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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

It's not often you have the opportunity to meet with your reps face to face and tell them GFY how much you despise adore what they do to keep America bankrupt safe and on the road to the poorhouse prosperity.

Now is your chance; join with our sister-brother group, The Valley Forge Patriots Tea Party, for an evening with U.S. Representative Joe Gerlach. Try to prepare your questions in advance - this promises to be a very popular evening, and so BE SURE TO RSVP as shown on the invitation below.

                        Lou Flanagan

                   The General Wayne Tea Party

The Valley Forge Patriots invite you to a

Town Hall Meeting

With

U.S. Congressman Jim Gerlach

Dec, 2  2011

At the Phoenixville CC 6:00 to 8:00 PM

The Congressman will give a legislative update and then address questions from the audience. We are expecting a large turnout and seating is limited.  As always, parking is free and snacks and drinks are available.

Reservations Only at http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/

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RedState Morning Briefing

For December 2, 2011

1. Obama's Dual Deficits

On Monday, President Obama announced to the people of Europe that the United States stands "ready to do our part" to help Europe resolve its debt crisis.

If only he were so ready to do his part to solve the U.S. debt problem.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the report from the Bowles-Simpson Fiscal Commission, the 18 member group the president tasked with finding a path to deficit reduction. But after establishing the commission himself, the president brushed their recommendations aside and continued with his record spending.

Over the last three years, President Obama has proven that while he may talk a good game about debt-reduction, he's unwilling to truly lead on the issue. He once promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. And then he produced three annual budgets with record deficits.

2. Why the Club for Growth PAC is backing Mark Neumann in #WISEN

ne of the biggest pick-up opportunities for Republicans next year is going to be in Wisconsin, where the Democratic Senator Herb Kohl is retiring. There is a three-way primary, and the Club for Growth PAC has already endorsed one candidate.

That candidate has already been endorsed by Jim DeMint's Senate Conservative's Fund, Senator Rand Paul, and Senator Tom Coburn.

His name is Mark Neumann, and he was tea party before being tea party was cool.

Erick has written many times on here about how conservatives need to "hold the freaking line". Mark Neumann's already been there in Congress as an original member of the class of '94, and he's done it under enormous pressure from the big-spending establishment.

Here's one example: in 1995 Mark fought against a Republican spending bill, and Republican leaders, including the uber-powerful Bob Livingston, informed him they were going to kick him off the Appropriations Committee as punishment.

3. Andy Stern. Scab for the Chinese.

Before you ask: I was raised in a union household. I know precisely what that word means, and I am using it precisely as my late father the local union president would have used it if he had lived to read this Wall Street Journal article by former SEIU boss Andy Stern. Let me summarize said article: I, Andy Stern, am a cheap date* who can be easily persuaded to publicly abandon support for the most successful economic/fiscal system in human history in exchange to a free trip to the Great Wall of China. But ignore for right now Stern's unfortunate (for him) timing in writing a remarkably servile paean to the planned Chinese economy at precisely (I'm fond of that word this morning, it seems) the moment when the Chinese economy is looking alarmingly fragile to the rest of the world. Let's instead talk about the state of organized labor in the People's Republic of China, shall we?

4. So, Whose House is it Anyway?

Last year, the American people voted overwhelmingly for a Republican House of Representatives. Based upon their campaign pledges, the prevailing expectation of a "Republican House" was a body of revitalized Republicans who would not fund Obamacare and Dodd-Frank, downsize Freddie/Fannie, oppose appropriator-concocted omnibus bills, and fight for at least some of their priorities in the Ryan budget.

A year later, the prevailing sentiment amongst the GOP ruling class within the House is antithetical to those ideals. First it was the minibus; then it was the omnibus; now there's talk about a megabus (coupled with unemployment benefits and tax extenders). Instead of demanding that Democrats pass a proper budget and allow both chambers to vote on one bill at a time, they are willing to genuflect before Harry Reid and Senate Democrats. The fact that we are running late on appropriations is not the fault of Republicans, and the American people know that. Why reward Democrats for their insouciance towards our budget process by granting them all the major policy riders and spending levels?

5. Egypt 1 - Globalism 0

Let's stipulate upfront that the Muslim Brotherhood's Reagan-like domination of Egypt's Parliamentary Elections is probably an international setback to the United States, Israel and most of Southern Europe. Results thus far encompass areas that were probably most friendly to the Facebook Revolutionaries and the Western World they represented.

Amongst the cosmopolitan voters over at Starbucks, the Muslim Brotherhood holds leads in 50% of the seats. Their closest competition is an Islamist Party that caters to the Salafi School of Islam. The votes taking place in the coming days will be in the Egyptian countryside where The Muslim Brotherhood may well play Mitt Romney to a way more traditionalist Salafi alternative. The Facebook Revolutionaries will have gone from overthrowing a military junta to depending upon the Egyptian Army to protect them from being beaten down like a bunch of Coptic Christians.

6. The Horserace

We are a month away from the actual horserace, but it has been going on a while. I have said repeatedly that the race is Mitt Romney's to lose. It looks like he just might lose it.

The race is Romney's to lose because the race has settled against his favor. The race has settled in "Not Romney's" favor. The problem, though, is "Not Romney" is not on the ballot. Because the 75% of Republican voters who do not want Mitt Romney cannot settle on an alternative, Mitt holding steady at second place benefits him. The 75% will divide up around him while his 25% holds steady.

