Quote:

"It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue. If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives."

Ayers and Dohrn

Cuba to Qatar Should Get to Vote for US President: Radicals Ayers and Dohrn Preach One World Government in Lebanon 

* * * Announcement * * *

CUT SPENDING NOW RALLY  

Cut Spending Now Event at the Capitol

We cannot continue to spend our way out of debt. We need to take the first step toward financial stability and Cut Spending Now. Hardworking taxpayers like you already feel the burden of "spend now, pay later" politics. It's time that spend-crazed politicians in Washington feel the pressure too.

Join us Wednesday, April 6^th in Washington, DC to tell the Budget Committee to Cut Spending Now. They need to hear from you as they crunch numbers and grapple with this year's budget. You've had to tighten your family budget in this struggling economy. They should have to tighten the national budget too.

Confirmed Speakers:

Michele Bachmann

*food will be provided

Will be joined by AFP President Tim Phillips at noon.

The cost is only $10 per person.

Bus Stop
 King of Prussia, PA
 
7:45am pick up at the Wachovia Bank, Route 202 & Mall Blvd.  Park in the large parking Lot next to the Wachovia Bank.

Click HERE or on the "Cut Spending Now" graphic above to get a seat!!

Not a lot of seats, so do it NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

HILLSDALE COLLEGE 

An Online Town Hall
Saturday, April 16, 2011

"Economic Liberty and the Constitution"

GO HERE TO REGISTER -  

"Economic Liberty and the Constitution" is an online town hall brought to you by Hillsdale College's Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship. The town hall will be aired as a live webcast on April 16, 2011. Archived recordings of the event will be available on April 18, 2011, also accessible after registering.

The organization sponsoring Nonie Darwish's appearance is the student organization, Temple University Purpose.

Nonie Darwish

Nonie Darwish is the author of "Cruel and Unusual Punishment; the terrifying global implications of Islamic Law", a sociological analyses of the impact of Sharia Islamic Law lly. She also authored the book "Now They Call Me Infidel" which was published in 2006.

Nonie Darwish holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology and Anthropology from the American University in Cairo and was a journalist, editor and translator at the Middle East News Agency. She founded www.ArabsForIsrael.com in February of 2004 to promote understanding and peace between Israel and the Arab world. She is also committed to promote progress, democracy, women's rights and freedom in her culture of origin.

Nonie was born and raised as a Muslim in Cairo Egypt and the Gaza strip. Her father headed the Egyptian military intelligence in Gaza and the Sinai in the 50's when Gaza was under Egyptian control. He headed the Fedayeen, a guerrilla-style operation against Israel under the leadership of President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt. He was killed as part of a targeted assassination by Israel in 1956 when Nonie was 8 years old.

Nonie lectures extensively on college campuses and internationally. She recently spoke before the European Parliament in Brussels, before members of the British House of Lords in London in 2007 and at the Oxford University Union in 2008. She has been published in major publications such as the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal. She has appeared on CNN, Fox, MSNBC, C-SPAN, the BBC, Al Arabiya TV and other major media outlets. She is featured in the documentary film "Obsession."

She is married and is a mother of three.

March 29, 2011



 Wafa Sultan Schools Bill O'Reilly 

The column below written by Andrew Bostom is a great read! What Wafa Sultan and Bostom are referring to is precisely what led a New Jersey judge in 2009 to rule that a Muslim man, who was repeatedly raping his wife, had not committed a crime.

Wafa Educates Bill on the "Rape Factor" in Islam

 Posted By Andrew Bostom On March 29, 2011

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 Educable?^[2]

 At least by her??

 Last night for a few brief shining television moments (captured here ^[3]), Wafa Sultan, courageous author of the indispensable jeremiad "A God Who Hates ^[4]," strove gamely to educate Bill O'Reilly-often seemingly impenetrable ^[5] by facts regarding Sharia-about how Islamic Law, patterned on the "perfect example" of Islam's prophet Muhammad, sanctions rape.

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Muslim Jihad in Christian Ethiopia: Lessons for the West

Raymond Ibrahim:

... the dubious excuse used to justify this latest barbarous outburst - "desecration of the Koran" - is a reminder of the double-standards Bibles suffer in the Islamic world, where they are routinely confiscated and burned. Indeed, even as Muslim Ethiopians were rampaging, Muslim nations hailed as being "moderate" - Malaysia and Bangladesh - also made headlines last week with their deplorable treatment of Christians and Bibles. Worse, the West helps standardize such a biased approach: the U.S. government - Obama, Hillary, and any number of other grandstanding politicians - rose up in condemnation when a virtually anonymous, small-town pastor threatened to burn the Koran, while saying nary a word about the countless Bibles daily mutilated in the Muslim world (a 2003 fatwa that ruled the Bible suitable for use by Muslims when cleaning after defecation went largely unnoticed). ...

