The Kitchen Table Patriots are proud to present

The Bucks County Candidates Forum for 2011

And we are asking you to submit questions for them.  See the details below -

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

    

You Are Cordially Invited!  

Lafayette statue sketch, copyright 2011

To the 1^st Bucks County Patriotic Art Exhibition!

Friday, November 4, 2011

6:30-9:30 P.M.

The Historic Moland House

1641 Old York Road

Hartsville, Pennsylvania

Enjoy refreshments and live music, while

viewing Marra's Bucks County inspired works of art

Admission $5 per person

25% of art sales will be donated towards the Lafayette statue

Donations are accepted at the show and through the website lafayettestatue.blogspot.com

RSVP to Gregory Marra

610-294-8658

gwmarra@gmail.com

Welcome to Washington's Headquarters at the Moland House

1641 Old York Road, Hartsville, PA  18974

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Monday 3-4pm "Bordering on Insanity" - Rabbi Nachum Shifren and Garry Miller

Tuesday 5-6pm "LaRossa & Gallagher" - N.J.State Senator Richard LaRossa and Art Gallagher

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

Thursday 3-4pm "America's Black Shield" - Ted Hayes and Terrance Lang

Friday 10-11pm "Veterans' Weekly Forum" - Ed Rosen and Bob Rosebrock

Saturday 5:30-6:30pm "We Say, No Se Puede!" ("No You Cannot!") - Rita Bonilla and Alice Novoa

Agenda 21 Creeps Into California Land Use Policy

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

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

If you have any questions please feel free to email me back or contact Maggie at www.theunsolicitedopinion.com or Maggie@theunsolicitedopinion.com

If you would like to join the Green Team or volunteer for a sub-committee, please email us

CONTACT Diane about this email at : uncanney2@verizon.net   

Dear Patriot,

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

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

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

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

Summit Highlights Include:

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

 ... and much more!

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

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

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

Sincerely,

Tim Phillips
President
Americans for Prosperity Foundation 

The Doctrine of Abrogation: Open the Koran Day

It's time to sign up!

 

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

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

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

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

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

 2012 Presidential Candidate Selector
or Obama, His Allies & Critics Matching Quiz

Politicians have already indicated their 2012 presidential aspirations. This matching quiz includes President Obama, top members of his administration, Obama's most vocal critics (Boehner, Cantor, etc.) and likely White House prospects (Palin, Pawlenty, Jindal, etc.). You may select a position for every issue, or just select issues important to you. The political figures' positions are based upon their voting records, special interest group ratings and their statements in the public record. In cases where there is no known public record or statement, these politicos are not given a score on that issue. We add candidates, revise their views and include new issues as they become known or change. Check back often for updates.   

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RedState Morning Briefing

For October 6, 2011

1. Remember Journolist? Why In God's Name Is The GOP Consisting to Let a Journolist Member Moderate a Debate?

Before the MSNBC-Politico Debate, I wondered why in God's name the Republican candidates would bother giving press and air time to a bunch of liberals asking snide questions down their noses to the GOP about issues not one person cares about. After that debate it convinced me the GOP candidates should be more discerning in their debates.

And now, as Ben Domenech notes and I too can confirm, I think the candidates should boycott the Washington Post Bloomberg debate on October 11th. The debate is billed by the Washington Post as "exclusively" about the economy. I had relished them having this debate because a debate for two hours on the economy is precisely what we need.

But sources in multiple campaigns tell me they are really suddenly hacked off by the Washington Post and Bloomberg changing the format. According to the campaigns I have spoken to, they too were under the impression the debate would be exclusively about the economy. Now they are being given the impression that after the first hour the debate will go to other questions.

Now, if you were somewhere under a rock this past week, you will have missed that Bloomberg News has launched an all out assault on Koch Industries for crimes against humanity or some such - an attack premised on a lot of baloney, half-truths, and bad reporting, but done because the Kochs are of the right.

Then there is the Washington Post who posits the man-child Ezra Klein, who has never had a real job in his life outside of left-wing think tanks and subsidized publications, as some sort of business pundit. In other words, the GOP is going to be vetted by a twenty something who actually took to the national airwaves to declare no one pays attention to the constitution because it is so old.

The Washington Post also hosts Greg Sargent, the Democratic Party's official mouthpiece at the Post. The Post hosts Jenn Rubin who claims to be a conservative but has spent the better part of her career at the Post advocating the release of the traitor Jonathan Pollard and routinely bashing Senator Jim DeMint. Then there is Glen Kessler who is the Washington Post's in house "fact checker" where he is too busy leveling attacks at MItt Romney, Rick Perry and others to check facts.

Let's ignore also that this paper ran with the story about the rock in Texas they can't be bothered to get a picture of. (By the way, have you heard about that reporter's criminal record?) Let's instead focus on the debate's actual moderators.

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2. Regarding Sarah Palin: "Tell 'Em You're With Tina Fey"

There is a strong notion out there that I do not like Sarah Palin. That actually is not true. There are many of her supporters who I have come to clash with a routine basis and I think the cult of personality that grew up around Sarah Palin became insane and unstable. But I have always liked Sarah Palin and her husband.

At one point I very much wanted Palin to run. In fact, for the longest time I would have preferred to lose with Sarah Palin fighting for liberty than win with one of the candidates pushing a Republican brand of creeping socialism. But it became clear to me she was not running. And as it became clearer and my platform at RedState and elsewhere rose and I said this, more and more of her fans piled on.

There is a lot of news out there and suddenly the twitterverse and media have moved on. Nonetheless, I want to toss out a few thoughts on her.

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3. Free Ponies will be the Death of America

Almost six months ago, I lost my job.

Since that time, I have sent out easily over 250 resumes, many of which were sent to law firms where friends were partners. They have netted me a grand total of three interviews. My friends are telling me that for jobs that pay roughly 75% of what I used to make, they are getting over 150 applications. When I graduated from law school, roughly 95% of my graduating class had real jobs. I ran into a recent graduate the other day and she told me that this year, only about 40% of the most recent graduating class is employed. I have never encountered a market this brutal in any field in which I have worked, and the struggle against complete surrender is a daily endeavor.

In the meantime, I have been doing contract work when it is available. It is not nearly enough, but it is miles better than nothing and I am thrilled to have it. When I don't, I sit around for interminable days and fire off more resumes that I am nearly sure will never result in anything. I am hopelessly behind on innumerable bills, including my house and over $160,000 in student loans - so far behind that even if I found permanent work tomorrow, I would never be able to sort out my arrearage. Without the completely undeserved generosity of family and friends, I'm not sure how I'd be eating. When I came out of law school, they were handing out more six figure jobs than they had people available to fill them - now there isn't anything in sight that could even be qualified as full-time. I recently went to Outback steakhouse and applied for a job - which I didn't get because the manager was sure I'd just bail and go back to lawyering any day.

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4. This Primary Season Is All About Not Romney

Every week brings another controversy or another debate - and another Republican POTUS front-runner. And once again, the GOP base continues its eternal (and fruitless) search for the Perfect Conservative. Each time a candidate peaks, they stick their foot in their mouth or some issue about their past pops up and they drop in the polls in favor of the next flavor of the month. It was Mitt, then it was Michelle, then it was Rick, and now it's Herman/Herb. Every time a new flavor appears, they either blow their own popularity (cf. Bachmann) or the base picks them apart (cf. Perry).

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5. Dear Candidates: An Invitation to Have A Conversation

Follow the link to a letter that will be going out to each campaign for President from me. The campaigns will get additional information beyond what is in this public release, including more expansive information on the media, broadcast information, contact information, etc.

