Quote: 

"We should never despair, our situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new exertions and proportion our efforts to the exigency of the times." 

~ George Washington, letter to Philip Schuyler, 1777 

NY-09 Goes Republican For the First Time Since 1922 

NY-09 last saw Republicans hold it in 1922. The seat, last held by Anthony Weiner, flipped back to the GOP tonight in a stunning rebuke to Barack Obama.

In every special election in New York for the past few years, even in 2009/2010, the Democrats pointed their finger at each one and declare it spelled disaster for the GOP. Today, the Democrats will declare NY-09 has no bearing on anything under the sun.

Except, in NY-09 the Democrats attacked the Republican, Congressman-Elect Turner, on the Paul Ryan plan. They attacked him on social security and medicare. All things the Democrats did in the last New York congressional special election they did again this time. And they lost. They lost a district that went for Obama, Kerry, and Gore. They lost a district that has had a Democrat representing it for almost 90 years.

Obama lost New York Jewish voters. He lost them because of three things.

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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

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

September 15 - Rally for Palestine

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!

Celebrate Constitution Day

Saturday, September 17^th -   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 1^st 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.

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.

LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO

"BETTER THAN EVER"

(all times are eastern)

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

 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

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   

Dear Patriot,

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

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

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

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

Summit Highlights Include:

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

 ... and much more!

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

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

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

Sincerely,

Tim Phillips
President
Americans for Prosperity Foundation 

The Doctrine of Abrogation: Open the Koran Day

It's time to sign up!

 

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

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

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

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

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

 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.   

 Read more: 

RedState Morning Briefing

For September 14, 2011

1. Solyndra, Barack Obama, and Crony Capitalism: Picking a Loser to be a Winner

The Operation Gun Walker scandal has not yet percolated in the mainstream media outside CBS News, though it is only a matter of time that it catches on, given the cirminal enterprise the U.S. Government seems complicit in aiding and abetting.

There is, however, a scandal taking off like a rocket and directly relevant to Stimulus II. Via Doug Ross comes word that ABC News has uncovered the makings of a very real and potentially damaging scandal for Barack Obama.

2. Bachmann Stayed Quiet on Mandatory Vaccinations While Serving Minnesota

What's worse than a mandatory vaccination that never actually came to law and, even if it had, contained an opt-out? According to Michele Bachmann, nothing. In fact, if you listen to Michele Bachmann these days, you'd think Governor Perry was strapping 12 year old children to tables to inject them when he takes breaks from using the other needle on inmates.

Bachmann is making the case that opposing vaccinations required by the state is fundamentally a conservative issue, which is news to many conservatives given that mandatory vaccinations have been around as long as they have, and, to my knowledge, we haven't made it a big part of the Republican platform to oppose them. But if you listened to Bachmann last night, it's clear that she believes this is the type of issue on which a presidential candidate must stand, must do the right thing, and cannot waver in putting this forth as a conservative principle lest we risk infecting millions of children with mental retardation.

Has this always been an enormous part of this warrior's soul? Apparently not.

Please click here for the rest of the post.

3. No Girls Were Harmed During the Production of This Executive Order

From Ben Domenech's most excellent Transom comes this, backing up what I think ends this as an issue for Perry:

"The attacks on Perry's HPV vaccine actions five years ago have now taken up roughly 15 minutes in both the MSNBC debate and the CNN debate. Perry's message on this has been straightforward: that he made a mistake on the way he did the approach, that he'd approach it differently if he could do it over again, and that he listened to opponents and took his chiding from the legislature. He's defensive about the fact that he did add a parental opt-out (Santorum's assertion that all vaccines should be opt-in indicates that he has zero understanding of herd immunity), but that's the rule for all of Texas.

"But here's the real reason this is a silly debate: the policy never went into effect. Not one girl was vaccinated under the policy. Not one shot was given. Demanding apologies from Perry for a policy that never went into effect gets tiresome after a while - particularly when Mitt Romney has never apologized for his namesake health care reforms, in effect in Massachusetts still today."

Now, you can still say that Perry shouldn't have done it, but the attacks diminish when, in fact, no one was affected by a policy then undone - compare that to Romneycare.

4. House Republicans Ram Highway Bill Through Without a Roll Call Vote

House Republican Leaders seem absolutely hell bent on violating their own budget. First they announce that the legislation or the "continuing resolution" to extend discretionary funding for the next fiscal year will exceed the House-passed, Paul Ryan budget resolution by $24 billion and line up instead with the sacred debt limit agreement.

Then we find out that a separate bill (H.R. 2887) to extend the federal highway and aviation programs for six months was rushed through the House this afternoon without even a recorded vote. The problem with this legislation was that it extends a broad set of transportation programs that the nation can no longer afford and which are in dire need of reform. It was a missed opportunity, and at the very least, the bill should have extended the programs at the level provided for in the Paul Ryan budget. Ryan's budget-which almost every Republican Member voted for-included $27 billion for highways programs, about $15 billion less than was provided in FY 2011. In addition, H.R. 2887 lacked a formal cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, so its impossible to nail down the numbers for sure. Bills without cost estimates shouldn't see the light of day in committee, let alone the floor of the House of Representatives.

5. Pennsylvania considering Electoral College split

Governor Tom Corbett and Pennsylvania Republicans are considering legislation to change the allocation of Pennsylvania's Presidential electors. Instead of awarding all 20 on a winner take all basis, the plan by Senate leader Dominic Pileggi would switch to the Congressional district model currently in use by Nebraska and Maine.

In Nebraska and Maine, the statewide popular vote for President only determines two Presidential electors, the two representing the states' Senators. The remaining votes are allocated according to the popular vote in each House district. Nebraska's second district breaking for Obama in 2008 did not shape the election, but if Pennsylvania follows this model, then the 2012 Electoral College scenarios change significantly. Here's how.

6. Why Are Obama & Union Bosses Working to Destroy Companies & Jobs?

The question needs to be asked: Is it ignorance or malice? There was a time after the subprime mortgage meltdown when, if sound decisions on policy and financial initiatives had occurred, the American economy may not have been hobbled as badly, its credit rating might not have been downgraded, the recession might have been curtailed and so many Americans might not have been so negatively affected. However, rather than helping a recovery by letting the quasi-free market adjust, contract and expand again, at almost every turn, Barack Obama and the union appointees and crony capitalists within his administration are, whether out of malice or ignorance, seemingly doing everything they can to destroy an already fragile economy. It's really no longer a question of "if," but "why."

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for September 14, 2011

Understanding Poverty in the U.S.   

Real Clear Politics

What, Obama worry? New York House district elects first Republican since 1920   

The Los Angeles Times

Iranian judiciary clouds bail-for-freedom plan for 2 Americans jailed on spy charges   

The Washington Post

GOP Blows Past Heritage Key Vote   

Roll Call

Attacks in Kabul a Sorry P.R. Coup for the Taliban   

FoxNews.com

Iran's Atomic Countdown   

The New York Post

Latest Heritage Research:

BACKGROUNDER

Understanding Poverty in the United States: Suprising Facts About America's Poor

Define multiculturalism:

State-sanctioned grievance industry that stokes division and resentment, while always under the delusion that it is doing something positive called "celebrating diversity."

** VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS **

1. SHOCKING VIDEO: British Islamists burn U.S Flag on 9/11 outside U.S Embassy... Wake Up America! This is coming to a neighborhood near you... 

2. BREAKING: U.S. embassy in Kabul under attack - live updates     3. VIDEO: Chuck Woolery Has Solution for Warren Buffett and Matt Damon's Concern About Low Taxes  4. VIDEO: Iraq Veteran & Purple Heart Recipient's Surprise Proposal To Fellow Soldier
5. VIDEO: Code Pink's Medea Benjamin Defends Krugman for Calling 9/11 'Occasion for Shame'  6. VIDEO: Jerusalem Dateline: Why Terrorists Want to Harm Us
7. VIDEO: NBC's Curry to Ahmadinejad: 'Why Do You Work So Hard?'  8. PRESS RELEASE: Blacks file Class Action Racial Discrimination Suit Against Obama & Democrats
9. Ten years after 9/11, we should consider mandating some form of national service.  10. 9/11 Ten Years Later: The Fruits of the Philosophy of Self-Abnegation  

Distrusting the Common Man

Herbert London 

Here's The Speech the President Coulda and Shoulda Given

Frank Hill 

Today's Hot Topics

We choose, you peruse.

Serena Williams' U.S. Open 9/11 Tirade was Shameful

Gabriel Garnica, Esq. 

Rick Perry vs. The Media on Capital Punishment

Cliff Kincaid 

Show Me the Homeland Security Money

James Carafano, PhD 

On Sept. 11, 2001, America had no strategy for homeland security. The Bush White House issued the first homeland security strategy in July 2002.

Interview: Chet Nagle, Author of "The Woolsorters' Plague"

Ruth King 

A Decade On, Family Security Matters Remembers 9/11

Family Security Matters' Contributors

September 13, 2011

The Death of Great Men

Historians have long debated the role that any one individual can play in changing the course of history.  Some support the "great man theory" - the idea that one man of great vision and talent can pull his nation out of its natural orbit and set it on a new and very different course.  Others argue that culture is destiny.  Yes, a leader can step forward and make a bold gesture.  But unless he brings his people along with him, the culture will ultimately wipe out that leader's initiatives as certainly as the ocean envelopes and erases a sand castle. 

Tragically, news from the Middle East this month has done much to debunk the great man theory.  We are witnessing the death of the legacies of two great men.  And in the process, Israel finds itself thrust backwards in time to a more dangerous era.  For Israel, September has been a most cruel month.  And it's not even half-way over. 

Egypt's former President, Anwar Sadat, is often cited as an example of the great man theory in action.  Back in 1977, Sadat decided to end Egypt's state of war with Israel.  In a gesture of history-changing proportions, he boarded a plane, flew to Jerusalem, and proposed peace directly to Israel's Parliament.  When Egypt and Israel signed the Camp David Accords in 1979, Egypt went from Israel's most threatening enemy to its first Arab friend.  And while the peace that emerged was far colder than the Israelis had hoped, it was still peace.  Until recent weeks, Israel's border with Egypt had been a perfectly quiet one.  

But while Sadat and his successor, Hosni Mubarak, changed history, they never changed Egypt's underlying culture.  While they made and maintained the cold peace, they allowed their media and schools to continue to teach hatred of Israel and Jews.  And now this culture is devouring their legacy.  The culture - in the form of a Jihadist assassin -- killed Sadat.  And now the culture - in the form of a violent mob -- has destroyed the greatest physical manifestation of Sadat's peace: Israel's Embassy in Cairo.  Can the document long survive when its symbols are so defiled?  Click here to read more and comment on Brog's Blog.

CUFI Sends More Than 33,000 Emails to Administration on PA UDI

Since Thursday, CUFI activists have sent more than 33,000 emails to President Barack Obama expressing appreciation for the Obama Administration's commitment to veto any UN Security Council action that would unilaterally declare a Palestinian State, and urging the President to remain steadfast in this pledge.

If you have not sent an email to the White House please click here to ask President Obama to ppose UN recognition of a Palestinian state.

If you have already sent an email please click here to ask your friends to email President Obama

Facebook Page Calls for Action Against Israeli Embassy in Amman

U.S. Warns Against UN Vote on Palestinian State

Prime Minister Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Weekly Cabinet Meeting 
Breakthrough Israeli device helps Alzheimer's patients regain cognitive skills

Shots fired at IDF jeep near Egyptian border

Ahmadinejad: U.S. used 9/11 attacks to start wars

Pastor John Hagee on September 11th - The Tenth Anniversary

Israeli Embassy in Egypt Attacked, Ambassador and 80 Diplomats Evacuate to Israel

Joint Intelligence Bulletin Warns of Al Qaeda Potentially Using Vehicle During Attack

Palestinians officially begin UN state bid plans

 America's universities are the frontline in the ideological war on Israel and the right of the Jewish people to a home of their own.

Our future presidents, members of Congress, pastors, and opinion leaders are sitting in college classrooms across the country right now. To ensure that our next generation of leaders stands with Israel we need to act now. We need to reach these students with the facts before the anti-Israel camp fills their minds with hate.

If you haven't spent time on a college campus recently, you would be shocked by how bad the situation has become. On campuses across the country, anti-Israel students hold "Israel Apartheid Week" in which they claim that Israel is an outlaw state much like apartheid South Africa. Students even set up mock checkpoints to share with their fellow students the "horrors" of living under Israeli occupation.

But this year, thousands of Christian students have raised their voices with a different message, and have begun the daunting task of adding a pro-Israel voice to the conversation about Israel on their campuses.

Watch this powerful video detailing anti-Israel activities on campuses and CUFI on Campus students standing up and speaking up for Israel.

You can impact our future leaders. You can take action today that will make a positive difference tomorrow. Your investment today will produce a priceless return!  We ask you to prayerfully consider a donation to CUFI on Campus to help us raise up the next generation of pro-Israel leaders.

A Muslim speaks out against the deceptive accusations of "Islamophobia"  

One week ago we emailed you to report that the American Islamic Leadership Coalition had announced its support for legislation in Michigan similar to bills we've gotten passed in Tennessee and Arizona.

Today we share with you the commentary below that ran in FrontPageMagazine (highlights added), by a Muslim, who is critical of the constant drumbeat of "Islamophobia" coming from people like John Esposito.

Slowly but surely, an increasing number of Muslims are speaking out against sharia law, jihad, and the unification of mosque and state. It is not just non-Muslims who are ringing the alarm bells about this threat to America.

The tide is indeed turning.  

