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Fitzpatrick may face tea party challenge

A tea party leader is "listening" to people who want her to challenge Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick in a Republican primary next year.

Jennifer Stefano, of the conservative Americans For Prosperity, said Monday that Fitzpatrick's recent vote against a GOP bill to ban the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any employer to shut down plants or relocate work, has her "listening to people who would like me to be" a candidate.

The director of policy for labor and energy for AFP said she initially "dismissed" overtures from individuals she would not name to seek the 8th District Republican nomination in 2012. But after Fitzpatrick's Sept. 15 vote she told her courters "I will listen to you now."

"They are a rogue federal agency and Fitzpatrick voted against reining them in," Stefano said of the vote, which passed the House 238 to 186 but did not make it out of the Senate. "Any Republican who stands for the principles of the party would not have voted that way. It was a bad vote. It's going to make union bosses richer and put union and nonunion workers out of work.

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Training for members of Phoenixville and King of Prussia branches

 If you're not already aware of it, the "Social Media" have become a routine way of communicating and exchanging ideas. Social media is now widely used - probably every elected representative in the state capitals and in Washington have their own Facebook and use Twitter.

 Political action groups make extensive use of them, As do private individuals, companies and non-profit groups.

 It's time for our own Tea Party to learn these tools and make use of them. For that reason, we've made arrangements for Daria DiGiovanni to conduct a hands on, how to session.

 Daria has worked with a number of Tea Parties, teaching them social media as well as creating their web sites.

 Training will be conducted in the King of Prussia area, and will consist of a single, three-hour session. Day and time to be announced. There will be a small cost - we're working out the details, but it's likely to be $10 or less, and will be held within the next 30 days. We don't know if this training will be offered again in the foreseeable future.

 Please respond to this email immediately so we can plan and schedule the training.

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Agenda 21 Creeps Into California Land Use Policy

New Meeting Schedule for the Concerned Citizen's Group.   The Concerned Citizen's Group will no longer meet weekly on Wednesdays and instead we will be having our "weekly" meeting at various government meetings around the Delaware Valley area: town councils, school boards, county commissioners, zoning boards, water boards, etc.

We will still have monthly meetings on Saturday's. The next monthly meeting will be on Saturday, October 8^th at P J Ryan's, 231 Bridge Street, Phoenixville - 6pm.  Radio Talk Show Host Maggie Roddin will do a presentation on U.N. Agenda 21 and have any updates that may have come from the U.N. or local sustainable development  . . . don't forget hay is now deemed a pollutant by the EPA . . . no hay, no crops, no animals, no food.   We will also be showing a movie on U.N. Agenda 21 at the October 8^th meeting.

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Dear Patriot,

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

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

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

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

Summit Highlights Include:

• Friday Gala Dinner
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• Special Interactive Sessions for Teens & College Students
• Movie Night featuring Entertaining Films By Liberty Loving Filmmakers
• Seminars for Youth On Why Freedom Matters and How they Can Make a Difference
• Bloggers Row
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• Network With Leading Activists From Across The Country

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

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

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

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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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With thousands more criminal laws on the books and lower thresholds for being found guilty of them, it's becoming easier than ever to run afoul of federal law, The Wall Street Journal reports.

RedState Morning Briefing

For September 27, 2011

1. Because Herman Cain Runs For SomeTHING, Not Against SomeONE

I've gotten to know Paul Begala sitting with him in the greenroom at CNN and he has some of the most consistently awesome political anecdotes in modern America. Feel free to disagree with him on politics and policy as I usually do, but in any encounter with Begala you'll come away knowing more about American politics than you entered the room knowing.

One of the anecdotes he shared with me once has stuck with me as perhaps the most insightful commentary on winning elections in America. Anne Richards was quite a popular governor in Texas and George W. Bush still managed to beat her rather handily. After Richards' defeat, she called President Clinton and told him the lesson she'd learned from her defeat.

Governor Richards told President Clinton that it was not enough to run on what you did as a leader, but rather to run on what you were going to do as a leader. This connects in with one of the most consistent themes in American politics - people want to vote for something, not vote against someone.

In 2008, people voted against the Republicans, but if you asked most people they didn't see themselves voting against Bush and the GOP so much as they were voting for something new and shiny - a new way, a new face, a new hope, and some change.

This is why Herman Cain won the straw poll.

2. Job Creation and the Rich: The Facebook Story

President Obama is on the prowl for new targets for (1) raising more tax revenue and/or (2) demonizing "the rich" for campaign purposes. Among Obama's proposals, besides raising taxes on high-income individuals generally, is to more than double the tax rate paid by many private equity and venture capital investors from 15% to 35%, by reclassifying sales of their businesses (or shares in their businesses) as ordinary income rather than capital gains (more detail here and, drawn from prior versions of the proposal here and here). A common trope being retailed in some form or another by Obama and his allies is that taxing the wealthy and private equity and venture capital has no impact on job creation. As is common to liberal arguments, rather than argue that they are proposing a worthwhile tradeoff, liberals deny even the possibility that their policies involve any tradeoffs whatsoever. As well they might: the voters are hardly going to accept anything right now that impedes the growth of private sector businesses and jobs.

Now, there are a lot of economic angles to this argument, which have been ventilated in more detail elsewhere. But a concrete example may be useful in illustrating how wealthy individuals, private equity and venture capital contribute to the growth of businesses and jobs: the story of Facebook.

3. Have You People All Taken Gardasil Shots Recently?

I'm being inundated with angry emails that I have not linked to or championed the Zogby poll that OMG shows Herman Cain winning in a landslide!!!!!! OMG!!!!!

It is as if millions of Republicans took the Gardasil shot and suddenly developed rapid onset of the mental retardation Michele Bachmann's been warning about.

The reason I have not cited and you should not cite the Zogby poll is because it is a Zogby Interactive poll which means it was done online.

4. Governor Bev Perdue of North Carolina Wants to Cancel Elections

Would it be a violation of Godwin's Law to point out that even the Nazis kept having elections even when we were bombing them? Heck, the United States continued having elections in the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. We didn't put democracy on hold just because we felt like it. There is this thing called the constitution.

But the constitution seems beside the point to one of America's least popular governors, Bev Perdue of North Carolina. Maybe brains and constitutional fidelity go together.

Perdue has declared that we should just suspend elections in 2012 for Congress until congressmen solve our economic problems. Given her lack of popularity and the fact that her unpopularity coupled with Obama's unpopularity will probably swing North Carolina to the GOP in 2012, I'm sure she was privately thinking we might as well suspend all elections next year.

After all, elections may matter, but they cost money.

5. Rick Perry's Immigration Problem vs. Mitt Romney's Healthcare Problem

I don't speak for all conservatives, but most every single conservative I know will gladly settle for Mitt Romney and support him over Barack Obama. Even the conservatives I know who right now are saying they could never support Mitt Romney will . . . when push comes to shove . . . support Mitt Romney.

