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~ George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 

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Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.2 Percent, Hiring Comes to Near Standstill

The Blaze | by Billy Hallowell | Posted on July 8, 2011 at 8:49am 

Tough economic recovery continues, as today's unemployment rate is bad news for the federal government and American workers, alike. Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month, as employers added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. Bloomberg has more:

U.S. employers added 18,000 workers in June...

The increase in payrolls followed a 25,000 gain that was less than half the rise initially estimated, Labor Department data showed today in Washington. The median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey called for a June gain of 105,000...Hiring by companies, which excludes government agencies, was the weakest since May 2010.

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White House Plans to Release New Gun Safety Measures 'in the Near Future'

The Blaze | by Billy Hallowell | Posted on July 8, 2011 at 8:32am 

WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) - Six months after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot, the White House is preparing to propose some new steps on gun safety, though they're likely to fall short of the bold measures activists would like to see.

Spokesman Jay Carney said that the new steps would be made public "in the near future." He didn't offer details, but people involved in talks at the Justice Department to craft the new measures said they expected to see something in the next several weeks. Whatever is proposed is not expected to involve legislation or take on major issues, like banning assault weapons, but could include executive action to strengthen the background check system or other steps.

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WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT

 UN AGENDA 21

aka Local Agenda 21 & "sustainable development"

WILL SHOCK YOU!!!

Do you have a nagging feeling something is wrong, but you don't know exactly what?  Who controls the US?   Who writes our laws?       Is it our elected officials or a higher organization like the UN?  Do you know where our money comes from and how debt affects us? 

Join us Saturday, July 23^rd - 6pm                                              PJ Ryan's  231 Bridge St., Phoenixville - private downstairs meeting room

There will be a discussion about UN Agenda 21 Sustainable Development, Property Rights & our Money.  This meeting may help fill in some of the blanks that the media leaves out.  

Agenda 21 is a plan that calls for international control & regulation of virtually every aspect of human activity that might impact the environment, which is essentially EVERYTHING YOU DO - eat, drink, cook, drive, play, work, and LIVE.

Maurice Strong, UN Secretary General  - 1992  Rio de Janeiro United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) said "...Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class involving high meat consumption and large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and workplace air-conditioning, and suburban housing are NOT sustainable.  So, what does he mean by NOT Sustainable? http://sovereignty.net/p/sd/strong.html

Translation:  YOU will NO longer be allowed to have them.

J. Gary Lawrence, 1998 UK, UNEP Conference said ..."Participating in a UN advocated planning process would very likely bring out many... who would actively work to defeat any elected official... undertaking Local Agenda 21/Sustainable Development.  So, we call our process something else such as "comprehensive planning," 'growth management' or 'smart growth.'" http://www.unedforum.org/publications/millennium/mill%20paper2.pdf

Translation:  They will lie to you & deceive you so YOU won't know what they are really doing. This meeting is free & open to the public.                                Please come, listen and bring a friend. 

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400 Franklin Ave Phoenixville, PA - Class will be in Franklin Hall which is the private larger classroom next to café area.  This room is more easily accessible from both free parking lots on campus.

Loren is back for part two of his economic series.  Please fee free to come one or both evenings to this presentation.   The Valley Forge Patriots will be asking for a $5 donation for room fees.  Loren Spivack will be donating his time and selling some books.    Info on class contact:                                                   

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HERITAGE FOUNDATION SPEAKER AT JULY MEETING!

If you know the good work of the Heritage Foundation for our cause, you know it is really exciting to have Mr. Knepper as our guest speaker.

    The July 8^th meeting of the Valley Forge Patriots will be held at a new location, the Phoenixville Country Club (PCC). The PCC is located on Country Club Road approximately 2 miles south of Route 23. The room we will be using can comfortably seat over 100 people, so don't hesitate to bring friends. As at previous venues, table food service of appetizers, salads, sandwiches and beer, wine and soda will be available throughout the meeting. Food and drinks are offered at PCC member prices --- cash and credit cards accepted. There is plenty of free parking.  Dress code,   please no hats.  This meeting will be free but we would appreciate donations.

     Along with the usual agenda items, our featured speaker will be Leo Knepper of the Heritage Foundation. Leo is the PA State Director for Heritage Action and he will be speaking on "How to be an effective lobbyist/activist" His talk will cover, Heritage Action, Effective Communication and Preparing for Legislator contact. This is a very timely subject with elections coming up.  Mr. Knepper has been active in grassroots political activity for over 10 years.

         Please join us for our July 8^th meeting (6:00 to 8:00 PM) at a new venue with an interesting speaker.

He can not be allowed to be our next attorney general.  The chief law enforcement officer of Pennsylvania cannot be an individual with so little respect for our individual Liberties and the Constitutions of both the United States and Pennsylvania.

Meet Patrick Murphy

RedState Morning Briefing

For July 8, 2011

1. Caveat Emptor: Boehner Says There's A Deal

John Boehner says there is a 50-50 chance of a debt ceiling deal. Don't expect him to advocate cutting the budget, capping spending, and passing a Balanced Budget Amendment.

Boehner thinks a BBA is a "gimmick", despite his prior support for one in the nineties.

The tendency of many conservatives these days, myself included, is to dismiss out of hand whatever leadership comes up with. The tendency of others is to embrace it wholesale and thumb their noses at conservatives skeptical of the leadership's track record.

We should remember the Speaker sold us a bill of goods on the continuing resolution. Ultimately, it wound up driving up the debt, not driving it down. The $100 billion in cuts wound up being a few hundred million dollars in cuts.

I'm not hopeful. The one thing I can guarantee is that any deal John Boehner cuts is going to punt the ball. The question we must answer before giving it a thumbs up or thumbs down is just how far a punt.

Given Boehner's lack of leadership in holding the line on cutting, capping, and balancing, I won't hold my breath. But I am curious to see if it is a deal worth supporting.

Personally, my hope is that it so enrages conservatives, they finally find their testicular fortitude and hold the freaking line. It's pathetic when Olympia Snowe is to the right of them

2. OK President Obama, Let's Raise Revenue

President Obama is intimating that the GOP's opposition to "increasing revenue" is the sole obstacle to achieving a deficit reduction plan. We should call his bluff and put forth proposals to increase revenue. Then, there will be no excuses for opposing a Balanced Budget Amendment.

Obama has complained that we are overlooking the "spending through the tax code." He is correct. There are a lot of handouts ensconced in the tax code; it's just a shame that he is indifferent to them. In fact, he has increased their size and scope by leaps and bounds through his stimulus bill, denying the treasury much-needed revenue.

