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912 Patriots of Lower Bucks - Your Daily Updates ALL in ONE Place!
September 13, 2011
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"Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day."
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Glenn Beck is Back!
It's not a good day to be a liberal - correction - there's never a good day to be a liberal, but today is especially a bad day to be a liberal because Glenn Beck is back! The all new 2 hour Glenn Beck Show launches today, September 12th, and can be seen exclusively on GBTV.com weekdays at the familiar 5pm ET time slot.
What is GBTV? GBTV is the beginning of a new media revolution and is the future of how people will consume news and entertainment. Want to see Glenn Beck unleashed? Sign up for GBTV and you'll get that plus so much more. (Get the full list of GBTV features HERE). The new 2 hour Glenn Beck Show on GBTV is packed with entertainment and information featuring Glenn Beck like you've never seen him before. No middle man. No barriers. No filters.
Why Join GBTV? Glenn strongly believes that the solutions to all of our global problems all begin with the individual. That's the main reason he created GBTV - to give people who want to be part of the solution a launching pad to start doing great things. Think of GBTV as a verb - you aren't going there just to sit back and admire the problems - you are going to find out how to be part of solving them.
How do I get GBTV? The best part is GBTV goes wherever you do. From your computer to your television (via a Roku device), plus total access on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch through the GBTV app - GBTV is always available. No more faking illnesses to ensure you're home to watch Glenn. If you've got Internet access, you've got GBTV-live or on demand whenever you want to watch.
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Bering Strait Tunnel to Connect U.S. and Russia
The Blaze | by Tiffany Gabbay | Posted on September 13, 2011 at 12:08am
 The U.S. and Russia have cooperated in space, and now the two countries are adding high seas to the mix, having set their minds on connecting the Eurasian and American continents via an underwater tunnel in the Bering Strait.
Originally conceived in 1906, during the rule of the last Russian Czar, Nicholas II, the project had been deemed unrealistic by many, and put on hold by world wars and revolutions, but now seems to have recaptured the hearts of businessmen on three continents. The tunnel is expected to be twice the size of the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France. The 65 mile giant would be the key component of a 3,700 mile railroad reaching from Yakutsk, Russia to Canada's British Columbia.
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Free Registration for "Introduction to the Constitution"
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Morning Bell: Preserve the Constitution, Now More Than Ever
Ed Meese | September 12, 2011
The Constitution of the United States of America has endured over two centuries. It remains the object of reverence for nearly all Americans and an object of admiration by peoples around the world. Unfortunately, the assault by 20th century liberal theorists and activist judges has seriously undermined respect for America's core principles, denigrating some constitutional rights they disagree with and making up others.
Fortunately, there has been a renewed interest in the Constitution in recent years, as Americans seek to understand the founding principles and enduring truths that form the bedrock of our chosen form of self-government. Clearly, the future of liberty depends on America reclaiming its constitutional first principles.
In that spirit, The Heritage Foundation is hosting an extraordinary series of events as we do our part to Preserve the Constitution. Heritage's Preserve the Constitution Series will feature the nation's most respected judges, legal scholars, and policy analysts as they discuss how to combat these attacks on the rule of law and the Constitution.
Read more: Featured Posts 10 Years After 9/11, God Bless America Chart of the Week: How Social Security Is Contributing to the Spending Crisis Illegal Immigration: Fixing the Entire System More 'Stimulus' Spending on Failed Public Safety Grant Programs Michigan Takes on Welfare Reform QUICK HITS Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama joined together to pay tribute to those who perished on September 11 in a ceremony at Ground Zero in New York City on Sunday. A Taliban truck bomb exploded outside an American military base in an eastern district of Afghanistan on Saturday, injuring nearly 80 U.S. troops and killing five Afghans. President Obama will send his $447 billion jobs proposal to Congress tomorrow and is reportedly planning to make an announcement about his plan in the White House Rose Garden. Britain's major banks will pay an estimated $11.2 billion annually to implement proposed reforms designed to make banking safer and keep the economy running if a bank nears collapse. What needs to be done to fix America's illegal immigration system? Heritage's Israel Ortega explains on Foundry.org. |
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Please join us at our next
Citizens for Constitutional Government meeting.
Speaker: Leo Knepper, State Director Pennsylvania, Heritage Action for America
Subject: The Debt, Deficit and Debt Ceiling: Problems and Solutions in a free market economy
Bring your questions so you can speak with an informed voice to your Senators and Congressman about their vote on the debt ceiling. We must make our voice heard. If the votes of OUR representatives weaken, instead of strengthen our economy, and do nothing to attack the root of our fiscal crisis...and we say nothing, are we not also responsible for the demise of our free market economy?
Date: TUESDAY, September 13
Time: 7 P.M.
Place: Quakertown Library, 401 W. Mill St.
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Help us man our table at the Gun Show, Valley Forge Convention Center
September 16, 17 and 18
Next weekend,we need two hours or so of your time. Our table at the gun show will display literature about our Tea Party. Best of all, it gives us the rare opportunity to have face-to-face chats with members of the public. We expect that gun show attendees are a promising audience for our message, and hopefully we can recruit new members.
You need not know anything about guns to help man our table, although a few of us can give you some instruction if you desire.
Please respond to this email now, with your willingness to help, and include which day (or days) are OK for you. We'll announce the times in a couple of days. Let me know now so we can make up our manning roster for the table.
Lou Flanagan
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Friends,
Thanks to my NYC buddies for this information. The radical, Jew/America/Freedom hating groups listed below will be marching for tyranny on September 15th, in NYC for Palestinian rights. If you check out the list, you'll note the inclusion of three that stand out:
CODE PINK,
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION AND PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA.
You are aware that CODE PINK's founder and leader, Jodie Evans, is a close friend and financial supporter of President Obama and a well known White House visitor and insider. Her partner, Medea Benjamin is also linked to the White House.
THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA, another anti-Israel marching group, according to their website, contains such members in good standing as House members: Donna Edwards, Raul Grijalva, Maxine Waters, Lynn Woolsey, Jim McGovern, Dennis Kucinich, John Conyers and Barbara Lee. All of whom are Democrat House members. Do you think Cong. Debbie Schultz will walk with them in support of Palestine?
THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION also has links on its site to such groups as:Planned Parenthood, Greepeace, AFL/CIO, Center for Constitutional Rights, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), NOW, NARAL and MichaelMoore.com. What a conglomeration of groups!!
So, the marchers for Palestinian rights and the destruction of Israel get the support of the above named individuals and the listed groups. If you research the other organizations involved, you'll dig up more slime among them. Do not forget who they are!
Alan
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New Yorkers in solidarity with Palestinians worldwide
Palestinians Tell the World: Sovereignty Means Securing
ALL Our Rights!
Palestinians and their supporters everywhere are mobilizing to remind the world of their right to self-determination. In New York we are marching to the United Nations because the world's attention is focused on the vote on Palestine scheduled to take place there.
For over six decades, the U.N. has approved numerous resolutions promising Palestinians their basic rights, none of which has been implemented. We come to the U.N. to demand:
Sovereignty, Equality, and the
Right of Return for Palestinians NOW!
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Thomas Jefferson Club
P.O. Box 753
Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 |
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Celebrate Constitution Day
Saturday, September 17th - 6:00 PM
PJ Ryan's Pub - downstairs private dining area
231 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, PA
Free parking in middle of Family Dollar lot, District Court parking lot and Customer's 1st Bank. 2-hour free parking on street until 8pm - free after 8pm. Meter lots throughout the borough at $1 per hour accepting coins and debit/credit cards.
Ever heard our representatives talk about the "Good & Plenty" Clause . . . see how wrong they are!
To Celebrate Our Constitution, the Law of the Land, Phil Duffy will be doing a presentation onthe General Welfare phrase. What does it mean and how is it abused. An amendment clarifying the intent of the general welfare phrase in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States is both the simplest amendment and the amendment with the greatest potential for bringing sanity back to federal government while restoring the Republic.
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Please let me know if u would like to go to this, we will rent a van and the cost will be $15.00
per person.
blessings, mark d.
www.vfpatriots.com
Subject: ATTENTION ALL PENNSYLVANIA VOTERS: Oppose Strong Arm GOP Tactics
STATE GOP MEETING, HARRISBURG, SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 9:30 am
Pennsylvanians need to communicate to the PA State Republican Party, aka State
Committee, that nothing less than a return to Republican Party principles will be
tolerated by the PA Republican electorate.
The PA GOP leadership continues with their establishment politics of endorsing
candidates in primaries to protect their status quo and will continue to deny the
Republican voters of Pennsylvania their RIGHT to choose the leaders that they
want to represent them.
It is time to show PA GOP leadership that the voting Republicans CAN
UNDERSTAND, DO UNDERSTAND, and WILL NOT STAND for
leadership making the voting decisions in the State of Pennsylvania and
taking away the voice of the voters.
We are asking constituents from every county in Pennsylvania to attend the General
Republican Meeting on*** Saturday September 17th, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at
the Harrisburg Hilton, 1 North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA, and personally
experience the disdain that PA GOP leadership has for their fellow Republicans.
Please understand, the"leadership" is not elected.
Please join with fellow Republican voters in unity to make a stand against the strong-arm tactics of the Pennsylvania GOP leadership.
