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912 Patriots of Lower Bucks - Your Daily Updates ALL in ONE Place!
October 7, 2011
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"This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
- Winston Churchill (1905 - 1982) - from a speech given at Harrow School, London, where he had once been a student, on October 29, 1941."
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Bank of England Governor Says World May Be Facing Worst Financial Crisis in History
The Blaze | by Billy Hallowell | Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:45am
 Sir Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, claims that the world economy is facing its worst challenges since the 1930s - if not ever. While the situation was extremely difficult back in 2008 when the crisis truly came to fruition, King claims that today's global economy is facing an immensely complex scenario. He said:
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Fact Check: AP Finds Errors in Obama's Jobs Speech
The Blaze | by Jonathon M. Seidl | Posted on October 7, 2011 at 8:19am
 WASHINGTON (AP) - Are President Barack Obama's ideas for job creation really bipartisan as he claims? Not when the means for paying for them are put in the equation.
(Related: Watch excerpts from Obama's speech)
The president dodged various facts and and left some evidence in the dust in his latest challenge to Republicans to get behind his jobs program or offer a real alternative.
A look at some of the claims in his fast-paced news conference and how they compare with the facts:
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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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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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You Are Cordially Invited!
Lafayette statue sketch, copyright 2011
To the 1st 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
In the early evening of 10 August 1777, eleven thousand Continental and militia soldiers are marching up York Road towards the Cross Roads with Bristol Road [Hartsville, PA] on their way to Coryell's Ferry [New Hope, PA] to camp four miles across the Delaware River. General George Washington receives a dispatch from John Hancock, President of the Second Continental Congress, placing the 260-vessel British fleet, hauling 17,000 troops under General William Howe, fifty miles south of the Delaware Capes [May & Henelopen] on 7 August. Unsure and wary of Howe's intentions, Washington immediately halts his force to encamp around the bridge over the Little Neshaminy Creek in Warwick Township, Bucks County. Knowing the area and having ridden through only ten days earlier, he selects the substantial stone dwelling of Widow Moland as his Head Quarters on the farm north of the bridge.
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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
CLICK HERE for tickets*******
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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.
Go here for more information:
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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:
 | | "The Voter Fraud Threat to Free and Fair Elections" - Part 2 |
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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TRUE THE VOTE FAQs
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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
"BETTER THAN EVER"
(all times are eastern)
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
Veterans Weekly Forum
REPATRIOT Radio
Substitute Host Nathan Grant / Co-Host Robert Rosebrock
WNJC 1360 AM - Philadelphia
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Friday, October 7, 2011
10:00 AM Eastern Time
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Guest
Dr. Peter Gillman
Dr. Peter B. Gillman is a Licensed Clinical Psychiatrist who has worked in the field of Clinical Neuropsychology over the past 30 years. Dr. Gillman is an expert in Rehabilitation Neuropsychology, with specific background in Head Trauma and the Continuum of Care in Head Injury Rehabilitation. Dr. Gillman takes issue with the manner and treatment of our fellow veterans by the Veterans Administration.
Dr. Gillman has also specialized in Regulatory Affairs and the use of Technology to improve the work flow within medical facilities. He has taught on a national scale how federal regulation impacts clinical organizations and consults to large clinical organizations on their regulatory affairs.
The listener call-in number is 856-227-1360
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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.
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 |
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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."
The film is now finally set for its much-anticipated release on DVD. As a FreedomWorks member, you can pre-order a limited edition version of Atlas Shrugged: Part One featuring special bonus features from FreedomWorks. Pre-order It Now!
Atlas Shrugged: Part One is set in a not-so-distant future in which government has taken control of businesses, bureaucrats have impose burdensome regulations on the economy and entrepreneurs are rapidly disappearing from society. Their disappearances are all linked to a man named John Galt, a mysterious figure who leaves this desperate world wondering: "Who is John Galt?"
I know many of our members were disappointed that Atlas Shrugged: Part One, a film that had been attempted and scrapped numerous times since the novel debuted over 50 years ago, didn't play in a theater in their area. The release of this limited edition FreedomWorks version of Atlas Shrugged: Part One DVD is a great opportunity to own a part of film history. Get It Now.
As I've said before, Atlas Shrugged: Part One has the opportunity to introduce millions more around the world to the philosophy of freedom. This DVD is a great gift for family and friends who care about the principles of limited government, free markets and individual liberty. Give A Gift.
While activists have many reasons for getting involved in this grassroots movement-TARP, the stimulus, ObamaCare-I know that for me I wasn't initially motivated by a piece of legislation or a midterm election. My conversion happened many years ago when I picked up a dog-eared copy of the 1,000 page tome we know as Ayn Rand's masterpiece, Atlas Shrugged.
That's the power of this book and this film. Pre-order It Now.
In Liberty,
Matt Kibbe
President and CEO, FreedomWorks
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The property tax issue has been long and contentious, but it is finally about to "have its day in court" so to speak and NOW is the time to act! CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR AND ASK HIM TO Co-SPONSOR THIS LEGISLATION.
As I have been mentioning over the last few months, Rep. Cox has been drafting language for a new bill which will replace the school property tax with a broadened sales tax. Rep. Cox has been working with citizens and fellow legislators in order to draft legislation demanded by the people, and this particular legislation is supported in the legislation as well like we have never seen before.
From David Baldinger, the spokesman for the Pennsylvania Coalition of Taxpayer Associations:
"As soon as possible, please contact your Representatives to request that they co-sponsor this legislation. Emails are acceptable but a phone call will get the message to them faster. For the first contact, please be courteous and respectful in your request by asking them to co-sponsor or join in the discussion to solve the property tax problem for all Pennsylvanians. Remember, there are no legitimate reasons for not co-sponsoring, only excuses. If your Representative has already agreed to co-sponsor, thank them for their help."
Contact information for your Representative is here: http://goo.gl/euuN8. If you support the elimination of school property taxes, Please call or email your legislator now--and pass it on.
For Prosperity,
Vonne
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RedState Morning Briefing
For October 7, 2011
1. Reid Goes Nuclear To Block The President's Stimulus Plan
Harry Reid just went there.
In a stunning parliamentary move, Reid invoked the infamous "nuclear option" this evening on the Senate floor to bar Republicans from getting votes on amendments without Reid's permission. In short, he used a simple majority to do an end run around the rules of the Senate that make it the greatest deliberative body in the world.
Here is what is going on. Harry Reid brought a bill to the floor to impose protectionist sanctions on China. He didn't want anyone to offer any amendments all week that were uncomfortable for his Democrat Senators, even though it is a key feature of the Senate to be able to force votes on any matter that a Senator deems important. In order to prevent Republicans from forcing votes on the President's new stimulus plan, Reid used his ability as the Majority Leader to "fill the tree" by offering meaningless amendments that served only to block Republican amendments. Republicans figured out a way to get around him by offering procedural motions (instead of formal amendments) that would require 67 votes to pass but would secure the roll-call vote to get Democrats on the record.
The GOP manuever fit perfectly within the rules of the Senate. The Senate parliamentarian said so. Reid responded by having the Senate overturn the parliamentarian's ruling. He won his appeal by a vote of 51 to 48 and thereby changed the rules of the Senate by simple majority. Senate rules are supposed to require 67 votes to be changed. This was the nuclear option long contemplated by Republicans in response to Democrats' blockade of conservative judges, but was never used, in part because of what it would mean to the Senate's future as a deliberative body. It was feared that it would ruin the filibuster.
Harry Reid pulled the trigger on a bill that had every chance of passing the Senate. Senate Republicans did not have the votes to stop it, so all that was in jeopardy was Harry Reid's patience and his party's comfort over having to take a tough vote.
The filibuster is still intact, but by invoking the nuclear option with regard to these Republican motions, Reid has established a precedent that will work to it's long-term ruin. That is not a good thing for conservatives. I understand that many want the filibuster to go away when conservatives are in control and trying to pass important policy. But the filibuster is about securing a minority's right to be heard. A government that allows the majority to trample the rights of a minority loses its legitimacy to govern. The majority isn't always right, and the Senate has always been one of our nation's most enduring checks against its tyranny.
The Senate as a deliberative body took a major hit tonight. And all because Harry Reid lost his cool and didn't want to vote on his own President's stimulus plan.
