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"The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world." 

~ George Washington, First Inaugural Address, 1789 

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Lt. Col. Steve Russell(U.S. Army Retired), who was instrumental in the capture of the notorious Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, will be the exclusive guest on Friday's RePatriot Radio show, the "Veterans Weekly Forum," (7:00 AM Pacific Time, 10:00 AM Eastern Time)

 Last Saturday, Colonel Russell was an exclusive guest on the popular Fox News Network show, "Huckabee."  He also was a special guest on "Fox and Friends" weekend show on Sunday morning.

 Colonel Russell, the author of a new book, "We Got Him!" will provide an extraordinary glimpse into the six-month manhunt undertaken in order to capture one of the world's most infamous dictators and draw parallels to the recent capture of the No. 1 transnational terrorist, Osama bin Laden.

"While Saddam's capture was paramount to the U.S. war in Iraq , our victory is more complete with the death of bin Laden, "said Colonel Russell. "It will be an honor to share my battalion's story with RePatriot Radio's "Veterans Weekly Forum" and offer my personal insights into the capture of both tyrants, including bin Laden."

 Veterans Weekly Forum is honored to have Colonel Steve Russell as our exclusive guest to tell about the brave actions of his men in capturing one of the most brutal dictators of the 20th century.

We also look forward to his analysis of what it took to finally catch the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden.

 While details are still being gathered on the mission that ended in bin Laden's death, the mission that led to the capture of Saddam is well chronicled by Russell in his book. Russell, who commanded the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment ("Regulars By God") will go into more depth about his experience and offer insights regarding recent events.

 Colonel Russell served 21 years in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer until he retired in 2006. He is currently serving as an Oklahoma State Senator.

Russell is also heavily involved with Vets4Victory, a nonpartisan organization established by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan www.vets4victory.com

Col. Russell's book has received praise from the highest levels. Said General Raymond T. Odierno, in the foreword: "It is an honor for me to introduce this personal memoir by one of the finest battalion commanders with whom I have served. His story captures the human dimension of this awful thing we call war..."

Copies of the book, "We Got Him!" are available for purchase on www.vets4victory.com or www.wegothim.us.

SOURCE Kirsten Fedewa (for Lt. Col. Russell)

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 LOYAL OPPOSITION MAY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

RedState Morning Briefing

For May 13, 2011

1. Why Yes, I Am Interviewing Donald Trump

He's a blunt new voice that's hitting our conservative establishment with the force of a wrecking ball.

The guy fascinates all of us, but let's face it: he also raises a lot of questions.

I'll ask Donald Trump those questions, 1-on-1, live, for a solid hour. Is this all just posturing? Is he running - or not? Let's get answers. Who's the real guy behind the money, flash and fast talk?

Join us. I promise you this won't be interviews as usual. From the minute we kick off at 11AM Eastern, Tuesday May 17, this will be what everyone's talking about. Be there.

Best of all, it's FREE. Reserve your spot now!

2. Mitt Romney At His Apex?

If the Republican Presidential Primary were held today, Mitt Romney would probably be the nominee. But this may be the high water mark for Mitt Romney after yesterday's speech at the University of Michigan in which he gave a full throated defense of Romneycare.

In fact, in his Power Point presentation on slide 7, Mitt Romney defends the individual mandate as okay at the state level, but not at the federal level. That nuance may be constitutionally sound, but it sounds very much like Romney defending European socialized medicine at the state level.

A lot of people have waited on the sidelines hoping Romney would distance himself from Romneycare or apologize for it as Pawlenty has done with his global warming nonsense. Instead, Romney embraced his record.

3. RSC Debt Limit Plan: Cut, Cap, and Balance

The political world has been waiting with alacrity to hear the details of the GOP demand for raising the debt ceiling. The Republican Study Committee is wasting no time in publicizing their overarching condition for raising the debt ceiling; lowering the spending floor. You might think of it as the preeminent 'cap and trade' program.

We have long railed against an incremental approach to the battle for limited government and spending cuts. The reality is that Republicans don't have the requisite political power to statutorily roll back big government policies through the front door. They probably won't for some time. Consequently, their only recourse to impel meaningful and perennial change is to use the budget process to force the issue.

Republicans will have the opportunity to deny the issuance of any more debt as the debt limit fight reaches its crescendo towards the end of the spring. In September, they will have another opportunity to force the Democrats' hand by refusing to budge from the fundamentals of their FY 2012 budget, even if the Democrats threaten to shut down the government. Yes, even with control of "just one half of one third of government," the GOP can prevail in a budget fight with the support of the public.

The RSC is proposing a three-pronged plan that would attack all of the pressure points of the big government beast.

