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912 Patriots of Lower Bucks - Your Daily Updates ALL in ONE Place!
October 5, 2011
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George Washington Farewell Address
Date: September 19, 1796
Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
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Muslim Approach to Marriage Therapy
You'll no doubt be relieved to know the proper etiquette for wife beating in Islam.
We should expect no less from "the religion of peace."
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Fellow patriots,
Remember the voter intimidation that took place in Philadelphia during the 2008 presidential election, perpetrated by Islamist front-group the New Black Panthers? Remember how the case was at the point of conviction after being proven by videos of the intimidation, but Eric Holder dropped the case with NO explanation? For a quick refresher, check out this Wall Street Journal article --> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203550604574361071968458430.html
Well, now we know why. The article below reveals that Barack Obama was literally standing shoulder to shoulder with the New Black Panthers. This is yet another case of Obama and his administration supporting an Islamist front group.
While we may give credit to President Obama for going after Islamic terrorists, I have always believed that the terrorists are a kind of bad cop in a good cop/bad cop ploy. The bad cop terrorists are meant to frighten us into the arms of the good cop "peaceful" Muslims who then tell us how we have to conform with an ever-increasing set of Islamic directives in order to avoid provoking the terrorists.
One of the results is this: While the Obama Administration has been taking out high profile terrorists, it has also been quietly giving high appointments to numerous Muslims with connections to "peaceful" Islamist front groups, such as:
- Obama First Female Veiled Islamist Appointee, Dalia Mogahed, Promotes Sharia, Says it's "Misunderstood"
- President Obama Appoints Dr. Azizah al-Hibri to the U.S. Commission on Int'l Religious Freedom (talk about putting the fox in charge of the henhouse!!!)
- Napolitano appoints Mohamed Elibiary to DHS Advisory Council (Did I just say "talk about putting the fox in charge of the henhouse!"?)
- Eboo Patel - Member of President Obama's White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (There must be an echo here: talk about putting the fox in charge of the henhouse!!!)
- USAID's Rajiv Shah visits & donates to al Qaeda-linked camp (Rajiv Shah was appointed by Hilary Clinton to head USAID, which controls billions of dollars in foreign aid around the world, particularly the Islamic world)
- Shariah-Compliant Finance specialist joins White House as Fellow (Ms. Samar Ali)
- A Discussion with Afeefa Syeed, Senior Advisor, US Agency for International Development, Middle East and Asia Bureaus
- Lema Bashir, Stealth Jihadist at Obama's DoJ, Sabotaged/Disenfranchised the Military Vote?
- Dr. Waleed Abdalati, NASA Chief Scientist, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
- Obama names Rashad Hussain special envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference
There are many others; the links above are just what I was able to find with a half-hour search. The bottom line is that, while Obama has been grabbing headlines with high profile assassinations of terrorists, Islamists have been steadily infiltrating the very heart of our government. And the fact that we can't even prosecute the New Black Panthers for voter intimidation demonstrates the severity of the problem.
Dave
Photos: Obama marched with New Black Panthers
Appeared with notorious racist group while campaigning in Selma, Alabama
Posted: October 03, 2011 By Aaron Klein © 2011 WND
Newly resurfaced photographs show President Obama appearing and marching with members of the New Black Panther Party as he campaigned for president in Selma, Ala., in March 2007.
BigGovernment.com posted the photographs, reporting the images were captured from a Flickr photo-sharing account before they were scrubbed.
The photos are reportedly featured in a book set to be released tomorrow by J. Christian Adams, the Department of Justice whistleblower in the New Black Panther Party, or NBPP, voter intimidation case.
The book is titled "Injustice: Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department."
Among the people visible in the pictures with Obama is NBPP Chairman Malik Zulu Shabazz, a defendant in the voter intimidation case that Attorney General Eric Holder dismissed in 2009.
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David Horowitz Luncheon & Book Signing
The Philadelphia Freedom Center is pleased to welcome our mentor and leader, David Horowitz to Philadelphia to speak about his new book, A Point in Time:The Search for Redemption in this Life & the Next.
David shocked the political left when he abandoned 1960s radicalism to become a conservative. Founder and current president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, David is also founder and editor of FrontPage Magazine. He also founded Students for Academic Freedom, Newsrealblog.com, Discoverthenetworks.com, and is the author of over 20 books.
A Point in Time:
The Search for Redemption in this Life & the Next
Part memoir and part philosophical reflection, A Point in Time focuses on man's inevitable search for meaning - and how for those without religious belief, that search often leads to a faith in historical progress, one that is bound to disappoint. Horowitz agrees with Arcus Aurelius, whose stoic philosophy provides a focal point for the book, "He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything that has taken place from all eternity and everything that will be for time without end..."
Horowitz remembers his father; a political radical who put his faith in just such a redemptive future. He examines this hope through the other great figure who organizes these reflections, the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, whose writings foreshadowed the great tragedies of the social revolutions to come. Horowitz draws on eternal themes: the need we have to make sense out of the lives we have been given, our desire to repair the injustices we encounter, and the consequences of our mortality.
Interweaving episodes of his own life with the writings of the philosopher and the novelist, Horowitz explores how we provide meaning to an apparently senseless existence and the dire consequences that follow from seeking to redeem it by attempting to make a perfect world out of the imperfect one in which we find ourselves.
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October 12, 2011
12:00 - 2:30 pm
Union League Club of Philadelphia
140 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102-3003
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Join Us on Friday, October 7, for Another Free Webcast!
HillsdaleFirstFridays.com
Hillsdale College's Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship will offer a FREE, live webcast of its next "First Principles on First Fridays" lecture.
"The Global Threat of the Muslim Brotherhood"
Andrew McCarthy
National Review Institute
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About the Lecture Members of the Muslim Brotherhood operate on a global scale and seek through the primacy of sharia law the supremacy of the Islamic State. How has it shown itself to be successful in the West and how can it be combatted?
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute. For 18 years, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the South District of New York, and from 1993-95 he led the terrorism prosecution against Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 others in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a plot to bomb New York City landmarks. Following the 9/11 attacks, he supervised the Justice Department's command post near Ground Zero. He has also served as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense and an adjunct professor at Fordham University's School of Law and New York Law School. Mr. McCarthy writes widely for newspapers and journals and is the author of two books: Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America and Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad..
About the First Principles Series This monthly lecture series, launched in December 2008, addresses significant and timely political, historical, and economic topics from a constitutional perspective. Past speakers have included David Horowitz, Brian Kennedy, Paul Rahe, John Bolton, Thomas G. West and Larry P. Arnn.
A video archive of past First Principles lectures is available here.
More information can be found at: HillsdaleFirstFridays.com.
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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.
Send your response to: Louis@APO146.com
Dave Adamski, Jr.
Summary of events, details below.
1. VF Patriots weekly roadside rallies, Sat Oct 1, 1-4pm, Mall Blvd and 202 in King of Prussia
2. PTPP-CM Table at Voters Choice Picnic, Sun Oct 2, 1-4pm, Fischer's Park @ Bustard and Morris in Towamencin Twp
3. PTPP-CM Bi-weekly Rallies (1st and 3rd Sundays), Sun Oct 2 (then Oct 16, etc), 3-4pm, 5-points intersection, Montgomeryville
4. PTPP-CM Table at Lansdale First Fridays, Fri Oct 7, 6-9pm, 418 West Main Street, Lansdale (or around there)
5. Constitution class preview (6 Sundays in a row), Sun Oct 9, 7-9:30pm, Jim & Pam's house, 304 Shirley Drive, Harleysville
6. PTPP-CM Regular monthly meeting (2nd Thursdays), Thurs Oct 13, 7-9pm, The Rock, 857 Main Street Harleysville
7. PTPP-CM Working sessions (3rd Tuesdays), Tues Oct 19, 7:45-9pm, The Rock, 857 Main Street Harleysville
8. PTPP-CM Movie Night (3rd Thursdays), Thurs Oct 20, 7-9pm, The Rock, 857 Main Street Harleysville
9. Leadership Institute - Grassroots Activist training, Sat Oct 22, time TBA, Towamencin twp bldg, 1090 Troxel Rd, Lansdale
10. Social Media training, date and time TBA, Email Louis@APO146 to register or ask questions - see above
11. NCCS Making of America seminar, Sat Nov 12, time and location TBA
Details of above list:
1) Our sister group Valley Forge Patriots have Saturday rallies from 1-4pm (however long you can make it) at Mall Blvd & 202 in King of Prussia. Park NOT in the Wells Fargo lot, rather the lot adjacent to it.
2) PTPP-CM Table at Voters Choice Picnic, Sunday Oct 2, 1-4pm at Fischer's Park, Bustard and Morris Roads in Towamencin Twp. Please email us (if you haven't already) if you'd like to help at our table.
From Nancy Becker, group member, MontCo Recorder of Deeds, and swell lady:
A Voters Choice Picnic will be held at Fischer's Park, Bustard Rd., Towamencin Township on Oct. 2 from 1:00 - 4:00. Many elected officials and those running for office in November will be there to meet the voters and and talk about the issues. There will be free food and drink, face painters, balloons artists and a balloon bounce for the kids. All are invited to attend. Please consider coming. Bring a table and your literature, perhaps you can recruit new members. Last year we had over 400 folks attend.
3) Bi-weekly Montgomeryville Rallies beginning Sunday Oct 2 from 3-4pm at 5-points intersection, Montgomeryville:
Reinstated for the 1st and 3rd Sundays in Montgomeryville (463/202/309) on the northbound lane of 202, just south of Frugal Frames/ Eliza D's. Park at abandoned Amry-Navy store lot. Bring a tasteful sign with a statement or argument that you can back up by facts. 80-90% positive feedback, fun.
4) Lansdale First Fridays, Friday Oct 7 from 6-9pm at 418 West Main Street, Lansdale:
We have a table with info, handouts, and hopefully good answers for anyone with questions. This is a community outreach, to show them who we are as people. We want to welcome all who think that fiscal responsibility, Constitutionally limited govt, and free-market enterprise are good things. Some folks praise us, some folks try to debate us, some folks try to BAIT us. Bottom line: keep it light, have fun, hang out. Bring a folding chair for yourself.