2. Herman Cain: Maybe Obama Is Better Than Rick Perry
He didn't say that exactly but that is what it boils down to.
Last week I posted a story titled Herman Cain: I Endorse Mitt Romney. I engendered some lively discussion mostly from Herman Cain fans who insisted that they could parse hidden meaning into his "Today, I could not support Rick Perry as the nominee for a host of reasons" statement.
To me, only reading English and being unable for a lot of reasons to establish a Vulcan mind meld with Mr. Cain, the statement was clear. He couldn't support Governor Perry and Mitt Romney was in second place this was an endorsement of Romney.
Lest there be any doubt about what Mr. Cain meant, it was cleared up on Hugh Hewitt's radio show today.
3. A Nobel Prize For Settled Science
Today Dan Shechtman, Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, an Associate of the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, and Professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University, received a telephone call that he didn't expect. It was from the Nobel Committee which had taken valuable time out from awarding its Peace Prize to assorted crackpots, incompetents, frauds, despots and genocidal killers to bestow upon Dr. Shechtman the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Professor Schechtman's Nobel Prize is a cautionary tale for the anthropogenic global warming scaremongers.
When Dr. Schectman made his discovery he was hounded out of his research position as a crackpot and derided by no lesser figure than Dr. Linus Pauling with the quip, "Danny Shechtman is talking nonsense. There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists."
To make a long story short, for the longest time the science of crystallography was settled.
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Ask why it is that liberals have such a problem with civil rights and people of color.
Republicans-founded as the anti-slavery party.
Democrats-wanted to keep blacks in slavery; passed the discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws; started the Ku Klux Klan.
William Wilberforce (the Briton who campaigned for the abolition of slavery)- a Tory (conservative) Member of Parliament.
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Zuhdi Jasser's Counter-Jihad
The administration refuses to utilize a strong opponent of radical Islam.
R. James Woolsey & Seth Leibsohn | October 6, 2011 4:00 A.M.
 Shortly after 9/11, many thought it was imperative to teach about and promote the heroes of that deadly day. One such hero whose life and example we can never learn enough about was Rick Rescorla. Originally from England, he came to America and distinguished himself as an Army infantry officer in Vietnam. Later he became head of security at Morgan Stanley, and, after the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, he knew the terrorists would go after the Twin Towers again. He warned the authorities continually; moreover, he led regular evacuation drills between 1993 and 2001. On 9/11, he successfully led almost every Morgan Stanley employee out to safety. He himself did not make it. His last known words were, "As soon as I make sure everyone else is out." He said those words to another Morgan Stanley employee who had yelled to him that he had to get out too. Rick Rescorla's remains were never found.
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Alone in the Muslim World
Leon Panetta visited Israel to warn about its "growing isolation" and he is half right. Right about the isolation and wrong about the growing part. Israel is isolated in the Middle-East, but its isolation is a constant reality, not a growing phenomenon. It is not isolated because of its policies, as its critics claim, but because its identity is at odds with a region dominated by Arab-Muslims whose national identities is closely tied to ethnicity and religion. Israel is isolated in the same way that the United States and Canada are isolated among a hemisphere of Latino states or they would be if they paid attention to what was going on south of the border. But the North American anglos have enough land and population to ignore the commonplace hostility of their southern neighbors. Enough breathing room that most in the north are unaware that there is a rivalry in the south. With its tiny territory, a sizable minority population that is from the regional majority (something that is also becoming an issue in the United States) and nothing in the way of a buffer zone, the isolation is much more extreme for the only non-Muslim and non-Arab state in the Middle-East. But there is one additional factor. Israel's difference is not merely ethnic or racial, it's also religious. And the religion it's surrounded by is a creed which views mass murder as an acceptable solution to religious differences. If Sunnis and Shiites can't get along with one another, how exactly is Israel expected to overcome a much more fundamental isolation? Israel will always remain isolated in a region defined by religion and race. There is no way around that and no amount of peace processes and policies will change that. There is a measurable distance between Iran and the rest of the region because it is Persian and Shiite. In the same way there is a distance between Turkey and the rest of the region because it is non-Arab. No matter how much Iran and Turkey get out front to lead the Jihad, they will always be on the outs.
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Secret US Panel Can Put Americans on 'Kill List'
American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior U.S. government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to U.S. officials. There is no public record of the operations or decisions of the panel, which is a subset of the White House's National Security Council, several current and former officials said. Neither is there any law establishing its existence or setting out the rules by which it is supposed to operate. The panel was behind the decision to add Awlaki, a U.S.-born militant preacher with alleged al Qaeda connections, to the target list. He was killed by a CIA drone strike in Yemen late last month. The role of the president in ordering or ratifying a decision to target a U.S. citizen is fuzzy. White House spokesman Tommy Vietor declined to discuss anything about the process. Current and former U.S. officials said that to the best of their knowledge, Awlaki, who the
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1. BREAKING AUDIO: Sarah Palin: 'I Will Not Be Seeking the 2012 GOP Nomination' 2. VIDEO: A Theatrical MSNBC Host Suggests Sesame Street Muppet Would Starve at Hands of Conservatives 3. VIDEO: Cheering Economic Terrorism- SEIU Getting Ready To Terrify DC:We Want Their Kids to Hate Them, Name Enemies Like Glenn Beck, Shut Down Bridges, Long Occupations, Recruit Tea Party 4. VIDEO: CNN Delves into "Fast and Furious" Scandal 5. VIDEO: Marco Rubio: 'I Am Not Going To Be The VP Nominee'
6. FLASHBACK VIDEO: 1984 - Steve Jobs Unveils the Macintosh
7. VIDEO: VP Biden to 5th Graders: 'Things Got Really Bad Before We Came Into Office'
8. VIDEO: Lawyers Fear Iran Concocting Case Against Pastor
9. FEEL GOOD VIDEO: After being gone for 2 years...Missing Dog Found 3,000 Miles From Home 10. Alabama Official Says Tough Immigration Law Leading to 'Self-Deportation'
Arabs Offer Israel Peace: The Peace of the Grave Victor Sharpe The only peace that the Palestinian factions will truly accept is a peace where Israel no longer exists as a living nation.
Counter-Terrorism, Common Sense and Words of Wisdom John Miller There have been recent successes in targeting individuals from terror groups, but the mainstays of Islamist terror are ideological, and these are harder to destroy. Woodsmen's Day at the Fair Tom McLaughlin Skills and strength on display in Maine, where woodsmen (and women) compete with axes and saws. In the woods, machinery is now ousting those skills, and those who possess them.
Al-Awlaki Exterminated and Ron Paul Mourns John Bernard The death of Anwar al-Awlaki should be viewed in context, measured against the lives of those killed by his followers, who were inspired by his calls for the murder of Americans.
Obama "Fake" Green Jobs Program Slammed in Congressional Report Jim Kouri, CPP The President's attempt to create "green" jobs is now said by some in Congress to have destroyed jobs, rather than creating more employment.
Victory Could Be Ours, If Only We Want It Dr. Michael Ledeen We're right on the edge of an historic watershed, in which our totalitarian enemies can be driven into history's bin of losers.
THAAD Shoots Down Multiple Missiles Riki Ellison The THAAD defense system successfully intercepted and brought down two ballistic missiles this week, the Pentagon has announced.
Our Children Are at Risk Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr. Calling for an end to the EPA's abuses of power is not irresponsible. The Evangelical Environmental Network needs to get it right, before it preaches to others.
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By Daniel Greenfield
A look at the mystery man at the top of J Street.
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By Matthew Vadum
Marxist mobocracy turns surreal.
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By Jamie Glazov
Media mum about savage Muslim hate crime in the U.S.A.
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By Mark Tapson
New training courses on how to deny the threat against us.
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By Rick Moran
Afghanistan intelligence uncover and dismantle a plot hatched in Pakistan.
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By Ryan Mauro
Some in Syrian opposition asking for foreign help.
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By Frank Crimi
How a "non-partisan educational program" puts American college students' lives in danger.
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By Raymond Ibrahim
The gifts of the "Arab spring."
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By David Paulin
Shedding no tears for the millions of Africans who disappeared into the Muslim slave trade.
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By Nonie Darwish
What the failed socialist experiment tells us.
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By Tait Trussell
Almost any government activity you can think of is duplicated.
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By Ari Lieberman
Why are Palestinian acts of murder and assault not worth coverage?
