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Justice's New War Against Lenders

The Obama administration repeats mistakes of the past by intimidating banks into lending to minority borrowers at below-market rates in the name of combatting discrimination.
The Wall Street Journal | By MARY KISSEL | AUGUST 31, 2011 

Talk about not learning from past mistakes: A government department is again intimidating banks into lending to minority borrowers at below-market rates, all in the name of combating "discrimination." Welcome to the next housing mess.

The 1990s may have brought us supercharged politicized lending, but Eric Holder's Department of Justice is taking the game to an entirely new level, and then some. The weapon is a "fair lending" unit created in early 2010, led by special counsel Eric Halperin and overseen by Civil Rights Division head Thomas Perez.

A sampling of Mr. Perez's thinking, from April 2010 congressional testimony: "The foreclosure crisis has touched virtually every community in this country, but it disproportionately touches communities of color, in particular African-Americans and Latinos." And: "[C]ross burnings are the most overt form of discrimination and bigotry. Lending discrimination is some of the most subtle. It's what I call discrimination with a smile."

Labor Dept. Will Enforce Federal Wage Laws on Behalf of Illegal Workers

The Blaze | by Tiffany Gabbay | Posted on September 1, 2011 at 2:56am

In a written statement to CNSNews.com Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that it will enforce federal wage laws on behalf of anyone working in the U.S. "regardless of their immigration status."

According to the report, the department's written statement corroborated an earlier comment made by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. Responding to a question by CNS Monday, Solis spoke of "partnership" agreements she had allegedly signed with several Latin American countries - Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador - to protect the rights of "documented and undocumented" migrant workers in the United States.

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9 11 Ten Years On: Family Security Matters

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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 Event: Tea Party Express - Reclaiming America Presidential Tour

What is it?
Free food, music, festivities and speakers
it doesn't get any better than that!

When: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 

Where:Shady Brook Farm 

Address:931 Stony Hill Road, Morrisville, PA 19067 

Time: 6PM to 7PM

We look forward to seeing you all at our events.

Yours in Liberty,
The Kitchen Table Patriots

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

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Memorial Screening

LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO

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

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.

 Please come to our Constitution Day event entitled "Everything you wanted to know about ObamaCare, but didn't know who to ask."

 They said we had to pass it to know what's in it, but over a year later, people STILL don't fully understand how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) - aka "ObamaCare" - will affect them and their health.

 That's why a coalition of citizens and health care professionals will present "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About ObamaCare But Didn't Know Who to Ask" on the campus of DeSales University in Center Valley, PA from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, 2011 - which, ironically, happens to be Constitution Day.  DeSalesUniversity is located in the Lehigh Valley of PA, within easy driving distance of the major population centers of central, northeast, and southeast PA.

Policy professionals, physicians, business and legislative leaders, and representatives from groups most affected by the PPACA will share their insights and expertise through presentations, breakout sessions, exhibits, and panel discussions.

They'll explain how ObamaCare affects personal liberty and the Constitution, families and seniors, taxpayers, Medicare and the deficit, insurance premiums and the uninsured, businesses, employees and the economy, doctors, patients, and access to care, American innovation in medicine, and more. 

Also included will be detailed updates on state and national efforts to defund, repeal, replace, and nullify ObamaCare from some of the legislative leaders spearheading those efforts.

Participants will leave the three hour event far more informed about what's in the PPACA than most of the legislators who voted for it, and will be energized to get involved in the fight to save America's health care.  Participants, both live and online, will be empowered by their new understanding of how the PPACA will not accomplish any of the things its name implies, and will be able to effectively communicate that new understanding to others, providing important education about why this ill-conceived piece of legislation needs to be defeated by any means possible.

Already, according to Rasmussen's most recent poll, 54% of Americans want to see ObamaCare repealed, while only 39% oppose repeal - but the people who passed it clearly have not heard the voices of the American people yet.  The more Americans know about the PPACA, the more they dislike it, and this conference will help to provide the tools citizen advocates and health care professionals need to effectively participate in the process to defund, repeal, and replace ObamaCare.

The event will be free to the public on site in a venue which will seat 500, and a live streaming video, and a professionally produced program will promote information about our coalition's sponsoring groups, as well as providing important information about the PPACA.  

Please consider joining with the Lehigh Valley Coalition for Health Care Reform to help educate the public about ObamaCare through your sponsorship of this important event.  If you'd like to be involved, please contact me ASAP and I'll reserve your space in our program and on the promotional materials.  We are currently working on creating a web page and Facebook page for the event.

For additional information about this event and opportunities to get involved, please contact Donna Baver Rovito at ROVSPA@aol.com.

PLEASE RSVP AT THIS MEETUP SITE:

www.meetup.com/lehigh-valley-coalition-for-health-care-reform

Sincerely, 

Donna Baver Rovito

Chair, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About ObamaCare But Didn't Know Who to Ask"

Chair, LehighValley Coalition for Health Care Reform

Editor, Liability and Health Reform Update

ROVSPA@aol.com

610-398-8551

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   

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.

 2012 Presidential Candidate Selector
or Obama, His Allies & Critics Matching Quiz

Politicians have already indicated their 2012 presidential aspirations. This matching quiz includes President Obama, top members of his administration, Obama's most vocal critics (Boehner, Cantor, etc.) and likely White House prospects (Palin, Pawlenty, Jindal, etc.). You may select a position for every issue, or just select issues important to you. The political figures' positions are based upon their voting records, special interest group ratings and their statements in the public record. In cases where there is no known public record or statement, these politicos are not given a score on that issue. We add candidates, revise their views and include new issues as they become known or change. Check back often for updates.   

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RedState Morning Briefing

For September 1, 2011

1. We Don't Need a Speech. We Need Jobs.

President Obama and Speaker Boehner have agreed that the President will address a joint session of the Congress next Thursday. The President wanted Wednesday during the GOP debate, but John Boehner said no. Folks at the White House said the Speaker had been consulted before they put it in writing and did not object. Speaker Boehner's staff say he was not consulted prior to receiving the President's request. It doesn't really matter. People are beyond tired of speeches from Washington.

As the President addresses the nation, Arizona will face off against Oklahoma for a college football game and the NFL regular season will start.

The President had two years with his party controlling the White House, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. They managed to pass a stimulus bill that, by 2010, was such a dismal disaster the President would not even use the word "stimulus." Remember that press conference?