New al Qaeda leader releases message to mark 9/11

An image grab of Ayman al-Zawahiri taken from a video broadcast on Al Jazeera television in 2006.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Ayman al-Zawahiri, the new al Qaeda leader, praises the Arab Spring in an audio address
• A video message from Osama bin Laden, recorded before his death, is also included
• The video is apparently one that was released by U.S. officials without audio in May
• It was seized from bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan

(CNN) -- Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has apparently released a new message to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, in which he praises the Arab Spring as a "devastating blow" to the United States.

The hour-long video, posted Monday on websites run by supporters of the terror network, includes an audio broadcast purportedly from al-Zawahiri and a video message from Osama bin Laden, recorded before his death in May.

Al-Zawahiri's speech lauds the Arab Spring as having "liberated thousands of the members of the Islamic movement's prisoners, who were imprisoned by direct orders from America."

 

The uprising in a number of Arab nations, including Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, has also "liberated the Arab people from handcuffs of fear and terror," the message says.

Read more: 

The Wages of Terror

When Obama set off to visit the victims of Hurricane Irene, instead of visiting the American victims who had lost their homes and possessions-- he headed off to Paterson, New Jersey. Paterson is known as 'Paterstine' for a reason, it's home to the second largest Arab community after Dearborn, and while most of its residents are not yet Muslims, concentrating his visit there sends a message. And it's the same message that has been sent over and over again. Muslims come first.

 

Obama's decision to shut down the space program by terminating the shuttle and its replacement vehicle, combined with the loss of the Russian space freighter, means that the International Space Station may have to be abandoned. But as Obama's new NASA administrator Charles Bolden said, the new priority is Muslim outreach.

We may not have a space program anymore, but NASA has partnered with Saudi Arabia on "lunar and asteroid science research". The good news is that the Saudis can afford to buy us a new shuttle, so long as we don't let any women drive it.

And did you know that the National Park Service has an Office of International Affairs? Why does it need an office of international affairs? So it can fund mosques globally through UNESCO. The Obama Administration has eliminated the Park Service's 'Save America's Treasures" program, but there's always money for Islam. While the old outdated jingoistic NPS was concerned with the United States, the new NPS gives money to the Medina of Tunis, an adjacent Islamic school and a Muslim pilgrimage site in Turkmenistan.

It doesn't matter anymore if it's flood victims, outer space or national parks-- it's all about Muslims.
 

Dems' fate in NY special sparks '12 fears

Bellwether?

A looming Democratic loss in New York's special election Tuesday would be seen as a sign of big political and policy problems for President Obama and his party heading into next year's election.

Democrats have held former Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-N.Y.) district since it was created, but two polls conducted in the past week show Republican candidate Bob Turner has a strong chance of capturing the seat.

Click here to read the full article at The Hill

White House already spinning feared New York loss

Bellwether?

The White House is girding for a political loss in the heart of New York on Tuesday. They're also spinning up an explanation that won't entirely result in the blame landing on the low popularity of the president. As in Massachusetts, where Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley was faulted by the White House and many others for tone-deaf campaigning, Democratic candidate Dave Weprin may see the undercarriage of that new White House campaign bus.

Democratic officials and President Obama's advisers expect Weprin to lose the election to upstart Republican Bob Turner in the contest to fill the 9th District seat vacated by Democrat Anthony Weiner.

Click here to read the full article at National Journal

TSA creator says dismantle, privatize the agency

Scrap it

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.

Click here to read the full article at Human Events

Labor Dept.: Only 1.75 full-time private sector workers per Social Security recipients

Ponzi scheme?

There were only 1.75 full-time private-sector workers in the United States last year for each person receiving benefits from Social Security, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Social Security board of trustees.

That means that for each husband and wife who worked full-time in the private sector last year there was a Social Security recipient somewhere in the country taking benefits from the federal government.

Click here to read the full article at CNS News

Obama plans to end tax breaks to pay for jobs program

$200K a year makes you "rich" now

President Barack Obama on Monday proposed paying for his jobs plan by eliminating $467 billion in tax breaks for wealthier Americans and corporations, meeting immediate resistance from Republicans in Congress.

The White House objective is to put lawmakers in a tight spot: Support Obama's jobs package or risk being portrayed as doing nothing to improve the economy heading into presidential and congressional elections in November 2012.  

Click here to read the full article at CNBC

GOP balks at taxes to finance jobs plan

No way on tax hike

The prospects for President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs plan grew dimmer Monday as he unveiled the fine print of how it would be paid for-primarily through tax increases that Republicans said would destroy jobs, not create them.

Mr. Obama proposed limiting itemized deductions for families with taxable income of $250,000 or more a year, ending tax breaks for oil companies and corporate jet owners, and cutting out a tax break for investment-fund managers. The White House says the tax changes would take effect in 2013 and estimates they would raise $467 billion in additional revenue over 10 years.

Click here to read the full article at the Wall Street Journal

Census: US poverty rate swells to nearly 1 in 6

Hope & change?

The ranks of America's poor swelled to almost 1 in 6 people last year, reaching a new high as long-term unemployment left millions of Americans struggling and out of work. The number of uninsured edged up to 49.9 million, the biggest in more than two decades.

The Census Bureau's annual report released Tuesday offers a snapshot of the economic well-being of U.S. households for 2010, when joblessness hovered above 9 percent for a second year. It comes at a politically sensitive time for President Barack Obama, who has acknowledged in the midst of a re-election fight that the unemployment rate could persist at high levels through next year.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

House bill would block case against Boeing

Congress pulls back the bit on Boeing

House Republicans, angry over the government's labor dispute with Boeing Co., are taking up a bill that would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any company to close plants or relocate workers, even if a company flouts labor laws.

The measure would undercut a high-profile lawsuit filed in April that accuses Boeing of violating labor laws by opening a new production line for its 787 airplane in right-to-work South Carolina. The board says Boeing is punishing unionized Washington state workers for past strikes.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

Dear Pennsylvania TEA Party Organization,

The attached petition is an entreaty to the State Legislature and the Governor to pass and sign into law, the PA Freedom of Choice in Healthcare Act. This is House Bill 42, and it is from legislation already passed in six other states to nullify the individual mandate of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka, ObamaCare. It is accompanied by a supporting memorandum that t have drafted, in which I explain the importance of enacting this legislation and providing its constitutional justification.

Our plan is to submit this to every Pennsylvania Grassroots group and ask that they present it to their groups for a vote of their membership. It is up to each Grassroots

group/organization as to how they want to conduct the vote on approving the Petition. Upon approval. we would ask each Grassroots group to send the signed petitions to Stroudsburg's Founders T.E.A. Party Patriots. Once we receive a sufficient number of signed petitions_ we would like to send a team of people directly to Harrisburg to lobby individual members of

the General Assembly and the Governor to get this passed into law. This is a grassroots initiative.

