LFF Commentary
Gene Mills, President LFF Action
March 30, 2010
The 2010 Legislative Session is now officially underway. A big deal has been made about proposed budget shortfalls and Governor Bobby Jindal (to his credit) has answered... "No New Taxes: 2010 or 2011!"
Click here to read the full article.
LFF Action's bills to follow can be found here.
Adopt-A-Leader
pray4govt.org
March 30, 2010
Intercessors for Louisiana is encouraging everyone to get involved in their "Adopt–A–Leader" project. You can get involved by choosing a leader or leaders to uplift in prayer and then by sending letters of notification to those God tells you to lift up this session. All information can be found by clicking here.
Todd Trahan, the Director for the group, urges us to pray for organizations like Louisiana Family Forum that defend the unborn and other traditional family issues. For many of these organizations these times are different than other times. We have been encouraged by the Holy Spirit to understand that the army God has assembled in these organizations is sufficient, in God, for the battle at hand.
Kathleen Benfield, Legislative Director for LFF Action, gives us these words: “Here is a scripture verse which I think expresses what we seek to accomplish as pro-life, pro-family citizen lobbyists: “May I learn to do good, Seek justice, Remove the oppressor, Defend the orphan, And plead for the widow.” (Isaiah 1:17)."
Let’s all agree that all who fight for family values will fulfill this scripture during this session.
nola.com
March 26, 2010
The New Orleans Times Picayune reports today:
"On Sunday night [Melancon] did not cast his ‘no’ vote until the Democrats had 216 votes, the number necessary to ensure passage. As Democrats erupted in cheers and applause, the red light for ‘no’ lit up next to Melancon’s name on the big tally board above the press gallery in the House chamber."
Parental Rights Quiz
ParentalRights.org
March 30, 2010
Think you know your rights as a parent? Having trouble convincing your neighbors that there is actually a need for a Parental Rights Amendment?
Take a look at the threats already facing Parental Rights in this country! To view an online quiz, click here. To print out a copy to share with someone click here.
Tax Freedom Day!
Tax Foundation
March 30, 2010
Tax Freedom Day – the date on which Americans will have worked long enough to have earned enough money to pay this year’s tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels – will be Friday, April 9, 2010.
Tax Freedom Day answers the basic question, “What price is the nation paying for government?” An official government figure for total tax collections is divided by the nation’s total income. The answer this year is that taxes will amount to 26.89 percent of our income, and the stretch of 99 days from January 1 to April 9 is 26.89 percent of the year. Overall, Americans will pay more taxes in 2010 than they will spend on food, clothing and shelter combined.
To view more of the study click here.
In This Issue
- LFFA Legislative Issues
- Adopt-A-Leader
- Melancon's Delimma
- Parental Rights Quiz
- Tax Freedom Day
- Vaccine Cover Up?
- Top Ten Reasons to Repeal ObamaCare
Quotable
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. ."
- President Ronald Reagan
Last week we asked if you believed the Obama/Stupak Executive Order agreed on over abortion language in the healthcare bill is good enough? 93 percent answered NO, 7 percent answered YES.
This week's question:
We apologize for any inconvenience but there will not be a new poll question this week due to technical difficulties. You can still answer last weeks question if you haven't already. Just click the link!
Vaccine Cover up?
Huffington Post
March 11, 2010
Dr. Poul Thorsen, a central figure behind the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) claims disputing the link between vaccines and autism and other neurological disorders has disappeared after officials discovered massive fraud involving the theft of millions in taxpayer dollars.
Thorsen was a leading member of a Danish research group that wrote several key studies supporting the CDC's claims that the MMR vaccine and mercury-laden vaccines were safe for children.
One of his studies has long been criticized as fraudulent, since it failed to disclose that the increase was an artifact of new mandates requiring, for the first time, that autism cases be reported on the national registry.
Despite this obvious chicanery, the CDC has long touted the study as the principal proof that mercury-laced vaccines are safe for infants and young children. The mainstream media has relied on this study as the basis for its public assurances that it is safe to inject young children with mercury -- a potent neurotoxin -- at concentrations hundreds of times over the U.S. safety limits.
Top Ten Reasons to Repeal ObamaCare!
LFF Commentary
March 26, 2010
- The American people are opposed to it!
- Voters Think They Personally Would Suffer, Not Gain, From Healthcare Reform:
- It expands the scope of government:
- It Destroys American jobs.
- It allows for federal funding of abortion.
- It raises taxes on Americans for 10 years and provide benefits for six.
- It changes the Medicaid funding formula such that taxpayers in 28 states will pay more of additional Medicaid costs.
- It undermines basic industries that employee millions of Americans.
- It establishes 159 new bureaucracies.
- Fidel Castro has praised Obamacare!
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