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912 Patriots of Lower Bucks - Your Daily Updates ALL in ONE Place! June 21, 2011
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"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power."
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Thursday, June 23, 2011 from 07:00PM to 09:00:PM
Quality Inn Conference Center
969 Bethlehem Pike
Montgomeryville
The Muslim faith, the Islamic geopolitical movement and Sharia Law form a serious challenge to our national traditions of religious freedom, the first amendment and our cultural notions of freedom and equality. How the United States deals with this challenge will greatly impact our established ideas and laws concerning freedom of religion and our constitutional republic. The United Kingdom government has sanctioned the implementation of Sharia law, giving Sharia judges full arbitration powers, enforceable by the British judicial system.
The prospect of this occurring in the US is very real and deserves our awareness Come hear speaker Kenneth Happel address these important issues. Mr. Happel has been a public speaker at civics organizations, science and industry conventions, symposia, and government review boards. He has a unique world view of business and defense intelligence and specializes in sharing techniques to discover "what is so" about current issues. |
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"We have gone to the capitals of our states and to the capitals of our government. We have talked to all the power brokers. The only power broker, the only seat of government that can and will solve this problem with or without us is God. It is time to return inside the walls that surround Jerusalem and stand with people of all faiths, all around the world," Glenn said in his initial announcement.
"In August, whether I'm there with seven people or 10 people or there alone, I will stand. I ask you to join me. I also ask you to take this message globally, to take this to every corner of the earth. If you have family living overseas, this is not an America solution. This is a people of faith solution. This is a people all over the world solution. I ask you to help get this word out."
For more information Visit Glenn's Site
For questions contact: Israel@glennbeck.com |
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AGENDA 21 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEETING
There is a group of concerned citizens getting together on Saturday, July 23rd - 6pm at PJ Ryan's, 231 Bridge Street, Phoenixville - meeting room downstairs. There will be a discussion about UN Agenda 21 Sustainable Development, Property Rights and our Money. Do you have a nagging feeling something is wrong, but you don't know exactly what? Do you know where our money comes from? How does debt really affect us? Who controls the US? Who writes our laws? Is it our elected officials or a higher organization like the UN? This meeting may help fill in some of the blanks that the media leaves out. Please come and listen. For more information please contact us via www.theunsolicitedopinion.com.
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July 10th Picnic!
Please mark that day down on your calendar or shirt sleeve. This picnic will give us a chance to mingle and get to know folks from several Tea Parties in this part of Chester County.
Lou
PICNIC DETAILS:
Date: July 10th, starts at 2:00 P.M.
Location: Albert C Miller Memorial Park, 220 Miller Way, Exton, PA 19341
Food: The main course will be provided; you are asked to bring your side dish
Hosted by: Coalition for Advancing Freedom (CCLA).
CCLA is a coalition of three Tea Parties: Valley Forge Patriots, West Chester Patriots and the Chester Patriots
How to sign up:click on the link which follows and follow the directions. Go to the top where you see someone name and click Not Me. It will then take you to fill in your name etc...
LINK:http://www.punchbowl.com/partypage/3144a1f517c22e71
***** IF U HAVE ANY PROBLEMS , PLEASE LET ME KNOW !!!!!
Mark D.
VFP/Phoenixville,PA
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 Van's Promo Stunt Scam? Media Reports Jones' Beck Debate Demand While Failing To Notice it's Timing and Strange Claim Beck Attacked the American Dream, Matching Vans' Media Launch Blitz for His New Rebuild The Dream Group
The Blaze | by Naked Emperor News | Posted on June 21, 2011 at 7:29am
Blaze Original Video Here . . .
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Valley Forge Patriots Tea Party Economics Classes
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SPIVACK IS BACK!!!
COME - LEARN - BE ENTERTAINED!!!! FRANKLIN COMMONS , JULY 11TH AND 12TH, 6PM
VFP Economics Class Part 2: How to Shrink Government - July 11th & 12th 6PM
Franklin Commons
400 Franklin Avenue
Phoenixville, PA 19460
*** RSVP TO: BETTY DUNKEL HERNON - dunkelbw@verizon.net or (610) 933-2015 or sign up on www.meetup.com/vfp-teaparty09/
Loren Spivack is back with part two of his economics class. How to Shrink Government - The class will take place in Franklin Hall which is the room next to the café area. This room is bigger and more easily accessible from both free parking areas on campus.
How to Shrink Government:
Day 1 - Building a permanent majority coalition for liberty
Day 2 - How to dismantle government step by step, and make it work
COME TO ONE OR BOTH SESSIONS. $5.00 DONATION PER SESSION TO HELP PAY FOR THE ROOM WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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CALL TO ACTION - PA Residents....Rep. Payton wants PA taxpayers to pay for in-state tuition discounts for illegal aliens attending PA public colleges/universities - STOP THIS NOW!
CONTACT: PA State Rep. Tony Payton, Jr. :
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308 Irvis Office Bldg.
PO Box 202179
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2179
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Philadelphia, PA 19124
Phone: (215) 744-7901
Fax: (215) 744-7906
627 W. Erie Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Phone: (215) 227-2360
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Illegal immigrants would qualify for the less expensive in-state tuition rates at Pennsylvania universities if they meet residency requirements included in proposed legislation introduced Monday.
The DREAM Act would offer an affordable education to college-bound teens who are here illegally through no fault of their own, its primary sponsor, state Rep. Tony Payton Jr., said at a news conference in Philadelphia.
"They grew up Americans, they show civic pride, they have American values," said Payton, a Democratic lawmaker from the city. "We should not be punishing kids for a choice that their parents made."
About a dozen states already offer tuition benefits to undocumented college students, many of whom were brought to America as children. Supporters say such legislation leads to a more educated work force and costs the states almost nothing.
But state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, founder of a national group of lawmakers critical of illegal immigration, blasted the proposed Pennsylvania bill and predicted it would fail to pass the Legislature.
"All Pennsylvania parents and college students should be outraged that Rep. Payton has introduced legislation to make it more affordable for illegal aliens to attend college," Metcalfe, R-Butler, said in a statement Monday.
The federal DREAM Act, which contains similar provisions, has repeatedly failed in Congress. Critics say it would encourage foreigners to sneak into the U.S. and amounts to amnesty.
About 850 illegal immigrants graduate from high school in Pennsylvania each year, according to the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition.
If they are admitted to college and meet certain residency criteria - and if their parents have paid state income taxes for the past three years - the state DREAM Act would allow them to pay resident tuition at 14 state-owned universities, four state-related universities and community colleges.
In-state tuition for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is $5,804 annually, compared with $8,706 to $14,510 for out-of-state residents. A system spokeswoman declined comment.
Cesar Marroquin, 20, is among those who would qualify. He has been living in Pennsylvania for a decade and graduated two years ago from Springfield Township High School near Philadelphia.
Now attending Montgomery County Community College, Marroquin pays about $900 a class - the tuition rate for foreign students - instead of the $300 paid by his in-state peers. Because his immigration status makes him ineligible for financial aid, Marroquin can afford only a small courseload.
Marroquin said at the news conference that his parents, who brought him to this country from Peru when he was 9, "work hard and pay taxes every single year." But the high tuition makes him feel like pursuing an education is impossible, he said.
"All I'm asking for is the opportunity to contribute to the country that has given me so much," Marroquin said. "An affordable education is the first step toward fulfilling my dream of giving back to my country, the United States."
DREAM Act supporters say the bill's direct cost is negligible, in part because of the small number of students who would qualify. They also note that many illegal immigrants could not afford college without the benefit, so their in-state tuition payments would represent new revenue.
DREAM stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors.
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RedState Morning Briefing
For June 21, 2011
1. Rick Perry Will Be At the RedState Gathering. Will You?
The weekend of August 14, 2011, RedState will be going to Charleston, SC for our 2011 RedState Gathering.
Nikki Haley will be there. Ted Cruz and Michael Williams will be there. Adam Hasner will be there. We expect Jim DeMint to be there (he hasn't confirmed yet) and Mike Pence too.