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Judical Watch is Demanding Answers Earlier this month, Judicial Watch, a government/judicial watchdog group based out of Washington, DC, hosted a Voter Fraud panel discussion featuring John Fund, Christian Adams, and King Street/True the Vote leader Catherine Engelbrecht. Here's video from a portion of the event:
 | | "The Voter Fraud Threat to Free and Fair Elections" - Part 2 |
But wait, there's more! The really exciting thing Judicial Watch is doing happened just last week when they filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DOJ to obtain records of communications between the Department of Justice and Project Vote Official/former ACORN attorney Estelle Rogers. You can read more about it here. Bottom line..."Judicial Watch is convinced that Project Vote's activities remain a threat to the integrity of our elections. The fact that Project Vote is bullying states to attack election security reforms in order to register Obama's 'Food Stamp Army' comes as no surprise. But it appears that the Obama Justice Department is using the same playbook as Project Vote - to the detriment of clean elections. The American people deserve to know if the nation's highest law enforcement agency has become nothing more than a political tool to help this scandalous ACORN-front group re-elect Barack Obama. Again, this Justice Department can't seem to be bothered to comply with basic open records FOIA law," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
Be assured, we will be closely watching for any new developments in this case....but in the meantime, if you haven't already volunteered to help uphold free and fair elections by working at the polls WE NEED YOU! There is a critical shortage of polling place workers. We wonder why Project Vote and ACORN get away with their flagrant abuses of our system...it's because we as citizens are allowing it to happen. WE MUST ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS OF OUR ELECTIONS. One way you can engage is by volunteering to work as a poll watcher on Election Day. Please, it is going to take all of us to uphold the integrity of our elections in the days ahead. Get involved now.
We need TTV volunteers for poll watching - Free and fair elections do not happen without citizen involvement. Want to stand up and take action? True the Vote will provide training and support - you just need to take the first step. For more information email info@truethevote.org or go HERE to sign up now! |
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DAY OF RAGE PLANNED FOR D.C., STATE CAPITOLS and WALL STREET SEPT 17, 2011
This information came out of Idaho, but this is being staged across the entire 50 states! We need to be aware and let others know, especially those that live in the capitals, or have businesses there. If you've seen the riots taking place in Greece, or those in the Middle East, you see a sample of what it looks like they are planning. Let's hope that either few show up, that they stay peaceful, or that the law enforcement agencies are able to thwart it before it occurs....
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LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO
"BETTER THAN EVER"
(all times are eastern)Tuesday 3-4pm "American Freedom Watch" - Karen Schoen with John Estabrooks and Mike Lawson
Tuesday 5-6pm "LaRossa & Gallagher" - N.J.State Senator Richard LaRossa and Art Gallagher
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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
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Awareness of Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development is racing across the nation as citizens in community after community are learning what their city planners are actually up to. As awareness grows, I am receiving more and more calls for tools to help activists fight back. Many complain that elected officials just won't read detailed reports or watch long videos. "Can you give us something that is quick, and easy to read that we can hand out," I'm asked.
So here it is. A one page, quick description of Agenda 21 that fits on one page. I've also included for the back side of your hand out a list of quotes for the perpetrators of Agenda 21 that should back up my brief descriptions.
A word of caution, use this as a starter kit, but do not allow it to be your only knowledge of this very complex subject. To kill it you have to know the facts. Research, know your details; discover the NGO players in your community; identify who is victimized by the policies and recruit them to your fight; and then kill Agenda 21. That's how it must be done. The information below is only your first step. Happy hunting.
What is Sustainable Development?
Read more:
 | | Agenda 21 Creeps Into California Land Use Policy |
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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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:
... 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
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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.
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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 13, 2011
1. The Headline Goes Here
No, that title is not a placeholder or an error. "What's your headline," so many people came up to me and asked last night after the CNN Tea Party Debate.
There are so many headlines about the debate. You all, I'm sure, want the quick and dirty scoop.
The short answer is Rick Perry won, but only be default. He had a stellar one hour and fifteen minutes until the full on conservative assault against his HPV decision and immigration decision began. Everyone took bites out of him, Huntsman choked on his bite, but Perry won because no one else did. This is the first debate this election cycle where Mitt Romney did not win.
But Perry's win was a win by default in the end because he has a potentially fatal problem. I'm not sure if it is the candidate or the staff. But I could have told you a month ago Perry was going to get attacked on the HPV issue and the immigration issue and he flubbed both responses. When the crowd went from cheering Perry to booing him, he lost his calm, even paced conversational tone. He stammered, talked fast, and had a funny disposition on his face.
He locked in his lead, I think. Neither the HPV or immigration issue are fatal when Mitt Romney is up there sounding like a Democrat in a tea party debate. Romney really hurt himself badly with those answers on social security, etc.
The other headline is Michele Bachmann, who largely sat out the first hour attacking Perry, went after Perry with reckless, wonderful, passionate relish during the second half of the debate. She played outraged mom and played it well. She proved she still has what it takes. The downside for Bachmann is that she proved it on an issue that is not consequential right now. Perry's HPV decision may disgust me and many of you - it was a horrible decision - but it's still an election about jobs, the economy, and who can beat Obama. Right now, 42% of Republicans think that's Rick Perry, not Mitt Romney and not Michele Bachmann. On top of that, the GOP critics can't find anyone who was a "victim" of the law because the law was so quickly undone.
That begs another headline: "GOP candidate give Perry more hell for an undone executive order than Romney got for still supporting Romneycare."
2. Congress Should Support Israel's Right to All Land Ahead of UN Vote
The video shows the jubilant celebrations taking place in Gaza, while we were attacked on September 11. No, it wasn't just a few "extremists" who were celebrating; it was the average Joe Palestinian. Unfortunately, not only have we declined to treat them as an enemy, we have refused to cut off any foreign aid. Instead, the Bush and Obama administrations have diverted our diplomatic resources towards the insane 'peace process' and the inexorable goal of a Palestinian state.
Over the past few years, we have given over $600 million a year to this terrorist entity, which receives more per capita aid than any other people or nation. This includes, direct assistance, weapons, security training, infrastructure, and funds transferred through UNRWA. In July, Congressman Joe Walsh (R-IL) introduced the Palestinian Accountability Act (H.R. 2457), which seeks to cut off aid to the PA. Last week, he introduced a resolution expressing the support of Congress for Israel to annex Judea and Samaria, if the PA unilaterally declares statehood.
3. Crickets Chirp As White House Spams & Sends Out Union Press Releases
Last week, many Americans watched President Obama stand in front of of his teleprompters and Congress and sell-no, demand-a still unwritten bill dubbed the American Jobs Act. While the President certainly gives an entertaining teleprompted speech, his demands were reminiscent of a third-world barter between a goat herder and a villager: In exchange for two goats (temporary tax cuts), you can give your daughter and her dowry (nearly another half a trillion dollars) to the goat herder so he can give them both to his union boss friends.
The very next day, Obama hit the campaign trail to demand that the House pass the unwritten bill even as employers and Wall Street shrugged at the unwritten plan.
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Quote from the collected wisdom of Al "Non Sequitur" Gore:
"I am not part of the problem. I am a Democrat."
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** VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS **
1. We'll Never Get Over It, Nor Should We: Ten years later, remembering a day of horror and heroism. [Peggy Noonan] 2. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush's Speeches at Flight 93 Tribute
3. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Father of Flight 93 Hero Todd Beamer on Son Storming Cockpit, Shouting 'Let's Roll' 4. ** 9-11 VIDEO: President Bush Visits Yankee Stadium during World Series - Weeks after 9-11
5. ** 9-11 VIDEO: When the World Stopped Turning: A 9/11 tribute 6. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Emotional and Moving 9-11 Tribute Video
7. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Lee Greenwood - A Prayer for America: Yankee Stadium Memorial (23 Sept 2001) - God Bless the USA 8. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Rudy Giuliani: 'I wish I had anticipated' 9/11
9. **9-11 VIDEO: George W. Bush reflects on 9/11,'fog of war' 10. **9-11 VIDEO: Bloomberg Defends Exclusion of Clergy & First Responders on 9/11
11. ** 9-11 VIDEO: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 "A DAY OF EVIL" 12. ** 9-11 VIDEO: Hero Dogs of 9-11 13. ** 9-11 VIDEO: 9-11 A Hero's Creed - In honor of First Responders our 9-11 heroes 14. ** 9-11 VIDEO: "I Was There" Tribute to September 11, 2001 15. **9-11 VIDEO: 10 years after 9/11, Today's Wish Kids reflect
What Americans Have Learned Since 9/11 John McLaughry By the end of that awful day it had become brutally clear that a powerful new Islamic movement had shifted its target list, from American interests to America itself.
World Trade Center Facts that Cannot be Ignored Joe Wright Some people have condemned the World Trade Center towers as deathtraps, disregarding the fact that they stayed up long enough to allow thousands to flee.
Ugly Truths, Ten Years Later Vito Esposito Since 9-11-2001 America has endured and disrupted many attempted attacks by Muslim men loyal to Allah, Muhammad and the Quran on our soil.
Remembering, on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 John Bernard My prayer is to remember, with humility, those who have sacrificed their very lives, and hopes and dreams that we might continue to live in relative peace and comfort...
Twin Towers on 11 September: A Poem Stephen Cheney A poem submitted by a reader. |
How Far Have we Come?
Gadi Adelman
Now that it has been ten years since America suffered its most horrific day, have the changes to our nation really accomplished anything to keep us safer?
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Remembering the Unforgettable
Amil Imani
It is said that "powerlessness frustrates and absolute powerlessness frustrates absolutely; absolute frustration is a dangerous emotion to run a world with."
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Islam: Incessant and Relentless
Vin Ienco
EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman announced to New Yorkers, shortly after the 911 attacks, that "their air is safe to breathe". Now, thousands of people are ill.
