Quote: 

"The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector." 

Islam Uber Alles

The first law of human affairs is force. Before all other laws, the ballot box and appeals to reason is that primal law that enforces submission through violence. Islam is a religion built on that first law, forcing everyone to choose whether they will be the oppressors or the oppressed, whether they will be a Muslim or a Dhimmi.

 

The organizing force of Islam can be seen in urban gangs which react in much the same way to being 'disrespected'. When your religion is little more than an entitlement to be a thug, to elevate your way of life over that of everyone else, violent outrage over even the most minute sign of disrespect is to be expected. And when your beliefs are little more than an excuse to hate, rioting over a slight is the sacrament of your faith.

Islam did not expand through the persuasiveness of its illiterate child abusing founder, at least not beyond the initial persuasion that allowed him to gather bandit troops to raid, murder and enslave the multicultural peoples of the desert until there was nothing left but Muslims and their slaves. It expanded by force and it has gone on expanding by force. Faced with advanced civilizations, it has reacted with the violent petulant fury that is its spiritual heritage.

The first law is the only true law of Islam. That is the law being practiced by the Afghan rioters and murderers outraged over the burnings of already defaced Korans, as their counterparts have gone on similar rampages over cartoons of Mohammed, the Satanic Verses, Facebook postings and anything else which triggered their rage. This violence has the same goal of all Islamic terror, to maintain the privileged status of Muslims and enforce the submission of non-Muslims.

There is nothing that serves the first law so well as opponents who compromise or offer gestures of appeasement. Despite their numerical advantages, the society of the sword is too backward and lacking in organizational and technological skills to win a direct confrontation. It is only capable of treachery, of exploiting the humanitarian weaknesses of its enemies, of dressing up as dead men and chanting about their utter disregard for human life, of hiding among civilians, attacking in the dark and running to celebrate even the slightest victory as proof of Allah's endorsement of their cause. And none of this would do them the least bit of good if they faced civilizations willing to slap them down.

The cowardice of our leaders has elevated the Koran and its demented author above freedom of speech, above the rights of Americans and the lives of American soldiers. When Muslims kill, the wounded society hurriedly searches for scapegoats that might have provoked them to the act. Was there an offensive cartoon, was a Koran flushed or singed, did they experience discrimination, are they upset about American foreign policy? 

 From my friend Art:

Yesterday, my wife and I went to see Act of Valor.  I was able to choose the movie, quite an accomplishment in itself. We both thought the movie was great and very worthwhile.  Please note that your main stream media gave it 1 and a half stars.  That is probably because the movie depicted radical muslims as radical muslims. 

I never jumped out of a plane.  Consider this, these guys jump out of planes that are going 200 MPH, usually at night and often in to jungles.  They are carrying probably 50 to 75 lbs and their preparation, jump and landing is the easiest part of their mission. 

Highly recommend you see this one in the theater. 

Ethicists Argue in Favor of 'After-Birth Abortions' as Newborns 'Are Not Persons' 

Two ethicists working with Australian universities argue in the latest online edition of the Journal of Medical Ethics that if abortion of a fetus is allowable, so to should be the termination of a newborn.

Alberto Giubilini (Photo: Academia.edu)

Alberto Giubilini with Monash University in Melbourne and Francesca Minerva at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne write that in "circumstances occur[ing] after birth such that they would have justified abortion, what we call after-birth abortion should be permissible."

The two are quick to note that they prefer the term "after-birth abortion" as opposed to "infanticide." Why? Because it "[emphasizes] that the moral status of the individual killed is comparable with that of a fetus (on which 'abortions' in the traditional sense are performed) rather than to that of a child."

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Two Important Conferences in PA

  The PA Coalition will be sponsoring two (2) important conferences coming up in March:
  American Majority Activist Training - On March 10th, the PA Coalition will be co-sponsoring Activist Training at the Double Tree Hilton Pittsburgh from 10:00 to 4:00 PM. Included will be breakout sessions concerning:

• Effective Organizations
• Precinct Power
• Social Capitalists
• Beginner's Guide to Facebook and Twitter
• Blogging and Websites

To learn more and to register go to American Majority Pittsburgh Training.
  PA Leadership Conference (PLC) - On Friday and Saturday, March 23rd and 24th, the Commonwealth's largest gathering of conservative leaders and activists occurs in Harrisburg. The Friday Keynote Speaker is Fox News' Senior Political Analyst Britt Hume. Other notable speakers include Senator Pat Toomey, Herman Cain and Grover Nordquist.

The PA Coalition is once again well represented with several members on the speaking docket including our Director of Health Care Reform, Dr. Nick Pandelidis who will speak concerning aspects of the proposed PA Health Care Exchange and PA Coalition President Greg Wrightstone will be moderating the Energy Panel titled "Marcellus - How Shale we Proceed?"
  Please stop by the PA Coalition's table at PLC to receive a free piece of Marcellus Shale and pick up literature on the PA Health Care Exchange. We are proud to be able to sponsor noted film-maker Ann McElhinney whose newest film "FrackNation" is to be release in June. This film will confront and expose the anti-Marcellus zealots and neo-Luddites who oppose responsible development Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale. Go to PLC to register or learn more.

Additionally, in a recent email, we regretfully omitted listing a free market candidate who is running against Union Lackey Mark Mustio: 

Sue Means

The Committee to Elect Sue Means

3485 South Park Road

Bethel Park, PA 15102

www.ElectSueMeans.com

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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.

Dear Group:

Please join us and Americans for Prosperity - Pennsylvania as we ride to DC to tell the Supreme Court to STOP THE OBAMA HEALTHCARE TAKEOVER!

Join us on the bus March 27th!  We have buses leaving from ALL OVER PA!  Click here to find your stop and sign up!

 Will you join me, Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania and your fellow Patriots to make sure our side is heard too?  Click here to sign up for the bus!

