Quote: 

"Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty."  ~ Ronald Reagan 

"History by apprising [citizens] of the past will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing it, to defeat its views." 

~ Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 14, 1781

Fitzpatrick: Was downgrade orchestrated by Treasury?

Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick

Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 
By Gary Weckselblatt

 

Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick is questioning whether the U.S. Department of the Treasury manipulated capital markets by pressuring Standard & Poor's into a decision that has cost retirement investors billions of dollars.

 

"I want to know what the Treasury Department knew and when they knew it," Fitzpatrick said Tuesday. "Both retirement investors and individual investors have lost significant amounts of money, and the net result is that President Obama can now borrow more money at cheaper rates. The American people need to know that was not orchestrated."

 

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Laffer: Obama Must Use Reaganomics to Save Economy

NewsMax | By Martin Gould and Kathleen Walter | Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011 05:32 PM

The only way President Barack Obama can solve the nation's economic woes is to adopt "common-sense" Reaganomics, the policy's architect Arthur Laffer claims in an exclusive Newsmax interview.

Laffer said the White House called him in the spring and asked him to speak to Obama's former Council of Economic Advisors' chairman Austen Goolsbee - and he had told him exactly the same thing.

"Reaganomics would fix any economy that's in the doldrums," Laffer said. "It's not a magic sauce, it's common sense. 

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GOP Rep Calls for Pentagon Probe Over Cooperation With Hollywood Movie About bin Laden Raid

The Blaze | by Dave Urbanski | Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:04pm

A movie about Navy SEAL Team 6's hunt for-and killing of-Osama bin Laden is well underway, and the creative team behind The Hurt Locker (whick took 2009's Best Picture Oscar and five other golden statues) is heading up production on the yet-untitled flick.

It's the buzz of Hollywood.

But the buzz in Washington appears to be an "alleged collaboration," as Homeland chief Peter King put it, between the filmmakers and the Pentagon, White House, and CIA-and it's generating some odd plot twists.

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Arizona Sends Immigration Case to Supreme Court

The Blaze | by Jonathon M. Seidl | Posted on August 11, 2011 at 6:30am

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed an appeal Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state's immigration enforcement law.

The appeal comes as Brewer faced a deadline for contesting a district court's decision that, among other things, barred a requirement that police - while enforcing other laws - question the immigration status of those they suspected of being in the country illegally.

Brewer lost her first appeal in April when a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected her request to overturn the decision. The nation's highest court has discretion on whether to hear her appeal. It will likely be three months before the Supreme Court decides whether to hear arguments in the case.

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THESE PHOTOS JUST BECAME DECLASSIFIED - FROM 9/11

The anniversary of 9/11 is coming up.  We must never forget what happened and who was responsible.  The threat is still with us of more destruction to come.  Those radical islamist tell us so all the time.  We all seem to dismiss it.  We must press our Congress to look into all those who may be amongst us now training and getting ready to launch another attack.  We must never allow a mosque to built any where near that sacred ground.  Please be at the rally on 9/11 as the Mayor has given approval for the mosque to be built.

We the people must rise up and say NO!

   See the Pic's Here . . . 

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.

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

U.S. Constitution Leaders Training Seminar  

August 13 

The Coalition for Advancing Freedom, [CAF], will be hosting its second training seminar on how to present the Constitution in an easy and effective way.

What the class offers:

1] We show how 'anyone' can facilitate or lead a Constitution Class.

2] You will learn the importance of doing the classes in the home and how to do them.

3] How to get people enrolled in the classes.

4] How to promote the classes

5] Why are the classes such an important step in your strategy of getting people involved in the political process

6] How to move the class attendees to the next step. What is the next step?

7] Learn how to make student packets

8] Recommended course materials and DVD's

Where: The Parkesburg VFW Hall - 406 4TH St. Parkesburg, Pa. 19365

When: Saturday, August 13^TH, 9:30-Noon

Contact info: Larry Denver,CAF Education Leader

lbdenver@yahoo.com----   610-733-4939    Early RSVP Requested

Donation requested to help pay for the rental fee and materials

We are asking for a favorite morning food pot luck so everyone can share and break bread together. Let's build some cross state relationships.

Drinks provided

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WiFi 1460AM Shows

Tuesdays 5-6pm ET

"LaRossa & Gallagher" with N.J.State Senator Richard LaRossa and Art Gallagher

WNJC 1360AM Shows

(all times are eastern)

Monday 3-4pm "Bordering on Insanity" - Rabbi Nachum Shifren and Garry Miller

Tuesday 3-4pm "American Freedom Watch" - Karen Schoen with John Estabrooks and Mike Lawson

Wednesday 3-4pm "Patriots Watch" - Billy Baer and Dan Haggerty

Thursday 3-4pm "America's Black Shield" - Ted Hayes and Terrance Lang

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

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

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U.S. CONGRESSMAN 

MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

Thursday, August 11, 2011
7:00pm - 9:00pm 

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7681 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19136
$40 Per Person

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

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

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DO YOU FEEL SOMETHING IS WRONG & WONDER WHY THINGS DO NOT GET FIXED & YOUR REPRESENTATIVES DO NOT LISTEN TO YOU . . .

Please Join Us  to Find out Why . . .

The Shadow Party (who really controls our government), Continuing Education on UN Agenda 21:   How old is Agenda 21?  The roots of Agenda 21 and sustainable building today, an Architects perspective & Nullification - lawful remedies to stop the national government's usurpations. 

Saturday, August 20^th  - 6pm . . .

P J Ryan's, 231 Bridge Street, Phoenixville -  downstairs private dining area

2 hr free parking on street and free lots at both ends of town (District Court Building, & near Customer's 1^st Bank).  There are several metered lots throughout the borough at $1 per hour.  Parking meters are centrally located in each lot and take coins and credit/debit cards. 

Who/what is the Shadow Party.  How old is Agenda 21?  What are the roots of Agenda 21 and sustainable building today?    Find out and use lawful remedies to stop the national government's usurpations.   Speakers include, Jack Callahan, Dave Adamski, Jr., and William Taylor Reil. 

For more info:  www.theunsolicitedopinion.com

Contact:  Maggie  - maggie@theunsolicitedopinion.com or

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Dear Patriot,

Please join Americans for Prosperity Foundation and thousands of grassroots activists for the 5th annual Defending the American Dream Summit on Friday and Saturday, November 4-5 at the Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington, DC.

Last year, more than 2,600 of our best activists descended on Washington for the Summit to demonstrate to elected officials, government bureaucrats, and the national media that the grassroots movement is alive and well.  We focused on reining in out-of-control spending and taxation, advancing sound free market public policy, and in a very real way, defending the American Dream.

Special bus packages are running from PA and for only this week you can register for an additional $70 off those all-inclusive bus packages. Sign up now to take advantage of this great opportunity! Use the code "Bus70" when registering.

