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THE PAMELA GELLER EVENT WAS CANCELLED.

As you know- since Feburary, I have been sending invites to everyone to come to the Pamela Geller event on May 14. Everything was progressing smoothly until I received a phone call today, from Pastor Meute of the Avondale Presbyterian Church. Pastor Muete told me that the event was cancelled. Of course I  was never asked to give my input about this decision!!

The pastor never once offered an apology or a opportunity to discuss.

It seems that the Pastor and his elder members are too cowardly to take a stand against the Shariah loving leftists who threatened to protest when Pamela Geller came to the hall to give a talk about Shariah law. What a bunch of cowards!! is this what this country has morphed in to?

Here it is- evidence that our country has lost its right to freedom of speech unless you talk trash about Bush or dunk a crucifix in a bottle of urine. This a shameful. How much longer are the good people of this country going to take before all is lost. this is not about us its about our kids. when do we take a stand!!! 

The pastor called Pamela Geller and the American Sheepdogs racists and bigots. I asked the Pastor does he know anyone who is a sheepdog; does he know Pamela Geller. He admitted that he did not. I told the Pastor, "for your information, Pamela Geller and the members of the Sheepdogs are patriots who working hard to keep us free. they are good, decent people unlike the people who threatened you. For a moment,  Pastor Meute was silent and then he whinned that I was judging him when I told him he's not a Christian or a Patriot.

Judging him?? Is he not judging me and Pamela Geller for trying to teach about a very dangerous enemy? Oh, the hyprocrisy never ends!
 
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For May 6, 2011

1. Will Obama 2012 Campaign Run On The "Gutsy Call" Of Doing The Obvious?

If you click on the URL www.gutsycall.com, you will notice that - as of this writing - it redirects you to the Obama 2012 re-election campaign website. The URL was apparently purchased yesterday, although the purchaser seems to have covered its tracks. It would appear that this is being done with the intention of using "Gutsy Call" as a campaign slogan for Obama's 2012 campaign, in an effort to capitalize on President Obama's decision -after just 16 hours of deliberation - to order the operation that led to Osama bin Laden's death.

If that's the plan, it speaks badly of President Obama as a leader and of the political instincts of his campaign team.

2. The First Debate: Pawlenty & Cain Win

Two winners came out of the South Carolina Republican Presidential Debate.

Let me start this off by noting that Frank Luntz's panel went for Herman Cain first and Rick Santorum second. Why? Their effective takedowns of Obama. In fact, Republican candidates need to note this, Santorum scored big tonight in his very effective take down of Obamacare.

Now, to the real winners.

The first winner is Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota.

The other big winner is Herman Cain.

3. Violating the Oath - Voting For Cloture

In voting for cloture on the nomination of Jack McConnell on Wednesday, 11 Republican Senators violated the oath they took to defend the constitution. It's that simple.

Senators Alexander, Brown of Massachusetts, Chambliss, Collins, Graham, Isakson, Kirk, McCain, Murkowski, Snowe and Thune provided Democrats with the necessary votes to overcome a filibuster of McConnell to be a district court judge in Rhode Island.

How bad is Jack McConnell? One only needs to look to the scathing Dear Colleague letter circulated by Senator Cornyn prior to the Senate conducting a cloture vote.

4. Show Us The Budget, Senator Conrad

Senator Kent Conrad is about to release the Senate Democrats' budget. What we know so far is that Senate Democrats are aghast at what might be in it.

Now, I can't actually tell you what is in Senator Conrad's budget because only Senate Democrats have actually seen it. It is not released to the public. Even Senate Republicans have not seen it.

5. Did Pakistan Aid the Bin Laden Raid?

We will probably never know a lot of what transpired in that shabby villa in Abbottabad but what we do know is that the release of information has been dreadfully mismanaged by the White House and calls into question whether anyone there is interested in much more than making themselves look good or damaging someone else.

The number of stories emerging from the White House and immediately being contradicted by the White House, and in the process leaving the White House spokescritter, Jay Carney, resembling a stunned mullet, include: which of bin Laden's sons was killed, bin Laden using a woman as a shield, his wife being killed, bin Laden firing at US forces, the raid being monitored in real time, and the cause of the helicopter crash.

We also can say with some degree of certainty that we've been misled on the involvement of Pakistan.

6. White House Puts Out Feelers on the Transportation Opportunities Act

Via The Hill:

"The Obama administration has floated a transportation authorization bill that would require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive."

It's called the Transportation Opportunities Act, which is very ironic because I'm not sure of one opportunity that this would provide for the middle class Obama seems to keen on assisting. If you think for half a second you'll quickly realize that we pay gas taxes every time we fill up our cars.

7. Some Thoughts on Inheritance

"Inheritance" is a neutral word-it can be bad and good depending on the circumstance. You don't get to pick what you get any more than you can pick your parents. On the one hand, you have things like photo albums and trusts funds. On the other you have the lasting repercussions of bad behavior, the sins of the father if you will, that can reach down across generations. Most of us inherit a combination of the two from our predecessors, hopefully with more of the former than the

This construct applies to presidents as well. You begin the job basically beholden to your predecessor, who has created the circumstances under which you have to try to do your job. Indeed, your first year is in many ways the political equivalent of adolescence, as you try to break away from the existing model and establish your own identity. This process can be particularly dramatic when you have successive presidents of opposing political parties.

So we have seen President Obama rebel against the Bush administration legacy throughout both his campaign and his first twenty-seven months in office. Calling attention to his inherited burdens, particularly at home but also abroad, has been a constant refrain in Obama's rhetoric, an inevitable codicil to any policy announcement. To date, these references have been exclusively negative and pejorative, and to be honest many Americans suffering from an extended economic downturn and weary of the lengthy foreign wars have tended to accept these statements at face value.

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Obama Walks Away From 9/11 Family Member Who Asks About Investigation of CIA Interrogators

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Debra Burlingame

Debra Burlingame, who lost her pilot brother on 9/11 when his plane crashed into the Pentagon, had a reportedly chilly exchange with President Barack Obama today. During a meeting with a select group of 9/11 families, Obama greeted Burlingame and even hugged her after a few pleasantries.