I can finally confirm today that Governor Rick Perry of Texas will be there as well. So I'm sure you are wondering what you need to do to get there. It's easy. Go here: https://rsgathering.kimbia.com/rsgatheringreg and register.
2. Silence of the Lambs
I know many of those who have signed the Cut, Cap, and Balance Pledge. I hope you will too. I intend to. I know most of them and the organizations involved believe the day of judgment has arrived on our future as a country. So, just like on the real day of judgment, the time for forgiveness is over - politicians must now either be saved or ruined. No more second chances and future acts of redemption. It is a wonderful thing that the conservative movement is so full of Christian charity and forgiveness, but if this issue is judgment day then it's also the day for accountability, not forgiveness, for politicians who claim to be part of the conservative movement.
If the conservative movement does not treat capitulation on this issue as an ultimate, unforgivable act of betrayal, the conservative movement will never again be treated seriously by the very politicians the movement seeks to influence.
If you just want to make a pledge and then sit back, count me out. I'm done with heady rhetoric tied to pledges that amount to bark with no bite. So conservative movement, what do you choose?
3. Ed Schultz Doctored a Neal Boortz Quote to Accuse Boortz of Advocating Murder
My WSB colleague and guru, the Talkmaster Neal Boortz, created a bit of controversy this past week over comments he made about shooting thugs in Atlanta.
The controversy actually blew up because of Ed Schultz at MSNBC who claimed Boortz was advocating the murder of urban youths in Atlanta.
There's just one problem here. In both the screen shot and the accompanying audio, Ed Schultz doctored Neal Boortz's quote.
What is it about NBC editing and doctoring quotes this week? I'm sure Comcast can't be pleased.
4. Steve Benen Is Shocked To Find That Some People Don't Like Signing Statements
Expecting consistency from left-wing political activists is folly, but rarely does one get such a glaring example as the Washington Monthly's Steve Benen on presidential "signing statements." Watch, and your head will spin.
During the Bush years, liberal commentators suddenly discovered that they didn't like the longstanding practice of "signing statements" by which the President offered his own interpretation of legislation he was signing, in some cases declaring his intention to ignore unconstitutional provisions. Now, in a better world, presidents would just veto laws containing unconstitutional things - this was, in fact, perhaps the most frequent basis on which presidents used the veto power in the 19th Century - but the use of signing statements to set forth a public defense of Executive Branch prerogatives has a long and bipartisan history, and there is a quite respectable argument that such statements preserve the President's role as head of a co-equal branch of government with as much right to his interpretation of the Constitution as Congress or the Supreme Court.
Anyway, Steve Benen was one of the liberal bloggers who pushed the anti-signing-statements hysteria without consideration that there was any argument for defending the practice whatsoever.
5. McCain and Graham Claim to Speak for Conservatives on Libya
Whenever we attempt to evince bold distinctions between ourselves and the Democrats, Lindsey Graham and John McCain can always be counted upon to muddle those distinctions. Foreign policy, in particular, is a subject in which voters struggle to perceive clear differences between the parties. Consequently, we must repel the rapturous support for the so-called Arab Spring emanating from Obama's tag team of favorite Republicans.
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 Cynthia McKinney Claims the US Does Not Have Free Education Which Is Why Libya Is a Much Better Place to Live
The Blaze | by Naked Emperor News | Posted on June 21, 2011 at 7:35am
Blaze Original Video Here . . .
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When a liberal asks what you're buying your kids for their birthdays, say:
"Oh, I guess the usual: more ammo."
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Every Israeli SHOULD read Mein Kampf
by Bill Levinson
We are writing a book on organizational management, including the role of propaganda (any planned communication designed to influence opinion and behavior, including entirely truthful communications with honorable purposes) in organizational behavior. We were trying to find an English-language U.S. public domain version of Mein Kampf because the content proves beyond any doubt that the monster known as Adolf Hitler was the express creation of German propaganda failures during the First World War, along with the Triple Entente's excellence in propaganda. We found instead the "
ISRAEL
Annotated excerpt version (pedagogical)
PALESTINE
Palestine: An Arabic translation of Mein Kampf is a best-seller, and the University of Hamburg reports Hitler is a hero to the youth.
This is why the Palestinians are doing to...
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With preemption obviated, the Jewish state will have to rely on a careful combination of active defense and reliable deterrence
By Louis René Beres , John T. Chain, US NEWS
Louis René Beres is professor of political science and international law at Purdue University, and retired Air Force Gen. John T. Chain was commander-in-chief, U.S. Strategic Air Command from 1986 to 1991.
It is the summer of 2011, and even the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna now concedes the obvious. Iran is closing in rapidly on full membership in the "nuclear club." When, probably in the next two years, such membership can be conclusively confirmed, Israel's preemption option will, by definition, have been lost irretrievably.
At that moment, the Jewish State's remaining strategic options will be limited to a hopefully still-optimal fusion of nuclear deterrence and active defense. One may also suppose, under the very best circumstances, that this residual fusion will be...
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NJDC whitewashes de facto if not de jure domestic enemies of the United States
by Bill Levinson The National Jewish Democratic Council, also known as the National Judenrat Democratic Kapos for using its Jewish identity to whitewash anti-Semitic hate from MoveOn.org and Barack Obama, is now doing the same with radical Islamization. NJDC Kapo in Chief David A. Harris is continuing the precedent of Ira Forman on whose watch the organization not only ran interference for an anti-Semitic hate group but associated Jews with anti-Christian hate speech and hate material. The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) today denounced House Homeland Security Chair Representative Peter King's (R-NY) second in a series of hearings this morning about Islamic radicalization in the United States. NJDC President and CEO David A. Harris said: We suspect that if a Republican held a hearing during the late 1930s about the German-American Bund, David A. Harris would denounce him similarly... Read the whole entry » Mein Kampf Prevention Initiative" which says everything that needs to be said in two sentences:
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Police Captain Suspended Without Pay
He refused to attend proselytizing event at Muslim Brotherhood-connected Islamic center
If you haven't yet done so, please Sign our petition calling for his reinstatement! Over 14,000 people have done so already!
Tulsa Police Captain Paul Fields was recently demoted and suspended for two weeks without pay because, according to the WorldNetDaily story below (highlights added), he refused to attend a "Law Enforcement Appreciation Day" event at the Islamic Society of Tulsa-an event that was nothing more than Islamic proselytizing.
As you read the story below, we're sure you'll feel as outraged as we are by this assault on Captain Fields' rights!
Please read and sign our petition calling for his reinstatement, and then forward it to everyone you know. Let's expose to America the unconstitutional and politically correct actions of Captain Fields' superiors!
At the appropriate time we will hand deliver the petition to the Tulsa police department. If the response to the petition is strong enough, we'll hold a rally and news conference in front of police headquarters to put the heat on them. So please sign the petition today!
This is the first phase in a broader campaign we are planning over the next several weeks to pressure the city of Tulsa. Because if the Tulsa police department's leadership can get away with this, what's next? Requiring all government officials to attend Friday services at a local mosque?
IMAM, BASEBALL AND APPLE PIE
WorldNetDaily Exclusive
Policeman sues over orders to attend Islamic prayer
City accused of being 'complicit' in Muslim Brotherhood jihad plan
March 23, 2011
By Bob Unruh
WND
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A Tulsa, Okla., police captain is suing his chief and the city after he was demoted and targeted by an internal investigation for refusing orders to attend an event featuring lessons in Islam, a tour and a prayer service at a mosque linked to an unindicted co-conspirator in a terror financing trial.
The legal action has been brought by attorneys with the Thomas More Law Center on behalf of Paul Fields.
Named as defendants are the city, police chief Charles W. Jordan and deputy chief Alvin Daryl Webster. WND requests for comment did not generate a response from the defendants.
The lawsuit focuses on the officer's constitutional and civil rights, and besides a resolution of Fields' concerns, it seeks an injunction preventing "enforcement of defendants' unconstitutional acts, policies, practices, procedures and/or customs."
At issue is a solicitation by officials in the Tulsa Police Department for officers to attend a "Law Enforcement Appreciation Day" organized by the Islamic Society of Tulsa. The invitation said the officers would be given tours of the mosque, meet the mosque's leadership, be given presentations of "beliefs, human rights, women" and "watch the 2-2:45 weekly congregational prayer service."