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Shalev: UNGA 'Palestine' resolution may have real impact

By DAVID HOROVITZ, JPOST 
Shalev: Israel "only just found out" about Resolution 377; same process used in 1981 to advance Namibian independence, delegitimize S. Africa.

Israel failed to realize until recently that the Palestinian bid to win United Nations General Assembly endorsement for statehood in September might not be merely declarative, but could have profound practical consequences under the provisions of a little-known UNGA resolution, Gabriela Shalev, the former Israeli ambassador to the UN, has told The Jerusalem Post.

UNGA Resolution 377, also known as the "Uniting for Peace" resolution, was passed during the Korean War in 1950, at the initiative of the US, because the Soviet Union was vetoing UN Security Council action to protect South Korea.

It permits the General Assembly to recommend a range of "collective measures" to supportive states, including sanctions and even the use of force, in cases where the permanent members of the Security...

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Libya and the Soros Doctrine

Rick Moran, FrontPageMag 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which authorizes a no-fly zone over Libya and the protection of civilians by all means necessary, is the culmination of a decade-long effort to radically strengthen the ability of the UN to intervene in sovereign nations through the "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) doctrine. Behind the initiative are, unsurprisingly, some of the usual suspects: National Security Council adviser Samantha Power and her patron George Soros. Their call to prevent human rights abuses through military intervention masks an agenda to alter drastically the concept of state sovereignty and to allow the United Nations to essentially co-opt the US military.

A 2008 backgrounder produced by The Heritage Foundation on the Responsibility to Protect articulates one of the most dangerous aspects of the doctrine: "R2P would effectively cede U.S. national sovereignty and decision-making power over key components of national...

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Arab League and Turkey Are Obama's New Best Friends..Israel?

One Jerusalem

As wide spread unrest began to rock the Arab world some speculated that the Obama Administration would now drop its pointless focus on the Palestinians, where there is no prospect for a negotiated settlement. Israel would be given a bit of rest from "negotiating" with the Palestinian Authority that does not represent the Palestinian people and refuses to acknowledge Israel as a Jewish State.

Last week President Obama made it clear that he still believes that Israel is at fault and needs to search its soul in its relations with the Palestinians. And yesterday, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ratcheted up the pressure on Israel to make further concessions to the Palestinians. Gates' strong armed tactics come as Israel is being subjected to rocket attacks, as Israel mourns the murder of the Fogel family, and is still shaken by the terrorist attack in the heart of Jerusalem.

It wasn't long ago, when the President of the United States and his...

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RedState Morning Briefing

For March 30, 2011

BREAKING NEWS: In a Human Events exclusive, Emily Miller has the details on a letter sent to Congress by several Governors, including Haley Barbour and Rick Perry, demanding Congress enact a Balanced Budget Amendment.

Governors Haley Barbour (R.-Miss.), Bob McDonnell (R.-Va.), and Rick Perry (R.-Tex.) sent a letter to the Democrat and Republican congressional leaders on Tuesday evening calling on them to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) to the U.S. Constitution.

"We believe it is time that the federal government be required to live within its means and balance its books every year, just as we are required to do in our respective states," wrote the three governors in a letter obtained by HUMAN EVENTS

1. Barack Obama Is Now Admitting Some of the Libyan Rebels May Not Be Friendly

This is so insane it makes my head hurt.

In an interview with NBC News and another with CBS News, Barack Obama is finally admitting some of the rebels we are helping in Libya may not be friendly to the United States.

2. On Intervention and Opposition to the Libyan Engagement

Using the same rationale George W. Bush used to go into Iraq, Barack Obama has now gone into Libya.

It seems that the world is upside down. Suddenly Republicans are concerned about going into a Middle Eastern country and Democrats are gung-ho neocon warmongers.

The situation, of course, is not that simple.