Bus packages from PA include round trip transportation and hotel accommodations on top of all the other benefits of the Defending the American Dream Summit.

Summit Highlights Include:

• Friday Gala Dinner
• General Session with Keynote Speakers
• Continental Breakfast on Saturday morning
• Special Interactive Sessions for Teens & College Students
• Movie Night featuring Entertaining Films By Liberty Loving Filmmakers
• Seminars for Youth On Why Freedom Matters and How they Can Make a Difference
• Bloggers Row
• Free-Market Job Fair
• State-Specific Strategy Meetings
• Network With Leading Activists From Across The Country

 ... and much more!

Don't forget, receive $70 off a bus package until midnight on August 14th! Click here to register today and help defend the American dream! Use the code "Bus70" when registering.

Defending liberty and promoting prosperity is a family affair.  Give your children the gift of freedom and bring the whole family to the Defending the American Dream Summit this year.  In fact, we're offering a discount for families and small groups! Click here for more information about our special packages.

Join us and thousands of fellow freedom fighters and send a message that the American Dream is alive and well in this great country!

Sincerely,

Tim Phillips
President
Americans for Prosperity Foundation 

The Doctrine of Abrogation: Open the Koran Day

It's time to sign up!

 

Earlier this year we announced a major event for this fall, "The Doctrine of Abrogation: Open the Koran Day."

We have scheduled this event for the weekend of October 28 - 30, 2011, which is close to the two year anniversary of the Ft. Hood jihadist massacre perpetrated by Major Nidal Hasan (pictured at right).

If you would like to learn more about this national event, or would like to host a local venue, please click here.

Please read the description of the event and the sign-up instructions carefully, and then access the sign-up form at the bottom of the page.

Also, if you would like to study the Koran, we have a resource to recommend. The Qur'an Dilemma is an accurate, readable English translation that contains commentaries and analysis, including commentaries on the doctrine of abrogation, the history of the codification of the Koran, chronological sequence of the Koran, and the status of women in the Koran. To find out more visit here.
 

RedState Morning Briefing

For August 11, 2011

1. The RedState Gathering 2011, Charleston, SC

Please find below the final agenda for the RedState Gathering. Please note that Governor Perry's address has been moved back to 1:00 p.m. from 1:30 p.m.

We will have 397 registered attendees from just about every state in the union and a total of approximately 550 attendees present for Governor Rick Perry's speech.

To conclude the RedState Gathering, we will have a special presentation of Stephen K. Bannon's The Undefeated.

For those of you unfamiliar with the format of the RedState Gathering, all speakers pay their own way and make their own travel arrangements. In other words, if they are speaking, it is because they want to be there. We do not pay honoraria to speakers. This keeps the cost low to attendees and guarantees that those participating want to be there.

With the exception of each year's keynote speaker, those who address the event are expected to also take questions from the registered attendees. Panel participants will likewise take questions.

This is our third RedState Gathering and it will be the largest crowd so far. At the end of the event, we will announce where next year's Gathering will take place.

2. GOP Picks for Super Duper Committee Won't Make a Difference

Well, the much anticipated picks for the debt deal Super Committee have been announced. There will be much ink spilled over who was chosen and who was rejected. However, the salient point is not the orientation of the committee, but the entire premise behind the committee itself.

Many conservatives will laud the choice of Pat Toomey for the committee; others will decry the pick of light bulb ban man, Fred Upton. The reality is that none of this matters.

The Democrats have picked three radical leftists in the Senate, and are expected to follow suit with their House picks. There is no way that Democrats on the committee will ever support meaningful spending cuts, repeal of Obamacare, or entitlement reform. Harry Reid made sure to keep the likes of Kent Conrad and Mark Warner - senators, who have expressed some support for minor entitlement reforms - off the committee.

3. Obama's Problem According To Maureen Dowd: No Villains

There's been much ink spilled by leftists trying to explain President Obama's failure as leader. Maureen Dowd concludes her latest attempt to explain Obama.

4. Government Motors Spends Your Money

Yes, General Motors. A great example of Obama's efforts to revitalize our economy. He bravely handed a failing industry billions of dollars of other people's money and then planted political friends in high positions while paying off the unions with shares of the company.

As recently as May of this year, people like Jen Psaki, White House Deputy Communications Director, and Vice President Joe Biden, can be found praising the auto bailouts as the crown jewel of this administrations efforts.

5. Keystone XL Pipeline: Bureaucratic Hacky-Sack

The Obama Administration continues to play bureaucratic hacky-sack with what could be a key element of our nation's secure energy future: the Keystone XL pipeline project. The new line would increase the export capacity of the Keystone Pipeline (placed in service 2008) by 700,000 barrels of Canadian oil-sands oil per day. The expansion would also facilitate the domestic movement of crude from the key storage hub at Cushing, OK to the large refinery complexes on the Gulf Coast.

Keystone owner TransCanada is willing to take on this massive construction project on its own dime (or rather, its own $7 billion). It needs permission from the U.S. EPA and the State Department, which has jurisdiction due to the international scope of the project. The pipeline should have been under construction by now, were it not for Administration foot-dragging.

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for August 11, 2011

Arizona immigration law being petitioned to Supreme Court
Politico

Republican debate candidates brace for Iowa fight night
Politico

European stock markets rally, Asia mixed a day after a big drop
Washington Post
 

 Dissents Pose New Test for Bernanke
The Wall Street Journal
 

 Panel to Tackle Deficit Takes Shape
The Wall Street Journal
 
Labor came up short in Wisconsin. What does it mean?
Washington Post

 

Latest Heritage Research:

 Security Assistance Act: Responsibly Tying Foreign Policy Budgets to Security Demands
by Helle C. Dale
WebMemo #3339
August 10, 2011
 
Accountable Care Organizations: Obamacare's Magic Bullet Misfires
by John S. Hoff
Backgrounder #2592
August 10, 2011
 
A Recipe for Reform: Success of Consumer-Driven Principles in Medicare Programs
by Kathryn Nix
WebMemo #3340
August 10, 2011
 
What People Are Saying About National Security, Defense Spending, and the Debt
Compiled by Scott Nason and Janice A. Smith
Backgrounder #2595
August 10, 2011

Quote Margaret Thatcher:

"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." 

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

Bribing American Muslims

 Posted 08/09/2011  

Norman Finkelstein Confirms Female Internationals Serve as "Comfort Women" for Palestinians

Norman Finkelstein eyewitness to male Palestinians' selection of young female activists for sexual gratification
by Bill Levinson

We previously reported that the function of female peace activists (or "piece activists") from the International Solidarity Movement and similar organizations is to serve as what the Imperial Japanese Army called "comfort women" for Palestinian males. Norman Finkelstein, who is hardly a friend of Israel, confirms in writing that this is in fact the case.

