Quote: 

A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.

~ Thomas Paine

Wake Up America - Jon McNaughton

A Quote From 1944:
    

Please call the Senators below and ask them to vote NO on SB1

BUILDING ONE PENNSYLVANIA (AGENDA 21 LANCASTER COUNTY)

We need informed Patriots to attend this event.  Section 8 housing moving into foreclosed homes in your neighborhoods.

Building One Pennsylvania Public Meeting:

Advancing an Agenda for Regional Change

Building One Pennsylvania's mission is to build the capacity to take collective action in order to advance an agenda of social inclusion, sustainability and economic growth.

Building One Pennsylvania Public Meeting

When: Thursday, October 27 - 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  -

Location: Bright Side Baptist Church, 515 Hershey Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603. 

Leaders from throughout the state will convene to present an agenda for change to state and federal policymakers that will stabilize and revitalize our communities.

Confirmed: U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan.

This event is free but you must register in advance to reserve your seat. To defray the cost of the event, we are accepting donations. 

The LOCAL website is www.buildingonepennsylvania.org (REGISTER)

Federal organization is www.buildingoneamerica.org. 

2010 VIDEO BUILDING ONE PENNSYLVANIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs_G8pr1q9A  

Doors open at 10:30 A.M.

I urge you to stand with me and co-sponsor my new legislation, "American and Pennsylvania Laws for Pennsylvania Courts." This legislation protects the individual constitutional rights of the people of Pennsylvania from the incursion of foreign laws, in cases in which the application of a foreign law or foreign legal doctrine would violate someone's constitutional rights. 

Go here to see the full document . . .: 

CALLING ALL PATRIOTS - PLEASE SEE MESSAGE BELOW AND PLEASE MAKE THESE CALLS!!!!

PHONE LIST AND TALKING POINTS - HB 934 VOTER ID

PASSED BY THE HOUSE, STUCK IN THE SENATE!!

 IT IS SITTING IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN SENATE, A REPUBLICAN HOUSE, AND A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR BUT NOTHING MUCH IS GETTING DONE. WHY??

VOTER ID WILL ASSURE THAT YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT AND HELP ELIMINATE  MULTIPLE VOTES, DEAD PEOPLE VOTING,  AND OTHER ILLEGAL VOTING. 14 OTHER STATES HAVE PHOTO VOTER ID AND 14 STATES HAVE VOTER ID (NO PHOTO).  WE KNOW THAT IN BOTH GEORGIA AND ALABAMA VOTER PARTICIPATION INCREASED SINCE PHOTO VOTER ID PASSED. WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY DEMOCRACIES IN THE WORLD WITH NO UNIFORMLY REQUIRED VOTER ID. THE UNIONS DO NOT WANT IT AND THE ACLU DOES NOT WANT IT.  YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHY WOULD ANYONE NOT WANT VOTER ID?

EVERY ILLEGAL VOTE STEALS THE VOTE OF A LEGITIMATE VOTER.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL CALL THESE KEY SENATORS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK EVERY WEEK.  PUT THE PRESSURE ON TO PASS IT!!

Charles McIlhinney, Bucks County, Chairman, State Government Committee

(717) 787-7305  (We are working on getting a meeting with McIlhinney.)  

Mike Brubaker, Vice Chairman, State Government Committee

(717) 787-4420 

Joseph Scarnati, President Pro Tempore of PA Senate

(717) 787-7084 

Dominic Pileggi, Senate Majority Leader (sets the Senate agenda)

(717) 787-4712 

Majority Leaders on the State Government Committee:

Jake Corman, (717) 787-1377             Mike Folmer (717) 787-5708 

John Pippy (717) 787-5839                 Donald White (717) 787-8724 

Minority Leaders on the State Government Committee:

Andrew Dinniman (717) 787-5709    Christine Tartaglione (717) 787-1141 

LeAnna Washington (717) 787-1427 

The Kitchen Table Patriots

are proud to join with

The Philadelphia Loyal Opposition

and Eagle Forum in support of

Al Schmidt (Only) for City Commissioner on Nov. 8th!

I am reaching out to you in hopes of gaining your support.  I have taken the liberty of attaching a PDF recounting a compelling story which I contributed to with the team at the Chester County Hero Fund (501c3).

For the last year, I have been training for the Marine Corps Marathon, which I will run on October the 30th (just shy of my 68th--birthday) in D.C.

I'm running to raise money to build an accessible home for Jay Raffetto a wounded Marine.  Jay graduated from Conestoga H.S. with my daughter Jennifer in 2000.  I always gave him positive encouragement through his parents about the virtues of military service.  Jay became a medic with special operations (Force Recon, USMC) and unfortunately, last August he became a triple amputee-while on patrol in Afghanistan.

I'm asking for a donation to support his cause and I'm asking consideration for a Corporate Sponsorship as well---if possible.  I think this is a compelling cause.

Please see attached PDF with instructions on the bottom of the sheet.  

100% of your donation will go Jay and his wife Emily, Thanks in advance for your support of Jay, his family and our men and women in the Military.

Also please feel free to use this email and PDF to send to others you Feel might want to support this effort.

P.S. I know I can count on your help! 

Vr,

Sal

Richard (Sal) Salcido, M.D.

The William Erdman Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Senior Fellow, Institute on Aging, Associate, Institute for Medical

Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

AAMC Scholar in Residence for Diversity Policy and Research

Class of 2013, Penn GSE, Executive Doctorate in Higher Education

Management

U.S. Army, Medical Corps (Ret.)

Cellular (610).331.6898

Home (610)578.9019

See the flyer Here . . . 

 You Are Cordially Invited! 

Lafayette statue sketch, copyright 2011

To the 1^st Bucks County Patriotic Art Exhibition!

Friday, November 4, 2011

6:30-9:30 P.M.

The Historic Moland House

1641 Old York Road

Hartsville, Pennsylvania

Enjoy refreshments and live music, while

viewing Marra's Bucks County inspired works of art

Admission $5 per person

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

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

RSVP to Gregory Marra

610-294-8658

gwmarra@gmail.com

Welcome to Washington's Headquarters at the Moland House

1641 Old York Road, Hartsville, PA  18974

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.  

See & Download the Flyer Here . . . 

Patriots,

Attached is a suggested list of items for the troops.  We will also need Money for shipping & boxes - we have some boxes & I think flat rate is the way to go.  A form must be filled out w/ details about what is in each box & approx. value. 

PLEASE bring items to our next VFP meeting Nov. 11th at the Phoenixville Country Club. Lets show our troops we care !!! 