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9/11 - What a Difference a Decade Makes
Shari Goodman
Since 9/11 there have been over 17,000 Islamic terrorist attacks worldwide with over 30 attacks here at home. But now we appease others, rather than defend our values.
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Anarchy in Egypt: Whose Embassy is Next? Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld The recent storming of Israel's embassy in Cairo, Egypt, described by Netanyahu as an "attack on the axis of peace," shows that the Muslim Brotherhood is getting stronger in Egypt.
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Brief · September 12, 2011
The Foundation
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." --Thomas Paine
Opinion in Brief
"[W]e join America in honoring the anniversary of September 11, 2001, when terrorists killed nearly 3,000 of our fellow citizens. In the days after 9/11, Americans stood together as one, setting aside partisan fervor and recognized a common enemy in Islamist terrorist groups, particularly al-Qaeda. National security was rightfully restored as our nation's highest priority. Ten years later, Osama bin Laden is dead, delivering to victims' families and the rest of America a bit of justice for the heinous acts we all witnessed. But one terrorist's death does not justify returning to the national security mindset that existed prior to that day. As Thomas Paine said, 'Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.' That notion is ever true. Thanks to important policies put into place after 9/11, America has been able to thwart at least 41 publicly known terrorist attacks. Such vigilance saved lives and will continue to do so moving forth. ... The global war on terror that began as a result of 9/11 continues, and brave men and women risk their lives daily to protect America and prevent future acts of terrorism. As soldiers return from Afghanistan and Iraq after third or fourth tours of duty, we're reminded that a clear and present danger remains. ... On this, the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, it's important to honor the victims and the heroes of that day by not only remaining on guard, but promising we will never quit this important fight until the threat no longer exists. We ask Americans to join us in a display of unity once again. Today, we hope that every neighborhood across the nation is flooded with American flags celebrating the lives of those we lost in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania and the heroism we witnessed, while also reminding each other that the fight to prevent another attack is not over." --Heritage Foundation's Ericka Andersen
What do you remember about 9/11?
Reader Comments
"Mark Alexander asked, Are we safer today? I would say yes -- for now. However, it will take constant vigilance and preemption to stay that way. I fear for the country that Obama and the democrats in Washington have allowed our security to become lax instead of increasing our security. To say that the southern border is secure is a great overstatement or if you prefer a lie. Where is the allegiance to the oath they took when assuming office? I think that was just a formality to too many." --Floyd
"We are absolutely NOT safer today than we have ever been. Mark Alexander is spot on with his current assessment. How can we be safe when we have an administration more concerned with homosexual advancement in the military, cutting needed military budgets, weakening the US economy, dividing any unity we did have, and fulfilling his own selfish vacation/golfing needs? Many of these people anguishing over 9/11 are those who have forgotten most, as they scream for tolerance to the very group who declared war on us ten years ago. There are many of these people who voted, on purpose, for the very man who is in office now, the man who supports these terrorist agendas by his statements and actions. America, you have forgotten already, as a nation, look at the direction we have gone. We had the power to 'change' course, and we didn't. We chose to put a traitor in office. We deserve what we have." --Marcy
"Despite Barack Obama's repeated calls in his latest propaganda statement to 'pass this bill,' there is no bill. He submitted nothing. I think Congress should schedule a vote on a blank piece of paper with only 'Obama's American Jobs Act of 2011' on it and give the president exactly what he asked for. There's little danger that folks would be unable to read the entire bill before the vote on it!" --Peter
Government
"If President Obama's economic policies have had a signature flaw, it is the conceit that by pulling this or that policy lever, by spending more on this program or cutting that tax for a year, Washington can manipulate the $15 trillion U.S. economy to grow. With his speech last [week] to Congress, the President is giving that strategy one more government try. This is not to say that Mr. Obama hasn't made any intellectual progress across his 32 months in office. He now admits the damage that overregulation can do, though he can't do much to stop it without repealing his own legislative achievements. He now acts as if he believes that taxes matter to investment and hiring, at least for the next year. And he now sees the wisdom of fiscal discipline, albeit starting only in 2013. Yet the underlying theory and practice of the familiar ideas that the President proposed last night are those of the government conjurer. More targeted, temporary tax cuts; more spending now with promises of restraint later; the fifth (or is it sixth?) plan to reduce housing foreclosures; and more public works spending, though this time we're told the projects really will be shovel-ready. We'd like to support a plan to spur the economy, which is certainly struggling. Had Mr. Obama proposed a permanent cut in tax rates, or a major tax reform, or a moratorium on all new regulations for three years, he'd have our support. But you have to really, really believe in hope and change to think that another $300-$400 billion in new deficit spending and temporary tax cuts will do any better than the $4 trillion in debt that the Obama years have already piled up." --The Wall Street Journal
Insight
"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government." --philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
Essential Liberty
"Those who have grown used to having others provide their food, shelter and other basics as 'rights' are by no means grateful. On the contrary, they are more angry, lawless and violent than in years past, whether they are lower-class whites rioting in Britain or black 'flash mobs' in America. Their histories are very different, but what they have in common is being supplied with a steady drumbeat of resentments against those who are better off. ... Henry Ford benefited millions of other people by creating mass production methods that cut the cost of automobiles to a fraction of what they had been before -- bringing cars for the first time within the budgets of people who were not rich. But the Ford Foundation has become a plaything of social experimenters who pay no price for creating programs that have been counterproductive or even socially disastrous. Nor was this the only foundation created by business philanthropy with a similar history and similar social results. Let business pioneers do what they do best. And let the rest of us exercise more judgment as to how much charity is beneficial and how much more simply perpetuates dependency, grievances and the polarization of society." --economist Thomas Sowell
The Gipper
"I once said about legislatures and Congresses that it isn't necessary to make them see the light; make them feel the heat." --Ronald Reagan
Re: The Left
"A dispassionate look at the NBC Republican debate moderators' questions reveals that they were not themselves dispassionate, which they have a professional duty to be. NBC's Brian Williams and Politico's John Harris put on a clinic in liberal bias and journalistic unprofessionalism as they fired loaded, sanctimonious questions at the debate participants. Debate moderators have no business injecting themselves into the debate or editorializing on the fly as these two did, to their disgrace. They have a duty not to take sides, which these two did, either with particular Republicans against the others or in favor of their political dreamboat, Barack Obama. It wasn't just one or two inappropriately framed questions; it was a continuous barrage, punctuated with patronizing commentary revealing the inquisitors' unconcealed contempt for all things conservative. One can only imagine the opposition research -- er, conscientious preparation -- their staff must have done for them." --columnist David Limbaugh
For the Record"[L]ike millions of seniors then and now, [my] Grandma was convinced that her Social Security benefits were an entitlement she had bought with her own payroll taxes years earlier. She blessed FDR for creating the Social Security trust fund in which she had faithfully invested for most of her working life, and couldn't understand why her grandson had any objection to it. In reality there is no money in Social Security's trust fund and never has been. It is merely an accounting fiction, like the individual Social Security accounts to which workers' payroll taxes are credited. But Grandma could hardly be blamed for believing otherwise. Right from the start, Social Security was promoted to Americans as a straightforward pension fund. ... It wasn't true. In a [1937] decision ... upholding the Social Security Act, the Supreme Court confirmed what anyone who read the law would already have discovered: Payroll taxes weren't held by the government solely for the benefit for retirees. On the contrary: Social Security taxes 'are to be paid into the Treasury like internal revenue taxes generally, and are not earmarked in any way.' Likewise, for all the talk of Social Security as an 'entitlement,' retirees have no ironclad right to that monthly check. 'Congress can change the rules' whenever it wants to, the Social Security Administration's website acknowledges. 'Benefits which are granted at one time can be withdrawn.' That too was explicit in the law FDR signed in 1935. ... [T]he trust fund's assets are an illusion. Social Security doesn't own $2.6 trillion in gold bars or real estate or shares of Google. All it has are Treasury IOUs. Those IOUs represent $2.6 trillion that the government has already spent and promises to spend again. But to spend it again -- to redeem those IOUs -- Congress will have to raise taxes, cut spending, or go deeper into debt. Which is exactly what Congress would have to do if the Social Security trust fund didn't exist. ... FDR's signature program is on a collision course with itself. My grandmother, may she rest in peace, may have believed it would last forever. My generation doesn't have that luxury." --columnist Jeff Jacoby Culture"After the mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz. ... President Obama gave one of those unite-the-divide speeches that give journalists leg thrills. We need to 'sharpen our instincts for empathy,' he said. He lamented political finger-pointing: 'It's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.' ... On Labor Day, Teamsters President James Hoffa Jr. was in Detroit addressing a rally starring the president. Hoffa told Obama there was a 'war on workers,' and the unions were Obama's 'army.' He said: 'We are ready to march. Let's take these sons of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong.' ... On Aug. 22, at a Congressional Black Caucus event in Miami, Congressman Andre Carson, D-Ind., said, 'Some of these folks in Congress right now would love to see us as second-class citizens... Some of them in Congress right now of this Tea Party would love to see you and me ... hanging on a tree.' Carson clearly didn't think about talking 'in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.' But ABC, CBS and NBC all skipped that one, too, as did the Post. ... So what's worse, the hypocrisy of Obama and Co.? Or the aid and comfort provided by the 'news' media when they ignore that hypocrisy?" --columnist L. Brent Bozell
The Last Word"Ten years after Osama bin Laden's henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth. 'Know your enemy, name your enemy' is a 9/11 message that has gone unheeded. Our immigration and homeland security policies refuse to profile jihadi adherents at foreign consular offices and at our borders. Our military leaders refuse to expunge them from uniformed ranks until it's too late (see: Fort Hood massacre). The j-word is discouraged in Obama intelligence circles, and the term 'Islamic extremism' was removed from the U.S. national security strategy document last year. Similarly, too many teachers refuse to show and tell who the perpetrators of 9/11 were and who their heirs are today. ... To make matters worse, we have an appeaser-in-chief who wrote shortly after the jihadist attacks a decade ago that the 'essence of this tragedy' derives 'from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others.' ... 9/11 was a deliberate, carefully planned evil act of the long-waged war on the West by Koran-inspired soldiers of Allah around the world. ... The post-9/11 problem isn't whether we'll forget. The problem is: Will we ever learn?" --columnist Michelle Malkin Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team
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Smart diplomacy alert
12 Sep 2011
(Scott Johnson)
Based on a Times (UK) report that I can't find online, the news this morning is that the United States has approved a plan to let the Taliban open a "political headquarters" in Qatar. The Daily Mail story reports: "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is likely to open a base in Qatar before Christmas, The Times said." Further: "The Gulf state is believed to have agreed to let the group have a base after Washington decided that it should be located away from the influence of Pakistan."