The issue is that most conservatives, myself included, don't want to settle for Mitt Romney. I don't have a problem with him personally. He, his wife, and family are super nice people. But I think he is just wrong for this election and his positioning this year as a centrist when he positioned himself four years ago as a conservative is disturbing.

But at the top of the race we are confronted with two men who have two problems. Both are 10th Amendment issues and both are states right issues. And I think whether we like it or not, we should, as conservatives who believe the states should be engines of experiment, respect their right to solve problems in their states as they and their legislatures see fit.

You and I may not like Romneycare, but it was Mitt Romney and Massachusetts' decision.

You and I may not like Texas giving illegal aliens in-state tuition rates, but it was Rick Perry and Texas' decision.

Digging deeper though, there is a real and serious problem that distinguishes the two issues and gives me greater concern about Romneycare. And I'm afraid with so much pile on over the Texas immigration decision, it has distracted us from a core issue of Romneycare about which we should be more focused.

6. Mitt Romney's Health Care Problem

The big news yesterday on the health care policy front is that the 11th Circuit case against the individual mandate is headed to the Supreme Court before the 2012 election, not after. This means a decision about the constitutionality of the individual mandate is likely to come in mid-2012, after the Republicans have chosen a nominee but well before the election ramp up. This is good political news for nearly everyone in the race on the Republican side, with one obvious exception: Mitt Romney.

Let's back up a moment to explain why. There's one line that Romney used in Florida during the most recent debate which is still sticking in my craw today, and I'm having a hard time shaking it. Excerpt - in response to a question from Chris Wallace about Perry referring to Romney's Massachusetts' reforms as "socialized medicine".

7. GOP Plans to Cave on Transportation Spending

We've seen this show before. Republicans propose grand ideas to cut spending and implement free-market reforms; they speak ebulliently about their new ideas, and ...they summarily scuttle them and cave to the Democrats.

Earlier this year, Republicans proposed a commendable plan to end the bipartisan pork fest of surface transportation spending. Instead of continuing the inexorable expansion of transportation spending, House Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica proposed a six-year highway bill that actually cut spending from $286 billion to $235 billion. The bill was supposed to cap spending to the levels of its funding source; the 18.4-cent gasoline tax and the 24.4-cent tax on diesel fuel. Additionally, this bill would have eliminated 70 duplicative projects and cut spending on mass transit.

Two weeks ago, Republicans agreed to pass an eighth stop-gap highway bill, which will lock in the excess levels of spending until next April. They also passed the 22nd stop-gap FAA reauthorization bill, which will continue to fund the wasteful rural pork programs until next February.

Now CQ is reporting that Republicans plan to cave on the long-term bill altogether.

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for September 15, 2011

 Ask how come, if liberals are so keen on equality and fairness, they're so much more money-grubbing than conservatives.

 From Howard:

It is a FACT that the Arab countries have permitted the "Arabs who lived in Palestine before 1948" to fester in "refugee camps" (more like small towns) supported by UNRWA and have  either given these folks no rights or minimal rights in these countries..They are "kept" in a perpetual state of Welfare afforded to them by the UN...Israel, in the meantime, in the 1950's absorbed, supported, and settled an equivalent number of (over 750,000) Jewish refugees expelled, simply because they were Jews, with barely the shirts on their backs from countries like Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, etc. from 1948 to the early 1950's.......and these Jews left (and lost) all their property in those countries......and they have been and are productive participants  in the development (and proud citizens) of  Israel..... Shame on Lebanon and Hezbollah for discriminating and oppressing these Muslims who lived in Israel, and shame on all the other Arab countries who oppress these fellow Arabs....You will hardly ever see any  of these FACTS reported in ANY Western media sources....but it is important to recognize how these Arab regimes have mistreated their fellow Muslims.....Is it any wonder that the Arab population in Israel does NOT wish to join in any new Entity outside of Israel ? The quality of their lives is better than it would be in any Arab Nation.....but our fellow Americans do not know the FACTS.......Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, (Yes) even Jordan treats the  Muslim "refugees" worse than Israel would ever dream of treating them,........and we in the U.S. provide a large percentage of UN funds to support these folks ...It is about time that the Arab Gulf Nations like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Emirates, as well as Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, etc. ante up for the 60 years they have neglected and discriminated against their fellow Muslims.........Anyone out there really think this will happen ??????

Khaled Abu Toameh: The Palestinian victims no one talks about

National Post  Jul 24, 2010  

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Palestinian Authority Leader's Bag of Lies

Fiamma Nirenstein

On Friday, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) demanded that the UN recognize a Palestinian state. He falsely argues that the Palestinians once had a state which was stolen from them...

Delaware's Very Own Solyndra

Paul Driessen, John Nichols

FARC Rebels Urged to Disarm by Colombian President

Jim Kouri, CPP 

Columbia U backs down

By Ted Belman

You will recall that the Law Forum run by Nitsana Darshan Leitner sent a " lawyer's letter" to Pres Bollinger of Columbia U advising him that Columbia U would be sued if the University hosted Ahymedinajad to a dinner.

The Law Forum advises,

Columbia University quickly backed away from the planned event and claimed that the University was not involved and it had been organized by a "private" Columbia student group. Whatever that is. In the wake of the public furor it was finally reported that the banquet had been canceled and that the Columbia students did not participate in meeting with the Iranian terrorist leader. Strike up another legal victory for the good guys.

Where was ACLU or the ADL or any other mainstream Jewish organization to be found. No where.

Bibi is begging for peace. Does he mean it?

By Ted Belman

Bibi refuses to criticize Obama. Even Leiberman praised him for his help with the embassy and with the UN.

And now Bibi was interviewed by the BBC and said some disquieting things.

Netanyahu tells BBC Arabic that he has "noticed" the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, calls it a improvement over "3 No's" of Khartoum; says Quartet's 2012 timetable doable and that he's "hungry" for peace.

Netanyahu also gave a nod in the direction of the Arab peace initiative of 2002, during an interview to BBC's Arabic service on Sunday.

"I have noticed the Arab Peace Initiative. This is a huge improvement compared with the 'No's' of Khartoum," he said.

"If it is open for negotiation, then this is an important opportunity,"

A year or two after the Plan became part of the Roadmap against the opposition of Sharon, Israel said that it could work with it if it was open to negotiations. The Arabs rejected any change...

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Rabbi Dov Lior: Collective punishment against rioters

By Yair Altman, YNET

Clashes between settlers and Palestinians broke out Sunday following a rally commemorating the deaths of Asher Palmer and his infant son Yehonatan in Kiryat Arba last Friday.

Funeral of Asher Palmer and son Yehonatan (Photo: Noam Moskovitz)

Some 150 people held a protest rally in the scene of the terror attack prior to the victims' funeral. They marched towards Kiryat Arba and clashes broke out near the Beit Anoun village. The two sides began hurling stones at each other. IDF and police forces arrived at the scene to end the violence using crowd dispersal means.

During the rally, Rabbi Dov Lior called for a collective punishment to be carried out against the "rioters."

