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December 15, 2011
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"The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists."
-Ernest Hemingway
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The American Policy Center is on the front lines, spreading the message of the dangers of Agenda 21. I am on a seemingly non-stop speaking tour, informing citizens and elected officials of the dangers of these policies.
I can only do that with your financial help. Please go to www.americanpolicy.org to donate. Your gift of $20 or more will keep me and APC in this battle against those who seek to control every aspect of your life thought the assault of Agenda 21 and its policy called Sustainable Development.
Please donate today - and please send this message to everyone on your email, facebook and other social network lists.
Together we can win this battle to restore America's Republic.
Click here to make your donation! Tom DeWeese's Newswire:
The new meaning of "is": Holder: "Nobody at the DOJ has lied"
Washington Examiner In a hearing about Fast and Furious, the government's gun-running attempt to destroy the 2nd Amendment, AG Eric Holder does the not so glib smoke and mirrors about the meaning of words. "When Sensenbrenner pressed Holder on the distinction between lying and misleading Congress, Holder said it was a matter of a person's 'state of mind.'Holder said that when DOJ officials provided inaccurate information to Congress, they didn't know at the time that it was inaccurate." It hasn't been so long since Clinton did his little sleigh of hands about the meaning of "is" so we are ready to fall for this kind of BS.
Foment OWS Terror, Open Camps?
Daily Bell It is understandable that people are "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore," with the US economy being driven straight down the tubes by plan. But it has been hard to figure out if the OWS protesters knew what they were mad about. That is until you learn that Soros' Adbusters was the catalyst for the protest. The Daily Bell as usual puts the story into perspective.
Dominant Social Theme: Once we create terror, we can incarcerate the terrorists.
Free-Market Analysis: As dedicated analysts of elite dominant social themes, we've been following the recent protests that started on Wall Street and have now spread around the world. We have long since come to the conclusion they have been fomented in support of a larger elite dominant social theme: Wall Street bad; lawyers good.But perhaps there is a much darker side to what's going on. It is pretty much an established fact by now that the current round of protests was a product of the leftist Adbusters magazine, which is funded by elite enablers like George Soros."
Edited by Kathleen Marquardt, Vice President
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How your community is implementing AGENDA 21
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2012 Election Central
Fox News Iowa GOP debate tonight at 9pm ET
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 09:00 PM PST
What will likely be the final GOP debate before the January 3rd Iowa caucuses will take place later this evening from the Sioux City Convention Center in Sioux City, Iowa. The debate is sponsored by Fox News and will feature seven of the current GOP candidates.
Air Time: Thursday, December 15 at 9pm ET on Fox . . .
→ Read More: Fox News Iowa GOP debate tonight at 9pm ET
Trump bows out as moderator of Dec. 27th GOP debate Posted: 14 Dec 2011 05:49 PM PST It appears that the GOP debate on December 27th moderated by Donald Trump will not come to pass. As a result of little candidate interest, it appears that Trump himself decided to cancel his role as the moderator which leaves the event in limbo of even taking place. Report from Newsmax: Donald Trump today announced that he . . . → Read More: Trump bows out as moderator of Dec. 27th GOP debate
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Pissing off Marines can be bad for your health....
Assailant suffers injuries from 'fall'
Special to The Police News
AUGUSTA, GA - Orville Smith, a store manager for Best Buy in Augusta, Ga. told police he observed a customer, later identified as Tyrone Jackson of Augusta, on surveilance cameras putting a laptop computer under his jacket. When confronted the man became irate, knocked down an employee, drew a knife and ran for the door.
Outside on the sidewalk were four Marines collecting toys for the Toys for Tots program. Smith said the Marines stopped the man, but he stabbed one of them, Cpt. Phillip Duggan, in the back; the injury did not appear to be severe.
After police and an ambulance arrived at the scene, Cpt. Duggan was taken for treatment.
"The subject was also transported to the local hospital with two broken arms, a broken ankle, a broken leg, several missing teeth, possible broken ribs, multiple contusions, assorted lacerations, a broken nose and a broken jaw ..... injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell off the curb after stabbing the Marine," according to a police report.
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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 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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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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Thursday 3-4pm "America's Black Shield" - Ted Hayes and Terrance Lang
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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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Hear Beck's Comedic Tale: Neighbors Confront Him in Elevator...With an Obama Picture
The Blaze | by Billy Hallowell | Posted on December 14, 2011
 Being a conservative in New York City isn't easy, especially considering the metropolitan area's overall lack of ideological diversity. As you probably already know, the region's predominant political mindset can best be characterized as "leftist." This morning, Glenn Beck shared a story on his radio show that perfectly embodies how bizarrely New York City liberals often act toward their conservative peers.
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 George Soros Stands to Gain Millions From His Purchase of MF Global Bonds
The Blaze | by Becket Adams | Posted on December 14, 2011 at 8:39pm
Remember when The Blaze reported that George Soros' family fund bought $2 billion worth of MF Global's European bonds?
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RedState Morning Briefing
For December 15, 2011
1. Barack Obama Throws Bill Clinton Under the Bus
Historically when the left takes power in a country they begin to rewrite their history. Barack Obama, a quintessential leftist, has started doing that in the run up to his re-election. In his speech in Kansas last week, Obama claimed that at no time in our history had we ever spurred economic growth and prosperity by cutting taxes and deregulating.
He conveniently had to overlook John F. Kennedy's tax cutting in the 1960?s. But more importantly and more relevantly, he had to ignore the Reagan Revolution of the 1980?s that brought about an explosion of economic growth. As Newt Gingrich pointed out yesterday, in one month in 1983 the Reagan Recovery generated more than one million new jobs.
Barack Obama and the Left must dismiss and gloss over this point. They must fixate on income inequality. They must fixate on poverty. Never mind that all levels of society saw benefit from the Reagan Revolution. While it was not equal, the overwhelming number of Americans alive at the time saw their standard of living go up.
The left would respond by arguing that it went up too much for some and not enough for others. What they are actually saying is that they'd rather it had not gone up at all then to see some get even richer. While, as Reagan noted, the right measures the success of a welfare program by how many people are able to get off it, the left measures the success of welfare programs by how many people get on it.
And so it is that Barack Obama has to throw Bill Clinton under the bus to make his case for re-election. In an interview with WVEC-TV, Barack Obama claims he has no responsibility for the present economic mess. In addition to the rise of ATM's and the internet killing jobs, he said, "We didn't create the condition. We haven't solved it fully yet because it was three decades in the making."
Three decades back was 1981, the year Ronald Reagan came to office. And that "three decades in the making" covers Bill Clinton's term, which until yesterday had been heralded as a success by the Democrats.
But it cannot be a success to Barack Obama. It must be written out of the history books and pretended to have never happened.
2. A Chorus of Scientologists Claim Jim Jones Runs A Cult Massachusetts with Mitt Romney as Governor became the testing ground for gay marriage, which Romney revisionists would have you believe he fought more than he actually did, and socialized medicine, which Mitt Romney is still quite proud of. The United States with Newt Gingrich as Speaker of the House saw welfare reformed and the budget balanced. Mitt Romney once said he supported abortion rights because his mother did. His wife gave money to Planned Parenthood. As Governor he made numerous pro-abortion appointments. Newt Gingrich has always been solidly on the side of life. While I might choose to look at that record and go with Gingrich, the fine folks at National Review have endorsed Mitt Romney with a blistering broadside about Newt Gingrich for being unelectable. Unfortunately for Mitt Romney, he is so bad a candidate that National Review cannot even use the word endorsement in their endorsement. They describe it as "winnowing the field," but they stack the field for declaring that he and two guys barely at 2% in the national polling (Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum) are the only viable candidates. 3. Taking Newt Gingrich's Ideas Seriously Ideas don't run for president; people do. That's as true today as it was four years ago. So, it is understandable that much of the press and blog coverage of the 2012 GOP primary race has focused on the personalities, experience and record of the candidates rather than their ideas. In fact, until you know the candidates by their actions, you cannot meaningfully judge what their words will mean in practice. Mitt Romney is the prime example of this, having so inconsistent a record that it's impossible to take seriously the idea that he's guided by any sort of coherent political philosophy. But as it happens, we do have three candidates in this race who stand for a distinctive philosophical approach to domestic policy. One of those, Ron Paul, espouses a radical constitutionalism that exists on the periphery of the conservative movement. Rick Perry, while his issue stances are more conventionally (but not always uniformly) conservative, can best be understood through the lens of his guiding principle as a Texas nationalist - a belief that a significant amount of the powers now wielded by the federal government should be returned to the states. And then there's Newt Gingrich. Newt generates so many new ideas - he develops more firmly-held political convictions before breakfast each morning than Romney's had his entire life - that it's tempting to view them as essentially random. But there is a method to the madness. Setting aside for a moment Gingrich's personal attributes, let's look at his ideas, with particular attention to two recent interviews he did - one with Ben Domenech, Brad Jackson and Francis Cianfrocca at Coffee and Markets, the other with Glenn Beck. Both provide a keen window into how Newt views domestic policy issues. In the interests of length, I'll pass over one of the three pillars of Newt's worldview (his futurism and faith in new technologies), which has been written about extensively, and focus on two others: his gradualism and his revival of what I call "Reform Conservatism." 4. Myths on the New Detainee Policy As many of you know, Congress is working to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012. One of the provisions in the bill, pertaining to our terrorist detainee policy, has created a stir among Constitutionally-minded citizens. Thank you to Red State for allowing me space to clarify what is and what is not in this provision. Sometimes when we feel strongly about an important issue, such as our liberty, the debate can be muddled by hyperbole and passion. It is my sincere hope that we can use this opportunity to give you the exact details on what this provision seeks to accomplish, so that we are not rejecting an entire defense bill -which provides pay and supplies to our troops- based on incorrect or inflated statements in the media. Understand that I share your concerns about government intrusion on our civil liberties. I do not believe we must choose between our security and our freedom, but I am also keenly aware of the fact that we must be smart about combating terrorists like the Underwear or Times Square bomber who seek to exploit our free society in order to do us harm. 5. On The Senate According to the vote count that leaked out, Senator Roy Blunt became Senate Republican Conference Vice Chairman with 25 votes and Senator Ron Johnson lost with 22 votes. Let me be up front that I genuinely like Roy Blunt. But I also think Senator Blunt is part of the status quo problem in Washington. My support of Ron Johnson was about Ron Johnson being a guy from a state hard for the GOP to win who has fresh, conservative ideas and isn't in Washington raiding the budget to send back home. But such a guy is anathema to the Senate GOP leadership. Our work is not done. But there are races across the country where we can help turn the tide and get a set of Senate Republicans who will turn the tide, who will fight for fiscal sanity and a smaller Washington. The odds are in the GOP's favor to take back the Senate. We need to increase the odds that conservatives take back the Senate GOP. It is a long fight. But here are some candidates who will help. There are links you can follow to give them money and, if you choose not to give to them, please at least consider the Senate Conservatives Fund. |
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Country Music is almost by definition offensive to liberals,
but just to make sure it stays that way, as part of your "13 Days of Glory" Alamo celebration host a Tex-Mex dinner featuring all the best conservative country songs, from Merle Haggard's "I'm Just an Okie from Muskogee" to Toby Keith's "Angry American." If your liberal friend scowls, asks him to explain why he can't, in his multicultural way, appreciate an authentic American musical art form and show some understanding for people different from himself- you know, people who love America, aren't ashamed of flying the flag, are proud of our military, enjoy having a good time...
