Quote: 

"The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse." 

The Daily Email of January 26 offers me an opportunity to remind your readers once more of Rep. RoseMarie Swanger's efforts to derail the implementation of Sharia Law into Pennsylvania and her need of their support.

As you know, Sharia law is the path to totalitarian rule enforced by a fascist based and unrelenting political force known to us all as Islam.

The comment at the bottom of The Blaze article you posted says it all..."Islam is like a cancer, you either defeat it or it will defeat you".

We in Pennsylvania are fortunate to have someone in the Legislature who recognizes the terror of Sharia law. Ms Swanger introduced HB 2029 seven months ago and sought co-sponsors to smooth its passage through committee and a final vote.

Only one Bucks county representative is listed as a co-sponsor, the Honorable Paul Clymer.

We have only a few days left, February 3 is the cutoff date, to change that. I am urging your readers to make it a point to get in their families, friends and neighbors faces about this. It is imperative for the preservation of our State and Nation that Sharia law impementation not only be slowed down but stopped dead in its tracks.

Ask everyone you know to visit, call or email their State Representative to encourage them to contact Rep. Swanger's secretary, Lily Horst at 717-787-2686 or email  her at lhorst@pahousegop.com to be added as a co-sponsor.

A link to HB 2029 is available at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bucksafa11info/message/63 

If any proof is needed of the terror that is awaiting America hidden behind the lying smiles of the Islamofascists the reader can peruse the messages at the bucksafa11 group sight.

But don't miss message #59.

John Ryan

Bucks Act! for America.

On January 17th a group of six teenagers brutally attacked 64 Uear-Old Vietnam Veteran Edward Schaefer on the streets of Philadelphia. This Fundraiser will help defray the medical costs of Mr. Schaefer.  Mr. Schaefer sacrificed for us 40 years ago and it's time to welcome him home and thank him for his service. Please come out that night and help us say "thank you ".  

FUNDRAISER

For

Vietnam Veteran

EDWARD SCHAEFER

Wednesday February 1, 2012

6pm to 8 pm

$30 Donation

CASH BAR - COMPLEMENTARY FOOD

PRIZES AND OTHER GOODIES

LIBERTIES BAR

705 N. 2^nd Street

DOM GIORDANO

This event will help defray the medical costs of Mr. Schaefer who was assaulted recently.

Mr. Schaefer sacrificed for us 40 years ago and it's time to welcome him home and thank him for his service.

Please come out that night and help us say "thank you ".

For those who wish to write a check, please make it out to Edward Schaefer and mail the check to:

Edward Schaefer

C/O Joe Eastman

918 Winter Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107

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As Another Gov't-Funded Energy Co. Goes Under, Obama Admin Announces More Loans 

"The company, Ener1, received a $118 million grant from DOE [Department of Energy] in 2010 as part of the president's stimulus package," writes the Heritage Foundation's Lachlan Markay. "The money, which went to Ener1 subsidiary EnerDel, aimed to promote renewable energy storage battery technology for electrical grid use."

Today, Ener1 announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Report: Treasury Writes Off Billions in TARP Loans, Watchdog Discovers More Fraud 

U.S. taxpayers are still owed nearly $133 billion that companies haven't repaid from the financial bailout, according to a quarterly Special Inspector General Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) report. The report also states that as of December 31, 2011, the Treasury has "written off $4.2 billion and realized losses of $7.8 billion that the taxpayer will never get back," and that it "predicts losses on other TARP investments."

But perhaps this shouldn't come as a surprise. After all, some programs were designed as a "Government subsidy with no return to taxpayers," according to the report.

Pro-Palestinians, CODEPINK, and LGBT Activists Join Boycott Israel Conference at University of Pennsylvania 

Next weekend at the University of Pennsylvania, the National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference is taking place, where pro-Palestinian activists are teaming up with a wide array of leftist causes including social and "racial justice" advocates, self-proclaimed "queer" activists, dedicated socialists and anti-Zionists aiming to grow the boycott Israel effort, whose ultimate goal is to "bring an end to Israel's system of oppression, segregation and dispossession."  

Read More . . . 

Thursday, January 26, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Obama's Mis-State-ments of the Union


President Obama's State of the Union Address on Tuesday night was full of misstatements, half-truths and outright lies. Not surprisingly, the liberal media haven't exposed Obama's deceit. But even Republicans haven't done enough to set the record straight. So we made a short video highlighting a few of the most egregious distortions from Tuesday night.

Please watch it and share it with your friends, family members and colleagues. We cannot let the lies go unexposed. So let's all do our part to make sure the truth is heard. Thank you, my friends!     

GOP candidates respond to President Obama's 2012 SOTU 

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 06:33 AM PST

President Obama delivered his 2012 State of the Union Address Tuesday night which offered many opportunities for the GOP candidates to critique and respond to the President. Here are excerpts from each candidate's response to the speech.

Rick Santorum:

"Tonight Barack Obama transformed the President's annual State of the Union address into the kick-off of his re-election . . . → Read More: GOP candidates respond to President Obama's 2012 SOTU

Dear Patriot,

Next TJC meeting, Sunday, February 12^th, 7pm at the Temperance House, 5 South State Street, Newtown, PA.  We are having this meeting on Sunday due to our speaker's travel schedule.  We are very pleased to present Belgian and European Member of Parliament Filip Dewiner.  Mr. Dewinter is the leader of the Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) Party in Belgium.  A champion of freedom, sovereignty and national self-determination, Mr. Dewinter will present on the "Defense of the West" and what this means for both Europe and the United States. 

All the best,

Jeff McGeary

Hey All,

Please spread the word on this panel discussion and consider attending.  As per earlier emails, implementing an exchange in PA is de-facto acceptance of ObamaCare. Other states have refused to implement the exchanges in keeping with the spirit of total resistance.  Nick Pandelides is leading the fight for our side and is on the panel.

There will be more coming out shortly on next steps that individuals and groups can do lobby Harrisburg and exert public pressure to have Pennsylvania's collaboration with ObamaCare ended.  You can follow developments on the following facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/stopobamacarepa

The Lehigh Valley COALITION for Health Care Reform presents:

Everything You Wanted to Know About: 

Creating a Health Insurance Exchange in PA

(but didn't know who to ask) 

WHAT:  Debate on the Creation of a Health Care Exchange in PA,                

as mandated by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)   

WHEN:  6:30 - 8 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2012  

WHERE:  Ground Floor Meeting Room, Bethlehem Area Public Library

                11 W. Church St., Bethlehem, PA 18018  

WHO:  Panelists include:  

Nick Pandelides, M.D., Vice President, PA Chapter, Docs 4 Patient Care            

Ralph Schmeltz, M.D., Immediate Past President, Pennsylvania Medical Society             

(Additional panelists may participate.)  