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By Barry Rubin
My article, "The Unbearable Lightness of Mainstream Thinking on Israel-Palestinian Issues," came out too early to include this howler from Tom Friedman. We should remember that Friedman is highly regarded in certain circles. Yet his columns are often laughable in terms of the actual Middle East. Consider this passage giving his proposal for a compromise at the UN:
"Each side would get something vital provided it gives the other what it wants. The Palestinians would gain recognition of statehood and U.N. membership, within provisional boundaries, with Israel and America voting in favor. And the Israelis would get formal U.N. recognition as a Jewish state - with the Palestinians and Arabs voting in favor."
Now, can Friedman deliver the Palestinian, Arab, (and Muslim-majority state) votes for formal UN recognition of Israel as a Jewish state? Of course not. It reminds me of how President Barack Obama promised Israel in 2009 that in exchange for Israeli concessions he would deliver Arab ones. He totally failed, getting turned down by every Arab country.
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 Obama: War Powers Act doesn't apply to Libya 'We are acting lawfully,' says State Department legal adviser
By CHARLIE SAVAGE and MARK LANDLER
The New York Times
WASHINGTON - The White House, pushing hard against criticism in Congress over the deepening air war in Libya, asserted Wednesday that President Obama had the authority to continue the military campaign without Congressional approval because American involvement fell short of full-blown hostilities.
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***Pennsylvania Action Alert***
Contact Your State Representative Now To
Co-Sponsor the American Law for American Courts
Pennsylvania Legislation!
By Kelly Cook, National Field Director
We have great news! Pennsylvania has picked up our legislative sponsor for the anti-sharia ALAC bill (American Laws for American Courts)! Representative Rose Marie Swanger has just sent out an excellent memo on the bill to all her colleagues in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Click Here to see a copy of her memo.
In case you hadn't seen the description for why we need this bill, in essence, there are hundreds of court cases on the books (nationally) in which foreign laws and foreign legal doctrines are invoked by parties to a dispute. In many cases those foreign laws and foreign legal doctrines are anathema to our constitutional ideals. This important legislation will clarify the situation, especially in cases where sharia law is invoked and make sure the Pennsylvania State Constitution and U.S. Constitution prevail.
Brigitte Gabriel and our national staff have made the passage of this bill a top priority for the 2011 legislative session. This is a vital step in the overall protection of the nation.
Here's where we need your help:
Your House Representative needs to hear from you now urging them to become a co-sponsor of the bill.
Click Here to find your Representative for your area.
On this link, you will be provided both your State Representative and State Senator. At this time, it is key that you contact your Representative, but an email to your State Senator asking for their support would also be helpful.
Make contact and gain their commitment by July 1. Many cosponsors on a bill, as you know, will help build momentum in the right direction quickly.
Remember, this is where the heavy lifting comes in! One person can make such an incredible difference in important times like these! Never underestimate the influence you have in situations like this, especially where we are asking you only to contact one Representative-yours! Just 5 or 6 calls and emails from constituents in your Representative's district are normally taken very seriously.
The message should be: (Please put this message in your own words if possible and above all, be polite and respectful!)
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Dear Representative _____________,
I am contacting you to urge you to co-sponsor Representative Swanger's bill as outlined in her June 14 letter to the House of Representatives regarding American and Pennsylvania Law for Pennsylvania Courts.
This important legislation would clarify situations where foreign laws and foreign legal doctrines compete with our constitutional ideals. This bill will insure the Pennsylvania State Constitution and the U.S. Constitution prevail in such instances.
Thank you for your leadership on this vital matter. Please let me know your decision by July 1.
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Hi folks,
It's a common liberal belief that ignorance and poverty are the causes of Islamic extremism, and this presumption is unfortunately being used as the basis of American and British policies that send many billions of dollars in relief, development, and education projects to the Islamic world. Meanwhile, observable facts have flown in the face of this belief since the beginning of the West's face-to-face confrontation with the Islamic world. Osama bin Laden was worth tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars. Al Qaeda's #2 man, Ayman al Zawahri, was a doctor from a prominent Egyptian family. The nineteen 9-11 attackers were up-and-coming young men with middle-class backgrounds. The Glasgow Airport bombers were doctors with the National Health Service. Maj. Nidal Hasan was a psychologist who had achieved high rank in the U.S. Army. The list goes on and on...
Finally, researchers have done a study that proves the observable fact that ignorance and poverty has nothing to do with Islamic extremism, which means all of the billions of dollars we send to the Islamic world to build good will is wasted -- another plainly observable fact. Moreover, we can infer that if ignorance and poverty has nothing to do with Islamic extremism, then the true cause is Islamic ideology itself. As if to prove the point, the article following the one below is about the Islamic cleric behind the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 people, who is being sentenced to 15 years in prison in Indonesia. Other prominent Islamic clerics who have been directly connected to terrorist acts include the Ayatollah Khomeini, Muqtada al Sadr, Sayyid Qutb (Author of "Milestones"), Hassan al Banna (founder of the Muslim Brotherhood), and American Anwar al-Awlaki, who coached Maj. Nidal Hasan and other terrorists.
While it's true that there are many different flavors of Islam, it is of life-and-death importance for us to acknowledge that Islamic extremism comes directly from a scholarly understanding of Islam's holy texts. Once we do this, we will be in a position to identify the scriptural verses that cause extremism and determine which flavors of Islam adhere to those verses. In this way, we'll be able to separate dangerous flavors of Islam from peaceful ones (assuming any exist).
Also, I'm waiting for the day when researchers will to the reverse study, which will verify that, although ignorance and poverty don't breed Islamic extremism, Islamic extremism does breeds ignorance and poverty. If you like, you can verify this fact easily for yourself by investigating the per-capita GDP of Islamic nations with the aid of the CIA World Factbook --> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2011.html
Dave
Poverty does not breed extremism in Pakistan, study finds
Spending millions of pounds on development in Pakistan will do nothing to keep young men out of the clutches of the Taliban, according to an extensive survey of Pakistani attitudes towards extremism which will deepen the row over Britain's aid budget.
The study, conducted by researchers from prestigious American universities, found no link between poverty and support for militant groups.
The findings undermine a central pillar of the Conservative government's radical new policy on aid, which will deliver almost Ł1.4bn to Pakistan over the next five years as part of a strategy to protect Britain from terrorist attack.
On Wednesday, Theresa May, the Home Secretary, spelled out the policy to a jeering audience of police officers, who face pay cuts while extra cash is earmarked for Pakistan.
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Islam's Abuse of Women |
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June 20, 2011
Welcome to the New Foundry.org
Welcome to the new Foundry.org! Today, The Heritage Foundation is excited to re-launch The Foundry, the foremost conservative blog for public policy news.
It was only 18 months ago that we introduced you to our former Foundry design. Since then, Washington policy debates have grown even more critical, and so has keeping you informed of their impacts. The face of digital news and media has also changed tremendously, and we are committed to ensuring that our product remains a pioneer among our peers.
Recent Entries
Welcome to Scribe, Think Tank Journalism
House and Senate Cloakroom: June 20-24, 2011
New Al-Qaeda Leader, but the Game Remains the Same
Father's Day Podcast: Why Dads Are So Important
Wisconsin Unions Lose First Round, Win Luck of the Draw in the Second
QUICK HITS
Hospitals are seeking to hire primary-care physicians as salaried employees and take over their practices - yet another impact of Obamacare.
The number of in-house regulators overseeing Wall Street banks and securities firms is set to double by this fall, with as many as 35 regulators per company.
European finance ministers say $17 billion in bailout funds for Greece is conditional on the country adopting new spending cuts and launching a major privatization program.
Changes to Medicare and Medicaid will be up for discussion in three bipartisan meetings on the debt limit to be held this week with Vice President Joe Biden and Members of Congress.
Under new government regulations, retailers have just eight days to sell 100,000 children's cribs that don't comply with safety rules. Otherwise, they must be discarded.
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Quote of the Day
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."