But we want to make this available publicly because of the number of inquiries we're all getting about what we are doing and also to give both the campaigns and their supporters a heads up. We do hope the campaigns will participate and grassroots conservatives will encourage the campaigns to participate.

Thanks.

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6. Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Steve Jobs died today after a long battle with cancer. He was 56. Founding NeXT would have been enough to turn anyone into a cult hero in his field. Acquiring Lucasfilm's Graphics Group and turning it into Pixar would have made anyone a respected business leader.

But for Steve Jobs, those were feathers in his cap called Apple, the company he co-founded with Steve Wozniak, and then later saved from extinction by returning to lead it again. He led Apple to its point today as the most valuable corporation in America, measured by public market capitalization. To do that, Jobs had to beat Microsoft and he had to beat IBM. He won in the end.

Far from just a visionary, people from Apple have always said he was a hands-on leader, who had a personal stake in the success of the company and of the products he helped create. Apple ][. Macintosh. NextStep. iMac. MacOS X. iPod. iPhone. iPad. Jobs leaves behind an incredible legacy, and his death will be felt by his industry, and the world. RIP.

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for Thursday, October 6, 2011

Alabama official says tough immigration law leading to 'self-deportation'

DAILY CALLER

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• Charles Stimson 
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• Hans von Spakovsky 

Defense hawks appeal for tea party opposition to additional military spending cuts

DAILY CALLER

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• Mackenzie Eaglen 

Details Emerge on Draft of Volcker Rule Proposal

NEW YORK TIMES

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• James Gattuso 
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• Diane Katz 

Elizabeth Warren and liberalism, twisting the 'social contract'

THE WASHINGTON POST

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• Matthew Spalding, Ph.D. 

Heritage: Repatriation Tax Holiday Wouldn't Create Jobs

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

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• J.D. Foster, Ph.D. 
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• Curtis Dubay 

Nevada moves forward. Could Iowa caucuses be in December?

DES MOINES REGISTER

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• Michael Franc 
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• Brian Darling 

Russia criticizes latest U.S. missile defense deal

REUTERS

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• Baker Spring 

Sen. Marco Rubio: "I am not going to be the VP nominee"

ABC NEWS

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• Mike Gonzalez 
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• Israel Ortega 

Special Counsels and "Who Knew What When"

FOXNEWS.COM

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• Todd Gaziano 
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• Robert Alt 
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• Hans von Spakovsky 

Latest Heritage Research:

The Facts About China's Currency, Chinese Subsidies, and American Jobs 

Religious Freedom Is Not Just for Churches

U.S. reviews Iraq warning on immunity for troops

By Phil Stewart  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday played down an apparent split with Iraq over legal protections for U.S. troops at the heart of talks on keeping them in the country beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's shaky coalition government is in negotiations with the United States to keep some of the roughly 43,000 U.S. forces in the country as military trainers, amid concerns about security gaps once American forces leave.

Maliki on Tuesday won more backing from the political blocs in his government to negotiate a deal but without the possibility of granting American troops immunity if they commit crimes.

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**VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS **

Eric Holder Suspected of Perjury; GOP Demands Special Counsel

Jim Kouri, CPP 

Turkey's House of Cards

Caroline Glick 

Egypt's Arab Spring: Springtime for Nazis?

Darlene Casella 

Book Review: A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism

Nancy Kobrin, PhD 

Today's Hot Topics

We choose, you peruse.

MSNBC Promotes New Bush Bashing Book

Roger Aronoff 

INTERVIEW: J. Christian Adams, author of "Injustice: Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department"

Ruth King 

Domestic Revels, Foreign Devils

Dems' Presidential Disease Spreading to GOP? 

Ralph Peters 

Due Process With a Bullet

Critics of drone attacks call them "assassinations", but there is no difference whatsoever between a soldier sighting an enemy officer through a computer monitor or a rifle scope. There is also no legal distinction between firing a bullet or dropping a bomb or launching a missile. The nature of the projectile or delivery mechanism matters in the tactical and strategic sense, it doesn't matter in any other way. War is war and dead is dead.

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 Tuesday, October 04, 2011 

I have long worked to expose Muslim Brotherhood operatives in the GOP, most pointedly Grover Norquist. He wears the mask of "fiscal respomsiblity" and "tax reform" while infiltrating and subverting the party with dirty money and traitorous alliances.

Today, Republican Rep. Frank Wolf outed Grover in Congress. Thank you, Rep. Wolf. Any Republican who associates with Norquist is complicit in the subversion, and should be shunned and exposed.

Norquist has also carried water for Islamic supremacist attempts to weaken anti-terror efforts. Frank Gaffney revealed that "Norquist was also a prime-mover behind efforts to secure one of the Islamists' top pre-9/11 agenda items: the abolition of a section of the 1996 Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act that permits authorities to use what critics call 'secret evidence.' ... Norquist was an honoree at an event held by Sami Al-Arian's National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom in July 2001, two months before 9/11. The award was for being a 'champion of the abolishment movement against secret evidence.'" Al-Arian in 2006 pleaded guilty "conspiracy to make or receive contributions of funds to or for the benefit of Palestinian Islamic Jihad." Palestinian Islamic jihad is even worse than Hamas's; it celebrates the killing of Israeli civilians and calls repeatedly for the destruction of Israel.

Norquist also introduced Nihad Awad, co-founder and executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, to President Bush.
 

OBAMA'S BLUNDER: MISSING LIBYAN SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES

By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN

For twenty years - long before 9/11 - the danger of terrorists armed with surface to air missiles shooting at passenger planes has been the secret fear of many top political leaders. In the late 90s, a terrorist network was nabbed trying to bring them into Newark Airport, but the airline industry and the government have done nothing to equip passenger airplanes with any defense against these always deadly missiles.

Now Barack Obama has committed the ultimate sin: He has let 20,000 surface-to-air missiles escape from military depots in Libya. According to ABC News "U.S. officials had once thought there was little chance that terrorists could get their hands on many of the portable surface-to-air missiles that can bring down a commercial jet liner. But now that calculation is out the window, with officials at a recent secret White House meeting reporting that thousands of them have gone missing in Libya." An estimated 20,000 of these...

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The peace process will be the death of Israel

By Ted Belman*

US Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, just came to town and warned that Israel is becoming "increasingly isolated" and must restart negotiations with the Palestinian Authority and work to restore relations with Egypt and Turkey. Why?  According to Fox News, he said the ongoing upheaval in the Middle East makes it critical for the Israelis to find ways to communicate with other nations in the region in order to have stability.

His remarks come on the heels of Bill Clintons attack on Netanyahu for the failure of the peace process and Gates' parting shot according to Elliot Abrams

"Gates argued to the president directly that Netanyahu is not only ungrateful, but also endangering his country by refusing to grapple with Israel's growing isolation and with the demographic challenges it faces if it keeps control of the West Bank."

This pressure being put on the Netanyahu government reflects the actual Obama policy towards Israel rather than his UN...

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Vatican's pact with Islam

Ynetnews special: Italian journalist examines Vatican's submission to political Islam

 Giulio Meotti
      10.02.11
    
It has been five years since gave his controversial lectio about Islam at the German University of Regensburg. On September 12th, 2006, Joseph Ratzinger claimed that the god of the Muslims is both transcendental and unreasonable and he severely condemned jihad and the use of violence in the name of Koran. It was the only public event in which a Pope told the truth about some aspects of Islamic religion.

Benedict XVI made himself a central player in the post-9/11 era: His speech against the link between religion and violence, typical of Islam today, was not a mistake or a false step, as some observers wrote at that time. It was, rather, a vigorous attack against certain aspects of Islamic fanaticism.

