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~ George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 

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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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The Doctrine of Abrogation: Open the Koran Day

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 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 26, 2011

1. Herman Cain wins Florida straw poll.

By a significant amount:

"[Herman] Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza who charmed the three-day Republican conference's delegates, took 37.1 percent of the vote, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry second with 15.4 percent.

"The rest of the results: Mitt Romney, 14 percent; Rick Santorum, 10. 9 percent; Ron Paul, 10.4 percent; Newt Gingrich, 8.4 percent; Jon Huntsman, 2.3 percent; and Michele Bachmann 1.5 percent."

The very quick take: excellent news for Cain, who generally shone in Thursday's debate. Bad news for Perry, as he was actively trying to win this race (and did not shine in Thursday's debate). Romney's people are currently telling themselves and the media that it is not equally bad news for Romney, as he didn't try to win this poll; which is true, but it's bad news for Romney nonetheless. As Karl over at Hot Air notes, from Mitt's point of view the race comes down to Romney vs. Non-Romney... and from what I'm seeing, the GOP base is more or less in agreement that they'd like not-Romney, thanks. For everybody else... this poll taunts Santorum, embarrasses Paul, and the rest should just go home. As should Santorum and Paul, frankly.

2. Jonathan Bryant calls George Rodriguez a Nazi.

Jonathan Bryant is a teacher for the San Antonio Edgewood Independent School District; George Rodriguez is the president of the San Antonio Tea Party. The video is in the post.

The teacher, by the way, will not be be subject for discipline by his school district for calling Rodriguez a Nazi; there's not even an indication that Jonathan Bryant was required, or will be required, to apologize for his language. Well, you know how it is with liberal academics. They've long discovered that they can say whatever they like to conservative minorities (or perceived conservative minorities), and nobody on their side will say boo.

3. Hold the Line Against Venture Eco-Socialism in the CR

No wonder Democrats casually disregard our budget crisis. They have a penchant to drop zeros from government expenditures! Last month, Democrat congressional candidate Dave Weprin thought that the national debt stood at $4.0 trillion. Now Harry Reid has filed cloture on his version of the FY 2012 CR that has a missing zero from some of the disaster aid expenditures. According to CQ Politics, Reid's bill, which contains $3.65 billion in emergency disaster aid - with no offsetting spending - misallocated funding for the Disaster Relief Fund at "$774,000,00," and "$226,000,00" for the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control and coastal emergencies. These guys have a serious problem with arithmetic.

Senate Republicans must use this error as an opportunity to defeat Reid's bill, while the House must stand firm on their version of the CR, which contains $1.5 billion in offsets. House leaders have already compromised on the overall discretionary budget authority in this bill; a $24 billion increase from the universally venerated Ryan budget. The only saving grace of this bill from a conservative perspective is that it eliminates a $1.5 billion DOE loan program for manufacturers of $100,000 electric cars and the $100 million solar energy loan grant that was responsible for Solar-gate.

4. Is the Machinists' "Smoking Gun" Merely A Smoke Screen To Cover Its Own Actions?

Sometimes it is difficult to see the forest through the trees. Such seems to be the case of the media's reporting on the matter of the union appointees at President Obama's National Labor Relations Board and their prosecution of Boeing. This latest example of the media being blinded is the alleged 'smoking gun' that was reported on Friday. However, if the media were to actually look at the timeline in the Boeing drama against the 'smoking gun,' it appears they're being duped by just another well-orchestrated smoke screen to cover the Machinists own potentially unlawful retaliatory actions against the Boeing employees in South Carolina.

Start a rumor:

President Obama is indeed a Manchurian Candidate-but not in the way you might think. In June 1999, a shadowy cabal of right-wing business interests found themselves feeling so utterly nauseated by the Clinton regime that they devised a plan to ensure that by 2012, no Democrat candidate would ever be elected president again. First they needed a Manchurian Candidate: someone so hatefully leftwing and disgracefully incompetent that he would bring the American economy to its knees, while rendering it an international laughing stock. In this way "liberal values" would be tarnished forever in the eyes of American voters. So far, the plan is working brilliantly. 

Ask:

"If God really cares about cruelty to animals, how come he made foie gras taste so delicious?" 

Demand stridently that imperialist Western forces of occupation be withdrawn immediately from all the world's trouble spots and replaced at once by UN "blue helmet" peacekeepers. 

Say: "After what those blue helmets achieved preventing those 8,000 Serbs being massacred at Srebrenica and the million Hutus and Tutsis being slaughtered in Rwanda, just imagine what wonders they could work in Afghanistan and Iraq!" 

Palestine Logo Suggests Elimination of Israel

Anne Bayefsky

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U.N. "Anti-Racism" Conference Attacks "Islamophobia"

Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman 

This year, the Durban III anti-racist conference features just one "racism" on its agenda - criticism of Islam, or "Islamophobia."

The Man Behind The Last Balanced Budgets We Will Ever See

Frank Hill 

Are COIN Foot Patrols Winning "Afghan Trust" or Just Losing American Limbs?

Diana West 

U.S. troops in Afghanistan are encouraged to go out on foot patrols, rather than armored vehicles. With no protection from roadside bombs, amputations are on the increase.

R2P: Right to Protect, or Right to Preen?

Bruce Kesler 

Right To Protect, as its advocates term it, is the liberal internationalists' concept of how US foreign policy ought to be. It certainly does not support American strength.

Government Loans to Nowhere Bill

Michelle Malkin 

E-Verify Bill Jump-Starts the Immigration Debate 

Immigration News Update 

In the process, U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger made two huge splashes last week in what began as a water-supply war a decade ago, then grew into a convoluted endangered-fish war.

Today, it's a gigantic good science versus bad science war pitting California residents against a tiny fish and government officials diverting two years' worth of water for a large city or agricultural region and flushing it into the San Francisco Bay. 

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The article below clearly indicates the politicizing process of our religious institutions by the Obama administration. The "Separation of Church and State" that is the battle cry of the Left is tossed in the trash can when the president, who is labled by his supporters as a constitutional scholar, feels it's appropriate to do so. The Ground Zero mosque issue: no problem with getting involved with that. Prayer on the football field, fuggetaboutit. So, this year again, Obama calls on his Radical Rabbis group to come to his assistance to change the character of this country. Where is the list of rabbis who were contacted? I'd like it published with the synagogues or organizations they represent. I'd like to know how this list was put together. Don't these religious leaders have a responsibility to their constituents, congregations and communities to stand up and admit they were called upon to perform POLITICAL rather than religious duties? To whom do they owe allegiance: to their congregations who pay their salaries or to the president and the Party?

CALL YOUR RABBI AND ASK DIRECTLY:

" WERE YOU ON A PHONE CALL WITH OBAMA, AND WHAT TOPICS WERE DISCUSSED? DID HE PRESS YOU TO AGREE WITH HIS HARSH POSITION ON ISRAEL? DID HE ASK YOU TO PERSUADE YOUR CONGREGATIONS TO SUPPORT HIS POSITIONS? WILL YOU DO SO?"

