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912 Patriots of Lower Bucks - Daily E-Mail March 8, 2011
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"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."
- Adam Smith
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."
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Independence Hall Tea Party Association
Announcing The 2011 Great American Debate Series
The Great Tax Debate, April 16
The Great Energy Independence Debate, July 4
The Great Constitutional Debate, September 17
The Great Tax Debate and Tea Party:
Fair v. Flat v. Progressive Income Tax
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Independence Mall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Details to be announced.
The Great Energy Independence Debate:
Drill Baby Drill v The Environment
Monday, July 4
Independence Mall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Details to be announced.
The Great Constitutional Debate:
States Rights v Federal Control; Nullification
Saturday, September 17
Independence Mall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Details to be announced.
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This was written by Carlo Grilletto. His name was left off yesterday. My appologies go to Carlo
SB1:Where are We Going?
Is the Crusade to establish School Choice in PA now being transformed into a civil rights entitlement program via SB1?
Why is Freedom Works and the KTP focusing on Civil Rights rather than a Conservative perspective promoting less government intrusion and maximum freedom for all citizens?
Perhaps Dick Armey is not in tune with PA or does not support a true Universal Voucher System?
I have lived through the School Busing of the 1960s+ to help poor children in failing schools. The result was lowering the performance of the non failing schools, while not improving anyone's educational status and increasing cost for taxpayers.
I lived through the Great Society programs to help underprivileged children: A Total failure at taxpayers' expense.
The focus should be on:
· Improving the educational system of all children regardless of race, ethnicity, financial status or neighborhood
· Giving maximum control to parents and letting them decide on what is a failed school, based both on educational performance and/or moral and sociological standards
· Reducing costs through competition
· Reducing Union control
· Providing a choice of non-public schools without any government control other than academic or basics as currently applied to parochial schools.
As Rahm Emanuel said ' Don't pass up a crisis'. Well, with what is going on in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, New Jersey and even New York and elsewhere, this is an opportune time to establish a Universal Voucher System. I do not see this in SB1, as it is currently written. In fact, my concern is that passing SB1 in its current form may kill any chances of enacting a meaningful Universal Voucher System in the foreseeable future. Applying a limited Voucher system in a poor and failing inner city area, with its unique issues, is not a reasonable model to advance a Universal Voucher System statewide.
With the advent of the Tea Party, the internet, talk radio, Fox News and the awareness of the Nation's financial situation, the time is right. It's our time. We need legislators to step up to the plate and with total control of the PA government by the Republicans, there is no excuse: Take Wisconsin , Ohio and Indiana as the model.
Maybe I am overstating this, but I was deeply troubled by the following article posted in the KTP Website :
KTP In The Media
It's Time For School Choice In Pennsylvania
Dick Armey and Ana Puig
Feb 8, 2011
School choice puts education back in the hands of parents, where it belongs.
The plight of children in failing schools, particularly minority students in low-income districts, has rightly been called "the civil rights issue of the 21st century." The opponents of school choice have become the anti-reformers of today, sometimes with startling honesty...
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Advocates line up money, ads, support for school-choice bill
February 06, 2011
By Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG - It's a powerful photograph, highlighting the angry racial turmoil of the 1960s: It shows Alabama Gov. George Wallace standing in a schoolhouse door vowing to stop black students from entering.
The photo has appeared in ads in six newspapers around Pennsylvania. "School choice" advocates, from Philadelphia and out-of-state, are using the segregationist image to focus on what they see as a modern-day problem for poor minority students in public schools.
"The plight of children in failing schools, particularly minority students in low-income districts, has rightly been called the 'civil rights issue of the 21st century,'" said former Republican congressman Dick Armey of Texas. "The opponents of school choice have become the anti-reformers of today."
Mr. Armey is chairman of a Washington, D.C.-based group called FreedomWorks, which is helping a suburban Philadelphia group called The Kitchen Table Patriots press the state Legislature to enact taxpayer-funded tuition vouchers. Low-income students could use them to escape their "failing" local public school, supporters say...
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11037/1123450-454.stm#ixzz1DF06lMw6
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US Incredible New Video: See the 9/11 Attacks From an NYPD Chopper
It's not "home video" as much as "homeland video."
Shocking, newly-released NYPD video shows the terrorist attacks of 9/11 as seen from a police helicopter. The 17-minute video was captured from high above Lower Manhattan and features the raw reaction of officers within the helicopter cabin.
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Obamacare: 1,000 waivers and climbing
If Obamacare is so awesome, why are people crowding in line to get an exemption from it? The 1,000 waivers blankets approximately 2.6 million people across the country - including some groups (SEIU) who lobbied heavily for the bill. Why are so many people being granted the waiver? Get the latest
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CAIR-California's Deceptive Video Smears ACT! for America
A video put out by CAIR's (Council on American-Islamic Relations) California affiliate circulating the internet is grossly deceptive and demands a response.
The video is actually an edited stringing together of at least three different videos, shot at different times and in two different places.
FACT: There was a peaceful rally of approximately 800 people in Yorba Linda, California, which was addressed by numerous public officials. You can see a few shots of the speakers on the CAIR-CA video.
FACT: There was a small group of protestors who were disrespectfully heckling Muslims entering a building. This group of protestors was separate from the larger rally. Indeed, you will note on the video that most of the video of the protestors occurred when it was dark-well after the larger rally had ended.
The video falsely claims ACT! for America "sponsored" this protest where the heckling occurred.
FACT: ACT! for America did not sponsor either the protest or the peaceful rally. ACT! for America did not organize either event. ACT! for America sent out emails informing people that there was a peaceful rally scheduled to take place at the Yorba Linda Community Center.
