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Triple-A Moody Ratings Are Nonsense: Scary Mind Of Liberal Tax & Spend Economist Exposed Paul Krugman Says Debt 90% of GDP is Fine & US Credit Rating Downgrade Doesn't Matter

The Blaze | by Naked Emperor News | Posted on August 2, 2011 at 7:40am

 See the video for this NUT ROOT - Here . . .

 This idiot is an economics profesor?

U.S. Dept of Ed Pushes Man-Made Global Warming at Kids' Reading Event

The Blaze | by Billy Hallowell | Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:16am

On July 20, 2011, kids in the Washington, D.C. area were treated to free books during a special U.S. Department of Education event. Two of the books that were offered featured popular Nickelodeon characters as part of the network's "Big Green Help Series," a campaign encouraging children to help protect the Earth.

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Revolution 2.0? Soldiers With 'Electrified Batons' Clear Protesters From Egypt's Tahrir Sq.

The Blaze | by Jonathon M. Seidl | Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:11pm

CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian forces swinging electrified batons and shouting the battle cry "God is great" swiftly chased off dozens of activists Monday who had refused to end four weeks of renewed protests at Tahrir Square to pressure the country's transitional military rulers. 

Hundreds of riot police backed by armored vehicles and soldiers moved in to tear down the camp of dozens of tents after a group of holdout activists - some of them relatives of people killed in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February - refused pleas over loudspeakers to go home. Some in the crowd hurled stones at the police.

Firing shots in the air and using clubs, Egyptian forces cleared the square within minutes.

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Sen. Toomey To Oppose Debt Deal

Monday, Aug 1

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) announced that he will be voting against the Budget Control Act and issued the following statement:

"Our government is heading for a fiscal crisis," Sen. Toomey said. "We have doubled spending since 2000. Our deficits are now more than $1.4 trillion per year, and our debt has reached a stunning $14.3 trillion.

"Unfortunately, the debt ceiling deal announced last night does nothing to deal with the path of our government's unsustainable deficit spending. For fiscal year 2012, this legislation will only cut two-tenths of 1 percent of total spending. Not only will our debt grow each year under this plan, it will continue to grow even as a percentage of our economy. Finally, I am concerned that the long-term cuts over the next decade will not materialize. All Congress has to do to override this bill's spending restraints in the future is pass another law that overrides them. If Congress is truly serious about cutting spending, it would mandate serious spending cuts in next year's budget - the only year in which cuts are actually guaranteed.

"While I appreciate the hard work and effort that has gone into this deal, it simply does not contain meaningful spending cuts, nor does it put us on a sustainable fiscal path. Therefore, I will be voting against the legislation tomorrow."

   Source information is Sen. Toomey's Senate web site 

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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   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.

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Dear Patriot,

Our August meeting will be held in conjunction with the Kitchen Table Patriots to present a project to help ensure 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 learn about this effort and get involved today to ensure we have valid elections for all.  Please join us August 8^th.

True the Vote

w/ TJC & KTP

Monday, August 8^th, 7pm

The Moose Club

127 East State Street

Doylestown, PA

At the meeting we will begin planning for the 2^nd Annual "We Read the Constitution" Rally at Washington Crossing State Park on Saturday, September 17^th.  Those who attended last year will recall the educational and civic value of the event.  If you are interested in helping or being a reader, please contact Audrey Strein at audreys110@yahoo.com. 

Also consider attending a wonderful event with the "First Lady" of the Conservative movement, Phyllis Schlafly, on Tuesday, August 9^th at the Union League in Philadelphia.  Phyllis is the Founder and President of the Eagle Forum.  There is a reception and luncheon; more information can be found here:  http://www.eagleforum.org/w-mailing/2011/Philadelphia-Invite.pdf. 

All the best,

Jeff McGeary

President, Thomas Jefferson Club

For Immediate Release

Contact: 717-228-7524

CONSTITUTION GROUP BRINGING "LIBERTY BREAKFAST" TO CHESTER COUNTY

(Lebanon, PA) - The Constitutional Organization Of Liberty (COOL), a conservative, non-partisan educational organization, has announced it will be hosting a "Liberty Breakfast" in Downingtown on Saturday, August 6.   

Mark Thomas of Cornwall, Chairman of COOL, said that the five-year old organization has arranged for the morning function at the Old Country Buffet, beginning at 8:30 AM.

"We're very excited about bringing our breakfast to Chester County," Thomas said.  "We have hosted courses and functions throughout central Pennsylvania but this is the first one we have held in Chester County."

Thomas said that the Liberty Breakfasts are new for 2011 as they found a number of individuals were interested in gaining additional knowledge about the Constitution but were not able to commit to long term coursework.

"After the successful classes we had last year, COOL's Board went ahead and approved the use of the breakfast model in order to broaden our access and appeal to the different locations we think would be receptive to our courses and educational approach," he said.

Carris Kocher, of the Bill of Rights Bicentennial Committee, which, along with Chester County ACTION, is hosting the breakfast, said she personally made arrangements for the breakfast in Downingtown and is looking for a strong turnout.

"This area has a large number of deeply convicted individuals when it comes to the Constitution and how the law should be applied," Kocher said.  "I really felt the time had come to start combining COOL's strong educational expertise with the conservative activists in the area."

Kocher also noted that since 2011 is the 275th anniversary of Patrick Henry's birth, the breakfast will include a musical tribute to Patrick Henry by Charlie Zahm of Philadelphia,

"Charlie is an outstanding musician with a wealth of musical talent and historical knowledge," Kocher said. "He is popular at Maritime, Early American and Celtic festivals, and his rich voice is matched only by his masterful guitar playing."

"Having this tribute to Patrick Henry at this event seemed fitting," Kocher said, "as, without Patrick Henry, there would be no Bill of Rights and no First Amendment."

State Senator Mike Folmer (R-48^th), who serves as a Board member for COOL, attended the first Liberty Breakfast in Palmyra and said he was very pleased with the function.