ADMISSION:  Free, but space is limited, so please RSVP.  

RSVP:  register at:   www.Meetup.com/Lehigh-Valley-Coalition-for-Health-Care-Reform  

LIVE STREAMING VIDEO: www.ustream.tv/channel/coalition-for-health-care-reform   

THE ISSUE:  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandates that small businesses and individuals must purchase health insurance and obtain government insurance subsidies through state-based federally regulated health insurance exchanges beginning in 2014.  States which do not design and administer federally compliant exchanges will default to a federal system.  A recent PA Insurance Department announcement that a state-based exchange will be created in PA has generated controversy.  Supporters say an exchange designed and administered in PA will serve Pennsylvanians better than one controlled by the federal government.   Opponents say it is inconsistent for the Commonwealth to institute provisions of the PPACA while engaged in the constitutional challenge against the law.  Our experts will present both sides and answer questions to help YOU decide.

The Lehigh Valley COALITION for Health Care Reform is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots coalition of concerned citizens and health care professionals committed to educating the public about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and other measures and policies impacting America's health.

http://www.meetup.com/Lehigh-Valley-Coalition-for-Health-Care-Reform

Weekly News From Philadelphia ZOA

Shabbat Shalom!

Philadelphia ZOA Quarterly Meeting

Wednesday, Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m., at Temple Beth Hillel/Beth El, 1001 Remington Rd., Wynnewood.

Our guest speaker will be State Representative Curt Schroder, who recently returned from a trip to Israel along with other lawmakers from the commonwealth on a trip sponsored and organized by the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition. Schroder, a Republican, represents the 155th District, in Chester County. He is serving his ninth term.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Please

encourage those you know to also attend.

*             *             *

We are thrilled to be able to bring to Philadelphia Pamela Geller, a modern-day Jewish superheroine who via her Web site, "Atlas Shrugs" (http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/); speeches; articles; and books alerts us about the dangers of militant Islam and its accomplices who threaten the U.S., Israel and Western Civilization - and she fights back. Come hear her no-nonsense observations and advice. Her topic: "The March of Muslim Extremists:  Implications for America, Israel and the West and How To Stop It In Its Tracks." Geller's talk will take place on Monday, March 19, at 6:45 p.m., at the Jewish Community Services Building, 2100 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Tickets are $10, free for students. Call us at 215-338-9188 or email us at zoa@netreach.net for tickets.

Other Pro-Israel Events:

Our good friend David Bedein will be coming to Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El on Sun. Jan. 29, 2012 at 7:30 pm to address us on the following topic:

"The challenge before the US Congress: Changing the policies of the UN Arab refugee camps, to stop promoting the 'right of return' to Arab villages from 1948 which no longer exist".  David will have just returned from D.C. after briefing U.S. Congressional staff and committee members.  He is dedicating this lecture to the memory of his recently passed mother, Miriam. A donation to the Nahum Bedein Center for Near East Policy Research is requested as an entrance fee to the lecture. David Bedein, Director of the Israel Resource News Agency and The Center for Near East Policy Research, www.IsraelBehindTheNews.com. is the author of the recent book, WHERE HAS ALL THE FLOUR GONE: THE WHIMS AND WASTE OF UN PALESTINIAN ARAB REFUGEE POLCY.Bedein

Today, our college graduates face the highest unemployment rates in history.

American 15-year-olds rank 35th out of 57 industrialized countries in math and literacy.

Americans shouldn't rank 35th in anything!

Join Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Dick Morris and other special speakers Saturday, January 28 for a free town hall to "Restore American Exceptionalism" at 2:00 p.m. at the The Hershey Lodge (325 University Drive) in Hershey. Reserve your free tickets here (http://schoolchoicehershey.eventbrite.com/)!

Let's work together to support the future workforce of America.

Don't miss the chance to ask Dick Morris and our other speakers your questions, Saturday, January 28.

GENERAL ADMISSION IS FREE -- BUT you must reserve your free tickets here (http://schoolchoicehershey.eventbrite.com/)!

Restoring American Exceptionalism is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. It's an American issue -- our future depends on it! I hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Jennifer Stefano

Pennsylvania State Director

Americans for Prosperity Foundation

www.putkidsfirst.org (http://www.putkidsfirst.org/)        

Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is a nationwide organization of citizen-leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFPF believes reducing the size and intrusiveness of government is the best way to promote individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFPF educates and engages citizens to support restraining state and federal government growth and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFPF is more than 1.8 million activists strong, with activists in all 50 states. AFPF has 34 state chapters and affiliates. More than 90,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial contribution to AFP or AFP Foundation.

For more information, visit http://www.americansforprosperityfoundation.com 

DEAR PATRIOTS,

THERE WILL BE NO JANUARY Valley Forge Patriots Tea Party MEETING !!!

The 2012 election is one of the most important in the history of the USA. Two contests which are very important are the Presidential race and the election of a Senator from PA. In order to allow our membership to learn more about those competing to replace Senator Bob Casey.

The Valley Forge Patriots are hosting a

US Senate Candidate Forum on Feb.3^rd 2012

The participants will be Sam Rohrer, Marc Scaringi, Tom Smith and Steve Welch

The forum will be held at the Franklin Commons on 400 Franklin Ave.in Phoenixville from 6:00PM to 8:00 PM. There is plenty of free parking. Food (pizza, chili, etc) and soft drinks will be available. Food service will start at 5:30PM. Attendance is free (donations welcome).

Please RSVP to www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/ 

For more information www.vfpatriots.com/ 

Nullify Now! Philadelphia

LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO

"BETTER THAN EVER"

(all times are eastern)

Friday 10-11pm "Veterans' Weekly Forum" - Rich Davis and David Bellavia   

The Case Against Obamacare: Health Care Policy Series for the 112th Congress

For Tea Parties, this can be used as basic ammunition for letters to the editor, columns for your local news outlet, handouts at public events, emailing the pdf to our elected reps as well as to members, friends and neighbors.

This appears to be an excellent resource; let's make use of it.

Lou Flanagan

The General Wayne Tea Party

The first contests in the race for the Republican nomination are just around the corner. To better inform you, we looked beyond the rhetoric to the candidates' actual records on the issues important to families.

This voter guide outlines candidate stances on issues that are important to the family. We researched the candidates' statements and votes on the ten issues that best give voters an understanding on if the candidates match your values. Please use this resource as you think about who you would like to see be the nominee to challenge President Barack Obama.

Download the free guide and be sure to share this resource with your friends and family before the 2012 primary season begins next month.

A values voter is an informed voter.

Sincerely,

Tony Perkins
President

Who do you want to represent you at the Republican National Convention in 2012?

Letter from State Committee Members, Allegheny County, Jim and Sue Means 
  To Endorse or Not to Endorse; Is that the Question?

