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"Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff."   

Exposed? One of Cain's Accusers Works for the Obama Administration

Karen Kraushaar, a 55-year-old former journalist was outed Tuesday as one of three women who filed sexual harassment complaints against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain. And according to the New York Pos, Kraushaar also works for the Obama administration.

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Oppose the U.S. Senate's Big-Government Education Bill

William A. Estrada, Esq.
HSLDA Federal Relations

Melanie P. Palazzo
Congressional Action Program Director

November 1, 2011

Introduction

The U.S. Senate Education Committee has decided to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). This massive federal education bill was last reauthorized in 2001 as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

HSLDA's federal relations staff have read this 868-page bill, and we believe that while it does not directly impact homeschool freedom, the bill will 1) increase the federal role in education at the expense of state, local, and parental control, and 2) will greatly increase the pressure on states to align their curriculum and standards, resulting in de facto national education standards.

Urgent Calls Needed to Senate Education Committee

The Senate Education Committee has already voted this ESEA bill out of committee, but at the urging of Senator Rand Paul (KY) the committee will hold a hearing on the bill Tuesday, November 8. If either of your senators are on the Education Committee, HSLDA urges you to call with the following message:

"I am concerned that the ESEA reauthorization bill scheduled for a committee hearing next Tuesday will greatly increase the federal government's control over education. As a homeschooler, I understand that parents-not federal education officials-are best suited to make educational choices for their children. Please oppose attempts to increase national control over education."

Senate Education Committee Members

You may identify and contact your two U.S. senators using HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox.

Senators Paul, Richard Burr (NC), and Orrin Hatch (UT) share our concerns about this bill and should be thanked.

Background

In 2001, Congress passed NCLB. While HSLDA was neutral on this bill because it included strongly written protections for homeschoolers, and prohibitions on federal funding for national teacher certification, national standards, national testing, and national databases, NCLB also greatly increased the federal government's role in education.

A decade later, nearly all education policy makers agree that NCLB is too inflexible. HSLDA believes this illustrates that the federal government should not be in the business of establishing education policy for the nation's schoolchildren.

This past month, the U.S. Senate has been working on reauthorizing NCLB. HSLDA is concerned the Senate's bill continues the failed "Washington-knows-best, one-size-fits-all" approach that was widely criticized in NCLB. In addition, one provision in the Senate's bill mandates that any state taking federal funds must put in place "College and Career Ready Aligned Standards." Mandating that each state have aligned standards with aligned coursework will guarantee the creation of national academic standards, national curriculum, and national testing. We believe this will result in the eventual requirement that homeschoolers use these national standards, curriculum, and testing.

For more about HSLDA's concerns read "The Danger of National Standards" and "Nationalized Education Standards-an Update for Home Educators."

You may also read HSLDA's legislative summary.

It is still unclear at this point whether homeschool protections will stay in the Senate's education bill, but even if they do, the trend of national standards could lead to homeschoolers losing the freedom to choose the curriculum for their children. For these reasons, HSLDA is urging opposition to the Senate's ESEA reauthorization legislation.

Morning Bell: The Backdoor Attempt to Rewrite No Child Left Behind

With Waivers, National Standards Anything but Voluntary

State-Based Reform, Not National Standards, Key to Better Education

Senate No Child Left Behind Proposal: More Big Government for Schools

Splitting Hairs on the Cadaver

A Special Invitation
To a Two-Day Campaign Training
Presented by Pennsylvania Family PAC

Changing the Culture by Winning Campaigns

November 9-10, 2011

Harrisburg, PA

Voters today - perhaps more than at any time in recent history - are yearning for principled candidates committed to standing strong for the timeless values upon which our country was founded and standing stronger against the politics-as-usual establishment working to undermine those values.

•         Are you such a candidate - or do you know one running in your area that you'd like to help? or
•         Do you wish you had the skills to help elect a good candidate? or

• Have you thought about running for local or state elected office - or know of someone else?

The Winning Campaigns training school shows pro-life, pro-family, principled - candidates, campaign staff, and grassroots activists how to run winning campaigns without compromising their values - with a special emphasis placed on running and winning primaries (even against incumbents). 

Who should attend?
Local or state candidates, potential candidates, campaign staff, campaign volunteers, grassroots leaders, and concerned citizens - who are committed to advancing pro-life/pro-family principles. This training is perfect for anyone who wishes to learn how to run or assist the local campaigns of those running for elected office.

What's the cost?
Nothing; registration is free, but you must register in advance. 

More details on the event and an informational brochure are available by request. To get more information or to register, call Dan at 717-545-0600.

THIS IS BY INVITATION ONLY. YOU are invited (as a PA Family supporter), but if you know of someone else who could benefit from this training as a candidate or potential candidate or campaign worker, please let them know and have them contact us directly. But hurry, space is limited and reservations should be made by November 4th.
 

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 . . .:   

Our constitutional rights and founding principles of freedom should not be abridged by any offshore entity, including and especially those who would promote Sharia law. 

Kerry Benninghoff

Scott Boyd

Dom Costa

Tom Creighton

George Dunbar

Frank Farry

Neal Goodman

Seth Grove

Kate Harper

Dick Hess

Scott Hutchinson

Rob

Kauffman

Daryl Metcalfe (asked to be listed as a 2nd)

Carl Metzgar

Scott Perry (asked to be listed 3rd)

Rick Saccone

Stan Saylor

Curt Schroder

Jerry Stern

Dick Stevenson

Will Tallman    Here are the action steps:

    1.  read the attached letter from Rep. Swanger, which went out in early June to all PA House members

    2.  visit, or call, your representative and ask him/her to call Rep. Swanger's secretary, Lily Horst, 717-787-2686, or email her at lhorst@pahousegop.com to be added to the list of the bill's cosponsors
 
    3.  timing: please move quickly, as they may be getting to the next step (obtaining a bill number).   Make contact, and gain their commitment, by August 1.  Having many co-sponsors on a bill, as you know, will help build momentum in the right direction quickly.

Thank you for your efforts.

Signed, your Legislative Focus Group
American and Pennsylvania Laws for Pennsylvania Courts

Sincerely, Sarah Hart
Chapter Leader, ACT! Pittsburgh
ACT! for America Chapter

Speaker William Taylor Reil on Nullification and our 10^th Amendment rights  Saturday, November 12^th 6pm

Where:  P J Ryan's, 231 Bridge Street, Phoenixville - downstairs private dining area.    

For additional info contact Maggie at Maggie@theunsolicitedopinion.com or Diane at uncanny2@verizon.net 

Click to visit their site and see a bigger poster . . .

A call to action has been issued! Will or can you attend?

Patriots Union.org and Veteran Defenders.org have issued  the call to action.

The scheduled muster time and place is 0600 in the morning at the foot of the Washington Monument. 

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Join the VFP on Nov.11 at the Phoenixville C.C

Learn how to use Electronic and Social media to defeat Obama in 2012

------Jeff Morgan will present a live demonstration of the Valley Forge Patriots website and the tremendous information and resources it provides.