We would invite all of you to join us in Harrisburg for this lobbying visit. It is time to convert our electoral victory from last November into meaningful legislative results, in defense of the Constitution. i consider it crucial that we speak with one voice in support of this legislation.

Once the petition is approved by your group, one of the coordinators from your group will sign the group name to the petition.

Make a copy of the Petition for your records and mail the original to: Founders T.E.A. Party Patriots

P.O. Box 366

Analomink, PA. 18320

If you prefer to email the petition after it is signed, thereby keeping your original, please scan and email the document to:

foundteari.egmail.COM

Please return your signed petition as soon as humanly possible. We intend to launch primary challenges to any Republican who does not support this bill.

Thank you for your consideration and patriotism,

Terrence O'Connor

Founders T.E.A. Party Patriots Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Tea Party

Congressmen nowhere to be found: House passes extension of bloated spending programs on a voice vote.

HR 2887 extended transportation construction programs at funding levels above the House-passed budget. This six-month spending bill didn't even have a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office.

And they passed it without a recorded vote.

>> Call your Representatives and ask: "why didn't you object to this bill?" 

The transportation package has long been the poster child of irresponsible Washington spending. When the House passed a budget in the Spring, they lowered transportation funding, representing a curb on Washington's spending binge. And today, the House of Representatives turned its back on this spending discipline. Any Representative could have asked for a recorded vote on this bill, but none did.

>> Call your Representative, ask why they didn't object, and send us a call report now.

Congressmen need to hear from conservatives on this issue. Call your Representative and send us a call report now.

Thanks for your help on this important issue,

Russ Vought
Political Director
Heritage Action for America

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Obama Wants To Save A Job -- His!

President Obama is hitting the campaign trail, going to the critical swing state of Ohio to sell his American Jobs Act. But a truth in labeling law would require the Administration to call the bill "Obama's Job Act." It has nothing to do with creating new jobs and everything to do with helping Obama save his job!

After claiming for days that the nearly $500 billion proposal is fully paid for, we've learned that Obama is demanding more tax hikes that not even a Democrat Congress would agree to. Just 10 months ago (not exactly ancient history) the Democrat-controlled Congress voted to renew the Bush tax cuts and not to raise taxes on anyone. Why does Obama think the Republican-controlled House would raise taxes when his own party would not?

Do you recall during the debt limit debate when the House GOP passed "Cut, Cap and Balance"? The media were incredulous. Every commentator panned the effort as a "waste of time," because the bill stood no chance in Harry Reid's Senate. What did Obama just do? He sent a bill to Capitol Hill that stands no chance of passing. Yet today we're told that "politics is standing in the way" of Obama's brilliant plan.

Here's what you need to understand: Obama doesn't want the bill to pass. This is not about creating new jobs for Americans -- it's a campaign strategy to save his job! That is why Obama is on the campaign trail today.

Obama wants to convince voters that he is for teachers, while Republicans are for "millionaires and billionaires." He is for new schools, but the GOP is for "corporate jet owners." Obama is for the middle class, and Republicans are for hedge fund managers. It's class warfare again, and these themes will be the centerpiece of his reelection campaign.

Here are two more points to consider.

First, I know everyone likes getting a break on their Social Security payroll taxes. But right now Republicans generally, and Gov. Perry specifically, are getting crucified for suggesting that the program is in need of reform. (See here.)

Yet for the second year in a row, Obama and his Democrat allies are taking billions out of the Social Security system in order to buy votes. Obama is telling audiences that he has given them the largest tax cut in history -- an absurd claim that earned Obama "four Pinocchios" from the Washington Post. Who really has the best interests of Social Security at heart?

Second, liberal pundits are doing their best in these presidential debates to pigeonhole Republicans as extremists for refusing to raises taxes to reduce the deficit. Again, what did Obama just do?

Will his half trillion dollars in new tax hikes go to reduce the deficit? No. It's for another round of stimulus spending. And we're having this debate today because Obama's previous $800 billion stimulus bill failed so miserably. Perhaps this one will only fail half as badly. The editors of USA Today were not impressed -- calling it "Jobs plan déjà vu."

Your liberal friends will attempt to turn the tables on you, asking rhetorically, "If you don't support Obama's plan, what is yours?" Here is the answer:

Economic growth has stopped because there is a crisis of confidence among consumers and employers. This is caused by America's growing debt and the fear of higher taxes. It is being stoked by images on the TV of riots in Greece and England (the results of failed socialist states) and by a president who continually gets on TV to demand higher taxes. Our jobs plan is to get Obama out of office, so we can cut spending, cut regulations and lower taxes!

To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, a recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. Recovery begins when Obama loses his!


The Tea Party Debate

The endorsements were coming fast and furious ahead of last night's Tea Party debate. Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal endorsed Rick Perry.

I have not yet endorsed any candidate for president. We are reaching out and giving advice to all of them. From a purely analytical view, Governor Rick Perry was once again the piñata at the party -- taking hits for his comments about Social Security, his actions on the HPV vaccine and his position on illegal immigration.

While Perry held his ground, he didn't necessarily gain any. It will be interesting to see whether he sustains his big lead in the polls after this latest debate.

Kudos to former Senator Rick Santorum for once again exposing Ron Paul's bizarre beliefs. Last night, Santorum nailed Paul for a post on Paul's website that blamed American foreign policy for 9/11. During the exchange, Paul tried to defend his isolationism by quoting Osama bin Laden, suggesting we were attacked because America was occupying Muslim lands. It had to be one of Paul's worst moments, and the audience expressed its displeasure with a chorus of loud "boos."

But shame on the front-runners for remaining silent and refusing to take on Paul. Rick Santorum should not be the only one standing up for America and pushing back against the nonsense that we are responsible for 9/11. If these candidates want to lead the country, they should start showing some leadership by denouncing Paul's dangerously deluded ideas.


Pray For Dr. Dobson

My good friend Dr. James Dobson is in the hospital recovering from multiple bone fractures after falling off a horse while on vacation. His daughter, Danae, says he's doing well and, thankfully, suffered no serious complications.

Please remember Dr. Dobson, and his wife, Shirley, in your prayers in the days ahead.
 

GOP: Say NO to Endorsements

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

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

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

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

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

Fellow Patriots,

On Thursday, Sept. 15, Mark Alexander will announce plans for a class action lawsuit. If you believe our national government is in violation of its constitutionally mandated limits, you will most assuredly want to learn about this action and join the ranks of those seeking to restore the integrity of our Constitution.

If you are a United States citizen and subject to federal taxes, you are eligible to join this action, and we encourage you, and everyone you know, to do just that. The success of this legal action depends on a large number of members signing on.

Look for the announcement on Thursday in Alexander's Essay, and be prepared to participate in the most significant legal action regarding "taxation and representation" since our nation's founding.

On behalf of your Patriot Team,

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Republicans in Congress say that President Barack Obama's $477 billion jobs plan will destroy jobs, not create them, due to new taxes it would impose.

