Quote: 

"If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have as much of it as you please: But if it means the liberty of affronting, calumniating and defaming one another, I, for my part, own myself willing to part with my share of it, whenever our legislators shall please so to alter the law and shall chearfully consent to exchange my liberty of abusing others for the privilege of not being abused myself." 

~ Benjamin Franklin, An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in Pennsylvania, viz. The Court of the Press, 1789 

First Responders Not Allowed to Attend 9/11 Memorial Service

The Blaze | by Jessie Abrams | Posted on August 18, 2011 at 6:59am

Bonnie Giebfried was a first responder during the September 11 attacks almost 10 years ago. On that day, she was twice entombed in sheared building fragments, and escaped twice. She transported people to safety and set up makeshift triage stations. She watched bodies hit the ground and suffered three asthma attacks.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to not allow first responders to attend this year's memorial ceremony at Ground Zero is a fresh wound for Giebfried.

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Justice Department Reportedly Investigating Standard & Poor's

Associated Pres | Published August 18, 2011

The Justice Department is investigating whether the Standard & Poor's credit ratings agency improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
 
The investigation began before Standard & Poor's cut the United States' AAA credit rating this month, but it's likely to add to the political firestorm created by the downgrade, the newspaper said. Some government officials have since questioned the agency's secretive process, its credibility and the competence of its analysts, claiming to have found an error in its debt calculations. 

Read More . . . 

Federal Lawsuit Links Iran to 9/11 Terror Attacks

Funeral Information for Philadelphia Navy Seal killed in Afghanistan helo crash

Dear Patriots and Troop Supporters;

We were saddened last week to hear about the deaths of so many of our wonderful Navy Seals and troops in the helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

The following information was passed along to me by the father of a recent USNA graduate who is now a Navy Seal. He wanted this information shared with those who might wish to attend the funeral services and honor this brave man and pay respect to his family. As a Gold Star Mother I know how much the outreach from the community can mean to the grieving family. Your presence tells them they are not alone and that their son's death was not without meaning and purpose. That's what pulls you through something like this. Let them know you care.

Services have been arranged for PO1 Michael Strange as follows;

Viewing to be held Thursday 8/18/11 at 11:00 am at The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 18th & JFK Parkway.

Mass to begin at 3 pm after the viewing.

Military Honor Services to be conducted immediately following the Mass in the park directly outside the cathedral.

Warriors' Watch Rider's will escort PO1 Strange's remains from the Funeral Home to the Cathedral. We will then form a flag line, to be in place during visitation.

Rally Time TBD, estimated 8am. More info to come. (God bless the Warrior's Watch Riders)

Thank you Michael Strange for answering the call of duty.

God bless you and may God continue to bless America,

Helene Eissler

Gold Star Mom

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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 .  

Valley Forge Patriots

Sept.9^th  Meeting 6pm

The Valley Forge Patriots invite you to join us for our September 9^th meeting at the Phoenixville Country Club. This will be an exceptionally informative meeting since (in addition to our usual activities) our speaker will be Robert Moffit, Ph.D, a Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He will be speaking on U.S. healthcare, especially Obamacare and Medicare. Dr. Moffit directed the think tank's Center for Health Policy Studies from 2003 until June 2010. As always there will be time for you to address questions to Dr. Moffit.

Food and beverage service will be available.

We look forward to you joining us on September 9^th.

VFP/Phoenixville Steering Committee

www.vfpatriots.com

LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO

"BETTER THAN EVER"

WNJC 1360AM Shows

(all times are eastern)

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

Talk-Radio's Dom Giordano To Receive ZOA's Ben Hecht Award

Shalom ZOA Members, Friends and Supporters of Israel,

Tickets are now available for Philadelphia ZOA's First Tribute Gala on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, at the Hilton Philadelphia on City Avenue, as we honor talk-radio giant Dom Giordano and beloved Rabbi Fred Kazan.

Do not miss what will be a memorable event locally for the pro-Israel community in our area.

Jewish community pillar Gary Erlbaum will be master of ceremonies as we honor Dom with the Ben Hecht Award for Outstanding Journalism for his honest and forthright support of Israel, and Rabbi Kazan for his lifelong devotion to the Jewish State of Israel with our Guardian of Israel Award. Jonathan Tobin of Commentary and former executive editor of the Jewish Exponent will be guest speaker, and there will be remarks from our own great ZOA National President Morton Klein.

Of course, there will also be delicious glatt-kosher food, a festive and warm evening and the opportunity for the community to come together to celebrate Israel.

Philadelphia ZOA has set up a special ticket hotline so that you can be a part of this evening. Call 215-333-1729 to order tickets, or contact us by email at a special email address: zoadom@yahoo.com . Or if you would like, a copy of the invitation and response card is attached to this email. Simply print it out and return it to: ZOA-GPD, P.O. Box 45604, Phila., PA 19149.

There is no one else in local media who matches Dom when it comes to standing up for Israel, patriotism and integrity. Dom has taken on guests and callers on 1210 AM WPHT Radio who distort the facts about Israel, and he goes out of his way to speak truthfully about the Arab war against the Jews because it is the right thing to do.

Rabbi Kazan has been a fervent champion of Israel and has inspired generations of local Jews to have a place in their heart for the Jewish State. Whether it be currently at Historic Congregation Kesher Israel where he is religious leader, or Temple Adath Israel where he is Rabbi Emeritus, or at Beth Sholom where he served, or during his tours of Jewish Philadelphia he leads, he has been a proponent for Israel.

It is the duty of all who care about Israel to thank and show appreciation for stalwarts of Israel as we lest not take such support for granted. In our area, we must come out to publicly thank Dom Giordano and Rabbi Kazan.

We look forward to seeing you the evening of Sept. 8.

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

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

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

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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

Diane - uncanny2@verizon.net

Dear Patriot,

Please join Americans for Prosperity Foundation and thousands of grassroots activists for the 5th annual Defending the American Dream Summiton 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.
 

All Tea Parties and Patriots:

You are invited to participate in an important event--

please share this opportunity with friends and neighbors
who believe we need a "road map" to a better future...

 Required tickets can be purchased online  

Or

Under the information below is a form that can be printed, 

to accompany your check and mailed according to instruction.

RedState Morning Briefing

For August 18, 2011

1. Where Is the Outrage At Captain Bull Malarkey and His Bus Tour?

August is such a vacuum in Washington. I would like to think the GOP might seize on it to focus on two things for which I do not think there is sufficient outrage.

The first is Barack Obama's bus tour. It is a campaign trip. The administration is doing little to hide it and a passive press corps is even describing it as a bus tour while minimizing the fact that American taxpayers are footing the bill in its entirety.

When George W. Bush took his own bus tour, he did so with campaign funds. Barack Obama is expecting you, me, and everyone else to fund his re-election campaign. At a time when 17% of the country is either unemployed or underemployed, it is appalling that the President would use our money to fund his re-election and that re-election message would be that we need to give him even more of our money.

