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Subject: YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED    Jan Rogers    

Important legislation going on in Washington;   

Remember,  not getting involved is actually a vote of approval for congress to do what they whant , whenever they want.

  Senate Vote To Defund EPA Corps Wetlands Regulations
  Forward this e-mail to your entire e-mail list. Very important.

Tell Both Your Senators To Vote Yes On "Barrasso Heller Amendment" to Defund EPA Corps Jurisdiction expansion.

Call both your Senators at (202) 224-3121.

The EPA and Corps have published new regulations expanding the term "Navigable" so it could cover a bird feeder in your back yard. Don't let the EPA and Corps get away with expanding their own jurisdiction and undermining the limits Congress placed on them by limiting their Jurisdiction to "Navigable Waters" in the Clean Water Act. The EPA and Corps actually want to control all waters of the United States and all activities affecting those waters. You do not want the EPA and Corps in your back yard.

Senate Vote Coming Soon To Defund the new EPA and Corps of Engineers Clean Water Act Regulations. Please make your calls now! Keep calling through the week and after until you hear that the Senate has voted. Call, and call again. Keep calling. Call your friends.

The Senate will likely vote in the next two weeks on an Appropriations Bill Amendment sponsored by Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Dean Heller (R-NV) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2012 that would Defund the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) attempt to expand its jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (CWA) through guidance documents and/or regulation.

-----This is a full Senate vote.

Action Items:

-----1. CALL BOTH YOUR SENATORS now to urge them to vote YES on the BARRASSO/HELLER CWA (Clean Water Act Amendment) (EPA Corps Wetlands jurisdiction). Call any Senator at (202) 224-3121. Ask for the staff person who handles Clean Water Act issues. Tell them the vote will be scored by the League of Private Property Voters.

-----2. Forward this message quickly as widely as possible. This is very important.

-----3. Do not assume your friends and allies know about this vote. You must get everyone you know to call.

-----4. If one or both your Senators are Democrats it is especially important that you call, fax and e-mail them. Get your neighbors, friends and business associates to call.
                            Background:

In May of this year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Corps proposed a "guidance" document that attempts to expand their jurisdiction under  the Clean Water Act (CWA) to include almost all waters across the country.

The guidance has not been finalized yet, but the agencies are quickly moving forward to a rulemaking redefining the term "waters of the United States." It is likely the agencies may send the proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) within the next two weeks, which is the last stop before a regulation is officially proposed or finalized.

The agencies intend to have a final rule by January 2012. American Land Rights expects the proposed rule to contain much of the language from the CWA guidance and would therefore expand the types and number of waters subject to regulation under the CWA.

More waters falling under "waters of the U.S." would expand the permitting universe under the entire CWA, including Sec. 402 NPDES permits, Sec. 404 Dredge and Fill permits (wetlands), and Sec. 311 Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure plans.

The Amendment would do two things: (1) prohibit the Corps from finalizing the guidance and (2) prohibit the Corps from promulgating a rulemaking redefining "waters of the U.S."
                                       *Below are talking points for your phone calls:*

* The guidance uses broad language to define things such as "tributaries" that could lead to almost any roadside, agricultural ditch or intermittent stream being subject to EPA and the Corps' jurisdiction.

* The guidance defines "traditional navigable waters" as any water that supports one-time recreational use (one trip in a canoe down a stream would qualify a water as a "traditional navigable water"). In the history of the Clean Water Act, the term "traditional navigable water" has only been used to describe major rivers that can float commercial vehicles like barges.

* Under this guidance, waters do not have to have a surface connection to a larger body of water that actually moves goods in interstate commerce to be subject to EPA/Corps' jurisdiction. The water body does not even have to have actual water in it for much of the year to be jurisdictional.

* It allows the agencies to "aggregate" similar types of waters  (small streams, adjacent wetlands, ditches or isolated waters) within a watershed. This means the agencies only have to make a "jurisdictional determination" on one water body to then get jurisdiction over numerous others without considering them individually.

* The guidance goes beyond both the Supreme Court decisions in SWANCC and Rapanos because it takes the court's narrow opinion on wetlands and applies it to all types of waters.

* The amendment would prevent the Corps from finalizing this guidance, and would also stop the Corps from initiating a rulemaking that would more broadly define "waters of the United States."

  Please forward this message as widely as possible. The more people who get this document the better chance you have to compete with the greens.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Chuck Cushman
Executive Director
American Land Rights Association
(360) 687-3087
ccushman@pacifier.com <mailto:ccushman@pacifier.com>

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Federal Legislative Update

For the week of December 5th

Below is a summary of this week's activity on Capitol Hill. For more in-depth info on current issues, please check out the resources in the "Issues" section of the AFP website.

In Focus: House to Vote on the REINS Act

On Wednesday the House will vote on the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, H.R. 10. Before any major federal regulation - one with an economic impact of $100 million or more - can take effect, the bill would require proactive approval through an up-or-down vote in the House and the Senate, and the signature of the President. Such a change would bring more accountability to the rulemaking process and stop the practice of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats making the laws in this country.

The bill currently has 204 cosponsors in the House. AFP has been actively promoting this legislation, with an action alert, a key vote in support, and a series of recent op-eds (see The Hill and Tea Party Patriots). We're expecting this legislation to pass the House, but keep an eye out for a possible "no" vote from any of the 30+ Republicans who have not yet co-sponsored the legislation. Note also the power of Twitter: Phil Kerpen's tweet was quoted on Speaker.gov.

Last Week Recap:

U.S. House

• On Wednesday, the House passed H.R. 3094, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. The bill clarifies that the NLRB has no authority to allow "ambush" union elections or the forming of "micro-unions" at the workplace. The NLRB voted to finalize the "ambush" elections rule last week, and this legislation will not stop the rule from taking effect unless the Senate also passes it and the President signs it. The vote was 235-188, with 8 Republicans voting against AFP's position.
• Two additional regulatory reform bills passed last week. H.R. 527, which eases regulatory burdens on small businesses, passed 263-159. H.R. 3010, which reforms the Administrative Procedure Act to increase transparency and the use of economic cost-benefit analyses for federal regulation, passed 253-167.

U.S. Senate

• Two competing proposals to extend this year's Social Security payroll tax cut failed to clear the necessary 60-vote threshold. The Democrat's version, which would pay for the cut by imposing a 3.25 percent surtax on millionaires, failed by a vote of 51-49. The Republican version, paid for by freezing federal workers pay through 2015 and cutting the federal workforce by 200,000 by attrition, failed by a vote of 20-78. 26 Republicans voted against the measure, indicating that conservatives may be opposed to extending the payroll tax cut even if it is paid for. More on this debate in the "Update" section below.