------ Michelle Libor will show us all about "Facebook"  and how we can use this "social media" to get our message out, and help defeat Obama in 2012. It would be helpful to have a Facebook account in advance.

----- Folks from the Commonwealth Foundation (Dawn Meling  and jay Ostrich) will demonstrate their website "Cap--Wiz" and how it can make it easy for each of us to send powerful "letters to the editor" and letters and e-mails to our legislators. "Cap-Wiz" has templated letters on a number of issues.

Food and Drink service is available.  Parking is free.

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)   

A member received this from his cousin who is serving over there. If any groups are collecting and sending Christmas presents for our troops, this is worth a look.

Lou

"snacks; I.e. Slim jims, granola bars, you name it. Especially for units that go on patrol that have to eat MRE's all the time. Portable or carry size Snacks or small food items are invaluable to a soldier out on a 4 week mission. Bigger items might include small coolers or anything that might keep drinks cold. I also found something as simple as a coffee thermos was incredibly invaluable. Off mission speaking, footballs, soccer balls, DVD movies, magazines and newspapers from home are great. Also Non-elastic bed sheets can provide comfort and privacy if hung up for soldiers crammed in living areas. Hope this helps!"

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We have finally arrived at the point where Germany was in 1930. For general enlightenment; remember, this was signed into law last year!

Take the time to read this break down of Health Care Plan owned and operated by just a few, who are exempt. It is so very important that this gets repealed.

 

 

Since government health care will be MANDATORY - watching this should be, too. Please watch the entire video.... This is a MUST! Then send it to everyone you know - ASAP!

 

Know the TRUTH about the Government Health Care Bill H.R.3200 - Key Points

RedState Morning Briefing

For November 9, 2011

1. Perry, Gingrich, Cain, and Huntsman. Oh My.

I wrote a while back that I could not support Jon Huntsman ever for what many consider a very esoteric reason - he went to work for the President of the United States and while working for the President of the United States decided to run against his boss. That the President is Barack Obama has no relevance to me.

I am not, at this point, planning on even attempting to walk back that "ever," but consider it a sign of how frustrated I am with the race.

I have not endorsed any candidate and I do not intend to endorse any candidate. But we might as well take a look at them.

2. Ohio Issue 2: Let's not over-react or fall for media templates

Issue 2 in Ohio has failed. Unions poured a gazillion dollars into Ohio and won. Despite having a sense of this outcome for some time it still stings. Believe it or not, a great many felt that these reforms were important steps in bring fiscal and structural sanity to government. The voters clearly did not get that message.

The media is going to try and play this as horse race politics. Governor John Kasich lost and the Democrats won. And obviously, in some important sense - even if only in the fact the story and perspective being conventional wisdom - this is true. Kasich and Republicans passed this legislation and it has been rejected. Fair enough.

3. "Flavor of the month" is not serious analysis

Conservative activists have this nasty habit of denigrating our own politicians, and in fact the very practice of running for office to represent our side. We kick our guys (and girls) at every opportunity, sometimes for no reason but to kick politicians.

It's in that vein that some have taken to referring to one Presidential candidate or another as the 'flavor of the month,' suggesting they're not serious people, that our electorate isn't making serious decisions, and that our choices in this election are trivial.

Not only is that not the case, but the plain fact is, the actual rise and and fall of the various candidates doesn't even match up with the trend. In particular, it's either ignorant or dishonest to put Herman Cain and Rick Perry into the same category as Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty.

4. Rick Perry on the Super Committee & Energy

In the second part of my interview with Governor Rick Perry, I asked him about the Super Committee. He tied its existence into the failure of Barack Obama's leadership. His answer transitioned us into a discussion about energy policy and the ability to create jobs in the United States based on accessing our domestic energy.

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for November 9, 2011

Ohio vote shows unions still a political force
 The Associated Press

Ahmadinejad: Iran Won't Retreat from Nuclear Path
 ABC News

What if China Changes?
 CNN Security Clearance Blog

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi to resign after economic reforms passed
 The Los Angeles Times

Obama to seek savings by ordering cuts in travel, cellphones, swag
 The Washington Post

Holder: Fast and Furious 'flawed' in many ways
 The Washington Times

Latest Heritage Research:

COMMENTARY
Did Obamacare Cause the National Economic Doldrums?

WEBMEMO
Obama's Red Tape: Tsunami or Ripple?

Patiently explain to a liberal why their hero Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story depends on an entirely false premise-that capitalism is the same as corporatism. 

Most of Moore's targets in the movie are the unwieldy, corrupt corporations that his hero Obama has spent so much taxpayer money bribing and bailing out. They've got about as much to do with the free markets that conservatives favor as Michael Moore has with charm, wit, or healthy salads. And if he really has such a problem with capitalism, what was he doing allowing movie theaters to charge audiences eight bucks a ticket? Shouldn't he have used some of the vast fortune he has earned from books and movies railing against capitalism so that his vital public service announcement could be put out for free? 

Failing Schools a Sign of Failing National Character

Learning's Labors Lost

by Ralph Peters

We now have a system in which young people of lower intelligence and less ambition gravitate into the teaching profession, and in which unethical and irresponsible unions protect the worst of them. And the kids aren't all right: Instead of getting a rigorous education, they get inflated grades to help them get into college (isn't it remarkable that "responsible" parents are more apt to complain about a low grade than low standards?). "Every child gets a prize" is a formula for failure later on. Our system just delays sentencing until the kid hits the job market.

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Iran's MAD Strategy has a Strategic Rationale

Dr. Walid Phares 

Iran's nuclear plans are part of a strategy that includes threatening America into a stalemate while it gathers a nuclear weapons stockpile at home.

Madness Marches On

Foreign furies aren't over for U.S.

Peter Brookes 

The Anarchic Impulse in Zuccotti Park

Herbert London 

Today's Hot Topics

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Why Iran Might Welcome Bombing

Amir Taheri 

Jewish Group Ignores the Elephant in the Room

Charles Jacobs

Italy Wobbles, and a Demon Appears in the Clouds

Dr. Michael Ledeen 

The British press is calling for Italy's prime minister to resign, and amidst Italy's chaos, a demon is revealed, lurking within the brush marks of a 13th century fresco.

Terrorism and Sharia - Sweet Charity

The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report 

ICE Officials Told Nobody of Clandestine Deportations

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CIA Continues to Hide Evidence on Vietnam Era MIAs

Bob Smith 

Price Tag Attacks and Peace

To the sort of people who think that a few teenagers living in a shack on a hilltop represent the greatest threat imaginable to the peace process and world peace-- the so-called "Price Tag" attacks in which local Jewish farmers strike back against Muslim attacks as a deterrent against further violence are an obsession.

 

Whether there are actually any "Price Tag" attacks and how many "Price Tag" attacks there are is open to question. Security agencies tasked with going after "right wing extremists" usually get their man and after a splashy announcement and prolonged detention have to let them go because their case doesn't actually exist. At that point it doesn't matter, the arrests have already been widely reported and the conclusions have all been drawn.