On January 28^th, 2012 the Pennsylvania's Republican State Committee will convene in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for their annual winter meeting.

One of the questions placed before the members will be whether or not to endorse candidates? Hopefully, committee members will carefully weigh the advantages and disadvantages of endorsing.

Common reasons given by Pennsylvania Republican State Committee members who support the endorsement process are:

•             
•           "It is our job as a committee person."
•          "We are vetting the candidates."
•          "The voters won't know who to vote for if we don't endorse."
•          "Some financial backers will only donate to the endorsed candidates."

Candidates who win the endorsement benefit by being able to claim that they are the "endorsed candidate" of the Republican Party.  They also benefit by gaining access to party resources such as data, professional advice and financial support.  While this is a tremendous advantage to the candidate, endorsement is not what is best for the Republican Party and the election process.

Candidates who fail to win endorsement are often, if not customarily, shunned by party leadership.  A case in point is the February 23, 2011 memorandum from the Republican Party of Pennsylvania which was sent to county chairs regarding county party cooperation for endorsed candidates which stated: "...As a partner in this process, the State Party counts on our county committees to assist our endorsed ticket in every way possible.... As members of the PA GOP and leaders in of county party, we request that you strictly enforce the following longstanding traditions.

•             
•          Only candidates endorsed by the PA GOP should be recognized and/or allowed to speak at official events such as county dinners, endorsement meetings, candidate forums, etc.  Endorsed candidates and staff should be able to attend gatherings as complimentary guests. (NOTE contradiction between points 1 and 2.)
•          All candidates for statewide office that attend a Republican Party function in your county should be given time to speak - if only for a brief period of time.
•          County Chairs, county party staff and county party members should only be circulating petitions for statewide candidates who have been endorsed by the PA GOP.
•          County Chairs, county party staff and county party members should only be distributing materials for candidates that   have been endorsed by the PA GOP.
•          County Chairs should decline any promotion materials from non-endorsed candidates."
•             

Such tactics nullify the concept of a free and open primary.  Furthermore, candidates who remain in the election after failing to receive endorsement are often the subject of attack ads funded by the Republican Party which are far more damaging than attacks by an opponent. This is an official denunciation by the Republican Party which should be supporting a field of qualified candidates.  Such attacks against candidates damage their chances of winning in the general election and may also damage them in future elections.  Wasn't Ronald Reagan's eleventh commandment, "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican"?

Only three states endorse candidates before the primary: Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.  One member of Pennsylvania's State committee recently interviewed political directors, state party liaisons and executive staff in other states. She inquired why their state party chose not to endorse before the primary. Some of their responses are:

•             
•          "We want to show unity at the state level."
•          "It is important that we maintain a level of trust and respect with the leadership, the rest of the party and the voters."
•          "Endorsement angers the grassroots people and we want them to be involved."
•          "If the endorsed candidate doesn't win the election, it looks bad for the leadership and hurts the party."
•          "We want to be able to support all Republicans that run for office.....when you endorse, you run the risk of turning good people away."
•          "It just isn't the right thing to do.....not the principled thing to do. The people should be able to decide, not the party. Most of the time the party leaders just pick their friends and that is not letting the people decide." 
•             

The disadvantages of the endorsement process far outweigh the benefits. Committee members are guardians of a sacred trust; elected by the citizens of their senatorial district to facilitate the political process, and to assist qualified Republican candidates, not to narrow the playing field.  Endorsements before the primary divide the party and waste precious resources. The purpose of the primary is to allow the voters to decide which candidate is worthy of running in the general election. By trying to narrow the primary contests to single candidates, the Pennsylvania GOP is subverting the primary process. Controlled endorsements before the primary: clip the wings of fellow Republicans; frustrate the electorate; divide the party; waste precious resources; and undermine our conservative principles of equality and freedom.  This is not a game; the stakes are high.

State Committee Members,  Allegheny County, Jim and Sue Means, 3485 South Park Road, Bethel Park, PA 15102     means@thesafety.net

RedState Morning Briefing

For January 27, 2012

1. The Jacksonville Brawl

I'm biased, but I think the real winner last night was CNN and I feel confident I'd say that even if they didn't send me a paycheck. After that disastrous and embarrassing NBC debate, Wolf Blitzer held his own, did not get devoured by Newt Gingrich, and engaged in a lot of substance without a lot of random questions like . . . oh . . . say . . . should states ban birth control.

Let me tell you first who lost the debate because it was in a moment with Wolf Blitzer. There was a moment he asked Newt Gingrich about Romney's tax returns and Newt tried to say the question was inconsequential. He tied his napkin around his neck, pulled up his fork and knife, and was just about to sink his teeth into Wolf when Wolf pushed again. The crowd heckled Blitzer. Gingrich drooled over the moderator he was about to consume. "Wanna try again," he asked mischievously. Wolf Blitzer, instead of hopping on Newt's plate pushed once more, pointing out Gingrich had, just this week, attacked Romney on these things. The crowd reacted a bit and Gingrich suddenly tried to get everyone on stage to call a truce. Romney had none of it, instead calling on Gingrich to, in effect, man up and say to Mitt's face the things he says elsewhere.

The crowd turned on Newt. They laughed. They jeered. Blitzer, saved from the jowls of moderator eater, went straight in to a tax question based on Romney's taxes and Newt's tax plan with Newt still on defense from the prior question. The moderator ate Newt. Live by the debate, die by the debate, and Newt Gingrich died in some clever rhetoric, losing the crowd both in that instance and on Mitt Romney's stock ownership.

2. And We Should Hate Newt Gingrich for This?

All the members of the Republican Party who have been complicit and collaborative in the destruction of our nation in the past few decades always talking about smaller government while never fighting against the tide of creeping socialism have now come out against Newt Gingrich.

Yesterday, at National Review, Elliot Abrams attacked Newt Gingrich for attacking Ronald Reagan from the right.

Today, it is Bob Dole's turn.

3. Romney's Big Healthcare Lie

Almost a full year into the presidential campaign, Romney finally received a full-fledged beatdown for his mendacity over healthcare. He has the nerve to feign outrage over Obamacare, even while he touts Romneycare - a carbon copy of Obamacare - as a virtuous success, supported by 90% of Massachusetts residents. Santorum did his homework, and called him out on the hypocrisy. Romney was never able to answer why the same market intervention and distortions - mandates, subsidies, and Medicaid - which form the bedrock of Obamacare , supposedly worked so well in Massachusetts. The reason he couldn't answer the question is because Romneycare was a complete failure. It is the canary in the coal mine for Obamacare.

4. NLRB To Force Companies To Turn Over Employee Telephone Numbers & E-Mail Addresses To Unions?

Undaunted by the constitutionally-questionable appointment of three members to Barack Obama's National Labor Relations Board, union attorney and current NLRB chairman Mark Pearce declared in an Associated Press interview that he and his union comrades are continuing their assault on the 93% of private-sector employees who are union-free.