Here's a list of preferred items to donate.

CANDY

Candy (hard candy/heat resistant)
Gum
Throat Drops
Twizzlers

CORRESPONDENCE
Journals
Padded Envelopes
Pens/Pencils
Writing Paper and Envelopes

DRINK
Coffee (instant)
Coffee Creamer
Gatorade
Hot Cocoa
Kool-Aid bursts- to freeze
Powdered Drink Mixes
Tea Mixes (sweet)

ELECTRONIC
CD Fanny Packs
CDs (music, books on CD)
DVDs (comedy, American travel)
Hand held electronic games
MP3 Players
Tapes

FOOD (including dry goods, snacks)
Beef Jerky
Canned Food (cheese, meats, etc)
Canned Fruit (pop top cans)
Cereal (in small boxes)
Chips
Cookies (including Girl Scout)
Crackers
Energy Bars (Cliff or Balance)
Granola Bars
Oatmeal (instant)
Pistachios and other nuts
Pop-Tarts
Popcorn
Ramen Noodles/Cup of Soup
Ravioli (pop top cans)
Salsa & Bean Dip
Snack Mix & Fruit Roll ups
Sugar packets
Sunflower & Pumpkin seeds
Tuna Kits

GAMES
Board Games
Checkers (travel size)
Chess (travel size)
Crossword Puzzles
Drawing pads/art pencils
Playing Cards
Sudoku books

PRINTED MATERIALS
Books (novels, short stories, history)
Comic Strips/Joke Books
Magazines
Newspapers (local)
Post Cards from Home

SPORTING EQUIPMENT
Baseballs/Gloves/Bats
Dart Board
Footballs
Golf Balls
Hacky Sacks
Soccer Balls

TOILETRIES/HYGIENE
Baby/Wet Wipes
Callous Removers
Dental Floss
Deodorant (gel or solid)
Eye Drops
Eyeglass Wipes
Facial Scrub
Femine Hygiene Products (for female soldiers)
Foot Powder
Hairbrushes
Hand Sanitizers (waterless)
Lip Balm with SPF 15+
Lotion (hand/body/face)
Mouthwash
Nail Clippers
Nose spray
Powder (Gold Bond)
Q-Tips
Razors (disposable)
Shampoo/Conditioner
Shower Shoes
Sunscreen
Tissues (heavy duty - i.e. Puffs)
Toilet Paper (name brand)
Toothpaste/Toothbrushes
Travel size body wash
Tweezers
Tylenol/Motrin (individual packets)

OTHER
American Flags (small)
Baggies (with zip lock)
Batteries (AAA, AA, C, D, 9V)
BBQ cooking supplies/tools
Boot laces (brown/tan)
Bowls (large for Ramen noodles/popcorn)
Bug Spray (must be packaged in zip-lock bag)
Cameras (digital, disposable, Polaroid)
Camping Items/Equipment
Chair (folding camping chair)
Duct Tape (olive green)
Dust pan (for sand)
Fans (battery powered - small - with extra batteries)
Flashlights (mini/mag lite, extra bulbs, lots of batteries)
Fly Strips & Swatters
Fly/Ant/Mouse Traps
Foot Massager
Gloves (Nomex Aviator's)
Hand and Foot Warmers
Hometown stuff
Instant Ice-Packs
Letters from veterans & citizens
Neck Scarf/Gator
Patch Kit
Phone Cards (pre-paid, AAFES)
Photo Albums
Pinch Lights
Plastic spoons
Shoe Insole Cushions
Socks (cushioned white calf high)
Socks (moisture-wicking boot socks)
Spray Bottle (for water)   

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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.

Right now we are offering $100 off to anyone from PA -- all they have to do is use the code: PABUS100 (or they can just call me and I'll do it for them).

And..., Americans for Prosperity Foundation will send for FREE to the Summit (including bus, hotel, tickets to all venue and $50 for food), any person who books 15 or more people (including themselves).

Here are the details:

Americans For Prosperity Foundation is excited to announce that businessman and GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain will be joining Mark Levin, John Fund, Grover Norquist and many more at the 2011 Defending the American Dream Summit on November 4th & 5th at the Washington Convention Center.

Act now and register for one of our bus packages from your state (For PA: $259 single occupancy and $179 double occupancy [with the discount])! These packages include bus transportation, hotel accommodations, and Summit registration for one low price.

Simply click here to register.

Summit Highlights Include:

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

Also, learn about public policy issues, grassroots activism, new media strategies, foundations of economic freedom ...and much more!

Click here to register today and help defend the American Dream! Use the online discount code "PABUS100" on the registration page to get the $100 off all bus packages. Give your children the gift of freedom and bring the whole family to the Defending the American Dream Summit this year.

Please join Herman Cain, Mark Levin, John Fund, and Grover Norquist, along with thousands of fellow freedom fighters, and send a message that the American Dream is alive and well in this great country!

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

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

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RedState Morning Briefing

For October 26, 2011

1. The Washington Post Puts a Romney Blogger on the Payroll to Attack Romney's Opponents

The Washington Post has been subsidizing the left's bloggers for a while now. Greg Sargent is a veritable mouthpiece of the Democratic National Committee. Ezra Klein repackages left-wing talking points as an "economics" blogger or some such despite the fact that his only credential as an economist is a college degree in political science.

Now the Washington Post has put a Mitt Romney blogger on the payroll and everybody is pretty open about that connection.

Jenn Rubin, when not pushing out Romney talking points is in favor of freeing traitors, claims to be a conservative covering the conservative movement, though she has nothing in common with conservatives other than hating terrorists. A conservative friend says she's best understood as 'Likud' rather than Republican or conservative. There's nothing wrong with being Likud, but one ought to be honest about it.

In any event, in a profile in the Politico, we get two rather stunning admissions for a supposedly objective blogger covering the conservative side of the aisle for the Washington Post.

Couple these two together and one must objectively wonder how the Washington Post can keep her on the payroll without fundamentally changing the description of who she is and what she does.

2. Rick Perry's Birtherism

On a day when he should be focused on his 20/20 plan, the press wants Rick Perry to focus on Barack Obama's 'birth certificate." Why? Because a Parade interviewer asked Perry about it and Perry did not flat out say "Obama is an American citizen."

So now the press is after him. John Harwood of the New York Times asked Perry three times about the subject in one interview.

It is clear from the interviews that (A) Perry does not much care; (B) Perry thinks it is fun to tease Barack Obama about it and (C) the press wants a definitive answer.