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1. LOWE'S defends boycott of Muslim TV show - ACTION: write to Lowe's and let them know your views!
2. VIDEO: Who believes the Administration Should Have Ordered a 'Quick Airstrike' To Take out Downed Drone in Iran? 3. VIDEO: 'Keep Christ In Christmas' Sign Stirs Controversy In Town
4. VIDEO: Which members of Congress announced that Occupy is NOT dividing America, rather Occupy is helping our country
5. VIDEO: Neil Cavuto Blasts Occupy Shipping Port Protestor..."You're a waste of time!"
6. Which Country Bans Women from Wearing Muslim Veils during Citizenship Oath? 7. VIDEO & ARTICLE: White House Needs to Explain Why 'Occupy' was Allowed to Ruin Landscaping Funded by Stimulus...YOUR tax dollars... 8. VIDEO: Iran, Hezbollah Tentacles Reaching Latin America
9. VIDEO: Small Business Owners & Brothers Host 'Occupy a Desk' Jobs Fair at Zuccotti Park, Occupiers Pelt Them With Birdseed 10. VIDEO: Last F-22 Raptor Rolls Off Assembly Line
Presidential Policy: Does It Make the Grade?, James Jay Carafano, PhD The White House and Congress seem unable to agree upon policies of detaining terror suspects, either at home or abroad. Do you agree with the grade for this week? click here
Robert Maynard Nowadays the left likes to call itself "progressive," but it still eulogizes authoritarian states and seeks to impose its own ideology and values on everyone else, be they willing or not.
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Senator Dick Durbin is attacking the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) while the administration tries to placate intolerant Islamist bigots.
Yoram Ettinger After Newt Gingrich made mention of the Palestinians as an "invented people," the left has gone wild in its criticism. But who makes up this "invented people"?
Claudia Rosett No matter what you think of climate change, it is being used by the United Nations as an excuse to regulate and tax the economy of the planet.
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Michelle Malkin
Waterfront protesters at ports in Longview, Oakland and Portland briefly managed to shut down terminals as part of the "Occupy" agitations, and now face growing criticism...
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Salena Zito Alexander Hamilton raised himself up through his own enterprise to go from a shipping clerk to someone wealthy, an early example of the American Dream in action.
... The Obama Administration has invited the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation ... to a meeting of "experts" to discuss the implementation of a UN resolution ostensibly targeting "religious intolerance."...
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by Ann Snyder
A meeting is currently taking place with the administration and representatives of the "Organization of Islamic Cooperation" which aims to outlaw criticism of Islam. A lawyer explains.
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Laura: Ron Paul isn't just wrong, he is a bad guy, an antisemite and anti-American. I'm tired of his nutty, cult-like followers who proclaim him to be the only real conservative or patriot. Making excuses and justifications for those who attack America is not conservative or patriotic in any way, shape or form. It is beyond the pale as is saying Bush was gleeful over 9/11 because it gave him an excuse to invade Iraq. Ron Paul is no different than Code Pink or ANSWER or any other far left, America-hating groups. Even on fiscal matters, which he has been praised by other conservatives who otherwise oppose his foreign policy views, he turns out to be a fraud. He has earmarked millions for his own district.
http://www.therightscoop.com/awesome-mark-levin-torches-ron-paul/
Why have liberal Westerners turned their backs on the Jewish state? By DAVID MAMET, WSJ As Iran races toward the bomb, many observers seem to think the greater threat is the possibility that Israel might act against its nuclear program. Which raises the question: What should it mean if, God forbid, militant Islam through force of arms, and with the supine permission of the West, succeeds in the destruction of the Jewish State? 1) That the Jewish People would no longer have their ancestral home; 2) That they should have no home. At the Versailles Peace Conference, Woodrow Wilson stated as an evident moral proposition that each people should have the right to national self-determination. The West, thereafter, fought not for empire, nor national expansion, but in self-defense, or in defense of this proposition. But, for the Jewish State, the Liberal West puts the proposition aside.
Since its foundation Israel has turned the other cheek. Eric Hoffer wrote that Israel is the only... Read the whole entry »
Laura: I was watching FOX's annoying Greta Van Susteran last night. She referred to Newt's comment about the "palestinians" being an invention as "inflammatory". You know what's really inflamatory Greta? The very invention of a "palestinian" people which has been used to incite hatred against Jews and Israel around the world, to delegitimize and demonize the Jewish state by falsely accusing it of "colonialism" and "occupying" lands that have been Jewish for thousands of years. And this "palestinian" myth has caused the deaths of thousands of Israelis in a decades long terror war. She then had on John Bolton and asked him if Newt was "pandering" for the Jewish vote. Newt isn't the one pandering Greta, he is simply stating historical fact. But the world has been pandering to the Arabs for decades to maintain the steady flow of oil by perpetuating a false... Read the whole entry »
Michael Savage THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL FIELD HAS COME DOWN TO TWO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE A REAL CHANCE OF GETTING THE NOMINATION: NEWT GINGRICH AND MITT ROMNEY. WHILE IT'S TRUE THAT ROMNEY IS NOT AS STRONG A CONSERVATIVE AS MANY WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE, THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE BEFORE AMERICA TODAY IS DEFEATING BARACK OBAMA. AND THAT IS SOMETHING NEWT GINGRICH CANNOT DO. FOR WEEKS ON MY SHOW, I HAVE ENUMERATED THE REASONS WHY GINGRICH CANNOT SUCCEED IN AN ELECTION AGAINST OBAMA: WHEN HE WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, GINGRICH FAILED TO DELIVER ON HIS SO-CALLED CONTRACT WITH AMERICA.
HE MADE ADS WITH NANCY PELOSI PROMOTING THE FALSE THEORY OF GLOBAL WARMING.
HE'S IN FAVOR OF AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS.
HE'S TAKEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC, TWO OF THE MOST CORRUPT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN HISTORY.
HE'S CHEATED ON TWO WIVES AND LEFT BOTH OF THEM WHILE THEY WERE BOTH SERIOUSLY ILL, WHICH WILL DESTROY HIS CHANCES AMONG... Read the whole entry »
Tundra Tabloids 13 December 2011 Truth telling, in spite of the overwhelming amount of evidence to the contrary (for example: Islamized Europe, history of former Christian lands in the ME and Maghreb now Muslim) is considered illegal in Finland. Factual truths are not a defense, just ask Jussi Halla-aho. The part that was considered illegal by Kouvola Court of Appeals (hovioikeus): US:"Unfortunately, with rampant Muslim immigration to Finland, there will also be an increase in genuine real racism, which will target especially the Jews, but also the native population and other ethnic groups.And on top of that, discrimination, unbearable arrogance and rude behavior, anger, women's oppression, child mutilation (TT:FGM), sexual misconduct, persecution of minorities, rioting, flag burning, disturbances, drugs, looting, rape crimes, pedophilia, polygamy, child marriages, shame violence, ritual slaughter, whippings, stoning and other heinous crimes and completely screwed traditions... Read the whole entry »
By Soeren Kern, HUDSON NY
A mob of some 20 Islamists stormed a debate in Amsterdam that was featuring two Muslim liberals, the Canadian writer and Muslim feminist Irshad Manji and the Dutch-Moroccan Green Left MP Tofik Dibi. Muslim extremists belonging to the group Sharia4Belgium, which seeks to establish Islamic Sharia law across Europe, yelled "Allahu Akbar" ("Allah is Greater") and threatened to break Manji's neck. Waving an Islamist jihadist flag, they then demanded that Manji and Dibi be executed for apostasy. The December 8 debate on how liberal Muslims can prevent Islam from being hijacked by Muslim extremists was held at the De Baile venue in downtown Amsterdam, and was sponsored by the Brussels-based European Foundation for Democracy. The event resumed after police arrested several of the Islamists.
