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What are They Hiding? Planned Parenthood Seeks to Gag Former Director
Nov 4th, 2009
Daily NewsOperation Rescue - Cheryl Sullenger
Categories: Today's Headlines;Moral Decline

Bryan, TX — The director of Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas, has experienced a “spiritual conversion” after watching an abortion on ultrasound, and left her job in the abortion industry last month.

Abby Johnson had a change of heart after watching a pre-born baby “collapse” on the ultrasound screen during an abortion. After that, she just could not continue on the job. She told members of 40 Days for Life that she left her employment on good terms, and was even offered more money to remain with Planned Parenthood.

But now her former employer is taking her to court, seeking a restraining order to keep Ms. Johnson from talking.

The public has already seen a glimmer of what Ms. Johnson knows about the operations of Planned Parenthood. She told Fox News that she was continually pressured to sell more abortions. Costing between $505 and $695, abortions were a big money-maker for Planned Parenthood, which was suffering financially from effects of the recession in that part of Texas.

“I doubt that Planned Parenthood is going to court to stop Ms. Johnson from discussing their marketing strategy,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman, who has debriefed a number of former abortion clinic employees in recent months that have come forward to tell their stories.

“We have yet to find an abortion clinic that is operating in full compliance with the law,” said Newman. “There is no reason to believe that the Planned Parenthood in Bryan will be the first.

Former employees know the truth

In fact, several criminal investigations have been launched on the word of former abortion workers who have come forward for various reasons, from a change of heart on abortion to a need to relieve their consciences from the guilt of what they experienced in the abortion industry.

A criminal investigation is underway in Nebraska after several former employees of the notorious LeRoy Carhart came forward to pro-life groups and the press to tell of illegal activity and dangerous, filthy conditions at his run-down Bellevue abortion clinic. Three of them submitted signed affidavits detailing incriminating information to Attorney General Jon Bruning. A fourth produced a statement, but suddenly changed her mind about submitting it, raising questions about whether or not she had been intimidated into silence.

“Many of the women that we spoke to were afraid of reprisals from Carhart and his attorneys. We have found that abortionists will go to almost any lengths to hush up the truth about what really goes on behind their clinic doors,” said Newman.

“Patient privacy” arguments misused to conceal illegal conduct

In Kansas, the efforts to maintain secrecy at Planned Parenthood rose to new heights. In a long and often convoluted process that began in 2003, Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri has been fighting to keep authorities from the truth. Finally, on October, 18, 2007, Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline filed a massive 107 count criminal case against Planned Parenthood, alleging that they had committed illegal late-term abortions and “manufactured evidence.”

Two years later, the case remains stalled in the Kansas Supreme Court. A ruling was expected in June, but has yet to be released. Until that ruling is made, the case cannot proceed. Judge Richard Anderson, who maintains custody of records that contain evidence of Planned Parenthood’s alleged criminal conduct remains under a gag order issued to prevent that evidence from ever reaching the trial court.

Meanwhile, former prosecutors are facing ethics charges for their handling of the case in a transparent example of political retribution that is hell-bent on making examples out of anyone who might be inclined to actually enforce the state’s abortion laws.

Across the nation abortion clinics are using concerns over “patient privacy” to prevent evidence of criminal activity being exposed.

“In Kansas, the hysteria over ‘patient privacy’, as the abortion clinics framed it, became a complete absurdity,” said Newman. “A person’s expectation of privacy does not extend to cover criminal acts, yet that is exactly what Planned Parenthood used that argument to do in Kansas. We are hopeful that there will be different results in the State of Nebraska with the Carhart investigation.”

What is the gag order really about?

In Texas, Abby Johnson is scheduled for a court hearing on November 10 to determine if she will be gagged by Planned Parenthood. What else does Ms. Johnson know that they are so afraid will become public? What are they hiding?

“We know it isn’t about patient privacy,” said Newman.

In fact, in Ohio documents recently surfaced concerning a 9-1-1 emergency request for transport at an abortion clinic owned by late-term abortionist Martin Haskell. In those documents, every bit of information about the abortion clinic and what they did to the patient was heavily redacted but the patient’s name address, phone number and date of birth were left unaltered.

In Michigan, abortionist Alberto Hodari was convicted of illegally discarding patient abortion records in a manner that made them available to be accessed by anyone.