Sell the damn buses and refund the money, Mr. President. It is a campaign trip pure and simple and your campaign should fund it. It is outrageous that you would buy million dollar buses from Canada in order to drive around the countryside demagoguing private jet owners.

Even more appalling than that is his Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, declaring the expansion of the food stamp program to be a stimulus. I don't know about you, but I think if I were dependent on food stamps, I would not exactly feel stimulated.

He has the temerity to say that for every food stamp dollar spent, $1.87 is turned by into the economy. He, of course, ignores all the additional money consumed by the bureaucracy and administration costs of the program and the waste, fraud, and abuse the President goes on and on about.

Not only that though, but Vilsack actually brags that the Obama administration has expanded the food stamp program and . . . wait for it . . . has consequently expanded the stimulus.

And on top of it all, with 17% of Americans either unemployed or underemployed, Barack Obama has the nerve to tell us on his taxpayer funded campaign trip that sometime after he gets back from vacation in September he will have a jobs program. Finally. More than 900 days into his administration, Captain Bull Malarkey and the Banana Republic bunch will show up with a jobs plan.

2. The Food Stamp Party is Stimulating Poverty

The loss of jobs is only half of the result of the government interventionist equation. The other casualty of an economy driven by taxation, regulation, litigation, subsidization, monetary intervention, and debt is the crippling cost of living for all Americans. [Yes, I was about to say middle class, but we would be wise to eradicate that sort of socialist innuendo from our vernacular.]

Earlier today, the latest wholesale inflationary numbers were released. The core PPI rose 0.4% in July, while year over year PPI is now close to a three year high at 7.2%. Additionally, food prices rose another 0.6% in July. These numbers are quite disconcerting, given the sharp slowdown in economic activity. The higher wholesale costs are inevitably passed down to consumers, forcing them to pay more for basic products, such as energy, food, and transportation.

While there are many cyclical factors that affect the price of food and fuel, and by extension, everything else; nonetheless, clearly central planning from the government has kept prices artificially high.

3. Why It Is Still Romney's Race To Lose

I'm getting a lot of disagreement with my earlier statement that the race is still Mitt Romney's to lose. Some of it is irrational exuberance from Perry supporters. Some of it is legitimate. Your mileage may vary on my thinking, but I did want to lay it out.

4. Watching Mouths

Rick Perry's biggest problem to getting the Republican nomination and winning a general election is Rick Perry. He is going to have to overcome attacks both from Karl Rove acolytes helping Mitt Romney and also from Democrats painting him as the second coming of George W. Bush. He will have to appeal to swing, independent voters, women, and people who are still a bit tired of the last Christian/military pilot/Texas Governor.

But all the people saying Rick Perry's comments on Ben Bernanke hurt him have some serious Beltway-itis.

Dude got the President of the United States to respond personally and directly to him - not to the field, not to the generic Republican, but to Rick Perry.

Even more importantly, Barack Obama's comments were on how Rick Perry, in effect, needed to do his job. Imagine that, the man who has killed more jobs than saved wants to lecture an opponent on how to do his job.

More so, Ben Bernanke is not exactly Mr. Popular.

In 24 hours, Perry managed to get Karl Rove to attack him and Barack Obama to attack him. About the only down side is that most Americans are probably getting their kids back to school this week and did not notice.

5. Drilling Rigs in Pennsylvania! Hide the Womenfolk!

Democratic State Rep. Michael Sturla is apparently not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Speaking of the impact of the Marcellus Shale drilling boom on Pennsylvania, Sturla said:

"Also, aside from building roads so their trucks can get to drill sites and doing a little stream work to mitigate damage from their road building, exactly what are all those things the drillers are doing for the local communities? Patronizing the bars at night? Driving up the cost of rental housing? Spreading sexually transmitted disease amongst the womenfolk? ..."

Amongst the womenfolk? Why do I feel like I am watching an episode of Bonanza?

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for August 18, 2011

Obama to issue new proposals on job creation, debt reduction
The Washington Post
 
DOJ Reportedly Investigating Standard & Poor's
FoxNews.com
 
Morgan Stanley Lowers Global Growth Forecast
Bloomberg.com

U.S. to call on Syria's Assad to step down
CBSNews.com
 

Latest Heritage Research:

Flashing Red: European Debt Crisis Signals Collapse of Social Welfare State

Pick a fight with a liberal on:

GREAT PRESIDENTS.
How come libtard sleaze buckets like JFK and meddling early socialists like Woodrow Wilson and FDR tend to figure so high in the list of great presidents? The truly great presidents are the ones who interfered as little as possible, leaving America's natural capitalist instincts free to pursue prosperity and liberty. It's presidents like Republicans Warren Harding (who got the United States swiftly out of a post-World War I depression) and Calvin Coolidge we should really celebrate: on their watch taxes fell, wages increased, working hours declined, and the United States enjoyed one of its greatest-ever booms. FDR, on the other hand, just made the Great Depression worse. 

When I was a kid, I couldn't understand why Eisenhower was so popular.  Maybe this will explain why

General Eisenhower Warned Us

It is a matter of history  that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.

He did this because he said in words to this effect: 'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened'

This week, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred. It is not removed as yet.. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.

It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the,6 million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic priests Who were 'murdered, raped, burned, starved, beat, experimented on and humiliated' while the German people looked the other way!

Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets. 

This is intended to reach 400 million people! Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world.

How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center  

'NEVER HAPPENED',

 because it offends some Muslim???

FREEDOM ISN'T FREE...SOMEONE HAD TO PAY FOR IT!

Read more: 

Featured Posts 

New Push to Make 'Super Committee' Operate in the Open

A New Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Even Former Obama Advisers Say No!

Secretary Clinton: U.S. Leadership Needed

Gingrich Outlines Objections to 'Super Committee' at Heritage Event

Iraq Rocked by Terrorist Bombing Campaign

QUICK HITS

World stocks are reacting negatively following news that Germany's economic growth came to a near-standstill in the second quarter.

Police in London have charged 1,000 people in connection with the riots that hit the city last week. Across England, more than 3,000 have been arrested.

Judicial Watch is suing the National Labor Relations Board for documents related to its case against airplane manufacturer Boeing. The group has not received documents following a Freedom of Information Act request.

The Department of Justice is taking on free speech, prosecuting a 79-year-old grandfather who offers pro-life counseling to women outside a Planned Parenthood abortion facility.

President Obama wants the federal government to continue to have a major role in housing finance, perhaps by creating a new version of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Former Obama White House advisers say that's a bad idea.

Debunking the Rick Perry "Pro-Sharia" School Curriculum Myth

By David Stein

As my regular readers (both of 'em) know, I'm taking a "summer vacation" away from my blog (I think it has something to do with my girlfriend's desire that I occupy my time with things that actually produce an income). As I technically still consider myself "on vacation," this post will be a bit looser and more informal than my other pieces (as evidenced by the fact that I'm breaking my rule of never writing in the first-person). Hell, I might not even spell-check it as rigorously as I usually do. Sue me; I'm on vacation.

