Quote: 

"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws." 

~ Ayn Rand 

July 21, 2011

Dear Members and Friends,

Please call the Capitol Switchboard tomorrow (Friday) @ 202.224.3121 or 202.225.3121 and ask to be connected to your US Senators. Urge them to vote for the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011 (S. 1340).

(Let them know you're with the Independence Hall Tea Party Association.)

In a last minute maneuver, Harry Reid moved the vote from Saturday to Friday. The House passed the measure Tuesday night, mostly along party lines.

Americans for Limited Government explains Cut, Cap, & Balance this way:

"The legislation conditions any increase in the $14.294 trillion debt ceiling to three conditions: 1) hundreds of billions of immediate spending cuts; 2) capping the budget to no more than 18 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (today, that would only allow a budget of $2.7 trillion, a trillion dollar cut in spending as a matter of law); and 3) passage of the Balanced Budget Amendment with severe tax and spending restrictions.

Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA)is a co-sponsor of the Act and has been a true leader on the debt ceiling issue. He deserves our utmost gratitude.

For other news, visit www.IndependenceHallTeaParty.com.

On behalf of the Association Board of Directors,

Teri Adams, President

On Tuesday the House of Representatives passed the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, the only plan that finally forces the federal government to live within its means. TOMORROW the bill will be voted on in the Senate and we need your help to pressure vulnerable Democratic Senators to vote YES!

Call the below target Senators RIGHT NOW and ask them to vote YES on the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act!

Senator Jon Tester-  406-252-0550

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We are running radio advertisements today and tomorrow putting pressure on these three vulnerable Democratic Senators to put the interests of the people first and vote YES on the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act. 

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RedState Morning Briefing

For July 22, 2011

1. The Politics of Dopes

Here is the way things work in Washington.

One group in Congress comes up with a bold plan to save the country. Let's call it Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Everyone else sets out to undermine their plan. Heck, most of the rest of Congress doesn't have a plan at all - they just want to dump on the group that comes up with the plan.

Then, when the group with the plan gets close to a vote and it looks like it is going to pass, the naysayers come out with their own plan. Everyone, leadership included, says nice things about it and they all hope the group with the plan to save the country sees its momentum sucked away.

But on occasion the group with the plan succeeds in getting not just a vote, but passage.

So the plan goes to the Senate, it doesn't make it past a filibuster, and all the people who'd been piling on and trying to undermine the group says, "Well, see, you failed. Let's do our idea now."

Friends, that is how Washington works. That is how Washington has gotten us $14 trillion in debt.

See, the fault ultimately lies with the first group. "What?" you say. "But they came up with the plan. How can it be their fault?"

2. How John Boehner Might Keep Obamacare Around Forever

If the New York Times reports tonight are true, John Boehner may just be destroying any chance the Supreme Court would get rid of Obamacare and making it even more likely Obamacare will never be repealed.

Talk about negotiating with yourself. If Boehner gets what he wants - and Obama might just give it to him with enough rope to hang himself - the nation really is screwed.

3. White House and Congressional Leaders Resort to Fearmongering

If you've seen the recent Harry Potter or watched any of a host of exorcism movies, you know that right before the demon dies, he lashes out most brutally and fearfully to try to get you to give up.

We're seeing the demon of out of control government lashing out in spectacular fashion now before House Republicans kill it.

In one last spectacular bout, the White House and Congressional leaders are summoning Standards & Poor to Congress to scare the beejezus out of House Republican Freshman. They are bringing in the Grim Reaper to proclaim death if a deal is not reached.

House Republicans should first note that S&P did not see the financial crisis come and also note that the White House and Congressional leaders did the exact same thing on TARP.

Then House Republicans need to open their eyes, laugh at death, and finish the exorcism.

4. There Are No Spending Cuts Without Downsizing Government

Republicans and conservatives have correctly asserted that the federal government doesn't have a revenue problem; it has a spending problem. However, a more trenchant summation of our public policy vices would go something like this: we don't have a spending problem, per se; we have a big government problem.

While such a characterization might sound redundant, the Orwellian language used to describe spending cuts throughout the debt ceiling debate exposes a huge bifurcation between "spending cuts" and government reduction. The very same politicians who increased the debt $3.7 trillion in just two and a half years, and have condemned us to a future trajectory of $10 trillion more over the next ten years, are now tossing out spending cut bids to the tune of trillions, as if we were sitting at a Barney Frank foreclosure auction. Obama and the Democrats promote numbers like $4 trillion in cuts; no, $6 trillion; the Gangters of Six are staking their claim on $3.7 trillion. Finally, we are all told that, at the very least, there is consensus around $1.5 trillion in cuts from the Biden bunch.

So how can the very people who increased spending by trillions just last year suddenly exhibit such gaiety in cutting spending?

5. The obvious response to this would be to outlaw the American flag

Or at least that would be the response I would expect from the Left.

Yesterday the journal Psychological Science published a paper (abstract here, original here*) that demonstrates:

"the mere sight of the American flag can subtly shift their political views... towards Republicanism. It's an effect that holds in both Democrats and Republicans, it affects actual votes, and it lasts for at least 8 months."

This is a fascinating finding in and of itself, but even more so considering the other recent study that showed

"that July 4th parades energize only Republicans, turn kids into Republicans, and help to boost the GOP turnout of adults on Election Day."

So apparently, patriotism is a Republican thing. (Go ahead now, lefties, get all frothed up).

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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FEATURED VIDEO OF THE DAY

1. Michael Oren Calls CUFI - Righteous Gentiles, Arutz Sheva, Fern Sidman
2. Glenn Beck Stirs Crowd at Christians United For Israel, FrontPage Magazine - Daily Mailer, Fern Sidman
3. Stuxnet Returns to Bedevil Iran's Nuclear Systems, DEBKAfile Exclusive Report, DEBKA Staffers
4. Rome Stands With Israel, FrontPage Magazine - Daily Mailer, Phyllis Chesler
5. Rupert Murdoch - A Genuine Friend of Israel, Word From Jerusalem, Isi Leibler
6. Casual Hate: The Subtle Side of Christian Persecution, Middle East Forum, Raymond Ibrahim

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Friday 10-11 "Veterans' Weekly Forum" - Ed Rosen and Bob Rosebrock  

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Join us Friday morning for the "Veterans Weekly Forum" radio show broadcast live from the Metro Philadelphia area and carried over AM Radio in the Tri-State area of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey, with a potential listening audience of 5,000,000.

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Friday, July 22, 2011

(10:00 AM - Eastern Time)

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Guest

Elayne Mackey

Elayne Mackey is the wife of Steve Mackey, President of the California State Council of the Vietnam Veterans of America, VVA.  Elayne is a tireless leader in defending the Rights of all Veterans and their families.

As an associate member of the Vietnam Veterans of America, she is:

• President of the California "Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America",
• Southern California Coordinator for Missing in America Project (MIAP),
• Board Director of the California Veterans Benefit Fund
• Board Director,

o   Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America National Health Committee,

o   Co-Chair of the Sub-Committee for Veterans Benefits.

Elayne will be discussing Agent Orange and the effects it has on Veterans & Intergenerational repercussions, Secondary PTSD, Missing-in-America Project and the Veterans Summer Celebration.

If you are not in the East Coast area to hear the AM Radio live

Access the live Internet broadcast by clicking on one of the following links

Saturday 5:30-6:30pm "We Say, No Se Puede!" ("No You Cannot!") - Rita Bonilla and Alice Novoa 

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

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This concerns all Americans

Fantastic presentation by Maggie Roddin, radio talk show host and self-styled "freedom fighter", at our July CCG meeting on the UN's Agenda 21. 

Here is the link to the video: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16114478 (much thanks to Dan McCabe for this recording).  PLEASE WATCH THIS AND PASS IT ON TO EVERYONE YOU CAN.

An abbreviated summary of what I learned last night.... For the last almost 20 years, this master plan for global control, the "New World  Order" President George Bush Sr. introduced to America (though the concepts had been pushed for decades before), has been foisted on Americans through educational indoctrination, governmental regulation, media manipulation, social engineering, and even many churches' support of concepts like "social justice". 