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What is the future of American national security? How should the United States confront terror? Join us for a special discussion today from 12 to 1 pm ET hosted by former Attorney General Edwin Meese III.

Party Like It's 1787

On September 17, 1787, delegates from each state signed the Constitution. At 224 years old, the Constitution is now the longest lasting, most imitated national constitution in the world. It unified the country during a time of tremendous instability by providing a stable national government over the 13 separate states. Hearkening back to the first principles of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution creates the processes through which we consider and evaluate the policy questions of today. Therefore, every September 17th we celebrate this fundamental document-our United States Constitution. And here's how you can join us.

In Washington D.C., The Heritage Foundation continues to Preserve the Constitution with this week's lecture featuring John Yoo (you can still watch last week's panel on Reagan on the Constitution). Hillsdale College commemorates the Constitution with an all-star line-up including Representative Paul Ryan and Charles Krauthammer (watch it online). The Tocqueville Forum revives the Federalist vs. Anti-federalist debate with a discussion of the Ratification of the Constitution.  And of course, while in the nation's capital, don't forget to pay homage to the document itself with a trip to the National Archives. 

Not in DC? Not a problem! Attend one of the many Constitution Day festivals from sea to shining sea, sponsored by Americans for Prosperity.  Find one near you. Or, host your own Constitution party. We Read the Constitution has a list of Constitution parties in 16 states. Add your state to the list and sign up to host your own party.

Looking for educational activities for your family or school? Check out some of the great online resources that other organizations have made available. Many of them, such as the National Constitution Center and the Bill of Rights Institute, produce teachers' lessons that help bring the Constitution into the classroom. Teaching American History has the most comprehensive and user-friendly resource on the Constitutional Convention debates available on the Web. Heritage has several excellent lectures on the importance of the Constitution: For instance, Harvey Mansfield argues that the future of conservatism rests on its ability to defend the Constitution, and Judge Janice Rogers Brown calls on the current generation to reinvigorate the American regime of liberty by returning to first principles.
  Finally, because the viability of our country depends on our fidelity to, and the faithful exposition and interpretation of, the Constitution, crack open your Heritage Guide to the Constitution. Find out the original meaning of the Borrowing Clause, or learn how many states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect. Impress your friends with your extensive knowledge of little-known clauses, like the Sinecure Clause (plus, stay tuned for the forthcoming curriculum to the Heritage Guide to the Constitution).

The challenge of the Constitutional Convention was to create the institutional arrangements necessary for limiting power and securing the rights promised in the Declaration of Independence while preserving a republican form of government that reflected the consent of the governed. Their solution: a strong government of adequate but limited powers, all carefully enumerated in a written constitution. In addition to an energetic executive, a bicameral legislature, and an independent judiciary, the Constitution relies on structural arrangements of separated powers and federalism. That the delegates could agree on such a system was, according to George Washington, "little short of a miracle."

224 years later we still celebrate the miracle of the Constitution. Won't you join us?

Today's Headlines:  Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Labor Dept. Data: Only 1.75 Full-Time Private Sector Workers Per Social Security Recipient

CBP Chief: Weaker U.S. Economy Is Strengthening Border Security

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'Supercommittee' on Deficit Reduction Invites Your Suggestions

Obama's $447 Billion Jobs Plan Based Mostly on Tax Increases

Oil Industry Could Generate Over 1 Million Jobs by 2030, Report Says

Ron Paul's Critique of U.S. Foreign Policy Draws Debate Jeers
  Presidential Candidate McCotter Unveils Social Security Plan

Michelle Obama Honors Top Designers at White House
  HHS Trying to Boost Public Confidence in 'Personal Health Records'
 Syrian Bloodshed Weakening Regional Support for Iran?

COMMENTARY:

Setting Grandma's Hair on Fire
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Rick Perry never said he was going to abolish Social Security. He said, "We need to be focused on how we are going to change this program." He's right.

Clergy Banished from Ground Zero
By Ken Connor  Thankfully, despite the "official" exclusion of clergy from the memorial events of 9-11, God doesn't need a political invitation in order to comfort his people.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Activists offer guidance on celebrating end of 'don't ask, don't tell'
Higher Md. alcohol tax nets additional $6 million in first month
HHS rejects Delaware healthcare waiver
Denver's 10th Circuit Court considering Oklahoma's Shariah-law case
House to vote on bill blocking NLRB's case against Boeing
Thousands in Arizona opt to home-school
Denver utility managers push for state to outlaw some toilets
CDC to fight HIV with comic books
Casino coming to Valley Forge
Web pleas help illegal immigrants pay for college
Rep. King says Judiciary Committee should question Obama's 'Uncle Omar'
California weighs college aid for illegal immigrants
Medical costs for beaten Giants fan expected to top $50M
Republicans object to Obama's plan to pay for jobs package
More Americans tailoring religion to fit their needs
Anita Hill to speak out on 20th anniversary of hearings

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 September 13, 2011
 
  HIGHLIGHTS FROM GBTV DEBUT   In case you missed the historic launch of GBTV, we have collected a few of the best segments from last night's two-hour broadcast. Watch some of these memorable moments HERE.

TEA PARTY/CNN GOP DEBATE SUMMARY  CNN and the Tea Party hosted last night's debate with the current pool of declared 2012 GOP presidential candidates. The Blaze has several different clips posted in addition to an overall summary of the participants' performances that you can read HERE.

UNIONS JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST EPA RULES   Before he was elected, President Obama warned America that his plans would force energy prices to skyrocket, but he did not mention the massive job losses due to his EPA regulations. These job losses have unions protesting alongside small govt fans. See the details  HERE.

DINNER WITH MAHMOUD, DOJ BLOCKING TEXAS REDISTRICTING, A GOP WIN IN NY?   Culled from the vast and seemingly endless resources of the Internet comes a select group of stories chosen to make you a more well-rounded individual. Tuesday's Must-Reads await your gentle review HERE.

DNC CHAIR DEBBIE WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ defends the success of the 1st STIMULUS   Appearing on Fox News, the DNC Chair was unwavering in her belief that the $878 Billion dollar stimulus plan worked, and saying anything differently was "baloney." Watch the clip HERE.  

VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - CLIP OF DRUNKEN RON PAUL SUPPORTER GOES VIRAL   Ron Paul's 2012 Presidential campaign received an unexpected endorsement on a recent National Geographic TV program called "Frontier Force." Watch the video featuring a drunken, Constitution-loving Ron Paul fan HERE.

Steve Welch  Bickart/BrabenderCox/Rick Santorum                                                                                     Does Pennsylvania need another SpecterRepublican?

Steve Welch Unacceptable Unelectable: the Establishment's Choice, a Top Down Candidate who hires uberinsider Rob Bickart affiliated with Republican National Committee and Rick Santorum and other assorted professional phonies. Rob Bickart was Rick Santorum's  fundraiser for the 2006 union financed failed campaign and that should tell you all you need to know about Rob Bickart and Steve Welch but, in case it doesn't, read here and Huffington Post gives you the dirt here and more here and Liberal JournoList Ben Smith gives us some more dirt.

