Proposed Mosque at Ground Zero

I Wrote to Fox News Commentator Glenn Beck today (me@glennbeck.com).....here's what I said.

Hi Glenn,

Love your show and the way you educate the audience.

I'd like to know why the above news item (click here) hasn't really taken root in the media. I am appalled that anyone would be contemplating erecting a mosque at ground zero.

Let me get this straight: Muslim fanatics blow up the World Trade Center and replace it with a mosque?!?!?

I'm sure you realize that mosques in America can be hotbeds of anti-American, anti-capitalist, subversive propaganda. Can you imagine if Muslims deemed ground zero "sacred ground" and gathered en masse -- ala Mecca!

Can you imagine the security problems for NYC? Can you imagine how this would signal Muslim conquest over America -- and on our soil!

There's got to be a way to circumvent the proposed building of this mosque.

Lou Comunale

WHY I SPEAK OUT!

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, quote attributed to Edmund Burke.

I want to take this opportunity to explain why I’m so conscious of what’s going on in the nation.

When I speak about the things of the world, and how wrong things are, it’s a matter of waking up, what seems to be, a sleeping church, unconcerned as freedom and righteousness is slowly being taken away from them and evil is tolerated.

It’s not a matter of “loving this present world” – but like God, it’s a matter of loving the people -- "God so loved this world..."! This nation, more so than any other, was founded upon Godly principles. The United States has produced more missionaries for the world, contributed more dollars to charitable organizations than any other, and has been a beacon of light for the world for centuries.

But now, as I see America losing its way, when I see a generation that doesn’t know right from wrong, it’s not love for the world’s system that I voice my opinion, but love for the people. And like Wisdom from Proverbs cries out (I paraphrase), “How long will you tolerate evil and self-destruction?”

There is no guarantee that Jesus is coming within ten years. I wish He does, but He may not come for another hundred.

Yet, in the meantime, is it not incumbent upon us Christians to be the salt and light of the earth? If we see evil or danger approaching, is it not wise to sound the alarm?

In the 1960s, very few Christians spoke out against God being expelled from our schools. Yet, look at what our incriminating silence produced for the nation. You can see a direct correlation between expelling God from school to the national, cultural erosion that began at that time and continues to this day: in sexual promiscuity, intolerance of morals and Christianity, drug use, profanity, and just about every other evil. Today’s generation knows nothing about, and in fact mocks, the moralistic pre-60s culture.

So when Comedy Central wants to malign my Savior, you bet I’m going to say something! It has been our silence that has allowed so much of the evil we presently see.

When I see a government run amuck in debt spending, which my children will inherit and couldn’t possibly pay back, you bet I’m going to say something.

When I see a large part of the church vote for change rather than righteousness, you bet I’m going to sound the alarm – lest we repeat our mistakes in the next election.

When the news media, to support its anti-American mindset, calls certain voices for righteousness racist or homophobic – I'll be there to defend righteousness.

Presently we see an administration turning it’s back on the National Day of Prayer – so why aren't the pastors of this nation speaking out?

While we are ambassadors for a heavenly kingdom, we still live here. If evil reigns, we suffer under it. So let our lights and influence shine, lest we allow evil to be at the helm of this spiraling-downward nation. Let us not be relegated to the back of the bus any longer.

God gave us a voice, let’s use it without apology. If God’s people don’t speak out for righteousness, who will?

Why Health Care is So Crucial to this Administration

After 14 long, agonizing months, health care reform has come to the finish line. Battered, rejected and defeated in public opinion, it's been raised from the dead any number of times to get to this climatic point. This is now the democrats' final "make or break" week.

And if this bill "makes" it, it may just "break" us as a nation! The debilitating burden of paying for this bill and our nation's burgeoning debt will forcibly go to our children and to their children.

The Administration and Congress have stopped at nothing to force this unpopular bill down our throats. Every week we read of more unethical practices by this Congress, using bribes, kickbacks, and the perverting of the legislative process.

But why?