The Marxists have always had a way with words. In their dyslexic world view, they refer to tax cuts as handouts and handouts as tax cuts. Concurrently, they view tax hikes as spending cuts and spending cuts (real revenue increases) as tax hikes. As such, it is no surprise that Obama seeks to punitively eliminate universal tax deductions that are broadly available for real taxpayers, like the charitable tax deduction and the depreciation tax credit for oil companies, while blithely ignoring the selective handouts to those who don't pay taxes, such as the (un)earned income credit, ethanol tax credit, and the green industry life support.

3. The George Bush-Ted Kennedy Chickens Come Home to Roost in Atlanta

One of the worst trends in modern public education in the United States is using a child's performance on a standardized test to assess whether a teacher is doing his or her job and whether a school is performing or not performing.

The trend was growing before George Bush and Ted Kennedy sat down and drafted No Child Left Behind in the early part of W's administration. But then they decided to add in financial incentives and penalties and near national standards. Conservatives who were willing to speak up at the time said it would lead to dark places. Unfortunately, too few wanted to speak up against the new "conservative" President who'd just given the "liberal lion" carte blanche to draft education legislation.

As predicted by the few conservative voices in the wilderness, the chickens are coming home to roost in Atlanta, GA. A multi-year investigation into standardized test cheating in the Atlanta Public School system has found a mafia like atmosphere from the top all the way down to classroom teachers.

4. DSCC chair Patty Murray tries to get her some Koch campaign cash.

I can almost understand why DSCC chair Sen. Patty Murray would try to hit up the Koch Companies for 'five figures' (read: the maximum allowed by federal election campaign finance law). First off, Sen. Murray is not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer (she'd almost have to be, given that Murray actually left a voice message as well as sent a letter*). Second, what's the worse that the Koch Companies are going to do? Say no?

Well. There's no, and then there's no.

5. Amazon, Tennessee, Bill Haslam, and a national sales tax.

Glenn Reynolds noted this apparent contradiction in what Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam's position actually is with regard to having Amazon.com collect sales tax: is the Republican Governor for it, or against it? I say 'apparent' because there isn't one, really; there's just not enough context.

Basically, the position that Haslam is taking is that the state of Tennessee trying to impose an Amazon tax would probably wreck ongoing negotiations between the state and Amazon.com when it comes to getting a couple more job-creating distribution centers built in-state (which it probably will)

6. Lee Fang on Oil Speculation: In Over His Head

Summertime 2011, and "investigative journalist" Lee Fang of ThinkProgress has replaced the BP Spill in my blogging life. Fang's amateurish attempts to find scandal in oil commodities trading have become my new blog fodder.

Fang puts forward the half-baked theory that the evil Koch Brothers and other traders control world oil prices via speculation. His latest piece, "JP Morgan, Koch, Other Oil Traders May Buy Discounted Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil And Simply Store It" continues the tradition of sloppy documentation and an almost total lack of understanding of business and commodities trading.

This latest offering is especially sweet, because a key source Fang cites in support of his thesis - that financial speculation drives the market price of oil much higher than it would otherwise be - in fact takes the exact opposite position.

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Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for July 8, 2011

Debt ceiling deal: Five uneasy pieces to the puzzle
Politico


Inquiry of weapons smuggling to expand
The Washington Times


Looking for momentum in US jobs report
AFP

News of the World shutting down amid scandal
Bloomberg Businessweek


Nile Gardiner

Atlanta schools announce charges after scandal
Associated Press


Amid raft of changes to defense leadership, Pentagon's No. 2 plans to exit
The Boston Globe

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Factsheet:
The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: It's Still a Bad Idea

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U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: It's Still a Bad Idea

Give them another reason why Obama has GOT to go. 

NO. 12.
He's unfit to be commander in chief. Say what you like about Dubya posing on the aircraft carrier: at least it reminded people that he'd once been in uniform and showed he cared about the military. But as the infamous Rolling Stone interview with General McChrystal revealed, Obama simply isn't interested in military issues and is unprepared to talk in a substantive manner with his commanders. No wonder he had to sack the man who told it like it is. 

 Susan's Paul Ryan Medicare Pamphlet - please print this and give it to your contacts

Fellow patriots,

The article below comes with a Nightly News video that is well worth seeing (http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/07/7031757-worst-drought-in-60-years-12-million-africans-face-fight-for-survival ). Its images tell the story far more clearly than the article dares to speak, although the author deserves a smidgen of credit for acknowledging that the lawlessness and warfare of Somalia and Muslim-dominated parts of Kenya and Ethiopia are the actual causes of famine. The article's photo provides the only hint that it is not simply lawlessness and warfare, but characteristically ISLAMIC lawlessness and warfare, that is causing the famine. However, the video makes the link to Islam abundantly more clear.

Deserts and arid lands exist all over the world, and droughts affect them all of them from time to time. However, it is only in Islamic states and totalitarian states such as North Korea where they call widespread starvation. This broadcast focuses on Islamic states, because no one defends totalitarianism, while many misguided people rush to defend Islam as a "religion of peace" and "one of the world's great religions."

If you've been reading these broadcasts, you understand that Islam operates every bit as much as a political/economic ideology as it does a religion. In terms of its affects on people's lives, it's more appropriate to compare Islam with Liberal Democracy/Free Enterprise, Communism, or Fascism than it is to compare it with Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, or Buddhism. This is because Muslims practice Islam by following Islamic Law, otherwise known as Shariah.

What is the effect of Shariah? It's natural effect is to restore a society to the living conditions under which Shariah was first created: the tribal and warlike environment of 7th century Arabia. Because devout Muslims dream of restoring society to the golden era of Muhammad and the Rightly Guided Caliphs (the first 4 successors of Muhammad who knew him personally), Muslims as a whole are not particularly interested in new inventions. For example, it took hundreds of years for the clock and the printing press to be accepted by the Ottoman Empire because they came from the Infidel West. Instead, devout Muslims want to live exactly as Muhammad did, and emulate his practices of polygamy, marriage to close relatives, pedophilia, lending without interest (kills the banking industry), and conflict resolution by way of deception and warfare.

