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912 Patriots of Lower Bucks - Your Daily Updates ALL in ONE Place!
December 14, 2011
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"We cannot live in a country where the government sits around and tries to engineer and design results and outcomes. Every time they try to do that: 'Everyone has a right to own a home' - how does that end up? 'Everyone has a right to health care' - how does that end up? The Constitution says 'promote the general welfare' not 'provide welfare.' It is about setting conditions for our success.
Right now, if you're not careful in the United States of America, we have a class warfare that's going on. You've got a producing class and you've got an entitlement class."
- Lt. Col Allen West (b. 1961), at a speech made during the American Freedom Tour at the Revolution Nightclub in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Kansas City on October 21, 2009. The whole speech can be seen on YouTube here.
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REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: Iran's supreme leader suspects Ahmadinejad in assassination plot.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei suspects that members of his country's Revolutionary Guard close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were behind an assassination attempt on Khamenei's life, according to Saudi and Egyptian security officials.
Among those being questioned is Khamenei's own son, Mojtaba, who heads the country's Basij militia, a paramilitary volunteer militia that operates under the auspices of the Revolutionary Guard, the sources tell me.
Read full story here.
Bolton: Russia may have aided Iran in downing spy drone. Fears U.S. missiles, defenses, communications now at similar risk.
It's possible Russia directly aided Iran in downing the sophisticated U.S. drone that crashed in Iranian territory last week, former UN ambassador John Bolton charged today in a radio interview.
"You would have to think that that is a possibility," said Bolton, commenting on the likelihood of direct Russian assistance in the drone's capture.
Bolton was speaking on "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio" on New York's WABC Radio. Read full story here.
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1. David Codrea, unauthorized journalist who broke Fast & Furious, to speak in Montgomeryville Jan 7.
Please see the flier at bottom of email for our big event: David Codrea presents Fast & Furious. We need you to distribute this flier to everywhere/everyone you think will be interested, and we hope you can come yourselves. We need to fill the room which holds 400! 2. We need your 2012 election ideasPlease submit your ideas for things we can do as individuals or groups to win our region in 2012. Tea Party Patriots is taking all suggestions, and we coordinators will report up what our members (you guys) say. I would submit 2 lists: A) with no funding and B) with funding (your wishlist). For example with no $, we can pass out info door-to-door. But with $, we could put up a billboard. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS TO MEAN WE HAVE FUNDING; but there are ideas good enough to fundraise for. Please submit ideas by replying or go to our forum. 3.Tom Smith for Senate - any interest?Is there any interest in hearing Tom Smith for Senate on Wednesday Dec 14 at the Rock from 7-9pm? Please reply before Tuesday at 4pm if you intend to come so we can decide if it's feasible. I'll let you know if we have a quorum. http://tomsmithforsenate.com/ 4. Get onto our forumPlease get onto our FORUM if you'd like to communicate with other members, post items of interest, keep track of legislation, figure out rides to events, propose ideas, etc. It's accessible from the blue link, or our website, www.centralmontcoptpp.com Thanks, -Jim 
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Southern NH 9.12 Project
& Temple University Students for Intellectual Freedom (TUSIF)
This is a really good chart with all the candidates positions on issues....note especially, please, those that support agenda 21
Get the PDF Document Here . . .
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The stuffing is all gone,
but not the Turkeys!Here are a couple of opportunities to make a difference
before the Christmas and New Year's holidays get into full swing.
We've cleaned all the plates, put away the fine china and eaten all the leftovers. But there are still turkeys to be cooked!
Here's a summary of upcoming events/activities: - US Senate Candidate Forum
- Recruiting local committee candidates
- Presidential Debate party at the Moose
- January KTP Fundraiser
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Bucks County Teenage Republican Committee's
Holiday U.S. Senate Candidate Forum
What: Meet and hear from some of your Republican Candidates Running for U.S. Senate in 2012:
Laureen Cummings, Steven Welsh, John Vernon,
Marc Scaringi, David Christian and Robert Mansfield
When: 7:00pm on Wednesday, December 14th
Where: Bucks County Republican Headquarters
Cost: $20 for adults (18 years old & up), $10 for kids
Coffee and Dessert Will Be Served All Proceeds go to the Bucks County Teenage RepublicansClick to purchase tickets
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We are looking for a few good women
and men for local committee seats
The Kitchen Table Patriots is looking to help the Bucks County Republican Committee fill some vacant local committee seats.
These seats will be filled in the spring primary. Below is a list of some known vacancies to be filled. There are probably others as well. If you are at all interested in running for any of these offices, please reply to this email and we will work with you to understand the office and get campaign support. - Warrington Township District 2 (Woman)
- Warrington Township District 8 (Woman & Man)
- Buckingham Middle 2 (Woman & Man)
- Buckingham Upper 1 (Woman)
- Buckingham Upper 3 (Woman)
The committee positions are the root of the party, and who better to help out with this than the grassroots!
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Wish you could watch a Republican
Presidential Debate with the Tea Party? Come out to the next one with us! We get tired of watching these all by ourselves, so we thought we'd invite all of you to come watch the next debate with us at the Moose in Doylestown.
When: Thursday, December 15 2011 - 9pm
Where: The Moose Lodge
This will be an informal meeting. Just come in, sat around the tables and we'll watch and discuss the debate as it is going on. The event is free, but we will be asking for a donation to help cover the cost of renting the facilities for the evening.
Please RSVP if you are attending so that we can get an idea of the number of people coming. If this is not popular, we'll assume that everyone is too busy to come out late on a Thursday evening.
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Finally: Planning ahead for 2012 We have a few events in the planning stages, but it is too early to give any details on them now. But there is one can can plant a seed for:
We are looking at having a fundraiser in January to refill the KTP coffers. This fundraiser will help us fund our activities as we gear up for the 2012 election cycle and cover the expenses of hosting events and out video project WKTP.TV.
We'll have a video presentation showing our 2011 events and activities and we'll have some special guests to help energize us for the New Year. Please consider making a donation using the link below if you can help us out now. Every little bit helps. We'll give you more details as we get closer. If you'd like to help out with this or any of the activities, simply reply to this email and we'll plug you in.
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Yours in Liberty,
The Kitchen Table Patriots
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The Loyal Opposition of Philadelphia Philadelphians for Ethical Leadership The Philadelphia Republican Party Philadelphia Federation of Young Republicans And Philadelphia Republican Leadership Council Cordially Invites You to Our CHRISTMAS
PARTYSaturday, December 17 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Liberties Bar 705 North 2nd Street Philadelphia PA
$20 - includes free Draft Beer, Wine and Hors d'oeuvres Please R.S.V.P. by December 10 to
Pamela Warren - pamelawarren1@comcast.net
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Nullify Now! Philadelphia
 March 31, 2012. 10a-6p
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Crowne Plaza, Liberty Ballroom
Philadelphia Downtown
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Thomas Jefferson: "Whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers....a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy."
But what IS nullification? How does it happen and work? Since September 2010, the Tenth Amendment Center has been hosting a national tour to educate and activate people on this topic. People are learning the constitutional basis, when it's been used in history, and how it is happening around the country and how YOU can stop DC right in your own state.
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THE INTERFAITH TASKFORCE FOR AMERICA AND ISRAEL (ITAI)
123 S. Broad Street, Suite 1832, Philadelphia, PA 19109
HOLD THE DATE
ITAI is pleased to invite you to attend our program titled "Christians in the Middle East: Endangered Species."
With Samir Asad (an Egyptian Coptic-Christian), Wafa Mikhail, and Joseph Puder, and Charles Kahn Jr.,
Our panel will discuss the current situation in Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and Gaza, and more...
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012, 7:30PM
At
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
1989 Rt. 70 East, Cherry Hill, NJ
Admission is free, tax-deductible contributions to ITAI are encouraged.
Please RSVP by 1/16/12.
