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~ Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Smith, 1822 

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Press Release:

AFDI/SIOA 9/11 Freedom Rally: 

Stand Against Ground Zero Mosque, and Durban III, Stand for America

NEW YORK, July 6: The human rights organization American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) will be hosting its second annual 9/11 Freedom Rally on September 11 at 3pm at Park Place and West Broadway.

Free citizens are coming from all over the U.S. to attend the rally. "It is crucial to stand for freedom on this tenth anniversary of the heinous 9/11 jihad attacks," said AFDI Executive Director Pamela Geller. "We must show the jihadists we are unbowed in the defense of freedom."

AFDI and its Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) program are encouraging all Americans to stand against the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero and the anti-Semitic Durban III conference that will be held in New York City at the same time, and for American values on the tenth anniversary of the worst attack ever on American soil.

The confirmed list of speakers includes 9/11 family members Alexander and Maureen Santora, who lost their firefighter son Christopher; Sally Regenhard, whose son Christian was killed on 9/11; Nelly Braginsky, who lost her son Alexander; and others.

Other speakers include former U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton (video message); the courageous ex-Muslim human rights activist Wafa Sultan; war hero and North Carolina Congressional candidate Ilario Pantano; former prosecutor and bestselling author Andrew C. McCarthy; popular radio host Joyce Kaufman; Darla Dawald, National Director of the Patriot Action Network; James Lafferty of the Virginia Anti-Sharia Taskforce (VAST); Coptic Christian activist Joseph Nassralla; Iraqi ex-Muslim Paul Gaynos.

Hosting the rally are Pamela Geller, publisher of the acclaimed AtlasShrugs.com blog, executive director of AFDI and SIOA, and author of Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance (WND Books); and AFDI/SIOA associate director Robert Spencer, the bestselling author and director of Jihad Watch.

Building the Ground Zero mosque is not an issue of religious freedom, but of resisting an effort to insult the victims of 9/11 and to establish a beachhead for political Islam and Islamic supremacism in New York. Cordoba Initiative board member imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is an open proponent of Sharia, Islamic law, a system that denies the freedom of speech, the freedom of conscience, and the equality of rights of all people before the law. Given the thousands of triumphal mosques that have been built on the cherished sites of conquered peoples throughout Islamic history, the mosque leaders' claim that this mosque would be understood differently by Muslims worldwide lack foundation.

The Durban III conference follows upon two previous conferences that scapegoated and demonized the state of Israel in service of Islamic jihad and Islamic supremacist interests. The rally will defend Israel against the defamation to which it will be subjected at this conference. It will also call upon the city to remove roadblocks to the reconstruction of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed on 9/11 and since then mired in bureaucratic red tape that has prevented its rebuilding - in stark contrast to the help Mayor Bloomberg and other city officials have given to the Ground Zero Mosque project.

AFDI/SIOA is one of America's foremost organizations defending human rights, religious liberty, and the freedom of speech against Islamic supremacist intimidation and attempts to bring elements of Sharia to the United States.

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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. 

          For more information please contact us via www.theunsolicitedopinion.com

From time to time the Philadelphia Freedom Center co-operates with like minded organizations to share information on an upcoming event and is pleased to announce an Eagle Forum Luncheon with Phyllis Schlaffly 

Phyllis Schlafly

Comes to Philadelphia

Save the Date

August 9, 2011

Dear Friends,

The Philadelphia Freedom Center is pleased to co-sponsor a special luncheon with The Eagle Forum and The Kitchen Table Patriots in presenting Phyllis Schlafly.

We hope you will be able to join us!

Union League Club of Philadelphia

140 South Broad Street

Philadelphia, Pa 19102

August 9, 2011

11:30am - 2:00pm  

About Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis Schlafly has been a national leader of the conservative movement since the publication of her best-selling 1964 book, A Choice Not An Echo. She has been a leader of the pro-family movement since 1972, when she started her national volunteer organization now called Eagle Forum.

In a ten-year battle, Mrs. Schlafly led the pro-family movement to victory over the principal legislative goal of the radical feminists, called the Equal Rights Amendment. An articulate and successful opponent of the radical feminist movement, she appears in debate on college campuses more frequently than any other conservative. She was named one of the 100 most important women of the 20th century by the Ladies' Home Journal.

Mrs. Schlafly is a lawyer and served as a member of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, 1985-1991, appointed by President Reagan. She has testified before more than 50 Congressional and State Legislative committees on constitutional, national defense, and family issues.

Please contact Ned Pheiffer for more information at:

CEP5553@aol.com

or visit www.eagleforum.org 

   Glenn Beck Restoring Courage Viewing Party : On Wednesday, August 24 we will be streaming the event at The Moose and we're inviting everyone to come down and share this together.  Many of us went to the Restoring Honor event last year and we were deeply moved by the day's events.  Being with others we know made this even more special.  Although we are not going to travel to Israel, we are hoping that we can recreate that atmosphere here in Bucks County.  We are still in the development stages of this event and would like to hear your suggestions on how to have it work out.  And if you can help with the planning, set up and the break down, please let us know.  These events are even more special when you are part of the effort to make it come off well for everyone who comes.  Be sure to invite your friends and family to come as well.  This would be a great opportunity to meet other patriots and meet some new ones.

   Let us know you are coming on our Facebook event post .  

RedState Morning Briefing
For July 19, 2011 

1. If You Support Mitch McConnell, We Don't Support You

I am instituting a new policy here at RedState. In the future, as we support candidates for the U.S. Senate in Republican Primaries, we will not support any candidate who goes on the record supporting Mitch McConnell as Senate Republican Leader.

That does not preclude them from voting for McConnell once they get there if there are no better options. But when looking to endorse candidates, those who express a willingness to support someone else first will certainly be given more attention.

Why?

Well, it is not just that Mitch McConnell is yet again screwing both the Republican Party and the country. He has a history of playing things to his advantage, even when it means hurting the country and his own political party.

If Mitch McConnell will not turn from his history of failed leadership, we must encourage those running for the Senate to turn from McConnell.

Let's review the tape, shall we?

