Quote: 

"Affirmative action is the attempt to deal with malignant racism by instituting benign racism." 

Mideast Expert Phares: Obama Turns Blind Eye to Iranian Peril

 

Middle East expert Walid Phares tells Newsmax that the Obama administration is not convinced that the Iranians pose a serious danger - even as a top Iranian official declared that his country is prepared to launch a pre-emptive strike.

Phares, while noting that he believes the Iranian quest for nuclear weapons is "not stoppable," also says a resolution passed in the U.S. Senate last week is a "message to the administration" that it is time to confront the Islamic republic before it obtains such weapons.

Coincidentally, Phares' remarks in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV on Tuesday came on the same day that an Iranian official vowed that his country would take pre-emptive action against its enemies if it felt its national interests were endangered.
 

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The liberals are asking us to give Obama time.
We agree...and think 25 to life would be appropriate.
--Jay Leno

America needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.
--Jay Leno

Q: Have you heard about McDonald's' new Obama Value Meal?
A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay for it.
--Conan O'Brien

Q: What does Barack Obama call lunch with a convicted felon?
A: A fund raiser.
--Jay Leno

Q: What's the difference between Obama's cabinet and a penitentiary?
A: One is filled with tax evaders, blackmailers, and threats to society.
The other is for housing prisoners.
--David Letterman

Q: If Nancy Pelosi and Obama were on a boat in the middle of the ocean and it started to sink, who would be saved?
A: America !
--Jimmy Fallon

Q: What's the difference between Obama and his dog, Bo?
A: Bo has papers.
--Jimmy Kimmel

Q: What was the most positive result of the "Cash for Clunkers" program?
A: It took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road.
--David Letterman
 

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 March 23rd, 2012, marks an important and unfortunate anniversary. It will have been exactly two years since President Obama forced his unpopular health care takeover onto the American people. Americans for Prosperity has educated the public about the dangers of government interference in the health care market for the past several years, and now the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments and make a ruling on that very issue. As you are most likely aware, the U.S. Supreme Court will be considering the constitutionality of several elements of the President's health care bill. This may be our best chance to overturn this offense against our health care freedoms. That's why Americans for Prosperity will be hosting a Hands Off My Health Care rally for free-market grassroots activists from across the country at the Supreme Court on March 27th. Details can be found below.

Hello Friends,

I just wanted to let you know I'm going to be running buses from all over PA for rally down in DC on March 27th. That's the day the Supreme Court will be hearing OBAMACARE...and it's so important we show up.

My organization, Americans for Prosperity is providing buses. Here is the link to sign up: http://handsoffmyhealthcare.eventbrite.com/ 

I wanted to know if you guys would a.) join me on the buses and b.) send this around to your friends and bring them along.

I'm running buses in the east from the following places:

Oxford Valley Mall

Doylestown (location to be determined)

Quakertown

Allentown/Lehigh area

Philadelphia

Northeast PA (Scranton Area)

FROM CENTRAL:

Lancaster

York

Harrisburg

Berks County (Reading)

WEST:

Pittsburgh

Fayette

If you guys are interested in going or would like your group to have its own bus, please let me know. We are already working with a number of great groups across PA to provide them a bus and support in filling it and recruiting new members. Here is the link again: http://handsoffmyhealthcare.eventbrite.com/ 

We're only charging $10 for people to attend but if there are people who are having financial difficulty or need some type of assistance...please let me know. :)

Thanks, guys! Here's the link again. http://handsoffmyhealthcare.eventbrite.com/ 

In Liberty,

Jennifer Stefano

Pennsylvania State Director

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and

Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) P.O. Box 843 Washington Crossing, PA 18977

Outside Independence Hall when
the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended,
Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin,
"Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"
With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded,  "A republic, if you can keep it."  

SAM ROHRER 

Click here to register for the Hands Off My Health Care Rally now!

{ For Ticket Information } 

2012 Primary Debate Schedule

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.

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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

PA implementing ObamaCare exchanges  

I wanted to update you on the exchange situation.  First, unfortunately we are getting started late in the game.  Having spoken with 4 different legislators (Rep Saylor, Boyd, Bear, and Sen Waugh), I believe the general sense on their part is that they want to be prepared to set up an exchange if SCOTUS doesn't  declare ObamaCare unconstitutional. 

Their reasoning for supporting the exchange is that PA will have more control if PA sets up the exchange rather than the feds.  We have been arguing that in fact: the exchange structure and operation is dictated by the feds, through law and regulation, regardless if the state sets it up or not; that whatever little "control" a PA would have does not mitigate any of the true horrors of the law; establishing the exchange legitimizes PPACA and undercut PA's federal lawsuit against PPACA, creates more PA expense and government, scedes state sovereignty, misses an opportunity to block the law and to have standing for further legal action.  (please see attached documents if you want more explanation).

We have more legislator visits planned, but it is clear to me that none of the legislators thus far will take on this fight.  We must generate the grass roots response to move them to do so.  It is disgusting that our Republican Governor and legislature can't pass meaningful right to work legislation, LCB reform, PA TPK Commission reform, school reform, etc but unless we respond in a big way, will make PA government bigger, make PA government poorer, harm PA citizen liberty and health by implementing an exchange.

I have contacted Campaign for Liberty to see if they are interested in coordinating efforts to stop the exchange.  I will also contact the PA Manufacturer's Association and the Chamber of Commerce, both of whom support repeal of PPACA, also for potential coordination of activities.

