Dear Patriot,

As we give thanks to our great Nation with family and friends today, I thought I would pass on George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation.  His words stand in stark contrast to today's proclamation from the current occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- no mention of God, but he does cite football in the first 10 seconds of his address.     

Wishing you a healthy and Happy Thanksgiving!  May God continue to bless you and our great Republic.  

All the best,

Jeff McGeary

President, Thomas Jefferson Club

Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation:

WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:" 

NOW THEREFORE, I do recommend and assign THURSDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH DAY of NOVEMBER next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed;-- for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish Constitutions of government for our sasety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted;-- for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge;-- and, in general, for all the great and various favours which He has been pleased to confer upon us. 

And also, that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions;-- to enable us all, whether in publick or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us); and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best. 

GIVEN under my hand, at the city of New-York, the third day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. 

(signed) G. Washington 

Thomas Jefferson Club
P.O. Box 753
Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940  

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America's first socialist republic 

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:27 AM PST

(Scott Johnson)

We provided the platform launching Professor Paul Rahe into the blogosphere. He is one of the country's most distinguished scholars, but he has also proved to be a natural blogger as well. He now posts regularly at Big Government and at Ricochet.

In view of his classic study of Republics Ancient and Modern, Professor Rahe is the academy's foremost authority on the history of republics. Although his recent work on "soft despotism" is not far from these Thanksgiving reflections we first posted on Thanksgiving 2009, neither is his older work on republics:

On Thanksgiving, it is customary that Americans recall to mind the experience of the Pilgrim Fathers. This year, it is especially appropriate that we do so - as we pause, in the midst of an economic maelstrom, to count our remaining blessings and to reflect on the consequences of our election of a President and a Congress intent on "spread[ing] the wealth around."

We have much to learn from the history of the Plymouth Plantation. For, in their first year in the New World, the Pilgrims conducted an experiment in social engineering akin to what is now contemplated; and, after an abortive attempt at cultivating the land in common, their leaders reflected on the results in a manner that Americans today should find instructive.

William Bradford, Governor of the Plymouth Colony, reports that, at that time, he and his advisers considered "how they might raise as much corn as they could, and obtain a better crop than they had done, that they might not still thus languish in misery." And "after much debate of things," he then adds, they chose to abandon communal property, deciding that "they should set corn every man for his own particular" and assign "to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number, for that end."

The results, he tells us, were gratifying in the extreme, "for it made all hands very industrious" and "much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been." Even "the women now went willingly into the field, and took their little ones with them to set corn; which before would allege weakness and inability; whom to have compelled would have been thought great tyranny and oppression."

Moreover, he observes, "the experience that was had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years . . . amongst godly and sober men, may well evince the vanity of that conceit of Plato's and other ancients applauded by some of later times . . . that the taking away of property and bringing in community into a commonwealth would make them happy and flourishing." In practice, America's first socialist experiment "was found to breed much confusion and discontent and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort."

In practice, "the young men, that were most able and fit for labor and service, did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men's wives and children without any recompense. The strong, or man of parts, had no more in division of victuals and clothes than he that was weak and not able to do a quarter the other could; this was thought injustice. The aged and graver men to be ranked and equalized in labors and victuals, clothes etc., with the meaner and younger sort, thought it some indignity and disrespect unto them. And for men's wives to be commanded to do service for other men, as dressing their meat, washing their clothes, etc., they deemed it a kind of slavery, neither could many husbands well brook it."

Naturally enough, quarrels ensued. "If it did not cut off those relations that God hath set amongst men," Bradford notes, "yet it did at least much diminish and take off the mutual respects that should be preserved amongst them. And [it] would have been worse if they had been men of another condition" less given to the fear of God. "Let none object," he concludes, that "this is men's corruption, and nothing to the course itself. I answer, seeing all men have this corruption in them, God in His wisdom saw another course fitter for them."

The moral is perfectly clear. Self-interest cannot be expunged. Where there is private property and its possession and acquisition are protected and treated with respect, self-interest and jealousy can be deployed against laziness and the desire for that which is not one's own, and there tends to be plenty as a consequence.

But where one takes from those who join talent with industry to provide for those lacking either or both, where the fruits of one man's labor are appropriated to benefit another who is less productive, self-interest reinforces laziness, jealousy engenders covetousness, and these combine in a bitter stew to produce both conflict and dearth.