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2 top lawyers lost to Obama in Libya war policy debate
Obama the 'decider' now
President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Department when he decided that he had the legal authority to continue American military participation in the air war in Libya without Congressional authorization, according to officials familiar with internal administration deliberations.
Jeh C. Johnson, the Pentagon general counsel, and Caroline D. Krass, the acting head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, had told the White House that they believed that the United States military's activities in the NATO-led air war amounted to "hostilities." Under the War Powers Resolution, that would have required Mr. Obama to terminate or scale back the mission after May 20.
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Labor board lawyer: Boeing suit helps all workers
NLRB lawyer wants to decide what a legitimate business decision is
The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board told a congressional committee Friday that while an NLRB complaint against Boeing Co. may make South Carolina workers feel vulnerable and anxious, the legal action is aimed at protecting the rights of workers everywhere.
The NLRB is suing the aeronautics giant alleging the manufacturer located its new 787 jet assembly line in South Carolina to retaliate against union workers in Washington state who went on strike in 2008.
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After surgery, Chavez faces troubles in Venezuala
23% inflation in Venezuala
While President Hugo Chavez has been recovering from pelvic surgery in Cuba, his troubles at home in Venezuela have been accumulating.
On top of 23 percent inflation and growing government debt, worsening blackouts have emerged as a serious dilemma, forcing Chavez's government to announce rationing measures including rolling power outages in some parts of the country.
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Sarah Palin's Tom and Jerry problem
The media needs her
If the 2012 election were held in the newsrooms of America and pitted Sarah Palin against Barack Obama, I doubt Palin would get 10 percent of the vote. However tempting the newsworthy havoc of a Palin presidency, I'm pretty sure most journalists would recoil in horror from the idea.
That is not - or not entirely - for the reasons Palin thinks: that journalists are liberal elitists, that they find the Tea Party fringe ridiculous or alarming or that they are infatuated with the cerebral black liberal in the White House. There's a grain of truth and a loaf of myth in each of those. But I think it's more visceral than that. It has to do with a profound and mutual lack of respect that is not quite like any I recall between a candidate (or pretend candidate) and the press.
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Today's Headlines: Monday, June 20, 2011
Don't Call Us Occupiers When We're Dying for Your Country, U.S. Tells Karzai
Issa: DOJ Covering Up on Mexican Gun-Running Scandal
Texas Governor Sounds Like A Candidate in Speech to Republican Gathering
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Dems Try to Discredit Survey Showing Flaws in Obamacare
Air Force Academy Creates 'Worship Space' for 'Earth-Centered Community'
Investigate 'Fraud-Plagued' $1.15-Billion Settlement With Black Farmers, Congressman Says
NBC Apologizes for Omitting 'Under God,' "Indivisible' in Pledge
USDA Pushing Government-Wide Homosexual Sensitivity Training
Democrat: We Need 'Analysis of How Christian Militants ... Might Bring Down The Country'
Obama Administration Stresses 'Discretion' in Deporting Illegal Aliens
Conyers: Decriminalize Pot
Democrat Says Obama Not Showing Leadership on Gun Control
NOW Mute on Obama Calling Congresswoman 'Cute'
Pelosi: Obama Communicating With Congress Is Like 'A Marriage'
Syria's Violent Crackdown on Protesters Deepens Rift With Turkey
COMMENTARY:
Wars of Choice
By Rich Galen
The U.S. is engaged in four wars, by my count - maybe four-and-a-half counting attacks inside Pakistan. How many of them fit Defense Secretary Robert Gates' definition of a "war of choice?"
NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:
Sen. John McCain ties Arizona fires to illegal border crossers
Hospitals, eyeing Obamacare, courting primary-care doctors
Banks tap another government fund to repay TARP
'With executive pay, rich pull away from rest of America'
Poll: Majority says U.S. military involved in too many places
Samuelson: Mismatch between idle workers and open jobs
Massachusetts Democrats oppose Obama's Commerce nominee
Automakers sell more cars without spare tires
Church launches 'I'm a Mormon' PR campaign
Obama, Republicans prepare for 2012 showdown in Florida
Catholic Mass intended to celebrate gay pride month rescheduled for July
Gates: US has been in 'preliminary' talks with Taliban forces for 'a few weeks'
House panel proposes slapping restrictions on U.S. aid to Pakistan
'Countdown With Keith Olbermann' returns to cable TV
'Beauties only' dating site dumps 30,000 deemed too homely
British soldier killed in Afghanistan leaves friends $160G for Las Vegas party
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FOR THE WEEK OF June 20, 2011
House Subcommittee Debates Mandatory E-Verify
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held a hearing last Wednesday to debate legislation that would mandate all employers use E-Verify. The bill, entitled "Legal Workforce Act," H.R. 2164, is authored by House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith and is at this date co-sponsored by Reps. Bilbray, Blackburn, Calvert, Carter, Chaffetz, Franks, Gallegly, Goodlatte, Kingston, Lewis, Lungren, McCaul, Miller, Myrick, Royce and Sensenbrenner.
Read the full article
Senator Grassley Fights for Mandatory E-Verify
In an effort to stop the jobs magnet that encourages illegal immigration, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) this week introduced S. 1196, the "Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act". The bill changes E-Verify from a temporary and voluntary verification program to being permanent and mandatory for all employers within one year from the date of enactment. "E-Verify has already proven effective in combating the hiring of illegal aliens. It's a simple tool for employers who want to comply with the law in a digital age when sophisticated, fraudulent documents are just the stroke of a computer key away," Grassley stated in a press release. "This legislation allows us to hold employers accountable while giving them the tools needed to abide by the law in their hiring practices.&rdqu o;
Read the full article
Southern Baptist Convention Passes Resolution Supporting Amnesty
At its annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona last week, the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the country, passed a resolution supporting a "just and compassionate path to legal status" for illegal aliens living in the U.S. Richard Land, president of the Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, described the move as "a really classic illustration of Gospel love and Gospel witness."
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AGENDA 21 EQUALS NATIONAL SUICIDE
By Marilyn M. Barnewall
June 19, 2011
NewsWithViews.com
As you read this article, keep these words in mind:
"No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto law, or Law impairing the obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility." -Article 1, Section 10, The United States Constitution
That Section of the Constitution prevents membership of states, cities and counties in an organization called International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)... but I'll bet many readers of this article live in a city, town, or county that belongs to ICLEI because ICLEI has more than 600 active members throughout the United States. Those members are cities, counties, and states, not individuals.
To see if your city, county or state is a member of ICLEI, click here.
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How Environmentalists Cause War and Repression
19 Jun 2011
No other group has done as much to keep America dependent on foreign oil as the environmentalists have. After leading successful campaigns against nuclear power and domestic drilling, the green movement may lecture on "oil wars", but it is responsible for most of them.
The math of it is very simple. Resource shortages are a major cause of conflict. And environmentalists have dedicated themselves to creating resource shortages in prosperous nations. Their campaigns against nuclear, domestic oil and coal production have been big on self-righteousness and short on consequences. And the consequences are that their scaremongering has not only cost millions of American jobs, it has forced us to keep sending money to Muslim oil states who use that money for domestic repression and international terrorism.
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Short debt limit hike possible: McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress and the White House could raise the debt limit for a few months while they seek a comprehensive, long-term budget deal, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.
The Obama administration has warned it will run out of money to pay the nation's bills if Congress does not raise the $14.3 trillion debt limit by August 2 -- a prospect that could push the country back into recession and upend global financial markets.
Congressional Republicans, particularly in the House of Representatives, have balked at raising the debt ceiling unless it is accompanied by significant spending cuts.
McConnell said on Sunday the ceiling could be raised enough to last a few months so that negotiations can continue on a larger deal that would include changes to so-called entitlement programs like Medicare.
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Combating Crony Capitalism with Free Market Tactics:
Tom Borelli
Dear Patriots -
The mainstream media doesn't cover the whole story. But thanks to you, I've been able to showcase both established and emerging leaders whose voices get drowned out in other forums. I spoke with Donald Rumsfeld last week in a fascinating interview, and our traffic continues to grow, thanks to you and the friends you refer to us!