The goal of Agenda 21 for America?  Ostensibly, to preserve sufficient resources for future generations by strictly controlling use of those resources by this generation.  Twenty-first century conveniences whose current use is not sustainable and therefore must be stringently reduced or eliminated in order to provide for the future include meat, refrigeration, air conditioning, electricity, cars, and the single family home, to name just a few.  In reality, their plan would replace freedom with slavery as the independent, individual American citizen is molded, willingly or unwillingly, into a compliant global citizen, dependent on and submissive to the global government in every area of life.  [skeptical? sound like a wacko conspiracy theory?  YOU research it, as Maggie and many others have done....see resources at Maggie's website www.theunsolicitedopinion.com. ]

How are these global planners implementing this Agenda?  Through this three pronged attack.....

1. Environmental regulation used to drive rural populations into more easily controlled urban centers, 
2. Economic control as government "partners" with private business (think GE), coercing others into compliance by over-regulation and oppressive taxation and extending government ownership of land, and
3. Social engineering to produce social justice, levelling American society to one uniform standard of living in conformance with and dependent upon the government. 

How does this affect us?  Thousands of Americans have already lost their freedom as their right to private property has been stripped away by environmental regulation, eminent domain, zoning regulations, and conservation easements.  The verdant San Joaquin Valley of California, once the "bread basket of America" because of its prolific production of vegetables (60% of America's tomatoes) is now a DUST BOWL because the environmental goons shut off its water to save the Delta smelt, an 8" "endangered" fish.  In the last 15 years, over 950,000 ranchers have been put out of business by these same environmental thugs - their once productive land sold for a pittance to the Nature Conservancy (which they can afford with a $3.5 billion coffer), then resold by them, at a considerably higher price, to the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.  (But this is just the tip of the iceberg....watch Maggie's video to learn more.)

WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIGHT BACK AND KEEP OUR FREEDOMS?  A simple answer, Maggie says....

1. EDUCATE yourself, your family, and others.  LISTEN to her presentation at the link above and pass it on to all your contacts.  See her website, listen to her radio show (listed below)
2. GET INVOLVED at the LOCAL level.  This Agenda is specifically targeted to the LOCAL town councils, school boards, county commissioners - - and LOCALLY is where we can STOP it.   Become a LOCAL PATRIOT MINUTEMAN, watching for the "enemy" (this global agenda) at the monthly meetings of your town council, zoning commission, school board committees, or county commissioners - and ready to sound the alarm and take action with your local patriot group if you see this "global engineering" in your community.   You can't watch them all, so choose one and encourage others to get involved.  Join local watchdog groups already in place, or start your own.

Pending approval from our Board, I hope that CCG will  soon be organizing to set up these local "Minutemen" to monitor the activities of  local governmental organizations in upper Bucks [and upper Montco if we have some volunteers from there].  Some of our folks are already engaged in being watchdogs for freedom - but we need many MORE to cover each board, council, commission, and committee [usually only one meeting per month].  Please JOIN US by letting me know of your interest, what town you reside in, what council or board you would like to keep a watch on, and, preferably, your phone number. 

I would like to develop a plan that would provide an action "hotline" for urgent issues, a venue for reporting on developments, an avenue for publicizing these concerns, and an action plan to rally patriots to fight back when necessary.  IF you would like to help in developing this plan, please contact me at 267-374-6201. 

From Maggie's email below.....

"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." ---Winston Churchill

                                                                      In defense of freedom, Jaime

The Kitchen Table Patriots ,

the David Horowitz Freedom Center and Eagle Forum cordially invited to attend

a Reception & Luncheon with

Phyllis Schlafly

Founder & President of Eagle Forum

to support

Pennsylvania Republicans in the 2012 Elections

Tuesday, August 9, 2011
11:45am, Reception
12:15pm, Luncheon
Union League Club
140 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

All receipts will be given to Pennsylvania Republican candidates only. 

The Single ticket: per person, Luncheon only price has been dropped from $200 to $75.
For more information, click on the Eagle Forum logo above or click here . 

We look forward to seeing you all at our events.

Yours in Liberty,
The Kitchen Table Patriots

   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 .  

There will be weekly meetings every Wednesday at P J Ryan's, 231 Bridge Street, Phoenixville - 6pm - downstairs

We will be discussing UN Agenda 21 & Sustainable Development, as well as other topics relevant with today's problems like the NWO, Congress, debt, how to be prepared for the future disasters, etc.... At this weeks meeting will start with sending some people over to sit in on the meeting below.  We need to know what our opposition is doing  . . . If you have any questions please feel free to email me back or contact Maggie at www.theunsolicitedopinion.com or Maggie@theunsolicitedopinion.com

Phoenixville Green Team

Next Community Forum

July 20th - 7:00pm
Introduction to CoHousing
presented by: Joel Bartlett
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Learn more about our Goals and Objectives.

If you would like to join the Green Team or volunteer for a sub-committee, please email us

CONTACT Diane about this email at : uncanney2@verizon.net  

Announcement of a U.S. Senate Exploratory Committee

David A Christian considers run against Bob Casey Jr. in 2012

Immediate Release

Contact Skip Salvesen: 215-493-7794

One of the most decorated Vietnam War veterans and youngest Captains of the U.S. Army, David A. Christian of Bucks County, announced his launch of an Exploratory Committee to survey a bid for the 2012 U.S. Senate seat currently held by Bob Casey Jr. 

Christian, a veteran's advocate and Philadelphia businessman, has worked with various federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor, under four U.S. Presidential Administrations in Washington D.C.  He is especially proud of his work in developing  jobs, outreach programs and assisting returning war veterans in transitioning back to civilian life. Christian has  consistently demonstrated his commitment to veterans. He was responsible for drafting  some of the first Agent Orange legislation and for founding  assistance programs which established Pennsylvania as the first and only state in compliance with federal regulations with respect to serving the employment needs of combat veterans..

Christian now works as a business consultant with clients both in the United States and abroad. He has extensive knowledge in domestic & international affairs with an emphasis on humanitarian and nation-building efforts (Cambodia/Former USSR/ Middle East).   He also presently serves as executive at a Philadelphia-based manufacturing company with over 50 employees. 

"I plan to speak with and listen to  Pennsylvanians throughout the state  to examine the opportunities available in this  possible  bid to unseat Senator Bob Casey Jr.," asserted Christian.   "In this tough economic period, people are continuing to lose their homes and their jobs because of failed the policies of President Obama and Senator Casey.  Right now we need tested  leaders with business experience to unleash the natural talents of our citizens and reignite the American promise of unlimited opportunity for all." Christian, a former Airborne Ranger and Green Beret, is a graduate of  Officer Candidate School. He is also a graduate of Villanova University and the Rutgers University Law School.

David Christian serves as a board member on several organizations including The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors and The Legion of Valor; the nation's oldest veterans' organization.  He is the recipient of many citations and awards including two recommendations for the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars, as well as numerous other honors for valor.  He and his wife, Peggy, reside in Southeastern PA and have four children.

All media inquiries should call 215-493-7794 during business hours for more information or to arrange an appointment.

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for July 22, 2011

New Rule Could Spur More Energy Projects

WALL STREET JOURNAL

Obama, Boehner work toward $3T debt deal

THE WASHINGTON POST

Reining in the CFPB

DAILY CALLER

SPAKOVSKY: Securing the integrity of our elections

WASHINGTON TIMES

Latest Heritage Research:

Barriers to Justice and Accountability: How the Supreme Court's Recent Rulings Will Affect Corporate Behavior

by Robert Alt

Testimony

July 21, 2011

Rethinking Reset: Re-Examining the Obama Administration Russia Policy

by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Testimony

July 21, 2011

Defending Defense: Warning: Hollow Force Ahead!

Defending Defense #2

July 21, 2011

"Reset" Regret: Russian "Sphere of Privileged Interests" in Eurasia Undermines U.S. Foreign Policy

by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., and Stephen J. Blank, Ph.D.

WebMemo #3321

July 21, 2011

Dodd-Frank: One Year Later

by Diane Katz

WebMemo #3320

July 21, 2011

Slashing Defense Makes America Less Safe While Allowing Politicians to Kick the Can down the Road on Entitlement Reform

by Mackenzie Eaglen

WebMemo #3319

July 21, 2011

Balanced Budget Amendment: Instrument to Force Spending Cuts, Not Tax Hikes

by Edwin Meese III

WebMemo #3323

 Global Warming Fun.

NO. 8.
On a bright August day at an outdoor gathering where liberals are present, raise your glass to the sky, then shake your head sadly. Announce: "Sheesh! I'm gonna miss this stuff. You really sure I can't change your mind?" When asked about what, say: "You know. This. Nice weather. The thing you guys want to ban." 

Tell a joke: 

Q: Why do so many liberals live in LA?