Bush gave bunker-buster bombs before Obama did

NYT: Israel got first GBU-28 bunker busters in 2006 *UPDATE*
J.E. Dyer, HOT AIR

It's hard to figure out what Eli Lake is talking about in his "scoop" today for the Daily Beast (and Newsweek).  (H/t:  Ed Morrissey.)  Lake writes the following:

The Israelis first requested the bunker busters in 2005, only to be rebuffed by the Bush administration. At the time, the Pentagon had frozen almost all U.S.-Israeli joint defense projects out of concern that Israel was transferring advanced military technology to China.

In 2007, Bush informed Ehud Olmert, then prime minister, that he would order the bunker busters for delivery in 2009 or 2010. The Israelis wanted them in 2007. Obama finally released the weapons in 2009, according to officials familiar with the still-secret decision.

This passage is virtually verbatim from a Jerusalem Post report from September 2010, which cited (but did not directly quote) Newsweek:

Israel first put in a request for the bunker busters in 2005, but...

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The Soros Plot to Topple Netanyahu

Not only does Soros want to bring down the Netanyahu government in order to install the Left in power, he wants to destroy Israel. Soros is behind Durban I, II, III and the Goldstone Report. He does it all with NGO's that he backs or creates. He funds the NIF, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, among others and he does it in partnership with the Ford Foundation. He is also behind J-Street and Pres Obama. I will be posting an article to this effect in a day or two. And the big surprise is that Soros doing this all as an agent for guess what government. Ted Belman

By Daniel Greenfield, FrontPageMag

In late February, the Israeli Knesset passed the NGO Funding Transparency Bill by 40 to 34. It had been a long journey for the bill, which despite, its neutered, state was still a declaration of war by the conservative Likud Party against the shadow NGO empire that was the Soros way.

While the bill was no longer able to empower the lifting of tax exempt status for foreign...

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Looking a gift horse in the mouth

By Ted Belman

Leading Jews are out shilling for Obama again. They are sure to mention the unprecedented security cooperation that now exists between the US and Israel, even more so than under Bush. In fact the latest revelation was the sale to Israel of much sought after bunker-bombs denied to Israel by Bush.

Jonathan Tobin discusses the bunker-bombs in Commentary.

A few months ago when they were enlisted to do this, I wrote that the US exacted a price for such cooperation namely that Israel had to agree to refrain from attacking Iran. But that is not sufficient a come back.

I am reading a book by Robert E Kaplan (not yet published) entitled The Soros Connection, in which he draws attention to "gifting" as the primary means of influencing individuals and even countries..

He writes "Robert Cialdini, a social psychologist, describes "gifting" in his book Influence: Science and Practice, using the term "reciprocation"for what I have called "gifting".

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Obama extorts a high price for the veto and the speech 

By Ted Belman

On Monday, Jeff Daube, Director of Israel Affairs for ZOA, approached me and told me about an LA Jewish Journal article about the gun Obama reputedly put to Netanyahu's head.

Knesset visitor blasts Obama and Netanyahu advises that MK Eldad accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of buckling under intense pressure from President Barack Obama, who wants to prevent any Israeli retaliation against the Palestinian Authority in its bid to win recognition as a state from the United Nations.

He (Eldad) charged that Obama was holding Netanyahu "at gunpoint" - the gun being the U.S. threat to go back on its promise to veto the Palestinian statehood bid in the UN Security Council.

Specifically, Obama has demanded that Netanyahu and Israel's supporters in the United States pressure Congress to abort two pending resolutions to penalize the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it pursues its bid, Eldad claimed.

One would shut off U.S. aid funds to the Palestinians and a second would support Israel's right to annex the West Bank. The legal justification for such actions, cited by many Israeli officials, would be that the unilateral statehood request would be a direct violation of the 1993 Oslo Accords.

Eldad said he was certain of the accuracy of his information, but declined to name his sources.

Obviously, Obama wanted to avoid the annexation bid at all costs as he wanted to keep alive his plan for negotiations. In his speech which has been liberally praised as pro-Israel he said,

I put forward a new basis for negotiations in May of this year. That basis is clear. It's well known to all of us here. Israelis must know that any agreement provides assurances for their security. Palestinians deserve to know the territorial basis of their state.

In effect Obama prevented the PA from being penalized for breaching Oslo yet again. He wants to keep Israel shacked by Oslo so it is not free to act.

No doubt part of this deal is Netanyahu's agreement to maintain a defacto freeze throughout J&S and Jerusalem.

    Ted Belman
Jerusalem, Israel  972 (0)54 441 3252

Palestinian Statehood and the United Nithings

by Bill Levinson    

Nithing, a word of Scandinavian origin, is the most inherently offensive word in existence. It means an enemy of humanity whose evil goes far beyond the rational self-interest of a common criminal. A criminal might kill for gain, but a nithing, like Lawrence Russell Brewer or Ted Bundy, murders for pleasure. If somebody called you a nithing in Viking times, you had to fight a duel (holmgang) with him to avoid outlawry.

The U.N. has proven repeatedly that it is a liability and not an asset to world peace. It has instead served as an enabler for international aggression and terroristic violence, and it should accordingly be called the "United Nithings."
Continued at American Thinker 

Bloody Truth

The Key Theme? Not Israeli Panic or Isolation But Western Unreliability

Rubin Reports 

"Then was the palm of the hand sent from before Him, and this writing was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing....Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting." -The Book of Daniel

By Barry Rubin

Agence France Press reports that the Palestinian bid for UN recognition of unilateral statehood is "causing diplomatic panic" in the United States and Israel.

While Israel is certainly concerned, I think "panic" is totally wrong as a description. After all, Israel's overwhelming interpretation is that the UN event will change nothing. As for U.S. panic, where has the Obama Administration been for the last year when this outcome was totally predictable?

The Associated Press says that Israel is "increasingly isolated" ahead of the vote. I don't think that's how Israelis look at this either. We know that cynicism makes sense-various countries will vote for the resolution or abstain...

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Bill Clinton: Netanyahu killed the peace process

A friend of Israel would see things differently or would have kept his mouth shut. The message should have been, Arafat lost Palestine. Things change. What was, won't be again. Bibi is serving the will of the people. Ted Belman

By Josh Rogin Thursday, September 22, 2011 FOREIGN POLICY 

Who's to blame for the continued failure of the Middle East peace process? Former President Bill Clinton said today that it is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - whose government moved the goalposts upon taking power, and whose rise represents a key reason there has been no Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.

Clinton, in a roundtable with bloggers today on the sidelines of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, gave an extensive recounting of the deterioration in the Middle East peace process since he pressed both parties to agree to a final settlement at Camp David in 2000. He said there are two main reasons for the lack of a comprehensive peace today: the reluctance of the...

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The United Nations Made Simple

by Bill Levinson

The UN: 160 cannibals and 17 civilized people voting on what to have for dinner

Copying and circulation is encouraged.

The silence of American Jewish leaders

by Isi Leibler 

Traditionally, Diaspora Jewish leaders speak up on behalf of Israel, frequently even taking the lead on issues in which geopolitical considerations made it problematic for the Jewish state to be engaged. Examples abound: the plight of Soviet Jewry, the campaign to rescind the UN resolution equating Zionism with racism, the World Jewish Congress exposure of Kurt Waldheim as a war criminal and, more importantly, achieving restitution for Jewish assets plundered by the Nazis from various bodies including the Swiss banks and insurance companies.