Having just spent several months perusing Mahatma Gandhi's collected works, and deeply inspired by his commitment to living the life of the impoverished masses, I had resolved to rough it in Gaza. But this was easier said than done. Along with several other delegates I volunteered to stay at a Palestinian family's home rather than a hotel. Dressed to the nines, hair gelled, and reeking of cologne, several Palestinian youths met our group to select their home-stays....

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Will taking from the rich and giving to the 'middle class' produce 'social justice?' You don't have to study economics to know that 'there are no free lunches.' No matter how it is done it is going to hurt somebody somewhere.

By Moshe Arens, HAARETZ  

For a moment you might have thought that Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest was stalking Rothschild Boulevard - he who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Except that unlike Robin Hood, the campers in their tents on Rothschild Boulevard and other places in Israel want to take from the rich and give to the "middle class." "The people want social justice" they cry in unison, coached by whoever is on the platform.

Will taking from the rich and giving to the "middle class" produce "social justice?" Or maybe there is an easier way, by taking from the ultra-Orthodox, or from the settlers in Judea and Samaria, and giving to the "middle...

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Why Sarah Palin will be the next President

Conquering the Storm
by Sarah Palin on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 1:53am.

In the coming days we'll sort through the repercussions of S&P's downgrade of our credit rating, including concerns about the impact a potential interest rate increase would have on our ability to service our suffocating $14.5 trillion debt.

I'm surprised that so many people seem surprised by S&P's decision. Weren't people paying attention over the last year or so when we were getting warning after warning from various credit rating agencies that this was coming? I've been writing and speaking about it myself for quite some time.

Back in December 2010, I wrote:

"If the European debt crisis teaches us anything, it's that tomorrow always comes. Sooner or later, the markets will expect us to settle the bill for the enormous Obama-Pelosi-Reid spending binge. We've already been warned by the credit ratings agency Moody's that unless we get serious about reducing our...

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US Funds PA, Money Goes to Terrorist Prisoner Salaries

PMW: Members of the U.S. Congress last week were given documentation on the PA's support for imprisoned terrorists.

While the Palestinian Authority bemoans its cash-strapped state and pleads with donor nations to make good on their pledges, its government continues to pay monthly salaries to convicted terrorists serving time in Israeli prisons.

The report was presented by the Palestinian Media Watch, a watchdog group that translates Arabic-language newspaper articles and broadcasts. The organization enables people around the world to see the difference between the claims PA leaders make in English and Hebrew in public forums, and their statements to their constituents in their own language.

The report informed the lawmakers that the PA government is using funds from its general budget to pay the monthly salaries of the imprisoned PA Arab and Israeli Arab terrorists under a law passed in April that simply "formalizes what has long been a PA practice."

The total amount spent...

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Preserving Race Preferences, "By Any Means Necessary"

By Discover The Networks
 

Viewing America as a society "distorted by racism, sexism, and anti-LGBT bigotry," By Any Means Necessary - an ally of ACORN, the ACLU, the NAACP, and the SEIU - seeks to "reverse the continuing attack on affirmative action" by the "re-segregationists" affiliated with the conservative movement.

This is exciting and encouraging good news. With the other good news from Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker's policies have been vindicated by the Wisconsin electorate, despite 10s of millions of union money to persuade voters. Pat Toomey has proven prescient in analyzing the problem of Debt and the proposing difficult but necessary solutions.

Senator Pat Toomey,  seriously committed to a growing and productive America, is on the job!  We are elated.

SEN. TOOMEY ISSUES STATEMENT ON

SUPER COMMITTEE SELECTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) issued the following statement on the announcement that he will be selected to serve on the super committee created by the Budget Control Act:

"I am deeply honored for the opportunity to serve on this bipartisan committee and to be part of the important work we will be doing. In light of last week's events, with the nation's credit downgrade and the deep drop in the markets, it is all the more imperative that this committee do its job effectively and come up with a product that both tackles our debt crisis and can help revive our failing economy.

"Despite the difficulties ahead, I am committed to tackling this challenge and am hopeful that we can produce a proposal that seriously reduces our nation's deficits and grows our economy. Throughout the debate over the debt ceiling, I stressed that we need a solution that achieves the dual goals of putting our government on a path toward a balance budget, and maximizing economic growth and enabling us to create the jobs we badly need. I remain committed to both of these vital goals."

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement regarding his selection of Sen. Toomey:

"From his first day in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Toomey has demonstrated a deep understanding of fiscal matters and is a leader on budget and deficit issues. He drafted a budget proposal that was widely supported by the Republican caucus and was actively involved in the recent debt limit debate. His years of experience in the financial sector and on the House Budget Committee will also serve him well in his new role, along with an unwavering commitment to the principles of limited government and fiscal responsibility. The American people know that we cannot dig ourselves out of this situation by nibbling around the edges, and I am confident that the Senate Republican appointments to the joint committee can be counted on to propose solutions that put the interests of all Americans ahead of any one political party."

August 10, 2011
    WIS. GOP WINS 'MSNBC' RECALL ELECTION   Six Republican State Senators faced a recall challenge in Wisconsin yesterday. And despite out-of-state unions pumping millions of dollars into the election and MSNBC devoting hours of coverage to the recall efforts of the Democrats, the GOP retained four of its six contested seats and maintains majority in the state government. See the results HERE.

van jones uses kids to sell his plans   The former WH Green Jobs Czar is using kids in a video to push his new "Contract For The American Dream." Watch the little cuties lay out Van's 10 point plan HERE.

DYLAN RATIGAN FLIPS HIS LID ON LIVE TV   MSNBC's afternoon host took on both parties in an emotional rant that accused Democrats of screwing him and his kids, and the GOP of wanting to "burn the country to the ground." Watch the passionate outburst HERE.

IN FOUR DAYS, OBAMA OUTSPENT TEN YEARS OF TRUMAN AND EISENHOWER   Last week the Obama Administration increased our national debt more in four days than Presidents Truman and Eisenhower increased it from 1950 to 1960. And we're talking about inflation adjusted dollars... Read the details HERE.