"We have murderous rioters surrounding us, according to the Torah, there is room for collective punishment and the IDF must carry out the punishment against the rioters. There are no innocents in a war,"

the rabbi said.

The city's Jewish spokesman...

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Vanderbilt University Threatens to SHUT DOWN Four Christian Groups 

Vanderbilt threatens to shut down Christian student groups

Email Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos and urge him to stop the university's religious discrimination against Christian groups on his campus.

Vanderbilt University has placed four Christian student groups on "provisional status" after a university review found them to be in non-compliance with the school's nondiscrimination policy. If they remain in non-compliance, the student Christian groups risk being shut down.

Vanderbilt says the student organizations cannot require that leaders share the Christian groups' beliefs, goals and values. Carried to its full extent, it means an atheist could lead a Christian group, a man a woman's group, a Jew a Muslim group or vice versa.

Last year, an openly gay undergrad at Vanderbilt complained he was kicked out of a Christian fraternity. As a result, the school took action against five religious groups and said they violated Vanderbilt's nondiscrimination policy. All were placed on provisional status.

Among the groups threatened with shut down is the Christian Legal Society because "Each officer is expected to lead Bible studies, prayer and worship at chapter meetings." CLS President Justin Gunter said, "We come together to do things that Christians do together. Pray, and have Bible studies."

The school says, however, that if the Christian club requires leaders to be a Christian and espouse Christianity, it can be shut down.

TAKE ACTION

Send an email to Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos. Urge him to stop the university's religious discrimination against Christian groups on his campus.

Replacement Theology

In the Washington Post's "On Faith" section, a story asks; 'Judaism without God? Yes, say American atheists'. You can have Judaism without G-d, much as you can have an "On Faith" section without anything to have faith in.

 

It's all a matter of definition. If you define Judaism by its covenantal document as a binding agreement between a people and the Creator of the universe, then an atheistic Judaism is a contradiction in terms. But if you define it as a cultural experience that calls us to social work and spirited debate, then it makes no real difference what you believe, so long as you volunteer at the Tikkun Olam soup kitchen.

What goes for Judaism, also goes for Christianity. The issue is not atheism, it's the nature of religion and what it is and what it isn't. Either religion is a specific belief in a deity accompanied by textual revelations, or it's the Democratic party with its own pulpit. 

The issue comes up every time the left tries to insist that its version of Christianity and Judaism, where the worst sin imaginable is not driving a hybrid is the right one, because it's compassionate and spiritual. A spirituality that consists wholly of compassion and a compassion that consists wholly of following a left of center ideology while claiming that their grab bag of the welfare state, anti-war activism and environmentalism is highly spiritual.

Take Rabbi Arthur Ocean Waskow, please. Waskow, a left-wing activist and a member of a non-theistic movement, and his disciples, are usually found wherever Israel is demonized and the mass murder of Jews by Islamic fanatics is promoted with the beatific smile of the hazed out humanistic fanatic.

The paradox of a paragon of a humanistic un-religion making common cause with men who believe that their specific revelation entitles them to commit genocide is baffling. Or it would be if Waskow really was a humanist. In reality Waskow is a socialist with a pulpit. Even if it's only an imaginary one.
 

Infidel Victory! Hamas-Linked CAIR Hamze Denied Membership in Broward Republican Executive Committee

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 

I wanted to confirm you heard the big news from last week -- that our new grassroots "Super PAC," FreedomWorks for America, is officially launched and ready for action.

The announcement has already sparked some heavy-duty news coverage, including:

• The Hill: "The group will fill a niche previously unfulfilled on the conservative side."
• The Washington Times: "[FreedomWorks for America] will showcase true grassroots, door-to-door voter outreach rather than flashy, expensive TV ads."
• The Daily Caller: "FWFA will also feature a website with an interactive platform that facilitates mobilization among activists."
• The New York Times: "But in a twist, the new group will raise its money in small-dollar increments from grassroots donors."

I would like to invite you to be a part of this new and very different arm of FreedomWorks. Here are a couple ways you can get involved today.

• Click here to pledge your time to defeating Barack Obama as a part of our unique grassroots efforts on the ground. As our efforts ramp up, we will reach out to involve you in our phone banking, sign-blitzing and door-to-door campaigns.
• Click here to chip in a donation to help launch FreedomWorks for America. As you can see, this organization is grassroots-based, meaning the majority of our donors are hardworking everyday Americans like you. Please donate, if you can.

There's no denying that the Left is taking notice, too. In fact, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) sent out a frantic fundraising email raving about FreedomWorks for America and the "major threat this poses to [their] 2012 plans."

They're right. We DO intend to ruin their plans to maintain a liberal majority in the Senate. And we also intend to increase the conservative margin in the House, and defeat Barack Obama in the Presidential race.

But we can't do any of it without the support of FreedomWorks allies like you.

Please, consider a contribution of $10, $25, $50 or even $100 or more today. Already left-wing groups are using FreedomWorks for America to scare up dollars from their special interest donors and union boss pals.

Your generous support is the only way we can fight back.

And once you've donated (if you are able) please click here to pledge your time to "fire" Barack Obama. After all, if anyone should be losing their job because of his policies, it's him!

Thanks very much for all your past support. I'm hopeful that you will continue to be so committed in you support as we continue with this exciting new venture.

Sincerely,

Matt Kibbe
President and CEO, FreedomWorks

Cartoon of the Day: The Incredible Shrinking President

Start rattling the chains. Start ratcheting up the hue and cry. Fire up the masses. It's long past time to force mass resignations at, and possible prosecutions of members of, the Obama Justice Department -- and, more broadly, of the West Wing itself.

Forgive all the links, but the scope of the corruption is so large as to defy adequate descriptions, in a single column, of each abomination. The reality is that these Obama/Holder minions at DoJ are dangerous to the very heart of constitutional, republican (small 'r') government. Last fall in the Spectator's print edition I did a broad overview of the problems. In the September issue of The New Criterion, Andy McCarthy does a wonderful job outlining the problems with the Holder department and with other examples of Obamite executive overreach. Of course the Black Panther case, the dismissal of which I (on the Washington Times editorial page) and the Times' ace reporter Jerry Seper on the news side were the first to report in print (I later discovered that the fabulous Michelle Malkin wrote on it online a day or two earlier), still hasn't been adequately handled. And the outrageous DoJ blocking of non-partisan elections in Kinston, N.C., solely to benefit the Democratic Party , is now being examined in the courts, with the administration having lost, big, in the latest round.

More recently, the burgeoning scandal of the "Fast and Furious" gun-running blow-up, already a huge embarrassment for the Justice Department, keeps moving closer to the White House. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, for her part, denied direct knowledge of this dangerous idiocy but as Dexter Duggan reports at the Wanderer (sign-in required), the U.S. Attorney who ran the moronic program, Dennis Burke, has been sponsored throughout his entire career by Napolitano. First he worked for her when she was a prosecutor; then (quoting Duggan), "After Napolitano ascended to the governorship in 2003, her chief of staff was none other than Dennis Burke, who went on to be a senior adviser to Napolitano when Obama made her his secretary of Homeland Security in 2009. Obama, however, soon put Burke into Napolitano's old U.S. attorney job in Phoenix. Like Napolitano, Burke got the post as a political plum. It was expected the plum would ripen into bigger fruit, as it had for Napolitano."