The incident highlights the increasing frequency with which Muslims are using intimidation tactics - including harassment and... Read the whole entry »
by Daniel Greenfield, FPM Do you know who the latest Zionist on the block is? It's the man who called Israel, "an aggressive, national socialist state" and suggested that the original World Trade Center bombing may have really been carried out by Israel. Then there's the solicitation letter which boasted that this courageous fellow was exposing the, "Bohemian Grove-perverted, pagan playground of the powerful. Skull & Bones: the demonic fraternity that includes George Bush and leftist Senator John Kerry, Congress's Mr. New Money. The Israeli lobby, which plays Congress like a cheap harmonica."
So how is he a Zionist? Ask Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic. According to him, Ron Paul? is, "in one sense, a true Zionist, a believer in two core values of the Jewish liberation movement: Jewish independence and Jewish self-reliance." The "sense" in which this is true is the sense in which the segregationists were really a black power movement who wanted... Read the whole entry »
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 328 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS
Silent Night For Christians
Christmas is such a wonderful time of year, particularly here in America where we are free to celebrate the birth of Jesus without fear of outright persecution. Sadly, as most of you know, millions of Christians around the world cannot openly worship without fear of persecution and even death. The persecution is actually increasing as radical Islamists rise to power in the Middle East and Africa.
Meanwhile many here in Washington, D.C., are silent or worse about the violence. In fact, on this very day the Obama administration is meeting with representatives of dozens of countries to discuss hateful speech and religious persecution, not against Christians but against Muslims!
We are unveiling a new video today that highlights the plight of Christians across the globe. (Warning: the video contains some graphic images and is not suitable for children.) Please do me a favor: Watch this video and share it with your family members, friends and colleagues. And ask them to share it with their friends. (While on my YouTube page, you may subscribe to my YouTube channel and watch other short videos that we've produced.)
If you are on Facebook, you can watch the video on my page, and share it with others. Knowledge is the first step to making a difference. I am asking each of you to do everything you can to promote this video. We cannot remain silent in the face of such evil. Thank you.
Intelligence Disaster
The United States suffered a serious intelligence loss when a super-secret drone aircraft crashed in Iran and President Obama failed to act. He requested that the Iranian government return the drone, but, predictably his request was rejected. Iranian scientists are now harvesting a treasure trove of information on how the drone works and the technology of its stealth characteristics. Iran's Islamist radicals will use the information for their own gain and perhaps sell it to Russian or China. In either case it is a disaster.
Leaks here in Washington, D.C., indicate that when the Pentagon officials confirmed the drone had crashed, they presented President Obama with a number of options to retrieve or destroy it before the Iranians could get to it. Obama rejected all the options, thus insuring an intelligence bonanza for the Iranians.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney told CNN that it was inexplicable why Obama didn't act to make sure technology did not fall into the enemy's hands. Senator Joe Lieberman agreed. Speaking at a media roundtable Lieberman said, "I think it would have been very difficult to rescue it, but at least try to destroy it so the Iranians and anyone that they might share it with, would not have the benefit of the technology breakthroughs it represents."
The White house had no further comment, but I am sure they will soon say it is all Bush's fault!
Time's "Person" Of The Year
The elites at Time magazine put their thinking caps on this week and pitched "The Protestor" as their "Person of the Year." Focusing specifically on "the Arab Spring," Time's cover story is a hymn of praise to the crowds that have overthrown a number of autocrats in the Middle East. Apparently Time hasn't noticed that the autocrats are being replaced by Islamists whose zeal for Sharia law hardly suggests that freedom is coming.
But Time doesn't focus on messy details. They then travel to Occupy Wall Street, where once again they see nothing but reformers looking to make the world a better place. Apparently Time has missed the hundreds of pounds of excrement that occupiers are dumping daily into public parks while they push their socialist agenda and class warfare.
So once again I dissent from Time's idea of greatness. My selection would have been Navy Seal Team Six, which in just a few minutes eliminated Osama bin Laden and sent him to his well-deserved "reward."
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Sign Our Petition supporting Lowe's right to
end advertising on TLC's TV show
"All-American Muslim"
Imagine for a moment that the propaganda arm for Hamas in the United States, CAIR, was viciously attacking an American company for its decision to stop running commercials on a television show highlighting a CAIR community organizer.
And imagine that a California State Senator took to the media airwaves to call this American company "bigoted, shameful and un-American." Imagine further that he even suggested he would propose a law to make what the company did illegal.
Rewind.
No longer are we in an America of imagination. This is today's reality. Lowe's Home Improvement made a lawful business decision to end its advertising on TLC's TV show, "All-American Muslim." The available evidence is that Lowe's did so because the show's ratings had tanked so badly it hardly had any viewers. It's not uncommon for businesses to stop advertising on shows with low ratings.
But CAIR and its radical allies have claimed something more sinister is going on. They have joined voices in a chorus of vicious allegations, name-calling, and outrageous demands-all intended to bully an all-American company, Lowe's Home Improvement, into submission to their radical agenda.
This is an outrage.
If CAIR and its radical allies succeed in bullying Lowe's into submission, consider the message this intimidation will send to businesses across America.
We are calling on you to join us TODAY in encouraging Lowe's to resist this intimidation campaign. Please add your name HERE in SUPPORT of Lowe's Home Improvement and its right to make decisions regarding when and where it will advertise.
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Guest Opinion We are the USA, not the USSR
Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
By Margaret W. Adelsberger
We have tyrants in our government who have been conspiring for years to transform our Judeo/Christian republic into an atheistic, totalitarian USSR-type government. They have been so successful that there is no longer a need for conspiratorial secrecy. They are openly calling for drastic changes in the America that we cherish and love.
We have a president who has called for a civilian army the size of our military. What for? He already has an army. Groups such as Organizing for American, Acorn, SEIU, AFL/CIO and other union supporters are only too willing to do his bidding.
 The U.S. Senate recently passed Senate Bill 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act. It is being called by some the most traitorous act ever witnessed in the Senate. The bill effectively ends the Bill of Rights in America and is an open declaration of war by our government against its own people. According to informed pundits, this bill declares the entire country to be a 'battleground' upon which, overriding Posse Comitatus, U.S. military forces can operate with impunity. It authorizes the federal government to indefinitely imprison, without charge or trial, American citizens and others picked up inside and outside the United States. The language of the bill is cleverly designed to make one think it doesn't apply to Americans, but toward the end of the bill it essentially says it can apply to Americans "if we want it to." This bill passed on a 93-7 vote.
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Does Obama want a universal caliphate?
Posted: December 13, 2011
Iran has been proudly displaying an intelligence-gathering U.S. drone aircraft it recently downed. And a "senior U.S. official" revealed Thursday, according to Fox News, that Barack Obama "was presented with three separate options for retrieving or destroying the drone. The president ultimately decided not to proceed with any of the plans because it could have been seen as an act of war."
Apart from the obvious - Islamic Iran, China and Russia now have state-of-the-art stealth technology, and we have lost a killer app used in warplanes and drone technology against the enemies of freedom - the most frightening aspect of this story is that Obama had numerous proposals to retrieve the critical intelligence-gathering drone and rejected them all. Instead, Obama left the drone there for the murdering mullahs. U.S. and Israeli intelligence are shocked.
His pathetic reason, "because it could have been seen as an act of war," is ridiculous on its face. Iran sees everything as an act of war. That is the rhetoric in which they trade. But giving Iran, Russia and China our drone technology is far more damaging than the war of words the jihadists have been engaging in for decades.
Obama's decision not to retrieve one of our most important cutting-edge weapons in the war on the global jihad was subterfuge, an attack on America. He should have destroyed that drone immediately, but the commander in chief is not on our side. Think about the implications of that.
Meanwhile, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said this about the downed drone: "Some reports have said Russia sold (Iran) a very sophisticated jamming system a short time ago. Now, our military says that is not true, it came down because of a malfunction. I certainly hope that's right because if the Russians have provided Iran with sophisticated jamming equipment it means a lot else is at risk too." He said that if Iran has this jamming equipment, they could bring down "a whole range of our weapon systems."
