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Memorial Day Special Edition · May 27, 2011

The Foundation

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." --Thomas Paine

Liberty

"As we turn the calendar's pages to yet another Memorial Day, I feel compelled to issue a ... challenge, one I offer not as a clergyman but as an American. Simply, let's not lose focus about what this most solemn of national holidays should really be about. Too often Americans view the Memorial Day holiday as a pleasant three-day weekend kicking off the summer, perhaps with the year's first trip to the beach or the lake. We are inclined to think of the Fourth of July as the highlight of the season, with parades and fireworks to renew our nation's dedication to the principles of liberty. But it's worth remembering that we are able to celebrate Independence Day only because of the sacrifices made by the men and women whose lives were cut short to advance those principles. Memorial Day is for honoring their supreme sacrifice. But what does that mean? It is not enough simply to bow our heads and note that more than a million men and women have given their lives so that we may be free. That reduces their sacrifice to mere statistics. The challenge for the living is to keep in mind what each of those individual sacrifices represented. Each soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who died in battle left behind loved ones who mourned their deeply personal loss. They were fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, childhood friends, relatives, neighbors, and members of the community. In giving their lives, they left unfulfilled dreams and ambitions to add to their loved ones' sorrows. That's a million instances of tremendous personal anguish. ... Nothing underscores the importance of liberty as much as the price paid for it. How else to explain the paradox that the price for freedom was so often paid for by those who willingly gave up their own? That sacrifice testifies to the extraordinary power of the ideal of freedom." --author and pastor Rev. Richard G. Lee

Thank You

"Alone, we stand as the shining beacon of liberty and freedom to the world. The freedoms we enjoy today have not come without a price and are too often taken for granted. Because of the brave men and women -- who, from the very start of our nation's existence, have worn the uniform of all branches of the military so we can live in freedom without fear -- we have the freedom to worship as we choose; vote as we choose; travel from one end of this great country to the other; and the opportunity to succeed or fail in pursuing our own individual versions of the American dream. Every American, especially our children, needs to understand and embrace the sacrifices of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardsmen, and marines -- and most importantly, what their families have endured, all to help preserve the promise of the American dream. At a military cemetery, there is no differentiation of politics, rank, color, or gender -- just men and women who had the honor to wear the uniform of the United States of America. For it is at this final resting place that one of our Founding Fathers' principles, 'All Men Are Created Equal,' truly comes to life. ... To those of every generation who made that commitment, the commitment to duty, honor, and country, we say: Thank you!" --author Tom Ruck

In Honor of Fallen Patriots

Don't miss Mark Alexander's essay on Memorial Day and what it really means.

Also, please view our Patriot Memorial Day Tributes.

Insight

"I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold." --1st. Lt. Clifton B. Cates, Navy Cross, 2 Distinguished Service Crosses, (later Commandant), USMC, July 19, 1918 commanding 96 Company, 6th Marines, near the French town of Soissons

"Casualties: many, Percentage of dead: not known, Combat efficiency: we are winning." --Colonel David M. Shoup, USMC, MOH, (later Commandant) Tarawa, Nov. 21, 1943

"We fight not for glory, nor for riches, nor for honour, but only and alone for Freedom, which no good man lays down but with his life." --Declaration of Arbroath, Scotland, 1320

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --British philosopher John Stuart Mill

"Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude; American will never forget their sacrifice." --President Harry S. Truman

"They fought together as brothers-in-arms, they died together, and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation." --Admiral Chester Nimitz