We are working on an on-line petition rejecting PPACA and the exchanges for PA physicians to sign and ultimately deliver by several physicians to Harrisburg.

On Wednesday, I participated in a debate put on by the Lehigh Valley Coalition for Health Care Reform (Donna Rovito).  Leo Knepper and I presented the anti-exchange positition while a rep from the PA Dept of Insurance and Dr Schmeltz of the PA Medical Society presented the for pro position.  For what it is worth, I believe we had the more compelling argument.

I welcome any thought you all have.

D4PC Exchange Testimony 

State Leg Guide to Repealing ObamaCare 

We have an amazing opportunity before us today, to score a BIG WIN for taxpayers and small businesses...but we can't do it without your help!

Please click here to send an email to your Representative and tell him or her to vote yes on the prevailing wage reform bills before the House today!

At 1pm, our PA Legislators are voting to amend the prevailing wage laws that have long favored unions and hurt working families and small businesses!  

Could you please email your legislator right now and ask him or her to vote YES on two prevailing wage reform bills: H.B. 1329 ("Threshold") and H.B. 1685 ("Jobs Classification")?

Our politicians must not only hear from the unions...they must hear from YOU and I...the people who bear the burden of paying for these bills!

Here's a quick overview of the bills:

The "Jobs Classification Bill" will require Pennsylvania to define job classifications on public works projects. The lack of definitions has been used by some unions to attack and file frivolous grievances against small business owners, costing Pennsylvania jobs and tax dollars.

The "threshold bill" will end the artificially low estimated cost of total project from $25,000 to conform to the Consumer Price Index of the previous calendar year. The current amount was based on the 1963 Consumer Price Index and allowed prevailing wage to kick in at too low a threshold making it a costly endeavor for school districts and municipalities to fund minor projects.

Will you please ask your legislator to vote "YES" to H.B. 1329 ("Threshold") and H.B. 1685 ("Jobs Classification")? Don't miss this chance to score a win for the taxpayers and small businesses of Pennsylvania!

Thank you for all your hard work!

In Liberty and Solidarity,

Jennifer Stefano

RedState Morning Briefing

For February 23, 2012

1. Gingrich & The Rick Perry Factor

It was the last debate. Newt Gingrich won it.

He was the only candidate who repeatedly steered the questions toward Barack Obama. He was the only candidate who dared point out that the media barely touched Obama's infanticide support as an Illinois State Senator. He returned to the role of elder statesman.

The crowd leaned to Mitt Romney. It was probably inevitable. Mesa, AZ is the second largest concentration of Mormons in America and the State Republican Party handled getting the seats filled. It threw Rick Santorum off his game. The crowd booed Santorum taking on Romneycare's individual mandate.

Santorum did not shine. He came in, it seemed, prepared to be beaten up. He was off his game. In the second half of the debate he did better. But the beginning was stumbling, bumbling, angry, and in the weeds. One thing he did very, very well is steer the contraception issue to families.

If Santorum can consistently steer this issue back to stable families, he has an issue that will win over independent voters. Note to the Santorum campaign: you will actually win the debate even in the general election if you focus your social values critique on the integrity of the American nuclear family.

Romney out performed Santorum, but he had two flaws. First, Romney claimed to be a long time proponent of school choice, but he opposed school vouchers as Governor of Massachusetts and the Boston Hereald noted Romney refused to ever meet with the head of the Massachusetts Charter School Association while in the Governor's Mansion.

The big problem for Romney was his concluding moment in the debate. John King asked him what was the biggest misconception about him. It was a legitimate question and a chance for Romney to help himself. Instead, he got bossy and arrogant and told John King he wouldn't answer the question. That question of all questions was the one he chose to get arrogant about?!

Newt Gingrich won. He kept the focus on Obama. He sounded like the adult in the room. He was both diplomat and scholar.

2. Federal Judge Strikes a Blow Against Regulatory Fascism

Via the Becket Fund (.pdf) we are informed that a Federal Judge (the same judge who ruled in 2010 that DADT was unconstitutional and ordered an openly gay service member reinstated to the military) has struck down Washington state pharmacy regulations that can only accurately be described as fascistic. The regulations in question declared that no pharmacy in the State of Washington was permitted to refuse to dispense Plan B on conscience grounds. That's it; no requirement that the pharmacy be state funded (pharmacies, unlike hospitals, generally manage just fine without nurturing from the government teat), just a blanket law that you cannot refuse to dispense Plan B on conscience grounds. Keep in mind, you can refuse to dispense it because of business reasons (it's not profitable, no reliable source of supply), just not for conscience ones.

3. We are Losing the Tax Debate Even Though We're Right

Let me get something out of the way first: I get it. I understand. I know that 47% of the country pays no income tax and I am fully aware that that is unfair. I'm part of that 53% of taxpayers and I find it infuriating as well. We exist in a system that allows half of the country to vote against the other half's best interests. Half of the country can vote in ways to ensure that the other half pays bills that they don't have to pay. It's completely and utterly imbalanced and so far from what a free and just society would do as to be laughable.

That said, I propose a simple hypothesis that I think most people would agree with: We only change this disparity by getting more people to agree with us than disagree with us.

4. David Waldman of Daily Kos: Know-Nothing Bigot

It's time for Democratic politicians like Elizabeth Warren who are courting Catholic voters, or who - like Senator Bob Casey - profess the Catholic faith themselves, to distance themselves from Daily Kos over the anti-Catholic Know-Nothing bigotry of Contributing Editor David Waldman.