Please sign up here for our March 27th Rally to DC.   Here are a list of locations we are leaving from:

CENTRAL

BERKS

LEBANON

LANCASTER

YORK

HARRISBURG

CAMP HILL 

GETTYSBURG

ALLENTOWN

WEST

BUTLER

ALLEGHENY

MONROEVILLE

FAYETTE

SOMERSET

EAST

SCRANTON

LEHIGHTON

MEDIA

KING OF PRUSSIA

QUAKERTOWN

DOYLESTOWN

LANGHORNE

Don't forget to click here and sign up today (seating is limited)!

SIgned....group leader.

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!

Help Principled Candidates Win

Campaign Training Seminar

March 16-17, 2012 ~ Harrisburg, PA

Voters today - perhaps more than at any time in recent history - are yearning for principled candidates committed to standing strong for the timeless values upon which our country was founded and standing stronger against the politics-as-usual establishment working to undermine those values.

The Winning Campaigns Training Seminar shows principled candidates, campaign staff, and grassroots activists how to run winning campaigns without compromising their values - with a special emphasis placed on running and winning primaries. You'll learn:

•   Secrets campaign pros use to develop winning strategies.
•   How to raise all the money you need to win even if you've never raised money before.
•   Keys to persuading voters in-person, through the mail, over the phone, and online.

Who should attend?
Current & future candidates, campaign staff and consultants, campaign volunteers, grassroots citizen activists.

What's the cost?
Nothing, it's free, but you must register in advance. A group of donors concerned about the political leadership in our state have generously underwritten the cost of the seminar.

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2012 Primary Debate Schedule

Shalom ZOA Members, Friends and Supporters of Israel,

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Our Quarterly open meeting takes place February 29. Our next Young Leadership/Emerging Zionists event is on March 12. On March 19 is a special evening with activist extraordinaire Pamela Geller. Plus, we have special discount tickets of Aish's annual Israel Event. Contact our Office at 215-338-9188 for ticket information.

As noted, this meeting is free and open to the public.

We will hear about Israel from the perspective of State Rep. Curt Schroderwho just returned from a Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition mission there with other lawmakers. Our other guest will be student Allie Blackwho just returned from a Birthright trip.

Nullify Now! Philadelphia

LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO

"BETTER THAN EVER"

(all times are eastern)

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

Deception, betrayal, and dishonesty.

These are not appealing traits in elected officials, but sadly, they aptly describe many Republican lawmakers across the country feverishly working to implement ObamaCare.

Would you believe that Governor Tom Corbett is among those Republicans diligently complying with ObamaCare?

Despite the fact that Pennsylvania is party to the lawsuit being heard before the Supreme Court, Tom Corbett is implementing the law in our state.

ObamaCare requires that each state set up what is known as a Health Insurance Exchange. In theory, these exchanges will be one-stop online shops where individuals will pool together to purchase insurance.

Without a state-created exchange, the individual mandate cannot be enforced.

As in all bureaucracies, there are some major downfalls, not the least of which is the anticipated spike in the cost of insurance.

Other significant issues include:

• The federal government will dictate what insurers may participate
• The federal government will decide minimum coverage-potentially including such elective procedures as breast augmentation and face lifts
• The federal government will stipulate how the exchange is run

I could go on, but I'm certain you recognize the theme. The federal government will control every aspect of our health care.
 
Yet, Governor Corbett claims that establishing CorbettCare will protect Pennsylvania citizens from undue federal regulation.

The opposite is actually true. Creation of the CorbettCare Exchange does great harm and forces onerous federal regulations on our state.

Governor Corbett is readily ceding state Sovereignty to the central government, and relinquishing all authority on health care matters.

Our state has already requested and accepted over $33 million to set up the exchange!

Merely accepting and spending federal funds requires absolute obedience to federal government regulations, and the loss of state sovereignty.

A key responsibility of state officials is to protect our sovereignty, yet our legislators may be considering legislation to assist in the establishment of CorbettCare.

And like obedient little children, these turncoats expect you to forget their empty promises, ignore their campaign rhetoric, and blame the Federal Government for all of the many losses you will suffer as a result.

Click here to sign the petition demanding that the over $33 million in grant funds be returned and all contingency plans to submit to ObamaCare be abandoned immediately!

If you'd like to tell Governor Corbett how you feel about this scheme, you can reach him at 717-787-2500.

There are over 1 billion reasons why some states are establishing these exchanges-and each reason has a dollar sign attached.

With over $1 billion at stake, and more than $700 million already sent to complicit states, it's easy to understand why greedy politicians have their hands out before the court can rule.

These funds are being used all over the country to enrich political allies and the well-connected. Millions of your taxpayer dollars are being wasted, and you are footing the bill while they steal your freedoms.

Those hundreds of millions will never be returned to our treasury-unless you and I do something to force the issue now.

Tell your legislators that even if the Supreme Court fails to overturn ObamaCare, you expect them to protect your rights and jealously guard our state sovereignty by refusing to establish a state exchange.

For Liberty,

RedState Morning Briefing

For February 28, 2012

1. Deja Vu All Over Again

I have, for the longest time, been convinced that the Republican candidates have a very slim chance of beating Barack Obama without a struggling economy. And while I still think it is true, I think the Democrats have handed the GOP a gift that could be turned into victory if the GOP plays its cards well.

We are entering deja vu all over again.

On September 12, 2009, Janet Hook wrote in the Los Angeles Times that "[s]ome Republicans worry that the healthcare debate is reinforcing an unflattering image of them as the 'Party of No.'" Bob Inglis (R-SC), who would go down to defeat in a primary at the hands of the tea party in 2010, gave voice to many Republican leaders at the time when he said, "People are upset, but they expect leaders to remain calm and find solutions. . . . If you don't have a plan about how to lead, why would anyone give you the majority?"

By the end of the year it was taken as objective fact. Being the "Party of No" would kill the GOP in 2010.