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LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO
"BETTER THAN EVER"
(all times are eastern)
Monday 3-4pm "Bordering on Insanity" - Sue Payne and Frosty Wooldridge
Tuesday 3-4pm "American Freedom Watch" - Karen Schoen with contributors John Estabrooks and Dr. Ronald Myers
Wednesday 3-4pm "Patriots Watch" - Billy Baer and Dan Haggerty
Thursday 3-4pm "America's Black Shield" - Ted Hayes and Terrance Lang
Friday 10-11pm "Veterans' Weekly Forum" - Rich Davis and David Bellavia
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Remember January 3rd, 2007 The Day The Democrats Took Over!
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I wonder how many people know this?
The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009 -- it was actually January 3rd 2007. The day the Democrats took over the House of Representatives & Senate, the start of the 110th Congress.
The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.
"For those of you who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is "Bush's Fault," think about this:
January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress:
At the time: The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77 The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5% The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB CREATION!
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Ronald Reagan: A Centenary Perspective
2011 marks the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth and the 30th anniversary of his first inauguration. His principles and achievements have a special relevance today, in a nation divided over its future direction.
On October 2 - 5, Hillsdale College's Center for Constructive Alternatives lecture series examined the life, principles and achievements of the 40th President of the United States.
Watch the lectures delivered at this program.
"The Three Campaigns"
Craig Shirley
Shirley & Banister Public Affairs
Author, Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America
"Reagan and Communism in Hollywood"
Ronald Radosh
Hudson Institute
Author, Red Star Over Hollywood: The Film Colony's Long Romance with the Left
"Reagan on Economics"
Phil Gramm
Former U.S. Senator
"The Education of Ronald Reagan"
Steven Hayward
American Enterprise Institute
Author, The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution,1980-1989
"Reagan and the End of the Cold War"
Elliott Abrams
Assistant Secretary of State, 1981-89
All of the lectures are available on our website for your viewing.
Please consider a tax-deductible gift to Hillsdale College to support our many outreach programs, such as the Center for Constructive Alternatives.
Support Hillsdale College
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Copyright 2011 Hillsdale College. All Rights Reserved.
Hillsdale College
33 East College St. | Hillsdale, MI 49242
The Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship
227 Massachusetts Avenue, NE | Washington, D.C. 20002
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Barack Obama and the Communist Party
Communist leader on "friend" Barack Obama
On November 15, 2008, Sam Webb, National Chair of the Communist Party USA delivered an address to the Communist Party USA National Committee. During his address, he noted the following concerning the party's relationship with Obama,
"The left can and should advance its own views and disagree with the Obama administration without being disagreeable. Its tone should be respectful. We are speaking to a friend."
Frank Marshall Davis
Barack Obama's first known connection with a Communist Party USA supporter was his boyhood relationship with communist poet Frank Marshall Davis in Hawaii.
Barack Obama's relationship to Frank Marshall Davis, first came to light through a March 2007 speech[1] at New York University's Tamiment Library by Communist Party USA supporter and historian Gerald Horne.
Commenting on the alleged leftist sympathies of Hawaiians, Horne said;
When these sources are explored, I think scholars of the future will be struck by, for example, the response in Honolulu when tens of thousands of workers went on strike when labor and CP leaders were convicted of Smith Act violations in 1953 - a response totally unlike the response on the mainland. Of course 98% of these workers were of Asian-Pacific ancestry, which suggests that scholars have also been derelict in analyzing why these workers were less anti-communist than their Euro-American counterparts.
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RedState Morning Briefing
For December 14, 2011
1. Donald Trump Talks About the GOP, His Political Future, and Our Standing in the World
Earlier tonight on my radio program I interviewed Donald Trump. It was his first interview since announcing he would cancel the GOP debate in which he intended to moderate the candidates. Only two candidates had agreed to participate and Mr. Trump recognized that there was a real concern about him running as a third party.
So I asked him if he might and he said he just may run. He's really concerned about the GOP picking a weak candidate. He would not name any names, but he particularly did not like Jon Huntsman. He took issue with Huntsman's views on China, which Trump thinks are weak and dangerous.
We actually spent a good bit of time on China. Trump thinks we hold a strong hand against China, but political leaders on all sides are too scared to take on China. He criticized the existing debate structure for not going deep into discussions on China, OPEC, and American manufacturing.
Trump's new book, Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again, is published by RedState's sister company Regnery Publishing. You can get the book here and you can listen to the interview right here.
Please click here for the rest of the post.
2. Annual Deficit Will Absolutely Top $1 Trillion in 2012
Yesterday, the media was agog with glee over reports that CBO is projecting an annual deficit "below $1 trillion for the first time in four years."
How did they arrive at that conclusion?
This projection was extrapolated from the Treasury Department's report of the first two months of the fiscal year budget, which, as explained by the CBO's monthly budget review, pegs the current deficit at $236 billion - $55 billion less than at this time last year. The media is conflating this monthly report with an outdated long-term CBO budget outlook, which projects only a $973 billion deficit for FY 2012.
Please click here for the rest of the post.
3. No, Ron Paul is not a threat to win the Iowa Caucuses
It doesn't matter what you think the new Public Policy Polling result says. It doesn't matter how many gleeful Democrats are writing up news stories claiming it's true. It's not.
Ron Paul, King of Earmarks, Full Metal Truther, and Archbishop of the anti-American Gnostic Constitutionalists, is not going to win the Iowa caucuses or even get close for one simple reason.
He wins people who don't vote, but the Iowa caucuses only admit Republicans.
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4. The New York Times and Its Anti-Fracking Cargo Cult
Another day, another distorted and fear-mongering attack from the Old Grey Lady on America's natural gas industry.
Headline: Add Quakes to Rumblings Over Gas Rush
(originally published under the headline "Some Blame Hydraulic Fracturing For Earthquake Epidemic"; link may require subscription/signup)
Here, the Times conflates two dissimilar processes in an attempt to create fear and worry about natural gas.
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Reclaim Rock for conservatism (or in this case, country-rock):
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Invite your liberal friend over for a barbecue serenaded with anti-pc hits from Hank Williams Jr. like "A Country Boy Can Survive" and "If the South Woulda Won."
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Islam: The Nazism of today.
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♦ CHECK OUT FSM'S NEW HOT PICKS' FEATURE: "WHAT DOES PAM THINK? "♦
Edward Cline In George Orwell's book "1984", rocket bombs were dropped by the government to cause terror and outrage. On hate speech and Islamophobia, is the administration doing the same?
Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin, PhD, Joan Jutta Lachkar, PhD Imad Mughniyeh was a leading terrorist for Hizbollah. A recent book had pages removed because they dealt with the vast wealth of his wife, who should have been "submissive" and house-bound.
Herbert London People in the West are living through the near extinction of their civilization, where education only honors achievements of minority groups and spurns its own heritage.
Military History, W. Thomas Smith, Jr. Commemorating this week's anniversaries of defining events in American Military History.
Caroline Glick By stating the truth about the fictitious claims of the Palestinian "nation", Newt Gingrich ignited a firestorm, which should clear the way for realism on this emotive issue.
Diana West According to two Washington Post writers, U.S. nation-building in Iraq failed because it did not continue longer, ignoring the reality that it was unrealistic academic utopianism...
Ralph Peters By deciding to pull out of Iraq, the administration is handing a gift to the Iranians, the ability to spread terrorism and fear across a wide region of the Middle East, with nothing to impede it.
The Obama administration is waging a furious legal fight against a patchwork of state laws targeting illegal immigrants. The Supreme Court has its first chance to jump into the fray.
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Laura: I'm tired of hearing from certain quarters that Israel is a burden upon America. Here is how Israel is a vital asset. I don't expect Walt and Meirsheimer and fellow travelers, who traffic in lies about Israel, to acknowledge any of this.
Commentary: How Israel's Defense Industry Can Help Save America
Arthur Herman -
December 2011 PrintPDFKibbutz Sasa sits one mile from Israel's Lebanese border. Founded in 1949, it is the site of the tomb of the second-century rabbi Levi ben Sisi. It hosts groves of fruit trees and a dairy farm and has 210 members. Kibbutz Sasa is also the home of the main factory of Plasan, a company that started out making hard plastic containers like garbage cans in 1985. For four years now, American soldiers have driven more safely in Iraq and Afghanistan, thanks to Kibbutz Sasa and Plasan's CEO, Dani Ziv.