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Why the Party of the KKK Hates Herman Cain
The Left's Tea Party?
Christie Says No, but Plans Next Move
Awlaki's Killing: Legally Justified
U.S. Aid to Israel: Why It's a Must
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Ohio Muslim Inmates Sue Over Meal Preparation. The REAL objective? Put Imams on the gov't payroll, because there's no physical difference between halal food & kosher food, which is already served in prisons. Is this how you want your tax dollars spent?
Fellow patriots,
The goal of the three reports you'll receive each day is to keep you informed of what's happening in the Islamic world without overburdening you. The subject line is a summary so you can quickly understand the report even if you don't have time to read the whole thing. If you ever feel overwhelmed by email and wish to discontinue, please reply to me and say so, and I'll take you off the list. On the other hand, if you see something that you think is particularly important, please forward it to your friends, family and even the prayer chain of your church, synagogue, or temple so that more people are aware. Many people don't read the news, but they'll read an email from you! Thanks again for joining, Dave Bailey)
Years ago, I read a book written by an Imam that said Muslims could eat kosher food. That is, kosher food complied with all halal requirements ("halal" is the Islamic version of "kosher," in that halal food has been certified as fit for Muslims to eat). The Imam made this point because Muslims in the United States often found themselves in places where halal food was not available, while kosher food was widely available.
What a difference a few years make! Apparently Muslims now feel that they are in a position to DEMAND halal food.
This demand struck me as very strange, though, because kosher food is halal. So why would the Muslim inmates demand halal food instead of kosher?
The only difference between kosher food and halal food is that halal food must be prayed over by an Imam -- who works as an employee or contractor for the food processing plant. You can verify this fact by reading Texas A&M University's report on the matter --> http://meat.tamu.edu/kosher.html
Given the rapidly growing number of Muslims in U.S. prisons, a concession to the Muslim inmates' demands would set a precedent that would almost instantly create a large and steadily growing market for halal food, thereby producing an entire industry out of thin air that employs Imams and probably lots of other Muslims. Whether or not the Imams work directly for the U.S. government, the food processing plants where they work would essentially become government contractors because the demand that built the plants wouldn't exist without the Muslim prison population.
In other words, these Imams and the other Muslims employed at the food processing plants would be your tax dollars at work. And if you think that non-Muslims would be allowed to work in food processing plants for halal food, remember again the story of Asia Bibi, who now faces a death penalty for blasphemy in Pakistan as a result of an altercation with Muslims who refused to drink from a pitcher of water she brought to them because she had touched it with her filthy infidel hands --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Bibi .
Sounds like a great justification for bringing in more foreign Muslims to work in American food processing plants, as we're already seeing with Tyson foods --> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/us/06muslim.html .
Dave
Ohio Muslim Inmates Sue Over Meal Preparation COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Muslim death row inmate says the Ohio prison system is denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while at the same time providing kosher meals to Jewish prisoners, according to a federal lawsuit that alleges a civil rights violation. The state said Monday that it has already removed pork from its menus in response to the lawsuit brought by condemned inmate Abdul Awkal, who argues the prison system's failure to provide halal meals is a restraint on his religious freedoms. Awkal, joined by a second inmate not on death row, says the vegetarian and non-pork options offered by the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction aren't good enough. The inmates say food must be prepared in specific fashion, such as ensuring that an animal is butchered by slitting its throat and draining its blood, to conform to Islamic beliefs. Read more: |
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Stop blaming the Israeli government for status quo
By AVI PERRY
10/03/2011 22:33
Without exception, all of the latest diplomatic tsunamis have been blamed on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's policies.
Photo by: REUTERS/Chip East
On the face of it, Israel has been facing an uninterrupted deterioration in its international standing in recent years. Referred to as an aggressor, an occupier of someone else's land, a war criminal, it seems that the more accusatory the term, the more popularity it garners. Evidence to the contrary fell on deaf ears as the world became obsessed with playing pin-the-blame on Israel.
It's always been Israel's fault regardless of the evidence, regardless of the truth-Guilty, guilty, guilty.
Without exception, all of the latest diplomatic tsunamis-including the threats from Turkey, the attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo, the Jordanians' hostility, international community's support for the Palestinian statehood bid in the UN-have been blamed on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's policies.
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A Republican platform I would run on (Part Two)
Oct 06, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins
By Ron Reale, staff writer
This is part two of what I would run on as a GOP candidate for president.
CONCERNING WEAPONS SOLD TO THE WORLD IN GENERAL
None. Zero. Zip. Nada.
CONCERNING OUR WORLD POLICY IN GENERAL
The United States is a capitalist nation. We are enemy to no one. Our military exists to:
Protect American citizens, borders, and Interests deemed necessary to our safety and security, Protect the business of America, which is BUSINESS. The world will know that this is the safest BUSINESS climate in the world.
Swiftly destroy any threat to any of the above.
To kill the enemy and blow things up
The Military is not a meals-on-wheels program.
The only negotiations involved will be the acceptance of surrender from the enemy. A Military Commander's only duty is to stop the enemy, in a punishing and destructive a manner, so others never try the defenses of the United States.
The UN ... Continue Reading:A Republican platform I would run on (Part Two)
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American Minute October 5th
Oct 05, 2011 05:11 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
He entered Yale College at age 13 and graduated with honors.
He became a pastor, and his sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God," started the Great Awakening, a revival involving numerous preachers which swept America, uniting the colonies prior to the Revolution.
His name was Jonathan Edwards and ... Continue Reading:American Minute October 5th
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One single voice: winning the redistricting fight in Florida Oct 05, 2011 02:18 pm | Coach Collins By Henry Kelley, staff writer Can one person in a State of 18 million citizens make a difference? The answer as it relates to redistricting has yet to be seen, but a clear answer is: to a lot of groups - complaining about a process instead of working within the process is a sure fire failure. Last year, I started looking into the decennial redistricting that goes on after every census, but particularly in my home state of Florida. The State Legislature is required to produce 3 maps - A complete US Congressional map, a Florida Senate map, and a Florida House map. Due to the growth in Florida's population, it is now necessary to add 2 US Congressional Districts to the State's Congressional delegation. The Legislative seats will remain unchanged at 40 Senators and 120 Representatives. First a little legal background for Florida. Owing to our State Constitution, the Florida Legislature cannot vote on ... Continue Reading:One single voice: winning the redistricting fight in Florida comments | read more
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September 29, 2011 by Raymond Ibrahim
 Finding and connecting similar patterns of behavior throughout Islamic history is one of the most objective ways of determining whether something is or is not part of Muslim civilization.
Consider the issue of forced conversion in Islam, a phenomenon that has a long history with ample precedents. Indeed, from its inception, most of those who embraced Islam did so under duress, beginning with the Ridda wars and during the age of conquests, and to escape dhimmi status. This is a simple fact.
Yet, when one examines today's cases of forced conversions with those from centuries past, identical patterns emerge, demonstrating great continuity. Consider:
Days ago in Pakistan, two Christian men were severely beaten with iron rods and left for dead by a group of Muslims, simply because they refused to convert to Islam. According to Compass Direct News, they were returning from a church service when they were accosted by six Muslims. After they discovered they were Christian, the Muslims:
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You would be afraid to serve, too, if you knew that law enforcement was bullied and intimidated by Muslim Brotherhood groups in America. And this collective silence on jihad demanded (commanded) under the laws of the sharia is being adhered to and voluntarily enforced here in America.
These jurors (in one of the most heavily Muslim populated areas in the country) should be allowed to serve behind a screen, their identities kept secret (didn't they do that for Caylee Anthony circus trial?). These people will be targeted for death by the religion of pieces.
Don't they know that Islam is a Religion of Peace™? "Live blog: Prospective jurors fear terrorist retribution in accused underwear bomber trial," by David Ashenfelter for the Detroit Free Press, October 5 (thanks to Block Ness):
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A Constitutional View of The War Against Global Islamic Jihad
Posted on October 5, 2011 by rev.larry
A Constitutional View of The War Against Global Islamic Jihad
Terrorism and the New American Republic
In 1786, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson met with Arab diplomats from Tunis, who were conducting terror raids and piracy against American ships.
