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OUTRAGEOUS 5Click here for an index of all OUTRAGEOUS Segments For the People One of the most comforting things about being an American is the assurance that if you need help in a foreign country, the American Embassy is the place to go. After all, we are Americans…citizens of the United States of America, the good ole USA. As we heard on today’s program, there are other factors that come into play in another country. A country’s laws and customs, as well as diplomacy, influence or limit what our Embassies or Ambassadors can do, and that’s understandable. Indeed representation is limited outside the borders of the United States. What is not understandable, or unacceptable for that matter, is that we lose otherwise entitled representation within our own borders for the sake of the political careers of a politicians. Take Arizona. The citizens of that state, to the tune of 70%, are about to pass a law preventing subsidies to illegal aliens with taxpayer dollars similar to the California law passed a few years back, Prop. 187. But guess who’s against it? Most of the politicians! That’s right; the representatives of the people are against what the people want. And why, you ask? …because most of those illegal aliens are Hispanic and are potential future voters, especially if they are given amnesty and are allowed to register. Forget what the people want. Forget about our immigration laws. Forget about what is the right thing to do, these politician’s careers are at stake. Sad as it is, our representative government is being sold out by many politicians who, for the benefit of their own careers are willing to abandon their oath of office to uphold and defend the constitution because they will personally benefit by remaining in office and thus further their political careers. It makes you wonder if these politicians really understand the government and constitution they swore to uphold… and that’s OUTRAGEOUS! Right To Life Basic to the foundation of the U.S. Constitution is the Declaration of Independence in which we find these words… “We are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The key to this is the recognition of the fact that we get our inalienable rights, not from the judicial branch of the government or from the courts, but from our Creator. So how then can a judge, decide whether a person should live or die? There is a famous quote that says “The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance…” Most of us apply that quote to watching out for a foreign enemy that threatens us or, in today’s environment, a terrorist attack. Every person who takes an oath of office as an elected or appointed official pledges to uphold the U.S. Constitution and “defend it against all enemies foreign and domestic.” But who would that domestic enemy be? It would be the intentional or unintentional erosion of the foundational truths upon which our Republic was founded. One of those truths being that our rights, especially our right to life, comes from God. The argument has been put forth that without feeding her Terri Schiavo would die. But does that justify making a decision to terminate her life. One could argue that because a person is a quadriplegic they could not feed themselves and therefore you could withhold food and it would be justified. Or what about the elderly person who has fallen and broken a hip and without the help of another would simple die on the floor…would it be acceptable to let that person die? Of course not! If “quality of life” as determined by hospital staff or a judge
becomes the deciding factor as to whether we live or die, then
we must prepare ourselves for the consequences. Those consequences
are that society will then determine whether we live or die…and
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