2. Now We See It All. Mitch McConnell's Pontius Pilate Act Is Cover for Tax Increases

Well, well, well. As Monday's news cycle gets into full gear, we're starting to see exactly what Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi are cooking up for the American public - pretend spending cuts and very real tax increases.

It is like the GOP learned nothing from No Child Left Behind. In NCLB, the GOP let liberals like Teddy Kennedy write the legislation and when the legislation's very foreseeable outcomes appeared, the GOP got the blame for the disaster the law wrought on the public school system.

And now we're going to get a new deficit commission that is actually just going to raise taxes.

3. Seven Reasons Why August 2 Isn't the End of the World

Washington is currently borrowing about 43 cents out of every dollar it spends, and is close to maxing out its credit limit.

Current law says Uncle Sam cannot borrow more than $14.3 trillion. A few months back, the Obama Administration demanded that Congress increase the national credit line by $2.5 trillion by May 16, or else, it warned, the United States would default on its debts, causing an "economic Armageddon." ($2.5 trillion is just enough to aver the need for another debt hike until after the 2012 election.)

When May 16 came and went, and nothing happened, the Obama team set a new "Armageddon" date: August 2.

4. Pop Goes the Weasel

Those of you who have read my pieces in the past know that I was pushing for congressional Republicans to fight for deficit reduction on the continuing resolution. This didn't happen.

Instead, explained the GOP, (1) it would be so much easier and risk-free to use the debt limit, and (2) besides, they were about to unveil a budget which would be widely applauded because (A) the press loves Paul Ryan and (B) no one could attack Medicare changes which left benefits intact for everyone over 55.

Uh...

5. Palin Again.

CNN did a brilliant job covering the launch of the Sarah Palin documentary, "The Undefeated." As CNN notes,

"The film's distributor, ARC Entertainment, said the film averaged $5,000 per screen Friday and Saturday night, with sold-out screenings at several locations. ARC Entertainment said in a statement "... with the strong initial showing, the film is going to a wider release footprint later this month.""

In fact, the Palin film is dazzling people by just how well a film of its type is doing with no traditional promotion. Even movies like The Passion of the Christ, which largely relied on alternative publicity mechanisms, still had a great deal of traditional promotion, studio support, and media buzz.

"The Undefeated" is different. In addition to being a political documentary, it is not backed by a studio, does not have major media buzz, and continues to sell out in showings around the country.

More impressive, there are continued reports of people who didn't care for Palin or had no opinion of her (the few that remain) who came out impressed with her in the movie.

6. Republicans Who Support Mitch McConnell's Plan Should Be Deeply Worried by a New CBS News Poll

Republicans backing Mitch McConnell's Pontius Pilate Act should be deeply, deeply worried by a new CBS News Poll. The poll shows the public is very unhappy with the way things are going in Washington.

In fact, 51% of Republicans and 73% of Independents disapprove of the way the GOP is handling the debt ceiling. "But wait," you say. "That must mean they want to go with the Democrats."

Except for a few things we can interpret from this poll consistent with other polls.

Call your liberal friends to ask why they haven't yet thanked you for your Hiroshima Day celebration barbecue and Kamikaze cocktails.

Was it something you said? Tell them if they like, they can come over for another celebration tonight because it's Nagasaki Day (August 9), anniversary of the second atom bomb which finally led to the surrender of evil, warmongering Imperial Japan. Quote literary historian Paul Fussell on how it felt to hear the news: "We learned to our astonishment that we would not be obliged in a few months to rush up the beaches near Tokyo assault-firing while being machine-gunned, mortared, and shelled, and for all the practiced phlegm of our tough facades we broke down and cried with relief and joy. We were going to live." 

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

Murdoch Warned of a War Against the Jews

[Now that Murdoch is under the gun, I thought I would remind you of his very supportive speech to the ADL last fall.]    Murdoch on Anti-Semitism 

Editorial of The New York Sun | October 14, 2010

It will be some time before a major public figure confronts the question of anti-Semitism in a speech as to the point as that delivered last night by Rupert Murdoch to the annual banquet of the Anti-Defamation League in New York. The honoree of the evening, he noted that the League has been so successful that a few years ago some people were beginning to say, "Maybe we don't need an ADL any more." That, he said, "is a much harder argument to make these days" when, as he put it, "we live in a world where there is an ongoing war against the Jews."

The war has, moreover, entered what the world's most successful newspaper magnate called a new phase. The first phase had been "conventional in nature," with the goal "to use military force to overrun Israel." He...

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Syrian forces surround protesting eastern town

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian tanks surrounded a town near the border with Iraq's Sunni heartland on Sunday after tens of thousands, emboldened by defections among security forces, took to the streets there denouncing President Bashar al-Assad, residents said.

Assad, from the minority Alawite sect, has sent troops in to towns across the country to try to end four months of protests against his rule. But activists say discontent is growing within the mostly Sunni army rank and file.

Killings, mostly carried out by ultra loyalist units, are leading to limited defections within the military, which is controlled by mostly Alawite officers who ultimately answer to Assad's feared brother Maher, activists say.

Syria's fractured opposition is also taking steps to unite, forming a 25-member National Salvation Council composed of Islamists, liberals and independents at a meeting in Istanbul on Saturday and agreeing to work toward a democratic...

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There is another way

By Jan Willem van der Hoeven

In an interview with Jerusalem Post on 10.08.2001 the then leader of Israel's opposition, Yossi Sarid was quoted:

"Every dispute around the world in history was solved through negotiations".

This mantra repeatedly verbalized across Israel's political spectrum, the notion that a solution with the Palestinians can only be found through negotiations is, however, entirely false.

Israel's negotiations have actually brought more violence, not less. The ONLY WAY a political solution can be reached via negotiations is if an Israeli government comes to power, which, for the sake of regional peace, would be willing to change Israel's nature so that it would no longer be a sovereign JEWISH state.

World history is replete with examples demonstrating that conflicts initiated by aggressive regimes are usually only resolved by military might. From the Islamic conquest of Europe, through the aggression of Nazi Germany...

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Jordan on verge of survival showdown?

Jordan's prime minister revealed that his country would vote against Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly in September.

Jordan has been relatively quiet since the outbreak of popular unrest engulfing many Arab and North African countries.

However, two recent developments perhaps indicate that the kingdom is far from complacent.

