Health Care Reform Has Been Passed

Last Sunday, the Health Care Reform Bill was voted on in the House of Representatives and was passed by avote of 219 (FOR) to 212 (AGAINST). Congressman Stupak who vowed not to support the Senate version of the bill because of his disagreement over the language provisions allowing for public funding of abortions reneged on his promise and voted for the bill along with others (who initially promised not to support it) which turned the tide in favor of passing the bill. This is a milestone piece of legislation which expands and creates the biggest entitlement program since the New Deal under FDR. President Obama signed the bill into law on Tuesday. This bill will place additional pressure on the government finances and will require new taxation to fund the provisions of this bill. This debate will continue into the November 20101 elections with the Republicans campaigning to repeal. This legislation is being challenged by several states as being unconstitutional. I mention it in this blog to record the country's slide deeper into socialism as a backdrop for our study of Book of Revelation.

Pictures from Antigua

Debbie Hearn has sent a link to view photos from the trip to Antigua.
View site

From Debbie: "Hello! I just thought you might want to see pictures of our trip a few weeks ago.


This view allows you to make some choices:
1. click on the "view site" spot above and choose "Antigua Mission Trip".
2. this view allows you to choose how you want to see the pictures. Click on "slideshow" OR
click on the "right arrow" to take your time and read the descriptions at the bottom of each picture.
3. Then you can choose from options on the right side of the page...
download one or more pictures to your computer, order pictures, or download the entire album of pictures to your computer. I plan to keep them on this site for a very long time. (It is my real estate picture website.)
4. Forward this to your friends, if you like and send me a comment at the bottom left side of the page!

Regards

Debbie Hearn"

Singspiration at Billie Youngblood

The Holloways are organizing a singspiration at and for Billie Youngblood. There are more details to follow.

Earthquake 8.8 Magnitude - Chile

An earthquake of largest magnitude in 50 years has rocked Chile on February 27, 2010. The epicenter was near the city of Concepcion. Most of the structures have been damaged but due to the construction methods having been compliant to earthquake codes, the loss of life has been kept under 1000. There has been widespread looting in the aftermath and 10000 Chilean troops have been deployed to enforce a curfew. The strength is over 500 times greater than the one that struck Haiti in January which killed over 200000 people.