Because Perry admits it is a distraction and it is clear the press will not let go of it, Rick Perry just needs to get it over with and say the man is an American. But I suspect he won't do that even though he should, though in South Carolina late yesterday he pretty adamantly moved on telling a local reporter the question was "a distraction" and he was talking about jobs.

Rick Perry likes picking on Barack Obama. Watching the video below, it seems to me that Perry is not a birther, but sure isn't afraid to use the issue to needle the President, whether I or anyone else likes it or not.

3. "An Incredible Moment in Politics." Mitt Romney Won't Go There.

Hey Rick Perry, if you weren't trying to have fun with birtherism, this would probably be a much bigger media story today. Peter Hamby over at CNN referred to it as "an incredible moment in politics."

Mitt Romney refused to endorse John Kasich's reforms in Ohio. This is a huge freaking deal.

Playing it too safe is finally biting Romney in the rear end. He's refused to call social security a ponzi scheme. He's refused to offer bold economic reform plans. He's refused to address significant changes in entitlement reforms. His whole campaign has centered around tapioca.

And yesterday, while at a call center where volunteers were calling people to support Governor Kasich's reforms, Mitt Romney . . . well . . . he wouldn't commit.

4. A Conservative Look at Perry's Economic Plan

When Herman Cain proposed his 9-9-9 plan, many conservatives became energized, despite their misgivings with the fine print of the plan. It wasn't so much the details of the proposal that excited the base, as most conservatives intuitively recoiled from a consumption tax; it was the boldness of the plan that resonated with them. Cain's 9-9-9 brought some excitement to a race that was defined by a frontrunner who offered 160 pages of banal fluff. Nevertheless, his plan was too flawed to be utilized as a viable rallying cry in the general election. Perry appears to have proposed both a viable and bold economic plan, albeit with some inevitable flaws.

Here is a synopsis of all of the major components.

5. Elizabeth Warren on Occupy Wall Street: 'I Created the Intellectual Foundation for What They Do. I Support What They Do.'

"I created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do. I support what they do." This quote, from Massachusetts Democratic senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren, can be found in this otherwise unremarkable (and poorly written) article by Daily Beast writer Samuel Jacobs. It's nice, in a way, that the true creator of the Occupy Wall Street movement has stepped forward to announce herself; after all, now we know who to credit for their motivation, goals, and actions.

Speaking of what the participants in Liz Warren's brainchild are doing, let's take a quick look at Occupy Wall Streeters around the country.

6. Joe Biden wants the scary, scary Human Events reporter to go away.

First, let's refresh people's memory of what happened.

For those without video: basically, what happened was that after Joe Biden Opened His Mouth and announced that voting against the President's job bill would result in more rapes in Flint, Michigan, Jason Mattera of Human Events confronted the Vice President on Biden's statement. If you watch the video, you'll see that Mattera 'ambushed' VP Biden by cruelly saying the magic word 'picture:' this of course caused Biden to go into full Pavlovian politician mode... thus freezing him for just long enough for Mattera to ask Biden on the record whether that language was appropriate for a sitting Vice President. Biden then attempted to push out a cloud of link by standing by his statement that rapes were up three times in Flint - which, by the way, Factcheck.org calls a 'whopper;' i.e., a lie - and then made a hasty retreat.

So. Point to Human Events. But now it gets better.

You see, now there has to be an investigation.

7. BLS September Mass Layoff Report: It's unpleasant and inconvenient

It's become something of a legend among unions and the nation's labor relations community but, for those old enough to remember the mid-90s, when Whole Foods was under constant attack by the United Food & Commercial Workers, John Mackey, Whole Foods' CEO once shared his opinion of unions with a reporter, as follows:

"The union is like having herpes. It doesn't kill you, but it's unpleasant and inconvenient, and it stops a lot of people from becoming your lover."

Of course, the UFCW and other unions went ballistic. They protested and picketed and boycotted. [I mean, really, who wants to be told they're like a case of herpes?] But, that was more than 15 years ago and times have changed for unions-although, with more than 93% of the private-sector now union-free, not for the better. Yet, unions are still having their unpleasant and inconvenient consequences.

8. Indiana GOP goes after election fraud; 65 indictments in southern Indiana

Two weeks ago, we noted a Chicago Tribune story about fraud by either the Indiana Democratic Party or the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigns in the 2008 Democratic Primary in Indiana. Now Indiana Republican Party Chairman Eric Holcomb is doing what I urge GOP chairman to do: document all the fraud that actually happens on the ground and the convictions that occur. I always like to point to the 32 convictions from the 2003 East Chicago Democratic Mayoral primary because the election was overturned, and we have testimony under oath of how the various sides try to cheat each other. One example was sort of boring. In 2010, a Muncie city councilman who had been on the city council since 1987 was convicted of mishandling absentee ballots. But the tastiest was a new one.

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for October 25, 2011

Republicans Go Big With New Tax Structures, but Status Quo Could Stifle Simplicity
FoxNews.com
 

Largest ever EU rebellion rocks British PM
AFP
 

House votes to reject EU emissions control plan
USA Today
 

New Obama refi plan could get help from Fed
The Los Angeles Times

Blame the BP oil spill on the green movement. 

Because BP spent all those millions re-branding itself as "Beyond Petroleum" and trying to "greenwash" its image by buying into renewable energy, it forgot how to run its core business-drilling for the sticky black stuff the world needs far more than it needs solar power or bird-chomping wind farms.

Teach a liberal a little science: the sea is full of microorganisms that eat petroleum (which is leaking from the seabed all the time).

The BP oil spill in the Gulf, which was supposed to have despoiled the region for decades, will likely have little long-term effect on the fishing industry or the ecological health of the region. Yes, the oil spill was a "disaster," but the idea that we would never again be eating Gulf shrimp or oysters or be able to enjoy the region's beaches was pure eco-hysteria and fear-mongering. Liberals, like little bratty children, are very good at screaming and pointing fingers and passing blame ("It's his fault!") or issuing threats (like Obama's joke of an Interior Secretary Ken Salazar saying he was going to keep his boot on the neck of BP-that really helped)-or Obama haplessly asking whose ass he should kick-(ditto); but it's conservatives who generally keep their heads and get on with the job of fixing the problem. All the liberal hypocrites did was cripple the tourist industry along the Gulf Coast-in typical liberal fashion making a "disaster" worse.