One compelling story the media doesn't tell is how progressives have pressured large corporations into using corporate muscle to promote a big government agenda. But Tom Borelli, Ph.D., at the Free Enterprise Project, is fighting back using activist techniques only used by the left -- until now. His goal: to nudge business interests back to true free market capitalism.
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· How businesses have supported the Obama administration agenda
· How "cap and trade" would funnel short-term profits to corporate cronies
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House Republican Jobs Agenda---Week of June 20....No Debt Limit Hike without Cut, Cap, & Balance
House Republicans Jobs Agenda
Week of June 20, 2011
On the Floor:
H.R. 2021, the Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011, introduced by Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) in The Committee on Energy and Commerce, prevents lengthy and unnecessary air permitting delays of energy exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
· H.R. 2021 would make several amendments to the Clean Air Act clarifying regulations stemming from oil exploration in the OCS and would also require the Environmental Protection Agency to take final action related to granting or denying a permit within six months after a completed application is filed.
· By streamlining the permit process and expanding the energy exploration base, energy companies now have an incentive to start projects faster, which will lead to an increase in American jobs, increased federal revenue, and make the United States less dependent on foreign oil imports.
H.R. 1249, the American Invents Act, introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) in the House Judiciary Committee and would amend federal patent law last amended in the 106th Congress, under the American Inventors Protection Act.
· H.R. 1249 is a comprehensive and widely supported bill that aims to improve innovation and job creation by streamlining operations at Patent and Trademark Office and reducing costly and abusive patent litigation.
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Don't Know Much About History
The popular historian David McCullough says textbooks have become 'so politically correct as to be comic.' Meanwhile, the likes of Thomas Edison get little attention.
By BRIAN BOLDUC
Boston
'We're raising young people who are, by and large, historically illiterate," David McCullough tells me on a recent afternoon in a quiet meeting room at the Boston Public Library. Having lectured at more than 100 colleges and universities over the past 25 years, he says, "I know how much these young people-even at the most esteemed institutions of higher learning-don't know." Slowly, he shakes his head in dismay. "It's shocking."
He's right. This week, the Department of Education released the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress, which found that only 12% of high-school seniors have a firm grasp of our nation's history. And consider: Just 2% of those students understand the significance of Brown v. Board of Education.
Mr. McCullough began worrying about the history gap some 20 years ago, when a college sophomore approached him after an appearance at "a very good university in the Midwest." She thanked him for coming and admitted, "Until I heard your talk this morning, I never realized the original 13 colonies were all on the East Coast." Remembering the incident, Mr. McCullough's snow-white eyebrows curl in pain. "I thought, 'What have we been doing so wrong that this obviously bright young woman could get this far and not know that?'"
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Monday, June 20, 2011
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
2012 Update
- Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is making headlines - and probably not the ones he wants. Over the weekend he refused to sign a pledge from a leading pro-life group promising to appoint pro-life individuals to his cabinet and ban taxpayer funding of abortion.
By refusing to sign the pledge, Romney has reignited the debate over one of his most glaring weaknesses - his commitment to values issues. The Romney campaign evidently does not believe this is a serious problem for its candidate. I don't believe any GOP presidential nominee can win in 2012 unless they are unambiguously pro-life and believe marriage is the union of one man and one woman. - In contrast to Romney's ambivalence, Texas Governor Rick Perry stole the show this weekend at the Republican Leadership Conference. Perry told conservatives to "stop apologizing" and "speak with pride about our morals and our values."
Top aides to Gov. Perry indicate he has not yet decided whether to run and will likely wait until after a special session of the Texas legislature concludes at the end of the month before deciding. Today's Wall Street Journal takes a look at the pros and cons of a Perry candidancy. - It's been 130 years since we last elected a member of the House of Representatives directly to the presidency. My Human Events column today takes a closer look at a member of Congress who hopes to end that streak: Rep. Michele Bachmann.
NBC Cuts God From Pledge
Our politically correct media elites have struck again. This weekend, launching its final round coverage of the U.S. Open golf championship, NBC cut the words "under God" during a segment featuring the Pledge of Allegiance. The roof caved in on them. It wasn't long before one of the commentators read an on-air apology from the network, saying the edit "was not done to upset anyone."
I don't doubt the sincerity of that statement. Unfortunately, I think it is indicative of an incredible chasm that exists between media elites and most Americans. No doubt the decision to cut "under God" out of the Pledge was not controversial at NBC where the liberal worldview is firmly in charge.
To them, the "controversial" thing to do would have been to leave God in the Pledge! That might have offended atheists and agnostics. Unbelievably, no one at NBC stepped in to overrule the decision.
ACTION ITEM:
nbcsportshelp@nbcuni.com to send an email to NBC Sports. Firmly, but politely, tell them what you think about the decision to cut "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Obama To Embrace Same-Sex "Marriage"
The New York Times reported Saturday that President Obama is on the verge of publicly endorsing same-sex "marriage." The Times reported that Obama will be in Manhattan this week for a fundraising "Gala with the Gay Community." The New York legislature is debating a bill that would radically redefine marriage so that men could marry other men. Next week the president will host a "gay pride" reception at the White House.
According to the Times, the White House has been debating when to come out of the closet on same-sex "marriage" for some time. Earlier in the year, "a top adviser to Mr. Obama" asked Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) about the political impact of the president openly supporting same-sex "marriage." While Rep. Frank and others recommend caution, the adviser said, "This is clearly a president who is interested in making big historical changes."
That's certainly true. Obama has promised to "fundamentally transform" America. He is well on his way to moving us from free enterprise to socialism, from an alliance with Israel to a partnership with the Muslim world and from individual liberty to big government collectivism. Now he is taking steps to move us from normal marriage to legalized deviancy.
Indeed, the New York Times appeared skeptical of Obama's "evolution" on the issue. The article notes, "... a review of Mr. Obama's record ...suggests that he may have been for same-sex marriage before he was against it. In 1996, as a candidate for the State Senate in Illinois, Mr. Obama responded to a questionnaire from a gay newspaper. 'I favor legalizing same-sex marriages,' Mr. Obama wrote, 'and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.'"
No doubt some at the White House think now is the time to act given a number of recent polls suggesting public support for same-sex "marriage." I have been skeptical of those polls and with good reason. An extensive survey by the Alliance Defense Fund, which included a poll of 1,500 adults and 14 focus groups, found that 62% of Americans believe that "marriage should be defined ONLY as a union between one man and one woman."
We don't have to guess what Americans think. They have repeatedly voted on the issue! Even in liberal states like California, Hawaii and Maine, voters have refused to embrace same-sex "marriage." But according to a sensitivity training program at the Department of Agriculture, believing in normal marriage amounts to "heterosexism," an ideological sin equivalent to racism.
Homosexual rights activists are demanding that this program be used by all federal agencies, including the United States military. In the age of trillion-dollar deficits, this kind of religious bigotry and politically correct nonsense should be the first thing cut from the budget.
Political Elites Out-Of-Touch Too
Turning from the culture war, let's consider the war on terror. Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder made this statement before a left-wing group of lawyers: "Victory and security will not come easily, and they won't come at all if we ... abandon our most effective terror-fighting weapon - our Article III court system."
I bet that statement - which suggests that the American courts are the best place to prosecute the war on terror - comes as a big surprise to most Americans, including our brave men and women in uniform. In typical liberal fashion, Holder is twisting an American strength - the rule of law - into a weakness by treating foreign enemy combatants as if they had just robbed the local 7-11. Unlike our elites, I think the war on terror would benefit from the involvement of more SEAL teams and fewer lawyers!
And here's another example of the out-of-touch left. Writing in today's Wall Street Journal, Thomas Geoghegan, a labor lawyer, argues that the federal government should prevent Boeing from opening a new plant in South Carolina. According to Geoghegan, Boeing is after a "less-skilled, lower-quality work force." He adds, "when major firms move South, it is usually a harbinger of quality decline." In other words, Southerners are just a bunch of know-nothing Hillbillies, who wouldn't know jet planes from paper planes.
If that kind of elitist snobbery sounds familiar, it should. It reminds me of a Harvard-educated presidential candidate named Barack Obama, who infamously told a gathering of San Francisco socialites that some rural Americans are "bitter" bigots who cling to their guns and faith!