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If you, or anyone you know, has relatives in the military, this has been an ongoing problem for years and years.  It doesn't appear to be getting any better with our current Dept of Justice.

New York asks for waiver for military voter protections, Part 2

U.S. citizenship should not be for sale 

WHAT IS BILL CLINTON UP TO?  By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
Published on DickMorris.com on September 27, 2011     

There are no off-hand moments, no unconsidered spontaneous comments, and no random observations in the world of Bill Clinton.  His tongue is entirely at the service of his ambition, each remark considered and calculated to achieve a specific goal.  And right now, Bill Clinton's prime ambition is to elect his wife president.  Nothing else really matters to him.  And Bill must be feeling the same vibe we do: That Obama may pull out.

BLACKS LEAVE OBAMA  By DICK MORRIS
Published on TheHill.com on September 27, 2011
 Behind the president's whining to the Black Caucus, begging them to "quit grumbling," is a decline in his personal popularity among African-American voters that could portend catastrophe for his fading reelection chances.

According to a Washington Post/ABC News survey, his favorability rating among African-Americans has dropped off a cliff, plunging from 83 percent five months ago to a mere 58 percent today -- a drop of 25 points, a bit more than a point per week!
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Anti-Capitalist Rally in DC Just 9 Days Away

By Discover The Networks   

The newly formed  "October 2011" movement will stage its kickoff rally in DC next Thursday. Calling on the U.S. government to end all economic policies "which foster a wealth divide," this organization vehemently opposes federal spending cuts - favoring instead massive government expenditures for the purpose of "creating jobs."

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Things I Don't Care About This Week 

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 11:21 AM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

The trial of Michael Jackson's doctor for involuntary manslaughter.  The new network TV season.  (Why is it that Hollywood always resembles the birds on the telephone line, who all take off in the same direction when the first crow squawks "Mad Men"?)  Doonesbury.  New York Times op-ed columns; all of them.  The latest Everton soccer match.  (Oops.  Better take that one back.)

The NBA strike.  The Real Housewives of Anyplace.  (Though if someone brings us "The Real Housewives of Riyadh" I might tune in.  And perhaps "Keeping Up With the Pelosis," a perfect study in hypocrisy.)  The latest press release from CAIR.  Brett Favre's latest comeback plans.  Anything by or about Lady Gaga.  Nancy Grace's "wardrobe malfunction" on "Dancing with the Doofuses."  (Doofi?)  The latest low-carb diet.  Deepak Chopra.  Michelle Obama.  Joe McGinness.  The latest news out of Argentina.  The League of Women Voters.  Who shot J.R.

But one thing I do care about, a little: Facebook's confusing new format.  Can't Obama do something about that?

Solyndra Update 

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 06:25 AM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

One of the points I make in my "President Solyndra" story in the Weekly Standard is that the loan guarantee program turned Solyndra from a $300 million mistake confined solely to stupid private investors into a $1 billion dollar mistake that took taxpayers for more than a half-billion, and that this is merely the largest (so far) emblem of the Obama administration's economic philosophy that is wiping out lots of capital that could be productive if it was invested elsewhere, by the private sector, of course, in, say,  fossil fuel production, which has delivered a housing boom and 3.4 percent unemployment to North Dakota.

And keep in mind, too, the story that has been going around for almost two years now in Washington and lately ratified in the new Ron Suskind book, Confidence Men, that Obama and his senior political team essentially don't listen at all to their economic team.

The Los Angeles Times reports this morning that Obama's economic advisers tried to warn him that Solyndra was a bad idea, and that the loan guarantee program was poorly designed and likely to lead to bad results.  As the story reports, "'It was completely predictable that there would be a colossal failure among the bets,' said one person familiar with the internal debate."

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This Week's Climate Follies, Barack Obama Edition 

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 06:01 AM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

President Obama must be fairly rattled already about the prospect of losing to Rick Perry.  A couple days ago Obama took a shot at Perry as "a governor whose state is on fire, denying climate change."

Getting nervous, Mr. President?

It's another perfect example of the non-falsifiability and complete flexibility of  climate alarmism, which works like this: whenever there's a local weather pattern-winter snowstorms (after being told 10 years ago that England would never see them again, for example), or cool summers-that runs against the global warming narrative, it is dismissed as "weather," while any extreme local events such as tornadoes, hot weather, or drought are always called incontrovertible evidence that Global Warming Climate Change Is Happening!

Al Jazeera's Hamas man in Afghanistan 

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:16 AM PDT

(Scott Johnson)

A friend and former government official who closely follows issued related to terrorism forwards a statement released by the Prime Minister's office on the conviction in Israel of Al Jazeera Afghanistan bureau chief Samer Allawi. Allawi was recruited by Hamas in Pakistan and, working for Hamas chief Khaled Mashal, advanced Hamas's goals while employing the resources of his employment by Al Jazeera. The Jerusalem Post reported on the story yesterday. Today's statement announces:

Samer Farik Muhammad Allawi, born in 1966, from Sebastia [on the West Bank], who resides in Pakistan and serves as Al Jazeera's Afghanistan bureau chief, was arrested on 9.8.11 at the Allenby Crossing, on suspicion of involvement in Hamas activities.

Watch DurbanWatch 

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:13 AM PDT

(Scott Johnson)

PJTV explains:

On September 22 foreign ministers and heads of state attended the Durban III Conference at the United Nation's headquarters in New York City. It was the third in a series of international events sponsored by the UN whose stated purpose is to combat racism. However, history has shown that the Durban events promote, rather than combat, racism.

The Hudson Institute and Touro College organized an event across the street from the UN at the Millennium Hotel in Manhattan. Their counter conference focused on the perils of racism associated with past and current Durban Conferences. Called "Durban Watch" for short, this event showcases a who's who of speakers from academia, public policy, journalism, human rights, politics and entertainment.

PJTV has posted videos of most of the counter conference speakers. Roger Simon writes that the counter conference "featured a number of magnificent speakers from Jon Voight to the Sudan's Simon Deng.... And when I say 'magnificent' I am not in this instance being hyperbolic. I am not one who normally enjoys speeches at conferences. I guess I have too much of my own kind of ADD. But these speeches were riveting."

The videos are posted here. I have watched several of them, starting with Mike Huckabee (who is excellent), and moving down the line. They are as Roger describes them. Please take a look.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


BREAKING NEWS: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie WILL NOT be a candidate for president in 2012. According to Fox News, Christie has made a "definitive, once and for all decision" against running for the White House next year.


WE NEED YOU!

In the items below you will read why it is so critical that we defeat Barack Obama and his socialist allies in Congress next year. (I hope we are making that clear in these reports every day.) But we can't do it without your help!