It was Ziv who, in the 1980s, urged the company to take up the manufacture of protective ballistic vests for soldiers...
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As it happens I know all three individuals and also the author. Since this article was first posted, I received an email from Tammi Benjamin which I found very interesting. She had written a major letter to the President of the California State U. complaining in great detail about antisemitism on campus. He had written back and said "Too bad". Tammi was offended and wrote back to him in outrage at being so blatantly dismissed. The email she just sent me was the Presidents reply to her outrage in which he apologized. Here's his story. When he wrote "too bad" he was intending to forward her email to his Board and inadvertently pressed "reply" instead of "forward". Only a President of a University could think of that excuse. Ted Belman By Stella Paul, AMERICAN THINKER
All is not lost. We live in an age of terrifying anti-Semitism, and so far, the Jewish establishment's only real response has been a competition over who... Read the whole entry »
By Daniel Pipes and Cynthia Farahat, ISRAEL HAYOM . According to Egypt's elections committee, the Muslim Brotherhood won 37 percent of the vote in the first round of voting in Egypt; and the Salafis, who promote a yet more extreme Islamist program, won 24%, giving them together a jaw-dropping 61% of the vote. This stunning result prompts two questions: Is this a legitimate or rigged outcome? Are Islamists about to dominate Egypt? Legitimate or rigged? No one took Soviet elections, with their inevitable 99% returns for the Communists, seriously; and while the process and outcome of the Egyptian elections are less blatant, they deserve similar skepticism. The game is more subtle, but it is still a game, and here is how it is played: The Muslim Brotherhood (founded in 1928) and the military dictatorship (ruling Egypt since 1952) have a parallel ideology and a long history that simultaneously makes them rivals and allies. Over the decades, they have cooperated on-and-off in an... Read the whole entry »
By Ted Belman Petition to Netanyahu "68 Israeli intellectuals, including 22 Nobel Prize laureates and Israel Prize recipients, signed a petition Sunday in which they call on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to freeze the legislation regarding the Supreme Court. The petition reads, "Before the man whose government and coalition are busy destroying democracy there is a clear choice: Either allow the current wave (of legislation) to continue and become the destruction of democracy and law in Israel or stop it immediately. He should stop it and announce that, at least until the end of the Knesset's winter session, the legislation regarding the courts, the media and civil society organizations in Israel will be frozen.""
Here's how I see it. There is no question that the various bills under discussion undermine the power of the left. Thus they fight to protect their power. When I attended a debate between Danon and Openheimer (Peace Now), Openheimer...
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Pete Rivera, a follower of The Oakland Press' Facebook page, commented on one national retailer pulling their ads from a reality TV show set in Dearborn.
"It's a disgrace, but it shows the power of peoples' ignorance and intolerance," said Rivera.
"All-American Muslim," the TLC network reality show which focuses on Arab-American families and their day-to-day lives in Dearborn, has spurred one retail giant from pulling its advertising from the program.
Lowe's Home Improvement, the North Carolina- based retailer, has decided to end its advertising on the reality show. The retailer stated it had received requests from the Florida-based group known as the Florida Family Association to pull their advertising for the show because the group felt the show was "propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values."
The backlash from many against Lowes has inspired one California senator from taking action against the retailer. State Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, wants to take legislative action against Lowe's if they do not apologize to Muslims and reinstate their advertisements on the show.
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The Daily Caller reported Sunday that "for the low, low price of $2,500, you can have dinner cooked for you by Weather Underground agitators and terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernadine [sic] Dohrn."
This is the low state of the world that we have become inured to. The absence of morality and the ability to distinguish between right and wrong and good and evil renders dinners with terrorists for... $2,500.
In the sixties, Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn were members of the Weather Underground, a communist terrorist group that planted bombs at the Pentagon, the Capitol building, and other government buildings. Ayers himself planted a bomb at a statue commemorating police casualties during the 1886 Haymarket riots in Chicago. When a bomb he was hoping would kill American soldiers in New Jersey exploded prematurely in a house, Ayers became for ten years a fugitive from justice, but all charges against him were dropped in 1980 when an FBI program that was investigating the Weathermen was accused of improprieties.
Ayers, however, remains unrepentant, saying in 2001: "I don't regret setting bombs... I feel we didn't do enough."
Yet this dinner is hardly the first example of the legitimization of the terrorist Ayers. As I explained in my book The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America, when he left his terrorist activities behind, Ayers served his cause as part of the left's long march into America's institutions. He became a respectable professor at the University of Chicago. One of his neighbors was an ambitious young man named Barack Hussein Obama. In 1995, Obama launched his political career with a run for the Illinois State Senate, and he began his campaign with a fundraising event at the Chicago home of Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
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http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/wichman.asp Professor Wichman E-mail
Claim: A Michigan professor sent an e-mail telling Muslim students to leave the country.
Status: True.
The story begins at Michigan State University with a mechanical engineering professor named Indrek Wichman. Wichman sent an e-mail to the Muslim Student's Association. The e-mail was in response to the students' protest of the Danish cartoons that portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist. The group had complained the cartoons were 'hate speech.'
============ Enter Professor Wichman.
========================================== In his e-mail, he said the following:
=============================== Dear Muslim Association, As a professor of Mechanical Engineering here at MSU I intend to protest your protest. I am offended not by cartoons, but by more mundane things like beheadings of civilians, cowardly attacks on public buildings, suicide murders, murders of Catholic priests (the latest in Turkey), burnings of Christian churches, the continued persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt, the imposition of Sharia law on non-Muslims, the rapes of Scandinavian girls and women (called 'whores' in your culture), the murder of film directors in Holland, and the rioting and looting in Paris France. This is what offends me, a soft-spoken person and academic, and many, many of my colleagues. I counsel you dissatisfied, aggressive, brutal, and uncivilized slave-trading Muslims to be very aware of this as you proceed with your infantile 'protests.' If you do not like the values of the West - see the First Amendment - you are free to leave. I hope that most of you choose that option. Please return to your ancestral homelands and build them up yourselves instead of troubling Americans..
Cordially, I. S. Wichman Professor of Mechanical Engineering
============================= As you can imagine, The Muslim group at the university didn't like this too well. They're demanding that Wichman be reprimanded, that the university impose mandatory diversity training for faculty, And mandate a seminar on hate and discrimination for all freshmen. Now, the local chapter of CAIR has jumped into the fray. CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, apparently doesn't believe that the good professor had the right to express his opinion.
========== For its part, the university is standing its ground in support of Professor Wichman, Saying the e-mail was private, and they don't intend to publicly condemn his remarks.
============================================================ Send this to your friends, and ask them to do the same. Tell them to keep passing it around until the whole country gets it. We are in a war. This political correctness crap is getting old and killing us.
================== If you agree with this, Please send it to all your friends!
If not, simply delete it. ig
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Fresh off the downed drone debacle, we have another stunning intel failure under the Obama administration. The Iranian proxy, Hezb'allah, ia naming CIA officers in Lebanon. This happened back in late November in the worst-ever breach in our intel community. It precipitated the capture and possible execution of more than a dozen American CIA agents working in Iran and Lebanon.
Nasrallah, Hezballah is now calling the US embassy a "den of spies," according to FOXnews. Hezb'allah has managed to penetrate US-friendly groups in Lebanon.
This announcement will be followed by some hostile act by Iran (using their proxies). Will it be against our assets in the Middle East, or will Iran use Hezb'allah in Latin America or Mexico? We will have to wait and see in Obama's favorite foreign policy, operation fetal position.
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Ali Sina has more on the horrific grenade attack in a busy Christmas shopping center today in Belgium.