"I enjoyed the fact that the breakfast allows participants to gain additional knowledge about the Constitution and our Founding documents without feeling pressured to stick to a long term schedule," Folmer said.  "And for an elected official like myself it is a great time to just catch up with local constituents without having to worry about being the center of attention."

"Anyone who attends these breakfasts comes out learning something," he said.

The topic for the Liberty Breakfast scheduled for August 6 will be "The First Amendment" and will feature both a review of the Amendment as well as an open discussion of the critical aspects of it.

The meeting room at the Old Country Buffet has been reserved and breakfast will be served ala carte whereby participants will order and pay for their own meals.  After the meal, the forum will begin, and there is no charge to participate, although donations will be solicited. 

Attendance confirmation is requested to ensure sufficient seating in the meeting room, and may be made by contacting Kocher via e-mail at kochercj@verizon.net.  Any other inquiries may be made directly to COOL at 717-228-7524, or by e-mail at reclaimliberty@verizon.net.

RedState Morning Briefing

For August 2, 2011

1. The Necessity of the Fight

Here's something no one wants to talk about, whether Republican or Democrat. Well, I should not say no one, but pretty much every Republican and Democrat who participated in the terms of the debate over the debt ceiling has ignored this.

Government spending is going above 25% of GDP.

Tax revenue, up until the last two years has averaged 18.5% GDP.

Let's give the Democrats, for the sake of argument, their Clinton tax increases back. The 1998 to 1999 years saw the highest amount of federal revenue come in. But it was only in the 21% of GDP range.

In fact, 1945 and 1999 are the only two years I can find where tax revenue into the federal government surpassed 20%.

In other words, with the economy firing on all cylinders, only twice has revenue into the federal treasury been over 20% of GDP and spending has now gone well above 20% of GDP.

Today the Senate will vote on the compromise debt ceiling plan. If the plan is implemented to the letter as intended, we will add $12 trillion in debt over the next decade.

2. Obama is the Big Winner in the Debt-Ceiling Debate

This isn't Monday-morning quarterbacking. For one thing, it's not football season yet. For another, the game wasn't played on Sunday afternoon. It's been going on for weeks, with twists and turns more reminiscent of comic opera than football.

Even so, today's media game has been all about deciding who got the better deal. Many of the partisans think they came up short, and are looking to blame their guys. In the media (which sees any legislation as an achievement, no matter how hollow, cynical, or ultimately ineffectual), many are scoring this as a win for both sides. (That's to say, all of the parties will be able to go back to their respective bases with something to brag about.)

Around the middle of last week, I lost track of the specific content of the deals, which was in constant flux. And the media lost track of it too! The only reporting, it seemed, was about who was up (Boehner, Reid, Obama) and who was down at any point in time. That tells you all you need to know about how cynical and empty this whole process has been.

3. Barack Obama is Keyser Soze

He's got the Democrats to take the fall with the base, convinced Obama is an inept negotiator.

He's got the GOP befuddled thinking they've had some success.

Meanwhile, Obama himself gets several loose ends sewn together that could complicate his re-election, including the debt ceiling, spending cuts, and tax reform.

And if he pulls it all off and wins re-election, he's also secured full funding for Obamacare, killed off the Bush tax cuts for good, and probably cut defense spending enough to be re-allocated elsewhere in 2013.

People saying the Democrats were big losers are right. On policy.

But politically, Obama is a massive winner and if he wins re-election will also have some long term liberal policy victories greeting him January 1, 2013.

4. The Attempted Terrorist Attack by the Face of Peaceful Islam, and the Problems it Presents for Media and Muslims Alike

A second terrorist attack on soldiers stationed at Fort Hood, Texas in under two years was discovered last week, and its plotter, Private First Class Naser Jason Abdo, was arrested before the attack could be carried out. The latter fact, of course, differentiates this plot from the successful attack carried out by Major Nidal Hasan in November 2009, when the Army officer and Islamist radical gunned down thirteen people - including a pregnant woman - and wounded thirty-two more, while yelling "Allahu Akbar!" after receiving counseling and religious justification for the attack from the Yemen-based, American-born al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

Abdo was formally charged in federal court Friday with possession of an "unregistered destructive device." The plot that was foiled last week, allegedly inspired by Hasan's rampage (Abdo reportedly yelled "Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood 2009!" in court Friday), involved attacking a popular (and still unspecified) off-post restaurant with pipe (pressure cooker) bombs, and then using a handgun to shoot any who survived the blast. According to law enforcement officials, the attack was planned for Thursday - the day after Abdo was arrested. His next appearance in court is reportedly scheduled for 2 pm on August 4, at the Waco Federal Courthouse.

5. Is Gov. Steve Beshear (D, KY) extorting campaign contributions?

That's the rather bombshell allegation being made today; the gist is that Rodney Young (a retiring psychologist for the Department of Juvenile Justice has reported that his colleagues were the target of an attempt to extort $500 contributions to Steve Beshear's re-election campaign, with the threat that they could lose their jobs if they did not so contribute. The major argument against this happening is that it would be EXTREMELY STUPID of anyone affiliated with the Governor to make this kind of threat.

6. WSJ Misses the Mark on Oil Markets and the SPR

An article by Sarah Kent in Monday's Wall Street Journal, "Traders Eye Oil Tanker Play", (full text requires subscription*) purports to explain current action in the oil market, as 30 million barrels of crude oil are due to be released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) before August 31.

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Items for August 15, 2011

 Invite your liberal friends to a Norman Borlaug birthday dinner celebration.

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

Inspiration As Perversion:

The Missing Link Between Al Qaeda And Breivik 

Nancy Kobrin, PhD, Joan Lachkar, PhD 

From the Petersburg Mine to the Wright Flyer

This Week in American Military History 

Military History, W. Thomas Smith, Jr. 

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Who Are The 'Galactically Stupid' in the Debt Ceiling Debate?