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Video: Rush, Democrats "Can't Win Unless There is Vote Fraud"
Dec 14, 2011 08:02 pm
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Obama's Creepy New Plot to Get Republican E-mail AddressesDec 14, 2011 08:01 pm
First, there was Flag@WhiteHouse.gov. Then the Obama campaign launched the the Attack Watch website. Now the Committee for the Perpetual Re-election of Barack H. Obama has a new trick to collect private information about Republicans and other Enemies of the State: getting your Democratic friends to rat you out under the guise of a "joke." [...]
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Victory: Republicans Block Obama's Ambassador with Possible Spy ConnectionDec 14, 2011 07:46 pm
Last August as Barack Obama was about to head out for vacation on Martha's Vineyard, he named a woman accused of spying for Cuba as our ambassador to El Salvador. The recess appointment of Maria (or "Mari") del Carmen Aponte side-stepped the Congress but could only hold for one year. Time has run out. On [...]
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Shocker Video: Obama's Family Values, Occupy Mom Puts 4-Year-Old on Train Tracks in ProtestDec 14, 2011 07:45 pm
Don't forget, people like this are the reason Obama ran for office.... - Ben Johnson, The White House Watch
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Issa: Don't Give Eric Holder the Internet Kill SwitchDec 14, 2011 07:44 pm
Yesterday, this author noted the pending Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which critics have dubbed the "internet kill switch." One of the toughest fighters in Congress, Darrell Issa, has taken up arms against it, saying it would give Eric Holder the right to shut down websites at his whim. The Daily Caller reports: In a [...]
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Documents Show ACORN Coordinated with Justice Dept. Voting Rights SectionDec 14, 2011 07:43 pm
Judicial Watch has done it again. It has produced-following a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) - documents that suggest extensive coordination and communications between the DOJ Voting Section and former ACORN affiliate Project Vote. Project Vote appears to be directing DOJ resources toward particular states; is [...]
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Video: Obama "Not My Fault" Redux, Blames Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, ATMs, Bosses, Health Care, Etc.Dec 14, 2011 07:41 pm
He's doing it again. Obama is making a desperate effort to blame the economy on everybody else - this time on the last president to pull the economy "out of the ditch" of the Democrats' digging: Ronald Wilson Reagan. An interviewer for WVEC-TV asked the president, "How have we become a country where so many [...]
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The Good, the Bad, and the Bogus Balanced Budget AmendmentDec 14, 2011 07:31 pm
As part of the deal that gave President Barack Obama the increase in the federal debt ceiling he so desperately wanted, both houses of Congress are required to hold a vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The House of Representatives has already acted but failed to achieve the two-thirds support necessary [...]
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American Girls Need a Real "Plan B"Dec 14, 2011 07:29 pm
Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the Obama administration took what appeared to be an extraordinarily conservative position to block a FDA recommendation that would have allowed young girls, age 11 and older, to buy a morning-after pill over the counter without parental consent. Predictably, the abortion crowd threw a [...]
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Cartoon of the Day: SantObamaDec 14, 2011 05:48 pm
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Look who voters finally blame for financial mess ...
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For years, Barack Obama has diverted attention from his own economic decisions by blaming his predecessor, George W. Bush, for the nation's financial woes, from deficits to debt to taxes to Medicare and Medicaid spending.
But that strategy has reached the end of its effectiveness, according to a new poll that reveals more people blame Obama for the failed state of the economy now than blame Bush.
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A messianic rabbi from New Jersey is stunning audiences nationwide by revealing the striking parallels between the fall of ancient Israel and what he suggests are God's early judgments of America.
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Great news for PA Voters....keeping and protecting the right and privilege of citizensto vote!
Please ask your PA State Senator to support this law...it's critical to the outcome of our local, state and national elections in 2012 and beyond!
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Voter ID bill moves forward
Election day
Charlotte De Bolt finishes casting her vote during election day at Fallsington Elementary School in Falls Township this past November.
Posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Voter ID bill moves forward By Gary Weckselblatt Staff Writer Calkins Media, Inc.
During a meeting of the Bucks County commissioners last week, Diane Marseglia spoke out against plans in the General Assembly to mandate voter identification at the polls.
Marseglia said her mother never misses an election but no longer has a driver's license. "Now she's going to be 'carded' by my father, the judge of elections, when she shows up."
The county's lone Democratic commissioner, Marseglia said she hoped lawmakers would allow for exceptions for frequent voters. So, for example, if a voter hasn't missed an election in 10 years "maybe you're exempt from bringing your ID," she said.
State Sen. Chuck McIlhinney, R-10, said he has heard the reasons against a so-called "Voter ID" bill, such as it suppressing the turnout of seniors, women, the poor and minorities.
He contends his amendment will "answer a lot of complaints by a lot of people" but admitted "there will still be people against it."
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Karl Rove deserves his nickname
Dec 14, 2011 05:13 am | Coach Collins
by James Lewis, staff writer
George W used to call Karl Rove a nickname that always puzzled me. Let's say - it's a fresh flower growing in a Texas cowpat. It seemed a little bit rough even by Texas standards. Now I think I get it. Karl Rove is a smart policy guy, and unlike the Obama Democrats who never met an anti-American Marxist or a radical Muslim they didn't like, he is not an ideological throwback to 1848.
Unlike Obama, Rove would not agitate to overthrow every Arab regime in the Middle East - along with the Israelis, who are the only ones still left standing. Rove is smart enough to spot that one for a boo-boo.
But Rove is a political assassin. He's an anti-conservative IED. Just plant Karl some place on the conservative highway and watch him blow up everything in sight. He is a snarling violation of Ronald Reagan's Eleventh Commandment: "Thou Shalt Not ... Continue Reading:Karl Rove deserves his nickname
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American Minute for December 13th Dec 13, 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 Phillips Brooks was born DECEMBER 13, 1835. The bishop of the Episcopal Church in Massachusetts, Brooks is probably best remembered for a song he wrote two years after the Civil War, which goes: "O little town of Bethlehem! How still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, The silent stars go by; Yet ... Continue Reading:American Minute for December 13th comments | read more
Chaos and Subsoil Dec 13, 2011 12:13 pm | Coach Collins By Jerry Todd, staff writer Is there a better way to do the people's business in commerce, legislation, education, bureaucracy and even religion in a Constitutional Republic? Is chaos only violent disorder? The weather and climate change naturally operate on Chaos Theory. Chaos is not disorder unless it goads the ignorant into rioting in the streets, usually burning and pillaging the visions and labor of others. In human discourse, the beautiful freely formed fractals of natural chaos makes a free society work by creating infinite beauty, opportunities for new relationships, ideas, ventures and true diversity based on our individual endowments from God. Chaos Theory views personal drives, organizations - businesses as complex, dynamic, non-linear, co-creative and far-from-equilibrium systems the future performance of which cannot be decided alone by past and present events and actions. In a properly ordered society, chaos simply means "opportunity presented." (Why progressive spirit-numbing unearned redistributions don't work) I call the ideal combination ... Continue Reading:Chaos and Subsoil comments | read more
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Anyone But Obama
A year ago today few of us probably thought that the primaries would come down to debating whether Romney or Gingrich are more conservative. It's a rather thankless and pointless debate currently being settled by cherry picking statements on single issues. The bottom line is that neither man is particularly conservative, certainly neither man is a small government conservative. But the odds of anyone like that getting to the finish line were never very good. The only two consistently conservative candidates in the race, Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachmann were ridiculed off the stage by a "conservative" media which never gave Santorum a chance and rushed to drown Bachmann the moment that Perry took the stage. Now that media is racking up pageviews on Romney vs Gingrich, tearing down both candidates for fun and profit. Over the last several weeks we have gotten a thorough grounding in each man's negatives. But we have also gotten a reminder of how each man got here. And we have gotten heavy doses of hysteria. Gingrich and Romney are both widely hated. Gingrich is hated by the insiders, Romney is hated by the outsiders. As Speaker, Gingrich was a convenient way to make Clinton look better. Now he's being used for the same purpose again, to make Romney look better. And Republican voters are being asked to choose which of the men they hate less. This is not a particularly good process for choosing a nominee. But it's also how we have consistently ended up with poor nominees. The game isn't over yet. People still have a chance to unite around an alternative candidate. Perry is still hanging around looking for support. He's marginally more conservative than Romney and Gingrich, but with a much lower profile on the national stage, it's hard to say how much. Bachmann and Santorum are also still in the race and they may surprise everyone. This is still an open process, which is why threatening third party runs or demanding that a candidate drop out of the race is unconscionable. If your candidate can't win Republican primaries, then how is he going to win the general election? Particularly a three-way election. Sure a sizable chunk of Ron Paul's support comes from the left, but not enough to do anything but turn him into the Republican version of Ralph Nader. And Nader gave the election to George W. Bush. Encouraging a third party candidacy by a fringe candidate before a single primary is nothing short of blackmail. It's thuggish behavior to try and intimidate voters with a third party candidacy. The message is "Vote my way or I'll see to it that Obama wins." Yes we are rapidly closing in on the "Anyone but Obama Nominee".
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New Haven Asks State to Allow Non-Citizens to Vote
New Haven's mayor wants illegal immigrants to be able vote in municipal elections.
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 | Updated 1:01 PM EST
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano plans to ask the state Legislature to allow illegal immigrants who live in the city to be able vote in municipal elections.