Highlights for This Week:

U.S. House

• Today the House will vote on H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act. Introduced by Kristi Noem (R-SD), the bill would stop the EPA from regulating particulate matter - microscopic bits of dirt, manure, and farm chemicals that are kicked up any time a farmer moves a tractor or a herd of cattle. EPA Director Lisa Jackson announced earlier this year that the EPA would not move forward with farm dust regulation at the current time, but the bill makes clear that they have no authority to do so at anytime in the future.
• REINS Act vote is tomorrow (see "In Focus") above.
• The House may vote on an "extenders" package as soon as Thursday (see "Update" below).

U.S. Senate

• The Senate has a busy week packed with confirmation battles for federal judgeships and other appointments. One that matters within AFP's mission is the nomination of Richard Cordray, former Attorney General of Ohio, to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB was created under the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory overhaul to protect consumers from abusive consumer credit products, but the agency was given almost entirely unchecked authority and a broad mandate to pursue onerous regulations on the financial industry at will. In May, 45 Republican Senators sent a letter to President Obama saying they would not support ANY person for CFPB Director until there are serious reforms to the new agency's structure. According to sources on the Hill, these Republicans are not expected to stray from their earlier position and Mr. Cordray's nomination will likely fail to gain the 60-vote threshold for cloture.
• The Senate may also try to bring up the Energy and Water appropriations bill that was blocked a few weeks ago. A larger "megabus" package containing the remaining federal budget is currently in negotiations between the House and the Senate (using the already-passed Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill), and of course some funding measure will have to be agreed to before the current C.R. expires on December 16, even if it is another C.R. that kicks the problem to next year

Update on the "Extenders" Package

As mentioned in last week's update, the House and Senate are busy negotiating a package of "extenders" that will extend the life of a number of programs and special tax provisions set to expire at the end of the year. The two items that have been getting the most attention are the temporary Social Security payroll tax cut and extending the long-term unemployment insurance benefits, currently available for up to 99 weeks instead of the standard 26 weeks.

House Republican Leadership is leaning towards extending both programs, at least in some form, but have not yet figured out how to pay for it. Extending the payroll tax cut alone could cost $185 billion according to official estimates. Senate Democrats revealed a proposal yesterday to cut the payroll tax even further from the current 4.2 percent to 3.1 percent for employees. The proposal is paid for by increasing guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, means-testing eligibility for unemployment compensation and food stamps, and a 1.9 percent surtax on millionaires. The proposal is considered a non-starter among Republicans, but the negotiations continue. Phil and I had an op-ed on Fox News yesterday explaining why Republicans should let the expanded unemployment benefits program expire as scheduled.

Other items to consider include the "doc fix" for Medicare (which will be extended in the package), and a number of expiring tax provisions including the AMT "patch" and tax credits for biofuels (which will likely be taken up in a separate package early next year). The fact that the tax provisions will be allowed to expire and fixed retroactively creates a huge paperwork headache for American businesses next year.

Recent AFP Key Votes and Letters of Support (Full List)

• House Key Vote: Support the REINS Act, H.R. 10 
• Letter of Opposition: AFP Rejects the Senate's NAT GAS Act 
• Letter of Support: The RSC's Jobs Through Growth Act 
• Letter of Support: Rep. Pompeo's Elimination of Inefficient Energy Tax Subsidies 
• Letter of Support: Repeal the Durbin Amendment's Debit Card Price Controls 

Current Action Alerts (Full List)

• Vote Is This Week Support the REINS Act!
• Seriously? 40 Republicans Raising Taxes 
• End Ethanol Subsidies 
• No Natural Gas Subsidies 
• Cut Spending Now! 

Katy Abram

Pennsylvania Director of Legislative Policy

Americans for Prosperity

www.americansforprosperity.org/pennsylvania

Phone: 717.575.6093

Email: KAbram@afphq.org

Twitter: @afppennsylvania

Re: Rejecting School Choice in PA Empowers Failure 

A response from the Right

As Ronald Regan would say "there you go again"  representing Freedom Works and pushing a School redistribution welfare program that is rejected by almost every Tea Party conservative that I speak to. Were you deaf or chose to ignore the audience at the Leadership Council and at the 11/1/11Commonwealth meeting? You mention in your rebuttal that you support the Governor's educational program; how about supporting what the majority of conservative citizens want? Have you tried to advance Quigley's or Kurt Schroder's bills to increase the EITC for the middle class? With a majority in both Houses and the Executive we need to see a vote that expands a voucher/increased EITC for all consequently, identifying the RINOs.

You know that this is not an incremental approach to a true Milton Friedman true Voucher system; please don't repeat this fable. Heck, SB1 is defined through 2019.

I know that you adamantly reject any redistribution plan proposed by Obama and the Dems. With that in mind, let me again define the most egregious, but not the only objections to SB1:

•          It is limited to income eligibility. There are parents that are just above the max and their children will be left behind in failing schools.
•          There are parents that  are living close to poverty level because they sacrifice and are spending the money to send their children to a private education, but cannot participate in SB1

In addition, if a school is to excel, then it must be able to discriminate and separate students by both academic and behavioral qualities. You either lower the standards for everyone or excel through competition.

Finally, I find it audacious of you to demonize and compare Tea Party conservatives to the left, when in fact they, as I, expound a position much more conservative than yours. In fact, I find your conclusion ironic: You criticize opponents..."They should be ashamed of themselves for using such divisive and derogatory arguments" while you accuse the opposition as irresponsible and using the language of the Left.  Actually, your concluding argument is reminiscent of a social welfare platform. In addition, you state "It is about time we have an adult and pragmatic discussion on this issue" when in reality, in the debates that I have attended your opposition panelists  have always been numerically represented in the minority or nonexistent, yet the majority of the audience rejected SB1.  What open discussion has the KTP had on this issue, other than one meeting with the panelists stacked for SB1 and again the audience expressed an overwhelming rejection? I suppose going to Harrisburg and lobbying for Freedom Works is your idea of an "adult and pragmatic discussion".

Carlo Grilletto

RedState Morning Briefing

For December 8, 2011

1. The Most Important Fight For Conservatives in America

Forget the Presidential race. We can get back to it another day. This is the most important fight for the conservative movement in America right now and it happens next week.

Well, it was going to happen in January. But conservatives started gaining momentum. Naturally, Mitch McConnell had to go try to pull the rug out from under conservatives. Far be it for fresh ideas to enter into the hallowed corridors of Senate Republican power.

