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"No people will tamely surrender their liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and virtue is preservd. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their manners, they will sink under their own weight without the aid of foreign Invaders." 

~ Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775 

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The café will be open until 7pm.

The seminar is given over two evenings and divided into four parts:

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4.  Applying the Principles of Freedom to the Problems of Today: Taxes, Education, Health Care, Protectionism and Outsourcing, Population, Natural Resources and many more.

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Editorial Comment: Obama was greeted with boo's as he was introduced at AIPAC.   The 'Bovine Excrement' meter was in the red zone as POTUS told the audience that what he said was not what the whole world heard him say; many in the audience then applauded. 

From Audacity of Hope:

"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

Obama Now Tells Jewish Audience That Border With Palestine Would Be 'Different' Than 1967

The Blaze | by Scott Baker | May 22, 2011 

President Barack Obama said Sunday that any controversy over his remarks last week that Israel-Palestinian negotiations should start from pre-1967 borders and include land swaps was "not based in substance."

RedState Morning Briefing

For May 23, 2011

1. Off to the races with the horses we have

On Saturday, several thousand people showed up in the humid heat of Atlanta to hear Herman Cain announce his bid for the Presidency.

Today, in Iowa, Tim Pawlenty will announce his bid. If you have not seen it already, go watch Pawlenty's preview. I am actually floored it is so well done.

Newt Gingrich is already in.

Mitt Romney will make a big splash soon and for all intents and purposes is fully and already in.

Then were are Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and a few others with Sarah Palin as a late entrant possibility.

I hope like heck that this is it. I hear rumblings of a few wild cards, but let's take the field as officially announced: Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, and Tim Pawlenty. Add Mitt Romney in there because it is abundantly obvious he has been in this since at lease December of 2008 and you actually have a solid, relatively conservative field to pick from.

Republican angst over a bad slate mirrors the Democrat angst in 1991. But in 1991, the slate that was there went on in 1992 to pick the next President of the United States.

We have our nominee in this field. I can live with the field and I hope you can too.

Republicans, not just conservatives, are at risk of a self-fulfilling, self-defeating prophecy that the field sucks and cannot beat Obama. It's the economy, stupid. It always has been. It always will be. And America can do better than Barack Obama with any of the candidates we now have.

2. Mitch Daniels as Mario Cuomo

The parallels to 1991 continue unabated.

In 1991, Democrats and the media waited with ever increasing intensity for Mario Cuomo to get into the Presidential race. Eventually, Cuomo decided he was more comfortable being Governor of New York than facing an incumbent Republican President with a 90% approval rating.

Democrats and the media lamented the lack of a stellar, high profile Democratic candidate.

The Democrats went on to win without Mario Cuomo. The Republicans still have a strong shot without Mitch Daniels.

So who does this help now? Well, obviously it helps Mitt Romney. There will now be only one high profile gubernatorial wonk in the race. It also helps Newt Gingrich for the same reason, for people looking for someone perceived to be to the right of Romney.

But I think the guy it helps the most is Tim Pawlenty. He now has a clear shot at being the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.

3. The Perils of the Pre-1967 Proposal

There seems to be some confusion over why the Israelis should be so hostile to President Obama's suggestion that the two-state solution be achieved by returning the Jewish state to its 1967 borders. The President's supporters argue that since these borders were previously acceptable to Israel, they should be acceptable now. After all, pre-1967 Israel fought to defend those borders and they were on the table in the 2000 peace talks. Can 45 years make that much of a difference?

It is true that 45 years is not so very long in terms of the territorial integrity of the United States. We might even prefer to return to the 1967 context in which our borders were much less challenging than they are today. But what Mr. Obama seems to fail to understand is that 45 years is a very long time for Israel. While the history of the Israeli people stretches back millennia, lsrael itself has only existed for 63 years. What the President is asking is that more than 70% of that history be erased, beginning with the reasons it was deemed necessary to annex the territories in 1967, and continuing on through the failed diplomatic initiatives, UN humiliations and relentless, deadly terrorist attacks of the past decades (including the last one, as Jeff Emanuel discussed yesterday). While some have considered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's terse response to this proposal disrespectful of the President, Mr. Netanyahu might have some very real concerns that once three-quarters of Israel's past has been eradicated, would it be all that outlandish to go all the way to pre-1948? Especially under the leadership of an American president who is asking the Israelis to make this concession on the dubious grounds that hope will overcome hate?

4. Israel, Palestine, and Obama: Is the President Already Walking Back his Demands on Israel?

As may have been expected, President Obama's decision yesterday to become the first American president to directly and overtly declare that Israel must withdraw to its 1949 borders was met with negative reactions both at home and abroad - particularly within the state of Israel, over 300,000 of whose residents currently live in the territories Obama demanded that the Jewish state cede to a future "state of Palestine."

The problem here, as I noted yesterday, is greater than the "simple" issue of creating 300,000 refugees in a new state that will not take kindly to their presence (to say the very least); it is one of Israel's overall security and ability to protect its people and defend itself against future attacks, which are currently mitigated by the presence of buffer zones and IDF personnel outside the lines within which Obama has declared Israel must recede.