 

Chronicle · August 10, 2011

The Foundation

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection." --Thomas Paine

Editorial Exegesis

The Obama road

"Whatever one thinks of the credit-rating agencies -- and we aren't admirers -- it serves no good purpose to shoot the fiscal messengers. Friday's downgrade by Standard & Poor's of U.S. long-term debt to AA+ from AAA will be the first of many such humiliations if Washington doesn't change its economic and fiscal policies. Investors and markets -- not any single company's rating -- are the ultimate judge of a nation's creditworthiness. And after their performance in fanning the credit and mortgage-security mania of the last decade, S&P, Moody's and Fitch should hardly be seen as peerless oracles. Their views are best understood as financial opinions, like newspaper editorials, and they're only considered more important because U.S. government agencies have required purchasers of securities to use their ratings. ... Yet is there anything that S&P said on Friday that everyone else doesn't already know? S&P essentially declared that on present trend the U.S. debt burden is unsustainable, and that the American political system seems unable to reverse that trend. This is not news. ... Despite S&P's opinion, there is no chance that America will default on its debts. The real importance of the downgrade will depend on the political reaction it inspires. If the response is denial and blaming the credit raters, then the U.S. will continue on its current road to more downgrades and eventually to Greece. What has already become a half-decade of lost growth will turn into a lost decade or more. If the response is to escape the debt trap by the stealth route of inflation -- a path now advocated by many of the same economists who promoted the failed spending stimulus of 2009 -- then the U.S. could spur a dollar crisis and jeopardize its reserve currency status. The better answer -- the only road back to fiscal sanity and AAA status -- is to reverse the economic policies of the late Bush and Obama years. The financial crisis followed by the Keynesian and statist revival of the last four years have brought the U.S. to this downgrade and will lead to inevitable decline. The only solution is to return to the classical, pro-growth economic ideas that have revived America at other moments of crisis." --The Wall Street Journal

Essential Liberty

"While tea party critics are re-reading the Constitution, they should also consult the Declaration of Independence. That philosophical foundation of the Constitution reserves the right of the people to change their government when it no longer serves the interests of its citizens. The Declaration outlined the proper relationship between government and citizens, noting that government derives its 'just powers from the consent of the governed' (and) 'whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.' The British no doubt considered those who wrote and believed such things 'terrorists.' We call them patriots." --columnist Cal Thomas

Tell us what you think

Upright

"The decision by credit agency Standard and Poor's to downgrade America's AAA credit rating for the first time in 70 years is a massive blow to the credibility of the Obama administration, and a damning indictment of its handling of the economy. ... These are increasingly dangerous times, with American leadership being challenged across the globe. Only an historic reduction in government spending combined with pro-growth measures including lower business tax rates to stimulate job creation and attract investment can turn the US economy around. Unfortunately, as Standard and Poor's decision has shown, this is a presidency in extreme denial over America's towering debts, leading a nation on a precipice while blindfolded to reality." --columnist Nile Gardiner

"Had the Republicans gone along with President Obama's original request for a 'clean' bill ... would that have spared the country the embarrassment of having its government bonds downgraded by Standard & Poor's credit-rating agency? To believe that would be to believe that it was the debt ceiling, rather than the runaway spending, that made Standard & Poor's think that we were no longer as good a credit risk for buyers of U.S. government bonds. In other words, to believe that is to believe that a Congressional blank check for continued record spending would have made Standard & Poor's think that we were a better credit risk." --columnist Thomas Sowell

"The White House and much of the chattering class cooed on Friday when unemployment dropped to 9.1 percent and 117,000 jobs were reportedly created in July. But these numbers, upon closer inspection, show no progress on the jobs front. Buried in the job stats was a number -- 193,000 -- that dwarfed all the rest. That is the number of workers who left the job market. If 193,000 left and only 117,000 jobs were added, we lost 76,000 jobs." --Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin

The Demo-gogues

Yes, we have been: "I know we're going through a tough time right now. We've been going through a tough time for the last two-and-a-half years." --Barack Obama (Punchline hat tip to the WSJ's James Taranto)

Pot and kettle: "[I]t's not a lack of plans or policies that is a problem here, it's a lack of political will in Washington, it is the insistence of drawing lines in the sand, a refusal to put what's best for the country ahead of self-interest or party or ideology. And that's what we need to change." --Barack Obama, who didn't address the credit downgrade until nearly 72 hours later

Reassuring? "Markets will rise and fall, but this is the United States of America. No matter what some agency may say, we've always been and always will be AAA country." --Barack Obama

Time for more spending: "[T]he good news here is that by coming together to deal with the long-term debt challenge, we would have more room to implement key proposals that can get the economy to grow faster." --Barack Obama

Wait ... what? "[I]f Congress fails to extend the payroll tax cut and the unemployment insurance benefits that I've called for, it could mean one million fewer jobs and half-a-percent less growth." --Barack Obama, who has no idea how to create or save a job

Broken record: "I've said it before, I will say it again: We can't balance the budget on the backs of the very people who have borne the brunt of this recession. Everyone's gonna have to chip in. That's only fair. That's the principle I'll be fighting for in the next phase of this process." --Barack Obama once again calling for higher taxes on job-creating Americans

This just in: "This is not rocket science in terms of how we can create more jobs in this country." --Barack Obama

Talking points: "I believe this is, without question, the Tea Party downgrade." --Sen. John Kerry

Unfair and unbalanced: "The media has got to begin to not give equal time or equal balance to an absolutely absurd notion just because somebody asserts it or simply because somebody says something which everybody knows is not factual." --John Kerry, demanding that the Tea Party not be given the time of day

Dezinformatsia

It's the Constitution, stupid: "This group of people in New York [Standard and Poor's] is actually talking about more government rather than less government.... In fact, the reason they like France and Great Britain is because they're parliamentary systems where the majority gets what it wants no matter what. And the problem that we have here is the Constitution of the United States of America, which actually does require people to come together from different perspectives whether it's divided government or not." --ABC's Cokie Roberts

Wrong solutions: "The fact is we didn't spend enough money on the stimulus. So what's the Tea Party solution? Pull more money out of the economy, obviously that's gonna bring more recession, possibly depression." --Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page, equating government spending cuts with pulling "more money out of the economy"

Wrong lessons: "S&P says, 'The downgrade was motivated by all the debate about raising of the debt ceiling. It involved a level of brinksmanship greater than what we had expected.' That's why they say they downgraded us. Not because there's too much debt, but rather that Washington is not working." --MSNBC's Rachel Maddow

Can't we all just get along? "[The tea partiers] were like cannibals, eating their own party and leaders alive. They were like vampires, draining the country's reputation, credit rating and compassion. They were like zombies, relentlessly and mindlessly coming back again and again to assault their unnerved victims, Boehner and President Obama. They were like the metallic beasts in 'Alien' flashing mouths of teeth inside other mouths of teeth, bursting out of Boehner's stomach every time he came to a bouquet of microphones." --New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd

There are stupid questions: "Is Obama more conservative than most people think?" --CNN's Don Lemon

Newspulper Headlines:

Out on a Limb: "Obama Bid to Boost Confidence Falls Short" --The Wall Street Journal

Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking: "Why Obama Should Be Re-Elected" --PajamasMedia.com

Breaking News From 2013: "Carney: Obama Was the Leader" --Politico.com

In This Economy, Wouldn't You?: "Geithner Says He Will Stay at Treasury" --Associated Press

Investment Tip: Buy Wheelbarrows: "No Chance of Default, US Can Print Money: Greenspan" --CNBC.com

Longest Books Ever Written: "The Dumbest Thing Said in Washington Today" --PowerLineBlog.com

We Blame Global Warming: "Why Do Russians Hate Ice?" --New York Times website

We Blame George W. Bush: "Who's to Blame for Anorexic Kindergartners?" --San Francisco Chronicle website