If the public is so opposed to this bill, why are democrats so intent at falling on their swords to force government-run health care upon us? Why is this Administration pushing an agenda that will cause the economy to suffer catastrophic heart failure?

This is not just about health care. I repeat, this is not just about health care! If it was, there would be a greater flexibility between the political parties to come to a compromise. As it stands now, this is clearly a partisan bill, supported only by President Obama and congressional democrats. The republicans were never given an opportunity to work with the majority party.

I submit that the reason why the left is ignoring public opinion, is simple: It's about an agenda that will change the face of America for all time.

If the bill passes, we will see how the "change" that was promised will dramatically alter the American spirit and culture -- from which there may be no return.

Everything that this administration wants to impose upon this nation, begins and ends here -- in health care. This would be the biggest expansion of government control since the 1960s. Slowly but surely, this administration has been taking more and more control over the private sector, whether it's automobile companies or student bank loans, and now this health-care takeover, which would give the government control over one sixth of the nation's economy, would be the left's crowning achievement.

If this bill passes, there would be no more stopping the erosion of our freedoms and the turning of this nation into a socialist nightmare.

Of course, the behind-the-scenes reason for the president's incessant push for this bill is that his presidency is on the line and it all hinges on this passing. This is again why I say, it's not just about health care.

This is why the stacks are so high and this is why you need to make your voices heard, before it's too late. Once this bill passes, there is no more going back. If you overlook this time for action, you'll one day wake up and regret that you casually ignored your nation's cry for a health care reform that doesn't put America on the gurney!

If you'd like to contact your representative, click here.

The Crucial Week for Health Care

I have never seen an administration defy the will of the people by pursuing an agenda (health care) that has already been repudiated by recent local elections. Nor, have I ever seen a congress that would stop at nothing (through bribes, kickbacks & deceit) to pass this legislation. Republican Sen Scott Brown, who was elected by democratic Massachusetts in place of Sen Ted Kennedy, brings us up to speed.

Letter to Pro-Obama Health Care Supporter

I responded to a friend about health care reform, and thought it was good enough for you to read as well.

Hi ______,

I really appreciate your heart and I know where you're coming from.

So, let's start off with where we agree: 1) we agree there's a problem with affordable health care; 2) we support health care reform.

Our only real difference is how we as a nation go about reforming health care.

The bills that have been proposed by the House and Senate carry with them a major cost to the nation, through raising taxes, reducing services, growing our national debt, lowering our medical standards & clamping upon us an intrusive control over our medical decisions, that literally pushes us toward socialism. Plus, did you know, the bills do not provide coverage for all anyway. After all is said and done, after the trillions of dollars invested into this, millions of people will still be left without coverage.

But, here's something else we agree with: health care costs are astronomical! But why? It's mainly because of malpractice insurance that doctors have to pay to protect themselves from frivolous and expensive lawsuits.

Knowing this, why don't we pass one simple bill -- without adding cost to the nation!

TORT REFORM.

Tort reform is putting caps, or limits, on the amount of money doctors can be sued by patients. THIS IS WHY costs are so high -- when every little misdiagnosis turns into a major lawsuit which sends premiums through the roof. Doctors, needing to protect themselves, pay expensive malpractice insurance, the cost of which are then passed onto the patients.

The Obama Administration targets insurance providers as greedy villains. But did you know that trial lawyers are Obama's biggest financial supporters? This is why the Obama Administration rejects Tort Reform -- it would seriously impact the amount of money made by trial lawyers and thereby curtail Obama's and the democrats' campaign funding.

So, if Obama was serious about curtailing health care costs, he should start by passing a bill limiting awards for malpractice suits -- and that would cost the nation NOTHING!

Doesn't that make sense to do?

Obama rejects tort reform and, instead, creates a government bureaucracy that controls everyone's life from womb to tomb. The serious consequences of this bill include funding for abortions and denial of certain medical care to senior citizens because of their age -- despite what the White House website says!

Surely, your concern for people includes the unborn and senior citizens.