5) Constitution class preview, Sunday Oct 9, 7pm, Jim & Pam's house:
Pam has told us about Constitution classes put together by Coalition For Advancing Freedom. We bought their DVD program. We want to dry-run a class. The idea is to invite your friends and neighbors to your classes. Pam and I will preview the videos at our home, ~2 hr sessions for 6 weeks , every Sunday evening at 7pm at our house on these dates: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov 6, and 13. Eat before you come, we will have dessert the first night. Our home: 304 Shirley Drive, Harleysville. Take Clemens Rd (across from Hennings) to first left (Shirley Dr), we are the 4th twin on the right, basketball pole. PLEASE RSVP TO THIS ADDRESS BEFORE BEDTIME OF FRIDAY OCT 7 IF YOU ARE COMING
6) PTPP-CM Regular monthly meeting, Thursday Oct 13, 7-9pm at the Rock (857 Main St Harleysville):
This meeting we will have a speaker from Chester Co. Patriots, Paul Linkmeyer, who will talk about the importance of committee votes to choose the endorsed candidates. This is a potluck, so please bring anything at all to eat or drink. Who cares if we get 15 bowls of mac & cheese. Good!
7) PTPP-CM Working sessions, tentatively moved to third Tuesdays, beginning Tues Oct 18, 7:45 - 9pm at The Rock:
Laid-back, free-form meetings where we work on group initiatives or have spillover discussion from regular meetings. These were originally the first Tuesdays of the month, but no longer. Beginning in October, let's have it the Tuesday after the regular meetings so we can better define what needs to be worked on while we are still fired-up from the meeting. This change is pending approval from the Rock building manager. We will notify you if/when the change has been confirmed. The Tuesday Oct 4 Working Session is canceled either way.
8) Tea Party Movie Night, Thursday Oct 20, 7pm, The Rock (857 Main St Harleysville):
Philip has organized an educational movie night. It is every 3rd Thursday at the Rock, 857 Main Street Harleysville @ 7pm. We are growing a queue of movies that have historic, educational, or patriotic value. If you'd like to suggest a movie, email us at central.montco.ptpp@gmail.com - we will consider the movie and reserve the right to not show it. We're not interested in movies about political candidates and will be very selective with social issues movies. Don't hassle us if your movie doesn't get shown, please : ) Our last movie, "Money as Debt" (available on Youtube.com) was very cool and fostered about an hour of good discussion.
9) Leadership Institute - Grassroots Activist training (hosted by Phila Tea Party Patriots - Lansdale), Sat Oct 22, time TBA, Towamencin Twp building, 1090 Troxel Rd. (save the date).
Ways to Get Involved
- Basics of Online Activism
- Networking for Success
- Building Coalitions
- Educating Legislators
Communications Training
- Developing Your Message
- Writing Letters to the Editor
Campaign Management School
- Campaign Structure and Organization
- Real Nature of Politics and Elections
- Strategic Research
Lunch served. $38/person. Must pre-register, to address/email I will put out later.
10) The National Center for Constitutional Studies "Making of America" seminar. Saturday Nov 12, 8:30am - 4:30pm, location TBA. Agenda and more info on www.centralmontcoptpp.com
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Thursday, October 13th at 7:30PM: David G. Post, "The Continuing Saga of Thomas Jefferson and the Internet." David G. Post is the I. Herman Stern Professor of Law at Temple University's Beasley School of Law. He is also a Fellow of the Center for Democracy and Technology, an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute, and a Fellow at the Institute for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School. He is the author of In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace, a book that recreates Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia for the Internet. Prof. Post's lecture will examine Thomas Jefferson's views on the First Amendment, the Copyright Clause of Article One, and how those views impact our use of the Internet today.
Thursday, October 20th at 7:30PM: Kenneth C. Davis, "Why A President?" At the Philadelphia Convention, the nature of the Presidency was a subject of hot debate. What did the framers of the Constitution want the "chief magistrate" to be? What changes have been made to the Constitution that directly relate to Presidential powers and elections? What would the Framers think of the modern American Presidency? These are some of the questions that author Kenneth C. Davis will address. He is the author of the popular Don't Know Much About... book series as well as America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation and A Nation Rising: Untold Tales of Flawed Founders, Fallen Heroes, and Forgotten Fighters from America's Hidden History.
Thursday, November 3rd at 7:30PM: John Fea, "Was American Founded as a Christian Nation? How Did the Founders Understand the Relationship Between Church and State?" John Fea, Associate Professor of American History at Messiah College and a David Library Fellow, will investigate the role of religion in shaping the Constitution. Professor Fea is the author of Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? and The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America. Thursday, December 1st at 7:30PM: Paul Finkelman, "America's Covenant With Death: Slavery and the Founding." Paul Finkelman is the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy, and Senior Fellow in the Government Law Center at Albany Law School. His lecture will explore the relationship of slavery to the American founding, and will examine how slavery was written into the original Constitution, and protected by it.
Thursday, December 8th at 7:30PM: George W. Boudreau, "'A Republic, If You Can Keep It': Benjamin Franklin and the Crafting of the Constitution." The series closes with a talk by an audience favorite, George W. Boudreau, Associate Professor of Humanities and History at the University of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. Professor Boudreau is Project Director of the "Teaching Franklin" website (http://harrisburg.psu.edu/teachingfranklin/). His lecture will explore Franklin's role in the creation of the Constitution. David Library lectures are free and open to the public, but reservations are necessary. Please call (215)493-6776 ext. 100 or email rsvp@dlar.org to make a reservation. Lectures are held in Stone Hall in the Feinstone Conference Center adjacent to the Library, 1201 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA 18977. Books by the lecturers will be available for purchase at post-lecture receptions.
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PLEASE JOIN OUR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING!!!!
Valley Forge Patriots - Tea Party Conservatives
Property Tax Reform and the Cost of Education - An Outstanding Round Table Discussion
When: Friday, October 14, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Where: Phoenixville Country Club, Phoenixville, PA 19460 (610) 933-3727
Food and beverage service is available. New menu!
THE BIG PICTURE ON PROPERTY TAX REFORM AND THE COST OF EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN!!
Our round table of three outstanding speakers: Nathan Benfield, David Baldinger and Dr. Richard Brake
THE COST OF EDUCATION GOES UP, UP, UP AND OUR PROPERTY TAXES KEEP GOING UP, UP, UP! WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CHANGE THIS?
No discussion on property tax reform is complete without talking about what it is costing to educate our children and whether or not they are getting the education they deserve, according to Nathan Benfield, Director of Policy Analysis for the Commonwealth Foundation. Nate has researched and written on public policy issues including taxation, government spending, education reform and transportation funding. He has frequently provided testimony to Pennsylvania House and Senate committees on various issues including education.
David Baldinger a full-time volunteer for the Pennsylvania Coalition of Taxpayer Associations (PCTA) will be with us to explain the School Property Tax Elimination Plan that permanently eliminates all school district property taxes as well as eliminating local school district earned income taxes (EIT). PCTA says Statewide, current school district budgets increase, on average, at twice the rate of inflation! And, "no tax should have the power to leave you homeless". David started this work in 2004 and since has become one of PA's leading experts on the subject.
Dr. Richard Brake is the Director of Educational Programs at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), a non-profit educational foundation with a mission to "Educate for Liberty"- by inspiring college students to discover and embrace principles that make America prosperous, moral, and free. Dr. Brake lives in Berwyn with his family and is currently an elective member of the TE school board. Dr. Brake has documented the failure of America's top universities to teach students the founding history, texts, and institutions of our constitutional republic. His commentary on this disturbing trend has appeared in media outlets nationwide. |
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Nullify Now! Philadelphia
 January 14, 2012. 10a-6p
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Crowne Plaza, Liberty Ballroom
Philadelphia Downtown
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Thomas Jefferson: "Whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers....a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy."
But what IS nullification? How does it happen and work? Since September 2010, the Tenth Amendment Center has been hosting a national tour to educate and activate people on this topic. People are learning the constitutional basis, when it's been used in history, and how it is happening around the country and how YOU can stop DC right in your own state.
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Judical Watch is Demanding Answers Earlier this month, Judicial Watch, a government/judicial watchdog group based out of Washington, DC, hosted a Voter Fraud panel discussion featuring John Fund, Christian Adams, and King Street/True the Vote leader Catherine Engelbrecht. Here's video from a portion of the event:
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But wait, there's more! The really exciting thing Judicial Watch is doing happened just last week when they filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DOJ to obtain records of communications between the Department of Justice and Project Vote Official/former ACORN attorney Estelle Rogers. You can read more about it here. Bottom line..."Judicial Watch is convinced that Project Vote's activities remain a threat to the integrity of our elections. The fact that Project Vote is bullying states to attack election security reforms in order to register Obama's 'Food Stamp Army' comes as no surprise. But it appears that the Obama Justice Department is using the same playbook as Project Vote - to the detriment of clean elections. The American people deserve to know if the nation's highest law enforcement agency has become nothing more than a political tool to help this scandalous ACORN-front group re-elect Barack Obama. Again, this Justice Department can't seem to be bothered to comply with basic open records FOIA law," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
Be assured, we will be closely watching for any new developments in this case....but in the meantime, if you haven't already volunteered to help uphold free and fair elections by working at the polls WE NEED YOU! There is a critical shortage of polling place workers. We wonder why Project Vote and ACORN get away with their flagrant abuses of our system...it's because we as citizens are allowing it to happen. WE MUST ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS OF OUR ELECTIONS. One way you can engage is by volunteering to work as a poll watcher on Election Day. Please, it is going to take all of us to uphold the integrity of our elections in the days ahead. Get involved now.
We need TTV volunteers for poll watching - Free and fair elections do not happen without citizen involvement. Want to stand up and take action? True the Vote will provide training and support - you just need to take the first step. For more information email info@truethevote.org or go HERE to sign up now!
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I would like to True the Vote in my area, how do I get started?