The American Soldier

"[W]hat sort of soldiers are those you are to lead? Are they reliable? Are they brave? Are they capable of victory? Their story is known to all of you. It is the story of the American man-at-arms. My estimate of him was formed on the battlefield many, many years ago, and has never changed. I regarded him then as I regard him now -- as one of the world's noblest figures, not only as one of the finest military characters, but also as one of the most stainless. His name and fame are the birthright of every American citizen. In his youth and strength, his love and loyalty, he gave all that mortality can give. ... [W]hen I think of his patience under adversity, of his courage under fire, and of his modesty in victory, I am filled with an emotion of admiration I cannot put into words. He belongs to history as furnishing one of the greatest examples of successful patriotism. He belongs to posterity as the instructor of future generations in the principles of liberty and freedom. He belongs to the present, to us, by his virtues and by his achievements. In twenty campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand campfires, I have witnessed that enduring fortitude, that patriotic self-abnegation, and that invincible determination which have carved his statue in the hearts of his people. From one end of the world to the other he has drained deep the chalice of courage. I do not know the dignity of their birth, but I do know the glory of their death. They died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith in their hearts, and on their lips the hope that we would go on to victory. Always for them: Duty, Honor, County; always their blood and sweat and tears, as we sought the way and the light and the truth." --General Douglas MacArthur

The Gipper

"Here, in this place where the West held together, let us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. Let our actions say to them the words for which [General] Matthew Ridgway listened: 'I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.' Strengthened by their courage and heartened by their valor and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died." --President Ronald Reagan, 40th anniversary of D-Day, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, June 6, 1984

The Last Word

"Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
And those who on the ocean ply;
Be with our troops upon the land,
And all who for their country stand:
Be with these guardians day and night
And may their trust be in Thy might." --Author Unknown, 1955

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!

The Patriot Post Editorial Team

(Please pray for our Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world, and for their families -- especially families of those fallen Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, who granted their lives in defense of American liberty.)

RedState Morning Briefing

For May 31, 2011

1. Thank Speaker Boehner for Blocking Obama Recess Appointments

You need to call Speaker Boehner's office right now at 202-225-0600 and thank him for the extraordinary step he took this week to slow down President Obama's radical agenda.

With the Obama legislative agenda stalled, the left has turned its attention toward using the Executive power to accomplish their socialist goals. The key to this strategy is to the pack agencies, boards, and commissions such as the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with leftists like Craig Becker and Elizabeth Warren who will advance the collectivist agenda, regardless of whether there is any legal authority to do so.

The Senate has blocked several of the more radical nominees, but under the Constitution, President Obama has the power to appoint them during a Congressional recess.

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2. Washington is Broken, and Needs Leadership. Where is President Obama?

From Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI)
 Last week Treasury Secretary Geithner said: "Our plan is for Congress to pass the debt limit. Our fallback plan is for Congress to pass the debt limit, and our fallback to the fallback plan is for Congress to pass the debt limit." Is he in a state of denial?

Based on what I've seen in Washington, it is extremely dangerous to assume the debt ceiling will get raised without first passing significant debt and deficit controls. America just might need a REAL Plan B. Is the Administration preparing one?

For over 31 years, I've been building a manufacturing business in Oshkosh, Wisconsin with hundreds of good, hardworking, taxpaying Americans. During that entire time, I have watched government steadily grow, increasing its control over our lives, heaping trillions of dollars of regulations on our businesses, fostering a culture of entitlement and dependency, mortgaging the future of our children and grandchildren, and driving America toward national bankruptcy.

I've been here in Washington for 5 months now, and I am more convinced than ever that our political and budget process is horribly broken.

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3. The Foreseeable Consequence of the "Arab Spring"

We've been skeptical of the so-called Arab Spring since the very beginning. Months ago we pointed out that the Muslim Brotherhood was assuming a leadership role in the demonstrations and the follow on ruling claque. Given the general state of political development in the Arab we were doubtful that anything favorable, or even desirable, would emerge from street demonstrations taking place in societies where there is no legal political opposition.

Now we have an idea of what the Arab Spring will look like.

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4. Everything you need to know about #Weinergate

Congressman Anthony Weiner sent a picture of his . . . well . . . his eponymous male member of his body . . . to a college coed in Seattle. He was, at least, wearing underwear. The girl he sent the pic to had said online a while back they were dating, though the Congressman is married.