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When will Obama crack in public?
April 19, 2011
At a time when many Americans can barely afford Burger King and a movie, Obama boasts of spending a billion dollars on his re-election campaign. Questioned at a recent appearance about the spiraling fuel costs, Obama said, "Get used to it" - and with an insouciant grin and chortle, he told another person at the event, who complained about the effect high fuel prices were having on his family, to "get a more fuel-efficient car."
The Obamas behave as if they were sharecroppers living in a trailer and hit the Powerball, but instead of getting new tires for their trailer and a new pickup truck, they moved to Washington. And instead of making possum pie, with goats and chickens in the front yard, they're spending and living large at taxpayer expense - opulent vacations, gala balls, resplendent dinners and exclusive command performances at the White House, grand date nights, golf, basketball, more golf, exclusive resorts and still more golf.
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You may not find it in the headlines, but three pending bills are threats to our freedoms and our future. Heritage Action is sounding the alarm because conservatives must pay attention and stop these threats.
Three proposals would surrender legislative power to the executive branch, undermining your Members of Congress' ability to stop executive overreach, and expand wasteful spending.
Pending legislation would:
Enable the President to Appoint more 'Czars:' Czars are back in vogue in the Senate, as a bipartisan group wants to reduce the number of executive branch positions that require Senate confirmation.
Enable bureaucrats to set mandatory fees and allocate funds: A 'patent reform' bill in the House would transfer the power of the purse from Congress to the patent agency, making Congressional oversight and accountability more difficult.
Extend ineffective Trade Adjustment Assistance: the Obama administration appears to have bipartisan support to extend and expand - to stimulus levels - the failed Trade Adjustment Assistance program.
While the media and inside-the-beltway pundits are focused on the Biden-led debt talks, these proposals are poised to move through Congress and erode our freedoms. This is why we fight - to defend us from a stealth assault from Washington.
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P.S. And don't worry, Heritage Action is committed to fights large and small: read my column on the debt limit and the plan to Cut, Cap and Balance, a solution to Washington's runaway spending, deficits, and debt. | |
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As a follow-up to State's Rights issue in Texas.
Texas Governor Rick Perry claimed the bill criminalizing unconsensual pat-downs and nude scans that passed the Texas House unanimously didn't have enough votes to pass in special session. Senator Dan Patrick disagrees. He is the author of the bill and says he has a majority of votes to pass it in the Senate if the Governor would actually introduce it in special session.
Gov. Perry's in response said that there is "not enough time left" in the special session. That is an odd response considering the Governor controls the legislation introduced in and length of the special session. It has the votes to pass say the bills' sponsors. All he has to do is give the green light, and the TSA bill will come to the floor for a vote.
This is a State's Rights issue. It empowers Texans and all state's to control their own territory when the federal government oversteps its boundaries. Instead of siding with his state, Gov. Perry sits idle as the US Department of Justice threatens the Texas legislature with a no-fly zone.
Please take 2 minutes to call Gov. Rick Perry's office and urge him to bring the TSA bill to the floor of the special session. (512) 463-2000. There is still time!
You can watch the video and learn more HERE. http://www.lonestarreport.org/Home/tabid/38/EntryId/1227/Rep-Simpson-responds-to-Governor-Still-time-to-pass-the-bill.aspx
In Peace and Liberty.
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Brief · June 20, 2011
The Foundation
"I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." --Thomas Jefferson
Government
"The point of [the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act] is cost containment. This supposedly depends on the Independent Payment Advisory Board. The IPAB, which is a perfect expression of the progressive mind, is to be composed of 15 presidential appointees empowered to reduce Medicare spending -- which is 13 percent of federal spending -- to certain stipulated targets. IPAB is to do this by making 'proposals' or 'recommendations' to limit costs by limiting reimbursements to doctors. This, inevitably, will limit available treatments -- and access to care when physicians leave the Medicare system. The PPACA repeatedly refers to any IPAB proposal as a 'legislative proposal,' and speaks of 'the legislation introduced' by the IPAB. Each proposal automatically becomes law unless Congress passes -- with a three-fifths supermajority required in the Senate -- a measure cutting medical spending as much as the IPAB proposal would. This is a travesty of constitutional lawmaking: An executive branch agency makes laws unless Congress enacts legislation to achieve the executive agency's aim. And it gets worse. Any resolution to abolish the IPAB must pass both houses of Congress. And no such resolution can be introduced before 2017 or after Feb. 1, 2017, and must be enacted by Aug. 15 of that year. And if passed, it cannot take effect until 2020. ... The essence of progressivism, and of the administrative state that is progressivism's project, is this doctrine: Modern society is too complex for popular sovereignty, so government of, by and for supposedly disinterested experts must not perish from the earth." --columnist George Will
Re: The Left
"If I'd heard the following words, instead of reading them, I might have assumed they were being delivered by a President Obama impressionist on 'Saturday Night Live.' But the words were from Obama himself in his latest weekly radio address. 'I wish I could tell you there was a quick fix to our economic problems,' he said. 'But the truth is we didn't get into this mess overnight, and we won't get out of it overnight. It's going to take time.' Obama has repeated this line ad nauseam ever since it became impossible to deny that reality had shattered his arrogant guarantee, more than two years ago, that he would keep unemployment below 8 percent if we would just pass his $800 billion 'stimulus' package. At the same time, he also introduced his phantom metric of 'creating or saving' 3.5 million jobs -- a device that was as bloated with sophistry as Bill Clinton's verbal gyrations with the word 'is.' Though the claim is as improvable as it is immeasurable, our sustained horrendous unemployment levels nevertheless render it insultingly ludicrous on its face. ... [B]ack at the real White House, Obama dithers and points fingers. Oh, yes, he perfunctorily apologizes from time to time for not making jobs his first priority, but then he continues not to make them his first priority, until it's time for the next speech to blame Bush again. And so it goes." --columnist David Limbaugh
For the Record
"[The president] held a meeting with House Republicans June 1 to discuss raising the ceiling on the national debt so the government can borrow more money. ... Republican congressmen who attended the 'frosty' meeting rolled their eyes when Mr. Obama told them federal income tax rates now are the lowest they've ever been, lower even than during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. This was less untrue than, say, Mr. Obama's claims for the Chrysler bailout. For most of the Reagan presidency income tax rates were higher than they are now because Reagan inherited very high rates from Jimmy Carter. But it still was untrue. When Ronald Reagan left office, there were just two income tax rates, 15 percent for those making less than $17,850 and 28 percent for those earning more than that. Today there are six rates, with the highest bracket paying 35 percent on income more than $379,150. It's a poor idea to raise taxes during a recession." --columnist Jack Kelly
Insight
"Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to support deficit spending. No private embezzlers or bank robbers in history have ever plundered people's savings on a scale comparable to the plunder perpetrated by the fiscal policies of statist governments." --author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
Looking for Value
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Liberty
"On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in favor of upholding the state's new collective bargaining law, reversing a lower court decision that sought to stamp out the will of the people, the authority of the legislature, and a major movement toward fiscal reform. ... Like many states, Wisconsin this year found itself drowning in an ocean of overspending and suffering the fourth highest tax burden in the country. In this fiscal nightmare, public-sector unions fashioned for themselves a cushy, taxpayer-funded existence, disconnected from the realities of the state's economic woes. ... It is a victory not only for the soundness of the underlying legislative process but also for the rule of law against activist judges who ignore the separation of powers between the legislative and judicial branches and make up their own law from the bench." --Heritage Foundation's Mike Brownfield
Political Futures
"Because so many Tea Party attendees are committed people of faith -- and some Tea Party leaders need to take this to heart -- there are literally millions of Americans currently supporting the Tea Party movement who will denounce and leave that movement if Tea Party leaders ever say anything to support abortion, same-sex marriage, silencing religion, or gun control. Conversely -- and many social-values leaders need to lay hold of this -- millions of evangelical Christians, devout Catholics, Mormons and Orthodox Jews are gravely concerned about how big-government policies are crushing our children and grandchildren under a mountain of debt, destroying jobs (or preventing job creation) and endangering the ability of families to stay together and take care of each other. ... A revitalized conservative movement embracing every aspect of constitutional conservatism is the key for resurgence and renewal in America." --columnists Ken Blackwell & Ken Klukowski