Last Saturday, King Abdullah declared a reshuffle in the cabinet not five months after it was sworn in - clearly in response to demonstrations protesting alleged government corruption. Earlier that week, the Dubai-based daily Al-Bayan published a leaked report that Jordan's prime minister had revealed that his country would vote against Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly in September - thus breaking Arab consensus.

Unsurprisingly Jordan is facing two major challenges. On the one hand, there are mounting domestic pressures, especially from the Beduin South, the backbone of the...

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"Palestinians want their own state but vote with their feet"

By Alexander Maistrovoy, a Israeli journalist

Not long ago Libya was a prospering country. Medicine, education and electricity were free for all citizens. There was a supermarket chain with symbolic prices of basic products for large families. There was no rent. A liter of gasoline was cheaper than a liter of water, and the state paid $ 7 000 for every newborn. Today, thanks to the efforts of the European powers, Libya is a ruined, miserable country taken to pieces by local clans, gangs and agents of influence, including "Al-Qaeda" and Iran.

Kosovo is another example. Recognized by the West, it remains "a black hole" of the world community and the main transit point for drugs and sex slavers trafficking.

Supporting the Palestinian state is a modern tendency. The problem is that nobody has asked Palestinians themselves what that wanted. It is clear that any inhabitant of Jenin or Nablus would without a hitch tell the BBC or CNN correspondents that he...

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Islamization in Britain

THIS IS EXCELLENT

Melanie Phillips - Islam in Europe

Agreement with Arabs Impossible at present

Zionism Must Go Forward

Originally published in Russian under the title O Zheleznoi Stene in Rassvyet, 4 November 1923

"The Jewish Herald" (South Africa) Friday, 26^th November, 1937  

By Vladimir Jabotinsky

 It is an excellent rule to begin an article with the most important point,  but this time, I find it necessary to begin with an introduction , and, moreover , with a personal introduction.

             I am reputed to be an enemy of the Arabs, who wants to have them ejected from Palestine, and so forth. It is not true.

            Emotionally, my attitude to the Arabs is the same as to all other nations - polite indifference. Politically, my attitude is determined by two principles.  First of all, I consider it utterly impossible to eject the Arabs from Palestine. There will always be two nations in Palestine - which is good enough...

Read the whole entry »

Nope, No Sharia Here
Part Two  

The Herald Sun (Australia) story below provides yet ANOTHER example of the forward march of sharia law around the world.

Those who dismiss concerns about sharia law, such as Bob Smietana's recent article in The Tennessean newspaper, appear to have no problem with how sharia law applies to women and children.

For instance, nine months ago the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (not of Saudi Arabia), issued a fatwa declaring that, according to Islamic law, rape cannot exist in a marriage because a woman is required to consent to her husband.

It was this reasoning that prompted a New Jersey judge in 2009 to deny issuing a restraining order against a Muslim man who was sexually abusing his wife.

Sharia law provides that a woman's testimony in court is equal to only half that of a man's. A man can beat his wife if she is insubordinate. A man can divorce his wife by saying "I divorce you" three times; a woman has no such right. Women have virtually no rights over the custody of their children. And on and on.

So here is our question to the naysayers: Do you believe sharia law should be applied in America in the area of "family law"? If so, any claims you make to support equal rights for women-or even their protection-are hollow.

Give us our own laws, say Islamic leaders

• John Masanauskas
• From: Herald Sun
• July 11, 2011 

The survey revealed strong condemnation of MPs who criticise Muslim women for wearing burqa/nijab. Source: AdelaideNow

 

ISLAMIC leaders want Muslims in Australia to get interest-free loans for religious reasons.  

 

The nation's Islamic leaders want recognition of sharia law as it applies to banking practices, according to an exclusive Herald Sun survey of imams.

 

There was also a call for recognition of sharia law as it applies to family law.

WSB TV National Disgrace

 Can you believe this???......so much goes on in Washington , DC that the "average" American never hears about.....how can they justify this kind of BS.....what a shame!!!!.....they'll look in to it; yeah, right!!!

Legislative Update - July 15, 2011

Newsletter from Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick

Obama's Amateur Paint-by-Numbers Liberalism Driving the World Off a Cliff

- Kelly O'ConnellSunday, July 17, 2011

Did you happen to catch Obama's recent budget speech where he advised the little man to step aside to allow the "experts"-that is, the professionalpoliticians-to address the nation's most serious problems? If you didn't swoon after that miracle of delusion, you may want to go get tested for terminal cognitive dissonance. Here is what Barack said when asked why the vast majority of Americans did not support a higher debt ceiling:

Let me distinguish between professional politicians and the public at large. You know, the public is not paying close attention...

Shockingly, despite all the warning signs of misadventure-from staggering joblessness, cratered budgets, perpetual trillion-dollar deficits, shrinking military, and government program downsizes, Obama still believes he's captaining America's ship to unsurpassed achievement. Instead, Barack has America sailing full-speed into an economic tsunami, as unconcerned as a blind man stumbling across a minefield, drunk and barefoot.

LemonAid Anyone?

American Grassroots Coalition is very excited to debut our very first TV commercial. Let's turn up the heat and send the message to Washington: Please don't raise the debt ceiling or we'll have to raise the price of LemonAid.
Help put this commercial on the air by making a contribution here: https://secure.piryx.com/donate/F8rGBmFI/American-Grassroots-Coalition/

 

Sen. Marco Rubio talks about Washington's 'lack of urgency'

Friend,

Certain leaders command our attention, give us hope and offer us something meaningful to consider. My mission is to deliver interviews with authentic, principled leaders who stand out in the cacophony of culture and politics. Last week, John Bolton teased out the effort he sees to erode our national sovereignty and laid out his timetable for a possible presidential run. If you missed the conversation, you can still watch by looking in my archives.

This week, I feature Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican and popular Florida son of Cuban exiles. Rubio is a bartender and store clerk who is helping restore the value of America's founding principles to modern day politics. Emerging as a 55 point underdog to winning the U.S. Senate race in November 2010, Rubio became an early face of the national Tea Party movement. In a commencement speech this year, he told graduates that they need to decide to "be somebody" or "do something." He has chosen the latter.