I'm talking about the Senate Republicans' leadership fight for Vice Chairman of the Republican Conference. There is an election to fill that seat.

The election was to be held in January. The only declared candidate was Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin (HAFA Score 91%). But then Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri (HAFA Score 64%) announced this week he wanted the job too. Immediately after announcing his entry, Senator Mitch McConnell moved the election up from January to next week and began whipping votes on behalf of Senator Roy Blunt.

Both Senators Blunt and Johnson are freshman senators. But prior to 2010, Senator Blunt spent 14 years in the House of Representatives. Prior to 2010, Senator Johnson was the CEO of a private manufacturing firm in Wisconsin.

I like both senators tremendously, but for conservatives Ron Johnson is a no brainer here. Senator Blunt's thinking is the same thinking that has plagued Senate Republicans for a decade now - the same old ideas and same old strategies.

Ron Johnson is also one of the very unique bridge builders between conservatives and the establishment. He was the one Senate candidate in 2010 that both the GOP Establishment and Tea Party agreed on. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, Jim DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund, and RedState all aligned behind Senator Johnson in the primary.

One might think Senator McConnell and his colleagues would want to find some level of truce with conservatives and give them a seat at the table with Senator Johnson. Instead, they are ramping up the election to shut us out.

2. My Endorsement for President

Yesterday I posted my confession about supporting Gingrich. Some people viewed it as a non-endorsement endorsement of Gingrich. Others viewed it as an endorsement of Perry or Huntsman. It was none of the above.

Over the course of the past few months, people have accused me of supporting Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Huntsman, Pawlenty, Perry, and believe it or not, even Mitt Romney.

In truth, I support none of the above and as I am constantly called on these days to make an endorsement of one of the candidates, I suppose we have now reached the time for me to explain why I have no plans to endorse anyone.

3. Fast & Furious - ATF Weapons Scheme Designed to Push Gun Control

Obama's tactics are becoming obvious. Whether it's destroying coal to prop up green, endlessly extending unemployment benefits to keep the public desperate so as to allow him to push through more entitlements, how he intends to bring his "fundamental changes" to the United States are about as veiled as laminate. He is a radical trying to institute change by manipulating the facts on the ground in order to create a narrative that allows his "solutions."

Now comes the news that the gun walker scandal known as "Fast & Furious" in which thousands of guns were permitted to cross the Mexican border, ostensibly to help the ATF track the guns to "big fish," may have actually been used as a justification for new and stricter gun laws.

4. The Regulatory Climate is Affecting More Than Business

The chorus of CEOs and business leaders saying that regulation is choking business and growth had a new addition yesterday: CEO Clarence Otis, Jr. of Darden Restaurants, Orlando, Florida's only Fortune 500 company and the parent company of Olive Garden, Red Lobster and LongHorn Steakhouse.

This is interesting to me for a handful of reasons. The first is that a quick look at campaign donations from Otis shows that he has historically been a supporter of Democrat candidates, including Obama himself. He gave the maximum donations ($2,400) to Democrats in his home state. Democrats like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Ron Klein and Kendrick Meek. Granted he supported a Republican (sort of) last year by contributing to Charlie Crist's campaign, but that was the only one since late 2007.

In 2008 he contributed thousands of dollars on multiple occasions to the campaign of Barack Obama as well as giving over $28,000 to the "Obama Victory Fund." He's even been invited to some of those high profile meet and greets that the President has from time to time, though there is little evidence that he actually listens to the people he meets with.

5. Don't Conflate Super-Long Unemployment Extension With Payroll Tax Cut

The outcome of the impending payroll tax imbroglio seems to be clear. With Republicans offering spending offsets and Democrats demanding tax increases, my safe premonition is that, for better or worse, the simple tax cut extension will pass, albeit without either "offset" plan. Due to some divisions among conservatives, such an outcome seems to be intractable at this point.

At this point, we must focus on unemployment benefits with a unified message. My concern is that all of the proposed GOP packages conflate the passage of the payroll tax cut with UI extension. We all know that Democrats will abjure all Republican proposals to pay for the package, most notably, cuts to the federal workforce. The only thing this package will do is telegraph a public message to Democrats and the voters that Republicans agree to the premise of extending unemployment benefits.

6. Mitt Romney flip-flops a grenade into illegal immigration debate.

How do I put this? Actually, that's easy: with malice aforethought. Below are two key quotes of Mitt Romney with regard to his discussion with the Washington Examiner about illegal immigration:

"I listened to Lindsey Graham the other day... I went down to Florida and met with Jeb Bush..."

Heritage Hotsheet

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Items for December 8, 2011

Congress close on final spending deal   

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McConnell warns of popular vote 'catastrophic outcome'   

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Why Latinos Should Resist Big Government
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Lawmakers Blast Administration For Calling Fort Hood Massacre 'Workplace Violence'   

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Obama refuses other issues on payroll tax bill
USA Today

Russian protests offer unusual challenge to political order
The Washington Post 

 Invite your favorite liberal couple over for dinner.

Be sure to pull the seat out and then slide it in for the lady - and then do the same for the man. It's easy and so much fun to unman a liberal - and what's he going to do: complain that you're not being sexist?

8 minutes that will make you leave Islam

 Are your children taught that slavery is "America's great sin?"

  

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If they do this to themselves what will they do to you:

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Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a new vote in Russia

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA

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News from The Hill:

Rep. King: Military 'most sought-after' target for homegrown terrorists
By Jordy Yager

The chairmen of the House and Senate Homeland Security committees said the military is the number one target for terrorists within the U.S.

On Wednesday Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) opened a hearing to examine the emerging threat to the military from homegrown terrorists within the U.S. and named the armed services as the "most sought-after" target for radical Islamist extremist groups.

"Military communities in the U.S. have recently become the most sought-after targets of violent Islamist extremists seeking to kill Americans in their homeland," said King in his opening remarks.

"We cannot stand idly by while our heroes in uniform are struck down in the place they feel safest."

A report released by King's staff at the hearing found that "at least 33 threats, plots and strikes against U.S. military communities since 9/11 have been part of a surge of homegrown terrorism."

Read the story here.

Obama threatens veto if pipeline decision is added to payroll tax cut
By Ben Geman

President Obama has warned Republicans he'll veto an extension of the payroll tax if it includes a measure forcing quick approval of the Keystone oil sands pipeline.

"Any effort to try to tie Keystone to the payroll tax cut I will reject," Obama told reporters Wednesday after meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the White House.

Obama said he would not accept a payroll tax holiday bill if Republicans add "extraneous" provisions, including a measure that would force quick approval of the controversial Keystone pipeline that would run from Canada to the southern U.S.