Waldman, @KagroX on Twitter, is one of the leading figures at Daily Kos, the largest left-wing blog; a former Hotline staffer, he's a contributing editor and front-page writer, runs the affiliated site Congress Matters, and his tweets are frequently quoted and retweeted by Markos Moulitsas. In an angry, profanity-laden tirade last night on Twitter over a flap between a local Virginia church and the Girl Scouts, Waldman unloaded his hatred of the Church, grasping for every anti-Catholic trope he could reach (examples: "Catholic Church: the ones we don't rape, we'll alienate by calling them communist b****es" or "Catholics are the next Shakers. No one under 35 will ever stay in this church") and complaining that there are too many Catholics on the Supreme Court ("Oh that's right. Six Catholics. Fantastic.") Waldman's vicious rant would have been right at home with the anti-popery screeds of the Klan in its heyday, the Know-Nothings of the 1840s or the "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" trope that cost James G. Blaine the 1884 presidential election.

5. VA Governor Bob McDonnell Hangs VA GOP Out To Dry

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, a Romney supporter and leading contender for the VP spot on a Romney-headed ticket, demonstrated his complete philosophical alignment with Romney yesterday by flipflopping on a bill he has championed and in the process hanging VA GOP delegates out to dry.

For those who haven't been paying attention, Virginia's legislature has been going after the abortion industry root and branch. Last year they passed a law requiring aborttoirs to be regulated as if they did what they do: perform a surgical procedure which can be life threatening. This year a bill is being finalized that requires a woman seeking an abortion to see ultrasound pictures of the baby. Somehow this bill, which does not require any medical procedure the woman was not going to receive in the first place, has the pro-abortion lobby in a tizzy. Dahlia Lithwick at Slate has predictably styled this as rape.

Up until yesterday, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell had unconditionally supported the bill.

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Nearly Half of All Americans Don't Pay Income Taxes   

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Obama's nutty nuclear notion   

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US, NKorea in First Nuclear Talks Since Kim Death   

ABC News

Afghans angry over Quran burnings attack US base   

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The U.K. Governing Coalition: The Challenges Ahead and Why America Has a Stake in Britain's Success

Tell a joke:  

Q: Why was Obama staring at the frozen orange juice can?

A: It said, "Concentrate."  

The U.S. Constitution

A Reader 

Hillsdale College is a private, coeducational, residential, liberal arts college with approximately 1,400 students. Founded in 1844, the College remains, in the words of its Articles of Association, "grateful to God for the inestimable blessings resulting from the presence of civil and religious liberty and intelligent piety" in our nation, and dedicated to "the diffusion of sound learning" that is "essential to the perpetuity of these blessings."

Hillsdale College is distinguished by its rigorous core curriculum, by its principled rejection of federal and state taxpayer funding, and by the pledge of its Board of Trustees to resists any attempts by the government to regulate its internal affairs.

Hillsdale College promotes the principles of liberty nationwide through its national speech digest, Imprimis, which has a monthly circulation of over 2 million, and through several outreach programs. In 2008, Hillsdale launched its Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. The College will also launch the Hillsdale Graduate School of Statesmanship in fall 2012.

Glenn Beck and the Death of Free Speech

by Cliff Kincaid

Latest NC Terror Report Offers More Baseless Conclusions
Feb 22, 2012 10:30 am

BENADOR: Time of Truth: American Heroes Burn the Koran
Feb 22, 2012 10:18 am

When Positive and Negative Rights Collide
Feb 22, 2012 10:06 am

U. S. Legislative Immigration Update February 20, 2012
Feb 22, 2012 09:51 am

A New Strategic Role for Cyprus Massive Gas Reserves
Feb 22, 2012 05:00 am

The Truth About Education?? You Can't Handle The Truth
Feb 22, 2012 05:00 am

Blind Ideology
Feb 22, 2012 01:04 am

If there is NO Constitution, there is NO Fed
Feb 21, 2012 12:56 pm

"Caliphate Conference" Seeks to Islamize Europe, U.S.
Feb 21, 2012 11:50 am

Mankiw vs. Rothbard on Tax Reform
Feb 21, 2012 11:32 am

Not even China can save the wind industry
Feb 21, 2012 11:24 am

The State of the World: A Framework
Feb 21, 2012 11:19 am

The Cult of Warm
Feb 21, 2012 11:08 am

Iran court convicts Christian pastor convert to death

By Lisa Daftari

Published February 22, 2012

| FoxNews.com

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Harvard, Jew haters, motherhood and Israel

February 19, 2012

 

This morning I received an e-mail alert from CAMERA that my alma mater, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government is hosting a two-day conference which essentially begins with the proposition that Israel has no right to exist. This isn't surprising. After all, the Kennedy School is home to my old professor Steve Walt. No one there batted a lash when he co-published his updated version of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion with University of Chicago's John Mearshimer.

Not only did Walt suffer no recrimination from his colleagues at Harvard when he first emerged a professional Jew basher. He suffered no recrimination when he used the controversy surrounding his book into a means of transforming himself into a celebrity Israel basher.

As I wrote in my recent column about mainstreaming Jew hatred, Walt and Mearshimer's book has enabled anti-Semites to emerge from under the rocks where they had been hiding and proudly announce that it is reasonable to discriminate against the Jewish people and side either actively or passively with those like the Iranian regime and the Sunni jihadists from Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood who openly call for the annihilation of the Jewish state and the Jewish people.

