{"id":35377,"date":"2019-02-07T12:40:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=35377"},"modified":"2019-02-07T12:41:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:41:58","slug":"35377","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=35377","title":{"rendered":"Morality In America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>General Omar Bradley (February 12, 1893 \u2013 April 8, 1981) was a field commander of the United States Army who saw distinguished service in North Africa and Europe during World War II and later became General of the Army. He once stated:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cWe have grasped the mystery of the atom and we have rejected the Sermon on the Mount. The world has achieved brilliance without conscience, our world is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the moral issues facing America today is abortion. Not just abortion&#8211;late term abortion and deciding whether or not a baby who survives an abortion should be given a chance to live. Part of the problem is that abortion is a million-dollar industry partially subsidized by our government and at the same time making large campaign donations.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner posted an article today about one of Speaker Pelosi&#8217;s guests at the State of the Union speech:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">H<\/span>ouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., invited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/leana-wen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/leana-wen\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549576490590000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH-jkcaZnE9L_R-931uDHdsqZu0pQ\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Leana Wen<\/a>, president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549576490590000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzHr2-3WLOXLoQ57mHUW6Aj7e6jw\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Planned Parenthood Federation of America<\/a>, to be one of her guests at the State of the Union address.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"dyId38ed3168c9029da2\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-dy-embedded-object=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Wen\u2019s seat was not cheap. Affiliates of her organization spent millions to support Pelosi\u2019s quest for the majority in the House of Representatives and the ultimately unsuccessful efforts by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to retake the Senate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>In total, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/outsidespending\/recips.php?cmte=C90005471&amp;cycle=2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/outsidespending\/recips.php?cmte%3DC90005471%26cycle%3D2018&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549576490590000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF85IJwIBA1Jk-rriqqzacc8ILD1A\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Planned Parenthood Action Fund<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/outsidespending\/recips.php?cmte=C00489799&amp;cycle=2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/outsidespending\/recips.php?cmte%3DC00489799%26cycle%3D2018&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549576490590000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGpJj0FqWW0X8CyX50bWe4ML5LUvA\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Planned Parenthood Votes <\/a>\u2014 the arms of the Planned Parenthood Network allowed to engage in electoral politics under tax regulations \u2014 spent almost $6.5 million in outside spending supporting the election of Democrats to both houses of Congress in the 2018 midterm and special elections, according to FEC records compiled by OpenSecrets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article explains the current goals of Planned Parenthood:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Planned Parenthood didn\u2019t spend large sums just to get face time with Speaker Pelosi or reward donors such as Wallace. Federal government programs <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/laurettabrown\/2019\/02\/05\/house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-invites-planned-parenthood-president-leana-wen-as-her-sotu-guest-n2540842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/laurettabrown\/2019\/02\/05\/house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-invites-planned-parenthood-president-leana-wen-as-her-sotu-guest-n2540842&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549576490590000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFY5Ie_lDOcbERiPWJeCCHZkM3IQw\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">channel $563.8 million<\/a> to the Planned Parenthood network annually. To keep Pelosi and her allies in charge of the federal purse strings is to ensure the continued flow of taxpayer money to the organization and its affiliates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Planned Parenthood also hopes to expand the scope of abortion law. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/candidates\/67038\/donors_per_industry\/169?start_year=all&amp;end_year=all&amp;contrib_type=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/candidates\/67038\/donors_per_industry\/169?start_year%3Dall%26end_year%3Dall%26contrib_type%3Dall&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549576490590000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF13RIxHQM087HVlyq9Eo52Dz2zIQ\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Planned Parenthood-backed Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam<\/a> recently sparked controversy when he defended a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/planned-parenthood-advocates-virginia-inc\/fight-back-resources\/2019-bill-tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/planned-parenthood-advocates-virginia-inc\/fight-back-resources\/2019-bill-tracker&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549576490591000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEe7rPVFOed-rhgSs-64OOKGtfY3Q\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Planned Parenthood-backed repeal of certain limits on late-term abortions<\/a>. Northam suggested that an infant delivered alive in a botched late-term abortion would \u201cbe kept comfortable\u201d and \u201cwould be resuscitated if that&#8217;s what the mother and the family desired.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>At the federal level, the Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funds from directly funding abortions except in extremely limited circumstances; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/issues\/abortion\/hyde-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/issues\/abortion\/hyde-amendment&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549576490591000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPg-9cCOuqyiQ_tKmszd7r_L2HDA\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Planned Parenthood<\/a> would like to see these inconvenient restrictions removed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>So on \u201cSOTU\u201d night, full of kingly pomp and symbol, Leana Wen sat in Speaker Pelosi\u2019s section. It was yet another symbol of a powerful special interest\u2019s hold on a Congress it helped pay to elect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you do not support these goals, I suggest you get involved locally in order to elect people to Congress who share your beliefs. Otherwise, federally-paid-for-late-term abortions will become a reality in America.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Omar Bradley (February 12, 1893 \u2013 April 8, 1981) was a field commander of the United States Army who saw distinguished service in North Africa and Europe during World War II and later became General of the Army. 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