Rubio is a young, natural crowd-pleaser who explains in this interview:

• How the debt ceiling battle is a golden opportunity for leadership
• Why he reluctantly gives President Obama an "F" grade
• How to save the "miracle" of America
• How his faith influences his work in public office

Click here to watch.

Thanks to people like you, we've continued to bring leaders' messages to the world.

Cheers,

Ginni

Quote of the Day

"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?"

  -Thomas Jefferson

GE to purchase 25,000 electric vehicles through 2015

Article from Nov. 2010

GE said on Thursday that it will buy 25,000 electric vehicles for its fleet through 2015 in the "largest-ever" purchase of electric cars.

GE (GE, Fortune 500) will begin with a purchase of 12,000 Chevy Volts from General Motors Co. The purchases will begin in 2011, said GE.

Click here to read the full article at CNN Money 

NYC fleet adds 70 plug-in vehicles, including Chevy Volt cop cars

More gov't buying from a gov't company

As much as the average driver doesn't really have to worry about "range anxiety" during a normal driving day, we will grant you that an electric police car that could run out of juice during a car chase is a bad idea.

That last scene in Blues Brothers wouldn't have been all that impressive and crash-y had all those cop cars shifted into limp mode at some point. On the other hand, pure EVs can work wonders in reducing a city fleet's fuel use, and so can most certainly find a home in urban areas. Yesterday, NYC's Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, announced a best-of-both-worlds addition to his city's fleet:

Click here to read the full article at Auto Blog 

Jackson Lee: Congress complicating debt-ceiling because Obama is black

We knew the race-card would be pulled

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Friday strongly suggested that members of Congress are making it difficult for President Obama to raise the debt ceiling because of his race.

"I do not understand what I think is the maligning and maliciousness [toward] this president," said Jackson Lee, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. "Why is he different? And in my community, that is the question that we raise. In the minority community that is question that is being raised. Why is this president being treated so disrespectfully? Why has the debt limit been raised 60 times? Why did the leader of the Senate continually talk about his job is to bring the president down to make sure he is unelected?" 

Click here to read the full article at The Hill 

Precious metals: Gold settles about $1,602, extends record rally

Gold is money

Gold settled at an all-time high above $1,602 an ounce Monday, extending a record rally as investors sought a safe haven on fears that U.S. lawmakers could fail to raise the debt limit, resulting in a default.

Gold rallied even as the U.S. dollar strengthened, helping the precious metal hit record highs across a number of major currencies, namely euro, British sterling, South African rand and the Canadian dollar.

Click here to read the full article at CNBC 

Labor's new strategy: Intimidation for dummies

SEIU's new training manual

In the past decade, unions have become increasingly desperate to obtain new dues-paying members. An example of how desperate can be found in a 70-plus-page intimidation manual from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which only recently came to light in a pending court case.

The new union tactic is to use pressure on corporate boardrooms as a means of organizing entire companies nationwide rather than recruiting workers on a site-by-site basis; in short, to organize employers rather than employees. To create this pressure, unions attempt to push businesses to the edge of bankruptcy, with little regard for the welfare of employer and employee. They attempt to strong-arm businesses into agreeing to take away the secret ballot for employees in union-organizing elections via card check. They also try to force employers to restrict their own speech on union issues so that workers will not get both sides of the story on unionization. Among the SEIU's demands is that employers agree to bargain only with it, to the exclusion of all other unions, regardless of what workers want.

Click here to read the full article at The Washington Times 

July 18, 2011

The debt ceiling mess, and our House of Lords

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - In trying to cope with the debt ceiling, the Republicans are re-learning that the country cannot be run from Capitol Hill -- not from both legislative houses, let alone one. Compounding the challenge is that one house -- in this case Harry Reid's United States Senate -- chooses to spin its wheels while doing -- well, almost nothing... (more)
 

July 17, 2011

Obamageddon

JOSEPH FARAH - "We're running out of time," says Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the absolute necessity of raising the debt limit that would, no matter how you slice it, allow Barack Obama to continue his profligate and unprecedented spending binge. His scare tactics about an approaching doomsday Aug. 2 were echoed by Sen. Charles Schumer, who suggests there is nowhere to cut in Obama's ravenous spending plans... (more)
 

July 17, 2011

Gohmert: Obama is 'Scarer-in-Chief,' his tactics are 'unconscionable'

NEWSMAX - GOP leaders simply need to look at history to realize why they must reject Democratic pleas for tax hikes and focus on spending cuts to reduce the deficit, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert tells Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview... (more)
 

July 17, 2011

The expanding catalogue of Obamacare fables

MICHELLE MALKIN - Is there a health insurance horror story disseminated by the White House and its allies that ever turned out to be true? Obamacare advocates have exercised more artistic license than a convention of Photoshoppers. Now, a prominent sob story shilled by President Obama himself about his own mother is in doubt. It's high past time to call their bluffs... (more)
 

July 17, 2011

Disarming Democrats on debt

EMILY MILLER - Fear is the weapon of choice for Democrats intent on protecting their ability to spend - no matter the price. Administration officials insist that if they don't get an increase in the debt ceiling within the next two weeks, America will default. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner explained in a press conference Thursday, "We have no way to give Congress more time to solve this problem"... (more)
 

July 17, 2011

Don't raise the debt ceiling

DEROY MURDOCK - Team Obama's debt-limit negotiating position is fueled by a central non sequitur, a core myth, and a spectacular oversight. Correcting these deficiencies would help Democrats and Republicans drain America's Olympic pool of red ink without drowning the economy in tax hikes... (more)
 

July 17, 2011

Top Republican: House conservatives will not support McConnell debt 'cop-out'

FOX NEWS - House conservatives will not support Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's backup plan to raise the debt ceiling, a leading House conservative told "Fox News Sunday," calling it a "cop-out"... (more)
 

July 17, 2011

GOP: Please do call his bluff and man your battle stations

DAVID LIMBAUGH - Ordinarily, I'd have difficulty grasping the magnitude of arrogance driving President Obama in budget negotiations that could determine the survival of our nation, but after several painful years of observation, I've come to expect it from him... (more)
 

