This is scary
Bits ‘n Pieces
By Bob Robinson
Sept. 20. 2010
These first two come from Daily Events…
House Democrats Pass Bill to Grill School Children about Sexual Preference
by Connie Hair
At the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing last Thursday, Democrats passed a bill to require federal health officials to question anyone seeking services from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) community health centers or other programs about their sexual orientation and “gender identity.”
Introduced by Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), H.R. 6109 requires HHS to obtain, retain and analyze sexual identity information from patients who seek healthcare, including children.
“This bill is about collecting data, no more, no less,” Baldwin said.
According to Baldwin, the current “lack of cultural competency” among federal officials means that “we are left with gaping holes in our knowledge on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) policy” resulting in “significant health disparities.”
Baldwin is the first openly-declared lesbian elected to Congress.
The new bill’s requirements would apply to all HHS health service programs, requiring the health service employees to ask everyone receiving services their sexual orientation and gender identity -- including those that focus on children at school-based health centers. Children who seek help at government-funded school health clinics would be asked whether or not they are gay, lesbian, bisexual or if they know their gender identity.
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), top Republican on the committee, said the legislation was grossly intrusive.
“For the life of me I do not see any reason at all to do this bill,” Barton said. “It would require any individual who seeks services from any program offered by HHS to answer questions about their sexual orientation and gender identity. While I assume most adults understand and know what that is, it is inconceivable that a child in a program would even know what some of the terms mean.”
Of course, Democrats voted the bill out of committee with 12 Democrats voting yes and 10 Republicans voting no. Democrats were light on the vote due to absences from several members, including Rep. Zach Space (D-Ohio) who hastily exited the hearing room when the bill was called up for consideration.
Why not just vote "no" on the bill, Mr. Space?
In the meantime, this is where our administration stands on issues of national security…
Texas Gov. Calls Napolitano 'Arrogant, Hypocritical'
Texas Gov. Rick Perry blasted the secretary of Homeland Security’s flippant response to his appeal for the Obama Administration to send an extra 1,000 National Guard troops to secure the porous Southern border.
Perry said his request was met with a “chuckle” by Janet Napolitano, along with her dismissively telling Washington reporters on Friday that if he wants more troops, he should “pay for them.”
In an exclusive interview with HUMAN EVENTS, Perry fired back, calling Napolitano’s remarks “one of the most arrogant and inappropriate statements for a cabinet member in a long time.” Perry not only called her comments unseemly but noted that they were “hypocritical” as well.
“She herself had letters going to President Bush asking for more National Guard troops and talking about that it was the federal government’s responsibility to pay for them,” the two-time Texas Republican governor argued. Perry was referring to Napolitano’s own numerous entreaties for more boots on the ground that she specifically made while serving as the governor of Arizona.
But that was then.
Napolitano’s newfound ambivalence toward border security stems from her boss, Barack Obama, says Perry. “I don’t think he cares,” the governor told HUMAN EVENTS after keynoting the RedState Gathering, a conference sponsored by our sister website that took place in Austin, Tex., over the weekend.
“I’ve given him opportunity after opportunity to visit with me. I’ve made it a whole lot easier than picking up the phone and calling. I went to the airport and met him. He didn’t have time to meet,” Perry said.
During the summer, President Obama twice rebuffed requests by Perry to sit down and discuss the serious threat the open border poses to Americans, even though the President was already in Texas on business.
“If he wants to know how to secure the border, all he has to do is pick up a newspaper in the last six months. It’s not a secret plan I’ve kept in my coat pocket,” Perry continued. “If Washington does not deal with this, there will be American lives lost, because this drug war will spill over into the United States. And that is my great concern.”
Just as an added “kicker” I’m giving you a mystery question? How far do you think the current administration will go in its attempts to appease the far left and kowtow to the world at our expense?
Try this one on for size (copy and paste)…
http://townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2010/09/21/an_un-conscionable_act
This is the “change” we voted for two years ago, folks.
Have a great day and feel safe and secure. Big Brother watches over us.
Watch for more Bits ‘n Pieces as they occur. Good stuff? Bad stuff? You decide.
Bob Robinson is the retired editor of The Daily Advocate, Greenville, Ohio. If you wish to receive notification of his comments, opinions and reports when they are posted, send your email address to: opinionsbybob@gmail.com. Feel free to express your views.
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