The Democrats then pivoted to health care claiming it was about entitlement reform and related to jobs.

Every time the President has pivoted to jobs a funny thing has happened - we've wound up losing more jobs.

How many mulligans will we give our golfer-in-chief?

2. DOJ Advises Gibson Guitar to Export Labor to Madagascar

The Gibson Guitar saga has taken a sinister turn.

It seems that the Department of Justice wasn't satisfied with merely raiding the law abiding factories of Gibson Guitar with armed agents, shutting down their operation costing them millions, and leaving the American company in the dark as to how to proceed without shutting down.

Now, according to CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, agents of the United States government are bluntly informing them that they'd be better off shipping their manufacturing labor overseas.

3. Ezra Klein vs. the Dictionary

Ezra Klein is the twenty something leftwing hack who has never had a real job in the private sector beyond the lefty think tank and pundit shops in DC. Somehow or another he got a cushy gig pretending to be objective at the Washington Post where he continues to mouth off on economic policy from a decidedly left-wing bent.

It's gotten so bad that Ezra Klein is forced to play word games and lie to win an argument on social security. Klein wants to win an argument against the Republicans on social security. So what does he do? He has to reinvent a new definition of ponzi scheme.

Klein relies on liberal blogger/polisci guy Jonathan Bernstein to give him his definition, which is to define a ponzi scheme as "a fraud that relies on new investors being unaware of the program's financing mechanism." And OH MY GOSH!!!!! social security is fully transparent therefore it cannot be a Ponzi scheme.

EZRA IS BETTER THAN WELL WHO CARES. HE WINS!!!!!

Except he only wins by willfully changing the definition of a ponzi scheme. I say willfully because he can't be that stupid can he?

4. Dana Milbank: Perry Is Not A Libertarian

A few years ago NRO's Jonah Goldberg coined the term Conservatives in the Mist to describe what happens when liberals set out to explain conservatives to liberals. Recently, we've seen The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza engage in egregious and hopefully painful self-beclowning while attempting to explain garden variety Christianity to his neo-pagan readership.

Now the Washington Post's one-man Fifth Column, the absurd Dana Milbank, undertakes the task of using the Conservatives in the Mist methodology to explain to Republicans why Texas Governor Rick Perry is on the fringe. His killer argument:

"Yes, Perry is passionately anti-government, or at least anti-this-government. But the man who suddenly tops the Republican presidential polls is no libertarian. Rick Perry is a theocrat."

I didn't realize that Rick Perry had ever claimed to be a libertarian.

5. The Arrogant Left Hates Rural, Conservative America.

"It seems unjust to me that someone would be charged when they were protecting their family," state Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, said after the hearing. "I'm at a loss to understand why the U.S. government is pursuing this in the manner they are."

(HT: The Spokesman Review)

Let me break this down for Representative Keough. I'll be blunt here, but without any disrespect intended. Jeremy M. Hill, a US Citizen, from Northern Idaho, shot and killed a female grizzly bear which had entered his backyard while two of his children were playing. This forced the US Government to choose whether it valued the grizzly bear more or two children of a US citizen, who happened to live in a Conservative, rural county.

6. DoJ targets AT&T: The story behind the story

Yesterday it was announced that the Department of Justice will attempt to block AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile. The deal is needed for technical and regulatory reasons to allow AT&T to compete in the 4G wireless market with Verizon, Sprint/Clearwire, and with the upcoming competitor LightSquared. So why is the Department of Justice calling it bad for competition?

Enter R. Gerard Salemme. It's not a well-known name, but it's been an important one in the Obama administration. It's also a name that often comes up in the ventures of one Craig McCaw. Craig McCaw is an equal opportunity donor who gives to anyone who looks likely to win, including Gore 2000, Bush 2004, and both sides in 2008.

That $2,300 donation to Obama sure is paying off.

7. Obama Makes the Case for State Control of Surface Transportation

Yesterday, Barack Obama decried the gridlock that has prevented Congress from passing a long-term surface transportation bill (highway bill) as unacceptable and inexcusable. He also asserted that we must formulate a policy in which funding would be directed to those districts that need it the most, instead of politically motivated pork, such as the bridge to nowhere (which he supported in the Senate). Well, unknowingly, Obama has made a strong case for transferring surface transportation funding, and its accompanying revenue source; the gasoline tax, back to the states.

8. Is Ryan Lizza An Idiot or Willfully Distorting Christian Theology?

From Ben Domenech's excellent Transom, I found out some news I did not have when I wrote yesterday about Ryan Lizza's The New Yorker article where he got major, substantive facts wrong.

One of the things Lizza did was tie Michele Bachmann to Francis Schaeffer and Nancy Pearcey, who Lizza opined are "dominionists." Well, Schaeffer may be dead, but Nancy Pearcey is very much alive and has her own website. She has responded to Lizza's piece.

9. 'Jihad Joe' and the Radicalization of American Muslims

AT A TIME when so many books on politics, religion, and world events are little more than puffed-up pamphlets which are simultaneously high on hyper-partisanship and low on facts, J. M. Berger's Jihad Joe, a treatment of the radicalization and actions of American Muslims who have dedicated themselves to "violent jihad" (the author's chosen term), is a breath of fresh - and troubling - air. Painstakingly researched and heavily footnoted (the author, an investigative journalist, consulted thousands of pages of court records and documents obtained through FOIA request, as well as source material from the making of multiple documentaries on jihadi activities in Bosnia and in the U.S.), Jihad Joe does not couch opinion as fact, but instead makes use of often disparate stories and information sources to weave together a factual account of radicalized American Muslims, from their diverse motivations and processed of radicalization to their actions.

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for September 1, 2011

Solyndra closes Fremont plant - stimulus hopes dim
 The San Francisco Chronicle

U.S. Sues to Stop AT&T Deal for T-Mobile USA
 The Wall Street Journal

Obama wants road project funding to create jobs
 The Washington Examiner

Latest Heritage Research:

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Congress Must Set High Bar for White House Strategic Communications Plan

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The U.S. Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister

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Obama's Peculiar Obsession with Infrastructure Banks Will Not Aid Economic Revival

Praise the "Burqa" as a truly great symbol of female liberation.

Say you've always respected the notion that it's a woman's inalienable right to go out in public dressed like a tent. 

**VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS **

Terrorist Prison Blues

Steve Emerson 

The Walls That Divide Europe

Herbert London 

Alias Ahoy! Iran's Shipping Shell Game in Hong Kong

Claudia Rosett

Alias Ahoy! Iran's Shipping Shell Game in Hong Kong

Claudia Rosett

Rollback the Muslim Brotherhood

Frank Gaffney, Jr. 

The Perils of a Remilitarized Sinai

Caroline Glick 

Screw Up, Move Up, Cover Up: The Fast and Furious Edition

Michelle Malkin 

Brotherhood Wealth and a Call for Murder of Israeli Ambassador

The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report 

August 31, 2011
 
  EGYPTIAN SHEIK WANTS GLOBAL SHARIA   What would Egypt look like if the mujahideen gains control of the country? Tourism would be banned, there would be no art, music or alcohol allowed-- there would also be a global campaign to impose Sharia Law and exterminate Christians. See the details HERE.

BECK BLASTS HUFFPO OVER RACE COMMENTS   On Tuesday's show, Glenn Beck explained his thoughts about the use of the term "African-American" to describe black Americans. The Huffington Post appears to have misquoted Beck and deliberately taken his comments out of context. Watch a video of Glenn's monologue-reply on this story HERE.

jUSTICE BLOCKS AT&T'S T-MOBILE PURCHASE   A huge telecommunications merger has been put on hold by the Justice Department. Worries that AT&T's $39 billion dollar deal to buy T-Mobile would create less competition and cost consumers more money are cited as reasons for this action. See the details HERE.

mORE ON OBAMA'S 'UNCLE OMAR', 10TH AMENDMENT IS RACIST, RECESSION 2.0 IS HERE   Each morning and evening the Blog section of The Blaze gathers an interesting basket of stories and posts them in our 'Must-Read" department. Please enjoy Wednesday's buffet of brilliance HERE.

Terrorist Alive 'Thanks to Beinisch' - MK Katz

NU chairman has no doubt as to how a lone terrorist could have injured 8 security men and emerged alive: court policy is to blame.
by Gil Ronen, INN

The terrorist who went on a rampage in Tel Aviv Sunday night managed to injure eight security men, some seriously, but is still alive and has only light injuries. How did this happen? National Union Chairman MK Yaakov Katz says soldiers and police are simply afraid that the courts will persecute them if they use force against the enemy.

"The fear of Supreme Court President Beinisch has fallen upon the soldiers and policemen of Israel," MK Katz said.

"The behavior of the State Attorney's Office and the legal system lately against security guards, policemen, soldiers and officers who staunchly defended the Nation of Israel - and were rewarded by being sent to jail - weakens the security forces," he explained.

"Fear and trembling seize them and in any confrontation between an Arab terrorist...

Read the whole entry »

Poll: Israeli Youth Identifies with the Right

Poll finds Israeli teens identify with the right, want Lieberman to be prime minister and don't want Israel to concede territories.
by Elad Benari, INN

A new poll whose results were released on Monday has found that most youth in Israel tend to identify with the right side of the political map.

According to the results reported on Channel 10 News, 17% of high school students believe that Israel's next Prime Minister should be outspoken rightist Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu). Lieberman is followed by well-known leftist journalist and television personality, Yair Lapid (who has not officially announced he is running for politics but who has openly expressed his desire to rebuild his late father's, Tommy Lapid's militantly secular and anti-hareidi Shinui party), who got 13%. Current Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu received only 8%.

"There are an additional three percent who mentioned Kahane, Marzel and Ben Ari,"...

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Netanyahu is going with the flow

By Ted Belman

Barak made a generous offer in 2001. Livni was even more generous and Olmert went "as far as Israel could go". Now its Netanyahu's turn to give away the land.

David Radek, HAARETZ, reports Netanyahu examining possible future borders of a Palestinian state.

You will recall that Obama wanted Israel to present a map. Evidently Netanyahu has been working on one with the advice of Tezra, who prepared the map for the Olmert offer.

During the peace talks that followed the Annapolis Conference in November 2007, Terza was part of the negotiating team on border issues. He was the one who drew up the withdrawal map that Olmert presented to Abbas in August-September 2008. The Olmert map included an Israeli withdrawal from 93.2 percent of the West Bank, with a land swap encompassing 6.5 percent of the territory.
netanyahu - Michal Fattal - August 30 2011

Terza also drew the map that Livni presented in her talks with PA official Ahmed...

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NATO and al Jazeera perpetrate a hoax - maybe

By Ted Belman

What's in blockquotes is only the beginning of the story. Read the rest if you like. Thanks to reader Andy Lewis, I reconsidered it's publication. Felix Quigley came to my defense for posting it.

It comes from a far left site and may itself be propaganda. But I have learned over the years not to trust what official news outlets in the West are telling me. So it help-s to go to an alternative viewpoint to get an independent take on things. I often get such a take from Asia Times or Pravda.

One example of Western propaganda is what we were treated to in the story of Serbia and Kosovo. NATO wanted us to believe that Serbia was the bad guy and needed to be bombed. It turned out it was far from the truth.

By Metro Gael, GLOBAL RESEARCH Aug 23/11

Al Jazeera - caught in the biggest media lie hoax anyone has ever seen
The scale of this is breathtaking.

Al Jazeera, contrary to what most believe, is NOT independent Arab TV. It is wholly owned by the State of...

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Al Gore's Tale (Gore equates opponents of cap and trade to racists)

by Bill Levinson

Al Gore Likens Global Warming Doubters to Racists 

Former vice president Al Gore recently compared climate change doubters to racists.

Albert Gore is simply the 21st century's version of a medieval indulgence peddler who sold you remission from time in a conveniently invisible Purgatory. Now, with due credit to Geoffrey Chaucer for the original, we have The Pardoner's Al Gore's Tale

Now, good men, Earth forgive you each trespass,
And keep you from the sin of greenhouse gas.
My carbon offsets cure and will suffice,
So that it gains me gold, or silver brings,
Or else, I care not- brooches, spoons or rings.
You must embrace fully Al Gore's line of bull
While o'er your eyes we will pull the wool!
An offset certificate I'll give you, anon,
And into environmental bliss you'll go, each one.
For I'll absolve you, by Kyoto's special power,
You that send me money, as Green this hour
As you were...