July 16, 2011

Churches debate whether to marry gays

ASSOCIATED PRESS - After same-sex marriage becomes legal here on July 24, gay priests with partners in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island will head to the altar. They have to. Their bishop set a nine-month deadline for them to marry or stop living together... (more)
 

July 16, 2011

Your share of Uncle Sam's debt: $534,000

NEWSMAX - The gap between the money Washington takes into its coffers to pay its IOUs and what it actually owes on those IOUs is taking on Grand-Canyonesque proportions, with unfunded liabilities hovering around $62 trillion, according to a USA Today analysis... (more)
 

July 16, 2011

Ex-CIA officer: Israel likely to attack Iran in September

JERUSALEM POST - Robert Baer tells LA KPFK radio that strike on Tehran likely to happen before vote on Palestinian state, that PM wants US to be involved. Israel will probably attack Iran in September, a former CIA officer who spent 21 years in the Middle East, including in Lebanon and Syria, has told a Los Angeles radio show... (more)
 

July 16, 2011

House Republicans move to thwart light bulb ban

LOS ANGELES TIMES - Reporting from Washington-- The House Republican majority moved Friday to keep old-style incandescent light bulbs around a bit longer, voting to block enforcement of new lighting efficiency rules and setting up a high-wattage fight with the Democratic-controlled Senate... (more)
 

July 16, 2011

Has Mitch gone mad?

ALAN KEYES - Did Mitch McConnell really propose allowing Obama discretionary authority to raise the debt limit for the remainder of his term? According to an AP story I read Wednesday, that's exactly what he did. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., offered a new plan to allow the president to demand up to $2.4 trillion in new borrowing authority by the summer of next year in three separate submissions... (more)
 

July 16, 2011

Court: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' will stay in place

ASSOCIATED PRESS - A federal appeals court is allowing the military to temporarily continue its "don't ask, don't tell" policy for openly gay service members in response to a request from the Obama administration... (more)
 

July 15, 2011

Read Obama's lips: More new taxes

WASHINGTON TIMES - The White House is fighting hard to resolve the debt-ceiling crisis with a deal that raises taxes to maintain elevated spending levels. Republicans need to understand that compromising on taxes would be disastrous, possibly guaranteeing President Obama's re-election in 2012... (more)
 

July 15, 2011

Debt's not all, folks

ROBERT KNIGHT - Over the past 90 years, a relentless campaign has unfolded to overthrow Judeo-Christian morality and replace it with an amorality that says desires themselves validate choices. This campaign has been advanced largely by hijacking the rubric and moral capital of the black civil rights movement and misapplying it to volitional behavior... (more)
 

July 15, 2011

Number of healthcare waivers nears 1,500

THE HILL - The Health and Human Services Department granted 39 new waivers last month from part of the healthcare law, bringing the total to just shy of 1,500. In September, HHS will stop the process of granting a new batch of one-year waivers at the end of each month... (more)
 

July 15, 2011

Court: TSA's full-body scanners do not violate the Constitution

THE HILL - The controversial full-body scanning machines used at airport security checkpoints by the Transportation Security Administration do not violate the U.S. Constitution, a court ruled Friday... (more)
 

July 15, 2011

Ron Paul says 'no' to debt ceiling increase

DAILY TICKER - Is Washington throwing in the towel on tying spending cuts to a debt-reduction ceiling? Given the tentative embrace in the Senate of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's convoluted plan to let President Obama increase the debt ceiling without formal approval of the Congress, that seems to be the case... (more)
 

July 14, 2011

Minnesota governor, GOP reach deal to end shutdown

WASHINGTON TIMES - A day before his state´s budget crisis moved into its third week, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton gave in and agreed to a largely Republican-designed proposal that would get the state of Minnesota back to business... (more)

A Governor Who Prays or Preys?

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published July 17, 2011 on the American Thinker blog.

Conservative commentator Bill Bennett says that anyone looking for democracy, good government, business and job growth, the best medical care, a lower cost of living and taxes should look to Texas as the model and to Rick Perry as the model governor.

Then there's California, left with a $26 billion budget deficit courtesy of its disgraced former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who fathered a "love child" with the family maid. According to ABC News, "stories of infidelity threatened early on to derail Schwarzenegger's candidacy. There were not only allegations of Schwarzenegger's cheating, but women also came forward saying that the movie star groped them."

Comparing Texas with California, a reasonable person might conclude that there's a better chance of enjoying life, liberty and happiness in a state with a governor who calls people to pray as opposed to one who preys on women.

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How to Serve the Needy at a Fraction of the Cost

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published July 14, 2011 on the Investors Business Daily website.

Our nation's entitlement programs, from Social Security to Medicare to ObamaCare to dozens of welfare programs such as Medicaid, are all based on simple, late-19th century tax and redistribution ideas. Politically, we will never be able to solve the entitlement crisis by simply trying to cut people's benefits.

As I discuss in my new book, America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb, the only politically viable solution is fundamental, structural reform that would modernize the systems to rely instead on capital, labor and insurance markets, with transformed incentives that would lead them to contribute to economic growth rather than suppress it.

Through such reforms, we can achieve all the liberal social goals of those programs far more effectively, serving seniors and the poor far better, at just a fraction of the costs of the current tax and redistribution framework. That would make the necessary reforms politically viable.

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Shovel-Ready in the Middle East?

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published July 15, 2011 on the American Thinker website.

Osama bin Laden famously said that people in his region always follow the strong horse. President Obama sent bin Laden to sleep with the sturgeons earlier this year in a move widely hailed. No one but the michaelmoores complained that bin Laden hadn't been given a Miranda warning or carped that our faithful friends, the Pakistanis, hadn't been tipped off first.

As it turned out, however, the Osama raid proved to be the outlier. President Obama turned from that undeniable success and ratcheted up the pressure on Israel. (Why is it every time we finish off some Arab mass killer of Muslims we seem to find it necessary to tighten the screws on the Israelis? It's as if some State Department expert wants to prove we are "even-handed.")

Apart from the success of the Osama raid, this president has been stumbling, and stumbling badly, in the Mideast throughout his time in office. First, the newly inaugurated Barack Obama bowed to Saudi Arabia's king during a 2009 London summit. No American leader had ever done this before. No American had ever so humbled this country before one of the world's worst despots. Even if you wanted to show a kinder and gentler face to Muslims, doesn't he know that the king of Saudi Arabia is widely resented -- among Muslims? Saudi police treat Muslim pilgrims to Mecca like cattle.