Paul A. Rahe holds the Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage at Hillsdale College. He is the author, most recently, of the companion studies Montesquieu and the Logic of Liberty: War, Religion, Commerce, Climate, Terrain, Technology, Uneasiness of Mind, the Spirit of Political Vigilance, and the Foundations of the Modern Republic and Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect.

Happy Deep-Fried Thanksgiving 

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:18 AM PST

(Steven Hayward)

Making the rounds right now is this William Shatner video (is there anything Shatner can't do?) about the hazards of deep frying your turkey (3:40 long).

Well, I've done it without burning down the house for the last two years; this video showing the set up and immersion without fire is just over 1 minute:

A longer  and more complete version of turkey frying from two years ago, showing the results after cooking (2:52 long) is here. This year it's back to more old-fashioned techniques: one in a slow-smoker, and another on a BBQ rotisserie.

The Occupiers In Two Sad Photos 

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:58 PM PST

(John Hinderaker)

Are the Occupiers the lamest political movement in history? These photos suggest as much. This one, via InstaPundit, was taken by the great Zombie for PJ Media. Somehow the spirit of JFK has lost a bit in the current generation:

This transposition pretty well sums up the demise of the Democratic Party and American liberalism.

Then there is this one, taken at U.C. Davis:

Arrest ideas? Heck, in today's America we can't even arrest leftists for public defecation and masturbation; we will be lucky if we catch the Occupiers who committed murder. As long as the idea consists of sitting in a tree and banging on a drum once in a while, I'm pretty sure those wicked, pepper-spraying coppers will leave her alone. On the other hand, if lameness ever becomes a crime, these folks could be in a world of trouble!

The Real Problem With Obamacare... 

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:06 PM PST

(John Hinderaker)

...is not that it will cost too much, or even that it will worsen our medical care, although both of those things are true. The real problem with socialized medicine-the eventual establishment of which is the purpose of Obamacare, according to Barack Obama-is that it will destroy our freedom. Mark Steyn has written that government medicine alters forever the relationship between state and citizen: once you are dependent on the government for your health care, you are no longer a freeborn citizen. You are the subject of an all-powerful state.

So Michael Ramirez hits the nail on the head: the trouble with Obamacare is that it will destroy our freedom, perhaps forever:

The Democrats's Favorite Republican 

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 03:24 PM PST

(John Hinderaker)

After every presidential debate, the candidates collect favorable reviews-or, much like movie ads, favorable phrases-and email them to their list of political junkies. Some of those compendia are, of course, more impressive than others. This is what came in today from Jon Huntsman:

Gov. Huntsman knocked it out of the park at last night's CNN foreign policy debate, distinguishing himself as the only candidate we can trust to lead on day one. ...

But don't take my word for it; read some of the post-debate reaction and analysis:

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: "On foreign policy, Huntsman has no peer in this Republican field. That was obvious tonight."

Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele: "Romney's 'commanders on the ground' slammed up against Huntsman 'Commander in Chief' makes the decision and got rocked."

The New York Times' Nate Silver's final debate grade for Gov. Huntsman: "A-"

Politico's Jonathan Martin on Huntsman's final debate answer: "One of best Huntsman answers of year."

Huffington Post's Jon Ward: "Good rebuttal by Huntsman to Romney on Afghanistan. One of JH's strongest moments this campaign."

Boston Globe's Glen Johnson: "Jon Huntsman Excels in Foreign Policy Debate"

With the exception of Michael Steele, these are not endorsements that normally would be welcomed by Republicans or that would tend to influence Republican voters positively. It may be, of course, that this was the best Huntsman could do. But you do sometimes get the odd feeling that Huntsman isn't quite sure which party's nomination he is running for.

Minnesota Public Radio wants you! 

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:43 PM PST

(Scott Johnson)

Our friends at Minnesota Public Radio have previously sought to recruit Power Line readers into their network of conservative sources. Melody Ng of MPR has contacted us to renew the request and invite readers to participate in a special survey.

Unlikely as it may seem, given our recurring complaints about public radio journalism, we have an amicable and respectful relationship with MPR. MPR is hosting a one-hour special with John Hinderaker that will be taped next week on the evening of November 29 for broadcast on November 30. Melody writes:

This may be a good time to invite Twin Cities readers to join the live audience at John Hinderaker's Bright Ideas show. We'd love to have more Power Line readers participating in the conversation. The taping is next Tuesday, November 29. The taping starts at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30. Everyone's invited to stay for a reception after the show. People can reserve seats on the MPR website.