Bottom Story of the Day: "Obama Partisans Ignore Facts When Blaming Bush" --Washington Examiner

(Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)

Village Idiots

Tea Party blame: "[Republicans] played brinksmanship with the full faith and credit of the United States. This was the result in that. The fact of the matter is that this is essentially a Tea Party downgrade that clearly is on the backs of those who were willing to see the country default." --White House adviser David Axelrod

"I think this is a Tea Party problem. I think they are totally unreasonable and doctrinaire and not founded in reality. I think they've been smoking some of that tea, not just drinking it." --former DNC Chairman Howard Dean

"This 'tea party downgrade' is a shameful blow to our nation's honor and risks throwing us right back into recession. Worst of all? It was completely avoidable. But when given the choice between extremist posturing and responsible leadership, tea party Republicans chose wrong." --MoveOn.org fundraising email

Doggone it: "We do not control all levers of government, sometimes that is quite unfortunate." --White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

That'll teach 'em: "Pres Obama, show some guts & arrest the CEO of Standard & Poors." --leftist fictional filmmaker Michael Moore on Twitter

Short Cuts

"S&P downgraded the United States from AAA to AA+, and it gets worse. Today, Italy, England and Greece un-friended us on Facebook." --comedian Jay Leno

"Blame the Tea Party? Geez, no wonder [John] Kerry did so well in an election. If it wasn't for the Tea Party, they would have passed the debt ceiling thumbs up, we would have been rated BBB." --CNBC's Rick Santelli

"Obama sympathy cards are at the printer's: 'You'll always be AAA-rated to me, America.'" --commentator S.E. Cupp

"On Thursday, in honor of Barack Obama's 50th birthday, the Dow dropped 10 points for every year he has walked among us. It was the ninth-largest drop in history. We should be relieved he wasn't turning 80." --columnist Mark Steyn

"The expression 'garbage in, garbage out' refers to the data supplied to computers. It meant that if the programmer provided it with misinformation, there was no way the machinery could correct it. That happens to be the way I view Congress and the White House: Garbage in, garbage out. Too bad we have to wait until November, 2012, for the trash collector." --columnist Burt Prelutsky

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

A Leftist Farce Plays in Tel Aviv

It was probably the cottage cheese protests that gave the left an idea about how to regain a fraction of relevance. The notion was simple enough, shift away from the pro-terrorist protests and union strikes to a cost of living protest movement.

 

The Israeli left still commands international funding and attention, but it lacks domestic political representation. The Labor party is on its deathbed and the radical left has no hope of gaining anything beyond the usual handful of mandates. That leaves Kadima, the non-party created by corruptocrats, Sharon and Olmert.

Unsurprisingly for a party that only existed to ratify the personal power of its leaders, it has no real ideology.

 With the August recess upon us, members of Congress have returned to their states and districts -- and that's the perfect time to turn up the heat to pass the National Right to Work Act.

That's why I'm pleased to share with you this special message from Senator Jim DeMint, the chief sponsor of the National Right to Work Act in the U.S. Senate.

Together with Senator Rand Paul, Senator DeMint is blazing a trail for worker freedom. But they can't do it alone.

That's where you and hundreds of thousands or even millions of Right to Work supporters come in.

Please, watch the video right away to learn what's next in this crucial battle.

Sincerely,

Mark Mix

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Big Labor Loses; Tea Party Triumphs

All eyes were on the Badger State yesterday as the Battle of Wisconsin reached its climax. Six Republican state senators who had backed Governor Scott Walker's controversial legislation to limit collective bargaining rights were on the ballot fighting recall elections instigated by Big Labor.

The unions poured millions of dollars into these races. Thousands of volunteers were mobilized. The media, local and national, were beating the drums of war. This was to be the moment when the left drove a stake through the heart of the Tea Party movement.

Democrats needed to pick up three seats to retake control of the state Senate. They chose their targets carefully, and they were fighting on friendly ground. Obama carried Wisconsin by 14 points in 2008. On MSNBC's "Hardball" show last night, Ed Schultz, reporting live from Madison, declared:

"It's Ground Zero, Chris, for labor unions in this country. ...I mean if they can't do it here, where are they going to do it? It's almost as if the unions have come in here from all over the country, saying, 'If we can't win Wisconsin, how influential are we going to be?' ...It's also a referendum on just how important the issues are to the middle class of this country."

Like many liberal activists, Schultz went to bed last night sorely disappointed. Democrats won only two races, one of which was a very narrow 51%-to-49% victory. Meanwhile, the four Republican state senators who survived won with an average of 56% of the vote. Next week two Democrat state senators who fled the state to prevent the Senate from voting will face recall elections for their dereliction of duty.

This was a surprising victory for conservatives, the Tea Party and Governor Walker. It shows that middle-class voters care deeply about the issues. They have, as they did in 2010, rejected the left's Big Government, high taxes, more spending arguments.

Many liberals have suggested, as Chris Matthews did last night, that these recall elections were the first battles of 2012. I think he's right. And I think Wisconsin, a state Obama easily won in 2008, is likely to be in play next year.


Super Committee Takes Shape

Republican congressional leaders this morning announced their appointments to the deficit reduction "super committee." Speaker John Boehner appointed Representatives Dave Camp (R-MI), Fred Upton (R-MI) and Jeb Hensarling (R-TX). Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell named Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Rob Portman (R-OH).

Kyl and Hensarling are members of the GOP leadership teams in their respective chambers. Camp is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes the nation's tax laws. Upton is chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Of the six GOP appointments, Toomey is most closely associated with the Tea Party movement. Prior to his election last year, he served as president of the fiscally conservative group Club for Growth. Portman served as President Bush's budget director.

Yesterday evening, Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid announced his appointments: Senators Max Baucus (D-MT), John Kerry (D-MA) and Patty Murray (D-WA).

Baucus is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate counterpart to Rep. Dave Camp. The appointments of Baucus and Camp suggest that congressional leaders may be looking to the super committee to produce a tax reform plan.

It was also Baucus' Finance Committee that gave us ObamaCare, the Democrats' socialized medicine scheme. Baucus has shown little interest in reforming entitlement spending, and was dismissive of Rep. Paul Ryan's budget, saying "Not on my watch."

John Kerry made headlines this weekend for labeling S&P's decision to downgrade U.S. bonds a "Tea Party downgrade." No one expects the senior senator from Massachusetts and the 2004 Democrat presidential nominee to do anything but toe the liberal line. Even the Washington Post acknowledged that Kerry's "selection could help appease liberals."

It would be foolish to assume that members of the super committee won't be thinking politically. But there is little doubt that politics is all Murray will be thinking about. Murray is chairwoman of the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee. It is her responsibility to help elect Democrats to the United States Senate.

