Jim Backlin's blog

This is a story of two Joe Wilsons and the utter hypocrisy of the left-wing fringe which now owns the Democrat Party, lock, stock and barrel.  The United States House of Representatives, led by San Francisco ultra-liberal Nancy Pelosi, voted a resolution of disapproval against Congressman Joe Wilson, Republican from South Carolina, because he shouted to Obama --  during his superfluous health care speech last week  --  "You lie!"    read more »

First, there were the Obamacare "death boards" as described by Governor Sarah Palin, which United States Senators quickly dropped in their universal health care legislation when the pressure from their constituents became too great.  Then came the Obama's Veterans Administration's "death book," officially called "Your Life, Your Choices," a document used during the Clinton administration and now being aggressively pushed again by the Obama administration.   

What is it about the Democrats and their advocacy for euthanasia!  Of course, the "Party of Death" has been at the forefront in advocating abortion-on-demand for decades which has resulted in the deaths of some 50 million innocent unborn babies since the infamous Roe v. Wade decision in January 1973.  Now, the Obama administration is desparately spinning this newest abomination to prevent nearly total collapse of any support from America's 23.6 million veterans.   

"The Wall Street Journal" on August 18th, reported that former Bush director of the White House of Faith-Based Initiatives, Jim Towey, maintains that the Veterans Administration's attempt to revive the Clinton-era "Your Life, Your Choices" death document is a harbinger of things to come if Obamacare becomes law.  Obama's government-run health care system will urge senior citizens to help America cut costs and accept "death with dignity."     read more »

"To those who would crush religious freedom, our message is plain:  you may jail your believers.  You may close their churches, confiscate their Bibles, and harass their rabbis and priests, but you will never destroy the love of God and freedom that burns in their hearts.  They will triumph over you."    These remarks were in President Ronald Reagan's speech to the National Religious Broadcasters on January 31, 1981, during his second week in office as president and a couple months before he was almost assassinated.  

Undoubtedly, President Reagan was mostly speaking to the communist dictatorships in the world at the height of the Cold War.  However, if he was president this year, he could well be speaking to Canada and Sweden, etc. which have thrown pastors in jail for preaching the Bible from their pulpits on politically-incorrect topics.     read more »

Ironically, while yesterday was Barack Obama's 100th day, what was far more significant yesterday was the 402nd anniversary of the first English settlers landing on the shores of Cape Henry, Virginia, planting a huge wood cross in the sand dunes, kneeling down in the sand, and dedicating America to Jesus Christ.   

Although the Obama-adoring media has given their messiah more coverage than they gave to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush combined, you can believe that not one member of this establishment mentioned that important historical event. Indeed, the coverage they have given Obama during his first 100 days has been overwhelmingly positive, whereas the coverage they gave President Bush during his first 100 days  --  indeed,during his 8 years  --  was harshly negative.     read more »

I had the privilege of knowing my friend, Paul M. Weyrich, for many years having worked with him on many pro-family issues and in the political arena. His passing has left a deep hole in the conservative movement and we will miss him very much.

Christian Coalition of America is encouraging Senators to sponsor a Resolution sponsored by Senator Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma, S. Res. 79, honoring the life of Paul M. Weyrich and expressing the condolences of the Senate on his passing.

Senator Inhofe's resolution notes that Mr. Weyrich was the first president of the Heritage Foundation and that he was a pioneer of the modern conservative movement. He established the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation to "rally conservatives to the defense of traditional Judeo-Christian values."  read more »

Most Americans with commonsense will agree that the Obama administration has shown almost unprecedented incompetence during its first 2 months in office. The question some are beginning to raise is is this administration now beginning to enter a new phase; that of corruption?

Yesterday's "The Washington Times" published a lead editorial entitled: "ACORN to count heads for Census." The Obama administration was obviously incompetent when it announced in a highly politicized decision -- instigated by Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel, who was one of the Congress' most notorious political operatives -- that the 2010 census was going to be run in Obama's White House. "The Washington Times" reported in its editorial that after the administration backed down from that decision (after huge pressure from the American people,) "it clearly hasn't learned its lesson."  read more »

Incredibly, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is talking about passing yet another stimulus bill, after just spending $1.2 trillion -- not including hundreds of billions of dollars in interest passed on to future generations -- for a stimulus bill and a FY09 omnibus bill, both signed into law by Obama. The latter bill, with some 8,500 to 9,000 pork projects (which Obama promised to end during his campaign) was signed into law without anyone looking on in the White House today. Could it be that he had a slight tinge of guilt?

Americans are becoming sick and tired of the Democrats' spending and borrowing which will hurl future generations into bankruptcy. First was the $700 billion Wall Street bailout which Obama voted for and, unfortunately, President Bush signed into law. That was followed by the Obama so-called "stimulus" bill with hundreds if not thousands of pork projects; the Obama FY09 omnibus spending bill with the thousands of pork projects, and next on Obama's agenda, his gargantuan $3.55 TRILLION budget for fiscal year 2010. Republicans say that the Obama budget spends too much money; taxes too much, and borrows too much.  read more »

After finishing William J. Bennett's two volumn America, the last best hope, one is reminded of the ongoing attack against people of faith by atheists and other left-wingers inside and outside the government. Mr. Bennett relates in Volume II, From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom, that the government bureaucrats in building the new World War II Memorial on the Washington Mall, left off Roosevelt's words "so help us God."

Franklin Roosevelt in his famous speech following the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor concluded his remarks before a joint session of Congress by saying: "With confidence in our armed forces -- with the unbounding determination of our people -- we will gain the inevitable triumph -- so help us God." Mr. Bennett said in a note below that quote: "These last four words of President Roosevelt's sentence were, inexplicably, dropped from the engraved quotation on the World War II Memorial.  read more »

Obama's nominee for Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, is a radical leftist who fought against the United States' military recruiting and ROTC on America's college and high school campuses - Incredibly, she is being considered for the U.S. Supreme Court

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Democrats continue to threaten the abolition of radio talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham by passing legislation bringing back the misnamed "Fairness Doctrine"

Left-wing Senator Debbie Stabenow, Democrat from Michigan, was reported in yesterday's "The Politico" newspaper on Capitol Hill to want to bring "accountability" to the public airwaves, whether it's called the Fairness Standard [sic]" or "whether it's called something else." Last year, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, San Francisco Democrat Nancy Pelosi, said that the "Fairness Doctrine" needed to be addressed in Congress. The question for Pelosi and Stabenow is, will their "Fairness Doctrine" applied to radio talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham also be applied to the left-wing television news networks such as NBC, CBS and ABC?  read more »