4. Joe Walsh's Smackdown of Obama on Immigration

Like no other president in American history, President Obama supports the domineering use of government over every facet of our lives. Yet, when it comes to one of the few core functions of government, like border security and the regulation of immigration, he is suddenly tepid about asserting power. Worse, he uses the power of executive agencies to disregard and subvert immigration laws that were duly passed by Congress. Now he is denigrating those who suffer from gang violence along the border and those who seek to fulfill our core constitutional responsibilities.

5. Tax Hikes Texas Style

I told you people Joe Straus was bad news. Under his leadership, the Texas House has decided to impose taxes on internet purchases via H.B. 2403. Conservatives in the State House supported it, arguing that it really didn't change anything in the law, but internet companies and tax advocates are raising all sorts of red flags that Texans are about to get screwed.

The legislation is before the State Senate right now. Basically, the legislature is considering getting rid of the "physical nexus" standard for tax collection. In effect, a retailer couldn't be required to collect sales taxes in Texas unless it had a physical connection to the state. Using political parlance, this law "clarifies existing law". Yeah, right.

6. Energy State Dems: The New Endangered Species

Democratic politicians once ruled the energy-producing states, but they are becoming quite a rare breed. Republicans scored strong electoral gains in the Congressional elections of 2010, particularly in Texas. Here in Louisiana, both houses of the state legislature have swung red, by a combination of election and defection; it's no secret who owns the moratorium and a host of other energy-hostile policy initiatives. Sen. Mary Landrieu remains the sole remaining Democrat in a statewide elective office in the Pelican State.

Mary and the other energy state Dems know upon which side their bread is buttered. Democrats in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana have a long history of working cooperatively with the oil and gas industry as a engine of jobs and economic growth in each of their respective states.

7. Teachers' Union Protects Teacher for Standing Idly By While Student is Beaten

Some viewers may find the video below, of a student being punched in the face repeatedly by another student, disturbing.

What many may find even more disturbing is the fact that the teacher stood by, with his hands in his pockets, as the student was beaten. However, what is truly appalling is the fact that the American Federation of Teachers is protecting the teacher's inaction.

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Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for May 13, 2011 

Suicide Bomber kills at least 80 in Pakistan
 The New York Times

New assessment of medicare to fuel budget debate
 Reuters

Libyan rebel group to be at Obama White House today
USA Today

US House Approves Bill Seeking to Speed Up Offshore Drilling Permits
The Wall Street Journal

Will Putin trump Medvedev and return Russia - and US ties - to Soviet era?
The Christian Science Monitor

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What's an Oil Subsidy?

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After bin Laden: Bringing Change to Pakistan's Counterterrorism Policies

Commentary
Afghanistan: Don't Get Carried Away by Bin Laden Death

'Common' Nonsense

The Patriot Post | By L. Brent Bozell | Friday, May 13, 2011 

The Obamas want credit for bringing American culture to the White House. When they decided to celebrate poetry at the White House on May 10, it was really not a surprise they would try to make it socially "relevant" by inviting a rap music "artist" to unload some rhymes.

The rapper goes by the name "Common" (real name: Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr.). He is celebrated by many on the left as a "socially conscious" street poet. But that's not the way it was seen by cops in New Jersey. ABC reporter Jake Tapper blogged that Dave Jones, president of the New Jersey State Trooper Fraternal Association, was contacted by the White House about trooper objections. Obama officials claimed they had never heard of Joanne Chesimard (who renamed herself Assata Shakur), a woman Common celebrated in "song."

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Remark that it would be more than your life is worth to call Muhammad a "pedophile."

Explain that, of course, you understand that in seventh century Arabia when the Prophet married nine-year-old Aisha, child marriage was considered an entirely normal, healthy thing; who are we to judge to other cultures? 

 

• By Dan Gainor
• Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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Dear Patriots,

As you know, SB1 (a so-called school choice bill), which more closely resembles an entitlement program for low-income students rather than an educational program for PA school children, has not been passed by PA Senate.  Good News, the PA House has passed a bill, HB1330 (votes 190-7), which will expand the EITC program, which will offer real school choice to PA students. 

The EITC program will not cost the taxpayers as it is financed through corporate donations, which in turn, receive tax deductions.  This program is more in line with limited government, lower taxes, and more choice.

Unfortunately, some of the State Senators, for unknown reasons, are intent in pushing SB1 on Pennsylvanians.  Republican Senator Piccola, Chairman of the Education Committee, called the bill, HB 1330, DEAD ON ARRIVAL when it goes to the Senate. 

Please contact your Senator and tell him/her to bring this out of committee and onto the Senate floor.  Call Senator Piccola's office at 717-787-6801 and tell him if he wants real school choice, he will bring this to floor and vote for it.   

Thanks.

Paula Stiles

Chesco Patriots

"Have you looked at the evidence in the case???!!!"
- Rep. Gohmert to Eric Holder


 

Watch this explosive video of Rep. Louie Gohmert questioning Attorney General Eric Holder during a House Justice Department oversight meeting last week.

