Daily Rundown, 4-7-10
Obama Cuts Religious Terms from National Security Strategy Document
So key factual phrases like “Islamic extremism” are axed due to political correctness.
GOP Continues Strength Against Democrats
A New Gallup poll notes “While it is too early to predict voter turnout by party this November, Republicans continue to show much greater enthusiasm than Democrats about voting in the 2010 elections” (Gallup). Rasmussen has the GOP up by nine (Rasmussen). Arkansas Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln is in big trouble with deep double-digit deficits against any Republican candidate (Rasmussen). Despite all this, a story from The Hill claims “Democrats feel they have grabbed political momentum.” Then the story notes “Democratic strategists and independent political experts identify roughly five stumbling blocks that the party must overcome to avert big losses: history, jobs and the economy, an apathetic base, ethics and anti-Washington sentiment” (The Hill). While some worry the Republicans are peaking too early, Dick Morris argues that isn’t the case (Townhall).
Black Tea Party Members Catching Heat
For not following the rest of the crowd. It doesn’t help that this FOX News/AP story, like so many others, refers to the Tea Party as “mostly white,” a label they wouldn’t dare pin on themselves or network news anchors (FOX News). Meanwhile, Thomas Sowell continues his series on race and politics (Townhall).
Obama Economic Advisor Suggests VAT Tax
To help pay for Obama’s out of control spending.
Nebraska Bill Could Challenge Roe v Wade
From the story: If the legislation passes, Nebraska will be the first state to ban abortions based on the controversial notion that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks. State law now has a post-viability ban on abortion but defines viability on a case-by-case basis.
LA Times Deems Questionable Shows “Family Friendly”
And that caught the attention of the Parents Television Council. The Editor-in-Chief of TV Guide claims “it all depends how you define family, and each family can define that on their own. Family television has changed, just as the notion of ‘the family’ has changed.” (FOX News). The LA Times article (LA Times).
Danger as Co-Ed Dorms Spread
From Dr. Mohler: The rise of co-ed dorms is the inevitable result of a breakdown in all rationality about sex, gender, and sexuality. In this case, the movement is being pushed by activists who are all too clear about their agenda. Later: All of this adds up to a perfect jumble of moral confusion. Consider all that is mixed-up here. First, we have schools collapsing under the logic of gender rebellion. Instead of respecting boundaries, they remove them as a gesture of supposed tolerance and sensitivity. Second, we have students insisting that there is nothing remotely odd or sexualized about two heterosexual students of opposite genders living in the same small space. That is both unbelievable and deeply sad. Third, we have activists and administrators lecturing parents that they have no right to resist all this. When Jeffrey Chang insists that college students are adults who “have every single right to choose the person they feel most comfortable living with,” he assumes, probably rightly, that many parents will just accept that argument at face value.
Obesity Activists Latest Target: Ronald McDonald
According to the story they say “the venerable spokes-clown… has hooked kids on unhealthy food, spurring an epidemic of diet-related diseases.” But he makes great fries.