I hesitate to say more until some reliable report confirms that the Obama administration actually supports this scheme. At this point I will only say that, if true, I suppose we have to be happy that the administration hasn't invited the Taliban to set up shop in the United States.
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Pro-sharia lobby shifts into high gear
The commentary by Alyssa Lappen which recently appeared in Family Security Matters (see below, highlights added), provides more insight into how the enablers and apologists for sharia law are pulling out the stops to slow down our momentum.
The Tennessee bills Ms. Lappen refers to below were passed, with bipartisan support, in large part thanks to the efforts of ACT! for America's grassroots leadership and network in Tennessee.
Our opponents are firing back because they see us succeeding. No wonder they are desperate and running scared.
September 7, 2011
Sharia Lobby Shifts into Fifth Gear
Slow down, moving too fast, got to make the U.S. last...
Alyssa A. Lappen
Sharia advocates desperately want to convince legislators and the public that Islamic law is plain vanilla --- and totally nonthreatening to existing U.S. legal codes. Notwithstanding a nationwide Muslim Brotherhood-backed pro-sharia push, nothing could be further from the truth.
"There are many unpleasant doctrines within Islam," including its "repugnant" criminal code, honor killings, female genital cutting, and a Quranic verse Muslim clerics often cite, proclaiming "wives as a tilth unto you" (2:223), to deny the existence of marital rape. [1] Read more:
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Fellow Patriots, Back in the early 70s, Mad Magazine used to run a comic series called "You can't win with a bigot." Today, we're witnessing an Islamic version of the same concept, where we infidel Americans are damned no matter what we do. During the Clinton administration, America's response to al Qaeda's attacks were tepid and ineffectual, leading to an escalation of attacks that culminated in the destruction of the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. In response, President Bush decided to take the war to the enemy and attacked al Qaeda and its protector, the Taliban. Now, as the article below reveals, Pakistanis interpreted Bush's response as a "War on Islam," and blame the U.S. for all of the turmoil roiling the Islamic world today. Note that Pakistan's problems stem from U.S. action in Afghanistan and do not involve Iraq. In other words, if America responds ineffectually to al Qaeda's attacks, our behavior is interpreted as weakness, inviting further attacks, and If America responds effectively to the al Qaeda attacks, we're accused of declaring a war on Islam. I guess it would never occur to these people that the true source of the conflict is Muslims declaring war on the United States in the name of Islam. Sure glad we spend all those billions of dollars on aid to Pakistan, in the name of building goodwill... Meanwhile, MSNBC News bends over backwards to make the "You can't win with a Muslim" narrative appear valid. Here we see Ann Curry do public relations work for Iran on the day after 9/11, as she joins President Ahmadinejad to follow "A day in the life of Iran's President" --> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44483606#44483606 , as Iran reports that it's bringing it's nuclear power plant on-line --> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44486414/ns/business-oil_and_energy/ And to convince us that infidel Americans really ARE the source of all the world's ills, you can also see MSNBC News the American response to the 9/11 attacks for all of the unrest we now see in the Middle East --> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44449735#44449735 and http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44451790#44451790 -- on September 12. Dave 
How 9/11 changed Pakistan
Veteran journalist Fakhar Rehman reports from Pakistan's tribal areas. He believes many people in his homeland saw the U.S. reaction to 9/11 as an attack on Islam.
By Fakhar Rehman, NBC News
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - When I turned on my television at home on September 11, 2001, I was stunned to see passenger planes hitting symbols of America's financial and military strength.
My journalistic instincts kicked in and I contacted Sohail Shaheen, the Taliban Embassy spokesman in
Islamabad. "Are you watching TV?" I asked him. His reply was, "No." I explained the breaking news that was unfolding on-air. He denied the Taliban were involved. I told him to get ready - the whole world would soon be focusing on Afghanistan. At the time, I did not realize that the focus would eventually turn to my own country of Pakistan.
Thousands pay respects to 9/11 victims
Covering the "War on Terror" as a Pakistani journalist over the last decade, I've found myself in many unexpected situations. One week after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, I received a call from the Taliban to pick up my visa from their Embassy in Islamabad. Once there, I was told they were taking me to Jalalabad - immediately. I called my family, got on the bus with the Taliban and spent the next three days wearing the same clothes while interviewing Taliban members and reporting from Afghanistan. Thank God, I returned home safely.
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Rumsfeld Ends NYT Subscription Over 9/11 Column
Monday, 12 Sep 2011
By Marti Lotman
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's most recent piece calling 9/11 "an occasion for shame," has elicited the ire of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to the point that he has canceled his office's subscription to the publication, reports the Daily Caller. "After reading Krugman's repugnant piece on 9/11, I canceled my subscription to the New York Times this AM," Rumsfeld's office tweeted earlier this morning. Rumsfeld's chief of staff Keith Urbahn clarified that although the former Secretary of Defense had cancelled his personal subscription years ago, his office still held a subscription, that is until he read Krugman's column.
Read more on Newsmax.com: Rumsfeld Ends NYT Subscription Over 9/11 Column
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 September 11, 2011
The Years of Shame by Paul Krugman
Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?
Actually, I don't think it's me, and it's not really that odd.
What happened after 9/11 - and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not - was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons.
A lot of other people behaved badly. How many of our professional pundits - people who should have understood very well what was happening - took the easy way out, turning a blind eye to the corruption and lending their support to the hijacking of the atrocity?
The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it.
I'm not going to allow comments on this post, for obvious reasons.
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September 12, 2011
GBTV DEBUTS - TODAY 5PM With an eye on "fundamentally transforming" the news media, Glenn Beck's GBTV.com officially launches tonight at 5pm. According to the Wall Street Journal, Beck's new media venture already has more subscribers than Oprah Winfrey's cable channel has viewers. See Glenn's new chalkboard and read the rest of the pre-launch details HERE.
LIB writers WANT 9/11 DIMINISHED In an Op-Ed piece written for Al Jazeera English, liberal professor Tom Engelhardt calls for the end of all these 9/11 Tributes. Over at the NY Times, Paul Krugman slams heroes like former President Bush and Rudy Giuliani, calling the day "an occasion for shame." Read these inflammatory words HERE.
FL JUDGE DROPS DOUBLE MURDER CHARGES Citing Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self defense law, a judge has dismissed double murder charges against 65-yr-old Michael Monahan. Read the details of this breaking news story HERE.
Swiss politician warns EU about islam Oskar Freysinger is a member of the Swiss Parliament and last week he delivered a powerful speech in Berlin, warning the German people and the European Union about the dangers of a "slow-motion takeover" by Muslims. Watch the video HERE.
GREEN JOBS UP IN SMOKE, 9/11 AT 7-11 - A DECADE LATER, AUG DEM FUNDRAISING FALLS So many websites, so little time. That predicament is easily solved by having friends who will winnow out all the worthless sites and give you only the best of the best. We like to call it, the Must-Reads. See Monday's stories HERE.
WAKE THE KIDS AND CALL THE NEIGHBORS! THE BLAZE MAGAZINE HAS ARRIVED! The new Blaze magazine will provide the facts, arguments and words you need to buttress the case for conservatism's belief that this country is still the best there is, and as President Lincoln said, "the last best hope of Earth." Find out how to get a hard copy of The Blaze magazine delivered to your mailbox or in electronic form HERE.
VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - WATCH A BIRD WALKING DOWN THE 'UP' ESCALATOR Is this the video you did not know you needed? Some days you must take a break and watch a bird attempting to walk down the "up" escalator. See the clip of our confused feathered friend HERE.
The 9/12 ProjecT - Promoting Principles and values without politics The 9/12 Project is a national, non-political organization that stresses Principles and Values along with community service. On September 12th, we encourage you to visit the website of a program Glenn launched in March of 2009. Learn more about this great group and see if there is an organization in your area HERE.
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Americans For a Safe Israel
1751 Second Avenue (91st Street)
New York, NY 10128
Tel: 212-828-2424; 800-235-3658; Fax: 212-828-4538
www.afsi.org; afsi@rcn.com
Contact: Helen Freedman, Executive Director September 12, 2011
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It was my privilege to participate in the outpouring of pain, memory, and truth at the profoundly moving Freedom Rally, organized by AFDI leader Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch. As we recalled the agony of that horrific day, Sept. 11, 2001, we stressed that it is important not to forgive or forget and to outspokenly name the enemy - radical Islam - which declared war on America and the world on that fateful day. The following report is from Fern Sidman, NY correspondent for ARUTZ SHEVA.