A: It's the only city easy enough for them to spell. 

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

Israel gave up military option against Iran in exchange for unprecidented US support

US Adm. Mike Mullen honored for his input in IDF's war readiness for Iran 

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 18, 2011,

Adm. Michael Glenn Mullen is rightly acclaimed as the American military leader who contributed more than any other in the past decade to the depth and breadth of US-Israeli security ties and the Israel's Defense Forces' (IDF) preparedness for a potential war with Iran. Adm. Mullen, who retires as Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff on September 30, arrived Monday, July 18, to take leave of the IDF.

He will be saluted by Chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz and a guard of honor of generals when he arrives at General Command Headquarters for a farewell reception.

Adm. Mullen stands out as a warm friend of Israel and firm believer in the military partnership between US and Israeli armed forces as a key component in the national security of both nations - which is why he consistently did what he could to upscale their operational, technological and...

Read the whole entry »

The glue holding Netanyahu's coalition: hatred for liberal values

This article is worthy of thought and discussion. Strenger essentially argues that the individual comes first before the state. As the state ignores this rule it becomes fascist. He argues that a state should never curtail the liberty of the individual except to protect other individuals from harm. How about to protect the state from harm. Afteral it is the state's responsible to protect the liberties of its citizens. The state has enemies both within and without. Your thoughts are welcomed. Ted Belman

By Carlos Strenger, Haaretz 

The sound and the fury Israel's anti-boycott law has not yet died down: Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beitenu party is reviving its push for a Knesset committee that will investigate 'leftist organizations'; for the time being, the initiative to give the Knesset a veto right to reject candidates for the Supreme Court on the basis of their political views has been blocked, but it may well resurface.

Commentators both in Israel and around the...

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Congress needs a Cold War-style effort to root out civilizational jihad

By Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., JWR 

It is not exactly news that the Obama presidency is determined to go to unprecedented lengths to mollify, appease and otherwise pander to what it calls the "Muslim world." But the question has begun to occur: At what point do these efforts cross the line from a misbegotten policy to one that is downright anti-American - hostile to our values, incompatible with our vital interests and at odds with our Constitution?

The evidence is rapidly accumulating that we have reached that point. Our representatives in Congress must have the courage to rediscover a lost vocabulary, one that is conscious of the fact that subversion of our counterterror institutions - and indeed, our very understanding of the threat we face - is a goal of our enemy in the War on Terror. The danger entailed cries out for congressional oversight and corrective action.

What is needed is a new select committee modeled after the much-vilified, but...

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Letter to my leftist friend

From Ted Belman

As I understand your opposition to the settlements, you are against all the settlements (perhaps only some of them) because you believe that every settlement built, makes the chances of peace more remote. In Pres Reagan's words, the settlements are "an obstacle to peace". Correct me if I am wrong.

Certainly you are entitled to such a view. Is a corallary to this view, that if no settlements were built then we would have peace now? Probably you don't go that far, but at least you believe that the settlements are an obstacle to peace.

I am sure that you also believe that there are other obstacles to peace such as the tenents of Islam or more specifically the opposition to the existance of Israel as a Jewish state as expressed in the Charters of both Fatah and Hamas.

You are also aware that the people driving the international BDS movement share the goals of these charters.

Whether you split hairs or not, by calling for a boycott, you are...

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Thatcher vs The Left

 So many socialists complain about the distribution of wealth. The wealth gap doesn't matter.
 

The Obama Administration continues to fund,  equip, and enable the enemies of America and Israel.  Those who believe that the Democrats are still being led by good decent and patriotic leaders better wake up to reality.  The most HOSTILE, BIASED, and DANGEROUS people are, right in the public eye, spitting at Israel and other allies, and strengthening enemies.  The media does not expose the sell-out of America - it glosses over what it should examine and report in depth.

Obama keeps getting a free pass, while he plots to destroy.   He mouths platitudes that are all hot air and disappear - forgotten by the public because they are immediately forgotten by the reporters.  The reporters are led by the nose by the White House, "useful idiots, " exploited and laughed at behind the scenes.

Voting for Obama is the kiss of death for Israel.  If Israel goes down, the Islamists will be emboldened to increase their attacks - watch out, America!

Today's Headlines:  Thursday, July 21, 2011

Dem. Senator: GOP Has 'Morphed Into A Kind Of A Cult'

U.S. Urged U.N. Security Council to Make 'Climate Change' A Priority
 

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Hoyer: Balanced Budget Amendment Would 'Make it Virtually Impossible to Raise' Taxes

Obama Sees November Election As Assessment of His Leadership

ACLU Sues 'Family-Friendly' Inn for Refusing to Host Lesbian Wedding Reception

'We Cannot Afford to Devalue' Traditional Marriage, Congressman Tells Senate Panel

Flaws Undercut US Efforts Abroad Aimed at Stopping Terrorists From Crossing Int'l Borders, Says GAO

Sen. Mikulski On 'Cut, Cap' Bill : 'What A Sham What A Scam'

Bachmann Votes No On Cut, Cap and Balance: 'Does Not Go Far Enough'

Rep. West On Wasserman Schultz: 'Vile, Unprofessional And Despicable'

Wheels Down, 30-Year Space Shuttle Era Over

Progress Reported in South China Sea Disputes 

COMMENTARY:

Obama Lies About His Mother and the TV Networks Yawn
By L. Brent Bozell III
 Obama shamelessly lies about his mother in an effort to get socialized health care, and the TV networks are mute!

Fannie and Freddie: Bad Tenants
By Ed Feulner
Want to improve the housing market? Evict Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Rick Perry's Christianity Is Good for America
By Ben Shapiro
It is profoundly right to request that God look kindly and benevolently on the United States of America.

Education Problems Are Worse Than We Thought
By Walter E. Williams
 Teacher and principal exam cheating is not restricted to Atlanta; it's widespread.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilet for the Third World
 

EPA decides to delay ruling on coal plant near Grand Canyon
 

NYC Mayor Bloomberg gives $50 million to fight coal-fired power plants
 

Bankrupt city asks its retired police and firefighters to accept pension cuts
 

News Corp. PAC gave big to Democrats in June
 

Judge orders 6 children given back to couple who were living in storage shed
 

Arizona raises nearly $40K for border fence in 1st day
 

Video parody slams RI House Speaker for backing civil unions vs. marriage
 

Federal consumer protection agency begins business Thursday amid controversy
 

Lesbian will sit on U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors
 

Mass. governor backs in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
 

Californians would rather reduce penalties than pay more for prisons
 

Straw buyers at heart of ATF gun-running scandal
 

40,000 people a day expected for Ikea's grand opening weekend in Colorado

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Pakistan's Alleged American Influence Campaign

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Western Recruits to Al-Qaeda-linked Terror Group

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Gary H. Johnson, Jr. 

Muslim Women Using Pop Culture and Social Media Technology to Effect Change

By Lori Ziganto

HumanEvents.com   

While President Obama bemoans technology and innovation-those nefarious ATMs and airport kiosks stealing jobs all willy-nilly-moderate Muslims, particularly the women, are embracing it as a way to potentially effect change. The real kind, not the faux hope-and-changey kind. You see, that pesky innovation and technology could be a key factor in one day making a true Arab Spring a reality.

Obama only spouts platitudes about the "unclenching of fists" to appease radical Muslims, while his administration practices its incompetent version of diplomacy that can only be described as, "This foreign stuff is super hard. I can haz cookie now?" Even during his speech outlining our withdrawal from Afghanistan, he uttered more cheesy lines than Barney Frank during Fleet Week. Worse, he had the audacity to claim that we can totally leave now because we met our commitments, and there are "new opportunities being created for women and girls," and that we will join "initiatives that reconcile the Afghan people, including the Taliban." The TALIBAN. Oh yeah, they create wonderful new opportunities for girls, such as permanent vacations from school. And they'll go so far as to kill the head of a girls school to ensure such vacations.

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 News Report: Hezbollah working with drug cartels on the border  

For years, ACT! for America president Brigitte Gabriel has been warning Americans about terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah partnering with Mexican drug cartels.

Rep. Sue Myrick, recipient of our top legislative award the past two years for her courageous efforts to protect our national security from radical Islam, has relentlessly pursued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on this matter.

DHS's response has been "we see no evidence of Hezbollah partnering with drug cartels in Mexico."

Astonishing.

Check out this short news story, just the latest on the growing threat Hezbollah poses to the United States.

Hezbollah On the Border

 Strong evidence surfacing that the Saudi Royal family bankrolled 9/11 attack!

