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   Re: The Obama contraception fraud (1/2)   
   20 Feb 12 17:33:09   
   
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   From: sid9@   
      
   "Eddie Haskell"  wrote in message   
   news:yyw0r.250415$gr6.190484@unlimited.newshosting.com...   
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   > "SilentOtto"  wrote in message   
   > news:ce79cde6-69b5-4415-b0df-3d50498ac0da@k6g2000vbz.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Feb 15, 2:14 pm, "Eddie Haskell"  wrote:   
   >> "Leon Manfredi"  wrote in message   
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   >> news:ag6mj7td8602n4ik1di6vbkfea0c85b0ub@4ax.com...   
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   >> > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:52:12 -0800 (PST), jane    
   >> > wrote:   
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   >> >>On Feb 14, 1:13 pm, SilentOtto  wrote:   
   >> >>> On Feb 14, 12:49 pm, jane  wrote:   
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   >> >>> > On Feb 14, 12:29 pm, Juris Diction  wrote:   
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   >> >>> > > In article , Neal Boortz   
   >> >>> > >    
   >> >>> > > wrote:   
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   >> >>> > > > This whole so-called "accommodation" that Obama and his health   
   >> >>> > > > care czar   
   >> >>> > > > announced last Friday is a complete and absolute fraud. I'll   
   >> >>> > > > explain   
   >> >>> > > > this, but first let's make sure you know why this is an issue   
   >> >>> > > > in   
   >> >>> > > > the   
   >> >>> > > > first place.   
   >>   
   >> >>> > > > What we have here is a pure election-year ploy for the woman's   
   >> >>> > > > vote.   
   >> >>> > > > Contraception isn't expensive. Women can have their birth   
   >> >>> > > > control   
   >> >>> > > > pills   
   >> >>> > > > every month for less than they typically spend on makeup. The   
   >> >>> > > > whole   
   >> >>> > > > ploy here is to set up contraception as a basic right for every   
   >> >>> > > > woman .   
   >> >>> > > > to make it a basic part of health care that every woman is   
   >> >>> > > > "entitled   
   >> >>> > > > to." The goal here is to be able to tell voters in future   
   >> >>> > > > elections   
   >> >>> > > > that if you elect Republicans they will "take away your health   
   >> >>> > > > care." I   
   >> >>> > > > can see the campaign ads now: "So-and-so (The GOP candidate)   
   >> >>> > > > wants   
   >> >>> > > > to   
   >> >>> > > > take away women's right to basic health care services."   
   >>   
   >> >>> > > > But what about this head fake Dear Ruler delivered last Friday?   
   >> >>> > > > All we   
   >> >>> > > > have to do is present a simple before and after comparison.   
   >>   
   >> >>> > > > Before: Obama's mandate was that religious institutions had to   
   >> >>> > > > provide   
   >> >>> > > > for "free" contraception for all females working for those   
   >> >>> > > > institutions   
   >> >>> > > > through the health insurance policies provided to those   
   >> >>> > > > workers.   
   >>   
   >> >>> > > > After: Now the health insurance companies are simply going to   
   >> >>> > > > have   
   >> >>> > > > to   
   >> >>> > > > provide "free" coverage for contraceptives in all health   
   >> >>> > > > insurance   
   >> >>> > > > policies.   
   >>   
   >> >>> > > > Can someone please tell me the difference here? If Caesar   
   >> >>> > > > Obammus   
   >> >>> > > > steps   
   >> >>> > > > forward and mandates that all insurance policies must pay for   
   >> >>> > > > contraceptives, aren't those insurance companies simply going   
   >> >>> > > > to   
   >> >>> > > > factor   
   >> >>> > > > the cost of that coverage into the premiums paid by the   
   >> >>> > > > employers?   
   >> >>> > > > Doesn't this mean that these Catholic institutions are still   
   >> >>> > > > going   
   >> >>> > > > to be   
   >> >>> > > > paying for contraceptives?   
   >>   
   >> >>> > > > But wait! Maybe Obama will "clarify" his mandate and tell the   
   >> >>> > > > insurance   
   >> >>> > > > companies that they cannot increase premiums to pay for his   
   >> >>> > > > contraceptive mandate . or for any other mandate he comes up   
   >> >>> > > > with.   
   >> >>> > > > Don't put this one past him. It would, after all, hasten the   
   >> >>> > > > bankruptcy   
   >> >>> > > > of these insurance companies . and that is the ObamaCare final   
   >> >>> > > > solution.   
   >> >>> > > > When the insurance companies are run out of business the   
   >> >>> > > > government   
   >> >>> > > > will be there to take over with the coveted (by proggies)   
   >> >>> > > > single-payer   
   >> >>> > > > plan.   
   >>   
   >> >>> > > What an idiot!   
   >> >>> > > It's cheaper to give a woman birth control pills than it is for   
   >> >>> > > the   
   >> >>> > > insurance companies to have to pay for childbirths and other   
   >> >>> > > female   
   >> >>> > > problems.   
   >>   
   >> >>> > Well, then in that case, we should fuck Minority rights and the US   
   >> >>> > Constitution.   
   >>   
   >> >>> Who's minority rights are being trampled, rightard?   
   >>   
   >> >>> No one is being forced to use anything that their religion prohibits.   
   >>   
   >> >>> > "our Founders designed a system that makes it more difficult to   
   >> >>> > bring   
   >> >>> > about change that I would like sometimes." - Ruler Obama.   
   >>   
   >> >>> > > PS your concern and compassion for rich insurance companies is   
   >> >>> > > ...touching.... I'm choking up.   
   >>   
   >> >>> > What about the businesses and organizations that are self insured?   
   >>   
   >> >>> What about them, rightard.   
   >>   
   >> >>> If a church wants to engage in secular activities, then they have to   
   >> >>> abide by secular laws.   
   >>   
   >> >>> We have never held that an individual's religious beliefs excuse him   
   >> >>> from compliance with an otherwise valid law prohibiting conduct that   
   >> >>> the State is free to regulate. On the contrary, the record of more   
   >> >>> than a century of our free exercise jurisprudence contradicts that   
   >> >>> proposition. - Justice Anthony Scalia - Employment Division,   
   >> >>> Department of Human Resources of Oregon vs. Smith   
   >>   
   >> >>> Really, rightard...   
   >>   
   >> >>> It's not that complicated.   
   >>   
   >> >>> Heh heh...   
   >>   
   >> >>> Lying racist rightard socialists...   
   >>   
   >> >>> Batshit crazy and dogshit stupid, every single last one of you.   
   >>   
   >> >>First, why do you call me a rightard? I find it wrong that the   
   >> >>government considers smoking a plant a criminal offense; I don't care   
   >> >>who marries whom or how many spouses a person has; I personally feel   
   >> >>that the states should get out of the business of selling marriage   
   >> >>licenses; and I believe marriage should be a personal agreement   
   >> >>between people rather than an agreement between people and the state.   
   >>   
   >> >>First and foremost, I am for the defense of liberty, even the liberty   
   >> >>that does not affect me. Does that make me a rightart?   
   >>   
   >> >>I find it interesting that you choose the SCOTUS decision that you   
   >> >>did. It is an agreement that PROHIBITS an illegal action. I agree.   
   >> >>For example, if you have a religious belief that your crops will   
      
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