Only after Andrew Breitbart and friends pointed out that a married Democrat member of congress named Weiner had sent a picture of his . . . well . . . his weiner to a college coed in Seattle, the congressman claimed his account had been hacked. But then when asked why he deleted all the evidence in a hurry and has not reported the matter to either the FBI or Capitol Police, he decided it was a "prank" not a "hack" and he would get a lawyer instead.

He and the coed have been busily deleting everything they possibly could about themselves online ever since. The congressman's wife works for Hillary Clinton.

Neil Stevens has a take down of the affair and a good overview of why it was not a hack. Moe Lane has more.

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5. Cut, Cap, and Balance

As you probably have heard by now, the United States has reached its statutory debt limit, and the Treasury Department each day performs "extraordinary measures" to prevent the federal government from having to make any real choices to reduce debt or prioritize spending.

As of right now, only one entity on Capitol Hill has put forward a serious, robust plan to truly reform the way Washington budgets and spends taxpayer dollars, so that we never again hit the debt ceiling. It's the U.S. House Republican Study Committee (RSC)-and the plan is called "Cut, Cap, and Balance."

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6. George Soros wants your Internet, and the Democrats are peddling online censorship, and Ryan Giggs is still an adulterer

Have you ever noticed that the Soros-funded left never refers to Sprint Nextel by the firm's full name? They only talk about Sprint. You know why? If they say Sprint Nextel, it'll remind everyone that when #3 Sprint and #4 Nextel merged, wireless competition, prices, and service all improved. If you remember that fact, they think you might make the "wrong" predictions about #2 AT&T and #4 T-Mobile merging, creating a better threat to Verizon, improving competition, service, and prices.

But the whole Sprint/George Soros Unholy Alliance is all about deception. Soros-funded groups like Public Knowledge know nothing else. So says Mike Wendy: "they do great damage to the integrity of the review process, which ultimately harms the American consumer." And so says Seton Motley: "The "public interest" is best served by what the public is interested in. And the public - the consumers, the people - aren't at all interested in what Free Press, Public Knowledge and Media Access Project have to offer."

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7. Mitt Romney Still Loves His Ethanol, Especially in Iowa

Say anything you want about Mitt Romney, but at least he isn't flip flopping this time around. Instead of disavowing his support for Romneycare, he fully embraced the monstrosity, albeit on a state level. Now, amidst the growing disquiet over the outrageous ethanol subsidies, and following Tim Pawlenty's mea culpa on the issue, Mitt Romney is doubling down on his support for this odious subsidy.

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8. Chris Christie's Time to Run

Let me put an editorial note here that this is not in any way, shape, or form an endorsement of Chris Christie. It is, rather, my assessment of his chances for the Presidency should he choose to pass on 2012.

The governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, claims he has no intention of running for president in 2012. I believe that 2012 is the only time Chris Christie will be a highly viable candidate. Should Chris Christie not run in this presidential cycle, I believe this will be the last we will hear of Chris Christie for President.

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Congress irrelevant

GlennBeck.com | Friday, May 27, 2011 

In Elizabeth Warren's new role, she doesn't have to have any of her funding through Congress.  Congress can't approve it.  Congress can't shut it off. 

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Quote Abraham Lincoln:

"Property is the fruit of labor. Property is desirable, is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently to build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence." 

The reason why Israel cannot return to the 67 borders

Are explained below.  Please watch the video.

Israel's Critical Security Needs for a Viable Peace

A UN Resolution to Recognize a Palestinian State within "1967 Borders" Would Be Illegal

The following is a letter drafted jointly by lawyers of the Legal Forum for Israel and by Amb. Alan Baker, Director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

The letter is directed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and signed by jurists and international lawyers from around the world.

The letter cautions the Secretary General as to the inherent illegality and harm to the UN and to the Middle East peace process which would be caused by the adoption of a resolution declaring a Palestinian state and determining its borders.

