July 10, 2009 - Washington, DC

Obama's stem cell madness / In UK - "Looney Toons President" / Two Senators say human life is sacred / "In God We Trust" resolution passes House / America's Spiritual Heritage Resolution / Taxpayer funded abortions are back / NY to buy human eggs / Are we done with Michael Jackson / The miracle of Ami Ortiz / Kids celebrate their homicide bomb mom / Christian youth camp water program complete

THE PRESIDENCY

OBAMA'S STEM CELL MADNESS - Embryonic stem cells don't work. Every experiment with them has failed, yet governments spend hundreds of millions of dollars on this holy grail imagined by mad scientists. Now Barack Obama has authorized the used of federal funds for this Frankenstein type madness.

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) spoke out against Obama's plan when he stated, "The Administration's decision to dramatically expand the number of stem cell lines derived from human embryos, and create incentives for the destruction of human life, is a provocative step beyond what the President proposed just months ago and yet another sign that he has quickly retreated from his promise to 'be a President for all Americans.' ... I urge the President to reconsider this decision and instead join Republicans in supporting bipartisan solutions such as Rep. Randy Forbes' Patients First Act, which would promote proven adult stem cell research that does not force taxpayers to aid in the destruction of human life." We commend Congressman John Boehner for speaking out as a leader on this issue.

USA SAFER WITH OBAMA IN EUROPE? - President Barack Obama is busy in Europe apologizing for the very existence of the Untied States and promising to destroy our economy and way of life by reducing "our" carbon footprint. The mainstream USA media reports on his antics in Europe as if he is a god. What does the European media think of him? One UK paper op-ed referred to him as the Loony Tunes president. Apparently some in Europe have noticed the obvious. Without his teleprompter, Obama has not much to say.

THE CONGRESS

TWO SENATORS SAY HUMAN LIFE IS SACRED - Sen. Brownback (R-KS) and Sen. Landrieu (D-LA), introduced the Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act (S.1435) in July. The bill would prohibit the creation of human-animal hybrids. "This legislation works to ensure that our society recognizes the dignity and sacredness of human life," said Brownback. "Creating human-animal hybrids, which permanently alter the genetic makeup of an organism, will challenge the very definition of what it means to be human and is a violation of human dignity and a grave injustice." Commercial laboratories claim combining animal and human DBA can help create cures for various illnesses. Social conservatives see a huge moral issue. Read more

"IN GOD WE TRUST" RESOLUTION PASSES - Congressman Dan Lungren's (R-CA) resolution in the House will correct a problem in the new Capitol Visitor Center, through which everyone entering the Capitol must now pass. Although planned and built during the Bush Administration, there were no references to God in the new facility, not even the National Motto, "In God We Trust." On July 9th, House Resolution 131 was passed by a huge margin. Only the hard core socialists in the Democrat Party and Ron Paul voted against it. The full title of the bill was: Directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the National Motto of "In God we trust" in the Capitol Visitor Center. Read more

AMERICA'S SPIRITUAL HERITAGE - There is growing support for Randy Forbes' H.Res.397, "America's Spiritual Heritage Resolution." We have 66 co-sponsors from both parties so far. This resolution details the Judeo-Christian heritage of our nation. Momentum began to build when Dr. Tom Price (R-GA), who leads the Republican Study Committee, recommended it to the group. Within 24 hours of his recommendation, twenty members of the Republican Study Committee signed on.

TAXPAYER FUNDED ABORTIONS - Congressman Todd Tiarht (R-KS) this month introduced an amendment to a funding bill to prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used to fund abortions in Washington, D.C. Tiahrt's amendment would have reinstated a 14-year-old prohibition on publicly-funded abortions that radical leftist Speaker Nancy Pelosi stripped out this year at the request of President Obama. His amendment was defeated in Committee. Read more

CULTURE AND RELIGION

NY TO BUY HUMAN EGGS - Cash strapped New York State is slated to spend $600 million on embryonic stem cell research. As part of the grants offered the state will pay $10,000 for women to "donate" their eggs for the research. Frankensteinish scientists claim they will one day be able to cure any decease with embryonic stem cells. With billions of dollars spent not one illness has been successfully treated by using the cells of destroyed embryos. However, dozens of deceases, some deadly, have been cured with the use of adult stem cells. Read more