FACT: ACT! for America does not encourage, support or condone the kind of tactics employed by some of the protestors. Anyone who reads our emails would know that we always encourage peaceful, respectful grassroots action. We are confident the truth about radical Islam speaks for itself, and the kind of tactics employed by some of the protestors we consider abhorrent, disrespectful and counterproductive.
FACT: The purpose of the event we informed people about was to let the Yorba Linda Community Center know that it had booked two radical Islamists, Siraj Wahhaj and Anur-Abel Malik-Ali. Malik-Ali has, among other things, denounced the "white man" as "the enemy." Wahhaj has called for "war" and "jihad" against America, including jihad with "uzis." Our email stated: Politely ask them to cancel the event.
ACT! for America believes men like Wahhaj and Malik-Ali should be exposed for their radicalism. This is why we informed people about the event intended for that purpose.
What's more, emails put out in advance of the rally by the ACT! for America Corona (CA) chapter stated "Unite in Peaceful Protest..." and "This is a peaceful, lawful gathering..."
What Siraj Wahhaz and Anur-Abel Malik-Ali have said is repugnant.
What the heckling protestors did was repugnant.
And what CAIR-California did, smearing ACT! for America by falsely claiming ACT! for America sponsored the heckling protest and implying that ACT! for America encourages such behavior, was also repugnant.
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Obama restarts Guantanamo trials
President Barack Obama approved Monday the resumption of military trials for detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ending a two-year ban.
It was the latest acknowledgement that the detention facility Obama had vowed to shut down within a year of taking office will remain open for some time to come. But even while announcing a resumption of military commission trials, Obama reaffirmed his support for trying terror suspects in U.S. federal courts - something that's met vehement resistance on Capitol Hill. Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2011/03/ap-source-obama-restart-guantanamo-trials#ixzz1FxBpj8pm
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The Muslim Brotherhood in America: Deputy National Security Advisor McDonough Meets with Hamas Support Entity
It is being reported that on Sunday, March 6th, Denis McDonough, the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States attended the ADAMS Interfaith/Government Summit in Sterling, Virginia.
The implications of this are frightening and shocking - and may be criminal.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
BREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press is reporting that after a two-year delay President Obama will restart military trials for terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay.
The Media's "Jihad" Against Peter King
Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, will do something this week that is long overdue: He will hold a hearing to determine "the extent of radicalization in the American Muslim community." In announcing the hearing, set for Thursday, King said:
"We will examine al Qaeda's latest and dangerous tactic of radicalizing members of the American Muslim community and recruiting them to engage in jihadist attacks against innocent Americans. We will also examine the American Muslim community's response to the growing threat. ... This life-and-death issue is too important to ignore in the name of political correctness."
Why is Rep. King holding this hearing? In December, Attorney General Eric Holder told ABC News that Islamic radicalization is "one of the things that keeps me up at night ... worrying about people ... who for whatever reason, have decided that they are going to become radicalized and take up arms against the nation in which they were born."
As clueless as Holder can be, he is right to be worried. In the past two years, more than a third of those indicted in America on terrorism charges have been American citizens, such as Major Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Times Square bomber, and Antonio Martinez, a Baltimore construction worker who tried to blow up a military recruiting station.
Faced with these facts, the "mainstream media," instead of investigating what is happening in U.S. mosques to cause radicalization, has launched an investigation against Rep. King. Today's Washington Post features what is by my count the fifth article in recent weeks attempting to distort King's motives. I suspect that is five more articles than the Post has devoted to Islamic radicalization.
Not surprisingly, Muslim advocacy groups like CAIR are outraged by King's plans. In response, the White House dispatched its deputy national security adviser to a northern Virginia mosque this weekend to demonstrate its sensitivity to the Muslim community.
Muslim American Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) has condemned the hearing, saying that it is wrong to investigate a particular religious minority, and prefers instead to focus on radicalization generally. But we're not being attacked by radical Baptists. When was the last time Episcopalian extremists tried to blow up a military recruiting station? The jihadists do not attempt to hide what motivates them. What Rep. King wants to find out is how widespread the problem is and what can be done about it.
Others are also critical. A professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University authored a column in USA Today condemning the hearing, fearing it "might intensify fear, hatred and mistreatment of Muslims." The professor also fretted about the "rapidly spreading anti-Muslim hysteria among us."
Mosques are being built all over America. Universities and school systems are accommodating Muslim students. Reported hate crimes against Muslims are very low. And while reported hate crimes against Jews are up, I don't recall reading any articles condemning the "rapidly spreading anti-Semitism" or "anti-Semitic hysteria" in America.
ACTION ITEM: In spite of the relentless attacks, Rep. King isn't backing down. Good for him! Please take a moment to encourage him for his willingness to investigate Islamic radicalization in America. Click here to send an email to his office thanking him for his leadership.
CAIR Claims Another Scalp?
Former Congressman Fred Grandy (R-IA) recently resigned from his morning radio show on Washington's WMAL after the station banned Grandy's wife from appearing during the broadcast. Catherine Grandy, known as "Mrs. Fred" on the show, had appeared regularly in segments that exposed radical Islam in America and abroad.
After one recent episode in which she quoted a rabbi who compared radical Islamists to Nazis and expressed her concerns about President Obama's treatment of Israel, station managers kicked her off the show. They also told Fred Grandy to "really tone it down on the Islam stuff." He refused and resigned. While Fred Grandy can't confirm that CAIR was directly involved, this is the second time that a WMAL host critical of Islam has been kicked off the air.
Granted this is just one local station, but if this kind of censorship is happening at a major radio station in the nation's capital, it can happen anywhere in America.
If you care about free speech and support those like Fred Grandy who are willing to speak up, please take a stand. Call WMAL today and tomorrow at (202) 895-2350 or (202) 686-3100. Tell them to stand up for free speech and to stand up against CAIR. It is especially important for folks in the greater Washington area, including Virginia and Maryland, to call and to tell WMAL that its political correctness is costing it listeners.
