Posted on 11/02/2006 5:23:50 AM PST by 8mmMauser
Next they will debate whether to roast the babies or to stew them with onions and a hint of sage. If the Supremes are still cool about using foreign laws and cultures to interpret the U.S. Constitution, here's a fine source for their study:
I once would quote Jonathan Swift for the shock value as the most outrageous thought one could possibly imagine, but these days it is hardly outrageous at all, even quite thinkable.
Sen. Mel Martinez's reported selection as the next general chairman of the Republican National Committee catapults Florida to the front lines in the battle for the White House and Congress in 2008.
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But as he moved to the national stage, Martinez seemed to move more to the right. In the senate primary, his campaign labeled former U.S. Rep. Bill McCollum, now Florida's attorney general-elect, the "new darling of the homosexual extremists." In the general election, he portrayed Democratic nominee Betty Castor as being soft on terrorism.
As a senator, Martinez pushed for federal intervention in the Terri Schiavo case -- a move, polls showed, that was very unpopular with the public. He later was linked to a memo that touted the political benefits for Republicans if they interceded on behalf of the brain-damaged woman.
Sen. Martinez reportedly gets job of restoring GOP fortunes
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In the Senate, Martinez has been a strong pro-life advocate, earning a 100 percent pro-life voting record from the National Right to Life Committee.
Martinez has repeatedly voted against abortion and abortion funding, forcing taxpayers to pay for embryonic stem cell research and he supported allowing Terri Schiavo's parents to take their lawsuit to prevent her euthanasia death to federal courts for a review.
"Mel Martinez is a dedicated pro-life advocate with a heart for unborn children," Rai Rojas, NRLC's director of Hispanic outreach who has known Martinez for years, told LifeNews.com. "He will help keep the Republican Party pro-life."
The move has strong implications for the 2008 presidential elections as Martinez can help the party reach out to Hispanic voters, who are overwhelmingly pro-life but voted in larger percentages for Democrats last week.
Pro-Life Hispanic Senator Will Head National Republican Party
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In a speech last year arising out of the Terri Schiavo case in Florida, former Rep. Tom DeLay revealed how many politicians misunderstand the role of judiciary. I believe the judicial branch of our government has overstepped its authority on countless occasions, overturning and, in some cases, ignoring the legitimate will of the people, said Delay.
The integrity of our justice system isnt just another pawn in a partisan game of chess
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Washington, DC - Just days after the American people went to the polls and demanded a new direction for America, the Bush Republicans in Washington continue to stay the course with their failed, discredited agenda. While the voters sent a clear and decisive message last Tuesday by electing strong Democratic leaders who pledged the put the interests of the American people first, media reports indicate that Florida Republican Senator Mel Martinez, a chief proponent of the GOP's failed agenda, has been selected to replace Ken Mehlman as the new Republican National Committee chairman.
Martinez Means More Of The Same From Bush Republicans
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It would still scandalize the death cult. They insist on harvesting the baby's organs when it is slaughtered. THEN they roast it.
Elian Gonzalez, what say you?
As for the Democrats, they have descended from Andrew Jackson to Charlie Rangel, John Murtha, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman, Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, and so on and on and on and on.
Murtha has disappointed pro-life advocates with votes on euthanasia and embryonic stem cell research.
In March 2005, Murtha voted against allowing Terri Schiavo's parents to take their lawsuit seeking to stop her euthanasia death to federal courts for a review. He also voted for the bill to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research, which involves the destruction of human life, and voted to overturn President Bush's veto of that measure.
Nancy Pelosi Backs Anti-Abortion Democrat for Number Two Spot
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Just days after Americans demanded a new direction, the media went to the Democratic National Committee to get a quotation blasting the Republican National Committee, and called it a news story.
The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics will begin this week a three-part discussion series designed to better connect members of the general public with some of the nation's leading scholars of medical and public health ethics, all of whom are working on issues that affect society at large. As a public service to the local community, the institute will host its first-ever Grounds for Discussion series at the Evergreen coffee house in Baltimore.
"For concerned citizens, moral dialogue can be empowering," said Ruth Faden, executive director of the Berman Bioethics Institute. "Everyone remembers the dilemma of the Terry Schiavo case. It was an agonizing debate for the nation, but it could have been resolved much sooner if educated public discourse had taken place. Interacting with the public about such difficult moral issues is important to help inform future debates."
Bioethics Institute Hosts Free Public Discussion
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For crying out loud, Murtha wants to be speaker himself. She is spiking his campaign by supporting him for a lesser job.
"The visitor President Bush clicked the 'revert' button repeatedly, almost hysterically," Jarvis 229 said, "particularly in reference to the war in Iraq, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Plamegate, the NSA spy scandal, the Terry Schiavo intervention, the non-response to the Al Qaeda threat pre-9/11, the slow response to Hurricane Katrina, and the neutering of White House First Dog Barney. I think he thought he could actually roll back history."
President Bush Nabbed In Effort to Alter Own Wikipedia Entry
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Boy, if we have any more "anti-abortion" candidates like Murtha, they'll be sending our daughters to internment camps to manufacture embryos.
Proof.
Amazing how Terri plays in galvanizing the sides into real contrasts...
The lady clearly is not in a quandary herself. Her committee is ready to 'splain to us hicks why we should killed Terri much faster. [The Schiavo] debate... could have been resolved much sooner ...
Ted Bundy didn't even bother with forming a committee.
Committees are for hiding.
The Church of England believes doctors should be given the right to withhold treatment from some seriously disabled newborn babies in exceptional circumstances, The Observer reported.
The view comes in a submission from the church to a British medical ethics committee looking at the implications of keeping severely premature babies alive through technological advances, the weekly newspaper said.
The Bishop of Southwark, Tom Butler, was said to have written that "it may in some circumstances be right to choose to withhold or withdraw treatment, knowing it will possibly, probably, or even certainly result in death".
Church of England says right to life for newborns not absolute: report
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