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Newt's Thanksgiving Message

"They (early American settlers) didn’t just give thanks when times were good, they gave thanks when times were bad -- especially when times were bad."

I am thankful for those like Mr. Gingrich who refuse to let the true meaning of Thanksgiving die at the hands of leftists and radical secularists who unfortunately dominate the "mainstream" media.

Catholics Funding ACORN Radicals?

Catholics have heard the plea for support from the Campaign for Human Development for as long as we can remember. CHD will not be getting money from our household again. Thank you Mrs. Schlafly for the insight into this counterfeit catholic organization and their shameful enablers.

Lack of Sleep Linked to Childhood Obesity

A common sense recipe for young children that will increase their chances of becoming healthy weight adults. Keep them physically active during the day, and put them to bed early.

Subsidizing Obese Flyers

The Canadian government has ordered two airlines to give morbidly obese passengers an extra free seat on domestic flights.

A continued escalation in the number of obese citizens is what we can expect if governments mandate that businesses accommodate, at their own expense, expanding customer waistlines. Of course, it will be the rest of society that will shoulder the increased expense not only for such things as airfares, but the resulting health care costs associated with obesity. Subsidizing poor decisions will only lead to more people making poor decisions.

Shouldn't the people who maintain a healthy weight be rewarded? I propose that airlines give a rebate to passengers who weigh in under 200 lbs, even more if they are less than 150 lbs. This makes much more sense than what Canada is imposing upon airlines.

California Homosexuals Develop Hit List

Just who exactly are the intolerant hate-mongers? Arnold, what are you doing about these domestic terrorists?

Gipper's Approach Continues to Resonate

A Rasmussen survey confirms that Ronald Reagan remains the benchmark against which all other Presidents will be judged in the foreseeable future. Obama promised tax cuts to nearly all Americans (even those who do not pay taxes). Let's see if he has any intention of delivering, or perhaps more importantly whether the radical leftists in Congress will let him.

Thank You CAP!

Cathi Herrod and the Center for Arizona Policy deserve much of the credit for the recent passage of Proposition 102 in Arizona. They were the driving force over the past 2 years that led to this protective barrier between the sacred institution of marriage and the radical interest groups, activist judge alliance.

Last night my wife and I were honored to attend CAPs annual banquet which was a celebration of this wonderful pro-family victory. But, it was also a call to action provided by the key-note speaker, law professor, and radio host Hugh Hewitt. Hugh succinctly described the three areas that conservatives need to address between now and 2010.

1.) Young technology savvy voters. We need to speak their language through their outlets to deliver the winning conservative message.

2.) Latino voters. The border debate must return to what it really boils down to... national security. It is not about one group having more or fewer rights than another.

3.) Women. Again the message of national security and what it means to the ultimate safety and prosperity of American families needs to be communicated more effectively.

Let's get to it!

A Little Less Illumination

"A medical doctor by training, Crichton knew better than to treat scientists and technologists as a priestly class, immune from temptations of fame, profit or power." - WSJ

I don't know what type of man Michael Crichton was but his novels reveal a nimble and perceptive mind particularly in dissecting the relationship between science and society. Crichton died this week succumbing to cancer. His work often addressed the increasing politicization of science and medicine, as well as the growing chasm between the scientific elite and average citizen. He also exploited the growing estrangement between the rapid proliferation of scientific knowledge and means, and the atrophied moral and ethical construct in which it operates. Unfortunately, scientists and dependent organizations feel compelled to exaggerate or even create crises in order to survive. These crises we are led to believe require enormous government funded initiatives which, in turn, grow these organizations ever larger. Are some of these problems important? Of course. Are all of these problems world ending crises? Certainly not. Crichton understood this dynamic and weaved it expertly into his 2004 novel “State of Fear” his entertaining and scathing commentary on modern environmentalism.

Marriage Protected !

Congratulations to Arizona, Florida and likely California for protecting the bedrock of free and healthy societies. In each of these States the people reaffirmed by constitutional amendment the definition of marriage as the union of one man to one woman. Thus, these citizens have greatly improved the odds that, long after the current crop of politicians have finished their terms, marriage and families will be shielded from the machinations of activist judges and radical social engineers.

More Bad News for Fat Inactive Kids

...and it is not just the fact that Barack Obama is the favorite to become the President-elect in the next 24 hours. Instead, it is the alarming trend of ever increasing numbers of children being treated with drugs to combat obesity related illnesses.

The Wages of Sedentary Living

The prevalence of obesity continues to increase nationwide. This will undoubtedly result in more and more people developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease at younger ages. It is also predicted that obesity related cancers will also escalate in the coming decades.

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Wall Street Journal Weighs in on Prop 101

This morning the WSJ opinion page highlights Arizona Proposition 101 as a model for protecting the individual's right to choose their own health care. Its outcome could fuel widespread protections of patient rights across the country which is very threatening to those intent on heavy handed government controls.

"Proposition 101 goes to the heart of the national health-care debate. Universal coverage plans, regulated by government, nearly always try to restrain costs by restricting the choices individual can make. This assumes a uniformity in the real-world of patients or the practice of medicine that simply doesn't exist, especially amid rapid developments in medical science. Who should decide -- the patient or a government treatment schedule -- whether a cancer sufferer should be able to try an experimental therapy or under what circumstances a senior citizen gets a hip replacement?"

Proposition 101, the Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, reads that "no law shall be passed that restricts a person's freedom of choice of private heath care systems or private plans of any type." Also: "No law shall interfere with a person's right to pay directly for lawful medical services . . ."

Like Prop 102, which would protect the definition of marriage in Arizona, you can learn a lot about a ballot initiative by the passions it inflames in those trying to circumvent the public will.