The Left's Worst Crime in the Middle East

The left's worst crime in the Middle East has been its support for the region's Arab-Muslim majority at the expense of its minorities. It has supported the majority's terrorism, atrocities, ethnic cleansing and repression of the region's minorities. Very rarely has it raised a voice in their support, and when it has done so, it was in muted tones completely different from their vigorous defenses of the nationalism of the Arab Muslim majority.

 

The left is obsessed with the Arab Spring, which rewards the ambitions of Arabist and Islamist activists at the expense of Coptic, African and other minorities. It is dementedly fixated on statehood for the Arab Muslims of Israel, (better known by their local Palestinian brand), but has little to say about the Kurds in Turkey or the Azeri in Iran. The million Jewish refugees and the vanishing Christians of the region never come up in conversation. They certainly don't get their own protest rallies or flotillas. 

The Africans of Sudan could have used a flotilla, or an entire UN organization dedicated to their welfare, which the Arab Muslims who had failed to wipe out the region's Jewish minority are the beneficiaries of. But they had to make do with third tier aid.

Unlike the Arab nationalists and Islamists of Libya, the French, English and American air force did not come to their rescue. It came to the rescue of the Libyans who showed their gratitude in the time honored way of the Arab majority by massacring the African minority. All under the beaming smiles of the selective humanitarians of the left. But what's a little genocide between friends?

The left embraced Pan-Arabism, a race based nationalism, in line with the Soviet Union's expansionist foreign policy. Pan-Arabism's socialism made it easy for the left to ignore its overt racism along with the admiration of many of its leading lights for Nazi Germany. The same left which refused to see the Gulags and the ethnic cleansing under the red flag, turned an equally blind eye to the contradiction of condemning Zionism for its ethnic basis, while supporting Pan-Arabism, which was ethnically based.
 

  VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS 

Don't Just Blame Iran for the Terror Plot, Blame WikiLeaks

by Ryan Mauro

A secret State Department cable, released by Wikileaks last year, may have led directly to the Iranian government plot to assassinate Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Ambassador to the United States.

"The Saudi Royal Family, through Ambassador al-Jubeir, was nearly begging the U.S. to strike Iran's nuclear facilities and based on the quoted statement, target the Iranian regime as a whole. It was this same Saudi ambassador that the Iranians sought to kill by blowing up a restaurant he dines at in Washington D.C., using the Mexican drug cartel known as Los Zetas as a cover. It is suspected that Iran hoped that Al-Qaeda would get the blame..."

Is America in Retreat?

Presidential Policy: Does It Make the Grade?, James Carafano, PhD 

With the deliberate shelving of the notions of American exceptionalism, has this administration pushed the United States into the shadows?

The U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq

Herbert London 

From Tunisia to the Justice Department: A Clean Sweep for Islam

Clare M. Lopez

Karzai's Gauntlet: Unfortunate Rambling or Veiled Truth?

John Bernard 

Afghanistan's president made it clear with whom he would throw in if we were at war with Pakistan. Religious commonality trumps Pakistan's proven treachery against Afghanistan.

Today's Hot Topics

We choose, you peruse.

Measuring Liberal Media Bias: An Interview with Tim Groseclose

Roger Aronoff 

Mayor Bloomberg, Shut Down OWS

Phil Orenstein

Gadhafi's Evil Outlives Him

Amir Taheri

White House Hypocrisy Over State Immigration Laws?

Immigration News Update

The Obama administration is facing charges of hypocrisy for fighting a controversial Alabama immigration law while using the measure to arrest and deport illegal immigrants in the state.

Obama's Gift to Iran

U.S. President AWOL in Iraq

Ralph Peters

Will Islamist governments kill democracy or moderate in power?

McManus: Mosque and state 

LA TIMES
Islamist parties are a legitimate political force, whether we like it or not. 

"A lot of aren't democrats at heart," he said. "But you cannot get rid of these people. You have to deal with them."

And that, in a nutshell, is the dilemma facing the U.S. and anyone else who worries that the Arab world's Islamists could turn out to be like the Muslim revolutionaries who seized control in Iran 32 years ago - authoritarian, hostile and democratic only in name.

Many of the Islamists aren't liberal pluralists at heart. They want Islam to be their countries' official religion. They want some form of Sharia to be the basis of civil law. They don't like Israel, and they don't like U.S. policy on Israel.

All that has made many Americans identify the Islamists as an outcome to the revolutions that we can't live with. Some members of Congress have...

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Does Obama prefer Stealth Jihad to violent Jihad

Explain, Mr President: Obama Pulls References to Islam from Terror Training Materials, But Orders Killing of Awlaki 

Atlas Shrugs

"The Obama administration was pulling back all training materials used for the law enforcement and national security communities, in order to eliminate all references to Islam that some Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups have claimed are offensive."

How can Obama impose, enforce the blasphemy laws of the sharia (do not criticize, offend of speak truthfully about Islam) and order the killing of Imam Awlaki? Think about that.

Awlaki did not kill anyone. Awlaki was a devout imam who preached the word of the quran.

Banning religious motivation, Islam and jihad has been a cornerstone of this national security policy (i.e. Obama Bans Islam, Jihad From National Security Strategy Document, April 2010) ?but Obama orders the executions of those proselytizing and advancing pure Islam, authentic Islam.

What is this policy? Perhaps he prefers...

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Beware the West

By Ted Belman

As readers of Israpundit know full well, I have been very critical of the West for its attack on Libya. I went so far as to suggest all the people and groups who are incessant in their attacks on Israel, are complicit or asleep when it comes to the war on Libya.

Today Robert E Kaplan called me to discuss certain happenings and he pointed out to me the writings of John Rosenthal who had written that

Actually, there are reasons to doubt Libyan responsibility for both the Berlin disco bombing and the Lockerbie bombing.

Re. the Berlin disco bombing, I think most Americans don't realize that the bomber was in fact German. She was tried and convicted. She had been married to a Palestinian guy who is alleged to have had contacts with Libyan intelligence - though she was no longer even married to him at the time that she planted the bomb.

Re Lockerbie, the evidence for Megrahi's - and by extension, Libyan - involvement is extremely circumstantial. One of...

Canada stands, Israel folds

Exceptional Leadership 
By Ari Bussel

Today, Canada did something that Israeli media reported as follows: "It is quite doubtful if something like that would have happened in Israel." Imagine the beginning of an article ascribing such little faith to Israel and attributing so much to CANADA.

The report continues: "Canada is expelling from its territory the Palestinian representative after she added to her Twitter account a link to a video in which a Palestinian girl is seen calling to a war in which the Jews be exterminated.

"According to the report, the Palestinian Representative Subach Ali was declared persona non-grata, was asked to leave the country and official elements were told to minimize any contact with her.

