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A Challenge for President Obama
Posted on the Heritage Foundation Website

In his speech today, President Obama challenged American students to take responsibility for their own success. Telling students that succeeding in life requires hard work, he urged students to set goals, do their homework, and seek guidance from positive role models. It was a good message for students to hear. We hope that American students answer his challenge.

But President Obama has his own challenge to answer. It was made clear by a group of…
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Also, watch the following video about the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program:

LINK:  DC Opportunity Scholarship Program

Regardless of your political preferences, I urge you for moral reasons to email or call your US congressional representative and senators today (even if you have called or emailed before) to oppose the horrifically bad Health Care Bill that is before Congress.  The legislators are under extreme pressure to pass this bill; we need to exert extreme pressure for it not to be passed.

Click on THIS LINK (Fred Thompson Interview) and please listen to the 8 minute interview with someone who has carefully read this bill.  It will start automatically.  (See also a summary of some of the terrible points of this bill below.)

Contact both of your senators and your representative.  Ask them to read Page 425 of the proposed health care bill.

On Page 425 of this Health Care Bill, the Federal Government will require EVERYONE who is on Social Security (this will include all senior citizens and SSI people) to a MANDATORY counseling session every 5 years in which the counselor will explain to the person why and how to choose one of various ways to end his/her suffering (and his/her life).  Yes, they are going to push SUICIDE to cut Medicare spending! Health care will be denied based on age.  500 billion dollars will be cut from the senior citizen healthcare budget.  The only way for that to happen is to drastically cut health care.  The oldest and the sickest will be cut first.  Paying for your own care will not be an option.

I urge you to email or call your Congressmen in Washington today!!!    Tell them to read page 425 of this bill, if they don’t read anything else.  Surely, some of them have elderly parents who will be affected by this.  And, politicians themselves will be affected by this someday too.

Feel free to send this to everyone you know.  THIS LINK provides the contact information for every elected official in the United States.  It might help others make the necessary contacts regarding page 425 of the proposed health care bill.

The President is trying to rush this bill through Congress — before the American people (and maybe even before your political representatives) find out what is buried on page 425 and other pages of this lengthy Health Care Bill.

Little gems from the Health Care Bill:

. Page 16: States that if you have insurance at the time of the bill becoming law and change, you will be required to take a similar plan. If that is not available, you will be required to take the government option!
. Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
. Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
. Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)
. Page 42: The “Health Choices Commissioner” will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.
. Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services.
. Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.
. Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
. Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (example: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
. Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
. Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)
. Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; translation: illegal aliens
. Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.
. Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.
. Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No “judicial review” is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.
. Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.
. Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan. No alternatives.
. Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.
. Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll
. Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
. Page 167: Any individual who doesn’t have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
. Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).
. Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
. Page 203: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.” Yes, it really says that.
. Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected.”
. Page 241: Doctors: no matter what speciality you have, you’ll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)
. Page 253: Government sets value of doctors’ time, their professional judgment, etc.
. Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.
. Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
. Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
. Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
. Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.
. Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited from owning and investing in healthcare companies!
. Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
. Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on “community” input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.
. Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.
. Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.
. Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.
. Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by phone).
. Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?
. Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.
. Page 425: Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.
. Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.
. Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient’s health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans. An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT.
. Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life.
. Page 469: Community-based Home Medical Services: more payoffs for ACORN.
. Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations: more payoffs for ACORN.
. Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy. Government intervenes in your marriage.
. Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating and rationing those services

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On April 6, 2009 while at a press conference in Turkey, President Obama made the following statement:  “One of the great strengths of the United States is … we have a very large Christian population — we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.”   On April 4, 2009 Newsweek magazine published an edition entitled “The Rise and Fall of Christian America.”  Jon Meacham wrote the feature article called, “The End of Christian America.”  In the month of April, the same month that Christians remember and celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Newsweek and Obama have declared that America is no longer a Christian nation.  While the number of Bible Believing, Christ followers has, no doubt, declined, America is nonetheless a nation founded under God by men who loved and revered God and His Word.  Those of us who do know Christ as our Savior must not miss this opportunity to boldly proclaim the truth while we still have the right to do so freely.  The real answer that the world needs is the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Anything short of that will only be temporary relief.  However, we must also be light and salt in a dark world and make every effort to make an impact on our sphere of influence.  Do you love God?  Do you love America?  What are you doing about it?

