Quote: 

"But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age, or within the term of 19 years." 

~ Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, 1789 

2011

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The people need to be awoken and it's our job as informed Patriots to answer to that call!"

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The "sleeping public" still needs awakening!

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Did You Know? Accused Ft. Hood Gunman Is Still Getting Paycheck From the Government

The Blaze | by Madeleine Morgenstern | Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:02am

Major Nidal Hasan, accused of the 2009 mass shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 dead, has retained his military rank and continues to get paychecks from the government, the base commander said Wednesday.

   Read More Here . . . 

Debt-Ceiling Outcome Precarious As Boehner Searches for Votes

FoxNews.com | Published July 29, 2011

Are Angry 'Neighbors' Who Dumped Trash at Bank in Protest Connected to ACORN? 

The Blaze | by Jonathon M. Seidl | Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:49am 

Some local homeowners in San Jose, CA became so angry this week about unkempt foreclosed home in their neighborhood that they decided to do something about it. . . .
 

But there may be another twist. According to author Matthew Vadum, there may be more to the "homeowners" than meets the eye. According to him, the protesters are actually part of an ACORN front group:

Nobody ever said all the criminal street thugs at ACORN were bright.

The left-wing astroturfers of ACORN's new front group in California, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), were behind a garbage-dumping stunt at a branch of Wells Fargo bank in San Jose, Calif.

News reports consistently depict the players as angry homeowners who spontaneously erupted in a spasm of righteous indignation. As if.

Vadum says the "make the banks pay" sign (with "ACCE" listed on the bottom) and chant tipped him off.

   See The Rest of The Story Here . . .

Another Home Depot Co-Founder Blasts Obama: He's 'Unpresidential' and 'Willfully Dividing Us'

The Blaze | by Billy Hallowell | Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:05am

On Thursday, Ken Langone, the former director of the New York Stock Exchange and the co-founder of Home Depot, joined former colleague Bernie Marcus in criticizing President Barack Obama's job performance. In an interview with CNBC, the successful businessman has some tough words - and warnings - for the nation's top executive. 

   See it Here . . . 

Al Sharpton Blows Gasket on the Air After Caller Slams Him for Spreading Lies About the Debt Ceiling

The Blaze | by Tiffany Gabbay | Posted on July 28, 2011 at 7:04pm

Yes, there definitely must be something in the air, as key Democrats seem to be coming apart at the seams lately with a string of rants directed against Republicans. This week alone there has been a kind of explosion of such tirades. Following suit, Rev. Al Sharpton also had his own bona fide meltdown after someone called in to the radio segment on which Sharpton appeared to slam the reverend for allegedly propagating lies about the debt ceiling.

The caller, who told Sharpton that he had marched for him and voted for then presidential candidate Barack Obama, told Sharpton that he was "deceiving" people about Social Security.

   Read More . . . 

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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We will be hosting an event to present a project to help insure the integrity of our electoral process.  This is a genuine non-partisan issue.  Win or lose candidates for office should be able to rely on the officials who oversee the polls on Election Day so that every legitimate vote is counted.  True the Vote is an initiative developed by citizens for citizens, to inspire and equip volunteers for involvement at every stage of our electoral process and to actively protect the rights of legitimate voters, regardless of their political party affiliation.  We are looking for people to come to learn about this effort and to get involved in making sure that we have valid elections.  Let us know if you want to get involved early to help with this project by sending us an email .

by Erick Erickson

July 27, 2011

Dear RedState Reader:

If you want to stop the GOP from taking a bad deal out of fear, go to http://www.redstate.com/action right now and call your member of Congress to oppose John Boehner's plan.

This morning took an interesting turn of events. First the Wall Street Journal called us hobbits. Then Bill Kristol proclaimed us "pro-Obama." Then John Boehner told his members to get their "asses in line."

And then a handful of Republican members of congress started attacking me, this site, conservative members of congress, conservative staffers in congress, and conservative organizations including the Heritage Foundation, the Club for Growth, FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, and the list goes on and on.

Friends, this is why the fight is so important - the legacy of the Republican Party.

During the Bush Administration, many conservatives got co-opted. It became more important to be on the team than fight on principle. Consequently, we got No Child Left Behind, Medicare Part D, TARP, the GM bailout, etc.

We almost got stuck with Harriet Miers and immigration reform.

When the GOP was finally tossed for its "culture of corruption," there were very few Republicans standing in Washington that the GOP felt it could trust. Mike Pence was one. Jeff Flake another. Jim DeMint for sure.

So conservatives rallied to send them reinforcements - Tom Graves, Dave Schwiekert, Tim Huelskamp, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, etc.

The GOP told us they had turned from their big spending ways. John Boehner went so far last year to say he appreciated outside conservative groups holding their feet to the fire.

And then today -

Read the rest by clicking here . . . 

RedState Morning Briefing

For July 29, 2011

1. The Worst Negotiators

I cannot decide who the worst negotiators are, Republican leaders or House conservatives.

John Boehner's plan couldn't get the votes last night so Boehner had to agree to add language conditioning a vote on a balanced budget amendment - an amendment House Republicans said could not pass so there was no reason to pursue Cut, Cap, and Balance. The vote will now be today.

The vote now is all about fear and messaging - fear of blame and a very weak message. In fact, the House will send a weaker message than Cut, Cap, and Balance. It'll also get less votes in either House than Cut, Cap, and Balance.

Last night on Sean Hannity's show, Senator Rand Paul said around a dozen Republican Senators will vote against Boehner's plan. And they must. Because if they do not, I have a sneaking suspicion that Harry Reid will strip out the balanced budget amendment language and the second vote on the debt ceiling, send it back to the House, and get it passed with a hundred Democrats.

House Conservatives who don't like the plan, but are willing to trade their vote for a balanced budget amendment are about to be force fed the plan they don't like by Harry Reid and all with their help.

Frankly, the House Republicans have turned this vote into a cult of personality vote. It is not about saving the Republic, fighting Obama, or cutting the debt. And you remember that when they vote for it.

John Boehner has convinced House Republicans that they are both getting a good deal and that if it fails, Boehner himself is in jeopardy. So House Republicans will vote for the plan, see the Senate either kill it or butcher it, and then be stuck. It's all about John Boehner now - nothing else.

To console themselves, Boehner is going to give House conservatives their balanced budget amendment language and then have them do the very thing they promised they'd fight - fund Obamacare.