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer

The Gang's Bad Deal

More details are emerging on the tax and spending deal offered by the Senate's Gang of Six. The more we learn, the less there is to like. Cutting spending and reforming the tax code are laudable goals. But this plan is a non-starter. Consider these reviews:

• The editors of National Review: "Some Republicans are getting desperate over the debt-ceiling debate, but we hope not desperate enough to embrace the Gang of Six proposal. It may be the worst of the debt-ceiling compromises placed before them to date."
• The Heritage Foundation: "Under the Gang of Six Plan, Congress will pass some easy stuff now, but punt the hard stuff to the future... There's plenty in the Gang of Six Plan for President Obama - he gets his tax hikes and, in reality, he gets to borrow lots more money. But the American people don't really get much of anything, except the usual empty promise of action in the future."
• House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan: "The plan is not a budget. It is a set of talking points and graphs that outlines an ambitious proposal that has serious flaws..."
• Keith Hennessey, a former senior White House Economics advisor: "I strongly oppose the Gang of Six plan. I think it is absolutely terrible fiscal policy." Hennessey provides a thorough analysis here. 

The negative reviews keep pouring in. Investors Business Daily labeled the plan "Washington at its worst," noting that it assumes all of the Bush tax cuts would be allowed to expire, so it has massive tax increases built into its assumptions.

The Gang of Six is getting a lot of positive press attention because it is bi-partisan - three Democrats and three Republicans. But I have to wonder what those Republicans - Chambliss (GA), Coburn (OK) and Crapo (ID) - were thinking? All three represent solidly conservative states. They should feel no pressure to give in to Obama's expansion of big government.

As the Heritage Foundation notes, the deal makes a lot of promises and leaves the details to be worked out later. Exactly where will those details be worked out at some future date? In various SENATE committees.

That's right - we're supposed to raise the debt limit now and put our faith and trust in Harry Reid's Democrat committee chairmen to cut spending and reform the tax code - all in the middle of the most crucial election in generations! I don't think so.

The Left's Denial Of Common Sense

There was a very telling exchange at yesterday's Senate hearing on legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. My good friend Tom Minnery of Focus on the Family was testifying in defense of normal marriage. He pointed to government survey data that showed children are better off when raised by nuclear families. What followed next could have passed for a "Saturday Night Live" skit.

Senator Al Franken (D-SNL) objected to Minnery's definition of a nuclear family. Franken said he was familiar with the study and noted that it did not specify the gender of the parents. (Thus, there is no evidence whatsoever that children raised by a mother and a father are better off than children raised by two daddies.) Senator Franken then impugned Minnery's character and/or intelligence, saying, "I, frankly, don't really know how we can trust the rest of your testimony if you are reading studies these ways."

Here is the study's definition of a nuclear family: "One or more children living with two parents who are married to one another and are each biological or adoptive parents of all the children in the family."

While Franken may be technically correct - that definition might possibly include two men "married" in Massachusetts who adopted children - to accept Franken's premise, you have to deny common sense. I strongly suspect, given that homosexuals account for at most roughly 4% of the population and that the survey studied married couples, that there were few, if any, homosexual groupings in this survey.

This is a good example of what happens when you elect a left-wing comedian to Congress, or a community organizer to the presidency. Whether it is economics (government spending and taxes create jobs) or social policy (mothers and fathers don't matter), the left is so out-of-touch that when reality conflicts with its ideology, it is reality that has to give way.

Liberal Rhetoric Goes Ballistic

Elizabeth Warren, one of Obama's many policy czars, accused House Republicans yesterday of trying to "kill" her consumer protection agency. They weren't trying to reform it, they were trying to murder it!

And conservatives concerned about out-of-control spending aren't being fiscally prudent, they are "financial terrorists." Former Harvard president and Obama economics advisor Larry Summers had this to say recently about the debt ceiling debate:

"Is the president right to not yield to terrorism? Yes, the president is absolutely right to not yield to threats to send the country into default. ...The financial terrorism threats are untenable."

The left's rhetoric grows more intense by the day. Conservatives are being labeled terrorists. We are accused of letting children with Down syndrome and handicapped seniors fend for themselves. You haven't seen anything yet. Whomever the GOP nominates for president next year will be subjected to the most brutal, hate-filled campaign in history.

2012 Update: Barack On The Brink

• The Democrat firm Public Policy Polling finds that for the first time in its surveys President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney are tied at 45% in a national head-to-head poll of registered voters.

  However, in a statement accompanying the poll, the firm's president noted, "Obama's numbers are worse than they appear to be on the surface. There's a very good chance Barack Obama would lose if he had to stand for re-election today." That's because undecided voters overwhelmingly disapprove of Obama's performance. If you allocated their vote based on their approval rating of Obama, he would lose to Romney 52% to 48%.

• A new Rasmussen poll finds Romney leading Obama 43% to 42% among likely voters. Other GOP challengers are within striking distance: Obama leads Texas Governor Rick Perry by just five points (44% to 39%) and Minnesota's Michele Bachmann by only seven points (46% to 39%). Notice that in each matchup Obama is below 50%, which usually spells big trouble for an incumbent president.

 July 21, 2011


  REDFORD FILM TO RE-WRITE RADICALS HISTORY
The 1960s radicals who called themselves the Weather Underground (WU) are about to be lionized in a new movie starring Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf. One early report says the movie will portray the violent WU as "patriots." See the details HERE.

HACKERS CLAIM BREACH OF NATO'S WEBSITE
A group of computer hackers claim to have breached the security of NATO's computers and accessed hordes of restricted materials. See their evidence and read the story HERE.

IS THE WHITE HOUSE PROGRAMMING MSNBC?
NBC's cable outlet has never been shy about the channel's cozy relationship with the Obama administration. Yesterday, former 6pm host Cenk Uygur claimed that the White House may actually be making decisions about who is permitted to work on-air at MSNBC.  Watch video of Cenk's claims HERE.

SHARIA LAW SEEMS TO BE CREEPING INTO A CANADIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Canada is dealing with some of the same concerns that parts of America have been facing. That is, Muslims pushing Sharia Law into public schools. Watch the surprising and shocking videos HERE.

'politically correct' bible, pentagon's readiness crisis, the shuttle era ends
Loaded with more variety than your local superstore, the Thursday Morning Must-Reads are HERE.  

VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - CABLE NEWS ANCHOR'S EPIC FAIL ON LIVE TV
Contessa Brewer hosts a live, mid-day news program on MSNBC and regularly interviews members of Congress about the latest issues being debated in DC. Yesterday, she was discussing the Debt Ceiling with Rep. Mo Brooks (AL-R) and took exception to his claim that the country would not have gone into a Recession if we did not pass the Stimulus Plan. Hilarity ensued. Watch it HERE.

Alexander's Essay - July 21, 2011

A Sign of Sanity Amid the Budget Banter

Prospects Good for BBA

"I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution ... taking from the federal government their power of borrowing." --Thomas Jefferson (Letter of November 26th, 1798)

Memo to Demos: Time's Up

Over the din of the rancorous budget bull this week, the latest chapter in a debate, which has been raging ad nauseam infinitum for two years, you might have missed a small news summary about a comprehensive survey of small business owners and managers. Would you be shocked to learn that the vast majority of them are very concerned about taxes, regulations and out-of-control government spending? So concerned are they about the insurmountable debt, which threatens to collapse the U.S. economy, that small business owners are not hiring or spending reserves on business expansion.

This matters because small businesses are the foundation of free enterprise and the locus of most job creation and economic expansion.

For the record, I can assure you as a small business owner myself, that I did not need a survey to let me know what every business owner with whom I have spoken in the last two years has already affirmed: Barack Hussein Obama and his leftist cadres have placed our nation on a collision course with economic catastrophe, and plan to resurrect the pieces under a new Democratic Socialist framework.

Consequently, businesses of all sizes, those which have not already been blown away, are preserving capital in order to weather the gathering storm.

Twenty five years ago Ronald Reagan warned, "When a business or an individual spends more than it makes, it goes bankrupt. When government does it, it sends you the bill. And when government does it for 40 years, the bill comes in two ways: higher taxes and inflation."

Those were the good old days.

Today, deficit spending has become institutionalized, and the unprecedented debt accumulation enacted by the Obama regime in the last two years has taken the country to the brink of economic collapse. Every American should be concerned about the implications of this debacle, and its impact on the future of Liberty.