3. Liberals Continue All-Out Wisconsin Assault

Having failed to protect their place at the government teat by bravely running away during the legislative session, Wisconsin liberals have apparently decided to win the fight by trying to remove conservatives from the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which will presumably soon decide on whether the law stripping the public unions of collective bargaining power was properly passed. In the crosshairs right now is purportedly conservative Justice David Prosser. Now, Prosser has already been the subject of shenanigans from the Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal members - background on that is here. The gist of that particular case is that one of the Court's liberal members accidentally-on-purpose leaked to the media that Prosser called one of the Court's liberal Justices a "total b*tch" in a closed-door session about an ethics complaint concerning one of the Court's other Justices.

4. Winning the Battle and Losing the War

Republicans have, of late, gotten very good at winning battles while losing wars. Look no further than Wisconsin. While the GOP got its legislative victory, the left is now intent on going gangbusters over recall efforts.

But before they even get there, the left is going after Justice David Prosser on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Leon has a good write up on this, but the nutshell here is very important - David Prosser is all that stands between the Wisconsin Supreme Court flipping to the left.

Do what you can to help re-elect David Prosser or the battle we just won will be thrown out by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. It is that simple.

But there is more.

The GOP is not taking the recall threat in Wisconsin seriously. We've diverted our attention elsewhere and we need to gear back up. You need to pull out your credit cards and checkbooks and give every penny you can to the Wisconsin GOP right now.

Yes, you must.

5. Hey Senator Schumer, Who are the Real Extremists?

As the Democrats continue to bankrupt the nation with crushing debt, and stymie Republican attempts to balance the budget, we were beginning to wonder if they had their own plan to achieve budget solvency. The New York Times just revealed their monumental plan for the future of our fiscal stability. Drum roll......Labeling Republicans and tea partiers as extremists!

6. Wisconsin AFL-CIO Holds Joint Rally with Planned Parenthood

Maybe if you've been a union member for some time, you've been able to avoid some level of discomfort over your union dues going to the political campaigns of Democrats. Maybe you're a hard-working conscientious person who can rationalize this by saying that, after all, the Democrats are more pro-union than Republicans, generally speaking. Maybe you were able to swallow your irritation at the massive union support for Obamacare despite knowing full well that Obamacare was likely to eliminate many working class jobs as companies could not afford to afford the mandate. Now, on the other hand, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO has gone one step farther to stand in defense of an organization - Planned Parenthood - that has nothing whatsoever to do with union or working issues. That's right: from now on you (or at least your union dues) are now in favor of taxpayer funding for abortion.

7. On Ethanol, Conservatives Should Stand With Tom Coburn

Tom Coburn, Ben Cardin, Charles Koch (yes, *that* Charles Koch), and others, want to end the ethanol subsidy. Grover Norquist who is as wrong on ethanol as he is on FedEx v. UPS and matters relating to Jihad, declares it to be a tax increase to get rid of the ethanol subsidy.

In a letter to Norquist, Coburn defends ending the subsidy.

8. The FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act & What Has Union Bosses in a Panic

On Monday, the International Association of Machinists won an election to represent 2,900 employees at AirTran. The union (the same union calling for airline re-regulation) won despite the fact that 1,906 (nearly 66%) of AirTran's employees did not vote for unionization. In fact, 36% of the employees did not vote at all. The union's victory is a good example of how President Obama's union appointments at the National Mediation Board have changed 75 years worth of precedence in order to favor unions. It is also a good example of why the fight over the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 is important and why the LaTourette/Costello Amendment to H.R. 658 should be defeated (again).

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for Wednesday, March 30, 2011 

Obama's local education opportunity
 The Daily Caller

President Obama to call for one-third cut to oil imports
The Washington Post

 Libya: William Hague hints at Muammar Gaddafi exile
BBC News

House Republican leaders turn to moderate Democrats for budget deal
The Washington Post

Syrian leader to address nation amid unrest
The Associated Press

Latest Heritage Research:

Backgrounder: March 29, 2011
 Obama's Latest Proposal to Reduce Charitable Deductions Would Crowd Out Civil Society

WebMemo: March 29, 2011
 E-Verify Self Check: A Solid Step Forward

Backgrounder: March 29, 2011
 Checkbook Homeland Security: Highlights from the FY 2012 Budget Request

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


The Libya Speech That Wasn't

After watching President Obama's speech last night defending his military intervention in Libya, I turned to my wife, Carol, and said, "That was not a Libya speech -- that was an Obama reelection speech." Talking to members of my staff this morning, I said the same thing -- that the address to the nation about Libya was a speech whose purpose was more about keeping Obama in power than about getting Qadhafi out of power.