Faith & Family
"[O]n an almost daily basis, the mainstream media assures us ... [that it] is futile to oppose gay activism any longer, because the battle has already been won and Americans have embraced 'equality and tolerance.' ... When it comes to recent polls that indicate that a majority of Americans -- especially younger Americans -- now believe same-sex marriage should be legal, we must remember that polls do not tell us what is right, they simply report public opinion. Why in the world should conservative leaders bow down to polls when it comes to determining morality? ... The fact is that those who stand for traditional Judeo-Christian values are called to swim against the tide of popular opinion and go against the grain of popular morality rather than do what is convenient or expedient. And so, the real question is not whether we are on the right side of history. The question is: Will we do what is right or will we cave in to culture?" --radio talk-show host Michael Brown
The Gipper
"[I]n commemorating fatherhood, we're also expressing a basic truth about America. What does fatherhood mean today in America? I guess the same as it always has. Fatherhood can sometimes be walking the floor at midnight with a baby that can't sleep. More likely, fatherhood is repairing a bicycle wheel for the umpteenth time, knowing that it won't last the afternoon. Fatherhood is guiding a youth through the wilderness of adolescence toward adulthood. Fatherhood is holding tight when all seems to be falling apart; and it's letting go when it is time to part. Fatherhood is long hours at the blast furnace or in the fields, behind the wheel or in front of a computer screen, working a 12-hour shift or doing a six-month tour of duty. It's giving one's all, from the break of day to its end, on the job, in the house, but most of all in the heart. Now, if you are thinking, 'Look who's talking -- he's a father himself.' Well, that's right, but on today I think we could all remember -- this weekend, at least -- that every father is also a son. So, on this day for fathers, we, too, say thanks to America's dads -- for the labor and legacy of our families and our freedoms." --Ronald Reagan
The Last Word
"The other day, I heard a conservative talk show host insist that, with the 2012 presidential election looming on the horizon, it would behoove Republicans to stop referring to Obama and his enablers in the House and Senate as socialists. Instead, he advised, we should focus on the fiscal policies that are leading the nation to the verge of bankruptcy. I, on the other hand, say if it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, and pushes a socialist agenda, it's a socialist duck. What was it but socialism when Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and their left-wing cohorts, insisted that no-down-payment home loans be made to folks with no money, a policy that inevitably led to our own financial catastrophe? What was it but a socialistic agenda that has led federal and state legislatures to give public sector union members exorbitant salaries and pensions? What else but socialism would you call constantly extending unemployment insurance? Who would ever have imagined that people would be receiving checks three years down the road? What else would you call forcing schools, not parents, to feed children, and inviting 41 million Americans to collect food stamps, if not socialism? What would you call spending tax dollars on Planned Parenthood, Public Broadcasting, the U.N. and the National Endowment for the Arts, along with billions of dollars more for climate research, farm and oil subsidies, and trillions in foreign aid to countries that hate us? If something costs the federal government money and isn't specified for in the Constitution, it's a good bet that it is the result of socialists playing Lady Bountiful with our tax dollars." --columnist Burt Prelutsky
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
The Patriot Post Editorial Team
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Supreme Court Rejects Environmentalists' Suit Demanding Power Plant Emissions Cuts
June 20, 2011
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WASHINGTON -- In the most significant global warming case to reach its front doors, the Supreme Court on Monday blocked a major lawsuit brought by states and environmental groups against five large power companies they accused of creating a public nuisance because of carbon dioxide emissions.
The court ruled 8-0 that the authority to set standards for reducing emissions lies with the Environmental Protection Agency, under air pollution rules established by the Clean Air Act. The court said just because the EPA hasn't acted yet doesn't mean that its authority is no longer valid.
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June 20, 2011
NBC APOLOGIZES AFTER EDITING 'THE PLEDGE'
The U.S. Open, a tournament known as one the PGA's four 'Majors' was played at the Congressional Golf Club this weekend and NBC covered the last two rounds. During the opening segment of Sunday's final round, the network played a version of the Pledge of Allegiance that edited out 'under God' and 'indivisible.' Watch the video HERE.
VAN JONES IMPLORES BECK FOR AIR TIME
This past weekend, the unrepentant communist and former White House Green Jobs Czar, Van Jones delivered a rousing address that included asking Glenn Beck to invite him to a debate to be aired on Fox TV. See the video HERE.
'morning joe' is confused by rick perry
This morning, the hosts of MSNBC's early morning TV program had problems understanding how Texas Governor Rick Perry could be the recipient of such an enthusiastic welcome at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. Watch the 'Morning Joe' clip HERE.
POST-WEINER ERA BEGINS, A DEBT LIMIT DEAL, & WHY OBAMA WILL BE A ONE-TERMER
If you are looking for the best collection of news stories each morning and evening, we suggest you stop by the Blog section on TheBlaze and visit the 'Must-Reads' HERE.
MICHELE BACHMANN IS ATTACKED BY THE LEFT'S WELL-ORGANIZED 'GLITTERATI'
While speaking to a conference in her home state of Minnesota, Congresswoman and Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann became the third 2012 candidate to be hit with a 'glitter bomb' from a Gay Rights activist. See the video and learn about this well-coordinated attack on conservatives HERE.
VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - Jon Stewart tells chris wallace, 'YOU'RE INSANE'
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart visited the Fox News studios in Washington DC on Sunday and the result was a spirited conversation with host Chris Wallace. Watch the extended interview HERE.
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LOCATES A HOMELESS MAN TO TELL HIM THAT HE'S RICH!
P.I. David Lundberg ended his cross-country search when he found Max Melitzer in a Salt Lake City park, pushing a shopping cart filled with his personal possessions. Lundberg was tracking Mr. Melitzer to deliver the good news that he had inherited a 'significant' amount of money. Read the details HERE.
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From Pledge
During
U.S. Open   | NBC issued an on-air apology Sunday for omitting the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance during its coverage of golf's U.S. Open.
In a statement during the broadcast, NBC commentator Dan Hicks said, "We began our coverage of this final round just about three hours ago and when we did it was our intent to begin the coverage of this U.S. Open Championship with a feature that captured the patriotism of our national championship being held in our nation's capital for the third time.
"Regrettably, a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance that was in that feature was edited out. It was not done to upset anyone and we'd like to apologize to those of you who were offended by it."
While this was going on, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy romped to an eight-shot win to claim his first major title with a record-low 72-hole score of 16-under par at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. [Fox News, June 20] Click here for the source story
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Is
Raul
Labrador
GOP
immigration
key?  | The tricky politics of immigration reform might seem to be a dead end for a Republican these days but Rep. Raul Labrador, a Puerto Rican-born former immigration lawyer and overnight tea party darling, is doing just that. He is meeting with Republicans and conservative opinion-makers to try to build a "conservative consensus."
He favors border enforcement, a credible guest-worker program and punishing employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. But he doesn't support a pathway to citizenship for the roughly 11 million people living in the country illegally.
He's unquestionably conservative, he's intimately familiar with immigration law. His family's story - of a mother who brought her son to the mainland when neither spoke fluent English, who insisted they speak their native Spanish only at home and who graduated from college the same year as her son - has inspired state and national tea party groups eager to celebrate diversity after liberal groups accused the movement of racism in 2009. [Marin Cogan, Politico, June 20] Click here for the source story
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Sen.
Jim DeMint's
Statement
for the
NLRB
Hearing  | The National Labor Relations Board has an obligation to not only protect union workers, but non-union workers as well. Americans must have the ability to choose whether to join a union or not join a union as a condition of employment. 22 states given employees that choice and the federal government must respect that.
Companies also deserve the right to build and expand their businesses where they will have the best chance of economic success. Otherwise, there can be no such thing as free enterprise.
The Boeing Company's decision to expand to South Carolina to build Dreamliner airplanes, would create up to 3,800 new jobs in Charleston and allow them to export more of their high-quality American product.