Barack Obama's 55% problem

Oct 05, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

These are not good times for the Barack Obama. Everywhere he looks he is sagging and failing. More than this an oddity seems to be hanging over his head that can best be described as his 55% problem. The figure 55% is killing his career.

This man must see the number 55% in his sleep. Polls that show him at 55% and sound good are actually sharp reminders of his falling fortunes not signs of growing popularity.  Obama definitely has a 55% problem.  

Consider these 55% problems he has:

Poll: 55% of Americans Say Obama One-Term President: A new ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 55% of Americans believe Obama will lose and be a one term president.   Poll: American Jewish Committee finding:

The AJC survey of Jewish voters found that while last year 55% of their respondents approved of Obama's economic policies, now a stunning 60% disapprove of his handling ... Continue Reading:Barack Obama's 55% problem

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American Minute October 4

Oct 04, 2011 05:01 pm | Coach Collins

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

 Bill Federer is a tireless and meticulous researcher whose daily history lessons reflect the relationship between God and our nation. 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

 A Joint Resolution of the 97th U.S. Congress proclaimed "A Year of the Bible."

It was signed by Democrat Speaker of the House Tip O'Neil, Republican President of the Senate Strom Thurmond and President Ronald Reagan, who stated OCTOBER 4, 1982:

"Now, therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, ... Continue Reading:American Minute October 4

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Will Attorney General Eric Holder's perjury cost him his job?

Oct 04, 2011 01:32 pm | Coach Collins

By Doug Book, staff writer

On Monday evening it was learned that US Attorney General Eric Holder lied to a congressional committee while testifying about his knowledge of the Obama Regime's Operation Fast and Furious "Gunwalking" scandal.
Memos from Department of Justice operatives directed to Holder himself leave no doubt that the DOJ was receiving constant updates on the Operation as early as mid 2010.
During his May 3rd testimony before the Grassley/Issa Congressional Committee, Holder was asked when he had first learned of Operation Fats and Furious. "I'm not sure of the exact date, but I probably heard about Fast and Fruious for the first time over the last few weeks," Holder responded.

But that was a lie. Documents detailing the existence and progress of Fast and Furious were directed to Holder by Michael F. Walther, the head of the National Drug Intelligence Center and by his own Assistant AG, Lanny Breuer in 2010.

... Continue Reading:Will Attorney General Eric Holder's perjury cost him his job?

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Chronicle · October 5, 2011

The Foundation

"It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people to do this, and to rescue and save their civil and religious rights from the outstretched arm of tyranny, which may appear under any mode or form of government." --Mercy Warren

Editorial Exegesis

Eric Holder's Department of Injustice

"Somewhere, Scooter Libby must be scratching his head. He was indicted and convicted simply because his recall of when a meeting occurred differed from others. He didn't lie about a gun-running operation that led to the deaths of two American agents and at least 200 Mexicans. But Attorney General Eric Holder did, according to memos obtained by CBS News and Fox News. They show Holder lied to Congress on May 2, 2011, when he was asked about when he knew about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Fast and Furious gun-running operation. He told House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa he was 'not sure of the exact date, but I probably learned about Fast and Furious over the last few weeks.' Holder learned of the operation as early as July 2010 in a memo from the director of the National Drug Intelligence Center informing him of an operation run by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force out of the Phoenix ATF office, under which 'straw purchasers are responsible for the purchase of 1,500 firearms that were then supplied to Mexican drug cartels.' ... Holder, quite simply, has lied to Congress, although the defense now being offered is he didn't understand Issa's question, doesn't read all the memos sent to him or was otherwise out of the loop. It is perhaps the first time incompetence has been offered as a defense to possible charges of criminality. ... As Issa told radio talk show host Laura Ingraham last month: 'We have a paper trail of so many people knowing that the only way the attorney general didn't know is he made sure he didn't want to know. ... But if you don't want to know something of this sort, then you shouldn't have the job he has.' We'd go a step further. Baseball star Roger Clemens was equally vehement when he told a House committee in 2008: 'Let me be clear. I have never taken steroids or HGH.' Clemens was indicted for lying to Congress. The same should go for Eric Holder." --Investor's Business Daily

Do you believe it's about time for Congress to indict Holder?

Dezinformatsia

Patriotic? "We need to make sure our kids get the right message. I'm out to show Republicans that they don't love this country as much as we do." --MSNBC's Ed Schultz at a Democrat fundraiser (Just out of curiosity: What happened to the rules prohibiting campaign donations and fundraising for MSNBC employees?)

Yes, there are stupid questions: "Here's the question: Are Republican debate crowds bloodthirsty?" --CNN's Jack Cafferty

Speaking truth to power: "I mean Obama, to be fair to him, when he came in to power, he said look, I'm going to try to change all of this partisan crap that's going on. I'm going to try and do it a better way. What he's found is he can't at the moment. I mean, it's like he's up against this express train of bile. And he can't get anything done. So he's now having to get angry." --CNN's Piers Morgan

Revisionist history: "By and large, [Occupy Wall Street protesters] is a movement being driven by teenagers and people in their twenties who are looking at a world that thirty years of Reaganomics has handed them, or a country, anyway, that's a disaster explicitly because of crony capitalism, bought-off politicians, and supply-side economics." --radio talk-show host Thom Hartmann

Newspulper Headlines:

Breaking News From 1803: "U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Major Legal Issues" --San Francisco Chronicle

If Obama Has Lost Joe Biden, He's Lost Middle America: "Biden: Voters Should Blame Obama, Not Bush, for Economy" --DailyCaller.com

Out on a Limb: "Obama: People Aren't Better Off Than 4 Years Ago" --Associated Press

We Blame Global Warming: "Obama's Chilly Relationship With Senate Dems" --Commentary website

Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control: "Non-Beige Homes Approved in Irvine" --Orange County (CA) Register

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

The Demo-gogues

A softie: "The way I think about it is this is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft, and we didn't have that same competitive edge we needed over the last couple of decades." --Barack Obama ("Seriously, in 2008 we elected a community organizer, state senator, college instructor first term senator over a guy who spent five years in a Vietnamese prison. And now he's lecturing us about how America's gone 'soft'? Really?" --columnist Jonah Goldberg)

Campaigning against himself: "Well, I don't think [Americans are] better off than they were four years ago. They're not better off than they were before Lehman's collapse, before the financial crisis, before this extraordinary recession that we're going through. I think that what we've seen is that we've been able to make steady progress to stabilize the economy, but the unemployment rate is still way too high. And that's why it's so critical for us to make sure that we are taking every action we can take to put people back to work." --Barack Obama

Broken record: "It's time for congress to get its act together and to pass this jobs bill so I can sign it into law." --Barack Obama

Pass it anyway: "Look, we should be [passing this $450 billion American Jobs Act] even if we were growing by 8 percent, even if there was a 3 percent unemployment rate in America. We need better roads, we need better bridges, we need safer streets." --Joe Biden

Class warfare is in the founding documents: "So when [Republicans] want to talk about class warfare, as Warren Buffet said, yeah there was class warfare and his class won. ... We think that they can say all they want about class warfare. Am I missing something here? Perhaps you'll tell me during the Q&A as to why that is an illegitimate charge in a country that has life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as part of its founding documents and has fairness and opportunity as some of its guiding principles." --House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Upright

"The president is opposed to meeting our 'fiscal responsibilities' by 'abdicating every other responsibility we have.' But what is his plan to meet those responsibilities? The president doesn't say. He never has. Not when he submitted his budget in February. Not when the Simpson-Bowles commission submitted its report. Not when he promised a deficit speech in April (but actually delivered a slashing political attack on Rep. Paul Ryan's budget). ... Whenever the president is in one of his preachy moods, which is often, he tells us that 'who we are as a nation' is generous and tolerant, and inclusive and fair. If only he would consider adopting some of those traits himself." --columnist Mona Charen