Read the story here.

Sebelius overrules FDA, blocks access to Plan B
By Sam Baker

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday overruled federal drug regulators to block wider access to the controversial contraceptive known as Plan B.

Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration determined that Plan B should be made available without a prescription to women of all ages, according to a statement from FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. And Hamburg agreed with their decision. But Sebelius intervened to block over-the-counter access.

Congressional Republicans had threatened a severe blowback if the FDA approved wider access to the drug.

Read the story here.

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Britain: Islam In, Christianity Out

by Soeren Kern, HUDSON NY 

A Christian worker in Britain has filed a lawsuit after losing her job when she exposed a campaign of systematic harassment by fundamentalist Muslims.

In a landmark legal case, Nohad Halawi, a former employee at London's Heathrow Airport, is suing her former employer for unfair dismissal, claiming that Christian staff members, including her, were discriminated against because of their religious beliefs.

Halawi's case is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre (CLC), an organization that provides legal support for Christians in the United Kingdom. CLC says the case raises important legal issues, and also questions over whether Muslims and Christians are treated differently by employers.

Halawi, who immigrated to Britain from Lebanon in 1977, told the London Telegraph "that she was told that she would go to Hell for her religion, that Jews were responsible for the September 11th terror attacks, and that a friend was reduced to...

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Gaza thrives amid a mainstream-media cover-up

By Leo Rennert, AMERICAN THINKER 
Did you know that work is under way in the Gaza Strip on construction or rehabilitation of 57 new schools and kindergartens? Or that thousands of Gazans have crossed the border for medical treatment in Israeli hospitals? Or that Gaza's gross domestic product has increased more than 30 percent over last year, and its jobless rate is the lowest recorded in the past 10 years?

Certainly not, if you rely only on the New York Times, the Washington Post and other mainstream media for what they consider Mideast "news." Their story line, which has become a matter of indelible journalistic faith, is that Gazans, cut off from the world by an Israeli siege, are mired in abject poverty and utter deprivation.

Gaza's reality is quite different. Yes, Hamas rule has snuffed out individual rights and democratic freedom. And yes, Israel has to strive mightily to prevent harm to Gaza's civilian population while protecting its...

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This is Islam. It is no "religion of peace"

Muslim atrocities. 

Who is Responsible for Muslim Violence?

Who is responsible for Muslim violence? Anyone but Muslims. When Howard W. Gutman, Obama's ambassador to Belgium, told his audience that Jews should be accepting responsibility for the violence practiced on them by Muslims, because it's their own damn fault for insisting on having a Jewish state, the State Department wasn't willing to stand behind his words, but neither did it disavow him.

 

Imagine for a moment if Howard W. Gutman had adjusted his red hipster glasses and told his audience that Muslims should take responsibility for Islamic terrorism . Hillary would have personally fired him, after yelling at him for a good thirty minutes, and Obama would have issued an apology to the Muslim world. Every newspaper column on both sides of the Atlantic would have spent the better part of the week denouncing Islamophobia and clucking over how mainstream intolerance has become.

The idea that Jews should take responsibility for the Muslim violence directed at them is mainstream, but the notion that Muslims should be taking responsibility for Islamic terrorism, even to the extent of condemning it is still one of those No-Go Zones. But is it more of a stretch to suggest that people should take responsibility for their own violence or for the violence directed at them?

This week there has been another related controversy when the Republican Jewish Coalition failed to invite Ron Paul to its forum. Ron Paul has repeatedly blamed American foreign policy for Al-Qaeda terrorism. He even described the original World Trade Center bombing as a "retaliation". In Paul's mind every act of Muslim violence against us is a response to some original sin that we committed against them.

Paul's view is common on the left which calls every attack an opportunity for us to engage in deep soul searching until we can finally understand why Muslims hate us. But if we were to suggest that the next time our bombers fly over one of their cities, it's an opportunity for Muslims to engage in some soul searching and work out why that sort of thing keeps happening, that's another one of those completely inappropriate suggestions.
 

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 335 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


2012: America's "Make Or Break Moment"

Yesterday Barack Obama returned to his roots. He gave a campaign speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, and played up the fact that his mother was born and raised in the heartland state. But I'm not referring to his family's roots. Obama was in Kansas following in the footsteps of Theodore Roosevelt, who delivered a speech in the same town in 1910.

By that time in his life, Teddy Roosevelt was drifting to the left. Two years later, he abandoned the Republican Party and ran for president as a member of the Progressive Party. He lost. His third party bid helped elect another progressive, Woodrow Wilson. A good reminder for conservatives.

Just like Roosevelt in 1910, Obama was laying the rhetorical foundation of his next presidential campaign -- a campaign built on progressive ideals and class warfare. Obama spent half of his speech attacking the wealthy, banks and Wall Street. At one point during his speech, he said this:

"[T]here is a certain crowd in Washington who, for the last few decades, have said, 'Let's respond to this economic challenge with the same old tune. The market will take care of everything,' they tell us. 'If we just cut more regulations and cut more taxes ... our economy will grow stronger.' ...Now, it's a simple theory. ...But here's the problem: It doesn't work. It has never worked."

With that statement, Obama not only rejected the legacy of the Kennedy/Reagan tax cuts in the 1960s and 1980s. He also once again laid bare his own progressive worldview.

If the market doesn't work, if lower taxes do not work and if fewer regulations do not work, then the only option left is bigger government and higher taxes. That is precisely what Obama has offered for the past three years. And it has worked so well that the national debt has exploded to $15 trillion, the unemployment rate remains unacceptably high and his approval rating is mired in the low-to-mid 40s.

My friends, this report is read by a couple hundred thousand people a day. Most of us are not in the top 1 percent, however you define that term. Human nature being what it is, we all complain about various dealings we have with faceless corporations.

If you've been turned down for a loan by a bank, it doesn't feel good. Who likes it when you go to fill up your car or truck and the price at the pump has gone up? Wouldn't it be wonderful if insurance companies paid for every expense from hang nails to heart attacks, and it cost only $10 a week?

But most Americans develop a sense of maturity as they go through life. Unlike the Occupy Wall Street mob, we understand there is no such thing as a free lunch. Medical care has to be paid for. Banks have to be able to make loans and generate a profit in the process. Energy companies, and the incredible technologies they have developed, are part of the lifeblood of our economy.