In 2010, Steve Welch hired Rick Santorum's BrabenderCox, a very expensive Establishment consultant.

Steve Welch is an elitist, "rich guy" who thinks he is suited for government office. Professional consultants love clueless clients who wannabee candidates for high political office, deluding themselves into thinking they have the personal skills and technical mastery to run and hold public office. It is a complex and difficult role. And for all our apparent disdain we have for them, it is we who elect them and it is we who owe them for subjecting themselves to the grueling process. Steve Welch is not "The Guy" who feels it.

The client wins, consultant takes all the credit; consultant gets paid. The client loses, consultant blames client; consultant gets paid. A Win Win... for the consultant. Good for them; not for  the client. And, most definitely, not good for us.

For more see:

GOPer mulling Senate run in Pennsylvania once voted for Obama Daily Caller September 13, 2011 Alex Pappas

  In PA-6, Is Steve Welch a RINO Trying to Buy His Way into Congress?    RedState Jan 2010 SusanAnne Hiller

Labor Dept. Data: Only 1.75 Full-Time Private Sector Workers Per Social Security Recipient
By Terence P. Jeffrey
CNSNews.com   

There were only 1.75 full-time private-sector workers in the United States last year for each person receiving benefits from Social Security, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Social Security board of trustees.

That means that for each husband and wife who worked full-time in the private sector last year there was a Social Security recipient somewhere in the country taking benefits from the federal government.

Obama Selects Psalm at Ground Zero Enabling Him to Proclaim 'I am God'
By Judi McLeod & Aaron I. Reichel
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Obama's Backdoor Amnesty for 300,000 Immigrants
By James R. Edwards, Jr.
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Woman Who Killed Infant Freed by Canada's Pro-Abortion Law

by Steven Ertelt

Edmonton, Alberta  

9/13/11   

A woman who strangled and killed her newborn baby has been released and will face no jail time thanks to a judge who cited support for legalized abortion in Canada, where abortions are legal and paid for at taxpayer expense.

Katrina Effert of Wetaskiwin, Alberta gave birth secretly in the downstairs level of her parents' home and then killed her baby son by throwing his body over the fence of their yard. Effert, 19 at the time of the infanticide, told the court she worried about what her parents would think of having to listen to the cries of a newborn baby in the house. Effert's parents were not aware of the pregnancy and she initially told police she had not had sexual intercourse.

The boy was named Rodney and Effert reportedly used a pair of her own underwear to strangle him and take his life before tossing his body into her parents' neighbor's yard.  

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Keep your "bulwarks" Barry and just SHOOT THE BUNNY: America needs fuel not tree hugging smugness

Sep 13, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

    By Carlos Calianka, staff writer  

 The recent Texaswildfires have consumed nearly 4600 square miles of vegetation destroyed over 1000 homes and taken several lives. If only Texas´ (not to mentionArizona,Californiaand New Mexico´s) forests could have been systematically harvested to help our economy!     Unfortunately, this isn't the case as Obama´s Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Bob Abbey, has opposed recent legislation proposed under H.R. 1581 (The Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011) sponsored by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).  Abbey, it appears, is going for the jugular to rouse a nation impervious to 9% plus unemployment and defend the environment by comparing this GOP initiative to: "...shooting a small rabbit with a large gun, leaving almost no meat on the bone."  At stake is lifting Forest Service protections to nearly 36 million acres of inventoried road-less lands as well as compelling the Bureau ... Continue Reading:Keep your "bulwarks" Barry and just SHOOT THE BUNNY: America needs fuel not tree hugging smugness

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Got this from a friend who went to the Springfield Townhall meeting.

We all should hold their feet to the fire, SAVE OUR REPUBLIC NOW !!!

Hi Mark,

When I asked Representative Meehan (Rep, 7th District, PA) at the Springfield Townhall last week about the resurrection of subprime mortgages by the Obama administration, he indicated that he was unaware of this.  I think this SHOULD be a matter of great concern, particularly in these fragile economic times.

I compiled a list of articles (albeit Opinion articles) indicating that the resurrection of subprime mortgages is indeed occurring.  Of particular interest is a statement from Bank of America's web site that says: "The down payment assistance programs (DAPs) provide funds to low- and moderate-income families and first time homebuyers for home purchase. The programs generally provide down payment and closing cost assistance, and repayment is often with favorable terms or, in some cases, fully forgiven."  What is THAT all about??? Any ideas? 

Anyway, I am attaching the letter and the documentation articles that I hand-delivered to Meehan's office today.  I hope he listens.  I have to say that I was impressed with him at the meeting last week and also the way in which he questioned the EPA representative about fish and jobs.  I thought you might be interested in the articles and also in the video in which he was questioning Ms. Jackson of the EPA.  (See the link below.)

http://meehan.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&parentid=6§iontree=6,49&itemid=267

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Bank of America's WEb site Information  

http://neighborhoodlending.bankofamerica.com/Products.aspx 

"Down Payment Assistance, Bonds and Other Affordable Housing Programs

Bank of America participates in over 2,500 affordable housing programs. The most common are down payment assistance and bond programs.
 
The down payment assistance programs (DAPs) provide funds to low- and moderate-income families and first time homebuyers for home purchase. The programs generally provide down payment and closing cost assistance, and repayment is often with favorable terms or, in some cases, fully forgiven.Other types of affordable housing programs include mortgage credit certificates, also known as MCC's, grants from nonprofits or government agencies, inclusionary zoning, employer assisted housing and others.
 
Bank of America also participates in state and local mortgage revenue bond programs that generally provide below market interest rates to first-time homebuyers and sometimes offer a grant or second mortgage assistance. Bond loans are first mortgages that are underwritten to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA and/or VA guidelines that result in significant community lending production.
 
Approved affordable housing programs can be provided by a city, county or state agency. Call them directly to get information on their first-time homebuyer or affordable housing loan programs. Or contact us and we will align you with the appropriate mortgage professional."

 Holder Launches WItchhunt Against Biased Banks

Holder Launches Witch Hunt Against Biased Banks

By PAUL SPERRY, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 07/08/2011 06:51 PM ET

In what could be a repeat of the easy-lending cycle that led to the housing crisis, the Justice Department has asked several banks to relax their mortgage underwriting standards and approve loans for minorities with poor credit as part of a new crackdown on alleged discrimination, according to court documents reviewed by IBD.

Prosecutions have already generated more than $20 million in loan set-asides and other subsidies from banks that have settled out of court rather than battle the federal government and risk being branded racist. An additional 60 banks are under investigation, a DOJ spokeswoman says.

No Job, No Problem

Settlements include setting aside prime-rate mortgages for low-income blacks and Hispanics with blemished credit and even counting "public assistance" as valid income in mortgage applications.

