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for Patriots in South Eastern Pennsylvania

When: Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Where: The Loyal Order of Moose Lodge

Address: 127 East State Street, Doylestown, PA
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm 
 

  FreedomWorks and The Kitchen Table Patriots
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A Grassroots Training Event and Rally

When: Thursday, September 29, 2011

Where:  The National Constitution Center   

Address: 525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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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

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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.

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

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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.
 

 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 22, 2011

1. There Is No Travesty of Justice in Georgia.

Last night, the United States Supreme Court declined to stay Troy Davis's execution. He will, by the time many of you are reading this, be dead. There were no expressions of dissent or objection from any of the 9 members of the Supreme Court.

I like Guy Benson a lot, but his column on Troy Davis got my blood pressure up.

I'm hearing a lot from people opposed to Troy Davis's execution that there is no physical evidence in the case - and a whole lot of other hoo-haa.

First of all, let's set out that the case has been going on for twenty years.

Second, let's point out that two witnesses at Davis's trial testified under oath that Troy Davis admitted to the shooting.

Yes, those witnesses have now, twenty years and much badgering by anti-death penalty advocates later, recanted. A federal judge spent two days reviewing the evidence and the testimony last year and issued a 172 page order explaining why the witnesses recanting was "smoke and mirrors."

In fact, one of the chief nuggets of the case is that there was no physical evidence. Except that is crap. There is the matter of Troy Davis's bloody clothes that you've probably never heard of. And the gun.

2. Class Warfare: American Communists of 1928 Compared to Barack Obama

The other day I linked to a rather silly post at Think Progress by Matthew Yglesias. His point was that Obama is not engaging in class warfare because if you want real class warfare look at the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1928. That was real class warfare. Never mind how similar some of what the CPGB wanted in 1928 is what Obama is calling for now.

But we don't have to look to the CPGB. We can look to the Communist Party of America 1928.

3. Green Profiteers and Plastic Bags

Believe it or not, there's been a war going on over plastic bags for some time now. It seems that manufacturers of those reusable bags you see near the checkout line were none too pleased that so many people were continuing to choose plastic or paper bags as opposed to shelling out $20 bucks for their environmental solution.

So the reusable bag company known as ChicoBag did what any good environmental alarmist would do: they lied.

For instance, they claimed that "a reusable bag needs only to be used eleven times to have a lower environmental impact than using eleven disposable bags." They were close. It was actually 393 times or roughly 7.5 years to replace reusing a plastic bag just three times.

But, as always seems to be the case with wild claims of healing mother earth, their exaggerations weren't just limited to their alleged comparability to plastic bags.

This company even went so far as to hide the fact that reusable bags can actually have negative health effects since, unlike the evil plastic bags, reusable bags can become covered in bacteria.

They even created a bogus government website to push their agenda.

4. Get Ready: Conservatives Are About to Support the Federal Takeover of Schools

After Mitt Romney attacked Rick Perry for joining Milton Friedman in calling social security a "ponzi scheme", conservative intellectuals in the DC-NY corridor suddenly began treating Friedman as John Maynard Keynes' bastard love child with Karl Marx and rejecting all calls to reform social security because Rick Perry dared to call it a ponzi scheme.

Considering the behavior of conservative intellectuals in Washington and New York on that issue, get ready for them to support a federal take over of elementary and secondary schools because Mitt Romney today came out in favor of Barack Obama's Race to the Top and Arne Duncan's education reforms.

This is more than a subtle dig at Rick Perry.

5. On HPV and Virtuous Diseases

One of the disadvantages of being a procrastinator is that sometimes you lose great opportunities. I started on this story last week and put it aside because of travel, In the meantime I find that Michael Gerson has hit the subject much better than I ever could.

Though the kerfuffle concerning Michele Bachmann and the HPV vaccine from the Republican candidate debate in Tampa is about over, during the course of that debate I repeatedly encountered an argument that, in my view, belongs much more in Saudi Arabia than America.

Fact: there is no such thing as a virtuous disease.

Fact: no behavior or lifestyle choice merits death by cancer.

Reclaim rock for conservatism:

Dispute the premise of Edwin Starr's "War-What Is It Good For?" Answer the seemingly rhetorical question, "Quite a lot actually-it's been used to defend liberty, save Jews from extermination, prevent Nazis from running Europe, free blacks from slavery-you know, little things like that."

September 21, 2011

Contact Morton A. Klein at: 212-481-1500

Attn:  NEWS EDITOR

New Poll: Americans Believe 75% - 15% That Palestinians

Would Continue Campaign of Terror to Destroy Israel

After Getting Statehood

A new poll has shown that Americans believe by an overwhelming 75% to 15% that if Palestinians obtain statehood in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, they will continue their campaign of terror to destroy the Jewish state. The poll, conducted jointly by Democrat Pat Caddell and Republican John McLaughlin, also found that:

•         71% of Americans believe that Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of Israel, as opposed to a mere 9% who believe that the U.S. should force Israel to cede parts of Jerusalem, including Christian and Jewish holy sites, to the Palestinian Authority;
•         82% of Americans believe that Palestinians  must recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state before obtaining statehood, as opposed to a mere 7% who disagree;
•         66% of Americans believe that Iran would attack Israel with nuclear weapons once it obtains them, as against 13% who believe otherwise;
•         70% of Americans believe that Iran would attack U.S. military bases and ships in the Persian Gulf and Middle East once it obtains nuclear weapons, as opposed to 21% who believe otherwise;
•         80% of Americans believe that, were Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, it would pass these onto terrorists with which to attack the U.S., as opposed to 12% who did not think so;
•         64% of Americans would approve of a military strike upon Iranian nuclear facilities in the event that international sanctions fail to stop Iran from continuing its nuclear weapons program, as opposed to 23% who would not approve such action (McLaughlin & Associates & Caddell Associates National Survey, August 10, 2011).

ZOA National Chairman of the Board Dr. Michael Goldblatt said, "This latest survey shows that Americans continue to display strong support for Israel as a U.S. ally and clarity of understanding as to the nature of the Arab/Iranian war on Israel.

"These findings are also consistent with numerous surveys (a list of which can be found here) taken by a range of pollsters indicating strong and clear American public support for Israel over the Palestinians."

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Friends,

The Jewish/Democrat "Friends of Obama" have again used their Jewish funding to come out against the Emergency Committee for Israel's (ECI) NYT ad  which demanded Obama stand up for Israel. ECI ad below.

Once again the American "Jewish" establishment forces, this time the AJC, have lined up in support of Obama, ignoring his leaning over backwards to give aid and comfort to the terrorist Palestinians. Dollars to the American Jewish Committee could be better donated to real Jewish/Israel support groups such as the ZOA, the Emergency Committee for Israel, AFSI and The National Conference on Jewish Affairs.

AJC slams pro-Israel group's attack on Obama

September 19, 2011

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The American Jewish Committee slammed a pro-Israel group for its ad campaign questioning President Obama's Israel commitment.

"This ad is highly objectionable, indeed counter-productive, to its stated aim of supporting Israel," David Harris, the AJC's director, said in a statement Monday after the Emergency Committee for Israel's full-page ad appeared in The New York Times.

The ad, headlined "Tell President Obama: Enough. It's time to stand with Israel," urges the president to defend Israel this week at the United Nations General Assembly, when the Palestinian Authority is pushing for statehood recognition.

It accuses the president of having "built a record that is not pro-Israel," citing Obama's criticisms of Israel's settlement policies among other factors, and makes five recommendations that it says would redress that assessment.

ECI's Recommendation to President Obama: Five Steps Toward a Pro-Israel Presidency 

This Article presents a fact or two of some importance...The Palestinian Authority distributes to 225,000 individuals either a paycheck or a subsidy....Just assume a population of somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 million in Gaza and Judea and Samaria (since the Gaza population is highly inflated)...If so, and you consider an average family size of 4-5 (it is probably much more)...then, more than one third of the households are supported by the International Community, if not more .......and this is in "good times", since  their economy is bolstered by Israeli  contribution and opportunities to work that most will not have without Israel's presence (God Forbid)......