Yet Barack Obama is at war with all these industries and quite a few more. He says he respects free markets, but he is constantly channeling not just Teddy Roosevelt but also Hugo Chavez and Karl Marx too. As Rush Limbaugh said today, "If you just substitute the word 'proletariat' for every time [Obama] said 'worker' or 'middle class' in his speech, if you substitute 'bourgeois' or 'capitalists' for the rich, this same speech could have been given by Lenin a hundred years ago."

Obama has few good ideas about how to create jobs and grow the economy. His trillion-dollar stimulus plan was a failure. If Obama's model worked, why is Europe collapsing?

Obama is a one trick pony, and his trick is very simple. Like all good socialists and the Occupy demonstrators, he thinks he can convince everyone else that they are hurting, not because he and his policies have failed but because someone else is succeeding.

I know most of you reading this are middle class people. Those are my roots. My father was a janitor. Please don't fall for it. The problem in America is not that someone is making too much. It is that millions of Americans aren't making anything at all because Obama keeps driving industry after industry into the ground.

Yesterday Citigroup announced 4,500 layoffs. One reason cited by Citigroup's CEO was "the most substantial regulatory changes we have seen in our lifetimes." Obama's regulations are making it impossible to keep people employed.

Obama does not understand the economy. He said that banks don't have a right to a "certain amount of profit." He also remarked that he felt like "a spy behind enemy lines" during his time in the private sector.

In his Kansas speech yesterday Obama also said, "This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class." I agree. 2012 will be America's make or break moment. If we don't vote to change course, another four years of Obama's job-destroying socialism will break us.


Remembering Pearl Harbor

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when more than 2,400 Americans were killed, a day that like September 11th "will live in infamy." Like many men of his generation, my father enlisted the next day and fought in the South Pacific. The whole nation united immediately.

It is heartbreaking today that millions of young people in our high schools and universities know little about how America helped save the world from fascism and totalitarianism. Our children live in the greatest nation on earth, yet many of them don't know it. Worse, many are taught not to believe it.

Of all the things that the cultural elites have done to hurt our country, erasing our memory is among the worst.
 

Is Holder's resignation imminent?

Dec 07, 2011 05:13 am | Coach Collins

 By Doug Book, staff writer

 In a pathetically transparent effort to temper otherwise endless political fallout, look for the Obama Regime to "reluctantly" accept the tendered resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder sometime during the attention-diverting hustle and bustle of the Christmas season.

 Though the calls of 60 or more Republican members of Congress for the AG's resignation have naturally been far from front page news in the Regime's adoring media, even Democrats are said to be increasingly concerned that mounting blowback from the Fast and Furious debacle and the Attorney General's ham-handed efforts to cover it up will threaten not only the re-election prospects of the Regime, but those of some in Congress as well.

 Tomorrow, Holder will make a widely anticipated appearance before the House Committee on Government Reform. Chaired by Regime stalker and Holder antagonist Darrell Issa, the afternoon promises to be a waking nightmare for the richly deserving Attorney General.

 Holder perjured himself ... Continue Reading:Is Holder's resignation imminent?

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American Minute for December 6th

Dec 06, 2011 03:13 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

   Greek Orthodox tradition tells of Saint Nicholas being born to a wealthy, elderly couple in what is now Turkey in the year 280 AD.
When his parents died, he generously gave to the poor.
Upon hearing of a merchant who went bankrupt and that creditors were about to take his daughters, Saint Nicholas threw ... Continue Reading:American Minute for December 6th

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Donald Trump Runs

Dec 06, 2011 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

  By Suzanne Eovaldi, staff writer

Late Sunday night, I received an email indicating Donald Trump just may be getting back in the race to unseat Obama and take back our beloved land! "We firmly believe that Donald Trump is the best choice for President and have been encouraging him to run," says the action alert from a group of grassroots Patriots out of Costa Mesa, CA.  

This is one strong businessman that the media won't destroy like the outsider we saw bite the dust last week! Trump's theme of TIME TO GET TOUGH, the theme of his blockbuster book, is starting up this second Trump Run at the White House. Yes, he's on a book signing tour this week, with appearances this Friday, December 9 at Trump Tower from 11 am to 2 pm, this Saturday, December 10, here in Florida at Costco in Palm Beach Gardens from 2:30 pm to 4 pm, and Tuesday, 12-13, at Costco ... Continue Reading:Donald Trump Runs

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Chronicle · December 7, 2011

The Foundation

"Remember, that Time is Money." --Benjamin Franklin

Editorial Exegesis

USPS: Misunderstanding the "less is more" principle

"On Monday, the Postal Service said it will shut almost half its mail processing centers and largely eliminate next-day delivery for first-class mail. That's on top of a 1-cent postage stamp hike that goes into effect next month. It's all part of an effort to cut $20 billion in annual costs, staunch the flood of red ink and avoid bankruptcy. Still, it's hard to see how charging more for worse service is a credible plan for success. Even if it were, the postal service has been down this road many times in the past. ... On the one hand, it's weighed down by unions that control 85% of its workforce, impeding reasonable efficiency improvements. Example: In just the first six months of this year, the Postal Service spent $4.3 million paying postal workers to do literally nothing, thanks to labor agreements that require the service to keep workers on the payroll even when mail volume is low or machinery breaks down. At the same time, lawmakers often scuttle cost-saving plans that might affect their districts. After congressmen screamed, for example, the USPS cut the list of post offices it planned to close from 3,200 to a mere 162. The postmaster general had it right this week when he said that the USPS is in dire straits because 'we are expected to operate like a business but don't have the flexibility to do so.' But the solution isn't to mindlessly cut costs or trot out more piecemeal reforms like the one working through the Senate, which will only prolong the agony. Instead, we should follow the lead of many other countries and privatize the Postal Service. A Cato Institute report finds the consistent result abroad has been improved productivity and lower costs, without a decline in quality. Selling anything less than privatization as the solution to the Postal Service's problems would constitute mail fraud." --Investor's Business Daily

Should the Post Office be privatized?

Pearl Harbor

On the fateful "Day of Infamy," 70 years ago today, 353 Japanese planes attacked a military target at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing 2,390 American servicemen and civilians and wounding 1,282. The attack sank or damaged eight battleships, three cruisers, three destroyers and one minelayer and destroyed 188 aircraft. It took four years and the full military-industrial capability of the United States to defeat Japan.