Also, as my regular readers know, there is no single subject to which I have devoted more time than Muslim terror. I take pride in having had my stories carried on pretty much every anti-Islamist website around, from FrontPageMag and Atlas Shrugs, to Steven Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism, Jerusalem Pulse Radio, Moonbattery, WorldNetDaily, NewsReal Blog, Islamist Watch, Daniel Pipes' Middle East Forum, The Blaze, HotAir.com, Right Pundits, Creeping Sharia, Michelle Malkin's site, etc., etc., etc.

Nevertheless, I still fully expect to be called a "dhimmi" by one or two of you after you read this post.

Response to Open Letter from Amnesty International

Dear Mr Neve and Mrs Vaugrante,

I must confess that my first reaction upon reading your open letter to Minister Toews and myself was one of surprise and joy.  For your organization to muster its formidable powers of suasion against the orderly and innoxious proceedings of the Canadian immigration system must mean that the world's most truculent regimes have discharged their last political prisoners and advocates of democracy are free to march in the streets of Tehran and Pyongyang.  I have since learned this is not the case, leaving me puzzled as to why Amnesty International (AI) would waste its time and resources opposing the legal deportation of war criminals and serious human rights violators from Canada.  

When I joined AI in high school, it was to defend the rights of political dissidents like Andrei Sakharov and to oppose brutal regimes, including those still doing bloody business in Iran and North Korea.  I am disappointed to learn you are now squandering the moral authority accrued in those campaigns on targeting one of the most generous immigration systems in the world, and protesting the actions of Canadian public servants applying rules and laws that far exceed our international obligations.

Arizona: Police feared family of Muslim honor killing victim would kill her as she fought for her life in the hospital

More on this story. Authorities were only being prudent, as honor killings often result from a collective decision among relatives, or at least have their tacit support, even in America: one will recall the brother of the Said sisters, two Dallas-area honor-killing victims. Islam Said insisted his father was the true victim. "Revealed: Police feared Iraqi family of honour killing daughter would try to murder her as she fought for life in hospital bed," from the Daily Mail, August 7:

Police feared that the Iraqi immigrant family of a daughter run over and killed by her father in an apparent 'honour killing' would try to murder her as she clung to life in a hospital bed, a new tape reveals.

It has also emerged that the mother of the girl, who later died from her injuries, was called a 'sick person' by the Arizona detective investigating the case.

Faleh Al-Maleki, 50, was jailed for 34 years in April for the second-degree murder of his 20-year-old daughter Noor because she had become 'too Westernised'. He was also found guilty of aggravated assault for causing serious injuries to Amal Edan Khalaf, the mother of Noor's boyfriend, as well as two counts of leaving the scene.

The audio tape, obtained by Fox News, records a telephone conversation between Seham Al-Maleki, Noor's mother, and Peoria police detective Bill Laing in which she demands to see her daughter.

'Until he [Noor's father] is located, we are not mentioning where she is at,' replied Laing, who told the mother that witnesses in the parking lot identified her husband as the driver.

'This woman, she is lying, because she is dirty,' Seham says, referring to Khalaf, who survived being hit by Al-Maleki's jeep. 'You are a sick person,' Laing snapped. Al-Maleki fled while his daughter was taken to the hospital, in critical condition.

Seham was eventually allowed into the hospital to see her daughter, who was removed from life support on November 2, 2009.

Mohamed El-Sharkawy, a member of the Arizona Muslim Police Advisory Board told Fox News that the Peoria police were worried another family member would try to kill her, too.

By the way, is there an Arizona Lutheran Police Advisory Board?

'They were afraid that because he did not succeed, that somebody else, his son or a relative, will go and finish the job,' said El-Sharkawy, who was called in to the investigation after Noor was run down.

Al-Maleki reached the United Kingdom before he was captured and extradited back to the U.S. and charged with murder.

Al-Maleki believed his daughter had become 'too Westernised' and had abandoned 'traditional' Iraqi values, Peoria police said....

The developers behind the Ground Zero Mosque have re-emerged with a new plan to build a mosque in the same location that caused such an uproar last year.

And now they are using the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 to promote a major fundraising goal of the campaign. According to a New York City news outlet, Mosque organizers seek to raise $7 million by September 10, which of course coincides with the 9/11 anniversary.

Ground Zero Mosque organizers are also trying to re-sell their mosque in kinder, gentler language. But the facts remain the same: millions of dollars are about to be pumped into a major Muslim center and now organizers are using the 9/11 tragedy to promote their efforts.

+ + Stand Against The Ground Zero Mosque

Grassfire Nation and the Patriot Action Network are taking part in a major rally in New York City on 9/11 to honor those who have fallen and oppose this new version of the Ground Zero Mosque.

Two specific ways you can help.

First, if you haven't done so already, please sign our petition opposing the Ground Zero Mosque. These petitions will be delivered to New York City leaders on Friday, September 9, and presented by our staff during the 9/11 rally as a show of nationwide opposition to the Ground Zero Mosque.

Go here to sign:

<a href="http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=48441&RID=32053949"> http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=48441&RID=32053949 </a>

Second action...

We want to give our 9/11 Remembrance lapel pin to the thousands of first responders and family members of victims as a special gift from fellow Americans.

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The assault on our Constitution continues.

As we have reported extensively, Captain Paul Fields was disciplined for refusing to obey an order that violated his constitutional rights. We are certain a Muslim police officer would not have been ordered by the Tulsa police chief to attend Christian church services and Sunday school classes.

Now read the latest attack on our freedoms below, posted recently in Jihad Watch (highlights added). The OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) continues its assault on free speech at the UN through the advance of resolution 16/18. This resolution, cloaked in terms such as "defamation of religion," is a thinly veiled attempt to criminalize speech that criticizes Islam.

But now, in an ominous development, according to a story published by the International Islamic News Agency, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined the effort to implement this effort to criminalize free speech.

Obama Campaign Names NJDC's Ira Forman to its Judenrat

Ira Forman's well-earned position as Obama's Kapo in Chief
by Bill Levinson

The National "Jewish" "Democratic" Council reported today that NJDC Chair Marc Stanley issued the following statement on the Obama Campaign's appointment of Ira Forman as its Jewish Outreach Director.

On behalf of the National Jewish Democratic Council's Board and Staff, I am ecstatic that the Obama campaign has chosen Ira Forman to lead their outreach to the American Jewish community. I had the opportunity to work closely with Ira for a number of years when he served in his capacities as NJDC's Executive Director and CEO. I cannot think of anyone better suited to help the campaign reach Jewish voters. Ira's knowledge and understanding of the Jewish community is unsurpassed, and his passion for the Democratic Party's principles makes him a perfect fit for his new role.