Seventh century Arabian society was chaotic, even during Islam's "golden era," as evidenced by the fact that 3 of the 4 Rightly Guided Caliphs were killed because of conflicts within Islamic society itself. The gold of Islam's "golden era" came largely from conquest, enslavement, knowledge imported from conquered cultures, and control of key trade routes that slowly deteriorated under Islamic mismanagement. The Caliphate's gold was not the product of Islamic society's ability to generate wealth through new ideas or inventions. Therefore, as soon as the Islamic world stopped conquering, it fell into steep decline, which accelerated when those terrible colonists, England, the Netherlands, France, Spain, and Portugal, outlawed slavery and deprived the Islamic world of one of its major industries.

When one looks at images from Somalia and other parts of the Islamic world not propped up by vast oil wealth, one sees a window into medieval life: poor and chaotic, and unable to overcome the vagaries of Mother Nature with advanced transportation and food preservation methods. In fact, food distributions in Africa's drought area are actually disrupted by warring tribes, making famine unavoidable. In contrast, if you want to see what desert living looks like in the West, take a look at Las Vegas or Pheonix, AZ. Food and water are readily available, and even when times are hard, people have the freedom to move to other locations.

The images of Africa's Islam-inflicted famines should illicit pity. Obviously these people are not a danger to the West. However, we also cannot help them because the way out of this humanitarian disaster can only come about when Muslim populations reject Islam, and Muslims largely inoculate themselves from such conversions through Shariah's death penalties for apostasy and blasphemy.

The only way these people can harm us is if we allow them to come to the West and spread the ideological disease of Islam and thereby do to the West what Islam has done to Somalia and other Islam-dominated parts of the world.

Dave

Worst drought in 60 years: 12 million Africans face 'fight for survival'

By Rohit Kachroo, NBC News

WAJIR, Kenya - At first glance, the massive drought which has swept across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia appears to be a crisis caused entirely by nature.

As we traveled north through Kenya into one of the worst-hit areas, the lush green of the Nairobi suburbs disappeared into gray sand and dry earth. In three hours, I counted the carcasses of 27 cattle by the roadside, and one giraffe - apparently killed because the land could not sustain them. The striking images of the landscape seem to represent a deceptively simple assessment of the drought: the dirty work of Mother Nature.

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Alexander's Essay - July 7, 2011

90 Years of Red Chinese Tyranny

U.S. v. China -- The Economic Contrast Is Fading

"We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude." --Thomas Jefferson

Hu's Who among Red Chinese

This week, we celebrated 235 years of American Liberty. Conversely, on the eve of our Independence Day, the Red Chinese celebrated the 90th year of tyranny under the Communist Party.

A few decades ago, the contrast between the economies of the United States and China was stark. More recently, however, the Chinese Communist government has allowed the "liberalization" of their economy while American Socialists have subjected ours to ever more collectivist regulation, oppressive taxes and intervention. Consequently, the once-colossal contrast between our economies, while still vast, has greatly diminished.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union in the Reagan Era, China is now the last remaining Communist stronghold with ties to the 1919-1921 Marxism-Leninist revolutionary period. Chinese intellectuals embraced Communism at the time, but the Chinese Communist Party did not gain constitutional dictatorial authority until 1949 after Mao Zedong's revolution established an autocratic socialist system for the People's Republic of China.

After the Qin Dynasty unification in 221 BC, China stood as a pillar of world civilization, excelling in economy and culture, particularly in the arts and sciences. However, civil unrest in the late 19th- and early 20th centuries resulted in the demise of its last great dynasty, and led, ultimately, to the Maoist revolution.

Though Mao's totalitarian rule restored China's sovereignty, it did so at great cost. Mao imposed rigorous social controls and brutally oppressed liberty and free enterprise, leading to the deaths of an estimated 70 million Chinese civilians, most as a result of centralized agricultural policies that led to massive government-induced famine. The rest perished at the hands of Mao's Red Brigades during the horrendous Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution from 1966 until Mao's death in 1976.

Mao Zedong looms over Tiananmen Gate

In 1976, as we were celebrating the Bicentennial of American Liberty, moderate Chinese Communists under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping abandoned the disastrous Maoist reforms and adopted more market-oriented economic policies. In two decades, China's economic production had increased four-fold, as did the standard of living for the Chinese people. Since 2000, China's economy has experienced double-digit growth in most years, resulting in what is now the world's second largest economy.

The Communist Party has, to date, retained its political monopoly with the backing of its enormous military and police reserves. However, as China's economy is increasingly shaped by principles of free enterprise, the inevitable result of improved standards of living has exposed the Chinese people to cultures and ideas well beyond their horizon. More than 1.3 billion people, who were largely isolated from the outside world just two decades ago, are now awakening to the prospects of Liberty and free enterprise.

On July 1, Chinese President Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, amid the kind of mass fanfare that only the Chinese are capable of conjuring, delivered a keynote address to Party elite. Hu conceded, "In some historical periods, we once made mistakes and even suffered severe setbacks, the root cause of which was that our guiding thought then was divorced from China's reality. Our party managed to correct the mistakes by the strength of itself and the people, rose up amid the setbacks and continued to go forward victoriously."

Of course, the "root cause" of China's catastrophic "mistakes" is directly tied to its failed utopian endeavor to implement Marxism, "the continued revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat." (Could there be a lesson here for American Marxists?)

Moreover, Hu boldly acknowledged, "The Party is soberly aware of the gravity and danger of corruptions that have emerged under the conditions of the party being long in power. If not effectively curbed, corruption will cost the party the trust and support of the people. The whole party must remain vigilant against corruption."

Essentially, Hu was unwittingly paraphrasing 19th-century English historian and moralist Lord John Acton: "All power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

New Red Brigades

Clearly the Red Chinese leaders understand that their despotic regime's days are numbered unless they convince the people that their government knows what's best for them. If the Chinese economy continues to recede on pace with the world economy, Hu's regime may well face significant civil discord -- discord that could overwhelm the Party's predictable propaganda machine. China is facing formidable odds to economic recovery, most notably Communists who are embezzling billions from Chinese businesses for the "right" to stay in business. If they do not succeed, unemployed and desperate Chinese peasants -- those who had flooded into urban areas in search of jobs -- will take to the streets, and the resulting conflagration between Chinese military forces and civilians would, in its first hour, eclipse the slaughter at Tiananmen Square in 1989.

As the Chinese Communists move to liberate their economy amid this looming threat of civil unrest, will a plurality of Americans finally come to their senses and roundly reject those among our leaders who envision a utopian USSA?

Winston Churchill wrote, "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Likewise, celebrated American leftist Norman Mailer conceded, "The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level." But will Americans be able to resist the indoctrination of the contemporary Left's propaganda machine?