Don't Be Fooled
According to the latest government figures, the unemployment rate fell below 9% last week. The media were quick to trumpet this "good news" report of an improving economy as evidence that Barack Obama has America on the right track. Don't be fooled.
Experts who have taken a closer look at the report are concerned. As CNBC's Rick Santelli notes, the jobs report has a dark side: "The official size of the U.S. labor force is shrinking. ...the percentage of Americans not working or even trying to join the work force is at a near three-decade high," Santelli wrote.
In other words, there are fewer Americans working and fewer Americans paying taxes to support Obama's bloated, big government agenda. That's why even with "good news" on the economy, we can still get headlines like this: "Government Posts Biggest Monthly Deficit Ever."
Obama And Race
For many Americans, the election of Barack Obama was an act of national repentance, a way of making up for America's historical sin of slavery. Many had hoped that race would become irrelevant in the age of Obama. But it hasn't, and, as I argue in my weekly Human Events column, the left is to blame. Click here to read more.
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RedState Morning Briefing
For March 8, 2011
1. Small government wins another election in Europe
Forgive me for being a broken record on this, but the right has won yet another election in Europe, this time in Estonia. Last June, I wrote that Keynesianism is dead in Europe as a political force. This weekend, the Estonian right has won another election fought over government spending. The coalition of the right went from 44% of the vote in the last parliamentary election in 2007 to over 50% in this one. The New York Times made it very clear that the left's attack on the government was that it cut too deeply.
2. Blame the Democrats for High Gas Prices
In the Atlanta area, where I am, gas prices are up $0.77 from where they were a year ago. It is worth noting that Democrats have been politicizing and blocking expanded oil drilling for quite some time. Consider this:
"Critics (of Arctic drilling), including Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., say the drilling plan would violate the nation's last remaining pristine wilderness. Moreover, they charge, the oil would consist of a 6-month supply for the nation, and would not be ready for use by consumers for up to 10 years."
That newspaper article was written April 2, 2001. For those of you in Rio Linda, that would be ten years ago.
3. The Seed Corn Is What's For Breakfast
In the recent two years, oil has gotten progressively more expensive and as a result, gasoline prices have followed a similar trajectory. That was until two weeks ago, when both of these commodities blasted to the moon in response to the uprising-cum-civil war in Libya. This leaves our current Presidential Administration with two sets of choices of how to handle the resulting public suffering from expensive gasoline.
The choice the administration makes depends upon what they interpret the problem to actually be.
4. The Return of the Balanced Budget Amendment
"The balanced budget amendment has good aspects, but it is simply not good enough in dealing with fundamental constitutional change for our country." And thus with that 23-word statement in 1997, Democrat Sen. Robert Torricelli of New Jersey sunk conservative spirits. No longer did the U.S. Senate have the two-thirds it needed to enshrine a fundamental principle of governing into the highest law of the land: that politicians should pay for what they spend.
Controversial, I know. Pfft.
5. Bill Gates Weighs in on Wisconsin...Sort of.
Bill Gates, not exactly known for partisan politics, is sounding the alarm on states' unfunded pensions and health care costs that are wreaking havoc on state budgets (now and in the foreseeable future). Gates does not mention Wisconsin by name, nor does he cite the unionized public-sector. However, with Wisconsin in the limelight right now, Gates' warning should be heeded by all Americans (union and non-union alike). |
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Morning Bell: Get the Facts at FamilyFacts.org
Posted March 7th, 2011
Last week, when the National Center for Health Statistics released the latest results from the National Survey of Family Growth, The Washington Post reported that one finding "may surprise those bewailing a permissive and eros-soaked popular culture: More than one-quarter of people interviewed in their late teens and early 20s had never had sex." Many conservatives do rightly criticize our current "eros-soaked popular culture." But those conservatives who follow The Heritage Foundation also know that abstinence has been on the rise for some time now and that stable family relationships have a strong positive impact on teen sexual behavior.
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New Survey on Abstinence and Sexual Activity: The Good News and the Bad News
Posted March 4th, 2011
On Thursday, The Washington Post heralded the findings of a new survey reporting on sexual activity in the United States. While the study pronounced such positive findings as an increase in abstinence among teens and college-age adults and a decrease in teen pregnancy, there is bleaker story that cannot be ignored: the ever-increasing rate of unwed childbearing in the United States.
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Back to Double Digits: China's Latest Defense Budget
Posted March 4th, 2011
 As the People's Republic of China (PRC) prepares for the opening of the National People's Congress and the unveiling of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the budget for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) was announced. Military spending in 2011 would increase from 532.1 billion renminbi ($81 billion) in 2010 to 601.1 billion renminbi ($91.5 billion).
This would represent a 12.7 percent increase from 2010 to 2011, compared with the 7.5 percent increase from 2009 to 2010, clearly suggesting that last year's lower increase (single-digit rather than the annual double-digit increase of the last two decades) reflected the impact of the global economic downturn rather than a slowdown in Chinese defense spending.
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Preserving the Peace: Modernize Now, Save Later
Posted March 4th, 2011
Supporting America's armed forces in times of war and peace is a fundamental obligation of government as part of its responsibility to provide for the common defense and protect the nation. A decade of combat operations and two decades of underinvestment have left the U.S. military too small and inadequately equipped to meet all of the growing demands placed upon men and women in uniform.
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Education's Federal Compliance Burden
Posted March 4th, 2011
On Tuesday, the House Education and the Workforce Committee held a full committee hearing on the impact of the federal government's role in education; the mandates handed down from Washington, the associated paperwork burden, and the hurdles created for teachers and schools as a result. (If that sounds like a handful, it is.)