Rep. Gohmert takes the Attorney General to task regarding Holder's failure to pursue further indictments against organizations like ISNA and CAIR in the Holy Land Foundation terror finance trial of 2008.

Watch the short video here now

Rep. Gohmert is a former chief justice of the 12^th Court of Appeals in Texas and a rising star within the overall movement that is resisting the rise of radical Islam. He is one of the Members of Congress we have invited to speak at the legislative briefing portion of our national conference.

His boldness and clarity in confronting the spread of the Muslim Brotherhood's influence in America is a refreshing change among the elected ranks in Washington and is why we at ACT! for America have invited him to speak at our legislative briefing.

Register or find out more about our national conference here

The ACT! for America national conference and legislative briefing takes place June 22-24 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.

After viewing the video of the exchange between Rep. Gohmert and Attorney General Holder, please take our poll: Should Eric Holder be fired?

 

SPECIAL ACTION ALERT

 VOICE YOUR SUPPORT FOR H.R. 1687, THE OPEN FUEL
STANDARD ACT, AS ONE COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE!

Last week, Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL/19^th) introduced H.R. 1687, the Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011, legislation that finally would enable fuel competition in the United States, reducing the strategic importance of oil to our nation.

We are all feeling the pinch of the rising cost of gasoline. It is critical that our elected officials focus on alternative energy sources and NOW. We must cut the cord that keeps us dependent on wealthy dictators and Islamist nations for our gasoline. Further, we must stop funding Islamist terrorists every time we fill up our gas tanks. H.R. 1687 is a step in that direction.

At ACT! for America, we understand that there are numerous approaches to the goal of energy independence and we support most of them. One common-sense approach is Open Fuel Standard legislation, like the legislation Congressman Shimkus just introduced. At zero cost to the federal government, passage of H.R. 1687 is one solution to reduce our nation's dependency on foreign oil, as it will allow us a choice each time we fill up our gas tanks. Do we choose standard gasoline? - Or, instead, ethanol, methanol, or bio-diesel? It doesn't matter which-just that we would have a CHOICE, something we don't have now.

The best part? It's doable in the short term and it's inexpensive to put into practice. So what are we waiting for?

We need support for the Open Fuel Standard Act so that it will quickly move through the legislative process and become law. Please click on the H.R. 1687, Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 Action Alert HERE to send an e-mail to your Member of Congress, asking him/her to support H.R. 1687 by signing onto the proposal as a co-sponsor TODAY.

Thank you for all of your efforts!

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IF EACH OF US DOES JUST A LITTLE, TOGETHER WE CAN
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Alexander's Essay - May 12, 2011

Sunset or Sunrise on Liberty?

The Current Crisis and the Opportunity of a New Dawn for Liberty

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." --Thomas Payne

Sunrise on Liberty

A few decades ago, one of the national service opportunities I pursued required a battery of examinations including a comprehensive personality profile. After three days of psychological tests, a career profiler compiled my assessment. In a later interview with said profiler, he looked at me and declared with candor, "You are crazy!"

That decree got no rise out of me. I have received that appraisal numerous times, but he did put a fresh perspective on it. He continued, "Not crazy in the pathological sense, but crazy in that you are one of very few people I have profiled who actually thrives in the midst of crisis and conflict." Apparently, most "normal people" try to avoid crisis and conflict. He labeled my folder, "Warrior."

In light of my penchant for what Sam Adams called "the animated contest for freedom," I offer the following opinion about the future of American Liberty.

On occasion I have been critical of Barack Hussein Obama, a phony "community organizer" con man, who, with the help of his Leftist puppeteers, masterfully duped 69 million Americans into giving him the most expensive public housing and benefits in the nation.

I am most critical of this charlatan's political endeavor to demolish free enterprise with a debt bomb, and from the economic rubble, resurrect a transformed USSA subject to tyrannical rule via Democratic Socialism.

Obama built his presidential campaign around the "change" theme: "This is our moment, this is our time to turn the page on the policies of the past, to offer a new direction. We are fundamentally transforming the United States of America."

His former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said infamously, "Never allow a crisis to go to waste," which was the basis for Obama's assertion, "this painful [economic] crisis provides us with an opportunity to transform our economy to improve the lives of ordinary people."

By no means will the full implementation of Democratic Socialism "improve the lives of ordinary people." As I have noted previously, Democratic Socialism, like Nationalist Socialism, is nothing more than Marxist Socialism repackaged. Likewise, it seeks a centrally planned economy directed by a single-party state that controls economic production by way of regulation and income redistribution.

The success of Democrat Socialism depends upon supplanting Essential Liberty -- the rights "endowed by our Creator" -- primarily by refuting such endowment.

Indeed, Obama's mission is transformation, and economic crisis is the horse he rode in on. It can also be the horse that he and his socialist cadre are chased out on.

