From Congressman Randy Forbes to Obama: When Did We Stop Being a Judeo-Christian Nation, What Is US Defense Plan for Navy Ships?
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on June 3, 2009
Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA), on the floor of the US House, eloquently takes Pres. Barack Obama to task, and asks these questions: “Did America ever consider itself a Judeo-Christian nation?” and “If America was once a Judeo-Christian nation, when did it cease to be?” With news slowly leaking out just this week in the MSM about Pres. Obama’s Muslim roots (breaking news only in the statist community, long-known in the conservative blogosphere), this video is particularly thought-provoking.
Excellent oration and excellent questions, Mr. Forbes. This video is well-worth watching.
A snippet from Michelle Malkin: Meanwhile, back in the Bronx:
While President Obama is busy bowing to the Muslim world, the Bronx jihadi plotters have been indicted:
“Four men accused of plotting terrorist attacks on U.S. military planes and a Bronx synagogue were indicted on federal charges. Prosecutors say James Cromitie, aka Abdul Rahman, photographed “several synagogues and Jewish community centers” on April 10 as potential bomb targets…”
More worthwhile reading:
Politics Daily: Obama a ‘Secret Muslim’ No More?
American Thinker: The reason the president won’t talk about the Long murder
Michelle Malkin: DOJ issues statement “to protect American Muslims;” silent on protecting Americans from jihadists
Andrew Breitbart, Big Hollywood: Know Thy Enemy: This Is Not Your Mother’s Democratic Party
Power Line: “One of the largest Muslim countries in the world”?
FOX News, FOX Forum: FATHER JONATHAN MORRIS: Is the Obama Administration More Concerned About Radical Anti-Abortionists Than Radical Islamists?
Chuck Norris, World Net Daily: Atheists in the Capitol’s foxhole
Adam Baldwin, Big Hollywood: ‘Global Citizenship’: An Unsustainable Social Injustice
Fire Andrea Mitchell!: Hussein Obama: “We are one of the largest Muslim countries in the world”
Hot Air: It’s on: Atheists want “In God We Trust” removed from Capitol visitor’s center and Obama’s Speech to “the Muslim World”: Who Cares?
Peace and Freedom Promises: Obama’s Happy Thoughts for Israel’s Netanyahu: Iran Has Tremendous History, Potential; Door Open for ‘Sanctions’
Greg Gutfeld, Big Hollywood: Daily Gut: Standards
Wall Street Journal: ‘The Stoning of Soraya M.’ Looks at the Treatment of Women in Iran
Back to Forbes… Here is another action on the part of Congressman Forbes concerning our nation’s defense in shipbuilding:
Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today (June 1) that he and seven Members of the House Armed Services Committee have filed H.Res. 477, a resolution of inquiry to direct the Secretary of Defense to produce an annual shipbuilding plan as required by law.
The legislation comes in response to the testimony of Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead before the House Armed Services Committee on May 14 of this year, in which he stated that the Navy would not submit a congressionally-mandated 30-year shipbuilding report with its fiscal year 2010 budget request as it was required to do by law. Failure to submit the annual plan is unprecedented.
“At a time when China is rapidly closing the 23-ship gap between their navy and ours, and at a time when our Navy is operating with $4.6 billion in unmet requirements, Americans would be shocked to know that the Department of Defense cannot or will not produce a key plan for the future of our naval fleet,” Forbes said. “Amidst restructuring at the Department of Defense, it is unacceptable to argue our nation can rely on last year’s shipbuilding plan. This year’s annual report is even more critical in light of last year’s shipbuilding plan which revealed a shocking 44% increase in the Navy’s estimated average annual cost to implement its 30-year plan to achieve a 313-ship Navy.”
Concerns about the Navy’s ability to afford its long-range shipbuilding plan, combined with fluctuating year-to-year changes in Navy shipbuilding objectives and significant cost growth have led to strong concerns among some Members about the status of Navy shipbuilding and the potential future size and capabilities of the fleet.
Section 231 of Title 10 of the US Code requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual shipbuilding plan that details the long-term shipbuilding strategy of the Department of Defense as part of each year’s budget request. Congress first mandated an annual shipbuilding plan in 2003 as part of the FY2004 budget.
H.Res. 477 has been referred to the House Armed Services Committee. A resolution of inquiry is a rare legislative tool that seeks factual information from the executive branch. It is a privileged resolution and, as such, the committee has only 14 legislative days in which to consider the measure before it can be called before the full House. Eight Members of the House Armed Services Committee have currently cosponsored H.Res. 477.
About the author
As the beautiful Christian hymn goes … “It only takes a spark … to get a fire going … Virginia Congressman Randy Forbes speaks for Christians everywhere who fear the fire is floundering … PASS IT ON …. !!!! Thank you for giving me something SO WORTHWHILE to PASS ON!!!
I think the President of the United States would actually be breaking the law if he declared a religion for the United States of America.
The First Amendment
In the United States, the religious civil liberties are guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
The “Establishment Clause,” stating that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” is generally read to prohibit the Federal government from establishing a national church (“religion”) or excessively involving itself in religion, particularly to the benefit of one religion over another. Following the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and through the doctrine of incorporation, this restriction is held to be applicable to state governments as well.