Two thoughts on the Harvard conference.

 

$6 Gas? 

Oil is plentiful as new discoveries continue to be made, natural gas exploration and production is up, the dollar has strengthened, it's an election year, and so gasoline prices are going which direction? Down? Well, no, according to the experts, gasoline prices are rising and could top $6 per gallon by summer.

Each of the above conditions usually results in lower prices at the gas pump. If supply goes up on constant demand, then price should at least remain steady or go down. As new discoveries are made then supply goes up and at constant demand, price should go down. Even as production lags discovery, markets build in the worldwide supply figures. Natural gas production is soaring allowing for cheaper substitution for oil.

Obama Giving Away Strategic American Islands to Russia 

May 1881 US explorers approached Jeannette Island and Henrietta Island and claimed them for the United States. According to some US individuals, including the group State Department Watch, eight Arctic islands currently controlled by Russia, including Wrangel Island, are claimed by the United States. However, according to the United States Department of State no such claim exists. The USSR/USA Maritime Boundary Treaty, which has yet to be approved by the Russian Duma, does not address the status of these islands nor the maritime boundaries associated with them.

The Obama Administration is reportedly giving away Wrangell, Bennett, Jeannette and Henrietta islands in Alaska to Russia. The federal government drew the line to put these seven Alaskan islands on the Russian side. 

February 22, 2012        

USA'S BEST GUN SALESMAN? BARACK OBAMA
One of the few industries doing well during this prolonged economic downturn is the firearms business. Who gets the credit for doubling the sales of guns? President Obama. See the facts behind this bizarre claim HERE.

christie to buFFETT: pay up AND 'SHUT UP'  
NJ Gov Chris Christie was interviewed by Piers Morgan on CNN last night. The outspoken Garden State governor addressed the ongoing debate about squeezing more money from the rich by raising taxes on people like Warren Buffett. Christie's sound bite is HERE.

SHARPTON's odd DEFINITION OF CHRISTIANS
Add this clip to the collection of many strange moments seen on MSNBC's "Politics Nation" hosted by Al Sharpton. Watch the rambling Rev Sharpton teach his audience about "real Christians" HERE.

A TOP WHITE HOUSE ADVISOR SAYS UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS STIMULATE THE ECONOMY
Valerie Jarrett, one of the president's closest friends and advisors, is on the record saying that unemployment checks are actually good for the economy. The same statement was made by the White House Press Secretary. Watch the clips and see if you can understand why this has become an important "talking point" HERE.

RARE VIDEO OF THE CHALLENGER CRASH

The Challenger space shuttle exploded shortly after lift off in January of 1986, killing all seven astronauts on board. Recently discovered home video of the tragedy was discovered just last month. Watch the chilling video HERE.  

VIRAL VID - HS GIRLS' RACIST RANT  
A vulgar and racist rant posted on YouTube by two high school girls from Florida has ignited a firestorm of controversy. Both of the girls have left their school and apologized. What exactly did they say? Watch the video HERE.

REAL NEWS FROM THE BLAZE: IS LYING CONSIDERED PROTECTED, FREE SPEECH?   
A spirited discussion of Free Speech and lying was front and center with the panel last night. If a new law passes, will lying to a woman in a bar be something that can get you arrested? Watch the segment HERE.

Tonite on "Real News from The Blaze: Potentially the final GOP primary debate of the primary season is tonight. So, what's at stake? Real News from The Blaze will answer that and more tonight at 7pm ET - Only on GBTV

Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Qur'an Furor: U.S. Leaders Apologize to 'the Noble People of Afghanistan'

Times Square Billboards: 'Don't Believe the Liberal Media!'

Obama: 'When Congress Refuses to Act, Joe and I Are Going to Act'

Please support CNSNews.com to ensure you get THE TRUTH for a long time to come.

Women Prefer Santorum to Romney by 10-Point Margin, Says Gallup

Gallup: Romney First, Paul Second Among Young Voters

Obama Administration Announcing Cut in Corporate Tax Rate, Fewer 'Loopholes'

Pro-lifers 'Could Care Less' About Black Babies After They Are Born, Says Planned Parenthood Rep

Democrat Proposes Naming GOP Pro-Life Bill 'The Ronald Reagan Impose Your Beliefs on a Woman's Womb Act'

Ave Maria University Sues HHS over Contraception Mandate

Romney Says Obama Has 'Fought Against Religion'

Gingrich Responds to Romney's 30-Second Attack Ads with 30-Minute Address

Obama's Consumer-Protection Agency to Probe Banks' Overdraft Fees

Lowest State and Local Tax Burdens in Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota, New Report Shows

COMMENTARY:

Department of Education: Catholic Schools Beat Public Schools
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Today, public schools are competing with Catholic and other religious schools, not just in developing the math and reading skills of their students, but for the very soul of America.

The Bill Press Hate Machine
By L. Brent Bozell III
Bill Press has a new book out called "The Obama Hate Machine." To read the blurbs, you might wonder if Press thinks no one should be allowed to criticize the president.

The High Priests of Eco-Destruction
By Michelle Malkin
In every corner of the Obama administration, the radical green machinery is hard at work - destroying jobs, shredding truth and sacrificing our economic well-being at the altar of environmentalism.

Finally! A Debate
By Rich Galen
This is the first debate that will not be aimed at just one state. The four candidates will be playing, simultaneously, to audiences in Phoenix and in Dearborn.