In Kansas, one abortion clinic that was fighting the release of abortion records to criminal investigators on patient privacy grounds notified patients on its web site that their names and contact information would be turned over to a local pro-abortion political action committee for fundraising purposes. So much for privacy.

“Privacy concerns for abortionists are really about covering for their own wrong-doing. It has little or nothing to do with concern for the patients,” said Newman.

As long as abortion clinics are allowed to hide behind the skirts of “patient privacy’ in order to cover for their own wrong-doing, women will continue to be injured and otherwise victimized.

“In the meantime, Ms. Johnson would do well to make a sworn statement about what she observed at Planned Parenthood, and file it immediately with the Attorney General and medical oversight board in Texas, before her knowledge is forever silenced,” said Newman.

The Israeli navy has siezed a ship loaded with Iranian arms to be delivered to Syria and Hezbollah
Nov 4th, 2009
News UpdateJimmy DeYoung
Categories: Jimmy DeYoung News

In a night raid, the Israeli naval forces seized a ship with hundreds of tons of Iranian weaponry on board the ship known as Francop captured near Cyprus carrying the arms sent by Iran and destined for Syria and Hezbollah.

The deputy commander of the Israeli navy said the transfer of such amounts of weapons is done in order to create a balance of terror with Israel by Iran, Syria and Hezbollah.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

An Israeli raid on a ship loaded with Iranian weapons destined for Syria and Hezbollah is evidence that Bible prophecy is closer than ever before to being fulfilled.

For the third time within the year, Iran has disregarded international law and UN national security resolutions that forbid it to transfer weaponry. This time it was a ship loaded with hundreds of tons of Iranian weapons, weapons that are considered very advanced weaponry including antiaircraft missiles.

For years it has been known that Syria is the conduit for Iranian weapons being delivered to Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. You must remember that Hezbollah is not Lebanese. They are part of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard sent to Lebanon in 1982 by the late Ayatollah Khomeneih. Iran, Syria and Hezbollah want to remove the Jewish state of Israel from the Middle East, even the entire world that their name be forgotten forever, Psalm 83:4.

Bible prophecy reveals that Syria will be the first nation to attack Israel, then a number of other Islamic and Arab nations will join the fight. The point about Syria being first is found in Daniel 11:40-41 where Syria is mentioned by its Biblical name, the King of the North. Iran is the Persia mentioned in Ezekiel 38:5 and you must remember until 1936, Iran was known as Persia, in fact they still speak the Persian language in Iran.

Ezekiel 38:8 and 11 say the attack by Iran and Syria will take place when there is peace in the Middle East, which is exactly what every world leader is working for right now.

Shadow Government
Nov 4th, 2009
CommentaryWND - David Kupelian,
Categories: Commentary;Warning

Inside the mad, mad, mad, mad world of Obama's czars

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy," warned Obi-Wan Kenobi, while approaching the fictional Mos Eisley spaceport in "Star Wars."

For many Americans, the closest thing on planet Earth to the famous "Star Wars" bar scene, teeming with all its bizarre and malevolent denizens, is the Obama White House with its ever-growing menagerie of radical, unaccountable and utterly weird "czars" advising the president of the United States.

People like regulatory czar Cass Sunstein, who defends the removal of organs from terminally ill patients without their permission. Or Obama's choice of school-safety czar, gay activist Kevin Jennings who actually pioneered the practice of introducing homosexual advocacy into public schools by disguising it as "school safety"! Or science czar John Holdren, who has advocated sterilizing welfare recipients and seizing babies born to unwed mothers, and predicted one billion people would die in "carbon-dioxide induced famines" caused by – are you ready? – a coming new ice age.

And those are just the ones you've already heard about. There are dozens more.

You'll meet people like Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner nominee Chai Feldblum, who endorses polygamy, and AIDS czar Jeffrey S. Crowley – both openly homosexual. In fact, the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute boasts on its website that at least 60 "LGBT leaders have secured spots in the Obama administration."

Then there's Patrick Gaspard, officially the "director of the office of political affairs," but whom critics call "ACORN's man in the White House." And defense policy adviser Rosa Brooks, a George-Soros-trained ideologue and anti-military radical who urged the prosecution of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for "war crimes." And FCC diversity czar Mark Lloyd, who believes the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" – unanimously repealed by the FCC in 1987 – was never repealed, wants to destroy conservative talk radio, and described Marxist dictator Hugo Chavez's rise to power in Venezuela as "an incredible revolution."

