Bush Betrays Pro-Lifers again, and again . . . .

Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me this many times, it's starting to get pathetic

President Bush Approves Over the Counter Early Abortion Pill, Pro-Life Base Decries Move
By John-Henry Westen

WASHINGTON, August 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - For his pro-life supporter base, President George W. Bush stepped into one of the biggest political landmines of his Presidential career today with his approval of over the counter status for the abortion-causing morning after pill Plan B.

A press release by Human Life International underscored the seriousness of the move as it was titled, "President Bush Files for Divorce with Catholic Base." Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life International commented, "President Bush's implied support for the abortion-causing drug Plan B is completely inconsistent with his recent veto of the embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) funding bill. What the president apparently fails to realize is that Plan B kills the same innocent unborn children that the ESCR process does."

At a White House press conference this morning, the President was asked by Bill Sammon a reporter from the Washington Examiner about Plan B and his new FDA commissioner who supports its over the counter status. "Mr. President, some pro-life groups are worried that your choice of FDA Commissioner will approve over the counter sales of Plan B, a pill that, they say, essentially can cause early-term abortions," said the reporter. "Do you stand by this choice, and how do you feel about Plan B in general?"

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If any of you go to this site, I hope it's just for laughs :

http://www.raptureready.com/index.php

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Sorry I've not posted for a while. I have been working on adding content to the main sute, the Discussion Board has taken off like gangbusters, and we actually have a real life as well.

Last weekend we spent a few days with an old friend in South Mississippi.

His personal libarary is upwards of 1100 or 1200 books & his wife & son have hundreds more. 90%+ of his books would fit in the non fluff category.

Being a family full of biblophiles, we spent a good bit of our free moments over the weekend pouring over the wall-to-wall/ floor-to-ceiling bookshelves .

As is often the case, a little book in the corner caught my eye. It was a small paper back called "[u][i]Baptists: Thorough Religious Reformers[/i][/u]" written by John Quincy Adams. (yes, [i]that[/i] John Quincy Adams)

I skimmed it and it looked interesting enough that I searched online & found it. I will order this & report back. I assume its going to be very good since I read that Mr. Spurgeon had used it as a text book in one of his college classes . . .

I post this first to ask if any of y'all had heard of/ read this book & what you thought of it.

Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, I think it is very telling that in the mid-1800's a former President of these united States -- and the son of one of the founders who was also a President --- considered it a worthwhile & important use of his time to write a book of this nature. . . .

I think it says a great deal about the culture of that era & its foundations.

Would to God that He would see fit to birth such a culture again.

Leslie

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I found this statement, by a fellow named Tim Froehlke on the American View message board & thought it was interesting enough to ask permission to post it both here on my Blog & here on the message board for your comments . . . I may even use it in a speech I'm giving . . .

A danger worse than Islam
The time has come to examine the use of the phrase “Muslim extremist”. This is used to describe those who commit acts of terror. This phrase allows us to think that the situation we are dealing with is temporary and can be resolved as long as we deal with the few aberrant fanatics whom could be considered “extreme”.

To understand the dynamics of the times in which we live, we need to understand that we are in essentially a three way religious war. The key to understanding this is to understand secularism as a religion instead of the absence of religion. Secularism could be called the worship of man in general and self in particular. It can be seen to be replacing Hinduism and Buddhism in one generation in India and China.

Secularism has defeated Christianity in Europe and has it on the ropes in America. Secularism thinks it will defeat Islam by the same methods it used against Christianity, chiefly government and education.

Secularists are well established in the media and refer to anyone who would oppose what to them seems the obvious inevitability of their religion as extremist. For example, they might say, “George Bush had to appease the “right wing extremists” in his own party”.

They cannot think that Islam, as a religion, is the cause of trouble because they disfavor thinking in terms of right and wrong. They may also recognize at some subconscious level that if Islam as a religion is “wrong”, then Christianity may be “right”.

We need to elect true Christians as political leaders who eschew the relativism of the secularists and have the courage to call Islam evil. The only time in history Islam has failed to kill its neighbors is when it lacked the technology, numbers, or will for war.

We need to leave the fight against Islam to the European secularists who think they can make a deal. We need to focus our attention back in America and fight the fight against the secularists in their jihad against our Christian heritage.

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CHECK OUT OUR NEW DISCUSSION BOARD . . .

Dear Friends,

Bruce Murch has just finished upgrading my web site, lesriley.net & setting up my discussion board.

I have gotten alot of comments on the articles via e-mail & personal conversation, but the Blog has been an unweildy method of discussion.

I am going to post links to the articles here, write some original stuff specifically for the board, and invite others to do the same . . .

Please consider registering & putting your two cents worth in HERE

Leslie

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