Please study the following links:

NEWSWEEK ARTICLE by Jon Meacham entitled “The End of Christian America”
CITIZEN LINK RESPONSE to the Newsweek article by Glenn T. Stanton of the Focus on the Family Action Committee
AL MOHLER’S RESPONSE to the Newsweek article (president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a board member of groups like Focus On the Family and Together For the Gospel)
REAL CLEAR POLITICS RESPONSE to the Newsweek article by Brent Bozell entitled “The Decline and Fall of Newsweek“

VIDEO of President Obama in Turkey:

VIDEO RESPONSE by Focus on the Family Action Committee:

How many times did we hear President Obama make statements on the campaign trail that he would not take away the rights of gun owners and that he would be supportive of the 2nd Ammendment.  I’ll refresh your memory of a few times when he specifically said “I’m not going to take your guns away.”  He said it very clearly at rallies in Duryea, Pennsylvania and in Boise, Idaho, among others. He also told a news conference that “Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear…I think people can take me at my word.”

Well, we can now see how much his word is worth.  In direct contradiction to the President’s prior statements Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the president will seek to reinstate the ban on semi-automatic firearms.  This is only the beginning.  The Obama administration has made it clear that they do not support the Second Amendment at all.  Get ready for an all-out attack on our right to bear arms.

What can we do about it?  Let these elected officials know that you are not happy and you will not stand for this!  Remember, they all want to be re-elected.  Let them know how strongly you feel about gun rights and that you will not vote for someone who does not support the 2nd Ammendment. Remind them that when you take guns away from citizens who legally own them and responsibly use them, the only people left with the guns are the criminals.  Furthermore, statistics show that the areas of our country that have had gun rights taken away have proven to be the most crime infested parts of America.

This morning I called my Florida Senators and Congressmen as well as President Obama.  I would encourage you to do the same.  You can call the President at the following numbers: 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414.  You can look up the contact information for your Senators HERE.  You can look up the contact information for your Congressmen HERE.

Again, express to them your complete disdain and ABSOLUTE REJECTION of all GUN BANS and challenge them to be willing to fight for and defend our Constitution and what it stands for.  Do this for America!

Tonight, I’m writing to plead with you to rise up and speak out right now! As you know there is a stimulus bill being debated in Washington that, if passed, will forever change the course of our nation. It has absolutely horrendous implications for our country! To read the details for yourself, please visit this link:
CLICK HERE
Please call or email your Congressman or Senator immediately! We have all got to do our part to try and stop this before it is too late.

For contact information for your elected representative please visit the following link:  CLICK HERE

Thank you!

For America,
John Tracy

Please watch the video below and consider the following.  Whether you like him or not, you must admit that President Obama has risen to an incredible place of success and has literally made history.  I wonder if he has ever stopped to think that his mother gave him the first and best gift of all…the gift of life.  Nothing that he has accomplished in life would have been done if his mother had chosen abortion.  Barack’s life was not terminated before birth and as a result he now has the tremendous privilege of leading the greatest nation in the world as the first African American President.  Shouldn’t everyone have that chance?

He has been President of the United States for two days.  What is his first priority as the new leader of the free world?  Sadly, today Obama announced that among his first three executive orders will be issuing “a reversal of a ban on federal funding for non-governmental organizations working outside the U.S. that offer abortions or abortion counseling. Obama will sign the executive order on the 36th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in all 50 states (CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE FROM FOX NEWS).”  Am I surprised?  Of course not.  Obama’s commitment to legalize and fascilitate abortion is no secret.  But I must say, it outrages me to actually see this particular agenda moving forward.  He is making it even easier for Americans to legally kill our own citizens!  God help us.

The following is one of a series of four posts (4/4) that pre-date the November ‘08 elections.  They were originally published on a different site.  I’m re-posting them here on www.JohnTracy.me for sake of consolidation.

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Please watch the video below before reading my comments that follow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfF15cUc9AM

In case you have never heard of Bill Ayres, here is my brief description:
Bill Ayres is an unrepentant terrorist who was a member of the Weather Underground and bombed the Pentagon, the U.S. Capitol and a New York City police headquarters. After 9/11, he was quoted in the New York Times as saying “I don’t regret setting bombs … I feel we didn’t do enough.”

