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The Great Uniter has become the Great Divider
It doesn’t matter whether President Obama intended to ignite a firestorm with his birth control/abortion mandate. The fact is that he did, and the genie is finally out of the bottle. Last weekend, Andrew Sullivan wrote a piece for Newsweek suggesting that the president “Set a Contraception Trap for the Right”:
“The more Machiavellian observer might even suspect this is actually an improved bait and switch by Obama to more firmly identify the religious right with opposition to contraception, its weakest issue by far, and to shore up support among independent women and his more liberal base. I’ve found by observing this president closely for years that what often seem like short-term tactical blunders turn out in the long run to be strategically shrewd. And if this was a trap, the religious right walked right into it.”
Sullivan may be correct, but I have my doubts. Keep in mind that President Obama is the man who singlehandedly destroyed any hope for peace between Israel and the Palestinians in the near future by suggesting that Israel accept the “1967 borders” which were actually armistice lines and that Israel should stop building “settlements” — even “settlements” in her own capital, Jerusalem, which are actually neighborhoods. Gabriel Scheinmann, a visiting fellow at The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, wrote about that problem in a piece titled “Misunderstanding Clausewitz: Why the Obama Administration’s Policies have Undermined Israel’s Security.” I bring it up here simply to point out that President Obama has a penchant for committing colossal and costly blunders that pundits like Andrew Sullivan after the fact try to imagine were strokes of strategic genius.
But again, regardless of his intentions, President Obama has unleashed forces that are beyond his ability to control at this point. As Sullivan correctly observed,
“Who knew the sexual and religious politics of the 1990s were suddenly back, under the president who promised he’d try to end them? And who knew the president himself — who has made an elegant art form out of avoiding exactly these kinds of controversies in his first three years — would have made the final call on the one that suddenly united the entire Republican right in roiling rage?”
This battle is just getting started. It probably won’t end until the general election in November, if then, and the “Republican right” isn’t the only group that’s in a “roiling rage.” Democrats and others who believe that we should leave God out of the political process are fit to be tied. For example, the top 3 political news articles in diggtm on Wednesday were titled “An Overwhelming Majority want the Catholic Church to STFU about birth control,” “5 Brave Religious Leaders Who Fought Christian Theocracy in America,” and “Colbert: Using contraception means ‘you are c*ck blocking God’. With one ill-fated shot, President Obama hit two hornets’ nests, Democrats and Republicans, and the upshot is that we are about to learn who we are as a people at this moment in time. To read the entire editorial, click here.
This SnyderTalk editorial first appeared in PJ Media on February 20, 2012.
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Jeremiah 46: 7-9
Who is this that rises like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters surge about? Egypt rises like the Nile, even like the rivers whose waters surge about; and He has said, “I will rise and cover that land; I will surely destroy the city and its inhabitants.” Go up, you horses, and drive madly, you chariots, that the mighty men may march forward: Ethiopia and Put, that handle the shield, and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.”
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Hosea 4: 6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
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Top 5 diggtm articles yesterday:
- Women Need to Speak Up About Birth Control
- Canada ‘muzzling its scientists’
- Iran Cuts Off Oil to Britain and France
- Wanted: Women Birth Control, Not Men on Ham Sandwiches
- White House predicts 2 million more jobs in 2012
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The Jerusalem Post:
- Netanyahu to meet Obama at White House in March
- ‘GOP would ‘go further’ on Iran than Obama’
- Gov’t finds funds to keep Ammunition Hill open
- Red Cross negotiating Syria ceasefire to bring aid
- Abbas meets Hamas officials, seeks to speed unity
- Rail strike delayed by 2 weeks to allow more talks
- ‘Iran takes conciliatory tone on EU relations’
- C’tee approves halving released terrorists’ benefits
- Warrant issued for 5th Iranian in Thai bomb plot
- 2 arrested outside Peres event in Nazareth
- Iran soccer team cancels game over Israeli coach
- Iran: Internet disrupted again ahead of election
- Anti-Christian graffiti found on J’lem Church
Haaretz:
- White House: Netanyahu, Obama to meet in Washington on March 5
- Israel could strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, but it won’t be easy
- Netanyahu’s border proposal: Israel to annex settlement blocs, but not Jordan Valley
- With a beard and a shtreimel, Santorum would be perfect for an ultra-Orthodox party
- Syrians sense war in Damascus while Assad tries to score points
- Red Cross negotiates Syria humanitarian ceasefire with Assad regime
- Iranian warships dock at Syrian port after crossing Suez Canal
- Iran official: Oil ban could expand to more ‘hostile’ EU countries
Israel Hayom:
- Hurting Ahmadinejad
- UN inspectors arrive in Iran as West buys time from Israel
- Iran’s theater of the absurd
- What does rationality mean for Iran?