2. Five (Fairly) Short Points

(1)  House Republicans are walking into an enormous trap. The Boehner plan is sufficiently similar to the Reid plan, in virtually all important respects, that its passage will lead to the following compromise:  

•  The adoption of Boehner's ten years of sham cuts,which will be ephemeral beyond fiscal year 2012. Even John McCain said tonight that Gramm-Rudman (whose "sequestration" provisions are the enforcement mechanism for Boehner) became worthless because Congress just started declaring emergencies.
• A commission which will report out large tax increases which cannot be filibustered. The "deciders" on the commission will be six Pelosi/Reid people and one squish Republican, who will be corralled into submission by:
• A "trigger" which will make the pressure currently being applied to Congress seem small by comparison.

(2) Unless you can guarantee that it will go to the states, a guarantee of a losing vote on the balanced budget amendment is worthless.

(3) Dick Morris is correct that if Tuesday comes and goes, with only a shut-down of unessential government agencies, the American people will see Obama's fear-mongering for what it is.

(4) Furthermore, as 2008 taught us, the GOP can sell all of its principles and spend the better part of a trillion dollars and the stock market will still continue to fall -- particularly since Standard & Poor's is about to downgrade the U.S. for being too timid in debt reduction.

(5) Finally, Obama is currently reeling from his poor stewardship. For Republicans to capitulate and give him a "compromise" will reset him on a glide path to reelection. The liberal media is currently "spinning" that Republicans have won, but, after they lose, their surrender will be reported for what it was.

3. Here's the Latest Democrat Plan

Well, we really stuck it to the Democrats today. Instead of passing Cut, Cap, and Balance, a plan that will never pass the Senate and would have foisted the blame of a default upon us (supposedly), we orchestrated a plan to really own them. We came up with Boehner plan 2.0 that..well, .....will not pass the Senate - and will force a default, unless we agree to a watered down version of the watered down version.

As of late this afternoon, the underpinnings of a compromise Democrat plan were beginning to materialize.

4. RINOs

I see a lot of John Boehner Plan supporters mockingly referring to guys like Mike Pence as "RINOs".

I have not and will not.

Let's be clear that while a number of us in the past few days have been called hobbits and "pro-Obama" this remains a disagreement among guys who are typically friends.

I disagree with Mike Pence and Allen West on this one. They are not RINOs and anyone who thinks they are is as deserving as the mental ward as John Boehner and his leadership team for dividing a group of people who stood united last week.

Quote the wisdom of Al "Boy Scout" Gore:

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur." 

Pretend not to understand the phrase, "It's all about oil." 

Say, "What possible better motive for military action could there be than to guarantee secure American access to the most vital commodity in the world?" 

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

A Clash of Histories

The clash of civilizations is also a clash of histories. The Western view of history is progressive. A march upward from barbarism to greater phases of enlightenment. This view is fairly modern and fairly liberal, yet closely associated with the success of Western civilization. In progressive history, human techniques from the technological to the social can be used to improve life and make the world a better place.

 

The Islamic view of history is regressive. A lost golden age followed by unbelief and heresy, culminating in a struggle by the believers to restore Islamic dominance. Everything that humans do independently of Islam makes the world a worse place. The perfect touchstone of history was Mohammed. And the only way that history can be set right is by restoring the lost and corrupted caliphates.

Both the progressive and the regressive views of history have their limitations. The progressive views tends to unrealistically overestimate its own progress. It does this by dismissing 99 percent of what came before it as bunk and barbarism, and places itself at the pinnacle of history. Using the Dark Ages as a prop, history is divided between the medieval and the enlightenment, superstition and knowledge.

Overlooked is the knowledge that civilization and barbarism actually come in cycles. And that the ancients were not stupid or ignorant, often they were quite sophisticated. But they were unable to retain, integrate and build on what they had until it formed the core of a stable and self-sustaining civilization. Despite our technological sophistication, we are actually poorer than them in vital areas, and there is every sign that our own civilization will implode the way that theirs did. 

Islam Demands Unconditional Surrender

Amil Imani 

Adult Children of America 

Tom McLaughlin 

Need A Free Cool Trillion? Ask China! 

Peter Huessy 

Fake Freedom Fighter Works for North Korean Dictatorship 

Brenda West

Pakistan Today

Darlene Casella

"We Stand with the Gentleman from Florida"

Phil Orenstein

Palestinian TV Continues to Deny Israel's Existence

Itamar Marcus, Nan Jacques Zilberdik

Quote of the Day - July 28, 2011

FSM: Quote of the Day 

Arianna Huffington's Left Coast Cookbook

Gary H. Johnson, Jr. 

A Report from the Hill
  Round 3: House Homeland Security Committee Hearing
"Al Shabaab: Recruitment and Radicalization within the Muslim
American Community and the Threat to the Homeland"
  by Lisa Piraneo, Director of Government Relations

  Yesterday, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter T. King (R-NY) continued to follow through on the promise he made at the start of the 112^th Congress-to address the threat of radical Islam in America. Yesterday, he held his third in a series of hearings on Muslim-American radicalization, this one entitled: "Al Shabaab: Recruitment and Radicalization within the Muslim American Community and the Threat to the Homeland." I attended the hearing so that I could offer you a first-hand report.

As I noted after Chairman King's second hearing (covering radicalization within the U.S. prison system), we didn't see the full-blown circus that attended his first discussion on radical Islam. However, I have to say that the behavior of some congressional members of the Committee was appalling. This is a serious subject that demands serious examination, and it is deeply disappointing to watch some of the members of the Committee act with the disrespect they showed yesterday.

The discussion yesterday was based on the result of what Chairman King called a "lengthy investigation the Committee has conducted into the threat the U.S. homeland faces from al-Shabaab, the Somalia affiliate of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda and Anwar al-Aulaqi's al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)." The report found, among other concerning things, that over 40 Muslim-Americans and 20 Canadians have been recruited and radicalized by al-Shabaab. Click HERE to read the Committee's full report.

The purpose of yesterday's hearing by Chairman King was clear: We see a problem developing that has severe implications for our national security; we take this seriously; we need to address it NOW.

The witnesses for this particular hearing had varied but formidable backgrounds:

Mr. Ahmed Hussen - National President, Canadian Somali Congress. Mr. Hussen stated that his group is a "national advocacy organization that advocates on issues of importance to the 200,000 strong Canadian Somali community." He told the Committee that as a Canadian Muslim he is "proud of his heritage" and thanked Chairman King for holding a hearing on this critical issue as, he said, it helps the Somali community, both in the U.S. and Canada, fight against those who wish to do either nation harm. Further, he said that it is important that the leaders in the Somali-Canadian and Somali-American communities "emphasize integration and the adherence to and respect for American and Canadian values and not those that promote separation, extremism and victimology." See Mr. Hussen's full testimony HERE.