History records them as the Barbary Pirates. In fact, they were blackmailing terrorists, hiding behind a self-serving interpretation of their Islamic faith by embracing select tracts and ignoring others. Borrowing from the Christian Crusades of centuries past, they used history as a mandate for doing the western world one better. The quisling European powers had been buying them off for years.
On March 28, 1786 Jefferson and Adams detailed what they saw as the main issue:
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March 3rd, 2009
Orders We Will Not Obey
"The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their Houses, and Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army" -- Gen. George Washington, to his troops before the battle of Long Island
Such a time is near at hand again. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this Army -- and this Marine Corps, This Air Force, This Navy and the National Guard and police units of these sovereign states.
Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, reserves, National Guard, peace officers, fire-fighters, and veterans who swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic ... and meant it. We won't "just follow orders."
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World facing worst financial crisis in history, Bank of England Governor says
The world is facing the worst financial crisis since at least the 1930s "if not ever", the Governor of the Bank of England said last night.
Sir Mervyn King was speaking after the decision by the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee to put £75billion of newly created money into the economy in a desperate effort to stave off a new credit crisis and a UK recession.
Economists said the Bank's decision to resume its quantitative easing [QE], or asset purchase programme, showed it was increasingly fearful for the economy, and predicted more such moves ahead.
Sir Mervyn said the Bank had been driven by growing signs of a global economic disaster.
"This is the most serious financial crisis we've seen, at least since the 1930s, if not ever. We're having to deal with very unusual circumstances, but to act calmly to this and to do the right thing."
Announcing its decision, the Bank said that the eurozone debt crisis was creating "severe strains in bank funding markets and financial markets".
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Bloomberg Whiffs, Part 3
In Bloomberg Whiffs, Parts one and two, I documented various errors in two of the main themes of Bloomberg Markets' politically-motivated hit piece on Koch Industries. The subjects of those posts were Bloomberg's false claims that Koch Industries illegally did business in Iran, and terminated an employee who was responsible for compliance because she discovered that employees of a French subsidiary had made improper payments in support of sales.
This post, Part 3, relates to the third major theme of Bloomberg's article: environmental compliance. It is revealing that Bloomberg reaches back to 1996 for its melodrama of environmental good and evil. Bloomberg's story has a heroine-Sally Barnes-Soliz, a former Koch employee whom Bloomberg casts as a whistle-blower-and a villain, the managers of Koch's Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery, who, according to Bloomberg, poured benzene into the environment and lied to regulators to cover it up.
Read more: The New Hockey Stick?
Everyone who follows the climate change controversy even casually will know about the "hockey stick" controversy. Well, Nature magazine this week offers a new graph of interest: the rising trend of retractions of scientific research papers (see blow). Lo and behold, it looks like a hockey stick! (Heh.)
The Nature story notes:
[B]ehind at least half of them lies some shocking tale of scientific misconduct - plagiarism, altered images or faked data - and the other half are admissions of embarrassing mistakes. But retraction notices are increasing rapidly. In the early 2000s, only about 30 retraction notices appeared annually. This year, the Web of Science is on track to index more than 400 - even though the total number of papers published has risen by only 44% over the past decade.
There's a lot more here to ponder, such as the essentially hollow and meaningless nature of modern peer review, and the increasingly tribal and ideological drift of much of the academic scientific establishment. Some other time perhaps I'll get further into these matters.
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Newt's New Contract
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published October 5, 2011 on The American Spectator website.
Last week, Newt Gingrich released his 21st Century Contract with America, composed of 10 specific legislative proposals he would enact if elected President. In the 1994 Congressional campaigns, Republicans not only rode Newt's Contract with America proposals to Republican majorities in Congress. They maintained their House majority for 12 years, after Republicans had only held a House majority for 2 of the previous 74 years.
Newt's 21st century contract is similarly a document on which the entire Republican Party can campaign next year, and win a generation of governing majorities.
Booming Recovery, Long Overdue
Gingrich pledges in his new contract to "Return to robust job creation with a bold set of tax cuts and regulatory reforms that will free American entrepreneurs to invest and hire, as well as by reforming the Federal Reserve."
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Social Security Disaster
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published October 5, 2011 on Townhall.com.
Politicians who are principled enough to point out the fraud of Social Security, referring to it as a lie and Ponzi scheme, are under siege. Acknowledgment of Social Security's problems is not the same as calling for the abandonment of its recipients. Instead, it's a call to take actions now, while there's time to avert a disaster. Let's look at it.
The term was derived from the scheme created during the 1920s by Charles Ponzi, a poor but enterprising Italian immigrant. Here's how it works. You persuade some people to give you their money to invest. After a while, you pay them a nice return, but the return doesn't come from investments. What you pay them with comes from the money of other people whom you've persuaded to "invest" in your scheme. The scheme works so long as you can persuade greater and greater numbers of people to "invest" so that you can pay off earlier "investors." After a while, Ponzi couldn't find enough new investors, and his scheme collapsed. He was convicted of fraud and sent to prison.
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Court Opens Terms with Question of Standing
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published October 4, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.
Can private parties sue to enforce a federal statute when Congress does not say so? That's what the Supreme Court is deciding in a case heard on the opening day of its current term.
The court's first case this term involves Medicaid. The justices considered if Medicaid recipients can sue when a state cuts Medicaid payments, or instead if that is a matter left to federal and state governments to sort out.
The case is actually three consolidated cases from various Medicaid recipients in California, named Douglas v. Independent Living Center. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held in favor of the plaintiffs in all three. The Supreme Court is deciding whether federal district and appeals courts even have jurisdiction to hear these cases.
A person cannot sue for violations of a federal statute unless he or she has a right to sue (also known as "standing"). The courts are not watchdogs policing governmental compliance with statutes. Congress makes federal law, and so Congress decides who can sue to enforce those laws if they are broken.
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Rush Limbaugh: Obama 'Setting Up Riots' With Occupy Wall Street
Thursday, 06 Oct 2011
By Amy Woods
Rush Limbaugh contends that President Barack Obama is "setting up riots" through the Occupy Wall Street protests that are spreading across the country.
"There's no doubt in my mind that the White House is behind this," he said. "Obama is setting up riots. He is fanning the flames."
The "anarchists" and "union thugs" who are rallying against corporate greed are Obama's constituents, Limbaugh said.
"Occupy Wall Street is his base," he said. "Those are his foot soldiers."
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Issa: Emails Prove Holder Told About Fast And Furious
Thursday, 06 Oct 2011
By Martin Gould
President Barack Obama threw his full weight behind Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday despite growing evidence that Holder was clearly told about the Fast and Furious Mexican gunrunning scheme nine months before he will admit.
Obama's backing came just hours after the two Republicans leading the probe into the scandal, Californian Rep. Darrell Issa, and Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, released a set of five emails that reveal that Michael Walther, the director of the National Drug Intelligence Center, had told Holder of the scheme last summer.
In the memos, the first of which was sent on July 5, Walther clearly pointed out that his agents in Arizona were supporting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Operation Fast and Furious.
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'Economic terrorist' wants 'new financial crisis' now
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Stephen Lerner, a controversial anti-capitalist SEIU organizer, is one of the forces behind the protests on Wall Street and nationwide, according to quotes obtained by a socialist activist who doubles as a Washington Post columnist.
WND was first to report Lerner was the brain behind some of the economic protest templates being used by the Occupy Wall Street campaign.
Lerner recently laid out a mass economic protest plan intended to bring down the stock market, and boasted his plan could be used to cause a new financial crisis. His ideology prompted some conservative critics to go so far as to label him an economic terrorist.
Writing in the Washington Post on Tuesday, columnist Harold Meyerson, the vice-chair of Democratic Socialists of America, quoted Lerner describing how a coalition is fomenting the current economic protests.
Lerner described himself as part of that coalition, referring to the organizations behind the demonstrations as "we."
Lerner told Meyerson: "It's a confluence of planned and unplanned demonstrations ... . We build on each other. We go ping-ponging back and forth."
The Occupy Wall Street unrest first started Sept. 17 with a protest called the "Day of Rage."
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Quote of the Day
"Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives."
-Ayn Rand
Occupy Wall Street, powered by Big Labor
Now the unions are jumping in
In late September, major labor unions mostly watched from the sidelines as the Occupy Wall Street protests grew from a ragtag band of diehards camping in a park into a fledgling movement grabbing national headlines and sparking similar protests around the country. Now, Big Labor is going to work: endorsing the protests, offering manpower and resources, and helping stage a major march in New York City's financial district on Wednesday. They are adding organizing muscle, fresh energy, and greater numbers to the boisterous demonstrations that began in downtown Manhattan more than two weeks ago.