Please go to www.truethevote.org and register as a volunteer. If there is already a True the Vote Program Leader in your area, we will put you in touch with them. If there is not a Program Leader in your area, we will work with you and your organization to get one started.
Will there be chapters of True the Vote?
No. Our goal is to work with organizations that want to use the True the Vote program as the framework for their own election integrity initiative.
How should I represent True the Vote?
You will not be a representative of True the Vote. You will represent your own organization's initiative.
How do I get trained on the True the Vote Program?
We will offer five training courses:
1. Teambuilding
2. Data Collection and Research
3. Poll Worker / Poll Watcher Training
4. Logistics and Mobilization
5. Legislation and Advocacy
Once we connect you with a True the Vote Program Leader in your area or are working with you to implement a program, you will receive updates with the latest program information and training schedules.
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LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO
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Wednesday 3-4pm "Patriots Watch" - Billy Baer and Dan Haggerty
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Awareness of Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development is racing across the nation as citizens in community after community are learning what their city planners are actually up to. As awareness grows, I am receiving more and more calls for tools to help activists fight back. Many complain that elected officials just won't read detailed reports or watch long videos. "Can you give us something that is quick, and easy to read that we can hand out," I'm asked.
So here it is. A one page, quick description of Agenda 21 that fits on one page. I've also included for the back side of your hand out a list of quotes for the perpetrators of Agenda 21 that should back up my brief descriptions.
A word of caution, use this as a starter kit, but do not allow it to be your only knowledge of this very complex subject. To kill it you have to know the facts. Research, know your details; discover the NGO players in your community; identify who is victimized by the policies and recruit them to your fight; and then kill Agenda 21. That's how it must be done. The information below is only your first step. Happy hunting.
What is Sustainable Development?
Read more:
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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 8th 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 8th meeting.  |
Agenda 21: The Death Knell of Liberty
| | | By Jim O'Neill Monday, October 12, 2009
 First published October 12, 2009
Rewritten and re-published October 17, 2009
"The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. ...The real enemy then is humanity itself.
Democracy is no longer well suited for the tasks ahead." -From the Club of Rome's "The First Global Revolution" p. 71,75 1993
"Therefore, send not to know for whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee."-John Donne (1572-1631)
The death knell for freedom has been tolling for some time, and only now are people starting to hear it. It started tolling faintly, decades back, and has slowly progressed in volume, until today its tolling is impossible to ignore.
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Dear Patriot,
Please join Americans for Prosperity Foundation and thousands of grassroots activists for the 5th annual Defending the American Dream Summiton Friday and Saturday, November 4-5 at the Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington, DC.
Last year, more than 2,600 of our best activists descended on Washington for the Summit to demonstrate to elected officials, government bureaucrats, and the national media that the grassroots movement is alive and well. We focused on reining in out-of-control spending and taxation, advancing sound free market public policy, and in a very real way, defending the American Dream.
Special bus packages are running from PA and for only this week you can register for an additional $70 off those all-inclusive bus packages. Sign up now to take advantage of this great opportunity! Use the code "Bus70" when registering.
Bus packages from PA include round trip transportation and hotel accommodations on top of all the other benefits of the Defending the American Dream Summit.
Summit Highlights Include:
... and much more!
Don't forget, receive $70 off a bus package until midnight on August 14th! Click here to register today and help defend the American dream! Use the code "Bus70" when registering.
Defending liberty and promoting prosperity is a family affair. Give your children the gift of freedom and bring the whole family to the Defending the American Dream Summit this year. In fact, we're offering a discount for families and small groups! Click here for more information about our special packages.
Join us and thousands of fellow freedom fighters and send a message that the American Dream is alive and well in this great country!
Sincerely,
Tim Phillips
President
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
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The Doctrine of Abrogation: Open the Koran Day
It's time to sign up!
Earlier this year we announced a major event for this fall, "The Doctrine of Abrogation: Open the Koran Day."
We have scheduled this event for the weekend of October 28 - 30, 2011, which is close to the two year anniversary of the Ft. Hood jihadist massacre perpetrated by Major Nidal Hasan (pictured at right).
If you would like to learn more about this national event, or would like to host a local venue, please click here.
Please read the description of the event and the sign-up instructions carefully, and then access the sign-up form at the bottom of the page.
Also, if you would like to study the Koran, we have a resource to recommend. The Qur'an Dilemma is an accurate, readable English translation that contains commentaries and analysis, including commentaries on the doctrine of abrogation, the history of the codification of the Koran, chronological sequence of the Koran, and the status of women in the Koran. To find out more visit here.
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2012 Presidential Candidate Selector
or Obama, His Allies & Critics Matching Quiz
Politicians have already indicated their 2012 presidential aspirations. This matching quiz includes President Obama, top members of his administration, Obama's most vocal critics (Boehner, Cantor, etc.) and likely White House prospects (Palin, Pawlenty, Jindal, etc.). You may select a position for every issue, or just select issues important to you. The political figures' positions are based upon their voting records, special interest group ratings and their statements in the public record. In cases where there is no known public record or statement, these politicos are not given a score on that issue. We add candidates, revise their views and include new issues as they become known or change. Check back often for updates.
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Pre-Order Atlas Shrugged Now!
Earlier this year, I urged you to go to theaters to see Atlas Shrugged: Part One and share its message of limited government, free markets and individual liberty with family, friends and neighbors. Based on Ayn Rand's classic novel written in 1957, Atlas Shrugged: Part One was immediately celebrated as a "made for Tea Party film."
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RedState Morning Briefing
For October 5, 2011
1. The Occupy Wall Street Fools
Fools and their money are soon parted. We are witnessing many of these fools go to Wall Street to blame Wall Street for their money leaving them unwilling or unable to recognize themselves for fools.
If you want to see how foolish these people are, consider their demands, which range from nuts to pure insanity.
One of the demands that sums it up negative taxation - the government actually paying people who do not work. It's like a bunch of white kids from the suburbs shot themselves full of gardasil or something. Yeah, that joke is not getting old. You get what I mean.
Well, these people apparently forgot that life is not fair and are demanding the government intervene to legislate that life suddenly become fair. They are claiming to be the "99%" against the evil 1% of rich people who work on Wall Street. They are posting pictures to a website holding up their sob stories. Some are terribly tragic, but most? Boo-freakin'-hoo. Life is not, never has been, and never will be fair.
I would like to point out to these people that I work three jobs, can't sell my house in this economy, still am paying massive student loans, and somehow or another do not blame Wall Street for my situation. In fact, I'm one of the 53% - the 54% of Americans subsidizing these people so they can go hang out on Wall Street to complain.
Get a job hippies!
2. This Is Why America Is Not Creating New Jobs
George Stephanoupolos asked Barack Obama about banks and their new fees. Of course, Obama could not accept any responsibility for that at all. And along the way he said something pretty damn amazing.
This:
"You don't have some inherent right just to- you know, get a certain amount of profit."
Actually, in the free market, on the supply and demand curve, you do have an inherent right to get a certain amount of profit - that certain amount of profit that you derive from your business practices that draw in the maximum amount of profit possible before customers decide you are charging too much or they are not getting value enough to justify their continued business with you.
3. Confirmed: We have a three way race for now
First it was one national poll, and we could wait and see. Then it was a pair of state polls, and we could hold on for one more national poll.
But after the new ABC News/Washington Post poll, there's no denying it. For now we have a three way Republican Presidential race between Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain.
4. David Brooks Likes The Crease of Mitt Romney's Pants
I could hardly sum up more pithily the problem with Mitt Romney's candidacy in four words than "David Brooks loves him." Brooks' column today is revealingly out of step with the party and the nation Romney is seeking to lead.
Let's start with what's missing from Brooks' description of the job Romney is applying for.
5. Attrition Through Enforcement Immigration Policy Works in Alabama
Proponents of illegal immigration and open borders are constantly propagating a straw-man argument for amnesty that offers false policy choices. They contend that "we cannot possibly send back the illegals without physically deporting every one of them, and therefore, we are forced to grant them amnesty, in addition to a 'pathway to citizenship.' Those with some sense of sanity have always realized that the source of the problem is our incentivizing of illegal behavior, and that a concerted effort to enforce the laws would drain the illegal population through "attrition by enforcement."
Now Alabama is showing the rest of the country how we can solve the problem simply by enforcing the laws on the books, or, more accurately, performing the job that the federal government refuses to do.
6. Regaining Control When Your Congressman is Out of Control
Starting last week and each week from here on, I've decided to focus on a Republican in the House or Senate the Tea Party should consider primarying. I think we are too distracted by Presidential politics and cannot afford to keep on keeping on in the House and Senate.
Last week I started with Martha Roby. This week, another one. Each week, based on finding pitiful scores in the Heritage Action for America rankings and considering the districts at stake, I'll highlight a new one. This should be fun.
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Quote Thomas Sowell::
"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."
Politely inquire of liberals just how they're proposing to "Free Tibet"
given that China has an army of around 7.5 million soldiers, none of whom is likely to be impressed by the ramblings of a capitalist running dog lackey like Richard Gere, let alone a few bumper stickers.
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1. VIDEO: President Obama: People Aren't Better Off Than 4 Years Ago 2. Fran Tarkenton: Teacher unions are offsides 3. VIDEO: 'Fast and Furious,' Documents Suggest Attorney General Knew Of The Program Months Earlier Than Claimed 4. VIDEO: Operation Care Package's Christmas Campaign, "Send Santa to the Troops" 5. VIDEO: Pelosi Cites 'Founding Documents' As Defense For Class Warfare 6. VIDEO: The Idiocy of the Media, Michael Moore and Occupy Wall Street
7. VIDEO: Baby Boomer Women Least Prepared Financially - 17 MILLION are single - Just 10% have pensions... 8. VIDEO: Supreme Court Justices Weigh Key Religious Rights, Freedoms Cases 9. VIDEO: Anjem Choudary Leads Protests Against UK Police - I was a Soldier of the Queen... Now I'm a Soldier of Allah 10. VIDEO: "View" Co-Host Approves Of Whoopi Using The N-Word, Not Walters
Defeating Islamism at Home Amil Imani Muslims in America must have rights like anyone else. But politicized Islamism and its proponents are harmful to democracy. Islamism CAN be defeated. Read how it can be done...