Muslim Gunman in Belgium kills 5 and injures 122 Ali Sina, Faith Freedom International
December 13, 2011 - LIEGE, Belgium - Summoned for questioning by Belgian police, Nordine Amrani, a Muslim man with a history of weapons and drug offenses left home armed with hand grenades, a revolver and an assault rifle. Stopping at a central square filled with holiday shoppers, he lobbed three grenades into the crowd, then opened fire. Five people were killed, including an 18-month-old toddler, and 122 were wounded in the assault Tuesday that brought tragedy to the pre-Christmas season of students reveling in exam results and preschoolers enchanted by brightly lit trees and holiday stalls. Herman Van Rompuy, a former Belgian prime minister who is now president of the European Council, said he was badly shaken by the attack. "There is no explanation whatsoever," Van Rompuy said. "It leaves me perplexed and shocked." Of course there is an explanation. Amrani was a Muslim and he was waging his personal Jihad against the infidels. After over 18,000 terrorist attacks by the followers of the religion of peace sincer 9/11, the only thing that is inexplicable and indeed shocking is the surprise of the politicians to connect the dots and that these terrorists are Muslims and they are practicing the many teachings of their prophet. Two days earlier, another Muslim, calmly pointed his handgun and opened fire on passing cars near Vine Street and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood while shouting Allahu Akbar. He injured one passerby before being killed by the police. In both cases the media refused to identify the killer as Muslim terrorist. The Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said the attack was the act of a "lone assailant," a man known to police who had "no links to terrorism." "The whole country shares in the pain. This is an isolated case. This is not about terrorism," he stressed. The truth is that Muslims don't have to belong to any organization to carry out jihad.
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As more and more states take a stand against foreign law, Obama's Department of sharia enforcement Justice is fighting the will of the American people and the Constitution. Just this week, Republicans in North Carolina proposed a bill to ban courts from using "foreign law." (More here, hat tip Van)
And don't think that it's not happening. Eugene Volokh at The Volokh Conspiracy, April 29 (thanks to Robert): "Will Calls for Distribution 'According to Islamic Laws and Sharia'; Pennsylvania Court Gives Twice as Much to Each Son as to Each Daughter,"
Prof. Abbass Alkhafaji died, and left a will that apparently said, in relevant part, (4) About my pension, the beneficiaries are all my biological kids and my current wife, ... after reducing all costs associated with the house.... [The] rest of the pension, if any left, should be divided according to Islamic Laws and Sharia....
(9) In case I have additional monetary benefits from my job, such as life insurance, 401K, 403B or any other retirement funds that I am not aware of, Allah as my witness, They should be divided, after costs associated with the payment of those funds according to Islamic Laws and "Sharia."
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Fellow patriots,
With the daily onslaught of American miscalculations and ever-more blatant Islamist advances, I have a hard time being surprised anymore, but the letter written by Senator Ted Lieu to the CEO of Lowe's, which he posted on his own Senatorial homepage (see below), was a head-spinner.
As you may remember from a previous broadcast, TLC (The Learning Channel) recently started a new TV show called American Muslim, which is blatant propaganda for Islam whose premier episode was about a Catholic man converting to Islam to marry his Muslim bride-to-be. In response, the Florida Family Association began a letter-writing campaign to the show's advertisers asking them to stop advertizing, which I joined in and also forwarded to you. This letter-writing campaign has been very successful, causing many of the show's advertisers to stop, among them Lowe's (see http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45637604/ns/local_news-charlotte_nc/t/backlash-lowes-ads-pulled-muslim-show/#.TuYpXvBqrpc.email ). So if you participated in this campaign, congratulations! Your efforts made a BIG difference.
But now comes the shocking bad news: Senator Lieu of California had the audacity to write a letter to the CEO of Lowe's, calling on Lowes to start advertizing on the show again and also apologize to America's Muslims. Lieu went further by threatening both a boycott and legislative action against Lowe's if the company did not comply.
Let this sink in: The Senator is demanding that a private company MUST advertize on a particular TV show. THIS IS CRAZY! How a private company chooses to advertize is its own business, and any governmental interference sets a dangerous imposition on our free speech rights.
What's worse, Senator Lieu's argument depends on a false analogy, when he tries to establish a moral equivalency between Islamic terrorists people like Timothy McVeigh and Seung-Hui Cho (the Virginia Tech mass murderer). The difference, which Senator Lieu is too intelligent to not realize, is that Islamic terrorists are ideologically driven by their religion and are pursuing a widespread agenda aimed at ultimately establishing a global Islamic state, while McVeigh and Cho were isolated loners who hated society.
I tried to email a letter to Lieu via his Senatorial website ( http://sd28.senate.ca.gov/contact/email ) but unfortunately his website rejected my email because I'm not from California. If you're from California or you know someone who is, I would appreciate it if you could convey a letter like this one to Senator Lieu:
Senator Lieu,
Your letter to the CEO of Lowe's, demanding that Lowe's advertizes on a particular television show and apologizes American Muslims, combined with threats of a boycott and legislative action, is an act of intimidation of a private company that violates everything that the First Amendment stands for. To think that our government could FORCE a private company to advertize on a particular TV show is outrageous. Even worse, you base your threats on a false equivalency between Muslim terrorists who are acting on their widespread interpretation of their faith and a few isolated loners who were acting on their feelings of alienation. You're too intelligent for this to have been an honest mistake. You should be ashamed.
Sincerely
Dave Bailey
Thank you!!!
Dave
Sen. Ted Lieu today calls on CEO of Lowe's home-improvement chain to apologize to American Muslims for 'bigoted, shameful' actions
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Video: Is Congess About to Give Obama the "Internet Kill Switch"Dec 13, 2011 07:51 pm
Ben Johnson, The White House Watch A bill pending before Congress may make it illegal for websites to link to content the government says is illegal. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) seeks to protect U.S. businesses from (mostly Chinese) copyright infringement by criminalizing forms of online piracy - but the strictures are so severe [...]
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Video: Congressman Introduces "No Confidence" Vote on HolderDec 13, 2011 07:51 pm
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Preacher to Obama: You Are Not GodDec 13, 2011 07:50 pm
Ben Johnson, The White House Watch The first family goes to church so infrequently that it's considered national news when they darken a church door. Sunday was such an occasion - but what the priest said should have been the news. The Obamas attended St. John's Episcopal Church where: According to pool reports, the Rev. [...]
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Energy Skyrockets; Homeless Soars; Environmentalists RejoiceDec 13, 2011 07:50 pm
Don't say President Obama has never kept any of his promises. In 2008, Obama told the editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle, "under my plan...electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket." According to USA Today, he fulfilled on his pledge. In 2010, the average family paid $300 more a year for energy - more than any [...]
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The Obama Administration is Planning a Second-term Attack on Gun RightsDec 13, 2011 07:49 pm
Obama administration officials are deliberately keeping gun owners in the dark about the president's gun-control agenda as we head into next year's national election, because administration officials know that when NRA members and gun owners show up at the polls en masse, anti-gun candidates lose. The Obama campaign's strategy goes like this: Neutralize gun owners [...]
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RINOs Plot to Lose 2012, TooDec 13, 2011 07:49 pm
The Republican Party hacks - the ossified leaders who appear to cooperate with the Democrats to help conservative candidates lose primaries and general elections - got exposed for what they really are this week. In some staffer's mistake (or was it?), a Yahoo News reporter allegedly heard the old has-beens warn against "making personal attacks [...]
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Watchdog Group: Say, Shouldn't We Examine Those Exploding Chevy Volts?!Dec 13, 2011 07:47 pm
The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) today filed a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for any and all communications with General Motors (GM). The NHTSA is investigating three fires in the battery packs of GM's Chevy Volt following collision tests, but may [...]
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Obama's Adviser: China is a "Superior" ModelDec 13, 2011 07:47 pm
In a recent piece for the Wall Street Journal, Andy Stern, an Obama insider and one of organized labor's more aggressive personalities, praised what he called "China's superior economic model." Does China have a superior economic model? That depends: Superior to what? Mr. Stern, who headed the Service Employees International Union, cited Andy Grove, founder [...]
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National Debt Has Increased $48,994 Per Second Under ObamaDec 13, 2011 07:46 pm
Back in August, The Blaze reported that President Obama's economic policies managed to add more debt to America than George Bush did, and in less than half the time! Today we have a staggering measurement that shows just how large that problem has grown. When Obama took over for Bush in January of 2009, America [...]