- PA reportedly demands 98% of land, rejects settlement blocs
- In a first, IDF to deploy Iron Dome in Tel Aviv
- IAF to conduct joint exercise with Polish air force
- Itamar constructs new religious center in memory of Fogel family
- Netanyahu: Doctor cleared in al-Dura case is an ‘Israeli hero’
- Ammunition Hill faces one last battle – for survival
- Egypt recalls Syria envoy as ‘message of dissatisfaction’
- Jordan sets up refugee camp near northern border with Syria
- Poll: Americans like Israel more than last year
Other:
- Arab Rioters Stone Temple Mount Tourists after Muslim Incitement
- The Strait of Hormuz: Assessing and Neutralizing the Threat
- A Mixed Blessing: Hamas, Israel, and the Recent Prisoner Exchange
- Something New Under the Sun: Public Opinion and Decision Making in Israel
- Barack Obama and the Middle East Three Years On
- Israel and the Palestinian Authority: When Parallel Lines Might Converge
- To Iraq and Back: The Withdrawal of the US Forces
- Beyond the “Divine Victory”: New Challenges Facing Hizbollah
- Extended Deterrence in the Middle East: A Fuzzy Concept that Might Work?
- Smuggled Egyptian diesel is cheaper than Israeli supplies
- Hamas creates humanitarian crisis in Gaza. No problem.
- Rioting is no crime for Arabs
- “Pro-Zionist Rats”: Venezuelan Media Attack Chavez Opposition
- Ombudsman Rebukes CBC Radio-Canada’s Mideast Reporting
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Business:
- New debt swap terms being discussed-Greek source
- Oil rises to 8-month high on Iran, China moves
- New ‘mystery meat:’ Should you eat a lab-grown burger?
- Quality gap narrows among Detroit, Korean and Japanese cars
- Bundesbank Challenges Vicuna on ECB’s Greek Profit, Reuters Says
- Walmart raises stake in Yihaodian
- Gas prices set to soar in Cleveland
- US, Mexico agree to cooperate on energy
- Britain, Netherlands call for EU to focus on growth
- Frankfurt airport strike extended to Wed
- Emerging Stocks Head for Six-Month High on Greece, China Easing
- The other foreclosure settlement: Millions of homeowners eligible
- Japan’s trade deficit hits record
World:
- German skeptics Lüning and Vahrenholt respond to criticism
- South Korean Military Holds Drills
- Winston Lord and Leslie H. Gelb: Nixon’s China Opening, 40 Years Later
- Libya Struggles With Mass Gaddafi-Era Rape Crimes
- UN nuke inspectors arrive for key talks in Iran
- Prison brawl in Mexico was cover for jail break, authorities say
- McCain: Iran “supplying arms” to Syrian regime
- Visiting US congressmen predict quick resolution of NGO row
- Syrian forces mass outside rebel stronghold
- South Korea begins military drills despite threat from North Korea
- Suspected police kill 2 Albanians in Afghanistan
- Russian Oil Boom’s End Means Lower Tax That Risks Unrest: Energy
- Polling station blast raises fears for Yemen’s future
- Nigerian majority doesn’t back Boko Haram views, poll finds
- Italy, India in tug of war over trial
- Myanmar lifts rally ban after Suu Kyi’s party complains
- Protests Intensify as Senegal Vote Nears
- Merkel faces humiliation over Gauck nomination
- Lawyer sees “conspiracy of silence” in Mubarak trial
United States:
- Interview of Fred Singer
- CO2 is not a Greenhouse Gas that Raises Global temperature. Period!