Object Lessons in Defeating Terrorism Presidential Policy: Does It Make the Grade?, James Carafano, PhD The White House has received useful lessons in how to fight terrorism but in Afghanistan, running away from transnational terrorist threats does not solve them.
Character and Education Marilyn Penn When there is so little attempt to develop self-discipline in current education, is it any wonder that schools are producing people who are ill-equipped for the workplace?
Israel and the U.S., 2011 Herbert London The relationship between Israel and the United States used to be strong, but while the U.S. administration tries to mollify Arab opinion, their bond is being weakened.
CAIR Spreads Islamic Propaganda in Florida Approved English Textbook Randy McDaniels Why should CAIR - an organization which has leading figures who support terror group HAMAS, be allowed to present its view on Islam, dressed up as "education," to Florida schoolkids?
Amanda Knox Acquittal: Sloppy Crime Scene Analysis Created Injustice Jim Kouri, CPP After four years in jail, Amanda Knox has been cleared of murder. How could "forensic" evidence be used to convict her, when it had not been gathered properly?
Making Martyrs of the Irvine 11 Steve Emerson The students of Irvine who tried to suppress an ambassador's right to speak are being portrayed as victims whose own rights were denied.
Who Should Replace Andy Rooney? Moshe Phillips While a "consistently liberal" host of Sixty Minutes bows out, is it not time to replace him with someone with a more conservative, yet humorous, approach to life?
Al Gore - Promoter of Doomsday Cult? Sharon Hughes Al Gore is no scientist, even though he talks about the "science" of man-made global warming. When he blames "science" for his pessimistic predictions, is he lying or just being a doofus?
States' Immigration Laws vs. Federal Law Immigration News Update The administration has already taken Arizona and Alabama to court over their immigration laws, and is now debating taking action against four other states.
INTERVIEW: J. Christian Adams, author of "Injustice: Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department"
On Election Day in 2008, armed members of the New Black Panther Party, King Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson adopted a menacing and intimidating stance as they stood at the entrance to a polling center in Philadelphia shouting that America would be ruled by a black man. The event was captured on camera and posted on the internet. After the election, J.Christian Adams, then attorney for the Voting Rights Section of the Department of Justice and other DOJ lawyers brought a voter intimidation case against them.
The New Black Panther Party ignored the suit and in May of 2009 the lawyers were ordered to dismiss the case in spite of clear evidence that an outrageous violation of federal law had occurred. After continual stonewalling by the Justice Department, on May 14th, 2010 J.Christian Adams sent a letter of resignation to become effective on June 4th, 2010.
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The ACLU now the Islamists' B#T%H,: attacks Christianity, sues to force Muslim prayer in schools
Oct 04, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins
By Kevin "Coach" Collins
The bully is now the bullied. The ACLU has traded one master (liberalism) for another - Islam. They are far more frightened of their new masters' swords than Christians' pens. The ACLU has tipped its hand giving us positive proof of what we always thought they were: feckless twerps and enemies of our freedoms.
Since their pinup girl Madelyn Murray O'Hare forced God out of our government schools, the ACLU has been on a relentless crusade to "cleanse" our public and private lives of anything THEY deem violations of their idea of the relationship between Church and State.
If a high school football team in Texas wants to pray before a game, the ACLU is right there threatening a costly lawsuit against the school, the school district and the coach as an individual defendant. They seem never to miss an opportunity to destroy the influence of God and promote atheism using intimidation as their ... Continue Reading:The ACLU now the Islamists' B#T%H,: attacks Christianity, sues to force Muslim prayer in schools
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American Minute October 3 Oct 03, 2011 05:14 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. Bill is a regular guest on radio and television shows when getting American history right is essential. 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 On OCTOBER 3, 1789, from the U.S. Capitol in New York City, President George Washington issued the first Proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer to Almighty God, as just one week earlier the first session of the U.S. Congress successfully approved the First Ten Amendments limiting the power of the ... Continue Reading:American Minute October 3 comments | read more
Will forced Obamacare abortions finally wake Catholics up about the Fraud in the Straw Hat? Oct 03, 2011 02:17 pm | Coach Collins By Kevin "Coach" Collins For discerning Catholics watching other Catholic voters support Barack Obama 54 /45 in 2008 set up an inevitable "I told you so", but no joy in being right. While we knew very very little about who Obama was at that time, since his election what has become known about him can best be elicited by bringing to mind the picture of a young dope smoking Barack Obama wearing a straw and a Cheshire Cat grin. The picture of the 22 year old Obama foretold his "I'm gonna stick it to you America" attitude we now live with everyday. That picture should be titled "The Fraud in the Straw Hat." Now the Fraud in the Straw Hat IS sticking it to us, and it's the Catholics' turn in the barrel. Because people like Cardinal George of Chicago who, as both the Bishop of Chicago (where Obama is reportedly from), and as head ... Continue Reading:Will forced Obamacare abortions finally wake Catholics up about the Fraud in the Straw Hat? comments | read more
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Fellow patriots,
This article is an important teaching moment for anyone who is still struggling to understand why Islam is fundamentally incompatible with the American freedoms embodied in the U.S. Constitution. PLEASE FORWARD IT TO OTHERS!
The reason Islam is incompatible with the U.S. Constitution is because Islam's definition of "religion" is different from ours. For us, and for every practitioner of a major religion other than Islam as well as our Constitution, religion represents a combination of beliefs and practices that can be separated from governance. Even in the case of Judaism, Talmudic law does not attempt to impose harsh penalties for violations in defiance of the U.S. Constitution, and it does not try to impose itself on non-Jews.
Islam is unique because Muslims practice their religion by following Islamic law, imposing it on Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Shariah also has severe penalties and grants permission to vigilantes to impose it on others at-will, as Salman Rushdie can attest.
In the article below, terrorism supporter Amina Farah Ali has defied the American court that's trying her for from the outset. However, this does not mean that she's crazy. It means that she is simply doing what the tenets of Islam tell her to do. She is refusing to bow down to the power of the infidel American justice system.
I respect her courage, and suggest that we take her suggestion seriously when she says (through a translator because she still doesn't know English, even though she became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2004), "When I came to this country, I was told I'd have freedom of religion. If I am not allowed to do so, you can kick me out of this country."
My answer to her is this:
In America, you have freedom of religion according to the way WE define religion, not according to YOUR definition. You cannot have freedom of religion as you define it because your "freedom of religion" is actually "freedom of law," where you get to live by your own laws instead of the laws of our nation. This is a recipe for recreating the very chaos you sought to escape when you left Somalia and came to the United States. Now that you've made clear that you'd prefer to live under your own law, we will gladly send you back to the country that defines religion the same way you do: Somalia.
And that goes for anyone else who wants to live under Shariah law in the United States.
Dave
U.S. woman facing Somalia terror case arrested
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A woman on trial for allegedly funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia was found in contempt of court Monday when she refused to stand for the judge and jury, citing religious grounds.
Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis found Amina Farah Ali in contempt for failing to stand as court convened and recessed several times during the day, and later sentenced her to 50 days in jail. He also ordered Ali to be detained for the duration of the trial because of her "behavior in this courtroom." She had been released pending trial as long as she did not violate any laws, but in a written order on Monday, Davis said Ali violated the law when she failed to rise and he revoked her release. Ali, 35, and her co-defendant, Hawo Mohamed Hassan, 64, are accused of being part of what prosecutors called a "deadly pipeline" that sent more than $8,600 and fighters from the U.S. to Somalia.
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[ISN'T THE ARAB SPRING LOVELY]
by Raymond Ibrahim, Jihad Watch
Historically, non-Muslims whose lands were seized by the jihad had three choices: conversion, dhimmitude, or death. Today, however, they have a fourth option largely unavailable to their forbears: quit their lands of origin-emigrate-the latest testimony to the nature of Islam.
A recent report indicates that unprecedented numbers of Copts, Egypt's indigenous Christian population, are emigrating from their homeland in response to the so-called "Arab spring":
The Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO) published a report today on emigration of Christians from Egypt, saying that nearly 100,000 Christians have emigrated since March 2011. The report, which was sent to the Egyptian cabinet and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), warned that this emigration has been prompted by the escalating intimidation and attacks on Christians by Islamists. "Copts are not...
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Earlier today on the Middle East Radio Forum broadcast I spoke about the Armenian Genocide as well as Turkey's illegal occupation of northern Cyprus as well as the ethnic cleansing it conducted there. I just received this from the Middle East. WARNING - IT IS A GRAPHIC - VERY GRAPHIC- SLIDE SHOW, depicting actual photos from the time of the Armenian Genocide as well as a few from northern Cyprus. Yet the world is largely silent. NO TURKISH government, be it the Ottoman government, the secular government and now the crypto-Islamist government of Erdogan has admitted to perpetrating this slaughter.
1.5 million Armenians died.
. CLICK ON EACH PICTURE
by Isi Leibler
October 3, 2011 The serious impact of the US administration's fierce condemnation of a routine municipal approval for construction of 1100 homes in the Jerusalem suburb of Gilo must not be underestimated. It is crucial that Americans and the global community are made aware that Gilo is not a settlement outpost. For 40 years nobody ever challenged the fact that Gilo belongs to Jewish Jerusalem. It is a 100% Jewish populated suburb of south western Jerusalem located minutes from the heart of the city. During the second intifada it was under sniper fire from terrorists located in the adjoining Arab suburb of Bet Jala. It is as much part of Jerusalem as the suburbs of Rehavia or Katamon. To deny that Gilo is part of Israel is akin to denying that Tel Aviv is part of Israel.
To even hint that Obama's formulation of 1967 borders means that we are obliged to "negotiate with the Palestinians" over Gilo, would simply be inconceivable. It would... Read the whole entry » by Soeren Kern, HUDSON NY The German government is debating whether to increase surveillance of German citizens who are trying to prevent the spread of radical Islam in Germany. The move comes in reaction to a three-week-long smear campaign by members of the German mainstream media, who have been relentless in their efforts to discredit the so-called counter-jihad movement in Germany. Opinion polls show that growing numbers of Germans are worried about the consequences of decades of multicultural policies that have encouraged mass immigration from Muslim countries.