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Palestinians Attack Ambulance with Molotov Cocktail

Palestinians again prove themselves nithings: self-made subhuman monsters and enemies of all Civilization
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Lockerbie Bomber Betrayal

By Stephen Brown

Gratitude for American assistance seems to have evaporated even before the guns have gone silent.
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Booting Melson Won't Contain Gunwalker Scandal

By Arnold Ahlert

Only whistle-blower fired, while major players transfered, with some seemingly promoted.
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The Rise of Islamic No-Go Zones

By Mark Tapson

Europe is occupied territory.
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The Truthophobes

By Joseph Klein

Would top Islamic clerics agree with Fear Inc.'s presentation of Islam?
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Where Are Qaddafi and His Sons?

By Ryan Mauro

Libyan rebels consider Algeria's welcoming of Qaddafi family an act of aggression.
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Germany: Israel's Most Important EU Ally

By Joseph Puder

The nation that perpetrated the Holocaust is now Israel's best friend in Europe.
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Special Report On Ground-Zero Mosque:
Will Mosque Be Federally Funded?

Reports are circulating once again that the developers of
the Ground Zero Mosque have applied for a federally-funded
grant to help build the mosque within sight of Ground Zero.

Is it true that our tax dollars could help build the
Ground Zero Mosque?

In short, the answer is yes, but this is not "new" news.
Last year, news broke that the developers had applied for
a grant of $5 million from the Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation (LMDC) as part of LMDC's "Community and Cultural
Enhancement Program."

Many news sources reported this story (see links below).

Is the LMDC funded with federal tax dollars? Yes. LMDC received
a $2 billion grant from the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. This grant makes possible programs such as the
"Community and Cultural Enhancement Program."

What's more, religious organizations are invited to apply
for Program funds.

Our sources indicate that the status of the Ground Zero
Mosque's application is unknown (LMDC has made no
determination on the application or that determination
has not been made public.)

But the fact that Ground Zero Mosque developers are openly
courting a federally-funded grant and are now using the
9/11 10th anniversary to promote their fundraising goals
emphasizes that they are very serious about establishing
a new mosque at Ground Zero.

+ + Petitions will be presented to City Officials.

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.

During these events, we will be delivering petitions and
presenting our 9/11 Remembrance lapel pin to first
responders and family members of victims as a special
gift from fellow Americans.

           Patriots, if you want to be included in this
           petition presentation to honor those who
           have fallen and oppose this new version of
           the Ground Zero Mosque, please go here:

http://www.grassfire.com/136/petition.asp?ref_id=500064

We are finalizing preparations for next week's delivery
and need to hear from you as soon as possible.

Once again, organizers of the Ground Zero Mosque are openly
seeking $5 million in grants from a federally funded program.
They are using the 9/11 event to raise millions more for
their cause.

If you want your voice to be heard, please sign the
petition and notify your friends.

Grassfire Nation

Resources:

Original news reports on Mosque funding request:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=49432&RID=26072461

http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=49433&RID=26072461

LMDC program
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?U=49434&RID=26072461

Massive Taxpayer-Backed Solar Panel Manufacturer Goes Bankrupt

Solyndra shuts its doors

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QUICK HITS

There are still "glaring gaps" in U.S. counterterrorism actions according to former 9/11 Commission co-chairmen Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton. They plan to issue a report on the commission's recommendations today.

AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka-as well as Latino, gay and women's rights advocates-are calling for President Obama to take a confrontational tone next week when he announces his jobs plan.

Minorities are now the majority of the population in eight big-city metropolitan regions, according to census data. Non-Hispanic whites are a minority in 22 of the country's 100-biggest urban areas.

Libya's capital city of Tripoli is divided a week after rebels took control from dictator Muammar Qadhafi's forces. The territory is divided into fiefs, each controlled by brigades representing different geographic areas of the country.

The federal government has sued a major trucking company for its firing of a driver with an admitted alcohol abuse problem. Read the story on Foundry.org.

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The Foundation

"[T]he problem to be solved is, not what form of Government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect." --James Madison

Editorial Exegesis

"Ben Bernanke's annual Jackson Hole policy speech on Friday ... contained little news about monetary policy. But such is the Federal Reserve Chairman's influence among the Wall Street-media establishment that his speech is being celebrated as a rebuke of Congress for its fiscal drama. ... Mr. Bernanke is shrewd enough not to take overt partisan sides, but his words were quickly interpreted as a rebuke to Republicans for their recent debt-limit showdown with President Obama. ... Mr. Bernanke also lectured that 'U.S. fiscal policy must be placed on a sustainable path,' though not by cutting spending in the short-term. So the Fed chief joins the Keynesian queue of spending St. Augustines -- Lord, make us fiscally chaste, but not yet. The Fed chief must not understand Congress if he thinks you can encourage it to spend more now and somehow expect it to discover discipline later. The natural instinct of any legislature is to spend, so whenever a Congress is willing to cut domestic outlays you have to grab the offer. Mr. Bernanke's riff undercuts the few reformers who really do want to put spending 'on a sustainable path.' ... The remarks also sound like an alibi for the Fed's own inability to midwife a faster recovery. Republicans have run the House for fewer than eight months. Mr. Bernanke has been Fed Chairman since February 2006 and has presided over 32 months of historically easy monetary policy in the name of spurring faster growth and avoiding deflation. What we have instead is a mild stagflation -- 1% GDP growth, 9.1% unemployment, and a commodity price bubble that has robbed middle-class real incomes. Is this John Boehner's fault? We certainly hope Republicans in Congress and on the Presidential trail are paying attention, though not in the way Mr. Bernanke intends. The Chairman's speech continues his habit of taking the Fed into political territory far beyond its mandate, and Republicans should be thinking carefully about ways to rein it back in." --The Wall Street Journal

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"The debt stood at $10.6 trillion when Barack Obama took office in January 2009. Now, it's about $14.4 trillion. ... By the time Obama finishes his first term, he will have increased the national debt by somewhere in the $5 trillion-to-$6 trillion range -- more than Bush did in two terms. None of this is to say that George W. Bush had a good record on spending. He didn't, and he's fair game for criticism. But is it honest to condemn reckless spending in 'eight years of Republican rule' when Democrats controlled the Senate for four of those years and the House for two? Is it honest to talk about the 'cost' of the Bush tax cuts when federal revenues increased significantly while they were in effect? And is it honest to refer to Bush's ballooning deficits when deficits actually trended down for much of his presidency -- at least before Democrats won control of Congress? Of course Obama partisans would like to pin the president's troubles on Bush. But they should get their facts straight first." --columnist Byron York