Morning Bell: Religious Liberty Under Attack   

Today is Ash Wednesday - the first day of Lent - the beginning of 40 days of prayer and fasting observed by Christians across the country, culminating in the Easter feast. Likewise in April, Jews will gather to celebrate Passover, one of many traditions observed under the religious freedom that the U.S. Constitution was designed to preserve. Now, though, that freedom is under direct attack by the very government that purports to represent the people, and that is but the first step in Obamacare's re-writing of America's blueprint.

This week, two more Christian colleges joined other religious institutions in fighting back against that attack when they filed lawsuits against the Obama Administration for imposing an anti-conscience mandate under Obamacare. The controversial regulation forces almost all employers to provide health insurance coverage of abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives, and sterilization, without a co-pay.

Heritage's Sarah Torre writes that Geneva College, a private institution in Pennsylvania associated with the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, and Louisiana College, a small Southern Baptist school located in the middle of the state, have deeply held moral objections to the mandate and are left with no choice but to take their case to court:

Religious Liberty: Obamacare's First Casualty

Comparing America in freedom: to America in the chains of Obama's socialism

Feb 22, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

Since Barack Obama has no respect for America or Americans he will doubtlessly announce that the October 2012 unemployment rate is about 6.5% or some other ridiculous lie. Does it make any difference? Not really because he and the Charlie McCarthy dummy who is posing as our Vice President won't be able to survive the reality of what they have done to us since January 2009.

The problems Obama will face are growing not subsiding.

In just the last month the pump price of gasoline has risen .20 a gallon.  While this is bad enough, but it is still worse because it put the price at a level higher than it has been in February since 1981. The reason for the rise totally out of Obama's control; he can't lie his way out of it. The Iranians want to squeeze the Europeans who are already looking at $8.00 a gallon gas so they ... Continue Reading:Comparing America in freedom: to America in the chains of Obama's socialism

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American Minute Feb. 21

Feb 21, 2012 05:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer

On FEBRUARY 21, 1848, John Quincy Adams suffered a stroke at his desk in the House chamber, shortly after making an impassioned speech against the Democrat plan of extending slavery to the Western territories won in the Mexican-American War. He died 2 days later without regaining consciousness. A bronze marker on the floor indicates where Adams' desk once stood, known as the "whispering spot" in Statuary Hall. John Quincy Adams was the only President to serve as a Congressman after having been President. Nicknamed Old Man Eloquent for speaking out against slavery, he offered a plan for its elimination. In 1841, John Qunicy Adams defended before the Supreme Court 53 Africans who had mutinied aboard the slave ship Amistad, gaining them their freedom. As African slaves were purchased at Muslim slave markets, John Quincy Adams wrote in his "Essay on Turks" (1829): "The natural hatred of the Mussulmen towards the infidels is ... Continue Reading:American Minute Feb. 21

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Ignore subsidiarity, pay the price

Feb 21, 2012 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Jerry Todd,  staff writer

I met my neighbor Rus Walton in 1974 before a financial disaster moved us from our lovely country home near Sacramento. We also enjoyed some of Governor Ronald Reagan's staff. Rus gave me a copy of his new book, "One Nation Under God." Rus ran The Plymouth Rock Foundation for many years and was a noted Christian speaker and prolific writer.

 People of faith have understood the principle of subsidiarity for a long, long time. It just means taking personal responsibility. When needed, the hierarchy of assistance offered or given begins with the family; then the community; the state; the national government, and in major disasters, the nations. Key to subsidiarity is the higher up the ladder help comes from, the less time the higher entity is involved. Coupled with the solidarity of "e pluribus unum" a successful society is created and maintained. As "progressives" gained power, their penchant for top down control ... Continue Reading:Ignore subsidiarity, pay the price

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FORSYTHE and SMITH: Disclosing the abortion-suicide association

It's time to lift the veil on hidden health risks of terminating pregnancy

Voter Fraud in This Life and the Next          

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published February 20, 2012 in The Washington Times.

Did you know that according to a new Pew study, more than 1.8 million dead people are registered to vote? And that leading Democrats are fiercely opposing new laws that tighten voting requirements?

This tells us, just as we suspected, that the zombie population is becoming a major Democratic constituency.

No wonder the leading lights of the left contend - without a shred of evidence - that Republican-led legislatures are enacting photo ID laws to "suppress" the minority vote. Zombies have rights, too, you know. And minorities can't be expected to do the same simple things everyone else does in order to vote, such as show a photo ID. They're just, well, incapable, according to Democrats, who accuse anyone who disagrees with them of being racist.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 258 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Tune In Tonight

Tune in to CNN tonight to watch the final Republican presidential debate before next week's key Arizona and Michigan primaries, as well as Super Tuesday on March 6th.

There is a lot at stake in tonight's debate. Can Rick Santorum keep his momentum surging with a strong performance? Can Mitt Romney reinforce his front-runner status? Or will Newt Gingrich regain his footing and once again become a serious force in the primary?

I am rooting for Senator Santorum, who I have endorsed and who is currently being savaged by the Obama campaign and its media allies. Quite frankly, I think Santorum scares the left in America because they know he can bring working class voters to the conservative banner and defeat Obama in November.

Tune in tonight at 8:00 PM ET.