Germans are especially concerned about the refusal of millions of Muslim immigrants to integrate into German society, and about the emergence of a parallel legal system in Germany based on Islamic Sharia law. In an effort to reverse this tide of public opinion, the guardians of German multiculturalism have been working overtime to regain the initiative, mostly by trying to intimidate the critics of Islam into... Read the whole entry »
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A creative way to disrespect Israel
September 06, 2011
You know what hurts as much as America's new mood of twitchy anxiety? We're losing our habit of "good."
The difference between America and a Cuba that jails an ill-and-innocent Alan Gross and an Iran that imprisons three obviously innocent hikers who strayed across their unmarked border has been narrowed by an official American act of such brutishness that I wish I could run full-page ads in the major newspapers of Haiti and Israel disassociating myself from this foul deed.
The drama begins with the earthquake in Haiti early last year that took 200,000 lives. Haiti's salsa dance champion, Gheorghes Exantus, was pinned down for three whole days beneath the rubble of his apartment building. Friends found him and dug him out.
The world may have forgotten and the World Brotherhood of Jew-Haters is not likely to remind us, but little Israel had the best medical team in Haiti. The Israeli doctors and paramedics and the equipment they brought along made Haiti temporarily the most modern medical center south of the USA. That's where they took Gheorghes.
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Any candidate who doesn't confer with Ambassador Bolton and name him to his/her cabinet will not and should not get the GOP nod.
Anwar al-Awlaki and the US's long war on al-Qaida By John Bolton The Guardian October 3, 2011
What George Bush started, Barack Obama has completed: he should take credit. But the struggle against jihadism is not over
The well-deserved death of Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen continues a string of recent battlefield losses for al-Qaida, the most notable being Osama bin Laden at the hands of Seal Team Six. Decapitating the enemy's leadership is an ancient tactic of warfare, and US intelligence and strike technology has brought it to new heights.
But despite our well-deserved jubilation when another terrorist rightfully meets his maker, the global war against Awlaki's ilk is far from over. Understanding what his death does and doesn't mean has consequences extending far beyond one enemy combatant's demise.
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What are those crazy truthers going to do now?
Al-Qaida calls on Ahmadinejad to end 9/11 conspiracy theories Guardian September 28, 2011 (hat tip FrontPage)
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Quote of the Day
"There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up"
-Booker T. Washington
ESPN pulls Hank Williams Jr. after he compares Obama to Hitler
It was really not that bad
Hank Williams Jr., the singer whose various videos for the hit song "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Monday Night" has served as the intro to "Monday Night Football" for 23 seasons, compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler during a Monday morning appearance on "Fox and Friends." The statement led to ESPN pulling his popular intro segment, best known to fans for its "Are you ready for some football?" ending, for Monday night's game between the Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
During a discussion on the 2012 presidential race, Williams began discussing Obama's golf outing with Speaker of the House John Boehner. He said it was a political mistake, on par with "Hitler playing golf with [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu."
Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News
Right-to-work drive gains steam in Michigan
Michigan a Right-to-Work State?
In this historic stronghold of the American labor movement, the phrase "right to work" is seen by many as fighting words.
But with a new GOP-controlled state Legislature and a Republican governor in place in Lansing, a move is afoot to make Michigan the 23rd state in the nation to adopt legislation that would prohibit unions and employers from regulating collection of union dues or requiring employees to join a union if their workplace is organized.
Click here to read the full article at the Washington Times
Starbucks to begin collecting donations to stimulate U.S. jobs growth
$5 'Donations' to "stimulate" economy
Starbucks hopes customers will be willing to pay at least $5 more when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe.
Starting Nov. 1, Starbucks will begin collecting donations of $5 or more from customers to stimulate U.S. job growth through its "Jobs for USA" program. The Seattle-based coffee chain is collaborating with the Opportunity Finance Network, a nonprofit that works with nearly 200 community development financial institutions to provide loans to small businesses and community groups. Starbucks says 100 percent of the donations will go toward loans for firms and organizations that can add jobs or stem job losses.
Click here to read the full article at CBS Seattle
Rick Perry hunting camp controversy: What you need to know
A ton of phony outrage
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign spent Sunday deflecting scrutiny of a report in The Washington Post detailing a West Texas hunting camp he once leased with his father that includes a racial epithet in its name.
Iis the latest in a series of controversies the candidate has contended with in recent weeks as he seeks to retain the front-runner status he quickly claimed after entering the race seven weeks ago. Perry created a stir Saturday when he told a crowd of New Hampshire Republicans that he would consider sending U.S. troops into Mexico to combat drug violence there
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3...2...1... Ripped off?
FAIL! During China's Sept. 29 launch of their Tiangong rocket, the state broadcaster inexplicably played the song "America the Beautiful". Here's a link to the article on space.com.
That's racist!
Inappropriate music selections aren't the only unusual thing China's up to these days. Check out this "Obama Fried Chicken Restaurant" in Beijing. Some suggest it is racist, and they might be half right.
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The U.S. Can Become the 'Saudi Arabia of Oil' by 2020, Entrepreneur Says...But Is Obama Listening?
Harold Hamm is more than a little disappointed in President Obama.
The founder and CEO of Continental Resources-the 14th-largest U.S. oil company-had a few minutes of exclusive face time with the president at the White House recently, where he told Obama that America had enough oil within its borders to "replace OPEC."
Obama was unmoved.
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Nice Bank You Have Here...
Posted: 04 Oct 2011 03:12 PM PDT
(John Hinderaker)
...a shame if anything should happen to it! The Democrats took gangster government to a new level today with attacks on Bank of America by Dick Durbin and President Obama. The attacks arise out of the Durbin Amendment to Dodd-Frank, which, as we wrote here, directed the Fed to fix the fees which banks can charge for debit card transactions. The rate set by the Fed is inadequate and will take something like $14 billion out of the pockets of major banks. So a number of banks, including Bank of America, have announced that they will replace the lost revenue by charging a monthly fee for debit cards; in BoA's case, $5. Even though this was entirely predictable (and was in fact predicted), it has enraged the Democrats.
Speaking in the Senate, Durbin encouraged customers to desert BoA and go somewhere else:
Bank of America customers, vote with your feet, get the heck out of that bank. Find yourself a bank or credit union that won't gouge you for $5 a month and still will give you a debit card that you can use every single day. What Bank of America has done is an outrage.
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Reporters: How Reasonable Can They Get? Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:45 PM PDT (John Hinderaker) This almost made me laugh out loud: via Mark Hemingway at the Weekly Standard, reporter Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, who is covering the Fast and Furious scandal, is being screamed at by the White House because she isn't helping to cover it up. Attkisson was interviewed on Laura Ingraham's radio show: Ingraham: So they were literally screaming at you? Attkisson: Yes. Well the DOJ woman was just yelling at me. The guy from the White House on Friday night literally screamed at me and cussed at me. [Laura: Who was the person? Who was the person at Justice screaming?] Eric Schultz. Oh, the person screaming was [DOJ spokeswoman] Tracy Schmaler, she was yelling not screaming. And the person who screamed at me was Eric Schultz at the White House. ... [The White House and Justice Department] will tell you that I'm the only reporter-as they told me-that is not reasonable. They say the Washington Post is reasonable, the LA Times is reasonable, the New York Times is reasonable, I'm the only one who thinks this is a story, and they think I'm unfair and biased by pursuing it. It is a terrible thing when a reporter violates the conspiracy of reasonableness. Audio at the link.
Justice Stevens: Good Riddance Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:32 AM PDT (Steven Hayward) I think it was George Will who noted back in the 1980s that Republican presidents have been especially incompetent at appointing Supreme Court justices, such as William Brennan, Earl Warren, Harry Blackmun, and David Souter, but John Paul Stevens (appointed by Gerald Ford) is clearly in the running for the bottom rung of the ladder. His retirement was a thing much to be welcomed, even if it meant being replaced by a standard-label liberal by Obama. There was a segment on Stevens this morning on NPR's "Morning Edition" (yes, I was slumming it again) which shows why he was so clueless in his jurisprudence. He rejected the idea that the "original intent" of the framers of the Constitution could be any guide to the Supreme Court today. But in doing so he displayed his abysmal ignorance of the very original intent he so breezily dismissed. Let's go to the tape, as they say:
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Why We Love Hillsdale Posted: 04 Oct 2011 08:46 AM PDT (Steven Hayward) I'm at Hillsdale College today, lecturing on "The Education of Ronald Reagan" as part of Hillsdale's fall conference of their Center for Constructive Alternatives," which is quite naturally observing Reagan's centennial. There are lots of reasons to love Hillsdale, of course, but there's one more on the program for the conference today: an afternoon segment on "Shooting Instruction at Hillsdale College," with Hillsdale's NRA-certified shooting instructor Bartley Spieth. How many colleges in America proudly showcase shooting instruction? For that matter, if, say, Brown University's student council hears about this, how quickly can they pass a resolution deploring it?
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February 24, 2011
Meeting Young Obama
By John Drew
My first meeting with young Barack Obama raised strong feelings and left me with a positive first impression. At the time, I felt I'd persuaded a young man anticipating a Marxist-Leninist revolution to appreciate the more practical alternative of conventional politics as a channel for his socialist views.
I met Obama in December of 1980, a couple of days after Christmas, in Portola Valley -- a small town near Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. I was a 23 year old second-year graduate student in Cornell's Government Department, and had flown to California to visit a 21 year old girlfriend, Caroline Boss. Boss was a senior at Occidental College, where she had taken a class in the fall of 1980 with political theorist Roger Boesche. She met and befriended Obama in that class.
I had been an angry Marxist revolutionary during my undergraduate career at Occidental College. During my hyperactive sophomore year, in the fall of 1976, I founded the Marxist-Socialist group on campus and named it the Political Awareness Fellowship. As I recall, I developed this innocuous sounding name because there were so few students on campus as radical as I, and I was fearful of turning off moderate students who might be willing to learn more about Marxist theory.