"Obama doesn't meditate, cogitate, contemplate or deliberate about job creation, because he thinks he's already got it figured out. The only thing he's doing is strategizing how best to convince the people, against all their reason and instincts, that his failed policies will work if he keeps trying. Meanwhile, he continues to wreak havoc on the market with his onerous tax, regulatory and administrative policies. We know better than to fall for his promise to cut $10 billion through regulatory relaxation. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said the proposal was 'underwhelming,' and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said the changes 'will not have a material impact on the economy.' Just more smoke and mirrors." --columnist David Limbaugh

"The vast uncertainties created by ObamaCare create a special problem. If employers knew that ObamaCare would add $1,000 to their costs of hiring an employee, then they could simply reduce the salaries they offer by $1,000 and start hiring. But, since it will take years to create all the regulations required to carry out ObamaCare, employers today don't know whether the ObamaCare costs that will hit them down the road will be $500 per employee or $5,000 per employee. Many businesses work their existing employees overtime or hire temporary workers, rather than get stuck with unknown and unknowable costs for expanding their permanent work force." --economist Thomas Sowell

"[T]here are interesting stories that you have to catch up with when you can, like a moving train. The Justice Department's raid on four Gibson guitar factories [over supposedly illegal wood] is in that category. The raid took place last Wednesday. ... [CEO Henry] Juszkiewicz says that the government of the country where [their] rosewood comes from certified it for export, and Gibson jumps through rather elaborate hoops before it buys the wood after it is imported to the U.S. ... One of the ironies, as you might expect, is that America is a trivial importer of rosewood from Madagascar and India. ... If nothing else, this incident illustrates the misguided priorities of the Obama administration. Harassing American businesses on frivolous grounds is not exactly what our economy needs at the moment. But the anti-business Obama administration just can't help itself." --blogger John Hinderaker

Insight

"The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts." --English professor Bergan Evans (1904-1978)

"Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery." --President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)

The Demo-gogues

All he needs is time: "What we went through, was the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and typically after financial recessions, financial crises like this, it takes a long time for the patient to heal. This is a situation where the economy essentially had a heart attack, and the patient lived, and the patient is getting better, but it's getting better very slowly." --Barack Obama

Blame Game: "All these ideas [for jobs] are ones that have been presented to Congress. We'll be putting out several other additional ideas. We've got to do it, unfortunately, at a time when money is tight. George Bush left us [a] $1 trillion deficit." --Barack Obama, blaming Bush

Blame Game II: "My attitude is that my job is to present the best plans possible. Congress needs to act. If Congress does not act, then I'm going to be going on the road and talking to folks, and this next election very well may end up being a referendum on whose vision of America is better." --Barack Obama, blaming Congress

Blame Game III: "The Tea-Party driven Republicans -- it's made it very difficult to get progressive things done for this Congress." --Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), blaming the Tea Party

Government is the answer: "Government and politics are two different things. ... So don't be confused, as frustrated as you are about politics. Don't buy into this notion that somehow government is what's holding us back." --Barack Obama, blaming the voters

Dezinformatsia

"Federal Family" -- the new talking point: "Since the end of last year's hurricane season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been working with the nation's entire emergency management team to get ready for this year's hurricane season. That team includes the entire federal family, state, local and tribal governments, the faith-based and non-profit communities, and the private sector." --McClatchy Newspapers op-ed by Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Jack Hayes, director of the National Weather Service, using a talking point from the White House

Hot air: "When we add all of these risk factors together, we can say with a great deal of confidence that in the future, there will be more and more events like Irene. We can comfort ourselves by saying that this particular storm was not necessarily caused by global warming. Or we can acknowledge the truth, which is that we are making the world a more dangerous place and, what's more, that we know it." --The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert

Hope 'n' Climate Change: "How do you maintain hope? Because sometimes I read about the climate, and I just sort of despair, or I want to throw in the towel. And I wonder since you're out there every day, you're here talking to me now, how do you avoid that?" --MSNBC's Chris Hayes to environmental activist Bill McKibben

Information gatekeepers: "People are scared. We have to be on target in terms of the information that we're giving. There is comfort in knowing. There is more fear when there is ignorance. Our job is to fight fear by telling them what they need to know." --NBC's Today Show co-host Ann Curry

Newspulper Headlines:

Out on a Limb: "Zogby: Voters Might Be Tuning Obama Out" --U.S. News & World Report website

So Much for the War on Drugs: "4-Foot Crack Found in Washington Monument" --WRC-TV website (Washington)

True, but That's a Low Standard: "'The Free Enterprise System Has Lifted More People Out of Poverty Than All Government Programs Combined'" --National Review Online

He's Always Reading Fiction off the Teleprompter: "Obama Summer Reading List Leans Toward Fiction" --Reuters

Questions Nobody Is Asking: "Can Another Speech Really Help Obama?" --New York Times website

Breaking News From 2012: "S&P Replaces President After U.S. Downgrade" --Reuters

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

Village Idiots

Keen sense of the obvious: "[I]t is clear that the recovery from the crisis has been much less robust than we had hoped." --Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

The BIG Lie: "America is imperiled not because we're broke but because Americans are being fed continuous lies by Fox News and [The Wall Street Journal] editorial page." --former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich

Sometimes they get it right: "The best ideas, I've always said, in education are never going to come from me or frankly from anyone else in Washington." --Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (Finally -- somebody in this administration who can tell the truth!)

That's racist! "My generation watched Bull Connor turning the hose on civil rights demonstrators and we went, 'Whoa! How gross and evil is that?' My generation asked old people, 'Explain to me again why it is okay to discriminate against people because their skin color is different?' And when they couldn't really answer that question with integrity, the change really started. ... [W]e still have racism, God knows, but it's so different now, it's so much better. And we have to win the conversation on climate. In some quarters is has become almost politically incorrect [sic] to use the word." --populist potentate of eco-theology Al Gore comparing present day warming skeptics to racists

That's racist, too! "When we see some of the opposition to [ObamaCare], we really ought to go back and remember the opposition to the civil rights law in the '60s to see what we've come through and to see that the fight's worth it. I don't want to say that the health care law is as important as the civil rights law. But there really are some analogies." --Jay Angoff, Health and Human Services bureaucrat

History lessons: "[A]s I close, I close with the recognition that [MLK] is standing, Lincoln is seated. Lincoln remembered for signing the Declaration of Independence. Daddy being remembered as standing up for truth and standing up for justice and standing up for righteousness and standing up for peace and standing up for freedom. Daddy is now standing on the National Mall in our nation's capital." --Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., the dedication of the new memorial for her father in Washington, DC (Lincoln, of course, signed the Emancipation Proclamation, not the Declaration of Independence.)