But few of us, including me, could see Newt's resurgence. Brought on in an unusually debate heavy campaign season, the money has started pouring in and Newt has risen to replace Romney. Not only that, but Newt's rise has seen Romney's numbers start to fall. There is panic in the Romney camp.

Herman Cain's implosion has prompted more consolidation away from Romney toward Gingrich.

The question now is can Gingrich overcome his Sisyphean legacy? Gingrich historically has reached the top of the political pile only to spectacularly roll back down it. Conservatives in the 90?s came to loath him as an obstruction to conservative dominance. During the George W. Bush years, Gingrich charted a third way that is now starting to come back on him.

If Gingrich can weather the storm for the next three weeks, it becomes Newt Gingrich's race to lose. History is against him. The voters, so far, are for him. Waiting off stage for his second close up should the voters break out the hook for Gingrich is a governor from Texas - the man who inherited Gingrich's original campaign team.

We'll get into it all in today's Horserace.

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Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for December 2, 2011

Jobs report: Oct. was brighter; did Nov. keep it up?   

The Washington Post

Senate approves $662 billion defense bill   

The Associated Press

Russian vote watchdog under pressure before elections   

Reuters

Egypt election results delayed to Friday   

USA Today

Staying on offense for cyberdefense   

The Washington Times

  Watch the Freedom Center's revealing new video, Obama: The Anti-Israel President:

Obama - The Anti-Israel President

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Obama Orders Government to Clean Up Terror Training The Danger Room

According to a Pentagon memorandum acquired by Danger Room, the White House's National Security Staff in October requested "Departments and Agencies" to "provide their screening process for CVE trainers and speakers." (.pdf) CVE refers to "Countering Violent Extremism," the euphemism du jour for the war on terrorism. The memorandum says that "recent media attention" led to the review, and contains a single attachment to demonstrate that attention: "Spencer Ackerman's Wired.com article."

The ongoing review will examine whether counterterrorism training material throughout the government is accurate and relevant, and will make sure the briefings given to federal field offices and local cops meet the same standards as FBI headquarters or the Pentagon.

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Takbir! NYC Traffic Snarled By Muslim Cabbies Stopping To Pray

 

I have been reporting on this street supremacism for years. It's only a matter of time until whole sections of the city are shut down, as in major European cities, i.e. Paris. Back in October 2010, I covered this very thing here. Atlas readers have complained for years of Muslim cab swarm on Friday afternoons followed by street prayers, etc. I suspect that the reason for this is that there's a plan afoot to build a mega mosque in this particular area.

 

Street praying is territorial and out of line. How disruptive to this quiet residential area of Manhattan.We have seen this activity grow to intolerable proportions in Paris. Fine each one a $1000 parking ticket and  pull their licenses, and this supremacist harrassment will stop.

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Fellow patriots,

In studying Islamic theology and history, I've come to realize a few things about Islamists that the mainstream media and most Western politicians fail to understand:

• Any infidel who is aware of Islam but has not become a Muslim is considered an enemy, and in rebellion to Allah, because he or she rejects Allah's authority by rejecting the Koran has Allah's holy word. ( Koran 2.193, 9.29-30 )
• Deception is simply a tactic of war that is completely legitimate for Muslims to use against an enemy of Allah. ( Koran 8.30, 3.28, 5.21, 40.32, 61.5, though the clearest statement comes from the hadiths: Bukhari, Volume 4 Book 52 Verse 268: "Allah's Apostle said, "War is deceit." )
• It is more important to advance the cause of Islam than it is to tell the truth.  This is the natural corollary to the two points above.

Therefore, an Islamist will only tell the truth to an infidel -- that is, any non-Muslim or insufficient Muslim -- when telling the truth serves to advance Islam.  An Islamist will lie in a heartbeat if the truth reflects negatively on Islam or Muslims, and any non-Muslim who takes an Islamist's word at face value is setting him or herself up for betrayal.  In fact, Muslims are famous for their ability to beat lie detector tests because lying to infidels creates no cognitive dissonance or embarrassment for them.

The Obama Administration has been coming to the aid of the Muslim Brotherhood both domestically and abroad, going so far as to make the ridiculous assertion that the Muslim Brotherhood is a "largely secular organization" ( http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/02/10/dni_james_clapper_muslim_brotherhood_a_largely_secular_group.html ). 

Also, throughout the "Arab Spring," the Muslim Brotherhood has been claiming to be in favor of democracy.  However, it's becoming clear that this is simply a political calculation based their belief that a Muslim-majority nation will vote them into power, thus advancing Islam.  The sad fact is that they don't actually respect democracy as a force for good in itself, as is evident from the ways they are subverting Egypt's elections to gain political power. 

Historically, from Algeria to Gaza to the West Bank to Iraq to Iran (ever hear of the Supreme Leader being elected by popular vote?), Islamist behavior has given rise to the quip, "One man, one vote, one time" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_Civil_War ).  The election that puts Islamists into power is typically the last genuine election the country sees.

In parallel with the Muslim Brotherhood's maneuvering has been a campaign of harassment that has driven roughly 100,000 Christian Copts out of the country and killed numerous others, putting the ruthless world of Islamic politics on display, where one way to win an election is to physically eliminate the opposition.

Watch for the same tactics wherever "peaceful Muslims" seek to advance the Islamist cause, including the United States.  Anyone take a look at Detroit lately?