I am disappointed that the response to our morning appeal has not been enough to counter Obama and his left-wing allies. Please take a few seconds right now to go to cwfpac.com and make your best donation to help us defeat Barack Obama. We need you, my friends. Thank you!

(P.S. If you are a large donor and would be willing to "match" the gifts of others, please call me at 703-671-8800.)


"Our Worst Nightmare"

Months ago, Barack Obama relied on NATO to liberate Libya from Col. Qadhafi. It was a confused effort that resulted in various NATO members dropping out of the Libyan campaign. Then Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said, "This command-and-control business is complicated, and we haven't done something like this kind of 'on-the-fly' before." Now we're learning what Obama's "on-the-fly" foreign policy has gotten us.

We all knew that Qadhafi's Libya was not an oasis of liberty. But conservatives and others warned that while we had no idea who would replace him, we did know that many of the Libyan rebels were sympathetic to Al Qaeda. Now ABC News reports that as many as 20,000 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles are missing in Libya -- a scenario even left-coast liberal Barbara Boxer (D-CA) described as "Our worst nightmare."

Have these missiles fallen into the hands of Al Qaeda terrorists? We don't know. ABC reports that coalition forces are desperately trying to secure Libya's borders as the White House scrambles to get a handle on the situation. The CIA and State Department are blaming each other for failing to secure these weapons. Meanwhile, Sen. Boxer is introducing legislation to equip 500 American passenger jets with anti-missile devices.

So how did that Libyan operation turn out?


ObamaCare Headed To High Court

Sinking in the polls, Obama is desperate to rally his base. He may have found a way. According to Politico, Obama has opted to skip an appeal to the full 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, sending the key anti-ObamaCare case directly to the Supreme Court. That means it is very likely that the high court will take up the case and issue a decision in the weeks before the 2012 election.

It may be a win-win for Obama. It is likely to be a 5-to-4 ruling either way. If the court strikes down ObamaCare, it may rally liberals against the five "conservative" justices who denied them the holy grail of Big Government. If the court upholds ObamaCare, then Obama has been vindicated and liberals will be fighting to defend the largest expansion of government since the Great Society.

This news underscores why conservatives MUST win this next election. Whatever the Supreme Court decides, this battle won't be over. If the court strikes ObamaCare down, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid won't give up their dream of socialized medicine. If the court upholds ObamaCare, a conservative Congress and a conservative president can repeal it in 2013.


EPA Demands More Bureaucrats

Here's one more reason why conservatives MUST win in November 2012: Obama's EPA is demanding $21 billion and 230,000 more bureaucrats to enforce its planned regulatory regime.

The EPA is currently fighting a legal challenge to its authority to regulate the greenhouse gases of 14,000 businesses. If the EPA wins its case, more than six million businesses could be forced to comply with burdensome new rules and regulations. But in court filings, the EPA makes this astonishing claim:

"Hiring the 230,000 full-time employees necessary to produce the 1.4 billion work hours required to address the actual increase in permitting functions would result in an increase in Title V administration costs of $21 billion per year."

Unemployed Millionaire Begs For Tax Hike

It started with Warren Buffett. Now affluent people all over America are begging Obama to raise their taxes. At least that's what the liberal media would have you believe.

At a town hall meeting in California yesterday, Doug Edwards, one of Google's many millionaires, told Obama that he was "unemployed by choice" because he was "lucky enough to live in Silicon Valley for a while and work for a small startup down the street here, that did quite well." After that smug self-introduction, Mr. Edwards asked Obama, "Would you please raise my taxes?"

The media love it! "Another patriotic millionaire for higher taxes." Don't be fooled, my friends. Edwards is a liberal who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Democrat politicians. If he wants to pay more, there is nothing stopping him from writing a big check to the IRS. But I suspect Mr. Edwards took full advantage of every deduction and tax credit he was entitled to.

That's fine with me, but don't ask that everyone else be forced to pay higher taxes just because you have some misplaced guilt about it. In fact, some Republicans are asking Warren Buffett to release his tax returns so we can see what kind of "tax avoidance" practices he is using to keep his tax rate low.

Personally, I would rather wealthy individuals like Edwards and Buffett donate their money to charity than have Big Government take more of their income and redistribute it to bankrupt green energy companies. I'd also prefer to see small business owners be allowed to keep more of their income to invest in growing their businesses. But if these limousine liberals keep complaining, perhaps Republicans should make an exception on their "no tax hike" pledge and raise taxes just on left-wing millionaires!
 

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Fellow Conservatives,

You're probably already aware that Obama Law makers Banned Over The Counter Physical Bullion for All U.S. Residents. The Ban of OTC Physical Bullion is part of the Dodd-Frank Act and went into effect on July 16, 2011.

The BREAKING NEWS is that the Feds, Are Now Seeking Jurisdiction over 10 ounce gold Transactions.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission(CFTC) Just approved A contract in the Transactions Size of 10 Gold Ounces AND the Amendment of Rule 855, Pursuant to Section 5c(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act. The Anticipated Effective date is September 12, 2011

Discover How this New Law Empowers Federal Agencies and What Restrictions may be Imposed on Gold Bullion. Plus, Discover Their Ultimate Plot.

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Armed citizens descend on gun banning, New Mexico Mayor

Sep 27, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Doug Book, staff writer

  When Ruidoso,  New Mexico Mayor Ray Alborn issued an order banning the carrying of firearms in city owned buildings last month,  he couldn't have imagined he would be faced with nearly 100 armed,  irate gun owners at the next meeting of the city council.

 But 2nd Amendment supporters from all over the nation came to the little town to express their outrage at Mayor Alborn's ham-handed affront to law abiding American citizens.

 And express themselves they did as speakers went one by one to the microphone,  "...most of them with their guns holstered by their sides." 

 "You are just as much a tyrant for requiring someone to surrender their civil rights to carry a firearm in order to participate in their government as you are in asking them to surrender their right to vote or anything else,"  said one of the meeting attendees.

 Executive Director of Gun Owners of America,  Larry ... Continue Reading:Armed citizens descend on gun banning, New Mexico Mayor

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Compulsory Auto Insurance and its discontents

Sep 26, 2011 05:26 pm | Coach Collins

 By Bruce Karlson, staff writer

 Youth unemployment is above 20% in most of the country. Our jails and prisons hold too many persons for child support, alimony, or other "failure to pay" problems. Most of them are young or youngish and would work and pay if they could. They simply cannot afford to pay several hundred dollars a month for insurance so they cannot legally drive to a job.

 Given the statistics that follow, I ask Libertarian and Conservative readers to take a step back. Eschew the knee jerk reaction and acceptance of the status quo regarding the requirement that all vehicles and/or drivers are insured. Suppose it were a mandate to buy health insurance, for instance.