 

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 While the Video starts with some humor, it does explain to the uninformed just what the consequences will be in the event of a UN vote....Just that Judea and Samaria are not covered in a proper historical perspective, and other Israeli policy items are sort of misrepresented a bit...But it is a good way to inform a segment of the population to Israel's situation and the useless and harmful efforts of the UN.......Especially to those who know almost nothing of the situation.....Howard

Why a Unilateral Declaration of Palestinian Statehood is a Bad Idea

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Obama: Incompetent or Malevolent?

By David Solway In Daily Mailer,FrontPage  

The phrase "politics as usual" has gained a certain currency in our time. Regrettably, it is no longer relevant. What we are presently witnessing cannot be described as politics as usual. Consider the concatenation of events and factors that now confront us: the upsurge of terrorism and the growing strength of Islamic radicalism, a United Nations that has violated its Charter and is now home to totalitarian regimes and rogue nations, the international ostracism of Israel and an impending war in the Middle East, the American betrayal of its allies and a foreign policy that supports the Muslim Brotherhood and faux Arab revolutions, the corrupting influence of the left in the mainstream media and the universities, the potential economic implosion of Europe and possibly of the United States as well, and perhaps most distressingly at so critical a historical juncture, the election of Barack Obama, a man with neither business, military nor...

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Take your secret Saudi threats and shove 'em

By Ezra Levant, QMI Agency, Toronto Sun 

Saudi Arabia has hired lawyers to threaten Canadian broadcasters who dare to run a TV ad critical of Saudi conflict oil.

I know this because I am the volunteer chairman of EthicalOil.org, the non-profit website that promotes Canada's oilsands as an ethical alternative to the conflict oil of Saudi Arabia and other OPEC dictatorships.

Alykhan Velshi, who runs EthicalOil.org, produced a 30-second TV ad comparing the treatment of women in Canada with the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia. That's a place where women can't drive, can't vote and can't even get medical care without the permission of their husbands/owners.

Compare that to Canada, where the mayor of the oilsands capital, Fort McMurray, is a young woman named Melissa Blake.

Saudi Arabia doesn't like criticism like that, though. They are a fascist state without a free press or any opposition political parties. And now they've hired one of...

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German fund finances anti-Semitic activity

Fund established to compensate Nazi victims sponsors 'educational' booklets questioning State of Israel's right to exist 

Eldad Beck, YNET

The resources of a Nazi forced labor compensation fund are being used to finance anti-Israel activities, some of which are clearly anti-Semitic, Yedioth Ahronoth has learned.

German fund "Memory, Responsibility and Future" was established 11 years ago to compensate Nazi victims who were subjected to forced labor during World War II. Now it turns out that some of its resources are being used for entirely different goals.

Yedioth Ahronoth has received a booklet including anti-Semitic propaganda and drawings, which was sponsored by the fund and prepared at the end of a student exchange program between high school students from Nazareth and students from an eastern German city.

The booklet allegedly tries to examine and compare the educational rights of young Germans and Israeli Arabs. In practice, it includes blatant...

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A New, Selective 'Semi-Antisemitism'?

Only Jews Opposing Obama Are Evil, Greedy, and Have Dual Loyalty
by Barry Rubin, PAJAMAS MEDIA

I was horrified by reports that a powerful congressman, Henry Waxman, had said that Jews in New York's ninth congressional district voted against President Barack Obama "to protect their wealth." Could the obsession with backing Obama have led a leading Jewish politician to make such a stereotypical antisemitic remark?

In fact, Waxman's statement was taken out of context. As usually happens, however, a proper understanding of what someone is saying teaches far more than stereotyping their argument.

Let's examine Waxman's statement as quoted in The Hill newspaper:

I think Jewish voters will be Democratic and be for Obama in 2012, especially if you get a Republican candidate like Gov. Perry. But there's no question the Jewish community is much more bipartisan than it has been in previous years. There are Jews who are trending toward the Republican Party,...

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"The Ideology that Time Forgot" Movie Poster

by Bill Levinson

Militant Islam, the Ideology that Time Forgot

We use "ideology" rather than "religion" to avoid confusing this Dark Age death cult with a legitimate means (including civilized versions of Islam) of relating to God, or a legitimate framework for relating to other human beings. The title was inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' "The People that Time Forgot." The concept of a tribe or people that time forgot is a convenient device for populating an action-adventure story with primitive and violent savages who capture civilized people for purposes like human sacrifice and cannibalism. Militant Islam does not however leave much to the imagination.

The mystery of where Gaddafi's gold is might be solved

Sep 21, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

If we follow the trail of public reports and leaked information we might have the answer to the mystery of: Where is Gaddafi's gold? Last March it was reported that Muammer Gaddafi had gold reserves in excess of 143 metric tons worth over $6 billion.  In the months since then the Muslim Brotherhood led fake "revolution" against Gaddafi has raged in the streets ofLibya. A few weeks ago the "rebels" apparently took control of the country and since then the hunt for both Gaddafi and his gold has been on. 

On September 8 Reuters reported that Libya's central bank sold 29 metric tons of gold in April and May to cover the costs of fighting off the "revolution."

 On September 12 the world was told that America had "boots on the ground" in Tripoli, but that it was only four personnel and two were demolition experts. Innocuous enough, but anything in ... Continue Reading:The mystery of where Gaddafi's gold is might be solved

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The American Minute September 20

Sep 20, 2011 02:15 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer 

Coachisright.com  is pleased to announce American history scholar; nationally known speaker and best selling author William J Federer's daily American Minute column will be part of CiR's afternoon update.

 Bill Federer is a tireless and meticulous researcher whose daily history lessons reflect the relationship between God and our nation. The body of his work demolishes the notion that our founders were colorless and soulless men who were proponents of a slavish separation of church and state.

 When the topic is American history, Bill can frequently be seen and heard on such national programs as the Sean Hannity Show and the Janet Parshall's America radio show.

We're sure you will enjoy Bill's daily columns and want to share them with your friends and families. Bill Federer is an American patriot whose message needs to be heard by all.    

 American Minute: September 20

 He sat beside George Washington in St. Paul's Chapel at the church ... Continue Reading:The American Minute September 20

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Why Obama Is Responsible for the Mideast Powder Keg

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Debunking the Palestine Lie

Why did only 14 Senators sign this letter?  Where is Senator Toomey on this?  Linda 

(AFP) 

WASHINGTON - US senators urged President Barack Obama on Monday to use his speech to the United Nations to restate strong US support for Israel amid tensions with Turkey and a Palestinian push for statehood.

"The world needs to hear unequivocally from you that Israel -- our friend, ally, and strategic partner -- is not alone in facing these threats," 14 lawmakers said in a letter released a Obama arrived in New York.

The senators accused Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of "anti-Israeli rhetoric," the attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo, and the Palestinians' push to raise their status at the world body.

"We believe it is imperative for you to speak strongly, forthrightly and publicly about US concerns over these developments," they wrote to the president, who was to address the UN General Assembly.

"We need to make it clear that we will not tolerate continued threats to Israel by governments or individuals in the region or attempts to delegitimize Israel at the UN or other international forums. Violence and unilateralism against Israel will be met with the strongest US opposition," they said.

Democratic Senators Robert Menendez, Bob Casey, Kirsten Gillibrand, Dick Blumenthal, Ben Cardin, Chuck Schumer, and Chris Coons, Republican Senators Jon Kyl, Susan Collins, Mark Kirk, Orrin Hatch, Marco Rubio, and Johnny Isakson, as well as Independent Senator Joe Lieberman signed the letter.

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"ONE MAN WITH COURAGE IS A MAJORITY" Thomas Jefferson

Check out the discussion 'Obama Speech @ United Nations General Assembly: Palestinian Statehood'

What do you think about the Presidents speech at the UN today?
Another campaign speech or sincerity in his support of Israel? What are your thoughts?

Discussion posted by Asst Natl Dir Mellie B:

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the UN General Assembly, September 21, 2011. Photo by: Reuters   Full transcript of Obama's sp...

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It's Time to Tax the Trillionaires

Obama says that it's time to tax the rich. I agree, but while he wants to limit the tax to millionaires and billionaires-- I want to advance it to trillionaires.