Dave

Muslim Brotherhood bends rules and expects to win big in Egypt

Stringer/Egypt / Reuters

Women holding umbrellas stand in line during rain under an election poster by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood "The Freedom and Justice Party'" outside a polling station as they wait to cast their votes during parliamentary elections in Alexandria on Monday.

By Charlene Gubash

CAIRO - The Muslim Brotherhood has already started coloring outside the lines in order to win a majority in Egypt's parliamentary elections.  

 

The organization, which gave its political branch the more ambiguous title, The Party of Freedom and Justice (FJP), is expected to win 40 percent of the seats in the lower house of parliament, according to analysts estimates.  Official results from the first round of voting will be announced Thursday.

 

Based on our own observations at polling stations across Cairo and anecdotal evidence, they seem to have won support at the polls by bending the rules in their favor.

Hating America, in the Name of God

By Discover The Networks

Pax Christi USA views the United States as a nation that scapegoats Muslims and nonwhite immigrants, a land of inequitable wealth distribution, and a snake pit of "systemic racism" and "white skin privilege."

December 1, 2011

  Police investigate a
  moderate Muslim

  Complaint filed by Muslim woman wearing a hijab  

Sharia law begins changing a society well before it actually becomes the law of the land. A good example is the self-imposed censorship exercised by most of the American media when they refused to publish the Danish cartoons satirizing Mohammed. In effect, the media capitulated to sharia's prohibition of anything perceived by Muslims as defamation of Mohammed.

We urge you to listen to this 6 minute radio interview. This is happening with increasing frequency across America. If the Muslim woman who filed the police complaint discussed in this interview is willing to do that to another Muslim, just think what that means for us non-Muslims!!

And when you've finished listening to the interview, if you haven't yet signed the pledge of support to stop sharia in your state, why wait another minute? Please add your name today!
 

Thursday, December 1, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 341 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Why Obama Says He MUST Be Reelected

Last night in New York City, Barack Obama, fresh from Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he once again attacked "the rich," held a fundraising dinner for folks who paid $35,800 a plate to hear him speak. (Just think of how many poor people they could have fed if they had donated $35,800 to a local food bank instead of to Obama!)

Obama told this select group, whom he normally might refer to as "fat cats," the number one reason why he needs to be reelected. Is it world peace? Poverty? Racial reconciliation? Ending income inequality? Or creating jobs? Wrong on all counts!

Obama reminded the crowd that ObamaCare will not be fully implemented until 2014. "And so," he said, "we're going to have to implement the Affordable Care Act in 2014 and that means I've got to win in 2012."

Funny, but that is one of the main reasons why he MUST be defeated!


OWS vs. The Tea Party

From the moment the Occupy Wall Street crowd first showed up in Zuccotti Park, Democrats and their liberal media allies were instantly infatuated with the radical movement. OWS was trumpeted as the left's answer to the Tea Party. And while the media were engaging in all kinds of ludicrous comparisons that attempted to romanticize the OWS mobs, the far more revealing contrasts between the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street were ignored.

For example, the Tea Party movement, as the name implies, took its inspiration from our nation's founding and has a deep reverence for America's cultural history and heritage. It is genuinely representative of mainstream American values, especially the rule of law and respect for private property.

While Democrats and the media ridiculed the Tea Party as an "extreme" movement, it was Occupy Wall Street -- not the Tea Party -- that was endorsed by both the American Nazi and Communist Parties.

For the moment, big city Democrat mayors are tiring of the OWS extremists. In Los Angeles, the cops moved in just after midnight on Tuesday and arrested nearly 300 people. In their wake, the Occupiers left behind a wasteland. The Los Angeles Times reports that "crews in the hazmat suits" have collected 30 tons of trash and filth. Sure people have a right to protest, but they don't have a right to destroy property and create public health hazards.

The left just makes a mess of everything it does -- whether it's Occupy Wall Street, the labor unions or Barack Obama.

By the way, the Occupy movement has been associated with more than 5,000 arrests! How do you think the media would react if 5,000 Tea Partiers had been arrested?


Egypt Sinking

Last year the world media aimed their collective cameras at one square in Cairo where hundreds of thousands of Egyptians were demanding freedom. Big media commentators assured us that it was a new day in the Middle East. I remember the interviews with little Egyptian girls flashing the "V" sign for victory and telling viewers that with Mubarak gone Egyptian children like them would be able to grow up to be doctors, scientists or even movie stars! Those of us who suggested that crowds in one public square in Cairo do not necessarily represent the heartland of Egypt were brushed aside.

Now Egypt is voting, and early results suggest that in the newly "liberated" nation radical Islam will call the shots. The future for religious minorities, as well as little Egyptian girls, is likely to be bleak.

Preliminary results from the first round of voting shows, not unexpectedly, a strong finish by the Muslim Brotherhood with perhaps as much as 40% of the vote. But the Brotherhood looks progressive when compared to the Salafists who are doing surprisingly well too. The Salafists have been implicated in violent attacks on the Christian minority in Egypt. (Perhaps it is time for another exodus!)

The Salafists follow the Saudi brand of Islam and believe women should not participate in voting or public life. According to some reports, they received as much as 25% of the vote.

Elections will continue for several months, but it appears that the Brotherhood and the Salafists likely have a solid majority and could run the Egyptian Parliament. If so, you will see a less free Egypt that is more hostile to the U.S. and Israel.