Mr. Forman's commitment to the Democratic Party is amply proven by...

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Forget About Rick Perry

Laura: It looks as though we have another Chris Christie on our hands in Texas governor Rick Perry who has announced he is running for president. Like Christie, Perry speaks of fiscal conservatism but is clueless about the stealth jihad and has pandered to the agenda of islamic leaders and groups in Texas who's aim is to infiltrate the educational system to propagandize youngsters with lies about islam's contributions and sugarcoating its violent history and implementing sharia. It's hard to believe that with all of the information out there in which even ordinary American citizens have access to, that so many politicians in both parties are unaware of the agenda and radical views of the islamic organizations and individuals they cultivate. It seems they are willing to sell out the future of our country to gain power for themselves, and unfortunately these stealth jihad groups are wielding an increasing amount of power and influence in our political system. Even...

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Glick: The Left's Faustian Bargain

By Caroline Glick, JPOST 

The Palestinians' decision to place the issue of the establishment of a Palestinian state before the United Nations for a vote next month repudiates of the principles of the 1993 Oslo peace framework, through which the Palestinian Authority was formed out of the PLO. The Oslo framework dictated that the final status of Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Jerusalem would be determined through direct negotiations between the PLO and Israel.

While brazen, the Palestinians' UN gambit is not the first time that Israel has been confronted with unequivocal proof that the Palestinians have been operating in bad faith. From the outset, PLO leaders from Yassir Arafat down have made statements and taken actions that have demonstrated that from the PLO's perspective, the entire "two-state paradigm," of peacemaking upon which the Oslo process is predicated was nothing more than a ploy.

For instance, after coming under heavy pressure from then opposition leader...

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Lessons from Europe (Take 2)

Bret Stephens, WSJ 

'The real lesson from Europe," wrote Paul Krugman in January 2010, "is actually the opposite of what conservatives claim: Europe is an economic success, and that success shows that social democracy works." Here are some postcards from the social democracy that works.

· In Britain, 239 patients died of malnutrition in the country's public hospitals in 2007, according to a charity called Age U.K. And at any given time, a quarter-million Britons have been made to wait 18 weeks or longer for medical treatment. This follows a decade in which funding for the National Health Service doubled.

· In France, the incidence of violent crimes rose by nearly 15% between 2002 and 2008, according to statistics provided by Eurostat. In Italy violent crime was up 38%. In the EU as a whole, the rate rose by 6% despite declines in robbery and murder.

· As of June 2011, Eurostat reports that the unemployment rate in the euro zone was 9.9%....

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Bat Ye'or: "The universal caliphate stands before us"

by Andrew Bostom 

Bat Ye'or's 2005 Eurabia: the Euro-Arab Axis portrayed Western Europe's recrudescent dhimmitude, chronicled in real time, by our most informed contemporary scholar of the dhimmi condition. Living as an eyewitness in Geneva-a major European center, with its United Nations, NGOs and other international fora-Bat Ye'or described in painstaking detail, the ongoing transformation of Europe into "Eurabia," a cultural and political appendage of the Arab/Muslim world.

The use of the term "Eurabia," she noted, was first introduced, triumphantly, in 1975 as the title of a journal, Eurabia (catalogued at WorldCat; 1975-1977) edited by the President of the Association for Franco-Arab Solidarity, Lucien Bitterlein, and published collaboratively by the Groupe d'Etudes sur le Moyen-Orient (Geneva), France-Pays Arabes (Paris), and the Middle East International (London). The articles and editorials in this (1975-77) publication called for common Euro-Arab...

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When a Civilization Goes Mad

By David Solway, PAJAMAS MEDIA

Historian Arnold Toynbee, who developed the theory of challenge-and-response ^[1] to account for the survivability of civilizations, has said that great civilizations are not murdered, they commit suicide - by not meeting their challenges. A variation of this historical insight may be phrased thus: When a civilization or an empire feels inwardly that it is dying, or as Oswald Spengler put it in The Decline of the West ^[2], that it wants to die and "wishes itself into the darkness," it begins to go mad. Collective madness is a sure portent that an end is approaching, that an axial transformation is about to occur, that an entire worldview or cultural habitus is on the verge of disintegration. It signals that a people has surrendered to a mortal destiny, repudiated its sustaining tradition and condign principles, and indeed has gone so far as to regard the enemy at the gates as a form of salvation. "They were, those people, a kind of solution,"...

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China's Chief Of Staff Visits Israel

To Discuss Strategic And Military Cooperation 

Rob Miller, AMERICAN THINKER

This is one of those important stories you won't see reported on much.

General Chen Bingde, Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army of China arrived in Israel on an official 3 day visit to discuss military cooperation between the two countries.

General Bingde's position is equivalent to the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and this is the first time a Chinese officer of that rank has ever visited Israel. He was received with full honors upon his arrival and came at the invitation of IDF Chief of Staff Benny Ganz. His visit will include conferences with Ganz, Israeli defense Minister Ehud Barak, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israel military figures as well as a visit of the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem and a visit to a military base in the Negev.

This is not the first high-level meeting between Israeli and Chinese military figures. In 2010, an Israeli military...

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Some history on the Jewish Quarter

Lt. Col. Howard writes to advise;

I, with the help of others, posted these items at the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles:

(1) Subject: Jerusalem some materials for background information-for distribution

(1) East Jerusalem. The so-called Arab sector of East Jerusalem was once heavily populated with Jews. In 1948 the British led British equipped British trained Jordanian Legion conquered that portion of the city of Jerusalem and murdered or expelled every Jew and destroy every vestige of Jewish presence.

Jews have indisputably been the majority in Jerusalem since at least 1853. It was a Jew-free area only during the brief period between 1949 to 1967, when Jordan ethnically cleansed East Jerusalem of Jews to interrupt a continuous 1,000-year Jewish presence.To consider East Jerusalem "Palestinian" an atypical 18-year historical blip as the baseline for negotiations.means rewarding Israel's Arab enemies, who aimed for exactly this goal when they leveled the Jewish Quarter.
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Turkey issues 'final word' to Syria over civilian assault

By OREN KESSLER AND REUTERS, JPOST  

Syrian forces shelled residential districts in Latakia on Monday, the third day of an assault on Sunni neighborhoods of the ancient port city that had seen mounting protests against President Bashar Assad's autocratic rule.

Meanwhile, thousands of people fled a Palestinian refugee camp in the coastal city, some fleeing gunfire and others leaving on orders from authorities, a spokesman for the UN Relief and Works Agency said.

Davutoglu took a firmer tone.

"This is our final word to the Syrian authorities. Our first expectation is that these operations stop immediately and unconditionally," the Turkish foreign minister said in Ankara's strongest rhetoric yet against its once close ally. "If these operations do not stop, there will be nothing left to say about the steps that would be taken," he told a news conference, without elaborating.

"We have been in contact and have repeated our demands and have emphasized our...