Frank Hill 

Breivik and Totalitarian Democrats

Caroline Glick 

Fifth Column Sabotage against the USA

and against our Critical Infrastructure 

Tom Marin, Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, US Army (Ret) 

Obstructionist Politics: Denying a Vote

Frank Salvato 

The Media, Absurdity and Knee-Jerk Analysis:

Equating the Norway bombing and the latest Fort Hood incident. 

John Bernard 

White House's Over-the-Cliff Moment

Salena Zito 

What's Really Killing Carbon Capture And Storage?

Paul Driessen 

Tulsa rally August 30th     There's still time to sign     the Captain Fields petition  

On August 30^th, ACT! for America Executive Director Guy Rodgers and National Field Director Kelly Cook will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for our rally calling for the full reinstatement of Captain Paul Fields.

There is still time for you to sign our petition on his behalf, if you have not yet done so. Over 51,000 people have signed thus far!

We are sending this email nationwide, so that every ACT! for America member has the opportunity to take action. What can you do?

  If you are coming to the event, please feel free to make a sign in support of Captain Fields. We anticipate there will be media covering the event, and we will have our own camera crew there, so please have your sign be respectful while you are being creative!

As we get closer to August 30^th, we will send out an email spelling out a phone call and emailing grassroots campaign to coincide with the rally.    

Obama, Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood

By David Meir-Levi

How the president is helping two of the most ruthless and radical Islamic terrorist forces in the world.
Read more »
 

Fanaticism, Mass Murder and the Left

By Melanie Phillips

Diagnosing the modern secular Inquisition.
Read more »
 

Small spending cuts to have little impact

No cuts till 2014

The first phase of a deal to raise the government's borrowing limit would pose little threat to the economy in the short term because almost none of the spending cuts would occur before 2014.

Discretionary spending, which excludes Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, would be cut by $21 billion in 2012 and $42 billion in 2013, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. That's a small fraction of the nation's $14 trillion economy.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian: Budget deal will only bring short-term relief

America might still lose AAA credit rating

One of the most prominent global investors says that a potential budget deal in Washington will only bring short-term relief, and it won't remove the threat of a U.S. debt downgrade by credit rating agencies.

"I think this compromise will lead to an increase in the debt ceiling, and therefore avoid default," said Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of PIMCO, a global investment firm and one of the world's largest bond investors said today on ABC's "This Week With Christiane Amanpour." "But this relief will be short."

Click here to read the full article at ABC News

Biden collects rent from Secret Service

Charges rent to protect his own family

The U.S. Secret Service does more than protect Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. - the agency also pays him rent.

Since April, Mr. Biden has collected more than $13,000 from the agency charged with protecting him and his family for use of a rental cottage adjacent to the waterfront home he owns in a Wilmington, Del., suburb.

Click here to read the full article at the Washington Times

California labor unions fight initiative signature drives

SEIU tightening it's grip

As solicitors for more than a dozen initiatives hit California's streets for petition signatures to get the issues on next year's ballot, labor unions targeted by potential measures are starting to fight back.

The Service Employees International Union in California is urging members to call a hotline to deploy "Think Before You Ink" teams to talk voters out of signing a measure that would restrict their ability to automatically deduct dues from members' paychecks for political purposes.

Click here to read the full article at the Sacramento Bee

Middle classes to be hit by tax increase by the back door

On the backs of the middle class

President Barack Obama today faced furious reaction to his last-minute debt deal, with experts slamming the agreement as a cruel means of hitting middle classes with tax hikes 'through the back door'.

The President and congressional leaders last night finally announced an agreement on emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default.

Click here to read the full article at the Daily Mail

Tea Party News
Monday, August 1st  

One might think that the recent drama over the debt ceiling involves one side wanting to increase or maintain spending with the other side wanting to drastically cut spending, but that is far from the truth.
        No plan under serious consideration cuts spending in the way you and I think about it. The "cuts" being discussed are not cuts from current amounts being spent, but cuts in projected spending increases.
        The truth is that rhetoric about default is being carelessly thrown around to ram through a bigger budget than ever. A balanced budget is similarly simple and within reach if Washington had just a tiny amount of fiscal common sense.
        In Washington terms, a simple freeze in spending would be a much bigger "cut" than any plan being discussed. If politicians simply cannot bear to implement actual cuts to actual spending, just freezing the budget would give the economy the best chance to catch its breath, recover and grow. [The Hill, Aug. 1]      Click here for the complete source story 

"Reductions of the magnitude now being proposed would likely lead Moody's to adopt a negative outlook on the AAA rating. The chances of a significant improvement in the long-term credit profile of the government coming from deficit reductions proposed in either plan are not high."
        "It remains our expectation that the government will continue with timely debt service. If the debt limit is not raised before August 2, we believe that revenues would be more than adequate for some period of time to meet those payments, although other outlays would be severely reduced as a result." [The Hill, July 31]      Click here for the complete source story 

        Some people are calling for a "clean" Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA). But there are two types of a clean BBA, one of which would be worse than the mess we have today.
        One would only require that government spend less than it collects, and there are two ways to fix that. The first is cutting spending, and the second is raising taxes.
        Some supporters of a clean BBA are not too worried. But others are concerned that a judge could order a tax increase if the BBA only says that spending must be less than revenues. The framers intended that all revenue control be in the congress.
        But a "clean" BBA would change that. It would create a constitutional command. A private party with standing could ask a federal judge to remedy a violation of a clean BBA by ordering increases in taxes to close budgetary gaps, instead of spending cuts. To grant judges the power to raise taxes would create a perverse incentive for members of Congress who wanted to raise taxes but were politically vulnerable to foster gridlock on spending battles, then let the courts do their dirty work for them by increasing taxes to make up the shortfall. [Big Government, July 31]      Click here for the complete source story

"Budget Control Act" Will Gut Defense, Hike Taxes

Grassfire Nation Alert

Obama and Boehner struck a debt ceiling deal yesterday.

House and Senate votes are imminent TODAY.

Rush Limbaugh said today that he'd "love to support it, but.", noting that this deal is NOT a victory for the Tea Party.