However, with the erosion of cabinet solidarity after the Rabin era, the intimate relationship which existed between Diaspora Jewish communities and the Israeli government and its ambassadors rapidly deteriorated.

In stark contrast to former charismatic leaders like David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and even Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is inclined to release trial balloons to test the waters of public opinion...

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The new anti-establishment, establishment.

National Conference on Jewish Affairs

Contact: Dr. Herbert I. London herb@hudson.org
Lori Lowenthal Marcus (610) 664-1184 lorilowenthalmarcus@gmail.com
Beth Gilinsky (212) 726-1124 bgilinsky@gmail.com 

New York, September 18, 2011 - In response to the silence, once again, of the major Jewish organizations in the face of increasingly outrageous and dangerous attacks against Israel and the Jewish community, Jewish leaders and organizations from across America have united to create a new umbrella leadership organization. 

The National Conference on Jewish Affairs (NCJA) is addressing significant issues of concern to the Jewish community in stark contrast to the failure to lead and lethargy of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, and most establishment Jewish officials. In addition to taking the actions and making the statements that are necessary, the NCJA will also expose and confront Jewish organizations and leaders who are enabling and...

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Obama caves at UN

By Ted Belman

Obama came through for Israel at the UN. The primary message of his speech was that the PA cannot bypass negotiations and must compromise. He did not even mention that negotiations should be based on '67 lines nor did he mention east Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine. Nor did he mention settlements. No more daylight between US and Israel.

Herb Keinon of JPOST wrote a great analysis.

"Let us be honest with ourselves: Israel is surrounded by neighbors that have waged repeated wars against it," Obama said. "Israel's citizens have been killed by rockets fired at their houses and suicide bombs on their buses. Israel's children come of age knowing that throughout the region, other children are taught to hate them. Israel, a small country of less than eight million people, looks out at a world where leaders of much larger nations threaten to wipe it off of the map. The Jewish people carry the burden of centuries of exile and persecution, and fresh...

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Democrat Apologizes to Muslims

Laura: Illinois Democrat Congressman Mike Quigley apologizes on behalf of America to an islamic group. This is so beyond revolting. This pathetic dhimmi does not speak for me or the overwhelming majority of Americans. What sort of mental illness causes liberals
to identify with the enemy? This is among the numerous reasons while I will
never vote for a democrat again.

If America was truly discriminating, those jihadists who massacred 3000 Americans on 9/11 would never have been allowed to enter this country in the first place. They would never have been allowed to roam freely around this country, go to flight school or board those airplanes. If America discriminated, the Fort Hood jihadist who murdered 13 soldiers would have never been allowed in the army and remain there even after he lectured about how it was the duty of muslims to murder American soldiers. No, the problem is that America does not discriminate. We have open borders where anyone is allowed in, regardless of...

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Stolen History

By Frontpagemag.com
The Freedom Center's new pamphlet documents how the Palestinians and their allies attack Israel's right to exist by erasing its past.
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Big Night for Cain, Tough Night for Perry

By Ryan Mauro
Frontrunner receives most attacks, boos.
Read more »   

Columbia Students vs. Ahmadinejad

By Arnold Ahlert
Columbia student Jacob Snider successfully mobilizes a few courageous voices against the Iranian despot.
Read more »   

Union Gangsters: Craig Becker

By Matthew Vadum
Big Labor's consigliere now wields the force of the U.S. government.
Read more »   

Obama and Israel

By Discover The Networks
Explaining the perception that President Obama is uncommitted to protecting Israel's welfare.
Read more »   

The Durban Perversion

By Joseph Klein
The world's worst anti-Semites and human rights abusers have their say.
Read more »   

10 Reasons to Abolish the UN

By Frontpagemag.com
The Freedom Center's searing new pamphlet exposes how the UN has long since betrayed its foundational ideals.
Read more »   

The Wages of Weakness

By Christopher S. Carson
Analyzing the role of naïve assumptions in recent American foreign policy.
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Islamic Hatred Defines the New Middle East

Columbia students disinvited from Ahmadinejad dinner

September 21, 2011

(JTA) -- Members of a Columbia University international relations group will not attend a dinner with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after the invitation was withdrawn.

The invitation to about a dozen members of the Columbia International Relations Council and Association was rescinded Monday by the Iranian mission to the United Nations due to the extensive and negative media coverage, the university's Spectator newspaper reported.

The dinner is still scheduled to take place Wednesday evening. Other Columbia students, from the university's School of International and Public Affairs, are still planning to attend the dinner, the Spectator reported.

Some Columbia students had organized an on-campus protest called "Just Say No to Ahma(dinner)jad."

The university is not involved with the dinner.

Ahmadinejad is in New York to participate in the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. His controversial address at Columbia in 2007 embroiled the campus in a debate over freedom of speech and academic freedom.

 

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Fellow patriots,

A few years ago, I saw a video (now removed) of the Muslim American Society's annual conference, where a speaker talked about infiltrating BOTH the Democratic Party and the Republican Party to advance Islam.  Sadly, Islamists have been following through on this plan, albeit with more success among Democrats than Republicans.

The fact that the Republican Party hasn't been as infiltrated should not be cause for comfort.  See what American defender David Horowitz has to say as he names names and calls out the Islamists in our midst, at top levels of both the Obama Administration and the former Bush Administration.  If you're in a hurry, start viewing at 7:45 minutes and watch for about a minute.

Dave

David Horowitz on the Threat of Political Islam and Sharia Law

September 2, 2011

In his speech at CPAC this year, David Horowitz gave a good explanation of the dangers posed to our nation, our Constitution, and western civilization, by the rising tide of "political Islam." Political Islam has swept over much of Europe and is now trying to force its Sharia Law, which is incompatible with our Constitution, in our American courts. His comments on this topic begin at about the three minute mark of this video:

David Horowitz's Keynote at CPAC 2011

Fellow patriots,

Islamists have been working hard to portray Muslims as a persecuted minority and thereby justify their own acts of exclusion, oppression, civil disobedience, and terrorism.  One particular avenue of this contrived victimhood is the burqa controversy arising in Europe and spearheaded by France.  After numerous cases where terrorists and criminals have used burqas to conceal identities (see http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2006/11/niqabs-and-burqas-as-security-threats ), it's obvious to anyone paying attention that burqas accomplish the same object as the masks of Wild-West outlaws: they hide criminals.  Therefore, a burqa ban is simply a matter of public safety and law enforcement, and should not even have been necessary given numerous laws against identity concealment via masks and hats that have always existed. 

Islamists have become so defiant, though, that specific laws have become necessary to address their religious claims.  Even in the United States, we have already seen Muslim women insist on being veiled for their driver's license photo ( see http://islam.about.com/od/dress/f/hijab_id.htm ) and cry "PERSECUTION!" when refused.

When hearing Islamists cry about their rights being violated, remember this: NIQABS, BURQAS, AND VEILS OF ANY SORT ARE NOT REQUIRED BY ISLAM!  All a person has to do is visit an Islamic nation such as Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, or Lebanon (among others) to verify this.