We've seen this over and over again -- particularly since the Democrats' losses in last November's elections. The polls show the public is tired of big government, so with great fanfare he announces an initiative to repeal unnecessary regulations. Meanwhile, his bureaucrats are regulating more than ever. The public sees Obama as anti-business, so he brings business leaders to the White House and spends hours getting their advice. Meanwhile, he continues to wage war on entrepreneurs, small businesses and capitalism.

And now he's doing it on foreign policy. Recent polling shows that Obama is seen by U.S. voters as a tremendously weak commander-in-chief. Only 17% of Americans regard Obama as "decisive and strong" in that role. Last night's speech was intended to make Obama appear decisive and presidential. I am happy to say Rush Limbaugh agrees with me. Leading off his show today, Rush said that Obama's speech was all about 2012.

Obama is incredibly vulnerable on his mishandling of U.S. foreign policy. He has severely damaged relations with our strongest allies while kowtowing to our enemies. His Middle East policies in particular have been a failure.

He has repeatedly berated Israel, while begging Iran to negotiate with him. His insistence on Israeli concessions BEFORE negotiations with the Palestinians has given Palestinian leaders an excuse not to negotiate at all. He refuses to acknowledge the motivating force of radical Islam in the violence aimed at the U.S., Israel and the West in general. Unable to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, Obama tries to make Qadhafi sound like the big threat, when he is a sideshow.

I safely make this prediction: If the thug Qadhafi is forced to step down in the days ahead, the liberal media will report it as if Obama were a modern day Eisenhower who just liberated Europe. That is the goal of this Libyan adventure. Here are a few more comments on the speech.

• Astonishingly, Barack Obama used the idea of American exceptionalism last night in defending American intervention in Libya, saying, "To brush aside America's responsibility as a leader ... would have been a betrayal of who we are. Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different."
  
  This is coming from the same man who apologized to Europe for America's "dismissive arrogance," and who dismissed the concept of American exceptionalism when asked directly about it. At a European summit in 2009, Obama said, "I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the ... Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." Obama was essentially saying that every country thinks it is exceptional, thus none is any better than the rest.
  
  What prompted his new tone? I suspect it may have something to do with internal White House polling that found Americans don't like presidents who don't much like America. And you know Obama is in full campaign mode when he delivers a speech that is heavy with "Obama exceptionalism." In his address last night, he referred to himself more than two dozen times!
• To elevate himself, he took cheap shots at two past presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, contrasting his magnum opus in Libya to how they handled Bosnia and Iraq respectively. Obama has every right to disagree with the war in Iraq. He ran as the anti-war candidate in 2008 and made his opposition to Iraq a central theme in the primary against Hillary Clinton. Never mind that removing a brutal thug from power, a man who was a threat to his own people and the region, bears a striking similarity to Obama's justification for intervention in Libya.
  
  But as one commentator noted, Obama moved against Qadhafi after just one U.N. resolution. Bush had five U.N. resolutions against Saddam Hussein. Obama acted with the support of 15 coalition partners. Bush had 40 nations assisting us in Iraq. And George W. Bush had something else Obama did not have: 373 votes in Congress authorizing the use of force. How many congressional votes does Obama have for what his spokesman called the "kinetic military action" in Libya? Zero.
• As for the policy itself, President Obama justified military strikes against Qadhafi by using the dictator's own words against him. "Qadhafi declared he would show 'no mercy' to his own people," Obama said. "He compared them to rats, and threatened to go door to door to inflict punishment." Why are we not taking the words of Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad more seriously? The tyrant in Tehran has repeatedly threatened to wipe one of our allies off the map while he aggressively pursues the world's most dangerous weapons!
  
  The Associated Press fact checked Obama's speech. Of Obama's much-hyped transition of leadership to NATO, the AP writes: "In transferring command and control to NATO, the U.S. is turning the reins over to an organization dominated by the U.S., both militarily and politically. In essence, the U.S. runs the show that is taking over running the show."
• And as I predicted yesterday, Obama didn't have much to say about the Libyan rebels on whose behalf we have gone to war, and it's not surprising. We don't fully know who they are, but I am fairly certain they are not avid readers of the Federalist Papers.
  
  Obama tried to compare them to our Founding Fathers by suggesting that our revolution for freedom is somehow comparable to what is taking place in the Middle East today. If only that were so. But as we have reported, the evidence is growing that many of the rebels are affiliated with Al Qaeda and other extreme Islamist movements.