But when Burlingame asked about Eric Holder's plan to file criminal charges against CIA interrogators, Obama's friendly manner allegedly stiffened.

Bin Laden Killing: How the White House, Pentagon and CIA Botched the Storyline

By James Rosen | Published May 06, 2011 | FoxNews.com 

The true irony is: From the first moments, a good number of the details about bin Laden's killing, on points large and small, have been wrong.

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Give them another reason why Obama has GOT to go.

NO. 8.

He has killed whatever was left of the "Special Relationship" by repeatedly stabbing America's most loyal ally, Britain, in the back: returning the Winston Churchill bust; snubbing a visiting British Prime Minister with a gift of a box of crappy DVDs (when in return Obama got a really thoughtful present: an ornamental pen-holder made from the timbers of the Victorian anti-slave ship HMS Gannet); stoking up further anti-Brit resentment by referring constantly to the multinational BP as "British Petroleum"-a name it hasn't used in over a decade.

Say you're trying to fly as much as possible this year so as to increase your Carbon Footprint.

When the liberal turns red and accuses you of killing the planet, reply: "Say WHAT? Of course carbon dioxide is good. Carbon dioxide is plant food. The more of it we have the better stuff grows and more people we can feed using less land. You have a problem with that? You, what, want Africans to starve or something?" 

Obama Tells Sister of 9/11 Victim That He Won't Give Opinion on Prosecution of CIA Interrogators

 

  

Sen. Jim Inhofe, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, tells Newsmax there is "no doubt in my mind" that Pakistani officials knew the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden in their country.

The Oklahoma Republican also calls on the Obama administration to expand the use of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to house terrorist suspects now held in foreign jails.

Read more on Newsmax.com: Sen. Inhofe Exclusive: Pakistan Knew bin Laden Was There

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Bullet Points: OBL's Termination

Geronimo-E KIA -- A Short-Lived Victory in a Long War

Navy SEALs

Osama bin Laden was killed Sunday at his Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound. While Barack Hussein Obama claimed credit, reliable sources indicate the operation was actually carried out by JSOC Tier One SEALs, the Gold Squadron boys from Little Creek. Based on the severity of his wounds, OBL most likely collided with double-tap 7.62s through the head and chest. Allahu Akbar!

Turns out that OBL was hiding in plain sight. Though his compound was located just a short stroll from Pakistan's national military academy and near the nation's capital of Islamabad (which translates "Abode of Islam"), the SEAL assault was conducted with little input from Pakistan. In fact, despite Obama's assertions about our "friends" there, our sources indicate that Pakistani military leaders were advised to "stay clear of the operation" or suffer significant airborne "collateral damage" to their neighboring military infrastructure.

Of note, however, according to CIA Director Leon Panetta, there was plenty of input from Gitmo detainees interrogated under Bush administration orders since 2007.

Osama had been living in his defensive compound since its custom construction for him in 2005. U.S. intel has been aware of his whereabouts for at least 10 months, but they withheld action pending the collection of counterterrorism intelligence regarding other al-Qa'ida operatives. The success of many "hunt and kill" operations in Afghanistan, and other parts of the world, is directly attributable to surveillance of traffic in and out of Osama's compound. Indeed, the after-action cleanup produced a mountain of intel from computers and other material collected at OBL's compound.

Osama's death marks a long-awaited triumph for the United States, but it came much too late and at too high a price. Michael Scheuer, former CIA chief of the bin Laden hunt team, confirmed with great disdain that SpecOps had not one but two opportunities to kill OBL before 9/11. Yet with Osama literally in their sights, President Bill Clinton ordered that we hold fire in both of those operations. Consequently, OBL's 9/11 Jihadis were able to settle into our suburbs under Clinton's watch.

Within hours of the operation's success, OBL's remains were dumped at sea (no doubt a new source for some who will claim it was not Osama). However, as a rule of thumb, it's always good to quickly dispose of the remains of enemy martyrs, as there is a direct correlation between the time one holds onto a corpse and the amount of insurrection one receives in response.

So, now that OBL is out of the way, what next? Here are some bullet points to help distinguish between BHO's rhetoric and the reality of asymmetric warfare.

1. What is the significance of OBL's demise? Osama was a metaphor for Islamic terrorism around the world, most notably the al-Qa'ida brand and its franchises. While significantly symbolic, his death is a short-lived victory in the Long War. We must continue to prosecute vigorously against Jihadistan to ensure our National Security at home and critical national interests abroad. It is vital that we remain focused on who we fight and, no less so, why we fight.

As President George W. Bush outlined in his Doctrine of Pre-emption back at the dawn of Operation Enduring Freedom, "This is a long war, and we have a comprehensive strategy to win it. We're taking the fight to the terrorists abroad, so we don't have to face them here at home." Fortunately, that doctrine was largely continued by BHO, however reluctantly and in contradiction with his "soaring" presidential campaign rhetoric.

The perennial question about this Long War strategy is how to balance our response to asymmetric threats versus symmetric threats -- when do special operations suffice versus frontal assault. Al-Qa'ida and its manifestations are clearly asymmetric threats that will require SpecOps well into the future. But what do we do with the Taliban, and can we do it without 100,000 troops committed to Afghanistan?

For certain, OBL's "capture or kill" file can now be closed, but we have a long list of al-Qa'ida leadership successors to terminate, including Osama's heir apparent, Ayman Al-Zawahri in Pakistan and native son of New Mexico turned Jihadi terrorist, Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen.

2. Who deserves the credit? The short answer is the operators who assaulted OBL's compound -- though you might not know it given the assertion of Obama's counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, that Obama's (read: "Leon Panetta's") approval of the operation was "one of the ... gutsiest calls of any president in recent memory." (Indeed, a "very gutsy call" according to Sen. Diane Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intel Committee.) For the record, "gutsy" would describe the entirety of the SEAL Team operation, and particularly the point man on the final assault against OBL. It would not, however, describe a U.S. president putting other men in harm's way from the safe and comfortable confines of the White House.