Among those now jumping in is the New York State United Teachers, the Empire State's largest union, representing 600,000 educators. In an interview Tuesday, spokesman Carl Korn for the first time publicly offered NYSUT's support for Occupy Wall Street and its message about shrinking income inequality, investing in public education, and making the rich pay their fair share in taxes. "Teachers and public employees represent the other 99 percent; they are not in the 1 percent," Korn said, echoing the theme of an Occupy Wall Street Tumblr gone viral. "We're supportive of that overarching message."
Click here to read the full article at Mother Jones
'Darn Tooting!' Obama brags about HHS Reg Catholic Bishops call attack on liberty
Welcome to the new "Freedom"
Bantering with the audience at a fundraiser in St. Louis yesterday, President Barack Obama bragged about a new regulation, proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services, that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has denounced as an "unprecedented attack on religious liberty."
"Darn right!" an audience member at the fundraiser shouted as Obama described the regulation.
Click here to read the full article at Catholic News Service
Cain rails against Wall Street protesters
Cain understands this thing
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain on Wednesday called the Occupy Wall Street protesters anti-American and anti-capitalistic.
"Don't be jealous, don't be envious," Cain said as he signed copies of his memoir. "I don't have much patience for someone who does not want to achieve their American dream the old-fashioned way."
Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News
CBO estimates Obama jobs bill would add $175B in new spending
Only $175B?
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.
Click here to read the full article at The Hill
Tax on rich will pay for Obama's plan
Reid "listened" to America
Senate Democrats want to hit millionaires with a 5 percent surcharge on their taxes to pay for President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs program, but the plan seems to be going nowhere in the divided Congress.
Obama's fellow Democrats in the Senate proposed the funding Wednesday as they tried to rally support within their own ranks for Obama's uphill bid to revitalize the economy.
Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News
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October 06, 2011
IRAN'S NAVAL PLANS LEAKED ONLINE Last week we reported that Iran was planning to send part of it's Naval Fleet to the waters off the east coast of America. Anyone who thought this was conspiratorial should see the plans that were leaked online HERE.
VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT 'OCCUPY WALL STREET' Tensions between protesters and police reached a boiling point last night. A surging crowd of protesters were introduced to NYPD batons and mace. A crew from the local Fox affiliate was on the scene, you can see the video HERE.
WHAT DO THE PROTESTERS REALLY WANT? There seems to be a lot of confusion about the actual goals and demands of the Wall Street protesters. The Washington Times visited lower Manhattan and talked with one of the occupiers. Watch her enlightening explanation and learn about "affordable broccoli" HERE.
TEA PARTY ENVY IS REAL, OHIO PRISONS ARE PORK-FREE, OBAMA DROPS TO 41% Each morning and evening we collect every vital story from the Internet and post the best of them in our special "Must Read" section. See the 13 stories and a must-watch video HERE.
HERMAN CAIN HAS A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR THE PEOPLE PROTESTING WALL STREET GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain was being interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about his 9-9-9 Tax Plan when he also addressed the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Watch his special message HERE.
VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - CAPTION CONTEST - WHY IS THIS CAT SAYING "NO NO NO?"
We love sharing viral videos with our readers, AND we also love it when our very clever readers can join in the fun. Watch this funny clip and if you are so inspired, caption it, you might win the official Blaze "Truth Has No Agenda" t-shirt HERE.
GOOGLE EARTH CELEBRATES 1 BILLION DOWNLOADS - SEE SOME CRAZY IMAGES
Google Earth has captured a billion images of our planet. Some of these will make you laugh, while others will just have you scratching your head and saying... "uh, what the..." See some of the strange and wonderful shots HERE.
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Steve Jobs' final gift was to wipe the news pages and cable TV stations clear of the nihilistic attacks on capitalism and corporations, now fomenting on Wall Street and in copycat demonstrations across other major cities. The Occupy Wall Street movement, has of course relied on the technology of the corporation Jobs built to spread its message, and is now getting help from the labor unions, moveon.org, Van Jones, Christopher Hedges, and Cornell West, all soldiers in the movement to destroy corporations and "bring power to the people".
My article today on Jobs and the anti-capitalist crusaders follows. (for the record, the Newton was a product of the John Scully era at Apple, that Jobs killed off two years after he returned to Apple. Jobs' version, introduced years later, was the iPad).
Steve Jobs wouldn't Occupy Wall Street by Richard Baehr Steve Jobs died last night at age 56. Jobs was a visionary entrepreneur, new product developer and marketer. Like many entrepreneurs, Jobs knew both success and failure in his business career. Jobs created the Macintosh, the iMac, the iBook, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad, and convinced many consumers they needed all of them.
During a period after he was fired from Apple, between 1985 and 1997, Jobs created Pixar, which released the most successful animated movies in history. Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, and during his second tour of duty, it became the most valuable company in the world.
But Jobs also dropped out of college, was fired by Apple, and some of his new products were commercial failures - Lisa and the Newton, among them. As Jobs explained to Stanford graduates in 2005, getting fired from Apple proved a blessing, as it gave him the chance to clear his head, and to grow and create new things, Jobs's success was a mix of genius, creativity, dogged determination, obsessive attention to detail, and marketing showmanship.
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Alexander's Essay - October 6, 2011
The Supreme Court and the Future of Liberty
The most critical case since FDR
"There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." --James Madison
Marbury v. Madison: Chief Justice John Marshall established Court as supreme expositor of the Constitution
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has convened for its 2011/12 term, and one case before the court will determine whether the central government can nationalize another one-sixth of the American economy. Call it The American people v. ObamaCare.
For the record, that would be one-sixth of what remains of free enterprise after all the nationalization already undertaken by Barack Hussein Obama, ostensibly to "save the economy." If Obama and his socialist cadres continue to undermine free enterprise at the current pace, his goal of "fundamentally transforming the United States of America" into a socialist democracy will be assured, regardless of the victors in the next election cycle.
Indeed, the rapidly growing ranks of Americans already dependent upon government subsidies (approximately 32-35 percent), many of whom are content to vote for the redistribution of others' incomes rather than work for their own, greatly influences national elections. That dependent electorate, combined with the government's control over tens of millions of other American incomes by way of nationalization and regulation, increases the number of its dependents to about 40 percent, which poses a perilous threat to Liberty. Think about it this way: Forty percent of Americans are, to varying degrees, fiscally addicted to the public treasury. Is it any wonder that American Liberty is under siege, and that its future is in question?
Responding to a complaint by 26 states, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the "individual mandate" in so-called "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (ObamaCare). The mandate itself is an unprecedented statist requirement that every American buy an insurance product or service and have proof of coverage. As such, it is a gateway measure for governmental authority to define not only the type of coverage but also the degree.
If SCOTUS fails to uphold the Circuit Court's ruling, ObamaCare will be well on its way to increasing the number of Americans whose incomes are directly regulated by the central government to well over 50 percent. The implications for "free and fair" elections are ominous, given that a majority of Americans would then have an economic interest in electing only those who promise to continue doling out the "free" goodies.
Is the future of Liberty in peril? Tell me what you think
As you recall, when asked about the constitutionality of ObamaCare legislation prior to its shamefully rigged House and Senate passage, Democrat leadership simply scoffed and rebutted, "Nobody questions that." Despite the unmitigated arrogance of those on the Left, who treat our Constitution as a doormat, the Supreme Court will have to answer that question.
That answer will depend on whether the number of justices who abide by their oaths "to support and defend" the United States Constitution and Rule of Law as enshrined within it outnumber those justices who have utterly abandoned their oaths in favor of the rule of men under the so-called "living constitution." Put simply, the Supreme Court will be charged with upholding the supreme contract between "We, the People" and our government.
The Obama administration is trying to fast-track this critical decision. How is SCOTUS likely to rule? Here is the current High Court breakdown.
On the side of Rule of Law, those more inclined to adjudicate based upon what our Constitution actually prescribes and proscribes, are four justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts (age 56), appointed by George W. Bush in 2005; Justice Antonin Scalia (age 75), appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1986; Justice Clarence Thomas (age 63), appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1991; and Justice Samuel Alito (age 61), appointed by George W. Bush in 2006.