May 25, 2011

His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon,
Secretary-General of the United Nations,

Re: The Proposed General Assembly Resolution to Recognize a Palestinian State "within 1967 Borders" - An Illegal Action

We, the undersigned, attorneys from across the world who are involved in general matters of international law, as well as being closely concerned with the Israeli-Palestinian...

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Arab League Goes for Broke, Officially Abandons 'Talks'

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, INN 
The Arab League has snubbed U.S. President Barack Obama and officially abandoned the path of "negotiations" with Israel for creating a Palestinian Authority state and will ask the United Nations to do so.

The 23-member League, which includes the Palestinian Authority, said on Saturday in Qatar that it backs PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' strategy for the United Nations to recognize the PA as a country based on its unilateral demands that it wants Israel to accept before "negotiations."

The League held out the option of not turning to the United Nations if Israel shows it is "ready" to accept a Palestinian Authority state based on the Saudi Initiative of 2002, which includes the immigration to Israel of several million Arabs living in foreign countries, which have refused to grant them citizenship and a turning the 1949 indefensible Armistice lines into borders..

Turning to the United Nations is a direct dismissal of President...

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Netanyahu asked Harper for help

By Barak Ravid, HAARETZ

At the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper thwarted an announcement Friday by the G-8 countries that would have supported U.S. President Barack Obama's statement that talks between the Palestinians and Israel should be based on the 1967 borders with exchanges of territory.

The G-8 countries - the United States, Russia, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada - met in France on Thursday and Friday to discuss the situation in the Middle East.

Obama presented his Middle East policy to the G-8 as an alternative to a unilateral Palestinian move to seek support for statehood in the United Nations General Assembly in September, and to clarify to the Palestinians that the international community takes a dim view of the Palestinians' move to win statehood in the United Nations.

According to a senior government official in Jerusalem, Israel was concerned over the implications of a...

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Stanley Kurtz

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The lessons of Netanyahu's triumph

By Caroline B. Glick

Subversive leaders in democracies do not tell their citizens where they wish to lead their societies. They hide their goals from their citizens because they understand that their citizens do not share their goals. Then once they achieve their unspoken goals, they present their people with a fait accompli and announce that only they are competent to shepherd their societies through the radical shift they undertook behind the public's back. 

Group of Eight leaders back 'historic' Arab Spring revolts

Pro-democracy uprisings compared to fall of Berlin Wall; Egypt, Tunisia to receive $20 billion for reforms

PHILIPPE WOJAZER / Reuters

DEAUVILLE, France - Group of Eight leaders promised Friday to support new Arab democracies, according to a statement they were due to release following a meeting in the northern French resort town of Deauville.

"The changes under way in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are historic and have the potential to open the door to the kind of transformation that occurred in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall," said the statement, a copy of which was obtained in advance by Reuters.

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Minority Report Realized: Creepy Homeland Security Mobile 'Malintent' Pre-Crime Screening System to Scan Americans at Large Events Passes First Round of Testing

The Blaze | by Naked Emperor News | Posted on May 30, 2011 

Straight out of Minority Report a new Homeland Security program would subject Americans to pre-crime interrogations and physiological scans to detect people who are intending to commit a terrorist act at sports stadiums, malls, airports and other public places has moved closer to being implemented after the FAST program passed its first round of testing at an undisclosed location in northeast US.

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Seductive Beliefs

The Patriot Post | By Thomas Sowell | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 

One of the painfully revealing episodes in Barack Obama's book "Dreams From My Father" describes his early experience listening to a sermon by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Among the things said in that sermon was that "white folks' greed runs a world in need." Obama was literally moved to tears by that sermon.

This sermon may have been like a revelation to Barack Obama but its explanation of economic and other differences was among the oldest -- and most factually discredited -- explanations of such difference among all sorts of peoples in all sorts of places. Yet it is an explanation that has long been politically seductive, in countries around the world.

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STOPPING GLOBAL WARMING CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY THE LIMITATION OF DEMOCRACY!

