiti. Father, teach us your love and compassion, and give us a heart to repent for any unforgiveness or resentment we may be harboring against President George Bush and his Administration. Thank you for President Bush who, faults clearly identified by this administration - and in spite of being called out again and again by this administration and even it's prayer warriors, put these direct insults aside and lent his credibility to the Haitian people - responded to President Obama's invitation in servitude. Thanks that he set aside the political even though the invite comes from one who continually heaps scorn upon the former President's service. Replace hurt feelings with the agape Love of Christ. Teach us to follow the examples where our President makes good decisions. Father, give us a heart to forgive Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck for trying to manipulate, influence, and turn the people against President Obama with lies, accusations and more often distortions of truth. Forgive Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow and to a (barely) lessor extent the media in general too for their misrepresentations of Truth, omissions in research and ideologically driven editing. Teach us your love. Love conquers all. Father, even when we don't agree with every decision President Obama may make, open the eyes and ears of America and the international community; even among those who would seek to do us harm, to understand that our President’s ultimate goal and agenda appears paved with good intentions even where it is ill informed: goodwill, good health, and dignity for all humanity. But he cannot do it alone. It is only through Your Divine guidance can he stay or acquire the path of your Divine Will for our Nation. Correct him where he is wrong, and direct him where he is right. Keep him and his family healthy, safe, and secure. Position people around him; particularly in his inner circle of advisors who will provide him with sound advice, and good judgment. Instill in his security forces the utmost professionalism and vigilance. Place in his cabinet leaders and the tiers of leadership in his administration loyalty to the truth, and a commitment to integrity. Fill the seats of power in congress with those who will stand with President Obama in a vision that is according to Your purpose and Your will.

In addition provide us a spirit of forgiveness for Mssrs. Pelosi and Reid who (against the will of a solid majority of people and President Obama - according to his public statements) - are providing a bill that will require the American people to subsidize the death of defenseless babies through a gov't premium - unless the taxpayer "opt out". Father please don't let our default premium subsidize increased death to the innocent. Help us to forgive them for going behind closed doors-even cutting out members of their own party who are concerned for the smallest among us. Even going against President Obama's wishes who advised that all meetings be broadcast on c-span - are violating the transparency he so frequently called for during the campaign.

Father, bless those of us not insured. This is truly a difficult situation of Freedom and how to align it with Compassion. Protect those who are defenseless and in dire financial straits. May the solution, be your solution - may your sovereignty be acknowledged and the strong hand of government be balanced with an acknowledgment by that government of the people of your supremacy. Don't let the bureaucracy use this as an excuse to manipulate the people for it's own purposes. May You Bless the United States.