 State Representative John Galloway (D-Bucks) would appreciate our assistance and support regarding his intention to expedite passage of E-Verify in Pennsylvania.  Specifically, Rep Galloway intends to request Governor Corbett to issue an Executive Order that would immediately mandate all state contractors and subcontractors verify the employment eligibility of their employees. The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that in April 2009 there were between 18-35,000 illegal aliens working in construction in Pennsylvania.
 
Representative Galloway's previous E-Verify legislation attempts passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in the House last year; however, the state Senate failed to take action on the bills.  In January 2011 Rep. Galloway reintroduced his E-Verify legislation (HB 379 and HB 380). The Chamber of Commerce and unions, such as SEIU, vehemently oppose any legislation that would require contractors verify the employment eligibility of employees working on public projects.  For these reasons, and in an effort to ensure tax-paid public projects hire only well-trained Pennsylvanian construction workers, Rep Galloway intends to expedite E-Verify via a Governor-issued Executive Order. Rep Galloway will publicly make this request of the Governor at a press conference in Harrisburg, tentatively scheduled for late April . Rep Galloway expects that Rep Daryl Metcalfe will also participate in the press conference.

Due to the time constraints, and if members of your group are in agreement, we would very much appreciate it if you would copy the letter below, inserting your group's name, and forward it to me at KmaMedPR@aol.com.  In turn, I will forward all support letters to Rep Galloway's assistant.  If time permits Marge Adelsberger and I intend to produce a petition and solicit as many signatures (family, friends, associates, coworkers, etc.) as possible to present to Rep Galloway prior to the press conference.  A copy will be forwarded to you.

Thank you!

                                                                                                                                       Sample Letter                                                                                       

March 29, 2011



Pennsylvanians for Immigration Control and Enforcement (www.pa4ice.com)supports State Representative John Galloway's request for Governor Tom Corbett to issue an Executive Order mandating all state agencies under the direction of the governor to verify the employment eligibility of all current and prospective agency employees through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify system.



  

PA Senate Bill SBI Does Not Properly Address School Vouchers

First, I would like to define "Failing Schools";  the term should be "Failing Students". There are two main components contributing to scholastic failure: The first is the quality of the educational institution itself and the second of equal importance is the student's parental guidance including moral and social values. Here lies a major problem: when schools are expected to fill in for the latter.   This is a losing task and the consequence is that scholastic achievement is sacrificed for social education and in some instances applying political bias or revising history to support a point of view.  Some of these taught values are contrary to the values of conscientious parents.

 A true Universal Voucher System will well address both scholastic and social value issues for conscientious parents through a true Free Market competition system, it cannot address the second issue of parental or moral abandonment.   SB1(current  PA Senate Bill 1), as well intended as it is, will destroy the  opportunity to establish a real Voucher system. It is a complex law establishing more bureaucracy, employing Excess Scholarship Fund programs, requirements for nonresident transfers ,etc. and applies only to low income students in Urban areas. Keep it simple. In my opinion it will lead to a host of ethnic and racial discrimination based lawsuits, recreate the school busing nightmare of  40 years ago, while degrading scholastic achievement of schools with higher performing scholastic scores. Consequently, It will  give fuel to those opposing a Voucher system expansion and an excuse for lawmakers not to pursue a real School Voucher

Simply, what we need is a Bill that addresses:

·         Allow state Voucher per student that can be transferred to a NON-PUBLIC School, or a home school credit, the only requirement is that the School maintains the requirement currently applied to Parochial, Private and Home schools and No more. They must achieve State wide scholastic achievement requirements.

·         All children in the Commonwealth deserve an opportunity. Vouchers should be made available, without prejudice to  race, ethnicity, financial status or  neighborhood

·         Vouchers should only be limited for non-public school (Sectarian or Not), no transfers from one public school to another. That is the only way to apply a Free Market concept.

I can foresee private and non-sectarian  non-public schools being established with a comfortable profit margin and at less cost to taxpayers. In fact, there is the distinct possibility that non-public specialty school programs can be established dealing specifically with problematic or special need children.

Parent: You choose. If you are satisfied with your child's scholastic and social issue education, then keep them in his or hers' current school; if not then let's give them an affordable alternative.

Taxpayer: Pennsylvania spends $26 billion per year on education -more per student than 39 other states-, an amount which has doubled since 1996. Despite a drop of 27,000 students over the last 10 years, while PA ranks 42nd in SAT score( Chris Friend, Philly Post 3/1/11). 