Short Cuts

"Just 17 percent of Americans said they have a positive overall view of the federal government, compared to 63 percent who have a negative view. ... [P]ublic sentiment toward the federal government is at its lowest point in eight years. Apart from a slight bump following Obama's election in 2008, it's been on a steady decline, which has resumed now that people don't seem to be as 'hopeful' about 'change they can believe in.'" --columnist Andrew Stiles

"Washington D.C.'s earthquake prompted an immediate evacuation of all federal office buildings. No one's hurt. The government came to a complete halt at twelve o'clock noon and by sundown the United States was debt-free and the budget was balanced." --comedian Argus Hamilton

"Meanwhile, an aimless depression from the tropics stalled in Washington, D.C. But enough about Barack Obama, let's talk about Hurricane Irene." --Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto

"Hurricane Irene wasn't that bad. In fact, it was downgraded to a tropical storm. Even our hurricanes are getting downgraded. Maybe Irene owed money to China too." --comedian Jay Leno

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

Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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With No Mystery About Their Candidate, Dems Make Big Deal of Official DNC Logo

 Critic Likens GOP's Attempts to Force UN Reform to Deadly Suicide Bombing

2 Resignations Over Operation Fast and Furious

Official: Obama's Uncle Here Illegally Since 1992

Obama to Make West Coast Swing in September

Workers Search for Leak in Washington Monument

COMMENTARY: 

Obama's "Green Jobs" Hoax

By Discover The Networks
 

Efforts to create large numbers of "green jobs" have had disastrous economic repercussions wherever they have been implemented, most notably in Spain, Italy, Germany, and Denmark. But President Obama and the American Left are unfazed by the empirical evidence.

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Unreported Details About Obama's Illegal Alien Uncle - 8/28/2011

Cartoon of the Day: Obama's Bus Didn't Quite Have Everything

After a scheduling tussle, Obama will address Congress on Thursday
By Sam Youngman
 

In a likely foreshadowing of a contentious work session to come, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) agreed on when the president could present his jobs plan only after a heated back and forth over scheduling.

A contentious and public disagreement over when the president would give his jobs speech to a joint session of Congress erupted Wednesday and ended when the White House accepted the Speaker's proposed date.

Press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement Wednesday night that Obama had agreed to speak on Thursday Sept. 8 instead of Sept. 7, the day which the president originally requested.

"The president is focused on the urgent need to create jobs and grow our economy, so he welcomes the opportunity to address a Joint Session of Congress on Thursday, Sept. 8th and challenge our nation's leaders to start focusing 100 percent of their attention on doing whatever they can to help the American people," Carney said.

Read the full story here.

Obama requests joint session address for jobs speech
By Sam Youngman    

President Obama has requested a joint session of Congress next week to deliver his jobs speech directly to lawmakers.

White House communications director said in a tweet Wednesday that Obama has asked for the 8 p.m. session on Sept. 7.

Read the full story here.

Justice Department files to block merger of AT&T and T-Mobile
By Brendan Sasso    

The Justice Department has filed court papers to block AT&T's $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.

In a court filing, Justice said the merger of the two companies would stifle competition in the mobile market.

Read the full story here.

Don't Miss Your Chance to Comment on NLRB's Proposed Rule Change

The National Labor Relations Board is proposing to change the rules for holding union representation elections. While the NLRB claims the new rules will improve the election process, these changes will actually force "ambush" elections on employers in as little as 10 days, without giving employers an opportunity to educate workers on the implications of forming a union. This rule change threatens jobs and workplace harmony.

Members of the SEIU in their comments said: "any step to improve the election process for working people trying to form a union is welcome," and members of the AFL-CIO similarly said they "welcome your rule to improve the process for working people trying to form unions."

But ambushing companies and workers with elections before they understand the stakes is not an improvement to an already well-functioning process.

The NLRB is accepting reply comments through Tuesday, September 6th.

Americans for Prosperity Foundation wants to make it as easy as possible for you to place reply comments on the record to answer the unions demand for these "quickie union elections" intended to increase a union's likelihood of success and force workers into unions without the benefit of understanding the high stakes in a representation election.

Please click here to file a reply comment with the NLRB.

Thank you for your attention to this issue,

Yosemite National Park spending 3.8 million tax dollars to save $50,000; might break even in 2088

Aug 31, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

Yosemite National Park has installed the largest solar energy system in the whole United States National Park System. The system will provide 672 kilowatts which is 12% of the park's yearly electric power requirements. The system installed by Suntek (doesn't that name make you just want to hug a tree?) consists of 2,800 solar panels "tastefully" integrated into the existing architecture of Yosmite's  administrative and maintenance compound.

A 500 kilowatt solar canopy covers the parking lot, a 100 kW rooftop section serves as a collection system on top of the warehouse and an additional 72 kWs wrap the building's outer walls. Nevertheless, before you jump up and shout "Holy renewable energy!" consider the dark side of this "money and energy saving green policy."

New meaning to the term "Lifetime guarantee"

 The system cost $4.5 million and over the next five years the Park will receive $700,000 in energy rebates to ... Continue Reading:Yosemite National Park spending 3.8 million tax dollars to save $50,000; might break even in 2088

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Poor In America: Not What You Imagine

By bobguzzardi on Aug 31, 2011 06:59 am

43,000,000 million Americans, one in seven, live in poverty. How poor are America's poor? The typical poor family has at least two color TVs, a VCR, and a DVD player. One-third have a wide-screen, plasma, or LCD TV. And the typical poor family with children has a video-game system such as Xbox or PlayStation. Plugged-In ...

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Ethanol: 3-fer: $.45 Tax Credit - $.54 Tariff and Mandates (10 to 15%)

By bobguzzardi on Aug 31, 2011 06:58 am

"You can either subsidize [ethanol] or you can protect it or you can mandate that it be used. In this case we're doing all three," Ellis said. What Ellis refers to is that aside from the 45-cent per gallon tax credit, there is a 54-cent tariff on imported ethanol, a federal effort to thwart the ...