You asked when the show airs, for people who aren't local or can't make the taping. It will be on Midday on November 30 at noon CST. So people can either listen to MPR News on their radios (here's a station map for the state) or listen online. It'll be archived on the Bright Ideas Web page, so people can listen anytime after the 30th.

Now to the business at hand. Melody has drawn up a survey with my input. We would appreciate the participation of our readers. Here is her invitationt to Power Line readers:

Journalists are only as good as our sources. That's why we need you. With the presidential election next year, and the GOP nomination yet undecided, news organizations are hungry to hear from conservatives - to find out what's driving your vote.

But we need you even more beyond politics - as expert sources on schools and taxes, the economy and the legal system, on health care and everything else we cover. Conservatives are an essential part of this country, and your voices, stories and perspectives must be represented in the media.

If you feel that mainstream media don't currently do a good job of representing your views, then please take this opportunity to talk to us. The newsroom doors are open to you.

I know that some of you likely distrust my intentions. Scott Johnson asked me to say something to address your concerns. I'm not sure how best to do that. I can promise what we pledge to all the 130,000+ people around the country who are sources in our Public Insight Network. Anything you share with us is confidential to our newsrooms unless you explicitly give us permission to broadcast or publish it. We will never spam you or sell your contact information.

My colleagues and I consider it an honor to have our jobs as journalists, and I believe to my core that we want to report with integrity. You may not always agree with a news story - I know I don't. But we do not wish to misrepresent anyone, and we'd treat you and what you tell us with respect.

You can become a source by answering a short survey telling us what events, books, people and other experiences have influenced your political viewpoint. Here's the link:

When did you know you were a conservative?

Your story will help us tell the story of conservative voters. And, we'll be in touch in the future for other reporting.

Melody promises to share the survey results with us and I think they will be of interest to readers.

In speaking with her over the past few weeks I have found Melody to be an incredibly nice and reflective professional. She offers to speak personally to readers who may be interested by have concerns about participation in the project or survey:

I'm happy to answer your questions or address your concerns anytime. You can find me at mng@americanpublicmedia.org or 651-290-1499. And if you're ever in St. Paul, I will literally throw the newsroom doors open to you. Stop by for a visit.

Thanks for your time and consideration. I hope to hear from you soon.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Melody

Melody Ng
Public Insight analyst
American Public Media

If you take Melody up on her offer to contact her, please extend her the civility she and her colleagues have extended to us.

Uh-Oh: Don't Look Now, But. . . 

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 11:21 AM PST

(Steven Hayward)

Need to take a break from reading Climategate 2.0 emails, because I'm getting eye strain.  More bad news out of the Eurozone, where a German bond auction has failed miserably (Megan McArdle at the Atlantic has a good roundup, but what do you expect when Jon Corzine exits the Eurobond market?), and the Dexia bailout may be coming unraveled.

Meanwhile, while all eyes are fixed on the Eurozone, China may be on the brink of trouble: manufacturing activity is down to a three-year low, on top of reports of rapidly falling real estate prices.

And oh yeah-the American economy still ain't looking so good, either.

But be of good holiday cheer: Tomorrow I'll post up some video of my deep fried turkey triumphs.

The Supercommittee's Failure: What Really Happened 

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 10:33 AM PST

(John Hinderaker)

Finger-pointing is in full swing, but the reality is that the Supercommittee's failure to come to an agreement on spending reductions is just one chapter in a very long story-the story of the Democratic Party's absolute refusal to come to grips with the country's fiscal crisis. Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee have produced this helpful time line, with links to supporting documentation. The story of the Democrats' ongoing malfeasance needs to be better understood:

January 25 - In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposes freezing "annual domestic spending for the next five years." This freeze would lock in elevated spending levels (24 percent non-defense discretionary, not including stimulus) and produce an estimated $3.8 trillion in deficits over the period in question. Subsequent analysis revealed that, because the White House shifted and hid new spending, non-defense discretionary spending would actually increase even further next year.

February 14 - President Obama proposes a budget with $8.7 trillion in new spending (CBO's re-estimate actually finds $9.6 trillion in new spending).

February 15 - The House of Representatives begins debate on a bill that would cut spending by $61 billion. President Obama promptly issues a veto threat.