Democracy takes more than elections. Most of all it requires an electorate that believes in pluralism, freedom of religion and the dignity and value of all citizens, including women. As of now it appears that electorate does not exist in Egypt.
 

Mr. President,

A great Jewish sage once wrote, "The truth can hurt like a thorn, at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose."

His words came to my mind today. His insight could really benefit many in this hall.

It takes a well of truth to water the seeds of peace. Yet, we continue to witness a drought of candor in this body's discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. On this historic day, real facts in the General Assembly remain few and far between.

For any who have been here on November 29th before, today is déjà vu. Some of you may have noticed that some minor changes have been taking place in the Middle East lately, but any changes in this body's resolutions condemning Israel are very, very rare. Indeed, it didn't take a creative writer to craft the language in these resolutions. The exact same text is copied and pasted, year after year - much of it dating back five decades.

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 Gingrich amnesty would not give citizenship but would give U.S. jobs to 3.5 million illegal aliens, says Pew Hispanic Center

The most recent polling finds that Republican voters have elevated Newt Gingrich to presidential frontrunner status. But it is difficult to believe that those supporting him agree with his amnesty plan, or are even aware that his proposal sounds like it would give U.S. jobs and residency to around 3.5 million illegal aliens (according to a new Pew Hispanic Center study). Unless Gingrich supporters push him to back off, he is promising a bigger amnesty than the giant blanket amnesty of 1986 that was supposed to be the first and last one ever.

(Watch the recording of our webcast yesterday that focused on the details of Gingrich's official immigration platform.)

Former House Speaker Gingrich agrees with Presidents Bush and Obama that the only major options for illegal aliens are deporting them or legalizing them (choices that nearly all mainstream media also insist on). His official immigration platform gives no hint of recognizing that there is a third option -- Attrition Through Enforcement -- that eliminates the jobs and benefits magnets for illegal aliens so that they will self-deport back to their home countries. Thus, Gingrich is at odds with most of the other GOP candidates and most GOP Members of Congress who favor the Attrition option.

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Sometimes the White House gets the easy questions wrong. On Tuesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney was asked about a controversial mandate stemming from Obamacare that would require religious employers to provide insurance coverage for birth control despite religious objections.

The regulation in question, released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), falls under the category of "preventative services" and would require almost all health insurance plans to cover everything from all FDA-approved contraceptives to sterilizations-without cost to the insured. The mandate includes coverage of controversial drugs like ella-which can abort an early pregnancy. Religious employers with serious moral objections to providing coverage for such services will find little help in the mandate's narrow religious exemption. Since it was first proposed in August, the mandate has received harsh criticism with regard to its treatment of conscience rights.

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Georgia Democrat voter fraudsters in training fail their first big test

Dec 01, 2011 05:13 am | Coach Collins

 By Kevin "Coach" Collins

 "District Attorney indicts 12 minor league Democrat voter fraudsters."

 Of course this was NOT the headline over a story about the latest Democrat voter fraud to come to light but with an honest media it might have been.

 The inordinately high number of returned absentee ballots in last year's Brooks County Georgia School Board Election created eye popping "results" and raised red flags for the local District Attorney, Joe Mulholland.

  During a recent announcement about the progress of his investigation, Mr. Mulholland said, "As a result of their grand jury findings, 12 individuals were indicted in that particular matter and we will be trying that case in a court of judicial law instead of a court of public opinion."

Amateurs : take note: Donald Duck's ballot will send you to prison!

Thinking this otherwise "below the radar" election would be a safe place to practice learning the Democrat perfected art of voter ... Continue Reading:Georgia Democrat voter fraudsters in training fail their first big test

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American Minute for November 30th

Nov 30, 2011 04:13 pm | Coach Collins

  Coachisright.com is pleased have American history scholar; nationally known speaker and best selling author William J Federer's  American Minute column as a part of CiR's team.

 Bill Federer is a tireless and meticulous researcher whose daily history lessons reflect the relationship between God and our nation. Bill is a regular guest on radio and television shows when getting American history right is essential.

 We're sure you will enjoy Bill's daily columns and want to share them with your friends and families. Bill Federer is an American patriot whose message needs to be heard by all.

  By Bill Federer, staff writer

    "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was his first popular story, written while in San Francisco. He then sailed to the Holy Land and wrote Innocents Abroad. While on this trip, he saw the picture of his friend's sister, Olivia Langdon of Elmira, New York, and he fell in love. Immediately upon his return, he met ... Continue Reading:American Minute for November 30th

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Chicago aldermen provide virtual immunity from prosecution for......Chicago aldermen!

Nov 30, 2011 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

 By Doug Book, staff writer

 One thing can certainly be said for Barack Hussein Obama-he learned his conniving,  criminal ways in a land which gave us some of the very best of connivers and criminals.  In addition to the legendary vote rigging,  power abusing,  tax stealing,  favor bartering ways of Chicago's infamous Mayors Daley,  30 members of the city's perpetually all-Democrat parade of aldermen have been convicted of federal crimes over the past 30 years. 

Three others were indicted but had one last laugh at the expense of fleeced constituents by dying before their trial could begin.

 Chicago's 50 aldermen make up the City Council,  Chicago's legislative assembly.  Its presiding officer is the mayor.  Elected to 4 year terms, these men and women who represent the 50 wards into which the city is divided are afforded ample opportunity for theft,  favor trading, bribery and blackmail, thereby enabling their collection of vast sums in the age old Chicago way.  ... Continue Reading:Chicago aldermen provide virtual immunity from prosecution for......Chicago aldermen!