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Lower Merion Jenny Brown: Comments on Lower Merion's Majority Historically High Spending

By bobguzzardi on Aug 31, 2011 06:06 am

Majority Commissioners Balancing Budget on Backs of Productive and Prudent Taxpayers, earners, savers, investors in job creating businesses which meet a payroll. This letter from The Forgotten Taxpayer's BFF Commissioner Jenny Brown and letter to the editor brings to our attention the common sense ideas of Lower Merion Citizens for Responsible Budget.   From Commissioner ...
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Sen. Toomey Commends Administration's Proposal To Eliminate Deadlines For Street Sign Mandate

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The Diet Dictators' Attack on Consumer Choice and Free Speech

By Diane Katz

Federal regulators recently unleashed plans intended to radically restrict food choices for American children. Nutritional staples such as Cheerios, peanut butter, and yogurt are verboten under the proposed standards, which effectively constitute a government-regulated grocery list. Proponents contend they have only the best interests of overweight children in mind. Whether pursuing weight loss or some other high-minded goal, however, the action is unproductive and likely unconstitutional.

Nanny-State Nutritionists

The focus of this latest caloric crackdown is government censorship of food advertising, disguised as "guidelines" crafted by the four federal agencies that wield extensive regulatory powers over the nation's foodstuffs.[1] This so-called "Independent Working Group" (IWG) believes that suppressing advertising and promotion about dietary choices will eliminate obesity among the playground set-despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

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The Madness of King Gore the Second

They say that everyone talks about the weather, and no one ever does anything about it-- but since the mid-1980's we've been expected to do things about it. Two generations of children have grown up with the mantra that putting the empty soda in the right trash can is all that stands between them and the destruction of the planet, not to mention all the dead dolphins, paddling polar bears and crying indians.

There are just too many people, we're told, and too many of them are buying things and eating things and living too long. And all that is killing the planet. Sure you can guzzle Fair Trade coffee until your face turns green, bike to work until you're sterile and smugly lecture everyone else on the importance of saving the planet-- but no matter what you do, you're coughing up carbon into the air like a defective air conditioner.

To get some perspective on this, let's visit Tokyo, one of the major centers of the global economy, (not literally of course, because that's just too expensive) home of the Japanese royal family and the largest metropolitan area on the planet. When Hollywood writers imagine what the world will look like in 2282 or 5692 or some other random collection of numbers that leads to a world where everyone wears silver spandex and is rebelling against a totalitarian government, they usually use Tokyo as a model of the terrible future of flying cars, soulless skyscrapers and genetic scans that we're bound for.

GOP: Say NO to Endorsements

Many in the conservative grass roots and Tea Party movement have been frustrated over many years by the primary endorsement process of the Republican Party committee apparatus. We have seen the PA State Committee effectively determine the outcome of elections before the primary through a flawed endorsement process that rewards those candidates that tend to "toe the line" and punish the "radical" limited government candidates that they view as "uncontrollable".

The primary endorsement process has given us a long list of forgettable candidates that neither understood nor supported true limited government. The purpose of the primary is to allow the voters to decide which candidate is worthy of running in the general election, not be dictated to by the party.
  Pennsylvania is one of only three states (NY and NJ the others) to endorse candidates before the primary. The unendorsed candidates are blacklisted and are not permitted to attend party functions and events. Without the party endorsement it is nearly impossible to win a primary.

The Republican PA State Committee will vote on September 16^th on a motion to either endorse before the primary or not endorse.

The Washington County, PA 9.12 Project has launched a statewide effort to convince PA Republican Committee persons to vote against endorsement of candidates before the primary.

We are asking ALL limited government supporters to contact their Republican Committee persons and ask them to vote to NOT endorse before the primary. You can find a list of all PA Republican Committee persons at http://thepacoalition.com/?p=2194

White House could unveil mortgage plan next week

Romer doesn't like it, "homeowners tend to be wealthier."

The Obama administration is considering unveiling new plans next week to revive the ailing housing market and reduce foreclosures, including an effort to help troubled borrowers refinance their mortgages.

The administration has been working for weeks on how to implement a mortgage relief program. President Barack Obama could include a nod to the plan in a speech on job creation next week, sources familiar with the administration's plans said.

Click here to read the full article at Reuters

Perry panic fires up the left

Sharpton using that evil Palin 'gun-speak'

In his two weeks as a presidential candidate, Rick Perry has done something that neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney could do: wake up the left.

Perry panic has spread from the conference rooms of Washington, D.C., to the coffee shops of Brooklyn, with the realization that the conservative Texan could conceivably become the 45th president of the United States, a wave of alarm centering around Perry's drawling, small-town affect and stands on core cultural issues such as women's rights, gun control, the death penalty, and the separation of church and state.

Click here to read the full article at Politico

President Obama's uncle had Social Security ID

How many illegal immigrant relatives does the President have?

President Obama's accused drunken-driving uncle - who was busted after a near collision with a Framingham cop - has had a valid Social Security number for at least 19 years, despite being an illegal immigrant ordered to be deported back to Kenya, the Herald has learned.

The president's 67-year-old uncle, Obama Onyango, has had a valid Massachusetts driver's license and Social Security number since at least 1992, said Registry of Motor Vehicles spokesman Michael Verseckes.

Click here to read the full article at the Boston Herald

Obama: Could add 1 million jobs

President is 'pretty sure' he can add a million jobs

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday there were a range of policy options available that could create up to a million new U.S. jobs, in remarks ahead of a major economic speech that he will deliver next week.

Obama must boost growth and bring down unemployment to be confident of winning another White House term in the November 2012 general election. Economists are skeptical he will get Congress to agree to significant new spending on jobs.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

Progressives urge bold measures in Obama's pending jobs proposal

"No tax cuts for evil corporations"

Progressive activists are urging President Obama to go big and go daring when he releases his new jobs proposals next week.  Whether they get what they want is a different story entirely.

MoveOn and around 70 other liberal groups sent a letter Tuesday to the president, pleading with him to roll out a jobs plan that matches the scope of the unemployment problem - and signaling that Obama should not unveil a plan whose major selling point was that it could appeal to some Republicans. 

Click here to read the full article at The Hill

Some U.S. firms paid more to CEOs than taxes: study

Immelt is on the list

Twenty-five of the 100 highest paid U.S. CEOs earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax, a pay study said on Wednesday.

It also found many of the companies spent more on lobbying than they did on taxes. 