Forget Warren Buffett and his secretary and the rest of the small timers, let's look at where the real money is going-- to the trillionaires.Who are the trillionaires? They're the people who spent and spent until we ended up with a 15 trillion dollar deficit. Now it's time to make them pay their fair share.

Politicians, public sector unions, crony capitalists and the rest of the rotten body politic that left us with a debt so big that it can't be repaid without selling an entire state. It's time to make the trillionaires pay.

How do we make them pay. Obama has complained that unless we raise taxes on the rich, there will be no money for Medicare. That's a fair point, so let's tax the trillionaires to recoup the costs. And let's make it a whopping progressive tax too.

 

Forget taxing their take home pay from their non-profits and their dues-- we know that like Buffett and half the cabinet, they just won't pay. Let's tax the taxman instead. Since the money that should have kept Social Security solvent was spent by the trillionaires, it should be taken out of their spending. Forget taxing income-- it's time to tax Federal spending.
 

The Tea Party Encounter at West Chester U!

Aninvitation from the Republican Club at West Chester University brought about a panel discussion there one week ago, hosted by the Political Science Club. Limited to only two people, our side consisted of Susan Love and myself. Expecting the "other side" to be composed of poly sci majors, they turned out to be two professors, one of philosophy, the other, political science, and both black.

The event was well attended, about 30 or so students, black and white, and, happily, of Tea Party folks of various groups, including several from The Coalition for Advancing Freedom, about ten total.

Susan Love and I first provided an overview of Tea Party principles and objectives: reduce the size of government, adhere to our Constitution,  eliminate the abuses of the regulatory agencies, control spending, etcetera - things you're all familiar with, I came  ready with an assortment of concrete examples of government coercion, government bungling, government intrusion into our lives, etcetera.

Once we'd made our brief remarks, the philosophy professor launched. He immediately described our Tea Party policies as having racial overtones and undertones, so to speak. And dredged up the circumstances of blacks fifty years ago, before the civil rights legislation. Fifty years ago! The poly sci fellow did much the same, though on a more subdued scale.

They also dragged in "other things" they feel the Tea Parties "should" be dealing with and, the fact that we avoid them, points to Tea Party's racial animus, overtones & undertones, defense spending, the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, and a bunch of other issues including gay marriage, and the like. My Irish-German blood does not take the "you should" stuff very well.

In responding, I asked, "I don't know why you are injecting race into this..". And both Susan and I reminded them of our core principles and values, that those "other" things are NOT what we are about. It made no difference. They were onto the implicit racism track and nothing would stop them. I'd hoped this would not last the entire session because I wanted to give the students more specifics that support our views. Sadly, they would not let it go. And so, we devoted much of the session to fending off these mindless remarks.

Churchill observed nearly a century ago: "A fanatic is a person who can't change his mind, and won't change the subject".  That describes what Susan and I were dealing with.

One trait I found especially annoying was that both profs would dismiss my various views by beginning with, "I respect you as a person, Lou, but (since you don't grasp that your Tea Party positions are racist, you're a fool)".

I've worked in corporations large and small, as well as running my own business, and if any manager, including the CEO,  talked to people in that "I respect you but..." fashion, he'd be tagged as a pompous, condescending ass and become the butt of jokes. I guess college is different.

There were good questions from the audience, though some also pushed us to address things far outside our mission, i.e., the  prison population, the drug wars.

The Tea Party and CAF members present rendered invaluable service to the discussion. They spoke up, had info and facts at their fingertips, and challenged the profs about the over-the-top comments. One of our people, apparently Chinese, nailed the one prof over an egregious factual error. If anyone can provide her name and email, I wish to thank her, as I thank all those who attended and who were not shy about jumping into the discussion. You were all superb! it was immensely gratifying when Susan and I saw how many of you were there and how ready you were to participate.

If those profs were hoping for wild-eyed, foaming at the mouth activists and bomb-throwers, we disappointed them.  Susan is a class act, and we both maintained our aplomb throughout, as did the other members in attendance. People form impressions not only based on what we say, but especially how we handle ourselves. Our non-verbal impressions can be as powerful and more lasting than our verbal.

The downside was that, by having to tamp down the almost non-stop racist innuendoes, Susan and I were effectively "timed out" from sharing much more about our principles and goals and examples. Was that a strategy? Some believe it was. Who knows. I think it's simply the default position of the radical left to view everything through their distorted blinders, and then to smear. They're so unlike the blacks I know, have dealt with and have respect for.

Once the panel ended, our members, Susan and I mingled with the many students who remained behind, engaging them in conversations. This went on for a good half hour, and we found it most rewarding to exchange ideas and answer their questions.  Young people are open to life and nice.

I hope we'll have future opportunities for such events. That the profs had attempted to sandbag us doesn't at all deter me or Susan from doing this again. And again, 

Lou Flanagan

Chronicle · September 21, 2011

The Oath Accountability Civil Action

Join thousands of Patriots who have already signed on to the Oath Accountability Civil Action for Constitutional Integrity.

To enforce our Constitution's limits on the central government, we believe a formal legal action is necessary. This action, if successful, would require that all members of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches, first and foremost, abide by their oaths "to support and defend" our Constitution, under penalty of law, and comport with its enumerated limitations on the federal government. The current scope of federal activities provides abundant evidence that many members of those three co-equal branches have long since abandoned their oaths, and, at present, there is no recourse for prosecution to enforce compliance.

To that end, please sign on to this action, and join Patriots across the nation in this effort to establish legal standing as citizens, particularly those in our Armed Services who defend their oaths with blood and life. If we are unsuccessful in our effort to seek remedy for the lack of any proscription against, and penalty for breach of oath, it is because the judiciary refuses any such accountability regarding the wanton violation of our Constitution. Such rejection would in effect render Americans once again condemned to the abuse previously characterized in American history as "Taxation Without Representation."

Our goal is 500,000 signatures, which is minimally necessary because if the federal judiciary refuses to hear this action, then we will take it to the national legislature for codification into federal law. A large support base will be necessary if we are forced to exercise that alternative.

The Foundation

"If, from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute." --Thomas Paine

Editorial Exegesis

Warren Buffett: Just a regular guy who wants to pay more taxes

"Washington has repeated nearly every economic policy mistake of the 1930s in recent years, so why not repeat one of the bigger blunders of the 1960s too? We refer to President Obama's proposal [Monday] for a new 'Buffett Rule' to raise taxes on Americans earning more than $1 million a year. ... There's one small problem: The entire Buffett Rule premise is false.... In 2008, the last year for which such data are available, the IRS reports that those who made more than $1 million in adjusted gross income paid an average income tax rate of 23.3%. That's slightly lower than the 24.1% rate paid by those making between $500,000 and $1 million, probably because the richest are like Mr. Buffett and earn more from capital gains and dividends. ... [N]early all millionaires still paid a rate that is more than twice the 8.9% average rate paid by those earning between $50,000 and $100,000, and more than three times the 7.2% average rate paid by those earning less than $50,000. ... [T]he real point of Mr. Obama's Buffett Rule and his latest deficit proposal isn't tax justice or good tax policy. It is all about re-election politics. Down in the polls and facing a sullen liberal base, Mr. Obama wants to rally the left behind him, and nothing fires them up like the pretense that government is sticking it to the rich. Mr. Obama is picking a tax fight that he apparently believes will carry him to re-election next year." --The Wall Street Journal

Would you like to pay more taxes?

