Can the Obama campaign ban the church now?

Sen Joe Biden recently made a comment regarding abortion to The News Journal of Delaware, "I know that my church has wrestled with this for 2,000 years."

Well Joe's church called him on it. His bishop wrote a letter to the editor stating that, "This is simply incorrect". 

The bishop continues with, "The teaching of the Church is clear and not open to debate. Abortion is a grave sin because it is the wrongful taking of an innocent human life". Ouch, sorry Joe.

This is a great example of the rhetoric the Obama campaign is throwing out to people and when they are called on it, like Joe the Plumber and the Florida news anchor, they want to silence them. 

What will the Obama campaign do now? Ban the church?

Biden's article:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20081019/LIFE/810190304/1006/NEWS02

Bishop response:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20081026/OPINION10/81025022/1004/OPINION

Fox Article:

http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/28/cthomas_1028/

I think the articles are pretty newsworthy but I'm sure the MSM will shy away from this as well.

-jag

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Rocket Wings Hah! I had a Flexy-Racer people

Yves Rossy, a Swiss daredevil, used a pair of homemade rocket wings to propel himself across the English Channel.

The "Rocket Man" jumped out of a perfectly good plane with rockets strapped to his back.

He then ignited the rockets and blasted his way to England. Once over the white cliffs of Dover he popped his parachute and floated to the ground.  

I do admire the guy for his courage BUT did his mom give him a flexy-racer when he was a kid?  

Yes, I was the proud owner of a flexy-racer, a sled with wheels or "wheeled coaster". In doing some research to see if there was such a thing, I began to wonder if my mom just took our old classic snow sled (not really used since we lived in Alabama), and stuck some wheels on it. I did, however, find it was an actual product.

Here's how the flexy-racer worked. You pretty much found a big hill, laid down, and off you went. To brake you had to turn the 'steering device' downward where a piece of metal rubbed the wheels. Speaking of steering... can you really imagine barrelling down a hill and trying to turn this thing? These were the days when helmets were "only" for motorcycles. I do have the scars that remind me of the flexy-racer days.

So...Rocket Man, nice try. When you really want to impress me, grab a flexy-racer and head to the nearest hill.

For ALL you parents who want to give your kids the gift of a lifetime, which may be cut short, I've included the original invention diagram.

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Can poor people be patriotic?

On an ABC news interview Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden said it was time for the rich to be patriotic. 

This came after a question asking Biden if people making over $250,000 would pay more taxes. Biden's responded, "You got it, it's time to be patriotic". He continues, "[It's] Time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help America out of the rut".

So let me get this straight. It's up to the rich to bail out the US by paying more taxes. In turn this makes the rich patriotic. So by increasing taxes, the Obama administration is making rich people more patriotic. Sheer genius!

But wait, where does this leave the middle class and poor people? Do they have any means of becoming patriotic or are they left to be dug "out of the rut"? This also leaves us to believe the Obama administration assumes the middle class and poor feel that taking money from the rich is their only way out. I would think the Obama-Biden campaign would give the American people a little more credit than that, but hey, I've never been a community organizer so who am I to say.

Thanks once again Joe!

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