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Upright

"Only in a world of low expectations could an unemployment rate of 8.6 percent be considered good news. ... In November, the ranks of the unemployed fell by 594,000 but not because everyone landed a new job. ... [A]s many as 300,000 simply left the workforce, and not all did so voluntarily. A good portion of the 120,000 new jobs reported last month appear to be driven by the needs of the holiday season. ... A bump in seasonal employment is certainly better than no jobs at all, but what's needed is a solid improvement in long-term employment. ... For now, under Mr. Obama's watch, there's more interest in seeing the federal government prosper and grow. So long as that remains the case, millions of Americans will continue looking for jobs and won't find them." --The Washington Times

"How's this for a waste of taxpayer money? According to Energy & Environment News, the Department of Energy is paying $230,000 for a website to promote career paths in the green energy sector -- and it has, ironically, prohibited the listing of actual jobs in the industry. ... Maybe the Obama Administration is operating under 'The Field of Dreams' theory -- if they build a website, the jobs will come. A better strategy would be to get the federal government out of the way and let the free market thrive instead of spending taxpayer money on quarter-million-dollar PR projects." --Heritage Foundation's Mike Brownfield

"The Fed signals that it intends to hitch our national wagon to Europe just as Europe is going over the edge, and the Dow jumps 4 percent. Maybe I'm missing something. All that Bernanke & Co. did ... was to lower the dollar-financing cost for banks in Europe, where inter-bank lending is locking up -- for good reason. But Europe's problem is not its banks and their access to dollars. Europe's banks are in trouble because European government bonds are in trouble, and European government bonds are in trouble because European governments are in trouble. European governments are in trouble because they spend too much money. ... The question is: What is the Fed thinking? Is it looking out for the United States, or is it looking out for the banks?" --National Review's Kevin D. Williamson

"For the last three years, the Obama administration, the Feds, and a host of the usual suspects in Congress have told Americans that what is now known to be a $7.7 trillion bank bailout program 'saved' the world's financial institutions from 'systemic failure.' Really? Then why are we right back in the same soup -- or worse? And where is Congress, who ought to be making it crystal clear that the United States Federal Reserve has no business bailing out an EU that steadfastly refuses to put its own house in order? You won't see too much about any of this in the news. But you can bet your life this is the essence of what the 2012 election is all about." --columnist Arnold Ahlert

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The Demo-gogues

You know what this means: "We still have a health care system that has to get more efficient and that has to improve its quality. And so we're going to have to implement the Affordable Care Act in 2014, and that means I've got to win in 2012." --Barack Obama

Tax cutter in chief? "I know you hear a lot of folks on cable TV claiming that I am this 'big tax and spend liberal.' Next time you hear that, you just remind the people who are saying it that since I've taken office I've cut your taxes. ... We have cut taxes for small businesses, not once, not twice, but 17 times." --Barack Obama

Certainly not with his "help": "This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and all those who are fighting to get into the middle class. At stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home and secure their retirement." --Barack Obama

Finding religion: "[I]t's important for us to keep in mind the central message of this season, and keep Christ's words not only in our thoughts, but also in our deeds." --Barack Obama

Victory isn't in their vocabulary: "We're not claiming victory [in Iraq]. What we're claiming here is we've done the job the administration said it would do." --Joe Biden

Projection: "[Republicans have] a collection of candidates who are desperate to do anything, say anything to woo their electorate, their voters to support them, rather than stick to principles and embrace the notion that when you're running for office or when you're serving in office, you have to stand up for the courage of your convictions and be measured on those convictions, not stick your finger in the wind and choose a conviction on any given day that works for you politically." --DNC head Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)

Insight

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves!" --British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806)

Dezinformatsia

Incoherent blather: "This [Tea Party] crowd doesn't want to deal because they believe the word 'deal' is bad. Think about that -- they come to Washington with the idea that deals are bad. Compromise is bad. That is un-American. ... You come here, meet the other side, listen to their arguments and try to find common ground. That's why we have a Congress, coming together. That's what it's called a Congress -- it comes together. And they don't want to do that, so the American people have to decide if they want this crowd to run the country because they're running it right now. The Tea Party is basically enforcing George W. Bush economic policies, or worse." --MSNBC's Chris Matthews

Speaking truth to power: "I would imagine that you guys are feeling fairly chipper, aren't you? I mean you had an extraordinarily successful week in many ways. Unemployment dropping below 9 percent for the first time in the president's reign at the White House, and coming at the same time as a resurgent stock market saw its highest week's performance since 2009. ... In a sense, [Barack Obama's] personable, he's handsome, he can be funny. You know, abroad he has this great image for America. A lot of things are just perfect about Barack Obama." --CNN's Piers Morgan to Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod

Newspulper Headlines:

Breaking News From 1995: "Gingrich's Unpredictability Raises Concerns" --Associated Press

Shortest Books Ever Written: "The Ethics of Eric Holder" --AmericanThinker.com

We Blame Global Warming: "Why Doesn't My Christmas Cactus Bloom on Time?" --Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA)

The Lonely Lives of Scientists: "Scientists Cope as Climate Debate Gets Personal" --CBSNews.com

Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control: "Babies Are Vindictive, Study Reveals" --Globe and Mail website (Toronto)

Bottom Story of the Day: "The End of the World Not Happening -- for Now Says Expert" --Daily Telegraph(London)

Village Idiots

From the government and here to help: "If you want to have the broadest reach and do the most good, for the most people, the federal government is one of the places you should think about. You need to think about it because the scale of your impact is greater than anywhere else you can be engaged and involved." --John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), addressing graduate students in Chantilly, Virginia

Redistribution: "Extending unemployment benefits kept 3.2 million Americans out of poverty last year alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A year ago President Barack Obama reached a bi-partisan compromise that kept seven million Americans from losing these very important benefits. ... I'm here to tell you that we need to do everything we can to convince members of both houses -- and the Senate -- to do the right thing. It's the American thing to do." --U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis

Blame the Jews for anti-Semitism: "There is significant anger and resentment and, yes, perhaps sometimes hatred and indeed sometimes an all too growing intimidation and violence directed at Jews generally as a result of the continuing tensions between Israel and the Palestinian territories and other Arab neighbors in the Middle East." --Howard Gutman, U.S. Ambassador to Belgium

Blame America for ... everything: "The United States is becoming rapidly one of the most unjust societies in the world. And that is raising basic questions about the relevance of the West to a world that is now universally awakened, stirring, restless, conflicted." --Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to Jimmy Carter

Short Cuts

"Iranian mobs stormed the British Embassy in Teheran Monday and took five hostages, sparking an international stand-off. Right now unemployment is high, prices are high, morale is low, and Iran just took hostages. If Barack Obama were any more like Jimmy Carter he'd have a farm with peanuts on it instead of an economic plan with peanuts in it." --comedian Argus Hamilton

"An upcoming Republican debate will be moderated by Donald Trump. It will take place in the Trump Forum for the Future of Democracy and Casino." --comedian Conan O'Brien

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team

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Biden Rhapsodizes on Arab Revolutions: 'A Terrible Beauty Is Born' 

Vice President Joe Biden speaking at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 3, 2011. (AP Photo)

(CNSNews.com) - Speaking at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden offered high praise for the revolutions that have broken out in the Arab world this year.