As to the question of whose policies should be credited with hunting down and killing Osama: If Obama, with full Narcissistic Personality Disorder in bloom, had not been so quick to claim credit, that question would be irrelevant. "Shortly after taking office, I [made] the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority," he said Sunday night. Apparently Obama is under the false impression that killing Osama had been a low priority for the Bush administration since 12 September 2001. For once, BHO should have "blamed Bush," for it was clearly the extension of Bush's polices that resulted in the death of OBL. On the bright side, perhaps BHO will now take full responsibility for everything else happening on his watch, and stop blaming Bush!

By way of review, then-Senator Obama and later candidate Obama actually led the condemnation of the Bush administration for "torturing" 9/11 masterminds Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other high-ranking al-Qa'ida terrorists. However, Obama used the results of those interrogations, after shooting water up their noses (waterboarding), to track down and execute the apparently unarmed Osama bin Laden without so much as reading him his rights and ensuring him due process of law in a New York courtroom. If BHO deserves any credit, it is for keeping Bush policies largely intact.

3. In his speech on OBL's death, BHO claimed that in the aftermath of 9/11, "no matter what God we prayed to ... we were united as one American family." Actually, there were many instances of Muslims within the U.S. expressing elation over the attack. Even Obama's "spiritual mentor" Jeremiah "G-D America" Wright, a close confidant of the Nation of Islam's consummate anti-Semite, Louis Farrakhan, claimed, "White America got a wake-up call after 9/11. White America ... came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just disappeared as the great white West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns." "God Bless America?" asked Wright. "No, no, no, g-d d--- America!"

Further, though Obama claimed that Osama did not represent Islam, he personally ordered that "the burial of bin Laden's remains be done in strict conformance with Islamic precepts and practices," which means Osama was cleaned, wrapped in white, and lowered into the sea after a lengthy service under the supervision of a Muslim chaplain.

(Of course, it did not take long for SpecOps to make hay of his disposal at sea: At a favorite watering hole in Little Creek, there is a new drink, "The Geronimo," which contains two shots and a splash.)

Obama claimed, "We must also reaffirm that the United States is not -- and never will be -- at war with Islam." That's nice, but about 150 million Islamist adherents believe they are at war with us. As the imam at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque made clear this week, "Today the dogs of the West are rejoicing at the killing one of the lions of Islam. ... We say to them, from Al-Aqsa Mosque, from the heart of the Caliphate, which, Allah willing, is soon to come: 'Dogs should not rejoice at the killing of lions. A country of dogs will always remain a country of dogs, while the lion remains a lion, even after it is killed."

Muslim Prayer Protest in New York

4. From the "hypocrisy files": Despite Obama's claim that "Osama bin Laden is not a trophy," BHO is making the celebrity campaign rounds this week touting his victory, including a photo-op stop at the hallowed memorial of Ground Zero, and countless media interviews. (Perhaps he can check on progress of the Ground Zero Mosque?)

Additionally, upon denying requests to release photos from the OBL raid, BHO said, "Imagine how the American people would react if al-Qa'ida killed one of our troops or military leaders, and put photos of the body on the internet." Memo to Barack: Al-Qa'ida has killed our troops (not to mention beheaded American citizens) "and has put photos (and videos) of the body on the internet" MANY times, but Americans have yet to strap on explosives and self-detonate amid crowds of Muslim civilians. Maybe Obama should ask families gathered for his Ground Zero stop how they felt about watching the collapse of the WTC towers upon their loved ones.

For the record, George Bush, out of humility and respect for the victims of 9/11, declined Obama's invitation to join him at the Ground Zero, in order not to dignify BHO's campaign stop with his presence.

Typical of the hypocrisy from other Useful Idiots on the Left is the response from Nancy Pelosi. In 2006, when the Bush administration was hunting OBL, she concluded, "[E]ven if [Osama bin Laden] is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. To capture him now I don't think makes us any safer." However, Monday she changed her tune: "The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant development in our fight against al-Qa'ida. I salute President Obama ... in achieving this major accomplishment. ... [T]he death of Osama bin Laden is historic."

5. Speaking of "Useful Idiots," while Obama is campaigning in New York this week, Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee, will be holding hearings on the "inappropriate and devastating" choice of "Geronimo" as the codename for the OBL mission. Seems appropriate to me, as Geronimo, the Chiricahua Apache fugitive, evaded capture by U.S. forces for almost 30 years. Problem is, "Geronimo" was the name Mexicans gave to the Chiricahua leader whose real name was Goyaale, which means, "one who yawns." Memo to Sen. Akaka: Do your homework. And hope they don't catch wind that the Black Hawk helicopters used in the mission, like most helicopters in the U.S. inventory (Iroquois, Apache, Chinook, Kiowa, Creek, Lakota, etc.), also have Indian names, with the exception of the Black Hawk modified for BHO's use, which is named "White Hawk."

6. What is the reaction from other Western nations? It took less than a New York second for Euro-Socialists to condemn the killing of OBL. Europe's leading newsmagazine and Germany's top news site, Der Spiegel, led with this headline the day after OBL's demise: Justice, American Style -- Was Bin Laden's Killing Legal?, expressing "serious doubts about whether the targeted killing was legal under international law and the laws of war." Sounds like the kind of UN pandering we generally hear from BHO and Hillary Clinton. In any case, one wonders whether Der Spiegel would have raised the same concerns had Americans killed Der Fuhrer. Sauerkrauts!

And last, because al-Qa'ida must now assert its relevance in the absence of its symbolic leader, the success of the OBL mission elevates the danger of terrorist attack on CONUS or U.S. facilities and citizens abroad,. No doubt OBL has left a written and recorded message to be played posthumously, giving charge to his adherents.

As of this writing, according to unclassified accounts, the DoD, CIA and FBI have thwarted 38 planned al-Qa'ida attacks on the U.S. With continued vigilance, perhaps future Jihadi plans for attack will also be added to the "thwarted" category.

And a closing note: Today is our National Day of Prayer. We have much for which to be thankful.

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!