- Study: Sierra snowfall consistent over 130 years
- Closed Minds at the IPCC
- The Global Warming Hoax is Now Killing People
- Ron Paul on Social Conservatism: ‘I Think It’s a Losing Position’
- Navy SEALs: Obama’s Secret Army
- No lie: It’s Washington’s Birthday, not Presidents Day
- Can Santorum handle the pressure?
- Poll: Republican voters oppose a ‘brokered’ convention
- Police find remains of Ohio girl missing since 1999 in accused rapist’s home
- Romney super PAC raised $6.6M in January
- Marco Rubio is Top Choice for VP Among GOP Voters in Poll
- Romney’s Immigration Stance Alienates Some Latino Mormons
- Boy Scouts sued in sexual abuse case
Opinions:
- Caroline Glick: Harvard, Jew haters, motherhood and Israel
- Robert Samuelson: Super PAC confusion
- Jackson Diehl: Venezuela’s ballot-box uprising
- Star Parker: The Left Fuels Santorum Surge
- John Ransom: Obama’s Phony Theology Offers Phony Financing on Everything
- Lurita Doan: Obama’s Deep Disrespect for Congress and the Rest of Us
- Phyllis Schlafly: Obama’s War on Religious Liberty
- Daniel J. Mitchell: Patriotism, Loyalty, Tax Competition, and “Tax Fugitives”
- Bob Beauprez: Some Stimulus – Obama Fails on His Own Top Three Presidential Priorities
- Dan Holler: The Party of No
- Mike Shedlock: Irish Home Loans 90+ Days Delinquent Hits 9.2%; Spain Lending Shrinks at Record Pace
- George Friedman: Russia: Caucasus Emirate Militants Not Defeated Yet
- Mark Calabria: Local Governments Also To Blame For Housing Crisis
- Doug French: Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis
- Mark Steyn: Brokest Nation In History Fusses Instead About Sex
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- Gingrich records show public praise, private criticism of Reagan
- Wanted: Skilled factory workers
- With a second term go Obama’s gains
- Returning military members allege job discrimination — by federal government
- Leaders meeting on Greek bailout have a growing problem: A fed-up public
- Iran halts oil shipments to Britain and France
- Gunfire at Mardi Gras parade in La. kills 1
- Green Zone empties out under Iraqi control
- Natural gas, environmentalist alliance fractures
- Government takes a bigger role in patent fights
- Housing crisis cripples Haiti’s poor
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- Iran is a rational actor, top U.S. general tells CNN
- Leader visits family of driver killed in terror attack
- Parliamentary campaign officially starts on Feb. 23
- Iran will go to 5+1 talks with a positive attitude: foreign minister
- Iran keeping West in suspense about launch of Fordo facility: report
- Iran needs to develop ‘indigenous’ infrastructure to bolster cyber defense
- IRGC forces begin new land military exercises in central Iran
- Russia offer to finance Pak-Iran gas pipeline
- Iran’s daily power exchange hits 1.8GW
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- Is Canada ‘muzzling’ its scientists?
- The Obama Obfuscation Alliance
- Does Israel Have to Defend the West?
- Media Matters For America vs. An Ordinary American
- From Obama, What Next?
- The Heartland Institute Flap
- Georgia and Birthright Citizenship
- Being Kevin Johnson
- A Budget Rear-View Mirror
- Be Careful What You Wish for, Mr. President. You Just Might Get It.
- Terrorists preaching hate from behind bars
- George Stephanopoulos: Stalking Horse or Duck Decoy?
- As gas prices go up, Obama becomes vulnerable on energy issue
- Romney gaining on Santorum in Michigan
- A New Gold Commission?