"Personally, I'm hoping for this thing to grow to the point where one of two things happen. (1) The Occupy Wall Street 'movement' serves as a de facto primary challenge to Obama, sapping his strength, his glamor and his party's enthusiasm. Or, (2) Van Jones and his ilk succeed in making this motley bunch into the 'leftwing tea party' of their dreams. If every Republican candidate is responsible for the rare dumb or 'extreme' statement of a tea partier, I look forward to the Democrats having similar problems with the Marxist belches and burps that will emanate with increasing frequency from the pseudo-revolutionary maw. Either way, it will be entertaining and beneficial. And, so far, things are looking good." --columnist Jonah Goldberg

"According to a Congressional Research Service report titled 'Social Security Reform' (October 2002), by Geoffrey Kollmann and Dawn Nuschler, workers who retired in 1980 at age 65 got back all they put into Social Security, plus interest, in 2.8 years. Workers who retired at age 65 in 2002 will have to wait a total of 16.9 years to break even. For those retiring in 2020, it will take 20.9 years. Workers entering the labor force today won't live long enough to get back even half of what they will put into Social Security." --economist Walter E. Williams

"Judicial Watch said the U.S. Air Force provided a C-32 -- a Boeing 757 modified by the military for the purpose of flying big-wigs around the world -- to fly the First Lady and her entourage to and from Africa, at a cost of $424,142. Another $928.44 was listed as the cost of providing 192 meals for the 21 people who made the trip. The Obama daughters were listed on the manifest as 'senior staff.' 'This trip was as much an opportunity for the Obama family to go on a safari as it was a trip to conduct government business,' said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. 'This junket wasted tax dollars and the resources of our overextended military. No wonder we had to sue to pry loose this information.'" --Washington Examiner editorial page editor Mark Tapscott

Insight

"If the government gets into business on any large scale, we soon find that the beneficiaries attempt to play a large part in the control. While in theory it is to serve the public, in practice it will be very largely serving private interests." --President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)

"If you want a Big Brother, you get all that comes with it." --psychologist Erich Fromm (1900-1980)

Essential Liberty

"Listening to some establishment Republicans grousing about the field of GOP presidential candidates should serve as a warning. Republicans, if they are not careful, are in danger of catching the same virus that infected Democrats in 2008. That would be a messiah complex, the belief that one man (or woman) can deliver us from our collective economic, social and foreign policy 'sins' and bring redemption to a nation from the consequences of too many wrong-headed choices. ... The strength and heart of America is not in Washington. It is in 'we the people.' ... The Founders gave us a great document -- the Constitution. Now the question is, to paraphrase Ben Franklin, can we keep it?" --columnist Cal Thomas

Village Idiots

Marxists unite: "We are going to build a progressive counterbalance to the tea party. ... We know that jobs are more important, and this phony, made-up deficit stuff they talk about. ... And you're going to see an American fall, an American autumn, just like we saw the Arab spring. ... 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." --former Obama "green jobs czar" Van Jones

Flat wrong: "We got a long way to go, and the road will be rocky, and it'll be rough, and we'll fall down, and we'll get up, and we'll keep marching and rallying and fighting. When we call for jobs, they'll say, 'government can't create jobs.' And we'll say, 'Just you watch.' We'll make government create jobs, because government action is the only way to create jobs right now." --AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

The BIG Lie: "There's not a single example on our planet, not one, where an anti-government strategy has produced a vibrant economy with strong and broad-based growth and prosperity." --Bill Clinton

Robespierre's heir: "I do say that I am in favor of the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the worst of the guilty. ... I first would allow the guilty bankers to pay, you know, the ability to pay back anything over $100 million [of] personal wealth because I believe in a maximum wage of $100 million. And if they are unable to live on that amount then they should, you know, go to the reeducation camps and if that doesn't help, then being beheaded." --actress and "comedian" Roseanne Barr (Don't spit your coffee, but Barr is "running" for president...)

That's racist: "People like Karl Rove liked to keep the racism very covert. And so Herman Cain provides this great opportunity say you can say 'Look, this is not a racist, anti-immigrant, anti-female, anti-gay movement. Look we have a black man.'" --actress and "comedian" Janeane Garofalo

Short Cuts

"The Barack Obama presidency has been disastrous. The economy is in shambles, and Obama's only response has been to try and waste as much of our money as he can. Jobs are a scarce commodity, and yet Obama is trying to raise taxes. And his Department of Justice is apparently selling guns to Mexican drug cartels. All of this raises the obvious question: What did we do to make Obama hate us and want to destroy us?" --columnist Frank J. Fleming

"I went in business to create jobs and opportunity, create opportunity, create value for myself and my investors. And that's what the president should be praising, not demagoging us simply because Warren Buffett says he pays more than his secretary. He should pay the secretary more and she will pay more." --Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder Robert Johnson

"That terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed last week, was American-born and was a top recruiter for al-Qa'ida. You don't often see an American taking a foreigner's job." --comedian Jay Leno

"President Obama got his lowest job approval numbers recently. Years ago during rush hour Michelle called him to warn him that a crazed idiot was driving on the wrong way on the freeway. Barack replied that he'd already counted about four hundred of them." --comedian Argus Hamilton

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
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Cartoon of the Day: Snake Oil Makes a Powerful Molotov Cocktail

 October 05, 2011
 
  JON STEWART DEFENDS HANK WILLIAMS JR   Glenn Beck and Jon Stewart see eye to eye on something? On Tuesday, Glenn defended Hank Williams Jr.'s right to speak freely and make strong analogies... and so did Comedy Central's Emmy-winning host, Jon Stewart. Get the details and see the video HERE.
  DEM REP WANTS TO NULLIFY JUSTICE THOMAS   NY Congresswoman Louise Slaughter told Current TV that she would like to be able to nullify the votes of Supreme Court Justice Clarance Thomas with something she calls "retroactive recusal" - See the Blaze Exclusive Video HERE.
  WH 'SCREAMS AND CUSSES' AT CBS REPORTER  CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson is one of the few in the mainstream media  who is actually pursuing the real story behind the ATF and DOJ's gunwalking scandal known as "Fast & Furious." The White House is not happy about Ms. Attkisson's strident approach. Listen to her explain what happened HERE.
  SEIU'S STEPHEN LERNER REVEALS HIS PLANS TO 'TERRIFY DC'  The union leader received a standing ovation when he spoke to an enthusiastic audience in Washington State. Lerner was talking about bringing economic terrorism to our nation's capital. Watch the exclusive Blaze video HERE.

EXPLOSIVE INTERVIEW - DONALD RUMSFELD ON AL JAZEERA... (YES, THAT AL JAZEERA)   The former Secretary of Defense sat down with Al Jazeera's Washington Bureau Chief, Abderrahim Foukara... but not for long. Watch the combative interview HERE.  
  VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - WATCH THE NEW F-35B STEALTH FIGHTER'S VERTICAL LANDING
The United States Marine Corps has a new stealth fighter jet that can take off on very short runways and land vertically. Watch the video HERE.
  HOW DO YOU AVOID THOSE PESKY BUILDING INSPECTORS? BUILD A TEENY-TINY HOUSE!
Remember the "McMansions" of the 1990s and the early 2000s? They were GIGANTIC, 5000 square foot homes built on small pieces of property. That trend seems to have been reversed. See an amazing variety of tiny homes HERE.  

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 Thomas Sowell

October 4, 2011  

October 4, 2011

Source: Tax Foundation

In his latest plan to reduce the national debt, President Obama has proposed a $1.5 trillion tax hike over the next 10 years. The burden would fall mostly on families and small businesses earning more than $250,000 a year.