The investigation of a mosque burning incident has already resulted in arrests of people who couldn't have physically done it. But the arrests themselves are a form of "Price Tag" exacted by the authorities against community members to send a message. It's a particularly ironic form of message when the goal is to clamp down on those types of "eye for an eye" tactics.

States tend to command a monopoly on violence which is well and good, it's one of the things that states are for, and one of the few things that they do well, but that monopoly depends on the state exercising its proper function. The ugly truth is that the Israeli authorities have lost control of parts of the country, not just in places like Gaza and the West Bank which have been turned over to terrorist control, but in the Galilee and many Arab villages well within the '48 borders.

A sizable percentage of Israel's Muslim population lives in "No Go Zones", areas where Israeli police cannot operate and which they do not enter except on rare occasions. This isn't an entirely new development. Arab villages ran things their way, received state funding and avoided involving outsiders in their affairs. The village elders, some of whose families had backed the Israeli side in the war, took care of business and the authorities didn't ask too many questions.

The situation wasn't peaceful by any means, car thefts and copper thefts were and are common, and those cases tend not to be pursued. The owners are told by the police to accept the loss, collect the insurance and move on. Crime is widespread, income in those areas is mostly off the books and the construction is illegal and takes place on state lands.

Still the arrangement was mostly stable at least until the "wages of peace" kicked in and concessions to terrorists weakened the Israeli position.

Should Treasury Sanction the Palestinian Investment Fund?

by Jonathan Schanzer
Weekly Standard Online
November 8, 2011

In a move that should startle members of Congress, a Palestinian sovereign wealth fund that has long received American taxpayer support will soon begin building houses for convicted members of terrorist organizations.

The Palestine News and Information Agency WAFA reported over the weekend that Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas has tapped the Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) to build houses for the prisoners released in the October exchange that freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, whom Hamas had held for five years. Recipients will include convicted members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

The money that Abbas has tapped for the homes of terrorists is only the latest PIF transgression. After their release last month, the PA feted the Gaza-based prisoners at the al-Mashtal Hotel, the only five-star accommodations in Gaza-and another PIF property.

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Six Enduring Principles of Reagan's Foreign Policy

These days, everybody loves Reagan. It's not just the 8 GOP candidates who are trying to out-Reagan each other on the campaign trail, liberals too-including President Obama-have developed a fondness for the Gipper (or at least their reconstituted version of Reagan).

Most attempts to claim Reagan's mantle have focused on domestic policy. But Reagan did not only overcome malaise at home and launch the longest uninterrupted peacetime economic expansion in the 20th century. He also reinvigorated American foreign policy, strengthened the military and won the Cold War.

With the presidential debate on foreign policy and national security in just two weeks, Heritage has just published an insightful essay by Robert Kaufman which draws out the six enduring principles of Reagan's foreign policy that should guide the thinking of prudent statesmen-on the Left and the Right:

1. There is no substitute for American power.
Given the imperfections of human nature, great statesmen and decent states can only reduce but never eliminate the danger of war. The anarchy of international politics leads to frequent and severe conflict. In these circumstances, Reagan recognized that vindicating America's national interest depends on the capability and credibility of American power. Coalitions of the willing can supplement but not substitute for American power.

2. A strong defense is the best deterrent.  The greatest dangers to the United States typically do not arise from vigilance or the arrogance of American power, but from unpreparedness or an excessive reluctance to fight. Retreat, retrenchment, and disarmament are historically a recipe for disaster. Consequently, the United States should strive for what Reagan's hero Winston Churchill called "overwhelming power." This posture will deter most aggressors most of the time and, when even the best deterrent sometimes fails, will defeat them at the lowest possible cost and risk.

3. Regime types matter.  A prudent foreign policy is attentive to the types of regimes and their ideologies when discerning friends, foes, opportunities, and perils. Reagan distinguished sharply between stable, liberal, democratic regimes on one hand and totalitarian regimes, often animated by messianic, malevolent ideology, on the other. He rightly considered the former to be more reliable allies.

4. Think geopolitically.
A prudent foreign policy considers threats, interests, and opportunities based on the imperatives of world politics rather than vague notions of cosmic justice. Since resources are finite, even a nation as powerful as the United States must prioritize wisely, without losing sight of its principles. For his entire political life, Ronald Reagan assailed isolationism, declinism, global retrenchment, American withdrawal, and the fallacy of moral equivalence, while also recoiling at the idea of exporting democracy the world over.

5. Embrace American exceptionalism.
A successful foreign policy depends on a long-term strategy that combines economic prosperity at home, robust American military power, and the vitality of the American way of life. President Reagan restored American preeminence by unleashing private enterprise, deregulating the economy, lowering taxes, limiting the growth of government, spurring innovation in the private sector, completing a major military buildup, and unabashedly asserting American ideals and self-interest in a way that clearly distinguished between freedom's friends and foes.

6. Different times call for different strategies.
The mark of prudential statesmanship is the capacity to discern when changing times require different measures to achieve the same goals. As Reagan frequently observed, the United States could prudently pursue a policy of armed neutrality early in its history; yet the conditions the United States faced in the 20th century called for a more vigilant, interventionist, foreign policy. Even before World War II, Reagan opposed the policy of appeasement. During the Cold War while working to contain the Soviet Union, Reagan would prudently adjust his tactics (though not his goals) and take opportunities to engage Gorbachev.

In short, Reagan's foreign policy incorporates the principles of the Founding without slighting the perennial imperatives of power and geopolitics. Looking to the 21st century, a neo-Reaganite grand strategy offers the surest guide for restoring and sustaining American greatness.

Keep Reading about Reagan's Foreign Policy

November 8, 2011

 

Last week we met our goal of reaching 30,000 signers of our petition calling for pledges of support to protect your state from sharia law.

If you haven't yet signed, we encourage you to read the article below (highlights added). Your name on our petition will help us determine where to focus our efforts next year to pass laws in states to protect us from sharia law. Failing to stop the encroachment of sharia law now will only lead to more encroachment in the years to come.

At best, this would mean an alternative, parallel legal system for Muslims. At worst, non-Muslims would come under sharia's reach. This is the problem countries like Britain are dealing with today.

Please add your name to this important petition today. Our goal is to reach 35,000 names by the end of this week! Thank you.

November 7, 2011

Sharia's Encroachment into American Courts

Janet Levy 

Argument recap: Who controls foreign policy?

Analysis

Probing deeply into how the Constitution divides up powers, and delving into presidential history back to George Washington's day, the Supreme Court reacted negatively on Monday to the federal government's sweeping view that only the President can decide an issue that may affect U.S. dealings with foreign governments.  Still, the Court appeared to be leaning toward giving the White House a more modest victory over Congress in a fascinating case that clearly lived up to its billing as a historic constitutional test.

The Court has not heard an argument about "inherent" powers of the presidency since the Bush Administration's claims about its "war on terror," but it heard something very close to that from the Obama Administration's top government advocate, who insisted that the President should win this foreign policy controversy even if there is nothing in the Constitution's text that would justify it.  That produced only heavy skepticism on the bench, making it seem that U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., had overplayed his hand on his biggest point.