News
Elul 13, 5771, 12/09/11 12:05
Over 500 at Defiant Freedom Rally Near Ground Zero
Helen Freedman: "Obama world is promoting engagement of Islam as a peaceful religion, while war is being waged under our noses."
Fern Sidman
On Sunday afternoon, September 11th, over 500 people gathered at Park Place and West Broadway in lower Manhattan to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that left close to 3000 Americans dead.
Organized by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), a human rights organization headed by author and activist Pamela Geller, (who achieved notoriety for spearheading the campaign against the construction of a mosque at Ground Zero), the 9/11 Freedom Rally featured members of the clergy, New York City firefighters and police, 9/11 first responders, and 9/11 family members who were barred and/or not invited to the official ceremonies that took place earlier in the day.The decision to exclude religious leaders, rescue workers, police officers and other key first responders as program participants was defended by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg who said,:"We just don't have room for them", claiming space and security are the issues.
In a tone of defiance AFDI Executive Director Pamela Geller declared, "While White House guidelines forbid official 9/11 ceremonies from mentioning who attacked the U.S. on that day or why, our 9/11 Freedom Rally features more honest speakers. We are here today to honor our war dead and stand for freedom and against the deception and lies being used to subdue us. We must show the jihadists we are unbowed in the defense of freedom."
Joined by Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch, Ms. Geller introduced such speakers as George Demos, New York Congressional candidate, Anders Gravers of Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE); Sudanese ex-slave and freedom fighter Simon Deng; war hero and North Carolina Congressional candidate Ilario Pantano; popular radio host Joyce Kaufman; and Helen Freedman, Executive Director of Americans For a Safe Israel (AFSI), among many others.Speaking on behalf of the 9/11 family members were Rosaleen Tallon, sister of hero firefighter and reservist in the United States Marine Corps, Sean Tallon, who was killed in the 9/11 attacks; Nelly Braginskaya, who lost her son Alex; Sally Regenhard, mother of hero firefighter Christian Regenhard, killed in the 9/11 attacks (Regenhard is an American activist who has become one of the leading voices for the families of the victims of September 11); Maureen and Al Santora, who lost their hero fightfighter son 9/11 and Alan DeVona, 911 first responder.
Reflecting on political realities that have been engendered over the last 10 years and taking aim at the current adminstration in Washington for its directives to whitewash the true motives of the 9/11 attackers, Helen Freedman of Americans For a Safe Israel said, "The Obama leadership today would still like us to be asleep. We are lulled with the myths of mindless multi-culturalism. Interfaith dialogues are encouraged to promote inter-denominational understanding. In today's modern world, there has been no lack of understanding amongst Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, and so forth. What the Obama world is promoting is engagement and understanding of Islam as a peaceful religion, deserving of having its mosques built throughout the United States; its chaplains preaching in our prisons, everyone respecting the sanctity of the Koran, while all along the war is being waged under our noses." |
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Another Day
Father's Day, Mother's Day, Veteran's Day, President's Day, Grandparent's Day (which also happens to be on the eleventh of this month) and finally September 11. A day when we discharge our obligation to remember and honor something very important and move on. Grief, tragedy, loss-- those are the words drifting like pale ashes in the cold autumn air. Tears, sorrow and downward glances. Like mourners at an annual funeral we troop down to the holes in the earth, gaze down into the missing coffin though the bodies have long since been dumped, and we weep or stare straight ahead looking for something that we lost. September 11 is the day we lost. Lost our self-assurance, our sense of invulnerability, our loved ones, our towers and our optimism. And we gained surprisingly little. Like Londoners in the Blitz, it was in our grasp for a moment. That sense of camaraderie that comes from being a nation under fire. A city filled with ethnic rivalries ever since the Dutch and the English taunted one another on streetcorners where everyone values their personal space, suddenly became one. We had all lost, but we also had a common enemy. We were at war.
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"With a hip-hip and a clippity-clop
He's out lookin' for a top to chop
So don't try to figure out a plan.
You can't reason with a headless man" -from Disney's "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (1949)
Headless In America On 10th Anniversary of 9/11
GrassTopsUSA Exclusive Commentary
By Don Feder
09/12/2011
On the 10th anniversary of a date which will live in something or other (according to our president), it is well to recall what we learned from the bloodiest terrorist attack on American soil.
We'll never forget! Forget what? I don't remember. No, wait a minute, now I've got it. The lessons of 9/11 are:
1. Islam is the religion of peace, love and extreme groovyness.
With almost a sick desperation, we mindlessly intone the mantra, "Islam is a religion of peace."
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Cal Thomas Reasons to Remember 9-11
The show business publication "Variety" reports "40-plus programs expected to commemorate 10th anniversary of (9-11) attacks." And those are just the specials. They don't include reports within news programs, or overseas TV memorials, which began last month.
How we love our anniversaries. Whether it's "the Maine," "Pearl Harbor" or "9-11" we choose to remember, the question is "Why?" Why remember? To honor the dead? Yes, that is a good reason. How about to remember loved ones and survivors? That, too, is commendable.
All of this, though, is about looking back, not forward. It is only by looking forward that we can avoid, or at least limit, the possibility of another major terrorist attack, which many believe is coming.
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RJC: NY-9 Illustrates Obama's Problem in Jewish Community
Special election is a bellwether of
Jewish discontent with his policies.
NY-9 is most Jewish district in U.S.
Washington, D.C. (September 12, 2011) -- Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Executive Director Matt Brooks issued the following comments today:
"No matter who wins in the special election in New York's 9th congressional district on Tuesday," Brooks said, "this race highlights the serious problems that President Obama has in the Jewish community because of his policies regarding Israel. Without question, Obama's policies are causing significant numbers of Jewish voters to re-examine their loyalty to the Democratic Party.
"Given recent polling and the DNC's own emphasis on Jewish messaging, putting Jewish outreach on a par with jobs and healthcare as one of Democratic leaders' top concerns, it is clear that Democratic leaders are panicked about the erosion of support in the Jewish community. The fact that they have to spend time and resources shoring up what is normally a solid Democratic core constituency underscores the challenges they are facing."
"Regardless of who wins on Tuesday," Brooks concluded, "Jewish voters in NY-9 will send a clear message to President Obama and the Democratic Party on that day. We expect it be the first in a series of powerful messages about the outrage and concern in the Jewish community over this administration's troubling Israel policies."
Background:
- The Democrats hold a 3:1 registration advantage over Republicans there.
- The Democrat running for that seat, David Weprin, has publicly distanced himself from the President's failed Israel policies.
- The Republican, Bob Turner, has campaigned heavily on his strong pro-Israel position and currently leads in the polls.
- Former NY Mayor Ed Koch made this race a referendum on Pres. Obama's policies when he endorsed the Republican candidate and called on voters to send a message to the President with their vote in this race.
- NY State Assembly member Dov Hikind, another prominent New York Democrat, also crossed party lines to endorse Bob Turner.
Recent developments:
- The RJC has reached out to Jewish voters in the 9th district with a massive effort, mailing every Jewish household in the district two postcards. One features Ed Koch's statement:
"If Jewish New Yorkers and others who support Israel were to turn away from the Democratic Party and elect the Republican candidate to Congress in 2011, it might very well cause President Obama to change his hostile position on the State of Israel and to re-establish the special relationship presidents before him had supported." (NY Post, July 12, 2011)
- The second quotes Golda Koppelman, a lifelong Democrat who will be voting for Bob Turner to send a message to President Obama:
"I have never voted for a Republican in my life" she says. But in this election, "I don't even care who the Democrat is; I am voting Republican to show Obama I am upset with his policy on Israel." (Jerusalem Post, August 30, 2011)
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This statement appears on the RJC web site at
http://www.rjchq.org/Newsroom/newsdetail.aspx?id=9cbecb94-783c-4bac-9be2-69cb4af5149a
The RJC is the national grassroots organization of Jewish Republicans.
Learn more at our web site, www.RJCHQ.org.
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Today's Headlines: Monday, September 12, 2011
DNC Chair: 'Such Baloney' to Say Stimulus Did Not Work
More Unemployment Benefits Dont Boost Job Growth, Congresswoman Says
Pawlenty Endorses Romney
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Islamic Bloc Declines to Condemn All Terrorism
Marking 9/11, Israeli Leader Warns of Ultimate Terrorist Nightmare
Head of U.N. Nuclear Agency Believes Iran Is Building Nuclear Warhead
Iran Government Launching Spanish-Language TV to Target Latin America
Oil, Gas in Western U.S. Provide Employment and Millions in Revenue, Says Energy Alliance
Transportation Dept. Uses Interstate Bridge Closure to Press for Obama Jobs Package
COMMENTARY:
Andrew Sullivan's Atlantic Error
By Ken Blackwell
Its late in the presidents term to learn this, but it is better to be respected than to be loved. In doing nothing to gain the respect of other nations, we find we are not loved either.
The Slow, Certain Death of the Global Warming Theory
By Alan Caruba
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to those courageous scientists that stood their ground against the global warming fraud.
NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:
Job-creation plan largely ignores housing woes
Promises of green jobs start withering on vine
GOP grumbles about Obama jobs plan
Gun store owner had misgivings about ATF sting
Republican leading in Weiner's old district, just two days before special election
Perry, Obama jobs plan are likely targets at Tea Party-hosted debate
Pro-Bachmann PAC to air ad hitting Perry on illegal immigration
Monica Lewinsky living sad, lonely life
Arizona agrees to stop monitoring teachers for mispronounced words, poor grammar
Capital gains tax rate feeds growing gap between rich and poor
Obama changes rhetoric to get $50B for transportation
Iraqi cleric calls halt to attacks on U.S. troops
Athlete dies of apparent heart attack in Washington triathlon
Florida man dies after scuba tank explodes inside home
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Zero's zero speech can't stop our passive-aggressive economic boycott
Sep 12, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins
By Basil Irwin, staff writer
A good friend asked me the morning of Obama's dog and pony show before the joint session of Congress last Thursday if I thought his speech would have any impact on the investment markets.