Ayers is currently a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He and Obama live in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood and served together on the board of the Woods Fund, a Chicago-based charity that develops community groups to help the poor. Obama and Ayres made speeches together in 1997 and 2002. Obama spokes-person David Axelrod said that they were friends. Obama left the board in December 2002. Among the other interesting connections between the two is the fact that Ayers helped launch Obama’s political career by hosting a meet-the-candidate event at his home for Barack when he first ran for office in the mid-1990s.
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Now, consider this…
Should we have to question the American loyalty of the Commander and Chief of this Nation? Obama has a lifetime of “questionable (to say the least)” friends: Bill Ayers, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezko, etc. I’m so tired of hearing of his connections with people and organizations that are anti-American. How many times have we heard stories about Obama refusing to wear a flag on his coat, refusing to pledge to the flag during the National Anthem, and along with his wife making terribly derogatory statements about the USA-the greatest nation in the world! Why is someone so anti-American even being considered? Could it be that, if America votes in Barack Obama as the next President, the population at large is just as anti-American as he?

Let me explain. Why do we love America? Is it only the greatness of our land that we love in terms of our economic dominance in recent decades, our military power, our natural resources, or maybe even the wit and wisdom of our founding fathers? Is Barack Obama opposed to that America? Maybe in part, but for the most part, no. He’s not opposed to the existence of America, nor having her be the most influential nation on the world scene. He’s opposed to the America that you and I, who are believers in Jesus Christ, know and love…the America that is based on principles and precepts in God’s holy Word.

Why are we great, people?  Here is the answer: because of the good hand of our good God! The only way we have any hope to continue to be great, is if we continue striving to be good! And, good is not possible apart from God.

Barack Obama is anti-American not just because of his association with terrorists and radicals and his blatant refusal at times to honor the very symbols of our freedom. He is anti-America, primarily because he is against our Christian morals. I don’t know his heart, nor his eternal standing before a holy God, but I do know that he denies the very clear teaching of Scripture on many issues.

Does one have to be a professed Christian to lead this nation?  No, that has never been the case, although it has certainly been ideal when it has happened in our history. On the other hand, should Christians look for a candidate that most closely aligns with their Christian world-view?  Absolutely!  If Obama has his way, he will take America farther from God with his policies than we have ever been in our history.  Trust me, Bill Ayers could be the least of our worries in the near future.

I shudder to think what all this could mean for the eternal-security of our nation (from God’s perspective).

I do know this, the Bible gives no indication at all that America will continue to be the favored nation until the end of time. There are several identifiable nations in the book of the Revelation, but Bible scholars agree, America is not found among them. What does the future hold for our great land?  Only God knows the full answer.  Regardless, you and I must be found faithful until He calls us home.  America has seen great times of revival in the past, and we need that today more than ever. It’s not too late! Centuries ago God said of His chosen people, Israel, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

It always been the case that God has blessed or punished a nation based on the heart condition of the Believers in that land. So, I admonish you as strongly as I can…CHRISTIANS, WORK (and vote) like it’s all up to you, and PRAY like it’s all up to God!  May God have mercy on our nation!  Revelation 22:20: “He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”

The following is one of a series of four posts (1/4) that pre-date the November ‘08 elections.  They were originally published on a different site.  I’m re-posting them here on www.JohnTracy.me for sake of consolidation.

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The following was written by a black concert pianist named Huntley Brown. There is a lot of stuff flying around about the election, but few better than this. I think it is great! This man understands that we are Christians first, Americans second. And, for those of you who care, I did verify with Snopes that it is legit: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/huntleybrown.asp

Please take a minute to read it.

JT

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Dear Friends,
A few months ago I was asked for my perspective on Obama, I sent out an email with a few points. With the election just around the corner I decided to complete my perspective. Those of you on my e-list have seen some of this before but it’s worth repeating…

First I must say whoever wins the election will have my prayer support.  Obama needs to be commended for his accomplishments but I need to explain why I will not be voting for him.

Many of my friends process their identity through their blackness.  I process my identity through Christ.  Being a Christian (a Christ follower) means He leads I follow.  I can’t dictate the terms He does because He is the leader.