April 11 - Press Secretary Jay Carney: "We should move quickly to raise the debt limit and we support a clean piece of legislation to do that."

April 13 - President Obama delivers a speech where he lays out a "framework" that he claims will lead to $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next 10-12 years. In reality, using OMB's own numbers, deficits under the "framework" are $3.2 trillion higher than the president's own fiscal commission.

April 15 - The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passes its budget, which cuts $6 trillion in comparison to the President's budget.

April 19 - S&P assigns a negative outlook to the U.S. credit rating, signaling at least a one-in-three likelihood that the agency will lower the nation's long-term rating.

May 1 - Total federal spending since President Obama took office reaches approximately $8 trillion.

May 11 - Austan Goolsbee, chair of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, says it is "quite insane" to tie spending cuts to the debt limit increase.

May 17 - Chairman Conrad continues to delay the unveiling of his latest secret budget, announcing that "I'll say something later - not today, probably... There are a lot of conversations under way."

May 18 - Majority Leader Reid says it would be "foolish" for Senate Democrats to offer a budget.

May 19 - Chairman Conrad announces he will not reveal a budget to the public until after the Gang of Six produces a proposal.

May 25 - The Senate rejects President Obama's budget by a vote of 0-97.

May 23 - Senator Schumer, when asked why there is no alternative to the House-passed budget, answers, "To put other budgets out there is not the point."

May 26 - GOP Senators join Ranking Member Sessions in asking Reid not to break for the Memorial Day recess until Senate Democrats bring forward a budget so the Senate can fulfill its duty.

June 7 - Even some Senate Democrats become anxious about their party's lack of a budget.

June 29 - Chairman Conrad tells Politico, "Senate Democrats have reached an agreement on a plan - just now - and we'll be putting that out sometime soon." (Note: the plan was never made public, but a leaked outline revealed that it contained as many as $2 in tax hikes for $1 in spending cuts.)

June 29 - Sessions renews call for the Senate to remain in town to deal with its budget and debt ceiling work.

July 1 - Sessions and Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch ask the president to reveal, in detail, what his deficit reduction plans actually are. No response is received, and the president's February budget remains the only plan he has ever put on paper (thus the only plan that can be estimated by CBO) and shared with Congress or the American people.

July 8 - On the 800th day since Senate Democrats passed a budget, the unemployment rate rises to 9.2 percent (the third straight month above 9 percent).

July 19 - Amid continuing calls for the president to reveal what spending cuts he actually supports, Carney says that "leadership is not proposing a plan for the sake of having it voted up or down..."

July 22 - At a press conference discussing his position on negotiating a debt limit increase, President Obama declares, "The only bottom line that I have is that we have to extend this debt ceiling through the next election, into 2013."

August 2 - Following passage of the debt limit increase package in the Senate, President Obama calls for America to "live within our means" immediately before advocating a further increase in government spending, framed, as usual, as "investments."

August 3 - Government borrowing tops 100 percent of GDP as the U.S. accumulates $4 trillion in gross debt under President Obama, well above the 90-percent threshold identified by economists Rogoff and Reinhart as when debt harms economic growth and brings down job creation.

August 5 - S&P downgrades the U.S.' credit rating from AAA, the first time the nation has had less than the top rating since receiving it in 1917.

September 8 - Shortly after the passage of the debt limit deal and the spending cuts that went with it, President Obama announces a second stimulus bill that would cost $447 billion. CBO later admits that stimulus spending depresses long-term economic growth.

September 18 - President Obama unveils a deficit reduction plan that he claims will reduce deficits by $3 trillion through a combination of tax increases, war savings, and other spending cuts. But a Budget Committee analysis reveals that, thanks to a number of budget gimmicks, the plan would reduce deficits by only $1.4 trillion and would rely entirely on tax increases.

October 14 - 900 days pass since Senate Democrats last offered a budget plan.

November 7 - The Congressional Budget Office reports that total federal spending increased in Fiscal Year 2011 by $145 billion over the previous year's level.

November 9 - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi claims that Democrats didn't pass a budget when they controlled both chambers of Congress because "Republicans would have filibustered it," but as she should know, budget resolutions can't be filibustered.

November 11 - As the supercommittee continues its tense negotiations, President Obama departs for a nine-day trip to Bali, Indonesia, and Australia.