"In addition, Ali was called to be reprimanded, in addition to an official protest which was presented to the Palestinian Authority.

"In the referenced video linked from the Twitter account of the representative, a link that won the approval...

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Key general calls Iraq pullout plan a 'disaster'

Washington Times 

President Obama's decision to pull all U.S. forces out of Iraq by Dec. 31 is an "absolute disaster" that puts the burgeoning Arab democracy at risk of an Iranian "strangling," said an architect of the 2007 troop surge that turned around a losing war.

Retired Army Gen. John M. Keane was at the forefront of persuading President George W. Bush to scuttle a static counterinsurgency strategy and replace it with 30,000 reinforcements and a more activist, street-by-street counter-terrorism tactic.

Today, even with that strategy producing a huge drop in daily attacks, Gen. Keane bluntly told The Washington Times that the United States again is losing.

"I think it's an absolute disaster," said Gen. Keane, who advised Gen. David H. Petraeus when he was top Iraq commander. "We won the war in Iraq, and we're now losing the peace."

U.S. troops will be vacating Iraq at a time when neither Baghdad's counter-terrorism skills nor its abilities to protect...

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Ellis Island and Other Myths
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  The Hutton Hotel in Nashville has abruptly canceled an event scheduled for November 11^th hosted by the Sharia Awareness Action Network and the Tennessee Freedom Coalition. One of the scheduled speakers for the event is an ACT! for America chapter leader who will be addressing issues such as grassroots organizing.

According to a news article:

  This is the second hotel to take such outrageous action in the past week. It's clear they are knuckling under to complaints and threats from organizations such as CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. What's more, the hotels are in effect capitulating to sharia law provisions that suppress free speech.

We cannot allow this unacceptable and outrageous action to go unchallenged. We urge you to contact the hotel, and respectfully but firmly, voice your disapproval. Let the hotel know you will never stay there unless it reverses this decision, and that you will pass the word to friends and family encouraging them to do the same.

We recommend you contact the hotel by phone. The reason is that it's easier for them to ignore you if you email. A deluge of phone calls will make it abundantly clear to them that the decision they made will be costly to them.

Please phone the hotel at 615.340.9333 and ask to speak to Steven Andre, the hotel manager or, if that person is unavailable, ask to speak to someone who handles public relations. If the phone is busy, try again later.

If you absolutely can't place a call, send a firm, but respectful, email Mr. Andre at sandre@huttonhotel.com.

And if you haven't yet signed the pledge of support to protect your state from sharia law, please add your name today!

Related item from Andrea Peyser          ----------   

This is all holy inappropriate
A Brooklyn bus line run by Hasidic Jews forces women to sit in the back of the bus, while inviting men up front. The city ordered the owner of the B110 line to halt the offensive practice at once.
It's also an outrage that the fledgling mosque near Ground Zero plans to separate the sexes in its swimming pool, and segregate people who come to pray according to religion. And no one says boo.
Mosques, evidently, are excluded from the law requiring all people to be treated equally.

Quote of the Day

"Imprudent granting of credit is bound to prove just as ruinous to a bank as to any other merchant."
 

 -Ludwig von Mises

Failed Democrat pol sues critics over election loss

A new low for American politics

When voters in Ohio's 1st Congressional District threw Democrat Steve Driehaus out of office after only one term, he did not bow out gracefully.  No, he decided to get even.  So he did what anyone does in today's culture: he sued somebody.

Charging that its activities contributed to his defeat and thus to his "loss of livelihood," Driehaus is suing the Susan B. Anthony List, a group that supports pro-life candidates for Congress and which has been one of the leading and most effective organizations involved in the fight to cut off federal funding to Planned Parenthood.

Click here to read the full article at US News & World report

Judge blocks Fla.'s new welfare drug testing law

Peeing in a cup deemed unconstitutional

A federal judge temporarily blocked Florida's new law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving the benefits on Monday, saying it may violate the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches and seizures.

Judge Mary Scriven's ruling is in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union that claims the law is unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a 35-year-old Navy veteran and single father who sought the benefits while finishing his college degree, but refused to take the test.

Click here to read the full article at the Miami Herald

FBI saw dark side of Rep. John Murtha

Amazing how corrupt this man was

Last week's release of FBI documents finally put in writing what nobody had ever said on the record: The FBI suspected that former Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) and lobbyists close to him were running a scheme to funnel earmarks to sham companies and nonprofits to benefit the lawmaker's friends and former staffers.

Bits and pieces of this story were kicked around for years before Murtha died in February 2010. The Los Angeles Times, Roll Call, the Washington Post and others had documented the odd appearance of earmarks for tiny defense contractors that just happened to open an office in western Pennsylvania and just happened to hire one of the lobbying firms close to Murtha and just happened to begin making campaign donations to Murtha and other Members of Congress close to him.

Click here to read the full article at Roll Call

Rick Perry: My tax and spending reform plan

Having an actual plan is starting to sound good

The folks in Washington might not like to hear it, but the plain truth is the U.S. government spends too much. Taxes are too high, too complex, and too riddled with special interest loopholes. And our expensive entitlement system is unsustainable in the long run.

Without significant change quickly, our nation will go the way of some in Europe: mired in debt and unable to pay our bills. President Obama and many in Washington seem unable or unwilling to tackle these issues, either out of fear of alienating the left or because they want Americans to be dependent on big government. 

Click here to read the full article at the Wall St. Journal

Biden's office complains after dust-up with conservative reporter

Biden loves talking about rape

Joe Biden's office has complained to the Senate press gallery about a confrontation the vice president had with a conservative journalist last week on Capitol Hill.

Biden aides asked whether Senate rules were broken in the wake of the contentious exchange between the vice president and the reporter.

Click here to read the full article at The Hill

For Obama, a campaign money swing with star power

Hollywood money rollin' in

Some glitz, some glamor and plenty of campaign cash. President Barack Obama is hitting a reliable fundraising trail in California, tapping star donors and trading quips with Jay Leno in what is for him a well-worn path.

The president will tape an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Tuesday, his second as sitting president and fourth appearance overall. Monday evening he joined actor Will Smith and basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson at a dinner at the home of producer James Lassiter. Then he mingled with Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas over canapés at the movie star couple's home just a few blocks away.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

Obama tests go-it-alone steps for U.S. economy

Where is that in Article II?

President Barack Obama launched the first in a series of executive actions on Monday aimed at bypassing Republicans in Congress to show American voters he is serious about tackling a jobs and housing crisis that endangers his re-election.