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Glenn Beck visits the Fogel home

I just signed up for access to Genn Beck TV at the cost of $4.95 a month cancellable at any time. Ted Belman

By Adam Taxin, PHILIDELPHIA EXAMINER  

Glenn Beck arrived in Israel yesterday and broadcast his daily radio show live from Jerusalem earlier today.

Beck, who began the show by saying it has been "an incredible weekend," is in Israel as part of his much-anticipated "Restoring Courage" event, which is intended to show solidarity with the State of Israel and the Jewish People.

During the first hour of his show, Beck spent time discussing his visit to Itamar in Samaria [part of the region, along with Judea, that those with less-than-warm feelings for Israel prefer to refer to as the "West Bank"]. While in Itamar, Beck visited the home and community of the Fogel family, members of whom were brutally massacred in March by Arab Muslim terrorists who invaded their home while they were observing Shabbat.

In regard to Itamar and the Fogels, Beck today said:

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Reshaping America's Courts, Soros-Style

By Discover The Networks
 

Heavily funded by George Soros, Justice At Stake calls for a system where judges are not elected but instead are appointed via a process known as "merit selection." Traditionally, such commissions have been controlled by legal elites-often trial lawyers-who are wholly unaccountable to the American public.

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Fellow patriots,

In yesterday's email about Rick Perry, I said:

I don't enjoy being the bearer of bad news, but feel obligated to tell you that Texas Governor Rick Perry isn't panning out to be the great Republican restorer of American values that a lot of people hoped for.  Read the articles below and start asking questions.  As we learned from President Obama, HOPE can lead to disappointment.  Let's make sure we have all the facts this time.

Well, it looks like the leaders of Act! for America did just that: They started to ask questions and seek facts, and it's beginning to look like a ruse has been played to knock out Barack Obama's most formidable Republican challenger.  While the story of Rick Perry is far from over, and new developments may turn things around again, it is clearly not time to write him off as another deluded Islamophile.  Read the message below to get a sense of the shenanigans that are being played against Perry.  Even better, read this article (http://www.countercontempt.com/archives/1945 ) to get a fuller understanding of what exactly Rick Perry has been doing in Texas regarding Islam.  It now appears to be a whole lot less than meets the eye.  I'm sorry to see that two prominent conservative writers whom I generally trust -- Pamela Geller and Debbie Schlussel -- may have been fooled by the liberals at Salon, and in turn may have caused me to broadcast a false alarm.

Dave

Getting the facts about Governor Rick Perry
  By Kelly Cook, National Field Director

  ACT! for America is not a political action committee, and we don't endorse candidates for office.

We do, however, place a premium on putting out factual information, especially when it concerns elected officials and/or candidates for office. We're not concerned about being the first to report something; we're concerned that what we pass along to you be factual. As a result, it's not uncommon for other organizations, blog sites, and the like, to put out something about a particular issue before we do.

As you may now be aware, Gov. Rick Perry, who announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination last Saturday, has taken a lot of heat in the last few days. It began with a piece by the publication Salon, which asked if Perry is "the pro-sharia candidate."

We saw the piece and have done some background checking on it, but haven't yet commented on it. We have actually done some inquiring of people who are close to Governor Perry. Why?

Because it seemed odd to us that a media outlet that has a history of dismissing concerns about radical Islam and ridiculing those who speak out against radical Islam would all of a sudden be concerned about radical Islam. Especially given that their concern was about a Republican candidate.

Not surprisingly, there has been a fair amount of response and back-and-forth in cyberspace about Salon's piece and subsequent posts by those in the movement combating the threat of radical Islam. We know a lot of our chapter leaders are emailing and asking about this. And although we have yet to complete our research and fact-checking, one blog caught our attention today that we decided to forward on to you, our chapter leaders.

This post, from someone who is obviously an ally in the struggle against radical Islam, appears well-documented and reveals some information that, if accurate, sheds a great deal of light on the ostensible accuracy of the Salon piece. We encourage you to read it here, check out the documentation, and pass it on to others as you see fit.

We know all too well how something put out in cyberspace can take on a life of its own, even when the facts don't support it, and how difficult it can be to set the record straight. You wouldn't believe the things we come across regarding Brigitte Gabriel that are not only inaccurate, but clearly completely fabricated. And how hard it is to set those things straight.

This is one reason among many why we do our best to travel in facts and avoid sensationalism that is lacking in facts. The truth about radical Islam is compelling enough. We don't have to fabricate it or exaggerate it.

For instance, there's a picture circulating the internet that shows Muslims praying in a New York street, with a caption claiming that New York streets are being filled every Friday with Muslims praying. The problem is, the picture is from a Muslim day event in New York that happens only once a year, not every Friday. The picture is authentic but the explanation that goes with it is not accurate.

We do not yet know the full, accurate story behind the allegations leveled in the Salon piece. As you know we're not shy about pointing out the truth, whether it be about Rick Perry or anybody else. And as more facts come to light, we'll pass them on.

In the meantime, whatever the issue or question is, we'll continue to do our best to avoid falling into the trap of "ready, fire, aim." Because "firing" before "aiming" usually ends up being friendly fire that only hurts our efforts.

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Despicable race hustler Al Sharpton blatantly lies about remarks made by Texas Governor Rick Perry to make Perry's comments appear to be racially charged remarks about President Obama. Watch the video to clearly see this fraud laid bare.  

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Great news!

Word of gun owners' victory at the Iowa Straw Poll is spreading. Even one of America's premier political news sites, Politico.com, has picked up the story about how National Association for Gun Rights members just like you toppled Tim Pawlenty's Presidential campaign.

The article even noted my subsequent call for NAGR members to lobby Governor Rick Perry to return the National Association for Gun Rights Presidential Candidate Survey.

However, Politco.com writer Maggie Haberman missed the mark when she noted that Perry has a concealed carry permit by assuming he must be pro-gun because he has a concealed weapon permit.

The Washington, D.C. elites just don't get it. They think that simply having a concealed weapon permit automatically makes any politician pro-gun.

Do you think California Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer is pro-gun? 

No, I don't think so, either.

But Barbara Boxer used her influence to secure an elusive concealed carry permit from California.

I can almost hear her trying to deceive gun owners... "Trust me, I have a permit."

Or how about New York Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer?

Schumer himself is reported to possess a New York concealed handgun permit, and both U.S. Senators regularly employed armed guards for their personal protection.

Just because a politician recognizes that being armed makes THEM safer, doesn't mean they support YOUR right to keep and bear arms. They think they're different than you and me, that because of their title they're entitled to MORE rights than we are.

The Second Amendment is about much more than just carrying concealed... or hunting... or sport shooting.

Your right to keep and bear arms is a bulwark against tyranny.

That's why the National Association for Gun Rights sends Presidential Candidate Surveys to politicians like Tim Pawlenty and Governor Rick Perry.

Gun owners MUST know where they stand on important issues like banning magazine or bans on certain types of semi-automatic rifles, or opposing the United Nations' Small Arms Treaty gun-grab.