The fact is, it's a dirty deal. Here are a few reasons why:

--The "dollar-for-dollar" spending cuts are not real.

Obama gets $900 billion in debt ceiling increase NOW in exchange for $1 trillion in spending cuts OVER TEN YEARS.

As we know, future "cuts" in government spending are not cuts at all.

--The real causes of runaway government spending are not addressed. Entitlements are left untouched. Baseline budgeting (which guarantees ever-rising government

spending) is intact.

--The risk of a downgrade in our credit rating has not been addressed because runaway spending has not been addressed!

--The Obama Stimulus levels of spending are now permanently entrenched in future government spending models.

--The debt only rises in a never-ending upward trajectory.

The $900 billion raise in the debt ceiling will not even last one year. An additional $1.2 trillion in additional debt will be "triggered" to carry the nation through the election.

--There are allegedly NO tax increases but that is smoke and mirrors because the CBO is projecting that the Bush tax cuts will not be extended. If the Bush cuts are NOT extended, that amounts to a huge tax increase. If the Bush tax cuts ARE extended, the CBO projections fall apart and other tax increases will be mandated by the trigger mechanism in this bill.

--Finally... the LEFT is coming away from this debate with one of their key goals accomplished: demonizing the Tea Party. According to Politico on Friday, the Tea Party has moved from "hostage takers" to "full-blown terrorists" who are "craven to inflict massive harm on innocent victims to achieve their political goals." (Link below)

This is your LAST CHANCE to let your voice be heard before your Senators and Rep vote on the final debt deal.

ACTION #1 -- FAX CONGRESS TODAY!

Reports all last week indicated that the phones were jammed. Grassfire Nation's FaxFire system may be the best way to get a message through to your members of Congress.

GO HERE NOW TO LET YOUR SENATORS AND REP -- AND OTHER KEY HOUSE MEMBERS -- KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON THE DEBT CEILING DEAL:

<a href="http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=45793&CID=160&RID=32053949"> http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=45793&CID=160&RID=32053949  </a>

ACTION #2 -- CALL CONGRESS NOW

As noted above, it is quite possible that the Capitol Hill phone lines will be jammed. But please try to call and let your Senators and Rep. know what you think about this latest deal.

Rep. Fitzpatrick 202-225-4276

Sen. Casey 202-224-6324

Sen. Toomey 202-224-4254

Grassfire Nation Links for your research:

POLITICO ON TEA PARTY "TERRORISTS"

<a href="http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=45794&RID=32053949"> http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=45794&RID=32053949  </a>

Breakdown of the "Deal"

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Versailles on the Potomac

(How spending cuts are really spending increases) <a href="http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=45796&RID=32053949"> http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=45796&RID=32053949 </a>

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From Conservationists to Environmental Radicals

By Discover The Networks   

The Izaak Walton League of America began in 1922 as an apolitical effort to address the deteriorating conditions of fishing streams in the U.S.  Some five decades later, it became part of what had evolved into a new, highly politicized environmental movement.

Read more »   

More to read:

August 01, 2011
 
  BECK: WHY THE DEBT DEAL IS BAD NEWS   After the big announcement of a bi-partisan agreement on the framework of a debt deal and the cautious optimism in DC, Glenn Beck weighs in with his analysis. Read Glenn's take HERE.

CNN ANCHOR VS. SENATOR RAND PAUL    In one of the most bizarre video clips from the weekend's political reporting, CNN news anchor Don Lemon takes a confrontational tone with Senator Rand Paul. Watch the video HERE.
  FAMILY FARMS UNDER ATTACK FROM THE DOT     Are the proposed new regulations from the Transportation Dept. part of the UN's Agenda 21 program for global control? Many Farm Bureaus around the country are very concerned that the DOT has plans to impose regulatory control over all farm workers. See the details HERE.

CAUGHT ON VIDEO! NY CAMERAMAN ARRESTED FOR RECORDING A POLICE CHASE   An independent cameraman who makes his living by recording news events was trying to capture video of a police chase on Long Island and ended up recording his own arrest. Watch the clip HERE.

8/01/2011 

Liberals Force Choice Between Economic and National Security

Put the security of the nation at risk or raise taxes. This is the sour "deal" liberal lawmakers are offering in exchange for insufficient spending cuts, according to reports of this weekend's debt negotiations in Washington.

The framework that Republicans and Democrats are close to approving would raise the debt limit by at least $2.1 trillion and get Obama and congressional Democrats past their target date: Election Day 2012. In return for this generous political cover, Democrats would agree to a modest $1 trillion in supposed cuts spread out over 10 years; $350 billion of those "upfront" savings come from gutting national security resources.

A trillion dollars over 10 years is not sufficient to impress credit rating agencies, which have threatened to downgrade America's credit status unless Congress enacts real measures to reform spending and lower the deficit. In fact, on Friday, Moody's announced that neither the Boehner plan nor the Reid plan had sufficient cuts, saying: "Reductions of the magnitude now being proposed, if adopted, would likely lead Moody's to adopt a negative outlook on the AAA rating." The current plan does not improve upon either of those earlier plans.

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Every Democrat once voted "No" on 14th Amendment; now they want to twist it to make Obama our king?

Aug 01, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

Democrats have no shame, but this is a new low even for them.

Recent talk from Democrats, especially Congressional Black Caucus, (CBC) members about having Barack Obama cite imaginary powers they find in the 14th Amendment as a way to rule by fiat are just flat out hypocritical.

CBC member Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina clearly laid out the Democrats case for dumping our democracy and crowning Obama king so he can spend every last dollar we have.  He said, "I've said time and time again, if the President gets up to August 2nd, without a piece of legislation, he should not allow this country to go into default. He should sign an Executive Order invoking the 14th Amendment and send that to all the governmental agencies for us to continue to pay our bills. He could do that with a stroke of a pen. We've seen many big ... Continue Reading:Every Democrat once voted "No" on 14th Amendment; now they want to twist it to make Obama our king?

