Senate votes to expand federal 'hate crimes'

Can't see this email? View the online version. Incumbents and Obama's agenda Senate votes to expand federal 'hate crimes' Senate Democrats insist the hate-crimes amendment they attached to the defense appropriations bill won't criminalize preaching or speaking out against homosexuality. VOTE IN A RELATED POLL Tax the rich to pay the healthcare bill If you're rich and you live in America, you could be hit hard under President Obama's healthcare plan. Perspective: Inside the monstrous Obamacare bureaucracy If you think government is too big and too costly, wait until Obamacare kicks in. The federal cure for the healthcare mess is redundancy. Anglican sees 'unilateral departure' from tenets of faith A conservative Anglican theologian says the new theology being embraced the Episcopal Church is leading young people astray and solidifying the denomination's break with Anglicans across the globe. Perspective: The nuts and bolts of cap and trade From an economic standpoint, the cap-and-trade bill should be titled the "Raise the Cost of Living and Ship Jobs Overseas Act of 2009." More of today's news Sotomayor debri... Teen sails arou... Indonesia explo... White House seeks more power to set Medicare rates WASHINGTON The White House is asking Congress to give the executive branch more power to limit Medicare's rising costs. A White House letter to top GOP senators weigh options in Sotomayor's wake WASHINGTON Sonia Sotomayor's success at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing has some Republicans in a tight spot, with conservative senators forced to weigh the political calculus AP Investigation: 'Frugal' SC gov flew in style COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford shed his fiscal conservatism on several taxpayer funded international trips, including a South American jaunt Terrorist bombings at Jakarta Ritz, Marriott kill 8 JAKARTA, Indonesia Explosions ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta Friday, killing eight and wounding at least 50 more, ending a four year lull Top Iran cleric criticizes hard-liners in sermon TEHRAN, Iran A powerful cleric politician, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, criticized Iran's leadership Friday on one of the country's most resonant political stages, the Islamic prayer MoveOn Makes Big Money Off Of Palin Yesterday I told you aboutSenator John Kerry's response to Sarah Palin's op ed piece in TheWashington Post about Obama's cap and trade energy plan. Well, the left wing organization MoveOn also sent an email to their supporters yesterday which criticized Atheists Try to Stop In God We Trust Engraving A group of atheists and agnostics filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday to stop the engraving of the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC)in Washington, D.C. See The Christian Post. The Zombies. . . I ran across this clip today and thought I would share it with you it's too cute not to . . . Obama's Mom Jeans Make National News If you watched the All Star Game on Tuesday night, you probably saw President Obama throw out the first pitch, and younoticed the factthat he wore a pair of jeans. Yesterday there was much talk about the fact that Obama's Kerry Takes a Dig at Palin's Op-Ed Piece Senator John Kerry has written a response to Sarah Palin's op ed piece in The Washington Post on Obama's cap and trade energy plan. I blogged about Palin's piece yesterday in her column Palin stated that Obama's plan in "an enormous threat Gull Lake Q&A, Part 1 On Thursday I wrapped up a week of teaching at Gull Lake Ministries in Michigan. http://www.keepbelieving.com/blog/2009-7-4-gull-lake-qa-part-1/ The Contradictions of our President While my first passion (and formal training) is in theology and philosophy, I do love following politics. http://www.conversantlife.com/politics/the-contradictions-of-our-president Bible Busâ€"June Update During our Caribbean cruise last week I finished reading through the Bible.http://www.keepbelieving.com/blog/2009-6-16-bible-busn-june-update/ Newbies Normal 0 false false false Dare to Be Different By Sheri Cobb Yes, I am still planning to attend my eldest son's boot camp graduation in South Carolina. Yes, it will be an eight hour drive in a van with seven kids and no air conditioning. Yes, I Family Altar (final installment) By Mary Friedeman Thanks to all you hardy souls who have hung in with me on this thread. Trying (though maybe failing) to avoid information overload, I’ve attempted to break into shorter segments a description of our habit of family OneNewsNow.com - P. O. Drawer 2440 - Tupelo, MS 38803 - (662) 821-2007