I can’t vote black because I am black; I have to vote Christian because that’s who I am.  Christian first, black second.  Neither should anyone from the other ethnic groups vote because of ethnicity.  200 years from now I won’t be asked if I was black or white.  I will be asked if I knew Jesus and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.

In an election there are many issues to consider but when a society gets abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning to name a few, wrong economic concerns will soon not matter.

We need to follow Martin Luther King’s words, don’t judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.  I don’t know Obama so all I can go off is his voting record.  His voting record earned him the title of the most liberal senator in the US Senate in 2007.

To beat Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton as the most liberal senator, takes some doing.  Obama accomplished this feat in 2 short years.  I wonder what would happen to America if he had four years to work with.

There is a reason Planned Parenthood gives him a 100% rating.  There is a reason the homosexual community supports him.  There is a reason Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Hamas etc. love him.  There is a reason he said he would nominate liberal judges to the Supreme Court.  There is a reason he voted against the infanticide bill.  There is a reason he voted No on the constitutional ban of same-sex marriage.  There is a reason he voted No on banning partial birth abortion.  There is a reason he voted No on confirming Justices Roberts and Alito.  These two judges are conservatives and they have since overturned partial birth abortion.  The same practice Obama wanted to continue.

Let’s take a look at the practice he wanted to continue

The 5 Step Partial Birth Abortion procedures:

A. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby’s leg with forceps. (Remember this is a live baby)
B. The baby’s leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
C. The abortionist delivers the baby’s entire body, except for the head.
D. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby’s skull.  The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.
E. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted.  The child’s brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse.  The dead baby is then removed.

God help him.  There is a reason Obama opposed the parental notification law.

Think about this:  You can’t give a kid an aspirin without parental notification but that same kid can have an abortion without parental notification.  This is insane.

There is a reason he went to Jeremiah Wright’s church for 20 years.

Obama tells us he has good judgment but he sat under Jeremiah Wright teaching for 20 years.  Now he is condemning Wright’s sermons.  I wonder why now?

Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him.  A disciple is one in training.  Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19 – 20 “Go and make disciples of all nations.”  This means reproduce yourself.  Teach people to think like you, walk like you; talk like you believe what you believe etc.  The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?

Would you support a White President who went to a church which has tenets that said they have a …

1. Commitment to the White Community
2. Commitment to the White Family
3. Adherence to the White Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community.
5. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions
6. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System
7. Personal commitment to embracement of the White Value System.

Would you support a President who went to a church like that?

Just change the word from white to black and you have the tenets of Obama’s former church.  If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist.  Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside.

This kind of church is a racist church.  Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discovered he went to a racist church.  The church can’t be about race.  Jesus did not come for any particular race.  He came for the whole world.

A church can’t have a value system based on race.  The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandate.  It does not matter if it’s a white church or a black church it’s still wrong.  Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.

Obama’s former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book A Black Theology of Liberation. Cone once wrote:  “Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community.  If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him.

Cone is the man Obama’s mentor looks up to.  Does Obama believe this?

So what does all this mean for the nation?

In the past when the Lord brought someone with the beliefs of Obama to lead a nation it meant one thing – judgment.

Read 1 Samuel 8 when Israel asked for a king.  First God says in 1 Samuel 1:9 “Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do.”

Then God says:
1 Samuel 1:18 ” When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day.” 19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.” 21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22 The LORD answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”

Here is what we know for sure.

God is not schizophrenic.

He would not tell one person to vote for Obama and one to vote for McCain. As the scripture says, a city divided against itself cannot stand, so obviously many people are not hearing from God.

Maybe I am the one not hearing but I know God does not change and Obama contradicts many things I read in scripture so I doubt it.

For all my friends who are voting for Obama can you really look God in the face and say; Father based on your word, I am voting for Obama even though I know he will continue the genocidal practice of partial birth abortion.  He might have to nominate three or four Supreme Court justices, and I am sure he will be nominating liberal judges who will be making laws that are against you. I also know he will continue to push for homosexual rights, even though you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this.  I know I can look the other way because of the economy.

I could not see Jesus agreeing with many of Obama’s positions. Finally I have two questions for all my liberal friends.

Since we know someone’s value system has to be placed on the nation,

1. Whose value system should be placed on the nation.

2. Who should determine that this is the right value system for the nation?

Blessings, Huntley Brown