Mark Alexander
Publisher, The Patriot Post

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Bin Laden Mission Prompts Lawmakers to Rethink Aid to Pakistan

By Emily Cadei, CQ Staff

 Even as they celebrated the military raid that killed Osama bin Laden, lawmakers turned their attention to Pakistan and called for renewed scrutiny of the billions of dollars in aid Washington provides Islamabad each year.

"Several factors warrant a reassessment of U.S. aid to Pakistan, and this is one of them," said Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., the chairman of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee responsible for foreign aid.

One of his fellow appropriators - Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J. - even called for the United States to suspend aid altogether.

The fact that the al Qaeda mastermind was located and killed in a large compound less than 100 miles from the Pakistani capital raised questions for members of Congress, some of whom already are clamoring for answers. The response they receive could affect long-term U.S.-Pakistan relations, they say.

"There are going to be a lot of questions raised here in Congress about what people in the Pakistan intelligence agencies in particular knew or should have known about the presence of bin Laden in Pakistan itself," Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said at a news conference Monday.

"This is going to be a time of real pressure" on Pakistani officials, Lieberman said, "to basically prove to us that they didn't know that bin Laden was there."

Rep. Adam B. Schiff, a member of the House Intelligence Committee and the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees foreign assistance, agreed.

"I think depending on what level of cooperation we received and the effort to investigate this compound and how much the Pakistanis knew could have a significant effect" on how Congress views future aid, Schiff, D-Calif., said in an interview.

In its fiscal 2012 budget request, the State Department is seeking $3 billion in foreign assistance to Islamabad, much of it part of a $7.5 billion, multi-year economic development package authorized in 2009. The Defense Department requested $2.3 billion in coalition support funds in fiscal 2012 to bankroll Pakistani counterterrorism efforts.

 Strong Doubts

Some in Congress are not even waiting for an investigation before calling on the United States to block that flow of funds.

"Before we send another dime, we need to know whether Pakistan truly stands with us in the fight against terrorism," Lautenberg said in a statement. "Until Congress and the American public are assured that the Pakistani government is not shielding terrorists, financial aid to Pakistan should be suspended."

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the ranking member on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs panel, did not call for a complete halt to U.S. funding for Pakistan, but said Congress should consider attaching more strings to the military aid it provides as a way "to keep the pressure on Pakistan."

The Obama administration is urging restraint.

Asked at a news conference how the United States could still have confidence in Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorism, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton countered that Pakistan has "contributed greatly to our efforts to dismantle al Qaeda."

"In fact, cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound in which he was hiding," Clinton said. "Going forward, we are absolutely committed to continuing that cooperation."

The White House's counterterrorism adviser, John O. Brennan, was more circumspect about Pakistan's role in a briefing later in the day. "I think people are raising a number of questions and understandably so," Brennan said. "We are looking right now at how he was able to hold out there for so long."

Brennan said it was "inconceivable that bin Laden did not have a support system in the country," but declined to speculate on whether that support included Pakistani officials.

And like Clinton, Brennan maintained that the U.S.-Pakistan "partnership is critical to breaking the back of al Qaeda."

 Some Influential Defenders

Many in Congress also appear to have concluded that cooperation with Pakistan, however flawed, remains essential to combatting terrorism as well as finding a solution to the war in Afghanistan.

"We have to remember there are still equities that we have in Pakistan as it relates to our national security," said House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich. "It's incredibly important for us that we maintain a relationship so that we can pursue these targets that we know are posing a threat to the U.S. It's a balance, and we'll have to work through it."

And one senior congressional aide cautioned that bin Laden's compound may not have been as easy to spot as it appears now.

"You have to remember that the rich in Pakistan and many parts of the developing world live in huge, protected compounds," the aide said. "The fact that it was relatively close to an Army base wouldn't necessarily indicate any Pakistani complicity."

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., noted in an interview on MSNBC that Islamabad has "allowed us to do a lot" to combat terrorists in Pakistan.

"We've been allowed to have a lot of these people on the ground who were able to do some of this tracking and analysis. We have been allowed to do a lot of drone strikes, which, up until now, put enormous pressure on al Qaeda," Kerry said.

One of the authors of the 2009 aid package to Pakistan (PL 111-73), Kerry has long been an advocate for stronger economic and diplomatic relations. He continues to oppose cuts to financial assistance to Pakistan, an aide said Monday, and prefers that the U.S. instead consider trying to increase people-to-people contact, one of the aims of the 2009 package.

Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former senior official under Presidents George Bush and George W. Bush, predicted that the latest developments will simply perpetuate what has long been a dysfunctional relationship.

"If history is any guide, the shakeout from this will be both temporary and incomplete. This will add to the narrative on each side that notes the imperfections in the bilateral relationship," Haass said in a call with reporters. "This has been, is, and will remain one of the most fraught and complicated and difficult bilateral relationships that exists in the world today." 

  

How's That "Religious Appeasement" Workin' For Ya, Obama?

May 05, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

respect he and America have for Islam.

As a result, there is peace throughout the world, butterflies accompany everyone everywhere, and rainbows dot the skies...no, ... Continue Reading:How's That "Religious Appeasement" Workin' For Ya, Obama?

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


National Day Of Prayer

Today is the 60th Annual National Day of Prayer. Events marking the occasion will be held all over the country. I was honored to be the keynote speaker at a prayer breakfast in Adrian, Michigan.

This year's theme is "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," based on Psalm 91:2: "I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in Whom I trust.'" Shirley Dobson serves as Chairman of the National Day of Prayer. Joni Eareckson Tada delivered the keynote address to this year's national observance held on Capitol Hill.

As in previous years, President Obama refused to host events at the White House. (I know the president was in New York this morning, but the Obama's will be hosting a Cinco de Mayo reception at the White House this evening.) Last year, as you may recall, a political appointee disinvited Franklin Graham from an event at the Pentagon because Graham had been critical of radical Islam. Graham went to the Pentagon anyway. He stood in the parking lot and prayed for our men and women in uniform, including his son who has served in several tours in Afghanistan.