I laughed a bit at the naivety of the question, but responded that the markets would have zero reaction to Zero's zero speech. Everyone already knew it would just be more political posturing because there would be nothing new, and certainly nothing that would have any impact, positive or negative. There would be just more calls for more Klueless Kenyan Keynesian deficit government spending on crony capitalism and other boondoggles which fortunately wouldn't pass the current Congress anyway.
Anybody with any sense already knows the problem with the economy is Obama himself and his fascist economic policies, and nothing will get any better until he's gone. Everybody with any skin in the game has already left ... Continue Reading:Zero's zero speech can't stop our passive-aggressive economic boycott
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I have a great plan for "saving" Social Security.
Today's average U.S. life expectancy is 78 years. Let's make the retirement age to collect Social Security 79.
Presto. The "system" is saved (or until life expectancy increases, at which point we can raise the retirement age again).
Pretty dumb? Sure. But if the goal is "saving" the system, nothing would work better.
Wait a minute you say. It's not about the "system" but about saving me, my children, my grandchildren, my neighbors. It's about making individuals better off.
But if the point is making individuals better off, why do we only hear assurances from most politicians that they will "save the system?"
The "solution" that I have proposed here is one extreme example how Social Security, if we insist on keeping it as it is today, can be "saved."
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September 12, 2011 by John Hinderaker
Obama's Stimulus II-What's the Point?
Today the Obama administration announced that its Stimulus II bill, as yet unseen but introduced to Congress and the voters last week, will be paid for entirely by tax increases-approximately $450 billion worth. This illustrates the disarray in which the administration finds itself. In Obama's speech to Congress last week, he indicated that it would be up to the Congressional committee that is charged with finding $1.5 trillion in future cuts to find another $450 billion to fund the current stimulus proposal. That idea is apparently no longer operative.
Which leaves one wondering: what is the point? Read more: September 12, 2011 by John Hinderaker Obama: Trapped in the Keynesian Twilight Zone
This video, made by Minnesota Majority, skewers the Obama administration's inability to learn from experience when it comes to the economy and job creation:
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September 12, 2011 by John Hinderaker Romney Takes On Union Thuggery
Unions have traditionally been relatively popular with Americans, but that is changing rapidly. And virtually no one approves of the bullying tactics that are generally associated with unions. So Mitt Romney is doing a smart thing, I think-not to mention a good thing-in taking on the unions, and tying them to President Obama. His campaign released this video yesterday, as part of its Obama Isn't Working theme:
Romney tends toward blandness and needs to find ways to give his campaign a harder edge; this strikes me as a good one.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
Pass This Bill Now - NOT!
From Day One of his presidency, Barack Obama has expressed one consistent theme - he wants his proposals passed -- NOW!! He demanded Congress act immediately on his stimulus bill. He insisted Obamacare be made law even before members of Congress could read it. And now with his new "jobs bill" he is demanding immediate action by Republicans because "America can't wait."
Oh, yes, we can wait. And, yes, Congress should wait. There is nothing new in Obama's legislative proposal that is likely to work any better than his other "job creation" ideas. The legislation is a hodge-podge of temporary tax cuts, bail outs for state and local governments and public service unions and infrastructure spending. It totals, by White House estimates, $450 billion in new spending. Economists friendly to the White House are suggesting that if it is passed it could create two million new jobs. I doubt it. But let's assume that is true. That works out to roughly $223,000 per job. It would be cheaper just to send everyone a check!
Where is the money coming from, Mr. President? Obama told Congress that his proposal is paid for and that it won't add one extra dollar to the deficit. But he has yet to send a budget to Capitol Hill that explains where he will pick up the extra half-trillion in spending. Rhetorically, he's pointing to new taxes on "billionaires and millionaires and oil companies," his three favorite targets.
There are dozens of things Obama could do that would make it more likely that investors, entrepreneurs and business will start making the hiring and investment decisions that result in economic growth. He could push for tax cuts and repeal the thousands of pages of job-killing regulations his appointees have imposed on the free market. He could stop his class warfare rhetoric and lay off his demonizing of major American industries. None of these things are in his proposed legislation because they don't fit in his Big Government/socialist worldview.
Republicans in Congress should hold hearings and cherry-pick any good ideas that accidentally made it into the bill. But there is no reason for them to panic and pass another budget-busting, Big Government mess dreamed up by the Leftwing ideologues that run the Obama administration.
New York Upset?
New York's 9th Congressional District has long been a liberal stronghold. Both Al Gore and John Kerry comfortably won the district, which includes parts of Queens and Brooklyn, in their respective presidential elections. Barack Obama won it by 11 percentage points in 2008. Its last two congressmen were Chuck Schumer and Anthony Weiner, two of liberalism's biggest blowhards.
As you probably remember, Weiner resigned in disgrace in June after lying about posting lewd photos of himself on the internet. The special election to replace him takes place tomorrow. The Republican nominee is leading in the polls, and Democrats concede that President Obama is the main reason why.
Republican Bob Turner is narrowly leading Democrat David Weprin according to the most recent polls. The Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling shows Turner ahead 47% to 41%. This even though Weprin, a New York State assemblyman, has received more money from his national party and outraised his Republican opponent.
If Turner wins, it will be seen as a Scott Brown-like indictment of the Obama administration's record and agenda. Despite having won the district three years ago, Obama maintains the support of only 31 percent of the district's residents.
Much of Obama's deteriorating support in the district can be attributed to his handling of Israel. The district has a significant Orthodox Jewish population. And the election is being seen by some as a referendum on Obama's Israel policy. Ashan Sheinkopf, a Democratic consultant in New York, told the Washington Post, "Obama wins no popularity contests here."
Some local Democrats have even endorsed Turner because of Obama's failures. "The whole national debate has moved away from what the Republicans have done with Medicare to the national dialogue that the president hasn't been able to talk about the economy effectively and that hurts congressional Democrats," a top Democratic strategist told The Hill newspaper. In August, Weprin even suggested he might not support Obama's presidential re-election bid.
Also on Tuesday, a special election will be held to fill Nevada's 2nd Congressional District seat. Polls show Republican Mark Amodei leading Democrat Kate Marshall by 13 points, 50% to 37%. Amodei has linked Marshall to Obama as a congresswoman who would "rubber stamp" his policies.
In 2008, Democrats across the country rode Obama's coattails to victory. Now, after three years of failed policies, they can't seem to distance themselves from him fast enough.
The Mourning After
In his will, Osama bin Laden predicted that the 9/11 attacks "will mark the beginning of the wiping out of America and the infidel West after the passing of tens of years, God willing."
It's been 10 years, and America is, in some important ways, weaker than we were a decade ago. But, as I write in my Human Events column today, whether, tens of years from now, we will have been wiped out depends as much on the strength of our spirit as on the strength of our economy and military. You can read my column at Human Events.
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Rohrer Looking to Get in vs. Casey
By Keegan Gibson, Managing Editor
Rohrer speaks at the PA Leadership Conference in April
Sam Rohrer is looking to get in the race against U.S. Senator Bob Casey, the former State Rep. and gubernatorial candidate told PoliticsPA Friday afternoon.
"My effort to get the pieces I need to have in order to do this, I am pursuing 100 percent," he confirmed.
He stopped short of saying his candidacy was a certainty, citing a few outstanding issues.
"There are a couple of factors that must come together for me to make the final decision to enter, and those are in process."
Chief among them, he said, is the fundraising outlook - a key question in a Senate campaign that many analysts expect will require upwards of $20 million.
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Urge President Obama to Support Unemployed Pennsylvania Workers Over Illegal Aliens
Recently, various officials within the Obama Administration have announced a plan to suspend the deportation orders of 300,000 illegal aliens (many residing in Pennsylvania) that have already been issued by a U.S. court of law. In addition to being allowed to stay in the country, each of these 300,000 illegal aliens may also be eligible for work visas, allowing them to live and work legally in states like Pennsylvania, taking away employment opportunities from Pennsylvania residents who are unable to find a full-time job.
Once again, President Obama has put the desires of the pro-amnesty movement above the Pennsylvania citizens he has taken an oath to protect. Such a policy cannot be allowed to stand. More must be done to limit the presence of illegal aliens in Pennsylvania's workforce. Please don't delay. Send this critical message to President Obama today, urging him to do more to protect vulnerable Pennsylvania workers from illegal aliens. This is a completely free service. There is no cost to you.
Send free fax here: Dear President Obama, I was outraged to learn you are offering an amnesty to illegal aliens through Executive Actions! If you have any respect for the American people, you will not follow through on this plan. According to Cecilia Munoz, your Director of Intergovernmental Relations: Authorities "will be applying common sense guidelines to make [deportation] decisions, like a person's ties and contributions to the community, their family relationships and military service record.... In the end, this means more immigration enforcement pressure where it counts the most, and less where it doesn't -- that's the smartest way to follow the law while we stay focused on working with the Congress to fix it." How will keeping illegal aliens in the country, whatever the reason, help jobless Americans find work? Clearly it will not. Indeed, it will make the plight of unemployed Americans even worse and put even more Americans out of work. You need to get with the program and realize that Americans do not want an amnesty for illegal aliens! Please start enforcing the law and make sure illegal aliens do not receive amnesties and are not allowed to take U.S. jobs. There are 22 million Americans unable to find a full-time job. Please do not let them down. Sincerely,
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Chairman Smith Introduces New Guest Worker Program
Last Wednesday, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced legislation that creates a new guest worker program to import agricultural workers. The bill, H.R. 2847, seeks to replace the existing H-2A visa program, an agricultural guest worker program created in 1986 as part of under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA).