On the surface, all that might seem to be at stake in Zivotofsky v. Clinton (10-699) was whether some 50,000 Americans who were born in Jerusalem can have their birth certificates and passports show that they were born in Israel, as Congress in 2002 said they should.   And a Washington lawyer for the Zivotofsky family, Nathan Lewin, tried very hard to make the case that, in fact, it came down to a single line on a passport to help identify Jerusalem-born Americans as they travel overseas.

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Auto da fe in Paris: it's no joke   

The brand new-and deliberately unmarked-- offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in the 20^th arrondissement of Paris were destroyed by arson hours before a special issue, renamed Charia Hebdo, hit the newsstands on November 2^nd. All 75,000 copies were sold out by noon (a rerun went on sale two days later, bringing total sales to 200,000). One or more firebombs aimed precisely at the IT department wiped out the satirical magazine's nerve center. Charlie Hebdo's Facebook page had been bombarded with threats, insults, and koranic verses since it pre-released the front page with a caricature of guest editor Mohamed promising 100 lashes to anyone who doesn't die laughing. As the offices went up in flames, the hacked website was plastered with a photo of Mecca packed with pilgrims, and the declaration, in English, "No god but Allah / Mohamed is the Messenger of Allah."

This shocking attack on press freedom inspired a rush of near-unanimous solidarity in French society. Unambiguously labeling the act an "attentat," meaning "terrorist attack," Interior Minister Claude Guéant promised to find and severely punish the perpetrator(s). Various Muslim authorities condemned "all violence," reiterated their disapproval of caricatures of Mohamed and other insults to Islam, and vowed to defend their religion as law-abiding citizens, in the courts.

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Occupying the Occupiers

While comedian Stephen Colbert isn't necessarily someone we're overly fond of, his recent interview with Occupy protesters is too hilarious to miss: Watch Video »

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 364 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Is There A Conservative Alternative

Despite the media's narrative, the GOP has never been a monolithic body. There has always been a conservative/establishment divide. Goldwater vs. Rockefeller. Reagan vs. Ford. But among grassroots activists, there is a gnawing fear that there may not be an electable conservative candidate in this election.

Herman Cain was rapidly becoming that candidate, but now sexual harassment allegations are threatening to torpedo his candidacy. Conservatives are not yet abandoning Cain at the grass roots but some very good conservative leaders are now demanding he put this issue to rest so we can focus on the most important goal -- defeating Barack Obama.

• Bill Bennett said, "For we who led the charge against Bill Clinton on a number of related issues to continue to blame the media or other campaigns or say it simply doesn't matter makes us the hypocrites as well."
• Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America, said, "Mr. Cain needs to address these new allegations head on. Unlike anonymous allegations, Ms. Bialek appeared credible and I was very disturbed by her characterization of what happened. Whoever Republican primary voters choose as president should be a man or woman of good moral character. We said when Bill Clinton was president that character counts and we still believe that."
• Bob Vander Plaats, a key conservative leader in Iowa, said, "This is a 'tipping point' for the viability of his campaign."

Polling suggests Cain's favorability rating is starting to take a hit. For example, in the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, Cain's negatives doubled from 18% to 35%. In head-to-head match ups, Obama narrowly beats Mitt Romney, but he trounces Herman Cain by 15 points.

On a late-night comedy show last night, Herman Cain categorically denied the allegations made against him yesterday against by Sharon Bialek. Cain said, "There is not an ounce of truth to all these allegations," and he called Bialek's claims "totally fabricated." He went on to say, "I'm going to talk about it. We are taking this head on." Cain has scheduled a press conference today at 5:00 PM ET to "set the record straight."

If Herman Cain hopes to continue as the conservative alternative in this campaign, this may be the most important press conference of his career. I pray he will have the strength and wisdom to deal with the controversy.


Obama Disses Netanyahu Again

If you had any questions about where Barack Obama really stands on Israel, his recent comments caught on an open mic should settle it for you.

At the G20 summit in Cannes, France, last week, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said to Obama, "I cannot bear [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu, he's a liar." Rather than defend our ally, Obama responded, "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!"

It's clear that Barack Obama has no respect for Benjamin Netanyahu. On his early trips to Washington, Obama denied the Israeli leader common courtesies afforded to other national leaders. Obama has refused to have his picture taken with Netanyahu, forced him to leave the White House from a side door and blindsided him with surprise announcements like calling for Israel to retreat to its indefensible 1967 borders. Unlike some U.S. politicians, Netanyahu has not been cowed into submission by Obama's bullying.

The mullahs in Tehran must be laughing at us. Just days before the world was set to receive an update on Iran's nuclear weapons program, Obama was unable to overcome his own pettiness and stand firmly with our ally as it faces a growing existential threat. Commenting on Obama's remark, Reuters noted, "The technical gaffe is likely to cause great embarrassment to all three leaders as they look to work together to intensify international pressure on Iran over its nuclear ambitions."


Learning From The Chinese

At various times in his presidency, Barack Obama has paid homage to the Chinese -- from suggesting we follow their example on clean energy subsidies to whining about how much easier it is for Chinese President Hu Jintao to run his country. Since he has such an "affinity for China" I wonder what his reaction is to Jin Liqun, the chairman of China's sovereign wealth fund, who, when asked whether China would bailout Greece and Europe, said this:

"If you look at the troubles which happened in European countries, this is purely because of the accumulated troubles of the worn out welfare society. I think the labor laws are outdated. The labor laws induce sloth, indolence, rather than hardworking. The incentive system is totally out of whack.

"Why should, for instance, within [the] eurozone some member's people have to work to 65, even longer, whereas in some other countries they are happily retiring at 55, languishing on the beach? This is unfair. The welfare system is good for any society to reduce the gap, to help those who happen to have disadvantages, to enjoy a good life, but a welfare society should not induce people not to work hard."

I am almost speechless. It seems one of China's communist leaders understands the capitalist system better than Barack Obama, who is praising the Occupy Wall Street mob as he leads us down the same dead-end road of big government socialism that is now threatening to bankrupt Europe!


More OWS Extremism

Every day it seems we get more examples of extremism within the Occupy Wall Street movement. The latest comes from store owners and street vendors who say the thugs are getting violent and threatening them if they don't give them free food.

Today's New York Post quotes the owner of a sandwich shop across from Zuccotti Park saying, "I've been told to 'Watch your back!' 10 times." OWS protestors have been regularly using her bathroom to bathe. But two weeks ago, they broke a sink and clogged a toilet, causing a flood and $3,000 of damage. Other protestors have come in and unplugged an ATM machine and the shop's computers.

Meanwhile, on the Left Coast, two street vendors in San Diego had to shut down their businesses after occupiers trashed their carts when they stopped providing free food. One of the carts reportedly had "urine and blood splattered on it."

Where have we seen this before? In the aftermath of Proposition 8 in California, when the majority of voters decided to preserve normal marriage in the Golden State, the intolerant left trashed churches and tried to shut down businesses. For all its rhetoric about equality and justice, the left has a skewed sense of fairness and is quick to resort to violence.