Now, let's talk about the catastrophic cost for Obama's health care reform. The nation is already squandering millions of dollars each day to foreign nations to PAY THE INTEREST on the trillions of dollars of debt we owe them. That's every day!

The US cannot sustain such crippling debt to our economy - this will certainly destroy this nation. Plus, it is already forcing the US to change our foreign policy to suit the decisions of nations we're indebted to -- as recently happened when China asked the US not to host the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama was escorted out of the back door of the White House pronto. Suppose one day the Chinese take us to task for protecting ourselves against terrorism? Proverbs says, "...the borrower is servant to the lender" (22:7).

Furthermore, you might think we're getting a free ride with government insurance, but how will it be funded? The children, and their children, born during this reform will be saddled with the debilitating debt, which will be unsustainable. This would be the first time in our nation's history that we would leave our children a country in worse shape, ladened with debt, than we had received and enjoyed.

We would be literally mortgaging away the lives of our children and grandchildren by presenting them with the price tag that puts their lives and hopes into Chapter 11.

As it stands now, the US has the best medical care in the world. People of all nations -- socialized countries included -- come here when they need good health care. That's because our government has no active control over personal and private medical procedures, while every socialized country has government running mom and pop's medical affairs. We cannot emulate the socialist system.

There are other ways for us to reform health care: Obama's plans will put the nation in cardiac arrest -- which, unfortunately, his health care reform does not cover.

We must vote against these bills.

Love you Guys....blessings to you.

Lou

I Love Betty Hutton!

Betty Hutton, that blond fireball that fueled wartime America in joy and song, is the most underrated, and almost forgotten, singing superstar from Hollywood's bygone era.

Entertainer of movies from the 40s and 50s, she was the biggest female star on the Paramount lot. Her exuberant singing style and comic interpretation of songs has not yet been duplicated. She costarred with all the big names: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and gave them all a run for their money in the laugh department. Her most memorable role may have been in Irving Berlin's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1950).

ANNIE was her most sought-after role, but, as it turned out, it was the heartbreak of her life. Judy Garland was originally cast as Annie, but was removed from the role due to her addictions. The cast and crew, inexplicably, never "forgave" Betty for replacing Judy and made her stay intolerable.

She continued performing into the television era, with less and less enthusiasm and ambition.

Betty's later years were spent fighting addictions herself. Four failed marriages, loss of her millions, dispirited of life, Betty suffered a nervous breakdown in 1973. Restored to emotional well-being by Catholic Father Peter Maguire, Betty became a Catholic and gave her life wholeheartedly to the Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing mattered anymore - she felt love and acceptance then, more than she ever received in Hollywood's heyday. She died in 2007, after enjoying renewed acclaim of her work.

In choosing her best song, I'm stymied! She's so talented in all the clips I've seen, how can you pick the best? Well, let's begin somewhere anyway.

Here's my initial all-time favorite that got me hooked on Hutton. Listen to the way she performs Cole Porter's lip-acrobatic-lyrics, "Let's Not Talk About Love" from LET'S FACE IT (1943).





Here's my other all-time favorite: "That's Loyalty" from RED, HOT AND BLUE (1949). Look at the way she uses every part of her body to tell the story, moving from graceful femininity to comic exuberance in a wink.



Finally, my third all-time favorite: "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" from THE STORK CLUB (1945). She is so enjoyable to watch, I could view these videos over and over again.




BONUS TRACK: Ay, what the hey. Here's another favorite: "His Rocking Horse Ran Away" from AND THE ANGELS SING (1944).




It's great to know that "this vitamin pill with legs," as Bob Hope called her, is in the Lord's presence now. (For more on Betty Hutton, go to her satinsandspurs website).

Glenn Beck at CPAC

Glenn Beck, host at Fox News, gave a stirring keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC). Here are two selections: the first one gives an overview of early America and how the prevailing political "wisdom" of liberalism exacerbated the Great Depression.



The next selection presents a gripping understanding of America's promise, as depicted in the Statue of Liberty.



As a source of reference, Beck cites the Colossus of Rhodes as the original inspiration of the Statue of Liberty.