It's remarkable how far we've fallen. Just three years ago, then-Senator Obama was merely a smooth-talking presidential aspirant. But today, only a fool, or Socialist co-conspirator, would deny the threat that the Obama's ideological vision for the future poses to Essential Liberty.

With all that as a backdrop, there was additional news this week that provided a bright ray of hope through the oppressive cloud of budget banter.

While Obama was expressing his support for the economic plan advanced by the Senate's "Gang of Six," a "Gang of 234" in the people's House, under the leadership of Reps. Eric Cantor and Jim Jordan, passed the "Cut, Cap and Balance" bill, which includes a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) to the U.S Constitution.

The proposal cuts $111 billion from fiscal 2012 spending and caps future spending at 19.9 percent of gross domestic product, with the enticement that if it is passed in the Senate and signed by Obama, the next debt ceiling increase will be allowed.

While not discounting some of the merits of the Senate plan, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said, "I share the frustration that these senators appear to have with the U.S. Senate's inability to pass a budget in over 800 days. While the proposal lacks detail in many respects, it includes some reforms that could help put our country on a sounder fiscal footing."

Clearly, however, House leaders are pushing the BBA forward, and given the severity of our current economic predicament, it may receive bi-partisan support in the Democrat-controlled Senate, especially from those Democrats up for re-election in 2012. Speaker of the House John Boehner said, "House Republicans are the only ones to put forward and pass a real plan that will create a better environment for private-sector job growth by stopping Washington from spending money it doesn't have and preventing tax hikes on families and small businesses." He asserted that the BBA would set spending restraints in stone.

Under Democrat administration, however, and with a little help from judicial diktats, the BBA could result in tax increases indexed to budget increases.

Predictably, Obama has signaled that he will veto the measure. Clearly, it doesn't comport with his near-term objective of "fundamentally transforming the United States of America." He classified the BBA as "extreme, radical [and] unprecedented," and followed that "neither setting arbitrary spending levels nor amending the Constitution is necessary to restore fiscal responsibility."

Though Article 1, Section 8 of our Constitution clearly empowers Congress alone to borrow, if necessary, on the credit of the U.S., Obama will likely claim that the 14th Amendment, notably the so-called "living constitution" version of that amendment, gives him the power to add $2.4 trillion to the current $14.3 trillion in debt.

How ironic it is that Obama may cite the Constitution as the authority by which he can unilaterally raise the debt ceiling by executive order or by invoking other "emergency powers." Indeed, leading conservatives in the Senate and House have expressed concern that Obama is so unflinchingly devoted to his Socialist agenda that he won't budge.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared, "[A]fter years of discussions and months of negotiations, I have little question that as long as this president is in the Oval Office, a real solution is unattainable. I was one of those who had hoped we could do something big for the country. But in my view the president has presented us with three choices: smoke and mirrors, tax hikes or default."

Rep. Allen West similarly affirmed, "We have a president that is not willing to do his job ... is digging in his heels, being very intransigent, and he's being a rigid ideologue. He must understand that every single one of his economic policies have failed. It's time that he realize that he does not have the moral high ground in this argument."

Yet no amount of strident criticism, however accurate, seems capable of dissuading Obama from seeing his agenda to completion. He and his Democrat water boys in the Senate will create a gauntlet to ensure a BBA never reaches state legislatures for consideration, while continuing to claim a failure to raise the debt ceiling will lead to catastrophe.

Obama is pushing all the right constituent panic buttons: "I cannot guarantee that Social Security checks will go out" if the debt ceiling is not raised. But the fact is, 60 percent of government expenditures do not depend on borrowed funding (read: "borrowed time"), but are covered by tax revenues. The real problem for the Left is that if the debt ceiling is not raised, they will actually have to prioritize what bills will be paid. I can assure you Democrats will be sending Social Security checks and paying military salaries rather than funding Obama's boondoggle "stimulus" projects.

Democrats have a clear record of opposing any and all efforts to constitutionally constrain central government spending. Our colleagues at the Heritage Foundation have published an excellent BBA history outlining Democrat opposition. Their resistance to the current BBA will be no less formidable, but that notwithstanding, it remains our best hope for restraining federal spending.

We have pushed for a BBA since The Patriot Post's inception, most recently with a petition appeal to then-President George W. Bush when Republicans had control of the executive and both houses of the legislative branch. More recently, we proposed a BBA again as a key component of The Patriot Declaration.

We wholeheartedly support the current attempt to force Democrats controlling the Senate to pass the "cut and cap" BBA, but we remain far too clear-eyed to expect Democrats now, or ever, to willingly implement constraints on spending. It may be too little too late, but we must continue to fight for fiscal sanity on every front.

And we must also note this inescapable and incontrovertible truth: If the majority of elected legislators would honor the limits of a BBA as written into the Constitution, we wouldn't need a BBA because they would already be in possession of sufficient integrity to honor the extreme limits our Constitution places upon what objects the Legislative Branch is authorized to expend.

If there now existed among legislators a proper regard for their oaths to "support and defend" our Constitution's enshrinement of Essential Liberty, no BBA would be necessary. Nor would we now be subject to a chronic national budget crisis that threatens the future of American Liberty and free enterprise.

Finally, in regard to the debt-ceiling lightening rod fueling the current budget debate, we find ourselves in agreement with Obama on these points: On 20 March 2006, then-Senator Obama had this to say about raising the debt ceiling prior to his vote against doing so: "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our government's reckless fiscal policies. ... Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."

(To express your support for the BBA, please contact your Senator by phone: 202.224.3121 While you're at it, give Obama a call: 202.456.1414)

Is MSNBC Taking Programming Decisions from the White House?
By Ben Johnson, The White House Watch

Trump 7-20-11

Jeff Poor, The Daily Caller

Now that he's no longer interested in a run for the White House, at least for the time being, it would make sense for real estate mogul Donald Trump to drop the whole "birther controversy" subject, right?

But Trump isn't. In an appearance on Wednesday's "Piers Morgan Tonight" on CNN, Trump revisited the topic and refuted claims of racism. However, he added there are still some questions surrounding President Barack Obama's birth certificate.

"The word racist has not been applied to me, I will tell you that," Trump said. "But I was very proud of the job I did with respect to the birther issue, because I got Obama to do something which nobody else was able to get him to do. And there's a real question as to why he took so long to do it. Maybe one of these days you'll have to ask him why. And you have to check out that document very carefully."

Cartoon of the Day: Obama Closed the Borders!

Arizona Launches Web Site to Raise Cash for Border Fence

By Paul Davenport

Associated Press/CNSNews.com

Arizona launched a website Wednesday to accept donations to pay for fencing along the Mexico border, and a supporter says the $3.8 million people who donated to defend the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law could be just a taste of what to expect.

Gov. Jan Brewer's legal-defense site for the law known as SB1070 raised money for "an intangible service -- you're paying for a lawyer," said state Sen. Steve Smith. "This, you can taste and smell what you're getting -- you're paying for a secure border."

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Lib-Speak III - A Left-Icon For The Age Of Obama
GrassTopsUSA Exclusive Commentary
By Don Feder
07/20/2011   

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         The left thrives on language-manipulation, what George Orwell called "Newspeak" in his novel "1984." It's not a tax hike; it's revenue enhancement. It's not racial spoils; it's affirmative action. Instead of class warfare or punishing productivity; call it making the rich pay their fair share. It's not anti-Americanism, it's historical revisionism.

         Lib-speak is poison dipped in chocolate - toxins lethal to the economy, the culture and individual liberty. The idea is to hustle the unwary, to make them think they're buying charity, equity, sweetness and light, when in reality the left is selling variants of a creed that's failed miserably for more than a century - whether it's called socialism, multiculturalism or moral relativism.

Edge of the Spending New Frontier

The debt ceiling debate is less about spending than it is about the purpose of government. Under the impact of an economic recession, the train of the Great Society is approaching the edge of the New Frontier. Both sides are still trying to work out a New Deal, but another cuts and spending formula is not the solution. What we need is a serious and earnest discussion about why we are compulsively spending money.

 

A cocaine addict who runs out of money doesn't have a spending problem, he has a drug problem. Telling him to cut back on how much money he spends on cocaine, or to shop around for cheaper cocaine isn't the solution. It's not about how much he's spending, but about why. The problem isn't in the math, it's in the mindset.

Our cocaine is social justice. Like most junkies who are willing to sell anything and everything to keep the supply coming, Obama's position in the budget debate is take everything-- especially the military, but leave the social justice and the big government that administers it on the table. And also like most junkies, he has an endless supply of self-righteous speeches denouncing the people who just want him to stop.