And the list goes on. And on.

"In bypassing congressional approval and assembling an army of unaccountable czars," says Whistleblower editor David Kupelian, "President Obama is doing precisely the opposite of what he promised before being elected."

Indeed, on March 31, 2008, candidate Obama proclaimed, "The biggest problems that we’re facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that’s what I intend to reverse when I’m president of the United States."

Yet since his election, Obama has zealously pursued the most stunning power grab in modern history, not only through unthinkable federal spending and takeovers of entire industries

like automotive and banking, and in-progress takeovers of healthcare and energy, but by creating a virtual shadow government of "czars" within the executive branch.

Just why would a president want to bypass customary Senate confirmation and accountability to congressional oversight committees when appointing his advisers?

Van Jones provided the answer. After Obama's "green jobs czar" was forced to resign in the middle of the night, following widely publicized revelations that he was a self-proclaimed communist and a racist conspiracy-monger, many people asked how Jones could have slipped through the White House's vetting process.

"Jones didn't slip through a sloppy vetting process," explains Kupelian. "He passed it with flying colors. Jones was exactly what Obama wanted. Indeed, as you'll see in this issue of Whistleblower, Obama's czars – unaccountable to anyone on earth but him – are a reflection of his worldview and policy positions. They are a reflection of where Barack Obama wants to take America."

Petition Seeks Fcc Probe Into 'hate Speech' in Media
Nov 4th, 2009
Daily NewsWND - Bob Unruh
Categories: Today's Headlines;Persecution

'What we are documenting here is a full-fledged assault'

A coalition of major religious denominations and organizations has launched a petition to the Federal Communications Commission asking for an investigation into "hate speech in the media" and how telecommunications might play a role in "hate crimes."

The petition is promoted by members of the "So We Might See" coalition that includes the United Church of Christ, the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, the Islamic Society of North America, United Methodist Communications, Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

The move comes as President Obama celebrates his signing just last week of a "hate crimes" law that provides special protections to people who live homosexual and other "alternative" sexual lifestyles.

Addressed to FCC chief Julius Genachowski, the petition asks for a "notice of inquiry into hate speech in the media."

"We are concerned about this issue because of the possible connection between hate speech and violent hate crimes and the lack of information for members of the public concerned about the issue," the petition states.

"The possible correlation between hate speech and violent crime gives us great pause. Immigrant, minority, and religious populations are often targets of hate speech before they are subsequently the target of physical hate crimes," the petition says.

"Hate speech in the media is a growing problem that must be examined before it can be solved. So We Might See supports efforts to increase the resources available to the public to understand hate speech. As members of the faith community, we will do our part to ask our members to raise their own voices condemning hate speech when they see it and to ask for all citizens to conduct themselves with civility," it says.

The move, however, was so controversial that the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, while a part of the coalition, refused to sign on to the petition.

"USCCB supports the establishment of a broad public forum to debate the difficult constitutional and regulatory issues, including the potential danger to religious speech, raised by the petitioners," it said in a separate statement. "We are asking the FCC to make available a proceeding where the public can attempt to describe speech anyone deems harmful, and where the public (including Catholics and the bishops) can raise important constitutional constraints on government action regarding speech, including religious speech.

"We are not participating in any campaign to censor any organization, program or commentator," the organization said.

Matt Barber, Liberty Counsel attorney and author of the newly released book "The Right Hook – From the Ring to the Culture War," told WND passage of 'hate crimes' legislation "has emboldened the radical homosexual lobby, the quasi-Christian left and other fringe factions."

"There are terrific people who attend [United Church of Christ] churches, but the reality is that much of the UCC's leadership is cut from the same hateful, counter-biblical cloth as President Obama's racist, America-hating pastor Jeremiah Wright.

"I knew it was just a matter of time before the left – to include the Obama administration – would begin using the euphemistic terms 'hate crimes' and 'hate speech' interchangeably," Barber continued. "I just didn't think it would happen this fast. Those of us who opposed the new 'hate crimes' law have warned for years that the true agenda is, and has always been, to silence any opposition to liberal views, including opposition to the homosexual lifestyle."