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Time to Reboot America
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 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."
-George Orwell, author of "1984" (1903-1950)
I originally titled this article as a query, "Time To Reboot America?," but after a little thought realized that there is no question-it is past time to reboot America. By "reboot" I mean that it is time for "we the people" to avail ourselves of the instructions left to us by the Founders:
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Gramsci's Grand Plan by
Father James Thornton
5 July 1999
From The Free Republic with thanks
Father Thornton has done us all a service with his analysis of the communist threat. Force has been replaced by treachery and infiltration. NB The comments are worth reading too.
Gramsci's Grand Plan The New American ^| July 5, 1999 | Fr. James Thornton Posted on 16 January 2003 by Tailgunner Joe
One of the most interesting aspects of the study of history is that very often men born in the most humble of circumstances nevertheless rise up to affect the course of human history dramatically. They may be men of action or men of thought, yet in either case their activities can father tremendous changes across the years. Antonio Gramsci was both a man of action and thought and, whatever the outcome of the events of the next several decades, he will almost certainly be reckoned by future historians to have been a remarkable figure. Born in obscurity on the island of Sardinia in 1891, Gramsci would not have been considered a prime candidate to impact significantly the 20th century. Gramsci studied philosophy and history at the University of Turin, and soon became a dedicated Marxist, joining the Italian Socialist Party. Immediately after the First World War, he established his own radical newspaper, The New Order, and shortly afterwards helped in the founding of the Italian Communist Party. Disillusioned Marxist
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Morning Bell: Come Clean and Cut Funding
Mike Brownfield | October 4, 2011
What did the President know and when did he know it, goes the old Washington adage. Thus did the American people learn yesterday in separate but equally startling revelations that the Obama Administration knew more about two scandals than it has been revealing. The first is regarding the Operation Fast and Furious gun running disaster and the second is the now-bankrupt, Obama-backed Solyndra solar power company. Both instances provoke serious questions for the White House and demand long-overdue action.
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Featured Posts Young Women Are More Conservative Than You Think Is Harry Reid-Backed Nevada Geothermal the Next Solyndra? U.S. Taxpayers Paying Big for New United Nations Building Congress Plays Around on China Gibson Guitar Plays the Overcriminalization Blues QUICK HITS Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people and wounding dozens others. The al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab immediately claimed responsibility. Global stocks took another tumble this morning amid continuing fears over a default by Greece, which in turn could lead to a major banking crisis in Europe, resulting in a global economic slowdown. The Senate voted yesterday to advance a bill that would punish China for its currency policy. Though there are serious issues in the United States' economic relationship with Chinas, Heritage's Derek Scissors explains that the bill won't address any of them. Jury selection begins in the case of Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, the man who attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight as it approached Detroit in 2009. U.S. taxpayers are on the hook for a new United Nations building in New York City. Early estimates say the building will cost $400 million, but that number could go much higher. |
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Anonymous Threatens to 'Erase NYSE from the Internet'
October 3, 2011
By Damon Poeter
 Anonymous declared "war" on the New York Stock Exchange this weekend and vowed to "erase" the NYSE from the Internet on Oct. 10 as the Occupy Wall Street protest entered its third week in New York City after a weekend that saw hundreds of protesters arrested during a planned march across the Brooklyn Bridge.
"On Oct. 10, NYSE shall be erased from the Internet. On Oct. 10, expect a day that will never, ever be forgotten," intoned a computer-generated male voice common to many Anonymous videos, in a warning posted on TheAnonMessage YouTube channel (video below).
The AnonMessage channel has been used to post several Occupy Wall Street-related video messages since the protest against lax regulation of the financial sector and growing economic inequality began on Sept. 17. Those messages include Anonymous' initial "official" video regarding Occupy Wall Street and a warning sent last week to the New York Police Department that threatened retaliation if "the brutality does not stop" against Occupy Wall Street protestors
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The Return of Van Jones and Marxist Street Protests
Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:51 PM PDT
By: Cliff Kincaid
Accuracy in Media
A "Take Back the American Dream" three-day conference in Washington begins on Monday that features Van Jones, the disgraced former Obama Administration "Green Jobs Czar," a Russian TV star, and a veteran of the Venceremos Brigades to Cuba who works for the AFL-CIO. Such is the nature of the modern progressive movement.
"I think everybody should hold onto your seats," said Jones on Thursday's MSNBC program "The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell."
"October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back," he went on. "We are a part of something called the American Dream Movement. We`re having a huge summit on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Come-you can go to rebuildthedream.com and find out more about it. We are going to build a progressive counterbalance to the Tea Party."
Once a top figure in a Marxist group called Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM), Jones predicts "an American fall, an American autumn, just like we saw the Arab spring. You can see it right now with these young people on Wall Street. Hold onto your hats. We`re going to have an October offensive to take back the American Dream and to rescue America`s middle class."
The Campaign for America's Future, sponsor of the conference, depicts the conservative Tea Party as a puppet of corporate interests and protests Wall Street but remains silent about the millions of dollars that Van Jones and other progressive activists have received from hedge fund operator George Soros. Number seven on the Forbes list of the richest people in America, with $22 billion, Soros runs an "alternative investment vehicle" available only to the super-rich which is based off-shore and taps into mysterious sources of cash beyond the supervision of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Back to the Future! - 60's Radicalism Re-visited Posted: 03 Oct 2011 Two fascinating docos on '60s radicalism. If you can stand the arrogance and self importance of some of those interviewed, you will gain a lot of insight into what is happening to America today. These people tried and failed to destroy America in the 1960s. While America went to sleep in the Reagan and Bush years, these people rose to leadership positions in education, academia, the media, labor unions, etc. Now they are trying to finish the job they started in their youth. Some great speeches by a youthful looking Ronald Reagan in the first video. Also some excellent protest songs. I loved the music, if not the movement. The Weather Underground (2002 Sam Green and Bill Siegel) from Stuart Christie on Vimeo. Marxist Mother Duck, Frances Fox Piven Interviewed at 'Occupy Wall Street' Posted: 03 Oct 2011 By: Arlen Williams
Gulag Bound Criminally grand socioeconomic saboteur, Marxist revolutionary, and inciter of violence, Frances Fox Piven recently appeared in a neo-Marxist "Democracy Now!" interview. Click in to hear and see it, via Real Clear Politics, but do finish this article and become familiar with what is linked. Read more:
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News from The Hill:
Smith wants special counsel to find out if Holder lied to Congress
By Jordy Yager
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) on Tuesday called for President Obama to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress. New documents released this week show that Holder was notified by senior Justice Department officials in multiple memos last year about the controversial Fast and Furious gun tracking operation. Read the complete story here.
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Weakness is one of the greatest forms of power imaginable in the modern West. Weakness grants irresponsibility for personal actions and more importantly in a collectivist society, it provides freedom from for the collective burdens of society and civilization. The weak are not responsible for their actions. They can rob, kill and rape, and still be excused for it . They can blow up buildings, behead prisoners and get sympathetic nods. Because they had no choice. Weakness is helplessness, it implies irresponsibility because the weak are not capable of making their own choices. Their choices have been made for them by the "Man", the "Patriarchy", the "Privileged" and the "Military-Industrial Complex"-- all different names for the defined power structure and the people who are responsible for it. Since the choices have been made for them, they have no choice but to lash out. When they kill, it is not an action, but a reaction. To the people being raped or murdered by them, the ones jumping from buildings and coming to claim the pieces of their children at the morgue afterward, they do not appear to be helpless at all. But that is only because the people being raped and murdered, and waiting to identify a small can of their child's remains are privileged. So privileged that they don't know how responsible they are for the state of affairs which caused them to be raped or murdered. Which caused their children to end up in coffee cans.
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News from The Hill:
House passes spending stopgap, sends to Obama
By Pete Kasperowicz
The House on Tuesday afternoon easily approved a stopgap bill funding the federal government through November 18, and sent it to President Obama for his signature. The measure enjoyed broad bipartisan support, a result that was expected after both parties last week found a way around a fight over how much to fund the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The continuing resolution was approved in a 352-66 vote in which all but about a dozen Democrats voted "yes," a far cry from the six Democrats who supported an earlier version of the bill last month. Read the complete story here.
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October 04, 2011
VP JOE BIDEN DOESN'T KNOW VAN JONES During a radio interview this morning, Vice President Joe Biden made a startling proclamation -- he doesn't know who Van Jones is. Listen to the odd interview HERE.
OHIO allows CONCEALED WEAPONS IN BARS The new Ohio law allowing "concealed carry" permit holders to bring weapons into a bar went into effect over the weekend. Read the details of this controversial new law HERE.
Ann COULTER ON WALL STREET PROTESTERS Conservative author and firebrand, Ann Coulter has spoken out on the "Occupy Wall Street" protests. Watch an interview of Ann calling them a preview of Totalitarianism HERE.
NO 'FREE SPEECH' FOR HANK WILLIAMS JR? Country legend Hank Williams Jr made an extreme analogy yesterday, comparing a round of golf played by GOP leaders and Obama and Biden to Adolf Hitler and Benjamin Netanyahu sharing a round on the links... That comment seems to have cost Williams his lucrative gig performing the theme song on Monday Night Football. See the details HERE.
'wall street protester tells sharpton, 'this is revolution not reform' MSNBC's Al Sharpton was speaking with one of the organizers of the Wall Street movement about the goals they were hoping to achieve when a clarification was made... "this is revolution, not reform." Watch the video HERE.
VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - STARBUCKS FIRES BARISTA OVER SONG SLAMMING CUSTOMERS Chris Christwell claims that he genuinely loved his job at Starbucks... He loved it so much that he wrote a song insulting the customers. Starbucks fired him after the video went viral. You can see the original video and Christwell's apology song HERE.
WATCH THIS BREATH-TAKING SLIDESHOW OF WESTERN SKIES "Landscapes: Volume Two," is a stunning new video from Dustin Farrell and Crew West Inc. The skies of Arizona and Utah star in the clips you must see HERE.
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A-PLUS Education Reform
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We hear a lot these days about government over-regulation in the business community, but not enough focus is given to government over-regulation in education. Programs like No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which is just one of 150 government-run education programs, impose a top-down bureaucracy that restricts real education.