Please call Rick Perry's campaign RIGHT NOW at (858) 483-4300 and demand that he return the National Association for Gun Rights Presidential Candidate Survey.

I hope you'll also take a moment and re-read my e-mail about how NAGR members like you toppled Tim Pawlenty's Presidential aspirations.

Please, don't forget to call Governor Perry at (858) 483-4300 and demand that he return the National Association for Gun Rights Presidential Candidate Survey.

For liberty,

-Dudley

Elder: Mitt, Apologize for RomneyCare - or Forget the Nomination

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August 17, 2011
 
  FOOD STAMPS CREATE JOBS! WAIT... WHAT?   Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appeared on MSNBC on Tuesday and made the case that Food Stamps are actually job creators. See the clip HERE.

$20 mil in stimulus creates 14 green jobs   The City of Seattle received a $20 million dollar "Green Jobs" grant from the Federal government on Earth Day in 2010. In over a year, they have used that money to create a stunning 14 jobs. See the video report HERE.

FARRAKAHN PREACHES HATE IN HARLEM   Last week, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakahn brought his unique brand of hatred from Chicago to New York City's Harlem neighborhood. In this short clip, Minister Farrakahn makes the outrageous claim that American soldiers are the terrorists. See it HERE.

RUSSIAN TV BACKS RON PAUL, ROMNEY TO OBAMA - STOP TRAVELING, START WORKING    The Must-Read section of The Blaze may not be able to help you win on "Jeopardy" but we guarantee that after reading it, you will know much more about the world around you than those uninformed rubes who choose not to click HERE.

Has the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD's INFLUENCE HAS REAChED THE WHITE HOUSE?   Guess who's ringing the warning bell that the Muslim Brotherhood has ties to the Obama White House? It is not Newt, Mitt, anyone from Talk Radio... The answer will stun you. Watch the telling videos HERE.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


2012 Update

• A new Rasmussen poll shows just how fluid the Republican presidential race is. With Texas Governor Rick Perry now officially a candidate, Rasmussen's survey of likely Republican primary voters finds Perry surging to the top with 29% support, followed by Mitt Romney at 18% and Michele Bachmann at 13%. No other candidate receives double digit support, while 16% of voters remain undecided.
• Washington was buzzing yesterday after a report that House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan may be reconsidering whether to jump into the presidential contest. His spokesmen stress that he has not yet changed his mind. But Ryan is reportedly discussing the implications of a national campaign with his family during the congressional recess and is being urged by some GOP leaders to get in.
• Obama's approval rating has fallen to 39% in the latest Gallup poll. Recent state polls reinforce the challenge Obama faces on the road to reelection. Last week, Quinnipiac University found that Obama's approval rating in New York was just 45%, while 49% disapproved. This morning Quinnipiac released a new poll finding that 52% of New Jersey voters disapprove of Obama's job performance, and were split (45%-to-49%) as to whether he deserves to be reelected.

Perry v. Obama

Rick Perry is getting mixed reviews after the launch of his presidential campaign. Many in the media, and even some Republicans, are criticizing Perry for what they feel is over-the-top rhetoric. Speaking in Iowa, Perry suggested that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke might be guilty of treason if he prints more money. Perry added that Bernanke would be treated "pretty ugly" in Texas.

But what really got the liberals mad was when Perry told the crowd, "I think you want a president who is passionate about America -- that's in love with America." A reporter quickly followed up with a "gotcha question," asking Perry if he felt that President Obama did not love America.

Perry responded: "You need to ask him. ...you're a good reporter, go ask him." The media pounced, accusing Perry of questioning the president's patriotism, which he clearly did not do.

It's Obama who has come closer to questioning his opponents' patriotism. Last week during a speech in Michigan, President Obama said, "There are some in Congress right now who would rather see their opponents lose than see America win." Speaking in Iowa this week, Obama accused congressional conservatives of not putting the "country ahead of party."

Of course, no reporter called out Obama for questioning the patriotism of Republicans in Congress during his taxpayer-funded, non-political bus tour. They were too busy bashing Perry.

By the way, here is a disgusting example of how low the left is willing to go to smear a conservative. While discussing the jobs crisis, Perry referred to the national debt as a "big black cloud that hangs over America." MSNBC host Ed Schultz naturally saw race in Perry's choice of words. On his show Monday night, Schultz said, "That black cloud Perry is talking about is President Obama."

In its desire to see Obama elected, the left willingly played the race card, even against Bill and Hillary Clinton. Now, the left is desperate to get Obama reelected. And liberals are telling us to tone down the rhetoric!


Buffett's Plea -- Tax Me!

When billionaire Warren Buffett penned an essay earlier this week urging Washington politicians to raise taxes on rich people like him, my first thought was to ignore it. After all, this is an old refrain from Mr. Buffett. He backed socialist Obama in 2008 and has regularly complained about the fact that tax rates on capital gains (profits derived from buying and selling assets like stocks, bonds, houses, etc.) are lower than taxes on income.

But even though there was nothing new in Buffett's plea for higher taxes, his essay was received by Big Media and the Obama crowd as proof that even "millionaires and billionaires" know they must pay more. There is only one problem -- Obama's proposed tax hikes are only rhetorically aimed at "fat cats." In reality, his tax hikes begin at $200,000, which would devastate the small businesses that generate job growth.

Even beginning the tax hikes at $200,000 won't put a dent in the massive deficits Obama/Reid/Pelosi have given us. We simply don't have enough rich people to provide all the money Obama wants to spend.

As for Buffett, the hypocrisy is breathtaking. Like any good American, Buffett accumulated his money and did everything possible to legally shelter it from income taxes. Mr. Buffett could donate a billion dollars a year to the feds and he wouldn't miss it. I urge him to do so before he pushes policies that will prevent countless other Americans from being financially successful. If he doesn't do that, then perhaps we should have a special tax on LIBERAL millionaires and billionaires!


"Let Them Eat Cake"

There was urgent news from the White House this morning: "President Barack Obama will deliver a major policy address outlining his plan for deficit reduction and job creation in early September, a senior administration official told POLITICO."

Seriously, folks, that was a "Breaking News" alert delivered to my Inbox at 7:40 this morning. So with 9.1% unemployment, it was absolutely essential for us to know first thing this morning that Obama will give another speech on jobs sometime after he gets back from his 10-day vacation at the uber-elite retreat of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The White House just had another Marie Antoinette moment.

Then again, it fits perfectly with recent statements coming from this administration. For example, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney recently argued that unemployment benefits create jobs. And yesterday Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack defended record food stamp usage as "the most direct stimulus you can get in the economy." If that were true, with 9.1% unemployment and food stamp usage at record rates, the Obama economy should be booming.

That's how pathetic Obama's economic record is, my friends. These safety net programs are examples of how good and generous this country is. But it is a stunning display of economic ignorance to defend them as examples of job creation and stimulus!