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Patton: Government Schools as Propaganda Mills

Brief · July 18, 2011

The Foundation

"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave." --Patrick Henry

Government

Bullet train to bankruptcy

"The country is on a high-speed bullet train to bankruptcy (the only kind of bullets liberals approve of), and the Democrats' motto is: Spend! Spend! Spend! Democrats are at an advantage in the 'should the U.S. go bankrupt or not?' debate because, based on their economic policies so far, they obviously favor bankruptcy. This allows them to sit back and demand that Republicans propose all the spending cuts and then turn around and scream that Republicans have declared war on the poor and disadvantaged. It's a nice trick, especially considering Republicans control only the House. Meanwhile, the Democrats control all other branches of our government: the Senate, the White House, and The New York Times op/ed page. What's their plan? Their plan is to keep spending, while blaming tax breaks for corporate jets for the entire $14.3 trillion deficit. The Democrats will never suggest any cuts to a budget that has put the country another $4 trillion in debt only since Obama became president. So Republicans keep proposing cuts and Democrats keep riling up the increasingly large number of people who get checks from the government. Nothing ever gets cut, but more people hate Republicans for having proposed any cuts at all. ... If Republicans cut government spending, recipients of government checks come after them with pitchforks. If the Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling to force spending cuts, the economy collapses. In general, the trend seems to be in the direction of higher spending and endless debt." --columnist Ann Coulter

Essential Liberty

"The depressing debate over the debt ceiling underscores just how recklessly the ruling class has squandered America's sacred heritage -- a heritage I had the privilege of revisiting up close this past week on a family vacation. The contrast between the sublime historical locations we experienced during the day and the alarming news we ingested each night about the dire state of our nation's financial condition couldn't have been starker. Upon witnessing the majesty of our historical sites, it's difficult not to be outraged at the irresponsible stewardship of our do-gooder ruling class. These elites are on the final leg of their long journey to uproot our founding principles and remake the nation in their quest for moral self-realization through public acts of philanthropy with other people's money and liberty. In the name of compassion, they have systematically undermined our founding ideals of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and equal opportunity under the law. ... I am more convinced than ever that words alone are insufficient to express the richness of America's heritage and the debt we owe our Founding Fathers and all others who sacrificed so much so that we could be free. As we measure the forces determined to structurally change this nation, divest us of our liberties and, in the process, inevitably bankrupt us, let us always be mindful of the sacrifice of these great men, who bequeathed to us our liberties, and honor them and our posterity by redoubling our commitment to fight to the end to preserve them." --columnist David Limbaugh

Opinion in Brief

"[P]resident Obama's statements that he may have to stop Social Security checks, veterans' checks and disability checks shows just how bankrupt our country is. If we literally don't have the cash to pay those checks out of our current stockpiles, how is borrowing more money going to cure the problem? ... By tacitly admitting that government benefit schemes are month-to-month, [Obama's] admitting that the underlying structure of these systems is not self-sustaining. That's a major shift for a man who, in August 2010, proclaimed, 'Social Security is not in crisis.' ... President Obama has now embraced a binary choice: either he can screw current taxpayers or he can screw past taxpayers. Those who depend on their Social Security check to pay the rent are now being asked to suffer a double burden: The burden of paying their original Social Security tax as well as the burden of forgoing their expected return. The alternative is asking those who currently pay taxes to suffer a double burden: paying a higher tax rate and then forgoing their check somewhere down the road." --columnist Ben Shapiro

Political Futures

"Rarely ... has any administration been so disconnected from Reality as is the one now lecturing us. Who strong-armed through Congress a health insurance measure on the supposition that somehow we, the taxpayers, will cough up the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of billions necessary to pay for it forever? As everyone and his dog knows, the Affordable Care Act was the Obama administration's bright idea. Ironically, the president plans next year, while seeking re-election, to pat himself enthusiastically on the back for winning passage of the very measure that makes control of federal spending so devilishly hard. Having told us to eat our peas, he plans next to remind us how good they tasted." --columnist William Murchison

Re: The Left

"In the midst of testy debt-limit negotiations, Obama told House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, 'Don't call my bluff.' The first rule in bluffing is to keep it a secret that you're bluffing. So, technically speaking, that's like a con man saying, 'Don't give any weight to the fact that I'm lying.' ... His remark about not calling his bluff notwithstanding, Obama has at least demonstrated the political professionalism to read his lines. His refusal to sign a short-term debt-ceiling extension is, according to him, an act of moral leadership, high-minded pragmatism and flat-out bravery. 'I've reached my limit. This may bring my presidency down, but I will not yield on this,' Obama reportedly said about his determination to have a long-term deal. He says he wants the deal because America can't continue to kick the can down the road, even though that's what he did during his entire presidency until the GOP got in the way. My suspicion is that if he read his stage direction instead of his lines, it would sound very different. Something like: 'I want to be positioned as if I'm taking the high road, but I'm really just trying to kick this can past the 2012 election. I want to keep asking for things Republicans won't agree to so I can paint them as irresponsible. So, whatever you do, don't call my bluff.'" --columnist Jonah Goldberg

For the Record

"Let me start by saying American should pay its debts. If the debts are really, really large -- that's too bad. We owe the money and we have to pay it. We're the richest, most blessed nation in the history of the world and we have to pay what we owe. Period. ... On Wednesday a company known as a ratings agency, Standard & Poor's, weighed in on this debt limit business by putting the whole U.S. of A. on what it calls a 'credit watch.' If we slip into the Wayback Machine we will see that S&P along with its partner in crime, Moody's Investor Services, were two of the major players in pretending that all those securitized mortgage instruments that were being bought and sold up until the whole world went broke had 'AAA' ratings even though they turned out to have the accumulated value of a bucket of beach sand. Standard & Poor's either lied about the value of all those mortgages, or it didn't understand how to value them, or it did understand that they were worthless but it (and Moody's) collected fees from the geniuses who almost made our ATM cards as useful as baseball cards in our bicycle spokes. ... If I were in a position to do so, I would haul the heads of Moody's and S&P in front of Congress, make them swear to tell the truth, and ask them if they had any conversations with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner or any of his people prior to issuing this warning. My strong suspicion is that the White House, looking for leverage, told Geithner to call his buds at Moody's and S&P and get them to issue a warning hoping it would weaken the resolve of Congressional Republicans." --political analyst Rich Galen