What would history make of the prospect that a decade from now, the Chinese people might enjoy a greater degree of Liberty and free enterprise than we Americans?

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!

Mark Alexander
Publisher, The Patriot Post

In Debt Limit Debate, Higher Taxes Aren't the Answer

Republican congressional leaders will meet in the White House today with their Democratic counterparts and President Obama in an effort to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling. Reports are sketchy as to whether they will succumb to arm-twisting by the White House, amplified in the media, to cut a deal in which "everyone has to give a little"-or fill your preferred cliché. It is thus an appropriate time to remind everyone that Americans have already given all they can, especially to the IRS, and, no, it isn't time to raise taxes-on the contrary, it's time for politicians to curb their spending habits.

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On Debt, Don't Let Politicians Rush Through Another Bad Deal 

By Ernest Istook

Our future should not be determined behind closed doors. Yet that's where the White House and Congress are holding secret talks about our debt ceiling and about taxes and spending.

We deserve openness instead. We don't need another farce when the players suddenly burst from their huddle, line up Members of Congress, and rush through their plan on a quick count.

The two keys are first, frequent and detailed progress reports from the now-secret talks, and second, ample time for review of any agreement.

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Welcome to the world, Australia

Berlin's synagogue after Krsitallnacht, 1938, when Nazis attacked Jews.

An ill wind of change in Australia
 
By Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun

HERE are some things I never thought I'd see in this country I love.

I never thought I'd see people picketing shops because their owners were Jews.

But in Melbourne last Friday, 19 protesters were arrested as they tried to stop people from shopping at the Max Brenner chocolate and coffee store in Melbourne's QV.

In Sydney last month, Leftist and Muslim protesters did the same to a Max Brenner shop in Sydney, claiming the Jewish-owned franchise company supported the Israeli Army.

I've seen pictures of Jewish shops being attacked before, of course, but they were in black and white, in another country at another ghastly time.

But this is Australia. Today.

Here's another thing I never thought I'd see in this country I've loved for its fair go.

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Obama's Allegedly Illegal Misuse of White House to Support Campaign

Obama: the U.S. Code applies to everybody but me
by Bill Levinson

Obama Raffle Video Not Legal, Election Law Experts Say reports,

A video of President Barack Obama filmed in the White House and included in a fundraising e-mail sent to supporters is not legal, two election law experts told CNSNews.com. ...According to federal law (Title 18, subsection 607 U.S.C.), "It shall be unlawful for an individual who is an officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress, to solicit or receive a donation of money or other thing of value in connection with a Federal, State, or local election, while in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties."

The article alleges that the video was made not in a residential portion of the White House (which would be legal) but in the Map Room, which is a room used for the discharge of official duties. We sent a notarized complaint to the Federal Election...

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Can Israel Survive Another Obama Term? (Panel discussion)

Panel discussion held on June 23, 2011 featuring Richard Baehr, chief political correspondent for the American Thinker and Eugene Kontorovich, a professor at Northwestern University School of Law and an expert in constitutional and international law.

Op-Ed: Jews becoming commonplace in conservative 'new media'

By Benyamin Korn · July 4, 2011

PHILADELPHIA (JTA) -- Many reviews already have appeared of "The Undefeated," the soon-to-be-released documentary about Sarah Palin's tenure in Alaska. Yet none of them -- even in The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post or Politico.com -- mentions that nearly all of the film's many pro-Palin media talking heads are Jews.

The dominant meme that Jews as a group are uncomfortable with Palin or her views seems less than convincing after viewing prominent Members of the Tribe defend her politics and record in elected office. Internet news mogul Andrew Breitbart, nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin and L.A.'s radio phenom Tammy Bruce, a gay Jewish Palinista with a Tammy's Army of followers, all deliver full-throated tributes to one of America's most conservative political figures.

Following a recent Manhattan screening of the director's cut of "The Undefeated," I mentioned this to filmmaker Stephen Bannon. He replied that he had not taken note of their Jewishness in choosing to include them. That in itself is significant: Jews have become so commonplace in the conservative new media that the fact of their Jewish identity fails to garner much notice.

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White House Mum on When Obama Became Aware of Botched Gunrunner Operation

Judiciary Committee Launches Probe of Kagan's Involvement in Obamacare

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Cantor Says Dem Tax Hikes, Not 'Corporate Jet Loopholes,' Stopped Biden Talks

HUD Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit With Another $62 Million for Post-Katrina Rebuilding

No. 2 Senate Democrat: 'I Don't Disagree With Paul Ryan ... Reduce the Costs of Medicare'

Iran Steps Up Anti-U.S. Rhetoric, Tightens Bonds With Iraq, Afghanistan

U.S. Voices Dismay Over Report That Iranian Christian Faces 'Convert or Die' Choice

White House Makes Rare Plea to Delay Mexican Inmate's Execution

Obama Fudges the Facts in His First 'Twitter Town Hall'

COMMENTARY:

Should We Abolish the Jury System?
By Ben Shapiro
The jury system, as currently run, is failing us. It must be revamped completely.

Gross Media Ignorance
By Walter E. Williams
Time magazine editor Richard Stengel's recent article, "One Document, Under Siege," reflects neither understanding nor respect for our nation's most important document.

U.N. Claims Going Green Would Cost $76 Trillion
By Dan Gainor
 A new survey calls for global governance and possible national energy caps.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Napolitano announcing border security upgrade in Arizona
Father spoke of having Obama adopted, immigration files reveal
HUD to pay $62 million to La. homeowners to settle racial discrimination suit
Justice Dept. denies cover-up in gun-running probe
Kyl: Republicans agree to revenue increases (but not tax hikes) in deficit talks
Cantor: GOP willing to talk about closing tax loopholes in debt negotiations
Obama, Boehner hold one-on-one deficit talks over holiday weekend
UK tests anti-terror sensor that scans crowds for bombers
In debt talks, Obama offers Social Security cuts
Tough new clean-air rules will cover coal-fired plants in 28 states
'Caylee's Law' would require parents to report missing children
McConnell slams decision to grant terror suspect civilian trial
Sens. Warner, Webb introduce bill to lift drilling moratorium
City commissioner defends his no vote on gay-pride proclamation
Six children from their parents' home -- a storage shed
Dog poo from Arizona dog park will be used to fuel streetlight
Man attacks speed-trap car with hammer

Probe finds cheating by educators in Atlanta school district

Special state investigators have uncovered a decade of organized, systemic cheating in the Atlantic school district by scores of educators, including 38 principals, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Gov. Nathan Deal, who released a two-page summary of the report, says "there will be consequences" for educators who cheated on state-mandated tests in Atlanta public schools.