 Aside from the laws in 49 states, why do we have automobile insurance?  Why should it be required?  As to the first, we have it to protect assets in the event of a wreck.  It must follow then that those ... Continue Reading:Compulsory Auto Insurance and its discontents

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The American Minute September 26

Sep 26, 2011 02:03 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

 Daniel Boone served with George Washington in 1755 during the French and Indian War. ... Continue Reading:The American Minute September 26

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Grassfire Nation Update

Grassfire Nation has learned that Gibson Guitars, a Nashville, TN based company has been raided twice by federal marshals over the last number of weeks over the type of wood used in their guitars.

Despite the fact that no charges have been filed, the government did confiscate product and shutdown Gibson production, putting hundreds of real jobs in jeopardy!

A review of the law in question also makes illegal the purchase, ownership and resale of Gibson guitars.

This gross abuse of power is already being confronted as a number of Tea Party organizations, are planning a rally for Gibson on October 8, in Nashville, TN. Grassfire Nation officials will be on the ground to hand-deliver at least 25,000 "I Stand with Gibson" petitions during that rally!

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September 27, 2011 

'BUY AMERICAN' OR 'BUY AFRICAN AMERICAN'?
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is seen on video telling conservative media to stop playing racial politics... but then says Obama should stop saying "Buy American" and instead say "Buy AFRICAN-American." See the video HERE.

HECKLER CALLS OBAMA THE 'ANTI-CHRIST' 
During a campaign stop at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, President Obama was interrupted by a heckler shouting "Jesus Christ is God." and "You're the anti-christ!" Watch the President's reaction and hear how the crowd responded HERE.

PALEsTINIANS WANT MORE LAND 
Last week the Palestinians presented their case for full statehood to the United Nations. Buried deep in the letter delivered by President Abbas to the UN is a surprising request for a much smaller Israel. Smaller than the 1967 borders... See the details HERE.

SPENDING $200K PER JOB IS A DEAL, CAIN SAYS 'I CAN WIN,' & OBAMA GETS TESTY ON BET 
Separating the intellectual wheat from the chaff... We call it the "Must-Reads." Check out this morning's Must-Reads HERE.
 

WALL STREET PROTESTER ALMOST CHOKES ON HIS SILVER SPOON 
One of the most photographed moments at the anemic "Occupy Wall Street" protests appears to be a lie. The Blaze went below the surface and has exposed the hoax. Watch the video of a man crying and improperly claiming that a bank took his parent's home HERE.

VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - MEET THE REDNECK ROCKET SCIENTISTS 
The title says it all... If we tried to entice you with anything but the headline, it would be "gilding the lily." For your entertainment, we present The Redneck Rocket Scientists HERE. 

Obama Waives Congress Away

"Congress hasn't been able to do it, so I will." With this bold statement, President Obama announced last Friday that he would unilaterally replace the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) with conditions-based waivers. Obama's waiver strategy is an alarming misuse of executive power that undermines the separation of powers.

In and of itself, the use of waivers is not unconstitutional. Congress has the authority to create laws with provisions that allow the President to grant exceptions in certain circumstances. NCLB does, for instance, authorize the Secretary of Education to grant waivers to applicants that meet certain criteria. However, waivers are not written as blank checks of authority for the President to bypass Congress and enact new policy.

In this case, the President is using waivers to rewrite the law. The Obama waivers go far beyond the measures allowed by NCLB. To receive a waiver, states must agree to implement a new set of goals and programs determined not by Congress, but by the White House.

For months, President Obama and Congressional Republicans have disagreed on how to reform NCLB. There are major problems with the law's intrusive regulations. But the Obama administration decided that the "do-nothing Congress" could not be trusted to act and so the President is acting without them.

But co-opting the waiver power to craft a new laws designed in and implemented by the White House is a departure from the constitutional separation of powers.

Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress the power to craft the nation's laws and to reform those laws when they do not work as planned. The executive is authorized to carry out the laws passed by Congress. But this can be quite bothersome for a President if Congress doesn't see things his way.

The President does have a proper constitutional role to play in the legislative process. The President has the power to veto or sign a bill. Furthermore, as permitted by the recommendation clause of Article 1, Section 3, the President may recommend legislation to Congress. This is does not mean that the President can unilaterally create law as if by royal edict. To become law, legislation (even when recommended by the President) must first pass both houses of Congress and be signed by the President. This process ensures that any law will be subject to deliberation by both the nationally elected President and the Congressmen who are more attuned to the particular interests and concerns of the local communities they represent.

Both congressional Republicans and president Obama acknowledge that NCLB is a flawed law. While it may be tempting to seek a quick fix to this sprawling and unpopular program that avoids a partisan battle, misusing waivers to enact new policy without the consent of the elected representatives in Congress is not the way to address the issue.

Today's Headlines:  Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Steve King on Planned Parenthood, Obamacare Funding: GOP House Will 'Allow It to Happen'

Obama: 'You Can't Have a Modern Industrial Economy' With Lower Taxes

Execution Looms for Iranian Pastor Who Refuses to Renounce Faith

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Pelosi Quotes Rangel: 'The Gospel of Matthew Made Me Do It'

Hope Has Changed: Obama's Approval Hits All-Time Low Among Young Adults

Only 20 Percent of Democrats Say Obama a Better President Than Clinton

Survey: Health Insurance Costs Surged in 2011, Partly Because of Obamacare

Wife of Mexican Drug Lord Gives Birth in California, Then Returns to Mexico

Obama Wants to Take the Country Back to 1990s, When Tax Rates Were 'Fair'

Jobs! Texans Urge State Dept. to Approve Oil Pipeline, but Opposition Expected in Nebraska

African Countries Press U.N. Agency to Establish Award Honoring One of the World's Worst Despots

Man Atop Washington Monument As Exterior Inspection Begins

COMMENTARY:

Subdividing America -- to Win
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Setting one tribe against another, one faction against another, divide and conquer, is among the oldest tactics of politics and war.

A Win for Elder Advocacy  By Ken Connor
Let us find inspiration in the work of heroes like Marie-Therese Connolly, who is striving to raise the issue of elder abuse to the same level of social awareness as that of abortion, human trafficking, and other human rights issues.

Blame Government Handouts for the Financial Mess in U.S. and Europe
By Walter E. Williams
To avoid permanent stagnation or total economic collapse, governments must start the process of reducing welfare spending.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

U.S. gov't used taxpayer funds to buy weapons in 'Fast and Furious'
Obamacare' closer to Supreme Court review
GOP sees Ohio as key to capturing Senate
Fugitive illegal immigrant arrested for sixth drunken driving offense in U.S.
Herman Cain Commentary: Economic crisis requires real tax reform
Senate refuses to trim $25 billion green-car fund
Shaken by increase in attacks since 2001, many Pakistanis blame U.S.
D.C. area is No. 1 nationwide in traffic congestion, study says
Newt Gingrich endorsed by Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips
Newer birth control pills could raise risk of blood clots, FDA says
A cap on tax benefits for donations in Obama's jobs proposal worries nonprofits

NumbersUSA Forces Immigration to Front of the National Political Stage

E-Verify Gains Momentum As It Clears the Judiciary Committee; Endorsed During Presidential Debate

It feels good investing in a winner, doesn't it? NumbersUSA is winning on E-Verify in Congress! And we're beginning to break through nationally on several parts of the immigration issue.