The President believes these job creators should be taxed higher out of "fairness," and he has proposed the so-called "Buffet Rule," named for billionaire Warren Buffet, to ensure they pay their "fair share." But using "fairness" as a metric for creating tax policy is absurd.

 

In a new report, The Heritage Foundation's Curtis Dubay says it's important to focus on how much tax high-earning families and businesses already pay. In addition, he asks if forcing them to pay more would in fact be fair to those who would bear the steep burden of the tax hikes.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011
  What is the President's Constitutional Role in Securing Our Nation? In First-Ever Event, Three Former Attorneys General Answer

Since 9/11-indeed, long before then-debate has raged about what role the United States Constitution gives the President, specifically regarding waging war.

Does the President have "the primary direction of national security decisions," as John Yoo argues, "with Congress retaining ample authority to check executive power"? 

Or, as others have asserted, did the Framers "intend Congress to play the predominant role in setting national security and foreign policy, with legislative action overriding presidential decision-making"? What role, if any, should the Courts play in the conduct of national security policy?

Join us on October 11 at noon (Eastern time) as we turn our attention to The Constitution and the Common Defense.  Whether you join us live or watch online via our free webcast, be sure to RSVP.

This landmark event continues our popular Preserve the Constitution Series. Don't miss this opportunity to hear live from three former United States Attorneys General: Edwin Meese III, who served under President Reagan, along with President Bush's Attorneys General John Ashcroft and Michael Mukasey.

Arguably more than any other armed conflict, the events of September 11, 2001 tested the President's constitutional authority to wage war on behalf of the country. 

Whether the issue was the capture and treatment of detainees, interrogation techniques, surveillance, the Geneva Conventions, wiretapping, Guantanamo, or the role of the courts during war time, this conflict unleashed a public debate regarding the role of the President during wartime. 

Who ensures America's national security? What role does the Attorney General play in interpreting the Constitution and advising the Commander-in-Chief during wartime? And has that role evolved over time, and why?

Join us for this historic event to hear three former U.S. Attorneys General discuss their views on the Constitution as it pertains to Presidential power and the role of Congress and the Court during wartime. 

Download, read and share our new release, Understanding America: Who is Responsible for America's Security? by Edwin Meese

I wrote to you yesterday about a groundbreaking new campaign from The Heritage Foundation.  

This week, Heritage is releasing a first-of-its-kind television ad that will air on Fox News, Fox Business, and other networks.  Featured in the ad are Heritage Trustee Steve Forbes and leading Heritage policy expert James Carafano.  Have you seen it yet?   

With a potential audience of more than 1,000,000 people, Heritage now reaches conservatives in a brand-new way--rallying them together to call on Congress and the White House to cut government spending, stop the liberal assault on our values, and protect our Constitution.

I'm calling on you as a Heritage Member to help us raise the funds needed to cover the costs to film, edit, produce, and air these advertisements.  How much we raise will directly affect the number of people we can reach.

Will you help?

Our deadline is midnight, October 6. This will allow us to be ready for the critical last three months of the year--when Congress debates the "super committee" recommendations and the presidential race heats up.

We are so grateful to have you on our side.

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Is CBS News Covering Up Fast and Furious for White House? 

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:51 PM PDT

(John Hinderaker)

Until now, some of the best reporting on Fast and Furious has come from Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News. As we noted yesterday, Attkisson told Laura Ingraham that her reporting has earned the White House's anger:

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.

Everyone else was being "reasonable," but Attkisson was violating the reporters' code by not covering up for a Democratic president. Now it appears that Attkisson's bosses at CBS may be forcing her to be "reasonable" like those other "news" outlets:

Today, I called CBS News in an attempt to interview Attkisson. I was told by CBS News senior vice president of communications Sonya McNair that Attkisson would be unavailable for interviews all week. When I asked why Attkisson would be unavailable, McNair would not say.

I've also heard from a producer at another media outlet that has previously booked Attkisson that they tried to book her since she made news with the Laura Ingraham interview yesterday. They were also told that she would be unavailable.

After our initial conversation earlier today, I called McNair back and left a message with her office. I also sent McNair an email asking whether Attkisson's unavailability has anything to do with reporting that the White House and Justice Department were angry at her. I further asked McNair if the White House or Justice Department contacted CBS News about Attkisson since yesterday. McNair has not responded to my inquiries.

We live in a strange era, in which our dominant news organizations consider it their most important function to prevent certain news from reaching the eyes and ears of the public.

By the way, if you wondered about Eric Schultz, the White House spokesman who screamed and swore at Attkisson, his bio is here. He is a one-man rogues' gallery:

Eric Schultz is headed to the White House communications shop after serving as Communications Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) for the 2010 cycle. At the White House, Schultz will directly handle press matters related to the U.S. Department of Justice and investigations held by the House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA).

Previously, Schultz handled press for Al Franken's 2008 Senate campaign and was National Press Secretary for the 2008 presidential bid of Sen. John Edwards (D-NC).

Solyndra II, and More Green Jobs Failure 

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:49 AM PDT

(John Hinderaker)

Emails released by a Congressional committee show, almost unbelievably, that the Obama administration was poised to lend Solyndra another $469 million loan during the summer of 2010, even as auditors "warned the company was in danger of closing due to its rapidly mounting debts and expenses." Analysts in the Office of Management and Budget greeted the proposal for a second loan with gallows humor. One wrote in an email:

Possible to close and default on one before closing on a second??? Could be a new record.

The Obama administration is becoming a laughingstock even within the federal bureaucracy.

In related news, the Inspector General of the Department of Labor released a report on the $500 million green jobs training program that was part of the original "stimulus" act. The IG's findings are not pretty:

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Zombies on Wall Street 

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:22 AM PDT

(Scott Johnson)

The prominent author Edward Jay Epstein is a man of many interests, a few of which are represented in his new ebook, The Money Demons: True Fables of Wall Street. Ed has drawn from the book to explain "why businessmen wear black hats in the movies nowadays." He writes:

It is hardly surprising that pop culture protesters in zombie-masks are now intent on occupying Wall Street. For the past decade, Hollywood has been casting financiers as the demonic villains of society. In the multiplexes, businessmen have even replaced terrorists as villains.

In the Warner Brothers political thriller Syriana, for example, the villain is not al Qaeda, an enemy state, the mafia, or even a psychotic serial killer. Rather, it's the big oil companies that manipulate terrorism, wars, and social unrest to drive up oil prices. One doesn't need to look far to discover that the root-of-evil corporate villain is hardly atypical of post-Cold War Hollywood.

Consider Paramount's 2004 remake of the 1962 classic, The Manchurian Candidate. In the original film, directed by John Frankenheimer, the villain-behind-the-villain is the Soviet Union, whose nefarious agents, with the help of the Chinese Communists, abduct an American soldier in Korea and turn him into a sleeper assassin. In the new version, the venue is transposed from Korea in 1950 to Kuwait in 1991, and the defunct Soviet Union is replaced as the resident evil. The new villain is - you guessed it - the Manchurian Global Corporation, an American company loosely modeled on the Halliburton Corporation.

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More Carbon Offset Epic Fail: From Farce to Homicide 

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:19 AM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

Last week I posted here a notice about a Nature magazine article exposing how the UN's "Clean Development Mechanism" (CDM)-a prototype for a global cap and trade system for greenhouse gases-was "basically a farce."  This week brings news that CDM activities have graduated from farce to homicide.  From a European report:

The reported killing of 23 Honduran farmers in a dispute with the owners of UN-accredited palm oil plantations in Honduras is forcing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) executive board to reconsider its stakeholder consultation processes. . .