Essential Liberty

"As the Founders warned, there is an ineluctable conflict between Liberty and equality. You cannot make men equal without taking away their Freedom. The Founders devised a Constitution designed to thwart what they called 'wicked schemes' to take wealth from one segment of the nation and distribute it to another. The reason prosperity took hold in America is because of inequality. The great American businesses that have so enriched us all came about because of great concentrations of private wealth, not though government-engineered equality. All of us live richer lives precisely because of the unequal distribution of wealth. Inequality, for lack of a better word, is good. Inequality makes the world go around." --columnist Jon N. Hall

Upright

"As predictable and repetitive as Obama's economic speeches are, his capacity for audacity shows ever increasing signs of creativity. ... Did you hear the anger in his voice? Did you hear him again blame Bush's 'two wars' and 'tax cuts for the wealthy' for the economic and debt problems into which he has injected steroids? ... Almost three years into his term, did you hear him accept any ownership of his policies? Did he apologize for nearly doubling the national debt? For pushing (and preserving) unemployment to stratospheric levels? For creating so much business fear and uncertainty that he's given the stock market a multiple personality disorder? No, no, no and no. Obama is the guy who sucker punches you, kicks you when you fall down, stomps on your head, yells at you, and then summons a crowd of people and publicly castigates you for picking on him." --columnist David Limbaugh

"It is incredibly irresponsible for these super-millionaires to be calling for more taxes, because no matter how willing they are to pay more taxes themselves, the burden will likely fall on many people making a lot less money than they do. For one thing, if the tax discourages earning from higher income people or reduce their wealth it could hinder job creation, hence hurting non millionaire Americans." --Veronique de Rugy of the Cato Institute

"[Obama] went to Massachusetts to campaign against Scott Brown; Brown is now a senator. He went to New Jersey to campaign against Chris Christie, who's now governor. He went to Virginia to campaign against Bob McDonnell, who's now governor. He campaigned for the health-care plan extensively, it became less popular. He campaigned in 2010 for the Democrats, they were shellacked. He began, in a sense, his presidency flying to Copenhagen to get Chicago the Olympics; Chicago was the first city eliminated. There is no evidence that the man has the rhetorical powers that he is relying on." --columnist George Will

Insight

"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." --British author George Orwell (1903-1950)

"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience." --French Algerian author Albert Camus (1913-1960)

The Demo-gogues

Chutzpah: "It is wrong that in the United States of America, a teacher or a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000 should pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million. Anybody who says we can't change the tax code to correct that, anyone who has signed some pledge to protect every single tax loophole so long as they live, they should be called out. ... And if they're pledged to keep that kind of unfairness in place, they should remember, the last time I checked the only pledge that really matters is the pledge we take to uphold the Constitution." --Barack Obama, who has done everything to undermine the Constitution

He doth protest too much: "This is not class warfare -- it's math. The money has to come from some place. If we're not willing to ask those who've done extraordinarily well to help America close the deficit ... the math says everybody else has to do a whole lot more, we've got to put the entire burden on the middle class and the poor." --Barack Obama, repeating his line about math vs. taxpayers

Historically ignorant reference: "George Washington grappled with the problem [of taxes]. He said, 'Towards the payment of debts, there must be revenue, and to have revenue, there must be taxes. And no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant.' But he understood that dealing with the debt is -- his choice of words -- 'always a choice of difficulties.' He also knew that public servants weren't elected to do what is easy; they weren't elected to do what was politically advantageous. It's our responsibility to put country before party. It's our responsibility to do what's right for the future. And that's what this debate is about." --Barack Obama, pushing for tax increases on the wealthy to fund his unconstitutional spending bonanza that Washington would find an abomination

"More than anyone else, these millionaires and billionaires benefitted from Bush tax cuts and contributed $3 trillion to our deficit, to help plunge this nation into a financial hole. A balanced approach to reduce our deficit means those who have benefitted the most from policies that created our deficit should also help solve our deficit." --Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Darn republic: "There are times where -- until Nancy Pelosi is speaker again -- I'd like to work my way around Congress." --Barack Obama lamenting to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that "we live in a democracy, and at the end of the day, I can't do this all by myself under our democratic system."

Racism 101: "If Bill Clinton had been in the White House and had failed to address this problem, we probably would be marching on the White House. There is a less-volatile reaction in the CBC because nobody wants to do anything that would empower the people who hate the president." --Rep. Emanuel Clever (D-MO), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, admitting to racist reasons for not challenging the White House

How's that Hope 'n' Change working out for you?

Dezinformatsia

Class warfare: "You look at any serious budget expert's analysis of the situation, taxes have to go up. So at what point do Republicans say, okay, we agree that taxes have to go up, and here's what we'll agree to? ... So what's wrong with raising taxes for that crowd so they're paying the same on their overall income as a middle class family? I mean, what's wrong with raising taxes on just that sliver of the rich?" --CNN's Christine Romans

Blame Republicans: "If Democrats are supposed to cut entitlements, aren't Republicans going to have to give at all on the idea of tax increases? ... But we saw in the debt fight in the summer, Republicans would not give on taxes. So if that's the case, then Washington is just going to be mired, going nowhere yet again." --NBC's David Gregory

Sycophants: "You got things done. You know, you reformed Social Security. You balanced the budget. What's different today? What's changed the dynamic?" --NBC's Matt Lauer to Bill Clinton

Civility: "[Florida] is full of conservatives and crazy old people -- right wing extremist wackos and prehistoric reptiles that you can't kill, basically, the Tea Party!" --Angry Left Air America radio-talk-show host Randi Rhodes

Newspulper Headlines:

We Blame Global Warming: "Obama Hopes His 'Next Inauguration Is Warmer' Than First" --USA Today website

We Blame George W. Bush: "Why'd It Take So Long to Invent the Wheel?" --NPR.org

Then Obama Is a Great President: "What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?" --The New York Times

Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control: "Ron Paul Was Right" --Cal Thomas syndicated column

No Doubt Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts: "Geithner, Krugman Paint Grim Pictures of Economy -- VIDEO" --NationalJournal.com

Bottom Stories of the Day: "Obama Still Popular Abroad" --Politico.com

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

The Foundation

"If, from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute." --Thomas Paine

Editorial Exegesis

Warren Buffett: Just a regular guy who wants to pay more taxes

"Washington has repeated nearly every economic policy mistake of the 1930s in recent years, so why not repeat one of the bigger blunders of the 1960s too? We refer to President Obama's proposal [Monday] for a new 'Buffett Rule' to raise taxes on Americans earning more than $1 million a year. ... There's one small problem: The entire Buffett Rule premise is false.... In 2008, the last year for which such data are available, the IRS reports that those who made more than $1 million in adjusted gross income paid an average income tax rate of 23.3%. That's slightly lower than the 24.1% rate paid by those making between $500,000 and $1 million, probably because the richest are like Mr. Buffett and earn more from capital gains and dividends. ... [N]early all millionaires still paid a rate that is more than twice the 8.9% average rate paid by those earning between $50,000 and $100,000, and more than three times the 7.2% average rate paid by those earning less than $50,000. ... [T]he real point of Mr. Obama's Buffett Rule and his latest deficit proposal isn't tax justice or good tax policy. It is all about re-election politics. Down in the polls and facing a sullen liberal base, Mr. Obama wants to rally the left behind him, and nothing fires them up like the pretense that government is sticking it to the rich. Mr. Obama is picking a tax fight that he apparently believes will carry him to re-election next year." --The Wall Street Journal

Would you like to pay more taxes?

Essential Liberty

"As the Founders warned, there is an ineluctable conflict between Liberty and equality. You cannot make men equal without taking away their Freedom. The Founders devised a Constitution designed to thwart what they called 'wicked schemes' to take wealth from one segment of the nation and distribute it to another. The reason prosperity took hold in America is because of inequality. The great American businesses that have so enriched us all came about because of great concentrations of private wealth, not though government-engineered equality. All of us live richer lives precisely because of the unequal distribution of wealth. Inequality, for lack of a better word, is good. Inequality makes the world go around." --columnist Jon N. Hall

Upright

"As predictable and repetitive as Obama's economic speeches are, his capacity for audacity shows ever increasing signs of creativity. ... Did you hear the anger in his voice? Did you hear him again blame Bush's 'two wars' and 'tax cuts for the wealthy' for the economic and debt problems into which he has injected steroids? ... Almost three years into his term, did you hear him accept any ownership of his policies? Did he apologize for nearly doubling the national debt? For pushing (and preserving) unemployment to stratospheric levels? For creating so much business fear and uncertainty that he's given the stock market a multiple personality disorder? No, no, no and no. Obama is the guy who sucker punches you, kicks you when you fall down, stomps on your head, yells at you, and then summons a crowd of people and publicly castigates you for picking on him." --columnist David Limbaugh