On the Left are Ruth Bader Ginsburg (age 78), appointed by Bill Clinton in 1993; Stephen Breyer (age 73), appointed by Clinton in 1994; Sonia Sotomayor (age 57), appointed by Barack Obama in 2009; and, Elena Kagan (age 51), appointed by Obama in 2010. On the fence would be the ninth justice, Anthony McLeod Kennedy (age 75), a heretofore unreliable justice appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1988, in the wake of the Democrats' vicious and unprecedented assault on Reagan's original appointee, Robert Bork, one of our nation's pre-eminent jurists. My prediction in the ObamaCare case is a 5-4 split, with Kennedy voting with the majority -- which majority, I cannot predict. As Leftists in both the legislative and executive branches have entirely abandoned their obligation to uphold our Constitution, fending off a substantial threat to Liberty now rests in the hands of one loyalty-confused Supreme Court justice. If the Court upholds the 11th Circuit's decision, it will be the most significant strike against national legislation since rulings against Franklin Roosevelt's socialist regime in the 1930s. Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi correctly concludes that affirming the 11th Circuit's decision would be a major step to "define the boundaries of Congress' power" and "defend Americans' rights and freedoms." However, if the Supremes do not uphold the 11th Circuit's decision, batten down the hatches. Until which time ObamaCare can be fully repealed by congressional majorities which do abide by their oaths, House Republicans can and must use the authentic powers granted by our Constitution to de-fund ObamaCare and block enactment of any further provisions. Of course, that will require leadership...
In closing, may I remind you that the next president will have the opportunity to nominate one or more Supreme Court Justices? Which presidential candidate will nominate the most conservative judges? Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Libertas aut Mortis!
Mark Alexander
Publisher, The Patriot Post
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Religious Freedom under Attack in Supreme Court Today
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC involves a lawsuit between a church and one of its teachers who was required to teach religion, lead prayer, and fulfill other important religious duties at the school operated by the church. The church sought to resolve a dispute with the teacher using an internal resolution procedure informed by the church's religious beliefs. The teacher refused to abide by the church's teachings on dispute resolution and, instead, filed a lawsuit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Both the EEOC and the teacher then sued the church.
According to the Becket Fund, which represents the church, the issue in this case is "the extent to which the government can control a church's selection of religious leaders." The teacher, who originally wanted the government to force the church to reinstate her as a teacher, seeks an award of monetary damages. The church claims that religious freedom means it should be permitted to select the teachers who will instill the faith in the next generation of students and that it should not have to pay monetary damages to someone it has determined should not fulfill these duties.
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Morning Bell: Steve Jobs and American Exceptionalism
Ed Feulner
October 6, 2011
Steve Jobs, who died yesterday at the too-young age of 56, was a living refutation of all that liberals constantly tell us about our country - that we're falling behind others and live now in a "post-American world," as one of Barack Obama's favorite books puts it in its title.
As anyone who's ever handled an Apple product or had his life improved by the technological innovations our system has produced in just a decade (that means all of us) will tell you, Jobs and innovators like him epitomize that immeasurable quality the left somehow finds most abject - American exceptionalism.
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Call Your Senators on A-PLUS Now
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Yesterday, we asked you to call your Representatives to urge support for A-PLUS in the House. Already, another Representative signed on to co-sponsor the bill. Today, we're asking you to bring the same pressure to your Senators.
>> Call your Senators and urge a co-sponsorship of A-PLUS now.
As you know, the A-PLUS Act, which is in the Senate right now, will allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind. Removing this layer of a top-down bureaucracy will enable schools to focus on educating students, not complying with centralized planning.
When you click the link, our system will tell you whether your Senator is a co-sponsor of A-PLUS. Then you can make the call to thank your Senator or ask the office why they aren't on the bill yet.
>> Call your Senators: Tell them to cosponsor S. 827, the A-PLUS Act.
All Senators that believe that educating our children is best left to the state and local governments should cosponsor S. 827, the A-PLUS Act. By focusing on education - and not bureaucracy - we all win. Make the call now.
Sincerely,
Russ Vought
Political Director
Heritage Action for America
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News from The Hill:
Reid triggers nuclear option to change Senate rules and prohibit post-cloture filibusters
By Alexander Bolton
In a shock development Thursday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) triggered a rarely-used procedural option informally called the "nuclear option" to change the Senate rules.
The surprise move stunned Republicans, who did not expect Reid to bring heavy artillery to what had appeared to have been a hum-drum legislative knife fight.
News from The Hill:Energy official resigns in wake of Solyndra
By Andrew Restuccia
Jonathan Silver, the head of the Energy Department's loan guarantee program, is resigning in the wake of the controversy surrounding a $535 million loan guarantee to a failed California-based solar company. Silver has come under fire in recent weeks from House Republicans, who have raised questions about the department's loan program in light of the recent bankruptcy of Solyndra, the solar panel manufacturer that received the loan guarantee in 2009. The Energy Department said Silver informed Energy Secretary Chu in July that he planned to resign shortly after the loan guarantee program for renewable energy projects ended. The renewable energy loan guarantee program expired Sept. 30. Read the complete story here.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
The Field Is Set
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will not be a candidate for president in 2012. Here is an excerpt from an e-mail Palin sent to supporters last night:
"After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States. As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision. When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order. ...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."
With Palin's statement last night and Chris Christie's decision Tuesday, the Republican presidential primary field is set.
I Want To Hear From You!
Conservative activists from all over the country are heading to Washington, D.C., for the 2011 Values Voter Summit, which kicks off tomorrow. American Values, my public policy group, is one of the Summit's sponsors, and I will be speaking Saturday. The Values Voter Summit features an all-star lineup of speakers, including seven presidential candidates. A highlight of the event will be a straw poll.
I'd like to conduct our own straw poll. Now that the field is set, I would appreciate your feedback. Here is a list of Republican candidates in alphabetical order:
Michele Bachmann
Herman Cain
Newt Gingrich
Jon Huntsman
Gary Johnson
Ron Paul
Rick Perry
Mitt Romney
Rick Santorum
Here's what I would like to know:
- If the primary were held today, which of the candidates listed above would you vote for?
- What is your highest priority in selecting a candidate: Electability or Ideology? Are you backing a candidate because you believe he or she has the best chance of beating Obama? Or are you supporting a candidate because you believe that individual is the most conservative? Or are you following the "Buckley Rule" -- supporting the candidate you believe is the most conservative candidate who can also win?
- Is there a candidate on this list that you would not support under any circumstances? In other words, if that person won the nomination, you would not vote, vote third party or vote for Barack Obama.
My friends, I'm keeping today's report short and sending it early because I really want to hear from you, and I'd like to get as many responses back as possible. Your feedback will be extremely helpful to me in the next few days as I meet with reporters and leading conservative activists at the Values Voter Summit.
To help our staff process your responses, use this link.
Thank you!
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on October 6, 2011 by Bojidar Marinov
Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat from New York, is mad at the Republicans for increasing the expense cap for defending the Defense of Marriage Act. Nadler is an opponent of the law, and he believes that the Republicans are "highly hypocritical" to raise alarm about the deficit and yet increase the expense for a law that Nadler himself believes to be "unconscionable."
Now, no one knows why the law should be deemed "unconscionable." When it was passed back in the 1990s, the Democrat President at the time did not veto it. The support for the law was bi-partisan, and Democrats voted for it just as overwhelmingly as the Republicans. The law is supported by majorities in quite a few states as is obvious by polls and referendums. There is only a small minority of perverts that is against it, and specifically against its definition of family as between a man and a woman. That's how a family has always been defined, and we have no legal precedent in history for a family to be defined in any other way.
Read more: Democrats Mad at Republicans for Defending the Family | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/1364/democrats-mad-at-republicans-for-defending-the-family/#ixzz1a3R65e6T
The clergy helped lead the resistance and independence movement in America in the eighteenth century. They were often described as the "black regiment" because of the black robes they wore while preaching. Before marching off to join Washington's army, Lutheran pastor John Muhlenberg delivered a powerful sermon from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 that concluded with these words:
The Bible tells us there is a time for all things and there is a time to preach and a time to pray but the time for me to preach has passed away, and there is a time to fight, and that time has come now. Now is the time to fight! Call for recruits! Sound the drums!