On television, objective analysts, Democratic partisans, reporters, and "Republican leaders on background" all spoke of pending disaster for a Republican Party that refused to work with Barack Obama and said "no" to everything.

On February 15, 2010, Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post wrote of Fred Malek, an aide to President Nixon and big Republican donor starting a group called "American Action." In an interview with the Washington Post, Malek openly fretted, "We are a center-right-majority nation, but we are not getting through to the American public and we are becoming increasingly defined as a party of 'no'."

About this time, the full chorus of Republican operatives tied to the establishment, Democratic partisans, and objective analysts were all in a bubble predicting doom for the Party of No.

On July 15, 2010, giving voice to many inside the beltway, columnist Doyle McManus wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "Without that kind of clear, near-unanimous statement, Cantor and his allies argue, Republicans leave themselves vulnerable to being painted by Democrats as the "party of no" - and, worse, as the party that voters rejected in 2008."

Democrats went so far as to turn out polls showing voters really, actually did approve of Obamacare and would punish Republicans for voting against it. Republican leaders chewed their fingernails on background in the Washington Post, which over the campaign season ran 82 stories about the dreaded "Party of No." The New York Times ran even more.

We know how 2010 turned out. It turned out the voters wanted a party of no. The Democratic losses in November of 2010, down to the municipal level across the country, were the most devastating since the late 1800?s.

Fast forward to the present. Objective analysts, Democratic partisans, and "Republican leaders on background" are worried about the GOP defending religious organizations against the Health and Human Services mandate to provide contraception and abortifacient drugs for free for female employees.

2. What's At Stake in Michigan

Here's why today's Michigan primary is so important: it's about establishment confidence in Mitt Romney and the last outside chance of getting another entrant in the race.

There are, as I've noted previously, a number of different types of "establishment" vs "grassroots" divides in the GOP, but you don't have to have any particular definition of 'establishment' to recognize that Romney's candidacy leans heavily on the support he draws from traditional 'establishment' or 'insider' sources: money from big-dollar fundraisers, endorsements from big-name elected officials, and covering fire from right-leaning journalists at major mainstream publications and conservative journals. Romney has depended, time and again, on his ability to get out of trouble by having the resources to go more negative than whatever opponent he's targeting: more money to dump on negative ads and a bigger chorus of voices amplifying those attacks.

3. Using .Gov Domain & Obama's Mother, DNC Propaganda Targets Women

A reader sent the following mailer (see below) from the Democratic National Committee targeting Florida's female population.

The DNC's large, two-sided mailer reads like an Obama campaign piece (because it is one) and refers readers to a federal government website healthcare.gov.

Interestingly, on one side of the mailer, the DNC tells the story of how Barack Obama was motivated to pass Obamacare by the passing of his mother who, living in Jakarta, suffered from violent abdominal pain and was misdiagnosed with appendicitis.

4. Iran Executing Man for Converting to Christianity

Fox News reports Iran has not yet executed Youcef Nadarkhani yet for the crime of converting Moslems in Iran to Christianity:

"The Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran last week for leaving Islam and converting to Christianity was confirmed alive as of early Sunday, sources close to his attorneys told Fox News."

5. Femi-regulars for Rick Santorum

Left-leaning elitist pundits are scratching their heads. After two weeks of liberals trying to convince women that Rick Santorum wants to rip the birth control out of their hands and put them in the kitchen, more and more women are supporting Rick Santorum. "How could this be?" they ask. Answer: We are smarter than you think.

Some liberals have actually been shocked at the radical drift of Mr. Hope and Change.  

If your friend is one of these, make him a gift basket of aroma-therapeutic candles, a CD of healing nature sounds, and a copy of Welcome to Obamaland, and perhaps the light will finally dawn. If that doesn't work, buy a boom box and do break dances on your driveway while listening to Rush Limbaugh really loud.   

The U.S. Constitution

A Reader 

Editorial Note: Just received a couple of copies of the reader.   Not just a short course pamphlet this; with the heft of 'Atlas Shrugged', it is well worth getting whether or not you choose to take the course. 

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.

* VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 

1. VIDEO: Krauthammer: U.S. Apology for Koran Burning 'Embarrassing,' 'Groveling'  2. VIDEO: Amb. John Bolton says we have nothing to apologize for in Quran burning.
3. VIDEO: Muslims Upset That There are Anti Terror Ops That Watch Islamic Centers
4. VIDEO: Israeli Soldiers Train Continually for War
5. VIDEO: American Justice for American Victims of Arab Terrorism
6. VIDEO: Timmy Geithner: Rich Need To Pay More Taxes For "Privilege Of Being An American"
7. VIDEO: U.S. per capita debt burden worse than Greece or any other European nation
8. VIDEO: Seven States Join Fight against Obamacare Birth Control Mandate
9. VIDEO: Astonishing Dolphin 'Stampede' Caught on Video
10. VIDEO: Dad Arrested, Strip-Searched After 4 Year Old Daughter Draws a Picture of a Gun in School

All the presidential bowing and scraping in the world will not change the fact that Muslim supremacism is the irreducible core of mainstream Islam. So why do it?

The Obama administration's denial of reality-
and why Rep. Allen West's Purple Heart
legislation is so important
  Please add your name today!

Last week we emailed you about our open letter to the chairmen of both the U.S. House and Senate Armed Services Committees. The letter calls on the committees to take up and pass H.R. 1142, sponsored by Rep. Allen West, which would confer the Purple Heart upon victims of jihadist attacks (Ft. Hood, the Little Rock Recruitment Center, etc.).

Doing so would correct a grave injustice. It would also shine a light on a reality the Obama administration is desperately trying to deny:

The Obama administration has gone so far in acting on this denial that, at the insistence of radical Muslim organizations, it is expunging any references to "jihad" or "radical Islam" from FBI terrorism training manuals.

This pattern of denial by the Obama administration can be seen in other areas. Recently, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the incredulous statement that Iran is a "rational actor" and is not trying to develop nuclear weapons.