5. Nation's First Unionized Pot Farm Goes Bust, Oakland Loses Bid to Be Cannabis Capital

Last year, prior to the defeat of California's Proposition 19, it appeared as though unions had a budding new industry in which they could grow their memberships.

First, the United Food & Commercial Workers jumped onto the cannabis bandwagon. Then, the Teamsters waded into the weed growing business when Jimmy Hoffa's union unionized 40 pot growers in Oakland, California.

6. The AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka Pledges a Constant Campaign of Class Warfare

The Leninist leader of today's labor movement, the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka, is not happy with the progress of progressivism that the hundreds of millions of dollars his union members have forked over to buy the Democratic Party should have produced. So, he says, unions' aren't going to be in the business of party building anymore.

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Items for Monday, May 23, 2011 

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Militants Storm Naval Air Base in Pakistan

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On overseas trip, Obama returns to his roots - in Ireland

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Putin decides to retake presidency

THE AUSTRALIAN

Ryan Challenges Democrats to Propose Alternative to His Budget

FOX NEWS

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Obama's Visit to Ireland and Impact of the Irish Financial Crisis

Fri, 20 May 2011

39 Terror Plots Foiled: Examining Counterterrorism's Success Stories

Fri, 20 May 2011

Obama State Visit to UK and Britain's Defense Cuts

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How to Preserve the Anglo-American Special Relationship

Fri, 20 May 2011

Herman Cain Announces 2012 Presidential Bid

Herman Cain for President

The Blaze | by Scott Baker | May 21, 2011 

Another candidate has entered the Republican presidential field.  Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in his home town of Atlanta, Georgia today.  Instead of announcing via social networking websites, Cain, currently a talk radio host, made his announcement at a rally in Centennial Olympic Park.

 WHEN RADIO HOST PAUL W. SMITH ASKED LIBERAL CONGRESSMAN JOHN DINGELL (D-MI) WHY IT WILL TAKE GOVERNMENT UNTIL 2014 TO FULLY SET UP THE OBAMACARE SYSTEM, DINGEL SAID THIS:

"IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DO THE NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO PUT THE LEGISLATION TOGETHER TO CONTROL THE PEOPLE."

SOURCE:  NEWS TALK WJR RADIO WITH PAUL W. SMITH 3/23/2010

Some of you know a few groups from around PA went to Harrisburg two weeks ago and met with some of our State Representatives.  One of the issues we heard is that they hear from the left and not enough from the conservative movement.  Please take time to call your state reps regarding the issues below.  They are voting on these this week, so we need everyone to make phone calls on Monday.

We need everyone to make 2 phone calls Monday, May 23rd, on 2 important votes this week. First to House Majority Leader Mike Turzi (717-772-9943)and second to your own State Representative.We need to support the representatives in Harrisburg and let them know we are paying attention to these important issues!!!

Representative William Adolf (R-Delaware) says the budget bill, HB 1485, will be scheduled for vote the week of May 23rd in the House. We are encouraging everyone in our organizations to call their state representatives and the House Majority leader and tell them to pass Corbett's budget of 27.3 billion and reject any amendments that would increase spending.

Representative Daryl Metcalfe's HB 934: the Pennsylvania Voter Identification Protection Act has been advanced by the House State Government Committee to the House floor for consideration.  This bill would amend the state election code to require all voters to present valid photo ID before voting.  This bill will prevent voter fraud such as: impersonation at the polls; fictitious registrations; double-voting; and voting by illegal aliens.  Take note this bill is scheduled to be voted on Tuesday, May 24th.

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Aljazeera Editorial: Obama's speech: Stuttering into the future?

PM Netanyahu Should Speak Thusly to the American People

Note: This speech was written by MK Yaakov Katz ("Ketsaleh"), head of the National Union party, and sent to INN for translation and posting, in the hope that Prime Minister Netanyahu will stand firm and present its message to the government of the United States.

Dear Friends, Senators and Congressmen, Representatives of the American people who are the best friend the Jewish people have had in all of history,

The Jewish people and the state of Israel are honored that the Prime Minister of Israel is invited to stand here before both houses of the American Congress.

I wish, in the name of the Israel's citizens, to thank you for this opportunity to talk to you.

In 1492, two events of great historical significance occurred.

An evil decree of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain brought about the expulsion of the 150,000 Jews of Spain from the country where they had once lived tranquilly and had had a semblance of civil rights.

Yet an act of deliverance...

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Dershowitz's Mistake

Dershowitz argues that Obama made a mistake when he failed to demand the abandonment of the so called right of return. Or was it that he called for borders similar to the '67 lines subject only to land swaps, whereas as he notes, it undercuts Resolution 242. Dershowitz advises that "It also contemplated that Israel would hold onto the Western Wall, the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem and the access roads to Hebrew University, without the need for any land swaps". What? No where in 242 does it say anything remotely close to that. It is silent on Jerusalem and silent on the need for swaps. It does call for a "just settlement of the refugee issue" and the set up of "demilitarized zones". An unbelieveable error on his part. It also called for "termination of all claims and states of belligerency". On this both Obama and Dershowitz were silent. Furthermore it is understood that by "refugees" the resolution was referring to both...