Mr. Thomas Joscelyn - Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Mr. Joscelyn noted that a majority of Somali-Americans do not support al-Shabaab, nor its agenda. That said, he believes that there is a serious danger to our nation from al-Shabaab and though there is "great confusion here in the U.S. as to whether or not Shabaab is really a part of al Qaeda's international terrorist network...my view is that the link is much stronger than some counterterrorism analysts realize." See Mr. Joscelyn's full testimony HERE.

Mr. William Anders Folk - Former Assistant United States Attorney, District of Minnesota. Mr. Folk agreed with the other witnesses that al-Shabaab is a serious threat to the United States and that to fight them and their supporters, the U.S. "must engage in a multi-faceted approach that utilizes all of the United States' abilities, including military, intelligence, law enforcement and diplomatic options. Further, this effort must be carried out in Somalia, the Horn of Africa, and the United States." See Mr. Folk's full testimony HERE.

Mr. Tom Smith - Chief of Police, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Chief Smith updated the Committee about efforts taking place in St. Paul to combat al-Shabaab's impact on the Somali-American community there. During his testimony, he noted another problem with which they are dealing: Somali girls not only in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, but also in Tennessee and other states are being sexually trafficked. See Chief Smith's full testimony HERE.

The discussion during yesterday's hearing was a critical one. Again, what was tremendously disappointing to me was the recurring rude and disrespectful behavior (both to the Chairman and the witnesses) by certain Members of the Committee. This has happened at each of Mr. King's hearings on Islamic radicalization. Though national security should be a non-partisan issue, once again, the perpetrators were all Democrats. To me, it demonstrated a serious problem: how unknowledgeable, disconnected and disinterested some Members of Congress are about a very real and dangerous threat to our nation.

Some examples:

Rep. Shiela Jackson-Lee (D-TX) - as usual, was bent on making a show out of her comments instead of adding substance to the dialogue and learning from the experience of the witnesses. As during prior hearings, she made formal requests that the Chairman instead hold hearings on right-wing extremist organizations, as well as one on Rupert Murdoch. When her comment period expired and the Chairman informed her that it had, she continued speaking over him. It took several attempts of "the gentle lady's time has expired" to get her to settle down. The cameras were rolling and she knew it.

Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA) - commented that the scope of the Chairman's series of hearings is discriminatory.

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) - argued that radicalization is "cross-cultural, cross-religious, and cross-ethnic" and that if we focus on only one group we open ourselves up to "the disdain of others."

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) - noted to Chairman King that this was his third hearing on the issue of Islamic radicalization within the U.S. and said "point made. Let's move on."

But the most outrageous comments during the hearing, came from Rep. Al Green (D-TX), who does not serve on the Committee but asked (and was granted) time to speak. [NOTE: The Chairman did not grant the same, this time, for Rep. Keith Ellison, another legislative showman, who dramatically broke down in tears during King's first hearing.] Early in his comments, Mr. Green asked all of the witnesses if they had ever heard of Jihad Jane. When they replied that they had, he continued his line of questioning, asking them what her hair color was, her eye color, her height, and finally, her complexion. He asked the witnesses if acknowledging that she was "as she is called in America, a white woman" took them "out of their comfort zone." Clearly, he was insinuating that the Chairman and the committee were racist by focusing on Somali-Americans. When Chairman King responded that the questions had absolutely no basis and made no sense to him, Rep. Green shot back, "I didn't expect it to make sense to you."

I do think it is worthwhile to watch the full hearing, so you can see how the issue was taken seriously by the witnesses and some Members of Congress, such as Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) and Rep. Dan Lundgren (R-CA), as well as those I mention above, who were only interested in distractions. This hearing took place at the courtesy of your tax dollars and you have a right to know what your elected officials are doing on Capitol Hill. You can view the full hearing HERE or by going to the House Homeland Security website HERE and clicking on "Webcast." If you like what your Member of Congress is doing remember to let him or her know-and the very same if you don't.

As the Chairman noted in his Opening Statement, which we sent out to our full membership shortly after it was released (click HERE to view it in its entirety) "I will not back down from holding these hearings. I will continue to hold these hearings so long as I am the Chairman of this Committee. I...owe it to all the friends, neighbors, and constituents I lost on September 11th. I will not back down."

We need to be appreciative of Mr. King's past and future efforts in the U.S. Congress on identifying and addressing radical Islam within the U.S. Contrary to what some Members of the Committee claim, he never has and never will focus on the peaceful Muslims living in America. This is not about them and, frankly, these hearings will benefit them. These discussions are about identifying and immobilizing those individuals who follow an ideology that is contrary and dangerous to the freedoms afforded by our U.S. Constitution-those who strive to do harm to our nation and our citizens.

Finally, we need to let Chairman King and all other Members of Congress who continue to speak out about this issue know that a grateful nation-certainly including the 170,000 members of ACT! for America-is behind them 100 percent.

As for those Members of Congress who do not take this seriously, who seem intent only on making a mockery of these hearings, they need to hear from their constituents too. They need to be told that they took an oath to defend the Constitution and they need to start taking these discussions about Islamic radicalization seriously.
 

Fellow patriots,

In this New York Times article (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/opinion/26iht-edcohen26.html?_r=1 ) Representative Peter King and Newt Gingrich are harshly blamed for inspiring Breivik's murderous rampage.  In another (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/25/us/25debate.html?pagewanted=all ), the New York Times also blames Robert Spencer, who is the author of Jihad Watch and numerous books about the dangers of Islam, for inspiring Breivik.

However, the New York Times neglected to mention that the New York Times itself was cited SIX TIMES in Breivik's manifesto.  Apparently, according to the New York Times' own standard, it is just as blameworthy for Breivik's attack as any of the people its articles blamed.

You can verify this for yourself by viewing the manuscript here ( http://www.kevinislaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2083+-+A+European+Declaration+of+Independence.pdf ) and then doing a Find on New York Times .  The citations will pop right up so you can see them for yourself without having to read the entire vile 1500-page document.

The point here is that it is ridiculous to blame anyone who simply reports facts for the actions of a crazy man.  The alternative is to refuse to report on Islamic violence, oppression of non-Muslims, and Shariah-based abuse of women, simply to avoid being blamed for the actions of crazy people who read the news.