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December 01, 2011        KY CHURCH BANS INTERRACIAL COUPLE   The 40-person congregation of the Gulnare Baptist Church is about to discover what it feels like to be in the heat of the national spotlight. A recent church decision to forbid interracial couples from worshiping together is at the center of this story. Get all the details HERE.

RON PAUL AD SKEWERS NEWT, USING NEWT   The latest political ad from Ron Paul's camp is taking on Newt Gingrich using Newt's own words to point out his "serial hypocrisy." Watch the clip HERE.

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Alexander's Essay - December 1, 2011

Carter and Obama: An Unfair Comparison

Carter was inept, but Obama is totally incompetent

"[T]ake care that the laws be faithfully executed ... support the Constitution ... faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and ... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" --Article II Section 1, 3 of the Constitution, on the duties of the Executive

Back in 1979, our nation was in severe decline.

We were in the throes of a crippling recession, any hope of economic growth had been blunted by excessive taxation and regulation, and fuel prices were high -- the result of Middle East turmoil, particularly in Iran, which posed a grave threat to our interests and to regional stability.

To make matters worse, the nation was experiencing a crisis of confidence under the leadership of a Democrat president, Jimmy Carter, who subscribed to the errant notion that government was the solution to our problems.

Fast-forward three decades, and there are remarkable parallels between Carter's failed leadership and that of Barack Hussein Obama today. In the words of that sage Yogi Berra, "It's déjà vu all over again."

As with Carter and his 1979 "Great Malaise" speech, Obama has even resorted to blaming the American people for the nation's ills. Most recently, Obama noted, "The way I think about it is, you know, this is, uh, you know, a great, uh, great country that had gotten a little soft, and you know, we didn't have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last, uh, couple of decades. ... Over the last decade, we became a country that relied too much on what we bought and consumed."

That assessment prompted immediate comparisons. "A second Obama term means making this malaise permanent," said former RNC chairman and current Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. Conservative columns were abuzz with the similarities between the two.

To the point, Newt Gingrich rightly protested, "We don't have a problem with America being too soft, we have a problem with Barack Obama just being plain wrong."

Comparing Obama with Carter is, frankly, an insult to Carter. Though Carter had an abysmal record, by any measure Obama has yet to rise to even Carter's level of ineptitude.

Post Your Opinion: How are Obama and Carter different?

It might be argued that Carter's intentions were good, but we all know where roads paved with good intentions can lead. Conversely, Obama's intentions are anything but good. Indeed, he is clearly intent on undermining Essential Liberty and replacing free enterprise with his brand of authoritarian democratic socialism.

Carter's White House bio notes: "His story is the American story -- values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others."

Actually, that's the opening text of Barack Obama's bogus bio, as posted on the current White House website.

"Values from the heartland"? Not unless one believes such values are reflected in the mentoring young Obama received from Communist Frank Marshall Davis, his religious mentoring by black ethnocentrist Jeremiah Wright, or his political mentoring by Leftist radicals Michael Pfleger, William Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Khalid al-Mansour, Rashid Khalidi, Bob Creamer and Saul Alinsky. Perhaps those values were instilled by the Chicago political machine and Obama's friends Rod Blagojevich and Tony Rezko.

"A strong family"? Obama's family -- if it can be called that -- is a textbook model for dysfunctional development, highlighted by abandonment, first by his Muslim Kenyan father, then by his atheist mother who moved to Indonesia with her second Muslim husband.

Post Your Opinion: What are Obama's values?

Thus, Obama's White House bio more accurately reflects Carter's values and upbringing.

I first met Jimmy Carter during his presidency when, as a young uniformed patrolman, I walked perimeter gun with his security detail. In the years after his presidential debacle, I had extended visits with Carter on several occasions, which allowed for strong but friendly debates, and significant insights into his character and worldview.

Unlike Obama's faux family façade, Carter's story is the American story, one defined by gratitude, faith and a desire to serve others. He grew up in an intact traditional family in the rural farming community of Plains, Georgia. He was the product of generations of salt-of-the-earth Americans. A good student, Carter gained entrance to the United States Naval Academy in 1943. He later served under Admiral Hyman Rickover, developing nuclear power plants for submarines. After his Navy years, he became a successful peanut farmer, and he served two terms as a Georgia state senator before being elected governor and then president. He was, and remains, a genuine Christian, and he actually earned his 2002 Nobel Prize for his lifelong pursuit of human rights around the world.

That having been said, Carter also earned the lowest job approval ratings of any president since voter confidence was first measured. His failure as a president was largely the result of a severe leadership deficit, compounded by the fact that his own political party turned its back on him. Carter refused to submit to the political machinations of Demo House Speaker Tip O'Neill or Demo Senator Ted Kennedy. Consequently, he was left out to dry.

Fortunately, the Carter trend was abruptly reversed with the election of Ronald Reagan.

This week, Obama's presidential job approval index, a measure of public opinion and confidence in Obama and his administration, set a new record low, sinking well below the standard set by Jimmy Carter at the end of his third year in office.

Then, Carter was at 51 percent, but Obama crashed through that barrier and is now at 43 percent, dropping below even the all-time low of 44 percent set by Lyndon Johnson. To his credit, Obama achieved this dubious distinction the old fashioned way: He earned it.