Truth be told, I want to "fundamentally transform" what our nation has become after years of incremental encroachment upon Rule of Law by socialist predators, the most brazen offender in history being Obama. Indeed, I do not want the current economic "crisis to go to waste," and see it as a great opportunity to "change" our economy in such a way as to improve the lives of all Americans.

Of course, the opportunity I see in the current crisis is diametrically opposed to that which Obama and his Leftist cadres envision. I see a new dawn for Liberty on the horizon.

For all Patriots, steadfast in our devotion to Freedom, the sun is rising on one of two options to preserve the legacy of Liberty for this and future generations. The first and more desirable option is the transformational restoration of constitutional Rule of Law and the second is the transformational reformation of government, in fulfillment of Thomas Jefferson's contention, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

The current economic crisis, which had its beginnings in 2006 with the surprisingly ubiquitous collapse in real estate values and subsequent banking crisis, poses an ominous threat to Liberty. The Obama administration used the cover of this crisis to implement its so-called "stimulus plan," which primarily stimulated the growth of central government at an enormous cost.

The result was accelerated accumulation of crushing national debt, now approaching $15 trillion, which has placed our economy on a collision course with catastrophic collapse, short of bold intervention.

The economic indicators foretelling that collision abound.

The Commerce Department reports that the American economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.8 percent in the first quarter of 2011. (You might have missed that report amid all the political campaigning over OBL's demise.)

Home values fell three percent in the first quarter and it is estimated that more than 28 percent of homeowners now owe more than the value of their property.

Energy and commodity costs are highly volatile, in large measure due to abysmal domestic economic and energy policies plus weak foreign policy. One way to devalue outstanding debt is inflation, and there are plenty of indicators that inflation is underway.

Imports are up and exports are down. The International Monetary Fund estimates that China's economy will surpass ours by 2016.

Unemployment inched back up to 9 percent last month, but the "real" unemployment rate, those who have given up the search and part-time workers seeking full-time employment, is almost 16 percent.

More Americans are dependent upon government assistance payouts than ever before. More than 18 percent of total personal income was redistributed in the form of "government benefits." Almost one in seven households receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (food stamps).

The declining status of the U.S. dollar as the world's safest fiat currency is a metaphor for the decline of our standing as the world's beacon of liberty, the decline of "American exceptionalism."

Having a good recollection of the Carter administration, I invoke Yogi Berra's sentiment, "It is like déjà vu all over again."

Despite the considerable barriers these indicators pose to economic recovery, there is still time for a transformational restoration of constitutional Rule of Law and the consequential rescaling of our central government to comport with the limits placed upon it by our Constitution. But as noted above, that will require bold intervention, and it will require that a majority of the members of Congress honor and abide by their oath of office.

At present, there are outstanding plans on the table to put prosperity over poverty, including the Republican Study Committee Budget for FY 2012 and Heritage Foundation's comprehensive plan to restore prosperity.

House and Senate leaders are stepping out with bolder propositions to cut government spending. As a prerequisite to raising the national debt ceiling to avoid default, Speaker John Boehner has drawn the line, and may even hold it: "Without significant spending cuts and reforms to reduce our debt, there will be no debt limit increase, and the cuts should be greater than the accompanying increase in debt authority the president is given. We should be talking about cuts of trillions, not just billions."

Conservative Senate leaders are calling for a Balanced Budget Amendment as a condition to any agreement on increasing the national debt limit.

Of course, Obama, the consummate socialist, trotted out the class warfare card in response: "Their vision is less about reducing the deficit than it is about changing the basic social compact in America, [pitting] children with autism or Down's syndrome against every millionaire and billionaire in our society."

Then, in his fatuous display of faux bipartisan, Obama insisted the budget talks must "start by being honest about what's causing our deficit."

Apparently, Obama thinks the budget deficit is caused by a lack of government spending and regulation, as he is proposing a lot more of both.

So, given the current crisis and the long odds against the restoration of Rule of Law, would you concede that this portends a Sunset or Sunrise on Liberty?

Call me crazy -- that profiler certainly did -- but I clearly see a new dawn for Liberty, whether it be transformational restoration of constitutional Rule of Law or the transformational reformation of government. Count me in for either option.

I believe, as did my mentor, President Ronald Reagan: "America's best days are yet to come. Our proudest moments are yet to be. Our most glorious achievements are just ahead."

But I also know, as did he, that "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States when men were free."

That extinction will arrive only if we "shrink from the service of our country."

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!

Mark Alexander
Publisher, The Patriot Post

Homegrown Terrorism: The Latest News

05/12/2011 

Heritage Files Brief Opposing Obamacare's Individual Mandate

Yesterday, The Heritage Foundation filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, reiterating Heritage's opposition to the individual mandate that is a key piece of the Obamacare statute. This is the first time we have ever filed such a brief-as far anyone around here can remember. But we had no other choice. In its merits brief before the appeals court, the U.S. government quoted a 21-year-old statement by a Heritage Foundation policy expert supporting an individual mandate for health insurance, when Heritage's view today is to the contrary. 