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Good News Israel

Compliments of Anglo Saxon Ra'anana

Quote for the Week

I choose to stand in Jerusalem and be counted

Glenn Beck Fox TV personality talking about his upcoming 'Restoring Courage´ event. Bravo Mr Beck!

Now we don't know what you've been reading about what's happening in our neck of the woods but we're assuming that it's not particularly upbeat stuff so here's a blockbuster to clear the air: Israel's exports have grown 13,400, yes, 13,400 times since 1948 which is when it all began [it actually began about 2,000 years before that but the CBS wasn't around to record it]. Here is a selection of figures released on Tuesday by the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute (IEICI) to coincide with and give honor to, Independence Day. We started with $6m 63 years ago and we topped $80bn last year. Even if you allow for devaluation and anything else that you can stir into the economics mix that is one huge increase....

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ZOA: Obama Endangers Israel and Mideast Stability

ZOA Condemns Obama Call For A Hamas/Fatah Terror State Based On Indefensible '67 Lines

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest pro-Israel organization in the United States, strongly condemned President Obama's Mideast speech given today promoting and supporting the establishment of a Hamas/Fatah/Iran terrorist state on the Auschwitz 1967 indefensible armistice lines. This state would almost surely become a Hamas/Iran terror state threatening Israel and further destabilizing the Mideast. President Obama has dealt Israel a severe diplomatic blow, which harms all those who care about peace and fighting terrorism.

President Obama is either extraordinarily naïve or extraordinarily hostile to the Jewish state of Israel, despite his claims of commitment to Israel's security. One cannot claim to care about a neighbor's young children while renting out rooms to child predators.

It is breath-taking, shocking and frightening that at a time when the Nazi-like...

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Glenn Beck on Obama's animus for Israel

Construction of 1,550 Jerusalem homes OK'd

"The timing for the discussion of the Har Home plan is not coincidental," one committee member, Yair Gabai, told Ynet. "The district committee never convenes at such late hours. This is a declaration of a diplomatic nature meant to clear the fog around the Jerusalem question, so that nobody in the world would think that the Israeli government intends to discuss Jerusalem's division."

Ronen Medzini, YNET

Next crisis with US underway? The Interior Ministry's district committee for construction and planning approved Thursday evening two major plans for some 1,550 housing units in contentious Jerusalem neighborhoods.

The construction plans for Har Homa and Pisgat Ze'ev, both located beyond the Green Line, were given the go-ahead as President Barack Obama was delivering his major Mideast policy speech.

Despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's departure to Washington Thursday evening, the government secretary ordered the...

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Friday, May 20, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


BREAKING NEWS!

After a White House meeting that ran nearly two hours longer than planned, President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made joint statements just a few hours ago from the Oval Office. Obama went first, looking uncomfortable and sounding as if he was in "damage control" mode. Prime Minister Netanyahu responded and, quite frankly, looked and sounded presidential. He directly rejected Obama's demands.

He reminded Obama that a peace based on an illusion would crash on the rocks of Middle Eastern reality. He directly rejected Obama's call for Israel to return to the 1967 lines. "Israel cannot go back...because the lines are indefensible," Netanyahu said. He told Obama that Israel will not negotiate with a Palestinian government headed by Hamas and reminded Obama that Hamas condemned the killing of Osama bin Laden.

On the question of Palestinian refugees, Netanyahu pointedly told Obama that the refugee issue will not be settled within the land of Israel. In other words, Israel will not agree to demographic suicide. "That's not going to happen," he told Obama.

In closing, Prime Minister Netanyahu reminded Obama of the history of Israel and the Jewish people. (He was wise to do so since the president's knowledge of history sometimes appears to go no further than the day of his own election.) He told Obama that through all the dark times, including the Holocaust, the Jewish people never lost "our dream" of reestablishing a state in their ancient homeland.

He told Obama, "We don't have a margin of error." Translation: You won't push us into concessions with our enemies that could jeopardize our very existence.

This was an amazing moment. Of the two men sitting next to each other in the Oval Office today, only one understands the dangerous world we live in, and knows that weakness emboldens evil and makes war and defeat more likely. That man is not the president of the United States.


Obama Speech Generates Growing Backlash

The outrage is growing as analysts in Washington, D.C., and Jerusalem continue to pour over every word of Obama's speech on the Middle East. Obama reneged on a key pledge made by the United States to Israel in 2004. As a result, he has undermined the value of our word in international relations with potentially terrible consequences for the future. He has demoralized the Israeli people and emboldened our mutual enemies.

In a 2004 letter, President George Bush outlined the U.S. position. Noting that large Israeli communities exist beyond the 1967 boundaries, Bush wrote, "...it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome" of peace talks would be a complete return to previous armistice lines. His letter was an attempt to reassure Israel that we would not pressure it to return to borders that are virtually impossible to defend.

Bush's letter was endorsed by a bi-partisan resolution in the House of Representatives by a vote of 407-9. (Only one Republican voted "No" on this reasonable position -- Rep. Ron Paul.)