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

They hate government - until they need it

Written by Jesse Jackson

Irene has hit, leaving destruction in its wake. We could track Irene and prepare for it; we could not stop it. And now, states and localities, despite the secessionist mumblings of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, cannot pay to repair the damage. Representatives from North Carolina to Virginia to New Jersey, even those most vocal about slashing government spending, now call on Washington for help.  Conservatives scorn government until they need it.

The economic disaster is a manmade, not a natural, disaster. Some economists, mostly ignored, warned about it, but could not stop it. And now, it will take federal action to repair the damage.

Click here to read the full article at the Chicago Sun-Times

Manufacturing a recovery

GE executive thinks more tax dollars should go to invest in GE

The United States became the world's largest economy because we invented products and then made them with new processes. With design and fabrication side by side, insights from the factory floor flowed back to the drawing board. Today, our most important task is to restart this virtuous cycle of invention and manufacturing.

Rebuilding our manufacturing capacity requires the demolition of the idea that the United States can thrive on its service sector alone. We need to create at least 20 million jobs in the next decade to offset the effects of the recession and to address our $500 billion trade deficit in manufactured goods. These problems are related, given that the service sector accounts for only 20 percent of world trade.  

Click here to read the full article at the New York Times

Gibson CEO says wood is properly imported

Any rock stars going to defend him?

The head of Gibson Guitar Corp. said Thursday that the company is being unfairly targeted after a raid by federal authorities at factories in Memphis and Nashville.

Henry Juszkiewicz, CEO of Nashville-based Gibson, said at a news conference that authorities didn't specify what they were investigating during Wednesday's raids, but have suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal.

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AT&T, T-Mobile pledge to bring 5,000 jobs to U.S.

No mention of a tax-credit

 AT&T Inc. is pledging to bring 5,000 wireless call center jobs, currently based abroad, back to the U.S. if it is allowed to proceed with its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.

The company is also promising that the merger would not result in any job losses for AT&T and T-Mobile USA wireless call center employees who are on the payroll in the U.S. when the deal closes.

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We have changed the debate in this country. Two years ago, Washington was focused on new ways to spend trillions in new programs - today, the debate has finally turned towards ways our government can get its fiscal house in order.

You elected the new House Republican majority with orders to stop Washington from spending money it doesn't have, and we listened. The jobs and savings of too many Americans are at stake for Washington to continue ducking the toughest choices.

This spring, the House passed a budget that would cut spending by trillions of dollars and encourage private-sector job creation - without raising taxes. Among its key components are tax reforms that close unfair tax loopholes, while lowering the tax rates for everyone.

Unfortunately, the Democrats who still control the Senate and the White House rejected both our budget and a House-passed "Cut, Cap, and Balance" plan that would save trillions.

The Budget Control Act, which has now been signed into law, represents a step toward fiscal sanity in Washington, but only a step. It includes roughly a trillion dollars in up front deficit reduction including real caps to restrain future spending, and no new tax increases.

Bottom line, Washington can't keep spending money it does not have. By participating in the YouCut program over the past year and a half, you were among the first Americans to take action in this cause. Together, we have made a lot of progress, but much more remains to be done.

In the weeks and months ahead, be sure to stay tuned, as there will be several unique opportunities for you to participate in the legislative process. Working together, we will change Washington's culture of spending into a culture of savings.

Regards,

Rep. Eric Cantor
Majority Leader  

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

August 31, 2011 

On Wednesday's Program 

Huffpo stoops to new lows in Beck attack

The laziness is nothing new in the latest Beck smear coming from the Huffington Post - once again they've simply read a phony alert from a Soros paid for blog and reposted it. But this one is beneath even their usual crappy standards. The claim: Listen to that racist Glenn Beck wonder why it's bad to call African Americans 'colored' people. Sounds horrible, right? Not so much when listening to the unedited, unmolested actual conversation. Get out the duct tape and check out Glenn's response HERE.

White House commemorates 9/11 by deleting Al Qaeda mentions

The White House is planning ahead for the 10th anniversary of the worst terror attack in U.S. History -- the September 11, 2001 attacks in NYC, PA, and Washington, DC. Those attacks, of course, happened in the United States and were perpetrated by radical Muslim terrorists - but that's not stopping the WH from urging officials to "minimize references to Al Qaeda" and calling for remembrance of all those killed across the globe. Huh? Get the full story from The Blaze.

Hate to say told ya so - but, told ya so: Leaders of Arab Spring in Egypt admit the goal is Sharia -- worldwide! Glenn reacts on radio today. Get the full story at GlennBeck.com.

GBTV: Diary of Anne Frank continues; Glenn Beck premiere looms
 

Glenn Beck's all new two hour program is set to launch on September 12th only on GBTV.com! Are you ready for Glenn Beck unfiltered, unedited, unleashed? Are you ready for a network whose only agenda is the truth? Then you are ready for GBTV! Sign up and be part of the next media revolution - get the Glenn Beck Program and constantly expanding content. Tonight don't miss the continuing series: The Diary of Anne Frank (part 3). And of course great on demand programming such as all of the Restoring Courage events -- sign up now!

Hate or common sense? Muslims protest @ park

A protest broke out after Muslims claimed to be a target of hate at an amusement park. They claim they were denied access to rides because of the hijab headgear they wore -- was it really hate? Check out the response from park officials. Watch and decide.

Remember Restoring Courage

Glenn has said several times that if the movement that was kicked off on 8.24 stops there, it was a failure. No groups, no institutions, no organizations are going to keep the flame going - that's up to you. Keep the spirit alive and share it with your friends! Pre-order your Restoring Courage photo book now. This book, which will be a keepsake in your family for generations to come, will show you exactly why Glenn chose Israel to show the world what courage really looks like.

Cutest video ever? 5-year-old sends news reports on Irene...WATCH.

Obama: Whose vision of America is better?

Obama tries to lay the groundwork that the Tea Party is completely responsible for all of the problems in Washington DC through comments that completely ignore his own abysmal approval ratings. Obama must really be counting on the dummies who aren't paying attention to turn out and vote because about 6 in 10 think Obama is doing a horrible job. Glenn has the audio and reaction on radio today. WATCH.

Actress Daryl Hannah, idiot, gets arrested @ White House

Star of the super super classic 'Splash' Daryl Hannah was busted in front of the White House in what could be described as one of the dumbest protests of all time. She and other enviro-freaks were sitting out in front of the White House protesting oil energy. A great time to take a stand as millions are sitting at home without power, but Daryl is only one small aspect in the world of environmental nut jobs. Glenn's reaction on radio today can be seen HERE.