Then Muhlenberg took off his clerical robe to reveal the uniform of a Virginia colonel. Grabbing his musket from behind the pulpit, he donned his colonel's hat and marched off to war.
Read more: It's Time to Revive the Black Regiment | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/1362/its-time-to-revive-the-black-regiment/#ixzz1a3ReUGaK
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'Darn Tooting!' Obama Brags About HHS Reg Catholic Bishops Call Attack on Liberty
By Terence P. Jeffrey
CNSNews.com
Bantering with the audience at a fundraiser in St. Louis yesterday, President Barack Obama bragged about a new regulation, proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services, that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has denounced as an "unprecedented attack on religious liberty."
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Pigford Presser Features Bizarre Racist Rant With New Black Panthers, Nation Of Islam
Breitbart.tv At the National Press Club in Washington DC, Ridgely Muhammad, Minister of Agriculture for the Nation of Islam, was a featured speaker on a panel discussing the Pigford black farmer settlement worth $2.7 billion. He shared the panel with New Black Panther Party leader Malik Zulu Shabazz and others. See the Video
Supremes Deciding How Close Government Can Watch You
By Bob Unruh
WorldNetDaily.com The Obama administration says that it has the right to attach a GPS unit to your vehicle and watch where you go, with whom you meet, where your children visit friends, whether you go to church or a bar or a bank - all in the hope that investigators could develop the "probable cause" they would need to get a formal court order to search you and your possessions.
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The Canadian "Mental Environmentalists" Face behind Occupy Wall Street
By Judi McLeod
CanadaFreePress.com If you are a factory owner or in the business of making widgets in today's America, you are a capitalist pig and Occupy Wall Street protesters will use you as an excuse for anarchy with violent signs that read: "Eat the Rich".
If you are a Michael Moore or a Susan Sarandon, making millions in the film world, Wall Street protesters will eat you up, sing your praises and bow forever at just the mention of your name.
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Today's Headlines: Thursday, October 06, 2011
'Darn Tooting!' Obama Brags About HHS Reg Catholic Bishops Call Attack on Liberty
Palin's Not Running: 'I Can Be More Effective' Helping to Elect Others
Republicans Advance a Bill Defunding U.N. Population Control Agency
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Obama Has Now Increased Debt More than All Presidents from George QWashington Through George H.W. Bush Combined
2,000 Evangelical, Orthodox Chaplains Join Catholics in Opposing Pentagon Directive on Same-Sex Marriage
U.S. Lobbying Yielded Only 3 Votes to Block UNESCO's 'Palestine' Bid
School Lunch Directors Tell USDA, No Reason to Spurn the Spud
NPR Funding Targeted in New House Spending Bill
Van Jones Says 'Watch Out': Wall Street Protesters, Leftist Groups to Eclipse Tea Party in 2012
WH Clarifies That Obama Disclosed Knowing About Operation Fast and Furious on CNN Espanol in March
Hank Williams Jr. Out on Monday Night Football
COMMENTARY: The Tea Party vs. the Establishment
By Ben Shapiro
The stars are aligned for Mitt Romney. There's only one problem: He'll lose the general election. Social Security Disaster
By Walter E. Williams
Acknowledgment of Social Security's problems is not the same as calling for the abandonment of its recipients. Instead, it's a call to take action now, while there's time to avert a disaster. NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP: Two taxpayer-backed geothermal companies face deep financial difficulties
Romneycare repeal effort percolating in Massachusetts
President embraces 'ObamaCare' label
CBO estimates Obama jobs bill would add $175B in new spending
Justice Dept. official financed romantic travel with taxpayer money
Rally draws 500 to R.I. State House to protest in-state tuition for immigrants
As Scott Brown fights for re-election, tea party groups won't help
French gov't orders ketchup ban at schools and colleges nationwide
Dozens arrested as union groups join protests near Wall Street
Obama admin. fast-tracks power line projects, upsetting environmentalists
Bank of America CEO proclaims the 'right to make a profit'
'Calm down' about Fast and Furious gun sting, ATF acting director says
White House defends Holder amid Fast and Furious accusations
Obama trails Mitt Romney in new Quinnipiac poll
Conservative group seeks to derail Mitt Romney's run
House Dems call for Clarence Thomas ethics probe
Democrats shift the definition of 'rich' in battle over taxes
India unveils world's cheapest tablet computer
American 'burying beetle' becomes an issue in Keystone pipeline drama
Women's groups, union attack Wal-Mart over pay for women
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October 6, 2011
Meet the real Grover Norquist
JOSEPH FARAH - This week a Republican member of Congress took on an increasingly controversial political activist, Americans for Tax Reform founder Grover Norquist, an influential figure in the conservative movement famous for his "no tax increase pledge." Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., took to the House floor in an unusual and blistering denunciation of Norquist and his "unsavory" connections... (more)
October 6, 2011
Nearly half of U.S. lives in household receiving government benefit
WALL STREET JOURNAL - Families were more dependent on government programs than ever last year. Nearly half, 48.5%, of the population lived in a household that received some type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2010, according to Census data... (more)
October 6, 2011
Sarah Palin announces she's not running for president
REUTERS - Sarah Palin said on Wednesday that she will not seek the Republican presidential nomination, in 2012, ending months of doubt and leaving the Republican field largely settled. Palin had shown little sign of joining the race to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama but made it official in a letter to supporters and in an interview with conservative talk radio host Mark Levin... (more)
October 5, 2011
Since Obama, debt increased by $35,835 per household
CNSNEWS.COM - The Obama administration passed another fiscal milestone this week, according to new data released by the Treasury Department. As of the close of business on Oct. 3, the total national debt was $14,837,099,271,196.71--up about $44.8 billion from Sept. 30... (more)
October 5, 2011
GOP threatens to strip favored status from New Hampshire
THE HILL - Republicans are pressuring New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner to put his state's primary late enough to allow Iowa's caucus to take place in January, and are threatening the state with the loss of its favored status as the first-in-the-nation primary if he doesn't do so... (more)
October 5, 2011
Congressman: Obama admin may be accessory to murder with 'Fast and Furious'
DAILY CALLER - Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona told The Daily Caller on Wednesday that Obama administration officials responsible for Operation Fast and Furious might be accessories to murder... (more)
 CBS News reporter says White House screamed, swore at her over Fast and Furious
Darrell Issa to Eric Holder: Admit you knew
New documents show Attorney General Eric Holder was briefed in July 2010
October 5, 2011
Fast and felonious
WASHINGTON TIMES - The "Fast and Furious" gunrunning probe is creeping closer to the Obama White House. It appears administration officials were willing to sign off on just about anything to accomplish their ends, and the result of this botched operation has has been over a hundred dead. Someone needs to be held accountable... (more)
October 5, 2011
Law professor: Expect Supreme Court to kill Obamacare
NEWSMAX - Is the "individual mandate" in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) -- sometimes called "Obamacare" -- constitutional? The White House has announced that it has no doubts of the PPACA's constitutionality... (more)
October 5, 2011
CAIR: Media darling, 1st Amendment enemy
JOSEPH FARAH - You've got to hand it to Muslim Brotherhood front groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations -- known as CAIR. It is conducting, with brilliant success, a media strategy in which it is portrayed as a Muslim civil-rights group earnestly fighting against religious bigotry in the best tradition of the United States of America, while it systematically attacks the First Amendment's protections of freedom of speech and religious liberty... (more)
October 5, 2011
This is what a mob looks like
ANN COULTER - I am not the first to note the vast differences between the Wall Street protesters and the tea partiers. To name three: The tea partiers have jobs, showers and a point. No one knows what the Wall Street protesters want -- as is typical of mobs. They say they want Obama re-elected, but claim to hate "Wall Street"... (more)
October 4, 2011
Cain ties Romney for lead, Perry slides in CBS poll
REUTERS - Former pizza executive Herman Cain is now tied with Mitt Romney for the lead in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, while former front-runner Rick Perry has taken a steep fall, according to a CBS News poll released Tuesday. Cain had 17 percent support among Republican primary voters, up from just 5 percent two weeks ago, the poll found... (more)
Gallup: Cain snags top "positive intensity" score
October 4, 2011
Abortion rights crowd fears Planned Parenthood probe
GARY BAUER - Democrats typically jump at the chance to hold hearings and launch investigations of their political enemies. And they've often done so, on everything from the oil and fast-food industries to just about all of what George W. Bush did while in office... (more)
October 4, 2011
Petty, radical Obama blasts GOP for smallness and extremism
DAVID LIMBAUGH - It's clear that Obama's re-election strategy is to demonize conservatives and his Republican opponents as extremists, "small," intolerant and morally deficient. That's a safer course, I suppose, than running on his miserable record... (more)
October 4, 2011
House Majority Leader Cantor: Obama's jobs package is dead
CNSNEWS.COM - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said that President Barack Obama's $447-billion American Jobs Act was dead, adding that Obama's "all or nothing" approach would not work... (more)
October 4, 2011
Supreme Court refuses potentially landmark gun-control case
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - The US Supreme Court on Monday turned down the appeal of a Maryland man who said the state's restrictive gun-permit law violated his constitutional right to carry a firearm in public for self defense... (more)
October 4, 2011
Photos: Obama marched with New Black Panthers
WORLDNETDAILY - 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... (more)
October 3, 2011
Democrats resist another Obama stimulus
WASHINGTON TIMES - It's not just the American people who are abandoning President Obama in droves. Polls show "The One" has become "Number Two" when matched up against Mr. Generic Republican. Now even Mr. Obama's best friends are growing similarly uneasy with his policy proposals... (more)
October 3, 2011
The Islamist movement: the threat remains
WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - With two very high-profile enemies of the United States now out of the way, President Obama can claim -- what? Not "Mission accomplished." It is gratifying of course that U.S. fighting forces saw to it that Osama bin Laden and Anwar al Awlaki met their deserved fates... (more)
October 3, 2011
The GOP establishment trap
WASHINGTON TIMES - The whisper campaign has started already: Herman Cain can't be elected president. It doesn't matter that a poll this week by Rasmussen Reports shows Mr. Cain barely outside the margin of error in a head-to-head match-up against President Obama... (more)
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The General Fund revenue collections of $2.32 billion fell short the Department of Revenue projections for the month by $151.8 million in September 2011. On a more positive note, this follows a summer of revenue that came in higher than projected.