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How Much Stupid Can One Head Hold? Dem Says "Fast and Furious" was Invented by the Tea PartyDec 13, 2011 07:45 pm
Last March during a House Armed Services Committee hearing, about deploying Marines to Guam, Georgia Democrat Hank Johnson used his time to address the Navy's Admiral in charge of the Pacific fleet saying, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize." Some Democrat apologists [...]
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The anxiety of influence, Times style
Posted: 13 Dec 2011 03:47 PM PST
(Scott Johnson)
Reader Sean O'Brien wrote New York Times reporter Scott Shane to ask if he was alluding to the Gulag Archipelago in the lead sentence to his big page-one story on convicted Islamic terrorists incarcerated in federal prisons, about which I wrote here. Shane's lead is: "It is the other Guantánamo, an archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country, hidden away on back roads." Sean commented to Shane: "Never would have thought of federal prisons as such."
Shane responded: "No, though after writing it that occurred to me. I'm a big fan of Solzhenitsyn."
I'm not sure if that means it occurred to him after writing the story and before publication, or after. In any event, he expresses no embarrassment, and the echo is of a piece with the story's slant.
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Obama Keeps A Campaign Promise
Posted: 13 Dec 2011 12:30 PM PST
(John Hinderaker)
President Obama promised that if he became president, electricity costs would skyrocket. Of course, he intended to bring about that result by enacting cap and trade:
Today's USA Today headlines: "Household electricity bills skyrocket."
The increase reflects higher fuel prices and the expense of replacing old power plants, including heavily polluting - but cheap to operate - coal plants that don't meet federal clean air requirements.
And, to his credit, Obama was able to fulfill his campaign promise without cap and trade!
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Hard Times for the One Percent
Posted: 13 Dec 2011 09:23 AM PST
(John Hinderaker)
The New York Times points out that "the recession cost the rich," in that not only their incomes but their share of total income have dropped dramatically:
The share of income received by the top 1 percent - that potent symbol of inequality - dropped to 17 percent in 2009 from 23 percent in 2007, according to federal tax data.
No surprise there-that always happens, as Scott and I noted back in 1995 in "The Truth About Income Inequality." We wrote:
[I]ncome inequality tends to widen in times of prosperity, and narrow in times of recession. Thus, short-term drops in the income share of the top 5 percent occurred in the recession years of 1949, 1957-58, 1973-74, 1980-81, and 1990.
Upon reflection, this should not be surprising. In times of prosperity, more people are earning more money, and it takes a higher income to qualify for the top 1 percent, 5 percent, or any other statistical yardstick. Nearer the bottom of the income spectrum, incomes tend to be more fixed. So it should be expected that in boom periods, income inequality may increase somewhat, while in times of recession, income inequality will tend to narrow. And, in fact, the table above shows that this is exactly what has happened throughout the post-war era. "Increasing income inequality" is a statistical construct that, in practice, is likely to be synonymous with prosperity.
If you think the biggest problem we face is income inequality, a lousy economy represents at least a partial solution. Maybe between now and next November, Barack Obama will change his tune and claim he did it on purpose.
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The American archipelago
Posted: 13 Dec 2011 09:03 AM PST
(Scott Johnson)
Sunday's New York Times featured Scott Shane's long, long Sunday page-one story on the Islamic terrorists convicted of federal crimes and held in federal prisons. The point and purpose of the story are unclear to me, though some kind of advocacy on behalf of these terrorists is clearly in play. Somehow, I think it was written solely for Times reporter Scott Shane to render this unsubtle if evocative lead sentence suggesting the existence of some massive injustice: "It is the other Guantánamo, an archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country, hidden away on back roads. Today, it houses far more men convicted in terrorism cases than the shrunken population of the prison in Cuba that has generated so much debate." You really have to wonder, as we have occasionally over the years, if the Times's ambivalence regarding our efforts to defend ourselves hasn't reaches absurd depths.
Charlie Savage's gauzy story on detainee Ali Musa Daqduq raises a similar question. Daqduq is a Hezbollah operative held by American forces in Iraq who may be released as American forces make their final exit from Iraq. According to Savage, Daqduq is "accused of helping to orchestrate a January 2007 raid by Shiite militants that resulted in the death of five American soldiers." Savage observes that "[t]he administration is wrestling with either turning him over to the Iraqi government - as the United States did with its other wartime prisoners - or seeking a way to take him with the military as it withdraws, according to interviews with officials familiar with the deliberations." Savage frames the story as one of American presidential politics.
If you want to understand what Daqduq did and what his release will entail, you have to turn elsewhere. Here is how David Rivkin and Charles Stimson reported on his case in the Wall Street Journal last week:
Call it the triumph of ideology over national interest and honor. Having dithered for nearly three years, the Obama administration has only a few weeks to bring to justice a Hezbollah terrorist who slaughtered five U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2007. Unfortunately, it appears more likely that Ali Musa Daqduq will instead be transferred to Iran, to a hero's welcome.
In the early evening of Jan. 20, 2007, in the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, five black SUVs approached the location of a regular meeting between U.S. and Iraqi military officers. Inside the vehicles, which mimicked U.S. transports (to avoid heightened scrutiny), were a dozen individuals dressed in U.S. military uniforms and bearing U.S. weapons. Their drivers spoke English.
Upon reaching their target, the occupants opened fire on the Americans. One U.S. soldier was killed on the spot. Four others were kidnapped, tortured and executed.
The mastermind of this brutal attack? Ali Musa Daqduq, a Lebanese national and Hezbollah commander. U.S. forces captured him in March 2007, and, in interrogation, he allegedly provided a wealth of information on Iran's role in fomenting, training and arming Iraqi insurgents of all stripes.
With U.S. troops set to exit Iraq at the end of December, all detainees in American custody there have been transferred to the Iraqis except for Daqduq. He is set to be turned over in a matter of weeks. Based on past experience with released detainees who were in Iranian employ, U.S. officials know that Daqduq will promptly re-emerge in Iran, shaking hands with dignitaries and leading parades, before rejoining his Hezbollah colleagues.
Rivkin and Stimson's WSJ column is of course worth reading in its entirety. Savage's and Shane's Times stories both kill brain cells and subtract from the sum total of human knowledge.
RELATED: Andrew McCarthy's NRO column "Jihadist who helped kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq charged as civilian defendant."
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Eurocrash Update #3: Radek's Warning
Posted: 13 Dec 2011 05:30 AM PST
(Steven Hayward)
You didn't need this morning's Wall Street Journal headline ("Markets Doubt Europe Deal") to know that the weekend Eurodeal is not impressing the markets. Beyond the market reaction, this morning's papers here in the U.S. are mostly fixed on the drama in London, where Prime Minister Cameron gave a spirited defense of his veto of changes to the EU Treaty, while the misgivings of his coalition partner Nick Clegg portend a possible collapse of the government. (Doubtful in my judgment: Clegg and the Lib-Dems won't want to give up their rare and probably only share of power in their lifetime to this dispute. But that could change quickly.)
Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski
While the London story unfolds, the American media have largely overlooked the remarkable intervention of Poland's foreign minister Radek Sikorski, who made front page news in Europe a couple days ago with a speech in Berlin calling for closer European integration and for Germany to step up and lead the whole thing with a firm hand. He also had some hard words for Britain (as does his wife, Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum, in today's paper; looks like a spousal pincer movement to me).
What is so startling about Radek's speech is not simply its directness and depth-both rare for modern European political figures-or the suggestion that this crisis is so serious it could lead to decades of political regression in Europe. It represents a change of mind on his part. I've known Radek for almost 20 years, going back to his days as a foreign correspondent, and then when he worked down the hall from me at AEI before resuming his political career in Poland. He's twice fixed up conference invitations and lecture tours for me at Polish universities. (He has said, by the way, that one of his goals is to have a street, square, or monument named for Ronald Reagan in every city in Poland.) More than once he said to me, with a mischievous twinkle in his eye, that the chief aim of his diplomacy was to keep Poland from being "Brussified," that is, keep it from coming under the maw of the soulless and unaccountable administrative tyranny of the Eurocrats. Yet now he's calling for the European Commission and Parliament to be stronger. Above all, one single passage is raising hackles in Poland and other eastern capitals: "I will probably be first Polish foreign minister in history to say so, but here it is: I fear German power less than I am beginning to fear German inactivity."