Islam's apologists in the new media have been trying to discredit everyone who is sounding the alarm about Islam because of the actions of a crazy man.  This is the same kind of logic used in the 1960s by bigots who tried to blame Rev. Martin Luther King for the race riots.  The point here is that, in both cases, there was a problem, and there were acceptable responses and unacceptable responses to the problem.  But it is absurd to blame the people who respond acceptably to a problem for the actions of people who respond unacceptably.

Hopefully, you'll find these thoughts useful if anyone starts to somehow connect your concerns about Islam to this dangerous lunatic. 

Although I'm not a big fan of Ann Coulter, I have to give her credit for calling attention to the hypocrisy of the New York Times.  Her article below is the one that broke the news, which I personally verified before sharing it with you.

Dave

Thursday, July 28, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer

Do We Want Obama To Win?

Here we go again. Republicans and conservatives in the last 48 hours have formed the battle formation they seem to prefer the most: THE CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD.

John McCain took to the Senate floor yesterday and blasted Tea Party purists. Oh sure, he took shots at Harry Reid too. But the media predictably highlighted only the slap down of the Tea Party folks.

How did that help the cause, senator?

A Tea Party leader spoke at a rally on Capitol Hill yesterday and demanded that Speaker Boehner step down from his leadership post. Really? And be replaced by whom? No Speaker - not even "Captain America" - could perform miracles and run the U.S. government from the House of Representatives.

How did firing at Boehner help the cause?

Conservative websites like the Free Republic (which I love) were filled with postings from grassroots activists, many demanding cuts of $6 trillion this fiscal year. Many posters threatened never to vote Republican again. Talk of a third party filled the blogosphere.

How would permanently splitting the conservative movement help the cause? Is it realistic to think that conservatives could in two years, with control of just the House of Representatives, repeal 40 years of big government liberalism?

Reality check for John McCain, my Tea Party friends and fellow conservatives: The mess we are in is not the fault of John Boehner and Mitch McConnell. America is not headed toward a cliff because of the Tea Party movement. We are in this position because the man in the Oval Office is willing to do virtually anything to get his way - even when it deeply damages our constitutional republic.

He has ignored federal court rulings (the drilling ban). His lawyers argue that our Constitution requires us to buy what he wants us to buy (the insurance mandate). He and his attorney general have "decided" that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional - a call only the Supreme Court can make.

He routinely uses raw class warfare in an attempt to divide our country. He has alienated our allies while apologizing to our enemies. He has accumulated more debt in less time than any president before him, and he demands more spending now. While jobs evaporate, he demands higher taxes on job creators. The list goes on.

Conservatives do not run Washington, D.C. Obama does. The media carry his water, and countless bureaucrats rush to work every day excited to impose his regulations on our economy and our families. As each day passes, there are more federal judges willing to do his bidding because he appointed them.

Disagreements on strategy are inevitable. But there should be no disagreement on our most important goal - ending the Obama presidency, taking control of the Senate and maintaining control of the House. Only then can we do the things that we desperately need to do.

Disband the circular firing squad. Tone down the family feud and aim your ire where it belongs - at Obama and his big government army.

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7/28/2011 

The Obama EPA's Brave New Future

Say goodbye to cars and trucks as you know them. Say hello to a brave new future ushered in by the Environmental Protection Agency. It's one where the federal government reshapes a major U.S. industry by administrative fiat, all in pursuit of a policy goal that will cost money, jobs, and lives-all to satisfy the left's environmentalist factions while dishing out taxpayer dollars to an Obama-favored unionized industry.

That industry is the auto industry, and the Obama Administration is yet again using the mighty fist of the federal government to recast it in its own image. The Washington Post reports that the Obama Administration and the auto industry have reached agreement on new federal regulations that would raise fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks, hitting an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025-a 40 percent reduction in fuel consumption compared to today.

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The House will vote today on Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) plan to raise the debt ceiling. Yesterday, Boehner demanded that GOP lawmakers fall in line and vote for the bill.

Federal and state governments will pay for almost half of all health-care spending by 2020, according to a new study released today. The added costs come from the expansion of Medicaid programs and subsidies of insurance exchanges.

Twelve are dead and 28 are wounded from two explosions that struck outside a bank in Tikrit, Iraq, as soldiers were lining up to cash their paychecks. No one has claimed responsibility, but the attacks appeared to be in the style of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Rebels in western Libya have launched attacks against Muammar Qadhafi's forces in Ghezaia, a town used to launch attacks on rebels.

Have you read the story of Harry Reid and the Chamber of No? It's about a city boiling over in debt limit mayhem and a Senate that refuses to do anything about it. Read more at Foundry.org.

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Editorial: Gov't Welfare Widens The Wealth Gap

 Posted 07/26/2011

Americans for Prosperity recently sent a letter to the House Financial Services Committee urging them to get to work on winding down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. As you may be aware, the U.S. Treasury has already spent $154 billion on the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and regulators claim that billions more will be needed to keep the two afloat.

Click here (http://www.americansforprosperity.com/072111-kerpen-financial-services-committee-stop-delaying-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-wind-down) to see the full text of the letter.

Be sure to call your Member of Congress and let them know you want to them to support legislation that will dismantle Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Here are some of the highlights of the letter:

Members of the Committee largely disagree about the best way to proceed in winding down and phasing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Some believe that if the GSEs are eliminated, there will be a vacuum in the mortgage market that the private sector will not be able to fill.

The Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises has marked-up legislation that would wind down support for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but language offered by Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) would require a "viable private secondary market" to be in place before reforms can occur.

As long as government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are around to dominate the market, private securitization will almost never meet Rep. Campbell's unrealistic threshold.  The language is designed solely to delay reform.

Waiting for the housing market to recover and a "viable private secondary market" to emerge before eliminating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is backward logic at best. The housing market will remain anemic until these GSEs are eliminated. Only then will there be enough incentives for the private sector to step up and create a flow of capital in the housing market.

Click here (http://www.americansforprosperity.com/072111-kerpen-financial-services-committee-stop-delaying-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-wind-down) to see the full text of the letter.

Thank you for all you do!

Americans for Prosperity

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Alexander's Essay - July 28, 2011

What Power to Tax and Spend?

The Question Americans Should Be Asking

"The Constitution, which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People, is sacredly obligatory upon all." --George Washington

Redacted

Barack Hussein Obama's refusal to send a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) to the states as condition of House Speaker John Boehner's support for raising the national debt ceiling has pushed federal funding negotiations to the precipice of the Treasury Department's 2 August default deadline. Boehner has retreated on the House's "cut, cap and balance" plan and its BBA provision is no longer a stipulation in negotiations. He has also reduced the "cuts" in the House plan, and may acquiesce to the larger debt ceiling increase the Democrats want in order to avoid another debt ceiling battle prior to the 2012 elections.