Blundering Bureaucrats Get Promoted

The "Fast and Furious" scandal just keeps getting worse. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that weapons from "Operation Fast and Furious" have turned up at nearly a dozen crime scenes across the country. This is in addition to the arms that were used in last year's murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

Now this will really get your blood boiling. Three Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives supervisors who were responsible for the program were recently promoted to management positions in Washington, D.C. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is furious, and has said, "...it is inconceivable to reward those who spearheaded this disastrous operation with cushy desks in Washington." I couldn't agree more. This is just one more example of the Obama Administration's tendency to reward failure and perpetuate the worst of Big Government.


Quote Of The Day

"We've got folks in America driving Kias and Hyundais. I want to see folks in Korea driving Fords and Chryslers and Chevys."

President Obama delivered these memorable lines right after pulling up in his newly purchased, million-dollar plus presidential bus, which was made in Canada.
 

Active Duty U.S.A.F. SSGT Daryn Moran: Obama's Constitutional Eligibility

Cartoon of the Day: Obama's Flash Job Mob

Obama Ag Secretary: More People On Food Stamps Means More Jobs

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AWOL staff sergeant doubts Obama's citizenship

A Germany-based noncommissioned officer has gone absent without leave and is calling for a citizen's arrest of President Obama because he believes the president is not an American citizen.

Staff Sgt. Daryn Moran, in an email that has circulated among adherents of the birther movement, said he stopped reporting for work at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, on Aug. 11 and said he won't return until Obama "provides a birth certificate which stands up to professional examination."

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NumbersUSA Members Force Immigration Issue into 2012 Presidential Campaign

Iowa Republican primary debate shows candidates can't skirt the issue

Bring the fight to upcoming California and Florida events

Thank you for helping us make immigration a top issue in last week's Iowa Republican presidential primary debate. Now, we need your help to continue bringing attention to the issue. There are six more debates over the next eight weeks. Together, we must make sure that we get the candidates on record, committed to tackle the immigration crisis.

Two weeks ago, Fox News' debate moderator Bret Baier asked Americans what questions they had for the 2012 Republican presidential debate at the Iowa State Fair. In response to a NumbersUSA alert, our members answered loud and clear, flooding the "Twitter feed" Fox News had set up. The moderators chose five of our members' questions about immigration.

Also, we were able to get boots on the ground at the Iowa Straw Poll. The candidate with the best NumbersUSA presidential immigration grade won, at least in part due to our efforts. NumbersUSA staff and activists also handed out more than a thousand leaflets to straw poll voters, highlighting candidates immigration positions, possibly deciding the final poll results. Rep. Michele Bachmann, who has the best grade from NumbersUSA, narrowly defeated Rep. Ron Paul, who has an "F."

Help us continue to push immigration to the front of the list of issues in the 2012 presidential elections. To do so, we need funds for massive faxing to candidates and putting our people on the ground during debates. This is expensive.

Immigration is having a bigger impact than ever on the American economy, but the current presidential candidates seem reluctant to speak up.

• The threat of a Congressional amnesty may be off the table for now, but millions of illegal immigrants are still taking American jobs.
• Congress continues to import an additional 75,000 foreign workers every month at a time when American workers are facing massive unemployment and collapsing wages.
• The immigration crisis is as severe as ever, and elected officials from both parties have refused to do anything to address the role mass immigration plays in our national jobs crisis.
• Americans need a president who will take our immigration crisis seriously.

Right now, the political parties and presidential candidates are staking out their positions on immigration. Together, we can influence the candidates to improve their immigration positions and publicly commit to defending the American worker.

• Will the Republicans reject another open-borders candidate?
• Will President Obama move to a more reasonable position as he strives for re-election?
• Can candidates and prospective candidates like Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney and Herman Cain recognize the urgency voters have about this issue?

They won't recognize the urgency of the immigration issue if they don't hear from us.

In 2008, your actions convinced several candidates to promise firmer action against illegal immigration. Some candidates reversed years of support for amnesty; even Senator John McCain promised to get tougher on illegal immigration. But the issue rarely came up during the debates, convention speeches or political campaigns.

This year, we're changing that. So far, most of the candidates have earned poor grades from NumbersUSA for failing to talk about the immigration crisis or support solutions. We still need to do so much more. Only you can make sure they do. We need to send millions of faxes. We need to reach their campaigns. And we need to make sure that immigration is at the front and center of debates, forums or town halls. All this takes your activism, your faxes, your questions. But it also takes your financial support.

Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Obama Agriculture Secretary: Food Stamps Create Jobs

Tax Hikes Not the Solution to Social Security Solvency, Former CBO Chief Says
 
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Bus Tour Bust: Obama's Approval Plumets Back Into 30s, Says Gallup

Report: Obama Talking About Jobs While Riding Made-in-Canada Bus

Obama to Give Major Jobs Speech Next Month

Spending Went Up and Down in Massachusetts Under Romney

Gingrich: Every State Should Have Job Training Programs for Unemployed
 
Gingrich: U.S. Entering Period Of Weakness Relative To Pearl Harbor

Bloody Ramadan: More Than 100 Killed in Iraq So Far

U.S. and 'Quartet' Partners Criticize Israel but Sidestep Palestinians' Statehood Bid at U.N.

Arizona Court Rules Against Planned Parenthood on Abortion Requirements

Reading, Writing, and Utility Bills: Administration Launches Energy Competition for Young Students

COMMENTARY:

Will Boehner's House Fund a Group That Kills 910 Babies a Day?
By Terence P. Jeffrey
In the current fiscal year, Boehner caved -- and permitted funding of Planned Parenthood. Will he do it again?

Fear and Loathing of Bachmann
By L. Brent Bozell III
There are at least three reasons for the media's enmity toward Michele Bachmann. Her conservatism is one of them.

Rick Perry's Bad Medicine
By Michelle Malkin
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's shocking executive order, forcing the Gardasil vaccine on sixth grade girls, showed reckless disregard for parental rights and individual liberty.

What? Another Department of Jobs?
By Ken Blackwell
One of the trial balloons currently being floated is that the president will announce a new Department of Jobs. This has got to be a joke.

 

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Romneycare costs rising faster than inflation in Mass.
Houston Chronicle faults Perry on Texas transportation needs
Guns from ATF sting linked to 11 more violent crimes in Ariz., Texas
Senator blasts ATF's promotion of supervisors in botched gun sting
Chinese mother smuggled to South Florida seeks asylum based on 'one-child' limit
Church fights Washington State decision to prohibit baptism in public park
Obama dares Republicans to block his coming jobs package
El Salvador war crime suspect found in Everett, Mass.
U.S. supercomputer lab's Chinese-made parts raise spy concerns
ACLU backs sex offenders living near daycare center
ACLU sues Missouri school system for censoring gay advocacy websites
Vilsack: More people on food stamps because gov't 'getting the word out' better
Maryland begins process to legalize medical marijuana
Boulder urging bus passengers to look for birds

Democrats hold seats in Wisconsin recall elections

We can't win them all in Wisc.