This illustrates a triumph of wishful thinking, or perhaps wishful parsing of intelligence data, over an understanding of religious doctrinal beliefs that are at least in part driving Iran's leaders on its path toward nuclear weaponry. When Ahmadinejad, Khameini, or any other Iranian leader, express their belief in the return of the 12^th imam, and how a worldwide apocalypse must occur before this happens, we should take them at their word. What better way to instigate a worldwide apocalypse than to launch nuclear weapons?

But instead of taking this seriously, it seems that this administration dismisses such notions as crazy ramblings, because, after all, no one in our leadership would ever believe such a thing.

The Obama administration has also been exhibiting a denial of reality in the way it is responding to the accidental burning of some Qur'ans in Afghanistan. It has trotted out one apology after another, from different leaders in the administration, even going so far as to promise that those who burned the Qur'ans will be held accountable.

(Interestingly, some modern and ancient Islamic authorities specifically sanction the burning of Qur'ans as a proper means of disposal. To find out more see this enlightening article by our friend and colleague Andrew Bostom.)

The Obama administration actions have been undertaken in the hope that this would somehow assuage the wrath of the Afghan rioters, when in fact it denies the reality that such repeated pleas for forgiveness are doing the exact opposite, like throwing gasoline on a fire. The Obama administration's actions are emboldening the rioters and have failed to achieve their purported goal.

Every person who signs the Purple Heart letter is not only calling on Congress to correct a grave injustice, he or she is sending a message that we have lost patience with the denial of the reality that jihad is what is motivating Islamic terrorists and that jihad is an act of war.

So if you haven't yet signed the Purple Heart letter, for the sake of the victims at Ft. Hood and Little Rock, please add your name today.
 

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Oscar Wilde noted "true friends stab you in the front." Which explains why President Obama-- the self-proclaimed "best friend Israel ever had" -- has decided to cut funding for the Jewish state's missile defense system at the same time he wants to restore funding to UNESCO. (Israel's best friends will remember that the President was forced to cut support to the traditional anti-Israel agency by federal law because the organization recognized the Palestinian Authority as a state.)

THIS IS A MUST-SEE: Britain's MUSLIM MINISTER OF JUSTICE (Shahid Malik) gives terrifying triumphalist speech at huge Muslim conference (2 1/2 minutes)

TRUE FACE OF ISLAM and THE VIDEO LABOUR DID NOT WANT LEAKED.

ALSO A MUST-SEE: Liberal female activist returns to her home down after only a few years to find it transformed by Islamist extremists (14 minutes, but the first 4 1/2 are enough)

UK-based Palestinian extremist speaks at Amsterdam venue

Cleric who called on Muslims to kill Jewish "enemies of Allah" speaks at one of Amsterdam's foremost forums for political debate.

By CNAAN LIPSHIZ, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT02/22/2012 04:34  

By Courtesy

AMSTERDAM - A Palestinian cleric who called on Muslims to kill Jewish "enemies of Allah" spoke last week about Islam in Europe at one of Amsterdam's foremost forums for political debate.

Haitham al-Haddad appeared there on Thursday night at the invitation of a student association of a major Dutch university.

"Islam became part of the landscape of Europe. Non-Muslims cannot dictate what Islam is," Haddad - a Saudi-born Palestinian based in London - told the crowd at De Balie, a privately owned cultural and political institution in central Amsterdam.

"We're very happy that you've agreed to talk to us in a setting like this with all the press present," the director of De Balie, Youri Albrecht, told Haddad.

"You've had a long day, so a warm welcome, I would say, to Mr. Haddad."

De Balie, situated at what used to be Amsterdam's district court, often hosts public readings and debates with dignitaries and official guests of the Dutch Foreign Ministry. In November the ministry hosted Dr. Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian human rights activist and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, at De Balie.

"The best role for women to play is to be good mothers, supporting the family and supporting society through this. We are suffering from women who are abandoning their children or women who are following media," Haddad also said at De Balie.

His address was part of a debate with Tofik Dibi, a member of parliament for the Green Left party, and Kustaw Bessems, a Dutch journalist for the freely distributed newspaper De Pers. Bessems arranged the event together with the Islamic student association of the Free University.

Haddad was scheduled to speak on campus, but the university canceled the talk after protest by the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, the Netherlands' watchdog on anti-Semitism.

CIDI obtained a copy of an Arabic language op-ed from 2002 carrying Haddad's name that praises suicide bombers, describes "peace with the Jews" as "betrayal" and calls Jews and Christians "the enemies of Allah."

Haddad, who is based in London, was born to Palestinian parents in Saudi Arabia, where he grew up. At a televised sermon from 2009, he said: "Israel will never live in peace. This message has to be clear for the Israelis: Israeli will never live in peace. That's why my proposed solution for the Israelis is to leave Palestine and to go back to their own countries."

A parliamentary majority has asked Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten to ban the Islamic scholar from entering the Netherlands, but Haddad's visit was approved.

"It was only after that parliamentary majority decided they'd try to interfere and try to stop Haddad from entering, and after the Free University gave in to political pressure and canceled an event where he was scheduled to speak, that it became a matter of principle to find some venue," Bessems said. He added that he found some of Haddad's ideas "despicable."

Hafid Bouazza, a Moroccan-born Dutch writer, accused Bessems of acting like "a black lawyer willfully jumping to defend Ku Klux Klansmen," in a column for De Volkskrant, an influential daily. "Islamists have learned that in the West, the best way to proselytize is to say you want to 'debate,'" Bouazza wrote.

Ken Blackwell: Author, Leader, Public Official and Gentleman

Dear patriots,

Ken Blackwell, a black conservative, has been toiling for decades on the center-right. He is breath of fresh air with clear vision on principles, leadership and what is at stake for this country.

His book, The Blueprint: Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency, is a page-turner. Unlike many who are watching specific issues, Blackwell and Ken Klukowski weave specific issues into a pattern worth seeing. If you haven't yet gotten it, this is one you will want to have available in your home library. The appendix is particularly helpful.