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QUICK HITS

Journals discovered in Osama bin Laden's compound reveal that the al-Qaeda leader was searching for a way to repeat 9/11 and called on followers to recruit non-Muslims in the United States.

Tens of thousands of Greeks hit the streets of Athens on Wednesday, protesting the government's new austerity measures. The protests turned violent when some demonstrators lashed out at police.

The International Monetary Fund warns that Europe's debt crisis -- which has plagued Greece, Ireland and Portugal -- could spread to core euro zone countries and eastern Europe.

Nonprofits take heed-Cash-strapped cities are looking to assess fees to tax-exempt hospitals and universities to help make up their budget shortfalls.

As part of our Protect America Month series, Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH) discusses the importance of maintaining a nuclear deterrent in the face of emerging worldwide threats.

E2 - Educate yourself on George Washington 

In his morning producer meeting, Glenn got a really cool package from a fan full or original documents and artwork of George Washington. What are they and what do they mean? This is the kind of stuff people don't learn in school anymore. It's not textbooks - educate yourself using primary documents and original sources. Learn the facts - not the political agendas 

Obama plan for health care quality dealt a setback

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's main idea for getting quality health care at less cost was in jeopardy Wednesday after key medical providers called his administration's initial blueprint so complex it's unworkable.

Just over a month ago, the administration released long-awaited draft regulations for "accountable care organizations," networks of doctors and hospitals that would collaborate to keep Medicare patients healthier and share in the savings with taxpayers. Obama's health care overhaul law envisioned quickly setting up hundreds of such networks around the county to lead a bottom-up reform of America's bloated health care system.

But in an unusual rebuke, an umbrella group representing premier organizations such as the Mayo Clinic wrote the administration Wednesday saying that more than 90 percent of its members would not participate, because the rules as written are so onerous it would be nearly impossible for them to succeed.

"It's not just a simple tweak, it's a significant change that needs to be made," said Donald Fisher, president of the American Medical Group Association, which represents nearly 400 large medical groups around the country providing care for roughly 1 in 3 Americans. Its members, including the Cleveland Clinic, Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, and Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, had been seen as the vanguard for accountable care.

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We Need To Emulate the Left, change the rules, change our focus

May 12, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

Over the last 100 years, anyone paying attention to the political landscape understands that the only way the "Progressives", or, if you like, the liberals and most Democrats in Washington have been successful, has been through the re-interpretation of the English language. For example, "torture", known by anyone intellectually honest enough to read a dictionary as the infliction of pain, breaking of bones or leaving scars or permanent damage or death. Scaring someone is not torture, period.

Juan Williams on Fox is ... Continue Reading:We Need To Emulate the Left, change the rules, change our focus

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Title IX and political correctness are killing men's college sports

May 11, 2011 05:10 pm | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins
In the early 1970's the Congress passed Title IX an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was supposed to eliminate discrimination against women at colleges and universities receiving federal money. Who could be against such a law?
Nevertheless, as so many other efforts to help specific groups, Title IX's "help" has morphed into a grotesque perversion of its intended purpose. The law of unintended consequences has joined forces with extreme political correctness to produce a monster which is devouring men's sports teams at colleges across the country.
Over recent years, in order to maintain "gender equity" in funding college sports and insure that women and men's teams are funded exactly as equals in the eyes of government bureaucrats men's are regularly discontinued at alarming rates. Abuse of Title IX by the P.C. police has killed at least 467 college (men's) wrestling teams, 19 men's gymnastics teams and a number of college baseball ... Continue Reading:Title IX and political correctness are killing men's college sports

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This was an excellent interview and I really liked what he said about Obama.  It has to be said again, and again, and again!

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Taliban's 'First Revenge' for Bin Laden Killing Leaves 80 Dead in Pakistan

May 13: In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people transfer an injured man to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan

FoxNews.com | Published May 13, 2011 

Twin explosions struck a paramilitary training center in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 80 people, in what the Pakistani Taliban described as its "first revenge" for the death of Usama bin Laden.

The group threatened bigger attacks to come, in a statement shortly after the explosions. The blasts targeted newly trained recruits about to be bussed home on leave in Pakistan's Charsadda district, near the Afghan border.

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Gas Prices Are High Because the Liberals Want It that Way

Numerous pronouncements in the past from the president and leading Democrats show that high fuel prices aren't a bug, they're a feature.

Pajamas Media | by Gary Wickert | May 12, 2011 

High gasoline prices are not a cause of the current economic recession, they are an avoidable and unnecessary symptom of liberal environmental and economic policies. When President Barack Obama took office the price of gasoline was $1.83 per gallon. Today it's over $4.00. Understanding why that is so will give you insight into the patient game plan of the fossil-fuel-hating, combustion-engine-despising, environmentally obsessed left.