A Closer Look at Obama Sr.
By Jack Cashill
WorldNet Daily.com

Sally Jacobs' new book on the president's father, "The Other Barack," tells us as much about contemporary journalism as it does Barack Obama Sr. What follows are some observations on both.

·The book opens well. The first two sentences read, "Every man who has served as president of the United States had parents who lived out their lives upon American soil. Barack H. Obama did not." Race-baiters take note: Obama's unique background is what drives the "birther" movement.

·Not all journalists are created equal. Jacobs of the Boston Globe received copies of INS documents that were un-redacted while the same documents sent to Heather Smathers of the less politically reliable Arizona Independent were redacted.

The Fight We're In

Fellow conservatives,

We find ourselves in the midst of an important battle, the outcome of which will be determined by decisions to be made in the immediate days ahead. We must win this fight. The debate over raising the debt limit seems complicated, but it is really very simple. Look beyond the myriad details of the awkward compromises, and you see an epic struggle between two opposing camps.

On one side are those who have come to realize it would be madness to let the political class borrow more without imposing a serious check on government spending. They have produced budgets and now an actual legislative plan to get things under control.

On the other, you find those who consider more spending, taxing, and borrowing a royal prerogative. They have produced nothing but rhetoric and empty promises and have pushed this debate to the brink.

It is a fair fight-or would be, if those trying to bring sanity to the nation's fiscal picture were not held back by confused allies. These allies say they still want to cut spending, but (temporarily, we hope) have put love of political maneuvering ahead of the principles that brought them to Washington in the first place.

It would also help if the nation's media clearly separated facts from opinion.

Let's be clear. As of this moment, only one plan in Congress attempts transformative change that puts America on the path to getting spending under control before raising the debt limit. That is the Cut, Cap and Balance Act passed by the House of Representatives on Monday night. It isn't perfect, but it is definitely a step in the right direction.

The act cuts federal spending immediately, caps it by statute going forward, and requires passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution, which would then be sent to the states for ratification.

If you haven't heard about it, you're not alone. The nation's media all but ignored this historic vote or dismissed the Cut, Cap and Balance Act as an empty gesture. CBS's Bob Schieffer once again spoke for the establishment when he called it "a total waste of time...part of this little Kabuki dance that we go through."

This media establishment took its cue from President Obama, who showered his trademark disdain on the House vote, not only threatening a veto but also announcing a so-called breakthrough in negotiations just hours before the House voted. In doing so, Mr. Obama refused to engage the arguments of Cut, Cap and Balance and signaled his fear of this serious proposal.

Unfortunately, it was not just the media and President Obama who worked against Cut, Cap and Balance. By letting themselves be talked into agreeing to a compromise the very day of the House vote, a group of Senators called the "Gang of Six" played into the hands of those who wanted to kill Cut, Cap and Balance.

The same can be said of the so-called McConnell-Reid Plan, a convoluted mousetrap of a compromise that would just authorize trillions more in borrowing with an empty promise that-maybe-Congress will cut spending one day.

There is no more time left for political gamesmanship by the tax, spend, and borrow crowd. The Senate has an obligation to debate Cut, Cap and Balance, and the American people need to be given time to consider it. We agree with Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), who told MSNBC's Joe Scarborough this week, "I know Washington is broken. I see business as usual here. But now we're witnessing business as usual on steroids, and it's bankrupting this nation."

Senator Johnson's solution, which seems to us the only way forward, was the following:

If we're really going to prevent America from going bankrupt, it's a two-step process. The first thing we have to do is instill that fiscal discipline: the hard spending caps. And I think honestly, in the end we need a Constitutional amendment to limit the size of government. Anything else-all these other negotiations, secret little things, commissions-that's business as usual, and again, that has been bankrupting America. We've got to step back from that. We've got to instill fiscal discipline. That's what Cut, Cap and Balance does.

The men and women thinking of compromising at this point are not bad or unpatriotic; they simply have lost their way. Those of us who still watch old movies can compare the present situation to the 1957 classic "The Bridge on the River Kwai."

In the film, an upright British colonel who had become a prisoner of war forgets temporarily the principles he was sworn to uphold and-to show his Japanese captors the professionalism of British soldiers-puts his men to work building the best bridge possible.

In the end, he recovers his sanity and realizes he is only helping the Japanese war effort, and he helps destroy the bridge.

It isn't too late for us yet. Government spending is currently at 24.3 percent of GDP, and U.S. debt held by the public stands at 69.1 percent of GDP. This bridge needs to be stopped.

With the support of conservatives like you, we can do just that. Find out how you can make a real difference today.

Congress should not raise the debt limit without getting spending under control. Debt limit legislation should put America on the path to driving down federal spending and borrowing, while preserving the ability to protect America without raising taxes.

Thank you for all you to do advance our cause.

Edwin J. Feulner
President, The Heritage Foundation

Mandating Coverage of Contraceptives Is Bad Health Policy
 

This week, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its recommendation of women's preventive services that should be covered with no co-pay or deductible under Obamacare-a list that included birth control and emergency contraception. While this raises important questions regarding social policy, it's also relevant to the ongoing debate about Obamacare and the consequences of allowing bureaucracy to over-regulate health benefits.

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Obamacare's requirements that health plans cover certain preventive measures with no cost-sharing were implemented through Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations in July of 2010, but as part of the new law, the department was to review preventive services specific to women's health and can include further guidelines by amending the existing regulations.   The IOM's recommendations included a wide array of contraceptive and preventive measures, and whether all of the services make it on to the list is yet to be seen; however, the pressure from advocacy groups to ensure they do will be strong. The decision isn't simply a question of providing women with "free" contraception, but rather a bad experiment in government micromanagement of health care that will end in higher premiums and fewer coverage choices for all Americans. As Heritage health policy expert Ed Haislmaier writes, The new federal benefit requirements represent a blatant assertion that Congress and federal bureaucrats know best how to design health insurance policies. The effects will be one-size-fits-all coverage-so that patients are not "confused" by having choices-and elimination of employers' freedom to design their own self-insured plans. Many Americans find the use of birth control morally objectionable, and some women may simply have no need for a health plan that covers these services, based on any number of personal choices and other factors. Those that fall into this category would have no choice but to pay for unnecessary coverage if the recommendations are made law.   Experiences with state-mandated health benefits show that mandating coverage doesn't make certain services or treatments "free"-the insured pay for them in the form of higher premiums.   Even left-leaning health economists like Jonathan Gruber have expressed that mandating more generous benefits will impose higher costs on private insurers, which would be passed on to patients. They warn that this would, in turn, increase the cost of Obamacare and its impact on the federal deficit by increasing the subsidies provided to purchase insurance in the new exchanges.   Furthermore, as the Congressional Budget Office advised in November of 2009, "reduced cost sharing would lead to greater use of medical services, which would tend to push premiums up further."   If HHS takes an overly prescriptive approach regarding these particular measures, women who would prefer not to pay the higher premiums to carry health benefits they don't need or to which they object won't have that option.   In a truly market-based insurance exchange, women would be able to choose a health plan that met their needs and was consistent with their values, and those who wished to forgo certain benefits would have the freedom to do so. If any attempt at health reform is to succeed at reducing costs and tailoring coverage to the specific needs of each individual, it must ensure that consumers are able to choose the plan and benefits that work best for them, rather than submitting to the decisions of a bureaucratic board.

 

Dear Fellow American,

I'm James O'Keefe. While the media is giving me the credit for the Medicaid Fraud videos taped all over America, it wasn't just my work -- others also played an important role.

If you think that I have hit my peak in exposing government waste, you're mistaken.

I have hours and hours of more explosive video revealing government waste, fraud, and corruption just waiting to be produced and released, but we simply don't have the money to do it. Which is why I...

1) Need your tax-deductible financial help to:

• Pay attorneys to review our groundbreaking videos,
• Produce the videos and build web sites,
• Reach every American with our videos and educate Americans about government waste with interviews on TV and talk radio,
• Hire volunteers who sacrifice so much to expose billions in government waste -- I think they deserve a job,
• Hire researchers to seek out fraud, waste, and corruption,
• And reach out to millions through email and other internet resources.

2) Ask that you sign our Open Letter to All 50 Governors to Investigate Medicaid Fraud because it's costing taxpayers in your state billions every year. If Medicaid employees in states all over America were willing to give taxpayer money to admitted terrorists, weapons smugglers, drug dealers, and pimps -- who won't they give our hard-earned money to!

