[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Senate rejects Conscience protections; DHS calls pro-lifers "right wing radicals"; more...
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Wed Apr 15 17:16:20 MDT 2009
*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 15 Apr 2009 AD
**Senate Rejects Amendment Protecting Abortion-Conscience Rights for Doctors
**Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) --* The Senate on Thursday night
rejected an amendment from a pro-life senator that would have provided
conscience protection on abortion for [pharmacists, nurse,] doctors and
medical centers. The amendment comes at a time when President Barack
Obama is considering overturning further protections. Sen Tom Coburn, an
Oklahoma Republican, sponsored an amendment to the Senate budget bill
that would protect the right of conscience for health care workers. His
budget amendment was to "protect the freedom of conscience for patients
and the right of health care providers to serve patients without
violating their moral and religious convictions." However, the Senate
rejected the conscience amendment on a 56-41 vote with most of the
chamber's Democrats voting against it along with a handful of
pro-abortion Republicans. Three Democrats joined most of the Senate
Republicans in voting for the Coburn amendment.* ACTION: Contact your
two U.S. senators and respond to their vote on the Coburn amendment.
Call 202-224-3121 to connect with any senator's office or visit
http://www.Senate.gov* /
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http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/14/confirme-the-obama-dhs-hit-job-on-conservatives-is-real/
* Confirmed: The Obama DHS hit job on conservatives is real [pro-lifers
equated to "right wing radicals"*]
By Michelle Malkin . April 14, 2009 12:01 AM
Yesterday, Roger Hedgecock
<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94799> and
the Liberty Papers
<http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/04/12/homeland-security-document-targets-most-conservatives-and-libertarians-in-the-country/>
posted an unclassified DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis report
titled:
*Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling
Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.*
**
The "report" (PDF file here
<http://www.thelibertypapers.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hsa-rightwing-extremism-09-04-07.pdf>)
was one of the most embarrassingly shoddy pieces of propaganda I'd ever
read out of DHS. I couldn't believe it was real.
I spent the day chasing down DHS spokespeople, who have been tied up
preparing for a very important homeland security event later today: The
First Lady is coming to visit their Washington office. Priorities, you know.
Well, the press office got back to me and verified that the document is
indeed for real.
They were very defensive --- preemptively so --- in asserting that it
was not a politicized document and that DHS had done reports on
"leftwing extremism" in the past. I have covered DHS for many years and
am quite familiar with past assessments they and the FBI have done on
animal rights terrorists and environmental terrorists.
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/12251436/DHS-Eco-Terrorism-in-US-2008> But
those past reports have always been very specific
<http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.Facts&ContentRecord_id=5475BDE5-682E-446E-9BA1-BE4667EE530D>
in identifying the exact groups, causes, and targets of domestic
terrorism, i.e., the ALF, ELF, and Stop Huntingdon wackos who have
engaged in physical harassment, arson, vandalism, and worse against
pharmaceutical companies, farms, labs, and university researchers.
By contrast, the piece of crap report issued on April 7 is a sweeping
indictment of conservatives. And the intent is clear. As the two
spokespeople I talked with on the phone today made clear: They both
pinpointed the recent "economic downturn" and the "general state of the
economy" for stoking "rightwing extremism." One of the spokespeople said
he was told that the report has been in the works for a year. My b.s.
detector went off the chart, and yours will, too, if you read through
the entire report --- which asserts with no evidence that an
unquantified "resurgence in rightwing extremist recruitment and
radicalizations activity" is due to home foreclosures, job losses,
and...the historical presidential election.
In Obama land, there are no coincidences. It is no coincidence that this
report echoes Tea Party-bashing left-wing blogs (check this one out
comparing the Tea Party movement to the Weather Underground!
<http://cobalt6.net/diary/2495/tea-party-movementthe-new-weather-underground>)
and demonizes the very Americans who will be protesting in the thousands
on Wednesday for the nationwide Tax Day Tea Party.
>From the report, p.2:
Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into
those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily
hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or
ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting
federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting
government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals
that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion
or immigration.
>From the report. p. 3:
(U//LES) Rightwing extremists are harnessing this historical
election as a recruitment tool. Many rightwing extremists are
antagonistic toward the new presidential administration and its
perceived stance on a range of issues, including immigration and
citizenship, the expansion of social programs to minorities, and
restrictions on firearms ownership and use. Rightwing extremists are
increasingly galvanized by these concerns and leverage them as
drivers for recruitment. From the 2008 election timeframe to the
present, rightwing extremists have capitalized on related racial and
political prejudices in expanded propaganda campaigns, thereby
reaching out to a wider audience of potential sympathizers.
(U) Exploiting Economic Downturn
(U//FOUO) Rightwing extremist chatter on the Internet continues to
focus on the economy, the perceived loss of U.S. jobs in the
manufacturing and construction sectors, and home foreclosures.
Anti-Semitic extremists attribute these losses to a deliberate
conspiracy conducted by a cabal of Jewish "financial elites." These
"accusatory" tactics are employed to draw new recruits into
rightwing extremist groups and further radicalize those already
subscribing to extremist beliefs. DHS/I&A assesses this trend is
likely to accelerate if the economy is perceived to worsen.
>From the report, p. 5:
(U//FOUO) Over the past five years, various rightwing extremists,
including militias and white supremacists, have adopted the
immigration issue as a call to action, rallying point,
and recruiting tool. Debates over appropriate immigration levels and
enforcement policy generally fall within the realm of protected
political speech under the First Amendment, but in some cases,
anti-immigration or strident pro-enforcement fervor has been
directed against specific groups and has the potential to turn violent.
And echoing the anti-military bigotry
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123938143757608889.html> last seen in
that disgusting Penn State University training video, there's this on p. 7:
(U) Disgruntled Military Veterans
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A assesses that rightwing extremists will attempt to
recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their
skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat.
These skills and knowledge have the potential to boost the
capabilities of extremists---including lone wolves or small
terrorist cells---to carry out violence. The willingness of a small
percentage of military personnel to join extremist groups during the
1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned, or suffering
from the psychological effects of war is being replicated today.
There's no hackneyed left-wing stereotype of conservatives left behind
in this DHS intelligence and analysis assessment. I asked both DHS
spokespeople to tell me who, specifically, the report was accusing of
"rightwing extremist chatter" and which "antigovernment" groups are
being monitored as "extremists." They say they'll get back to me.
In the meantime, be aware of this from the report, p. 8
(U//FOUO) DHS/I&A will be working with its state and local partners
over the next several months to ascertain with greater regional
specificity the rise in rightwing extremist activity in the United
States, with a particular emphasis on the political, economic, and
social factors that drive rightwing extremist radicalization.
Better make a few last-minute signs for the Tea Party. Obama's DHS is
watching:
/Honk if you're a radicalized rightwing extremist!/
//
/Guilty of rightwing extremist chatter/
/Anti-government, pro-freedom: Sue me/
//
***
Previous:
<http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/970443.html> Missouri
retracts report linking militias, 3rd party candidates.
***
Oh, I'm sure DHS will be issuing its report on self-proclaimed bank
terrorists like Bruce Marks of NACA and criminal rackeeters harassing
private citizens in their homes
<http://michellemalkin.com/2009/03/27/the-coming-g20-riots-the-spread-of-mob-rule/>
to "exploit the economic downturn" any day now.
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