In fact, if Obama's union appointees have their way, all employees who are targeted for unionization will have their employers forced to turn over their home telephone number and e-mail addresses to unions.

Ever since the 1960s, when unions have targeted companies for unionization through a NLRB-supervised election, employers have been required to turn over the list of employee names and their home addresses. The NLRB, in turn, promptly gives the list of employee names and home addresses to the involved union(s).

5. Ener1 and Barack Obama: If You Own Masterlock Stock, Sell

In 2010, Barack Obama touted Solyndra's solar panels in his State of the Union speech. We know what happened to Solyndra.

In this week's State of the Union, Barack Obama touted Ener1?s electric car batteries. Today, Ener1 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Also in Barack Obama's State of the Union this week, he touted Masterlock and the high productivity of its unionized workforce.

 Sing

"I've got the brains, you've got the looks-let's make lots of money," from the Pet Shop Boys' song "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)." Then ask why liberals can't understand basic economic principles like the division of labor, Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage, and Adam Smith's paean to free trade in The Wealth of Nations when they're simple enough to be summed up in one line of a dumb 1980s dance hit.  

'It's Jewish money, stupid'  

By Ruthie Blum, ISRAEL HAYOM 

Last week, on Jan. 19, U.S. President Barack Obama released a video called "America and Israel: An Unbreakable Bond."

The seven-minute clip is an amalgamation of sound bites from the president's own speeches, interspersed with statements made by different prominent Israeli leaders, among them Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Its apparent purpose is to refute claims on the part of the Republicans that the Obama administration is anti-Israel. Its true goal is to keep the president's campaign afloat with Jewish cash.

To achieve this objective, the video features the voices of President Shimon Peres, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren, and Netanyahu himself waxing poetic about Obama.  (Read more...) 

Christianity in the Middle East Must Be Safeguarded  

By Dexter Van Zile Dexter Van Zile, Algemeiner 

It's time for journalists, human rights activists and church leaders in the U.S. to confront the prospect of Christianity's destruction in the region of its birth.

That's the message that came out of a one-day conference that took place in Framingham, Massachusetts on Jan. 21, 2012. The conference, titled The Persecuted church: Christian Believers in Peril in the Middle East was sponsored by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2012.  (Read more...) 

Is The NYT's Agenda to Normalize Islam in the West?  

There is no nuance, no balance, no justice in the plethora of anti-Israel pieces in the NYT. But there is another agenda as well - normalizing Islam, especially in North America and Europe. See the evidence below.
By Prof. Phyllis Chesler, INN

On a single day, the New York Times has been known to publish anywhere from two to six anti-Israel articles, editorials, op-ed pieces, and letters. Today, I see a new danger arising in their pages.

After spending a year proclaiming the triumph of democracy and the miracle of the Arab Spring and, as PM Netanyahu has just noted, refusing to document the existential danger in which Israel finds herself, the Newspaper of Record has now begun the process of normalizing Islam in North America and Europe. Its pro-Muslim "multicultural" agenda is, paradoxically, another form of racism, but I quibble.  (Read more...) 

MK Eldad: Present Alternatives to PA State Plan  

INN 
MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) spoke to US Ambassador Dan Shapiro during his meeting with the Knesset Security and Foreign Affairs Committee.

"The '2 States for 2 Nations' plan has reached a dead end. Washington should come up with an alternative plan, taking into account to possibility of the end of the Jordanian Hashemite Kingdom, at which point Jordan will become the Palestinian Homeland."

In case you are wondering MK Eldad is referring to Zahran's Idea that I have been promoting.

Remember; Want Peace? Demcratize Jordan 
Meanwhile 'Jordan mulling sanctions against Israel' 

Last November it was reported,

Eldad to Abdullah II: Jordan is Palestine or Exile 

By Gavriel Queenann  (Read more...) 

The bastards are coming again to attacks us.  

The Meir Amit, Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

The networks waging the campaign to delegitimize Israel are planning a series of propaganda displays for 2012, some of them in the upcoming months. They intend to hold marches (promoted by Hamas), a protest fly-in to Ben-Gurion International Airport, a flotilla and propaganda events for the "Israeli apartheid week."

Overview

1. After the campaign to delegitimize Israel had been waged successfully for two years (e.g., the Goldstone Report in 2009 and the Mavi Marmara flotilla in 2010), in 2011 Israel managed to contain it. Despite the intensive activities made by the networks involved in the campaign, their propaganda events (flotillas, a fly-in, the BDS¹ campaign, lawfare, etc.) were either failures or did not meet their full expectations.

2. An examination of the websites and public statements of individuals connected to the networks participating in the campaign reveals that despite their failure, they are still planning to challenge Israel, and to that end hold meetings to analyze the situation, learn the lessons of past failures and coordinate their next moves. The networks are aware that the campaign cannot be won in one battle, and therefore, they plan to make propaganda capital with a series of tactical events with high potential for media coverage.

(Read more...) 

US leads Security Council charge against Israel  

Israel Matzav 

US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice forgot on Tuesday that there's an election in nine and a half months and led the charge against Israel in the UN Security Council. This is a preview to what things will look like if God forbid Obama is reelected, and it had a lot in common with a vacuum cleaner, with Tom Brady's performance in the AFC Championship game and with Kevin Paul DuPont. This is from the first link.

During a Security Council session, US Ambassador Susan Rice urged Israel to halt all settlement construction in the West Bank and work to quell settler violence against Palestinians. She also expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

(Read more...)

Obama Speech Makes Pitch for Economic Fairness  

OBAMA WANTS TO RUN ON SOCIALISM V CAPITALISM RATHER THAN ON HIS RECORD. TED BELMAN

NEW YORK TIMES 
WASHINGTON - President Obama pledged on Tuesday night to use government power to balance the scale between America's rich and the rest of the public, trying to present an election-year choice between continued leadership toward an economy "built to last" and what he called irresponsible policies of the past that caused an economic collapse.

Declaring that "we've come too far to turn back now," the president used his final State of the Union address before he faces the voters to showcase the extent to which he will try to contrast his core economic principles with those of his Republican rivals in a time of deep economic uncertainty. While many Americans remain disappointed with the state of the economy and the president's handling of it, Mr. Obama nonetheless tried to bring into relief the difference between where the country was when he took over and where it is now.
(Read more...)

Obama has done nearly everything he wanted. That's the problem.

WSJ EDITORIAL

President Obama delivered a State of the Union address Tuesday night that by the account of his own advisers is more campaign document than a plan for governing. He's running against Republicans in Congress, Reaganomics, wealthy bankers and inequality.