Jeffrey Lord, a former Reagan White House political director and now a writer for American Spectator, wrote that while he is a member of the UCC, he has questions about the effort.

"Read the key phrases again. 'Open a notice of inquiry into hate speech in the media.' Meaning, church members are being asked to sign on to an already-in-progress petition to the FCC that is opening the door to legal sanctions from the federal government on 'hate speech in the media,'" he said.

Lord cited a petition accusation that talk radio icons had criticized immigrants.

"But to focus on that in this space would remove one's eye from the real fast ball. This petition has nothing to do with the immigration issue," he continued, citing an statement from FCC commissioner Michael Copps about the "comprehensive FCC evaluation of the state of broadcast journalism."

"Now, how would one push for such a 'comprehensive FCC evaluation' of talk radio?" Lord asked. "And if, just by chance of course, you also wanted to de-legitimatize and silence not just talk radio … but Fox News … well, how exactly could you try and do that? How do you get this ball rolling?"

Lord said it would be necessary to have the question raised to the FCC by an outside group. Additionally, he said, there needs to be the "raw political power" to attack the issue.

He cited the George-Soros-sponsored Media Democracy Fund as one of several financial supporters of the "So We Might See" organization.

"These religious groups are to convey the idea that talk radio and Fox News are guilty of 'hate speech' as illustrated by links naming or presenting Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs, Michael Savage in this fashion," he wrote.

"What we are documenting here is a full-fledged assault on conservative media. On talk radio and on Fox News. An assault by name on some, on others with their names left out, but surely every bit the target as the others. … Leading this charge or involved in some capacity are at least one commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, seven national churches, one left-wing billionaire who helps as always with the funding – and last but certainly not least, the White House. Specifically that would be Messrs. Emanuel, Axelrod and Ms. [Anita] Dunn," Lord wrote.

"Hello? Is anyone home

here? Is the First Amendment – which interestingly protects these very same churches – going to be assaulted like this while everyone just sits by and says nothing?"

Israel Seizes Arms Ship from Iran Bound for Hezbollah
Nov 4th, 2009
Daily NewsHaaretz
Categories: Today's Headlines;Anti-Israel

Israeli special forces on Wednesday seized control of an Iranian vessel carrying arms intended for Hezbollah, in a daring pre-dawn raid not far from the coast of Cyprus.

The ship was believed to have set out from Iran and later docked in Yemen and Sudan before sailing through the Suez Canal. Its final destination was believed to be either Syria or Lebanon. The Antigua-flagged ship was discovered during routine patrols conducted by the Navy, according to a communiqué from the Israel Defense Forces Spokespersons Unit.

Big Victory for Traditional Marriage in Maine
Nov 4th, 2009
Daily NewsAssociated Press - GLENN ADAMS and DAVID CRARY
Categories: Today's Headlines

PORTLAND, Maine- Voters in Maine have rejected an effort by lawmakers there to impose homosexual marriage in that state.

Gay marriage has now lost in every single state - 31 in all - in which it has been put to a popular vote. Gay-rights activists had hoped to buck that trend in Maine - known for its liberal-minded electorate - and mounted an energetic, well-financed campaign.

With 87 percent of the precincts reporting, gay-marriage foes had 53 percent of the votes.

"The institution of marriage has been preserved in Maine and across the nation," declared Frank Schubert, chief organizer for the winning side.

Gay-marriage supporters held out hope that the tide would shift before conceding defeat at 2:40 a.m. in a statement that insisted they weren't going away.

"We're in this for the long haul. For next week, and next month, and next year - until all Maine families are treated equally. Because in the end, this has always been about love and family and that will always be something worth fighting for," said Jesse Connolly, manager of the pro-gay marriage campaign.

At issue was a law passed by the Maine Legislature last spring that would have legalized same-sex marriage. The law was put on hold after conservatives launched a petition drive to repeal it in a referendum.

The outcome Tuesday marked the first time voters had rejected a gay-marriage law enacted by a legislature. When Californians put a stop to same-sex marriage a year ago, it was in response to a court ruling, not legislation.

Five other states have legalized gay marriage _ starting with Massachusetts in 2004, and followed by Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Iowa _ but all did so through legislation or court rulings, not by popular vote. In contrast, constitutional amendments banning gay marriage have been approved in all 30 states where they have been on the ballot.