Insight

"The only freedom deserving the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." --British philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

The Gipper

"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." --Ronald Reagan

Faith & Family

"[M]arriage, redefined to include homosexuals, is now open to further redefinition to suit the homosexual lifestyle. Just a week after the New York law passed, the New York Times ran a piece promoting the practice of 'flexible' monogamy, or infidelity with permission -- a common practice in 'committed' homosexual relationships. The thesis? It 'works' for the homosexual community, so heterosexuals should try it too. ... Societies that legitimize substitutes for traditional marriage (homosexual 'marriage,' civil unions, cohabitation) inevitably witness the decline of authentic marriage. And as marriage declines, family structures weaken, producing cracks in the bedrock of a stable society. The result? Children suffer. ... Be unequivocal with your children. This is not about 'fairness' or 'equality.' It's about morality and the strength of civil society. Homosexual behavior is wrong. And homosexual relationships are not equivalent to heterosexual marriages, no matter what the New York legislature says." --columnist Rebecca Hagelin

Culture

"Some 'reality shows' are designed to advertise wanton misbehavior and stupidity for its own sake. There's no 'life lesson,' just an exercise in how you can grade your own moral worth on a 'Jersey Shore' curve. That is not the case with TLC's 'Sister Wives.' For TLC ... it was the usual slam-dunk oddball premise: Won't people be curious to see how four wives -- married to the same man -- get along in the same house? The show's stars, Kody Brown and his wives, want much more than fame and fortune. They want to make polygamy respectable, even legalized. The show was a surprise hit for TLC, drawing an average of 2.2 million viewers over Season 1 last fall. The polygamists have recognized the power of pop culture -- particularly television -- and are pouncing to normalize this abhorrent behavior. ... What's sad about this whole exercise is that media chroniclers of the Browns, from network TV to Oprah to blogs and wire services, routinely treat them as sympathetic figures. Every exotic alternative lifestyle is assumed to be progressive and therefore admirable and is not only to be tolerated, but welcomed." --columnist L. Brent Bozell

Reader Comments

"I don't think Americans ever doubted this administrations behind the scenes intentions regarding weapons ownership and gun rights. I'm not sure we ever thought that the methodology would include fabrication of events to support their intentions such as Mark Alexander outlined in Guns Gone Wild. But, how could we be surprised? I find no consolation in the fact that the stupidity has been exposed since facts seem not to matter when the will of the people is but a campaign slogan and the Constitution a document to be cast aside." --Andy

"Excellent essay Mark. It is crystal clear that BHO and Eric Holder gave the order to the BATF to force border state gun dealers to sell weapons to enemies of the Unites States. For this they should be tried and sentenced, period. This criminal scheme is one of many committed by BHO in the short time he has been acting as POTUS. Unfortunately even this obscene act has not caused an uprising to remove this enemy of the state from office." --Dave

"Regarding Friday's Digest and the debt ceiling, Sen. Mitch McConnell understands Sun Tzu -- pick your battles. I really do not like the plan either, but with Obama and the progressives intent on hanging everything on the Republicans heads, a tactical retreat is a smart thing to do. Time to call Obama's bluff and MAKE him take responsibility, accountability and ownership." --Kevin

"We need to enforce the Rule of Law. The Constitution specifically grants the power to borrow money to the Congress not the President. It matter not whether the President demands an increased debt limit or threatens to shutdown departments in the Administration he has no say. Congress should not increase the Debt limit just because there is a spend thrift intent on destroying the Full Faith and Credit of these United States." --Jim

"For the life of me, I cannot understand why the politicians are unable to do what responsible people do -- stop spending money that they do not have. You can spend every penny you have (even this is irresponsible) but not a penny more. Irresponsible people who continue to borrow money they cannot repay, end up in bankruptcy court." --Gary

The Last Word

"[Thursday] we quoted President Obama as saying in his Monday press conference: 'The public is not paying close attention to the ins and outs of how a Treasury option goes.' It turns out that the White House transcript, from which we got the quote, got it wrong. The president said 'Treasury auction,' not 'option.' (The Treasury doesn't sell options or other derivatives, only debt securities.) This escaped our notice, and it obviously escaped the notice of the White House transcriber. We'd say it ended up proving the president's point, except that we ended up hearing from a bunch of readers about the error. So it turns out no one but the public is paying attention." --Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
The Patriot Post Editorial Team

Herein lies the difference between a man of principle and a man of ego.

 July 18, 2011        WE'RE TOO STUPID TO GRASP GOVT DEALINGS
In a radio interview, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky supports the President's theory that the people just do not understand how Social Security works and we should just leave it to the professionals. Listen to the interview HERE. 

SEIU'S INTIMIDATION MANUAL UNCOVERED
The Washington Times is reporting that a 70+ page manual detailing the dirty tricks and intimidation techniques used by the powerful Service Employees International Union has been discovered. Read what SEIU has been doing HERE.

'THE BARACK OBAMA & JIMMY CARTER REMIX'
Lately, conservative media voices have been pointing out the similarities between President Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama. Radio host Laura Ingraham took things one step further when she aired the clever remix heard HERE.

CAUGHT ON TAPE: DEM REP SUPPORTS REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH
Congressman Jim Moran (VA-D) was being interviewed by journalist Jan Helfeld when he became irritated, ripping off his microphone and walking away. Was it because the Rep. realized that he had just admitted to supporting redistribution of wealth? Watch the video HERE.
  DEMS PUSH MORE GUN CONTROL, GOLD HITS $1600, OBAMA TO HIT SWING STATES
The Must-Reads of the morning include fourteen terrific stories plus a great School House Rock video called Tyrannosaurus Debt HERE.