For the record, since Carter's presidency, at similar junctures in their presidential tenure, Ronald Reagan registered 54 percent, George H.W. Bush 52 percent, Bill Clinton 51 percent, and George W. Bush 55 percent.

Hand in hand with Obama's low approval rating is the Conference Board's consumer confidence index, which has been fluctuating between 40 and 55 points since July. This is the lowest confidence range since 1980 -- Carter's last year in office. And, as was the case with Carter, our economy is mired in another Crisis of Confidence.

Of course, it isn't likely that Obama will drop below 35 percent, given the current level of his entrenched socialized constituency, but some Democrat leaders are now whispering that Obama should give up his re-election bid. A pair of Demo pollsters is even calling this "The Hillary Moment."

Being the consummate case study in pathological narcissism, Obama isn't likely to step aside for the "good of the Party," much less the good of the nation. The resurgence of Populist Socialism will compel him to continue.

Indeed, the leader of the American Communist Party, Obama's most zealous constituency, proclaimed this week, "This is a volatile period. Battle lines are being drawn. Not for a while have things been so unhinged. A marked upswing, if not a qualitative turn in class and democratic struggles, is afoot. Sustained mass actions, civil disobedience, new levels of solidarity and consciousness, innovative tactics and slogans, and a complex array of social forces and organizations are reshaping the political landscape."

What America lacks most right now is authentic republican (little "r") leadership, and that is proving perilous both for our nation and for the rest of the world.

In a recent Air Force Academy address on leadership to our nation's next generation of military leaders, Gen. Mark Welsh concluded, "Leadership is a gift. It's given by those who follow. You have to be worthy of it."

Our nation's crisis of confidence, and the resulting precipitous decline of our economy, society and world standing, is irrevocably linked to Obama's leadership deficit, and that deficit is the consequence of his being wholly unworthy of the gift of leadership.

Ominously, Obama is on the campaign trail proclaiming, "I'm going to need another term to finish the job." If he dupes voters into electing him for another term, he will indeed, "finish the job."

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Publisher, The Patriot Post

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Today's Headlines:  Thursday, December 01, 2011

71% of All U.S. Combat Deaths in Afghanistan Happened Along Pakistan Border, CNSNews Database Shows

Labor Secretary: Failing to Extend Federal Payments to Unemployed Will Increase Unemployment

White House Aide: Obama Should Concentrate on Transgender Issues 'In Whatever Time We Have Left'

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Accusing Obama of Putting Politics Above Jobs, GOP Senators Introduce Keystone Bill

Controversial Revised Union Election Rules Clear First Vote at NLRB

Christian Groups Bring 'True Meaning of the Season' to the Supreme Court's Steps

COMMENTARY:

Media Have Made Traditional Values the Counterculture
By Dan Gainor
As a society, we no longer celebrate the good things in America. Heroism, decency and faith have given way to hedonism, thanks to movies and television.

Muhammad Hates Diversity
By Ben Shapiro
While the West tries to turn its civilization into cultural variety hour, Islam tries to turn Muslim lands into a cultural monolith.

Political Update
By Rich Galen
Yes, I think Herman Cain's campaign is over. Yes, I think Rick Perry is absolute unable to think on his feet. Yes, I think someone needs to stick close to Newt Gingrich to stop him from saying how much money he made (not lobbying). And yes, I think Mitt Romney should start campaigning against his GOP rivals...

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Obama's pet Bo stars in White House Christmas decorations
Landlord seeks to evict Herman Cain accuser from her Ill. home
D.C.'s special funds for the needy used more for perks
Chicago  high schools to hold weekly crime-fighting meetings with police
Penn State bought adult domain names to block uusage prior to sex abuse scandal
Clinton tells Burma to break military ties with N. Korea
Boehner willing to team with Democrats on spending bill to keep the government open?
'You aren't a Republican if you want to raise taxes on struggling families,' Cantor says
Additional budget cuts could force House committees to lay off staffers
Obama, Congress restore U.S. horse-slaughter industry
Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ) 'knowingly' violated campaign funds law, watchdog says
Michigan may join states that allow carrying of stun guns
Perry would send civil servants who disagree with him to work in "some really God-awful place"

 In just a few short weeks, National Right to Work Foundation attorneys will be confronting union lawyers at the U.S. Supreme Court...

...and the union bosses of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are on the run.

In fact, they're desperate to avoid an embarrassing loss that would put a major crimp in Big Labor's ability to misuse workers' forced dues for politics across the country.

You see, in June, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of eight California civil servants, challenging a forced dues for politics scheme by an affiliate of the radical SEIU.

Now union officials want the Supreme Court to vacate the case and prevent them from delivering a crucial blow to an increasingly common Big Labor political fundraising tactic.

The union bosses' cynical maneuver has forced the Foundation to throw extra resources into the case at a time when our strategic litigation program is already stretched thin due to the aggressively biased Obama National Labor Relations Board and union militancy on display from Wisconsin to Flordia to California.

That's why I need your continued help, but first let me explain what the Knox case is all about.

Back in 2005, California State Employees Association (CSEA) union chiefs demanded members and nonmembers alike pay a "special assessment" for a union political fund.

Specifically, union bosses seized workers' money to defeat ballot measures that would have limited their ability to force employees to pay for Big Labor's politics.

They said they had to have these "extra" millions to defeat the ballot initiatives...

...which they succeeded in doing.