DeStefano said on Tuesday that the proposal would build a more engaged community and follows the lead of other cities, the New Haven Independent reports.
The Independent reports that New Haven has about 10,000 non-citizen immigrants.
Immigrants who are in the U.S. legally or illegally and cannot vote now would still be unable to vote in state or federal elections.
DeStefano, a Democrat, said illegal immigrants pay taxes indirectly through rent and send their kids to New Haven schools and should be able to vote.
New Haven made national headlines in 2007 when the city approved a program that provides municipal identification cards for all residents -- including illegal immigrants -- to provide access to services such as banking and the library.
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Tom Friedman Goes Mearsheimer and Walt
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 03:28 PM PST
(John Hinderaker)
Tom Friedman isn't the worst of the New York Times columnists-not while Paul Krugman is around-but he is the most overrated. If Friedman has ever had an original thought, he has chosen not to share it with his readers. Unfortunately, the thinkers he recycles keep going downhill. Now he has come to the bottom of the barrel, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt.
In his current column, Friedman blasts Newt Gingrich for his "invented people" riff and Mitt Romney for saying he would move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a long-time Republican Party Platform plank. These criticisms are par for the course for Friedman, a loyal Democrat. But he goes on to bash, simultaneously, all of Congress, the "Israel lobby," and Benjamin Netanyahu's Israeli government:
I sure hope that Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby. The real test is what would happen if Bibi tried to speak at, let's say, the University of Wisconsin. My guess is that many students would boycott him and many Jewish students would stay away, not because they are hostile but because they are confused.
I can't explain the weird obsession that so many on the Left have with the "Israel lobby." In some cases, it is transparently driven by anti-Semitism; Mearsheimer and Walt appear to fall into that category. But that diagnosis doesn't seem to apply to Friedman. Maybe in his case, like so much that one reads in his columns, it is just a reflexive repeating of something he heard someone else say. But one hardly needs a nefarious "Israel lobby" persuading Congressmen-let alone bribing them, as Friedman claimed-to support Israel.
Israel enjoys broad support among the American people, and it is natural to see that support reflected in Congress. This graph from Gallup shows how Americans have answered the question, "In the Middle East situation, are your sympathies more with the Israelis or more with the Palestinians?" from 1988 to 2011:
Support for Israel is strongest among conservatives, but the poll data suggest that it is likely the broadest bipartisan consensus that Americans share on any contentious issue. As for the claim that Congress has been "bought and paid for by the Israel lobby," Jennifer Rubin notes the blowback from Capitol Hill.
Friedman's thinking on this entire subject is hopelessly confused, as shown by his casual smear of Newt Gingrich:
That thought came to mind last week when Newt Gingrich took the Republican competition to grovel for Jewish votes - by outloving Israel - to a new low by suggesting that the Palestinians are an "invented" people and not a real nation entitled to a state.
Stop to consider that for a moment. Gingrich and other Republicans are "grovel[ing] for Jewish votes" by supporting Israel? How much does Friedman know about the demographics of America west of the Hudson? As of 2010, there were 6,190 Jews in Iowa out of a population of more than three million-0.2% of Iowa's population. How many of those do you suppose are Republican caucus-goers? A few hundred? Then there is New Hampshire, where Jews represent 0.8% of the population; Republican Jews, a smaller proportion still. Or South Carolina, where a little over 11,000 Jews are sprinkled among a population of more than 4.5 million. And finally-I can't resist this one-ask John Thune what he thinks about Israel. Thune represents South Dakota, home to a grand total of 395 Jews, which rounds to 0.0% of the state's population.
Friedman is unable to think outside the crude boundaries of stereotype, but it is obvious that the GOP presidential contenders are not "groveling for Jewish votes." Rather, they are reflecting the strong support of conservatives generally, and Christian conservatives in particular, for Israel.
It isn't easy to display such comprehensive ignorance of a topic in the space of a 900-word newspaper column, but Tom Friedman has pulled off the trick.
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Oh That Madcap WSJ Editorial Page
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:02 PM PST
(Steven Hayward)
I still haven't stopped chuckling at the cheekiness of the Wall Street Journal editorial page running an article on "sustainable capitalism" this morning from Al Gore and one of his investment buddies, David Blood. I'm sure Mr. Gore and Mr. Blood (Really? Gore and Blood?) think they have scored a coup, and that dozens of WSJ readers will swoon before their magisterial quotations and invocations of all the soothing buzz phrases of our time, like "long-term thinking," and especially "sustainability." More likely the Journal accepted the piece because they knew it was the only way they could sneak outright absurdist satire on to their pages.
Without going into a long exegesis here, the term "sustainability" is without rigorous definition, and therefore practical application beyond a few easy examples like timber harvesting. Believe me, I've tried to make some sense of the idea, but came to the conclusion that like the word "holistic," whenever you hear someone say "sustainability," it is generally safe to assume they have ceased employing any critical reasoning. Even the UN has admitted, in an official report, that "The concept of sustainable development does not yet provide decision-makers with the kind of detailed and integrated prescriptions that they need to make day to day policy decisions." And environmental scientist Timothy O'Riordan, a rather prominent fellow in environmental science circles at one time, warned way back in 1988 that "It may only be a matter of time before the metaphor of sustainability becomes so confused as to be meaningless, certainly as a device to straddle the ideological conflicts that pervade contemporary environmentalism." But it's still the go-to phrase for Gore and the like.
You almost feel sorry for them at this point.
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Mid-Day Wednesday Observations
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:36 AM PST
(Steven Hayward)
So, the New York Times has issued a correction for a 26-year-old error. Better late than never, but when are they going to get around to issuing a correction-though a full retraction would be more just-for Walter Duranty's whitewashing of Stalin in the 1930s? Hmmm? (Now I know what some of you are thinking: get started down this road, and the Times might as well just issue a blanket correction for being the Times. True, that.)
Second, perhaps the most significant story in today's paper is not about the Eurozone crisis, or Obama's latest idiocy, but the Pew Research Center study out yesterday that the number of married couples is at a record low in the American population. The figure is down to 51 percent of the total population, and if the rate of decline continues, married couples will be a minority group before long (and therefore a protected class?).
This is important for many reasons, but high among them is one we don't hear much about right now-the role of intact versus broken households in the whole income inequality and income mobility debate. Obama never talks about it, and with the exception of Power Line's great friend Mitch Pearlstein (see Mitch's fine recent book, From Family Collapse to America's Decline: The Educational, Economic, and Social Costs of Family Fragmentation) and Charles Murray (whose next book, due out in January, is entitled Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010), most conservatives don't talk about family issues in their economic dimension. Family formation and stability might well do more to improve the income dynamics story than any scheme of higher taxes, redistribution, or educational effort. But its hard for the political class to talk about intelligently (even conservatives) because it is beyond the reach of simple legislation or regulation.
Third item: I like to say that the Law of Unintended Consequences is the most frequently enacted statute in Congress or state legislatures, and sure enough, the evidence was swift that Sen. Dick Durbin's ill-considered attempt to crack down on credit card "swipe fees" on behalf of retailers has backfired. Turns out the bank card companies have eliminated the discounts they used to give small retailers and small amounts. Result: many small retailers are finding that their swipe fee costs are soaring. Nice going Durbin.
Finally, with the endless fascination of altering Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks," you knew this was inevitable:
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The Basis of Left and Right, Part 2: (Human) Nature, Convention, and Liberty
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:10 AM PST
(Steven Hayward)
Continuing the series I began a few days back exploring the philosophical divide between Left and Right, herewith installment #2.
Continuing right where I left off, what libertarians understand about the defects of traditional conservatism is that it has difficulty applying the appreciation of a "transcendent moral order" to the practical world of modernization that constantly undermines authority, tradition, and existing orders of things, whether it be WalMart supplanting the shopkeepers of small town Main Street, working women changing the structure of both workplace and home, or the prospect of gay unions. A conservatism more serious about confronting the maelstrom of modernity would modify the previous definition and attempt to understand itself as attempting to defend the unchanging ground of changing experience.
At this point a crucial fault line between left and right begins to come into focus, and it corresponds to the classical distinction between nature and convention. Conservatives harken to nature, especially human nature, which they we understand to be mostly fixed in important respects. The relative fixity of human nature prescribes limits to human freedom and bounds to social structures. These limits and boundaries are neither self-evident nor unchanging, but must be discovered, a slow process not easily understood or modified at will. Conservatives see authority and tradition as guardians of hard-won knowledge-knowledge not always susceptible of explanation or restatement, whose origins are often half-forgotten or completely forgotten. G.K. Chesterton's remark that "tradition is the democracy of the dead" is the essence of Edmund Burke rendered in journalistic shorthand.
Right away a significant difficulty arises. While conservatives seek to anchor social structures in harmony with a transcendent moral order as manifested in human nature, tradition and authority are mostly conventional things. And liberalism can also make a valid claim on human nature as its home ground, too; the contemporary concepts of human rights or individual rights first develops as natural rights in the 17th and 18th centuries. The liberal differs from the conservative in his emphasis on challenging conventions or conventional constraints to individual self-fulfillment-an imperative that derives equally from the logic of human nature. This difficulty explains why the Declaration of Independence can be read as both a liberal and as a conservative document; the Declaration justifies revolution ("the right of the people to alter or abolish" forms of government) but also advises moderation ("Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes"). Like literal fault lines, the fault line between nature and convention runs in both directions. Is there a way of sorting this out more intelligibly?