"It is incredibly irresponsible for these super-millionaires to be calling for more taxes, because no matter how willing they are to pay more taxes themselves, the burden will likely fall on many people making a lot less money than they do. For one thing, if the tax discourages earning from higher income people or reduce their wealth it could hinder job creation, hence hurting non millionaire Americans." --Veronique de Rugy of the Cato Institute

"[Obama] went to Massachusetts to campaign against Scott Brown; Brown is now a senator. He went to New Jersey to campaign against Chris Christie, who's now governor. He went to Virginia to campaign against Bob McDonnell, who's now governor. He campaigned for the health-care plan extensively, it became less popular. He campaigned in 2010 for the Democrats, they were shellacked. He began, in a sense, his presidency flying to Copenhagen to get Chicago the Olympics; Chicago was the first city eliminated. There is no evidence that the man has the rhetorical powers that he is relying on." --columnist George Will

Insight

"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." --British author George Orwell (1903-1950)

"The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience." --French Algerian author Albert Camus (1913-1960)

The Demo-gogues

Chutzpah: "It is wrong that in the United States of America, a teacher or a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000 should pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million. Anybody who says we can't change the tax code to correct that, anyone who has signed some pledge to protect every single tax loophole so long as they live, they should be called out. ... And if they're pledged to keep that kind of unfairness in place, they should remember, the last time I checked the only pledge that really matters is the pledge we take to uphold the Constitution." --Barack Obama, who has done everything to undermine the Constitution

He doth protest too much: "This is not class warfare -- it's math. The money has to come from some place. If we're not willing to ask those who've done extraordinarily well to help America close the deficit ... the math says everybody else has to do a whole lot more, we've got to put the entire burden on the middle class and the poor." --Barack Obama, repeating his line about math vs. taxpayers

Historically ignorant reference: "George Washington grappled with the problem [of taxes]. He said, 'Towards the payment of debts, there must be revenue, and to have revenue, there must be taxes. And no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant.' But he understood that dealing with the debt is -- his choice of words -- 'always a choice of difficulties.' He also knew that public servants weren't elected to do what is easy; they weren't elected to do what was politically advantageous. It's our responsibility to put country before party. It's our responsibility to do what's right for the future. And that's what this debate is about." --Barack Obama, pushing for tax increases on the wealthy to fund his unconstitutional spending bonanza that Washington would find an abomination

"More than anyone else, these millionaires and billionaires benefitted from Bush tax cuts and contributed $3 trillion to our deficit, to help plunge this nation into a financial hole. A balanced approach to reduce our deficit means those who have benefitted the most from policies that created our deficit should also help solve our deficit." --Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Darn republic: "There are times where -- until Nancy Pelosi is speaker again -- I'd like to work my way around Congress." --Barack Obama lamenting to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that "we live in a democracy, and at the end of the day, I can't do this all by myself under our democratic system."

Racism 101: "If Bill Clinton had been in the White House and had failed to address this problem, we probably would be marching on the White House. There is a less-volatile reaction in the CBC because nobody wants to do anything that would empower the people who hate the president." --Rep. Emanuel Clever (D-MO), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, admitting to racist reasons for not challenging the White House

How's that Hope 'n' Change working out for you?

Dezinformatsia

Class warfare: "You look at any serious budget expert's analysis of the situation, taxes have to go up. So at what point do Republicans say, okay, we agree that taxes have to go up, and here's what we'll agree to? ... So what's wrong with raising taxes for that crowd so they're paying the same on their overall income as a middle class family? I mean, what's wrong with raising taxes on just that sliver of the rich?" --CNN's Christine Romans

Blame Republicans: "If Democrats are supposed to cut entitlements, aren't Republicans going to have to give at all on the idea of tax increases? ... But we saw in the debt fight in the summer, Republicans would not give on taxes. So if that's the case, then Washington is just going to be mired, going nowhere yet again." --NBC's David Gregory

Sycophants: "You got things done. You know, you reformed Social Security. You balanced the budget. What's different today? What's changed the dynamic?" --NBC's Matt Lauer to Bill Clinton

Civility: "[Florida] is full of conservatives and crazy old people -- right wing extremist wackos and prehistoric reptiles that you can't kill, basically, the Tea Party!" --Angry Left Air America radio-talk-show host Randi Rhodes

Newspulper Headlines:

We Blame Global Warming: "Obama Hopes His 'Next Inauguration Is Warmer' Than First" --USA Today website

We Blame George W. Bush: "Why'd It Take So Long to Invent the Wheel?" --NPR.org

Then Obama Is a Great President: "What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?" --The New York Times

Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control: "Ron Paul Was Right" --Cal Thomas syndicated column

No Doubt Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts: "Geithner, Krugman Paint Grim Pictures of Economy -- VIDEO" --NationalJournal.com

Bottom Stories of the Day: "Obama Still Popular Abroad" --Politico.com

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

What You're Not Hearing About the New Jobs Bill: It Overrides State's Rights

• Posted on September 20, 2011 

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September 21, 2011
 
  IS THIS PHOTOGRAPH OF OBAMA REAL?  This curious/goofy photo of President Obama was reportedly taken on Tuesday at a meeting of the Open Government Partnership in New York City. Some think it has been digitally enhanced... take a look and then take our poll HERE.

ONSTAR TRACKS YOU AFTER YOU CANCEL   GM's built in GPS and satellite tracking system can be a life saver, but it is also able to monitor you AFTER you have canceled your subscription. Read the details of this "Big Brother"-like feature HERE.

CLINTON: RAISING TAXES - A BAD IDEA   Former President Bill Clinton appeared on many media outlets this week, drumming up support for his "Clinton Global Initiative." Yesterday, during an interview with Newsmax, Mr. Clinton called Obama's proposed tax increases a bad idea and also said the Obama plan on the deficit was "confusing." Watch the entire interview HERE.

Are some very large american companies in danger of failing?   We all know that the Post Office is in trouble... but there is a group of very well known American businesses reportedly facing very difficult times in the immediate future. See this surprising list HERE.  

PRESIDENT OBAMA ADDRESSES THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY   The United Nations General Assembly has gathered in New York City and while many people focus on the upcoming Palestinian pitch for statehood, President Obama delivered an address today. We have his entire speech HERE.  
  VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - SEE the GRAPHIC ADS CREDITED WITH DECREASING DRUG USE
Montana, like many states, has a problem controlling the use of the drug methamphetamine. However, thanks to a privately-funded video campaign that uses some graphic and shocking images, meth use is dropping. Watch the powerful videos HERE.
  MIRACLE PIG SURVIVES FOR 36 DAYS UNDER EARTHQUAKE RUBBLE
A Chinese pig was trapped under rubble from an earthquake for 36 days, but the plucky porker managed to survive by eating charcoal and drinking rainwater. This four-legged national hero of China has been cloned and six genetically-identical piglets have recently been born. See the miracle pig and his offspring HERE.  

SEIU Stephen Lerner Tells Unions, and Students They Need To Escalate Spread The Crisis All Over US  

SEIU Stephen Lerner Tells Unions, and Students They Need To Escalate Spread The Crisis All Over US

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTES AGAINST STATE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY;

Mandatory E-Verify Bill Passes

Wednesday afternoon, the House Judiciary Committee disappointingly voted to preempt the authority of state and local governments to enforce immigration laws during the mark-up of Chairman Lamar Smith's mandatory E-Verify bill (H.R. 2885). The mark-up, which began last Thursday, resulted in the ultimate passage of Smith's bill out of the Committee in a 22-13 vote.

While FAIR has always supported mandatory E-Verify, we also urged members of the Judiciary Committee to strip and/or amend language in H.R. 2885 that would prevent state and local governments from enforcing immigration laws when the federal government refuses to do so. As introduced, Section 6 of the bill (entitled "Preemption") would strip away the authority of state and local governments to go after employers that hire illegal aliens.