Media Notice

Tune in tomorrow and Thursday to Family Talk with my good friend Dr. James Dobson. I will be on with Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Alan Sears of the Alliance Defense Fund discussing various threats to religious liberty. Click here to listen online or to find station listings.
 

November 08, 2011
 
  MIC CATCHES OBAMA WHINING ABOUT ISRAEL   Last weekend's G20 meetings in France did not produce many ground-breaking announcements. But, an open microphone caught President Obama and French President Sarkozy commiserating about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Get the details on this Presidential faux pas HERE.

BILL CLINTON IS AGAINST PRES. TERM LIMITS   Former President Clinton just started a press tour promoting his new book "Back To Work." On MSNBC this morning, Clinton discussed his belief that a person should be allowed to be elected to more than two terms as President. See the interview, take our poll HERE.
  CLINIC OFFERS 'DISCOUNTED' ABORTIONS   An Orlando women's clinic is making headlines with a print ad that offers women a $50 discount on a Sunday abortion. See the ad and get the entire story HERE.
  GLENN BECK INTERVIEWS CHICAGO RADIO HOST WHO SAW CAIN MEET ACCUSER #4   On Tuesday's show, Mr. Beck spoke with WIND radio's Amy Jacobsen about an encounter she witnessed between Herman Cain and his accuser, Sharon Bialek. Listen to the interview HERE.

SEE THE AWESOME MULTI-MISSION COASTAL COMBAT SHIP FROM THE U.S. NAVY   The United State Navy has always been proud of its ability to stay ahead of the curve in combat technology. The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), America's latest class of combat watercraft from the Navy, is on display HERE.  
  VIRAL VIDEO - IS THIS THE BEST FATHER-DAUGHTER DANCE VIDEO EVER?   Ashley Richmond was married on August 8th of this year. At the wedding reception, Ashley and her father David Sparks took to the dance floor for what appeared to be a traditional "daddy-daughter" dance. Watch their very entertaining dance HERE.

Want to know what we're up against? And, why we're going to defeat them?

This past weekend over 2,000 leading grassroots activists from across the nation joined us for AFP Foundation's 5th annual Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington, D.C.

During our "Tribute to Ronald Reagan" dinner on Friday night, the protesters with Occupy Wall Street stormed the convention center trying to take away our 1st Amendment rights. Click here to see video! (http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=nqLPKYOEKfJMI6K&s=flLZJdOSKhKPIcMWJrF&m=efIMIRNsE7KHJ3I)

Their violence, vile language, and disrespect for fellow Americans was outrageous. One of our activists who is wheel-chair bound was denied use of the ramp to depart the center. A 78 year old grandmother from Michigan was assaulted and knocked down. The 7 year old child of one of our AFP Foundation activists was cursed and jostled.

Not surprisingly, our 2,000 plus activists stayed calm and peaceful. The next morning, they poured right back into the Washington Convention Center for the second day of the Summit -- receiving training on how to be even more effective grassroots leaders and hearing from the Great One, Mark Levin, and from Andrew Breitbart. The day before, Herman Cain, Governor Mitt Romney, and America's mayor, Rudy Giuliani, laid out their vision for our nation. Click here to see video of the speakers at the Summit! (http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=qjJVL7PQIiITKgJ&s=flLZJdOSKhKPIcMWJrF&m=efIMIRNsE7KHJ3I)

I, for one, welcome these Occupy Wall Street protesters. Sure, it's uncomfortable when they're shouting vulgarities at children, destroying property, breaking the law, or spewing hatred. But know this, the Occupy Wall Street protesters offer our nation a crystal clear choice between their way of thinking and AFP Foundation and the Tea Party movement. They possess a vehement hatred of free enterprise and capitalism. They openly call for socialism. We know that free enterprise has lifted more Americans out of the muck and mire of poverty and despair than any economic system in world history. They call for violence, break the law, and disrespect fellow Americans. We respect the law and work to peacefully support sound policy for our nation.

Occupy Wall Street is based on anger and envy. They want to use government to tear down fellow Americans to suit their ideological agenda. Their calling card - class warfare and unrestrained envy. At Americans for Prosperity Foundation, we know that Americans are not envious. They desire only an opportunity to go out and earn their version of the American dream.

So, we can be confident in the face of their hatred. Calm in the face of their law breaking and violence, secure in the knowledge that the American people are with us...if we remain bold in espousing our free market principles and determined in our grassroots activism.

Sincerely,

Tim Phillips

P.S. See for yourself the energy and determination of our activists at the 5th annual Defending the American Dream Summit. Click here to see our vision for America compared to the Occupy Wall Street protesters! (http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=kdKJIPMsHcLILZI&s=flLZJdOSKhKPIcMWJrF&m=efIMIRNsE7KHJ3I)

Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is a nationwide organization of citizen-leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFPF believes reducing the size and intrusiveness of government is the best way to promote individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFPF educates and engages citizens to support restraining state and federal government growth and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFPF is more than 1.8 million activists strong, with activists in all 50 states. AFPF has 34 state chapters and affiliates. More than 90,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial contribution to AFP or AFP Foundation. For more information, visit http://www.americansforprosperityfoundation.com (http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=nqIPIYOEJfJPJ9L&s=flLZJdOSKhKPIcMWJrF&m=efIMIRNsE7KHJ3I)

'Smart Meters' - the New Silent Killer - OBOZO is pushing to expose most U.S. Citizens to constant radiofrequency / lectromagnetic radiation (RF/EMR) everywhere.

 

California Recall ... Beginning of the End for Smart Meters?

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Why We Should Be Unfair to Herman Cain

Posted By Andrew Klavan On November 7, 2011

"We're from the mainstream media and we're here to help."

 

Conservatives have been expressing genuine anguish at the recent treatment of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.

 

It isn't fair, they say. In 1998, when Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff got the full details of President Bill Clinton's adulterous affair with a 21-year-old intern, the magazine killed the story, leaving the nascent new media, in the person of The Drudge Report ^[1], to bring it to light. In 2007, when John Edwards was still a viable Democratic presidential candidate, the National Enquirer ^[2] broke the news of his illicit affair and illegitimate child, but the mainstream media actually covered it up, with one CNN journalist explaining it was "unimportant."

 

And yet when the left wing news website Politico ^[3] recently published anonymous allegations about 10-year-old sexual harassment complaints against Cain, the mainstream media lit up like a Christmas tree. For a week, the aforementioned CNN and the other left wing outlets went wall-to-wall with the charges. And now, with Sharon Bialek finally stepping forward ^[4] to make more detailed accusations in person-accusations Cain wholly denies-we can be sure the story will remain explosive for some time to come.

 

Not only is the news coverage of alleged sexual misconduct different according to political affiliation, the consequences of actual misconduct are often quite different as well. Republican congressman Mark Foley sent suggestive emails to male pages; he resigned under GOP pressure. Democratic congressman Gerry Studds actually had sex with one of the boys, then flung defiance at the House when they censured him; he was re-elected by Democrats until his retirement.