The point of veiling is not religious at all.  It's a political statement designed to create a wedge between Muslims and the non-Muslim societies of the West -- a subtle form of defiance and intimidation intended to stir conflict. 

As the photo below verifies, all-covering "Islamic" garb can make a person virtually unidentifiable.  If the West accepts the fallacious argument that wearing such clothes is a protected religious right, then we are likely to see criminals use these clothes to reduce the West to the same kind of lawlessness found throughout the Islamic world.

Hold firm,

Dave

 

Hind Ahmas, 32, right, stands with Kenza Drider, 32, as she leaves the court Thursday after being convicted as the first woman wearing a full-face veil.

msnbc.com news services

9/22/2011 

MEAUX, France - A French court fined two Muslim women on Thursday for wearing full-face veils in public, the first time a judge has imposed punishment under a "burqa ban" law that has become a legal and cultural battleground across Europe.

One of the women pledged immediately to appeal to the EuropeanCourtofHumanRights to overturn the ban, which President Nicolas Sarkozy says protects women and guarantees equality but opponents argue violates human rights and panders to xenophobia.

November 27, 2005

The Truth about Islamic Crusades and Imperialism

Mr. Netanyahu goes to New York 

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 02:22 PM PDT

(Scott Johnson)

I write to draw attention to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations today. As Daniel Patrick Moynihan demonstrated once upon a time, there is something especially thrilling about the truth being told in this particular forum (a "theater of the absurd," in Netanyahu's reckoning). It happens rarely, but it happened today. Attention should be paid:

Ladies and gentlemen, in Israel our hope for peace never wanes. Our scientists, doctors, innovators, apply their genius to improve the world of tomorrow. Our artists, our writers, enrich the heritage of humanity. Now, I know that this is not exactly the image of Israel that is often portrayed in this hall. After all, it was here in 1975 that the age-old yearning of my people to restore our national life in our ancient biblical homeland - it was then that this was braided - branded, rather - shamefully, as racism. And it was here in 1980, right here, that the historic peace agreement between Israel and Egypt wasn't praised; it was denounced! And it's here year after year that Israel is unjustly singled out for condemnation. It's singled out for condemnation more often than all the nations of the world combined. Twenty-one out of the 27 General Assembly resolutions condemn Israel - the one true democracy in the Middle East.

Well, this is an unfortunate part of the U.N. institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the U.N. Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the U.N. Committee on Disarmament.

You might say: That's the past. Well, here's what's happening now - right now, today. Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the U.N. Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world's security.

You couldn't make this thing up....

There is more, all of it worth reading. Let's go to the (slightly clipped) tape.

Another Smoldering Stogie of Misinformation from the Lung Association 

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 02:20 PM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

If you watch Fox News-and really, who doesn't watch Fox News?-you've probably seen the ads the American Lung Association is running displaying a red baby carriage with a coughing infant making its way to the U.S. capitol, urging us to urge Congress not to "weaken" the Clean Air Act.  "More air pollution means more childhood asthma," the narrator says. (There isn't a direct link to the ad, but you can find it on the linked site of their PR agency, the Plowshare Group, and if that name doesn't give it all way. . .)

"Congress can't ignore the facts," the narrator says, but apparently the ALA can.  Is there any place in the U.S. that is experiencing "more" air pollution?  If there is, I am not aware of it, nor am I aware of any EPA data that supports that claim.  Air pollution continues to fall everywhere in the U.S., and is going to continue to decline.  The ALA ad is fundamentally dishonest in that Congress is not proposing to "weaken" the Clean Air Act; it is merely proposing to stop its further extension that will do little or nothing to accelerate the continuing decline in air pollution levels.   (The EPA's own computer models, for example, predict about a 60 percent decline in emissions from cars and trucks over the next 20 years simply from fleet turnover.)  In fact, the recent ozone rules that Obama dumped would have had no effect, for example, on the rate at which air pollution is falling in Los Angeles.  (Emissions from cars and trucks have been falling about 8 percent a year for over a decade, with more to come.)  All it would have done is put about 85 percent of the nation in "nonattainment" areas, tripping requirements to expand their regulatory bureaucracies.

Solyndra Pleads the Fifth 

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:08 PM PDT

(John Hinderaker)

This morning, two top executives of Solyndra, CEO Brian Harrison and CFO W.G. Stover, appeared before a House Energy and Commerce Committee investigative panel. They didn't testify, however. They declined to answer every question put to them on the ground that the answers might tend to incriminate them.

The Fifth Amendment, which protects witnesses against self-incrimination, is pretty much an all-or-nothing thing. The witness can identify himself and perhaps answer a few background questions, but he cannot answer any substantive questions relating to the subject matter of the investigation. If he does, he waives his right to take the Fifth. Criminal defense lawyers, like those advising Harrison and Stover, take no chances. They won't let their clients answer anything. So this is what it looks like when witnesses plead the Fifth:

Not good optics for the evening news, as far as the Obama administration is concerned.

A bridge too far 

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:57 AM PDT

(Scott Johnson)

President Obama made an appearance yesterday at the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati to promote his "jobs" (i.e., tax) bill. The bridge was intended to symbolize Republican opposition to Obama's bill, though the bill hasn't proved to be a big hit with Democrats in the Senate either. The bridge spans the Ohio River separating Ohio, home of House Speaker John Boehner, from Kentucky, home of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The bridge was also intended to be symbolic of the good works that Obama's bill will perform. Shovel-ready jobs, infrastructure, (union) jobs, an economy that lasts, and all that.

Here is the text of Obama's speech. Here is the White House account of Obama's appearance. Here is the video of Obama's speech (and it is worth watching).

A conventional news account of Obama's appearance captures his themes:

Standing before an aging bridge that links the home turfs of top Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama touted his $447 billion jobs bill Thursday as a way to help repair the nation's infrastructure.

Obama called out by name Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, as he spoke near the Brent Spence Bridge that carries Interstates 75 and 71 over the Ohio River.

"Mr. Boehner, Mr. McConnell, help us rebuild this bridge," Obama said. "Help us rebuild America. Help us put this country back to work. Pass this jobs bill right away."

Andrew Malcolm recounts the facts that belie Obama's themes:

You know all those rusting bridges that President Obama wants to spend billions more dollars repairing to allegedly stimulate the economy?

He's headed out to one today which he's described as a "bridge that needs repair between Ohio and Kentucky that's on one of the busiest trucking routes in North America." It is on a busy trucking route, spanning the Ohio River between Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati.

It's the Brent Spence Bridge. It doesn't really need repairs. It's got decades of good life left in its steel spans. It's just overloaded. The bridge was built to handle 85,000 cars and trucks a day, which seemed like a lot back during construction in the Nixon era.

Today, the bridge sort of handles more than 150,000 vehicles a day with frequent jam-ups.Obama speaks to the American Legion 8-30-11

So, plans are not to repair or replace the Brent Spence Bridge. But to build another bridge nearby to ease the loads.

But here's the problem, as John Merline graphically notes here, that could screw up all those envisioned photo op shots of the Democrat and the traffic:

The president's jobs bill is designed for "immediate" highway spending.