One day later the resolution passed the Senate 95-3. One of those 95 "Yes" votes was then-Senator Hillary Clinton. Because of this presidential commitment, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was willing to take the risk of forcing 9,000 Israelis living in Gaza to leave their homes. Gaza promptly fell under the control of Hamas.

Obama's speech essentially ripped up the commitment made by Bush and Congress. It puts in jeopardy over 350,000 Israelis who live in well-established communities on the "wrong" side of the border to which Obama now demands Israel retreat.

The "Obama border" would shrink Israel to a width of 8 miles in some areas. In Israel such a border is referred to as the "Auschwitz" border because it would increase the chances that the country would be overrun by its enemies, resulting in a second Holocaust.

After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heard the speech yesterday, he was described as livid. He should be. His office issued a statement saying that in his meeting with Obama today, the prime minister expected "to hear a reaffirmation from President Obama of U.S. commitments made to Israel in 2004." But at this point what is a commitment from Obama worth? Next to nothing!

Last week thousands of Palestinian extremists threw themselves against the borders of Israel from all sides attempting to drown the tiny nation with a tidal wave of people dedicated to its destruction. Yesterday, Obama joined that mob attempting to erase the legitimate borders of our staunch ally.

If Obama succeeds, the most holy sites of Judaism and Christianity would be in the blood-soaked hands of Hamas, Hezbollah and the allies of Syria and Iran. Every pastor and rabbi should speak up and rally their congregations against this betrayal. Congress should immediately reaffirm the 2004 resolutions.


Working Now To Defeat Obama

I spent all day yesterday in a meeting with top conservative leaders. I can't divulge the details because the meeting was confidential. But I do want to share an opinion voiced by a number of analysts. 2012 is going to be what they refer to as a base election.

Obama's reelection strategy will depend on turning out massive numbers of liberal voters, just as he did in 2008. Who are they? College students, minorities, low-income single women and union members. Obama's campaign knows it has a problem with independent voters. So the best shot he has at winning is to recreate the formula that elected him last time.

What does this mean for conservatives? While we must win more independent voters, we must also make sure we are doing everything possible to get every last like-minded person we have influence over registered to vote. If Obama is working to turnout liberal voters, we must be working hard to identify, register and turnout conservative voters.

Now, let me give you some good news. There are growing signs of "Obama fatigue" among his core liberal constituencies. For example, a survey of 500 recent college graduates found that 83% of them voted for Obama in 2008. But only 27% "are committed to voting for Obama again, and 80% said they would consider voting for a Republican."

They got swept up in the hype about hope and change, but now many of them are unemployed. The stimulus bill was a colossal waste of money that saved government jobs, but cost hundreds of thousands of private sector jobs. Gas prices are soaring, and all Obama and his allies are promising to do about it is raise taxes.

I want to encourage you again, as I did earlier in the week, to find just one voter who you can persuade to support the Republican candidate in 2012. For many of you, it is very likely a child or grandchild in college or a recent graduate, who is probably very frustrated with the job market right now. Don't give up on them!


GOP Senators Filibuster Obama Radical

Yesterday Senate Republicans (minus Alaska's Lisa Murkowski) successfully filibustered the nomination of Professor Goodwin Liu, President Obama's appointee to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. I'm glad Senate Republicans stopped him.

Liu was perhaps the most radical nominee for the federal bench I have seen in many years. Given Liu's support of racial quotas, homosexual "marriage," reparations for slavery, constitutional welfare rights and the use of international law to undermine the Constitution, he is on the fringes of the extreme left. You can learn more about his record here.

To give you some idea of just how radical Liu is, consider this: Five members of the "Gang of 14," including one Democrat, voted to filibuster Liu! You may recall that the "Gang of 14" was the group of senators who negotiated a deal to break the stalemate on judicial filibusters in 2005.


Obama's Lawless Administration

Barack Obama's disastrous foreign policy is increasingly running afoul of U.S. law. As we recently reported, current U.S. law prohibits American foreign aid from going to the Palestinian Authority if Hamas or other terrorist groups are part of the government there.

President Obama admitted in his speech yesterday that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have now merged. But there is no indication yet that the Administration is going to comply with the law and stop sending your tax dollars to the newly-formed Palestinian/Hamas coalition.

Here's another example. During the 2008 campaign, Obama repeatedly promised to end Bush's "war of choice," referring to Iraq. But now, he's launched his own "war of choice" in Libya. And unlike George W. Bush, Obama does not have congressional approval for his "kinetic military action." Today, Obama hits the 60-day limit under the War Powers Act that allows the president to conduct military operations without Congress' support.

Five Republican senators sent Obama a letter asking if he intends to "comply with the requirements of the War Powers Resolution." Surely the White House knew this day was coming, but evidently Obama has not yet asked Congress for a vote! Perhaps that is because Obama fears he might lose the vote. One member of the House said that Obama is trying to "bring democracy to Libya while shredding the Constitution of the United States." And that was California Democrat Brad Sherman!

My friends, I've said it before and I will say again: The GOP nominee, whoever it is, won't be perfect. But our most important goal is getting Obama and his socialist gang out of the White House!