Normally a President at the start of his fourth year would be running on his record, accentuating the legislation he's passed. Mr. Obama can't do that with any specificity because the economic recovery has been so weak and the legislation he has passed is so unpopular. So last night he took credit for the shale gas revolution he had nothing to do with and proposed new policies to "spread the wealth around," as he famously told Joe the Plumber in 2008 before he took the words back. We thought he meant it then, and now he's admitting it.
(Read more...)

The New Hypocriritcal Stance of of Mahmoud Abbas  

by Khaled Abu Toameh,STONEGATE INSTITUTE

The Palestinian Authority has expressed outrage over the arrest of Hamas officials in the West Bank by the Israel Defense Forces - even though the Palestinian Authority itself has also been arresting Hamas supporters in the West Bank.

The Palestinian Authority claims that the Israeli arrests are aimed at sabotaging the "reconciliation" process between Fatah and Hamas. But the truth is that the Israeli clampdown on Hamas in the West Bank is first and foremost designed to help Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.

The Palestinian Authority is fighting Hamas in the West Bank because it fears that the Islamist movement is working to undermine Abbas and Fayyad. Israel is fighting Hamas to prevent terror attacks and stop the movement from toppling the Palestinian Authority.
(Read more...)

The Palestinians are doing their best to derail peace talks with Israel  

What Coughlin misses is that the Palestinians are also Islamists and also want to remove Israel from the ME. Ted Belman

Con Coughlin, TELEGRAPH 
While the world's attention is fixed on the deepening drama of Iran's nuclear programme and the continuing fall-out from the wave of anti-government protests in the Arab world (I still refuse to countenance the concept of an Arab Spring), it is hardly surprising that attempts to revive the Palestinian-Israeli peace dialogue are generating many headlines.

And yet this crucial issue is quietly reaching its own crisis point as the two sides approach the January 26 deadline set by the Quartet - the US, EU, UN and Russia - for the resumption of direct negotiations, with the aim of reaching a final settlement by the end of the year.
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Who was Saul Alinsky and why does he matter?  

Discover the Networks has the whole answer.

Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has referred to Barack Obama as a "Saul Alinsky radical" whose values run counter to those of America's founders.

Who was Saul Alinsky?

What was his message?

What influence did it have on Obama?

Saul Alinsky

- Identified a set of very specific rules that ordinary citizens could follow, and tactics that ordinary citizens could employ, as a means of gaining public power

- Created a blueprint for revolution under the banner of "social change"

- Two of his most notable modern-day disciples are Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Go here for the full article

The War Inside Islam  

by AMB. (Ret) YORAM ETTINGER

At the outset of 2012, irrespective of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Palestinian issue, the defining geopolitical and religious schism in the Middle East is boiling, exacerbating violent intra-Muslim fragmentation. The battle inside Islam is taking place on the religious, tribal, ideological and geographical levels.

The Syrian death toll is approaching 7,000, trending toward Papa Assad's 1982 massacre of 20,000 Sunni rebels. The Turkish-Kurdish confrontation has shifted to a higher gear, exceeding 40,000 casualties since 1984. During the first week of January, a series of sectarian-driven bombings devastated Baghdad and Nasiriyah in Iraq, murdering more than 140 people. More were killed in the Sunni stronghold of Mosul. Car bombs, suicide bombings and improvised explosive devices have become daily routine in Iraq, whose Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is a Shiah Arab, President Jalal Talabani is a Sunni Kurd and Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi is a Sunni Arab. Iraq has become an explosive platform for its vindictive Shiah Arab majority (60 percent), which has been dominated and oppressed by the Sunni Arab minority (20%) since the seventeenth century. The historic conflict between Iraq's Arabs and its 15% Kurdish minority &nd ash; which claims independence in northern Iraq, where it also confronts the Turkish military - further complicates matters.
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The Protocols of the Elders of Ron Paul (Update: Screen Shot Added)

It's not just the newsletters of years ago. According to Adam Taxin of the NY Jewish Examiner, Paul's website has been publicizing and distributing the infamous anti-Semitic forgery The Protocols of the Meetings of the Elders of Zion for the last three years!

Writes Taxin:

The website for "Campaign for Liberty", an organization started by "Republican" anti-Israel Presidential candidate Ron Paul, has, since late 2008, been featuring a page offering the opportunity to purchase the notorious forged anti-Semitic book The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.

As word spreads of this, inevitably Paul's campaign will take down the page and claim the situation was a mere innocent mistake with which Paul (who of course hopes to lend his managerial skills to the entire nation) had nothing to do, a la the controversy over his newsletters in the 1990s. This of course despite the fact that the page with the link has now been up for over three years.

Indeed the web pages involved have now been taken down. The links, available from Taxin's article, now read: "This blog entry doesn't exist. Perhaps it once did, and was un-published or deleted, or maybe it's just an invalid entry ID..." Maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately, Taxin has the screen grab with all the creepy ravings of one who calls himself "Free American." The web is written in indelible ink, as we know.

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State of Disunion
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State of Disunion

We know that the state of the union is good no matter how many Americans are out of work, how many families are counting every penny, how many industries are falling off a cliff and how high the national debt gets. We know it's good so long as another politician takes a victory lap up to the podium and tells us that it's all good because he's here.

 

Iraq? Nothing to worry about. We just brought all the troops home. Sure it's breaking up into a civil war, but you won't hear about it on the news. Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat, but his allies have taken over Egypt and Tunisia, and are moving on Libya. The Taliban's momentum has been broken and they are on the verge of taking over the government which means they will finally have been defeated. These achievements are a testament to a military which is facing the biggest budget cuts in decades.

The American soldier is a role model to us. I take away his weapons, fire him, put him on trial and force him to marry his bunkmate to show his tolerance, and he never complains because he's not allowed to. The rest of you need to take a lesson from him. Stop complaining or I'll send you to a military tribunal.

Now it's time for an applause break. We need to spend more money funding college degrees and political indoctrination for everyone. More applause. Only by creating more unemployed people with six figure student debts working at McD's will we be able to restore the post WW2 economy that was built on manufacturing jobs which my administration is working hard to completely eliminate.

More applause? No you shouldn't have. And I didn't get you anything but a monopoly for my buddy Warren Buffett's rail line. Sure it cost a 100,000 American jobs, but who needs them anyway. We need to keep the promise alive and fight the rich whose irresponsible investing tanked this economy. And the only way we can do that is by going deep into debt with irresponsible investments. That's why we've put new rules in place to hold Wall Street accountable in case they ever borrow more money than they can pay back and we've also put new rules into place so the government can borrow as much money as it wants.