And the new $2.3 billion Cincy bridge is not scheduled to even start construction for probably four years, long after Republicans have scheduled the Obama presidency for completion.

And without delays, it wouldn't be finished until 2022, when no one will be counting Obama's rounds of golf.

The bridge itself doesn't actually need repairs.

In other words, the bridge is indeed symbolic. It is symbolic of Obama's demagogy, his loose way with facts, his profligacy with public funds, his cluelessness about job and wealth creation. "Pass this bill"? Pass this gas is more like it.

More Distraction From the Left 

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 02:30 PM PDT

(John Hinderaker)

If the 2012 election is run on the issues, the GOP will win in a landslide. The Left's strategy for avoiding this outcome is to create as many distractions as possible. We saw it first with the Tea Party movement. The Tea Party poses a serious threat to liberalism. It is the most authentic grass-roots political movement of the last half-century, and its emphasis on limited government, fiscal responsibility and individual freedom resonates with most Americans. The last thing the Left wants to do is debate limited government and fiscal responsibility, so instead it resorted to demonization, with the absurd claim that the Tea Party is racist. False though it was, the smear campaign probably influenced some unsophisticated voters.

Now the Republican presidential race is taking shape, and again voters are hearing themes that appeal to most Americans; not only that, they are seeing candidates who, in most cases, know how to make sense without a teleprompter. That will never do. So, once again, the Left is resorting to distraction-anything to make the news cycle focus on something other than the message of the Republican candidates.

More Distraction From the Left

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 02:30 PM PDT

(John Hinderaker)

If the 2012 election is run on the issues, the GOP will win in a landslide. The Left's strategy for avoiding this outcome is to create as many distractions as possible. We saw it first with the Tea Party movement. The Tea Party poses a serious threat to liberalism. It is the most authentic grass-roots political movement of the last half-century, and its emphasis on limited government, fiscal responsibility and individual freedom resonates with most Americans. The last thing the Left wants to do is debate limited government and fiscal responsibility, so instead it resorted to demonization, with the absurd claim that the Tea Party is racist. False though it was, the smear campaign probably influenced some unsophisticated voters.

Why We're Reading Hayek Again

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 06:54 AM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

Matt Ridley, author of a splendid book,The Rational Optimist, that has won the Manhattan Institute's Hayek Prize this year has a terrific article in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend ("From Phoenecia to Hayek to the 'Cloud'") that mentions the very passage from Hayek that I've mentioned several times here on Power Line.  Ridley reiterates the central Hayekian idea that I've been pounding into the heads of my students this semester in the course I'm teaching for the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University: "central planning cannot work because it is trying to substitute an individual all-knowing intelligence for a distributed and fragmented system of localized but connected knowledge."

Prompted by my occasional posts here about Hayek, I've heard from a number of friends wondering what prompts this sudden focus on Hayek.  And the simple one-word answer is: Obama.  He is the anti-Hayek in every way imaginable.  But there's more to the story than that.

Truth is I hadn't read Hayek much for nearly 15 years before Obama came to office, and for a simple reason: it didn't seem like we needed to.  With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, it seemed like classical liberalism (the proper term for free market libertarianism) had been more or less vindicated worldwide on the level of principle, even if practice would require decades of clearing away the tangles of irrational and counterproductive government intervention in markets.  But it seemed to be proceeding slowly in the right direction nonetheless: privatization was taking place on a wide scale, trade liberalization advanced (such as NAFTA even under a Democratic president) and many regulatory regimes were being swept away or reformed here and abroad: energy, telecommunications, finance, transportation, etc.  Some of these didn't work out right.  Electricity in California, for example, though this was more an example of how a partial de-regulation goes wrong.  Finance is more complicated.  The lesson that should have been learned from the failures or mistakes of regulatory reform would actually be highly consistent with Hayek's understanding that the rules of the marketplace are subtle in many cases.  But that's not the lesson learned from the supposed "failures" of deregulation, which should be understood more as government failures than market failures.  Instead, we panicked and the old ideas of Keynesian-style interventionism came back from the dead.

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Green Fascism at Work

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:48 AM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

Sometimes I like to point out that even if catastrophic global warming could be conclusively proven, it would not change one crucial political fact: Al Gore and the environmental left are the last people you would trust to solve the problem.  This is a variation of my axiom that the environment is much too important to be left to environmentalists-they'll just screw it up further and crush our liberties.

Case in point is a story in the New York Times last Wednesday that escaped my notice.  (Hat tip: CR & SP.)  Know how we always hear that we must tackle climate change to protect the dispossessed poor in the developing world?  Well, it turns out that dispossessing the poor is what climate action is all about.  The Times story looks at one of the trendy ideas in the authoritarian climate change orthodoxy, planting trees in developing nations so that you can sell "offset credits" in the phony carbon exchange markets that have been set up.  Oxfam reports on how thousands of Africans have been forcibly evicted from their land, often violently, to make way for a tree plantation by some European company:

Fact Checking the "Fact Checker," Part 3

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 05:42 PM PDT

On Tuesday, I wrote a post called Who Checks the Fact-Checkers? In that post I criticized an article by Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post, who writes a regular feature called The Fact Checker. In The Fact Checker, Kessler purports to evaluate the truth or falsity of politicians' statements. In the article I criticized, which ran on Monday, Kessler accused Rick Perry of a "newbie mistake" in Perry's answer to a question on the Middle East from Time magazine:

Question: Do you believe there should be a Palestinian state?

I certainly have some concerns. The first step in any peaceful negotiation for a two-state solution for the Palestinians is to recognize the right of Israel's existence. They have to denounce terrorism in both word and deed. And they have to sit down and negotiate with Israel directly. Anything short of that is a non-starter in my opinion.

Kessler awarded two "Pinocchios" to Perry, saying that he "is stuck in a time warp," and that Perry's answer showed him to be "remarkably uninformed" on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Kessler based that criticism on the fact that in 1993, as part of the Oslo Accords, Yasser Arafat wrote a letter in which he said, "The PLO recognizes the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security."

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Rep. Issa chooses bloggers to replace "legacy media" in Fast and Furious reporting

Sep 25, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Doug Book, staff writer

   Fed up with the cover provided Barack Obama by a  "mainstream"  media intent upon minimizing or concealing Administration involvement in the murderous Fast and Furious scandal,  Congressman Darrell Issa has decided to provide the opportunity to cover this story of Executive branch corruption and abuse of power to those who broke it in the first place-bloggers and members of the  "new media."

 The  "Gunwalking"  Operation Fast and Furious represents the most egregious abuse of Executive branch authority and disregard for the rights and security of the American public since the days of the power hungry Roosevelt Administration.

 Yet in the 9 months since the murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry last December,  the New York Times has published only 5 stories dealing even remotely with the roles of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,  the FBI or the Department of Justice in this criminal affair.

 CBS News has relegated its ... Continue Reading:Rep. Issa chooses bloggers to replace "legacy media" in Fast and Furious reporting

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The American Minute September 24

Sep 24, 2011 02:09 pm | Coach Collins

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.