The hearing's $64,000 question was whether these regulations have led to improvements in academic achievement. The answer, not surprisingly, seems to be no. Congressman John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the committee, stated during the hearing:
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Join Us on Wednesday, 6 PM EST
The greatest danger facing our nation is our staggering national debt -- now in excess of $14 TRILLION. And the greatest question facing our nation is: "How do we avoid this looming crisis?"
I invite you to join Congressman Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee and author of A Roadmap for America's Future, for an exclusive conference call on Wednesday, March 9th at 6pm EST.
I will be hosting the call along with Duane Parde of National Taxpayers Union. I don't want you to miss this insiders' event filled with strategy discussion and breaking news from the Hill.
Please click here now to RSVP. You will automatically be called to connect when the event begins.
Congressman Ryan is on the front lines to reduce federal spending and set America back on a course for sustainability and prospe rity. His Washington insights will be invaluable to grassroots activists across the nation as you work hard to pressure your representatives for meaningful policy change.
I highly encourage you toclick here to RSVP and confirm your spot on the call, but if you'd like to dial in at the last minute, the number is 1-888-886-6603, extension 16307#.
Please join us to ask questions and listen to informative discussion and strategy session about critical spending reforms. Remember, the call is THIS Wednesday, March 9th at 6pm EST.
Click here and RSVP to be called and connected automatically when the event begins. Or, you can dial in to 1-888-886-6603, extension 16307#.
Thank you, and I look forward to speaking to you on the call.
Sincerely,
Dick Armey
Chairman, FreedomWorks
P.S. Please don't forget to save your spot in advance! Click here to RSVP and be called to automatically connect on Wednesday at 6pm EST. No need to remember to dial in! |
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This thirty second video will show you everything that is wrong with public sector unions.
The budget debate in Wisconsin has forced a long-overdue discussion about public sector unions. Always a questionable proposition, unionization of the public sector, for a period, seemed a luxury we could afford. Yeah, public workers had job security and great benefits, but their pay was lower, so it seemed a fair trade-off. Over the last couple decades that implicit understanding was upended...public sector pay moved much higher and those great benefits were jacked up on steroids. Worse, we've recently learned that the benefits aren't actually 'paid for.' As a result, we face the prospect of far higher taxes to meet these past promises.
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March 7, 2011
What does it take? Another victory for the enemy within
WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - Let's cut to the quick: Two more broadcast commentators dared to speak out on the infiltration of our society by the Radical Islam/far left coalition whose fondest hope is to bring us down, tear our Constitution to shreds, and rule from the White House... (more)
March 6, 2011 Bachmann: Obamacare a 'crime against democracy' NEWSMAX - Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says Obamacare is a "crime against democracy" and the president's offer to states to implement their own healthcare reforms to replace it is nothing more than a "pretext." Bachmann's comments came on the heels of her exclusive Newsmax interview, in which she revealed that the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress "deceitfully" hid a $105 billion appropriation in the federal healthcare reform legislation... (more)
 A bad day for Obamacare
March 6, 2011 House moves to defend law the president won't KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ - As he previously indicated, Speaker of the House John Boehner has officially announced that the House of Representatives will defend the Defense of Marriage Act... (more)
March 5, 2011 New governors may outshine White House hopefuls CHARLES BABINGTON - What's wrong with this picture? While half a dozen current and former Republican governors weigh bids to challenge President Barack Obama, the party's lightning and thunder are coming from a different handful of governors, who threaten to overshadow those potential candidates... (more)
March 5, 2011 America's college obsession MONA CHAREN - Andy Ferguson, one of America's most engaging and perspicacious journalists, has not -- as Andre Malraux said of Whittaker Chambers -- returned from the hell of college admissions with empty hands. In Crazy U, his chronicle of his son's senior year of high school -- a year of college visiting, applications, essay writing, open-house attending, interviewing, financial-aid seeking, and waiting, waiting, waiting -- is by turns hilarious, shrewd, and revealing... (more)
March 5, 2011 We, the unhyphenated Americans: meet my people MICHELLE MALKIN - My fellow Americans, who are "your people"? I ask because U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who is black, used the phrase "my people" in congressional testimony this week. It was an unmistakably color-coded and exclusionary reference intended to deflect criticism of the Obama Justice Department's selective enforcement policies. It backfired... (more)
March 5, 2011 High cost of free speech ROBERT KNIGHT - I'm with Samuel A. Alito Jr. - at least in spirit. The associate justice was alone in his dissent in Snyder v. Phelps,in which the U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 ruling on Wednesday voided a damage verdict against the Westboro Baptist Church for picketing a Maryland soldier's funeral. You know the Westboro folks... (more)
March 5, 2011 Gas price increases are intentional ERICK ERICKSON - Gas prices continue to go up. When George W. Bush was President of the United States, Democrats constantly demanded he open the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help lower prices. Some even wanted a temporary suspension of the gas tax. With Obama? Crickets... (more)
March 5, 2011 Most Americans clueless about budget realities NEWSMAX - The American public is demanding serious cuts in the federal budget while remaining ignorant about what is actually in the budget... (more)
March 5, 2011 From Baghdad to Benghazi CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Voices around the world, from Europe to America to Libya, are calling for U.S. intervention to help bring down Moammar Gaddafi. Yet for bringing down Saddam Hussein, the U.S. has been denounced variously for aggression, deception, arrogance and imperialism... (more)
March 4, 2011 Obama to the Internet: No ICANN WASHINGTON TIMES - Freedom of information and communication on the Internet is playing a key role in supporting pro-democracy demonstrators in the Middle East and developing norms for civil society elsewhere around the world. But just when freedom is beginning to flicker, the Obama administration is seeking to give authoritarian regimes more power to impose censorship on the Web... (more)
March 4, 2011 Palin effect: NRA female rolls surge 20% NEWSMAX - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has helped make a number of conservative causes popular among regular Americans. And the Second Amendment right to bear arms is apparently one of them. Palin's well profiled interest in hunting has helped boost female membership in the National Rifle Association by 20 percent, NRA spokeswoman Diane Danielson tells The Daily Mail of London... (more)