Biden likened the Arab uprisings to the American revolution and at one point described them by quoting Easter 1916, a poem that was written by William Butler Yeats as he reflected on the Irish Rising against the British that took place during World War I.

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Clinton criticism sparks Israeli anger 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she fears for the future of Israel's democracy, a comment that has prompted an Israeli backlash. (Reuters)

Israeli ministers reacted angrily on Sunday after local media quoted U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as saying she feared for the future of Israel's democracy and the rights of women in the Jewish state.

Clinton's remarks, reportedly made Saturday behind closed doors at the Saban Forum in Washington, made headlines in most Israeli newspapers, which reported them without explaining how they obtained the comments. 

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 Rush Limbaugh - BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: I don't want to be an I told you so, but I told you so, and I told you so five weeks ago. Gallup, every week, puts out their own unemployment numbers and Gallup has been signaling that this day unemployment below 9% was coming. They've been blatantly saying so, based on their own unemployment data, which is not related to the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. It's their own surveys; and in the last five weeks, occasionally they will say that their numbers that they come out with on a Wednesday or Thursday indicate that we're getting very close to a Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment number of under 9%. I said, "The regime needs this, and when we finally get to under 9%, it will be eight-point-something, but the point-what won't matter. The only number that's going to matter is the eight.

"It could be 8.9; it won't be 8.9, it will be '8.'" Well, it's 8.6, but it doesn't matter, it's eight; and predictably, the media's all over it, and that's the headline. You know, I got up this morning and I did the show prep routine and one of the first places I always go is Drudge and I saw it right there in red, and it's 8.6, and that's all it said, and I knew what it was. It's Friday, and I didn't need to know anything else. I knew that was the unemployment number, 8.6, and that's all anybody else is gonna hear. They're not gonna dig deep and find out how it happened. Some people have, some people are. There's a slight bit of reservation in certain sectors of the Drive-By Media. But most of the Drive-By Media is doing hosannas and hallelujah and merry...

Well, Happy Holidays. They don't do Merry Christmas in the media. But we're back, it's done, they got the headline: "Unemployment, 8.6%!" Now, the truth of the matter is - and Bloomberg News even points out that the only way - it's a corrupt number. It is a corrupt number. Folks, the number of people who have quit looking for work in the last few weeks is 315,000. Those are the people have thrown up their hands after 99 weeks or more of being unemployed; and they've said, "I'm quitting. I'm not looking." So they're not counted. Therefore, the universe of jobs available in the country is down by 315,000. That is the labor force participation rate. The labor force participation rate is a meager 64%. It fell to 64% from 64.2%. So the 0.2% drop equals 315,000 people leaving the workforce.

That means there are 315,000 fewer jobs to have, so the universe of jobs has been steadily shrinking. What was the number of jobs created? It's 120,000 jobs. It's 120, 126,000, whatever. That's in the ballpark. That number of jobs created can lower unemployment rate 0.4%, almost one half of a percent? Creating 120,000 new jobs can do that? That alone tells us how small the labor force participation rate is. That tells us how small the universe of available jobs in the country is, when creating 120,000 - and we still have, don't forget, over 400,000 applications for unemployment compensation reported yesterday. So just 120,000 new jobs can lower the unemployment rate almost a half a point. That's not possible without that 315,000 figure, the 315,000 people who have just walked away.  

Bloomberg News is even reporting this means that more people left the workforce than got jobs. Now, stop and think of this. More people left the workforce than got jobs, and the unemployment rate goes down? We're dealing here with a serious form of corruption, manipulation of data; but, we all knew it was coming. After all, we're talking about the regime. We knew this was coming. We know the fact, we know the histoire, that no president's been reelected with an unemployment rate higher than 8%. So here we are 11 months away from the next election, voila! Heading into the Christmas, slash, holiday season, and we're at 8.6%, the 0.6 doesn't matter, we're at 8%. And the media is having orgasms out there, O-gasms.

But everybody in the country knows the economy is not growing, that new jobs are not being created a massive, robust way that signals, or feels like economic growth. But the sad thing is that all these details that I have provided - probably, sadly - won't even matter because the regime has gotten the headline that it wanted. It got 8.6. The regime got unemployment 8.6%. That's what they wanted; that's what they got. All these other details are irrelevant. Now, this is the U3 unemployment rate. The U6 unemployment rate counts the 315,000. The U3 is a government marker. U3 is what is reported. The U6 unemployment number counts the 315,000 who have given up looking for a gig. The U6 unemployment number is around 16, 17% - and that's real unemployment.

The job universe from January 2009 when Obama was immaculated to the present is down about 2.5 million jobs. There are 2.5 million fewer jobs in our country in the two and a half, almost three years now that Obama has been in orifice - and that's the dirty little secret. You shrink the workforce by two, 2.5 million people is the only way you can report the unemployment rate going down. More people leave the workforce than found jobs, and the unemployment rate went down a half a point. So again we are being massaged, we are being spun, we are being inundated with corrupt numbers, but it was all predictable, all understandable. Again, so small has the employment universe become - so small, so many people having dropped out of the system altogether...

No longer counted, is what that means, as being unemployed. No longer counted as being alive in terms of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. When you quit looking for a job, you're only counted in that U6 number, which is not the one that's reported. The U3 number is. So you drop out of the system altogether, you're no longer counted by the Obama regime. A mere 126,000 job increase drops unemployment rate almost one half of a percentage point. This is nothing more than the government manipulating the real work situation that exists in the country. It's all calculated to create a false impression of economic recovery and a healthier job market. It's truly outrageous - and watch how the Obama media cronies regurgitate this propaganda for the most part. Watch how they'll all fall......KEEP READING - TEA PARTY  

Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Obama: Limited Gov't That Preserves Free Markets 'Doesn't Work. It Has Never Worked'

Hillary Clinton: 'Religious Beliefs' Are 'Standing in the Way of Protecting Human Rights of LGBT People'

Obama Seeks Protection for Homosexuals Abroad

Cal Thomas says: "I don't know what I'd do without the Media Research Center...It's a tremendous resource for me." Please make a tax-deductible gift to MRC today!