By, Bill Federer, staff writer

"The power to tax is the power to destroy," wrote John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of ... Continue Reading:The American Minute September 24

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A Historic Day plus one year

Sep 24, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

  By Jim Emerson, staff writer

 In a press conference with Adm. Mike Mullen Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta joyfully announce September 20, 2011 as a "historic day." This is the day that the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was repealed. The repeal is a blatant use of the military to shape public opinion and force the homosexual agenda and gay marriage on the American people a la Saul Alinsky.

 Shut up!

 During the press conference Mr. Panetta said "My hope is that the command structure operating with the standard disciplines that are in place will implement those disciplines and will ensure that harassment doesn't take place and that all behavior is consistent with the discipline and the best interests of our military."  He just told the troops to shut up and this is in line with the mandatory training forced on the troops during the repeal process.

 Special Rights? Bet on it!

 During the conference Adm. ... Continue Reading:A Historic Day plus one year

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The American Minute September 23

Sep 23, 2011 02:01 pm | Coach Collins

 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.    

 By, Bill Federer, staff writer

     "I have not yet begun to fight!" shouted John Paul Jones when the captain ... Continue Reading:The American Minute September 23

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Obama's 2012 strategy: Fear, Fraud and a cowardly Republican

Sep 23, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Doug Book, staff writer

   With little more than a year remaining before the 2012 vote,  even the hyper-arrogant Barack Obama must be getting a bit edgy about his dwindling chances of re-election.

 Three years ago,  mouthing vacuous speeches and making vacant promises,   Obama lied,  schemed and intimidated his way into the White House while his campaign committee of left wing journalists provided critical cover for personal and political histories which would have doomed the candidate had they seeped through the wall of media silence.

 But although Obama could be presented as a relatively  "unknown quantity"  prior to the 2008 election and depend upon media lackeys to fill in the blanks with predictably glowing reports of towering intellect and limitless ability,  those days are now gone.

 For as this radical leftist's Regime has displayed deep red colors from day one,  renewed claims of post-racial harmony,  a moderate political agenda or murky,  feel-good screeds about hope and change will ... Continue Reading:Obama's 2012 strategy: Fear, Fraud and a cowardly Republican

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The American Minute September 22

Sep 22, 2011 02:13 pm | Coach Collins

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.    

By, Bill Federer, staff writer

American Minute for September 22nd:

    "I only regret that I have ... Continue Reading:The American Minute September 22

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Debt Ceiling Defense Cuts Are Ticking Time Bomb for American National Security

By getting members of Congress to make the tough decisions about fiscal prudence, the White House will be able to keep its fingerprints off of any measures that impose politically unpopular austerity. And by holding the men and women of the United States military hostage, it has created a daunting incentive for the members of the supercommittee to act. As a bit of Machiavellian strategy, it's enviable. But for those of us with warmer blood coursing through our veins, the plan's willingness to use the military as a pawn is reprehensible.

Keller, NYT: Blinkered Obama Love

Bill Keller should get real. The New York Times executive editor-turned-blathering columnist is singing the praises of Barack Obama's "accomplishments" and "successes," which is a lot like praising General Custer for his military prowess. Maybe it takes a failure to praise a failure, as the Keller defense of Obama comes from a man who oversaw rapidly declining financial fortunes of what once was a newspaper but now is (in George Will's words) "liberalism's bulletin board."

Friday, September 23, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Debate Reaction

I have learned over the years that when I offer my thoughts on GOP debates, folks tend to read between the lines and often think they can discern who I am supporting. So before I offer a few comments about last night's debate, let me reiterate: I am not endorsing any candidate at this time. My goal is to make sure we nominate the most conservative candidate who has the best chance of ending the Obama nightmare.

Having said that, I think Governor Perry, whom I like a lot, ran into another significant problem last night. In previous debates, it was Social Security. Last night it was illegal immigration, specifically his support of in-state tuition benefits for children of illegal immigrants.

Governor Perry obviously feels strongly about this issue. But when he accused fellow conservatives of being heartless, I doubt he won any votes. The polling on the issue is terrible -- even in Perry's home state.

A February poll by the University of Texas found that only 27% of respondents felt the children of illegal immigrants should be granted in-state tuition rates, while 59% believed they should pay out-of-state rates. It is a losing issue across the board. Consider these results:

• Democrats were evenly split on the issue (43% each).
• By a 24-point margin (55%-to-31%), independents said illegals should pay out-of-state tuition rates. And among Republicans, it was 74%-to-14%.
• Even among ethnic minorities, Perry's position failed to garner majority support -- 46% of Latinos favored in-state tuition rates for the children of illegal aliens, but 38% opposed the idea. Among blacks, 36% were in favor, while 53% were opposed.

After the debate last night, Fox News pollster Frank Luntz discovered that his focus group members overwhelmingly felt that Romney had won the debate. Several changed their support from Perry to another candidate. One member of the focus group said his son wanted to attend Texas A&M but could not afford the out-of-state tuition rates. Perry's position on in-state tuition for illegals drove this voter away.

On Washington's biggest talk radio show this morning, most callers were lamenting Perry's position on illegal immigration, saying they were looking for another candidate. And the reviews of conservative opinion leaders were not helpful either, as this summary illustrates.

In Perry's defense, he has repeatedly called for more "boots on the border." I believe he is sincere about controlling the border, albeit without a fence, which many conservatives view as essential. And, of course, he is a thousand times better than Obama, who is pro-amnesty.

As of now, the GOP nomination battle still looks like it is wide open.


Best "Plagiarized" Line Of The Night

Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson (the pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, pro-drug legalization libertarian) delivered the best line of the night when he said, "My next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready projects than this president." The audience roared with laughter and applause.

But it appears it wasn't an original line. There are reports that Rush Limbaugh had said something nearly identical earlier in the day.


Mahmoud The Mad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nation's General Assembly yesterday. It wasn't long before he once again exposed himself for the evil thug he is.

As he has done in past U.N. speeches, Ahmadinejad denied the Holocaust and suggested that there were "hidden elements involved in September 11." He also mocked the U.S. for killing Osama bin Laden rather than bringing him to trial in order to "identify the elements behind the safe space provided for the invading aircraft to attack the twin World Trade Center towers."

In other words, Ahmadinejad, a sworn enemy of the United States, is also a "9/11 truther." Like so many Hollywood elites, he too believes that we attacked ourselves, that Osama bin Laden was innocent and that a trial would have exposed the truth.

Obama and his liberal allies insist we must rely upon the world community to achieve our foreign policy goals and defend our interests. One hundred ninety-three nations are represented at the U.N. General Assembly. Yet only a few dozen diplomats walked out in protest of Ahmadinejad's disgusting remarks. That tells you all you need to know about the moral core of that so-called "world community."


Join Me In D.C.

Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Paul, Perry, Romney, and Santorum. You've seen them on TV. Now see them in person at the 2011 Values Voter Summit. The Summit will be held October 7th through the 9th at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Register now at valuesvotersummit.org.

In addition to the presidential candidates, you will also hear from House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Bill Bennett, Gen. William Boykin, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Erick Erickson, Mark Levin, Phyllis Schlafly and many others. This year's summit will feature a gala dinner honoring former Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese.

There will be educational sessions on a wide range of issues, including secularism and the future of America, the welfare state and the family, the Tea Party movement and much more. My public policy group, American Values, will host a lunch on Saturday, October 8th.