This year's events are particularly special because a year ago a federal judge declared the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional. Last month, an appeals court unanimously reversed that ridiculous decision. This legal battle is yet another reminder that men and women of faith must remain vigilant in defense of our values. We must pray as if everything depends upon God, and we must act as if everything depends upon us.


"It's The Economy, Stupid"

Twenty years ago, a relatively unknown Democrat governor from Arkansas seized on that pithy phrase in his bid to take on a Republican president who seemed unbeatable after leading the nation to a terrific victory in the Gulf War. That phrase may come back to haunt the current occupant of the White House.

Several days removed from the death of Osama bin Laden, there is now a plethora of polling data available to gauge the size of President Obama's "bin Laden bounce," as some in the media have called it. Looking at the data from four major polling outfits -- the Washington Post, the CBS/New York Times, Quinnipiac University and Rasmussen Reports -- all found what everyone expected: President Obama did get a bounce in his overall approval rating.

Obama's approval bounce varied -- from a high of 11 points in the CBS/New York Times poll to a low of 4 points in the Rasmussen poll. The average increase among all four polls was 7.5 points. But it would be a mistake to treat all polls equally.

For example, the polls which showed the greatest increase in support for President Obama -- CBS/New York Times (11 points) and the Washington Post (9 points) -- polled only adults, which tends to skew results to the left. Quinnipiac University polled registered voters and found that Obama gained a more modest 6 points in support.

But among the likely voters polled by Rasmussen, Obama gained just 4 points compared to one month ago. The difference between adults and likely voters is important because what matters most in attempting to predict the results of future elections is knowing who will most likely show up on Election Day.

The dismal economy helps explain why Obama's gains were not greater, and why many pundits predict they may not last long. In the Post poll, just 40% of Americans approved of Obama's handling of the economy. In the Quinnipiac poll, 38% of registered voters approved of Obama's handling of the economy. And, ironically, the CBS/New York Times poll, which gave Obama the biggest bounce, found that his numbers on the economy actually fell from 38% to 34%.

There is no doubt that the American people are thrilled Osama bin Laden is dead. But it is clear that they are also sending another message: "It's the economy, stupid."


Liberal Policies Don't Work

With the national average for a gallon of gas nearing $4.00, House Republicans are bringing legislation to the floor today to force the Obama Administration to end its restrictions on offshore drilling. The GOP bill would direct the administration to start auctions for drilling leases in various locations in the Gulf and off the Atlantic coast "as soon as practicable." To prevent the administration from dragging its feet, the bill also specifies firm deadlines for the auctions depending on their location.

By continuing its anti-drilling policies, the administration is not only preventing job growth and restricting the supply of oil on the world market, it is also giving up billions of dollars in tax revenues, as this article explains.

Democrats have their solution too. They want to raise taxes. In recent days, President Obama has tried to deflect criticism for high gas prices stemming in part from his anti-drilling policies by blaming the oil companies for making money. (Isn't that what companies are supposed to do?) During his weekly radio address, Obama said, "When oil companies are making huge profits and you're struggling at the pump ... these tax giveaways aren't right. ...And we need to end them."

House Democrats plan to force a vote to eliminate $4 billion in tax credits for the energy industry. Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid has promised a similar vote in the Senate. Just to be clear, these "tax giveaways" are the same depreciation and investment credits that other businesses routinely take advantage of. Obama is singling out for punitive tax punishment an industry that is critical to our economic success.

Liberal logic boggles the mind. How does raising taxes do anything to help lower the cost of gasoline? In fact, it is more likely to increase your pain at the pump.

According to Charles Ebinger, director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution, "If you take [the credits] away it's very likely that you'll probably see a fall off in drilling activity." And from Economics 101, we know that when supply decreases, prices increase. Ebinger notes that reduced domestic production "would have to be offset ... with a greater level of imports. Which would be totally against what we say we're taking them [the tax credits] away for."


Taxing Your Odometer Too

Proving just how creative Democrats can be in finding new ways to raise taxes, The Hill reports today that the Obama Administration is seeking support for legislation that would "require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive." This new tax is called a VMT -- vehicle miles traveled tax.

The idea appears to have some support in Congress. The Hill notes that Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, "has proposed taxing cars by the mile as a way to increase federal highway revenues."

I'm not surprised that liberal Democrats like this new tax. But I suspect most Americans will object to having the government mandate the installation of electronic monitoring devices in all vehicles that would track and tax their every move!


Tune In Tonight

Don't forget to tune in to Fox News tonight at 9:00 PM ET for the first Republican presidential debate. Five candidates will be participating -- Herman Cain, Gary Johnson, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum.

 

 

The ATF is at it again.

And this time, it's not just shotguns they're after.

The new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) "rule" would require gun stores to report to the federal government the names of people who purchase more than one rifle in a week.

This new reporting requirement is nothing less than firearm registration in all but name.

The new BATFE rule change has been in place since January. It was trumpeted as a supposed "solution" to the problem with Mexican gun runners on the Southern border, but common sense tells us otherwise.

The BATFE's exact rule states that anyone who purchases more than one rifle that is semi-automatic, larger than .22 caliber, and capable of using detachable magazines within five business days of each other, must be reported.

Although the BATFE claims that this requirement only applies to states along the southern border, the actual published rule has no geographic limitation.

That means they're tracking the sale of shotguns and rifles across the country.

The idea for BATFE's new requirement came from billionaire-playboy Michael Bloomberg's henchmen at Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG). MAIG has been pushing the Obama administration to do this since August of 2009.

Anti-gunner Bloomberg released a statement calling the new rule "...a powerful new tool to catch the straw purchasers and illegal traffickers who are supplying Mexico's cartel killers."

His statement is typical anti-gun misdirection. While the BATFE is regulating guns that Americans buy, their "Gunwalker" program is funneling guns into the hands of the drug cartels in Mexico!

Shortly after the rule came into effect, the U.S. House passed an amendment to block the BATFE's new power grab. This common sense amendment passed overwhelmingly 277-149.

Legislation has also been introduced in the U.S. Senate which would echo the House vote in blocking the ATF's power grab. Solid pro-gun Senators like Rand Paul (R-KY), Tom Coburn (R-OK), and David Vitter (R-LA) are already on board with the legislation.