Both Democrats and Republicans were claiming victory on Tuesday in a series of nine summer recall votes in which Democrats unseated two incumbent Republicans but fell short of winning control of the state legislature.

Democrats had hoped to win a majority in the state senate following a fierce battle with Governor Scott Walker and his Republican allies earlier this year over public workers' union powers that involved mass protests, legislative maneuvering and court challenges.

Click here to read the full article at Reuters

Silicon Valley billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian island

Going Galt?

Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the billionaire in Details magazine.

Thiel has been a big backer of the Seasteading Institute, which seeks to build sovereign nations on oil rig-like platforms to occupy waters beyond the reach of law-of-the-sea treaties. The idea is for these countries to start from scratch--free from the laws, regulations, and moral codes of any existing place. Details says the experiment would be "a kind of floating petri dish for implementing policies that libertarians, stymied by indifference at the voting booths, have been unable to advance: no welfare, looser building codes, no minimum wage, and few restrictions on weapons."

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

ATF promotes supervisors in controversial gun operation

Given cushy desk jobs

Reporting from Washington- The ATF has promoted three key supervisors of a controversial sting operation that allowed firearms to be illegally trafficked across the U.S. border into Mexico.

All three have been heavily criticized for pushing the program forward even as it became apparent that it was out of control. At least 2,000 guns were lost and many turned up at crime scenes in Mexico and two at the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona.

Click here to read the full article at the Los Angeles Times

Seattle's 'green jobs' program a bust

$20M Fed dollars for nothing

Reporting from Washington- The ATF has promoted three key supervisors of a controversial sting operation that allowed firearms to be illegally trafficked across the U.S. border into Mexico.

All three have been heavily criticized for pushing the program forward even as it became apparent that it was out of control. At least 2,000 guns were lost and many turned up at crime scenes in Mexico and two at the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona.

Click here to read the full article at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

FOOD STAMPS USA---EAT WELL MY FRIEND 

If this story upsets you, check out the rest of the story at the end! 

This receipt was picked up in the parking lot of a store in Michigan. 

There are presently 43,200,878 people on food stamps in the US ..  (That's 43 MILLION).  Obama will tell you food stamps & welfare "stimulate the economy".  

This is an increase of 35.1% in 3 years. 

There is nothing better than porterhouse steaks and lobster.  Especially when YOU (the TAXPAYER) are buying.

It's no wonder politicans continue to provide free handouts in exchange for votes.

(The Rest of the Story . . . Below) 

Purchaser resold items at a profit

On the face of it, the case does seem too flagrant and over-the-top to be true - and now we know why. According to the Menominee County Sheriff's Department, local and state investigators have discovered that the reason the cardholder bought such large quantities of lobster, steak, and soda was not to "dine like a king," as some have characterized it, but to resell them for profit. And that is illegal. The accused, one Louis Cuff, has been charged with welfare fraud and faces up to five years in prison if convicted. 

Sources and further reading:

Lobster, Steak, Mountain Dew on Bridge Card No Urban Myth
Lansing State Journal, 23 May 2011

Menominee Man Charged for Welfare Fraud
Fox 11 News, 3 May 2011

Felony Charge in Lobster, Steak Bridge Card Case
Lansing State Journal, 7 June 2011

 

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

August 17, 2011 

On Today's Program 

Jihadists fanning flames of U.K. riots?

Noooooo, it couldn't be! The media said that the Arab Spring was wonderful, that it wouldn't spread throughout the Middle East and Europe, that no way radical Islam and extreme leftists would work together, and they mocked Glenn for his predictions. It seems every week there is a story proving Glenn was right - and this week is no exception. Check out the latest story of Jihadists fanning the flames and taking advantage of youth protesters because it's 'easy to make use of their enthusiasm'...DETAILS.

Media sets sights on Rick Perry

Chris Matthews says media will spend every last penny investigating him. Perry is in hot water for calling out Ben Bernanke and the Fed, and now they are editing his words to falsely accuse him of being a racist. Glenn plays the clip that has MSNBC's Ed Schultz once again apologizing for his pathetic show. WATCH

Countdown: ONE WEEK

In just one week from today Glenn will hold the Restoring Courage event in Jerusalem, Israel. There are three other broadcasts leading up to next Wednesday - the first one is THIS SUNDAY!  Glenn has been broadcasting in Israel all week and talked on radio today about what's happening over there. He interviewed David Barton to preview the kick-off event this Sunday -- it's an event with a focus for Christians and takes place on the Mediterranean Sea. Get all the programming details for all 4 events and sign up for the only place to watch: GBTV.com!

Glenn interviews Michael Freund of Shavei Israel: WATCH his interview and read his op/ed "Help a Lost Tribe of Israel Return to Zion" HERE.

NEW on GBTV: A brand new Beck University class is now available on GBTV: The Cultural Divide.  As Glenn prepares for the Restoring Courage events in Israel learn more about Islam's connection to Jerusalem and what it means for the future of the country - WATCH.

Tea Partiers are terrorists? Don't tell that to union thugs and Louis Farrakhan

Vice President Biden has reportedly called the Tea Party terrorists. MSNBC practically defines them the same way (with zero evidence). But there's complete silence when Louis Farrakhan says the Ft. Hood shooter isn't the terrorist, no, it's the American soldiers who are the terrorists. Yes, he actually said that. Does that make his mosque a radical one? You'd think - but so far: crickets. Glenn has audio and reaction on radio today - the story at GlennBeck.com.

He seemed like just another normal kid...

To everyone at Meridian High School, Michael Vey seems like an ordinary 14-year-old -- he likes waffles and video games, hates homework and gets bullied at school...but he is anything but ordinary. He's got something very rare - and some people will do anything to contain him. This is the story of Michael Vey - it's a fantastic young adult thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. But more importantly it's a thriller that demonstrates your values and what they look like when they are put to the test. Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 - get your copy today!

Obamanomics: food stamps = job creation??

If you didn't think it could get any dumber than Nancy Pelosi's suggestion that unemployment checks were a great job creator -- you were wrong. Now the Obama administration is doubling down and saying that food stamps, yes food stamps, is the most 'direct' stimulus possible and creates jobs. Well then, unemployment checks and food stamps for everybody! Economy fixed! Get the insane Obama administration audio supporting the food stamp economic plan HERE.

'Scab' gets shot by union thugs

The owner of a non-union electrical contracting company was the target of vandalism, and when he saw a security light go on at his home and went to investigate -- things really got serious. As the owner stepped outside he was shot and wounded before the suspect fled. No one has been apprehended, but it shouldn't be that difficult to solve - the idiot wrote 'scab' on the side of his car. More violence from the left that the media will ignore. Glenn has the story and interviews the victim on radio today. WATCH