The economy is great right now. There are millions of jobs everywhere, even if you can't see them because they're invisible jobs. They only come out at night and during State of the Union addresses. In the last 5 minutes over 3 billion jobs have been created. The auto industry used to be on the verge of collapse. It's still on the verge of collapse but now it's being subsidized by taxpayers. Now the auto industry is too big to fail, no matter how many Volts it makes and how few people buy them. And just wait till you see the GM Lada that uses Soviet manufacturing processes to create a car that only works one day a month and runs entirely on hot air. Just like me.
 

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January 26, 2012
      TENSION ON THE TARMAC: BREWER V. OBAMA
AZ Gov Jan Brewer was waiting to greet the President on the tarmac as Air Force One landed for Obama's 5th visit to Arizona. The two leaders reportedly got into a tense exchange. Video and photos of the encounter seem to support these reports. Listen to the Governor explain her side of the story to KFYI's Mike Broomhead HERE.

  MORE 'BOLONGA' FROM NEWT GINGRICH
The controversy over the testy debate exchange between Newt Gingrich and CNN's John King continues to grow. When Gingrich told King that his campaign had offered ABC News witnesses that would refute the claims made by his ex-wife, he may not have been telling the truth. Watch CNN's John King report this news HERE.

  SHARPTON DOESN'T KNOW WHAT 'FAIRNESS' IS
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THE NEW BLAZE MAGAZINE COVERS AGENDA 21
The UN-sponsored Agenda 21 plan for something called "sustainable living" has been around for almost twenty years, but most Americans have no idea what it is about. It's all inside the latest issue of The Blaze Magazine. Get a preview of this alarming story HERE.  

VIRAL VID - DOG LEASH CAUGHT IN ELEVATOR

Pet lovers may have a difficult time watching the security videos that show a dog owner stepping into an elevator and forgetting that his pet was still standing outside of the car as the doors closed and the elevator started going up. Spoiler alert: the dog is fine, the owner suffered a broken wrist. Watch the bizarre incident HERE.

Want to go decades back to attack Gingrich? Take a look at this about George and Willard Romney

Jan 26, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

As Governor of Michigan original rino heard elder George Romney met with Saul Alinsky and found him to be someone the country "ought to listen to."

The progressive Republican father of the liberal Republican Willard Romney actually acknowledged that Alinsky had a "Strong influence" on his son according to "Romney's Way" a 1968 book by T. George Harris.  This certainly goes a long way toward explaining how a "conservative" Republican like the younger Romney could not only concoct Romney Care. It sheds light on Willard Romney's Alinsky-like deviousness in destroying all hard drive evidence that would expose the deliberations that went into Romney care's completion.

By Harris' account George Romney and Saul Alinsky were close enough for Alinsky to offer Romney advice on handling Detroit's Black population after the Motor City riot of  1967.  

It is an established fact that dutiful son Willard is devoted to living his life and governing in a ... Continue Reading:Want to go decades back to attack Gingrich? Take a look at this about George and Willard Romney

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American Minute January 25

Jan 25, 2012 05:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer

   In his State of the Union Address, JANUARY 25, 1984, President Reagan stated: "Each day your members observe a 200-year-old tradition meant to signify America is one nation under God. I must ask: If you can begin your day with a member of the clergy standing right here leading you in prayer, then why can't freedom to acknowledge God be enjoyed again by children in every school room across this land?" A month later in a radio address, February 25, 1984, President Reagan stated: "The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion from government tyranny...But now we're told our children have no right to pray in school. Nonsense. The pendulum has swung too far toward intolerance against genuine religious freedom. It is time to redress the balance." President Reagan continued: "Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart noted if ... Continue Reading:American Minute January 25

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Newt is earning my support

Jan 25, 2012 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Ron Reale, staff writer

I'm going to say something that makes me question my own ethical and moral foundation.

Eighty four ethics complaints were lodged against Newt Gingrich. 83 were dismissed, and the 84th, for which he paid a fine and admitted doing, the IRS later, (3 years later), ruled he wasn't  guilty of .

And, if he had been guilty of some personal ethical lapse, or had defied some red tape to get a good-for-America agenda passed, I don't care.

There, I Said It!

Did Newt Gingrich lead a conservative attack, help take Congress away from the Dems for the first time in 40 years, and work on numerous policies within that Congress to pass legislation that helped America?

Did Newt Gingrich pay the price for his success and his big mouth? What is it about Newt Gingrich that creates such a "love-hate" relationship with both his peers and the voters? Is ... Continue Reading:Newt is earning my support

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Alexander's Essay - January 26, 2012

Obama's State of Disunion

AKA, 'State of the Campaign'

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." --Article II, Section 1, Constitution of the United States

On Tuesday, Barack Hussein Obama recited what I hope will be his last tele-prompted State of the Union address. In attendance was a room half full of his Leftist sycophants, inebriated on their lust for power and hanging on every word from their "dear leader."

As anticipated by all parties present, there was not one solitary free market economic remedy mentioned in his entire diatribe. Every "solution" was predicated on government engineering via intervention, regulation or redistribution -- consistent with his dogmatic Democratic Socialist ideology. Predictably, he peppered his prose with populist appeals and classist rhetoric focused on "fairness."

BO's classist message was contradicted by his wife's iridescent cobalt blue dress. I'm told it came from the Barbara Tfank Resort Collection, but at $2,400, I doubt Michelle picked it up on one of those photo-op trips to Target. The two Obamas act like trailer trash who won the lucky lotto in 2008, and they've now elevated their station to the bourgeoisie.

What follows are two assessments of Obama's SOTU, one brief and the other more comprehensive.

The short version: "I went ... I know ... My ... My ... I took office ... I'm president ... I will work ... I intend ... I will oppose ... I want ... I took ... I refused ... me ... my ... my ... me ... I will sign ... I set ... I will go ... I will not ... I promise ... I hear ... I want ... me ... My ... I want ... I am ... I spoke ... me ... I believe ... my ... I took ... me ... I will sign ... my ... my ... my ... I will not ... I will not walk ... I will not cede ... I will ... I'm directing ... my ... I will sign ... I've ... my ... my ... I've ... I guess ... I will not ... I will ... I will not ... I will ... my ... I told ... my ...me ... my ... I get ... I don't ... I recognize ... I bet ... I've ... me ... I will ... I ask ... I've ... me ... I believe ... my ... my ... I can ... I have ... I will take ... I mean ... I intend ... I've ... I've ... I've ... me ... I began ... my ... I sat ... me for president ... me ... I look ... I'm (Applause.)"

Amazingly, there wasn't a single "uh" in the entire speech, which is to say that he gave the Obamaprompter his undivided attention -- except for his failed attempt to appear unscripted with that strange "spilt milk" bit.

Post Your Opinion: What were your thoughts about the SOTU?

And now, for a rebuttal analysis, I've excerpted key points from Obama's comments with parenthetical remarks for proper context.