The left-right divide begins to become more comprehensible when differing understandings of individual liberty and its political postulates are probed further. The starting point of liberalism offered here (individuals should be free to pursue their self-chosen purposes) leads liberals to challenge conventions that constrain individual autonomy-to "question authority" in the popular graffiti. The logical consequence of the imperative to expand the domain of individual autonomy naturally compels liberalism to be reformist, to embrace progress as the essential process to accomplish reform, and to employ reason to guide the progressive reform process. Above all, the imperative of individual autonomy necessarily places the principle of equality at the center of liberal thought. Conventional social structures that maintain artificial or arbitrary inequalities between individuals attract the most ire from reform liberalism, because such inequalities constrain or reduce the sum total of individual self-fulfillment across society. These four postulates of liberalism find their apotheosis in the impressively argued synthesis of John Rawls.
The conservative has strong reservations about each of these postulates, and sometimes rejects them outright, partly because at root the conservative believes there are more inherent limits to individual autonomy than the liberal. This is one reason some conservatives use the term "ordered liberty" to distinguish a conservative perspective on individual freedom. Thomas Sowell's serviceable shorthand for this distinction between right and left (in his book Conflict of Visions) is the "constrained" versus "unconstrained" vision of how the world works. At its purest or most extreme form, liberalism tends toward the belief that all or most constraints on humans are artificial and therefore illegitimate. The conservative is not sure reform necessarily represents progress, and is doubtful in any case that progress or reform, however understood, can be produced primarily through reason. John Dickinson, author of the famous "Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer" at the time of the American Revolution, expressed the conservative disposition aptly:
Experience must be our only guide. Reason may mislead us. It was not Reason that discovered the singular and admirable mechanism of the British Constitution. It was not Reason that discovered or even could have discovered the odd and in the eye of those who are governed by reason, the absurd mode of trial by jury. Accidents probably produced these discoveries, and experience has given sanction tothem. This then was our guide.
Abraham Lincoln's similar formulation follows closely: "What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?"
More on the subject of reason and equality in the next installment.
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New Media Alert
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:12 AM PST
(Steven Hayward)
Yesterday was a busy day for appearances on new media internet platforms. First, the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal webcast had me on to talk about my post here on the Durban UN climate conference (which the New York Post also excerpted yesterday).
And for Mel Brooks History of the World Part 1 fans, the latest Ben and Joel podcast on the InfiniteMonkeys blog is now up, and is entitled "Inquisition Edition" because I get put in the rack for my recent thought experiments that some regard as heresies. I'm described as a "crypto-Trotskyite neocon stooge," with "crimes far too numerous to deal with in just one podcast." Wowser!
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Morning Bell: The Truth About the Balanced Budget Amendment
Ericka Andersen
December 14, 2011
In case you're not keeping track, it has been nearly 1,000 days since the United States Senate passed a budget. Meanwhile, America's fiscal nightmare keeps growing, and those on the left-including Members of the Senate-keep advocating for even more spending despite America's $15 trillion national debt. That's an important record to keep in mind as the Senate votes today on two versions of the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA).
A BBA is constructive, but it's not the final answer to America's fiscal woes despite the tools it offers-in large part because it fails to tackle entitlement reform, the most detrimental driver of spending in this country. A BBA is not a neatly packed solution, as no constitutional amendment can replace the hard work of true spending reforms.
However, Republicans ensured earlier this year that the 2011 Budget Control Act required a vote on a BBA. Their commitment to ending big government's reckless behavior was well-meaning but flawed, and a BBA has already failed in the House.
The proposed amendment being debated in the Senate was chosen from several previous versions and is sponsored by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Mike Lee (R-UT), and John Cornyn (R-TX), among others. It is stricter and it fundamentally differs from its counterpart in the House, but it still lacks in several areas.
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America's out-of-control administrative state can best be compared to a runaway stage coach-trampling American workers and careening away with their money. This week, Congress will have an opportunity to bring much-needed oversight to America's regulatory process by voting for the aptly named REINS Act (Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny), which would require any new regulations costing more than $100 million to be approved by Congress. If passed, the REINS Act will go a long way toward curbing the excesses of unaccountable bureaucrats and restoring the constitutional principle of self-government.
But don't bureaucrats decide only the minor details of regulations? Sadly, no. In 2010 alone, regulatory agencies issued a torrent of major new regulations costing a staggering (and likely underestimated) sum of $26.5 billion. That sticker shock has not slowed bureaucrats one bit; there are currently 144 major regulations pending that would each cost at least $100 million.
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DECEMBER 14, 2011 Supreme Court Takes Up Arizona's Immigration Law Case, to Decide in 2012
In a decision that should cheer those who believe in the rule of law and want to see our federal immigration laws enforced (despite all of the efforts of the Obama Administration to prevent that from happening), the Supreme Court today accepted Arizona's petition for certiorari in the lawsuit filed against the state's immigration law by the Justice Department.
That means that the Supreme Court will make the final decision on whether Arizona's law (SB 1070) is constitutional.
SB 1070, which has served as a model for other states such as Alabama and South Carolina, has a number of provisions that attempt to help the federal government enforce immigration requirements. The most controversial, at least from the standpoint of the Obama Administration, is a provision that requires police officers to check on the immigration status of individuals they have arrested or detained for some other violation, if the officers have a reasonable suspicion the individuals are in the country illegally. Race and ethnicity cannot be a consideration in that determination.
In a badly reasoned decision, a federal judge in Arizona issued an injunction against that requirement. The judge essentially ignored a provision of federal law that specifically requires the federal government to respond to all inquiries from federal, state, or local officials about the immigration status of any individual.
Indeed, Congress funds a Law Enforcement Support Center administered by the Department of Homeland Security to provide alien status determinations to state and local law enforcement officials 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There's even another provision in federal law that encourages states "to cooperate with the Attorney General in the identification, apprehension, detention, or removal of aliens not lawfully present in the United States."
The Office of the Solicitor General at the Justice Department, which represents the United States before the Supreme Court, must be looking forward to this review of Arizona's new law by the Supreme Court with some trepidation. Just last term, the SG lost another fight against Arizona when the Supreme Court upheld a prior Arizona immigration law.
That law forces Arizona employers to use the E-Verify system and sanctions employers with the possible loss or suspension of their business licenses if they knowingly and intentionally hire illegal aliens. The Supreme Court upheld the law as constitutional and well within the authority of state governments, to the consternation of the Obama Administration.
Given that Congress actually requires the federal government to assist state and local law enforcement officials in verifying the immigration status of arrested individuals, it seems highly likely that when the Supreme Court issues its decision in this case by the end of its term in June 2012, the Obama Administration will have a bad feeling of déjà vu when it loses again.
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Morgan v. Swanson:
The Candy Cane Case
In one Texas elementary school, those entrusted with teaching children civics instead want to deny them the protection of the Constitution. Until recently the school only allowed "winter break" parties-no Christmas celebrations. Kids were barred from giving friends any gifts remotely religious, like candy-cane pens with "The Legend of the Candy Cane" attached. Local parents won a lawsuit against the school, though school officials were let off the hook. Aptly, the parents' appeal is due in court on December 26.
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The Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation
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December 14, 2011
ANN COULTER RATES THE GOP CANDIDATES Conservative firebrand and pundit Ann Coulter appeared on Sean Hannity's Fox News show last night and shared her opinion on the GOP candidates for the party's 2012 nomination. Who does she see as the most conservative and least conservative among the choices? The answers might surprise you. Watch the segment HERE.
TIME'S 'PERSON OF THE YEAR' IS... Announced on TODAY earlier this morning, Time Magazine has declared "The Protester" as the Person of the Year for 2011. Find out Time's reason for their selection HERE.
CT MAYOR WANTS ILLEGALS TO VOTE New Haven's mayor has a history of supporting liberal causes. In 2007 the city pushed a law through that issued official IDs to illegal aliens. Now Mayor DeStephano wants illegals to be able to vote in city elections. Get the details and take our Blaze poll HERE.
CONSERVATIVE ROCK? IT'S NOT A MIRAGE. CHECK OUT THESE BANDS The entertainment industry is often thought to be a liberal stronghold. However, lately there have been rumblings from a growing contingent of rockers who espouse conservative values. Meet a few of them HERE.
BECK'S ELEVATOR ENCOUNTER WITH HIS NYC NEIGHBORS AND their OBAMA PORTRAIT With just days remaining on Glenn's time in New York, his encounters with the liberal residents of his apartment building are getting wilder each day. Watch this morning's rant HERE.
VIRAL VIDEO - msnbc's chuck todd 'flips the bird' on live tv NBC's cable news outlet has once again delivered a magic moment that has gone viral. Just this morning, White House correspondent and network political guru Chuck Todd was caught on camera waving the "one-fingered" salute. Watch it HERE.