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July 7, 2011 by Pentangeli

Government Mandated Food is Next 

I am a big fan of logic. I will admit, I am not always the most logical person out there but it is a wonderful exercise to complete a thought to its conclusion in the most logical way possible. This is where, I believe, politicians fail in their policy making. Most Americans do the same or else we would have voted these politicians out decades ago. Policies, laws, and regulations are usually designed for a particular, narrow purpose without thinking about the logical, long-term outcome or application. The Democrats' government mandated healthcare law that no one read is a prime example of this.

There is an argument I have heard that we all need health insurance which is why we must mandate it and force people to purchase it.

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July 07, 2011



 DID OBAMA LIE ABOUT STAFF PAY FREEZE?
During yesterday's "Twitter Town Hall Meeting" at the White House, President Obama talked about staffers not getting raises for two and a half years. Reality seems to contradict that statement. Watch the clip HERE.
UN EXPERT PUBLISHES ANTI-SEMITIC CARTOON
Richard Falk (is a "9/11 Truther" who also happens to be the UN's expert on Human Rights in Palestine) published an anti-semitic cartoon on his blog. After he was caught, Falk denied it, then admitted to it, and apologized twice. See the offensive cartoon HERE.

CASEY ANTHONY TO BE FREED NEXT WEEK
A judge sentenced Casey Anthony to four years in prison for lying to police officers, but thanks to getting credit for "time served" she will be released on July 13th. See the details HERE.

CONGRESSIONAL MATH - $2 TRILLION IN CUTS = $1.8 TRILLION SPENDING INCREASE
The Cato Institute released a report yesterday claiming that the President's proposed cuts in government spending are actually an increase of almost the same amount of money. Read the details HERE.

NEED TO SAVE SOME MONEY AT THE GROCERY STORE? TRY 'EXTREME COUPONING'
The rapidly rising cost of food has many people looking for ways to save money on groceries. Clipping coupons has always been one way to save, but Extreme Couponing takes that saving to a new level. See how the experts do it HERE.

VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - STUNNING VIDEO OF AUSTRALIAN NIGHT SKY
Take 30 hours of stunning video of the night skies over Australia and compress it to under three minutes - you'll have the brilliant video seen HERE.

JUMP INTO THE FIREWIRE TIME MACHINE - SEE THE '4TH OF JULY' 100 YEARS AGO!
How was your "4th of July?" SHOW US! Send us your photos your photos from this (or previous/historic) 4th of July parties, parades, picnics, whatever, and we may feature them in a slideshow like the one seen HERE.

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Friends,

I'm writing to update you on our ongoing efforts to uncover the facts about Justice Elena Kagan's involvement in the administration's defense of Obamacare before President Obama appointed her to the Supreme Court.

Twenty-seven states have now joined in lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare. Unless Kagan recuses herself from these cases, she will ultimately sit in judgment of the Obama administration's signature legislative achievement-even though, at the time the legislation was signed and the initial lawsuits filed, her job was to be the administration's chief advocate in federal court disputes.

Our fight for transparency has now won a major victory. Pointing to Justice Department documents released to CNSNews.com as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request, 49 Members of Congress have sent Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith a letter asking that the Judiciary Commttee "promptly investigate the extent to which U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was involved in preparing a legal defense of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) during her tenure as Solicitor General."

As a result this letter from 49 Congressmen, Chairman Smith has sent his own letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking the Justice Department to provide the committee with the department documents and interviews with department officials that the committee believes it needs to "properly understand U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan's involvement in health care legislation or litigation while serving as United States Solicitor General."

Chairman Smith has asked Holder to provide these documents and arrange these interviews by July 29.

Please make a contribution to help to fund our ongoing investigation here

For the last year, CNSNews.com has been fighting to get a full accounting of Justice Kagan's involvement in the administrations' preparations to defend ObamaCare from the lawsuits the administration believed were "inevitable." CNSNews.com took the lead by filing a FOIA request-on May 25, 2010, a month before Kagan's confirmation hearings--and then fought in federal court to compel the Justice Department to comply with that request.

CNSNews.com will continue our investigation into this matter. We are the ONLY news organization pursuing this. Were it not for our work thus far, Ms. Kagan's vote on the Constitutionality of ObamaCare would be a foregone conclusion.

Please take a moment and make a contribution to our Kagan investigation. CNSNews.com has already spent considerable sums on our team of investigative reporters and on legal fees for court battles against the Obama Administration and their efforts to block our investigation.

This is truly a David vs. Goliath battle, and we need your help to move forward.

Thank you for your support,

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Communications Director

MEP Daniel Hannan Warns America

Introduction by Sen. Jim DeMint

The American Civil Rights Union and Regular Folks United recently hosted Daniel Hannan, Member of the European Parliament from Southeastern England, at the Capitol Hill Club where he delivered remarks warning Americans about the dangers of following in the steps of Europe.

Watch the Video

Time's Orwellian Story on U.S. Constitution Refuted!

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski and ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published July 2, 2011 on The Huffington Post.

Time magazine's cover story shows the U.S. Constitution and asks, "Does it still matter?" Reading this story, we kept waiting for Emmanuel Goldstein to show up for the Two Minutes of Hate. It was difficult to discern whether we were reading Time, or Orwells' 1984.

It portrays the Constitution as an outmoded document that we should ignore to whatever extent is expedient to pursue someone's vision of a better society: "We cannot let the Constitution become an obstacle to a future with a sensible health care system, a globalized economy, and evolving sense of civil and political rights."

The story shows all sorts of poll questions that present a false choice, such as, "The 14th Amendment says that any person born in the U.S. automatically becomes a U.S. citizen... Should [it] be revised?" The Citizenship Clause says no such thing, because it adds that anyone "not subject to the jurisdiction" of the U.S. is not a citizen.

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The CBO's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published June 30, 2011 on Forbes.com.

Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued their Long Term Budget Outlook for 2011. The report closely validates my own analysis in my new book America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb, released this month by HarperCollins.