Again, if you agree with Ken's points, post it on your Facebook page, like it on my Facebook page or forward this email to others to share it as we build this community out for 2012.

Watch here.

Next week: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), chairman of the House Budget Committee

Cheers,

February 27, 2012

15 Questions The Mainstream Media Would Ask Barack Obama If He Were A Republican

By John Hawkins

1/24/2012

During the practically endless series of Republican debates, we have heard almost every question imaginable asked to Republican candidates - if by every question imaginable, you mean horribly slanted, often irrelevant questions designed to make them look bad and help Obama. We've heard questions about contraceptives, religion, Newt's angry ex-wife, Gardasil, etc., etc., etc. So, what would happen if the mainstream media treated Barack Obama the exact same way that they treat Republicans? The questions might sound a little something like this.

1) Numerous Mexican citizens and an American citizen have been killed with weapons knowingly provided to criminals by our own government during Operation Fast and Furious. If Eric Holder was aware that was going on, do you think he should step down as Attorney General? Were you aware that was going on and if so, shouldn't you resign?

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Brief · February 27, 2012

The Foundation

"Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression." --James Madison

For the Record

"With the average price of a gallon of gasoline rising 40 cents just last week, President Obama attacked Republicans [Thursday], trying to distract voters from his own failed energy policy. 'The American people aren't stupid,' Obama said. 'You know there are no quick fixes to this problem.' ... Obama has been in office for three years now. There is plenty the federal government can do to lower gas prices in three years. Problem is, everything Obama has done on energy has been designed to increase Americans' pain at the pump. ... Yes, oil and gas production is up in the United States. But this is happening in spite of Obama, not because of him. It is being driven entirely by increased production on state and private lands, areas where Obama has little power to shut down production. The reality is that Obama's goal has always been higher gas prices. His Energy Secretary Steven Chu famously told The Wall Street Journal in 2008, 'Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.' And when Obama was asked by CNBC's John Harwood that same year if high gas prices actually 'helped' the United States, Obama said, 'I think that I would have preferred a gradual adjustment.' Americans aren't stupid. They remember Obama's words. They know that the only real regret Obama has about high gas prices is that he may get blamed for them at the ballot box." --Washington Examiner's Conn Carroll

Is Obama playing political games with gas prices?

Opinion in Brief

"Corporate tax reform has long been an opportunity for a win-win bipartisan effort in Washington. Everyone agrees that the corporate code needs significant changes, if not a complete overhaul; it's too complicated, too costly, and rewards the larger companies that can afford to analyze it for every possible benefit. Both parties have made corporate tax reform part of their platforms, Democrats arguing that we need to close loopholes, Republicans that we need simplification and lower rates. The White House decided to go first on corporate tax reform. ... [F]rom a political perspective, [Obama's proposal] may be even worse than its economics. For the second straight year, Obama has launched a major proposal while deliberately disregarding his own advisory panel's recommendations. That turned into political disaster last year, when Obama's budget ignored his own appointed deficit panel. ... Now his new corporate tax proposal ignores the recommendations from the panel Obama created to much fanfare last year as part of his focus on job creation and economic growth. The obvious conclusion is that Obama has prioritized punitive tax changes on American business in order to fund his spending expansion over economic growth. Republicans need to emphasize that Obama's job council turned out to be nothing more than a smoke screen, just the same as Simpson-Bowles, and that this corporate tax 'reform' is anything but." --blogger Ed Morrissey

Government

"It turns out that under Obamacare ... all insurance plans must cover, at no charge, abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives, sterilization, and patient education and counseling for women of reproductive age. ... This is not a one-time exception to the rule of Obamacare; it is the establishment of the rule itself. One can only imagine what life will be like when the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) begins rationing health benefits to reduce Medicare spending. It is not the details in Obamacare that are the real problem but the form of governance it establishes, by which unelected experts are empowered to make the rules as they go along. What is happening has little to do with health care or even public policy and everything to do with the role of government in the most immediate and intimate matters of our lives. All is subject to government control, regulatory dictate, and administrative whim. ... It is what happens when a model of government focused on determining outcomes, despite good intentions, finally acquires the unlimited authority to reshape society to its bureaucratic blueprint." --Heritage Foundation's Matthew Spalding

The Gipper

"[W]e can either have an economy that puts the private citizen at the center -- the consumer, the worker, the entrepreneur -- and lets each individual be the judge of what to buy or sell, where to work, where to invest, and what to create. Or we can put the government at the center of the economy and let the bureaucrats and politicians call the balls and strikes and decide who's out of business, or who will get the big contract and be home free." --Ronald Reagan

Essential Liberty

"This perversion of rights is killing the Western world. ... All the free stuff is free in the sense of those offers that begin 'You pay nothing now!' But you will eventually. No nation is rich enough to give you all this 'free' stuff year in, year out. ... According to the Senate Budget Committee, U.S. government debt is currently $44,215 per person. Going by the official Obama budget numbers, it will rise over the next 10 years to $75,000. As I say, that's per person: 75 grand in debt for every man, woman and child, not to mention every one of the ever swelling ranks of retirees and disabled Social Security recipients -- or about $200,000 per household. ... [A]t some point, no matter how painless the seductions of statism, you run up against the hard math: As those debt per capita numbers make plain, all this 'free' stuff is doing is mortgaging your liberty and lining up a future of serfdom." --columnist Mark Steyn