Boeing's expansion should be celebrated, not the subject of a federal complaint. These new jobs in Charleston do not come at the expense of those at the first Dreamliner plant in Everett, WA. In fact, the Everett factory has added more than 2,000 jobs since Boeing announced it would build the Charleston plant.
The federal government cannot treat non-union jobs as if they are less important than union jobs. All employees must have equal rights under the law and afforded the same protections by their government. The NLRB is not maintaining that balance.
The Senate has not been given opportunity to vet and confirm President Obama's appointments to the highest positions within the NLRB. [Cypress Times, June 20] Click here for the source story |
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The Problem with the Republican Party
This excerpt by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski and ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published June 14, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.
Second of a series of three excerpts from Resurgent: How Constitutional Conservatism Can Save America, published by Threshold Editions of Simon & Schuster.
Most would expect that a book written by two Republicans discussing the Constitution, history, politics and policy would lambaste the Democratic Party, and especially President Obama as the most liberal president in American history. They're right; that's exactly what we do.
But we also take our fellow Republicans to task. We're loyal Republicans, but we're compelled to criticize some in our party. We're deeply concerned about the state of the GOP, and as such feel the need to sound the call that Republicans must return to our core principles.
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Our Moral Dilemma
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 15, 2011 on Townhall.com.
Most of our nation's problems are a direct result of our being immune, hostile or indifferent to several moral questions. Let's start out with the simple and move to the more complex. Or, stated another way, let's begin with questions that generate the least hostility, moving to those that generate the greatest.
If a person benefits from a hamburger, a suit of clothing, an apartment or an education, who should be forced to pay for it? I believe the question has only one moral answer, namely the person who benefits from a good or service should be forced to pay for it, that's if we wish to distinguish ourselves from thieves who only care about enjoying something and who pays is irrelevant.
Aside from the moral question is the economic efficiency question. If the user of something isn't paying, it's a good chance that he'll overuse and waste it. Our country's problem is that too many Americans want to benefit from things for which they expect other Americans to be taxed.
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BORK: Turning to Constitution in Times of Stress
This column by Judge Robert H. Bork was published June 14, 2011 on The Washington Times website, and reviews ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski's and ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell's new book.
The essence of conservativism is fidelity to the reality principle. Not for us, we pride ourselves, the utopian vaporings of the left. In times of stress, however, the temptation for conservatives is to reach for bromides to palliate their sufferings. Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski, who display sound political instincts, nevertheless illustrate the dangers of conservative bromides.
One hears much these days from Glenn Beck-style conservatives about returning to the original Constitution as a cure for Obama-inflicted miseries. We also hear pleas for a Balanced Budget Amendment to save us from fiscal disaster, and to enforce the War Powers Act to deprive the president of the ability to use armed force without gaining the consent of Congress. All of these proposals share one characteristic: They would push serious issues of national security and domestic policy into courts and thus relieve Congress of any responsibility for taking necessary but unpopular action.
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America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Policy Director for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published June 15, 2011 on The American Spectator website.
My new book, America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb, published by HarperCollins, went on sale this week. The book begins by explaining the overwhelming tidal wave of government spending, taxes, deficits and debt swamping our economy and threatening ultimate bankruptcy for America. But this book is not just about the problems, but also about the solutions.
Defusing the ticking bankruptcy bomb that is threatening to explode American prosperity will require first creating another economic boom to restore traditional American prosperity. Only surging economic growth will produce the booming revenue base essential to avoiding national bankruptcy, and reduce dependency sufficiently to enable the necessary slashing of government spending. The book explains exactly all the specifics of how to create another generation-long, 25-year economic boom, drawing on my background working for President Reagan in the White House Office of Policy Development.
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Book Review: Confronting National Debt Now
This column by Wes Vernon was published June 10, 2011 on The Washington Times website, and reviews ACRU General Counsel and Policy Director for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara's new book.
The timing for release of this book could not be better. The debt ceiling's claimed deadline approaches as Congress wrangles over how or whether to confront the consequences in a meaningful - if politically risky - way or take the easy course of running up the national credit card yet again.
In America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb: How the Looming Debt Crisis Threatens the American Dream and How We Can Turn the Tide Before It's Too Late, Peter Ferrara warns that the old game of getting past the next election will no longer do.
The metaphoric "ticking time bomb" is about to explode if we do not disarm it, writes the author, who served in Ronald Reagan's White House Office of Policy Development and as associate deputy attorney general for President George H.W. Bush. He currently holds policy and legal positions with the Heartland Institute, the Carleson Center for Public Policy and the American Civil Rights Union.
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Recovery and Resurgence Starts with the Family
This excerpt by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski and ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published June 13, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.
First of a series of three excerpts from Resurgent: How Constitutional Conservatism Can Save America, published by Threshold Editions of Simon & Schuster.
There are many trying to define the current political crisis as entirely about the cost of government and size of government. They fail to understand the big picture of the interdependent nature of the American body politic and the precepts that are absolutely essential to sustaining limited government over a multigenerational time span.
America cannot recover unless we overcome this profoundly wrongheaded idea, which is based on a modern liberal delusion regarding human nature.
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 June 21, 2011
On Monday's Program
Leftists gone WILD! Watch as Glenn highlights the libs who just can't hide their anger & hatred any longer:
Van Jones still obsessed with Glenn
The Marxist revolutionary who says he dropped the radical pose for the radical ends unleashed an ugly tirade that revealed a biting hatred for anyone who disagrees with his radical views. During a recent speech, he just lost it and started to sound Howard Dean-ish: "Don't you MESS with our values!" he shouted, while adding that half of America is hateful & un-American. Then he revealed he's still obsessed with Glenn by making a desperate plea/challenge - similar to what a rejected stalker would do. What was the 'challenge'? Find out HERE.
Leftist Peace & Love guru unloads hateful Palin rant
Deepak Chopra is known as a spiritual, peace & love guru who has all the answers on how to be peaceful and lovingful, or something. He didn't seem too peaceful, however, in a recent piece he wrote on Sarah Palin. In fact, the whole thing seemed to go against his 'peace' principles spiel and was pretty angry sounding. Get all the details HERE.
WaPo calls Glenn a 'creature', attacks Lieberman
As Glenn predicted, anyone standing with Israel and Restoring Courage are coming under attack from the left. From Senator Lieberman to Shakira, anyone standing with Israel is getting heat. The Washington Post even referred to Glenn as a 'creature' which could be a first in journalism history. Amazingly, The Washington Post calls Glenn an anti-Semite and says he's only standing with Israel now because he's leaving Fox and trying to repair his career. Really? Glenn responds with something The Post seems to have a problem with: the facts. WATCH.
Stay Updated: Click "Like" on the Restoring Courage Facebook page to get updates on the event in Jerusalem.
How does The Original Argument apply today? Make the Original Argument to your idiot friends by fighting off their liberal drivel with the words of the founders! How? Glenn, Stu, and Pat demonstrate today on radio. WATCH. Get your copy of Glenn's latest book HERE.
NBC edits 'Under God' out of Pledge clip
To kick off extended coverage of the U.S. Open, NBC opened the golf major event with a video piece meant to stir up patriotic emotions since the event was being played at Congressional Country Club. The piece featured great clips of military juxtaposed with schoolchildren reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The problem? There was a glaring, completely unnecessary editing out of the phrase 'under God' and 'indivisible' from the piece. The on-air apology wasn't much better: Watch it and get Glenn's reaction HERE.
Czar-At-Large: You've heard about GBTV, but what do you know about BrianVision? Brian Sack is launching his very own "network" complete with documentaries and even Ukrainian newscasts! Check out a sneak peek of the "network" in a brand new Czar at Large on the GBTV Specials Tab! Plus available Wednesday, an all new Beck University class and Thursday at 7 pm ET the premiere episode of Making of GBTV. Not a GBTV member? What are you waiting for? Get the details HERE.
Rick Perry goes off - stop trying to please libs: Governor Rick Perry fired up a crowd over the weekend with a rousing speech that, among other things, implored conservatives to stop bothering with all the pandering to the left. They'll never like us anyway, he reasoned, so why try? Get the details and Glenn's reaction HERE.
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