November 13 - Supercommittee member James Clyburn, the House Assistant Democratic Leader, says that a draft Democrat proposal has been outlined. A Budget Committee analysis estimates this outlined proposal to contain a dramatic tax increase-to-spending cut ratio of 4:1.

November 16 - On the 931st day since Senate Democrats offered a budget, the U.S. gross national debt tops $15 trillion.

November 18 - In search of common ground, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey puts forward a draft proposal with both spending cuts and tax revenue. Democrats summarily reject the offer.

November 21 - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg chides President Obama, saying that "It's the Chief Executive's job to bring people together & provide leadership. I don't see that happening [with the] #SuperCommittee"

November 22 - President Obama places multiple calls, over the course of the month, to European leaders regarding their countries' debt problems. Meanwhile, Jay Carney says it was "absolutely not" a problem for "him not to have been as involved" with the supercommittee negotiations.

What a record! If the voters understood how the Democratic Party has blocked every effort to bring fiscal sanity to Washington, would a single Democrat be returned to Washington next November?

Debate Notes 

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 06:22 AM PST

(Steven Hayward)

I didn't get home from the GOP debate until late last night (there was an after party don't you know), and was too tired to post up my notes and impressions then.

It is quite a different experience to see one of these events up close and in person.  Based on tenure at AEI or something, I had a reserved seat in the second row-I felt like Bob Uecker-so I could see the action very close.  I could even make out Wolfie Blitzer's heavy pancake makeup. (Though I think Cain started something by calling him "Blitz"-the audience reacted with suppressed but prolonged giggling that may not have come over fully on TV.)  One thing you don't appreciate watching these on TV is what a pseudo-entertainment spectacle they are.  Before the program began, a producer-dude who obviously has or had a second career as a standup comic came out on stage with a warm up act ("You're the best looking audience we've had all day!") to give us instructions on how to follow his hand signals on when to applaud, and when to stop applauding.  Whatever.  But it really does make the serious business of debating issues with potential presidents seem more like a reality TV show: "Dancing with the Candidates."  May we have a C-SPAN debate with Brian Lamb someday please?

As to the substance of the issues, I concur with Michael Barone's observations, and largely agree with Joel Pollak's succinct scorecard over on BigPeace.com.  What you don't see on TV, however, are some of the fine points-the body language, the snorts and twitches of the candidates, and audience reaction-and especially how some of the minor and not-so-minor flubs are received by the live audience.  Some of the little slips the candidates make are much more apparent in the hall than on TV I think.

So when Ron Paul, the crazy uncle of the field, said in the opening exchange that criminal law had "worked well" with Timothy McVeigh, your could see Newt across the stage coil up like Alex Rodriguez seeing a slow hanging curveball coming toward the plate.  You could see this coming a mile away: "Timothy McVeigh succeeded.  He killed a lot of Americans."  Newt went on to make the obvious point (paraphrasing here): I don't want a law that says we get you after you've destroyed an American city.  We need a body of law that enables a president to stop it from happening.  Newt established his dominant position right out of the gate.

I could detect Ron Paul audibly snort when Rick Santorum, weighing in on this same thread, rather foolishly but approvingly said that Lincoln "ran over civil rights" during the Civil War.  Never mind instructing Santorum here: had I the chance, I would love to ask Ron Paul, "Why do you belong to the Party of Lincoln if you share the view that Lincoln was a Constitution-shredding president who is the primary author of big government in the US?"  (It's a commonly held view among the most extreme and simplistic libertarians.)

I agree with the commenter on John's thread from last night that Santorum's remark that we should profile all Muslims at airport security went down very badly with the audience.  You could sense people shifting uneasily in their seats with this overreach; I noticed a slight murmur, and also a lot of people glancing at one another as if to say, "Did he really just say that?"

Another minor flub that got a flinch was Rick Perry saying that "Afghanistan and India are working together" on Pakistan.  Um, I doubt many Indians would conceive the matter that way.  And the idea of free trade zone as a remedy for the region's instability seems a tad goofy, too.

On Syria, Herman Cain said one thing we ought to do is "stop buying oil from Syria."  I guess he thinks all Arab nations must have oil because they're Arab.  And then he managed to change the subject to economic growth at home.  I was sure we were about to get "nine-nine-nine," but Cain restrained himself.