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May 12, 2011

'Third Terrorist' indicted -- hears strange 'voices'

Did he have pre-9/11 attack info?

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - Hussain Al-Hussaini's comments to his therapist suggest there is much he knows about the Oklahoma City bombing that he has not revealed to the authorities -- and about which the FBI has avoided asking him... (more)

May 12, 2011

GOP plans cuts, Dems eye tax hikes in budget

REUTERS - Republicans planned sharp cuts to foreign aid and education on Wednesday, while Democrats weighed a tax hike on millionaires, highlighting the yawning divide between the two parties in the budget debate... (more)

May 11, 2011

AP: Release the Bin Laden photos

ASSOCIATED PRESS - President Obama's decision to withhold the visual evidence of Osama bin Laden's death has created a fundamental disagreement between the White House and one of the largest journalism organizations in the world. "This information is important for the historical record," said Michael Oreskes, senior managing editor at The Associated Press... (more)

May 11, 2011

That bogus birth certificate

JOSEPH FARAH - It was about three weeks ago that Jerome Corsi, author of "Where's the Birth Certificate? The Case That Barack Obama Is Not Eligible to Be President," called me with some disturbing news... (more)

May 11, 2011

House passes measure to speed oil drilling

AUDREY HUDSON - House Republicans on Wednesday voted to cut bureaucratic red tape they say has slowed oil production in the Gulf to a trickle and is contributing to the high price of gasoline at the pumps... (more)

May 11, 2011

The oil drill

NATIONAL REVIEW - Three Senate Democrats angry about the high price of gasoline propose to raise taxes on the firms that produce it. No, it does not make any sense to us, either. For Democrats, expensive gas is just the price of scoring a moral victory over Big Oil, and American consumers will be expected to pay any price and bear any burden that Harry Reid & Co. inflict upon them... (more)

May 11, 2011

Use the Constitution to cut spending

WASHINGTON TIMES - Liberals around town are freaked out because House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, told Wall Street leaders Monday that a hike in the debt ceiling would have to be accompanied by government spending cuts that exceed the amount of extra debt... (more)

May 11, 2011

Gun rights for D.C.

WASHINGTON TIMES - Too often, it seems city officials in Washington would like to forget they must operate under the Constitution. The District has gone out of its way to deny residents any meaningful ability to protect themselves at home with a firearm, prompting the Second Amendment Foundation to file a lawsuit on Tuesday to allow gun purchases in the nation's capital... (more)

May 11, 2011

Newt Gingrich makes presidential run official

LOS ANGELES TIMES - Reporting from Washington -- Now, it's official. Newt Gingrich, a former Georgia congressman who became the first Republican speaker of the House in decades in 1995, announced Wednesday afternoon his candidacy for president in 2012... (more)

May 11, 2011

Navy suspends gay marriages on military bases

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - Under pressure from more than five dozen House lawmakers, the Navy late Tuesday abruptly reversed its decision that would have allowed chaplains to perform same-sex unions if the Pentagon decides to recognize openly gay military service later this year... (more)

May 10, 2011

Trump is already running the country

JOAN SWIRSKY, RA ANALYST - The cartoonist Fuller depicts the billionaire builder Donald Trump dressed in a circus-master's outfit and holding in one hand a red, white, and blue megaphone and in the other hand a hoop blazing with a fire that says Birth Certificate Question, through which a terrified and desperate Obama is leaping... (more)

May 10, 2011

The 'education' mantra

THOMAS SOWELL - One of the sad and dangerous signs of our times is how many people are enthralled by words, without bothering to look at the realities behind those words. One of those words that many people seldom look behind is "education." But education can cover anything from courses on nuclear physics to courses on baton twirling... (more)

May 10, 2011

Gallup poll: 52% of Republicans want third party

NEWSMAX - More than half of Republicans -- 52 percent -- say there should be a third political party, a new Gallup Poll says. The poll, released Monday, also found that 33 percent of Democrats want a third party. Gallup said it's the first time its polls have found a significantly larger number of Republicans than Democrats favoring a third party... (more)

May 10, 2011

Democrats to try again on DREAM Act

ASSOCIATED PRESS - Democrats are trying once again to advance legislation that would give some young illegal immigrants a chance to live legally in the United States. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois plans to file a new DREAM Act bill on Wednesday. In the House, Rep. Howard Berman of California plans to file similar legislation... (more)

May 10, 2011

Obama appointees to hear health law challenge

NEWSMAX - Three federal appeals court judges -- including two appointed by President Barack Obama -- will consider a challenge to a provision in the president's new healthcare law that requires most Americans to get insurance... (more)

May 10, 2011

Hill poll: Obama's Bin Laden bounce will fade fast

NEWSMAX - Many Republican pundits have said during the past week that the jump in President Barack Obama's approval ratings after the killing of Osama bin Laden is unlikely to last. American voters apparently feel the same way, according to a new poll from The Hill... (more)