Trying to seize the initiative and demonstrate he will take steps on his own if lawmakers do not act, Obama began a campaign-style swing through Western states seen as crucial to his chances of winning a second term in the November 2012 election.

Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News

October 25, 2011       

VP BIDEN FILES OFFICIAL PRESS COMPLAINT  Last week a video clip of Joe Biden snapping at a conservative reporter went viral. This week, the Vice President has voiced an official complaint to the Senate Press Gallery. Is this suppression of the media or is the VP justified in his anger? Get all of the details HERE.   

CAIN'S NEW AD HAS A SMOKING PROBLEM   A simple, online ad for 2012 GOP candidate Herman Cain has become fodder for the MSM pundits. The reason for all the chatter and analysis has nothing to do with Herman Cain's political platforms. Watch the ad and decide for yourself HERE.   

WHO CALLED THE TSA 'JACK-BOOTED THUGS?'  A week ago, the TSA started performing random searches on the highways in Tennessee and Congressman Ron Paul is not pleased about it. On his blog, the outspoken, small-government advocate referred to the searches as "sinister" and characterized the TSA as "jack-booted thugs." Read the rest of the details HERE.   

PERRY'S 20% FLAT TAX, OBAMA'S LONG SLIDE DOWN, KLAVIN ON 'THE MASK OF FACISM'  Fifteen stories... fifteen great stories that you should know. We call them "Must-Reads" for a reason. Tuesday morning's Must-Reads have all lined up HERE.

CHRISTIAN BIBLE CLUB SUES OKLAHOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER RESTRICTIONS   The "Kids For Christ" Christian club of the Owasso Public School has been told that they are forbidden to promote their events on school grounds. Is this a case of the school district targeting a Christian group? See the details HERE.  
 

VIRAL VIDEO DU JOUR - WATCH THE SKETCH MOCKING WEB GURUS THAT SNL CUT
Saturday Night Live has released a sketch that was apparently "not ready for late night TV." Watch Arianna Huffington, Mark Zuckerberg, and other web moguls take a comedic beating HERE.

'THE SNOW ANGEL' - GLENN BECK'S NEW BOOK - IN STORES TODAY!
The book that Glenn calls "the best story I've ever told" is available in stores and online today. Watch the emotional video of Glenn explaining how he came to write the book and what it means to him HERE.   

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Obama On The Attack

In today's daily Rasmussen tracking poll, the number of voters who "strongly support" President Obama fell to a new low of 18%. His overall rating is in the low 40s. But the fact that only 18% strongly approve is a huge problem for an incumbent seeking reelection.

Faced with falling approval ratings, Obama is going on the attack. In Las Vegas yesterday we got a preview of what the 2012 campaign is going to look like: Slash and burn conservatives and the GOP.

Obama repeated the dubious claim that his so-called jobs bill would create two million new jobs. I've addressed Obama's false claim before, so I won't rehash it. But what struck me about the president's various speeches yesterday was how petty he was.

Instead of making the case for his new housing proposal, Obama spent much of his time attacking congressional Republicans. He even attacked Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell by name. At another venue Obama said this:

"I'm here to say that we can't wait for an increasingly dysfunctional Congress to do its job. Where they won't act, I will. ...There is no excuse for the games and gridlock we've seen in Washington. ... Where we don't have to wait for Congress, we're just going to go ahead and act on our own."

Let me remind you of something. We are nearly three years into Obama's term. When Obama was inaugurated the unemployment rate was 7.2%. For his first two years, Democrats dominated Washington. With huge liberal majorities in the House and Senate, Obama got virtually everything he wanted, including a massive $800 billion stimulus bill and his socialized medicine scheme. And today the unemployment rate is 9.1%.

My friends, congressional Republicans and conservatives are not responsible for Obama's dysfunctional economy. But he is trying to pin the blame on them. As I have said before, hope and change is gone. Fear and smear is all the Democrats have left. Hoping to exploit the growing anxiety felt across the country, Obama has morphed "Yes we can" into "We can't wait."

Obama and his left-wing allies will spend hundreds of millions of dollars, perhaps even a billion dollars, trying to convince you, your friends at work and church, your kids and grandchildren, that conservatives and the Tea Party are responsible for his mess.

Don't let your friends and family members fall for the left's spin. Use the information we present in this daily report, such as our debunking of Obama's jobs plan. Tell them that House Republicans have passed 15 bills that will help spur job creation but that the Democrat-controlled Senate won't act. Fight back! We can't afford four more years of Obama's failed policies.


A Taxing Debate: Flat Versus Sales

Tax reform is again taking center stage in the GOP presidential contest. Texas Governor Rick Perry announced his economic plan today, which he calls "Cut, Balance and Grow" -- cut federal spending, balance the budget by 2020 and grow the economy.

The centerpiece of Perry's plan is a new voluntary 20% flat tax on personal and corporate income. The plan preserves the most popular deductions for mortgage interest, charitable contributions and state and local taxes for families with incomes under $500,000. It also eliminates the capital gains tax and the death tax.

Perry is also proposing serious entitlement reform, including personal retirement accounts for younger workers. You can read more about Perry's economic plan here.

Yesterday, Newt Gingrich previewed his economic agenda in an op-ed in Iowa's Quad-City Times. Like Perry, Gingrich is calling for a voluntary flat tax, but with lower rates of 15% for individuals and 12.5% for corporations.

The leading Republican contenders have all laid out broad economic plans. Mitt Romney's plan largely favors reforming and flattening of the existing code, while Gingrich and Perry are backing a flat tax. Herman Cain has proposed a combination of low flat taxes and a low national sales tax, with the ultimate goal of transitioning entirely to a national sales tax.

I'm not taking a position on the flat tax versus the national sales tax. But this is a crucial issue that deserves serious debate. Consumer confidence is down yet again. Housing prices are down. Wages are down. Unemployment is up. Inflation is up. The GOP contenders are offering bold economic reforms intended to dramatically spur growth so the economy can create millions of new jobs.

What is Obama offering? Another stimulus bill. It's the same liberal prescription of higher taxes, more spending and bigger government. But as we can see from Europe, that is a dead-end road.

We can't wait for Obama to get it right. We need a change to restore America's hope!


OWS And Its Extreme Supporters

The ads by the Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI) exposing the blatant anti-Semitism within the Occupy Wall Street movement have struck a nerve. J Street, a Soros-funded leftist group that claims to be pro-Israel and yet always takes the pro-Palestinian position, launched a vicious attack on one of ECI's board members.