In several cases, the government has ordered bank defendants to post in all their branches and marketing materials a notice informing minority customers that they cannot be turned down for credit because they receive public aid, such as unemployment benefits, welfare payments or food stamps.

Among other remedies: favorable interest rates and down-payment assistance for minority borrowers with weak credit.

For example, the government has ordered Midwest BankCentre to set aside almost $1 million in "special financing" for residents living in predominantly black areas of St. Louis. The program includes originating conventional home loans at fixed prime rates for African-American borrowers "who would ordinarily not qualify for such rates for reasons including the lack of required credit quality, income or down payment."

The same federal order, signed last month, praises Midwest for adopting "less stringent underwriting criteria" while under investigation.

In the case against Citizens Bank of Detroit, settled in May, the U.S. decrees that "the bank may choose to apply more flexible underwriting standards in connection with the programs under this order."

Such efforts risk recreating the government-imposed lax underwriting that led to the housing boom and bust, critics fear.

"It's absolutely outrageous after what we've just gone through," said former Rep. Ernest Istook, a Heritage Foundation fellow. "How can someone both be financially stable enough to merit a mortgage at the same time they're on public assistance? By definition, you don't have the kind of employment that can support such a loan."

Justice March

Justice spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said the anti-discrimination notice "does not compel the banks to make loans to people who do not qualify." She said such measures are "essential to remedy the harmful effects of the banks' conduct."

But industry analysts fear Attorney General Eric Holder is rekindling an anti-bank witch hunt launched by Attorney General Janet Reno in the 1990s, when Holder served as her deputy.

Some blame that in part for the subprime boom, because banks were ordered to throw open their lending windows to credit-poor minorities. That crackdown spurred the American Bankers Association to distribute to its thousands of members "fair-lend ing tool kits" advising the adoption of more permissive underwriting criteria to help inoculate them from prosecution.

In the new prosecutions, Justice acknowledges in every case it did not prove charges of intentional discrimination, while banks have denied any wrongdoing. Many, in fact, earned outstanding ratings from anti-redlining regulators enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act.

Istook calls Holder's crusade an "egregious overreach by the government." He says many of the targets are smaller banks without the resources to fight a protracted legal battle.

The House Judiciary Committee plans to investigate.

"This is an expansion of the law," said a congressional investigator. "They're pushing the envelope as far as they can go in the enforcement of civil rights."

DOJ Demands 'Nondisclosure'

As part of settlement deals, prosecutors have required banks to sign "nondisclosure agreements" barring them from talking about the methods used to allege discrimination. Bank lawyers contend the prosecutors are trying to hide the shaky legal grounds on which the cases are built. "It's horrible what they're doing at the civil rights division," said Reginald Brown, a partner at Wilmer Hale in Washington, who has represented banks in connection to recent race-bias investigations. "They don't have any proof, just theories."

He added, "They want you to sign something saying you agree, under the condition of any settlement with them, that you won't disclose what their theories were. That's because their theories are loopy and wouldn't stand the light of day."

One such theory - "disparate impact" - holds that merely a difference in loan application outcomes is enough to prove racial discrimination - even if no intent exists on the part of loan officers to contrast based on the color of applicants, and even legitimate business factors - such as credit scores and down payments - help explain disparities in loan outcomes between white and black applicants.

Under this broad theory, banks have been accused of racism simply for failing to open branches or aggressively market mortgages in black neighborhoods - regardless of the demand for, or viability of, such loans in those areas.

Following this theory, the government has ordered several banks to advertise in black media and open branches in black neighborhoods, despite the weak economy.

Justice confirmed it has asked banks to keep its methodologies, which include computer-based statistical analysis, secret.

"In certain circumstances, when a bank has requested details of our analysis, the department has requested that a defendant agree to a confidentiality agreement," Hinojosa told IBD.

Critics say Holder's interpretation of civil-rights law is even more radical than Reno's.

For the first time, prosecutors are judging banks for the secondary impact their policies have on entire minority communities, not just households. And they're ordering reparations accordingly.

In announcing a recent $2 million settlement with Dallas-based PrimeLending, Civil Rights Division chief Tom Perez said, "We will require lenders to invest in the community that they've harmed."

Another Reno protege, Perez has compared bankers to Klansmen. Only difference is, he said, bankers discriminate "with a smile" and "fine print." He said this kind of racism, though more subtle, is "every bit as destructive as the cross burned in a neighborhood."

Perez has put in place an infrastructure to enforce "fair lending" - including a first-of-its-kind Fair Lending Unit staffed with more than 20 lawyers, economists and statisticians.

He's appointed a special lending cop to run it - Special Counsel for Fair Lending Eric Halperin, who also worked for Reno. Before returning to Justice, Halperin was chief Washington lobbyist for the Center for Responsible Lending, an anti-redlining group that urged banks to relax lending standards for low-income urban borrowers before the crisis.

Perez has required bank defendants to earmark potentially millions in funding for inner-city community organizers - who must be approved by Justice. Critics say lenders are being forced to bankroll Acorn clones that often exist just to shake them down for risky loans.

Hinojosa declined to provide a list of these "qualified organizations."

Perez is also prosecuting banks for "reverse redlining through the targeting of minority communities for predatory loans."

Istook finds it odd that the government is condemning lenders for doing too well what it pressured them to do in the name of diversity before the crisis. "Banks are damned if they do, damned if they don't," he said.

Also, critics say Justice is acting as a bank regulator by enforcing its own quota system for multicultural loans. The civil rights division has set "benchmarks" for minority lending, and will monitor bank lending volume and activity in that area among the banks it's suing.

The Obama administration repeats mistakes of the past by intimidating banks into lending to minority borrowers at below-market rates in the name of combating discrimination.

By MARY KISSEL

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

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

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                                                                        September 7, 2011

Representative Patrick Meehan

940 Sproul Road

Springfield, PA 19064

Dear Representative Meehan:

I attended your Townhall Meeting at the Springfield Township Building on Wednesday, August 31 and want to thank you for taking the time to listen to the concerns of so many of your constituents. You must have been exhausted after having three Townhalls in one day! I have to say that I do not believe that the obvious left-wing orientation of most of the rowdy crowd in attendance was in any way representative of the viewpoints of the vast majority of your constituents in the 7th District.

Your explanation on the need to consider the effect of crushing EPA regulations on our fragile economy was excellent. I had not been aware of the situation that you discussed in which one of our local refineries is being asked to put in a cooling tower at a cost of $350 million so that water can be returned back to the Delaware River two degrees cooler than it had been. You explained that the cost of complying with this environmental regulation could put this refinery and thousands of local jobs at risk, and opined that it is essential to consider both environmental and economic impacts when formulating EPA mandates. I actually went to your web site and found a link to a video during which you very aptly questioned EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: "How Does the EPA Decide Whether the Loss or Creation of Jobs, as a Result of a Regulation, Should be Part of a Thorough Economic Analysis?"