 

Hi folks,

For anyone who might have slept through the evening news last night, President Obama gave a speech yesterday on the Middle East which was a foreign relations disaster.  In it, he had the audacity to effectively put the leaders of Israel in the same bin as Muammar Gaddafi and Bashir Assad.

 In addition, he announced that the United States will give $2 billion in economic stimulus money to North African nations and hand Egypt a billion-dollar gift in the form of debt forgiveness, which is likely to become controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood in the wake of upcoming elections.  As if we didn't have overwhelming debt problems already!  Sheer lunacy.

And now the chips begin to fall...

Dave

Obama, Netanyahu face turning point

Mistrustful of each other, U.S. and Israeli leaders meet amid a deadlocked Mideast peace process

Jason Reed / Reuters file

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen here at the White House on Sept. 1, 2010, have had their share of differences.

By HELENE COOPER

The New York Times

updated 5/19/2011

 WASHINGTON - As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel heads to the White House on Friday for the seventh meeting since President Obama took office, the two men are facing a turning point in a relationship that has never been warm.

By all accounts, they do not trust each other. President Obamahas told aides and allies that he does not believe that Mr. Netanyahu will ever be willing to make the kind of big concessions that will lead to a peace deal.

For his part, Mr. Netanyahu has complained that Mr. Obama has pushed Israel too far - a point driven home during a furious phone call with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday morning, just hours before Mr. Obama's speech, during which the prime minister reacted angrily to the president's plan to endorse Israel's pre-1967 borders for a future Palestinian state.

Mr. Obama did not back down. But the last-minute furor highlights the discord as they head into what one Israeli official described as a "train wreck" coming their way: a United Nations General Assembly vote on Palestinian statehood in September.

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May 20, 2011

 ***Action Alert***
The Tennessean Newspaper
Is "Feeling the Heat"
 By Kelly Cook, National Field Director
 

Apparently, the thousands of calls our members from across America have made this week (regarding the recent release of the documentary video produced by Americans for Peace and Tolerance) to the Tennessean Newspaper have struck a raw nerve.

Click Here for the paper's editorial released yesterday in an effort that can only be described as a bizarre attempt to "double down" in order to assert they are right regardless of the facts involved.

For example, in the paper's editorial they make the following statement regarding Awadh Binhazim, (Vanderbilt University's Adjunct Muslim Chaplain),"For Binhazim to explain to his listeners that many Muslims worldwide are draw (sic) to Shariah law is not to say he endorses Shariah law."

It's clear they're giving Binhazim a major pass here. Such a statement insults the intelligence of not only Tennesseans, but all Americans who are learning more and more about the dangers of Sharia Law and many who follow it.

Now compare the Tennessean's position to Binhazim's actual dialog with a questioner at Vanderbilt University as captured in the documentary video:

Question: "Under Islamic Law, is it punishable by death if you're a homosexual?"

Binhazim: "Yes. It is punishable by death."

Question: "As a practicing Muslim, do you accept or reject this particular teaching of Islam?"

Binhazim: "Well, the question of accepting and rejecting teachings of Islam really I don't have a choice as a Muslim to accept or reject teachings. I go with what Islam teaches."

Only in America! Any other group openly espousing the death of homosexuals would be summarily run out on a rail at Vanderbilt University! And yet Binhazim is still there spreading his hatred while Vanderbilt and the Tennessean faithfully stand by his side. This is clearly not acceptable.

We have a very simple request for the local paper in Nashville: Post the link to the documentary video!!

Or do they fear that by doing so, the public will be able to cut through the Tennessean's rhetoric and make up their own minds? So far, the answer has been yes.

Click Here to view this fully documented video for yourself.

Why would the Tennessean go to such great lengths to demonize the facts in this documentary video?

Could it be that it simply doesn't "fit their narrative"?

***ACTION ITEM***

The Tennessean seems to be on the verge of desperation. The level of vitriol and misinformation in their editorial yesterday reached significant heights even by the Tennessean's standards. They have been exposed spreading falsehoods and instead of coming clean, they are doubling down.

ACT! for America intends to hold the Tennessean newspaper accountable. Will you help us?

Please call and email the Publisher's office of the Tennessean:

 Carol Hudler, Publisher

Email:     chudler@tennessean.com

Phone:    615-259-8303

Politely ask her to simply post the link for the documentary video in question and let the public decide for themselves where the truth lies.

Tell her the public really can handle the truth, if they see all of the evidence!

Let the Tennessean know you intend to carefully watch their actions on this important debate. Your call and email will make a difference. Newspapers rarely get this kind of scrutiny, so their reactions can sometimes be beyond interesting. Please be respectful.

 

May 19, 2011

 New Study Reveals Significant

 Levels of Support for Sharia

 Law in U.S. Courts!


 Political and media elites keep telling us there's no threat of sharia here in the U.S. This study proves they're wrong.

As the release below shows, it's Muslims-usually women and children-being victimized by sharia law!!

So here's the ultimate irony. Organizations like ACT for America are frequently the target of dishonest name-calling such as "Islamophobic."

But while the so-called "champions" of tolerance look the other way as sharia is foisted on these unwilling Muslim women and children, we are fighting to protect non-Muslim and Muslim alike from the tyranny of sharia law.