In Committee Wednesday afternoon, the amendment to strike Section 6 (Am. #3) was offered by Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) in what appeared to be an effort by Democrats to undermine the Chamber of Commerce's support for the bill. The Chamber of Commerce has lobbied hard for the inclusion of language that would bar state and local governments from enforcing immigration laws against employers. However, in a disappointing 16-18 vote, the Committee voted against the Berman Amendment. Democrats largely voted FOR the amendment while most Republicans voted AGAINST the amendment.

Check FAIR's website for the official vote tallies on the Berman amendment and final passage as soon they become available.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


2012 Update

• USA Today reports that Americans are down on the economy and increasingly down on Obama. According to the article, 80% of Americans believe the economy is currently in a recession. Moreover, 60% believe that conditions will be either no better than they are now or worse in a year's time.
  
  What does this mean for President Obama? According to USA Today, "For the first time since he took office, a majority of Americans -- including six in 10 independents -- say he deserves a great deal or moderate amount of blame for the nation's economic woes."
• A new Marist poll confirms Obama's troubles -- just 36% of voters say they will definitely vote for him. The poll also finds former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin trailing Obama by just five points!
• In the latest Rasmussen primary poll, Texas Governor Rick Perry leads Mitt Romney 28%-to-24%. (A month ago, Perry had an 11-point lead over Romney.) No other candidate receives double-digit support, while 11% of likely GOP primary voters remain undecided. Speaking of Perry, his campaign unveiled a hard-hitting web video blasting Obama on the economy and turning his trademark "O" logo into a zero -- as in zero jobs!

Obama's Jobs Plan Can't Work

As President Obama has traveled around the country stumping for his latest stimulus spending bill, which he has the audacity to call a "jobs plan," he has challenged folks to read it. As more and more folks read the plan, they are finding it is full of contradictions that will likely doom it to failure, much like his previous stimulus bill. Here's just one issue to consider.

In order to help pay for this stimulus spending, Obama wants to tax the interest earned on municipal bonds. Municipal bonds are issued by states and localities to help fund various projects like roads and education. For decades the interest earned on these bonds hasn't been taxed in order to encourage investors and to offer the lowest possible interest rate so that cities and states could keep their costs down.

A lot of investors like municipal bonds because they are generally safe investments. They are willing to accept a lower return (interest rate) because they are tax free. It's a win-win for investors and the cities and states.

But now when many cities and states are struggling, Obama is proposing to take that tax advantage away from them. Doing so would drive up interest rates and increase the cost of borrowing.

So on the one hand Obama is proposing to send states more federal aid to keep teachers, firefighters and policemen on the job. But on the other hand he is proposing to pay for it in a way that increases costs for the states.

This makes absolutely no sense -- UNLESS you happen to be a left-wing socialist who believes that Big Government knows best and is the fount from which all blessings must flow!


Democrat Hypocrisy

New York's senior senator, Democrat Charles Schumer, is setting new standards for hypocrisy. Schumer is one of the Senate's most liberal members and has never met a tax increase he didn't like -- until now.

Sen. Schumer told a local CBS station, "$250,000 makes you really rich in Mississippi but it doesn't make you rich at all in New York and there ought to be some kind of scale based on the cost of living on how much you pay." Unbelievably, Schumer says it's okay to raise taxes on "millionaires and billionaires" -- just not his "millionaires and billionaires."


Dr. Dean Says: "Dump 'Em!"

During the battle to pass ObamaCare, the president and his liberal allies repeatedly reassured the American people that under their plan anyone could keep his or her current health insurance coverage if they liked it. Conservatives warned that the exact opposite was true because the legislation provides perverse incentives for businesses to drop healthcare coverage, which would force more and more Americans to be dependent on big government. AT&T estimated that it could save nearly $2 billion a year by shifting its health insurance obligations to ObamaCare.

Earlier this year, a study by McKinsey Quarterly confirmed common sense -- businesses would in fact drop coverage once ObamaCare goes into full effect. The study concluded that it "will be economically rational not only for many [businesses to drop coverage] but also for their lower-income employees, given the law's incentives." Democrats blasted the study because it proved they were wrong -- if not lying -- about ObamaCare from the beginning.

But not former Democrat National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. A proponent of socialized medicine, Dean embraced the McKinsey report this week, saying it would be a good thing for businesses to dump their employees into ObamaCare. You can watch his remarks here. And if Dean gets his wish, ObamaCare's costs will explode by the trillions. Just one more reason why we must defeat Obama and take back the Senate in 2014!


Issa Investigates

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has summoned the top officers of Solyndra to Capitol Hill for hearings this week. As you may recall, Solyndra is a solar panel company, backed by big Obama fundraiers, that recently declared bankruptcy and was raided by the FBI.

Issa wants to find out what happened to the taxpayers' $500 million that Solyndra got from the stimulus bill, and why the stimulus loan was restructured so that private investors would get paid back before the taxpayers. According to various reports, however, Solyndra's top executives will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and refuse to answer any questions.

But Issa is not stopping there. He is now calling for a special prosecutor to look into the "Fast and Furious" gun-running scandal, and he is also turning up the heat on LightSquared, another simmering Obama scandal.

In the case of LightSquared, at least two senior government officials, including a four-star general, have accused the White House of pressuring them to alter congressional testimony to the benefit of LightSquared, another company backed by a major Democrat donor.

Both instances are clear examples of the Obama Administration's cronyism. With Solyndra, Obama gambled a half billion dollars of your money on his "green" ideology and lost it all. With LightSquared, it appears as though the administration put the interests of a political donor ahead of national security. November 2012 can't come fast enough!
 

Ron Paul yuks it up 

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:27 PM PDT

(Scott Johnson)

Last month in "Cruel thoughts on a weak field," I wrote of Ron Paul: "Can we trade this guy to the Democrats for a player to be named later? He would make a great consultant to Dennis Kucinich on foreign policy." Paul appears to be thinking along the same lines.

Today the Hill reports that Paul appeared at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. Paul said at the breakfast that he would consider putting Kucinich in his Cabinet if he were to win the presidency in 2012. (Okay, that's a big if.) Paul joked that if he brought the Ohio congressman aboard in his administration, he might have to create a "Department of Peace." (Okay, that's not such a big if.)

"You've got to give credit to people who think," Paul said.

Paul spokesmen Jesse Benton later backtracked, asserting that the Cabinet remark was a joke. We all know that Paul is a man of many yuks, like Kucinich himself. Paul appears to not to have been joking, however, when he recognized Kucinich as a deep thinker.

President Zero 

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:43 AM PDT

(John Hinderaker)

This new campaign video by Rick Perry is very, very good. It sets, I think, a new technical and aesthetic standard that other campaigns (most of all President Obama's) will have to try to match:

UPDATE: I thought the video looked familiar-it turns out that, while Tim Pawlenty has endorsed Mitt Romney, his videographer, Lucas Baiano, has gone to work for Perry. The Perry video seems edgier to me than anything Pawlenty put out, however.

Also, Ann Althouse is running a poll on the Perry ad, if you want to express your opinion there.

 

Rick Perry - Proven Leadership

Poppering the Bubble 

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:11 AM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

Karl Popper, whom Soros should read more carefully

A reader out there in Power Line land (I forget who right now-was it you RH?) e-mailed after a recent post of mine to recommend Richard Cockett's book Thinking the Unthinkable, which sounds like another book about nuclear weapons during the Cold War (easy to do, since the great Herman Kahn did in fact have a book by this same title about that subject), but in fact is about the rise of classical liberal thought and organizations (Hayek, Friedman, the Mont Pelerin Society, the IEA, etc) in the post-war era in Britain, culminating in Margaret Thatcher's reformist government in the 1980s.

So I got the book, and though I'm not very far in yet, there's one early passage about Karl Popper that strikes me as worth passing along to Power Line world:

[Popper] described his ideological journey in his autobiography, Unended Quest.  He remained a Socialist-a collectivist-for "several years . . . and if there could be such a thing as socialism combined with individual liberty, I would be a socialist still.  For nothing could be better than living in a modest, simple, and free life in an egalitarian society.  It took some time before I recognized this as no more than a beautiful dream; that freedom is more important than equality; that the attempt to realize equality endangers freedom; and that, if freedom is lost, there will not be much equality among the unfree."