But carbon credits from the plantations can still be freely traded on the EU ETS, which allows polluters to offset their carbon emissions by nominally clean energy investments.

Well, that's a relief. At least we're getting the carbon offsets out of this homicidal rampage.  Good to know we're saving the planet.  Al Gore will be so pleased.  And I love this bit:

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Socialists & Anarchists Demonstrate Against Wall Street

By Discover The Networks
 

Portions of New York City's financial center have been infested by swarms of leftist protesters denouncing capitalist "greed." A group calling itself "Occupy Wall Street" is a key leader of the demonstrations.

News from The Hill:

Reports: Sarah Palin not running for president
By Josh Lederman    

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will not run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, according to multiple reports.

A statement from Palin to supporters obtained by ABC News said that after considering the ramifications on her family, she decided against a run.

"My decision is based upon a review of what common sense conservatives and independents have accomplished, especially over the last year," Palin said in the statement. "I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office - from the nation's governors to congressional seats and the presidency."

Read the complete story here.

News from The Hill:

Senate Dems quash tax plan in President Obama's jobs package
By Alexander Bolton    

Senate Democrats have jettisoned President Obama's proposal to raise taxes on families making over $250,000, raising the threshold to $1 million in an attempt to win more Democratic votes.

Democratic leaders say they want to impose a 5 percent surtax on the tax liability of millionaires, which would raise about $445 billion over 10 years - roughly the cost of Obama's jobs proposal.

Even with the overhaul of Obama's jobs package, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he was not certain it would gain unanimous Democratic support. But Democratic leaders believe the change will broaden the bill's popularity in their caucus.

Read the complete story here.

News from The Hill:

CBO estimates Obama jobs bill would add $175B in new spending
By Erik Wasson
 

Congressional budget examiners have projected President Obama's jobs bill will increase spending by $175 billion over 10 years.

That's less than the White House's $447 billion price tag, but the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office did not include the major tax cuts in Obama's proposal when it offered its score.

The figures released by CBO on Wednesday represent a preliminary estimate of the increased stimulus spending in President Obama's jobs proposal. CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation are still working out the comprehensive cost of the bill, which would include Obama's tax proposals.

Obama has proposed that the measure be paid for by a number of tax hikes on the rich and on businesses, but Senate Democrats plan to go in a different direction.

Read the complete story here.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


2012 Update

• A new CBS poll is making headlines today. According to the poll, Herman Cain is now tied with Mitt Romney in the race for the GOP nomination. Both men are at 17%. Rick Perry is in third place at 12%. No other candidate is in double digits.
• Rick Perry is also making headlines today. According to various reports, Perry raised $17 million in less than 50 days for his presidential campaign from donors in all 50 states. He reportedly retains $15 million cash on hand.
• Politico reported yesterday that lawyers from the law firm of Baker Hostetler have been making calls to various state agencies to determine presidential filing deadlines. Politico notes that Baker Hostetler represents only one potential presidential candidate -- Sarah Palin. If Palin is seriously considering jumping into the race, she has until October 28th to decide.

The Durbin Tax

In the wake of the financial crisis, the Democrat-dominated Congress passed the Dodd-Frank bill, imposing massive new regulations on the financial industry. One of the provisions in Dodd-Frank was an amendment added by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) that reduced certain fees banks charged retailers. These regulations also reduced the banks' bottom lines.

Now we're seeing the unintended consequence of big government's interference -- new debit card fees directly passed on to consumers. Bank of America recently announced that it would start charging customers a $5 monthly fee for using their debit cards. Other banks are doing the same. Some are rightly calling the new fees the "Durbin Tax."

Desperate to avoid responsibility for their failed policies, Durbin and Obama are again bashing the banks. Durbin took to the Senate floor and urged customers to leave Bank of America. Sensing the chance to attack an institution with a lower approval rating than he has, Barack Obama piled on too.

He accused Bank of America of "mistreating" its customers, and added, "You don't have some inherent right just to, you know, get a certain amount of profit." Really? Predictably, Obama called for even more regulation, which I guess he would need if he is going to start setting caps on corporate profitability.

Bank of America's stock fell 10% Monday to its lowest level since the financial crisis. If Bank of America loses depositors, what will happen? The government will have to bail out Bank of America again.

Think about this for a moment. Do we elect presidents and politicians to bash businesses like the oil industry, the banking industry, the insurance industry or the tourism industry? Do we elect them to impose limits on success in America? Or do we expect them to pursue sound policies that create an environment in which businesses can thrive and create jobs?

Friends, I'm not writing this to defend Bank of America's fees. Trust me, I'm frustrated by these new fees too. But I am even more frustrated by socialists who manipulate the free market and then blame businesses and capitalism when their bad ideas go bust. As angry as you may be with Bank of America, put the blame where it belongs -- on Obama and his liberal Democrat allies!

Here's the other point I don't want you to miss. Remember when Palestinian mobs attempted to rush Israel's border fences? Days later Obama rhetorically joined the mob threatening Israel's borders by demanding that Israel start negotiations with the Palestinians based on the 1967 borders.

Yesterday I told you that the Democrat establishment would embrace and attempt to co-opt the "Occupy Wall Street" movement in order to help Obama's reelection efforts. By attacking Bank of America as he did, Obama rhetorically joined the mob that is now attempting to "occupy Wall Street." Consider this excerpt from Politico:

"It's not bad base politics either. Obama's team has been looking for ways to signal, if not overtly express, its support for a growing wave of anti-Wall Street protests that progressives hope will be the left's answer to the tea party movement."

Now left-wing Democrats are overtly signaling their support for the mob on Wall Street.


Wolf v. Norquist

One of the misconceptions about Washington is that all politicians are corrupt and only interested in feathering their own nests. I've seen a lot of that over the years, but I have also had the pleasure of working with many principled individuals, genuine public servants, who were often strong men and women of faith. I believe there are more such individuals in office today thanks to the 2010 elections!

One of the good guys is Rep. Frank Wolf, who represents a swing district in northern Virginia. Rep. Wolf is a Christian who is close to James Dobson and Chuck Colson. I am proud to call him a good friend. One of the issues he has championed has been the plight of Christians oversees. In fact, I have a daughter who works for Rep. Wolf on religious persecution issues, and I could not be more proud of the work they do!

Rep. Wolf is taking fire this morning for having the courage to go to the House floor and raise concerns about one of the conservative movement's most influential figures -- Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.

Whatever you may think of Norquist's no-tax pledge, it has been used as a club to prevent the elimination of special interest tax breaks that riddle the tax code. A perfect example of this are tax credits for ethanol, which are dubious at best and counterproductive at worst. As Rep. Wolf noted, when Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), a stalwart conservative champion, tried to eliminate ethanol subsidies, Norquist suggested it was equivalent to a tax hike.

As I have repeatedly argued, the problem in Washington is not too little revenue but rather too much spending. I am open to tax reform and tax simplification. The best way to do that is to get rid of these sorts of special interest tax breaks.

If you hear stories about Rep. Wolf in the days ahead, you need to understand that he is not trying to raise your taxes. He is no RINO.

Rep. Wolf has also been deeply concerned about other issues Norquist has been involved that have nothing to do with taxes, such as gambling and alliances he has built with questionable Islamists. I was shocked, and frankly angry, when Norquist suggested that those opposed to the construction of a mosque at Ground Zero (about 75% of the country) were guilty of bigotry.

You can find Rep. Wolf's speech here.


Quick Hits

• It's not just new debit card fees that are going to cost you more. Your utility rates are about to skyrocket thanks to more government regulation.
• Barack Obama has been berating congressional Republicans for weeks for refusing to take up his latest tax hiking, big spending stimulus bill. To prove who was really stalling the bill, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell went to the Senate floor yesterday and asked for unanimous consent to bring up Obama's bill. Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid objected!
• Kudos to Morton Klein and the Zionist Organization of America for pointing out how differently President Obama recognizes Jews and Muslims.
  