You've heard by now, I'm sure, that the House Judiciary Committee voted to pass H.R. 2885, the 50-state, mandatory E-Verify bill, last Wednesday. Fortunately, they did not add amendments that would have killed the bill before it even reached the House floor.

The unique coalition between NumbersUSA, lawmakers, and most business lobbies like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Restaurant Association remains in place. E-Verify laws passed by Arizona, Georgia, and several other pioneering states convinced business lobbies that E-Verify is inevitable and, for most businesses, highly desirable.

This rare moment of agreement means E-Verify can become the law of the land this year, but only if we push harder than we've ever pushed before on anything.

Then, last Thursday, our agenda moved forward some more when the Republican candidates for president discussed immigration issues at the Florida debate sponsored by Fox New Channel and Google.

In a breakthrough, one candidate (Mitt Romney) endorsed the E-Verify program by name. This is a first for a major presidential candidate. Other candidates called more vaguely for worker verification. We are hoping more candidates will soon endorse E-Verify. (More on the candidates' immigration positions below.)

Did you see our NumbersUSA TV ad that ran on Fox News Channel during the debate? Here's the ad; It was the second ad run during the debate, which was seen by 6 million viewers. Our ad pointed out that immigration must be reduced during this time of sky-high unemployment. As you can see, suddenly our issue is everywhere, and it's all moving in our direction.   

Yes, it feels good to back a winner! NumbersUSA is winning. Today we need your financial support more than we ever have in our history. Our opportunities to change national policy have never been greater. Unsurprisingly, our expenses have never been higher. And our opponents enjoy a huge financial advantage over us.

Our most important agenda item this year is to get E-Verify passed by the entire House of Representatives, then inside a larger bill in the U.S. Senate, and then receive Pres. Obama's signature. Sound tough? Sure it is. But we believe we can do it, but we'll need lots of help. Here's what we're doing to push this:

• We've already sent half a million faxes to Congress on behalf of our members on E-Verify. We need at least half a million more! (Very expensive--please help!)
• For the first timeever NumbersUSA is providing toll-free numbers so that people are encouraged to make more of the all-important phone calls to Congress. (High priced, but it's worth it!)
• Webcasts that bring our NumbersUSA team right into your home and office as the action happens. Sometime email just doesn't say enough.
• Of course, Rosemary Jenks and her crack team of Capitol Hill strategists work with Members of Congress everyday. They made sure this national, mandatory E-Verify bill is tough and effective. (Please help us pay for this!)
• Our Capitol Hill team has identified Members of Congress who are potential roadblocks to this bill. We are going into their districts to advertise. (SUPER expensive! We need your help to win!)

Did you know that we have prepared a Presidential Candidate Immigration Gradecard? This is a new NumbersUSA tool that everyone interested in immigration and the upcoming election must look at. You may be shocked at what you find! The candidates mostly score very, very low. "Mouse over" the page and we'll show you why. No one else in the country, by the way, does anything like this. The press use this tool constantly. Please help us pay for it!

NumbersUSA isn't about helping one candidate or another win. ( As always, NumbersUSA is non-partisan and we do not endorse candidates.)

Bill Maher: Sarah Palin Would 'F--k' Rick Perry If He Was Black
By Noel Sheppard
NewsBusters.org  

For the second week in a row since returning from his summer hiatus, it didn't take HBO's Bill Maher long to begin attacking conservatives.

Tea Party News
Tuesday, September 27th
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There Is No Perfect TeaParty Candidate And There Never Will Be. "Agree with me on 9 of 12 issues, vote for me. Agree with me on 12 of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist." Edward I. Koch, former mayor of New York City. "Public Opinion" makes heroes out of new entries to a primary race and then attacks the hero until we find his/her shortcomings and then throw the new found hero aside to start the search again for the 'perfect candidate'. If we write off these past hero castaways we could miss out on some of our best potential candidates. Instead of letting 'Public Opinion' determine who is in and who is out, let's use our own personal elimination process - and and give the rest of the field a chance to win our support. If your priority is immigration, eliminate Rick Perry; if military strength is key to you, drop Ron Paul from our list; if it is 'establishment politics', then Mitt Romney is out . . . etc. But if Michele Bachmann is going to drop to the bottom of the list, let it be because of a 'key issue' - and not just she has been around a long time and Rick Perry, a fresh face, is promoted by the party and the press. Each of the candidates in the race have some great strengths that meet TeaParty standards. Let's look at each candidate in his/her totality and not be swayed by "Public Opinion" created by our press and 'leaders' - or look for perfection on every issue. Send us your comments - when appropriate we will include them in the editorial section. Thanks -John-   Marco Rubio Working on Memoir Senator Rubio, the 40-year-old son of Cuban exiles, was virtually unknown outside of his own state a year ago, but now is widely regarded as a possible contender for vice president in 2012. His youth, conservative views and potential appeal to Latinos. Rubio will be represented by Washington attorney Robert Barnett, whose clients include President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush. A proposal has just begun circulating among publishers. Rubio wants to share the story of his background, recount the 2010 election and his improbable victory in a three-way race in which he began as an underdog whose approval ratings were "below the margin of error," and articulate his positions on a range of policies and on his vision for the future. [Fox News, Sept. 26] Click here for the complete source story Editor's Note: Senator Rubio could be a good addition to any Republican ticket in 2012 - - and if he continues to perform as well as he has during the past two years, a possible choice for president in 2020. Wealthy, Influential, Leaning Republicans Pushing Christie for President A small but influential group of Republican-leaning donors share a desire to see Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey run for president. They include Kenneth G. Langone, billionaire Home Depot founder; Paul E. Singer, hedge fund magnate; David H. Koch, the richest man in New York; Charles R. Schwab, personal investment guru; financier Stanley F. Druckenmiller; hedge fund manager David Tepper; and Daniel S. Loeb, a onetime supporter of President Obama. In recent months, Christie enthusiasts have lighted up the phone lines between Manhattan and Trenton trying to persuade the governor to enter the Republican field amid growing concern about the current contenders. [ NY Times, Sept. 27 ] Click here for the complete source story Editor's Note: This is my I-told-you-so article referring to yesterdays editorial titled "Don't Let 'THEM' Tell You Who Will Win". In my opinion, Christie should continue to say "no" and finish the job he started in NJ. He has great potential is he doesn't rush things.

Senator blocks pipeline safety bill on principal

Rand Paul vs. Fed regulations

A senator who opposes federal regulation on philosophical grounds is single-handedly blocking legislation that would strengthen safety rules for oil and gas pipelines, a bill that even the pipeline industry and companies in his own state support.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul's opposition to the bill hasn't wavered even after a gas pipeline rupture last week shook people awake in three counties in his home state of Kentucky.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

Doctors and AMA split over contentious issue of Obamacare

Only 13% if Doctors agree with it

For more than 160 years, the American Medical Association has served as the self-appointed chief lobbying group for doctors. But the AMA's lofty status has been under threat over the last several years - and is under attack today. In fact, the AMA now only counts about 17% of doctors as members.