FROM GBTV: THE UNRECOGNIZED VIRTUES OF OWNING PROPERTY Is private ownership of property OK? Rabbi Daniel Lapin joined Glenn on GBTV last night in an usual discussion about religion and the right to own property. Watch the segment HERE
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OWS Not The Party Crashers But The Party Faithful
By Judi McLeod
CanadaFreePress.com
A Christmas gift for those on the 'Who is Obama Hunt': You can use downtime between Christmas and New Year's this year to to learn everything you need to know about where the man who calls himself Barack Hussein Obama is leading the Free World.
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Outwitting the Death Lobby with Their Own Ploy
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Citing The 'Humanity of Unborn Babies,' Republican Introduces Bill to Ban Abortions Based on Race and Gender
By Matt Cover
CNSNews.com
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) unveiled a bill Tuesday that would ban race-based and sex-based abortions in the United States, providing civil and criminal penalties for the abortionist who violates the law.
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Great Britain Comes to Its Senses
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David Cameron's Finest Hour
By Patrick J. Buchanan
HumanEvents.com
Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to veto Germany's demand for a new European fiscal union will define his premiership. More than that, Cameron has raised a banner for patriots everywhere fighting to retain their national independence.
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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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Commie Economist Sings Obama's Praises
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Communist Economist John Case Praises Obama's Osawatomie Speech
By Trevor Loudon
RightSideNews.com
"The President Took a Great Step Forward for the Whole Country in Kansas." One of the Communist Party USA's leading economic commentators John Case, has come out in support of President Barack Obama's recent agenda setting speech at Osawatomie High School in Kansas.
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With Record Unemployment, Why Continue the Mass Admission of new Foreign Workers?
Partisan bickering about how to fix the economy through tax and spending debates is distracting Congress from the real solution to the unemployment problem we, as Americans, are now facing. Each year, Congress authorizes over a million foreign workers to enter our country and compete against our citizens for American jobs -- legally.
We are in the midst of an immigration crisis, and curbing illegal immigration is only part of the solution. FAIR continues to work behind the scenes shaping legislation to lower immigration levels and opposing bills that offer more visas. But this is only one part of the solution. You're a FAIR supporter, and we need your financial support to educate the masses about this crucial issue that affects our economic health.
That's why FAIR has begun a public awareness campaign - FAIRChanceAtJobs.com
We are currently running this ad on CNN and FOX News to jump-start the debate about responsible legal immigration levels.
We need your help to spread the word. Every tweet, Facebook post, or even forward of this email will help us generate a buzz. And every $25, $50, or $100 donation helps us continue this ad to educate the American public about the harms of mass legal immigration in a hurting economy.
Take action now. Join us and thousands of others to save American jobs for Americans. Let's make sure the jobs created here tomorrow go to the American workers here today.
Sincerely,
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Today's Headlines: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
DOJ Memo: Solicitor General Kagan 'Substantially Participated' in Obamacare-Related Case
House Republican Invites Homeless Kids to Testify: 'Children Living in Shabby Motels Deserve Help
Hoyer: Job Creating Keystone Pipeline a 'Stick in the Eye' of House Democrats
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!
AG Holder Says Government Has 'Responsibility' to Automatically Register Citizens to Vote
Dem Questions Constitutionality of Drug Tests for Unemployment Benefits
House Passes Payroll Tax-Keystone Pipeline Bill, But Reid Says It's Dead in Senate
Hatch: Payroll Tax Extension 'Very Dangerous' to Social Security
Claims That U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Has Been Too Focused on Christians Don't Stack Up
Obama, Getting Mileage Out of Iraq War's End, Goes to Fort Bragg Wednesday
U.S. Ambassador Faults China on Human Rights
COMMENTARY: Elena Kagan and Question 3
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Two months before Elena Kagan told the Senate Judiciary Committee she had never been asked her opinion regarding any legal issue that might arise from Obamacare, her own top deputy sent her a memo telling her that she had "substantially participated" in her office's handling of a case that's inseparable from Obamacare. Newt Versus the Ruling Class
By L. Brent Bozell III
On the cusp of the election year, the elites in both the media and the GOP have one primary target: Newt Gingrich. I think they're stuck in the past. Port Whine: Big Labor's Occu-Punks
By Michelle Malkin
Young Occupiers are being exploited as human shields for the economy-strangling agenda of the violence-prone International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which is losing its seven-decade-old grip on West Coast port operations. Negative Ads
By Rich Galen Why do campaigns run negative ads? Because they work. Why do they work? Because humans are hard-wired to listen to, and believe, gossip.
NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:
Party Time on Capitol Hill: Senators give each other 'Secret Santa' gifts
U.S. probing alleged cyber attack plot by Venezuela, Iran
Obama's latest excuse on economy: 'We didn't know how bad it was'
Democrat's bill seeks visas for illegal immigrants studying math, science
Broward County demands U.S. justify the use of airport X-ray scanners on passengers
Dem lawmaker blasts 'Professor Obama' as arrogant, alienating
Romney blasts Gingrich as 'extremely unreliable' conservative leader
Gingrich staffer resigns after Mormon comments
Duh of the day: Too much alcohol linked to unsafe sex, study confirms
Issa: $400G in stimulus funds stomped on at Occupy D.C. park
Married couples at a record low as more simply live together
Obama campaign wants donors to give money on behalf of conservatives
Glenn Beck, Joe Scarborough tout a third party run by Ron Paul against Gingrich, Obama
Study: More school hours don't guarantee better test scores
Post office closures delayed until May to buy time for Congress
Senators to Justice Department: Apologize to family of the late Sen. Ted Stevens
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Chronicle · December 14, 2011
The Foundation
"Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own." --Thomas Jefferson
Editorial Exegesis
Kyoto: An economically destructive treaty based on lies
"The headlines say the representatives at the United Nations climate conference in South Africa reached an agreement. But the real story is that the meeting only produced an agreement to start more talks on a deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol by 2015 with emissions limits that won't be in effect until 2020. Despite the uncertainty of such a proposition, one official, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa's foreign minister, nevertheless had the nerve to claim 'We have saved planet Earth for the future of our children and our great-grandchildren.' Apparently she's forgotten that the alarmists have said that global warming must be solved now -- that Prince Charles traveled to Rio de Janeiro 33 months ago and lamented that the world had 'less than 100 months' to save itself. ... So why bother with framing a treaty that won't start until 2020? Won't that be too late? It's never too late, though, to continue scaring the public in hopes it will eventually give in and follow the alarmists and their asinine ideas. ... In the absence of such a deal, some conference representatives proposed a global climate court of justice that would let climate change 'victims' force the rich, top carbon dioxide-producing countries to pay up. Jonathan Verschuuren, a professor of international and European environmental law writing for Radio Netherlands, assures us that 'a climate court will certainly not materialize' because 'the world's industrialized countries have more sense than that.' Yes, the industrialized nations should have more sense than that. But do they? ... What if, for instance, voters re-elect President Obama and turn Congress back to the Democrats, and the British bring back the Labor Party? If so, an international climate court isn't so unlikely, is it? With the science incomplete, corrupt scientists, the alarmists exaggerating the case and the socialists itching to collect from all, a climate court could do more damage to the U.S. than the Axis powers ever could." --Investor's Business Daily
What should we be doing about possible global warming?