There is a preponderance of evidence that a true Universal Voucher system will lower cost and improve achievement. Now is the time to enact  a progressive Universal School  Voucher system in PA. The political climate is right, the financial concerns are real and we must provide our future generations the necessary educational skills to compete in a global market.

Bottom line : If you are a social liberal-progressive and a union member vote against any school voucher. If you are a social liberal-progressive and not a union member and are mainly interested in entitlement programs for the poor, vote for SBI. If you are a conservative and are interested in improving the educational system for all students while reducing taxes, then support A Universal School Voucher.

Carlo Grilletto

Doylestown, PA

215 766 8786

zouave@pacbell.net

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March 26, 2011

I'm writing you today because urgent action is needed to help us put children first in the education system of our nation's capital. On Wednesday, the House will vote on H.R. 471, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR). This bill would reauthorize the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, creating education choices for parents and rescuing children stuck in failing schools. Please call Congress and tell them to vote YES on the SOAR Act! 

Because the District of Columbia is not a state, Congress has a unique role to determine DC education policy. DC has already become a breeding ground for some of the best conservative education reforms in America and if we can win this education battle in DC, we can push for more state reforms, like our School Choice for Pennsylvania campaign, that save taxpayer money and improve education competition.

The SOAR Act will give students a voucher enabling them to attend the school of their choice. It's important to note that, rather than spending new money, vouchers empower students as consumers. They allow students to take some of the dollars that would have been spent on their education at the local school they would have been forced to attend, and frees them to choose their own school where those dollars will instead pay for their education. 

It's a fiscally conservative plan which reduces the cost of education to taxpayers. Currently, the Washington, DC public school system is the most expensive yet produces the worst results in the nation. Taxpayers pay an average of $28,170 per pupil annually, but only 12 percent of eighth-graders are proficient in reading and only 8 percent in math. The SOAR Act only costs an average of $6,620 per student-one-fourth of the cost that the district currently pays for K-12 schooling.

But the American Federation of Teachers, a teachers' union which has openly opposed reform, gave $1 million to the campaign of new DC mayor Vincent Gray to try and kill any education reforms in DC. Why do teachers' unions want to see this bill fail? Because it takes away their power and puts it back in the hands of parents. 

One of our nation's founding principles is the freedom to make economic choices for ourselves. When I was Majority Leader in Congress, I led this education fight because I believed children and parents deserved that freedom. When Congress passed the DC Opportunity Scholarship program in 2004, it gave thousands of DC families hope to send their child to a better school. In fact, the program was so popular that there were four applicants for every one available slot.

We only have until Wednesday to be heard on this critical issue. Help us put kids first in education. Call Congress NOW!

Sincerely,


Dick Armey
Chairman, FreedomWorks 

Today, we face the challenge of an impending debt crisis brought about by Washington's out-of-control spending. It is clear that we can and we must get our fiscal house in order. That is why the next three items are posted on the YouCut website - I hope you'll click here and take a moment to vote on which item we should bring up for a vote on the House floor.

Americans have a unique ability to apply creativity, intellect and leadership to solve any problem. That's why so many Americans take part in YouCut each week: to participate in an ideas-focused community that says it is time for Washington to tighten the belt, cut wasteful spending, and end duplicative government programs.

To be strong, to lead, to grow, and to empower people, we've got to shift from having a government that smothers new jobs and business growth to one that nurtures an environment for getting people back to work.

Only then can we get back to what Americans do best: innovate, compete and lead.

Regards,

Rep. Eric Cantor 

Majority Leader

Today's Headlines:  Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Sen. Harry Reid Misleads on Social Security Financing
(CNSNews.com)  - Democrats are once again blasting Republicans for daring to suggest Social Security reform, and in the process, they're making misleading claims about the supplemental retirement system. 

Obama on Illegal Aliens: We Don't Want to Deport Them; 'We Want Them to Succeed' (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama on Monday told a student who has received a deportation notice that he does not want to deport her -- he wants students like her to succeed. "Our deportation of non-criminals are down, and that's because we want to focus our resources on those folks who are destructive to the community," Obama said.

Russia, China Accuse West of Exceeding U.N. Resolution, Making Libya Crisis Worse (CNSNews.com) - Having chosen neither to endorse nor block the Security Council resolution authorizing military intervention in Libya, Russia and China are continuing to snipe from the sidelines, voicing growing frustration over a mission they say has overstepped its mandate. The operation is threatening a new rift between NATO and Moscow, which has long viewed the transatlantic alliance with suspicion.