27 May 2011
 

 

Department of Justice, Texas Battle Over "No Pat-Down" Law

In a showdown with national implications for travelers, the Department of Justice has threatened to cancel flights to and from Texas if the state's legislators enact a law forbidding security pat-downs that include private parts.

John Murphy, U.S. Attorney for the western district of Texas, wrote a letter to leaders of the Texas state legislature indicating that if the bill is enacted, the TSA would "likely be required to cancel any flight ... for which it could not ensure the safety of passengers and crew."

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Incensed voters 'repudiate' Washington's leadership

 

Keith Olbermann may have been the nice guy host compared to his MSNBC replacement , Ed Schultz, who called Laura Ingraham a slut on his program the other night.  The ladies on the View said no big. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, shares this worldview with the View hosts-liberals can do no wrong, conservatives should always be attacked.  The Florida Congresswoman who assailed the GOP for hurting US auto companies (not true- Bush bailed them out first) tools around town in her Infiniti. She accuses the GOP of a war against women for their votes on a few issues, on which they were joined by some Democrats in the house.  But Wasserman Schultz, no relation to the miscogynist MSNBC host gives the House Democrats a pass for their votes.  She also demands that Matt Brooks of the RJC agree that Israel should not be an issue in Congressional races. That makes sense from her perspective. The GOP has to answer for the Pauls,  she has a few dozen members none too sympathetic to Israel. . In any case,, the lady is a hypocrite.  Richard Baehr

Mitt Romney is the classic Business as Usual Big Government Statist Republican who presents himself as the rational and competent manager of the State's Leviathan Administrative apparatus. Limited Government and Limited Spending are not core values and Small businesses, entrepreneurs and The Forgotten Taxpayer are ciphers in his grandiose plans. His position on the indefensible Ethanol Subsidies is emblematic of his world view.

What is the Role of Law Enforcement ?

May 30, 2011

 

The Royalist GOP

Written by MR. Curmudgeon Tea Views, The Tea Party May 23, 2011

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May 30, 2011

A salute to the military, bedrock of American democracy

WASHINGTON EXAMINER - To say that the military is what makes America great could perhaps give other nations the wrong impression, but it is true all the same. This is not because Americans are a particularly militaristic people. Nor is it because other aspects of the national identity -- our freedoms, our ingenuity, our faith and our entrepreneurship -- are less important... (more)

May 30, 2011

Memorial Day: a family story

WASHINGTON TIMES - Maj. Gen. John Alexander "Black Jack" Logan, the father of Memorial Day, was also the father of a hero. Gen. Logan was a noted Union officer in the Civil War, and after the conflict served in Congress from Illinois and led the veteran's organization the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)... (more)

May 29, 2011

Hill fight intensifies over consumer czar

WASHINGTON TIMES - A long-simmering dispute over a powerful new consumer protection agency created in last year's landmark Wall Street reform law broke out into a full-fledged political battle last week as Senate Republicans moved to prevent the White House from installing a new czar at the agency... (more)

May 29, 2011

Pastor wins battle to cite Jesus in Memorial Day prayer

NEWSMAX - The Department of Veterans Affairs cannot bar a Houston pastor from invoking Jesus Christ in a Memorial Day prayer, a federal judge ruled in a case that is yet another illustration of anti-Christian animus in the country... (more)

May 29, 2011

Planned Parenthood challenges new South Dakota abortion law

FOX NEWS - A law scheduled to go into effect July 1 to require women to wait 72 hours and consult a crisis pregnancy center adviser before getting an abortion violates First Amendment rights, according to a lawsuit filed Friday by Planned Parenthood in U.S. District Court in Sioux Falls, S.D.... (more)

May 28, 2011

We're the problem

LINDA CHAVEZ - The Democrats' victory Tuesday in a special election in New York's 26th Congressional District is being touted as proof that Republicans have overreached on Medicare reform. But the facts are more complicated. Many analysts considered the victor, Democrat Kathy Hochul, a better candidate than Republican Jane Corwin. Hochul had a longer track record in the district and more connection with voters... (more)