 

And what if a drunken Republican senator had accidentally dropped a car containing his adultery mate into the water? What if he had sauntered back to his hotel to clean up while the poor woman desperately pounded on the car window until she drowned horribly? Would conservatives have re-elected that man? Would they have declared that man "The Lion of the Senate?" The very idea makes one ill. Conservatives would have demanded his arrest and trial with a single voice.

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Today's Headlines:  Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Holder: 'Fast & Furious' Shouldn't Stop U.S. From Disrupting 'Dangerous Flow' of Guns to Mexico

Adding FDR's D-Day Prayer to WWII Memorial Would 'Dilute' Its 'Central Message,' Administration Says

Clinton: 'Insulting, Dangerous and Wrong' to Say That 'Muslims Cannot Thrive in a Democracy'

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Occupy DC Protesters Use Toddlers to Block Exit From Reagan Tribute

Obama Boasts of Rising Stock Market During His Term

Bachmann: 'Too Many Republicans ... Aspire to Be Frugal Socialists'

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch Urges Dems to Support Republicans' U.N. Funding Bill

Ballot Issues, Governors' Races Dominate This Election Day

Sarkozy, Obama Insult Netanyahu; Journalists Ignored It Until French Website Broke the News

Israeli Defense Minister Warns Iran A Military Strike Is Possible

Who Owns America's Oil and Natural Gas Companies? Not the Wealthy Few, Analysis Finds

Gallup Poll: Conservatives 42%, Liberals 21%

A Majority of Democrats Seldom or Never Go to Church, Says Gallup

Youth Heavily Impacted by Bad Economy Favor Less Spending, Poll Shows

Country Music Star Collin Raye Strikes a Chord for Life and Hope

COMMENTARY:

It Can't Happen Here!
Patrick J. Buchanan
Ethnic nationalism and religious fanaticism are making headlines and history. Welcome to the new world disorder.

Ignorance Exploited
By Walter E. Williams
Politicians and leftist elite get away with corporate tax demagoguery because economists haven't done well in making our subject understandable to ordinary people.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Environmental review of oil pipeline will delay difficult decision for Obama
Defense Dept. reactivates Camp Justice at Guantanamo, in prep for war crimes cases
Judge blocks graphic warning images on cigarette packs
Massachusetts school district marks Muslim holiday
Federal agencies to shut down all TV, radio service for 30 seconds Wednesday
Harassment allegations haven't hurt Cain's support yet
Colorado Supreme Court upholds largest 'slip-and-fall' award in U.S.
Medical marijuana advocates sue to halt dispensary closings
Schools' soda bans don't stop sugary-drink consumption, study says
Democrats rally in last-ditch effort to hold Virginia Senate
Fifth woman raises questions about Cain's behavior
Bill Clinton: Let presidents serve three terms
Dems already blaming GOP for anticipated failure of Supercommittee

Just when I thought confidence in government couldn't get any lower, Barack Obama's anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder opened his mouth on Capitol Hill. 

Today, testifying under oath before the U.S. Senate, Eric Holder came up with every excuse he could think of to defend the indefensible -- the ATF's gun-smuggling operation, "Fast & Furious."

Holder placed the blame for his gun-smuggling operation on the lack of new gun control laws -- specifically, a national gun registry.

And when asked to apologize to the family of murdered American Bolder Patrol Agent Brian Terry, Eric Holder refused to do so, and then stated that "I have not apologized to them."

Holder pulled out every trick in the book in order to pass the buck for his ATF's disastrous actions. 

I'm shaking with outrage.  You should be, too.

Eric Holder must go once and for all ... 

... but it won't happen unless you make your voice heard on Capitol Hill -- IMMEDIATELY!

So, please sign your Fire Eric Holder petition right now so my staff can flood Capitol Hill with tens of thousands of petitions from enraged gun rights activists demanding that Eric Holder be fired:  

After you sign your petition, I'm asking you to chip in $15 or 20 to help NAGR reach as many gun rights activists as possible to mobilize against Eric Holder and the White House.

You see, Barack Obama's administration is filled with anti-gun zealots like Eric Holder working day and night to find a way -- any way -- to restrict our Second Amendment rights.

And with the 2012 elections right around the corner, the pressure is on in Washington to pass some form of gun control.

So when I heard Eric Holder testify before Congress today that "we have a responsibility to act" and pass gun control, I pressed the big red alert button in my office and ordered my staff to call all hands on deck.

I've asked my staff here at NAGR to use every resource we have available to mobilize as many gun activists as we can contact and urge them to put pressure on Capitol Hill to Fire Eric Holder.

Please sign your petition to Fire Eric Holder -- at once!

I know how these anti-gunners operate, and Eric Holder isn't any different.

In order to deflect from the ATF's disastrous "Fast & Furious" operation, Holder testified that any criticism of himself or his agency was "cynical" and "overheated."

Senator Mike Lee of Utah, a friend of the National Association for Gun Rights, asked Mr. Holder if he had made any mistakes in connection with "Fast & Furious."

Mr. Holder brazenly said, "I think I acted in a responsible way."

Holder even went so far as to say that "I did not know about Fast and Furious until it became public."

It's quite clear that Barack Obama and Eric Holder are in this for the long haul.

You and I only have one choice -- double down.

Crank up the pressure on Congress to Fire Eric Holder by signing your petition: 

Please make sure to chip in $15 or $20 right after you have signed your Fire Eric Holder petition.

"Fast & Furious" was a tool used by Barack Obama's ATF to push gun control on the American people.

Gun rights activists like you and me must never rest in our battle to fight gun-grabbers like Eric Holder.

One month from today, December 8, Eric Holder testifies before a House committee. I'll be sure to keep you updated with any new developments.

Please sign your petition to Fire Eric Holder at once so that members of Congress know that gun owners like you are demanding that Eric Holder be fired.

   For Freedom,

  
   Dudley Brown
   Executive Director

P.S. Barack Obama's anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the U.S. Senate today and did everything he could to pass blame for the ATF's disastrous gun-smuggling operation, "Fast & Furious."

On December 8, Holder will testify before a House committee -- please sign your Fire Eric Holder petition at once so that my staff can flood Capitol Hill with tens of thousands of petitions from enraged gun rights activists like you:

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An interview with Tom Kilgannon, President of Freedom Alliance, (founded by Col. Oliver North)

Nov 08, 2011 05:13 am | Coach Collins

 By Bill McIntosh (.50 Cal.) staff writer

 Tom Kilgannon, President of Freedom Alliance shared his thoughts recently touching on the organizations multi part mission:

"... to advance the American heritage of freedom by honoring and encouraging military service, defending the sovereignty of the United States and promoting a strong national defense."

 Let me be timely here Tom. Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up quickly.  Your "Gifts from Home" initiative is part of the Alliances' work. Tell us about this gift program so people can spread the word to help out this year.