March 4, 2011 Losing freedom little by little JOSEPH FARAH - When the Transportation Security Agency began its intrusive new airport screening procedures last fall, I was sure Americans would rise up to the privacy violations and put an end to the program in short order. I predicted it would happen by Thanksgiving. Later I revised my prediction to Christmas... (more)
March 4, 2011 Close the EPA WASHINGTON TIMES - As Congress looks for ways to trim the budget, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) represents an opportunity for up to $9 billion in savings. This outfit has become little more than an advocacy group for trendy leftist causes operating on the public's dime... (more)
March 4, 2011 Obama is enabling jihad WASHINGTON TIMES - Al Qaeda and Iran are cheering on the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, so why does the Obama administration think the Islamic extremists are losing? On Tuesday at a Pentagon press briefing, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates claimed, "The protests elsewhere that are leading to reforms for a number of governments are an extraordinary setback for al Qaeda"... (more)
March 4, 2011 DeMint, Coburn introduce bill to defund National Public Radio, PBS CNSNEWS.COM - Two Republican senators on Friday introduced a bill to stop taxpayer subsidies to public radio and television... (more)
March 4, 2011 Activist alert! Sen. Mike Lee puts the Senate on record SENATECONSERVATIVES.COM - Dear Fellow Conservative: I'm writing to let you know about an important vote that took place in the Senate Wednesday night. Newly-elected Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) offered an amendment expressing support for a Constitutional Amendment that would force Congress to balance the budget... (more)
March 3, 2011 Republicans squander historic opportunity WASHINGTON TIMES - If there's one thing politicians are good it, it's avoiding hard choices. The new Republican majority in the House appears - at least for the moment - not to be an exception... (more)
March 3, 2011 Hawaii senator to call it quits WASHINGTON TIMES - Hawaii Sen. Daniel K. Akaka said Wednesday he won't seek re-election next year, the fifth member of the Senate Democratic Caucus to decide not to face the voters in 2012. "It was a very difficult decision for me," said Mr. Akaka in a prepared statement. "It has been a great honor and privilege to serve the people of Hawaii"... (more)
March 3, 2011 Obama: No arming of U.S. agents in Mexico FOX NEWS - President Obama on Thursday appeared to reject the idea of arming U.S. agents in Mexico, saying after a meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon that the two governments will look at other ways to protect American officials in the wake of a fatal shooting last month... (more) |
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Number of healthcare reform law waivers climbs above 1,000
By Jason Millman - 03/06/11 03:38 PM ET
The number of temporary healthcare reform waivers granted by the Obama administration to organizations climbed to more than 1,000, according to new numbers disclosed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
HHS posted 126 new waivers on Friday, bringing the total to 1,040 organizations that have been granted a one-year exemption from a new coverage requirement included in the healthcare reform law enacted almost a year ago. Waivers have become a hot-button issue for Republicans, eager to expose any vulnerabilities in the reform law.
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The Foundation
"We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals." --George Washington
Opinion in Brief
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"Fred Phelps, the deranged pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church -- which is more like a family entourage of psychos -- has devised a scheme for getting attention: He desecrates military funerals. ... Albert Snyder, the father of a fallen Marine, sued Phelps for protesting his son's funeral. He won millions. The Supreme Court overturned that verdict Wednesday. I think the decision is a travesty. But, alas, after reading it, I also find it perfectly defensible, probably even correct. Anyone familiar with the concept of 'garbage in, garbage out' can appreciate that this isn't necessarily a contradiction. ... As Chief Justice John Roberts put it, 'The reach of our opinion here is limited by the particular facts before us. ... (We rely) on limited principles that sweep no more broadly than the appropriate context of the instant case.' But you wouldn't get the sense that this was a narrow, even shallow, victory for free-speech absolutists based on much of the commentary about it. Nearly all of it boils down to a single insight: Just because speech is offensive doesn't mean we can ban it. ... [I]n its decision the court upheld severe regulations on funeral protestors. Indeed, Snyder himself couldn't make out Westboro's signs or hear their chants at the funeral, because Maryland officials required the protests to be at least 1,000 feet away (though I'd be fine with making it 10,000 feet). It was only days later that Snyder saw on TV what the protesters were saying, or read on the Internet their vile personal attacks on his family. Why don't these restrictions offend free-speech absolutists? Perhaps because, even though we like to mouth platitudes, we actually recognize that some speech is so vile, so beyond the pale, that we as a society understand that it might impinge on other things we hold dear -- like the reasonable expectation that a parent might have to bury his child respectfully and in peace." --columnist Jonah Goldberg
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Re: The Left
"As Obama rakes in historic campaign contributions from Wall Street money, liberals claim Republicans are beholden to 'the rich.' However that may be, it is far more true, and far less remarked upon, that the Democratic Party is the party of public sector unions. And now, the nation watches helplessly as public sector unions and their Democratic allies say to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: Nice state you got there, governor. Be a shame if something bad happened to it. ... Democrats use taxpayer money to fund a government jobs program, impoverishing the middle class and harming the people allegedly helped by the programs -- but creating a vast class of voters who owe their jobs to the Democrats. This is a system designed to ratchet up costs. Look at the history of every entity where public employees have unionized, and you will find that not only are government workers paid more, but there are also a lot more of them doing a lot less useful work. ... For Democrats, the purpose of public education in this country is not to teach children; it's to create jobs for 'educators.'" --columnist Ann Coulter
Liberty
"At the same time that Wisconsin's Democratic senators are holed up in Illinois, the federal government is trying to determine if there is a way to live within our means. The Republican Party is pushing a balanced-budget agenda, and the Democratic Party is pushing an invest-now-so-we-can-save-later agenda. Here, too, we can see the conflict between our values and public action. ... Government programs that promise to save people through government assistance and programs do so in exchange for their liberty. People who were once self-reliant and personally responsible become conditioned to accept that they have been victimized, that they have no power, that there is no real hope for a better future, but only the false hope that the payments that government provides will continue. ... Let's be clear about what this is -- this is bondage for future generations. ... Let us love freedom more than security and risk the challenges of liberty rather than give in to the assurances of bondage." --columnist Jackie Gingrich Cushman