(http://meehan.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&parentid=6§iontree=6,49&itemid=267)

Your prosecutorial skills were apparent and impressive. I particularly liked your question: "At what point in time does the welfare of fish start to take precedence over the creation of jobs?" I hope you continue to be a watchdog, curbing unrealistic EPA regulations of this sort.

I was fortunate enough to be recognized to ask a question. My comment was:

In your response to my question, you indicated that you were not aware that these fiscally irresponsible mandates were being resurrected. I am attaching some opinion articles (for your information) that indicate that they are. I strongly urge you to investigate, and if necessary, endeavor to stop this administration from imposing mandates similar to those that were a primary catalyst in the collapse of our housing market and subsequently in our economy.

I have been involved with the Tea Party Movement since its inception in early 2009 and am genuinely concerned with the economically and morally destructive direction in which the current administration is taking America. I know that you are continually subjected to pressures from all sides of the political spectrum but hope that you will endeavor to restore fiscal responsibility, governmental integrity, adherence to the Constitution, and a true free market system to our beloved United States of America. Thank you.

                                                                        Very truly yours,

                                                                        Joanne Yurchak

Editorial: Reckless Redux For Subprime Loans

 Posted 07/14/2011 06:54 PM ET

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/578384/201107141854/Subprime-Loans-Reckless-Redux.aspx

Racial Politics: With homeownership plunging among minorities, Democrats and community organizers are pushing banks to revert to the easy-credit requirements that got us into the crisis.

In the latest move, the NAACP announced Wednesday it was forming a partnership with Bank of America to "advance fair-lending practices" that will help provide credit to "disenfranchised communities that were ravaged by the economic crisis."

Among other things, BofA has agreed to monitor lending policies for their "racial impact" and allow borrowers "the option of selecting a loan that is appropriate for his circumstances."

BofA, which just shelled out $8.5 billion to settle subprime claims, also pledged to "eliminate policies or practices that encourage biased and exploitive behaviors toward borrowers" and to "work with borrowers to prevent foreclosures."

Sure, if FHA can do it, why can't big banks? The Obama administration last week announced the agency will let delinquent mortgage-holders slide a full year on payments before starting foreclosure proceedings.

The Justice Department, meanwhile, has been pressuring lenders to lower their credit standards in order to secure more mortgages for minorities.

As we reported last week, Attorney General Eric Holder has sued several banks based on groundless charges of discrimination. They're now under court order to change their lending policies to qualify more credit-poor borrowers.

They've even been ordered to scrub clean the bad credit histories of minority borrowers who've defaulted on mortgages, thereby allowing them to requalify for loans.

When these politically mandated loans go into default, which they likely will, the housing market will take another blow. Home values will drop further still. And taxpayers will get struck with the tab when banks buckle from carrying even more bad debt.

As punishment for alleged racism, Holder's also making lenders fork over millions to inner-city groups that exist to shake down banks for easy loans.

One of the "qualified organizations" selected by Holder is the National Urban League, which has been aggressively campaigning against stricter down payments and credit standards. It argues that requiring 20% down "stifles homeownership for communities of color."

The administration isn't just resocializing mortgages. The newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which opens its doors July 21, plans to crack down on banks that deny business loans to minorities. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, banks for the first time must report data on minority business lending to the government.

The effort to ease credit appears orchestrated.

During Wednesday's Fed hearings, Democrats squawked that banks need to "qualify more people" for loans so they can buy the surplus of empty homes hanging over the market. They also griped that postcrisis qualifying standards have become "too strict" among lenders - including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

So here we go again ... creating conditions for another easy credit catastrophe in the financial sector. Have we learned nothing from the last crisis, which isn't even fully behind us?

In fact, we've learned the wrong lessons. And that's because Democrats and their accomplices in the media have rewritten history to make it seem as if "fat cat" Wall Street bankers and "predatory lenders" caused the crisis.

If the public knew the truth - that reckless federal housing policies designed to close the racial mortgage gap led to government generating more than two-thirds of the subprime and otherwise risky loans that crashed the system by 2008 - then banks like BofA wouldn't be on the defensive, and wouldn't be rolling over again for the affordable-housing zealots.

The biggest predatory lenders were in Washington - at HUD, Treasury and Justice - where they mandated that Fannie and Freddie and private lenders actually "target" low-income minorities for subprime loans.

That's really how we got into this mess. But all that was bleached out of the official report by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which was set up by the same Democrat politicians who helped push Fannie and Freddie over the subprime cliff.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was ready to investigate their crooked investigation Wednesday. But Democrats, led by ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, sabotaged the hearing. It's now postponed indefinitely.

If Democrats get away with their cover-up, they'll get away with their new assault on underwriting standards. And that could be the final blow to the recovery.

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

September 13, 2011 

On Today's Program 

A terrorist attack on the Statue of Liberty? 

Last night on the premiere of "Glenn Beck" on GBTV, Glenn gave a lesson in forgotten history on an incident known as "Black Tom". Did Germans really commit one of the first terrorist acts in United States history, and was Woodrow Wilson somehow involved in the cover up? Glenn will be giving history you've never heard each and every night on GBTV! Watch the segment from last night HERE. 

The Truth on Islamic Extremism

Glenn promised that GBTV would live up to the slogan "The Truth Lives Here" and last night he delivered the truth on Islamic Extremism. What are the facts on this threat to America - and why are politicians ignoring it even when Muslim families in America are crying out against the radicals? Glenn asks the tough questions and delivers the (non-PC) truth on GBTV! WATCH

Stu Blog: Shocking audio reveals what Glenn REALLY thought about Muslims after 9/11 - a phone call that you'll have to hear to believe! LISTEN

First responders and clergy have a place on GBTV: Check out what may be the first prayer ever aired on a major news and entertainment show - Watch.

O'Reilly brings Beck back to FOX News: Viewers of The O'Reilly Factor were in for a treat Monday night when Glenn made his return to FOX News to talk to Bill about GBTV. Get the interview HERE. 

Wasted Ron Paul Supporter

Glenn played a hilarious video of a Ron Paul supporter, wasted and pulled over for a DUI, lecturing the police officers on the Constitution. Only problem? Unfortunately, his argument doesn't make a whole lot of sense and triggers a discussion in how hands off the government should be and the issues that arise from extreme libertarianism. WATCH the hilarious video and the ensuing debate from radio. 

Romney vs Perry

The media believes that it's going to come down to this: two suits, two red ties, two perfectly manicured haircuts, and two VERY different views on entitlement programs like Social Security. Glenn started off the radio show by eviscerating an answer by Mitt Romney and why the GOP may be doomed if Romney wins the nomination. Hear his arguments HERE! 

Ron Paul vs Santorum: Perry/Romney may have been the main event, but Santorum/Paul provided some fireworks of its own. The two couldn't have bigger differences on the Middle East, and Glenn thinks Ron Paul has it wrong "every step of the way". Why? Find out HERE!