ARE WE DONE WITH MICHEAL JACKSON? - I am not a pop music fan, but I am sure Michael Jackson was a terrific entertainer. He sold lots of CD's and sung to sold out shows. At one time he made a ton of money. But he was sure no civil rights hero and was probably a pervert who preferred young boys to grown women. That said I found the coverage of his death overdone and so did Congressman Peter King. (See Foxnews) At about the same time TV pitchman Billy Mays died. Billy was a conservative who loved his family and the Lord. I didn't watch the memorial for Jackson, but I did watch the memorial show for Billy Mays. Watch Billy Mays memorial show

NEW RELEASE - NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new June 25, 2009 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains more information about our work on Capitol Hill with the new 111th Congress, and also about our work on international issues. Help your Sunday School class understand these issues better. Print out and distribute the Chairman's Report to your class or fellowship this Sunday! Click here to view!

INTERNATIONAL

THE MIRACLE OF AMI ORTIZ - Several times I have mentioned the bomb injuries Ami Ortiz, the son of my good friends David and Leah Ortiz who live in Ariel in the heart of Samaria. At first everyone believed the bomb was planted by Palestinian Muslims upset about the the number of converts David Ortiz had won to the Lord. It is now apparent, however, that the bombing of their apartment was perpetrated by extreme orthodox Jews upset with the converts David had won over to the Lord in the Jewish community. Ami still has over 100 pieces of shrapnel from the bomb in his body. Read more at Ami's Internet site at www.amiortiz.com

KIDS CELEBRATE HOMICIDE BOMB MOM - To think this is normal human activity you would have to be a Muslim. On a Hamas TV children's program called "Tomorrow's Pioneers", the two young children Michael Jackson, of female suicide terrorist Reem Riyashi watched in the studio as her murderous suicide attack on innocent people was reenacted. See video clip here Former President Jimmy Carter supports these psychopaths and believes that Gaza should be a sovereign state with an army.

CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP'S WATER NEEDS MET - The funds have been raised for the water needed at the Christian camp for youth we support in Jordan. All of us at the Religious Freedom Coalition want to thank those who assisted.

FACEBOOK FOR IRAQI CHRISTIANS - The Religious Freedom Coalition has a Facebook page to expose the crisis faced by Iraqi Christians. If you have a Facebook account, please become our friend at this link. You can help Iraqi Christians directly by making a donation at the Facebook cause page! Learn more here!

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Week Ending June 12, 2009 - Washington, DC

Obama signals to Islam the defeat of the West / Obama claims Holocaust same as current conditions of Palestinians / Will new Capitol Visitor Center display our National Motto, "In God We Trust?" / Congress, tobacco and the FDA / An aged National Socialist attacks the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. / Christian man beaten to death for drinking from Muslim tea cup and Obama says Islam is tolerant / Media discovers "Arab Christians" / New June Chairman's Report

PETITION TO HILLARY CLINTON ON IRAQI CHRISTIANS - Read and sign the Internet petition to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The petition urges Clinton to direct our embassies to assist Christians who have fled Islamic terror in Iraq. The petition is located at www.iraqichristianrefugees.org.

THE PRESIDENCY

OBAMA ANNOUNCES DEATH OF THE WEST IN CAIRO - When I read the speech delivered by Barack Obama in Cairo it became apparent to me that it was not a "new beginning" but rather an end. Obama was announcing the surrender of Israel to the Muslim mobs with their violent, hate-filled "religion," in return for a peace that will never come. Obama in effect offered to surrender Western style democracy in return for a "peaceful" world. I am not alone in this opinion. Read Capitulation in Cairo? by Jeffrey Kuhner

OBAMA COMPARES HOLOCAUST TO PALESTINIANS' CONDITION IN ISRAEL - I noticed it and so did Rabbi Dr. Morton H. Pomerantz.. Obama, in a clever use of words read from his teleprompter, compared the murder of over 6 million Jews in Europe by the National Socialists (Nazis), to the current "plight" of Palestinians. The rabbi says Obama has opened the door to persecution of Jews worldwide.Read more

THE CONGRESS

CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER TO DISPLAY "IN GOD WE TRUST?" - The new Capitol Visitor Center is mostly underground and adjacent to the Capitol Building, and all visitors to the Capitol must now pass through it. When it opened, congressmen and Senators noted immediately that there was no reference to the religious heritage of the nation, not even the national motto, In God We Trust.