One liberal blogger recently reported that Murray was outraged when Obama initially suggested Medicare should be on the table in the deficit reduction talks. Murray was unwilling to give up the Democrats' "Mediscare" advantage.

As of this writing, House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi has not announced her selections to the super committee. But I wouldn't be surprised if she chose Barney Frank, Maxine Waters and Dennis Kucinich.


The Consequences Of Class Warfare


To say the images coming out of England are disturbing would be an understatement. Burning buildings, rioting kids and innocent bystanders being forced to strip in the streets are all evidence of a "sick society," as Prime Minister David Cameron rightly stated.

Reading the news and commentary, two factors immediately emerge: race and rhetoric. Not all, but much of the rioting is being done by ethnic minorities. Like many European nations, England has had a very liberal immigration policy. Thanks to political correctness, which is more rampant there than it is here, many recent immigrants are not assimilating. Many are in Britain to enjoy the benefits of the liberal welfare state, but take no pride in being British.

The left's rhetoric is driving the rioters and looters. Two young women who took part in the mayhem told the BBC that they were excited by the rioting and hoped it would continue because they were showing "the rich, people with businesses" and the police that "We can do what we want." I can almost hear the chants of "Yes We Can!"

Liberal commentators are always quick to warn conservatives that "words have consequences." With no evidence at all, Bill Clinton blamed Rush Limbaugh and "hate radio" for the Oklahoma City bombing. Dr. James Dobson was blamed for the death of Matthew Shephard. The Tea Party was blamed for the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. But left-wing class warfare rhetoric has consequences too.

As we are seeing in England, a generation that has been raised to believe that society owes it everything will quickly turn on that society when it fails to meet expectations. It can happen here in America too. In fact, it appears to be happening more and more frequently with these so-called "flash mobs" -- youths running into businesses and stealing merchandise or simply attacking people at random.

It has gotten so bad in Philadelphia that Mayor Michael Nutter has imposed a 9:00 PM curfew on the weekends for teenagers. To his credit, Mayor Nutter chastised young blacks, saying, "You've damaged yourself, you've damaged another person, you've damaged your peers and, quite honestly, you've damaged your own race."

Parents weren't spared either. "Parents who neglect their children, who don't know where they are, who don't know what they're doing, who don't know who they're hanging out with, you're going to find yourself spending some quality time with your kids in jail."

The mayor is right. There is no government program, no amount of taxpayer money, that can make up for the breakdown of the family. But as these flash mobs become more common and more violent, one has to wonder why President Obama has remained silent for so long and whether he will reconsider his own rhetoric.
 

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has announced his appointments to the deficit-reduction "supercommittee"-Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Patty Murray (D-WA).

Sixteen-thousand troops have brought some calm to London following riots that began last week. However, violence and looting have spread to other British cities, and Prime Minister David Cameron says "nothing is off the table" to regain control.

U.S. officials visited a refugee camp in Kenya where more than 400,000 Somali refugees have fled the drought and famine that is plaguing the country. Twenty-nine thousand children under the age of five have died in the last 90 days, according to aid agencies.

America will witness more power plant closures, spikes in electricity prices, job losses, and increased power outages under the EPA's new emissions requirements, according to new data. Read more at Foundry.org.

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Tales of the Red Tape #17: A Myopic Regulatory Vision

By Diane Katz

Optometrists and ophthalmologists aren't seeing eye to eye these days on the proper role of government. So contentious is the issue that divides them, in fact, that West Virginia legislator Don Perdue says he spent 16 hours locked in his office "trying to keep (them) from clawing each others' eyeballs out."

The focus of their ire is H.R. 451, the so-called Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011-the title of which, like a great deal of federal legislation, masks malignant intentions as benign. Introduced in January by Representative John Sullivan (R-OK) on behalf of ophthalmologists, the bill would force "health care services" (by which Sullivan means "optometrists") to disclose in all advertising their licensing status and empower the Federal Trade Commission to police them.

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What the GOP Victory in Wisconsin Means

With six Republican state Senators facing recall elections in Wisconsin, the Democrats needed only three to take control of the state's Senate. That control would not have been sufficient to overturn Gov. Walker's government union benefit reforms, but would have become become a symbol of resurgent union power. Union/Democrat victory in Wisconsin would have become a basis for mounting recalls against Republicans in Ohio, Indiana and perhaps elsewhere. The perpetual campaign would have become truly perpetual, with recalls popping everywhere the unions thought they had any chance of winning.

But the Democrats failed. Of the six seats up for grabs, they only captured two, and despite the massive money backing the Democrats, the GOP holds the state Senate. And one of those two recall races that the Democrats won involved a GOP incumbent who had become mired in personal scandal, so the Democratic victory there doesn't say much at all about the reforms that are at the center of the recall effort. The four GOP victories speak volumes.

Read more: 

Grassfire Nation Update

Patriot,

Last week Congress passed and the president signed into law
the Budget Control Act of 2011.

That very day, U.S. debt shot up $239 billion - the largest
one-day bump in history.

      What you may not have known is that this so-called
      debt reduction bill included only $21 billion in
      spending cuts in the first year, as opposed to $1
      trillion in an immediate debt ceiling increase over
      the next year.

      The spending cuts are really cuts in the future
      increases in federal spending that the government
      pre-plans through what is called "baseline budgeting."

      You could say the whole thing is a scam.

On Friday, as projected by some and feared by many, Standards
and Poor's reacted to these series of events by downgrading
the US credit rating, which politicians swore would not happen! 

++The "Tea Party Downgrade"

The political blame game began immediately with Democrats
calling the S&P decision, the "Tea Party downgrade!" 

      This is total fallacy! This could not possibly be the
      "Tea Party downgrade" when dozens of first term
      Republican members of Congress made it possible for
      the bill's passage by voting "yes."

Patriot, these congressmen were elected during a powerful
move, a grass-roots move, based on the ideals of liberty
and limited government. Many, if not most of them made pledges
to reign in government spending and stop runaway deficits.

But when push came to shove, under the lies of total financial
catastrophe if the debt ceiling was not lifted by August 2,
these first-term GOP members of Congress voted to pass the
debt-ceiling sham.

++ We must hold them accountable!

Last week, we sent out a message which called these members
of Congress turncoats. Are they turncoats? Time will tell.
But one thing is certain: if we the people do not hold
them accountable for their involvement, then we have no
right to say anything if they truly become turncoats.

Grassfire nation has set up a fax system that will allow you
to, with the click of one button, send your fax message to
all 50+ of these members of Congress who voted yes. Please
go here right now and hold these first-term Republicans
accountable.

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Again, if we do not hold them accountable then we have
nothing to say.

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Years of liberal dogma have spawned a generation of amoral, uneducated, welfare dependent, brutalised youngsters 

By Max Hastings 

10th August 2011

A few weeks after the U.S. city of Detroit was ravaged by 1967 race riots in which 43 people died, I was shown around the wrecked areas by a black  reporter named Joe Strickland.