I need you to be aware of what's going on because the ATF is going to open up a comment period in the future for thoughts on long-gun reporting just like they did on the Shotgun Study last month.

And I know I can count on you to be ready when your voice is needed.

Please call your senator at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to stand up for gun owners by supporting S.570.

We can stop this ridiculous power grab by the ATF, but only if we make ourselves heard loudly.

For Liberty,

Dudley Brown

Executive Director

National Association for Gun Rights

P.S. We can't fight the gun grabbers in Washington D.C. without you. Please click here to chip in $15 or $20 to help us fight the gun tracking schemes of the ATF.

House passes bill making it easier to drill

In a 266-149 vote that included 33 Democrats in its majority, the House approved a bill that would force the federal government to conduct three lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the Virginia coast within a year, or by June 2012. Lease sales are the first step in a multi-year process that can culminate in drilling.

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Obama's Anti-Energy Policies Are Bankrupting America

Randall Stilley has witnessed firsthand the Obama administration's job-killing agenda. As the president and chief executive of Seahawk Drilling, he had to lay off 632 employees before filing for bankruptcy -- a direct result of President Barack Obama's anti-energy policies.

Stilley's company owned and operated 20 shallow-water rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. The lack of energy production -- a consequence of Obama's drilling moratorium and subsequent "permitorium" -- led to Seahawk's demise. Now he's speaking out, sharing Seahawk's story in a new video from Heritage and the Institute for Energy Research. (Click to watch.) 

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Today's Headlines:  Thursday, May 05, 2011

State Dept. Rejects Recommendation to Cite Pakistan for Abuse of Religious Freedom

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Obama's Labor Board Accused of 'Malicious Attack' on Right-to-Work States

Anti-War Left Presses Obama to Bring Home the Troops

'Taking of Innocent Life is Not Health Care,' Says Congressman

Debt-Ceiling Brinksmanship: Treasury Will Hit Legal Limit When It Borrows $13.86 Billion More

Veterans' Medical Facilities Not Sterilizing Medical Equipment Properly, GAO Finds

Hoyer: 'There's Absolute Proof' Bin Laden's Dead, No Need to Release Death Photo

Gallup: Only 37 Percent of Pakistanis Believe Their Government Doing Enough to Fight Terrorism

Obama Still Opposes Enhanced Interrogations, Despite Waterboarding's Possible Role in Bin Laden Mission

Legality, Morality of Killing Terrorist Leaders Debated

AP Sees 'Foreign Policy Void' Among Republican Presidential Hopefuls

 Questions, Confusion in Classrooms Over 9/11 and Bin Laden

Interior Secretary Salazar Wants Latino Art Museum Added to National Mall

COMMENTARY:

Tales of the Red Tape
By Ed Feulner

The Moral Confusion of Barack Obama
By Ben Shapiro
 

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Feds changing the way they gauge border security
Education: High-schoolers' civics knowledge waning
GOP immigration bill cracks down on 'sanctuary' cities
California may let communities opt out of immigration checks
Justice Dept. asks NCAA why it doesn't have football playoff: 'Serious questions'
More than 1,300 guns were bought illegally under ATF's 'gunrunner' program
'Geronimo' code name for bin Laden angers tribal leaders
Scottsdale school will teach marijuana growth; 'Green Horizons University'
First GOP presidential debate shows small field, few big names
Poll: Romney leading GOP pack in NH; Trump a distant second
Faked bin Laden photo dupes Brown, other senators
Proposals would cut benefits for California employees 25% to 40%
Cocaine raid in D.C. area is largest seizure in decade
Bill would let California counties, school districts levy taxes
Libyan rebels fear Gadhafi is preparing mustard gas
Marie Osmond remarries first husband 26 years after divorcing him
Violent Mexico: Newspaper counts more than 1,400 killings in April

May 5, 2011

May God bless America and us all

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST - "When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting." -- Proverbs 11:10. Should God's people consider mourning the death of Osama bin Laden? One wonders how people of faith should appropriately respond to his demise... (more)

May 4, 2011

The slippery story of the Bin Laden kill

THE ATLANTIC - The White House Tuesday blamed "the fog of war" for conflicting statements in its recounting of the events surrounding the Abbottabad raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but the history of misstatements from U.S. government officials about various combat operations raises questions about whether briefers also were subjecting us to a counterterrorism strategy and not just completely confused in their initial statements... (more)

May 4, 2011

How Republicans have it all backwards

JOSEPH FARAH - So I'm listening to Sean Hannity in my car in New York recently, and he's interviewing "The Architect" Karl Rove. I love Sean, but he's always interviewing Rove ... and Newt Gingrich ... and Dick Morris. Normally I tune out for these immersions in conventional wisdom. "The Architect"?... (more)

May 4, 2011

White House changes Osama bin Laden account

POLITICO - White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday publicly revised the administration's account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, telling reporters that the Al Qaeda leader wasn't armed during the assault and didn't use one of his wives as a shield... (more)

May 4, 2011

States ask court to overturn Obamacare

ASSOCIATED PRESS - The states challenging the federal health care overhaul have filed a brief urging a U.S. appeals court to strike down the law. The filing by 26 of the 50 states on Wednesday asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to uphold a federal judge's ruling that the changes were unconstitutional... (more)

May 4, 2011

House passes bill against abortion funding

CNSNEWS.COM - The House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would set as permanent law the prohibition against taxpayer funding for abortion -- except in cases or rape, incest, or when the mother's life is at risk -- which is usually attached to congressional appropriations through the Hyde Amendment each year... (more)

May 4, 2011

Texas bill for 'Choose Life' plates goes to Gov. Rick Perry

NEWSMAX - After several failed attempts in recent years, Texas lawmakers were able to approve legislation Tuesday authorizing "choose life" specialty license plates. The measure has passed the Texas Senate and now goes to Gov. Rick Perry, who is expected to sign it into law... (more)

May 4, 2011

Holder eyes Utah guest-worker law

WASHINGTON TIMES - A year after suing Arizona over its tough immigration law, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told Congress on Tuesday that his department is prepared to sue Utah for going the other way and creating its own guest-worker program - though he is giving the state some time to change its law... (more)