The Economist has a good summary and analysis of the speech, and a report on the aftermath, in which Radek is facing a no confidence vote in Poland's parliament for his speech. You should read the whole thing, but here are a few key excerpts:
The inevitable conclusion is that this crisis is not only about debt, but primarily about confidence and, more precisely, credibility. About investor perception where their funds are safe.
Let us be honest with ourselves and admit that markets have every right to doubt the credibility of the Euro zone. After all, the Stability and Growth Pact has been broken 60 times! And not just by smaller countries in difficulty, but by its founders in the very core of the Euro zone.
If credibility is the problem, then restoring credibility is the answer.
Institutions, procedures, sanctions that will convince investors that countries will be capable of living within their means. Hence, that the bonds they buy will be repaid, preferably with honest interest. . .
The Euro zone crisis is a more dramatic manifestation of the European malaise because its founders created a system in which each of its members has the capacity to bring it down, with appalling costs to themselves and the entire neighborhood.
The break up would be a crisis of apocalyptic proportions beyond our financial system. Once the logic of 'each man for himself' takes hold, can we really trust everyone to act communitarian and resist the temptation to settle scores in other areas, such as trade? Would you really bet the house on the proposition that if the Euro zone breaks up, the single market, the cornerstone of the European Union, will definitely survive?
If we are not willing to risk a partial dismantling of the EU, then the choice becomes as stark as can be in the lives of federations: deeper integration, or collapse. . .
The European Commission needs to be stronger. If it is to play the role of an economic supervisor we need commissioners to be genuine leaders, with authority, personality - dare I say charisma - to be true representatives of common European interests. . .
Which brings me to the issue of whether an important member, Britain, can support reform. You have given the Union its common language. The Single Market was largely your brilliant idea. A British commissioner runs our diplomacy. You could lead Europe on defence. You are an indispensable link across the Atlantic. On the other hand, Euro zone's collapse would hugely harm your economy. Also, your total sovereign, corporate and household debt exceeds 400% of GDP. Are you sure markets will always favour you? We would prefer you in, but if you can't join, please allow us to forge ahead. And please start explaining to your people that European decisions are not Brussels' diktats but results of agreements in which you freely participate. . .
And I demand of Germany that, for your own sake and for ours, you help it survive and prosper. You know full well that nobody else can do it. I will probably be first Polish foreign minister in history to say so, but here it is: I fear German power less than I am beginning to fear German inactivity.
You have become Europe's indispensable nation.
(Hat tip: Power Line reader CAB in Warsaw.)
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Obama's Political Bedfellow Not Surprising But Still Strange
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Obama Hires Planned Parenthood Official to Run Campaign in NC
By Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com
President Barack Obama has worked closely with Planned Parenthood to promote abortion since his election in 2008 and that relationship grew closer as he has hired a former abortion business official to run his campaign in North Carolina.
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Obama's Role In The One World Government Agenda
Are major developments such as the Arab Spring, the absolute chaos in the European Union with the bankruptcy of Greece, Italy, Portugal and the emergence of the Vatican backing Germany as the one country that the European Union is dependant on for its survival totally unrelated?
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Whale Wrestling in Congress
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Congress Shaping $1 Trillion US Budget
NewsMax.com
Weary after a year of partisan bickering, lawmakers tried Monday to wrap up a sprawling $1 trillion-plus spending bill that chips away at military and environmental spending but denies conservatives many of the policy changes they wanted on social issues, government regulations and health care.
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Muslim Monopoly on Temple Mount
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Christians, Jews banned from Temple Mount in Jerusalem
By Aaron Klein
WorldNetDaily
The Israeli government is currently banning all non-Muslims from ascending the Temple Mount, considered the holiest site in Judaism.
"It seems freedom of religion in Israel is only for Muslims and not for Christians and Jews," Danny Danon, deputy speaker of the Knesset, told WND, referring to the new restrictions.
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Christmas Jihad
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Houston, We Have a Problem: Jihad on Christmas Eve
Right Side News
Rabid anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial, and preaching of militaristic jihad? Muslim Brotherhood's Texas Conference in Houston on Christmas Day
One tactic Sharia Muslims implement is "encroachment" upon American institutions, such as prayer rooms on university campuses, complaints against crosses in Christian college buildings, replacing American cafeteria food with halal food. So, it does not suprise us that they encroach on Christmas, where Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. They do so with a recruitment convention to Americans for the introduction of and indoctrination to the "religion of peace", ISLAM.......see the friendly fellow in the video below, you just can't help wanting to go to this thing.......on Christmas Eve, right? Practice beheading on watermellons? Hope they are ripe...pass the salt.--Rick Haymow
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It's been a very busy week for Operation Fast and Furious. Last Friday, the Department of Justice dumped 1400 pages of documents on Congress. On Saturday we learned US undercover drug agents laundered money for Mexican drug cartels. Wednesday we learned they were using Fast and Furious to make a case for gun regulations. Thursday was a big day because Attorney General Eric Holder testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee.
Sharyl Attkisson, Matthew Boyle, Katie Pavlich, and Cam Edwards did a great job covering all of these stories. Other Old Media outlets covered them but buried them deep in their websites and newspapers. Two news organizations didn't report on any of these. One of them is NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Cam Edwards appears to be right. NBC will do anything to avoid mentioning Operation Fast and Furious. Then again, they haven't mentioned Fast and Furious ONCE all year, but this past week would have been the best time.
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Watch this SHOCK video about our government's "cradle to the grave" entitlement society!
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December 13, 2011
NEWT'S FAV PRESIDENT IS... FDR? A video compilation of Newt Gingrich praising FDR and naming him "the greatest president of the 20th century" has tongues wagging from coast to coast. Watch the video that Newt Gingrich is probably not happy about HERE.
DID THE FEDS RAID A FOOD STORAGE FACILITY? Over the past weekend a story went viral that claimed Federal Agents raided a Mormon-owned food storage facility in Tennessee. The Blaze investigated this story as well as other related allegations that citizens with food storage in their homes could be considered potential terrorists. Get all the details HERE.
NYPD HERO cop KILLED BY CAREER CRIMINAL Five weeks ago, a Judge in NYC ordered a violent felon with a long criminal history to be released without bail. Yesterday morning, the freed crook shot and killed a 22-year veteran of the NYPD. Read the rest of the infuriating details HERE.
BECK EXPLAINS HIS PROBLEMS WITH NEWT AND SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE TEA PARTY Glenn Beck's recent criticisms of Newt Gingrich have made some in the Tea Party angry. Yesterday on both his radio show and GBTV, Beck explained his opinions. Watch the clips HERE.
FOX NEWS HOST BOOTS ATHEIST WHO CALLED JESUS AND THE NATIVITY 'AN INSULT' Wisconsin's Freedom From Religion Foundation is protesting a nativity scene in the small town of Athens, Texas. They want the baby Jesus removed or the right to display an opposing point of view. Watch host Eric Bolling toss the President of the FFRF from the show after he insults Bolling's faith HERE.
WATCH TALIBAN INSURGENTS GET EXPRESS TRIP TO THE AFTERLIFE Thanks to high-tech warfare, soldiers can safely watch bombs hit their targets from thousands of miles away. This clip is both graphic and fascinating as it delivers a "drone's eye view" of the last moments of several insurgent's lives HERE.
VIRAL VIDEO - JIMMY KIMMEL CONVINCES PARENTS TO TRICK KIDS... AGAIN Just after Halloween, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel aired a collection of home videos showing children being told that all of their Halloween candy had been eaten while they slept. Today we have more "video gold" from Kimmel and his crew. This time, parents were challenged to trick kids by giving them one early Christmas present... but it had to be a horrible gift. Watch the priceless reactions HERE.