May 28, 2011

A win for Arizona, and the rule of law

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Arizona's 2007 law requiring all employers in the state to use the federal E-Verify system for screening out illegal aliens and revoking the business licenses of firms that knowingly hire them... (more)

May 28, 2011

Bachmann: I'll announce my plans in Iowa independent of Sarah Palin

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS - Will she or won't she? Rep. Michele Bachmann will announce her plans for the 2012 presidential campaign next month in Iowa. The Tea Party darling said in a video message to a GOP dinner in Des Moines on Thursday that while she still may decide to remove herself from the race, she has already begun to organize campaign efforts in several states... (more)

May 28, 2011

The Republican silence on illegal immigration

TOM TANCREDO - If there is one thing on the minds of Americans across the nation, it is our economic crisis and Washington's failure to address it. The failure of Obama's policies is nowhere more painfully obvious than in his unwillingness to connect the dots between our economic burdens and illegal immigration... (more)

May 27, 2011

Barney Frank's friends with benefits

MICHELLE MALKIN - If you want to watch a corruptocrat start sputtering like Porky Pig with allergies, confront him with three simple words: conflict of interest. Asked this week about his role in securing an ex-lover's highly coveted job at government mortgage giant Fannie Mae, Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Barney Frank retorted: "Aba-dee aba-dee aba-dee aba-dee"... (more)

May 27, 2011

Gas tanks are draining family budgets

ASSOCIATED PRESS - There's less money this summer for hotel rooms, surfboards and bathing suits. It's all going into the gas tank. High prices at the pump are putting a squeeze on the family budget as the traditional summer driving season begins. For every $10 the typical household earns before taxes, almost a full dollar now goes toward gas, a 40 percent bigger bite than normal... (more)

May 27, 2011

What Obama did to Israel

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Every Arab-Israeli negotiation contains a fundamental asymmetry: Israel gives up land, which is tangible; the Arabs make promises, which are ephemeral. The long-standing American solution has been to nonetheless urge Israel to take risks for peace while America balances things by giving assurances of U.S. support for Israel's security and diplomatic needs... (more)

May 27, 2011

Why Larry King will never be president

ANN COULTER - Like would-be yentas trying to set you up on dates with their divorced friends, the political class is constantly trying to foist divorced candidates on the Republican Party, authoritatively assuring us that Americans don't have a problem with divorce anymore. Let's examine the truth of that claim... (more)

May 27, 2011

Texas Gov. Perry will consider running for president

ASSOCIATED PRESS - Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the longest serving chief executive in the state's history and a politician who has never lost an election, said Friday he will consider seeking the Republican nomination for president... (more)

May 27, 2011

Lawmakers target Planned Parenthood funds

NEWSMAX - Pro-life activists had hoped that the law Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed stripping Planned Parenthood of federal funding would catch on. It has. Tennessee, Wisconsin, Texas, Kansas and North Carolina lawmakers have all taken up measures targeting the agency's funding, USA Today reported Friday... (more)

May 26, 2011

Pro-Palestinian-in-Chief

STANLEY KURTZ - It's time to revisit the issue of President Obama's Palestinian ties. During his time in the Illinois state senate, Obama forged close alliances with the most prominent Palestinian political leaders in America. Substantial evidence also indicates that during his pre-Washington years, Obama was both supportive of the Palestinian cause and critical of America's stance toward Israel... (more)

May 26, 2011

Obama skirts rule of law to reward pals, punish enemies

MICHAEL BARONE - Question: What do the following have in common? Eckert Cold Storage Co., Kerly Homes of Yuma, Classic Party Rentals, West Coast Turf Inc., Ellenbecker Investment Group Inc., Only in San Francisco, Hotel Nikko, International Pacific Halibut Commission, City of Puyallup, Local 485 Health and Welfare Fund, Chicago Plastering Institute Health & Welfare Fund... (more)