Essential Liberty
"The United States possesses 1.4 trillion barrels of recoverable oil, more than the oil the entire world has consumed during the past 150 years, according to an Institute for Energy Research report released last week. Add in an estimated 2.7 quadrillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas and 486.1 billion short tons of recoverable coal, and our energy reserves exceed those of any other nation on Earth. The American economy will not prosper until we get government out of the way and let the private sector power our future using the most efficient sources available. For that to happen, the next administration must reject any redistributionist U.N. treaty designed to soak billions from U.S. taxpayers based on bogus climate claims." --The Washington Times
Upright"[Last] Wednesday, Politico ran a story about the International Association of Machinists Union at Boeing agreeing to approve a contract extension.... Democrats, including Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder ... abhor the idea of making voters bring some form of photo identification to the polls. Yet the IAM ... required a photo ID of all who wished to vote in a contract ratification election. ... [T]he photo-ID requirement in the union's elections would appear to be far from an isolated instance. Gosh, I wonder why? At some point during all these years of covering the voter-ID issue, you would think that someone in the press, much of which is unionized ... would have noted that unions at least occasionally and likely far more than occasionally require that members present a photo ID to be able to cast their ballots. Nope. How typically irresponsible." --NewsBusters contributing editor Tom Blumer "In the end, last week's meeting of Eurozone leaders produced nothing more than an agreement to produce an agreement. ... Yet amidst the general ineptitude, there was one defining moment: British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the deal. Apparently one leader in Europe still believes in the idea of national sovereignty. ... Yet who is kidding whom? Despite all the pie-in-the-sky pronouncements, coupled with threats of 'isolation' aimed at Britain for daring to resist the 'superior wisdom' of EU elitists, nothing has been done to address the immediate liquidity crisis affecting both European banks and governments. The ultimate arbiter of this latest agreement will be the worldwide markets, specifically the bond markets. They will ultimately reveal whether investors, as they were last Friday, can be sold yet another pig in a poke masquerading itself as yet another grand bargain." --columnist Arnold Ahlert "Some politicians claim that politicians create jobs. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says, 'My job is to create jobs.' What hubris! Government has no money of its own. All it does is take from some people and give to others. That may create some jobs, but only by leaving less money in the private sector for job creation. Actually, it's worse than that. Since government commandeers scarce resources by force and doesn't have to peddle its so-called services on the market to consenting buyers, there's no feedback mechanism to indicate if those services are worth more to people than what they were forced to go without. The only people who create real, sustainable jobs are in private businesses -- if they're unsubsidized." --columnist John Stossel Insight"There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly." --American author and poet Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) "There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice." --Charles de Montesquieu (1689-1755) Support The Patriot Post TodayOur team works tirelessly to consolidate a week's worth of the best insightful conservative analysis and the most outrageous comments made by assorted leftists in the media, politics and culture. Indeed, The Patriot Post's Chronicle is a one-of-a-kind information buffet that you won't find anywhere else. We depend on your support to keep this priceless resource coming to your inbox every Wednesday. Help us by making a secure online donation to our 2011 Year-End Campaign. If you prefer to support us by mail, please use our printable donor form. We still must raise $123,500 before year's end. Thank you! Nate Jackson
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The Demo-goguesA sad case for re-election: "The reason they still support me is because they understand what an incredible mess had been made as I was coming into office, and we've been spending the last three years cleaning it up. The good news is that the economy is starting to strengthen. We've seen some positive signs. The unemployment rate has ticked down." --Barack Obama Fairy tales: "Millionaire job creators are like unicorns: They're impossible to find and don't exist." --Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) Government as Santa: "Christmas is coming. ... We've got to put money into the pockets of the American people -- the payroll tax cut, unemployment benefits extending -- and we cannot go home unless we do. ... It's not about where we have our Christmas dinner. It's about if the American people are going to have a Christmas dinner that they can pay for with some level of comfort." --House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Left-theology: "I want to be judged as a good and faithful servant, and therefore, I will stand with my Democratic colleagues on these issues and stay here until we do take care of those who are considered the least of these. And I can't believe as we are in the season of advent, the celebration of the birth of our Savior. He came, yes to bring salvation, but also to bring equity and justice into the world, that we would be so heartless and unChristian. It goes against the precepts of all religions and even every human value that we would end unemployment insurance." --Rep. Donna Christenson (D-Virgin Islands), arguing that Christian tenants of individuals caring for the poor are actually government responsibilities Propaganda: "The message I have for climate deniers is this: you are endangering humankind. It is time for climate deniers to face reality, because the body of evidence is overwhelming and the world's leading scientists agree. ... Problems do not go away by pretending they do not exist. And the longer that vocal minority insists on keeping their heads in the sand, the more it endangers billions of people around the globe and threatens to dramatically and negatively reshape the world as we know it." --Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Over the top: "They have attached a poison pill -- literally, colleagues -- because it will kill 8,100 more people more than would have otherwise been killed from pollution. So have that for a Christmas gift." --Barbara Boxer on Republicans trying to roll back a Clean Air Act provision Fast and loose with statistics: "That is simply not true [that unemployment has risen since Obama took office]. In fact, unemployment has now dropped below 9 percent. It's continuing to drop." --DNC chief and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) (Unemployment was under 8 percent when Obama took office.) DezinformatsiaBelly Laugh of the Week: "You gave up a lot. You said you wanted a balanced approach. You didn't get it. You cut a trillion dollars and set up the framework to cut another trillion plus, and the Republicans gave up nothing. ... It seems to be all the compromising is being done by you." --CBS's Steve Kroft to Barack Obama Defending class warfare by denying it exists: "People are accusing [Barack Obama] now of class warfare. It seems a bit trite to say that, because in any kind of society where you have this kind of financial meltdown, isn't it instinctively the right thing to do that the rich should contribute a little bit more to the recovery than those with no money?" --CNN's Piers Morgan Newspulper Headlines:If Only Herman Cain Were There to Remind Him: "Rick Perry Forgot How Many Supreme Court Justices There Are" --TheAtlanticWire.com Breaking News From 1962, 1981, 2000: "Newt Takes No-Adultery Pledge" --Politico.com Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking: "Why Mitt Romney Is Like Jan From 'The Brady Bunch'" --FoxNews.com Too Much Information: "Bill Clinton Says Wife Hillary 'Just Wants a Good Night's Sleep'" --New York Post Free Kool-Aid!: "Crusade for Fewer People on the Earth Seeks Volunteers" --HumanEvents.com Bottom Story of the Day: "Obama Raises Money for Re-Election Bid" --Associated Press (Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto) Village IdiotsThe BIG Lie, Part I: "Nobody in the Justice Department has lied." --Attorney General Eric Holder on the botched "Fast & Furious" scandal The BIG Lie, Part II: "[Lying] all has to do with your state of mind and whether or not you had the requisite intent to come up with something that can be considered perjury or a lie." --Eric Holder when asked about the difference between "lying" and "misleading" The BIG Lie, Part III: "As we work to avoid future losses and further mistakes, it is unfortunate that some used inflammatory and inappropriate rhetoric about one particular tragedy that occurred near the Southwest Border in an effort to score political points." --Eric Holder on the murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry More class warfare: "There are people who can afford to give a little bit more. And you know what? In the end, we'll get it back. It's certainly better to do that than finance -- than be secretive billionaires financing the Tea Party because you have untold needs for untold wealth. For what reason?" --Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein The 1 Percent: "I think that we will end up taxing the rich, and that's just fine by me. ... [A]ll the rich people I know, like Ted Turner and Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, they're all saying, 'Tax us.'" --Hanoi Jane Fonda Short Cuts"Joe Biden visited Greece last week on the debt crisis. I don't want to say the vice president doesn't know much, but he kept asking for John Travolta." --comedian Jay Leno "Vladimir Putin slammed the U.S. government for noting how his United Russia Party stuffed ballot boxes and cheated to win on Tuesday. He misunderstood. When the U.S. president and the Secretary of State are both from Chicago there's a real chance it was a compliment." --comedian Argus Hamilton "Citing budget cuts, the Obama administration will reduce the number of National Guard troops protecting the US-Mexico border. The remaining troops will be tasked with holding up 'Welcome to America' signs." --Fred Thompson
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team
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 December 14, 2011
On Today's Program
Tonight on GBTV: With the caucus beginning just after the New Year, Glenn hosts a round table getting everyone prepared for political craziness before they unplug for the Christmas break. That plus Stu attempts to cross the Delaware where George Washington did - can he pull it off? Find out tonight at 5pm only on GBTV!
What's it take to get off the grid? Find out on GBTV's new reality show Independence USA! Premiering this January 18th, follow one American dad determined to have his family prepared for anything -- even if they don't really want to be. Can they get off the grid? Meet the family and watch the preview trailer HERE.
Harry Reid: Millionaire job creators are like unicorns
Amazingly Harry Reid is still a United States Senator. Especially surprising because he rivals Joe Biden's notorious gaffe count. The latest idiocy from Reid: millionaires that create jobs 'don't exist'. Who is creating all of the jobs then, Harry? Street bums? Glenn reacts to Reid's comments on radio today. WATCH
Real unemployment = 20%?
Glenn, Pat & Stu go over the latest dismal unemployment numbers and investigate the possibility that real unemployment is much, much higher. Could unemployment be as high as the 15% to 25% unemployment we saw in the great depression? The way the unemployment number is calculated has been changed over the years - not surprisingly it's become much more complicated. Could it be to make it easier for politicians to hide the damage they're inflicting? WATCH
Ann Coulter: Newt 'tied with Ron Paul as the least conservative candidate' - full story from The Blaze.
TIME's "Person of the Year": The Protester
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that TIME has announced 'The Protester' as the person of the year. Of course, the Tea Party was largely ignored by TIME the past few years -- but when liberals start defecating on cop cars and raping in the park - now that's a movement? Glenn reacts to the news on radio today. WATCH
Glenn's interview with Senator Mike Lee re: Defense Authorization Act
Yesterday Glenn spoke with Congressman Allen West about the controversial and vague Defense Authorization Act which seems to give government power to detain American citizens who are merely 'suspected' of a terrorist act. Congressman West argued for it, Senator Lee is very much against it. Hear his argument on radio today. WATCH
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Glenn Beck to LJ: I don't think this is the Christmas shirt that people want to buy Glenn Beck summoned his director of merchandise LJ Herman to the studio today demanding an explanation to the bizarre Christmas shirt LJ planned to sell. Would anyone in their right mind buy this to celebrate Christmas? Take a look and decide for yourself. VIEW New Yorker to Glenn: 'there's a monster in the elevator!' Ok that's not exactly what she said, but it was close enough. Glenn's last week in New York City has been one chock-full of even more reasons to vacate immediately. Many of the people are just plain horrible - like this clown who Glenn rode in an elevator with last night. What did he and his wife do to try and stick it to Glenn? Find out on radio today. WATCH Sign of the times: 'Keep Christ in Christmas' sign stirs controversy - DETAILS. Christmas Special - Songs, Tears, and the true meaning of Christmas Great Christmas special on GBTV last night delivered in typical Glenn Beck fashion. Common Sense, tears, love and music. Fortunately it wasn't Glenn who was the one singing - actual singers did that. You can check out Glenn's first Christmas Special on GBTV now available on demand -- watch free highlights HERE.
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