He said: 'Don't you believe all that stuff people here are giving media folk about how sorry they are about what happened.  When they talk to each other, they say "It was a great fire, man!"'  

I am sure that is what many of the young rioters, black and white, who have burned and looted in England through the past few shocking nights think today.   

Democrats Murray, Baucus, Kerry on super committee

Reid sends the hardcore libs to the panel

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will appoint Democratic Sens. Patty Murray of Washington, Max Baucus of Montana and John Kerry of Massachusetts to the new "super committee" tasked with finding $1.2 trillion in additional deficit reduction by Nov. 23, Reid announced Tuesday.

Additionally, Murray is expected to co-chair the committee, officially named the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, along with a still unnamed House Republican. A spokesman for Reid did not respond to a request for comment. 

Click here to read the full article at National Journal

Economic uncertaintly leading to global unrest

Here comes the riots

London is reeling from three nights of rioting that's poured hundreds of people into the streets, leaving several local neighborhoods in shambles. One man is dead, dozens injured and arrested.

The protests have now spread to other cities, with violence reported in parts of Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol.

Click here to read the full article at CNBC

President Obama's campaign plan: Destroy Romney

"Destroy"

President Obama's camp has leaked its campaign strategy, and it appears the president will launch "a ferocious personal assault on Mitt Romney's character and business background, a strategy grounded in the early stage expectation that the former Massachusetts governor is the likely GOP nominee," according to a piece by Politico's Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin posted online Tuesday.

The Obama campaign has even looked to George Bush's campaign against Sen. John Kerry for tips on how incumbents with mediocre polling numbers can get re-elected, the piece said.

Click here to read the full article at Deseret News

Wisconsin GOP's stand could reverberate elsewhere

Dems fail to take Wisc. Senate

A stand by Wisconsin Republicans against a massive effort to oust them from power could reverberate across the country as the battle over union rights and the conservative revolution heads toward the 2012 presidential race.

Democrats succeeded in taking two Wisconsin state Senate seats away from Republican incumbents on Tuesday but fell one short of what they needed to seize majority control of the chamber.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

Obama says he inherited economic problems

Still blaming Bush

President Barack Obama said on Monday he inherited many of the country's problems with high debt and deficits when he entered the White House, sounding a theme likely to dominate his 2012 re-election campaign.

Speaking at a Democratic fundraiser, where families paid $15,000 to get a picture with him, Obama defended his economic record and noted that problems in Europe were affecting the United States.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

Dear Friend,

My name is C.L. Bryant-former Democrat and NAACP Chapter President-current Tea Party leader and freedom fighter.

As a minister and a Black conservative, I believe in an America defined by courage, liberty and faith. A country where, as Martin Luther King, Jr. said, people are judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. In fact, if the liberal media would take a minute to stop calling Tea Partiers "racists" they'd find out that's what we are all about. You've probably heard me speak about these convictions if you attended FreedomWorks' Taxpayer March on Washington in 2009 or 2010.

Still, I wanted to do more. I wanted to open the eyes of Black America to see what I have come to see: that big government policies have enslaved the Black community to a cycle of poverty and dependence. So I partnered with FreedomWorks Foundation and filmed a documentary where I expose how supposed Black "leaders" like Al Sharpton have deceived the Black community into voting for the very same liberal government policies that hurt them. I crisscrossed the country interviewing other Black conservatives, Tea Party members and journalists who were willing to speak truth to power. I titled the documentary "Runaway Slave" because that's how I feel; I've run away from the slavery of government oppression and toward the blessings of individual liberty.

But we aren't done yet. FreedomWorks Foundation and I need your help to complete the editing, production and distribution of this film. Your help will show that patriotic Americans are united, not by race, but by a love of freedom. Please make a tax-deductible donation to FreedomWorks Foundation right now to help us finish this film.

You can watch our latest trailer of the film below or by clicking here.



Whether you can give $20 or $2,000, please make your tax-deductible donation to FreedomWorks Foundation immediately. Your gift will go right into the final stage of creating this film and bringing the message of courage, liberty and faith to America. Your gift will: 

• Pay for video editors to assemble the stories and rent the editing equipment.
• Purchase historical stock footage from video libraries.
• Hire producers to dig through the hours of interviews and footage to find the right, persuasive stories.
• Allow us to bypass liberal Hollywood and get this life-changing film into theaters near you.
• Help us reach millions through email and other internet resources.

My team tells me we need to raise $45,000 get us across the finish line. That's why I'm asking you to give $25, $50, or more to FreedomWorks Foundation to help us get there. The film crew, my family and I have all sacrificed personally and financially because we believe in this film. I hope you will find it in your heart to sacrifice whatever you can to make that belief a reality. Please donate now.

Thank you and God Bless,


Reverend C.L. Bryant
FreedomWorks Foundation Fellow and Runaway Slave 

Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Gallup: Muslim Americans Give Obama 80 Percent Approval, Highest of Major Religions

Tea Party Senator: Don't Blame Us, It's Obama Who Has Failed

Newsweek on 'How Radical' Bachmann/Tea Party Are: They Insist 'Federal Government Actually Shrink Over Time'

Please make a much-appreciated donation to CNSNews.com. We pledge to make every dollar count.
 

Breaking: Nine of the 12 Super Committee Members Named

Three Liberal Dems Named to Deficit-Reduction 'Super Committee'

 Ed Secretary on S. Korea's Schools: 'We Wish We Had Those Challenges Here'

NATO: 'Standard Procedure' for Afghan Forces to Accompany Navy SEALs on Missions

Afghan Police Clash With NATO Troops

NATO Not Confirming That U.S. Helicopter in Afghanistan Flew Into Taliban Trap

President Obama Heading Out on 'Economic Bus Tour'

Low in Polls, Gingrich Confident Voters Will 'Look for Real Solutions, Not Just Rhetoric'

Democrats Fail to Retake Wisconsin Senate in Recall Elections

Countries With Worst Religious Freedom Grades Are Mostly Islamic

U.N., NATO at Odds Over Targeting of Libyan State TV

COMMENTARY:

Translating Newsweek: Why the Left Fears Bachmann
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Newsweek magazine clearly intended to deride Michele Bachmann in a way it would never deride a liberal female politician.

 Tea Party Blame and Fairy Tales
L. Brent Bozell
 Now that the Tea Party has created a Republican power base in the nation's capital, the liberal media would have you believe that everything is their fault.