We'll collect as many Open Letters as possible from other outraged taxpayers in your state and deliver a massive stack to your Governor's office.

My friends and I took a leap of faith to make this video. When we released videos that took down top execs at NPR, thousands of everyday Americans rushed to our aid. That gave us the resources to perform this recent Medicaid exposé.

Again, we thought when the American people saw it -- they'd help us out.

I hope you'll prove my faith in the American people by making a donation today and by telling your Governor to get serious about putting an end to the government waste costing us billions by INVESTIGATING MEDICAID FRAUD.

But it wasn't just the few of us at Project Veritas who sacrificed financially for this video. Other committed people -- producers, lawyers, web developers -- have all acted in good faith and have taken a financial risks to help us expose government corruption.

As our stunning videos gain more traction, we can't continue to rely on others volunteering time and financial resources. In fact, we've got more Medicaid video prepared -- we just need the financial help to finish producing them.

It's essential every American sees the waste, fraud, and corruption taking place with your tax dollars.

That's why even though your moral support is great, but we really need your financial support today. With your help, I can start to hire my "truth squad" who currently volunteer their time to protect you, the taxpayer -- and I've received very little in salary. Your tax-deductible donation today can also help provide the best training possible too many more young aspiring journalists to do what we do.

The more journalists we train, the more government waste, fraud, and corruption we can bring into the light.

Most importantly, your donation will help shine a light on corruption wherever it hides. And your signature on our Open Letter to All 50 Governors to Investigate Medicaid Fraud will hopefully push your Governor to take up the cause of stopping the waste of taxpayer dollars.

I'm sure a lot of good organizations email you to ask for support. But with Project Veritas, you can see we expose corruption, with major and historical results.

I can promise you, your tax-deductible donation, will help lead to another explosive video.

We know what we're doing. We've had amazing success where the "pros" in the mainstream media have failed for years.

Project Veritas has taken down ACORN, exposed Planned Parenthood and New Jersey's Teachers Union, toppled biased and racists executives at NPR, and now... the biggest exposé yet -- Medicaid fraud.

However, like I said, we made a lot of sacrifices -- personally and financially -- because of fighting for what we believe in.

We believe waste, fraud, and corruption, with your tax dollars, needs to be uncovered wherever it may be found. Dishonesty is a disease that must be stamped out of government.

Again, no one in these videos receive a salary. They are volunteers, people who understandably need full time employment. But, those "pros" don't get results. We do. And we can't continue without financial help from people like you.

Whether it's $25 or $1,000. Your tax-deductible donation will help.

It costs us about $50,000 when all is said and done to produce the Medicaid fraud videos. But, now our coffers are nearly empty.

If you help us raise over $50,000, we'll be well on our way to paying for our next exposé.

It you help us pass $100,000 -- we can do two new exposé...

...And if by some chance, we could ever raise $1,000,000 -- we could expose 20 disturbing cases of government abuse and corruption, and could hopefully save American taxpayers billions. But, all I'm worried about is $50,000 right now.

I think America could do without our tax dollars funding 20 corrupt and wasteful government agencies. Don't you?

But, while $1,000,000 sounds nice. I must raise $50,000 quickly to pay off debt, before we start our next investigation.

Give what you can and sign the Open Letter to All 50 Governors to Investigate Medicaid Fraud. We want Project Veritas to grow fast. America needs Project Veritas to grow fast. But, we can't continue, much less grow, unless we receive financial support soon.

Your support will help us train an army of journalists to help fight corruption, expose the dishonest crooks in government, and change the way government operates.

We want to do a lot of things. But -- it all comes down to money.

Please help us do these things today. We're counting on you.   

Thanks for any help you can give,


James O'Keefe
Founder
The Project Veritas

Let them eat their shoes and sandwiches: Boycott the NFL!

Jul 21, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Ron Reale,  staff writer

 The NFL,  Nike and Subway,  in an incredibly insulting slap in the face to the 86% of Americans that own and cherish their companion animals, has gone out of its way to hire the only person they feel appropriate to promote their products, Michael "DOGKILLER" Vick.

O.J. Simpson wasn't available.

I figure they want everyone that handles their products to feel just like Michael "DOG KILLER" Vick felt when he had his hands around the throat of his dog, choking the life out of it for losing a fight. As they slide their feet into their shoes, they can think of "DOG KILLER" sliding his two innocent house pets into the pit to be terrorized and ripped apart alive.

With every step of their feet hitting the ground, they can imagine feeling like "DOG KILLER" Vick did as he lifted another fight-losing dog high over his head, and slamming it into the ground ... Continue Reading:Let them eat their shoes and sandwiches: Boycott the NFL!

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Bob Turner explains why you should support him in the special election to fill the Weiner vacancy

Jul 20, 2011 02:41 pm | Coach Collins

By Bob Turner,  Republican and Conservative Party candidate

Dear Friends,

I have been selected as the Republican and Conservative candidate in the 2011 special election for New York's 9th Congressional District, to fill the seat of my 2010 opponent Anthony Weiner.

I am excited to have the opportunity to finish what we started together and to continue our grassroots effort to victory. 

This race will send a clear message to Washington about what we the American people want from our government. Those who support my candidacy share the understanding that the United States of America is governed by its people. The current administration does not seem to share this view.  At a time of significant economic crisis, the Obama administration is expanding the size of our government, spending above the nation's means and adding to an already unsustainable mountain of debt. This administration seeks to increase taxes and regulations that prevent growth of private sector ... Continue Reading:Bob Turner explains why you should support him in the special election to fill the Weiner vacancy

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July 21, 2011

The danger Muslim Brotherhood poses

FRANK GAFFNEY - It is not exactly news that the Obama presidency is determined to go to unprecedented lengths to mollify, appease, and otherwise pander to what it calls the "Muslim world"... (more)
 

July 20, 2011

Debt sealing America's future

EMILY MILLER - A long summer of wrangling over the debt may result in President Obama getting everything he wants. Some senators are terrified of losing political face if additional borrowing authority is denied and a partial government shutdown results... (more)
 

July 20, 2011

My conversation with Obama camp

JOSEPH FARAH - Go figure. Wouldn't you expect me to be about the last guy to get a call from Barack Obama's 2012 campaign asking for donations? I got one recently. Not only did I get one from a very sweet young lady, but she seemed to be certain I was on a list of previous Obama supporters from 2008... (more)
 

July 20, 2011

Obama's ministers of culture and agitprop

MICHELLE MALKIN - Immediately after President Obama took office, his Hollywood benefactors clamored for the creation of a "Secretary of Culture." Tinseltown was disappointed with the administration's crony arts czar choice (Chicago lawyer Kareem Dale), but left-wing artists and entertainers have now been mollified... (more)
 

July 20, 2011

Poll: Weakened Obama would lose vote today

WASHINGTON TIMES - A Democratic polling firm said President Obama's already weak job-approval numbers are "worse than they appear" and he likely would lose the election if it were held today... (more)
 

July 20, 2011

Arizona starts raising funds for Mexico border fence

REUTERS - Anyone with cash in their pockets and a concern about security on the porous Arizona-Mexico border can make a donation to help the state build its own fence as of Wednesday. An Arizona law that went into effect July 20 allows the desert state to build the barrier, provided it can raise enough private donations and persuade public and private landowners to let them build it on their land... (more)
 

July 20, 2011

Class warfare, Obama-style

WASHINGTON TIMES - Liberals have driven the debt-ceiling debate into the class-warfare swamp, promising most Americans they will continue to get something for nothing. This is a painless proposition for demagogues; the vast majority of Americans are not "rich" so it's easy to propose that those earning more money should fix the problems created by big-spending politicians. This undermines America's entrepreneurial spirit... (more)
 

July 20, 2011

Clerks 'protected' from gay marriage license demands

WORLDNETDAILY - The threats against clerks in New York who on the basis of their religious faith may object to issuing "marriage" licenses to same-sex duos already have begun, with an intimidating pronouncement from Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice... (more)
 

July 19, 2011

Measuring media bias

NAT BROWN - That the mainstream media have a liberal bias is hardly a belief limited to those on the right. Indeed, many liberals and even media personalities themselves will readily agree. But is it possible to scientifically measure media bias? Can one statistically prove its existence and determine precisely how strong it is? In his new book, Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind, UCLA political-science professor Tim Groseclose attempts to do precisely that... (more)
 