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Vote NO!

There is no financial Armageddon  and here -debt service on all $14.5 trillion will be paid along with Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid checks. Military will be paid. We have not been told the whole truth by partisans and media.

The Ds are crying all the way to the bank.  This is a phony compromise.  The President is smirking at us.

No immediate cuts:- VP Biden agreed to $800 Billion cuts NOW - Ds, successfully, kicked spending cuts down the road so they can demagogue

Defense cuts mean withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan threatening national security

Primaries await those who capitulate to the Establishment. A "yes" vote is a deal killer.

If we don't cut, cap and balance now, then when. If not the Republicans, then who?

President Obama Is No Longer Tethered To Reality

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for The Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published July 28, 2011 on Forbes.com.   

President Barack Obama's speech to the nation Monday night was highly disturbing. Because read carefully, it reveals a president wildly divorced from the fundamental realities of the nation he is supposed to be leading.

President Obama actually told America on national television that it is a nation "with a system in which the deck seems stacked against middle class Americans in favor of the wealthiest few." It is incomprehensible how a man serving as president of these United States could make such a fundamentally false assertion about his own country.

As I explain in my new book, America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb, before Obama was even elected, official IRS data showed that for 2007 the top 1% of income earners paid more in federal income taxes than the bottom 95% combined. The top 1% paid 40.4% of all federal income taxes that year, almost twice their share of income. The middle fifth of income earners, the actual middle class, paid 4.7% of federal income taxes. Deck stacked against the middle class in favor of the wealthiest few?

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Don't Blame the House 

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for The Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published July 27, 2011 on The American Spectator website.   

The indisputable facts show that Congressional Republicans have done their job. Months ago, the House Republican majority passed the budget proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). Ryan's budget provided for $6.2 trillion in spending cuts for its first 10 years alone. Over the long run, it drives federal spending to 15% of GDP, well below the postwar historical average of 20%.

Ryan's budget included tax reform to get the economy booming again, with a 25% top income-tax rate for incomes over $100,000 a year, and a 10% rate for incomes below that. The internationally uncompetitive federal corporate tax rate of 35% would be reduced to 25%, which would return federal taxes to their long term, postwar, historical average of 18% of GDP. Because that figure is higher than our spending, the Ryan budget eventually pays off the national debt entirely.

Yes, that takes decades. $14 trillion is a big debt to pay. It takes that long because the careful reforms are designed so that no one is actually hurt by the changes -- senseless Democratic rhetoric to the contrary notwithstanding. The Democrats just don't like it because by reducing government dependency it threatens their political machine.

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Brief · August 1, 2011

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"Public affairs go on pretty much as usual: perpetual chicanery and rather more personal abuse than there used to be." --John Adams

Editor's Note

Boehner, Obama and Reid

The debt-ceiling "deal" agreed to by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), and President Barack Obama over the weekend is Washington politics at its finest: Cut $2 trillion from federal spending over a decade in return for adding $2.4 trillion to the current $14.3 trillion debt this year. That's enough that the debt ceiling debate won't have to occur again until after the 2012 elections, throwing Obama a life preserver. What a deal! (Yeah, we know. You could cut the sarcasm with a knife.)

We're not the only ones who aren't happy, either. The New York Times editorialized against the "hostage-taking demands of Republican extremists," and Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO) called it a "sugar-coated Satan sandwich." If they feel that way about cuts in growth rates over 10 years, just imagine what they would say if spending were actually cut. Fortunately, the deal includes no tax hikes, and that's a Tea Party victory that will help the economy.

All things considered, this deal is just about as good as we could hope for without controlling the Senate or the White House, and it's a launching pad for gaining just that in next year's election.

What do you think?

Government

"House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) told GOP members on a conference call Sunday evening that he had reached a deal with congressional leaders and the White House, but that it wouldn't happen 'unless we have membership on board.' It remains to be seen how many House Republicans will end up supporting the final package, but members on the call told National Review Online they thought it would ultimately pass with bipartisan support. ... Members described the tone of the call as overwhelmingly positive, with many praising Boehner's efforts in the negotiations. ... According to sources, Boehner said the deal was 'the best that we could get.' In particular, he thanked the 87 freshman members for their input, without which 'we wouldn't have gotten this far.' ... Freshman Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R., Ind.) told NRO that with 'the most liberal president we've ever had' occupying the White House, the Tea Party and the conservative movement have done all right for themselves. 'I think the Tea Party needs to take credit for changing the dialogue in Washington to be about cutting spending,' he said. 'But whether I vote for this plan or not, it's not enough. This isn't the end of the fight.' ... Boehner told members he would like to vote on the plan as early as Monday night, and apologized for the short notice. Leaders will meet with the entire conference Monday to further discuss the details of the plan." --National Review's Andrew Stiles

Reader Comments

"Based upon Mark Alexander's essay What Power to Tax and Spend?, nearly everything our president and Congress are doing is unconstitutional. It's time to impeach all of them and start over." -John

"The solution is simple: elect (put in office) those people who believe in the Rule of Law and limited government." --Thomas

"Great article from Mark Alexander. We must reverse the spending pattern; freezing it will not be enough. The Dems/socialists are determined to keep expanding government and spend us into oblivion, and the sooner we admit this, the better. What in the world do people think Obama meant when he said he was going to fundamentally transform our country?" --Gerald

"In response to Friday's Digest, the American people think congressmen mean actual spending cuts when they refer to spending cuts. All the spending cuts they are planning and arguing over are cuts to future spending plans, accommodations to the ever-expanding government bureaucracy. Nine hundred billion dollars over ten years is a meaningless drop in the budget. Democrats, bureaucrats and Obama can then continue to spend trillions every year? What a joke, no, an insult. It's really time to first, freeze spending, then start eliminating departments." --Patricia