I wonder whether Obama . . . oh, never mind.

(Yes, Popper is supposedly George Soros's muse, but it's clear if you look closely that Soros's grasp of Popper is very weak.  Maybe I'll do a follow up post on this some time.  And yes [2], there are problems with Popper.  I know that, too.)

Oh Canada! 

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 04:52 AM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

How can it be that after all these years of making fun of Canada for all of the right reasons (its anti-Americanism, its social democratic welfare state, its ludicrous Steyn-hunting "human rights" commissions, its export of Michael J. Fox and William Shatner, etc.), it can now be held up as a superior model to Obama's America?  Everyone knows the joke about the world's most boring headline competition being won by "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative," or Charles Krauthammer's famous dismissal of peacekeeping missions by U.S. armed forces back in the 1990s under Clinton (who viewed our military as an adjunct social work brigade)-"Peacekeeping isn't a job for America; it is a job for Canada."  Yes, entirely unfair in the post-9/11 decade, as Canadians, though few in number, have actually fought alongside us overseas, instead of having a tiny non-combat "presence" in theater.

Today Canada has a superior tax regime to that of the United States, and a much sounder fiscal situation.  They are actually developing their energy resources, which they are happy to sell to us rather than the Chinese, just as soon as we approve the Keystone pipeline.  And lately Canada has upset Saudi Arabia with an ad campaign about "ethical oil," pointing out the unsavory nature of Middle Eastern regimes that oppress women.  Seems the Saudis are not too happy about this, and are threatening lawsuits.  Thought experiment: imagine how CAIR and Keith Ellison would react if such ads aired in the U.S.

Way back in 2002, Jonah Goldberg wrote "Bomb Canada" in National Review (apparently unavailable online).  Now it looks like we may want to have it as our backup country if Obama gets any further down the field.  I used to joke that Alberta-the Texas of Canada-ought to secede from Canada and join the United States.  Maybe we've got it backwards.

UPDATE: A couple of people object to my dissing Shatner and Fox, but say Celine Dion is okay to tee off on.  Puts me in a frame of mind to direct people to Al Yankovic's very effective "Canadian Idiot" parody:

UPDATE 2: Here's the ad that has "our friends the Saudis" so upset.

Are We Prepared If Satellite Hits the U.S.?

Photos and Video: American Hikers Released From Iranian Prison

Grassfire Nation Update

           The Tea Party is coming under hostile attack

           from the Left. We want you to have TWO FREE

           GIFTS when you stand with other citizens

           against the Anti-Tea Party assault. Please

           see below.

A new video game called "Tea Party Zombies Must Die" is the latest example of a systematic effort to destroy the Tea Party.

This game portrays Tea Party citizens are radical, crazed zombies driven by their passion to cut taxes -- and the goal is to kill the Tea Party zombies!

This from the makers of the game:

           DON'T GET TEA-BAGGED! The Tea Party zombies are

           walking the streets of America. Grab your

           weapons and bash their rotten brains to bits!

           Destroy zombie Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann,

           Glenn Beck, the Koch Brothers, and many more!

Go here to see a screen capture from this outrageous video that portrays Palin and Bachmann as obscene Banshees and take action:

<a href="http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=50699&RID=32529175"> http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=50699&RID=32529175 </a>

And that's just the intro...

Word of this outrageous game surfaced just as Jimmy Hoffa was working up a union crowd into a frenzy for their "war"

against the Tea Party. Hoffa concluded by saying it's time to "take these [Tea Party] SOBs out." Of course, the Obama team has remained silent, lending credence to the militant, anti-Tea Party sentiment that is building.

This latest wave of attacks against the Tea Party started during the Debt Deal debate when leftists began using phrases like "terrorists" and "hostage takers" to describe the Tea Party. Now those phrases are being translated into even more harsh attacks from video game makers and leftist leaders.

The Left's goal? Discredit the Tea Party and thus turn voters away from our ideals of liberty and limited government.

+ + Citizens Say, "Stop The Anti-Tea Party Attacks!"

If the Left is allowed to demonize the Tea Party, they will discredit the movement's "liberty and limited government"

message that is poised to re-shape the political landscape.

Grassfire Nation is launching this nationwide Petition to rally citizens to stand with the Tea Party against these hostile attacks.

The petition brings together citizens who:

--OPENLY OBJECT to such attacks against the Tea Party

--OPPOSE any politician who makes or condones such attacks;

--BOYCOT any business or organization that condones such attacks.

Go here to sign:

<a href="http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=50699&RID=32529175"> http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=50699&RID=32529175 </a>

+ + Two Free Gifts when you take a stand

As our way of saying thanks for signing Grassfire Nation's petition against the Anti-Tea Party assault, we will send you two of our new "I Am The Tea Party" key ring tags -- one to keep and one to share.

The front side boldly states, "I Am The Tea Party," while the reverse features the "Don't Tread On Me" flag which has become the symbol of our movement.

           With these key tags, you can carry a powerful

           symbol of the Tea Party movement with you in

           your hands every day -- and it's our gift to

           you. Go here:

<a href="http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=50699&RID=32529175"> http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=50699&RID=32529175 </a>

Let's be clear... This is a systematic effort to discredit the Tea Party and to label us as part of the radical fringe of society. This is the Left's playbook for 2012!

Take action to oppose the Left's efforts. Go here:

<a href="http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=50699&RID=32529175"> http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=50699&RID=32529175 </a>

Grassfire Nation

P.S. Please let us know if you want to receive the two free key tags as our gift. Go here to request your key tags and to stand against the Anti-Tea Party assault.

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Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, September 21, 2011

'We Must Stand Up for the Rights of Gays And Lesbians Everywhere,' Obama Tells U.N.

No Shortcut to Peace, Obama Tells Palestinians 
Internal UN Memo Silent on Whether Palestinian Statehood Bid Goes Against Signed Int'l Agreements 
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Dershowitz: Obama, Israel Have Only 'Small Tactical Differences'

Issa Says He Wants a Special Prosecutor to Probe 'Fast and Furious'

USDA Secretary: We Must 'Create Appropriate Transition' for What Americans Eat

Obama Trying to Head Off Diplomatic Embarrassment at U.N.

Two Countries With Questionable Views on Terrorism Take Leading Roles in New Counterterror Initiatives

Clinton HUD Secretary: Illegal Aliens Show 'Gumption' and 'Courage'

Cantor: 'Buffett Rule' Is a Tax on Small Business Job Creators

Perry's Blind Trust Lost Almost a Third of Its Value Between 1996-2009

Murdered Ex-President of Afghanistan Blamed 'Foreign Intelligence Agencies' for Earlier Assassinations

COMMENTARY:

Save Asia Bibi, Mr. President
By Terence P. Jeffrey
President Barack Obama came to office offering a new vision for American diplomacy in the Muslim world. Here is his chance to prove it works.

Airing Anti-Palin Bilge at NBC
By L. Brent Bozell III
Tabloid bilge belched back up the garbage disposal on Sept. 16, when NBC's "Today" show promoted the new Palin-bashing book "The Rogue," by leftist author Joe McGinniss.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
By Rich Galen
Obama needs to come up with some ideas for creating jobs; not just come up with more ideas for taxing the rich. Class warfare isn't going to get it done.

LightSquared: Obama's Dangerous Broadband Boondoggle
By Michelle Malkin
If you thought the half-billion-dollar, stimulus-funded Solyndra solar company bust was a taxpayer nightmare, just wait.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

San Francisco OKs 'bird-safe' building standard
U.S. assembling secret drone bases in Africa, Arabian Peninsula
ROTC back at Harvard after 40 years
Govt's $1B foreclosure aid program helps fewer than planned
Poll: Economic pessimism deepens, and more blame Obama
West Hollywood bans fur sales
Bird flu in India: Government steps in to curb outbreak
U.S. warns Pakistan: Cut ties with leading Taliban group
Obama calls his Libya policy a success
D.C. Council approves income-tax increase on the city's highest earners
House creates intern program after ending page program
After repeal of gay ban, activists push to correct military discharges
S. Florida public schools losing students as charter enrollment increases
Republican congressman wants to get rid of the dollar bill

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Cartoon of the Day: From Voodoo Economics to Doo-Doo Economics

Impact of Teachers' Unions on Education and Schools

One of the killers of intellectual freedom in education: Unions
 

Video:

Education Unions: Made Simple, the fourth in a series of short videos, explains the stifling effect of unions on the nation's schools using a simple analogy.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1274179818?bctid=1147867751001

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Quote of the Day

"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property" 

 -Thomas Paine

Are the rich taxes less than secretaries?