May 4, 2011

ACLU sues to block Utah immigration law

NEWSMAX - The America Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit in Utah to try to stop the state's recently enacted immigration enforcement law... (more)

May 3, 2011

Feds allow illegal aliens to cross border 14 times before charging them with felony, sheriff tells Congress

CNSNEWS.COM - Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz., told a House subcommittee today that in one U.S. attorney's district in Texas illegal aliens are allowed to be caught crossing the border 7 times before they are charged with a misdeamanor and 14 times before they are charged with a felony... (more)

May 3, 2011

Credit for Bin Laden's killing goes entirely to special operators

W. THOMAS SMITH JR. - Barack Obama may well be the proverbial rooster trying to take credit for the sunrise. But in the case of the elite U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command Development Group's killing of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, credit should rest with America's special operations forces and their years of planning and near 10-year commitment to eliminating bin Laden... (more)
 

 No class: Obama snubs Bush, praises himself

 Yes, SEALs were in on raid, but aides hail Obama's office bravery

 Rep. Mike Rogers: We'll be relentless in our pursuit of terrorists

May 3, 2011

Did Obama allude to bin Laden raid during 'birther' remarks?

WORLDNETDAILY - Did President Obama allude to the targeting of Osama bin Laden in remarks he made last week regarding the release of his long-form birth certificate? Last Wednesday, the White House posted online a copy of Obama's long-form birth certificate from the state of Hawaii... (more)

May 3, 2011

Bin Laden sea burial raises questions

ABC NEWS - Video of Osama bin Laden's dead body being dropped into the North Arabian Sea from the USS Carl Vinson early this morning could be made public, according to officials. The 40-minute ceremony, and perhaps photos of his corpse, will be released "cautiously," according to The Associated Press, citing two Pentagon officials... (more)

May 3, 2011

Cleric: Jihad coming to 'heart of America'

WORLDNETDAILY - The death of Osama bin Laden will bring a "new era of jihad," predicted British extremist cleric Anjem Choudary. Warning there are motivated jihadists "in the heart of America," Choudary said al-Qaida will likely carry out revenge operations with "meticulous accuracy" and "devastating affect" comparable to that of the 9/11 attacks... (more)

May 2, 2011

Bin Laden's welcome demise

FRANK J. GAFFNEY JR. - The liquidation of Osama bin Laden is a cause for full-throated national celebration. It must also be the occasion for a redirection of our efforts to wage and win what has been misnamed the war on terrorism. At last, we must recognize the struggle we are in for what it is - the war for the Free World - and begin taking allthe steps necessary to win it, not just some of them... (more)

May 2, 2011

'Passion of the Christ' star says Jesus role sunk career

ORLANDO SENTINEL - Actor Jim Caviezel, his voice sometimes cracking with emotion, spoke of being "rejected in my own industry," the problems of his friend Mel Gibson and his son's cancer in an appearance Saturday night at First Baptist Church of Orlando... (more)

May 2, 2011

How the feds conceal inflation

DICK MORRIS - If the same methodology that was used in 1980 to chronicle the double digit inflation of that era were in use today, we would have an inflation rate of ten percent right now, according to Shadow Government Statistics... (more)

May 2, 2011

Connecting the dots: the end of America as we know it?

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - Two very horrifying 21st century problems are front and center this week. They are inextricably linked. It is urgent that we deal with one -- Obamacare -- in part because failure to do so would threaten to exacerbate the second problem -- our national debt... (more)

Tea Party Top Stories for Thursday, May 5th, 2011 

Smaller names, big intrigue in first GOP presidential debate

A handful of GOP presidential hopefuls will debate tonight in Greenville, S.C. There will be no Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich; nor Mitch Daniels, Michele Bachmann or Jon Huntsman; nor Sarah Palin, Chris Christie or Mike Huckabee; nor Donald Trump.          But there is still plenty we can learn from tonight's debate:         # Can Pawlenty, a two-term governor of Minnesota who remains somewhat unknown but seems to be gaining momentum, shine bright enough on a small stage to give us reason to think he'd shine on a bigger stage?         # Can Cain, the former Atlanta radio host and businessman who's still pretty much a political novice, make the same kind of splash he seems to have been making on smaller ones?         # Will Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, or Paul, the longtime Texas congressman, come across as the most viable (little-L) libertarian in a Republican race?         # Can Santorum, the former congressman and U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, come across as anything other than a candidate trying to keep social issues on the table in this primary?          # Will any of these candidates offer something new on fiscal policy that breaks with the default GOP policy -- Rep. Paul Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" -- or will they be content for now to ride with the peloton? [AJC.com, May 5] Click here for the full story

First Debate to Feature Two Libertarian Leaning Republicans

When Fox News and the South Carolina GOP hold the first Republican presidential debate Thursday, two of the five participants will be libertarian-leaning Republicans: Congressman Ron Paul and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson.         Paul and Johnson generally agree on the issues, championing civil liberties and the idea that government has grown far too big, is involved in far too many things, and does most of them poorly.         Both favor drastic cuts in government spending, lowering taxes, repealing last year's healthcare reform legislation, eliminating the Department of Education and both also oppose legislation defining marriage as between a man and woman         They oppose the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, U.S. involvement in Libya, the War on Drugs, the Patriot Act and the border fence.         But the pair parts ways on abortion. Paul opposes it, believing that life begins at conception. Johnson supports a woman's right to choose, though he opposes government funding to support abortion.         The presence of two GOP candidates with such similar philosophies has prompted the libertarian blogosphere to question which man to support. Click here for the full story

Ginni Thomas' interview with Mark Levin

The latest of Ginni Thomas' LEADERS interviews. A series of the mainstream media's portrayals of emerging leaders.         Mark Levin is one of America's preeminent conservative commentators and constitutional lawyers and a leading supporter of tea party principles, author of best-selling conserative books and a contributing editor for National Review Online and other publications.          In this interview Levin:         * Suggests great questions for all Republican nominees         * Offers advice to Republican leaders on negotiating the debt ceiling increase.         * Discuss his hope for the future, and         * Reveals more about the TWO Mark Levins! [Daily Caller, May 5]      Click here to see the interview.