Notably, most House conservatives, including the Tea Party freshmen, are standing with Boehner, choosing a pragmatic approach until 2012, when they hope to strengthen their numbers in the House and Senate, and retake the presidency.

The current budget debate was the first serious consideration of a BBA since it was advocated by President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and later passed by the House as part of the Republican Contract with America in 1995. (At that time, it received 300 votes, including 72 Democrats.)

Now, as then, Leftist Democrats in the Senate have created a formidable gauntlet to its passage because it would severely undermine their power to redistribute wealth, power that is the only assurance of their perpetual re-election. A BBA would sunset their dynasty.

So, where to from here, and what question should conservatives be asking? First, let me offer a brief review of the current budget/debt crisis.

The current legal limit (ceiling) on outstanding U.S. debt is $14.29 trillion. The federal government currently spends about $10 billion every day, and about $4 billion of that is borrowed with guarantees that future generations of Americans will repay the principal and interest.

The House budget plan, as of today, allows a $900 billion increase in the debt ceiling, but includes cuts of approximately that amount over 10 years, which is to say it is not a "net-net" plan to balance the budget now, and does not reverse debt accumulation.

Obama's 2012 budget is $3.7 trillion. Conservative estimates are that his "budget plan" will add more than $12 trillion in debt over the next decade. The only way the U.S. can remain solvent under those circumstances would require colossal tax increases and fiscal policies that inflate the economy -- both of which will break the back of free enterprise and ultimately lead to more taxes and inflation until the whole charade collapses.

This debt bomb poses the most significant threat to Essential Liberty in our nation's history. Our editorial team outlined this mounting national security threat back in 2004.

Across the nation, 49 of 50 states have some form of balanced budget requirement. The federal government, however, recognizes no such limitations and for three decades has been spending far more than it takes in.

Not only must the debt accumulation be stopped, it must be reversed.

To accomplish this reversal, the most pressing question in the current debate is not "which budget plan is better?" Rather, it is "By what authority does the central government collect taxes, and on what items is it authorized to spend those combined taxes and accumulated national debt?"

Tell me what you think

To answer that question, let's review the limitations on taxing and spending our Constitution imposed upon Congress before the courts twisted Rule of Law into the so-called "living constitution," which is subject to the rule of men. Under the latter, Congress has unlawfully assumed the authority not only to collect and spend taxes on any objects it desires (in order to perpetuate re-election), but to regulate everything else. (For the record, the cost of that regulation is estimated at $1.75 trillion annually -- more than twice the total income taxes collected in 2010.)

This unlawful spending and regulation is in abject violation of our elected officials' oaths to "support and defend" our Constitution, and a breach of trust in their contract with the American people, which has created a perilous national security crisis. But on the question of their constitutional authority, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi infamously claimed, "Nobody questions that."

To get a sense of how enormous the outlaw-spending crisis has grown, I quote Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's efforts to shock Republicans into submission this week: "Just remember, this is the United States of America. We write 80 million checks a month. There are millions and millions of Americans that depend on those checks coming on time. ... We cannot put those payments at risk and we do not have the ability to limit the damage on them if Congress fails to act in time."

By what authority is the central government taxing and borrowing to distribute 80 million checks a month?

The "General Welfare Clause" in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution provides, "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States..."

During the constitutional ratification debates, our Founder's made clear that taxation in support of expenditure for the "general welfare" of the nation was subject to severe limits.

Alexander Hamilton, our nation's first Treasury secretary, argued for a somewhat more expansive interpretation of "general welfare," while James Madison, our Constitution's author, reiterated that the enumerated powers contained therein strictly limited the context of "general welfare."

Madison's view prevailed. As president, Madison vetoed a federal highway bill in 1817 because such expenditures were not authorized by our Constitution and, moreover, were clearly the responsibility of the states, as specified in the Tenth Amendment.

According to Madison, "It has been urged and echoed, that the power 'to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States,' amounts to an unlimited commission to exercise every power which may be alleged to be necessary for the common defence or general welfare."

However, wrote Madison, "If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one."

In Federalist No. 45, Madison declared, "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce. ... The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives and liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement and prosperity of the State."

As for extra-constitutional taxation, Madison was unequivocal: "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."

The authentic interpretation of expenses authorized by our Constitution was sustained until the War Between the States, when Abraham Lincoln stretched them beyond constitutional bounds.

But the wholesale adulteration of our Constitution began with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's regime. Under duress of economic depression, he implemented such extra-constitutional programs as the Social Security Act, Federal Housing Administration, Home Owner's Loan Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Authority and a plethora of other "New Deal" federal spending programs, not one of which was authorized by our Constitution.

In 1936, the Supreme Court (U.S. v Butler) cemented this broad and unprecedented interpretation of the General Welfare Clause in alliance with FDR -- and the rest is history.

The High Court's interpretation far exceeded its constitutional authority. In Federalist No. 81, Alexander Hamilton made it clear that this sort of judicial activism was illegitimate: "[T]here is not a syllable in the [Constitution] which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution."

Shredded

That notwithstanding, what our Constitution authorizes versus what the courts via judicial diktat have since interpreted it to authorize have rendered Rule of Law null and void. The resulting debt crisis is a menacing threat to Liberty.  

So, what's the solution?

Tell me what you think

Thomas Jefferson warned, "To preserve independence ... we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and Liberty, or profusion and servitude. ... The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression."

A BBA is a good way to limit outlaw spending. However, there is no chance of a BBA passage with a Democrat administration and Democrat-controlled Senate. And if a BBA did pass, it could result in tax increases indexed to budget increases if it does not require a supermajority to raise taxes, a spending cap to keep the "balance" from perpetual increases, a provision to protect it from tax increases forced by judicial diktat, and a provision to ensure it is not construed as to affirm the constitutional authority of current spending programs -- most of which have no such authority.

Moreover, no amendment will suffice until the authority of our Constitution is restored, and that will require a broad challenge from "the People," and the first step in that challenge was born in the Tea Party movement this past election cycle. That momentum must be sustained if there is any hope to preserve Liberty.  

On that authority, Jefferson noted, "Our peculiar security is in possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction. ... If it is, then we have no Constitution. ... In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."

Alexander Hamilton wrote, "A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government. ... [T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes -- rejecting all changes but through the channel itself provides for amendments."

George Washington, in his farewell address to the nation, wrote, "The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of Government. But the Constitution, which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People, is sacredly obligatory upon all. ... If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed."