Essential Liberty

"Government by the elected representatives of the people is coming to be government by two (or three or four) men in a secret room pronouncing the new law that will be rubber-stamped -- or else! Accepting such a process as normal is a new phenomenon, but it is becoming in Washington an acceptable procedure. ... Even the smartest, best-informed presidents and speakers ... cannot possibly know the fuller implications of all the agreements they are making. ... The top leaders are incapable of drafting a big technical bill. The details will get written by staffers and regulators after the bill is enacted into law. That is why now, for example, a year after the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law was passed, more than 200 regulations -- all the teeth of the bill -- have yet to be even drafted by regulators. That is why when regular order is followed and laws are enacted as they have been for 200 years -- both in Congress and the executive branch -- hundreds of highly specialized staffers have to be called upon to explain what broad-brush numbers will mean in real life. ... Each time we have one of these secret deal negotiations -- instead of regular order -- the magnitude of the proposed change in our way of life gets bigger, and the process gets more exclusive and sloppier. This is not only bad legislating but also dangerous to our constitutional process." --columnist Tony Blankley

Opinion in Brief

"[N]obody loves Obama. This is amazing because every president has people who love him, who feel deep personal affection or connection, who have a stubborn, even beautiful refusal to let what they know are just criticisms affect their feelings of regard. ... The secret of Mr. Obama is that he isn't really very good at politics, and he isn't good at politics because he doesn't really get people. ... The fact is, he's good at dismantling. He's good at critiquing. He's good at not being the last guy, the one you didn't like. But he's not good at building, creating, calling into being. He was good at summoning hope, but he's not good at directing it and turning it into something concrete that answers a broad public desire. And so his failures in the debt ceiling fight. He wasn't serious, he was only shrewd -- and shrewdness wasn't enough. ... So he is losing a battle in which he had superior forces -- the presidency, the U.S. Senate. In the process he revealed that his foes have given him too much mystique. He is not a devil, an alien, a socialist. He is a loser. And this is America, where nobody loves a loser." --columnist Peggy Noonan

The Gipper

"Can anyone look at the record of this administration and say, 'Well done'? Can anyone compare the state of our economy when [this] administration took office with where we are today and say, 'Keep up the good work'? Can anyone look at our reduced standing in the world today and say, 'Let's have four more years of this'?" --Ronald Reagan

Re: The Left

"While Obama seldom misses an opportunity to blame his problems on the situation he inherited from President Bush, he says nothing about all the hundreds of billions of dollars in stimulus money he inherited from the Bush administration. Incidentally, this 'stimulus' money did not do any more stimulating under George W. Bush than under Barack H. Obama. Nevertheless, Obama is an accomplished master at playing the blame game. Having gotten all the political credit for the money he has showered on his favorites from coast to coast, he now seeks to share the blame for the resulting financial crisis with Republicans, by maneuvering them into a position where they have to help solve the debt crisis that Obama created. He has done this in great part by simply speaking of spending cuts mostly in the abstract, leaving it to the Republicans to be specific, and thus have them face the wrath from the constituencies who support the programs they want to cut." --economist Thomas Sowell

Political Futures

"The Pew Research Center showed Democrats with a 51 percent to 39 percent party identification edge over Republicans in its 2008 polls. Now Pew Research has come out with figures for 2011. They're not good news for Barack Obama and the Democrats. The Democratic Party identification edge has been reduced to 47 percent to 43 percent. ... The Pew analysts note, as if they were analyzing a growth stock, that the Republicans' numbers haven't improved since 2010. But the 2010 numbers yielded a 52 percent to 45 percent Republican lead in the popular vote for the House. If -- and it's always a big if -- Republicans can maintain that standing in party identification, they should be in fine shape in November 2012, even with increased presidential year turnout." --political analyst Michael Barone

For the Record

"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.' ... This was a big departure from the Times' conclusion-resisting coverage of the Fort Hood shooting suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. Despite reports that Hasan shouted 'Allahu Akbar!' as he gunned down his fellow soldiers at a military medical facility in 2009, only one of seven Times articles on Hasan so much as mentioned that he was a Muslim. ... True, in one lone entry on Breivik's gaseous 1,500-page manifesto, '2083: A European Declaration of Independence,' he calls himself 'Christian.' But unfortunately he also uses a great number of other words to describe himself, and these other words make clear that he does not mean 'Christian' as most Americans understand the term. ... In fact, at several points in his manifesto, Breivik stresses that he has a beef with Christians for their soft-heartedness. ... He goes on to say that a 'Christian fundamentalist theocracy' is 'everything we DO NOT want,' and a 'secular European society' is 'what we DO want.' ... Breivik says he is 'not an excessively religious man,' brags that he is 'first and foremost a man of logic,' calls himself 'economically liberal' and reveres Darwinism. But Times reporters had their 'Eureka!' moment as soon as they heard Breivik used the word 'Christian' someplace to identify himself." --columnist Ann Coulter

Faith & Family

"Texas Republican governor and potential presidential candidate Rick Perry will headline a 'Call to Prayer for a Nation in Crisis' on Aug. 6 at Reliant Stadium in Houston. ... While wringing their hands and even threatening legal action against the Aug. 6 gathering ... the ACLU of Texas and its fellow ideological travelers have said nothing about another prayer meeting that took place last week in the White House. Here is how Jim Wallis of the liberal Christian magazine 'Sojourners' described that meeting on his website: 'I, along with 11 other national faith leaders, met with President Obama and senior White House staff for 40 minutes. We were representing the Circle of Protection, which formed in a commitment to defend the poor in the budget debates. Sitting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, we opened in prayer, grasping hands across the table, and read scripture together. We reminded ourselves that people of faith must evaluate big decisions on issues like a budget by how they impact the most vulnerable.' ... If this had been a prayer meeting hosted by conservative evangelical leaders with President George W. Bush in attendance and the prayers were about conservative social policies, one can safely predict how liberals would have reacted. But since this was about maintaining government spending for social programs favored by liberals, these prayers were no problem for them." --columnist Cal Thomas