Adelson Doubles Down

For the moment the race appears to be a two-man contest between Senator Rick Santorum and Governor Mitt Romney. In the national polls, Santorum leads Romney 34% to 28%, while Speaker Gingrich and Congressman Paul are at 14% and 12% respectively. The results are similar in Arizona and Michigan too, where Santorum and Romney are polling significantly better than Gingrich or Paul.

But Newt Gingrich isn't likely to drop out anytime soon. In fact, his campaign has just purchased 30-minute blocks of airtime in upcoming primary states featuring a speech on energy independence. That's a big bet for someone running so far down in the polls. But Newt has an ace up his sleeve: Sheldon Adelson.

The wealthy casino magnate has been bankrolling a pro-Gingrich "super PAC" to the tune of $10 million already. Adelson says, "I might give $10 million or $100 million to Gingrich." That's small change for Adelson, who is worth an estimated $25 billion. As long as Adelson keeps his checkbook open, Newt will likely keep running.

Let me say this in Adelson's defense: Reasonable conservatives can and do disagree about which candidate would be the best person to nominate. But we all agree that Obama must go. In a recent interview with Forbes, Adelson explained why he is so willing to put his money on the line:

"What scares me is the continuation of the socialist-style economy we've been experiencing for almost four years. ... the redistribution of wealth is the path to more socialism, and to more of the government controlling people's lives. ...

"I see that the things that made this country great are now being relegated into duplicating that which is making other countries less great. ... I'm afraid of the trend where more and more people have the tendency to want to be given instead of wanting to give. People are less willing to share. There are fewer philanthropists being grown and there are greater expectations of the government. I believe that people will come to their senses and not extend the current Administration's quest to socialize this country. It won't be a socialist democracy because it won't be a democracy."

If you need an example of what Adelson is talking about and why it is so important that we take back the White House and the Senate this November, click here to see yet another top Obama adviser making the absurd argument that unemployment benefits stimulate the economy. America can't afford four more years of Barack Obama!


"The Power To Tax Is The Power To Destroy"

It is a well-regarded economic principle that if you want more of something you subsidize it to promote it, and if you want less of something you tax it to penalize it. Today's Wall Street Journal has crunched the numbers on Obama's latest budget and it seems that Obama's tax increases, particularly on dividends, are intended to destroy wealth creation in America. Consider this excerpt from the Journal's editorial:

"Mr. Obama is proposing to raise the dividend tax rate to the higher personal income tax rate of 39.6% that will kick in next year. Add in the planned phase-out of deductions and exemptions, and the rate hits 41%. Then add the 3.8% investment tax surcharge in ObamaCare, and the new dividend tax rate in 2013 would be 44.8% -- nearly three times today's 15% rate.

"Keep in mind that dividends are paid to shareholders only after the corporation pays taxes on its profits. So assuming a maximum 35% corporate tax rate and a 44.8% dividend tax, the total tax on corporate earnings passed through as dividends would be 64.1%."

We've been down this road before. Higher capital gains and dividend taxes yield lower revenues because they discourage and punish investment. Lower tax rates yield greater revenues because they encourage investment. It is playing out right now in England, where a higher tax on the "rich" has generated far less revenue than anticipated.

It's not a complicated concept to grasp -- unless you are a committed socialist who ignores sound economic policy in favor of abstract concepts like "fairness" or "spreading the wealth around." (Who could that be?)

But even worse, this massive new tax hike would disproportionally impact seniors and retirees, many of whom live off of investment income. And because interest rates are so low right now, many have been forced to invest in dividend-paying stocks. According to IRS data "Almost three of four dividend payments go to those over the age of 55, and more than half go to those older than 65."

As the Journal concludes, Obama's wealth-destroying, job-killing policies to soak the rich "will drench almost all American families." Obama's socialism will destroy this country, just as similar policies have brought Greece and much of Europe to the brink of bankruptcy and worse.


Will Supreme Court Punt On ObamaCare?

Our friends at FreedomWorks reported this morning about a disturbing development that could lead the Supreme Court to delay a final decision on ObamaCare until 2016. Yes, you read that right.

It is just speculation at this point, but the justices have increased the amount of time they have allotted for oral arguments, specifically on whether the mandate is a tax. (You may recall that I addressed this issue in last Wednesday's report.)

Now here's the concern: "First enacted in 1867, the Tax Anti-Injunction Act sweepingly forbids any court from hearing any case in which any person attempts to prevent the assessment or collection of a tax. Once the tax has been assessed and collected, however, a court may hear a case on it. ...The first time the IRS can levy the mandate penalty/tax won't be until folks file their tax returns, in mid-April 2015. The slow judicial process will likely delay a final Supreme Court ruling until mid-2016."

We will keep you posted.    

February 22, 2012 

He surely knows how to stir the pot of racial division. Our Tea Parties could care less what color a person is, so long as they adhere to traditional American values and control of government by the people; not control of the people by the government. If any Republican candidates went down that road, I'd say they're disqualified for the office. Disgusting. 

President Obama Announces the 2012 Launch of African Americans for Obama

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The Border Fence
The fence is up and working (see how it works?).

All you need to defeat it is a tractor bumper jack and the motivation to work it.

Aren't you glad we spent BILLIONs on this fence?

Unbelievable!!!