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- The Folly of Supporting the Syrian Rebels
- Obama’s Open-Borders Triumph
- The People of Blood and Jihad
- Obama’s Enviro-Fat Cat Welfare Program
- The Global Warming Cult and the Death of Science
- The Problem of a Radical Imam at Wake Forest University
- The Food Police
- Why the UK Is Ditching Socialized Medicine
- A New Year of ‘Dhimmitude’ for Egypt’s Copts
- Why We Don’t Need Words Like ‘Islamist’
- Christ at an Israeli Checkpoint
- Eric Allen Bell on Michael Coren’s “The Arena” on SUN TV
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- Iran Takes Another Step
- Oklahoma Poll: Santorum 39, Romney 23, Gingrich 18, Paul 8
- Michigan Poll: Santorum 37, Romney 33, Paul 15, Gingrich 10
- Romney Doubles Down on Curious Claim about Santorum’s Spending Record
- The Daily Grind: Obama’s Arrogance
- Syria Update
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- Running against Merkozy
- A good choice
- Foreign investment in China
- A way out of the woods
- The dark side of the universe
- The 30-year itch
- Intrigue within, perils without
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- Greece seeking critical new bailout
- Iran forces ‘boost nuclear protection’
- Thaw brings Serbs river ice chaos
- Red Cross trying for Syria truce
- Synthetic meat grown in Dutch lab
- Canadian readies for ISS command
- Bali suspect ‘never met Bin Laden’
- Expert skiers die in US avalanche
- Thailand names sixth bomb suspect
- South Korean drills despite threats
- The Simpsons’ 500th episode airs
- China agrees to foreign film deal
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- Big Brother aims to screen all online activity in UK
- Iraqi gunmen afoot to join Syrian insurgency (PHOTOS)
- China: US and allies push Syria into civil war
- Greek déjà vu: austerity, tear gas, bailout
- ‘Greece needs rescue package worth its entire economy’
- IAEA team in Tehran, may or may not visit nuclear sites
- Ron Paul: ‘Last man standing for lost liberties’
- Terror from the deep: Russian zap cannons go for bigger fish
- US, UK warn Israel against ‘premature’ attack on Iran
- Corporatocracy: Ron Paul says US ‘slipping into fascism’
- ‘The biggest imperialist bullies get slammed first’
- Next on the list? Spaniards protest labor reforms
- West’s poker face at Middle Eastern grand chessboard
- Iran war games simulate foreign invasion (VIDEO)
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- Chinese VP meets Irish President on boosting ties
- Iran says relations with Europe to be normalized: FM
- FM: Xi’s U.S. visit successfully boosts cooperative partnership
- Pakistani PM hints at early elections
- Sarkozy calls for support to build strong France
- U.S. regards Israeli attack on Iran now as “not prudent”: Dempsey
- China to continue proactive fiscal policy, prudent monetary policy
- Eurozone bailout will not end Greece’s pain
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- The Great Uniter has become the Great Divider
- The Genius of Matt Drudge
- Romney Not Matching 2008 Numbers
- The Whole Media Matters Megillah
- Senators to Obama: Watch Out for Iran’s Stall Tactics
- The School Lunch Police Strike Again!
- Lomborg: Germany Phasing Out Giant Solar Subsidies
- IBD: Real Unemployment at 15%… or 40%?
- Memo to Jews: After They Come for the Catholic Church, They Will Come For Us
- How Mitt Lost His Mojo
- The GOP Campaign Trail Is the Path to Re-elect Obama
- Can Children Be Manipulated into Eating Their Veggies?
- Obama Deceives Catholics on Compromise
- A Dozen Countries the United Nations Doesn’t Need
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- Dramatic rescue from burning fuel ship
- Migrants trapped in Greek poverty limbo
- Fatal avalanche near US ski resort
- One-minute World News
- How India is hoping to erradicate polio
- Truth on Islam
- MUST SEE VIDEO – Finkelstein on BDS: A Cult of Dishonesty
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Yahweh to Jeremiah—Jeremiah 16: 21
“Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they shall know that My name is Yahweh.”
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- How Republicans are Losing Control of the Contraception Debate
- The Messy Results of Self-Government
- Afghan Security Forces Cuts Likely to be “Catastrophic,” Warns General
- Has Santorum Peaked Too Soon?
- Why Don’t They Like Ike?
- Dudamel is Not Another Toscanini
- Obama’s Egyptian Hostage Crisis
- Adelson and Santorum Agree on Gambling
- U.S. Getting Smart Too Late on Iran
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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important. It’s available in eBook format and in paperback.
God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.”
Exodus 3: 15