Susan Rice: Obama Administration Has Not Ruled Out Military Support for Libyan Rebels (CNSNews.com) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice says the Obama administration has not ruled out military support for the Libyan rebels. Rice, appearing on the morning news shows Tuesday, listed the "non-military means at our disposal" to oust Gaddafi. Rice said it's up to the Libyan people to decide how and when Gaddafi departs, admitting it "may not happen overnight."

White House Plays Down Concern About Libyan Rebels' Possible Terror Links Washington (CNSNews.com) - The Obama administration on Monday was reluctant to voice concern about terrorist infiltration of the rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi, even though a 2007 West Point study found that Libya accounted for one of the largest per-capita contributions to the foreign insurgency in Iraq. Some critics have raised doubts about the wisdom of helping an opposition whose makeup, ideology and goals are not well understood.

White House Announces 'Greener' Eggs, Packaging for Annual Easter Egg Roll (CNSNews.com) - The White House announced Monday that this year's Easter Egg Roll will be "more environmentally friendly," with eggs made of  wood certified by an environmental activist organization and packaging that will "minimize waste and environmental impact." Activities at the event will "encourage" children to "lead active and healthy lives," one of the cornerstones of the First Lady's "Let's Move" campaign.

Actor Martin Sheen To Brief Congress on Drug Courts (CNSNews.com) - Actor Martin Sheen, the father of troubled TV star Charlie Sheen, is heading to Capitol Hill on Thursday to participate in a congressional briefing on the importance of drug courts. Sheen, whose son Charlie Sheen has fought a public battle with addiction, has supports increased federal funding for such courts.

Border Patrol Union Say Napolitano Projects 'False Sense of Security' About U.S.-Mexico Border (CNSNews.com) - Despite Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's assertion that "the border is better now than it ever has been," the union representing U.S. Border Patrol agents said her comments are "wrong and give citizens a false sense of security."
 
Argentina Reportedly Dropping Its Probe Into Iranian-Linked Terror Attack to Improve Trade With Iran (CNSNews.com) - Five years after judicial authorities in Argentina issued arrest warrants for senior Iranians linked to two deadly bombings in Buenos Aires, controversy has erupted over claims that the South American country has quietly offered to drop the case in order to improve economic ties with Tehran. The allegations are threatening to spark a diplomatic row between Argentina and Israel, which was the main target of the attacks.

OTHER HEADLINES:

Syrian Cabinet Resigns Amid Unrest
U.S. Seeks United Front Against Gadhafi, Deeper Isolation of Regime
Libyan Woman Claiming Rape Will Face Charges
Obama Says Too Much Testing Makes Education Boring; Sees Tests As Punishment
AP Analysis: Obama Didn't Mention Libyan Rebels in His Speech to the Nation
Obama Heads to NYC to Raise Money, Speak to Networks
Raising Medicare Age to 67 Would Shift Costs to States and Younger Americans
Japan on 'Maximum Alert' Over Nuclear Crisis, Prime Minister Says
Long Blackouts Pose Risk to U.S. Nuclear Reactors
Border Agent Investigated for Allegedly Shooting Mexican Man in Back
Jimmy Carter Visits Cuba on Mission to Improve Relations
Rosie O'Donnell Moving Into Oprah Winfrey's Chicago Studio
Philippine TV Host Sorry for 6-Year-Old's Sexy Dance

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

New rules would label millions more American workers as disabled
Pentagon: Libya Mission Has Cost U.S. $550M So Far
Obama: Libya is no Iraq
McCain: Gadhafi must be 'somewhat comforted' by Obama's speech
Wash Post opinion writer sees 'echoes of JFK' in Obama's speech
Pressure mounts for probe into ATF's botched gun-trafficking sting
Despite pressure to reduce national debt, few in Congress use payback program
Professor's male bias theory to play big role in Wal-Mart case
AT&T merger could swell ranks of union that backs Democrats
Medicare set to rule on whether it will pay for very expensive cancer drug
One-fourth of Colorado banks ailing
Administration proposes banks spend $20 billion to fix botched foreclosures
Rubio: 'I'm not running' in 2012
P.J. Crowley: No regrets on speaking out
Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy is engaged
N.J. state revenue projected to grow by more than $1B next year

COMMENTARIES:

Obama's War
By Patrick J. Buchanan
America is fighting the rebels' war. So questions arise that were never answered when Obama ignored Congress to start his war. Who are these rebels, some of whom belong to al-Qaida, as others show their hatred of Gadhafi by smearing his posters with a Star of David? When we win the rebels' war for them, whom do we put in power? How many troops will it take to police the smashed cities and prevent reprisals? Who provides those troops? Is Libya the dress rehearsal for Syria and Iran?