Liberal Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen wrote a column attacking ECI for exposing the anti-Semitism within the OWS movement, claiming he couldn't find any. (Did you see the ad, Richard?) Disgraced politician Eliot Spitzer is also upset. Perhaps that's because we exposed him in the ad too.

Sadly reinforcing our point, Klansman and bigot David Duke released a web video endorsing Occupy Wall Street while also engaging in some of the worst Jew-baiting since Joseph Goebbels.

Praised by Barack Obama and leading Democrats, the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to rack up a long list of extremist supporters -- from the American Nazi Party and the Communist Party USA (here) to pro-OWS demonstrators in Tehran and North Korea. But, according to big media, this menagerie of communists, socialists, anti-Semites, anarchists and drug legalizers represents middle America!
 

Occupy Wall Street Is No Tea Party

On September 17, 2011, while Tea Parties and the rest of America celebrated the Constitution's 224th birthday, Occupy Wall Street began its bivouac. The past few years have witnessed the rise and fall of several left-leaning political fads, each touted as a response to the rise of the Tea Party Movement: the Coffee Party, One Nation, and Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert' s Rally to Restore Sanity. A month after the Wall Street occupation began, the protesters say they are just getting started. But, a month is more than enough time to see that Occupy Wall Street is no Tea Party.

Wall Street occupiers call themselves the 99%. They are united against the 1%, defined as the top income earners, who don't pay enough taxes but still get government bailouts for their corporations and banks. As a corrective, the occupiers demand that the 1% pay more taxes and the 99% receive more benefits, in the form of student loan forgiveness, free health care, and jobs through New Deal-esque programs.

Beyond their general demands for redistributive policies, Wall Street occupiers have radically different plans for America's governmental structure. "Since we can no longer trust our elected representatives to represent us rather than their large donors," the Zuccotti Park occupiers explain, "we are creating a microcosm of what democracy really looks like." Zuccotti Park is meant to be a model of the governmental structure that should replace America's constitutional system. On July 4, 2012, some Wall Street occupiers plan to hold a new Philadelphia Convention to recreate American democracy. Their birthday gift to America will be eliminating the constitutional system.
  But what about the Tea Party Movement?

They, too, were outraged by the bailouts, but not for lack of access to the government's coffers. The Tea Party argued that government did not have constitutional authority to bailout anyone on Wall Street or Main Street. Far from the 99% waging class warfare against the 1%, the Tea Party wanted the same rules for 100% of Americans. As William Voegeli notes, the Tea Party concluded that "the general government has, over the last several decades, stepped further and further outside of the bounds of the Constitution." Therefore, reviving limited, constitutional government became the Tea Party's task.

Unlike those early patriots who "had to establish their independence and to start anew,"  Matthew Spalding explains in Reclaiming America: Why We Honor the Tea Party Movement the twenty-first century Tea Party's task is "not to overthrow; it is not revolution; it is renewal and restoration of those self-evident truths of constitutional government at the heart of America." The Tea Party embraces the system of government outlined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and they demand their elected representatives do the same.

Though both sets of protesters are frustrated with America's direction, Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party have very different goals. Occupy Wall Street seeks to loosen American democracy from its  constitutional roots. The Tea Party recognizes that it does not need to throw away America's system of government, and-unlike the Wall Street occupiers-it's not trying to do so.

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October has been very good to Herman Cain as poll updates show

Oct 25, 2011 06:28 am | Coach Collins

 By Kevin "Coach" Collins

 In early October various polls showed a steady stream of good news for Herman Cain.

 A Gallup poll showed Cain swamping Perry in positive intensity of support.  It had Cain at 30 (his highest level) and Perry at 15. Willard was not mentioned.

 A straw poll of the National Federation of Republican Women showed: Cain 48%, Perry 14% and Willard 13%.

 At an Illinois TEA party event Cain took 77% of the vote.

 Public Policy Polling found these results in these states: North Carolina- Cain jumped from 8% to 27%, 10 points ahead of Willard. In Nebraska it was Cain 30 Willard 13 and in West Virginia Cain topped Willard 24/16. What is more significant is that Cain is pulling well with self identified "very conservative" likely voters -  35% in North Carolina 36% in Nebraska and 25% in West Virginia.  This is very big because of the "Primary ... Continue Reading:October has been very good to Herman Cain as poll updates show

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American Minute for October 24th

Oct 24, 2011 05:13 pm | Coach Collins

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

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

     The United Nations, whose name was coined by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, officially began OCTOBER 24, 1945.

The United Nations was created to prevent future wars.

Unfortunately, since the time its charter was drafted in the Garden Room of San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel, there have been over 100 million casualties in ... Continue Reading:American Minute for October 24th

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An about-face by an opponent of voter ID laws

October 24, 2011, by Kyle Wingfield

Mr. Romney regrets 

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 02:43 PM PDT

(Scott Johnson)

Over at Ricochet, Troy Senik draws attention to a Politico story on Mitt Romney's visit to Ohio today. Polico reports that during the visit Romney declined to state his position on a high-profile referendum there on the new state law that curtails the bargaining rights of public employee unions. Earlier this year, however, according to Politico, Romney indicated support for the reforms signed by Governor Kasich.

Senik cruelly quotes Romney's "typically milquetoast" statement: "I am not speaking about the particular ballot issues. Those are up to the people of Ohio."

"What makes this whole situation even more bizarre," Senik comments, is that at the time "Romney was at a GOP phone bank where volunteers were making calls about the collective bargaining measures when he refused his support."

In the 2008 campaign Govenor Romney made himself a caricature of one kind of presidential candidate. This time around, he's trying something new. He's becoming a caricature of an entirely different kind of presidential candidate.

"Occupy" Police Blotter Continues to Grow 

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:11 PM PDT

(John Hinderaker)

Drudge is highlighting the continuing criminal problems of various "occupy" groups: in Boston, a heroin bust, in Dallas, a sexual assault. Zombie visited Occupy Oakland and came away disgusted-no wonder, since the City has "issued an eviction notice the day before the rally, citing sanitation issues, garbage, rats and other hygiene problems at the encampment." (Yes, I know, it's just like the Tea Party.) Zombie found widespread evidence of criminal conduct, including drug dealing. I think I knew this guy, photographed taking a hit on what looks like a hash pipe, in the 1960s:

Here in Minnesota, you might expect the Occupation to be relatively crime-free. But no: the local Sheriff's office reports finding a box of bricks and rocks at the occupation site next to the Hennepin County Government Center:

A box containing bricks and rocks was removed from the downtown Minneapolis site of the OccupyMN protest along with a note that described items as supplies for a riot, authorities said. ...