The Last Word

"[B]ack in 1953, the NAACP waged a campaign against CBS and the Blatz Brewing Company. The purpose of the proposed boycott was to get 'Amos 'n' Andy' knocked off the tube because, the pinheads complained, it portrayed blacks in a stereotypical fashion. The network and the beer company caved, and just like that, black cast members Spencer Williams, Amanda Randolph, Johnny Lee, Nick Stewart and the marvelous Tim Moore, joined the ranks of the unemployed. Yet, here it is, 58 years later, and you don't hear the NAACP griping about such embarrassing stereotypes as Maxine Waters, Bobby Rich, Barbara Lee, James Clyburn, Melvin Watt, Jesse Jackson, Jr. or Sheila Jackson Lee, serving for decades in the House of Representatives. If, as I've heard, a nation of sheep breeds a government of wolves, I think it's fair to say that a nation of black sheep breeds a government of really ignorant, self-serving, wolves." --columnist Burt Prelutsky

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

House Immigration Subcommittee Holds Hearing on HALT Act

On Tuesday, the House Judiciary's Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held a hearing on H.R. 2497, the "Hinder the Administration's Legalization Temptation" or "HALT" Act. The HALT Act, introduced by Judiciary Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), would suspend President Obama's use of "prosecutorial discretion"-the ability of the executive branch to decline to enforce immigration law against individuals-by preventing him from:

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Economics of Flawed U.S. Visa Systems Face Scrutiny Before Senate

The Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security held a hearing last week on the economic realities created by our current visa system. "The Economic Imperative for Enacting Immigration Reform" hearing featured testimony from professors, mayors and executives from major corporations, all focusing on the benefits and dangers of the visa programs, especially the H-1B visa program, as it currently functions.

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Celebrating School Choice: Milton Friedman's 99th Birthday

Rachel Sheffield

As the new school year approaches, more children than ever before now have the opportunity to attend a school of their choice. Some 200,000 students are benefiting from private school choice in America. Not only is this great news for families, but it would have been great news to Milton Friedman¬-sometimes called the father of modern school reform-who would have celebrated his 99th birthday on July 31.

In 1955, Milton Friedman wrote about the limited educational opportunities that exist when children are assigned to public schools based on their zip code, as most still are today. He advocated for school choice as a mechanism to improve education by allowing the free market to operate, ensuring the best schools are available to children. He noted that by allowing school choice, "Parents could express their views about schools directly, by withdrawing their children from one school and sending them to another, to a much greater extent than is now possible." He added: "In general, they can now take this step only by simultaneously changing their place of residence."

Although there is a long way to go in providing all children the opportunity to choose a school that best meets their needs, school choice options are beginning to proliferate across the country, prompting the Wall Street Journal to dub 2011 "The Year of School Choice."

This year alone, nearly every state introduced some type of legislation to open or expand school choice. And thirteen states created or expanded school choice programs-more than in any other previous year.

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Boehner, McConnell Agree to Let Obama Borrow Another $2.4 Trillion

$2.4 Trillion Would Be Largest Debt-Limit Increase in U.S. History

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 Boehner: 'Nothing in This Deal Violates Our Principles'

Obama, Reid Eye New Commission As Way to Achieve Tax Hikes

30-35 Senate Republicans Expected to Support Debt Deal

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Unleashing Americans
By Alan Caruba
A government that seizes and redistributes the wealth of working Americans must be reversed, revised, and reduced in size and scope.


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August 1, 2011

Michele Bachmann, the debt ceiling, and a blue collar plea

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - In 2008, Americans wanted a "different kind" of president. They got one, but the buyer's remorse in 2011 is pervasive. The much-maligned Tea Party movement -- initially a populist pushback to Obamacare -- symbolizes that regret... (more)
 

July 31, 2011

AP analyst: Tea party gave GOP power, but now it's taking it away

ASSOCIATED PRESS - House Republicans rode the tea party tiger to power last fall. Now, it's turning on them, forcing leaders to endure embarrassing delays and unwanted revisions to crucial debt-ceiling legislation... (more)
 

July 31, 2011

Everything I learned about politics I learned waiting for the school bus

LLOYD MARCUS - Some of you side with the establishment Republicans: "Let's compromise with the Democrats regarding raising the debt ceiling. Then the media cannot blame us for causing a government shutdown"... (more)
 

July 31, 2011

The tea party IS the third party

WASHINGTON TIMES - Back in 1900, there were six candidates for president -- from six different political parties. But since the 1950s, it's been two main parties, with a Green Party here and a Reform Party there (Ralph Nader seized 0.7 percent of the vote as a Greenie in 1996, and 2.7 percent in 2000; Pat Buchanan pulled down a whopping 0.4 percent as a Reformer in 2000)... (more)
 

July 30, 2011

Senate rejects Boehner plan, Reid won't allow vote Friday on his own plan

WASHINGTON EXAMINER - As expected, the U.S. Senate voted 59 to 41 to table House Speaker John Boehner's plan to increase the debt limit that had been passed by the House just hours earlier... (more)
 

July 30, 2011

The no votes: 22 GOPers who balked Boehner

POLITICO - Speaker John Boehner pushed his debt-ceiling bill through the House Friday night with the support of 218 Republicans. Here are the 22 no votes... (more)
 

July 30, 2011

Demonizing Christianity

BILL O'REILLY - The front-page headline in The New York Times last Sunday was stunning: "As Horrors Emerge, Norway Charges Christian Extremist." That would be Anders Behring Breivik, the 32-year-old who has confessed to taking at least 76 innocent lives apparently because he doesn't like Muslims living in Europe... (more)
 

July 29, 2011

Marriage: God's original plan

GREG LAURIE - Oscar Wilde said, "The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life." Is it even possible to have a happy marriage? Can a man and a woman fall in love, get married and actually live happily ever after? Or is that just a fairy tale?... (more)
 

July 29, 2011

America abandons Obama

WASHINGTON TIMES - So much for hope and change. With the economy growing worse and worse (see nearby editorial), the grand promises of Barack Obama's 2008 campaign have faded as the reality of malaise takes hold. Mr. Obama has vowed to spend $1 billion in advertising dollars to counteract the effect his policies have had on the nation... (more)
 

July 29, 2011

Bachmann, campaigning, touts tough stance on debt

REUTERS - U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann flaunted her staunch opposition to raising the debt ceiling on Thursday as she made the case she should be elected the next president of the United States... (more)
 

July 29, 2011

Did Palin urge freshmen to vote against Boehner plan?