 For the deployed troops, they love getting our Gifts From Home care packages. First, it lets them know that they are not forgotten and that their service is appreciated...For many Soldiers or Marines, they have been on 5 or 6 deployments - some of them even more...they've been away from their family for perhaps 3-5 years depending on the length of deployment. So to get ... Continue Reading:An interview with Tom Kilgannon, President of Freedom Alliance, (founded by Col. Oliver North)

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American Minute November 7th

Nov 07, 2011 04:13 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

    He wanted to be a baseball player, but after attending a revival at age 16, his life changed.
He has addressed crowds around the world and is unprecedented in having friendships with U.S. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush.
His name is Billy ... Continue Reading:American Minute November 7th

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"You need someone like me in Washington,": Romney's curious timing in his support for abortion

Nov 07, 2011 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

During a September 2002 meeting with NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Willard Romney made this implied promise, "You need someone like me in Washington." 

Both Willard and the baby killing ghouls of NARAL knew what was being discussed. He was running for Governor of Massachusetts and clearly looking past his anticipated victory to a day when he could stop pretending he cared about pro-life issues and show his true devotion to their "cause" from the White House.

Romney made it quite clear that NARAL would have a friend in the State House and eventually in the White House if they helped elect him as Governor; which they did.

Sucking up to the baby killers,  Romney said, once he ascended to the White House,  he would  be a "good voice in the [Republican] party [for promoting abortion]" and he reminded them his "moderate" views on abortion have been, "widely written about."   

Keeping his promise ... Continue Reading:"You need someone like me in Washington,": Romney's curious timing in his support for abortion

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Who is Driving Occupy Wall Street : The OWS Threat
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Land Ownership and the Federal Reserve
Nov 07, 2011 10:50 am

Israeli Navy Intercepts Pro-Palestian Flotilla to the Gaza Strip
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Keeping Poor People Poor
Nov 06, 2011 11:25 pm

Marin Katusa: Top Energy Stocks by Sector
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Time to Rid the Streets of the Occupy Movement
Nov 06, 2011 01:07 pm

A Stroll Through Zuccotti Park

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 07:55 AM PST

(John Hinderaker)

Filmmaker Evan Coyne Maloney took a walk through Zuccotti Park and played a quiz game with a number of Occupiers. He put together this entertaining video of the occasion. In general, his interactions with the Occupiers were remarkably cordial, and it appears that some of them learned a few things. My favorite moment involves the guy who admires Che Guevara and says he sometimes goes by the name "Che," but doesn't look like he would fare very well in a Colombian jungle. (Then again, neither did Che.) Anyway, here is the video:

Go to Brain Terminal for much more of Evan's work.

There They Go Again, Again

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 05:37 AM PST

(Steven Hayward)

There's a splendid line in The Queen, the film about how the royal family responded to the death of Princess Diana in 1997, where the new Prime Minister Tony Blair (played pitch perfect by Michael Sheen) turns savagely on his press assistant Alastair Campbell and says, "When you get it wrong, you really get it wrong!"

The line comes immediately to mind when seeing the latest issue of The Economist, whose coverage and analysis I have praised here several times before.  But this week's first "leader," as the Brits call their unsigned house editorials, about political gridlock in the U.S. goes off the rails by endorsing the usual disingenuous lefty clichés.  About the inability of the two parties to reach an agreement to defuse Obama's debt bomb, The Economist says "The right is mostly to blame."

That's pretty rich. Let's see how this works: Obama and the Pelosi-Reid Congress pass a $1 trillion spending bill and Obamacare, both of which ratchet up the size of government from roughly 21 percent of GDP to about 25 percent of GDP, and it's the fault of the right for saying no to more taxes?

But The Economist really gets it wrong in the sequel: "Ronald Reagan, a divorcee who did little for the pro-life lobby and raised taxes when he had to, would never be nominated today."

Sigh.  When The Economist gets it wrong, they really get it wrong.  Just go back to the tape and ask the pro-abortion community in the 1980s about whether the Reagan administration took no steps to promote the pro-life cause.  Anyone remember the fuss over the "squeal rule," where the administration attempted to require parental notification for any minors seeking an abortion at any federally funded (that is, Planned Parenthood) clinic?  You'd have thought the dark night of fascism had arrived.  And of course the pro-abortionists rushed to court to get a federal judge to block the measure.  And how about the "baby doe" regs, which required hospitals to guarantee medical treatment to infants born handicapped, in an effort to stop the rare and unspoken practice of de facto infanticide whereby hospitals allow deformed newborns to die.  Go back and read the breathless New York Times editorials of the time and what the media said then about Reagan "doing little" for the pro-life cause.  I'll bet if I look long enough in the archives I'll find a few arched eyebrows at The Economist.  But life is too short to waste time twitting twits at that level of detail.

To be sure, two of Reagan's Supreme Court nominees failed to deliver as expected (though we forget that O'Connor's first opinion on an abortion case in 1983, a dissent, argued strongly against Roe v. Wade), which accounts for much of the disappointment of the time.  But as the pro-life community came to learn, the role of public persuasion had been neglected.  In this respect, don't forget Reagan's 1984 book, Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation.  Reagan's political advisers were nervous about publishing such a book so close to his re-election campaign.  Reagan replied: "I might not be re-elected.  We're going with it now." Reagan was the first sitting president to publish a book, and seldom has any president since Lincoln spoken so openly and forcefully about such a contentious moral issue.  He was just as direct and unequivocal as Lincoln: "Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution."  Roe was an act of "raw judicial power," Reagan said, comparable to Dred Scott:  "This is not the first time our country has been divided by a Supreme Court decision that denied the value of certain human lives."  Some of Reagan's language was bracing: "The abortionist who reassembles the arms and legs of a tiny baby to make sure all its parts have been torn from its mother's body can hardly doubt whether it is a human being."  The media said such a controversial article by a sitting president was "rare" and "unusual."

Are any of the supposedly more extreme Republican candidates, even Rick Santorum, speaking this way today about abortion?

I've already linked before to my Commentary magazine article last month that disposes of the other distortion The Economist passes along-Reagan "raised taxes when he had to"-so I won't belabor that point again here.  But the last claim is the real howler: Reagan "would never be nominated today."  This is so ludicrous it is beyond stupid.

The truth of course is exactly the opposite.  Most Democratic champions of the previous two generations could not be nominated today, like Harry Truman and JFK, because they aren't far enough left for today's Democrats.  In 1972 George McGovern had two pro-life Catholic running mates (Thomas Eagleton and then Sargent Shriver), and in 1976 Shriver ran in the primaries.  As we know, by 1992 Democrats wouldn't allow a pro-life speaker at their national convention.

But remember the media meme: it's Republicans who are extremists.  Rinse and repeat.

From a disclosed location

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PST

(Scott Johnson)

Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol spoke last night at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Bill spoke as the the St. Olaf College Political Awareness Committee fall speaker.

I picked Bill up from the airport and drove him down to his lodging in Northfield at a fully disclosed location, as I sought to document in the photo I took with my iPhone (below). I don't think I have ever used the camera app on the phone before. Getting it from the phone to the site and getting it to align vertically have been a challenge - I usually have to ask John Hinderaker or our publisher, Joe Malchow, for help on technical issues - and I don't want to waste the effort.