Political Futures

"Obama supporters are beginning to feel more confident, or at least less embarrassed. A year ago, even three months ago, they were thinking: What a confounding, confusing loser this man is. They didn't bother defending him never mind advancing him. But now they're starting to get friskier. They believe there's a new lay to the land: The economy is coming back, at least for now and at least a little; the Republican nominee will emerge so bloodied his victory will hardly be worth having; the Republicans are delving into areas so extreme and off point that by the end Mr. Obama will look like the moderate. ... It is true the Republican candidates are making the president look better, and part of it has to do with circumstances. ... They're accusing each other, he's ignoring them. He pounds away on his issues, they have a thousand issues, a jumble of questions and answers and stands. There is no nominee and so no prioritizing of concerns, and therefore no central meaning. It's all an acrimonious blur. Good news: This may be the Republicans' low point. Bad news: The low point may last until the convention, and through it. It's all getting a little exhausting." --columnist Peggy Noonan

Insight

"The world runs on individuals pursuing their separate interests. The greatest achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way. In the only cases in which the masses have escaped from ... grinding poverty ... the only cases in recorded history are where they have had capitalism and largely free trade. If you want to know where the masses are worst off, it's exactly in the kind of societies that depart from that." --economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006)

Faith & Family

"Yelling racist and bigot and charging cowardice are the only stratagem left to liberals who cannot win on the merits of their arguments. They dismiss defense of marriage and pro-life measures as 'wedge issues.' In fact, they are bridge issues, since they form a bridge between races, religions, and ethnic groups. Those liberals who press to overturn marriage laws resort to name-calling and character assassination. All the while they hypocritically wrap themselves in the mantle of civility. ... In the past decade, the Supreme Courts of Washington State, New York, and Maryland -- three very liberal states -- came down on the side of true marriage. Why? Each court said that the raising of children was a compelling state interest. Each court -- of course -- is being radically transformed by liberal governors to facilitate their assault on the family. In Maryland, Attorney General Doug Gansler openly avows this as his governor's strategy. We who defend true marriage are equally committed to civil rights. We strongly believe that marriage is a civil right -- and that overturning true marriage will cause grave harm to all Americans, not the least to the poor and to minorities." --columnist Ken Blackwell

Culture

"There is nothing good about illegitimacy. ... In the 21st century, we pretty much affirm everybody's right to do as he or she wants -- no advice, no lectures or finger-pointing, just do it! It shows. An above 50 percent bastardy rate for under-30s is more than a scandal; it's a social crime. ... The marriage structure -- one man, one woman, children of differing number -- is a society all its own. It binds and in binding, liberates by enabling. ... A man and woman who make a covenant of lifelong union ... have a structure within which to live, and I don't mean a house. I mean something bigger: an undertaking within which sorrow and joys are to be duly enacted and -- the present point -- children to be conceived and raised. ... Illegitimacy strips children of rights and dignity and exposes them to insecurities and anxieties (not least concerning who they really are) that they would less commonly encounter as members of the ordinary family tribe. ... Do we ever think we're smart in the 21st century -- so smart that we can let go of rules and institutions, doing just what we like and no more?" --columnist William Murchison

Reader Comments

"Not that my reverence for the towering figure required bolstering but Mark Alexander's essay on the character of George Washington was, without doubt, the greatest single compendium of tributes to Washington I have ever encountered. Thank you much!" --Jack

"In Mark Alexander's essay, 'Model for Presidential Character,' General Washington's horse is identified incorrectly as 'Traveller.' I believe you will find that 'Traveller' was the name of Gen. Robert E. Lee's horse, and that General Washington's horses for most of the Revolution were 'Nelson' and 'Blueskin.'" --Carolyn

Alexander's Reply: OK, you get the award, Carolyn. I wondered how many of our readers knew enough about history to question "Traveller," and suffice it to say many did! George Washington had seven horses. Old Nelson and Blueskin were most noted, but he also rode Mongolia, Samson, Steady, Leonidas and Traveller. (His dogs did not have such distinguished names, Drunkard and Tipsy, for example, but that is another story.) The son of Washington's longtime friend, Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, was Robert E. Lee, who had the greatest admiration for his lifetime historic mentor, General Washington. Like Washington, Lee was called to lead a Revolutionary Wary for Independence and was said to have carried one of Washington's battle swords in his personal baggage. Indeed, R.E. Lee named his horse Traveller after one of his mentor's favorite steeds.

"Regarding Friday's 'Competing Tax Visions,', both the president's and governor's 'plans' tinker around the edges to determine winners and losers in the income tax game. Why don't we just hit the 'Delete' button on the income tax and totally replace it with the FairTax?" --Chuck

"Tax proposals come and tax proposals go. It's all just more sleight of hand to distract us from the real issues. That's right, the real issues. Like so-called national leaders who regularly and routinely violate their oaths." --David

"How am I coping with gas prices? I'm not. I have to drive 80 miles a day for my job. There is no public transportation here and no car pooling. So I pay whatever the going rate for gas and pray God gets me where I have to go. And as for the president not taking the blame? What ever happened to, 'The Buck Stops Here'?" --Sandra

The Koran is nothing but a book, the soldiers were Americans. I am outraged but not surprised at his outrage turned upside down. It is time to end this egregious hypocrisy and end this traitorous regime." --Les

"Let us know when the Million Mullet March will be, I have a friend who needs to be in the front row!" --Lyna

The Last Word

"It's becoming clear that the more the United States apologizes to Afghanistan for burning a few Korans, the more Afghans leap into the streets. So White House Dossier has helpfully compiled for Obama a list of ten alternative approaches that the president could have taken to deal with the problem. ... 1. Dedicate a round of golf to the people of Afghanistan. 2. Send Michelle for a symbolic vacation to Jalalabad. 3. Ask the Afghans if they'd like the Russians back instead. 4. Head to a local Afghan restaurant and bow to the wait staff. 5. Offer to make Afghanistan's heroin 'The Official Heroin of the United States.' 6. Give Afghan children a permanent exemption from Michelle's 'Let's Move' school lunch offerings. 7. Provide unlimited, free doses of Prozac to the entire adult population of Afghanistan. 8. Change the lyrics of O Tannenbaum to O Taliban. 9. Set up a program to provide virgins to Afghan men who refuse to commit suicide bombings. 10. Demand an apology from Afghanistan for the more than 1,800 U.S. forces killed since the start of the war." --White House Dossier's Keith Koffler

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

February 27, 2012         

VAN JONES, UNIONS UNITE FOR 99% SPRING  
Some experts believed the Occupy Wall Street movement had disbanded. Others thought that the self-proclaimed 99%-ers were just in hibernation. It appears that the hibernation theory was correct. Read which unions have joined with former Green Jobs Czar Van Jones and are reforming the protest groups inside churches and under the label of "The 99% Spring" HERE.