Seats are going fast. Reserve yours now at valuesvotersummit.org. I look forward to seeing you there!
 

Erik Todd Dellums Presents: "Black Sheep"

Herman Cain 4 President 2012 America is Ready to Dream Again

A really inspiring video.  Please watch.

Cain on Cancer and Obamacare 'What If...'

Demanding the Transformation of a Racist America

By Discover The Networks
 

The Applied Research Center views the United States as a nation where "structural racism" is deeply "embedded in the fabric of society." As such, the organization demands "concrete change from our most powerful institutions to build a fair and equal society."

September 23, 2011        all the debate highlights, in one place  The 2012 GOP contenders squared off again last night in the Fox News / Google debate. We have collected and posted eight of the moments from last night HERE.    hell-questioning pastor resigns   Earlier this year, Evangelical pastor Rob Bell sparked a firestorm of criticism when his new book, "Love Wins" questioned the existence of Hell. Pastor Bell posted a notice yesterday on the website of the Michigan mega-church where he has been preaching, announcing that he would be stepping down. Read the details HERE.

HERSHEYS HIT WITH UNION PROTEST   "The Great American Chocolate Bar" is faced with a huge protest today as a reported 1000 union members will descend upon Hershey's HQ in Pennsylvania in a push for full unionization of their plant. See the latest reports HERE.

2012 to be decided by fl, THE RETURN OF THE 'REAL OBAMA,'  touGh economic news    The news and information equivalent of a balanced meal lives on the blog section of The Blaze. Check out the information-rich section known as the Must-Reads HERE.

 RUDE COMMENTS LEAD TO A BAR ARGUMENT FOR BRISTOL PALIN  Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol confronted some unfriendly patrons in a West Hollywood bar yesterday. After a string of rude and profanity-laced comments were shouted across the bar in her direction, Bristol confronted the guy making the statements. See the entire event unfold in this uncensored video HERE.  
  VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - 'MY NAME IS...' CELEBRITY SOUND-A-LIKES MAKE A HIT TV SHOW
Most of us know someone who can sing just like (insert famous name here). Smart TV producers in Chile have turned that little reality into a hit show called "Mi Nombre Es" (My Name Is). Is the concept strong enough to come to America? Watch some of the clips HERE.
  ALABAMA TOWN OFFERS CONVICTS A CHOICE, JAIL OR CHURCH?
One Alabama town is offering criminals convicted of non-violent offenses an innovative choice, go to jail and pay a fine or go to church once a week for a year. Learn about Operation Restore Our Community HERE.  

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Obama's Ineligibility: a in 2012
By Lawrence Sellin
CanadaFreePress.com 

The leadership of the Democrat and Republican Parties has ordered every member of Congress to lie to the American people.

Barack Obama was never eligible to be President because his father was Kenyan, which made Obama a British subject at birth with dual allegiance and not a natural born citizen as required by the Constitution.

PayPal Blacklists Christian Writer
By Bob Unruh
WorldNetDaily   

"Relax," says a PayPal website. "Pay friends & family in seconds with PayPal." After all, it's the "easy way to  send money in seconds." No checks, no ATMs, no envelopes and stamps, just click the button on your computer.

That is, of course, unless you and your friends teach the biblical perspective that homosexuality is not acceptable for Christians and is a sin.

Conservatives Stop New Boehner CR That Permitted Funding for Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, Palestinian Authority
By Terence P. Jeffrey
CNSNews.com

Plastic Bag Crony Capitalism
by John Hayward
HumanEvents.com

Obama Calls Himself 'Warrior for the Middle Class'
By Fred Lucas
CNSNews.com 

President Barack Obama told Democratic donors that he doesn't mind being accused of class warfare, even saying that he wears it as a "badge of honor." He also said Republicans want to return to prosperity through "cheap labor and dirty air."

"Now, you're already hearing the Republicans in Congress dusting off the old talking points. You can write their press releases. Class warfare, they say," Obama said at a Democratic National Committee event in Gotham Hall in New York City on Tuesday night.

Obama's Ineligibility: All Members of Congress Have Violated Their Oath of Office
By Lawrence Sellin
CanadaFreePress.com   

At the behest of the Democrat and Republican leadership, all Senators and Representatives pretend that they don't know the definition of natural born citizenship and insist that Obama's forged Certificate of Live Birth is legitimate.

Members of Congress continue to feign ignorance when presented with evidence that Obama is using a stolen Social Security number and has forged his Selective Service registration.

Florida Straw Poll Winner Herman Cain Calls Out Morgan Freeman Over 'Tea Party Racism' Charge
Fox/Breitbart.com

Obama's International Outsourcing
By Rachel Marsden
HumanEvents.com

Temple University Students for Intellectual Freedom (TUSIF)

• Dear Editor,

   

  Perhaps, the cruelest, most ironic joke students receive at Temple University is the deception of Intellectual and Academic Freedom.  How can such fundamental components of a university be so overlooked?  Well, in come the horse blinders that Temple puts on us during freshmen orientations and speeches by Temple leadership.

   

   If there is one thing Temple ever so quickly boasts is its diverse student body from all 50 states and globe.  Leaders of the school's administration proudly voice, as tears of joy stream down their faces, that when they look out onto campus, they see the world.  While this is true, these are also horse blinders.  Diversity of racial and ethnic groups has ironically turned Temple into one of the most bigoted, myopically racist administrations in the country.  Temple, don't you dare flaunt me to the world as part of your perverse diverse face scheme.  Flaunt me because of my accomplishments and introduction of new ideas through TUSIF, which is something you will never do because TUSIF dampers your stride.

   

  Regardless of their just-for-show Mission, Temple doesn't celebrate diversity of thought.  In fact, diversity of thought has never entered the Intelligentsia's arena of self-approved items from the radical 1960s agenda-for-change.  All that Temple celebrates-as if it were some infantile competition to the finish line-are the numbers of different colors of skin and shapes of faces, but not diversity of thought, for these two present obstacles to their elitist, better-made choices that we the masses should just accept as good for us because they-the Intelligentsia-know what is better for We the People.

  However, what good is the celebration of diverse racial and ethnic groups, when Temple suppresses-if not completely omits-Intellectual and Academic Freedom?  Temple, you prioritize racist values over the enrichment that, with no agenda, diversity of thought offers you.

  To Temple, We the students are impressionable pawns, whose minds they systematically manipulate by exposing us to select ugly aspects of America's past and present, as well as their personal biases, which they present as matter of fact.  This is indoctrination...and they are not embarrassed to promote and perpetuate it.

   

   It is easy to fall victim to subtle indoctrination; I did.  It wasn't until months after I had founded the first version of Temple U. Students for Intellectual Freedom (TUSIF) that I realized I had unwittingly written within our mission Marxist lingo and Liberation Theology rhetoric, both of which are anti American, anti prosperity/progress, but very much champions of Institutional ignorance through strength and manipulation.

   

  Temple University radicals should not use our classrooms as their political platforms to dictate what we should think.  The declaration on the Principles of Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure declared in 1915 that the teacher "should, above all, remember that his business is not to provide students with ready-made conclusions, but to train them to think for themselves, and to provide them access to those materials which they need if they are to think intelligently."