May 10, 2011

Hope in abortion fight

KATHRYN LOPEZ - In New York City, 41 percent of babies are aborted. It's even worse than that, actually. As the Chiaroscuro Foundation, a group that supports abortion alternatives, has pointed out: "Sixty percent of African-American pregnancies in New York City were aborted in 2009, the most recent year for which data is available... (more)

May 10, 2011

A solution to the debt menace

CAL THOMAS - Here's a safe prediction: The "bipartisan" group of congressmen led by Vice President Joe Biden will fail to solve the $14 trillion debt crisis. Here's another prediction: The Heritage Foundation (www.heritage.org/) has developed a formula, made possible by a grant from The Peterson Foundation (www.pgpf.org/), that could balance the budget in 10 years... (more)

May 9, 2011

GOP blocks Obama's Dep. Attorney General pick

REUTERS - U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday blocked President Barack Obama's nomination of James Cole as deputy U.S. attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department and a key job in fighting terrorism... (more)

May 9, 2011

Why Pakistan (would have?) betrayed us

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - First the good news: President Obama scored big by authorizing the Navy SEALs to kill Osama bin Laden. The bad news: The anti-terror policy of President Bush -- including enhanced interrogations -- that led to the success of the operation has been scrapped by the Obama presidency... (more)

Today's Headlines:  Thursday, May 12, 2011

Sen. Hatch Warns Against Punishing Businesses for Being Profitable

Democrat: Non-Energy-Producing States Shouldn't Complain About High Gas Prices

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Harry Reid: 'We Need The People Of America To Rise Up' in Favor of Amnesty for Illegal Aliens

Law Enforcement Agencies Ask Congress to Extend Patriot Act Provisions to Fight Terrorism

'Barbarism of Al Qaeda Has Nothing On These Mexican Cartels,' Says Texas Safety Official

Exit From Auto Bailout Will be Difficult, And Likely Cost Taxpayers, Says GAO

Romney: If I'm Elected, I'll Give Obamacare Waivers to All 50 States

Breitbart Battles Hollywood Left With 'Righteous Indignation'

GOP Amendment: No Same-Sex Marriages on Military Bases or by Chaplains

Majority Whip: 'Not One Republican Vote' For Debt Limit Increase Without Spending Cuts

Feds Should List Mexican Drug Cartels As Terrorist Groups, Says AZ Atty General

Obama Appears to Be Hardening His Stance Towards Syrian Regime

Calorie Camera: Schools Photographing Students' Lunch Trays 

COMMENTARY:

Obama Brings Non-White Americans Together
By Ben Shapiro


NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Gitmo detainees' relatives may be allowed to visit to ease their isolation
Dems go on attack against Romney ahead of his healthcare speech
Law barring loud car stereos is unconstitutional, Florida judges say
New strategy: 'Nonpartisan' League of Women Voters goes after Sen. Scott Brown
D.C. attorney general investigating D.C.'s largest gas station owner
Republicans have done "lousy job" of reaching out to Hispanic voters, RNC chair says
Proposed tax hikes are 'discriminatory and punitive,' oil company exec says
Superbug germ detected in bedbugs, study finds
Trump tells Nashua crowd he knows he can be unlikable
Colorado lawmakers urge Obama to help Libyan students stay in U.S.

ACRU Files Brief Supporting  

Florida's Challenge to Obamacare

May 11, 2011 - The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) filed an amicus curiae brief today in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in support of Florida and other states in the case of State of Florida, et al. v HHS, et al. seeking to strike down Obamacare.

"The brief argues that Obamacare's individual mandate is unconstitutional because the delegated, enumerated power in the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce does not include compelling people to buy government-designated health insurance," said ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara, who wrote the brief.

The Heartland Institute recently published a book-length study by Mr. Ferrara entitled The Obamacare Disaster: An Appraisal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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The Incredible Shrinking Recovery

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Policy Director for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 11, 2011 on The American Spectator website.

There was President Obama at a recent fundraiser telling his star-struck enablers, look at me, after just two and a half years, I got the economy growing again. He didn't tell them that the pitiful 1.7% annualized real growth rate in the first quarter compares to 7.1% annualized real growth at the same point in President Reagan's recovery.

Over the first 7 quarters of the Reagan recovery, the economy boomed at a real growth rate of 7.1%. Over the first 7 quarters of the Obama recovery, the economy stumbled along at a real growth rate of 2.8%, less than half as much, less than 40% as much actually.

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National Histrionic

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 6, 2011 on The Washington Times website.

A couple of years ago, I let my National Geographic subscription lapse because of the magazine's relentless earth worship. But I missed the superb photos, crisp writing and mind- boggling statistics, so I started getting it again.