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Homeland Security Committee Renews Call for 9/11 Immigration Programs
The House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing Wednesday to assess progress made in our national security since the September 11 terrorist attacks. The hearing addressed several unfulfilled recommendations by the 9/11 Commission and the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), including the need for the biometric exit system portion of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) and implementation of the REAL ID Act.
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Obama's Uncle Released from Jail
President Obama's uncle Onyango Obama was quietly released from jail last week after being arrested on drunk driving charges last month. (Boston Globe, Sept. 9, 2011) U.S. immigration officials detained Onyango after the arrest due to an outstanding warrant, issued after Onyango failed to leave the country despite deportation orders issued in 1992. (See FAIR Legislative Update, Sept. 6, 2011)
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Liberal polling group- 'Tuner poised for big upset ' in NY-9 race
Article by our friend Kerry Picket
The Democratic leaning Public Policy Polling group released numbers on Sunday night on New York's 9th Congressional District special election between Republican businessman Bob Turner and Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin.
According to their polling, Turner is "poised to pull a huge upset" for the seat that former Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner held until recently. Like the Siena College poll PPP puts Turner ahead of Weprin by six points. Turner also has a higher favorable rating than Weprin does by by that same same percentage.
Click here to read the full article at the Washington Times
Democrats fret aloud over Obama's chances
Dems not so sure he's going for two-terms
Democrats are expressing growing alarm about President Obama's re-election prospects and, in interviews, are openly acknowledging anxiety about the White House's ability to strengthen the president's standing over the next 14 months.
Elected officials and party leaders at all levels said their worries have intensified as the economy has displayed new signs of weakness. They said the likelihood of a highly competitive 2012 race is increasing as the Republican field, once dismissed by many Democrats as too inexperienced and conservative to pose a serious threat, has started narrowing to two leading candidates, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, who have executive experience and messages built around job creation
Click here to read the full article at the New York Times
Hispanic group calls off boycott of Arizona
LaRaza calls off the boycott
One of the nation's most prominent Hispanic groups is calling off a boycott of Arizona it imposed in May 2010 over the enactment of a controversial immigration law.
The National Council of La Raza says it's canceling the boycott because it successfully discouraged other states from enacting similar laws.
Click here to read the full article at the San Francisco Chronicle
Economists say Obama jobs plan could help, but Wall Street unsure
Wall St. knows better
Financial markets have given their first review of President Obama's jobs plan, but their analysis speaks more to their doubts about Washington than the White House proposal.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other stock market indices plummeted Friday, less than 24 hours after Obama unveiled his plan to a joint session of Congress. The Dow lost 303 points, or 2.7 percent, and the S&P 500 dropped by a similar percentage.
Click here to read the full article at The Hill
Employers say jobs plan won't lead to spur in hiring
Employers won't take the bait
The dismal state of the economy is the main reason many companies are reluctant to hire workers, and few executives are saying that President Obama's jobs plan - while welcomed - will change their minds any time soon.
That sentiment was echoed across numerous industries by executives in companies big and small on Friday, underscoring the challenge for the Obama administration as it tries to encourage hiring and perk up the moribund economy.
Click here to read the full article at CNBC
Babies feel pain before birth
Any reaction there Planned Parenthood??
Researchers are homing in on the exact time during an infant's development when it begins to tell the difference between basic touch and pain. A new British study indicates most babies can start sensing pain a few weeks before they are born.
These findings may help to improve clinical care for preterm babies.
Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News
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September 12, 2011
Book review: 'Hollywood Left and Right'
WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - Most Americans who pay attention to politics believe Hollywood's political influence in American life and culture is heavily weighted on the left. Steven J. Ross, a historian who teaches at the University of Southern California, begs to differ. He believes the evidence shows that while "the Hollywood left has had the political glitz ... the Hollywood right sought, won and exercised electoral power"... (more)
September 12, 2011
NY 9th District special election a vote on Obama's anti-Israel record
DECLARATION ALLIANCE - Polls and pundits say Israel is the touchstone for the September 2011 special election in New York's 9th Congressional District. The 9th District, the most heavily Jewish in the nation, early became a referendum on Obama's Israel policy and attitudes... (more)
September 11, 2011
How safe are we 10 years after 9/11?
FRANK GAFFNEY - So, where are we 10 years after 9/11? It is comforting that we have been blessed with a near-unbroken decade without further mass-casualty attacks since those that killed nearly 3,000 Americans on Sept. 11, 2001. Unfortunately, our government is pursuing policies that can only encourage those who aspire to do us harm to redouble their efforts... (more)
September 11, 2011
A decade out, we're losing
ROBERT SPENCER - Ten years after 9/11, the war on terror is far from over, and we are losing it. We were attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, by Islamic jihadists who explained, in writings they left behind, that they were committing mass murder in the name of Islam, inspired by the teachings of Islam, and in defense, as they saw it, of Islam... (more)
September 11, 2011
TSA creator says dismantle, privatize the agency
AUDREY HUDSON - They've been accused of rampant thievery, spending billions of dollars like drunken sailors, groping children and little old ladies, and making everyone take off their shoes. But the real job of the tens of thousands of screeners at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is to protect Americans from a terrorist attack... (more)
September 11, 2011
Palin defends Perry on Social Security
NEWSMAX - Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has taken a lot of heat for his critical comments toward Social Security. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says that Social Security shouldn't just be jettisoned but that the Texas governor is right to call for reform. "Well there's no need to frighten or throw under the bus our esteemed elders who have paid all of their working lives into the Social Security system... (more)
September 11, 2011
California lawmakers approve Amazon tax compromise
ASSOCIATED PRESS - Lawmakers on Friday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a compromise bill that delays California's effort to force online retailers such as Amazon.com to collect the state's sales taxes while retailers lobby Congress for national rules governing online sales taxes... (more)
September 10, 2011
America remembers
September 11, a day of infamy
NEWSMAX - View tribute... (more)
September 10, 2011
Photo essay: Remembering and understanding 9/11
LOOKING AT THE LEFT - September 11, 2011, is the tenth anniversary of that morning in 2001 when a 7th century Arabian warriors' creed attacked the very heart of the modern world at the dawn of the 21st century. Ten years later we find America in a state of confusion and disunity concerning the meaning and lessons to be drawn from the Islamist terror attacks of 9/11... (more)
September 10, 2011
NYC, Washington increase security, manhunt for 9/11 anniversary terror suspects narrows
NEWSMAX - The hunt continued on Friday for three men -- one a U.S. citizen -- believed to be planning a massive car-bomb attack to mark Sunday's tenth anniversary of 9/11... (more)
September 9, 2011
All the wrong 9/11 lessons
MICHELLE MALKIN - Are your kids learning the right lessons about 9/11? Ten years after Osama bin Laden's henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth. "Know your enemy, name your enemy" is a 9/11 message that has gone unheeded. Our immigration and homeland security policies refuse to profile jihadi adherents at foreign consular offices and at our borders... (more)
September 9, 2011
Unstimulating, again
NATIONAL REVIEW - If $900 billion in fiscal stimulus did not deliver us from high unemployment, perhaps another $450 billion will do the trick: That was the theory underlying President Obama's speech. The same as before, but less impressive -- which, come to think of it, isn't a bad summary of this stage of his presidency... (more)
September 9, 2011
Snuffing out children's innocence
ROBERT KNIGHT - If you were the devil, what would be your most important mission, other than inventing false religions? It would be to corrupt innocent children. I'd start by kicking God out of the public schools and excising from textbooks the truth about America's deeply Christian heritage. I'd get rid of glaringly obvious ties between Christianity and the Founders' vision of unalienable rights and limited government... (more)
September 9, 2011
Obama: the spammer-in-chief
NEWSMAX - In just over an hour, the White House press office bombarded reporters with 39 e-mails detailing the latest person to sign on to President Barack Obama's jobs plan. As a result, The Washington Post's 44 Policy and Politics blog dubbed the president the "spammer-in-chief." "The e-mails came within a 1-hour, 5-minute period between 8:32 p.m. and 9:37 p.m. That's an average of one every minute and 40 seconds," the blog reported... (more)
September 8, 2011
Florida county yanks $500K for Planned Parenthood
LIFENEWS.COM - A Florida county has voted to revoke $500,000 in taxpayer funding to the Planned Parenthood abortion business. After significant pro-life lobbying, the Children's Services Council Taxing Authority (CSC) stopped funding Planned Parenthood after sending the abortion giant millions of dollars over the years... (more)
September 8, 2011
American civilization wiped off the earth? A thought as we approach 9/11
WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - "America's mayor," Rudy Giuliani, told a National Press Club audience Tuesday that there had been about 40 attempted/planned attacks on America in the ten years since 9/11, and he assumed there will be more. He believes future attacks on America could come at us in a form and on a level we don't anticipate. That conjecture is prescient... (more)
September 8, 2011
Appeals court dismisses Virginia's challenge to Obama health care law
FOX NEWS - A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Virginia's challenge to President Obama's health care law, saying in a ruling that the state doesn't have a right to bring a lawsuit... (more)
September 8, 2011
Obama urged to wield U.N. veto against Palestinians
REUTERS - President Barack Obama should say clearly and publicly the United States will use its veto on the U.N. Security Council to block any Palestinian bid to gain U.N. membership, a senior Republican lawmaker said Wednesday. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a conservative who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the call as Obama's administration made diplomatic moves to try to head off a Palestinian plan to gain statehood recognition at the U.N. General Assembly session that begins on Sept. 19... (more)
September 8, 2011
Poll shocker: GOP set to win Weiner's NY seat
NEWSMAX - A Magellan Strategies poll indicates voters could be on the brink of delivering a real shocker to New York City's Democratic establishment by electing Republican Bob Turner over Democrat David Weprin to succeed firebrand Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner... (more)
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Heritage Action Releases Legislative Scorecard
Conservative Scorecard Doesn't Grade on a Curve
Washington - On Thursday, Heritage Action for America unveiled its legislative scorecard, a comprehensive and revealing barometer of a lawmaker's willingness to fight for conservative policies in Congress.