That's because these ballot initiatives would have limited union bosses' monopoly power over government workers and their stranglehold on California taxpayers.

It was a classic forced dues for politics scheme -- an obvious move to skirt around established precedents won by Right to Work Foundation attorneys protecting workers from these kinds of compulsory-unionism schemes.

The Supreme Court had already ruled in the Foundation's Hudson case that government sector union bosses must provide employees with an audited breakdown of the union's expenditures and an opportunity to opt out of paying any forced dues or fees used for politics.

But CSEA union bosses simply ignored the law with regard to the "special assessment" and denied workers any chance to opt out.

So Foundation attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit for eight California government workers, including two former union members, as representatives of more than 35,000 non-members forced to pay the political assessment.

A federal district court ruled against CSEA union bosses, ordering them to send a notice specifically about the assessment and refund any monies spent (plus interest) on union boss politics to non-members who exercise their right to refrain from subsidizing the union's political fund.

But union lawyers appealed to a Big Labor-friendly Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel, which rubber-stamped the forced-dues scheme.

But then the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Foundation attorney's request that it hear the case.

Because they fear that the Supreme Court will overturn the Ninth Circuit's decision, SEIU union chiefs have now taken the unusual -- but telling -- step to offer the more than 35,000 California state employees the opportunity to get a refund of the entire "special assessment" with interest.

And they've asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the case as moot.

The Big Labor hierarchy fears that a Foundation victory in the Knox case will invalidate all future schemes imposing "special assessments" for politics without giving non-members an opportunity to opt out.

Union bosses want to make this case go away.

Just take a look at Wisconsin. Earlier this year, Governor Scott Walker signed a bill into law curtailing the ill-gotten monopoly bargaining powers of government sector union bosses.

The new law also protects the Right to Work for most state and local government employees in Wisconsin, cutting off forced dues that prop up the union bosses' political power.

The union bosses fought back with angry protests and a recall campaign that ultimately failed to restore a forced-dues majority in the State Senate.

Now they're trying to recall Governor Walker himself and have sued in federal court.

It just goes to show you the lengths Big Labor will go -- and how much it will spend -- to protect its power over workers and taxpayers alike.

The Knox case is no different. We caught CSEA union bosses red-handed.

But while a refund of all illegally-seized dues to the victimized California state workers is an important victory, we can't back down now.

You see, even if the union bosses relent and return every dime plus interest, the fact remains that they shouldn't have taken the money in the first place.

The union bosses took the money to spend on politics, which they did. Independent-minded workers who objected to the union's political activity may find some solace in getting their money back, but the illegally-subsidized political speech can't be unspoken.

That's why they desperately want to avoid a ruling.

Big Labor's duplicity is a clear signal that we've got it running scared.

Of course, no one can be certain what will happen. But this case is clear, and our argument especially powerful.

However, the sudden rush of events has forced me to devote crucial staff resources to the new developments in this important case.

You know I am a careful steward of the trust you place in the Foundation when you contribute.

Your Foundation wins cases that no other group in America can or will undertake.

And that's why I count on you to help today by chipping in with a tax-deductible contribution of $10 or more.

A favorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling is vital to end this noxious union boss power play.

But it will take continuing action to kill off the scheme --root-and-branch -- in every county and state.

That's why I hope you will make every effort to chip in with a tax-deductible contribution of $10 or more.

Thank you for the trust you continue to place in me and your Foundation.

Sincerely,

Mark Mix

P.S. I expect that Big Labor's scheme to issue a "special assessment" to force state government workers to subsidize union boss politics will be derailed by Foundation attorneys at the U.S. Supreme Court.

And once the U.S. Supreme Court rules, your Foundation will rip out similar schemes from coast to coast. Please support this critical project and all our legal aid cases by chipping in with a tax-deductible contribution of $10 or more.

December 1, 2011

Lessons of electoral history?

THOMAS SOWELL - It used to be common for people to urge us to learn "the lessons of history." But history gets much less attention these days, and, if there are any lessons that we are offered, they are more likely to be the lessons from current polls or the lessons of political correctness. Even among those who still invoke the lessons of history, some read those lessons very differently than others... (more) 

December 1, 2011

Perry says amnesty not solution to illegal immigration

NEWSMAX - Texas Gov. Rick Perry says the U.S.-Mexico border must first be secured, and then under no circumstances would he support any type of amnesty for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants who now live in the United States. The presidential contender also told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren Tuesday that before he can lay out a specific plan for solving the illegal immigration problem, a conversation must be held with the American people... (more) 

November 30, 2011

Romney bombs on 'Special Report'

JOHN HAYWARD - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney did an interview with Brett Baier on the Tuesday edition of Fox News' Special Report. It did not go well. The really rocky patch came when Baier asked about RomneyCare, and Romney erupted in an incredibly uncomfortable burst of laughter, making a very unsuccessful attempt to dismiss the entire question as patently absurd... (more) 

November 30, 2011

Once you go conservative black, better watch your back

ANN COULTER - With the mainstream media giddily reporting on an alleged affair involving Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, how long can it be before they break the news that their 2004 vice presidential candidate conceived a "love child" with his mistress, Rielle Hunter?... (more) 

November 30, 2011

Occupy L.A.: 30 tons of debris left behind at City Hall tent city

LOS ANGELES TIMES - Sanitation officials said Wednesday that they expect to haul away 30 tons of debris from the Occupy L.A. encampment --- everything from clothing to heaps of garbage to oddball curiosities left behind by the protesters who lived at the City Hall tent city for two months... (more) 