The Gipper
"These United States are confronted with an economic affliction of great proportions. We suffer from the longest and one of the worst sustained inflations in our national history. ... For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present. To continue this long trend is to guarantee tremendous social, cultural, political, and economic upheavals. You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we are not bound by that same limitation? We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow." --Ronald Reagan
Government
"In fiscal year 2010, according to a recent report from The Heritage Foundation, the Obama administration adopted regulations that will cost more than $26.5 billion a year. The nanny state isn't just a nagging do-gooder -- it's a costly scold. ... In a free market, insurers compete for your business. ... [B]ut with the array of new rules we now have, courtesy of President Obama's signature health bill, Washington isn't making it easy for you. A laundry list of new regulations are decreeing what insurance companies can offer, including coverage for dependent children up to age 26, no coverage exclusions for pre-existing conditions, and no co-pays or deductibles for preventative services. ... Fuel economy standards are no better. By increasing the cost of new cars, they cause more drivers to stick with older, less fuel-efficient vehicles. And research shows that by lowering the per-mile cost of driving, fuel standards actually induce people to drive more -- defeating the purpose of having the standards in the first place. Tax bills are just part of what you pay for government. Federal regulations cost the average American household some $17,500 per year. It's time Congress put a stop to this expensive meddling. Rolling back the $26.5 billion in rules added just last year would be a good start." --Heritage Foundation president Ed Feulner
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Insight
"Government control of the economy, no matter in whose behalf, has been the source of all the evils in our industrial society -- and the solution is laissez-faire capitalism, i.e., the abolition of any and all forms of intervention in production and trade, the separation of State and Economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of Church and State." --author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
For the Record
"[L]ast week, our storied sixth naval fleet that for 65 years has maintained the Mediterranean Sea as an American lake, could not muster a single destroyer, frigate or other modest naval ship to save a few hundred Americans stranded in Libya. The State Department had to rent a ferry that was not seaworthy to do the job. The whole world is watching -- and drawing its cruel conclusions. ... Before we conclude that the defense budget 'must take its fair share' of cuts, we should understand that it is not the Pentagon that will be hurt -- it is 300 million Americans and our economy that is threatened by a weak military and Navy that cannot protect our interests." --columnist Tony Blankley
Faith & Family
"Dr. Bernard Nathanson described himself as a man who 'helped usher in this barbaric age' of abortion-on-demand, 'the most atrocious holocaust in the history of the United States.' As one of the founders of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (now called NARAL) ... he paved the way for Roe v. Wade. Yet his funeral was filled with pro-life activists. ... He committed his last abortion in 1979. Certain that it would convince others that abortion destroys a living being who can feel pain, he narrated the film 'Silent Scream,' which showed the aborting of a 12-week-old baby. As the baby recoils from the deadly instruments and opens his mouth, Nathanson states, 'This is the silent scream of a child threatened imminently with extinction.' ... The abortionist who made up lies to legitimize abortion, now spread the truth to save lives. ... On February 21, 2011, he succumbed to cancer at age 84. Dr. Nathanson's life is testimony of the power of God's grace, the power of truth. It is a profound encouragement that just as God created us, He can re-create any one of us, no matter the depth of our sin." --columnist Wendy Wright
Culture
"[W]ho are 'your people'? I ask because U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who is black, used the phrase 'my people' in congressional testimony [last] week. ... In pandering to skin-deep identity politics and exacerbating race-consciousness, Holder has given the rest of us a golden opportunity to stand up, identify 'our people' and show the liberal poseurs what post-racialism really looks like. ... It's government of, by and for the people -- all the people. Not just the ones still shackled by reflexive Democratic Party loyalty. We are beholden not to our skin pigment or ethnic tribes, but to American ideals, tradition, history and faith in the individual." --columnist Michelle Malkin
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The Last Word
"So in this country we have the liberals -- the progressives -- and their new ideas to change the country and lead us forward. And not just lead us forward, but win the future. Their obstacles are the conservatives who are scared of change and stuck in their old ways of thinking. ... At least that's the conventional wisdom.... Which leads me to what seems to be a really obvious question: What, if any, of the ideas of liberals these days are new? ... With the economy hurting and people crying out for change, what brand new revolutionary idea did they get to first? Have the government spend lots of money. I'll let that sink in for a moment. It's a really new idea; it might take some time to comprehend a concept so novel and revolutionary as that one. I mean, it's not like it's the same solution the Democrats have had for everything for the past one hundred years. Maybe we should tell Europe about this brand new idea; let's get this revolution of government spending lots of money to really spread. And that wasn't the only new idea the liberals had. They also had another innovative idea to save the failing car companies and fix health care. What was it? Well hold on to your hats, because it's pretty crazy and fresh: The government could take over private industry. What a new idea! What a groundbreaking way of looking at things! ... But the new ideas don't stop there. Have you heard of President Obama's latest idea to really get the economy going? Build fast trains. What an insane new idea! I mean, it's totally something innovative that will 'win the future' and not an economic solution that would seem more in place in the late 1800s. Some of you may have been confused by those last few paragraphs; what I was doing was being insincere in a humorous way. It's a brand new thing called 'sarcasm' -- just as new as all those liberal ideas. Seriously, though, shouldn't 'liberal' or 'progressive,' when used to describe the left, be in scare quotes, because what exactly are they pushing that isn't some old, failed idea of the last century?" --humor columnist Frank J. Fleming
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High Cost of Free Speech
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published March 4 on The Washington Times website.
