Quote: 

"To argue with a man who has renounced his reason is like giving medicine to the dead."

NDAA Nullification Passes Virginia Senate by a Veto-Proof 39-1 Vote

Today, the Virginia Senate took a firm stand in support of liberty, the Constitution for the United States, and the Constitution of Virginia by voting in favor of House Bill 1160 (HB1160), the "NDAA Nullification Act."

The final vote was 39-1.

After a motion to recommit (delay until next year) went down to the wire before being rejected yesterday (report here), groups across the political spectrum activated in support of the legislation, which codifies in law that no agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia - including defense forces and national guard troops, will comply with or assist the federal government in any way under it's newly claimed powers to arrest and detain without due process.

INTERNMENT: NEVER AGAIN

The bill's primary sponsor, Delegate Bob Marshall, had this to say in support:

"During World War II, the federal government incarcerated tens of thousands of loyal Japanese Americans in the name of national security. By this bill, Virginia declares that it will not participate in similar modern-day efforts.

Even President Obama had questions about the bill, when he promised the American people that he would not use the unrestrained powers it granted him - but why should we trust any President with such powers?

If you see a story that you believe would be useful and important to our readers, simply respond to this email with a link and a brief description of why it is important.  (Even if it may be obvious)

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Ronald Reagan On the Evils of Socialized Medicine (i.e. ObamaCare)

 FLASHBACK -- Ronald Reagan points out the dangers of socialized medicine (like Obama's proposed 'ObamaCare' flimflam). Kudos to the American Civil Responsibilities Union of Anaheim, Calif. for providing this short clip. [ http://acru.com/ ]

Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine  

(The Full Recording) 

From the 1961 Operation Coffee Cup Campaign against Socialized Medicine as proposed by the Democrats, then a private citizen Ronald Reagan Speaks out against socialized medicine. There is no video because this was an LP sent out by the American Medical Association.  

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

Dear Fellow Conservative,

We hope you can join us for a very exciting activist training event with Erick Erickson of Redstate, American Majority, Heritage Action, Veterans and Patriots United and several other Pennsylvania grassroots organizations coming to Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 10, 2012.

This event, entitled Campaign 2012: Ready, Set, Win!, will offer fellow conservatives all the latest tools to maximize success at the grassroots level and make certain that our shared goal of limiting government and restoring individual liberty is achieved this year at all levels of government.

The special guest speaker at lunch will be Erick Erickson, founder and managing Editor of Redstate.com as well as a political analyst and contributor on CNN. This event is being hosted by Veterans and Patriots United, American Majority and Heritage Action, and is co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Coalition for Responsible Government, Pittsburgh Tea Party, Washington County 9.12, Fayette Patriots, We the People (Greene County), and the South Hills 9.12 Group.

Registration for this event is only $20.00 which covers all of the training sessions, lunch and training materials. The entire event will run from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, with lunch served at 12 noon. Perhaps best of all, this event will offer fellow conservatives from all over Pennsylvania the opportunity to come together and plot the course for success in 2012 and beyond.

Training topics include but are not limited to: Get-Out-the-Vote (GOTV), Effective Organizations, Precinct Power, How the Left does Community Organizing, Blogs and Websites, and Beginners Guide to Facebook and Twitter. A list of the full schedule for the day is available here.

Please do not miss this special event-register online or by calling us at (540) 338-1251. Space is limited so please register today! 

Sincerely, 

Ned Ryun
President
American Majority

Constitution 101:
The Meaning and History of the Constitution

Available to you, your family, your friends,
and all Americans.

Weeks One & Two Now Available - Sign Up TODAY!

Dr. Larry P. Arnn

Over the years, many friends of Hillsdale, those who never attended college here, have said to me: "Dr. Arnn, I wish I could take Hillsdale's Constitution course!"

In response to these requests, this past year, for the first time ever, Hillsdale College offered the "Introduction to the Constitution" lecture series at no charge. Frankly, I wasn't sure what sort of a response a course like this would have.

That's why I was excited to see that YOU and almost 200,000 other people from all over the United States registered for "Introduction to the Constitution."

Thank you very much for registering and participating. I hope you learned a lot from the series.

I was thrilled, not only by the response, but at what it indicates: Americans are willing and eager learn about the Constitution and to defend the principles of liberty that made America so prosperous!

And this re-awakening of national interest in the Constitution comes not a minute too soon.