Bill earned his Ph.D. in government at Harvard as a student of Harvey Mansfield. Leaving academia after teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, he served as chief of staff to Bill Bennett when he was Secretary of Education during Reagan's second term and then as chief of staff for Vice President Quayle during the Bush administration. He took a timeout to help kill Hillarycare in 1993-94 before moving on to found the Weekly Standard in the wake of the historic midterm congressional elections of 1994. Bill wears his learning lightly, but he brings deep knowledge and a long perspective to his analysis of current events.

Coincidentally, Bill served as the keynote speaker at the Buckley Program event at Yale this past weekend, discussed in the adjacent post. Yesterday we had a chance to discuss current events, including the OWS protests. We think they signify something important about the American left, though we are still working on exactly what that might be. While Obama is taking us back to the days of Jimmy Carter, OWS seems to represent a case of the left's eternal return to adolescence and the 1960s. (That's me speaking, not Bill.) Next time around I'll shoot for one of those four-minute videos that Steve Hayward has been working up for us.

God and the Buckley Program at Yale

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 04:01 AM PST

(Scott Johnson)

Over the past weekend, the new student group named the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale hosted an auspicious conference commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of Bill Buckley's seminal book, God and Man at Yale. Peter Berkowitz wrote about the event here for RealClearPolitics; the Wall Street Journal published Neal Freeman's remarks at the conference here. Berkowitz explains in his column that Lauren Noble '11 teamed up with a few friends to launch the Buckley Program in the spring semester of her senior year.

We invited Buckley Program president Nathaniel Zelinksy '13 to report on the event for our readers. He writes:

On November 4, 200 Yale alumni, students and faculty gathered to commemorate the 60th anniversary of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s God and Man at Yale. Hosted by the Buckley Program - an all student-run group dedicated to promoting intellectual diversity on Yale's campus - the event reflected the best characteristics of the "patron saint" of modern conservatism: Sharp wit, intelligence, and depth of thought. Speakers included Dr. Henry Kissinger, a lifelong friend of Buckley's, National Review's Rich Lowry, and Weekly Standard founder-editor Bill Kristol, among others.

It is safe to say that God and Man at Yale launched the conservative movement sixty years ago. The book placed Buckley on the national scene, establishing him as a voice for reasoned, well written, but unapologetic conservatism. Without it, WFB may never have founded National Review, never inspired Barry Goldwater, and never have laid the foundation for Ronald Reagan's presidency.

Six-decades later, William F. Buckley Jr. has no heir apparent to speak with his authority. In fact, the current, anti-intellectual political climate discourages another WFB from blossoming. With the lack of true diversity of thought on college campuses, finding another Buckley may be a long time in coming.

The Buckley Program at Yale strives to correct this trend and live up to its namesake's legacy. It provides a missing part of the legitimate academic discourse through hosting speakers, sponsoring debates and funding summer internships at conservative publications. Buckley Student Fellows range from pre-meds to classics majors to aspiring physicists and economists. Only a year old, the Program has been met with acclaim on campus for its thoughtful discussion, which draws students of all political stripes and ideologies.

While only time will tell what impact it has at Yale, the Program is poised to recharge campus sixty years after Buckley first published his wake-up call to the nation. For more information on the program, visit www.BuckleyProgram.com.

Mr. Zelinsky forwards the photograph below from this past weekend's festivities. In the photo former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks with Bill Kristol and Yale's esteemed Professor (and member of the Buckley Program faculty board of advisors) Donald Kagan.

Poor Barry!

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 08:35 PM PST

(John Hinderaker)

He has to deal with that miscreant Benjamin Netanyahu every day! That is what President Obama said, apparently, to Nicolas Sarkozy when he thought his microphone was turned off. Drudge is headlining this story, so it is not exactly a scoop. But it still deserves notice:

French President Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly told US President Barack Obama that he could not "stand" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that he thinks the Israeli premier "is a liar."

According to a Monday report in the French website "Arret sur Images," after facing reporters for a G20 press conference on Thursday, the two presidents retired to a private room, to further discuss the matters of the day.

The conversation apparently began with President Obama criticizing Sarkozy for not having warned him that France would be voting in favor of the Palestinian membership bid in UNESCO despite Washington's strong objection to the move.

The conversation then drifted to Netanyahu, at which time Sarkozy declared: "I cannot stand him. He is a liar." According to the report, Obama replied: "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!"

The remark was naturally meant to be said in confidence, but the two leaders' microphones were accidently left on, making the would-be private comment embarrassingly public.

The communication faux pas went unnoticed for several minutes, during which the conversation between the two heads of state - which quickly reverted to other matters - was all but open to members the press, who were still in possession of headsets provided by the Elysée for the sake of simultaneous translation during the G20 press conference.

I have seen things of that sort happen-once, for example, a speaker at a seminar forgot to remove his lapel microphone when he was finished talking and it continued broadcasting to the auditorium while he walked backstage and went to the men's room. Embarrassing, to be sure-but heads of state should exercise more caution.

Apparently this story is just now leaking out because the reporters who were present signed an agreement to keep quiet about Obama's and Sarkozy's inadvertently public comments. It will be interesting to see whether the U.S. press exercises the same discretion without being bound to any such agreement.

Let your lawmakers know:
H.B. 1950 is the best way to responsibly regulate Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling in Pa.

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The state House could soon vote on a comprehensive bill (H.B. 1950) supported by Citizens to Protect PA Jobs that would responsibly regulate and grow the Marcellus Shale natural gas industry in Pennsylvania.

Marcellus Shale Critical to Job Creation
According to the state Department of Labor and Industry, there are nearly 218,000 employees statewide in the Marcellus Shale and related industries. Of those, nearly 72,000 new hires have come about just since 2009. Overall, more than 70 percent of these new hires call Pennsylvania home!

It is because of natural gas drilling that Washington County was ranked No. 3 in the nation for job growth and that Williamsport was the seventh fastest growing city in the nation!

Contact your lawmaker and tell them H.B. 1950 will enable the industry to grow while providing environmental safeguards and new sources of revenue for the Commonwealth

House Bill 1950 Offers Uniform Regulation and Environmental Protection
The bill would create a uniform regulatory standard that would pre-empt a hodge-podge of local ordinances, some of which are designed to halt drilling operations. Even if well-intended, differing rules make it very difficult for drillers operating in multiple jurisdictions to be in compliance and to effectively and efficiently operate.

House Bill 1950 also would provide money for impacted municipalities where drilling is occurring, the state's transportation infrastructure and for environmental/safety protection and enforcement.

House Bill 1950 Reflects Months of Work by Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission
Citizens to Protect PA Jobs supports H.B. 1950 because it reflects the recommendations of the governor's Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission. This commission spent months holding public meetings, conducting research and listening to experts before developing its sweeping recommendations.

Please contact your state representative and ask them to support H.B. 1950 as the best way to oversee this important industry.

Sincerely,

Citizens to Protect PA Jobs 

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