States ask US court to overturn health overhaul

The motion, filed on behalf of 26 states, urges the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to uphold a Florida federal judge's ruling that the overhaul's core requirement is unconstitutional. The judge, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, said Congress cannot require nearly all Americans to carry health insurance.         The states argued the law would set a precedent that "would imperil individual liberty, render Congress's other enumerated powers superfluous, and allow Congress to usurp the general police power reserved to the states."         So far, three federal judges, all Democratic appointees, have upheld the law. Vinson and the Virginia judge, both Republicans appointees, ruled against it. It seems certain that it will be resolved by the nation's top court, and Vinson suggested in a March ruling that the "Supreme Court may eventually be split on this issue as well."         The Justice Department appealed Vinson's ruling, arguing that Congress had the power to require most people to buy health insurance or face tax penalties because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business. [GOPUSA, May 4] Click here for the full story

Two Firefighters Dead, Over Two Million Acres Burned, 400 Homes Destroyed. . . But It's Not A 'Disaster.'

The Blaze | by Mike Opelka | Posted on May 5, 2011 at 9:49pm 

Imagine the response from the Federal government if the entire state of Maryland, all of it, was engulfed in a gigantic, uncontrolled wildfire. And the next week, all of Rhode Island was burned to a crisp... More than two million acres of land burned, 400 homes destroyed and at least two firefighters lost their lives trying to stop the worst wildfires in almost one hundred years.

Do you think the President would be visiting the area, declaring it a 'disaster' and providing truckloads of aid and support? Of course he would.

But this is not about Maryland or Rhode Island. This is about the state of Texas. Since January, Texas has been experiencing a drought like nothing they have seen in a century. The lack of rain and dry brush have created ideal conditions for wildfires. And the state has not really hit the peak of 'wildfire season.'

The current details on the Texas Wildfires:

• Two firefighters have died battling the wildfires
• 2.2 million acres burned in over 7000 different fires
• 400+ homes destroyed

Governor Rick Perry has requested that the state be declared a Federal disaster area, which would allow them to access needed financial assistance. This request was first delayed and then denied.

Condoleezza Rice Throws Down With MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Over...Pretty Much Everything

The Blaze | by Scott Baker | Posted on May 6, 2011 

For some reason, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice decided to invigorate MSNBC's The Last Word by agreeing to debate host/actor Lawrence O'Donnell (Big Love, Monk, Mrs. Harris, The Practice, The Lyons Den, The West Wing).  How do you think that went?

May 5, 2011 

On Thursday's Program 

Photo op: Obama @ Ground Zero

President Obama visits Ground Zero today for a ceremony just days after the world's #1 most wanted terrorist was finally killed after a brief meeting with some U.S. Navy SEALs. President Bush declined an invitation to attend the event, but perhaps even more telling is the fact that Bill Clinton reportedly turned down an invite to attend as well. Is this event so blatantly political grandstanding that even Bill Clinton wants to keep his mug away from the cameras? Why is Obama only going to Ground Zero after he got bin Laden? Glenn explains on radio today. 

USS Michael Murphy: Ship named after Navy SEAL

It's not very common for a United States warship to be named after a Navy SEAL. But it's also not very common to meet a man like Michael Murphy. He was the squad leader of a small SEAL assault team (which included Marcus Luttrell) that found themselves vastly outnumbered and trapped in the mountains of Afghanistan back in 2005. Luttrell was the only one who survived - he was eventually saved in large part due to Lt. Murphy's heroic call for help, a call that cost him his life. Murphy was recognized with the Medal of Honor for his actions. Glenn has more on radio today.

ABC News religion correspondent: Can't judge if bin Laden was evil or not

Bill O'Reilly interviewed Father Edward Beck (no relation) and the pair got into a heated discussion (believe it or not) about whether bin Laden was evil or not. The ABC correspondent argues that it's not up to him to judge who is evil and who is not. Well, it seems fairly obvious to most people on the planet that Osama bin Laden is evil. But, that's not enough to convince the definitely-not-related-to-Glenn guest on Bill O'Reilly this week. Check out the interview and Glenn's reaction HERE. 

Is it ok to gloat about bin Laden's death? Where does satisfaction end and gloating begin? Get the story from The Blaze. Stu makes his final ruling HERE.

Why aren't Obama's poll #'s climbing?
 

Glenn believes the death of Osama bin Laden is one of the defining moments of our lifetimes, possibly even bigger than when Adolf Hitler was killed. The President widely gets credit for his role in the killing of America's enemy #1, and yet polls are showing his numbers have gone anywhere from 0-10 points higher. Other Presidents' polling numbers have skyrocketed for similar and even lesser events - so what's happening with Obama? Glenn explains on radio today.

Glenn to keynote "Christians United for Israel" event: This July Glenn will be the keynote speaker at the "Night to Honor Israel Banquet" in Washington DC. To register and to get more information about the event click HERE. 

PLUS: Check out Glenn's conversation on radio today with Pastor John Hagee: WATCH.

Are we a capitalist nation?

Many on the left argue that capitalism has failed - but is America really a capitalist nation? Glenn takes a look at the Fortune 500 top companies in the country and the list may be shocking, especially to big corporation hating libs. If the left is all about attacking big business - why is it that the companies they are in bed with are all closely involved (through bailouts, etc) with the Federal Government? Can we call ourselves a Capitalist nation? Glenn answers on radio today.

Lib Radio host: Get the Navy SEALS to drop in on Bush

Glenn plays the oh so fun, 'what would have happened if I said it!' game on radio today. A liberal talk radio host said bombings and wars will never stop until capitalism is destroyed. He also says George W. Bush is responsible for more deaths than bin Laden, therefore 'SEAL unit 6, or whatever it's called' should drop in and pay Bush a visit. If Glenn said that he'd be off the air - perhaps no one is going after this host because he is essentially already off the air as it is...but the hypocrisy is none the less stunning.