July 19, 2011

End regulatory overreach

JIM LACEY - Regulators regulate. In the absence of adult supervision they still regulate. Think about that a moment. Every morning tens of thousands of persons (no one really knows how many) go to work, with no higher calling than making regulations that the rest of us have to live with. Who voted for them?... (more)
 

July 19, 2011

Two years that changed America, Washington, and me

SEN. JIM DEMINT - If conservatives want to continue our successes in 2012, it is essential we understand why we were so successful in 2010. The 2006 and 2008 elections were disastrous for Republicans... (more)
 

July 19, 2011

Cain calls out teleprompter president

WASHINGTON TIMES - Last November proved voters are eager for new blood in Washington. Tea Party activists helped elect individuals who had never before held public office to both the House and Senate. Herman Cain thinks he can tap the same enthusiasm for outside-the-Beltway candidates in his quest for the Republican presidential nomination... (more)
 

July 19, 2011

Perry soft on illegals, say tea partyers

WASHINGTON TIMES - In spite of his thundering speeches against big government, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a troubled relationship with the tea party, a rift increasingly obvious as he gets closer to a presidential bid... (more)
 

July 19, 2011

Public policy poll: Bachmann edges ahead of Romney

NEWSMAX - Rep. Michele Bachmann has edged into the lead for the GOP nomination for president in the latest Public Policy Polling survey of Republican primary voters. The Minnesota congresswoman now tops former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 21 to 20 percent... (more)
 

July 19, 2011

Big government means small people

DENNIS PRAGER - While liberals are certain about the moral superiority of liberal policies, the truth is that those policies actually diminish a society's moral character. Many individual liberals are fine people, but the policies they advocate tend to make a people worse. Here are ten reasons... (more)
 

July 18, 2011

Debt-ceiling war could leave Boehner facing primary

WORLDNETDAILY - The aftermath of the fight over raising the nation's debt ceiling so Washington can borrow and spend yet more money could leave House Speaker John Boehner facing a challenge from within his own party... (more)
 

July 18, 2011

Judge orders commandments removed from courthouse

ASSOCIATED PRESS - A federal judge says Dixie County officials must remove a granite monument of the Ten Commandments from the front of their courthouse. Senior District Judge Maurice Paul gave the North Florida county until mid-August to remove the monument in Cross City... (more)
 

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)

California receives 76M Federal funding to support traffic safety

Only $76 million?

California received $76 million from the federal government to support traffic safety grants in hopes that the state will continue its trend of decling traffic fatalities.

In 2010, the number of traffic fatalities was lower than the previous year, with 2,715 compared to 2009's 3,081.  This is the lowest number of traffic-related fatalities since 1944.

Click here to read the full article at International Business Times 

Retailers to bring fresh produce to many without

Through non-union Wal-Mart!

Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity moved a step forward Wednesday with the announcement that Wal-Mart and other retailers plan over the next five years to open or expand 1,500 stores in areas without easy access to fresh fruit, vegetables and other healthy foods.

"Make no mistake about it. This is a big deal. It is a really big deal," the first lady said at the White House, where she was joined by executives from the national and regional retailers.

Click here to read the full article at the Las Vegas Sun 

West: Apology to Wasserman Schultz 'not happening'

Not gonna happen

Rep. Allen West (R) said he had no plans to apologize to fellow Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) for a strongly worded email he sent to the congresswoman.

"That is not happening," West said Thursday on Fox Business Network. "This is a pattern I referred to in that email that goes back to 2010. Finally I think I have the right to stand up and defend my honor and make sure that this type of activity does cease. I sent her a private email, she decided to make it public by releasing it to the news media."

Click here to read the full article at The Hill 

Consumers in U.S. relying on credit as inflation erodes incomes

Maybe people need to identify 'needs' and 'wants'

Consumers in the U.S. are increasingly using credit cards to pay for basic necessities as income gains fail to keep pace with rising food and fuel prices.

The dollar volume of purchases charged grew 10.7 percent in June from a year ago, while the number of transactions rose 6.8 percent, according to First Data Corp.'s SpendTrend report issued this month. The difference probably represents the increasing cost of gasoline, said Silvio Tavares, senior vice president at First Data, the largest credit card processor.  

Click here to read the full article at Bloomberg 

Taxpayers lose $1.3 billion in exiting Chrysler

Bad gamble for America

U.S. taxpayers likely lost $1.3 billion in the government bailout of Chrysler, the Treasury Department announced Thursday.

The government recently sold its remaining 6% stake in the company to Italian automaker Fiat, wrapping up the 2009 auto bailouts that were part of TARP.

Click here to read the full article at CNN Money 

Police seek robbers in baseball bat beatings

Never bring a bat to a gun fight

Police are trying to identify a gang of men who are beating couples with baseball bats and robbing them in downtown Denver.

Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said there have been two attacks, each involving the robbery of a couple leaving restaurants or bars at closing time.

Click here to read the full article at ABC Denver 

July 21, 2011 

On Thursday's Program 

MSNBC anchor's arrogant question backfires big time

MSNBC news anchor Contessa Brewer was interviewing a GOP congressman and became so frustrated that he didn't see the brilliance and successes of Obama's stimulus and other financial disasters, she arrogantly blurted out, "Do you have a degree in economics?' Unfortunately for Contessa, the congressman does have a degree in economics. Highest honors. OOOPS. Watch this highly enjoyable clip HERE.

Michelle Obama continues war on tasty foods

Michelle Obama got $400 million in taxpayer cash to fight 'food deserts' -- so called areas where people don't have easy access to fruits and vegetables. Problem is there's not really a problem. Most low income people in America are actually closer to a supermarket than the wealthy, and of the 23 million people who are more than a mile away - 93.3% simply get in there cars and drive there. They spend a measly 4.5 minutes longer getting to the store than others. Why are we wasting time and taxpayer money on a problem many nations would love to have? Glenn explains on radio today.

Campus crusade for Christ drops Christ from the title

You'd think a massive Christian organization founded in 1951 and on a mission to tell people about the Lord Jesus Christ wouldn't think the name 'Christ' is offensive in any way, shape or form. But that's not the case for CCC (Campus Crusade for Christ) who will drop its name of 60 years beginning in 2012. The new name of the organization? Find out HERE.

Debt ceiling free for all: Glenn vs. Pat vs. Stu

All control was lost on radio today during a lively debate on the debt ceiling. Glenn, Pat and Stu argued about the debt proposals coming out, including the one from the Gang of 6 (three Democrats, three Republicans). Is it smoke and mirrors? Should we trust anything they do? Does any of it matter? Check out the debate from radio HERE.

GBTV: Glenn's full Knesset speech with translation of Q & A

Much of the Q & A after Glenn's Knesset speech was spoken in Hebrew - GBTV has the full translated conversation available on demand. Watch it NOW! Plus, a new Beck University on the Economic Consequences of Ideology is also on demand AND check out a FREE preview clip of SE Cupp's 'Uncensored' with Herman Cain. The full interview goes up tomorrow - get all of this and much more by signing up for GBTV!

Robert Redford making Weather Underground movie
 

First Redford did a film glorifying communist and mass murderer Che Guevara called The Motorcycle Diaries - so it shouldn't come as a big surprise that he's getting set to praise another group of radical leftists. This time he's planning on portraying the domestic terrorist group Weather Underground in a positive light. Producers said, "This is an edge-of-your-seat thriller about real Americans who stood for their beliefs, thinking they were patriots and defending their country's ideals against their government."  Well isn't that special. Get the story from The Blaze.

Not going to Israel for Restoring Courage? Other ways to show support...

Help support Restoring Courage with the official Restoring Courage Collector Coin. This limited edition coin is 99.9% pure silver and is an exact replica of the Restoring Courage medals. This item is only available for preorder for a very limited time. Net proceeds of this item will go towards the cost of the Restoring Courage event.   

Don't have courage? Stand for Israel in America...with Stu. Support Israel (and Stu) by getting the Stand with Stu t-shirt. Want to attend a viewing party in your area for the big event? Get all the details HERE. 

Sharpton to host own MSNBC show?

MSNBC has reportedly dumped host Cenk Uygur and replaced him, amazingly, with Reverend Al Sharpton. Uygur is now claiming that pressure from the White House is what caused his demise. That explanation will help soothe his ego, but it's more likely he was canned because he's one of the worst hosts cable news has ever seen. Not just because his opinions are straight outta grade school, but his delivery is reminiscent of a deranged homeless psychopath - and that's an insult to the deranged, homeless and psychopathic. CLICK HERE for details.