"With each vote cast in Congress, freedom either advances or recedes," Heritage Action's CEO Michael A. Needham said. "Heritage Action's scorecard will empower Americans to hold their Members of Congress accountable to conservative principles."
"I am so thrilled that Heritage Action for America is doing a legislative scorecard," South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said. "It is time now that we look at the spending habits of our legislators. It's time that we look at what they're doing with debt. It's time that we look at how they're spending taxpayer money."
"We are tough graders and we don't apologize for it," Needham continued. "After all, we are conservatives, not tenured university professors."
Heritage Action's legislative scorecard currently encompasses 30 votes and 5 co-sponsorship scores in the House and 19 votes and 4 co-sponsorship scores in the Senate. The votes cover the full spectrum of conservatism, and include legislative action on issues both large and small. 13 Senators and 27 Representatives received scores above 85%.
"Americans are lucky to have a strong core of rock-solid conservative Congressmen and Senators, but if we are to save the American dream for our children and grandchildren, more lawmakers must be willing to fight for conservative policies with every single vote," Needham concluded.
As Congress votes, Heritage Action will continue to update the scorecard in near real time, providing people with information, show them why it matters and enable easy sharing to spread the word. Along with Heritage Action's other tools, it will allow Americans to hold their Members of Congress accountable and ensure they are fighting for freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society.
See the scorecard: http://heritageactionscorecard.com
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Heritage Action for America
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Susan's Paul Ryan Medicare Pamphlet - please print this and give it to your contacts
SAVING MEDICARE
Since 1964, our nation's senior citizens have relied on Medicare to ensure access to healthcare. Now the program is going broke -- and it is going broke fast.
It began spending its reserves in 2008 when payouts exceeded dollars collected for the program. [cite]
Predictions for exhaustion of the reserve vary, with 2024 identified by the Social Security Administration in the Trustees 2011 report. [cite]
The Democrat response is to reduce the amount Medicare reimburses physicians for their services. [cite]
This will result in fewer participating physicians and the physicians continuing in the program seeing fewer Medicare patients.
Patients will wait longer and have fewer choices in seeing a doctor.
If this makes access to care sufficiently untenable, or if Medicare does not get on viable financial footing, it will be administered through ObamaCare[cite].
This would include cost controls by a 15-member board of bureaucrats deciding wich treatments, drugs, and surgeries patients can receive.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget, has a plan which saves Medicare with no disruption to today's seniors and reasonable changes for future retirees.
The Ryan Plan is widely misunderstood and misrepresented. The future of our seniors' healthcare is too important to be decided on misinformation. Here are the facts about Medicare and the Ryan Plan.
The Ryan Plan in a Nutshell
Those currently retired and those close to retirement (55 and over) will see no change from the existing Medicare system. Existing physician reimbursement flaws will be corrected to encourage physicians to continue participating in the system.[cite]
On retirement, those currently under 55 will be provided vouchers from the government to help pay for health insurance. Voucher amounts will be based in part on income, with wealthier individuals receiving less assistance. Risk pools [cite] will be created to ensure that insurance companies will provide coverage to seniors, despite their generally higher use of medical care.
The result is retirees will have a system that gives them options, similar to that which members of Congress use and which will include options similar to Medicare Advantage, the popular plan eliminated by Obamacare. [cite]
The Ryan Plan Incorporates These Important Points
It is important that we
Plan now for changes, to avoid chaos later
The medicare system is running out of money. Change is coming, one way or another.
Pretending we can continue as we are is not an option, it is a recipe for disaster. The longer we wait to make changes, the greater the disruption to current and future retires, the more abruptly the changes will have to be implemented, and the fewer options we will have.
By implementing the Ryan Plan now, we will
- maintain the existing system for current retirees and for individuals 55 and over
- provide a sustainable, quality system for future retirees.
It is important that we...
Preserve the existing system, unchanged, for current retirees and workers 55 and older
This bears repeating:
- Under the Ryan Plan, if you are retired, your Medicare coverage will not change.
- If you are over 55, Medicare as it exists today will be there for you when you retire.
- And the Ryan Plan provides for quality health insurance coverage upon retirement for those currently under 55.
It is important that we...
Maintain availability of insurance coverage for future retirees
Since individuals generally require more medical care as they age, it tends to be difficult for older individuals to find private health insurance that will cover them. That is one reason our existing Medicare system is considered so important for many. The Ryan Plan creates risk pools which encourage multiple insurance companies to offer health coverage to those of retirement age.
It is important that we...
Maintain affordability
Individuals have paid into the Medicare system with the promise that coverage will be there for them when they retire. Unfortunately, we are facing an economic crisis in this country and Medicare is a significant part of the problem. To save the system for everyone and to avert broader economic calamity, in the future wealthier Americans will have to bear a greater portion of their healthcare burden.
It is important that we...
Make it feasible for doctors to participate in Medicare
Currently in many areas of the country physicans are reimbursed for Medicare patients at a rate that does not cover their expenses. Recent changes put forth by the Democrats further reduce reimbursement. [cite] This is not sustainable for any business and as a result increasing numbers of physicians are discontinuing their participation in the Medcare program. Patients are finding that their physician is no longer a Medicare provider and when they look for another physician it is increasingly difficult for them to find a Medicare provider who is accepting new patients and can see them in a reasonable time. [cite]. The Ryan plan fixes the reimbursement problem, making it feasible for physicians to continue participating in Medicare.
It is important that we...
Keep medical decisions between patients and doctors, not remote government panels
The Ryan plan harnesses the free market and puts choice in the hands of the patient. Retirees will be able to pick the insurance plan that best meets their needs, applying government vouchers toward premium costs. Medical decisions would be made in consultation with their personal physician, based on the individual's situation and preferences.
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 September 12, 2011
On Today's Program
Glenn's new show debuts TODAY - watch weekdays at 5 pm ET or on demand
The day has finally arrived - Glenn's show is back at the familiar 5pm ET time slot! Starting right now you can sign up for a 14 day FREE trial and get all the great programming GBTV and GBTV Plus members get - free for the first 14 days - including the new show! Sign up for your free trial now!
Tonight on GBTV: Glenn gives his thoughts on 9/11 memorials across the country, gives the history of America's first (and forgotten!) terrorist attack, and MORE! WATCH Glenn lay out his plans for the premiere episode of the NEW "Glenn Beck" show!
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Forget 9/11? "Real news" Al Jazeera says it's time to move on
That's right, Hillary Clinton's favorite source for "real news" says that we have spent too much time mourning and remembering 9/11, and that it wasn't even that big of a deal! "It did not endanger the existence of our country - or even of New York City," the op-ed reads. Wow - that's the news that our Secretary of State wants us to read! Is this part of that whole "change our traditions" thing that Michelle Obama was talking about? Get Glenn's reaction on radio this morning.
NYT's Paul Krugman says 9/11 is an "occasion for shame"
Al Jazeera wasn't the only news outlet criticizing the way we remembered the biggest tragedy in our nation's recent history - The New York Times chose to dedicate some space to bash George W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani, and others who stepped up to lead on that tragic day. For some reason, Krugman decided that it was appropriate to use his column to play partisan politics and divide us as a nation rather than as an opportunity to promote remembrance and unity - that's a real occasion for shame. Glenn gave his thoughts on Krugman's column on radio - WATCH.
2009 or 2011: Which Stimulus is it? The new game show on the Glenn Beck program asks listeners to guess whether Obama is talking his 2009 stimulus or the 2011 "job's plan". This might be the toughest game out there because they are pretty much the same thing. Watch the guys play on radio HERE!
What did the Beck's do to remember 9/11?
Glenn gave an intimate look into how he and his family remembered the tragedy and sacrifice of 9/11. Here's a hint - it did NOT involve calling anything a "shame" or saying it was time to move on. It DID involve thanking some of the real heroes. Glenn gives an intimate look at what he did - WATCH.
WSJ: GBTV outpaces Oprah (and the new show hasn't even started!): The Blaze reported: Many people thought Glenn Beck might have been a little bit crazy (little bit?) to leave the safety and support of traditional cable television to launch his internet-based GBTV enterprise. But the news from the Wall Street Journal today may cause even the critics some pause. Get the full story HERE.
Making of B.S. of A.: Brian Sack's "B.S. of A." debuts tonight as part of the new "Glenn Beck" two hour show, and he decided to give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at his own creative process. Sadly, Brian found out his new producer, Jack, isn't quite the comedic genius he said he was on his resume. What went wrong? WATCH.
Want to be part of the NYC live studio audience of the Glenn Beck Program? Please email us your name and phone number at tickets@gbtv.com.
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