CBO reports that the national debt is already the highest in history except for World War II, reaching roughly 70% of GDP this year. On our current course, CBO projects the national debt held by the public will climb to 100% of GDP by 2021, equal to our entire economy. By 2023, it will break the World War II historical record of 109% of GDP. It will then continue to rocket upward to 190% of GDP by 2035, which is higher than the level suffered by Greece when it collapsed into national bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy is defined here and in my book as when the federal government can no longer borrow enough in the credit markets to finance its budget deficit, which is precisely what Greece has been suffering. President Obama's own 2012 budget projects the federal deficit for this year at $1.645 trillion, the highest in world history by far

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Checklist: America meets 90% of Karl Marx' demands

Posted: July 06, 2011


 

By Kirk Elliott
© 2011 WND

Kirk Elliott

I recently re-read "The Communist Manifesto" written by Karl Marx in 1848.

 

What I read was a bit shocking. Marx had "10 planks" that this evil manifesto was based upon and he advocated the use of any means to accomplish these socialist goals including violent revolutions. The planks are listed bellow, followed by my comment on how it applies to America today:

10 planks of communism by Karl Marx

1. Abolition of private property in land and application of all rents of land to public purpose.

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Will Biden Be Benched? Is Hillary about to be drafted?

Jul 07, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Ron Reale, staff writer

Obama is spiraling into the inevitability of a one-term presidency.

His policies of appeasement around the world have caused the overthrow of the only middle-east regimes that either recognized Israel, or leaned just far enough toward the west that they could be counted on in tough times. The middle-east doesn't reward weakness, and consider "negotiations" a victory for them, because their demands can never be met, if their negotiating partner still has room to exist.

His destructive economic policies have led to government-created or subsidized jobs, which, according to the Weekly Standard, cost the taxpayer $278,000 each.

His energy policy, to shut energy and coal companies and make costs, "necessarily skyrocket," is the only thing working as he promised. Gas is 100% more expensive since he became president, and coal companies are under attack.

His raping of the financial system of this country, his collusion with ... Continue Reading:Will Biden Be Benched? Is Hillary about to be drafted?

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Obama and Carter: Bookends

Jul 06, 2011 02:11 pm | Coach Collins

By Bruce Karlson, staff writer

Soon we shall have "stagflation" and fond Carteresque memories, the inevitable result of the convenient use of half of JM Keynes' approach to national economies. Keynes efforts were directed at saving the British from socialism not encouraging it. He did propose that government had a responsibility to spend money to ease the pain to economic downturns; his doctrine also called for government to replenish the treasury during said recovery. The peanut farmer and the community organizer decided they were sufficiently righteous as to not be required to step up to the replenishment part. Let the Republicans worry about that.

The certain result will be continued high unemployment and inflation in all areas of our lives...except home prices. Commodity prices have rocketed of late, which along with the sacrosanct ethanol subsidy, are causing misery at home and in countries near and far. (Mexico's poor suffer as the price of corn tortillas rise, ... Continue Reading:Obama and Carter: Bookends

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Over the last year nearly half of the Obama White House's staffers have received raises during a time when employment is stagnating and the vast majority of people in the private sector are doing without a raise.

Of the 270 White House staffers who have been there for more than a year, 146-or 54 percent-received raises, according to Gawker. The average salary increase was 8 percent. If you look at only staffers who got raises, the average increase was twice that.

That's a much bigger raise than the average white-collar worker got. According to a survey conducted last year by the human resources consulting firm Mercer, most firms were projecting a 3 percent increase in base pay for executives. White House workers did nearly three times as well.

Read more on Newsmax.com: Audacity of Hope: White House Staffers Got 8+ Percent Raises 

Friend of Free Enterprise:

In just a few months, the Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection and Energy Efficient Act of 2007 will take effect, removing SAFE incandescent light bulbs from store shelves, and replacing them with expensive light-emitting diodes (LEDs), toxic compact fluorescent (CFLs), and dangerous halogen bulbs.

This is why Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), introduced the Better Use of Light Bulbs (BULB) Act that would REPEAL the law that phases out 100 watt and 75 watt incandescent light bulbs and ends production of traditional incandescent light bulbs in the United States by 2015.

Several countries have laws that phase out manufacturing of traditional incandescent lights from 2012 through 2014, with most prompting their replacement with toxic CFLs, or halogen bulbs that are a fire hazard!

The Wall Street Journal reports that: LEDs remain the priciest option, with 9-watt and 13-watt bulbs that replace 40-watt and 60-watt incandescent models costing from $20 to $55 each. ... San Jose, Calif.-based Switch Bulb Co., says this fall it will offer an LED substitute for the 100-watter with suggested retail price of about $30.

A much cheaper alternative is halogen bulbs, but they come with safety risks because they are a FIRE HAZARD!

According to Pacific Gas and Electric, a halogen light bulb can heat up to 700 to 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit. And any flammable material coming into contact with such heat can burst into flames in a matter of seconds. Paper ignites at 451 Fahrenheit; and in research done by New York State Consumer Protection Board, it took 24 seconds for a T-shirt to ignite after coming into contact with a halogen light bulb.

Please FAX Congress and urge them to vote for Sen. Enzi's BULB Act and its companion bill in the House, H.R. 6411, so that our lives won't be run by federal bureaucrats or environmentalists. We must ACT NOW to save the free enterprise system from the green energy advocates who believe Americans should pay through the nose for expensive LEDs, risk toxic exposure from harmful CFLs, or welcome a FIRE HAZARD into our homes with cheap, but DANGEROUS halogen bulbs! If you are concerned about the transformation of America into an expensive green place, add a GIFT to the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise Action Fund as you FAX Congress.

According to The New York Times, a 300-watt halogen bulb can reach 970 degrees Fahrenheit, and 500-watt bulbs can reach 1,200 degrees. When you consider that paper ignites at 451 degrees and cloth at 640 degrees, it is easy to see why the halogen lamps pose a hazard and the best alternative to both halogen and CFL light is Tom Edison's 146-year old incandescent light bulb. You really can't beat a light bulb that has withstood the test of time.

According to Lance Turner of Renew Magazine, during an interview with THE AGE, less than 10 percent of the power of a halogen bulb is converted into light. The rest is turned into heat. That excess heat poses a significant fire risk when debris or insulation strays too close.

In 2008, The Age also reported that Melbourne had 57 halogen-related fires causing $17 million in damage in just 18 months. Those fires resulted in 10 deaths.

Britain's Health Protection Agency was the first to confirm consumers' claims that exposure to CFLs was making them sick.

Consumers in the United States, Canada, England and Europe have been complaining about headaches, skin burns, rashes, and neurological problems caused by CFLs because they emit ultraviolet radiation and electrical and magnetic field emissions, or DIRTY ENERGY.