About Romney what can you say?  I think he should trademark his Benevolent Gaze with which he beholds his competitors, always with the body at a half-turn, sometimes with a hand in one pocket.  He's one relaxed dude.  Though if I could write one of those "thought bubbles" over his head when he's giving his "Benevolent Gaze" I'd have him think: "Oh you nice person; I'm going to squash you like a bug in New Hampshire."

And now back to reading another 4,000 Climategate 2 emails for the rest of the day.

PRESS TO SEND THIS NO-COST FAX

Dear President Obama,

I was outraged to learn you are offering an amnesty to illegal aliens through Executive Actions! If you have any respect for the American people, you will not follow through on this plan.

According to Cecilia Munoz, your Director of Intergovernmental Relations:

Authorities "will be applying common sense guidelines to make [deportation] decisions, like a person's ties and contributions to the community, their family relationships and military service record.... In the end, this means more immigration enforcement pressure where it counts the most, and less where it doesn't -- that's the smartest way to follow the law while we stay focused on working with the Congress to fix it."

How will keeping illegal aliens in the country, whatever the reason, help jobless Americans find work? Clearly it will not. Indeed, it will make the plight of unemployed Americans even worse and put even more Americans out of work. You need to get with the program and realize that Americans do not want an amnesty for illegal aliens!

Please start enforcing the law and make sure illegal aliens do not receive amnesties and are not allowed to take U.S. jobs. There are 22 million Americans unable to find a full-time job. Please do not let them down.

Sincerely,
(Your Name Will Appear Here)

PRESS TO SEND THIS NO-COST FAX

November 24, 2011

Remember whom to thank

JOSEPH FARAH - Thanksgiving isn't a day for complaining, but indulge me for just a moment. I'm appalled at the way Americans have forgotten the real meaning of Thanksgiving. Have you checked out what your children are learning about this holiday in both government and too many private schools? The Pilgrims had a rough time when they first landed on Plymouth Rock. Finally, the friendly native Americans taught the European plunderers how to fish and plant corn... (more) 

November 24, 2011

President Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day proclamation

WASHINGTON EXAMINER - The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings off fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God... (more) 

November 23, 2011

'Company Policy: We are not hiring until Obama is gone'

11 ALIVE - A west Georgia business owner is stirring up controversy with signs he posted on his company's trucks, for all to see as the trucks roll up and down roads, highways and interstates: "New Company Policy: We are not hiring until Obama is gone"... (more) 

November 23, 2011

NBC apologizes to Bachmann for Fallon song choice

ASSOCIATED PRESS - GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night," her spokeswoman said late Wednesday... (more) 

 Fallon apologizes to Bachmann for band's outrageous insult

November 23, 2011

The search for Marizela: a Thanksgiving note

MICHELLE MALKIN - On March 5, my 18-year-old cousin disappeared from her University of Washington campus in Seattle. Marizela Perez -- 5-foot-5, 110 pounds, short black hair with brown/red highlights and bangs cut into an asymmetrical bob, wearing a dark hooded jacket, jeans and light brown suede boots -- was last seen at a Safeway grocery that fateful Saturday afternoon... (more) 

November 23, 2011

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a tax increase today

ANN COULTER - Bored with the Penn State scandal because it didn't implicate any prominent Republicans, the mainstream media have suddenly become obsessed with Grover Norquist's Taxpayer Protection pledge."They are monomaniacally fixated on luring Republicans into raising taxes... (more) 

November 23, 2011

Cross removed at base in Afghanistan

POLITICO - A large cross that had been prominently displayed outside a chapel on an isolated military base in northern Afghanistan was taken down last week, prompting outrage from some American service members stationed there... (more) 

November 23, 2011

Survival shop reports jump in sales to people preparing for 'possible collapse'

CBS ST. LOUIS - A chain of three stores that sells survival food and gear reports a jump in sales to people who are getting prepared for the "possible collapse" of society... (more) 

November 23, 2011

Egypt unrest stirs fears inside Israel

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - Days of protest in Egypt, ahead of elections expected to produce big wins for the Muslim Brotherhood, have stirred fears in Israel about bilateral ties and the future of the countries' peace treaty... (more) 

November 23, 2011

Arizona lawmakers say they will build border fence

ASSOCIATED PRESS - Arizona is taking on immigration once again. State lawmakers are collecting donations from the public to put fencing along every inch of the state's porous border with Mexico in a first-of-its-kind effort. The idea came from a state senator, Republican Steve Smith, who says that people from across the nation have donated about $255,000 to the project since July... (more) 