The House Administration Committee last week unanimously approved a resolution by Congressman Dan Lungren (R-CA) directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave "In God We Trust" and the Pledge of Allegiance inside the Capitol Visitor Center. Read more. Senators Brownback and DeMint have introduced a similar resolution in the Senate. Read DeMint statement on CVC

TOBACCO - The Senate voted this week 79 to 17 to allow the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to regulate tobacco products. Currently the FDA does not inspect even 1% of the meat we eat. None of the food imported from China is inspected. Recalls of spoiled food are voluntary; no food supplier can be ordered by the FDA to recall food that is contaminated and sickens people. My questions: what does the FDA do with the money they get, and how will they use this new "authority?" How Senators voted

CULTURE AND RELIGION

NATIONAL SOCIALIST ATTACKS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM - A guard was killed at the Holocaust Museum here in Washington, DC when an 88-year-old anti-Semite with a long history of opposition to capitalism, opened fire on him. Those who profess anti capitalist views and hatred toward Jews are no different today that they were in Hitler's Germany. The shooter, James von Brunn, in blog posts indicated he not only hated Jews but Christians and the Bible as well. Read more

ETHANOL - WASTING GOD'S RESOURCES? - National Geographic's May issue contained a report titled Portrait of the Global Food Crisis. The report concluded that a 25 gallon tank of ethanol uses enough corn or grain to feed one human being for a year. My own research found that 26.1 pounds of corn was needed per gallon of ethanol produced, but I did not include the "negative return," that is, the fuel used to plant and harvest the crop of corn. In addition, Cornell professor David Pimentel found that 27% more energy is used producing a gallon of ethanol than it contains when shipped. Read more

ALL NEW JUNE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new June 3, 2009 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains more information about our work on Capitol Hill with the new 111th Congress, and also about our work on international issues. Help your Sunday School class understand these issues better. Print out and distribute the Chairman's Report to your class or fellowship this Sunday! Click here to view!

INTERNATIONAL

MEDIA SUDDENLY DISCOVERS MIDDLE EAST CHRISTIANS - A very long report on the disappearance of Christians from the Middle East was published in the May, 2009 issue of National Geographic Magazine. While George W. Bush was in office the media largely ignored the persecution of the Christian minorities in the Middle East, Now, suddenly, it is in vogue to report on their "disappearance" from the Middle East. So as not to place too much of the blame on Islamic persecution of Christians, National Geographic actually blames the initial decline of Christians in the area on the Crusades. Read NGM report

OBAMA AND ISLAMIC REALITY - "And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality." -- Barack Obama, Cairo, June 4, 2009.

At almost the same time that Obama delivered this astounding statement, a Christian man was beaten to death for using a cup designated for Muslims. Ishtiaq Masih, ordered tea at a shop in Punjab, Pakistan, during a bus stop. When he paid for the tea the owner saw that he wore a cross, and he and 14 of his employees beat, stabbed and kicked the Christian man. He later died at a local hospital. Ishtiaq had not noticed a sign warning that the shop did not serve non-Muslims. Read more

IRAQI CHRISTIANS NEED HELP - The Religious Freedom Coalition is receiving virtually no funds for our Iraqi Christian Refugee Project from Internet sources. Just a few hundred dollars have been generated at our Facebook page. Virtually no funds are being received from the publication of this email update, even though thousands of people subscribe. Your help is genuinely needed. Please help. Donation link

FACEBOOK FOR IRAQI CHRISTIANS - The Religious Freedom Coalition has a new Facebook page to expose the crisis faced by Iraqi Christians. If you have a Facebook account, please become our friend at this link. You can help Iraqi Christians directly by making a donation at the Facebook cause page! Learn more here!

CHRISTIAN INTERNET SUPER STORE

GIFTS FROM A CHRISTIAN STORE How about birthday or anniversary gifts with a Christian theme? Our Internet Christian Super Store has tens of thousands of books, CD's DVD's, jewelry, food and more. AND ... Our store does not sell the atheist and satanist books that you will find on Amazon.com. When you buy from our store, you help our work. Please take a look at our store today at www.rfcstore.com

Contributions to the work of the Religious Freedom Coalition can be made at www.rfcnet.org.