NEWSMAX - Is Sarah Palin swaying tea party conservatives to vote against House Speaker John Boehner's debt plan? The former Republican vice presidential nominee put an enigmatic comment on her Facebook page Thursday afternoon that seemed to warn freshman Republicans in the House that they just might face primary opposition if they cave in to demands by their party to raise the debt ceiling, The New York Times theorized... (more)
 

July 29, 2011

NEA - master of disaster

TED NUGENT - If the disturbing documentary "Waiting for Superman" didn't convince you that a massive overhaul of the public education system is necessary, maybe the massive cheating scandal erupting in the Atlanta public school system will. First off, there is no argument that public education in America is a complete and total disaster... (more)
 

July 29, 2011

Obama's exclusive George Soros waivers

MICHELLE MALKIN - "Millionaires and billionaires," President Obama says derisively, must make more "sacrifices" and live by the same rules the rest of America lives by. But there are seven little words that will never appear on the White House teleprompter: "And that means you, too, George Soros"... (more)
 

July 29, 2011

Trump: I may run for president if economy stays bad

CNBC - Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Friday he'd consider running for president -- again -- if the U.S. economy "continues to be bad: and "if the Republicans pick the wrong candidate." "I would give it very, very serious thought," he told CNBC. "There are so many people wanting me to do it"... (more)
 

July 29, 2011

Obama approval rating hits all-time low, according to poll

POLITICO - A new poll shows that President Barack Obama's approval rating has plummeted to a new low as talks to raise the debt ceiling stalled and the president stayed out of the public eye after a Monday night speech through early Friday... (more)
 

July 29, 2011

Associated Press uses polling firm that favors Obama

JARRETT STEPMAN - In the weeks following the news of Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. Navy Seals, the mainstream media was running all manner of stories praising President Obama's leadership. That frenzy was partially about America triumphing over an evil mass murderer, but also overwhelmingly about how it would help Obama get reelected... (more)
 

July 28, 2011

EPA's air-quality overkill

STEVE MILLOY - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to kill more jobs with another make-believe air-pollution scare. Although congressional Republicans and businesses oppose the coming rules tightening ground-level ozone standards, they once again have opted to fight the agency with both arms tied behind their backs... (more)
 

July 28, 2011

North Carolina lawmakers pass abortion law over veto

REUTERS - Women seeking an abortion in North Carolina will have to wait 24 hours, receive counseling and be presented with an ultrasound image of the fetus under an informed consent law passed on Thursday over the governor's objections. Democratic Governor Beverly Perdue had vetoed the measure. But the state Senate voted on Thursday to override the veto... (more)
 

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)

August 2, 2011 

On Monday's Program 

Glenn Beck: Debt deal is bad news

The media is expressing near unanimous relief that a deal has been reached in the debt ceiling debate. However, just because there's a deal doesn't mean everything is fine and dandy. Glenn wrote an extensive commentary on the 'deal' that he calls 'bad news' -- catch Glenn's reaction to the uninspiring specifics of the so-called debt deal HERE. PLUS: Check out the speech Glenn said he'd give if he (God forbid) were a member of Congress. WATCH it and pass it on!

Rand Paul attacked by CNN 'reporter'

This is why conservative politicians cave - when they stand for what they believe in, here's the reward they get from the media. Rand Paul has the oh-so 'extreme' right wing view that America should balance the budget, and for this he was treated incredibly poorly by a CNN 'journalist' during an interview. Glenn praised Rand Paul for having incredible patience - as most people in this situation would have probably lost it. Watch the shameful interview HERE.

America downgraded? Moody's says none of the plans will work

Glenn talked on radio today about the inconvenient truth the media is ignoring on the debt debate: Moody's says America is screwed either way. This prompted Glenn to say the 'end of American empire is here' and explains why -- read more at GlennBeck.com!

2012 Candidate Interviews: Since Obama was elected, Glenn has sat down with Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Rick Perry and more as they share their thoughts on the issues facing America - get the interviews HERE

More support for Restoring Courage

As the August 24th Restoring Courage event quickly approaches, more and more people are deciding to stand with Israel. Glenn spoke with Rep. Alan Clemmons from South Carolina who predicted more resolutions expressing unequivocal support of Israel would be hitting the floor soon. WATCH the interview HERE. 

How you can help? Support the Restoring Courage event with the official Restoring Courage and Restoring Honor Collectors Coins. Net proceeds of these items will go towards the cost of the event. Last day to pre-order is THIS FRIDAY - order now!

Israeli media react to Glenn's 'Don't call it the West Bank' monologue: Read the full article HERE. 

Dem Rep: Debt deal is a 'Satan Sandwich'

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver sparked some reaction when he tweeted that the debt deal is a 'sugar-coated Satan sandwich' followed by a parade of tweets to further explain his claim. Among the many reasons he lists, the lack of 'revenue increases' is a main concern. Revenue increases? That's spineless liberal speak for 'tax increases,' by the way. More HERE.

Stu Blog: Stu gets a letter from... George Soros?  LOOK

Are you ready? The Glenn Beck Program prepares for launch...

Glenn launches his new daily 2-hour program on 9/12 exclusively on GBTV! Subscribers are enjoying the all access, behind the scenes look at Glenn's team with The Making of GBTV series, access to the new political interview series Uncensored - and they will also have exclusive viewing of the Restoring Courage event this August 24th. Get in on the ground floor right now - sign up for GBTV! 

Horrific Video Captures the Reported 'Ramadan Massacre' in Syria - WATCH.