  According to Klein, Obama's latest Rosh Hashanah message is "addressed strangely to 'everybody,' and ... never actually mentioned 'Jews' or 'Judaism' even once. ...President Obama's August 2010 Ramadan Message ... referred to 'Muslims' six times and to 'Islam' twice, stated that 'American Muslims have made extraordinary contributions to our country,' and praised 'Islam's role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings ... a faith known for great diversity and racial equality.'"
  
  The contrast couldn't be more striking and is very revealing of Obama's worldview.

Is CBS News Covering Up Fast and Furious for White House? 

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:51 PM PDT

(John Hinderaker)

Until now, some of the best reporting on Fast and Furious has come from Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News. As we noted yesterday, Attkisson told Laura Ingraham that her reporting has earned the White House's anger:

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.

Everyone else was being "reasonable," but Attkisson was violating the reporters' code by not covering up for a Democratic president. Now it appears that Attkisson's bosses at CBS may be forcing her to be "reasonable" like those other "news" outlets:

Today, I called CBS News in an attempt to interview Attkisson. I was told by CBS News senior vice president of communications Sonya McNair that Attkisson would be unavailable for interviews all week. When I asked why Attkisson would be unavailable, McNair would not say.

I've also heard from a producer at another media outlet that has previously booked Attkisson that they tried to book her since she made news with the Laura Ingraham interview yesterday. They were also told that she would be unavailable.

After our initial conversation earlier today, I called McNair back and left a message with her office. I also sent McNair an email asking whether Attkisson's unavailability has anything to do with reporting that the White House and Justice Department were angry at her. I further asked McNair if the White House or Justice Department contacted CBS News about Attkisson since yesterday. McNair has not responded to my inquiries.

We live in a strange era, in which our dominant news organizations consider it their most important function to prevent certain news from reaching the eyes and ears of the public.

By the way, if you wondered about Eric Schultz, the White House spokesman who screamed and swore at Attkisson, his bio is here. He is a one-man rogues' gallery:

Eric Schultz is headed to the White House communications shop after serving as Communications Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) for the 2010 cycle. At the White House, Schultz will directly handle press matters related to the U.S. Department of Justice and investigations held by the House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA).

Previously, Schultz handled press for Al Franken's 2008 Senate campaign and was National Press Secretary for the 2008 presidential bid of Sen. John Edwards (D-NC).

Solyndra II, and More Green Jobs Failure 

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:49 AM PDT

(John Hinderaker)

Emails released by a Congressional committee show, almost unbelievably, that the Obama administration was poised to lend Solyndra another $469 million loan during the summer of 2010, even as auditors "warned the company was in danger of closing due to its rapidly mounting debts and expenses." Analysts in the Office of Management and Budget greeted the proposal for a second loan with gallows humor. One wrote in an email:

Possible to close and default on one before closing on a second??? Could be a new record.

The Obama administration is becoming a laughingstock even within the federal bureaucracy.

In related news, the Inspector General of the Department of Labor released a report on the $500 million green jobs training program that was part of the original "stimulus" act. The IG's findings are not pretty:

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Zombies on Wall Street 

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:22 AM PDT

(Scott Johnson)

The prominent author Edward Jay Epstein is a man of many interests, a few of which are represented in his new ebook, The Money Demons: True Fables of Wall Street. Ed has drawn from the book to explain "why businessmen wear black hats in the movies nowadays." He writes:

It is hardly surprising that pop culture protesters in zombie-masks are now intent on occupying Wall Street. For the past decade, Hollywood has been casting financiers as the demonic villains of society. In the multiplexes, businessmen have even replaced terrorists as villains.

In the Warner Brothers political thriller Syriana, for example, the villain is not al Qaeda, an enemy state, the mafia, or even a psychotic serial killer. Rather, it's the big oil companies that manipulate terrorism, wars, and social unrest to drive up oil prices. One doesn't need to look far to discover that the root-of-evil corporate villain is hardly atypical of post-Cold War Hollywood.

Consider Paramount's 2004 remake of the 1962 classic, The Manchurian Candidate. In the original film, directed by John Frankenheimer, the villain-behind-the-villain is the Soviet Union, whose nefarious agents, with the help of the Chinese Communists, abduct an American soldier in Korea and turn him into a sleeper assassin. In the new version, the venue is transposed from Korea in 1950 to Kuwait in 1991, and the defunct Soviet Union is replaced as the resident evil. The new villain is - you guessed it - the Manchurian Global Corporation, an American company loosely modeled on the Halliburton Corporation.

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More Carbon Offset Epic Fail: From Farce to Homicide 

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:19 AM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

Last week I posted here a notice about a Nature magazine article exposing how the UN's "Clean Development Mechanism" (CDM)-a prototype for a global cap and trade system for greenhouse gases-was "basically a farce."  This week brings news that CDM activities have graduated from farce to homicide.  From a European report:

The reported killing of 23 Honduran farmers in a dispute with the owners of UN-accredited palm oil plantations in Honduras is forcing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) executive board to reconsider its stakeholder consultation processes. . .

But carbon credits from the plantations can still be freely traded on the EU ETS, which allows polluters to offset their carbon emissions by nominally clean energy investments.

Well, that's a relief. At least we're getting the carbon offsets out of this homicidal rampage.  Good to know we're saving the planet.  Al Gore will be so pleased.  And I love this bit:

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Actor Samuel L. Jackson is lashing out at the Tea Party, telling New York Magazine, "I think everything right now is geared toward getting that guy out of office, whatever that means ... It's not politics. It is not economics. It all boils down to pretty much race. It is a shame."

Tea Party caucus member Allen West tells Bill Hemmer that he thinks Samuel L. Jackson needs to pay more attention to promoting the release of his upcoming movie 'The Avengers' and not get concerned with the politics and policies of a failed administration.

"This is not about a person; it's about policies that failed," West said.

On another note, West commented on the state of the GOP presidential race. As Herman Cain continues to gain traction, now tied with Mitt Romney in the polls at 17 percent, West says he is not surprised at his rise in the polls and says, "He is coming forth with common sense solutions to what is happening in our country," and that is what Americans are looking for.

See video: 

Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Hoyer Says He Backs Obama's Jobs Bill, But It Has No House Co-Sponsors - Not Even Hoyer

Reid Blocks Vote On Obama Jobs Bill: 'We Have Two More Weeks'

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DNC Chair Interprets Obama's Assertion that U.S. 'Not Better Off' Than 4 Years Ago

House Judiciary Chair Calls for Special Counsel to Probe Holder's Sworn Statements

Armed Services Subcommittee Chair: DOD Instructing Military 'To Do Things Which Are in Fact Illegal to Do'

Obama Attacks Cantor Over Jobs Bill

Ohio Removes Pork From Prison Menus in Nod to Muslim Inmates

U.S. Ambassador Slams Russia, China for 'Defending Dictators on the Warpath'

Republicans Want U.N. Agency to Lose U.S. Funding If 'Palestine' Is Admitted

Democrat Tomblin Wins Close Race for Governor in W.Va.

COMMENTARY:

The Question Hilda Solis Won't Answer
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Why would Catholic University invite a pro-abortion political figure to campus, one who defends Obamacare regulations that would force individual lay Catholics  to either break the law or act against their consciences.

Rick's Rock vs. Rev. Wright
By L. Brent Bozell III
Is there a clumsier group of newspaper character assassins than the hit squads at The Washington Post? On Oct. 1, the Post was back on the racist-Republican attack with a 3,000 word, investigative treatise over a rock. Apparently, investigative reporting at the Post means staring at old rocks under paint (with a microscope?) to discern almost invisible letters and suggesting this should ruin a presidential campaign.