Mr. Green Jobs Boondoggle Rides Again
By Michelle Malkin
Van Jones, President Obama's disgraced green jobs czar, is back with a radical progressive plan to rescue America ... from his old boss.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Kansas returns $31.5M federal grant to set up model health insurance exchange
Boehner : No S&P downgrade if GOP budget had passed
Paul Ryan launches effort to defend budget, GOP presidential field in Iowa
CNN Poll: Deficit team should hike taxes
White House adviser on manufacturing leaving his job
Miami closer to forcing cuts in union contracts to balance 2012 budget
Michigan dumps 30,000 college students from food stamps, saves $75M
Boston U. professor falsified data in projects supported by two federal grants
The Hill: 'Obama not at point of no return'
London paralyzed by fear, shock as businesses smolder
Accused of helping students cheat, Houston teacher keeps her job
LAPD called in to handle large group of drunk, unruly bicyclists
Verizon picketer places daughter in front of oncoming truck, video shows
Boy or Girl? Simple test raises ethical concerns

Tea Party News
Wednesday, August 10th

Boehner, McConnell announce picks for 'supercommittee' The GOP has announced its picks for the powerful "supercommittee" established to find $1.5 trillion in deficit cuts. John Boehner has appointed Dave Camp (Mich.), Fred Upton (Mich.) and Jeb Hensarling (Texas). Hensarling will serve as the co-chairman of the supercomittee. Mitch McConnell appointed his deputy, Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Rob Portman (Ohio), and Pat Toomey (Penn.). The two leaders took different approaches to their selections. McConnell appointed two freshman senators, Portman and Toomey. Boehner selected all veteran lawmakers. The six picked for the supercommittee have all vowed to oppose tax increases. The supercommittee must be appointed by Aug. 16 and must vote on a plan by Nov. 23. That plan will receive an up-or-down vote by Christmas in both chambers. [The Hill, Aug. 10] Click here for the complete source story Don't Blame the Tea Party The Obama administration is attempting to blame the Tea Party for Standard & Poor's downgrade of the government's credit rating. The accusation is false. S&P said "the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the administration agreed to falls short of the amount that we believe is necessary to stabilize the general government debt burden by the middle of the decade." In other words - the debt ceiling compromise didn't go far enough. The Tea Party has argued all along that now is the time to rein in out-of-control spending and get the government on a path toward long-term fiscal responsibility. Conservative members of Congress were criticized for insisting that we must address this problem immediately, and the establishment was unfortunately successful in kicking the debt can further down the road. Responsibility for the credit downgrade rests not with the Tea Party, but with an administration that has added $4.3 trillion to the national debt in less than three years and with an establishment that has balked at efforts to enact substantial reforms. Tea Party members are the people who have been sounding the alarm about our financial mess for years. Tea Party representatives in Congress are the only ones presenting substantial reforms, such as the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act. Members of the Tea Party shouldn't be apologizing for the credit downgrade or the rest of our financial mess. They should be saying, "We told you so." [Fox News, Aug. 9] Click here for the complete source story GOP keeps control of Wisconsin Senate Republicans held onto control of the Wisconsin Senate, beating four Democratic challengers in a recall election. The attempt to remove GOP incumbents is a referendum on Walker's conservative revolution and demonstrates the public mood . The stakes in Wisconsin were clearly much larger than control of the Senate. Both parties were testing messages for the 2012 presidential race, in which Wisconsin is an important swing state. The Legislature that had been approving Republican-backed bills in rapid succession would likely have ground to a halt if Democrats had won back the Senate. They would then have been able to block anything from passage. [Todaystmj, Aug; 9] Click here for the complete source story Tea Party 'Hobbits' ask 'Are You Going to Apologize?' Whether you are quoting someone else or not, there are probably some things you should not say on the Senate floor, especially if they are about constituents who have supported you in the past. Sen. McCain said he is not going to give an apology for something he describes as "the facts." Things didn't get any easier for Sen. McCain when he tried to move the conversation away from the recent debt negotiations. McCain showed he didn't have all the answers and blamed the democrats for the problems the country is facing. [The Blaze, Aug. 9] Click here for the complete source story

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August 10, 2011 

On Wednesday's Program 

London still on fire - good citizens turn on rioters 

Not everyone in London is a dirtbag looter/rioter. Check out this amazing video of a woman standing up to the rioters, just tearing into them and calling out their hypocrisy. As cars burn and people get shot, one lone person had the nerve to stand up and speak out. Watch the stirring speech and get Glenn's reaction HERE.

Left coming unhinged: Union member puts daughter in front of a car; Gore goes on wild rant...more

The masks are really starting to come off the radical leftists, and they're demonstrating what they really want to do. A few examples - first, a union worker put his child in front of a truck in order to yell at 'scabs' who were driving, and dropped several F bombs in the process (way to go, Dad!). Al Gore was caught on tape in a profanity laced tirade claiming anti-warming scientists are 'paid for' and not real. And disturbing audio coming from a United States Congresswoman who seems to indicate it's their goal to get people protesting in the streets. Glenn has the audio and goes over the countries in the world that have unrest and violence in the streets. Where does all of this lead us to? Glenn has this and more to make the case, and it's not pretty. WATCH

Entertainment + Values = Michael Vey

You want to teach your teens how to stand up for themselves, to think for themselves, and that no matter how bleak things get there is always a reason for them to stand fast and do the right thing? Michael Vey, The Prisoner of Cell 25 is the book for you. Finally a book that agrees with your values and doesn't suck. Check out this FREE CLIP from author Richard Paul Evans as he discusses his similarities to the book's main character.

DISTURBING: Van Jones uses kids to push his communism WATCH.

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Flashback: Obama - 'this will be a one term proposition': The media seems to have forgotten that not long ago, Barack Obama said if the economy doesn't turn around this would be a one term proposition for him. Well, it ain't turning around - so, with any luck, he's right. DETAILS

PREVIEW: The Making of GBTV

Watch the preview of the all new "Making of GBTV" episode where tensions run high as Glenn's staff scrambles to prepare for the network's preview show- watch the FREE CLIP. The all new "Making of GBTV" will be available on demand tomorrow for GBTV subscribers.

White House cleansing references to Jerusalem, Israel from website

What is the White House up to? It's no secret that President Obama comes down on the Palestinian side of things, but now it appears the White House has taken it a step further. The Weekly Standard has noticed a pattern: The White House is deleting all references to Jerusalem being in Israel. Hmmm, why would they ever do that? Get the full story HERE. It's time to stand with Israel - get all the details about Glenn's upcoming Restoring Courage events HERE.

Radical leftists protest in Israel

Glenn talks about the peculiar pattern of all the viewpoints expressed in the building protests in Israel: they sound strikingly similar to that of communist propaganda! Free education, a right to housing, right to a job, tax the rich etc etc. No way - NO WAY there could be any radical leftist and radical Islamic ties in this 'movement' in Israel. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia - those all had it but this time it will be different! WATCH

Noam Chomsky: Christians are the most anti-Semitic in the world

Uh oh! Noam Chomsky put his super-duper brilliance on display and argued that the most anti-Semitic people in the world are Christians. Yes, his logic will astound you - he argues that Christians want Jews to be exterminated by the Armageddon. Bravo, Noam! You sir, are a real man of genius! WATCH