According to a new survey, the majority of doctors do not believe that the AMA represents their views and interests. Much of that dissatisfaction stems from the organization's support for President Obama's contentious health care reform package. 

Click here to read the full article at Forbes

$200K per job? Timothy Geithner says White House jobs plan is still a bargain

Only $200K per job??

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner didn't dispute a Harvard economist's estimate that each job in the White House's jobs plan would cost $200,000, but said the pricetag is the wrong way to measure the bill's worth.

And he also pointed out, in an interview today with ABC News' David Muir, that there is no other option on the table for getting the economy moving and putting more people back to work.

Click here to read the full article at ABC News

EPA: Regulations would require 230,000 new employees, $21 Billion

More industry killing desk jockeys

The Environmental Protection Agency has said new greenhouse gas regulations, as proposed, may be "absurd" in application and "impossible to administer" by its self-imposed 2016 deadline. But the agency is still asking for taxpayers to shoulder the burden of up to 230,000 new bureaucrats - at a cost of $21 billion - to attempt to implement the rules.

The EPA aims to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through the Clean Air Act, even though the law doesn't give the EPA explicit power to do so. The agency's authority to move forward is being challenged in court by petitioners who argue that such a decision should be left for Congress to make.

Click here to read the full article at The Daily Caller

MSNBC is close to falling to third place in cable news ratings

Good luck firing Al Sharpton

How badly has MSNBC been hurt by the loss of Keith Olbermann? Enough, apparently, to be on the verge of falling back into third place among the cable news networks.

The ratings results for the month of September show that CNN, long relegated to third place in the prime-time cable news competition, is edging its way back up, while MSNBC is moving in the other direction.

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

Obama at the bank

Barack Obama walks into the bank to cash a check. "Good morning, Ma'am," he greets the cashier, "could you please cash this check for me?"

"It would be my pleasure, sir. Could you please show me your ID?"

"Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me as I didn't think there was any need to. I am President Barack Obama, the president of the United States of America!"

"Yes, sir, I know who you are, but with all the regulations, monitoring of the banks because of impostors and forgers, etc, I must insist on seeing ID."

"Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you. Everybody knows who I am."

"I am sorry Mr. President but these are the bank rules and I must follow them."

"I am urging you please to cash this check."

"Ok, this is what we can do Mr. President: One day Tiger Woods came into the bank without ID. To prove he was Tiger Woods he pulled out his putting iron and made a beautiful shot across the bank into a cup. With that shot we knew him to be Tiger Woods and cashed his check. Another time, Andre Agassi came in without ID. He pulled out his tennis racquet and made a fabulous shot, making the tennis ball land in my cup. With that spectacular shot we cashed his check. So, Mr. President, what can you do to prove that it is you, and only you, as the president of the United States?"

Obama stands there thinking and finally says, "Honestly, there is nothing that comes to my mind. I can't think of a single thing I'm good at."

"Will that be large or small bills, Mr. President?"

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Hitler discovers ATTACKWATCH is a joke

After receiving several complaints from readers about the Hitler video we ran last week (which we did not create), we thought it only fitting that those complaints be forwarded to AttackWatch. In case you missed the offending video, here it is again with a suitably revised caption:

This hilarious video unnecessary mockery capitalizes on a popular meme Godwin's law to great effect a sickening degree, mercilessly deriding Obama's new AttackWatch website comparing Hitler to Obama: Watch Video »
Editor's Note: Occasionally, an Obama ad plays before the video, which only takes money away from his campaign. Personally, we mute these and create our own humorous voice-overs weep silently.

Oh my, that is bad. What were we thinking?

And now for a cartoon

Semper Lorem Ipsum!
Ron Locke, UD
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 Susan's Paul Ryan Medicare Pamphlet - please print this and give it to your contacts

September 27, 2011 

On Tuesday's Program 

Tonight on GBTV: Glenn takes a look at the history of union violence - all the beat downs and thuggery from the last century. Plus more details on the Occupy Wall Street protester lies - that and much more tonight at 5pm on GBTV! Can't catch it live? Watch it on demand when it is convenient for you - start your GBTV free trial now. 

Sharia Law: is it coming here?

That is the question many want to know - to find the answer look no further than GBTV this Thursday at 5pm. The program is dedicated entirely to Sharia Law - what it looks like, who's pushing it, and how much progress has been made in establishing Sharia here in America. Can it happen? Tune in to GBTV Thursday to find out!  

The best progressive fail you've ever seen (video)

The iconic protester of the Days of Rage protests so far has clearly been the dopey kid who got on his knees in the middle of the street and screamed at the bank for 'taking' his parents' home. Only one problem - they aren't taking his home. And his parents both hold Master's degrees. And the $500,000 home has only $60,000 left on it. And the kid is in an exclusive law school. Where is the oppression exactly? Watch the performance - the LIE that this idiot puts out there. A lie his own mom refuted. WATCH. 

Latest government handout: Cell Phones! Just when you though the Federal Government ran out of things to give to people they go and do something like this. What's next? #dontanswerthat

Glenn's interview with the cable king: Is Bill O'Reilly headed to GBTV?

Glenn interviewed Bill O'Reilly about his new book, Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever which Glenn says is a phenomenal read, filled with great storytelling and facts. Check out Glenn and Bill's debate over who was better - George Washington or Abraham Lincoln...and talk about the prospects of O'Reilly appearing on GBTV. Will it happen? Find out HERE. 

Newsweek: Beck the 'Next Oprah'?

With MSNBC bleeding viewers, media outlets are profiling people who have had actual success increasing their audiences. Newsweek wrote an in-depth piece on Glenn Beck and GBTV comparing Glenn's business model to that of Oprah Winfrey - while The Daily Beast profiled Fox News' Roger Ailes. 

Here come the plants!

Since Obama can't actually find a real person who likes any of the ideas and policies he promotes, he has to create them. The latest example of this is from a town hall style meeting this week when Obama, completely at random, just happened to call on a retired Google exec who would beg the President to raise his taxes. That happens all the time, right? Get all the details HERE. 

Michael Moore visits Occupy Wall Street; luckily no earthquakes

Michael Moore stomped his way into New York City today and visited the Marxist dopes camping out protesting Wall Street. They didn't seem to care that Moore was only using them to keep his fat face in the news so he could sell copies of his latest memoir, make even more money off the system he says he hates, and go back to one of his mansions. Check out the story HERE.

Join us for a Special, Free Michael Vey Event: Less than a month away on October 20th join Glenn and Richard Paul Evans as they host a free primetime national book club event on the web for Michael Vey - get all the details HERE. 
 

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Stu Blog: It's magic! See President Obama lie twice in one sentence - WATCH.