Official: Applause, Hooting, Hollering After Clinton's Plea for Gay Rights

Citing the 'Humanity of Unborn Babies,' Republican Introduces Bill to Ban Abortions Based on Race and Gender

Obama Invokes Teddy Roosevelt: 'We Are Greater Together Than We Are on Our Own'

Religious Freedom Commission Prepares to Shut Its Doors

Romney Ramping Up Campaign, But Will Skip Debate Hosted by Donald Trump

Global Campaign to Free Detained Chinese Activist Is Helping, U.S. Lawmakers Are Told

Hoyer: Dems Better than GOP Because Dems Made Twice as Many Laws

Unions Workers Come to Washington to 'Demand Justice,' 'Show Congress What Democracy Looks Like'

Clinton Warns of Bioweapon Threat from Gene Technology

COMMENTARY:

The Greatest English Teacher
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Father Becker, who taught English at Saint Ignatius, the all-boys Jesuit high school in San Francisco, had the skills to succeed in many lucrative professions. But he took a vow of poverty and spent five decades as a good and faithful priest, teaching boys to become strong and confident Christian men in an increasingly secular world.

Loathing Conservative Christian Candidates
By L. Brent Bozell III
Network reporters need to stop sounding like "foreign correspondents" when they cover people whose faiths they don't understand. While liberal journalists pretend they're open-minded, their news coverage suggests they don't feel the need to understand the religious right. They just need to defeat them.

Ixnay on Cordray: Not Another Obama Czar
By Michelle Malkin
Wrapping himself in the mantle of Theodore Roosevelt's "National Greatness" agenda, President Obama urged the nation to stand strong and unite behind ... his umpteenth regulatory czar. Nothing symbolizes American strength and vigor more than another unaccountable Washington bureaucrat.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Landmark immigration ruling could pave way for gay partners to avoid deportation
NAACP taking its complaints about U.S. voter laws to United Nations
Rep. Darrell Issa launches congressional investigation into DEA
McCain preparing to play kingmaker in 2012 GOP race
In new TV ad, Perry says, 'As President, I'll end Obama's war on religion'
Penn State president wants to place less emphasis on football
Fla. Senate installs panic buttons for lawmakers and their staff
Nationwide campaign seeks lapsed Catholics' return to fold
GOP senator says support for Obama Iran policy 'has collapsed'
New .xxx domain for porn debuts to mixed feelings
Erin Andrews sues Marriott for $10 million over peephole video
Republicans remain skeptical of extending payroll tax cut without spending cuts
Facebook flaw means anyone can see private photos
Woman kills herself, shoots her children, after failing to get food stamps
6 N.J. Motor Vehicle clerks indicted for selling fake driver's licenses
Patrick Kennedy, wife expecting first child in April

December 07, 2011        nj gov christie gets testy... again  A video clip of the outspoken and unfiltered governor of New Jersey is once again burning up the internet. The latest hit comes from a town hall event where Christie was accused of planting questions in the audience. Watch his brutally honest response HERE.    'OWS' NOW OCCUPYING FORECLOSURES  Since their access to public parks has been limited, the Occupy Wall Street movement has found the next location to set up camp. The protesters have announced plans to move into foreclosed homes around the country. Find out where this is already happening HERE.    a mob of 50 teen girls attacks nypd  Two NYPD officers needed help from the FDNY's water cannons to drive away a marauding pack of 50 teen-aged girls. The officers were hospitalized with injuries from the mob beatdown. Nine young women were ultimately arrested. See the photos HERE.    BLAZE VIDEO: CAN THE GOVT FORCE FAT PEOPLE TO JOIN WEIGHT WATCHERS?  Reporter Will Cain examines a question that will be asked of the nine justices on the Supreme Court next year. Watch this entertaining, fascinating and informative video essay HERE.

'Under god' is under attack again, the pledge of allegiance offends in ct   The University of Connecticut's interim athletic director recently added the Pledge of Allegiance to the pre-game routine of the school's official sporting events. The Atheists have taken offense and are pushing to stop the practice. Get the details HERE.  
  VIRAL VIDEO - IS THIS BAD SPORTSMANSHIP? SEE THE TD THAT WAS CALLED BACK    One play that could have clinched the state football championship for Boston's Cathedral High School was negated when a referee called a penalty on the quarterback for unsportsmanlike conduct. What was the infraction that triggered the penalty? Decide for yourself after you watch the clip HERE.

The Amazing Grace Christmas Light House  

The Amazing Grace Christmas Light House - Official Version

December 07, 2011  

On Wednesday's Program  

Tonight on GBTV: Why does Glenn have emergency medical staff on the set tonight? HINT: The opening monologue may be harmful to Glenn's health...PLUS the NRA's Wayne LaPierre drops by; and Vice President Biden's bizarre praise of the radical Arab Spring uprising. Don't miss it tonight at 5pm only on GBTV - Watch Glenn's preview HERE. 

Epic Beck: unloads on Obama TR speech   

Not many audiences in America would have any clue as to the ins and outs of the Teddy Roosevelt administration. And even if they did, they may not know exactly why his name should raise a red flag. But Glenn Beck's audience knows all about the original progressive, Teddy Roosevelt. Glenn responds to Obama's speech using devastating quotes from Arguing with Idiots on TR's progressive tendencies. WATCH

Obama Speech: One step closer to the end of capitalism?

Glenn warned that the masks would be coming off and that politicians would start admitting their communists and socialist leanings - and that's pretty much what happened during Barack Obama's speech last night. Glenn said that Barack Obama had "upped the ante", and it might not be long until he just admits capitalism "doesn't work". What are you supposed to do to fight a plan a hundred years in the making? Get more HERE!

Will Cain: Can the government force fat people to join weight watchers? VIDEO

New Nationalism = New Aneurysm

Glenn had a tough time preventing his head from exploding listening to the agonizing sound bites from Obama's Teddy Roosevelt speech. One of the sections that stood out was where Obama claims the free market has never worked before in history and that while it made for a nice bumper sticker, it doesn't work and everyone knows it. That's our President! Glenn reacts to this blatant lie on radio today. WATCH

Bachmann & Beck: Does Bachmann think bestiality is out of bounds at WH Press conferences? That and her reaction to Newt's latest...all last night on GBTV - FREE Clip.   

Welcome to 2011: Mob of 50 teenage girls attack NYC police officer - DETAILS.   

Zuccotti Park woman gets job on Wall Street after handing out her resume   

Sitting outside all day hearing propaganda about how evil banks are for lending people hundreds of thousands of dollars to live in homes they would normally not be able to buy without saving money for 30 years, you'd think the last job an unemployed Occupy Wall Street protester would take is a job on Wall Street. Think again - when money starts talking, Occupy principles start walking. Did this Occupier sell out? STORY.

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