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Had the chance after many year absence to Pray at a Local abortion clinic. There is a great need for volunteers to be present and Pray. What seemed apparent was the Armored Car driver hauling away Blood Money in a Dark Bag. It puts such a Dirty finality too the Disgrace the Plague of Abortion is on Society. How many Science Professionals Potentially have been lost to Abortion. We need to Pray to End Abortion. God Help the USA to end this scourge of Evil.

When congressional leaders earlier this month named six lawmakers from each party to a debt reduction “supercommittee,” investing unprecedented power in a tiny cadre to slash funding, they set off a wild scramble among special interest groups to gain access and protect their interests. Yet many groups with the most at stake didn’t have to change their plans. Some members of the supercommittee received more campaign contributions in July from political action committees controlled by corporations, unions and other lawmakers than anyone else in Congress, disclosures filed this weekend show. Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican who chairs the tax-writing House...

Is opting out wise? Dear Dave, I’m a pastor, and I’d like to know your opinion on opting out of Social Security. Art Dear Art, Under the law, pastors are allowed to be “conscientious objectors” where their pastoral income is concerned, and opt out of our country’s Social Security program. So, yes, you can decide to opt out. Now, the big question is whether or not I think you should do that. If I were a pastor, I could easily look at the horrible mathematics involved in Social Security—what an absolute rip-off and terrible program it is—and decide as a...

Debt loves to tell you, "It's too late to start." Debt talks trash. It does. The closer you get to wrangling it into a manageable pay-off schedule and the closer you get to actually paying it off completely, the louder Debt gets. It will throw out excuse after excuse about why you shouldn’t be so worried about Financial Peace. “Relax! What’s the panic for? Let’s just live our life. This is our time to enjoy ourselves. Charge it! You deserve it. Who wants to be one of those pencil-pushing budget nerds? Not me. Not you. Not us!” Debt will continue...

MarketWatch Bulletin

QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. - Out on Phoenix’s suburban fringes, where cement mixers are fast colonizing hay and cotton fields, the day is winding to a close. The home hour has arrived. But sundown gives away a troubling secret: Behind dark windows and unanswered doors, it’s clear nobody is coming home. The ranch home on Via del Palo where the newspaper in the driveway has been sitting unclaimed since April. The house at the corner of 223rd Court with faded fliers stuck in the door. They’re empty, left behind by a rising tide of foreclosures. This neighborhood has a still-unfolding story...