WHAT IS 'VOCAL FRY' and why are young girls willing to try it? Science Magazine is trying to help us understand the strange phenomenon known as "Vocal Fry." Lady Gaga does it... and so does Britney Spears. Hear what it sounds like and see the details about this curious voice affectation HERE.
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The left of center European press has responded to Prime Minister Cameron's veto of EU 2.0 with all the hysteria of a man on a desert island who sees the rescue plane flying off into the distance. Equal to them is the American press which is already barking that if we don't sign on to Durban's boondoggle and accept a global environmental court, then we have doomed the planet. This pathological drive toward regional and global union regardless of the negatives seems more like a neurotic reaction than serious policy. Is the UK really doomed outside of the EU, especially since for all the hyperbole it isn't anywhere near to being outside the EU, and is a failure to create another disastrous bureaucracy in the name of saving the planet from disaster really going to doom the human race? Union has become the neurotic obsession of progressive politics, regardless of whether that union does anyone any good or not. If we could pretend that EU 1.0 was leaving behind the ghosts of nationalism for union, EU 2.0 is mostly compensating for the failures of EU 1.0 with greater centralization and wishful thinking. There isn't even the ghost of optimism or idealism on display here, it's the board of Olympus deciding to cook even more books in the hopes that shareholders don't notice that the whole thing is unworkable. The problem with federalizing and unifying everything is that it's expensive. Multiple authorities mean more costs. Bulking up the bureaucracy isn't a triumph of the human spirit, it's the last days of half a dozen empires. The unified humanity under a global government project is a bad idea spawned by people who couldn't properly run nations, let alone the world. And even more foolishly, its proponents like H.G. Wells assumed that such a project would be run by likeminded European socialists who would whip the religion and the nationalism out of all the peons. Their vision was really the British Empire, administering a global bureaucracy of reason, in which people might speak different languages, but they would all think the same way. In its shameless arrogance this vision didn't account for a Gandhi or a Mohammed, it assumed that the day when Europe and the Anglo Colonies agreed to fall in line with a rational brotherhood of man, then all the little brothers in Asia, Africa and the Middle East would join the consensus and learn to love the smiling mustachioed face of Big Brother. But China, India and the Muslim world have their own agendas, which are the old-fashioned kind, national greatness through industrial prosperity and armed force. And Western leftists have been left standing there like the successful elder brother who drops out of his law practice to join a cult and then returns home shocked to realize that the rest of the clan is still working for a living.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 329 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS
What Scares You?
Who scares you? Is it a big corporation like Exxon or AT&T that sends a shiver up your back? Do you get goosebumps when you see a Wall Street executive or lose control of your bladder if a CEO of a Fortune 500 company crosses your path? Clearly the "Occupy" crowd thinks big business is scary. And Obama blames them for virtually everything. And twenty-six percent of the public apparently agrees, telling Gallup in a new poll that "big business" is a threat to the country.
But in the same poll a near-record 64% of American said it wasn't business that scared them - it was big government! Americans are more worried about over regulating bureaucrats who tell us what we should eat, drive and drink, and big government agencies that are burying our country in thousands of pages of new rules and restrictions on our families and economy.
Eighty-two percent of Republicans said it was big government, not big business that gives them nightmares. Sixty-four percent of independents agreed. And even 48% of self-described Democrats, whose party is most closely associated with big government, also feared the army of bureaucrats more than the battalions of entrepreneurs.
Ronald Reagan often told us at the White House to trust the American people to see through the fog and ultimately reach the right conclusions. This poll confirms his observation.
Unicorn Millionaires?
Every day in Washington some elected official will say something that is so absurd you wonder how they ever got into a position of power. Yesterday it was again Senator Harry Reid's turn to shock and amaze.
As you know, Reid is a leading advocate of raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires, even though most of his proposals also raise taxes on couples making more than $250,000. Conservatives respond that when government raises taxes on people at that level it hits the small businesses and entrepreneurs who create jobs. Logically we all know this is true. How many of us have ever been given a job by a poor man? Your employer now and in the future will likely be one of the successful individuals that liberals continually berate.
But on Monday Senator Harry Reid broke new ground. He said millionaire job creators are a myth. On the floor of the U.S. Senate Reid stated, "Millionaire job creators are like unicorns. They are impossible to find and don't exist."
Just think, folks - this guy is a key player in making economic policy in Washington, DC. In fairness I do understand his confusion. Reid is a millionaire, and I suspect he has never created a job!
Expect a Nasty, Brutish and Long Campaign
Nasty, brutish and short. That's how philosopher Thomas Hobbes described life in the state of nature. As for what Republicans can expect in the year ahead from the Obama reelection campaign, nasty, brutish and long is the apt description. But there are hints that some Republicans want to go easy on Obama. In my Human Events column this week, I warn that Obama will be reelected unless Republicans are willing to fight back forcefully against a ruthless and desperate Obama reelection campaign. You can read my column here.
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December 12, 2011
In U.S., Fear of Big Government at Near-Record Level
Democrats lead increase in concerns about big government
by Elizabeth Mendes
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans' concerns about the threat of big government continue to dwarf those about big business and big labor, and by an even larger margin now than in March 2009. The 64% of Americans who say big government will be the biggest threat to the country is just one percentage point shy of the record high, while the 26% who say big business is down from the 32% recorded during the recession. Relatively few name big labor as the greatest threat.
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December 12, 2011
![Tim Tebow. By Jeffrey Beall (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Tim_Tebow_%28Broncos%29.JPG/240px-Tim_Tebow_%28Broncos%29.JPG "Tim Tebow. By Jeffrey Beall (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons") Tim Tebow. Photo: Wikimedia/Jeffrey Beall Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow led his team to another victory last weekend, a come-from behind overtime thriller over the Chicago Bears.
But it's as much his unapologetic Christianity off the field as his performance on the field that's making news.
"Born in the Philippines to missionary parents," The Heritage Foundation's Jennifer Marshall reports in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, "he not only is outspoken about his faith, referencing it frequently in word and symbol - such as biblical citations in his eye black. He's also as intense about living out his faith as he is about playing football - and winning."
Marshall, who directs Heritage's Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, explains that Tebow's public expressions of belief are consistent with America's first principles:
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So You Think You Know Your Rights?
It seems that there is a right to everything these days: a right to the internet, to free health care, to a good job, and to a free college education. The Supreme Court is famous for finding new rights in the "penumbras" and "emanations" of the Constitution.
This Thursday, December 15, marks the 220th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. What better opportunity to look at what rights the Constitution actually guarantees?
A right is not merely something you want or claim. You may, for example, want a better job, but that does not mean that you have a right to that job. The Framers understood a right to mean something that justly belongs to you, that others have a duty not to interfere with, and that creates a claim against anyone who would deprive you of it. The Declaration of Independence explains that people posses certain rights by nature and that governments exist to secure these rights.
What does this mean for the Constitution? By creating a document of limited, enumerated powers, the framers crafted a government that would put individuals in the enjoyment of their rights. The Constitution outlines the structure of American government, by allocating powers to particular branches over specific subjects, but rarely discusses rights. At various points, the Constitution prohibits ex post facto laws and bills of attainders at the state and national level, requires criminal trials to have juries, and garuntees the writ of habeas corpus (except in cases of rebellion or invasion). Yet, the word "right" appears only once in the entire document: the Patents Clause, which empowers Congress "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
The First Congress amended the Constitution to include the first ten amendments, collectively known as the Bill of Rights. James Madison drafted them not only to counter false interpretations of each branch's enumerated powers but also to support a public understanding of individual liberty that would assist citizens in the task of defending their liberties.
The First Amendment clarifies that the federal government may not interfere with particular substantive political rights involving religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. Likewise, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. The next six amendments deal with more procedural political rights, mostly restraints on criminal procedure that were present in most of the state constitutions. For instance, the Fourth Amendment outlines the procedures for obtaining a warrant, and the Fifth Amendment prohibits the sovereign from trying a person twice for the same offense. The Ninth and Tenth Amendments summarize the Constitution's purpose-to secure individual liberty not by having a comprehensive list of rights but by allocating powers between state governments and the branches of the federal government.