Obama and his arrogant socialist cadres believe they are smarter than our Founders. They certainly believe they can outsmart most of the American People. Unless more of us begin to ask relevant questions about Rule of Law and constitutional authority, they may be right on the latter contention.

(A note of thanks to my colleague, Matthew Spalding, constitutional scholar at the Heritage Foundation, for research assistance on this essay.)

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!

Mark Alexander
Publisher, The Patriot Post

July 28, 2011        SEN MCCAIN CALLS TEA PARTIERS 'HOBBITS'   This curious video clip features Senator John McCain on the Senate floor reading from a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that mocks Tea Party members, likening them to characters in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. See the video HERE.

WHITE HOUSE PRESS SEC VS. FOX, PART 2   The very public verbal sparring between Press Secretary Jay Carney and Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry has moved into a second day. Mr. Henry again pushed for an answer to his question about the President's plan. Mr. Carney pushed back. See the video HERE.

WAS A 2ND FT HOOD ATTACK IN THE WORKS?   Fox News is reporting that at least one American soldier has been arrested in a possible plot to attack Fort Hood, the site of a deadly attack by a soldier back in 2009. Get the latest details HERE.

TWITTER INVITATION SPARKS A 1000 PERSON RIOT IN LOS ANGELES    Police in LA had to fire rubber bullets in order to disperse an angry crowd that gathered outside of the historic Mann's Chinese Theater, hoping to get into the premiere of a new documentary. An invitation to the screening was sent to 90,000 people. The theater seats about 2000, see the action and the aftermath HERE.

Conservative leader takes fight to his own party

Meet Rep. Jim Jordan

When President Barack Obama complains about House Republicans unwilling to compromise on a deficit reduction package, he's talking about Rep. Jim Jordan, a former wrestling champion from Ohio who is becoming a driving force in the debt debate on Capitol Hill.

Jordan's district is right next to Speaker John Boehner's in the western part of Ohio, but ideologically, he is miles apart from the Republican leader.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

Al Sharpton, MSNBC, and journalistic standards

Even libs think Sharpton is too bias

On Sunday, Cenk Uygur was interviewed by CNN's Howard Kurtz about Uygur's departure from MSNBC, and Ugyur claimed that Al Sharpton -- widely reported to be his replacement -- vowed in a 60 Minutes interview never to criticize President Obama under any circumstances. 

When I first heard Ugyur make this claim, I assumed it was hyperbole -- until I watched the video and read the transcript of the Sharpton interview.  The 60 Minutes segment was aired on May 19, 2011, and chronicles what it calls Sharpton's "metamorphosis: today he's down right tame. So much so, that he has made his way into the establishment."

Click here to read the full article at Salon 

Gov't welfare widens wealth gap

No surprise here

The gap in wealth between white Americans and minorities is the widest it's ever been, a new report says. Could it be that the government, while intending to help those in need, in fact ends up hurting them?

New Census data show that the recent economic crash has erased decades of minority gains in wealth. The net worth of whites is now 20 times higher than for blacks and 18 times higher than for Hispanics, both records.

Click here to read the full article at Investor's Business Daily 

Debbie Wasserman Schultz says GOP seeks 'dictatorship...spark panic'

She keeps bringing it

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), chair of the Democratic National Committee, said Wednesday that House Republicans are trying to impose "dictatorship" through their tactics in the debt-ceiling negotiations. She said the GOP rhetoric could "spark panic and chaos," which she called "potentially devastating" to the economy.

The chair telephoned POLITICO to express "significant disappointment in where ... Republicans have allowed this debate to degenerate."

Click here to read the full article at Politico 

Franken's SNL moment in the Senate

Franken's 'doing a bit' on debt-ceiling

For a moment Wednesday, Al Franken looked like he was back on the set of Saturday Night Live and not on the floor of the U.S. Senate. In a speech explaining that there would be no money to pay for military and security personnel if Congress doesn't pass a bill increasing the debt ceiling by Aug. 2, Franken unveiled a large poster in the chamber that said, "Welcome Terrorists."

Franken aimed his theater of the absurd at those who believe the U.S. doesn't have to raise the debt limit to avoid economic catastrophe. He couched it as black humor, but certainly not as comic relief in a House and Senate deadlock that economists say puts the U.S. at risk of a financial meltdown.

Click here to read the full article at the Star Tribune 

Democrats say Obama should invoke 14th amendment

Read Section 5 of the 14th Amendment

House Democrats said Wednesday that President Barack Obama should invoke a little-known constitutional provision to prevent the nation from going into default if Congress fails to come up with a plan to raise the debt ceiling.

Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, a member of the Democratic leadership, said he told fellow Democrats that Obama should both veto any House GOP plan for a short-term extension of the debt ceiling and invoke the 14th amendment, which says that the validity of the nation's public debt "shall not be questioned."

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News 

July 28, 2011

New York Times reader kills dozens in Norway

ANN COULTER - The New York Times wasted no time in jumping to conclusions about Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian who staged two deadly attacks in Oslo last weekend, claiming in the first two paragraphs of one story that he was a "gun-loving," "right-wing," "fundamentalist Christian," opposed to "multiculturalism"... (more)
 

July 28, 2011

Ice age threat should freeze EPA global warming regs

WASHINGTON EXAMINER - Rather than spiraling into a global warming meltdown, we may be heading into the next ice age. The U.S. National Solar Observatory, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and astrophysicists across the planet report that the nearly all-time low sunspot activity may result in a sustained cooling period on Earth... (more)
 

July 28, 2011

NASA study: Global warming alarmists wrong

NEWSMAX - NASA has released a new study that may prove global-warming alarmists have been wrong all along. Data from NASA's Terra satellite covering the period 2000 through 2011 shows that when the earth's climate heats up, the atmosphere appears to be better able to channel the heat to outer space... (more)
 

July 28, 2011

Judge sides with Obama administration, nixes stem cell suit

ASSOCIATED PRESS - A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, allowing the United States to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over protests that the work relies on destroyed human embryos... (more)
 

July 28, 2011

Sharron Angle rips 'maverick' John McCain

POLITICO - Hours after Sen. John McCain dropped bombs on the tea party and took her name in vain on the Senate floor, former Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle on Thursday hammered the 2008 GOP presidential nominee as a conservative turncoat... (more)
 

July 27, 2011

Gallup: Romney loses traction when Perry, Palin, Giuliani factored in

NEWSMAX - Mitt Romney remains the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, according to a new poll from Gallup. But the survey shows a marked drop in support for the former Massachusetts governor when Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani are factored into the mix... (more)
 