November 22, 2011

Only an election can break Washington's gridlock

WASHINGTON EXAMINER - To no one's surprise, members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, a.k.a. the Super Committee, announced yesterday that it had failed to agree on a $1.2 trillion debt reduction plan. As a result, no additional spending cuts or tax hikes will go into effect this year... (more) 

November 22, 2011

Eric Holder must go

GOV. RICK PERRY - Ever since the Department of Justice's gun-running operation known as Fast and Furious became public, the Obama administration's response has been slow and infuriating. Of particular concern is Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s lack of candor concerning what he knew and when he knew it... (more) 

November 22, 2011

'Ten Commandments judge' returns

ASSOCIATED PRESS - The former top Alabama judge known for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse said Tuesday that he's seeking to regain his old job as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Eight years after Roy Moore was removed from the post because of the monument dispute, he announced that he would run for the position again at a news conference on the steps of the Alabama Judicial Building in Montgomery... (more) 

November 22, 2011

Gingrich's stem-cell history

NATIONAL REVIEW - In 2001, President Bush was under enormous pressure to allow federal funding for stem-cell research that involved the destruction of human embryos. Many Republicans in Congress favored the funding, and so, reportedly, did various White House aides and Cabinet secretaries. Among those Republicans who added to the calls for funding was former Speaker Newt Gingrich... (more) 

November 21, 2011

Book review: 'The Road to Serfdom: Special Abridged Edition'

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - From the grave, one of the most honored economists of the 20th century warns America -- and all of Western civilization -- to be wary of the mirage-like temptations offered by so-called "democratic socialism"... (more) 

November 21, 2011

Ann Coulter is wrong: a real conservative can beat Obama

RICHARD VIGUERIE - Ann Coulter is wrong -- and I say that, having been involved in the leadership of the national conservative movement for over 50 years, not as a "Johnny-come-lately conservative purist." I am frequently asked if Obama will be re-elected in 2012 and my answer is "not if Republicans nominate a principled, small government constitutional conservative for President"... (more) 

November 21, 2011

Media persecutes GOP with a double standard on gaffes

GARY BAUER - The Republican presidential nomination battle has had its share of "oops" moments--gaffes, mental lapses and verbal miscues. Not surprisingly, they've become the defining narrative about the GOP for a media desperate to distract the public from the Obama administration's failures... (more) 

November 23, 2011

On Today's Program   

Washington's Lost History: Great segment featuring a roundtable of George Washington experts reveals some amazing history about George Washington that has been erased by progressives. Why & how did they do it? Find out in this FREE GBTV segment! It's time to take our history back - don't elect another president until you know what made our first one so great. Order your copy of Glenn's new book, Being George Washington now.

Glenn's hitting the road: Beginning next Thursday, Glenn is hitting the road to sign copies of his new book. Find out if he will be stopping by your city HERE.

Glenn & SE Cupp react to GOP debate

Who performed well at the debate last night? Who didn't? Glenn interviewed SE Cupp on the program today to talk about all things debate, especially the recent rise of Newt Gingrich. SE takes issue with this recent surge, questioning conservatives as to why they are willing to ignore the many betrayals to conservatism Newt has committed. Check out the interview from radio today WATCH.

Newt vs. Mitt - who's worse?   

It's looking more and more like either Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney will end up being the GOP Presidential nominee. Both aren't exactly the ideal conservative, but since we're apparently stuck with 'em - which one is worse? Glenn, Pat & Stu run down the positives and negatives of each. It isn't pretty. WATCH

MSNBC praises... Michele Bachmann? This stunning turn of events after last night's debate has Glenn rethinking his support for Congresswoman Bachmann...what did MSNBC say about the Congresswoman? WATCH

The audio you MUST play for your families at Thanksgiving

For all of your family members and friends who are still under the assumption that everything is business as usual in America - have them take a listen to this stunning audio Glenn played on radio today. A seemingly never ending reel of OWS protester after protester calling for violence and the destruction of Capitalism. The threat is real and it isn't going away - LISTEN and SHARE.

RIP Joy Behar program: Gone way too soon. Glenn doesn't know anything about her - but Stu had a few, eh, choice things to say on radio today. WATCH

Another liberal scandal the media will ignore: Climategate 2! More devastating emails covering up environmentalist lies are released. Read them in Stu's latest blog.