Department of Injustice
By Walter E. Williams
One of the requirements to become a Dayton, Ohio police officer is to successfully pass the city's two-part written examination. The U.S. Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Eric Holder, rejected the results of Dayton's Civil Service examination because not enough blacks passed. The DOJ has ordered the city to lower the passing score. The most tragic consequence of the DOJ actions is that it brings into question legitimate black achievement and possibly sours race relations.

Check out the discussion 'IMMIGRATION: AZ'S State Senator Pearce (author oh sb1070) endorses Ga. immigration bill'

Wooohooo! Great job! Hey GA, call your state senators and encourage them to pass this legislation! DD

Discussion posted by Darla Dawald, National Director:

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Check out the discussion 'Durbin Hearing to Fuel the Muslim Victimhood Myth'

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03/29/2011 

Obama Leaves Libya Questions Unanswered

Last night, nine days after U.S. military operations against Muammar Qadhafi began, President Barack Obama took to the stage at the National Defense University to finally explain his rationale for intervention in Libya's civil war. He described the brutality of the Qadhafi regime, the United States' interests in the conflict, the limited nature of U.S. military involvement, and the role the "international community" would undertake in finishing the job in Libya and rebuilding the country. It was a speech more appropriately delivered at the onset of Operation Odyssey Dawn, and unfortunately it's a speech that leaves a fundamental question unanswered: what's the way forward? 

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Global Warming Fun.

NO. 4.

Pick a cold day in April to remind all the liberals you know how miserable the weather still is. Ask: "Do you think there's a single person left out there who's still stupid enough to believe in global warming?" If the liberal tries explaining to you the difference between "weather" and "climate," laugh darkly and cynically and go, "Yeah, right. When it's hot, the eco-nuts will tell you it's proof of dangerous climate change. But when it's cold, they tell you it's just 'weather'? How dumb do those tree-huggers think we are?"

March 29, 2011 

On Tuesday's Program 

Iran believes unrest means Islamic Messiah is near

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly said he is trying to hasten the return of the 12th Imam, and the only way to do that is through chaos. That's why they believe that the current unrest is a sign that the time is near. Why should that scare the pants off of everyone else who doesn't believe in the same things Iran does? The man who uncovered yesterday's shocking Iranian video, CBN reporter Erick Stakelbeck, gives the disturbing answer and more in an interview on radio today. Get all the details at GlennBeck.com.

Obama's Libya speech

President Obama finally addressed the nation on what the administration is calling a kinetic military action in Libya and the speech isn't getting rave reviews. Especially from the Associated Press who tore apart Obama's speech with this lengthy fact checking report. Get the full report from The Blaze, and get Glenn's commentary on the speech from radio today.

Pastor burns Koran, radical Muslims respond by killing 2 Christians

At least two Christians have been killed and multiple churches have been attacked in Pakistan in response to a Koran-burning ceremony in Florida last week. This occurred despite the pastors of the victimized churches being outspoken critics of those burning the Koran. Get the full story from The Blaze.

Obama: illegals doing 'all the right things' won't be deported

The illegal immigration problem is so out of control that illegals actually have the nerve to directly confront the President of the United States and complain that they are getting harassed too much for being illegal. How did the President respond? By congratulating the illegal immigrant for 'doing all the right things' and pimping the Dream Act. Glenn has the audio and response on radio today. 

Finding Hope with MILES TO GO

Richard Paul Evans, #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of Glenn's favorite writers, is about to release the second installment of The Walk series - Miles to Go. His latest book will be released on April 5th and will continue to follow the physical and spiritual journey of a broken man who walks across America in search of hope. The people he meets along the way and the lessons they share with him will save his life and inspire yours. Watch the new trailer HERE.

Obama aide credits the Prez for Libyans' uprising

Samantha Power, a former news reporter and White House aide (and wife of Cass Sunstein), has said that Obama's speeches on human rights over the last two years have sparked the uprisings in Libya and throughout the Middle East. Read the full story HERE. 

Today's 4th Hour: Ever heard of a Chinese ghost city? Stu explains how it's shocking proof that communism doesn't work. Insider Extreme members can hear about it on today's 4th Hour!