Turns out the rich pay way more

President Barack Obama says he wants to make sure millionaires are taxed at higher rates than their secretaries. The data say they already are.

"Warren Buffett's secretary shouldn't pay a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett. There is no justification for it," Obama said as he announced his deficit-reduction plan this week. "It is wrong that in the United States of America, a teacher or a nurse or a construction worker who earns $50,000 should pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million."

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

Fed is expected to take new action to lift economy

Using "new" tricks from 50yrs ago

The Federal Reserve is running out of options to try to boost a slumping economy and lower unemployment. So policymakers are expected to reach 50 years back into their playbook for their next move.

Most economists expect the Fed to announce a plan Wednesday to shift money in its $1.7 trillion portfolio out of short-term securities and into longer-term holdings.

Click here to read the full article at the Associated Press

Warren Buffett to be featured at two Obama campaign fundraisers

Probably a little pricey

Billionaire investment guru Warren Buffett will help fundraise for President Obama's reelection campaign at two fundraising events in Chicago and New York respectively.

According to Crain's Chicago Business, Buffett will attend the Oct. 27 Chicago fundraising event alongside a number of major Chicago donors, including former Obama campaign national finance chairwoman Penny Pritzker, a longtime Obama supporter and fundraiser; and John Rogers Jr., another early Obama campaign backer.

Click here to read the full article at The Hill

Senator Wyden: Repeal foreign profit tax break

Wants money to come back to US tax free?

The U.S. tax code may be headed for some major renovation, and Senator Ron Wyden, a rangy Oregon Democrat, has come up with one of Congress' most complete blueprints.

Among his recommendations are slashing the corporate income tax rate, repealing a law that lets companies put off paying taxes on overseas income, and allowing a tax holiday for repatriation of foreign profits, he said in an interview.

Click here to read the full article at Reuters

 Tea Party News
Wednesday, September 21st
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GOP leadership faces possible tea party revolt in 2012 Tea party activist David Lewis's plans for a primary challenge to John Boehner is a sign of a larger problem for the GOP leadership. Some of the new reps are not holding Obama's feet to the fire on spending. They talked a good game going into the 2010 midterms but failed to deliver after winning control. The Coordinator of Tea Party Patriots said "We were told that if we passed the debt ceiling deal we wouldn't be downgraded, but we were." He warns that both Republicans and Democrats could face an electoral bloodbath in the 2012 primaries if they do not do more to hold the line on taxes and spending. Meckler criticized House Majority Leader Eric Cantor for throwing away bargaining chips with the White House in the spring tussle over a government shutdown. Tea Party Patriots doesn't plan to run candidates in primary challenges, but his group does plan to encourage tea partiers to become heavily involved in their local primaries. Recent history doesn't bode well for primary challengers. Only four incumbents lost their 2010 primaries, and the typical average is just three per election cycle. [Daily Caller, Sept. 20] Click here for the complete source story Gingrich set to revive Contract with America The man who devised the Contract with America that ushered House Republicans into power in 1994 hopes a new version can boost his bid for the presidency. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who has been lagging in polls and fundraising says he will outline a "very visionary" plan next week that is "10 times deeper and more comprehensive" than the 1994 Contract with America. Gingrich promises it will be "very big" and the kind of thing that Abraham Lincoln would have campaigned on. Gingrich is a man of ideas and likes to expound on them in books and articles. He has gotten applause during recent GOP debates, especially as he bashed the news media for trying to divide the candidates. Gingrich received 5% in the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, tied with Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain. Perry leads the GOP field with 31%. [USA Today, Sept. 20] Click here for the complete source story Sarah Palin Closes the Gap: She Leads President Obama Among Independents A new poll shows Obama looks increasingly vulnerable in next year's election, with a solid plurality saying they'll definitely vote against him and most potential Republican challengers gaining on him. The biggest gain came for Palin. After trailing Obama by more than 20 percentage points in polls all year, the new national survey found Palin trailing the president by just 5 points, 49-44 percent. The key reason: She now leads Obama among independents, a sharp turnaround. By a margin of 49 percent to 36 percent, voters said they definitely plan to vote against Obama. Independents by 53 percent to 28 percent said they definitely plan to vote against him.With that sentiment permeating the electorate a little more than a year before the general election, most Americans think Obama won't win a second term. [Miami Herald, Sept. 20] Click here for the complete source story

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

September 21, 2011 

On Wednesday's Program 

Tonight on GBTV: A chess game you do not want to miss: Glenn uses a match between God and Satan to illustrate why global events are happening the way they are. Watch it live at 5pm ET or catch it any time you wish on demand at GBTV.com or on the GBTV iPhone/iPad app. Missed last night's show? Watch last night's FINAL FOUR segment HERE.

B.S. of A: Brian Sack skewers the news of the day in the latest episode of The B.S. of A. available only on GBTV - watch Tuesday's FULL episode for FREE!

Uh-oh: Government Motors wants to track you

Several years ago Glenn broke ties with GM as a sponsor, in large part because he was worried about their interactions with government. All that technology and access at the fingertips of the federal government just didn't sit well with Glenn. At the time, they said they wouldn't be doing any sort of tracking or anything like that. That was then, this is now. OnStar is now notifying its 6 million account holders that it will keep a complete account of the speed and location of OnStar-equipped vehicles even for drivers who discontinue the monthly service. Why? Glenn has more on radio today - check it out at GlennBeck.com.

Obama hearts the U.N. but not the Constitution

President Obama spoke to the U.N. recently and glowingly fawned over the wonderfulness and sheer loving genius of the U.N.'s founding charter. Glenn plays the audio on radio today and then also plays a blast from the past -- Obama expressing his true feelings on the Constitution. While he calls it a 'remarkable document' he goes on to complain about how it's riddled with 'deep flaws' and reflects America's blind spot that 'continues today'. Wouldn't it be awesome if we had a President who actually liked the founders? Glenn tries not to blow a gasket responding on radio today. WATCH

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Baffling new poll: Palin within 5 points of Obama?
 

A new poll out has Sarah Palin within 5 points of President Barack Obama, but the poll has Romney coming the closest to victory making it within 2 points of Obama. Glenn turns to resident poll geek Stu Burguiere to see if there's any rhyme or reason as to why Palin is suddenly jumping up the poll charts when Perry clearly has all the momentum right now. MORE

LOL: Glenn tries to see things from NY Mag's point of view and understand how Obama is more pro-Jewish than Netanyahu; hilarity ensues. WATCH this free clip from last night's show on GBTV.

Media ignores Days of Rage violence

Would you be surprised to learn that the Days of Rage protests to occupy Wall Street are not only still going on, but they've also turned violent? That's because the national media is completely ignoring the story. Imagine if a Tea Party protest erupted into clashes with police and protesters interfering with arrests? The local news in New York covered it - when will the rest of the media? Glenn has more on this development on radio today. WATCH

Did you know that Glenn's news brand, The Blaze, has an all-new print magazine? 

That's right. The Blaze magazine is the brand new publication from the team at TheBlaze.com (it recently replaced Glenn's Fusion magazine). It's where you'll get reporting, insight and analysis you won't find in the mainstream media. We seek and report the Truth. And that makes us unique and powerful. Click HERE to subscribe.

Who knew: Tony Bennett is nuts

Glenn plays a clip of Howard Stern's interview with Tony Bennett and this is must hear audio -- Bennett goes off the deep end talking about solutions for the violence and terrorism in the Middle East. Stern calls Bennett out when the conversation delves into the melting of all the weapons on the globe and that 9/11 was America's fault. Check out the clip and see Glenn reminisce about his Bennett interview decades ago that went incredibly sour. WATCH