"Think about the America within our reach. (Think quickly, because it's disappearing before our eyes.) The defining issue of our time is how to keep that promise alive. (Indeed it is!) An [America] where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. (By "fair share," Obama means that it is not fair for Americans who pay no taxes to bear the burden of all those who do pay taxes. And, by whose "set of rules"?) What's at stake aren't Democratic values or Republican values, but American values. (Correct.)"

"Let's remember how we got here. In 2008, the house of cards collapsed. (It's still Bush's fault) ... It was wrong. It was irresponsible. It plunged our economy into a crisis that put millions out of work, saddled us with more debt, and left innocent, hardworking Americans holding the bag. (And he rode that collapse into office.)"

Obama devoted a significant part of his speech to blame-shifting, particularly suggesting that the near-economic collapse in 2008 was precipitated by the "irresponsible" private sector, which was solely accountable for all the problems that plague both our economy and his re-election bid.

In fact, the collapse was largely attributable to government interference in the free market -- specifically Democrat manipulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lending practices, which spread across the entire mortgage banking industry -- leading to a real estate boom and bust, which Obama blames on "my predecessor" and Wall Street.

So, let's "remember how we got here" -- and do a bit of fact-checking along the way. Here is a brief overview of the catalyst that really collapsed "the house of cards."

In 2003, the Bush administration upgraded its concerns about Fannie and Freddie, requesting much stronger oversight. According to testimony by then Treasury Secretary John Snow, "We need a strong, world-class regulatory agency to oversee the prudential operations of the GSEs and the safety and the soundness of their financial activities." The New York Times reported that the administration's plan was "the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago," and "an acknowledgment by the administration that oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- which together have issued more than $1.5 trillion in outstanding debt -- is broken."

But Democrats would not support additional oversight or restrictions. Former House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank declared in congressional hearings: "These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate a threat of safety and soundness, the more people conjure up the possibility of serious financial losses to the Treasury, which I do not see. I think we see entities that are fundamentally sound financially and withstand some of the disaster scenarios. And even if there were a problem, the federal government does not bail them out."

Frank insisted, "I want to roll the dice a little bit more in this situation towards subsidized housing. I believe there has been more alarm raised about potential unsafety [sic] and unsoundness than, in fact, exists."

And roll the dice they did!

In the Senate, Charles Schumer objected to concerns raised by Sen. John McCain, about the solvency of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: "My worry is that we're using the recent safety and soundness concerns ... as a straw man to curtail Fannie and Freddie's mission." The "mission," as amended by Democrats, was to reach out with home loans to millions of marginal or unqualified "customers" -- thus fueling the real estate boom.

In 2004, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testified: "What we're trying to avert is we have in our financial system right now two very large and growing financial institutions [which subsidize loans and] that prevents the markets from adjusting appropriately, prevents competition and the normal adjustment processes that ... creates stability. ... [By] enabling [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] to increase in size ... we are placing the total financial system of the future at a substantial risk. If we fail to strengthen GSE regulation, we increase the possibility of insolvency in crisis."

In 2006, Sen. McCain again went to the Senate floor warning, "The GSEs need to be reformed without delay." However, every Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee voted against regulatory reforms. That year, housing prices peaked and started to reverse.

In 2008, amid eroding consumer confidence, the entire economy began spiraling toward collapse. Even Bill Clinton admitted, "I think the responsibility that the Democrats have may rest in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress ... to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."

(For a more comprehensive examination of "how we got here," read "Crisis of Confidence.")

Now, Obama says, "I will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place." This is the Big Lie he's been telling ever since he became a failed president. In fact, his policies are all about government intervention and manipulation of the economy.

Returning to excerpts from his SOTU: "There are fewer illegal [border] crossings than when I took office. (There are fewer jobs than when he took office.) Send me a law that gives them the chance to earn their citizenship. I will sign it right away. (That law already exists -- Obama's administration has ignored it.) We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years. (That was in reference to his administration.) Our partnership with the private sector has already positioned America to be... (out of business.) The payoffs on these public investments... (taxpayer-funded union votes.)"

"Take the money we're no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the rest to do some nation-building right here at home. (I think he meant "take the debt we're no longer spending," and for "nation-building here"? more like "nation wrecking." For the record, since the ratification of our Constitution, the 43 presidents that followed added, $4.16 trillion in debt. Since taking office, the 44th president has added more than $4.6 trillion in additional debt.) We'll run out of money. (We already did.) Government can't fix the problem on its own. (Government IS the problem!) We need smart regulations to prevent irresponsible behavior. They make the free market work better. (Yes, a regulated free market.) When it comes to the deficit, we've already agreed to more than $2 trillion in cuts and savings. (Not really.)"

"Now, you can call this class warfare all you want. (OK, it is class warfare.) We don't begrudge financial success in this country. We admire it. (Just drink the Kool-Aid.) I bet most Americans are thinking the same thing right about now. (When will this guy shut up?!) Can you blame them for feeling a little cynical? (Nope.)"

"I've talked tonight about the deficit of trust. (In fact, you increased it exponentially.) I've asked this Congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy. (More centralization?) We should all want a smarter, more effective government. (We should all want a smaller more irrelevant government.) America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal. (Even sitting down for a beer summit?) Working with our military leaders, I've proposed a new defense strategy that ensures we maintain the finest military in the world ... gay or straight. (You knew where that was going, didn't you?)"

Remember when Obama proclaimed he was going to oversee "the fundamental transformation of the United States of America"? Well, he did. "How this incredible transformation will end remains uncertain," he said in his address. "But we have a huge stake in the outcome."

Indeed, we do have a huge stake in the outcome, as does our posterity. Patriots have staked our ground on the the side of Liberty.

Obama concluded, "Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn't know what they're talking about." Anyone who does not think America is in decline, must be a socialist or profoundly ignorant -- but then I repeat myself.

Post Your Opinion: Is America in decline? If so, how can that be reversed?

(For a thorough breakdown on "how we got here," see the detailed analysis prepared by our colleagues at Heritage Foundation.)

Next election will be either a Sunrise or Sunset on Liberty. From across the nation, American Patriots must rise up, band together and expel through the ballot box Obama's socialist regime. We must replace him with a president who will, first and foremost, abide by his oath to "Support and Defend" our Constitution.

(A footnote about all the Republican intra-party bickering: Obama may well change the dynamics of this election cycle by announcing a new vice presidential running mate in the run-up to the Democrat National Convention in September -- Jon Huntsman comes to mind -- and unity among conservatives, starting right now, is critical to victory.)

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Libertas aut Mortis!

Mark Alexander
Publisher, The Patriot Post

 http://www.anybodybutobamanow.com/

Thursday, January 26, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 285 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Buffett's "Poor" Secretary

During his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Barack Obama made several appeals for more redistribution of wealth. At one point he noted how unfair it was that billionaires like Warren Buffett can pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries. In fact, Mr. Buffett's secretary, Debbie Bosanek, was sitting in the First Lady's box during the State of the Union address, serving as a symbol for the lack of fairness in the tax code.