The Bill of Rights, properly understood, serves as a check on the federal government's power. In Securing Liberty: The Purpose and Importance of the Bill of Rights, Joseph Postell argues that, "implicit in the story surrounding our Bill of Rights is the proposition that the liberties of a nation can only be secured by citizens of firm conviction who understand our rights and liberties and will actively defend them." This makes understanding the nature of rights all the more important. If we continue to define "rights" to be anything we could possibly want, and insist that government is obligated pay for them, then we will place ourselves in the position of constantly appealing to government to give us more "rights." In this subservient position, we cannot sufficiently guard our liberty from government encroachment.
As you celebrate Bill of Rights Day this Thursday, take time to read the Constitution and the first ten amendments. Challenge yourself to study your natural rights for the sake of knowing your liberties and defending them from encroachments.
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Morning Bell: Why Would Obama Veto Job Creation?
Mike Brownfield
December 13, 2011
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill that would, among other things, open the door for the creation of thousands of new jobs, prevent a tax hike on American workers, and help reduce the crippling deficit. However, President Barack Obama has promised that he would bring the legislation to a halt with a veto-all because of his opposition to the single measure in the bill that would create jobs.
What's so offensive that would cause the President to level a veto threat? A provision in H.R. 3630, the "Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011," that would provide for the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline project that would bring oil from Canada. Heritage's Nicolas Loris explains that it would mean "access to easy imports from our northern neighbor, the creation of thousands of jobs, and the generation of revenue for the states where the pipeline passes. Montana, South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Texas are collectively projected to collect $5.2 billion in property tax revenue as a result of building the pipeline."
The Keystone XL measure is just one piece of the bill introduced by Representative Dave Camp (R-MI), along with several cosponsors. Though not perfect, it includes some positive measures that could bring comfort to the millions of Americans who are struggling under the Obama economy and are looking for hope this holiday season. Camp said of the bill, "With its passage, Americans can be confident that these programs and provisions will be available next year, that they will not result in decades of debt and that they will be paid for with fiscally responsible reforms, not job-killing tax hikes."
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The truth is no defense
Dec 13, 2011 05:13 am | Coach Collins
by Doug Book, staff writer
Prosecutors in New York City have decided that the dissemination of truth near American courthouses threatens to rock the very foundations of the American legal system.
For years, retired Penn State chemistry professor Julian Heicklen has handed out literature to passersby in front of the Manhattan courthouse, informing them of the rights of jurors. As stated by the Fully Informed Jury Association, "the primary function of the independent juror is not, as many think, to dispense punishment to fellow citizens accused of breaking various laws, but rather to protect fellow citizens from tyrannical abuses of power by government."
And as John Adams said of the juror, "...it is not only his right, but his duty-to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court."
In short, trial by jury offers the final means by which the American people may ... Continue Reading:The truth is no defense
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American Minute for December 12th Dec 12, 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 Pennsylvania became the 2nd State to join the Union on DECEMBER 12, 1787.
The Continental Congress had met there, the Declaration of Independence was signed there, and the Liberty Bell was rung there.
The Continental Army spent the freezing winter of 1777 at Valley Forge there.
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Media interest in Republicans' religious beliefs is only a way to mock and damage them Dec 12, 2011 01:13 pm | Coach Collins By Kevin "Coach" Collins A new report from the Media Research Center (MRC) focusing on the type of questions the media asks Republicans underscores the deep bias reporters have against religious people. A Republican candidate has been asked by reporters if God told her to run for president. Other reporters have questioned whether another candidate's having led a prayer rally was constitutional. Still other reporters, feigning genuine curiosity, have asked another Republican candidate about statements against Mormonism made by a pastor whose church he attended. Nevertheless, if you've heard of a reporter asking any of the Congressional Black Caucus members who have converted to Islam about their views of the sections of the Koran calling for the murder of Christians and Jews, that puts you one up on the rest of us. When, if ever, have we heard a reporter asking putative Catholic Joe Biden why he is not allowed to receive Holy Communion in ... Continue Reading:Media interest in Republicans' religious beliefs is only a way to mock and damage them comments | read more
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News from The Hill:
Blunt defeats Johnson in race for Senate GOP leadership post
By Alexander Bolton
Sen. Roy Blunt (Mo.), a veteran of Republican leadership circles, defeated Tea Party favorite Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to become vice chairman of the Senate GOP conference. He was elected to the fifth-ranking post in the GOP leadership by a secret-ballot vote of the conference at the Republican policy lunch Tuesday. Johnson's defeat is a bitter pill for conservatives who hyped the race as an important opportunity to bring a fresh conservative voice to the leadership table. Republican Senators also voted to elevate Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) to chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) to Republican Policy Conference Chairman. Both were unopposed.
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December 13, 2011
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 On Today's Program
Tonight on GBTV: A monologue not fit for the PC 'holiday season' starts tonight at 5pm - if you are offended by the name 'Jesus' DO NOT watch GBTV tonight. The real meaning of Christmas AND real people who are setting the example all should follow. Don't miss it tonight on GBTV! Glenn previews tonight's show HERE.
GBTV has a new show! Independence USA! Check out the gripping trailer of an American dad who is convinced the economy will totally collapse. To prepare he's doing everything he can to get his family off the grid. Problem? He's not exactly MacGyver AND his family doesn't really share his doomsday beliefs. Check out the preview HERE. The show will premiere on GBTV Plus January 18!
Ron Paul over Newt Gingrich?
As long as progressive Newt Gingrich is atop the GOP ticket the possibility of a third party run seems likely. On radio today Glenn guaranteed a third run would happen in that scenario and predicted it would likely be Ron Paul. If that were the case - who would you vote for? Ron Paul or Newt Gingrich? Find out HERE.
Bad Lip Reading 2012 Candidates: Hilarious new words attached to Presidential commercials. WATCH.
How you SHOULD learn about George Washington: Glenn re-enacts gripping moments from Washington's life as compared to an excruciatingly boring, typical history lesson on the same topic. See the difference in this FREE CLIP. Get your copy of Glenn's new book Being George Washington HERE.
More devastating Gingrich audio: totally loves FDR, Woodrow Wilson & Andy Stern
It's not as if Newt couldn't have known his past comments were going to eventually be called into question. He's capably navigated his way through his big government tendencies so far and miraculously still has solid support in the Tea Party. Will the latest damaging clip have any impact? Gingrich is caught praising his favorite president of the 20th century: FDR. Yup, he picked the mother of all progressives ahead of Ronald Reagan. And then he tops it off with 'I'm Wilsonian' & a little SEIU/Andy Stern love. Pathetic. Glenn reacts on radio HERE.
GBTV last night: "The monologue Glenn could NEVER do on cable" - WATCH.
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Producer Blog: Don't sell out, don't sit down, and don't shut up - READ
Santorum to Beck: Gingrich is as progressive as Ron Paul is Libertarian
Glenn talked with one of the few actual conservatives left in the race, Rick Santorum, and begged him to 'just win' the primary. The former Senator has a long way to go but anything can happen. Santorum was excited about all the candidates dropping out of the Trump debate because he said he doesn't speak in '4 second bites' and is eager to have a shot at more time to be heard. Santorum also had some choice words for 'progressive' Gingrich and Romney -- check them out HERE.
Standing UNITED WITH ISRAEL - The Global Movement for Israel
'United with Israel' is a global movement for Israel with a "friends reach" of 175 million people on Facebook alone. To spread the truth about Israel, there is no alternative but ALTERNATIVE MEDIA. The mainstream media trashes Israel and nobody's listening to Israeli government propaganda. People trust their friends. Period. Join the Global Movement for Israel to help spread the TRUTH. You can join UWI's December 25 Party in honor of Israel's brave young soldiers who protect the People of Israel. It will be broadcast LIVE on Facebook. Get more info HERE.
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Building On The American Heritage Series: Historian David Barton is back with his second installment of the popular American Heritage Series. Order the 6 DVD Set Now!
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