Click here for this groundbreaking new study produced by the Center for Security Policy.

Read below for a summary of the findings.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 For more information and to schedule an interview, contact

Travis Korson tkorson@securefreedom.org (202)-719-2421 or

David Reaboi dreaboi@securefreedom.org (202) 431-1948

New Study Finds Shariah Law Involved in Court Cases in 23 States

Washington, DC, May 17, 2011 - The Center for Security Policy today released an in-depth study-- Shariah Law and American State Courts: An Assessment of State Appellate Court Cases. The study evaluates 50 appellate court cases from 23 states that involve conflicts between Shariah (Islamic law) and American state law. The analysis finds that Shariah has been applied or formally recognized in state court decisions, in conflict with the Constitution and state public policy.

Some commentators have tried to minimize this problem, claiming, as an editorial in yesterday's Los Angeles Times put it that, "...There is scant evidence that American judges are resolving cases on the basis of shariah." To the contrary, our study identified 50 significant cases just from the small sample of appellate court published cases.

Others have asserted with certainty that state court judges will always reject any foreign law, including Shariah law, when it conflicts with the Constitution or state public policy. The Center's analysis, however, found 15 trial court cases, and 12 appellate court cases, where Shariah was found to be applicable in these particular cases.

The facts are the facts: some judges are making decisions deferring to Shariah law even when those decisions conflict with constitutional protections.

On the releasing the study, the Center for Security Policy's President, Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., observed:

"These cases are the stories of Muslim American families, mostly Muslim women and children, who were asking American courts to preserve their rights to equal protection and due process. These families came to America for freedom from the discriminatory and cruel laws of Shariah. When our courts then apply Shariah law in the lives of these families, and deny them equal protection, they are betraying the principles on which America was founded."

Key Findings:

Shariah Law and American State Courts: An Assessment of State Appellate Court Cases includes summaries of a sample of twenty cases, as well as the full published texts for all fifty cases.

Mr. Gaffney added:

"This study represents a timely contribution to the debate developing around the country: To what extent is the Islamic politico-military-legal doctrine of Shariah being insinuated into the United States? The analysis complements and powerfully reinforces the warnings contained in the Center's bestselling 2010 "Team B II" Report, Shariah: The Threat to America. It confirms that Shariah's adherents are making a concerted effort to bring their anti-constitutional code to this country.

"Together with follow-on analyses now in preparation, we hope to equip those who share the Center's commitment to the Constitution of the United States, to the liberties it guarantees and to the democratic government it mandates to thwart those like the Muslim Brotherhood who would supplant freedom with Shariah law. Clearly, we must work to keep America Shariah-free, or risk inexorably losing the country we love."

The full text of the study, including text from the court cases and tables displaying the findings, can be found at www.ShariahInAmericanCourts.com 

Give Me Osama, I'll Give you the Jews

 Obama will allow the Arab Muslims to conquer Israel

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Standing Strong with Israel

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits President Barack Obama at the White House today for three hours of meetings, he will likely ask the President a very important question: Do you stand by the long-standing U.S. commitments to Israel's future as a Jewish state?

He's right to ask the question. In a speech yesterday on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East following the "Arab Spring" uprisings, President Obama broached the subject of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Notably, he stated that, as part of finding peace between Israel and Palestine, the two parties should return to their 1967 borders. The Heritage Foundation's James Phillips explains that the President's proposal is a "misreading of the past" and an "underestimation of the terrorist threat" that Israel faces: 

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Grassfire Nation Update
     
Patriot,

President Obama removed all doubt where he stands on Israel
following a State Department speech in which he called for
Israel to retreat to its 1967 borders as the starting point
for peace negotiations with Palestine.

Such a reckless statement would leave Israel indefensible,
and as presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says, "will
undermine its ability to negotiate peace."

Obama's betrayal of Israel puts the tiny nation
at an even more precarious position, and cannot be tolerated
by the American people.

That's why Grassfire Nation has launched our "I Stand With
Israel" petition -- giving grassroots Americans a platform
with which to demand the President reaffirm America's clear
and unquestioned support of Israel.

Take a moment right now to join with other Americans who are
standing with Israel by clicking below and signing our petition:

http://www.grassfire.com/159/petition.asp?Ref_ID=500064

+ + 25,000 Petitions Needed for Immediate Delivery!

Obama's comments must be met with a swift grassroots response.
Americans cannot allow this administration to ignore the
fallout they have created and merely spin the betrayal away.

As soon as 25,000 citizen petitions are gathered, Grassfire
Nation will immediately move to deliver them to the White
House, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid, and House Speaker John Boehner in a
dramatic showing of American support for Israel.

Click here now to add your name and ensure that you will be
included in this important delivery:

http://www.grassfire.com/159/petition.asp?Ref_ID=500064

Patriot, Israel is a sovereign nation that has every right
to protect its borders. It should not have to constantly
surrender land for the promise of peace... that never comes.

Help champion efforts to right this egregious wrong done to
Israel by signing our petition and alerting your friends --
inviting them to stand on behalf of Israel by clicking below:

http://www.grassfire.com/159/petition.asp?Ref_ID=500064

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Join other like-minded patriots and discuss the latest news and

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Thank You!