Because state and local governments know best, Congress should pass a proposal called the Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act, or A-PLUS. It allows states to opt out of NCLB's bureaucracy, putting the power of education back into the hands of the states, local governments and parents.
>> Learn more: See how A-PLUS can benefit children across the country.
As Rep. John Kline (R-MN) said in April:
"If we are going to move forward in education, Washington has to move in a new direction, States and schools should be able to set their own innovative priorities and receive maximum flexibility to advance those priorities."
We're calling on Members of Congress to co-sponsor A-PLUS. It's time for Washington to get out of the way and let those closest to the students decide how best to educate them.
Sincerely,
Michael A. Needham
Chief Executive Officer
Heritage Action for America
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Who Needs Elections?
North Carolina's Governor Bev Perdue suggested suspending elections to allow lawmakers to solve America's problems without considering Americans' opinions. Peter Orszag, former head of the Office of Management and Budget, could not agree more. In his recent piece in The New Republic, Orszag also bemoaned political accountability: "We might be a healthier democracy if we were a slightly less democratic one." Orszag's remedy for political gridlock about weighty policy issues? Let the experts decide. President Obama has taken this advice to heart, relying on unaccountable bureaucrats to implement the provisions of Obamacare and employing executive waivers to bypass Congress on education reform.
The Left's distaste for democracy is hardly new. Since the early 20th century, Progressives have transformed the purpose of government and transferred the functions of government from the elected political branches to unelected experts in the largely unaccountable administrative state. The administrative state is premised on the idea that unelected experts would make better policies than the people's elected representatives would. As a result, countless experts in the fourth branch of government are empowered to make rules and regulations governing every aspect of American life: from light bulbs to financial services.
To justify suspending elections and transferring the powers of government into the hands of unelected bureaucrats, today's progressives claim to carry the mantle of the Founders: Orszag invokes John Adams's comment that "there never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." But, Orszag's appeal to Adams is misplaced. The Founders did not oppose government accountability; they opposed pure democracy as unstable, susceptible to demagoguery, and inconsistent with self-government.
Consent is the basis of the Framers' system of government. To guard against hasty legislation unduly influenced by momentary passions, the Framers empowered a bicameral legislature to make laws: the more dynamic House represents the interests of local communities; the more stable Senate represents the interests of the states. The unitary executive enforces the laws with efficiency and energy. The Electoral College ensures that the President is a national figure, elected by the people through their state electors. The judiciary hears controversies arising from the application of federal law. The President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints members of this branch.
The Founders established a federal republic with a separation of powers designed to ensure both proper deliberation and effective accountability. The Constitution sets forth the process by which elected officials deliberate and settle even polarizing policy disputes. The solution for policy disputes is not suspending elections or decreasing political accountability by empowering more bureaucrats-it's rethinking the wisdom of the policies.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
2012 Update
- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie finally ended all the speculation. At a press conference this afternoon in Trenton, Christie declared that now is not his time. Christie's decision is no doubt a huge relief to Mitt Romney, who many analysts assumed would lose the most from another moderate Northeastern governor jumping into the race.
- Speaking of Mitt Romney, a new round of polling puts him back in the lead for the GOP nomination. Polls by Fox News, ABC and Quinnipiac University show Romney holding steady with approximately a quarter of the primary vote, while Perry is below 20% and essentially tied with Herman Cain for second place. (The Quinnipiac poll found Cain leading Perry 17% to 14%.)
RealClearPolitics.com (RCP) calculates the average support for each candidate from all the major polls since last November. While the RCP averages for Romney (23.3%) and Perry (21.2%) are statistically insignificant, what is significant is the trajectory of the current top tier contenders.
Romney's support has remained static -- 22.6% in November 2010 and 23% today. Perry has lost 10 points since September 12th. And as Perry has slipped in the polls, Herman Cain has surged to become the only other candidate in double digits. Three weeks ago, Cain's RCP average was just 4.2%. Today it is 13%.
Can Perry regroup and recover? Can Cain sustain his momentum? Will any of the other candidates catch fire? Is "RomneyCare" less toxic to conservatives than Perry's position on immigration? What will Sarah Palin do? Stay tuned...
Scandals Growing
Amid new evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder misled Congress about his knowledge of Operation Fast and Furious, House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) renewed calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate what Holder knew and when.
Holder initially told Congress that he only learned about the program this year. But CBS News revealed yesterday that Holder was briefed about Fast and Furious more than a year ago.
In addition, there are new reports that the White House was well aware of the financial train wreck it was facing with the now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra. Something definitely stinks here.
The Bush Administration refused to lend money to Solyndra. Obama not only gave the company taxpayer money, he doubled down on that bad bet. Unbelievably, Energy Secretary Steven Chu approved more money for Solyndra even after it had technically defaulted!
Wait a minute... this sounds familiar. That's right -- Obama is demanding another massive stimulus bill even though the unemployment rate is higher now after his last spending binge! Socialists never learn.
Democrats Demand Tax Hikes
As the bi-cameral, bi-partisan "super committee" on deficit reduction begins its work, Reuters reported this weekend that Democrats have started making demands. I'm sure you will be shocked to learn that Democrats on the super committee "want tax hikes to be the first item negotiated."
Of course this should surprise no one. We've been down this road before and it's always the same dead-end: The Big Government crowd always demands more tax revenue in exchange for promised spending cuts that never materialize.
Let me repeat: The problem is not revenue, it's spending. Last year a Tax Foundation study found that tax rates would have to almost triple across-the-board in order to balance the budget with tax increases alone. The bottom tax rate would go from 10% to 24%. The 25% tax rate would jump to 61% and the top rate would skyrocket from 35% to 85%!
Unfortunately, liberals always start with the position that all money belongs to Big Government, which is why they want to talk about raising your taxes first. This is just one more example of what is at stake in the 2012 elections!
Is The Left Coming Alive?
Keep an eye on the "Occupy Wall Street" protests, my friends. They are now spreading to other major cities across the United States. Today's Washington Post reports that "similar protests are springing up in Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago." A march is scheduled Thursday here in Washington, D.C.
It is tempting to dismiss them at first glance. As I noted yesterday, the movement is divided and incoherent. With George W. Bush gone, the left didn't have a clue what do with itself. And it wasn't prepared for the Tea Party movement that sprang up to push back against Obama's agenda.
But the radical left is slowly unifying under a common theme of class warfare and anti-capitalism. (Some protestors even dressed up like zombies, suggesting that capitalism and the American Dream are dead.) Now the protests are earning praise from George Soros and attracting the interest of some in Big Labor.
It's hard to imagine that there is much appetite for this in America today. But all indications suggest that Obama's reelection strategy is to wage a bitter campaign based on division and class warfare, hoping to fire up the left-wing base of the Democrat Party, including disaffected socialists and radicals like those now taking to the streets.
The Post noted that one 21-year-old quit his job so he could join the mob in New York protesting against joblessness. (I'm not joking!) These folks are still waiting for the "fundamental transformation" of America that Obama promised. They overwhelmingly backed Obama in 2008, and he needs them to turn out in massive numbers if he hopes to win again in 2012. Progressives like Van Jones see these protests as an opportunity to galvanize the left for the upcoming elections.
My friends, I know there are some encouraging poll numbers out today regarding Obama's chances next year. But you're not going to read about them here. Why? Because we can't take anything for granted! No matter what the polls say today, it is impossible to predict what the political landscape will look like one year from now. If the left truly is coming alive, complacency could be our worst enemy.
I don't want Barack Obama to narrowly win reelection because conservatives took the race for granted. I want Obama to lose in a landslide because all conservatives worked their hearts out!
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History Expert Joy Behar: GOP 'hasn't been black friendly over the many centuries in this country'
While talking to Herman Cain on the View Joy Behar claimed that the GOP hasn't been friendly to blacks over the past several hundred years. Apparently the party of Lincoln which currently has a popular black candidate running for its presidential nomination hates blacks... or something.
See video here:
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Idiotic Demands of the Wall Street Protestors:
Proposed List Of Demands For Occupy Wall St Movement!
Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending "Freetrade" by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.
Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away from doctors, nurses and hospitals preventing them from doing their jobs and hand that money to wall st. investors.
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I spoke with Evan Feinberg this morning and I know a number of people who have met him. He worked with Heritage as a researcher on School Choice issues and was a staffer for Sen. Tom Coburn and then Sen. Rand Paul.
The district voted 65% for Pat Toomey and is a plus 6 or plus 8, that is, tends 'conservative'.
Evan Feinberg tells me that he will be able to tap into national money to challenge the liberal and obnoxious Tim Murphy.
Evan Feinberg has filed his FEC papers and will be opening a bank account tomorrow. His website will be up in a few days.
This is race that can be won.
Posted by Erick Erickson
October 4th
Editor's Note: Starting last week and each week from here on, I've decided to focus on a Republican in the House or Senate the Tea Party should consider primarying. I think we are too distracted by Presidential politics and cannot afford to keep on keeping on in the House and Senate.
Last week I started with Martha Roby. This week, another one. Each week, based on finding pitiful scores in the Heritage Action for America rankings and considering the districts at stake, I'll highlight a new one. This should be fun.
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He was elected in 2002. He is serving his fifth term in Congress.
In 2003, his first year in Congress, he voted for a massive omnibus spending bill and the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
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Dear Concerned Patriot,
Late last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
took what is being called "the final step" towards implementing
their illegal Net Neutrality regulations.
You may recall, that back on December 21, the FCC bypassed
government regulations and seized control of the Internet --
delivering what many believe is a knockout blow to one of
the last, great free-market frontiers our nation and the
world has ever seen.
According to the organization Less Government, regardless
of a multiple lawsuits, a move by the House of Representatives
and a D.C. Circuit Court unanimously ruling that the FCC
had no authority to take control, the fed is still
arrogantly pushing forward toward full implementation of
their Net Neutrality regulations on November 20!
The FCC's Net Neutrality regulations would be job-killers --
likely stifling the $30 billion annually that investors
pour into Internet development and advancement and hundreds
of thousands of jobs.