Boy, am I getting it. After perusing the May issue, I'm once again ashamed to be human. People, people, people! We're carbonizing the clouds! We're wrecking the coral reefs! We're reducing the polar bear's habitat to the size of a McDonald's parking lot! We're scooping sand off beaches to build more McDonald's parking lots!

Worst of all, we keep having ... children!

In virtually every feature except the cover piece on rope-free climbers at Yosemite's El Capitan, the May issue of National Histrionic is packed with evidence of human perfidy.

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Reaganomics vs. Obamanomics:  

Facts And Figures

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Policy Director for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 5, 2011 on Forbes.com.

In February 2009 I wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal entitled "Reaganomics vs. Obamanomics," which argued that the emerging outlines of President Obama's economic policies were following in close detail exactly the opposite of President Reagan's economic policies. As a result, I predicted that Obamanomics would have the opposite results of Reaganomics. That prediction seems to be on track.

When President Reagan entered office in 1981, he faced actually much worse economic problems than President Obama faced in 2009. Three worsening recessions starting in 1969 were about to culminate in the worst of all in 1981-1982, with unemployment soaring into double digits at a peak of 10.8%. At the same time America suffered roaring double-digit inflation, with the CPI registering at 11.3% in 1979 and 13.5% in 1980 (25% in two years). The Washington establishment at the time argued that this inflation was now endemic to the American economy, and could not be stopped, at least not without a calamitous economic collapse.

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Senate Investigates Napolitano's Border Security Measures (Plus: Police "Outraged" Over Rapper Invite to WH) 

In these photos, you might think those activists are protesting state government. But actually, they are protesting all of us.

They oppose our efforts to support commonsense budget solutions that will lift the Keystone State out of debt, and put us back on the track to prosperity.

These photos show just a sampling of the hundreds of angry protestors who showed up at the state Capitol last week. Most of the protestors were public sector union members, who marched in the streets for higher taxes, higher spending and, ironically, higher unemployment.

They advocate for the failed policies of the past eight years - policies that have seen government spending grow at double the rate of inflation and beyond citizens' ability to pay, and reinforced the perception that Pennsylvania has a bad business climate that is getting worse.

Don't take our word for it.  Read this new "best-worst-places-for-business"study that gives Pennsylvania the dubious honor of being one of five states that dropped the most over the past five years - from middle-of-the-road 26th in 2006 to a dismal 39th this year.  One of the factors cited as important to the rankings - the need to control spending and out-of-control government debt - the very thing "tax-and-spend" proponents are arguing against!

And bad for business means bad for jobs.

Fostering economic growth, on the other hand, will provide better opportunities for everyone.
We're all in this together, and there are no easy solutions.  But we do know we can't afford more of the status quo.

You can help neutralize the voices of the protestors by emailing your state legislators to urge them to restore fiscal responsibility to the state budget.

Thank you for helping us change course for the future of Pennsylvania.

Sincerely,
Citizens to Protect PA Jobs

May 13, 2011 

On Thursday's Program 

Rapper Common hearts cop killers, attends White House

Controversial rapper 'Common' has extolled cop killers in his lyrics but apparently that was no deterrent in winning him an invite to perform at the White House. Despite public outcry at the inappropriateness of having a guy who supports cop killers at the White House, the administration went ahead with regularly scheduled programming. Common praised Assata Shakur -- who is that? Glenn has the shocking (but not shocking) details on radio today. WATCH

Caller takes issue with Glenn

One caller to the program took issue with Glenn's stance on the rapper Common visiting the White House -- wonders what the big deal is and why the right is focusing on it. After all, Common is just an entertainer. Why can't everyone just let it go? This quickly turned the caller into the program punching bag as Pat, Stu & Glenn all took turns roughing his opinion up. Check out the call from radio today.

Glenn to auction off 6 paintings he worked on with Paula Hawkins. See them all on Upillar.com - you can bid on his paintings HERE and check out Glenn's explanation from radio HERE. 

2012: GOP has problems...

• The fresh, new face for the GOP? Newt Gingrich - The former Speaker of the House thinks he's the one, apparently, as he's announced that he is making a run for President in 2012. 
• Romney's first order as President? Repeal Obamacare - That's great and everything, except for the tiny fact that something called 'Romneycare' exists. Can he overcome that? More HERE. 
• Glenn, Pat & Stu survey the 2012 field - Does Romney stand a chance? What about Newt? Is there anyone out there worth getting behind? Listen to the debate on radio today HERE.

Fox News investigates Soros

Fox News has launched a two part series that takes an in-depth look at George Soros and the influence he has over American media. Just how far does the progressive billionaire reach? Even with the knowledge of the dozens of progressive groups Soros funds - this report offers some surprising revelations of Soros connections in the media. You can read the Fox News report at The Blaze.

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For science purposes only - a new Oreo creation: Fresh off his diet, Glenn immediately begins conducting in-depth research on Oreo cookies and creates what may possibly be the most incredible Oreo ever put together...see it HERE.