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Chronicle · February 22, 2012

The Foundation

"We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections." --John Adams

Editorial Exegesis

Leftmedia-run debates are problematic

"The semiotic search for the racism beneath Newt's food-stamp line. The dismissal of 'the Constitution' in haughty air quotes. The wasting of primetime minutes pondering which wife would make the best first lady. The obsessive deposing of Romney on the legality of condoms. The condescending identity politics of carting out a token Latino to ask an immigration question. The dings. The bells. The buzzers. The Google Chat notification tones. ... These are just some of the lowlights of the umpteen Republican debates thus far. And ... they were all brought to us by the mainstream media. That's the same media that daily carry water for the Obama administration, approach the tea parties as anthropological curiosities, and persistently skew the public discourse leftward in ways large and small, conscious and unconscious. ... While dismantling the presuppositions of the political media is surely a skill a conservative president would do well to acquire, it does not rank with the ability to clearly and persuasively articulate a conservative policy vision for solving America's most pressing problems, or with the ability to display fiscal sobriety, strategic acumen, and strong instincts toward liberty when presented with new challenges, foreign and domestic. These abilities -- and not the ability to cleverly parry liberal inanities -- are what the primary debates are meant to test. ... [W]e favor the plan recently floated by Hugh Hewitt. Come the 2016 election season, the RNC should set the number, dates, and locations of debates. They should be fewer in number than the 20-odd we will see before this year is out, so that they are not so unduly agenda-setting. And the party should partner with local party officials, conservative think tanks, alternative media, tea-party groups, and grassroots organizations to determine formatting and questions. ... The alternative is to hope MSNBC and CNN come into the flock between now and 2016. Don't hold your breath." --National Review

Are you tired of the Leftmedia administering the GOP debates?

Upright

"The politicians are spending us into oblivion. But I can't blame only them. The American people are complacent. We like the goodies. We think we're getting something for nothing. We are like alcoholics who know we have a problem but just can't resist one last fix. One more infrastructure bill or jobs plan will jumpstart the economy. Then we'll kick our spending addiction once and for all. But we don't stop spending. Almost all budget categories grow, even when adjusted for inflation. ... So what do we do? We must cut. But I fear Americans aren't up for that. People on the street told me that the budget is out of control. But when I then asked them, 'What would you cut?' most just stared ahead. ... We're on the way to becoming Greece -- while our 'leaders' stand and watch." --columnist John Stossel

"High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politicians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defenders of the rich. Meanwhile, the same politicians can win donations from the rich by creating tax loopholes that can keep the rich from actually paying those higher tax rates -- or perhaps any taxes at all. What is worse than class warfare is phony class warfare. Slippery talk about 'fairness' is at the heart of this fraud by politicians seeking to squander more of the nation's resources." --economist Thomas Sowell

"[I]n Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron has introduced a bill seeking to partially privatize the National Health Service (NHS). Why? Because the British government is 'hoping to avoid a Greek-style financial meltdown.' ... UK healthcare costs are currently $194 billion per year and consume 18 percent of the UK's budget. The projected 'cuts' in spending for 2013 that have people up in arms? As of now, a $6 billion increase in spending to $200 billion. Much of the animus likely stems from the fact that Britain has grown used to massive amounts of healthcare spending that can no longer be sustained: between 2000 and 2010, the NHS budget doubled in real terms. Furthermore, British debt as a percentage of GDP was almost 80 percent in 2010. Which brings us across the pond, so to speak, where America's debt level reached 102 percent of GDP last year, long before the full effects -- and true costs -- of our own stab at government-run healthcare have yet to be realized." --columnist Arnold Ahlert

Insight

"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." --British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

"To be controlled in our economic pursuits means to be controlled in everything." --Nobel laureate economist Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992)

The Demo-gogues

Stunning hypocrisy: "Now, whenever Congress refuses to act, Joe and I, we're going to act. In the months to come, wherever we have an opportunity, we're going to take steps on our own to keep this economy moving. ... I do hope Congress joins me. Instead of spending the coming months in a lot of phony political debates focusing on the next election, I hope that we spend some time focusing on middle-class Americans and those who are struggling to get into the middle class." --Barack Obama

Reducing the American Dream: "If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own a home, not go bankrupt because you got sick, 'cause you've got some health insurance that helps you deal with those difficult times; that you can send your kids to college; that you can put some money away for retirement. That's all most people want. Folks don't have unrealistic ambitions. They do believe that if they work hard, they should be able to achieve that small measure of an American dream." --Barack Obama

Scary: "Let me let you in on a secret. I am the senior-most person serving on the Financial Services Committee. Barney Frank is about to retire and guess who's shaking in their boots? The too-big-to-fail banks and financial institutions and all of Wall Street, because Maxine Waters is going to be the next chair of the Financial Services Committee!" --Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)

Way over the top: "On Immigration policy and reform [Republicans] are on the wrong side of the track. ... They would have you believe that if they get into office, they are going to make sure that they are going to get rid of everyone in our society who was not born in America." --Maxine Waters

Dezinformatsia

Framing debate: "Isn't any Republican nominee going to have a problem, and that is, by all indications, the economy is getting stronger. So if you're the Republican nominee, how do you run against a recovering economy? How do you say, 'I'm not up with that'?" --NBC's Matt Lauer

Um, what? "When I first heard the discourse of the Tea Party, as much as I wasn't in agreement with it, I kind of like populist movements that are asking for jobs and worrying about the effects of big government. But the shift now has moved towards this so-called moral, ethical, racially problematic and now this contraception language. You know, jobs are simply not located in my uterus. Like, wherever they are, wherever they might be created, that's just not where they are. So, why is so much policy language around that?" --MSNBC's Melissa Harris Perry