CHILD SKETCHES GUN, DAD gets ARRESTED   
It's only Monday, but this story is already in the lead for the week's "overreaching government" award. A Canadian man was arrested and strip-searched after his 4-yr-old daughter drew a picture of a gun in her school. Get the details and find out what the police found when they searched the man's home HERE.     

WYOMING PREPARES FOR DOOMSDAY
The state of Wyoming is concerned about the future. Last week the state's House of Representatives advanced a bill that would start a task force to prepare for a potential catastrophic collapse of the national government. Find out what Wyoming considers to be important to the survival of her citizens HERE.     

KIRK CAMERON'S 'MONUMENTAL' HOPES TO REDISCOVER OUR 'NATIONAL TREASURE'   
From 1985 to 1992 Kirk Cameron was a child star on ABC's sitcom "Growing Pains." As an adult, Cameron is a well-known Evangelical speaker, faith leader, and a documentary filmmaker. Learn about his latest project and see the trailer HERE.

CARTOONIST DETAINED OVER HIJAB COMMENT

in character. He was portraying a fictitious dictator who will be seen in Cohen's next film. Mr. Cohen was also carrying an urn reported to contain the ashes of Kim Jong Il. The ashes did not not make it into the Kodak Theater. See what happened HERE.

tonight on REAL NEWS FROM THE BLAZE 

All eyes are on the Egyptian trial of 16 Americans. If the U.S. fails to secure the release of these workers, how severely will it impact our nation's global interests? This and more stories the mainstream media missed this weekend while focused on the Oscars. Tonight on Real News from The Blaze at 7pm ET. Only on GBTV.

Yale Lawsuit Claims ICE Detainers are Unconstitutional

A Yale University law school clinic filed suit last week on behalf of an illegal alien against the Connecticut Department of Corrections alleging it is unconstitutional for its officers to honor U.S. ICE detainers.

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DHS Uses Social Media to Monitor Backdoor Amnesty Blowback

A recently released 2011 reference guide for analysts working for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Media Monitoring Capability program reveals its mission includes keeping an eye on those who disagree with the Administration's backdoor amnesty initiatives.

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AZ Governor Rejects Senator Schumer

On Friday, Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer declined Sen. Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) request for her to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration this April over her state's immigration enforcement law, SB 1070.

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Federal Court Issues Mixed Ruling on Fremont Local Ordinance

The Federal District Court for Nebraska last Monday partly upheld and partly rejected the city of Fremont's immigration enforcement ordinance. The citizens of Fremont passed the ordinance as a ballot initiative in June 2010, after the City Council defeated a similar measure by one vote.

Today's Headlines:  Monday, February 27, 2012

First Lady Devoted to 'Let's Move' Commitment: President's Got A Treadmill on Air Force One

Hillary Clinton Offers a Peculiar Response to a Question About 'Zionist Lobbies'

Romney, Santorum Criticize Obama's Apology to Afghan Leader

Suicide Car Bomber Attacks Afghan Airport, Killing 9

'We Don't Have Any' Problem of Illegal Immigrants Voting in U.S., Dem Congressmen Say

Despite Poor Economy, Study Finds Private Investment Offers Better Returns Than Social Security

Pelosi's 'Message to Church:' 'Catholic Women...From 14...Or Younger...Are Practicing Birth Control'

Testimony: Georgetown Law Student Couldn't Afford Contraception--At School Surrounded by Planned Parenthood Clinics Distributing Condoms

Democrat Governor: Gov't Owes It to Children to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage    Clinton on Egypt NGO Trial: 'We Have Problems With a Lot of Our Friends Around the World'

Making Our Borders Safe -- From Illegal Pre-Columbian Art?

COMMENTARY:

Must-Win Tuesday Looking Better for Romney
By Rich Galen
Polls, as we have been made all too aware, are not predictive, so there is no guarantee that Romney will win both of the primary elections tomorrow night, but as in any poll, it's better to be slightly ahead than slightly behind.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Monday, February 27, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 253 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Smearing Santorum

Big media continue to distort virtually everything Senator Rick Santorum says. In the latest examples, the media are horrified that Santorum takes issue with John Kennedy's Catholicism speech, and they are trying to convince you that Santorum doesn't want your kids to go to college. Now let me set the record straight.

It's not surprising that Kennedy's speech is hailed by the media as the standard for religious tolerance in America. In the speech, Kennedy says, "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute." Kennedy went on to make it clear that his faith would be strictly private and have no bearing whatsoever on his policies or actions as president. Kennedy gave this speech, swearing his allegiance to secularism, largely in response to anti-Catholic bigotry and misguided fears that the pope would be running America.

Of course, the left would prefer an America where faith doesn't matter, where Obama's understanding of the Gospel prevails over Franklin Graham's, where Nancy Pelosi's Catholicism prevails over Rick Santorum's. But the morning headlines of yet another school shooting speak volumes about America's growing virtue deficit. The left does not understand that most Americans do not "cling" to their faith out of bitterness, as Obama once suggested; rather they celebrate their faith because it defines who we are.

On the college flap, Santorum said, "President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob." Santorum was making two points, both of which the media conveniently ignored.

First, in a nation that builds things there should be millions of jobs that don't require a four-year degree. For many young people, a two-year degree at a community college or vocational school should be fine. Sadly, we can't keep many kids in high school, and too many high school graduates can't read or write above the 7th grade level.