I'm with Samuel A. Alito Jr. - at least in spirit. The associate justice was alone in his dissent in Snyder v. Phelps, in which the U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 ruling on Wednesday voided a damage verdict against the Westboro Baptist Church for picketing a Maryland soldier's funeral. You know the Westboro folks. They're the media darlings from Topeka, Kan., who have picketed nearly 600 funerals. The Rev. Fred Phelps and his family brandish signs, the most famous of which is "God Hates Fags." Lately, they've been picketing military funerals with signs such as "God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11" and "Thank God for Dead Soldiers," saying they got what they deserve because America tolerates homosexuality.
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Public Employee Unions
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published March 3 on Townhall.com.
With all of the union strife in Wisconsin, Indiana and New Jersey, and indications of more to come, it might be time to shed a bit of light on unions as an economic unit.
First, let's get one important matter out of the way. I value freedom of association, and non-association, even in ways that are not always popular and often deemed despicable. I support a person's right to be a member or not be a member of a labor union. From my view, the only controversy regarding unions is what should they be permitted and not permitted to do.
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Gutting Medicare By Refusing To Pay The Bills
This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published March 3 on Forbes.com.
The full extent of the future cuts to Medicare under ObamaCare is revealed in the little noticed 2010 Financial Report of the U.S. Government, released in December by the Treasury Department. What the data in that report show effectively is that under current law Medicare will be rendered dysfunctional in future years by draconian, arbitrary cuts in payments to doctors and hospitals for the promised health care for America's seniors. The essential health care needed by the sickest to save their very lives or their ability to remain functional will not be there, exactly contrary to the original promise of Medicare.
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Response to the Decision Not to Defend DOMA
On February 23, 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder sent letters to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and other leaders of Congress informing them that, "[a]fter careful consideration, including a review of a recommendation from me, the President of the United States has made the determination that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage
Paul Benjamin Linton, Special Counsel The Thomas More Society wrote this legal memo entitled "A Response to the Administration's Decision Not to Defend Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act."
Introduction
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Goodwin Liu Unfit for Lifetime Appointment
As a member of the Conservative Action Project, ACRU CEO Susan Carleson and leaders of 26 other organizations, representing a broad cross section of the conservative movement, are united in opposing the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
RE: Goodwin Liu's nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Unlike other judicial nominees, there has been no announcement of bi-partisan support for this nomination of President Obama and last year the full Senate failed to even consider his nomination after he only received a partisan vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee. Goodwin Liu is unfit for a lifetime appointment to the federal bench because his statements and record demonstrate an extreme liberal agenda of judicial activism that he would impose from the bench.
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Obama Seeks Extradition of ICE Agent's Murderer
During a press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon Thursday, President Obama announced that the U.S. government filed a formal extradition request to Mexican authorities for the killer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent Jaime Zapata. "We expect the full weight of the law to be brought against this perpetrator," Obama said. He declined to comment further.
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Napolitano Sells Homeland Security Budget to Capitol Hill
In a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee last week, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano argued for her desired Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 2012 budget allocations. The DHS budget includes all government funds allotted for immigration departments and enforcement activities, including United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Napolitano's remarks represented a reiteration of earlier remarks, as the Secretary promoted the same budget and programs earlier last week before the Senate Appropriations' Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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House Subcommittee on Immigration: Illegal Immigration Disproportionately Harms Minorities
Last week the House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held a hearing focusing on how illegal immigration impacts minorities. "[S]even million people are working in the U.S. illegally, remarked House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX). "These jobs should go to legal workers, many of whom would be minorities."
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Mexican Truckers to Return to U.S. Highways
In the midst of strained relationships with Mexico, President Obama's administration announced that he and Mexican President Felipe Calderon have reached a preliminary agreement to allow Mexican truckers access to U.S. highways. Mexican trucks were originally authorized access under the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994, but President Clinton refused to implement the trucking provisions due to national security, environmental and highway safety concerns. (Secretariat File No. USA-MEX-98-2008-01 Although the NAFTA tribunal required President George W. Bush to implement a pilot trucking program, it lasted only briefly before Congressional adversaries, citing national security and concern for U.S. highway safety, defunded the program early in President Obama's Administration.)
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Oklahoma Moves Closer to Passing Arizona-Style Immigration Law
Early last week, a bill aimed to deter illegal immigration passed through the Oklahoma House Judiciary Committee. The bill, HB 1446, is now moving to the full House of Representatives for a vote. The bill's author, Rep. George Faught, describes the legislation as incorporating language from Arizona's anti-illegal immigration bill into Oklahoma's existing immigration laws. (Id.) If passed, the bill would authorize state and local law enforcement officers to inquire about the immigration status of individuals detained during a traffic stop. (Id.) It would also prevent drivers from stopping their vehicles on public roadways to hire day-laborers.
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March 4, 2011
Kristin Harty Barkley Cumberland Times-News FROSTBURG -
The conversation almost stayed civil Wednesday night.
About 150 people gathered at the Palace Theatre to hear two panelists discuss the pros and cons of drilling for natural gas in Western Maryland's portion of the Marcellus shale.
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Miami heat between Obama & Bush--Crist redux?
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Remember that Charlie Crist's political career was ruined by his appearance with Obama. Jeb and his supporters should be asked to explain why his situation is different.
The President's Friday "education" event in Florida was, for all intents and purposes, a 2012 campaign appearance. So on stage with President Obama should be the last place a serious Republican should want to be. Especially if you're the brother of a man whose record the President and his surrogates have spent the past four years trashing. But there was former Florida governor and almost-declared 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush, introducing the 44th president of the United States.