Nothing to fear: "Despite the fact that Obama hasn't made the slightest feint toward regulating guns, firearms enthusiasts have whipped themselves into a paranoid frenzy, convinced that this is all just part of some elaborate conspiracy. ... Note the twist: It's no longer Obama's election that poses a mortal danger to the liberty of Americans who want to assemble arsenals -- it's Obama's re-election. I'm no financial analyst, but you'd have to imagine that that line of reasoning isn't going to do anything to depress gun sales." --BusinessWeek blogger Joshua Green

Well duh: "By saying ... that the president of the United States is running over the Constitution ... you seem to be saying that the president is not patriotic. You seem to be questioning [his] patriotism." --CBS's Charlie Rose to Newt Gingrich

Non sequitur: "If you're really anti-gay, you become a Catholic now." --MSNBC's Chris Matthews

Newspulper Headlines:

Sounds More Like a Republican Slogan: "Obama's Slogan: Looking to Replace Hope and Change" --Reuters

Shortest Books Ever Written: "Why China's Political Model Is Superior" --The New York Times

Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking: "Why I Both Love and Hate the Occupy Movement" --Huffington Post

Too Much Information: "Ron Paul: Why Can't We 'Put Into Our Body Whatever We Want?'" --KIRO-TV website (Seattle)

(Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)

Village Idiots

Revisionist history: "[George Washington] began the political tradition that produced a Union victory in the Civil War, the Federal Reserve Board, Social Security, Medicare and, more recently, Obamacare." --historian Joseph Ellis in Time magazine

Down with capitalism: "While we believe that capitalism is fundamentally superior to any other system for organizing economic activity, it is also clear that some of the ways in which it is now practiced do not incorporate sufficient regard for its impact on people, society and the planet." --Global Warming spokesperson Algore

Disturbing dismissal: "[Occupiers] can be as filthy and they can rape people -- if you want to make stuff up -- but the fact is nobody really cares about it because that message isn't about the messengers, it's not about who's delivering the message, but the message itself which really resonates at a very core emotional level with people who are suffering in this economy." --Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas

Blame the GOP: "And the fact is, is that because Republicans decided to play politics with Keystone, their action essentially forced the administration to deny the permit process because they insisted on a timeframe within which it was impossible to appropriately approve the pipeline. ... So the fact that the process ended the way it did in terms of that permit request is wholly the responsibility of the Republicans who insisted on playing politics with the payroll tax cut extension back at the end of last year." --White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

Clueless: "And people in America are very practical people across the political spectrum. Very conservative women want their kids, their daughters taking birth control." --former DNC head Howard Dean

Short Cuts

"We conservatives, we want to make jobs as readily available as condoms in this country." --radio talk-show host Mark Levin

"President Obama reversed himself on forcing churches to give women contraceptive coverage. He also reversed his opposition to campaign PACs and started one for himself. Back when he lived in Hawaii flip-flops were shoes, now they are career extenders." --comedian Argus Hamilton

"Harry Reid took a cheap shot at Marco Rubio, saying he 'supposedly represents Hispanics.' No, he represents his constituents. You should try it some time, Harry." --Fred Thompson

"Black Eyed Peas singer Will.I.Am said president Obama is not a magic man. But Obama is magic -- he makes businesses, homes and jobs all disappear." --NewsBusted's Jodi Miller

"Italian authorities seized $6 trillion worth of fake, worthless U.S. Treasury bonds. Pretty good counterfeit job, too. They look just like the genuine, worthless Treasury bonds." --comedian Jay Leno

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

February 22, 2012

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GBTV Tonight: Brad Thor hosts a special episode on the decline of culture in America and also the latest on the rise of the Islamic Caliphate including the frightening details on the latest Caliphate conference. Don't miss it live tonight at 5pm ET (or on demand) only on GBTV!

Real News: Potentially the final GOP primary debate of the primary season is tonight. So, what's at stake? Real News from The Blaze will answer that and more tonight at 7pm ET - Only on GBTV Plus.

Glenn reacts to Graham's MSNBC interview 

Glenn didn't get a chance to talk about Franklin Graham's heated interview on MSNBC yesterday so he took it on today. The MSNBC crew relentlessly tried to get Graham to say that Obama is not a Christian, which he clearly refused to say, but that didn't stop the hosts from declaring he said it anyway. Glenn plays the interview and reacts on radio today. 

Geithner: yeah, we don't have any solutions

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OMG! Rick Santorum is religious!

Now that Rick Santorum is giving Romney a run for his money in the GOP primary, the media and others have opposition research teams in full assault mode. Yesterday they unleashed what was billed as some sort of devastating past comments in which the former senator said he thought Satan had his sights on America. Oh my gosh! What will those crazy Christians say next! Why doesn't someone ask Obama since he's been touting his Christian credentials lately. Glenn responds on radio. PLUS don't miss Santorum on GBTV for a full hour TOMORROW - live at 5pm ET!

While America suffers, Obama parties

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Houston school folds on forced Obama poem

Parents of a local Houston school were not exactly thrilled when their kids in kindergarten brought home a poem that glorified President Barack Obama. The students were told they had to learn the 'chant' that included wonderful themes surrounding the President such as, "Who's gonna answer our every call?" and "Who do we know is the man?" The school eventually backed down. Glenn reads the ridiculous lyrics of the poem.

WARNING: If you are offended by the term 'cracker' then DO NOT WATCH last night's epic Glenn Beck segment on the ESPN/Jeremy Lin 'scandal.'