The discovery of the bricks and rocks Monday are "a concern for the safety" of law enforcement personnel and those who visit or work at the Government Center, the Sheriff's Office said in a statement revealing the discovery.

The article also notes that while there were several hundred demonstrators present when the occupation again, a "much smaller number" is now "pressing on." Yeah, it's starting to get cold. My guess is that by now, you could count them on your fingers and toes. As the weather continues to cool, the nationwide crime wave can be expected to die down.

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Today's Headlines:  Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Obama Warns Hollywood: 'This Election Will Not Be As Sexy As the First One'

State Dept. Considering 9,036 'Diversity Visa' Applicants from 'Countries of Interest'--Whose Citizens Pose Higher Terror Risk

Shari'a in Libya? As Long As 'Universal Human Rights' Are Respected, State Dept. Says

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  No One Died From Radiation Exposure at Fukushima, Top U.S. Regulator Says

Shell Gets Permits for Arctic Drilling: 'A Genuine Long-Term Stimulus Plan'

Biden: 'Nobody Can Look You in the Eye and Tell You ... Stimulus Did Not Create Jobs;' Yes, at $412,500 Per Job

Catholic Bishops Lose $2.5 Million HHS Grant to Help Human Trafficking Victims Apparently Because Church Opposes Abortion

73% of Iraqis: Iran Is Likely to Act Aggressively When U.S. Troops Leave

FCC Chairman Sees Small Businesses As 'Low-Hanging Fruit' for Cyber Criminals

Obama Refinance Program Expands Fannie, Freddie Help for Underwater Mortgage Holders

Congressmen to Vanderbilt: Don't Discriminate Against Student Religious Groups

COMMENTARY:

What Do Conservatives Wish to Conserve?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
In what we believe and how we behave, we conservatives are not the people we used to be.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Capital Blue Cross now offering health insurance to cover pets
U.S. agencies infiltrating drug cartels across Mexico
Perry to pitch scrapping tax code, offering optional 20% flat tax
Marco Rubio wants Wash. Post to correct its hit piece on him
Obama campaign brings on ex-lobbyist as senior campaign adviser
Foreclosure experts cast doubt on Obama's plan to deal with housing crisis
Texas Tea Party Patriots hosting "modified Lincoln-Douglas debate," with Gingrich-Cain
Judge blocks Florida's new welfare drug testing law
Senate bill would require every employer in USA to use the E-Verify
NYC defends graphic sex-ed classes
Biden complains after dust-up with conservative reporter
Senators outraged U.S. borrowing big from China while also giving it aid
Congressional supercommittee urged not to legalize Internet poker and gambling
Fiscal emergency declared in Harrisburg, Pa.
Possible study of anthrax vaccine's effectiveness in children stirs debate
Poll: More feel good about NJ's direction
Inspector general report faults oversight of Medicaid prescription drug program

We have been working toward this moment ever since President Obama signed his ill-conceived, pro-abortion, government-run health care bill into law. ObamaCare is heading to the Supreme Court, and the ACLJ is preparing to file a critical amicus brief with the high court later this week to defeat this unconstitutional law once and for all. 

Florida, joined by a majority of states, has asked the Supreme Court to take up ObamaCare and declare it unconstitutional. We always knew that the Supreme Court would eventually rule on this law, and now that time has come.

Please add your name to the amicus brief we are filing with the Supreme Court this week in support of a majority of states - and a majority of the American people - urging the Court to take this case and rule ObamaCare unconstitutional. Sign on to the Supreme Court Committee to Declare ObamaCare Unconstitutional.

ObamaCare represents not only the largest expansion of government power in U.S. history - the ability to force the American people to buy a particular product or service - but also the largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade. Now, we have the opportunity to defeat this unconstitutional law at the Supreme Court - once and for all.

In addition to filing an amicus brief with the high court later this week in support of Florida's challenge to ObamaCare, we are also preparing to file an amicus brief in support of Virginia's challenge to the pro-abortion law. In fact, we are awaiting a ruling of a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., in our own lawsuit challenging ObamaCare - a case that I believe will also end up at the Supreme Court.

Each of these cases at the Supreme Court represent an important opportunity to defeat this bill, stop the massive expansion of taxpayer funding for abortion, end the government's ability to force you and I to buy a particular good or service - in this case, health insurance - and uphold the Constitution.

You know that we have been hard at work from the very beginning to defeat ObamaCare, and I appreciate your support along the way. However, it is crucial that you take a stand again.

By joining this committee, you are actually signing your name to our brief to the Supreme Court to urge the high court to hear this case and declare ObamaCare unconstitutional.

Please take action today by signing on to the Supreme Court Committee to Declare ObamaCare Unconstitutional.

Thank you for taking a stand for life, for liberty, and for the Constitution, as we fight to have the Supreme Court declare this law unconstitutional.

Jay Sekulow
ACLJ Chief Counsel

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

David Duke fires up the common sense machine

Ok, ok - so the David Duke common sense machine is not firing on all cylinders.  Ok, ok so the David Duke common sense machine doesn't exist. But he does speak out from time to time, and unfortunately digital devices occasionally record what this racist has said and it's inflicted on America. Duke goes on a tirade bashing NYC and the 'Zionist globalism' and actually had the nerve to say "these Zionist spawned wars cost 100 times the American lives lost in 911" among other hate. This gem of a human being also wanted to let Occupy Wall Street know that he stands firmly in their corner. Glenn has more on radio today.

Occupy Your Life T-shirt: Steve Jobs. Albert Einstein. Thomas Edison. Benjamin Franklin. All people who poured all their creative and scientific energy into changing the world, not protesting it. Don't waste time Occupying Wall Street. Occupy Your Life. Change the world. Check out the new t-shirt HERE.

Glenn slams anti-Semitic bigot caller

On the heels of the David Duke segment Glenn received a truly disturbing call from a calculating and hate-filled individual. After stating that David Duke was one of his heroes, he went on several incoherent and bigoted rants while remaining eerily calm. Glenn pushed the caller to just come out and directly say he didn't want Jews around anymore -- and he actually did it. Listen to the shocking caller from radio today HERE.

IT'S COMING: Glenn predicts things will continue to rapidly downgrade: BE PREPARED! Check out Glenn's list of the things you can do to be ready for anything HERE. 

Is Glenn coming to your city? Glenn is hitting the road beginning this Thursday making a total of 5 stops. Get all the details for all the events HERE.