Health Canada tested the UV levels in CFLs and released a report stating that it was found that some people are extremely sensitive to UV and may be affected by the amount of UV produced. This includes people with autoimmune diseases, like Lupus, and those with sensitive skin.

Please FAX Congress and urge them to vote for Sen. Enzi's BULB Act and its companion bill in the House, H.R. 6411, so that our lives won't be run by federal bureaucrats or environmentalists. We must ACT NOW to save the free enterprise system from the green energy advocates who believe Americans should pay through the nose for expensive LEDs, risk toxic exposure from harmful CFLs, or welcome a FIRE HAZARD into our homes with cheap, but DANGEROUS halogen bulbs! If you are concerned about the transformation of America into an expensive green place, add a GIFT to the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise Action Fund as you FAX Congress. British and Canadian health warnings also state that adults should never be closer than1 foot to a CFL-and that exposure should be limited to one hour.

CFLs contain carcinogenic toxins, including phenol, naphthalene and styrene.
Researcher Peter Braun, who carried out tests on CFLs at the independent Berlin Alab Laboratory, said: For such carcinogenic substances it is important they are kept as far away as possible from the human environment, the UK Express reports. Braun added that the bulbs are especially harmful if they are left on near a child's head, or if they are used in close proximity to adults who use the light for reading.

While it was known that harmful amounts of mercury are released if one of the new 'green' bulbs breaks, experts discovered they also emit several carcinogenic chemicals. The EPA itself has issued new warnings about mercury, yet is mute on the use of toxic mercury in CFLs.

The carcinogenic toxin phenol is a poison that was used by the Nazis to kill concentration camp victims-and naphthalene and styrene are released as a form of steam when the CFL is switched on.

Last year, the Canadian Broadcasting Network reported that a Trent University study revealed that DIRTY ELECTRICITY produced by CFLs can cause diabetics' blood sugar levels to increase, heighten neurological symptoms for people who have Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and cause breathing problems for asthmatics.

CFLs, a fluorescent light bulb invention that was once believed to be an energy and environmental solution to America's problems, is quickly becoming a more expensive and dangerous alternative. CFLs produce high levels of electromagnetic pollution, producing electromagnetic frequencies between 400 and 800, whereas safe incandescent bulbs emit EMF levels of less than 50. CFLs can cause headaches and eye strain, and can hinder productivity for those who are dyslexic or suffer from attention deficit disorders (ADD/ADHD).

Please FAX Congress and urge them to vote for Sen. Enzi's BULB Act and its companion bill in the House, H.R. 6411, so that our lives won't be run by federal bureaucrats or environmentalists. We must ACT NOW to save the free enterprise system from the green energy advocates who believe Americans should pay through the nose for expensive LEDs, risk toxic exposure from harmful CFLs, or welcome a FIRE HAZARD into our homes with cheap, but DANGEROUS halogen bulbs! If you are concerned about the transformation of America into an expensive green place, add a GIFT to the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise Action Fund as you FAX Congress.

According to The Mercury News, "CFLs account for a quarter of new bulb sales and each contains up-to five milligrams of mercury, a potent neurotoxin that's on the worst-offending list of environmental contaminants."

The Association of Lighting and Mercury Recyclers reports that: "Demand for the bulbs is growing as federal and state mandates for energy-efficient lighting takes effect, yet only about two percent of residential consumers and one-third of businesses recycle them. If the recycling rate remains as abysmally low as it is, then there will certainly be more mercury released into the environment," said Paul Abernathy, executive director of the Napa-based recycling association.

Consumers should have the right to purchase any light bulb they want, be it traditional incandescent, CFLs, LEDs or halogen bulbs. Americans are suffering through a time of economic decline, with 9.1 percent unemployment, and should not be forced to purchase expensive LEDs because the alternatives-CFL or halogen-are toxic or can cause a fire.

Our representatives in the 112th Congress MUST VOTE FOR Sen. Enzi's BULB Act (S. 395), or its companion bill in the House, H.R. 6411.

Americans cannot afford any other alternative, especially since scientific research is revealing that CFLs are toxic and harmful and easy to break; and we already learned in the early-'90s about the hazards of halogen bulbs that can cause fires!

 We must ACT NOW to urge members of Congress to REPEAL the 2007 green energy benchmark that would require every American to buy expensive LEDs, toxic CFLs, or halogen bulbs that are a FIRE HAZARD!

TELL CONGRESS TO VOTE FOR THE BULB ACT!

Join thousands of your fellow Americans and send faxes to every member of Congress to tell them to VOTE FOR the BULB Act!

Please FAX Congress and urge them to vote for Sen. Enzi's BULB Act and its companion bill in the House, H.R. 6411, so that our lives won't be run by federal bureaucrats or environmentalists. We must ACT NOW to save the free enterprise system from the green energy advocates who believe Americans should pay through the nose for expensive LEDs, risk toxic exposure from harmful CFLs, or welcome a FIRE HAZARD into our homes with cheap, but DANGEROUS halogen bulbs! If you are concerned about the transformation of America into an expensive green place, add a GIFT to the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise Action Fund as you FAX Congress.


Sincerely,

Ron Arnold
Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise Action Fund
www.cdfe.org/cdfe-action-fund


P. S. Together we can persuade members of Congress to pass the BULB Act that will give Americans the freedom to buy any type of light bulb they choose - traditional incandescent, toxic CFLs, expensive LEDs, or halogen bulbs that are a fire hazard. Choice is, after all, what created the free enterprise system.

CLICK HERE to FAX Congress to urge your representatives to vote for the BULB Act and H.R. 6411. If the BULB Act fails, then every American will be forced to buy toxic CFLs, expensive LEDs, or DANGEROUS halogen bulbs---YOU WON'T HAVE A CHOICE!

Or SEND your donation to:
Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise Action Fund
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The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise Action Fund is a non-partisan education and advocacy organization that lobbies to influence legislation and mobilizes grassroots support for legislation that defends free enterprise. Contributions to the Action Fund are not tax deductible. 

