>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/10/politics/contraception-controversy/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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>>>>This is what I think makes this guy such a good President. When there is firm opposition to his views he will bend. He isn't dug in like some. In this case he recognized major resistance to a policy decision and gave them an out, without abandoning those the policy was intended to benefit. I don't call that caving in, I call it dealing with reality in a badly polarized country.
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>>>>You don't hear so much any more from those who thought he was too inexperienced or soft to be President. He is a lot tougher than he is sometimes given credit for. He pushed the button on taking out Osama bin Laden, something his more bellicose predecessors had been trying to do for years. That was a risky operation that would have blown up in his face big time if it had failed. He said go.
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>>>>He stood up for the "bailout" of banks during the financial crisis in 2008, when he was the opposition candidate and had every political reason to oppose it. Because he thought it was the right thing to do. (In case anyone has forgotten, the government wound up making money on the deal).
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>>>>I don't think he is perfect and have disagreed with him on some things. He has made some mistakes, as all Presidents do. He's still my guy. And he will undoubtedly be reelected.
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>>>>Barry Blitt of the New Yorker hit pay dirt again on the cover of the issue published Super Bowl week --
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>>>>http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/The-New-Yorker-Cover-February-6-2012-Prints_i8682641_.htm
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>>>This topic really gets me ticked when I think about it. The way I see it the Catholic church seems to get offended and thinks they're being persecuted if they don't get things their way. They don't want to spend the money on contraception (they prolly need it to pay off all the abused alter boys). What this boils down too is a bunch of bible thumpers trying to impose their belief on others. Rick Santorum seems to be the poster child for such idiot thinking recently.
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>>Speaking as a non-Catholic this topic gets me ticked when I think about it. The 1st amendment establishes that no law shall be made establishing a religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The way I see it this administration is so elitist that they are going to force everyone to do things their way. They want everyone to spend money on contraception and abortion (need it to pay off all the Planned Parenthood campaign contributions). What this boils down to is a bunch of statists imposing their belief on others through the tyranny of centrailzed power. Obama is the poster child for such idiot thinking recently.
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>Interesting viewpoint. Last I heard was the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops objected to a measure that would have required Catholic charities, hospitals, and universities -- though not actual churches -- to adopt insurance plans that provide free contraceptive care - so here you have a bunch of old-never-married-men (and never gonna be) dreaming up this crap? Brilliant!
>Mr Catholic Rick Santorum says he believes our legal system ought to have Biblical origins."When God gives us rights, he doesn’t say 'Here are your rights, do whatever you want to do with them.' In fact he has laws that we must abide by," he said. So much for separation of church and state. It's Santorum who was trying to impose his belief on others, not President Obama - Santorum thinks we should all be living by "Christian Law". Now the Republican legislators are trying to extend the exemption to any employer opposed to birth control, not just the Catholic church - which is really stupid because then the employers could object to any kind of coverage for any reason whatsoever. What if they're a Christian Science believer? No pills, no doctors, no nuttin?
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>Lastly why not take a deeper look here - why don't the Catholic's want birth control in the first place? It IS the 21st century. The answer is quite simple. If all the Catholic's don't have birth control - then what do you get? More Catholics! And what do all good Catholics do? They tithe 10% of their money to the church! So what you get with no birth control? That's right - MORE MONEY! The fact that people can't figure out this simple concept blows my mind...geeze take a look at all the gold and art at the Vatican and tell me it ain't so. But then again these same suckers think the universe was created in a week, the earth is only 6,000 years old, think evolution is a lie, believe in taking snakes, magic apples, person raising from the dead and a woman who'd never had sex getting knocked up...although I suppose now days the last one actually is possible. Point is that it's a giant load of crap meant to prey on the weak and fearful and steal their money. Hey if people want to believe fairy tales that's fine - doesn't cause me any harm...but don't push it to the point where your beliefs control what I allowed to do with my own body...or any 14year old girl who isn't ready to be prego or the rape victim who doesn't want to carry a baby or the sexually active 22 year old hottie that wants to be on the pill.

Just one small point, Catholics don't tithe. Sure, they give what they can, like members of any other religion, but that is not the same as tithing.