July 27, 2011

House GOP revolts against Boehner plan

WASHINGTON TIMES - House Republicans do not have enough support to pass their debt-ceiling increase plan on their own, a top conservative said Tuesday as his party's leaders tried to cobble together a coalition of Republicans and Democrats to put the bill over the top... (more)
 

July 27, 2011

Sen. Toomey: Obama knows U.S. will not default

NEWSMAX - Sen. Pat Toomey says there is "no scenario" in which he envisions America's defaulting on its debt -- and the Obama administration admits privately that the threats it has been making for weeks are not true. The bigger problem is that the U.S. credit rating will be downgraded if fiscal problems are not addressed, the Pennsylvania Republican also said Monday on Fox News... (more)
 

July 27, 2011

President of the lie

DAVID KUPELIAN - "I hate to disrespect the president, but he's lying." That was TV commentator Dick Morris last night on Fox's "Hannity," talking about Barack Obama's primetime speech in which the president once again warned Americans their government was on the verge of catastrophic default... (more)
 

July 27, 2011

Gov. Brown picks Liu for California Supreme Court

SACRAMENTO BEE - Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday nominated UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court, two months after Republican opposition forced Liu to withdraw his nomination to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals... (more)
 

July 27, 2011

New York challenges U.S. Defense of Marriage Act

REUTERS - Two days after same-sex marriage became legal in New York, the state's attorney general has taken legal action challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. law which defines marriage as between a man and woman... (more)
 

July 27, 2011

Rep. David Wu's creepy enablers

MICHELLE MALKIN - Wu-hoo! Welcome to another freaky ethics fiasco brought to you by the D.C. den of dysfunctional Democrats. This one comes clothed in a Tigger costume, wrapped in blinders, and bathed in the fetid Beltway odor of eau de Pass le Buck... (more)
 

July 26, 2011

Pernicious effects of media bias

WASHINGTON TIMES - It is a well-told story that the mainstream media - at least to a small degree - have a liberal bias. It's surprising, then, that few people have examined, or even asked, a potentially more important question: Does the bias matter? If the media reports the news with a certain slant, how does it affect those who take in the content?... (more)
 

July 26, 2011

Congress agrees: Keep spending

WASHINGTON TIMES - Congressional Democrats and Republicans waged a war of words on Monday over their debt-ceiling plans, but their agendas amount to pretty much the same thing. Washington just can't kick its spending habit. Both the blueprints cooked up by House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, claim 10-year domestic spending reductions equivalent to a bit over $1 trillion with the creation of new committees to find more spending reforms... (more)
 

July 26, 2011

Obama losing support of liberal Democrats, blacks

NEWSMAX - Support for President Obama is fading among two groups considered essential to his re-election: liberal Democrats and blacks, a new poll discloses. The percentage of liberal Democrats who strongly support Obama's record on jobs dropped 22 points from last year, from 55 percent to 31 percent, according to the Washington Post-ABC News survey... (more)
 

July 26, 2011

The 'economic conservative' compromise

JOSEPH FARAH - After more than 30 years of observing and covering politics, I wrote in "The Tea Party Manifesto" that there is a major misconception about a "divide" in the movement between so-called "social conservatives" and so-called "economic conservatives." What I found was that these labels are not only terribly misleading, but virtually meaningless if one's goal is to understand the dynamics at work with the conservative movement... (more)
 

July 26, 2011

Democrats oppose Obama-UN gun control treaty

US NEWS - Twelve Democratic senators have joined 45 Republicans in a fast growing movement to halt progress on an Obama-backed United Nations effort that could bring international gun control into the United States and slap America's gun owners with severe restrictions... (more)
 

July 25, 2011

Jerry Brown to sign DREAM Act for illegals

LOS ANGELES TIMES - Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign a bill Monday that will increase access to college financial aid for undocumented immigrants. Brown is to appear with the author of the bill, Assemblyman Gilbert Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) at Cal State Los Angeles on Monday afternoon... (more)
 

July 25, 2011

Rupert Murdoch and the media wars: so what else is new?

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - "I think he's trying to destroy The New York Times," a newspaper editor opined to me shortly after worldwide media mogul Rupert Murdoch had acquired and poured money into upgrading The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)... (more)
 

July 25, 2011

Hill poll: Media unethical, biased toward Democrats

NEWSMAX - Journalists who need an ego boost about their chosen profession as a lofty endeavor won't like their reflection in a new poll from The Hill. Almost 70 percent of likely voters characterize the Fourth Estate as biased, and 57 percent contend that reporters are very unethical, or at least somewhat so... (more)
 

July 25, 2011

N.Y. gay marriage law faces first legal challenge

WASHINGTON TIMES - The day after New York became the sixth U.S. state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a traditional-values law firm filed a lawsuit to overturn the law, saying that politicians used a "corrupt legislative process" to enact it... (more)

Today's Headlines:  Thursday, July 28, 2011

U.N. Group Stands Up for Children's Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Including Abortion

Dem. Lawmaker: 'We Don't Have a Deficit Problem Right Now'

Democrat: Terror Group That's Recruiting Americans Doesn't 'Present Any Danger to This Homeland'

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McCain: Tea Partiers Have Bad 'Hobbit' Of Not Supporting Debt Ceiling Hike

Kucinich Calls For Justice Department To Investigate Ratings Agencies

House Republicans Plan to Vote Thursday on Revamped Debt-Limit Bill

Jackson Lee at Radical Islam Hearing: Let's 'Have a Hearing on Right-Wing Extremists, Ideologues'

Muslim Group Says Norwegian Mass Killer Was Inspired by Critics of Global Jihad

Hoyer: House Republicans 'Continue to Hold Hostage' U.S. Credit and Economy

GOP Bill Would Prioritize Payments to Debt Interest, Social Security and Military Pay

House Democrats Give Up Tax Hikes for Long-Term Debt Deal

Federal Wildlife Biologist Investigated for Scientific Misconduct in Global Warming Debate

U.S. Health Tab to Hit $4.6 Trillion in 2020, Government Says

Romney Looks Past Primary, Campaigns Against Obama

Rare Legal Victory in Case of Pakistani Christian Who Refused to Convert to Islam

Mexico Gun-Running Operation Enhanced Cartels' 'Ability to Inflict Serious Damage and Casualties,' Report Says

Rep. Lankford: Lawmakers Exploiting Failed Gunrunner Operation to Limit 2nd Amendment

COMMENTARY:

When Is An Ideology Responsible for Murder?
By Ben Shapiro
Conservatism does not promote political violence, although some ideologies do.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Doctors in Boston seeing more hungry and skinny young children in ER
Protection for three wildflowers will crimp oil and gas projects in Colo.
What's Obama doing? Day 3 with no public appearances scheduled
Federal judge tosses suit opposing Obama funding of stem cell research
Judge moves to block San Francisco vote on circumcision ban
Too much airbrushing: Make-up ads banned in U.K. for being misleading
Milk Board scraps ad campaign to promote milk as cure for PMS
Colorado moves death-row inmates so they can exercise outdoors
White House courts religious leaders to help people in need
Perry unsure of his role at his own prayer rally; 'May be ushering,' he jokes
Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh sued for $100,000 in child support
Homeland Security's CBP running ads against sex slavery
Some hotels using RFID chips to prevent theft of linens
Health insurers seek to cut unnecessary ER visits, costs
Palin heading to Iowa, stoking speculation of bid
McCain erupts: Conservatives are lying to America
Bill would rename Border Patrol station for slain agent Brian Terry
Arizona sheriffs tell border panel they need more help

Tea Party News
Thursday, July 28th

Lawmakers who signed 'Cut' pledge will decide fate of Boehner bill 39 House Republicans pledged to oppose any bill that raises the debt ceiling unless it calls for major cuts, spending caps and a balanced budget amendment. 19 of these have said they will oppose Boehner's bill. 6 of them have committed to backing the bill. 14 others who have not said how they will vote. If 5 or more of these 'undecided' honor their pledge, Boehners bill will not pass.   Boehner has said that his new bill adheres to the cut, cap and balance bill that passed the House last week. Others disagree strongly because it neither cuts nor caps nor balances federal spending." The members who have signed the pledge and are undecided are: Joe Barton (Texas) Dan Benishek (Mich.) Dan Burton (Ind.) Trent Franks (Ariz.) Randy Hultgren (Ill.) Raul Labrador (Idaho) Jeff Landry (La.) Tom Latham (Iowa) Tom Marino (Pa.) Jeff Miller (Fla.) Jean Schmidt (Ohio) David Schweikert (Ariz.) Tim Scott (S.C.) Joe Wilson (S.C.) Click here for the complete source story [The Hill, July 28]     Sen. Rand Paul Firm Against Boehner & Reid Plans: "I Can't Vote for Anything That Doesn't Balance the Budget "The Boehner plan will never balance. It will add $1 trillion to the debt over 10 years. Every year under the Boehner plan, we will spend more and borrow more and the debt will grow.   "The balanced budget amendment allows five years to balance. If we pass it would it take two to three years to pass the states. We are talking about eight years to balance the budget, that's reasonable. The country is not heades for a crisis on August 2nd, it's headed debt crisis in the following months and years. That debt crisis is from spending too much. We have to rein it in. The entitlements are broken. The way we fix it is by balancing the budget by doing something that every American family has to do and I think every American family expects us to do. [Fox News, July 28] Click here for the complete source story     Donald Trump Tells Republicans To Force Default Donald Trump has strong words for Republicans. The billionaire real estate mogul is pushing the GOP to hold back from comprising and allow the nation to default on August 2nd. 'Unless the Republicans can get 100% of what they want, and that may include getting rid of Obamacare which is a total disaster, then they should not make a deal.'   He went on to say "the pressure to compromise is not on the Republicans, but on President Obama. If no deal is reached that it will all fall on his shoulders. When it comes time to default, they're not going to remember any of the Republicans' names. They are going to remember one name, and that's Obama." [Terra, July 28] Click here for the complete source story

July 28, 2011 

On Thursday's Program 

McCain lashes out at Tea Party, Stu loses his mind

John McCain is lashing out at the Tea Party and blaming them for holding up any decision on the debt ceiling battle - and he's also offering his advice on the situation. As Stu gracefully yet semi-maniacally pointed out on radio: Why would anyone listen to John McCain, a guy who "lost Indiana to a socialist"? Get the latest on the debt battle and watch Stu lose his mind on radio today HERE.  

Hmm, where'd racist anti-Tea Party nut get his nutty ideas?

Glenn played the audio of an anti-Tea Party protester who angrily declared the Tea Party as completely racist, ironically sounding pretty racist himself in the process. Since there are no demonstrable examples of Tea Party racism - where oh where did this guy ever get the idea? HINT: A familiar leftist news network plays a role. WATCH

The Making of GBTV - Episode 3

Glenn's new show launches 9/12 on GBTV - in the meantime watch Glenn's biggest project yet be built from the ground up. A new episode of "The Making of GBTV" is available on demand -- watch the new episode and all the previous episodes HERE. ALSO available on GBTV tomorrow is a new episode of "Uncensored" where SE Cupp sits down with Congressman Paul Ryan - check out a free clip HERE.

Shocking: Poll shows Muslim Brotherhood candidate will win in Egypt

And the media is finally beginning to catch up to where Glenn was during the glorious Democratic revolution in the Middle East. Newsweek is suddenly expressing a little concern at the shocking (to them) fact that the Muslim Brotherhood candidate will likely win the upcoming election. But there were even more disturbing numbers in the poll - how many Egyptians view Israel in a positive light? Find out at The Blaze.

Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt = not good for Israel 

As seen above, the latest poll results are very disturbing to Israel. Support among citizens in Egypt is scant, and the nation they'd most like to model? Turkey, who just moved to Islamic Law.  It's just one of the many factors that are not breaking the right way for Israel - and all the more indication that NOW is the time to stand with Israel. They cannot be left to defend themselves alone. Even if you can't make it to Israel - find a way (no matter how big or small) to show your support. Donate, host/attend a viewing party, 'Like' the Restoring Courage Facebook page - and let your voice be heard. You will be able to have total access of all the events on GBTV.

Today's Hollywood idiot: George Lopez -- who said he's leaving the country if Sarah Palin wins the White House. Why not just leave now, George? DETAILS.

Best part is this was on a fuel efficient Toyota - LOOK.

Jay Carney attacks Fox again

You know the White House is losing the argument very, very badly when the only answer they have is to blame Fox News. For the second day in a row, Fox reporter Ed Henry was accused of having an agenda even though he's asking completely normal questions, and even though he came to Fox from CNN. Glenn has the audio and explains why Carney is singling out Fox this time - check it out HERE.

Glenn's controversial new shirt: What will the press say about THIS?

Harry Reid's got 'prollems': Glenn, Pat & Stu have uncovered a crucial & overlooked element to the debt ceiling debate - Harry Reid can't say the word 'problem' -- the shocking audio on radio today WATCH.