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Patriot Action Network

 

"Israel is  Facing its 'Most Dangerous and Critical Period' EverNewsmax:

Democratic senior statesman Ed Koch says Israel is facing its "most dangerous and critical period" and he is ready to break with his party in the next presidential election over President Obama's policies on the Middle East.

 

In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, the former New York City mayor said, "Mitt Romney correctly summed it up when he said that President Obama has once again thrown Israel under the bus.

"I believe this is the most dangerous and critical period that Israel has ever faced and regrettably it does not have the support of the President of the United States, which in past difficult situations it could count on."

 

Koch, who crossed party lines to support President George W. Bush against John Kerry in 2004 due to his foreign policy stance, said he would do it again. All it would take is the right candidate.

"I'm a Democrat. I support the Democratic domestic philosophy and policies and will always be supportive of them," said Koch, mayor of America's largest city from 1978-89. "But I have no hesitation in crossing party lines when I think America's interests demand that I cross party lines.

 

"I supported President Obama, believing he would be good on foreign policy, particularly with respect to the support of Israel. It turned out badly."

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Hi folks,

Our nation's Constitutional Scholar is has just violated the War Powers Act of 1973, as the article below describes.  This is a flagrant violation of a law enacted to limit the powers of the President in the wake of the Vietnam War disaster.  Please contact your Representative and Senator to tell them your opposition to President Obama's disregard for the will of the people regarding the war he helped launch against Libya.  This is not a matter of being in favor or opposed to the war in Libya; this is about respecting American law and gaining the consent of those elected to represent the will of the People.

Below is the letter I wrote, which you may want to modify because the authorization date has now expired. 

President Obama is about to violate the War Powers act regarding U.S. action in Libya.  Please stand up for the preservation of Congress's power to authorize or not authorize U.S. foreign military action by demanding that the President either gets Congress's approval for warfare against Libya or ends U.S. military action in Libya within 30 days of today (Friday, May 21, 2011).

Thank you!

Dave

Is Obama about to break the law?

By Dana Bash, Senior Congressional Correspondent

May 20, 2011

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

·         According to the War Powers Act, Congress must approve military action within 60 days

·         President Obama launched the latest Libya action two months ago

·         The administration is considering options while few in Congress make it a big deal

Washington (CNN) -- President Obama may be on the brink of breaking the law.

At issue: The 1973 War Powers Act, which says if the president does not get congressional authorization 60 days after military action, the mission must stop within 30 days.

The president formally notified Congress about the mission in Libya with a letter on March 21, which makes Friday the 60-day deadline.

Inaction is angering lawmakers from both the left and the right who rarely agree on anything.

Rep. Brad Sherman, D-California, tells CNN he believes Obama is trying to "bring democracy to Libya while shredding the Constitution of the United States."

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Ron Paul's amnesty with an asterisk

(World Net Daily 5/14/2011) By Tom Tancredo

On Thursday, Ron Paul announced he would form an exploratory committee for a run at the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. This is about as unexpected as spring snow melt.

I served with Ron Paul in Congress for 10 years. He was a member of my Immigration Reform Caucus, and I consider him a friend. We didn't see eye to eye on every issue, but he was generally an ally in the fight against illegal immigration. Unfortunately, it appears that Paul's views on immigration have now shifted into the pro-amnesty camp.   Link to Full Article 

Amnesty is good for the economy?

(World Net Daily 5/7/2011) By Tom Tancredo

A week or so ago, President Obama held a highly publicized White House "dialogue" about immigration. Its real purpose was to find a new strategy for amnesty legislation, which is to say, it was about his 2012 election campaign.

The "new strategy" is in truth a repackaging of the old strategy, but you would not know that from the news commentaries following the event. The participants in the White House meeting were the usual suspects - businesses that employ illegal aliens, sanctuary-city mayors from San Antonio and Atlanta, open-borders activists from the National Council of La Raza, a sprinkling of academics, Hollywood stars and a token number of Republicans.   Link to Full Article

Education College Students Sign Petition to 'Ban' Rush, Beck From Radio - But Love Free Speech

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Earlier this week, I spoke with members of the media in Charleston, South Carolina, where the Obama National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) wants to shut down Boeing's Dreamliner production line.

The NLRB issued a complaint against Boeing for creating over 1000 jobs in Right to Work South Carolina rather than Washington, where International Association of Machinists union bosses can force workers into dues-paying ranks.

WSCS Live 5 News highlighted the Foundation's free legal aid program and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request against the NLRB:

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 A hearing before an administrative law judge is scheduled for June 14 in Seattle.

We'll keep you updated on all the latest developments in this critical battle to protect American jobs and our free enterprise system.

Sincerely,

Mark Mix

P.S. The Foundation relies completely on voluntary contributions from its supporters to provide free legal aid.

Please chip in with a tax-deductible contribution of $10 or more today to enable the Foundation to support the Foundation's programs.

 

Dear Patriot,

On Thursday, Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell collaborated with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in a backroom pact to extend the so-called "Patriot" Act - with as little debate as possible - for 4 years before some of the most liberty-savaging components expire on Friday, May 27.