And that's not the worst of it... As we warned several months
ago, these regulations will lead to the FCC's control Web
content!
Should we expect anything less?
Considering government growth and control is surging while
private sector job opportunities continue shrinking! Now
Americans are in danger of losing their free speech rights
through this latest FCC Net Neutrality power-grab!
+ + A Grassroots Call to Action!
The only way to stop this runaway train is for grassroots
Americans to appeal to the Senate to move quickly to pass
a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution that would
effectively kill the illegal, job-killing Net Neutrality
order.
Patriot, with more than 100,000 petitions already in hand,
Grassfire Nation is asking members of our team to add their
name if they have not yet signed. Additionally, by forwarding
this message to your friends, networks, and family members.
To sign right now click here:
http://www.grassfire.com/141/petition.asp?ref_id=500064
With your help, we anticipate delivering 150,000 petitions or more in the week ahead as we work together to stop the federal takeover of the Internet!
Again, after signing, please alert your friends and family members.
Since this has not been publicized by the liberal media, many Internet users are likely unaware of the huge threat looming overhead. You can help change that by sending this message to them and encouraging them to take action with you by clicking below.
To sign our petition to "Stop the Fed Takeover of the Internet," click here:
http://www.grassfire.com/141/petition.asp?ref_id=500064
Thank you for your outstanding efforts.
Grassfire Nation and Patriot Action Network
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Michelle: Bank Sex-Discriminated Against Barack's Grandmom; Tax Return: Bank VP Grandmom Gave Barack $480,908 in Bank's Stock
By Terence P. Jeffrey
CNSNews.com
First Lady Michelle Obama said at a fundraiser in Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday night that a bank where Barack Obama's grandmother had worked discriminated against her for nearly two decades "because she was a woman."
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Is Congress Refusing to Stop the Obama Syndicate Crimes?
By Sher Zieve
CanadaFreePress.com With all of its pretense of sending open letters to Obama pleading with him to stop his illegal and Congressional bypassing behaviors, Congress patently refuses to stop Dictator-in-Chief Obama from destroying the United States of America and enslaving its people. The latest "plea" that prompted this column is the 26 September 2011 Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) begging letter to the US "dear leader." Read the Full Story
The Big Labor Stranglehold: Killing Jobs and Hurting America
By Carl F. Horowitz
HumanEvents.com Union membership as a share of the labor force is at its lowest level in decades. Only 11.9% of all U.S. employees in 2010 belonged to a labor organization. Yet as the unfolding drama in Wisconsin this year has revealed, unions are far from irrelevant. Indeed, public-sector employees have emerged as one of the most powerful forces in the nation's economic and political life, driving many states and localities to severe fiscal distress. Their close alliance with the Democratic Party has accelerated this trend.
Read the Full Story
Bringing Selfish Back
By Katie Kieffer
Townhall.com Liberals will tell me things like: "Socialism is not communism. Socialism merely levels the playing field; it prevents rich people from creating monopolies and controlling everyone else." My response is: "Have you read The Communist Manifesto lately?"
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Susan's Paul Ryan Medicare Pamphlet - please print this and give it to your contacts
SAVING MEDICARE
Since 1964, our nation's senior citizens have relied on Medicare to ensure access to healthcare. Now the program is going broke -- and it is going broke fast.
It began spending its reserves in 2008 when payouts exceeded dollars collected for the program. [cite]
Predictions for exhaustion of the reserve vary, with 2024 identified by the Social Security Administration in the Trustees 2011 report. [cite]
The Democrat response is to reduce the amount Medicare reimburses physicians for their services. [cite]
This will result in fewer participating physicians and the physicians continuing in the program seeing fewer Medicare patients.
Patients will wait longer and have fewer choices in seeing a doctor.
If this makes access to care sufficiently untenable, or if Medicare does not get on viable financial footing, it will be administered through ObamaCare[cite].
This would include cost controls by a 15-member board of bureaucrats deciding wich treatments, drugs, and surgeries patients can receive.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget, has a plan which saves Medicare with no disruption to today's seniors and reasonable changes for future retirees.
The Ryan Plan is widely misunderstood and misrepresented. The future of our seniors' healthcare is too important to be decided on misinformation. Here are the facts about Medicare and the Ryan Plan.
The Ryan Plan in a Nutshell
Those currently retired and those close to retirement (55 and over) will see no change from the existing Medicare system. Existing physician reimbursement flaws will be corrected to encourage physicians to continue participating in the system.[cite]
On retirement, those currently under 55 will be provided vouchers from the government to help pay for health insurance. Voucher amounts will be based in part on income, with wealthier individuals receiving less assistance. Risk pools [cite] will be created to ensure that insurance companies will provide coverage to seniors, despite their generally higher use of medical care.
The result is retirees will have a system that gives them options, similar to that which members of Congress use and which will include options similar to Medicare Advantage, the popular plan eliminated by Obamacare. [cite]
The Ryan Plan Incorporates These Important Points
It is important that we
Plan now for changes, to avoid chaos later
The medicare system is running out of money. Change is coming, one way or another.
Pretending we can continue as we are is not an option, it is a recipe for disaster. The longer we wait to make changes, the greater the disruption to current and future retires, the more abruptly the changes will have to be implemented, and the fewer options we will have.
By implementing the Ryan Plan now, we will
- maintain the existing system for current retirees and for individuals 55 and over
- provide a sustainable, quality system for future retirees.
It is important that we...
Preserve the existing system, unchanged, for current retirees and workers 55 and older
This bears repeating:
- Under the Ryan Plan, if you are retired, your Medicare coverage will not change.
- If you are over 55, Medicare as it exists today will be there for you when you retire.
- And the Ryan Plan provides for quality health insurance coverage upon retirement for those currently under 55.
It is important that we...
Maintain availability of insurance coverage for future retirees
Since individuals generally require more medical care as they age, it tends to be difficult for older individuals to find private health insurance that will cover them. That is one reason our existing Medicare system is considered so important for many. The Ryan Plan creates risk pools which encourage multiple insurance companies to offer health coverage to those of retirement age.
It is important that we...
Maintain affordability
Individuals have paid into the Medicare system with the promise that coverage will be there for them when they retire. Unfortunately, we are facing an economic crisis in this country and Medicare is a significant part of the problem. To save the system for everyone and to avert broader economic calamity, in the future wealthier Americans will have to bear a greater portion of their healthcare burden.
It is important that we...
Make it feasible for doctors to participate in Medicare
Currently in many areas of the country physicans are reimbursed for Medicare patients at a rate that does not cover their expenses. Recent changes put forth by the Democrats further reduce reimbursement. [cite] This is not sustainable for any business and as a result increasing numbers of physicians are discontinuing their participation in the Medcare program. Patients are finding that their physician is no longer a Medicare provider and when they look for another physician it is increasingly difficult for them to find a Medicare provider who is accepting new patients and can see them in a reasonable time. [cite]. The Ryan plan fixes the reimbursement problem, making it feasible for physicians to continue participating in Medicare.
It is important that we...
Keep medical decisions between patients and doctors, not remote government panels
The Ryan plan harnesses the free market and puts choice in the hands of the patient. Retirees will be able to pick the insurance plan that best meets their needs, applying government vouchers toward premium costs. Medical decisions would be made in consultation with their personal physician, based on the individual's situation and preferences.
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 October 4, 2011
On Tuesday's Program
Tonight on GBTV: Who's to blame? The devastating evidence academia does not want you to see - do not miss the Glenn Beck Program tonight at 5pm ET only on GBTV!
Will he or won't he? Brian Sack investigates the possibility of Chris Christie running for President in 2012. Sure he said "NO!" earlier today...but maybe....just maybe....he might change his mind. What did Brian and his experts find? WATCH.
O'Reilly v. Glenn on 2012 field
Bill O'Reilly made his first appearance on GBTV and got into it with Glenn over the 2012 GOP field of presidential candidates. Glenn & Bill are great friends but they still don't see eye to eye on everything about politics. Who does Bill think is the right guy for the job? Who does Glenn like? Hear two TV giants battle it out -- and check out Bill at Glenn's new digs!
Liberty Treehouse Drive-Thru History: Yesterday marked the first episode of Liberty Treehouse, the GBTV Plus program designed specifically for kids. Check out this free segment from yesterday's first episode. The new program airs weekdays from 4-5pm ET and is also available on demand only on GBTV.
Glenn responds to Hank Williams, Jr. "controversy" by calling out media hypocrisy
What could make Glenn promise to continue to never watch Monday Night Football? Glenn takes the media to school over the manufactured controversy surrounding Hank Williams, Jr. and his comments regarding Obama and a certain mass murdering tyrant (not the left's beloved Chairman Mao). Why have Nathan Lane and Albert Brooks not received the same treatment as Hank? READ MORE.
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Beck: "Be careful who you're standing next to"
There are some protesters on Wall Street who might be saying things you find yourself agreeing with. Glenn played some audio on radio this morning of a protester complaining about war, bringing jobs back to America, ending the Federal Reserve. But what else are they saying that you DON'T agree with - and who are they standing next to as they shout their grievances? Glenn warns about what could happen if you get seduced by the radicals calling for revolution on the street. LISTEN
Introducing Family Book Club Night! MICHAEL VEY, the #1 NYT bestseller from Glenn's publishing company, is our first book selection - get it today and pass it around to your whole family to read. Then join Glenn and author Richard Paul Evans on October 20th at 6p ET for a free web event live from the GBTV studios. They'll take questions from you and your kids and even give you a special sneak peek at the sequel! More details on the event to come, but start reading now!
MSNBC "excited" about revolution on Wall Street
Al Sharpton interviewed one of the organizers of the Occupy Wall Street protests, who revealed that they pretty much have no plan at all because the issues facing America are too "complicated". But don't worry because Sharpton is still excited to see so many people in the street. What happens as the movement continues to grow? HINT - IT'S BAD! WATCH.
Anonymous Warning: What did the hacker group have to say to Wall Street? Again, you may share some complaints but do your homework and understand the threat presented by their actions. Details HERE.
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