May 26, 2011

Obama's malignant obsession with Jews and Israel

JOAN SWIRSKY, RA ANALYST - Jew hatred comes in many forms - all of them irrational and unsupported by empirical fact, but all of them powerful and largely effective in deflecting personal and political failure onto a tiny people, who by their mere existence highlight the glaring deficiencies that exist in their adversaries. Like a deadly systemic infection, be it viral or bacterial, Jew hatred comes in many strains... (more)

May 26, 2011

The GOP: scared rabbits need not apply

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - Let's cut to the quick: The Democrats want to let Medicare go bankrupt. An accurate TV commercial would portray a Harry Reid lookalike (or Pelosi or Obama) pushing Grandma over the cliff. That is exactly what Democrats are doing to the Republicans, with a Paul Ryan lookalike pushing the chair... (more)

May 26, 2011

U.S. police state begins exponential expansion

SHER ZIEVE, RA ANALYST - The recent Indiana Supreme Court ruling against the U.S. Constitution -- rendering the Fourth Amendment null and void in that state by terminating citizens' right to resist illegal police entry into their homes -- is only the latest unconscionable step in a series of actions designed to unravel each and every portion of the Bill of Rights... (more)

New Interview with Thomas Sowell:
Separating Economic Facts from Fallacies 

The new Uncommon Knowledge video from our friends at the Hoover Institution is now available.

This week's video features Thomas Sowell, the legendary economist, syndicated columnist, and bestselling author whose latest book is a revised and updated edition of his classic Economic Facts and Fallacies. In this new interview, he uses his decades of knowledge and experience to debunk accepted economic "facts." No topic is safe from Sowell, who discusses economic truths regarding housing, race, income inequality, and more.

How do you separate economic fact from fiction?
Find out from Thomas Sowell!

Sarah Palin to Embark on a Nationwide Bus Tour.....Barack Obama's Re-Election Headquarters Looks Like a Start-Up Gone Wrong

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May 12, 2011 

On Monday's Program 

A Day to Remember...
 

We all love our holidays. For most of us, they are an opportunity to slow down and spend time with friends and family. They are rare moments where we get to stop and reflect, and in these tough economic times not everyone gets to be that lucky. More than ever, those of us who get to slow down are the exception, not the rule. But whether you're spending the day at home with family or you're at work with your co-workers, I ask that you join me in remembering our fallen soldiers today, Memorial Day.

Memorial Day, once known as Decoration Day, began shortly after the Civil War and commemorates U.S. men and women who died in military service. In light of the recent successes in our War on Terror, it becomes too easy to forget the price many heroes paid to secure our freedom and make these brief victories possible. In great celebration, we should also remember great sacrifice. 

I have talked a lot the past few months about courage, and no group embodies that virtue more than those fighting and dying across the world for man's freedom. Regardless of your political viewpoint, you must support and admire those engaged in wars and conflicts in the defense not only of our country, but also in support of oppressed people across the globe. With all the chaos brewing across the globe, there's no more important time to stand for man's freedom, and U.S. men and women in the armed forces live that idea every day. As Billy Graham said, "Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened." I for one am strengthened by each and every soldier, veteran, and military family I have come across in my trips around this great country. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

Traditionally, Memorial Day also marks the beginning of the time when people, including me, begin to tune out. You spend more time with the kids and more time outdoors. By the time you get back on track in September the whole world could have changed. It's great to spend more time with family - but I challenge you not to unplug and to stay tuned in because freedom's enemies are certainly not taking the summer off.  

I also challenge you to join me this August in Israel for Restoring Courage, whether in person or through other forms of support. I might be there with seven people or 7000 or completely alone, but I will stand and make a clear statement to those who oppose freedom.  I hope you choose to stand with me, no matter your religion or nationality, because man's freedom isn't just an American thing, it's for every single human being on planet Earth.

Take today to thank our veterans, pray for the brave men and women overseas, and remember those who fell defending the right for man to live free. Let us be strengthened by their courage. And let's make it contagious.

Laus Deo,