The surveillance state's ability to snoop through your business records, pry into your library book checkouts, monitor so-called "lone wolfs," and spy on your personal communications through roving wiretaps will be extended until 2015, which "coincidentally" is not an election year.

So much for all that lofty rhetoric last fall about adhering to the Constitution.

By taking a chainsaw to the Fourth Amendment, they have pledged their allegiance to the Surveillance State.

Even more galling, a cloture vote is scheduled for 5PM Monday, because they believed Senator Rand Paul would be out of town, and they would have a free hand to slip extending the government's domestic spying capabilities through without anyone noticing.

And that has always been the plan from the get-go.

Going back to the original passage of the Patriot Act in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy, leaders in both parties have always schemed to squash debate and muffle dissent.

You and I cannot permit that to happen this time.

Click here to contact your representative and senators by phone and email to give them an earful and jam up their inboxes about how they must not sacrifice our liberty for the illusion of security.

After you contact your representative and senators, please also call or email Speaker Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

Inform them that you elected a Republican majority to protect the Constitution, and not to use it as a doormat so the jackboots at the national security state can wipe their feet all over it.

The speed with which the vote to extend the so-called "Patriot" Act was scheduled is a sign that the statists are worried that the longer this skunk sits out in the open, the more people are going to realize it stinks to high heaven.

They want this over and done with before fence sitters in both houses can be bombarded by phone calls and emails from liberty-minded Americans demanding they respect the Constitution and rollback the so-called "PATRIOT" Act.

So please, contact your representative and senators to show them that the American people are not willing to bargain away their essential liberty for the "comfort" of imagined security.



In Liberty,


John Tate
President 


  

 From Carlo Grilletto:

SB1 is on the table till the Fall and that currently discussions are being pursued in the Senate to incorporate property tax reform with an expanded version of SB1.

 

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'Transparent' Obama Administration Holds More 'Listen Only' Events

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Water Power by Dennis Klein

Fox News reports that American has invented a process that turns H20 (water) into HHO -- a fuel that can drive vehicles. Tests prove successful. Fossil fuel dependency may soon become a thing of the past.

May 12, 2011 

On Friday's Program 

Glenn emotionally reveals specific Restoring Courage site, date

Three powerful events have been scheduled inside the walls of Old Jerusalem. With the world turning up the heat once again on Israel, there is no more important time to stand with our longtime friends. Glenn emotionally announces and describes the three big events scheduled in Jerusalem beginning August 21st and culminating with the August 24th Restoring Courage event. The location will be at the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount at the excavation site - see pictures of the site and get ticket information HERE. Watch Glenn's announcement from radio HERE.

Obama slaps Israel in the face

During his big Middle East speech yesterday, Barack Obama dropped a bombshell that took even the government of Israel by surprise. He announced not only a two-state solution, but that the borders must revert to the 1967 lines - something Israel will certainly never, ever do. Glenn plays a little from yesterday's speech and gives more analysis on why Obama is choosing to take this stance against Israel - especially with the Israeli Prime Minister scheduled to visit. WATCH. 

Obama's 2008 empty promise to Israel: Jerusalem will never be divided. Oops, looks like he kinda spaced that one yesterday. WATCH. 

Spying or Divine Providence?

Glenn has been talking about the set up of Israel for months. He created and scheduled an event to support Israel weeks ago -- all of this before Israel was even in the news cycle. Now, just days after Glenn announced the event in Israel the United States sides with the Palestinians, all but inviting anti-Israeli sentiment to build even more in the Middle East. So the question remains - is Glenn spying on the President to get future intel? Or is it something else -- like Divine Providence? Watch the segment HERE.

Can't make it to Israel but want to support the cause? Here's one easy way to do that...the Stand with Courage T-shirt. Net proceeds of this T-Shirt will go towards the cost of this event.  

More college campus liberal hypocrisy (video)

You may remember a great video from a few weeks ago that exposed liberal hypocrisy - students who wanted to redistribute wealth were not willing to redistribute their grades. The creator of that video has made a sequel - and it's an instant classic. He goes around asking the students if they believe in free speech, while also asking them to sign a petition banning Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh from speaking on radio or TV. Hilarious hypocrisy ensues. WATCH. 

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Countdown to Rapture

As many of you have heard, several apparently well-funded idiots are claiming that the world will end on judgment Saturday precisely at 6pm. Many of you are also aware that the Bible explicitly says no man will know the day nor hour the Son of Man returns. But that's not stopping these clowns from pretending they have the answer. According to some reports, leaders of this movement have stopped paying their bills they are so sure it's the end. Get the full, sad story HERE. Get Glenn's reaction HERE.

Another countdown: War Powers Act on Libya is up TODAY

Here's a countdown the press will ignore while they are mocking pretend Christians: The War Powers Act - the mandate that a President must get approval of a military action within 60 days of commencement. That deadline approaches today and Obama has shown no signs of paying any attention to it. Will the anti-war media who complained about George W. Bush for 8 years complain about this one too? Will Congress do anything about it? Don't answer that...full story HERE.