To view the entire economic report, please visit my website at www.RepQuinn.net and click on Pennsylvania Economic Brief on the left side column.
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Marcellus Shale House Majority Policy Committee Hearing |
Late last week, I hosted the House Majority Policy Committee for a hearing on Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania. The hearing was held at the Aldie Mansion in Doylestown Township.
This public hearing was held so that my colleagues and constituents could hear from industry and environmental experts about the different aspects of extracting gas from Marcellus Shale. There has been much discussion on the topic, and my goal was to host a conversation that would be balanced, science based, and explore the many different aspects of what this industry means to Pennsylvania.
Testifiers at the hearing discussed a range of topics surrounding the Marcellus Shale industry including job creation, environmental concerns, regulations, and impacts on infrastructure, emergency and human services.
Included on the agenda was: Tom Murphy, co-director, Penn State Marcellus Shale Center for Outreach and Research, Penn State Cooperative Extension; Andrew Heath, executive director, Renew Growing Greener Coalition; David Masur, director, PennEnvironment; Jason Hanna, senior project manager of Doylestown-based Langan Engineering and Environmental Services; Carl J. Carlson, director of government affairs, Range Resources of Appalachia, LLC; Elam Herr, assistant executive director, PA State Association of Township Supervisors; Doug Hill, executive director, County Commissioners Association of PA; and Patrick Gardiner, construction services manager, Keystone Transportation Funding Coalition.
If you were unable to make it to the hearing, but interested in what was discussed, please visit my website at www.RepQuinn.net for copies of all testimony and to view the video of the entire hearing.
I appreciate the many comments I received regarding this hearing, even those critical of what seemed to be short notice of the event. I can do my best to control what press releases are submitted, but not what is printed.
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Governor Tom Corbett, Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Announcement |
Earlier this week, Governor Tom Corbett announced his plan to enact an impact fee on unconventional drilling in the Marcellus Shale. The governor is proposing an impact fee to be adopted by counties at their discretion for use by local communities experiencing the actual impacts of drilling, based on recommendations made by his Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission. The money could be used for the construction, repair and maintenance of roads, bridges and other public infrastructure, among other things. A portion of the money would also be directed back to state agencies that respond to issues that arise as a result of Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling. To view information about the governor's plan, you can download here from his press release on his website,
While I am pleased that the governor has introduced a proposal, please keep in mind that the actual language of the legislation has not been released. Based on what I have read in the governor's press release, I have major concerns with his impact fee proposal.
Road Work Update
Wells Road - Great news! Wells Road in Doylestown Township is now open to vehicular traffic between Lower State Road and Turk Road. Castle Valley Bridge - Verizon is scheduled to relocate poles so that PennDOT can proceed with work on this project. Once the poles are moved later this month, PennDOT will remove the bridge and begin the rebuild process. I am told that this project is still on schedule for the original completion date of August 2012. Route 313 (Swamp Road) - The Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority will close Route 313 between Ferry and Saw Mill Road in Plumstead and Doylestown townships between 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, and 5 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, for sewer installation. Traffic will be detoured over Ferry Road/Point Pleasant Pike, Route 413 and Cold Spring Creamery Road. Please allow extra travel time if you plan to use this detour. | |
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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 6, 2011
On Thursday's Program
Tonight on GBTV: Why is the White House meeting with terrorists? They claim the Muslim Brotherhood is merely a secular political organization. History tells a much different story - see the History and Future of the Muslim Brotherhood tonight on GBTV! Plus the latest from Occupy Wall Street: protesters email death threats to Congress. Don't miss it tonight at 5pm ET on GBTV! It will also be available on demand.
"The Thomas Edison of our time"
Glenn looks back on the creative genius that was Steve Jobs. He took Apple from obscurity to the top -- and after a hiatus he took Apple to the stratosphere and really did change the world. Glenn talked about the innovative spirit Jobs possessed and why he was able to change the world in such a positive way. Check out the conversation about a legend gone too soon -- WATCH.
In college and want to be a part of the live audience? On GBTV this coming Tuesday at 5pm we will have top professors teaching college students how to fight back against the liberal attacks coming from Occupy Wall Street. If you are in college - you don't want to miss this show. Want to be a part of the live audience in NYC? Email your name, college, and phone number to tickets@GBTV.com and we will contact you with all the details.
Brilliant: NY Senators trying to ban being a jerk
New York Senators are working on putting a ban in place that would essentially prohibit people from being a jerk online. To most people attempting to restrict free speech - even putrid free speech - is an obvious violation of the First Amendment. But not to this rowdy group of Senators, who believe the First Amendment is just too broad. Glenn has the story on radio today. WATCH
Glenn interviews Wall St. Protester
Glenn had an exclusive interview with one of the many hundreds of millions of billions of protesters down at the Occupy Wall Street protests and despite Jon Stewart's best efforts to present these leftists as completely normal -- it's quite apparent they are not. Glenn interviews the protester who loves to hate Capitalism, and who also sounds a lot like Executive Producer Stu Burguiere. WATCH.
Someone spookier than Glenn?
Not many people are described as spookier than Glenn when it comes to what they see coming with the economy. Author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki is one of the few people in America who are so worried about what's coming it makes Glenn a little uncomfortable - no easy task. What is it he sees coming? What advice does he have for you to weather the storm? Great stuff from Roberty Kiyosaki that you can watch HERE.
You're Fired! Hank Williams Jr. gets the boot
That didn't take long -- just a few days after the analogy heard round the world, ESPN has cut ties with Hank Williams Jr. and handed him the pink slip. The classic Monday Night Football song is also packing its bags and heading home after the so called 'controversial' comments. But was it controversial at all? Or is this just another case of political correctness gone wild? More on the story HERE.
We are the 99%
Glenn, Stu, and Pat obviously have a lot of people who poorly invested their inheritance, prostituted themselves, spent hundreds of thousands on low-demand Fine Arts degrees, and more. The trio read statements from people who seem to be pretty mad at the bankers and corporations when really they have made the poor choices that led to their predicaments. Maybe someone should have warned the Fine Arts major that they may not find a job to pay for their expensive degree? No? Instead YOU should help pay for it for them...it's only fair, right? WATCH.
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