But I think what really drove the talking heads nuts was when Santorum said that too many of our university faculties are dedicated to creating new liberals. As Santorum said, "There are good decent men and women who go out and work hard every day and put their skills to test who aren't taught by some liberal college professor trying to indoctrinate them. I understand why he wants you to go to college. He wants to remake you in his image."


Obama Down Again

After weeks of fawning media coverage about the improving economy, Obama's approval rating is falling once again. In today's Rasmussen poll, Obama is down to 45% -- a four-week low. Fifty-three percent of likely voters disapprove of Obama's job performance. In other polling, three of the GOP contenders are statistically tied in match-ups against Obama.

I continue hearing from folks who think Senator Santorum is "too conservative" to win. But a recent Rasmussen poll found that Santorum is running eight points better among independent voters than Mitt Romney in four "must win" states. Against Obama, Santorum wins these voters by five points, whereas Romney loses them by three.

Don't fall for the media's spin. Campaigns will ebb and flow. This election will be brutal, but Obama is not guaranteed to win it. His policies and his apologizing are deeply unpopular. (See next items.) We can win. We must win!


The Apologizing Continues

USA Today reports that a top Pentagon official went to Sterling, Virginia, Friday to address the Koran burning controversy in Afghanistan. I suspect many of you are asking, "What does Sterling, Virginia, have to do with events in Afghanistan?"

As it turns out, Sterling is home to the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, or ADAMS Center, which hosts one of the largest mosques in the country. And Peter Lavoy, the acting assistant secretary of defense for Asia and Pacific security affairs, was there to apologize for the burning of Korans at Bagram Air Force Base.

Lavoy told the audience, "I come here today to apologize on behalf of the Department of Defense for the incident that took place in Afghanistan this week." Imam Mohamed Magid, executive director of the ADAMS Center mosque and president of the Islamic Society of North America, said, "It was very satisfying ... to hear an apology three times in one speech."

So now we have to apologize to Muslims in Sterling, Virginia, too? On Fox News Friday, Charles Krauthammer unleashed a rhetorical broadside against the administration:

"We have gone from apology here to abject self-debasement and groveling. And groveling to whom? To the mob. We should have had a single apology coming from the commander on the ground and that's it. ... And have we heard a word from any Islamic leader anywhere about the radical Muslims in Nigeria who are not only burning the churches, but are burning women and children who are Christians in the churches?

On CNN today, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) insisted that the Republican presidential candidates were "at war with Islam" because they were critical of Obama's apology. The president, meanwhile, was being responsible and "showing leadership," trying to defuse a delicate situation when "lives are at stake."

But it was Senator Durbin who once accused U.S. troops of behaving like Nazis and who compared GITMO to a "gulag." Durbin was awfully worried about the jihadists at GITMO, but where was Durbin's concern for the lives of U.S. troops then?

And what about the argument that Obama is being a responsible leader, trying to calm the situation? The rioting continues, and nine more people were killed over the weekend. As Krauthammer explained, Obama's apology was interpreted as weakness:

"I'm not sure the argument that ... you have to do it to protect our soldiers, is correct. The fact is that after the president apologized and after we have been on our knees groveling there was an increase in the violence. I mean, it isn't as if it has any effect whatsoever. It whets the appetite. People love to see America on its knees. ...

"The reason we're apologizing is not because of politeness or showing respect. A single apology would have done that. It's the fear of violence. People don't object if Mormons are mocked on Broadway, if Christian crucifixes are put in bottles of urine and displayed in a museum because the violence isn't a factor. People are afraid. You do a cartoon of Muhammad and you get beheaded or shot. It's a matter of fear. It's not respect. ...all of this stuff is cravenous."

ObamaCare, Tax Hikes Unpopular

According to a new Gallup poll, just 20% of Americans believe the individual mandate in ObamaCare is constitutional, while 72% believe it is unconstitutional. Even 56% of Democrats believe the mandate is unconstitutional! And only 38% of voters in 12 "swing states" think ObamaCare is a "good thing" for the country, while 53% believe it is a "bad thing." This was the issue that Obama spent the first two years of his presidency trying to ram down our throats while the economy cratered.

(By the way, in this Gallup poll, Santorum beats Obama by five points in the swing states, whereas Romney beats Obama by only two.)

And what is Obama's big idea on the economy? Raise taxes. Democrats think they have a winning formula in making "millionaires and billionaires" pay their fair share. But what do most Americans think that "fair share" should be? About 30% -- lower than the top tax rate that the wealthy already pays and much lower than it would be if Obama got his way. According to an analysis of the poll, "Only 4 percent thought it was appropriate to take 40 percent [in taxes], which is approximately the level that President Obama is seeking from January 2013 onward."    

Media mocks Wyoming for preparation & 'Doomsday Bill'

Glenn praised the actions of a politician from Wyoming who is bringing something the media has dubbed the 'Doomsday Bill' to the table. Glenn is calling this perhaps one of the most responsible pieces of legislation because it calls for Wyoming to prepare for not only catastrophic natural disasters and terrorist attacks - but also in the event of a financial meltdown. Not surprisingly, the media mocked the bill. Glenn has the audio and reaction.

OWS finally has a street plan 

Occupy Wall Street has long been criticized for not having any cohesion or any plan. It's been a collection of leftist radicals who want some crazy change, but never has there been one unified message...until now. It's taken them a while, but finally their brilliant plan has been revealed. Glenn goes over the new plan on radio today.

Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure

Kirk Cameron was a successful young actor and a star on the hit series Growing Pains and since then his life has taken some pretty interesting turns. First he starred in the grassroots movie Fireproof which has turned into a staple for churches everywhere to use as a guide on marriage issues. Now his latest project, Monumental, a documentary that will air as a one-time event on March 27th in theaters nationwide, shows Kirk heading down a path very similar to that of Glenn's -- restoring America's lost history. Last week Kirk came on The Glenn Beck Program to talk to Glenn about the live event.