Since Obama and Buffett have made such an issue out of Ms. Bosanek's taxes, repeating over and over again that she pays a higher tax rate, a Forbes columnist hypothesized about just how much Ms. Bosanek might be making. Here is what he discovered:

"The IRS publishes detailed tax tables by income level. The latest results are for 2009. They show that taxpayers earning an adjusted gross income between $100,000 and $200,000 pay an average rate of twelve percent. This is below Buffett's rate; so she must earn more than that. Taxpayers earning adjusted gross incomes of $200,000 to $500,000, pay an average tax rate of nineteen percent. Therefore Buffet must pay Debbie Bosanke a salary above two hundred thousand. ...For all we know she earns closer to a half million each year, but that is pure speculation."

Here are a couple of points to consider. If Ms. Bosanke does in fact make that much, then she could well be one of those "evil one percenters," not exactly a model to point to if you are making a case for redistribution of wealth. But Barack Obama still wants to raise her taxes too!

He has repeatedly called for repealing portions of the Bush tax cuts and limiting deductions for individuals in her tax bracket. For the record, the top 1% of earners already pay approximately 37% of all income taxes collected. And if she doesn't make that much, then both Obama and Buffett are lying when they say she pays a higher rate than Buffett.

But what about Obama's main point -- raising taxes on really rich people like Warren Buffett? According to IRS data, just over 235,000 people reported incomes of $1 million or more on their 2009 tax returns. Combined they earned $727 billion. The federal deficit that year was $1.4 trillion. If you imposed a 100% tax rate on all 235,000 "millionaires and billionaires," it would yield enough revenue to cover just over half of the deficit. Once again, the problem in Washington is not revenue -- it's spending.


Federal Bureaucrats Owe Uncle Sam Billions

Before Barack Obama tries to squeeze billions more out of small business owners and entrepreneurs, he should start by passing the hat at the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, the Post Office and even the Justice Department. According to a new report from the IRS, federal employees owe more than $3.4 billion in back taxes. Here's a brief breakdown:

• Postal Service employees owe nearly $270 million.
• Department of Education employees owe $4.3 million.
• Homeland Security employees owe $37 million.
• Justice Department employees owe $17 million.
• Treasury Department employees (which includes the IRS) owe more than $ 9 million.
• And it was also reported that three dozen members of President Obama's White House staff owe more than $830,000 in back taxes!

Now is that fair? Why are these federal employees being paid with our tax money while they are not paying their taxes? Obama demonizes entrepreneurs, the successful, investors and a bevy of U.S. industries, but I have never heard him say a word about federal employees who aren't paying their taxes.


How Voters View State Of The Union

According to the latest Rasmussen poll, voters are not too happy with the state of our union. Just 26% feel the country is headed in the right direction, while 67% say it is not. Believe it or not, that's actually an improvement. Five months ago, 80% felt America was headed in the wrong direction. Perhaps folks are more optimistic about the future because the end of the Obama nightmare is just 285 days away and getting closer with each passing day!


Tension On The Tarmac

Yesterday Barack Obama flew to Arizona and was met on the tarmac by Governor Jan Brewer. Brewer handed the president an envelope with a handwritten letter inviting him to visit the border with her and talk about how the economy in Arizona is improving. Obama wasn't interested.

Instead, according to CBS News, "What she got was a critique. Of her book." In her book, "Scorpions for Breakfast," Brewer recounts an Oval Office meeting in which she said Obama lectured her about Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law. Evidently, Obama was offended by her depiction of the meeting and took the opportunity to relay his displeasure. Surprised by the president's reaction, Brewer asked if Obama had actually read the book. He said he had read excerpts.

It was obvious from their body language that the president and the governor were having a tense exchange. When asked what transpired, Brewer told reporters yesterday, "Bottom line is that he generally wants to talk about amnesty and I want to talk about securing our border." She later added that Obama seemed "thin-skinned." Indeed he is.

Which is exactly why the GOP and the eventual nominee need to confront him relentlessly on policy, lying, disrespect for the Constitution, class warfare, wedge politics and everything else. The more they expose him, the greater the chance that his image of "coolness" and being unflappable will unravel and the public will see a man schooled in Chicago politics and radical ideology.
 

 Obama Promises Jobs to Americans While Outsourcing Them to Brazil 

Obama Lied: Buffet and His Secretary Pay the Same Tax Rate 

 Romney Should Not Throw Stones When Living in Glass House

Today's Headlines:  Thursday, January 26, 2012

Rep. Barton: U.S. 'Fought and Won WW II in Less Time' than Obama Had to Evaluate Keystone Pipeline

USDA: Lunches From Home Still OK, But Feds Expect Growing Participation in 'National School Lunch Program'

WH Contradicts Obama's Middle-Class Income Claim-As He's Making It

Charlie Daniels says: "Thank God for the work of the Media Research Center, that has exposed [the media's] left wing bias." Please make a tax-deductible gift to MRC today! 
Marco Rubio on VP: 'It Isn't Going to be Me'

More Americans 'Want a Personal Relationship With Their Food,' USDA Official Says

Are Americans Better Off Now Than 4 Years Ago? Sen. Bob Casey: 'I Don't Know'
  Lautenberg: Obama Doesn't Have to Convince Voters They Are Better Off Since He Became President

Romney: Obama Spoke in 'Fantasyland' During SOTU Address

Mark Levin's 'Ameritopia' to Debut at No. 1 on NY Times Bestseller List in 4 Nonfiction Categories

Obama's Former Faith Adviser: 'I, Frankly, Am Glad American Civil Religion Is Dying'

Obama's SOTU Audience Continues to Shrink; Smaller Than Bush's and Clinton's Three Years In

DeMint: Obama's Pipeline Decision Contradicts His SOTU Speech on Jobs, Energy

Rubio: Obama Administration 'Insensitive' to Free Exercise of Religion

Gallup: Obama's Approval Sinks Back to All-Time Low Among Blacks

White House Won't Say How It Knows What Warren Buffet, Secretary Pay in Taxes

Issa Grills Cordray on Recess Appointment to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

COMMENTARY:

The Euphemisms of 'Pro-Choice' Evil
By Ben Shapiro
The euphemistic thinking of liberals on the abortion issue ends in logic so twisted it should be sold by Wetzels.

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Arizona Governor vs. President Obama 

President Obama was in Arizona this week and when he got off the plane and was greeted by Gov. Jan Brewer, he spared the pleasantries and started whining like a 2-year-old child. Instead of talking about policies, the border, anything of substance - this ego-maniac complained about what she said about him in a book. Glenn reacts here.

UPDATE: Ted Cruz on Agenda 21