November 30, 2011

War on terror doesn't justify retreat on rights

SEN. RAND PAUL - James Madison, father of the Constitution, warned, "The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become instruments of tyranny at home." Abraham Lincoln had similar thoughts, saying, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves"... (more) 

November 30, 2011

Egypt's Brotherhood says it leads in vote count

REUTERS - The Muslim Brotherhood says it is leading in the initial count of results from the first round of Egypt's parliamentary election and one source in its party said it had secured 40 percent of votes cast for party lists... (more) 

November 30, 2011

The shadow war against Iran

WASHINGTON TIMES - Force is being used to attempt to halt Iran's nuclear weapons program. On Monday, an explosion rocked the city of Isfahan in western Iran, site of a conversion facility that prepares uranium for enrichment at other sites. Conflicting reports attributed the explosion to either an accident at a gas station or a military training incident, or they denied it even happened... (more) 

November 30, 2011

Altering health law by executive order a no-go, report says

WASHINGTON TIMES - Despite promises by Republican presidential candidates that they would gut key parts of President Obama's health care law on their first day in office, Congress' nonpartisan research agency says that trying to repeal major components of the overhaul through executive order just won't work... (more) 

November 30, 2011

A climate of fraud

WASHINGTON TIMES - The latest release of 5,000 emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) reconfirms what the 2009's "Climategate" files established: Global warming is more fiction than science. The basic problem with climate research is that it is at best soft science, and this leaked correspondence demonstrate just how unsettled it is... (more) 

November 30, 2011

How J. Edgar Hoover saved the nation

M. STANTON EVANS - Hollywood efforts to revise the history of the Cold War in favor of radical left-wing interests seem to be unceasing, and in recent years have gotten worse than ever. The latest installment in this genre is the Clint Eastwood-directed film, J. Edgar, a supposed biopic about J. Edgar Hoover, long-time head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and bete noir of American Liberals... (more) 

November 30, 2011

Romney voted for population-control fanatic presidential candidate

TERENCE P. JEFFREY - When he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, Paul Tsongas repeatedly made it clear: He loathed President George H.W. Bush's flip-flopping onabortion and his inattentiveness to what Tsongas perceived as the urgent need for global population control. And he won Mitt Romney's vote in the 1992 Massachusetts presidential primary... (more) 

 Romney prefers to lose primary rather than renounce Romneycare

November 30, 2011

Obama's cloud-based transparency

MICHELLE MALKIN - At the dawn of his administration, President Obama opined: "A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency." Magical rays of white-hot sunlight emanated from his media-manufactured halo. And then bureaucratically engineered darkness settled over the land... (more) 

November 29, 2011

This is no time for the GOP to compromise

JEDEDIAH BILA - Pundits and politicos love the word "compromise." There seems to be no better way for a politician and/or media figure to instantly be well-liked, appear perfectly "reasonable," and go back to their inner circles having offended absolutely no one... (more) 

November 29, 2011

New Jersey nurses sue over abortion orders

NEWSMAX - A dozen New Jersey nurses filed a federal lawsuit protesting orders that they must care for abortion patients before and after the procedure. The suit against the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey contends that the rule violates their religious and moral convictions and federal law, The Washington Post reported... (more) 

November 29, 2011

Richmond City audits local tea party after standoff with mayor

BIG GOVERNMENT - Two weeks after the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice to Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones for costs incurred for previous rallies, we received a letter from the City of Richmond formally stating that the city is auditing our Tea Party... (more) 

November 29, 2011

Obama campaign set to abandon white working class

NEW YORK TIMES - For decades, Democrats have suffered continuous and increasingly severe losses among white voters. But preparations by Democratic operatives for the 2012 election make it clear for the first time that the party will explicitly abandon the white working class... (more) 

 Rush Limbaugh: Obama ditching working class

November 28, 2011

BOOK REVIEW: 'Red Army'

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - America is under attack. Not by a uniformed army with rifles and tanks. But the invasion is here and advancing. The soldiers of the attacking "Red Army" are part of a "radical network" that "excels at lying in wait and perfecting its assault so that when the right vehicle arrives, whether it's President Obama or someone else, it is ready to strike." Such is the "mostly legal" table that is being set right before our eyes for America's ultimate downfall... (more) 

November 28, 2011

Co-dependent Republicans enable Obama

Video: Impeach Obama Banner to Fly Over Rose Parade

Video: Obama Punished Fast and Furious Whistleblowers

Obama's Re-Election Plan is an Exercise in Delusion

Republicans Don't Understand our Two Simple Choices on Immigration

The Defining Issue of 2012 Will be Obama's Debt Crisis

New Challenge to Obama's Ballot Eligibility in Georgia

Cartoon of the Day: Catch the Depression Deals

I got a lump in my throat when I read this. I "grew up" thinking: patriotism, it is the AMERICAN way! I am glad to see that somebody saved these posters. The statement at the end says it all!  

~ These were our parents ~

What in God's name have we let happen?

I guess we are the last generation to see, or even remember anything like these ! 

Whatever happened?

Political correctness (or "re-education") happened,   

Lack of God's name happened,    

Lack of personal responsibility happened,    

Lack of personal integrity and honesty happened,    

Lack of respect and loyalty to our country happened,    

Lack of being an American happened.      

Did all of these things die along with common sense?