Macaca Media: Squeezing Blood from Stone
By Michelle Malkin  The Washington Post's stoning of Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry is journalistic malpractice.

No Christie, No iPhone5 ... Woe to Me
By Rich Galen
If Christie had gotten in, he would have taken on the pinata role and Romney would have had another three or four weeks of looking and sounding presidential while the big guns turned on Christie.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

GOP worries they'll have to accept a massive spending measure
Geithner blasts banks over fees: 'We are going to push back harder'  Banks defend debit-card fees amid pressure from Washington
Elizabeth Warren at Mass. debate: 'Wall St. broke this country'
Terrorist takes U.S. to court over his confinement conditions at Supermax
N.J. to mandate standardized health care form to avoid confusion between facilities
White House targets lawmaker for criticizing solar energy loans
Sources say Sen. Reid wants millionaire surtax to pay for jobs bill
More parents financing their kids' mortgages
Knox family hired crisis PR company after Amanda's arrest
Warren Buffett says he will release his tax return if Rupert Murdoch does
Cost: Tens of millions to fix quake damage at National Cathedral
Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes child care unionizing bill
Poll: 1 in 3 U.S. veterans believe Iraq and Afghan wars not worth fighting
Poll shows a new low in Americans' approval of Congress -- 14%
Tony Perkins op-ed: Values voters are key to election win

Michelle Obama's Africa Trip Cost More Than $424,142

Last week I told you some well-meaning, but in my opinion very misguided pro-gunners are working to pass a bill that could turn into a Trojan Horse for more gun control.

I was talking about H.R. 822, the so-called "National Reciprocity Act," which could open the flood gates of gun control.

I'm calling it the National CCW Registration Act.

While the idea that all states should recognize a concealed weapons permit is sound public policy, the use of the anti-gun federal bureaucracy to implement it is simply foolish.

Can I count on you to take action RIGHT NOW? Rep. Lamar Smith is the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee that will hear H.R. 822, the National CCW Registration Act.

I need you to call House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith and make clear that you want to keep the government's hands off your permit and that you are opposed to federal intrusion into the concealed weapons permit process.

Once the federal government is in the business of setting the standards for concealed carry permits, it's only a matter of time before they start using that power to restrict our rights.

Now you may hear arguments that this bill doesn't do that, and maybe that's true... for now.

Even worse, once this bill starts moving, anyone can amend the bill with anything... and no legislation can bind a future Congress in any way.

That doesn't count what Obamacrats in the Department of Justice might dream up as the "regulations" to carry out the legislative "intent."

Gun owners have enough trouble with Republican-run Executive branches implementing the law improperly. Does anyone really think the Obama Administration is going to treat gun owners fairly?

I know many of you are frustrated that you can carry in some states but not others -- I'm frustrated, too.

I carry concealed every day, everywhere I go, and have worked to expand the ability of citizens to carry in dozens of states.

I believe I should be able to carry concealed -- without a permit -- in all 50 states. That's what "bear arms" means. Believe me, that's a long-term policy goal for the National Association for Gun Rights.

But mark my words, H.R. 822, the National CCW Registration Act, will become nothing more than a Trojan Horse for even more federal gun control.

I understand that many who support this bill sincerely just want their right to carry respected -- but cannot due to the fact that their state or another won't do the right thing.

But the devil is truly in the details... and the details are where H.R. 822 gets sticky.

This bill isn't just about the right to carry for self defense -- it's a battle over the role of government and the ability to restrict our Second Amendment rights.

Once gun owners let the Obamacrats start mandating whether states recognize permit reciprocity, they will want to mandate what it takes to get and keep those permits.

We're talking about:

• More onerous standards to acquire a permit, so that only FBI agents can pass muster (look at New York's permit system);
• Higher fees;
• More training requirements;
• A demonstration of "Need" for a permit;
• More frequent renewal periods;
• Federally-mandated waiting periods;
• A national database of all permit holders, accessible by Attorney General Eric Holder;
• An extensive, federally-created list of Criminal Safezones, where only criminals will carry and where law-abiding gun owners are vulnerable;
• The list of potential problems is endless.

I need you to call House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith at (202)225-4236 and make clear that you want to keep the government's hands off your permit and that you oppose federal intrusion into the concealed weapons permit process.

I haven't even mentioned that this legislation would shred the Constitutional Carry provisions that are on the books in Arizona, Alaska, Vermont and Wyoming.

It doesn't stop with just concealed carry. They'll co-opt the bill to expand the national Brady Registration Check system to block military veterans with PTSD or individuals with misdemeanor convictions from even OWNING firearms -- much less use them for self defense.

I don't believe the intentions of the bill sponsors are intrinsically bad -- they're just naive and misguided.

Many statists in Washington will co-opt H.R. 822 as part of their grab for more federal power and less individual liberty.

Even now, the statists in Congress are trying to adopt a National ID card, complete with biometric data that they've forced the states to conform to their mandated drivers license "standards." The National Association for Gun Rights has been part of a group of liberty-minded organizations which have passed state legislation forbidding cooperation with a National ID card.

While many in the institutional gun control lobby will tell you this is a step forward for CCW permit holders, make no mistake, the National CCW Registration Act is a misguided attempt to protect our rights. It's like asking the fox to guard the hen house.

They will use this bill as the foundation to create a federal database of CCW permit holders. And then they can link it everywhere the Feds have database connections -- state police, doctors and insurance companies under Obamacare, and Medicaid/Medicare.

I'm sorry, but I refuse to entrust my liberty and privacy to a "trust us, they won't do that" approach to dealing with Obama, the gun-grabbers or frankly most politicians of either party in Washington.

I need you to make some noise, right now!

Here's what you can do to help

1.I need you to call House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith at (202)225-4236 and make clear that you want to keep the government's hands off your permit and you are opposed to federal intrusion into the concealed weapons permit process.

2.Once you've called Chairman Smith, please consider chipping in $15 or $20 to help the National Association for Gun Rights continue to fight the anti-gunners in Washington.

Subject: A COIL OF RAGE

A Coil of Rage

The character of any man is defined by how he treats his mother as the
years pass .... need I say more about this person below other than
there is no character, no integrity but there is a ton of attitude
and arrogance that defines his shallow past and hollow future...

I rest my case..

I bought and read Obama's  book, Audacity of Hope.  It was difficult to
read considering his attitude toward us and everything American.  Let me
add a phrase he used to describe his attitude toward whites.  He
harbors a "COIL OF RAGE".   His words--not mine.

THIS IS OUR PRESIDENT--
HE'S RUNNING  AGAIN, YOU KNOW!

Is anyone out there awake?
Everyone of  voting age should read these two books by him: Don't buy
them, just get them from the library.

From Dreams From My Father:

"I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the  age of 12 or 13, when
I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to
whites."

From Dreams From My  Father:
"I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and
animosity against my Mother's race."

From Dreams From My Father:
"There was something about her that made me wary, a little too sure
of herself, maybe and  white."

From Dreams From My Father:
"It remained necessary to prove which side you  were on, to show your
loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name  names."

From Dreams From My Father:
"I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my
own.  It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that
I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself:  the attributes
of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and  Mandela."

And FINALLY .......... and most scary:

From Audacity of Hope:
"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an
ugly direction."

If you have never  forwarded an e-mail, now is the time to do so!!!  We
have someone with this mentality running our GREAT nation!  Keep your
eye on him and don't  blink.

I don't care whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, a Conservative
or a Liberal, be aware of the attitude and character of this sitting
President.

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