Tea Party News
Thursday, July 7th

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July 7, 2011

Racial quotas, speech codes, and the thought police

MICHAEL BARONE - It's racially discriminatory to prohibit racial discrimination. That's the bottom line of a decision issued last Friday, just before the Fourth of July weekend, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit... (more)

July 6, 2011

9th Circuit Court orders gay military service ban lifted

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - A federal court ruled Wednesday the US military had to immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform, even though the government is weeks away from scrapping the policy... (more)

July 6, 2011

Tea party groups: socialist UN effort trickles down to U.S. local governments

NEWSMAX - Tea party groups are riled about a United Nations environmental initiative that they say smacks of socialism and one-world government... (more)

July 6, 2011

Law and border

KRIS W. KOBACH - On May 26, for the first time in 35 years, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion on whether states may take action to stop illegal immigration. In Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, the Supreme Court upheld the Legal Arizona Workers Act of 2007 against multiple challenges claiming that it was preempted by federal law... (more)

July 6, 2011

Terrorists planning to blow up planes with bombs INSIDE their bodies, authorities warn

LONDON DAILY MAIL - Security at airports across the world is to be beefed up because terrorists may be using bombs surgically implanted inside their bodies to try to blow up planes, officials have warned... (more)

July 6, 2011

Senate GOP freshmen shake things up

NEWSMAX - Several freshmen Republican senators are adopting strong parliamentary tactics to advance their policy agendas. And that's causing headaches for the Senate leadership -- Democratic and Republican alike -- Politico reports... (more)

July 6, 2011

Health care reform 'repeal and replace' plans grind to a halt

POLITICO - When they took control of the House, Republicans could barely stop talking about their plans to "repeal and replace" the health care reform law... (more)

July 6, 2011

The college scam

JOHN STOSSEL - What do Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Mark Cuban have in common? They're all college dropouts. Richard Branson, Simon Cowell and Peter Jennings have in common? They never went to college at all. But today all kids are told: To succeed, you must go to college... (more)

July 6, 2011

Senate DREAMs On

JAMES R. EDWARDS, JR. - The same pro-amnesty senators are again pushing the same amnesty bill, the so-called DREAM Act. Proponents love this legislation, which stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, because its beneficiaries are the most sympathetic subset of illegal aliens--giving advocates their best shot at achieving amnesty... (more)

July 6, 2011

All the president's high-paid 'engagers'

MICHELLE MALKIN - First rule of Obama transparency: If it's a holiday, it's time for a White House document dump. Over the Independence Day weekend, the administration released its 2011 annual report to Congress on White House staff salaries. While economic data for the rest of America remains bleak, the financial outlook for Obama flacks looks rosier than the president's complexion after his latest round of golf... (more)

July 5, 2011

Law of Sea Treaty could cost U.S. trillions

STEVEN GROVES - It's the year before a presidential election, so it must be time to debate the Law of the Sea Treaty ("LOST") again. As recently as last Thursday the Chief of Naval Operations pleaded for the U.S. to join the treaty. The Obama Administration has supported Senate action on LOST since at least May 2009 when it released its Treaty Priority List... (more)

July 5, 2011

California lawmakers order gay history included in textbooks

BLOOMBERG - California's Assembly voted to require that public-school textbooks include the accomplishments of gay Americans, sending the measure to Governor Jerry Brown for his signature... (more)

July 5, 2011

Religious groups fear legal fallout from N.Y. gay law

WASHINGTON TIMES - The protections for faith-based groups in New York's new gay marriage law are getting mixed reviews from religious and traditional-values groups, with critics saying the provisions open the way to a "Pandora's box" of lawsuits from gay-rights activists... (more)

July 5, 2011

Battles over gay marriage loom nationwide

NEWSMAX - Both sides of the same-sex marriage issue agree on one crucial element: New York's approval of gay marriage launched a national movement. But they disagree strongly on the ultimate result. Proponents embrace it as ushering in a new wave of equality, while opponents deride it as undermining traditional marriage... (more)

July 5, 2011

Politics vs. reality

THOMAS SOWELL - It is hard to understand politics if you are hung up on reality. Politicians leave reality to others. What matters in politics is what you can get the voters to believe, whether it bears any resemblance to reality or not. Not only among politicians, but also among much of the media, and even among some of the public, the quest is not for truth about reality but for talking points that fit a vision or advance an agenda... (more)

July 4, 2011

United Nations gun grabbers at it again

WASHINGTON TIMES - The despots, thugs, scoundrels, punks and various crooks at the United Nations have it all wrong again. Imagine that. Though the details have yet to be released, the U.N. wants to try to force strict small-arms control on the world under the pretense (lie) that such restrictions will make it tougher for terrorists and other assorted subhuman scum to get their hands on guns... (more)

July 4, 2011

Rand Paul plans debt-ceiling filibuster

NEWSMAX - Sen. Rand Paul said he's planning a filibuster this week so the Senate will take up debt ceiling negotiations, The Daily Caller reports. "We've not had one minute of debate about the debt ceiling in any committee," the Kentucky Republican told C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" in a Sunday interview... (more)

July 4, 2011

It's not called 'Dependence' Day

DANIEL J. FLYNN - Is the Fourth of July a right-wing holiday? When asked by a conservative, the question is self-serving; by a liberal, self-knowing. As it happens, two Harvard University professors not only ask the question but answer in the affirmative... (more)

July 4, 2011

America's Fourth, the spirit of 1776

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST - "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." -- Thomas Jefferson... (more)

Check out the discussion 'House Vote on Incandescent Lights Planned'

Does the recent influx of good Conservative news get your hopes up? Or are still hesitant?

Discussion posted by Admin II-Rev. Larry Wallenmeyer:

ANOTHER WIN FOR THE "GOOD GUYS"!!!   House vote on incandescent lights planned Conservatives have made the light bulb ban a rallying cry a...

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House Vote on Incandescent Lights Planned

Republic vs Democracy 

Republic vs Democracy

July 7, 2011 

Original Argument: The Lost Chapters. Translated by Joshua Charles

Glenn couldn't fit all the Federalist Paper translations into his #1 NYT bestselling book The Original Argument -- this week you're getting the Lost Chapters. Today's is on the Powers of the Convention to form a mixed government examined and sustained.

Here's a sample: 

From these two recommendations, it appears that the purposes of the Convention were as follows:
 

1.To establish a firm National government

2.That this government would be able to meet the demands of government, and the preservation of the Union

3.That this purpose was to be fulfilled by making the necessary changes or adding the necessary provisions ("such alterations and provisions therein") to the Articles of Confederation (as the recommendation from congress says)

4.The changes and added provisions were to be reported to congress and to the states so that they could be agreed to by congress, and established by the states
 

By comparing and objectively analyzing these several recommendations, we can determine the nature of the authority under which the Convention acted.  They were to frame a National government, able to meet the needs of government and of the Union, and to alter the Articles of Confederation in such a way as to accomplish these purposes. There are two rules of interpretation which are based on both plain reason, as well as legal principles...

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