BECK ANNOUNCES IMPORTANT LOCATION CHANGE FOR 'RESTORING COURAGE' EVENT
Earlier today, Glenn Beck announced that security concerns were forcing a location change for one of the events slated for the August 24th "Restoring Courage" program. Read the details HERE.  

VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - PRECISION SKY DIVING TEAM DAZZLES. . . INDOORS!
Many of us have seen clips of sky diving teams performing amazing stunts as they tumble through the open skies. This video shows off the extreme precision and timing required to do these stunts INDOORS. Watch the clip HERE.      

An Indian community unites to save a four-year-boy from flood waters 
Flash floods in India stranded a small boy on a rock in a river and the rising waters were threatening to sweep him away. Watch as the community jumps into action and saves the young man in the nick of time HERE.

House Judiciary Chair Introduces Bill to End Administrative Amnesty

Last Tuesday, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), introduced the "Hinder the Administration's Legalization Temptation Act" or the "HALT Act" (H.R. 2497), a bill that would suspend the Obama Administration's ability to grant administrative amnesty to illegal aliens. "Congress has defeated amnesty for illegal immigrants several times in recent years but this has not stopped President Obama from trying a backdoor amnesty. Over the course of the last year, the Obama administration has ignored the will of Congress and the American people by using executive branch authority to allow illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S.," said Chairman Smith in a press release.

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Funding to States for Criminal Aliens Missing in 2012 Appropriations Draft

The House Appropriations Committee approved a Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill for 2012 funding which fails to provide any money to the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP).  The draft legislation, which cleared committee by voice vote, provides funding for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation, in addition to related agencies.  SCAAP receives its annual budgetary allotment through DOJ appropriations.

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Maryland Residents Prove They Have a Different DREAM

Maryland's true immigration reform activists have led Maryland residents to submit more than 130,000 signatures to force a vote on the recently-passed college tuition break for illegal aliens. The group needed just over 55,000 signatures to get the measure on the 2012 ballot. Maryland's Governor, Martin O'Malley, signed a bill into law earlier this year that allowed illegal alien students who have attended Maryland high schools for three years to receive in-state tuition at Maryland colleges.  Without the work of these activists, the law would have gone into effect this fall.

 
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 July 17, 2011

House passes light bulb bill

Glenn to keynote "Christians United for Israel" event

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 9:10 AM EDT

What: Sixth Annual Washington Summit for Christians United for Israel

When: July 18 - 20 (Mon, Tue, Wed) - Glenn Beck will be the keynote speaker at the "Night to Honor Israel Banquet" (Tuesday, July 19)

Where: Washington D.C. Convention Center

For more information and to register: http://www.cufi.org/site/PageServer?pagename=2011Summit_Welcome

Glenn Beck will be the keynote speaker at Christians United for Israel's sixth annual Washington Summit on July 18-20, 2011. Glenn will give the keynote speech at "A Night to Honor Israel" ,a banquet held on Tuesday evening, July 19.

While Christians United for Israel (CUFI) has regularly held hundreds of "Nights for Israel" across America, this annual event gives participants the opportunity to unite their voices in speaking with elected officials to maintain our nation's support for Israel and the Jewish state.

Roughly 4,500 people gathered at last year's Washington Summit to demonstrate solidarity with Israel and listen to speakers and religious leaders such as world-renowned pastor and founder of CUFI, John Hagee.

"Israel's enemies are our enemies; Israel's fight is our fight," Hagee said at the Summit last year. "If a line has to be drawn, then let it be drawn around both of us: Christians and Jews, Americans and Israelis."

Attendees commented on last year's event:

As a child of Holocaust survivors, I grew up with the feeling that everyone hated Jews. . . . But when I came to the CUFI Summit, I witnessed a tremendous outpouring of love for Israel and the Jewish people. - Rachal from Chicago, IL.

After attending CUFI Washington Summit I now feel more equipped to be not only a Christian voice, but a political voice both on my college campus on American soil. - Clayton, a student from Mobile, AL.

I always prayed for Israel but I never really knew why I had too. So coming to the summit made me understand why Christians should stand up for Israel. - Imani from San Antonio, TX.

This year, some of the most influential leaders and thinkers will come together to discuss the recent developments in Israel and the Middle East and their connection to Washington D.C. Besides Pastor John Hagee, other speakers will include nationally syndicated radio host, Dennis Prager, Ambassador John Bolton and Ambassador Michael Oren.

The Summit will feature classes and seminars as well as a prayer session, a movie and, of course, the Night to Honor Israel Banquet with Glenn Beck. Messages are focused around Israel: the importance of its history, key events surrounding its current situation and predicted future events. Two breakout sessions will allow participants to attend classes entitled "Israel 101," "Christian Zionism" and "The Looming Threats" to name a few. For a full schedule of events click here

July 18, 2011 

Communist Party USA seeks to take back the 4th of July 

Monday, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:37 PM EDT

Too stupid to understand debt ceiling?

Monday, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:15 PM EDT

Are Americans too stupid to understand the debt ceiling? That's what one Congressowoman said - and then moments later she couldn't explain it herself!

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky said that the federal government will stop paying the check if the debt ceiling isn't raised, but at the same time said that there is a trust fund set up with enough money to pay Social Security through 2037.

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UPDATED: Glenn announces major change to 'Restoring Courage'

Monday, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:39 AM EDT

Glenn announced on radio this morning that the 'Restoring Courage' event would no longer be held at the Southern Wall at the Temple Mount on August 24^th, 2011.

"Last week when I returned from Israel, I hinted at something. I was hoping for a different outcome, but I in my heart of hearts knew," Glenn explained. 

Glenn said that when he initially chose the venue, many members of his security staff and personal advisers warned him that the site would be very controversial and potentially dangerous. Glenn, however, felt like he had to try and host the event there. "I truly believe it was selected for me. I don't think I really had a choice. Everyone advised me, no, no, no, it can't be done. And I said, 'Well, let's just try.' And all of the doors were opened to us. And in a remarkable fashion," Glenn said

Concerns were raised again during Glenn's recent trip to Israel, and Glenn said that since he returned to the states he and his team have been asked to move the event. "We have been asked if we would move the site. I concur, because courage must be coupled with wisdom, and the last thing we want to happen is for anyone to be injured in any way, or there to be any kind of conflict."

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