The Obama administration is seeking to pass the health care reform bill WITHOUT the constitutional, traditional procedure of sending it through the House for a vote. They are pushing to pass the bill under the “Slaughter Rule”, though no real precedent has been determined.
Our nation stands on the brink of becoming something entirely different than we’ve ever known. I found the following article quite timely in regard to the topic at hand:
“In the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, I was taught to believe individual pursuits are selfish and sacrificing for the collective good is noble. In kindergarten we sang songs about Lenin, the leader of the Socialist Revolution.
In school we learned about the beautiful socialist system, where everybody is equal and everything is fair; about ugly capitalism, where people are exploited and treat each other like wolves in the wilderness.
Life in the USSR modeled the socialist ideal. God-based religion was suppressed and replaced with cultlike adoration for political figures.”
Read the rest of Perspectives on Communism from a Russian Immigrant
“Does it fit under the ‘nutritional’ part of our food budget? Dark chocolate and hazelnuts–I’m thinking ‘yes’.”
There are deeply stabbing lessons of motherhood….