   

  In Freedom,

  Alvaro Watson, President

  Temple University Students for Intellectual Freedom (TUSIF)

Today's Headlines:  Friday, September 23, 2011

 U.N. Slammed As Anti-American, Anti-Israel    Romney and Perry Get Heated on Social Security

Gallup: Obama's Approval Hits All-Time Low Among Men

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House Republicans Pass CR Nearly Identical to One Rejected Wednesday

Boehner: 'There's No Threat of a Government Shutdown'

Pelosi Won't Speculate on What She'll Do If GOP CR Prohibits Funding Planned Parenthood

Israel Once Again Accused of 'Apartheid' at U.N. Racism Meeting

At UN, Ahmadinejad Reprises 9/11 Claims, Rails Against Zionism

Dem. Sen. Reacts to Obama: 'Not Any Bridges in North Carolina in Danger of Falling'

Obama Attacks Boehner, McConnell on Bridge Connecting Kentucky and Ohio

AP: Key Moments in GOP Debate   

COMMENTARY:

Obama's Government-Loans-to-Nowhere Bill
By Michelle Malkin
Little noticed in the White House jobs-for-cronies proposal is a provision creating yet another corruption-friendly "government corporation" that would dole out public infrastructure loans and loan guarantees.

Charlie Sheen Roasts and Boasts
By L. Brent Bozell III
Magnifying and glorifying contemptuous misbehavior is the signature of the Comedy Central network, which hasn't got a clue about the art of comedy.

Is the Window Closing on Israel?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Militarily, Israel remains dominant, but neither time nor demography seems to be on her side. And Arab acceptance seems more distant than ever.

No License? Don't Speak English? No Problem!
Drivers Use Translators to Pass Test.
Full Story

Aliens in Wonderland
Cook County Policies Reverse Logic.
Full Story

Texas School punishes boy for opposing homosexuality

This happened in German Class

An honors student in Fort Worth, Texas, was sent to the principal's office and punished for telling a classmate that he believes homosexuality is wrong.

Holly Pope said she was "absolutely stunned" when she received a telephone call from an assistant principal at Western Hills High School informing her that her son, Dakota Ary, had been sent to in-school suspension.

Click here to read the full article at FOX News

The Social Contract

By Paul "I AM CLUELESS" Krugman

This week President Obama said the obvious: that wealthy Americans, many of whom pay remarkably little in taxes, should bear part of the cost of reducing the long-run budget deficit. And Republicans like Representative Paul Ryan responded with shrieks of "class warfare."

It was, of course, nothing of the sort. On the contrary, it's people like Mr. Ryan, who want to exempt the very rich from bearing any of the burden of making our finances sustainable, who are waging class war.

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

White House threatens to veto blocking EPA

Goodbye jobs

The White House threatened on Wednesday to veto the latest attempt by House Republicans to thwart pollution regulations, saying the GOP-backed bill would delay and undermine critical health protections.

The Republican-controlled House is set to debate and vote on the legislation later this week. The bill sponsored by Rep. John Sullivan, R-Okla., requires the president to set up a Cabinet-level committee to examine the cumulative toll of Environmental Protection Agency rules on electricity and gas prices, electric reliability and jobs. Republicans also plan to tack on a measure to slow for years regulations intended to curb mercury and other toxic pollution from power plants and to reduce smokestack emissions that blow downwind into other states.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

Solyndra executives plead the 5th

 Many in Congress probably don't know what the 5th is

Lawmakers at a hearing on Capitol Hill Friday pledged to press ahead with their investigation into bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra, despite silence from company executives who invoked the fifth amendment.

"Was all the information they submitted complete, what did they know, and when did they know it," Rep. Cliff Stearns, the Florida republican who heads the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, said during a hearing on the matter. "We will get to the bottom of this."

Click here to read the full article at CNN Money

Why Illegal Immigration Matters

The last round of Republican debates has brought the issue back to the fore, even though some hosts and pundits have warned the party not to get sidelined by discussing illegal immigration. But the question is does it matter?

Republicans in the last few years have begun surrendering values issues to focus on economic issues, but illegal immigration is not a values issue. It's not even simple a law issue-- it is an issue of basic economics.

The social safety net is undermined by demographics and uncontrolled spending, but the arrival of large numbers of people with large families who work off the books is a major load. It's a major load in the UK and through Europe. It's a major load here.

There are two diametrical responses to this problem. Some form of legalization, whether it's full amnesty or a path to citizenship or a special status for migrant workers. Or enforcement.

The problem with the variations of the first approach is that it is attempting to tame the problem without actually addressing it. Illegal immigration exists because employers want cheap labor and because illegal immigrants want access to a First World economy and its social safety net.

Amnesty or a path to citizenship does nothing to address either problem. Employers will still want cheap labor and illegal immigrants will still keep coming. A path to citizenship will legalize some of them, but that will do nothing for the overall problem.

Migrant workers gives employers access to cheap labor, but only temporarily. Liberal activism is sure to regulate any migrant labor and price it above that of illegal aliens-- and that puts us right back to square uno. On top of that giving millions of people access to a vast country in which they can easily vanish, or just make their way to sanctuary cities, can't be described as securing the border.


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

September 23, 2011 

On Today's Program 

AWESOME: See Stu play Warren Buffett's secretary on GBTV last night. A disturbing sight but great information to debunk Buffett's ridiculous tax delusions. WATCH

Perry doubles down on immigration: 'you don't have a heart'

Governor Rick Perry has been criticized in the past by conservatives for his stance on illegal immigration, namely being in favor of providing funding for children of illegal immigrants. Glenn said Perry was consistent on the issue - but unfortunately he's consistently wrong. Perry doubled down on this stance during the debates last night and said you 'don't have a heart' if you are against it. What's Glenn think of this tactic? The answer on radio today. WATCH

Perry vs. Romney = 2012 depression 

Watching Perry and Romney bicker over who said what in their books was not exactly the inspiring talk conservatives want to hear. It's petty but worse it reveals that each have far too much in common with Barack Obama, leaving many conservatives feeling like it's prom and they don't have a date. How did Glenn react to the testy exchange? Hear the clip & reaction from radio HERE.

Imagine this: President Glenn Beck? It's a sad state of affairs when there is a possibility Glenn Beck is a better presidential option than everyone else out there. Will he do it? WATCH.

Alec Baldwin whitewashing hate Tweets? He's hosting SNL so he deleted the worst of the worst and then after he was clearly busted, re-posted.  Michelle Malkin has the timeline and deconstructs Baldwin's claims and as an added bonus: the outpouring of hate from Baldwin's psycho fans at the end of the post. Get it all HERE. 

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Palestinians submit UN statehood bid - STORY.
 

Peace loving Palestinians throw rocks at car; hit baby in face

The Blaze has the video of a sweet little infant girl who was cut up after Palestinians hurled rocks at the car of an Israeli family. This type of random hate is not acceptable under any circumstances, but the fact that a little baby was in the car didn't seem to deter these peace loving Palestinians from smashing the windows out with rocks. Thankfully the girl is ok - but the images of the injuries are shocking. Get the complete story HERE.