Florida is a swing state, and President Obama went down there in an effort to protect and build upon his support in that state. And Jeb was there to help him. Don't forget that on many of the biggest issues of the day--globalization, the rise of China, open borders--Jeb agrees with Obama and disagrees with most Republicans. Remember that to the Bushes, the three worst demons are nativism, protectionism, and isolationism. On the first two, at least, Obama is much closer to the Bushes than is the typical tea partier. Would Jeb rather see Obama re-elected than see the borders closed? Would Jeb rather see Obama re-elected than see a trade war between the U.S. and China? (Someone should ask him both questions.) And those who are Jeb boosters should be asked why their favorite candidate seems so eager to help Obama get re-elected.
Conservatives are already sensing that in 2015 or so, Jeb will be crammed down our throats by the GOP establishment. We will be told "Oh, Jeb is really the conservative member of the family." "He was always better than his older brother," etc. When that time comes, everyone needs to remember that in 2011--when Obama's re-election was still in doubt--Jeb decided to make a campaign stop with Obama.
The fact that a Republican who is likely to run for president in the future is appearing with Obama at a campaign event is a really big deal, a lot more important than anything Tim Pawlenty or Sarah Palin are up to. Political reporters should be paying a lot more attention to this story than they are--and conservative media outlets should be demanding an explanation from Jeb, or (since the Bushes don't give explanations to conservative media outlets) from any conservative who supports Jeb. |
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The Truth About ANWR Drilling
Something you should know: Oil!!
A lot of "STUFF" is about oil.
A new pipeline across Alaska isn't required since the location for drilling in ANWR is about 160 miles from the North Slope Prudhoe Bay pipeline where it would be connected. I did not know this. Second the wildlife love the pipeline since it is heated and provides a shelter during the worst times during the winter. Maybe another question should be asked.
FIRST do you know what ANWR is?
ANSWER: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Now A comparison
And some perspective?
NOTE WHERE THE PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT AREA IS?
(it's in the "ANWR Coastal Plain")
THIS IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS AND "GREENS" SHOW YOU WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT ANWR and they are right these ARE photographs of ANWR
The Prudhoe bay area accounts for 17% of U.S. Domestic oil production NOW, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE LYING ABOUT ANWR?
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Obama and Holder taking on Arizona's SB1070
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Harvard Prof, America Can Collapse Like USSR
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Next time a liberal touts to you the virtue of this or that government program,
tell him that we should never encourage governments to create new programs, because it really just encourages them to beggar us all. Quote Adam Smith: "There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."
Tell your liberal friend that taxation is essentially theft by big bully government; you're for power to the people.
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 March 07, 2011
On Monday's Program
NY Times rumor mill: Beck/Fox divorce?
David Carr over at the New York Times is doing his best to tabloid up the aging paper of record. He's gone diving into the rumor mill, citing unnamed sources who claim that Beck and Fox may decide not to renew at the end of the current contract. As Scott Baker from The Blaze put it, Carr's 'hypothetical musings' will certainly excite the left and cause relentless speculation around the blogosphere. Check out The Blaze for Baker's take on the story and the Times rumor piece.
The Lessons Being Taught By BYU in the Brandon Davies Case Are Bigger Than Basketball or Any Sport
BYU made headlines last week for suspending one of their star players for violating their honor code by engaging in premarital sex with his girlfriend. While social networking sites like Twitter condemn the decision, Glenn had a different opinion. "As painful as this is for Davies, the rest of his Cougar teammates and their fans right now, BYU is doing something far more important than winning basketball games here, they are teaching important lessons, holding firm to their values, and preparing students for LIFE after school," Glenn writes. You can read more on the story HERE and read Glenn's opinion on the suspension HERE.
Amazing new video of 9/11 attacks: The shocking events as seen from an NYPD chopper - WATCH
Jesse Jackson Jr. demands iPods for 'ghetto' kids
Jesse Jackson Jr. made it clear on the House floor that he is in desperate need of a visit from the logic fairy. He rambled on and on about how the only way to solve the unemployment crises is to change the Constitution and make housing (and a host of other ridiculous things, like iPods) a right. Think of all the jobs that would create, if everyone MUST own a home! Junior, of course, is forgetting one key component: who the heck is going to pay for that? Maybe we could ask the Chinese to loan us more money! Watch the make-Mao-proud rant HERE.
Oil prices continue to necessarily skyrocket
Oil prices jumped to $107 amid the continued chaos in Libya and throughout the Middle East, and it is still unclear just how long this will go on and how bad it will get. Obama is already considering doing what President Bush (rightfully) did NOT do: panic and tap into the strategic oil reserves. Obama's oil policies (better described as 'anti' oil policies) don't make much sense - unless you recall the President's own words: he wants oil prices to skyrocket. Get the latest on oil HERE.
Obamacare: 1,000 waivers and climbing
If Obamacare is so awesome, why are people crowding in line to get an exemption from it? The 1,000 waivers blankets approximately 2.6 million people across the country - including some groups (SEIU) who lobbied heavily for the bill. Why are so many people being granted the waiver? Get the latest HERE.
No Hell: Was John Lennon half right?
An influential evangelical pastor is coming out with a new book that the publisher (HarperOne) explains in this way: "[In Love Wins] Bell addresses one of the most controversial issues of faith - the afterlife - arguing that a loving God would never sentence human souls to eternal suffering. With searing insight, Bell puts hell on trial, and his message is decidedly optimistic - eternal life doesn't start when we die; it starts right now. And ultimately, Love Wins. What if the story of heaven and hell we have been taught is not, in fact, what the Bible teaches? What if what Jesus meant by heaven, hell, and salvation are very different from how we have come to understand them?" Is this just spin to sell books? Or does he really believe no one goes to Hell? Check out the report and you decide...
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