Now, for the first time ever, Hillsdale College is offering a no-cost 10-week online Constitution course based on the class Hillsdale College students must complete for graduation:

"Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution"

This course on the U.S. Constitution is available online at no charge to anyone who wants to understand and defend the timeless principles of liberty upon which our nation was founded!

I am proud to be teaching part of our NEW "Constitution 101" course and hope YOU will be one of my students again!

"Constitution 101" begins on February 20, 2012, and concludes the week of April 30. It will cover such topics as the Declaration of Independence and its connection to the Constitution, how the Constitution is structured to protect individual liberty and ensure good government, the crisis of constitutional government faced by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, and modern challenges to the Constitution during the "Progressive" era.

It is my honor to teach the first class, "The American Mind," and the final class, "The Recovery of the Constitution." All of the classes will be taught by Hillsdale College professors - the top teachers in their field and the same ones who instruct our students here on Hillsdale's campus.

PTPP of Central MOntco Monthly Meeting
Thursday March 8, 2012
The Rock Cafe, 857 Main Street, Harleysville 7-9 PM

Speaker - David Baldinger
Topic Property Tax Independence Act

House Bill 1776, The Property Tax Independence Act, will be introduced shortly in the Pennsylvania house and Senate.
This bill is designed to accomplish the following:

• Eliminate school property and local school nuisance taxes across the Commonwealth and replace those taxes with funding from a single state source.
• Introduce a modernized school funding method that is based on 21st century economic realities.
• ABOLISH the school property tax as well as eliminate the local school earned income tax and nuisance taxes such as the per capita and privilege-to-work taxes imposed by school districts.
• Utilize in great measure our current sales tax mechanism to fund schools, restoring the original intent of the tax.
• Shift school funding to a predictable and stable funding source that is tied to economic growth. This is in clear contrast to the school property tax which is not based on economic growth and is subject to much variation.
• Address the problem of current school spending regularly exceeding tax revenue head-on by limiting school budget increases to the rate of inflation.

Christians United For Israel invites you to a  IRANIUM Movie Screening in the Bethel, PA area.

 
Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 6:00 PM     

Tri-County Worship Center
1501 Schubert Road
Bethel, PA 19507 

Event info & RSVP

Movie Screening:  IRANIUM 

Movie information

EVENT IS FREE - SEATING IS LIMITED - RSVP IS REQUESTED

  Presented  by  Christians United For Israel

Philadelphia Sharia Law: Philadelphia City Council Fights For Sharia Law

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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

Visit Sam's website at www.rohrerforsenate.org

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.

Come join us Patriots !!!

VFP Meeting, March 9, Phoenixville Country Club   

WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA!?

Join us at our next meeting and find out and learn how you can help! Come out and meet two great conservatives who are running in the April 24 primary. Roger Howard is challenging Senator Pileggi for the PA Senate seat in the 9th District and Chris Amentas is challenging Senator Dinniman for the 19th District PA Senate seat.

Roger believes that the Republican leadership in the Senate is not living up the the reforms that were promised in the 2010 elections and that they continue to do business as usual. He will work to restore the respect and trust of the people for the PA Senate. Let him tell us how.

Chris Amentas is a fiscal and social conservative who believes strong and responsible economic policies benefit everyone. He feels that politicians in Harrisburg seem unwilling to make the difficult choices needed to restore economic stability and jobs. Let's learn more.

As you know, we have Republicans in the Governor's seat, in the Senate and in the House yet nothing seems to be getting done. The House has passed numerous important bills that die in the Senate including the Voter ID Bill, HB934. Help change things by meeting these outstanding candidates and supporting them in the coming elections.

Also, Nate Benfield, Director of Policy Analysis for the Commonwealth Foundation will provide discussion on Governor Corbett's new budget proposal. Nate will give the Budget Background, a Historical Spending and Budget Process overview; long term threats to the budget, how to "Fireproof the economy" solutions and policy recommendations.

The more we know, the better prepared we will be to send our message to Harrisburg: smaller government, fiscal responsibility, free markets, and Constitutional government.

The Steering Committee
Mark, Betty, Jeff & Joe
vfpatriots.com

{ For Ticket Information } 

2012 Primary Debate Schedule

Shalom ZOA Members, Friends and Supporters of Israel,

UPCOMING EVENTS:

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.

Nullify Now! Philadelphia

LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO

"BETTER THAN EVER"

(all times are eastern)

Monday 3-4pm "Bordering on Insanity" - Sue Payne and Frosty Wooldridge

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

Sheriff Arpaio's Posse Surprise

The stunning conclusion of the posse thus far:  The document released by the White House is suspected to be a forgery, as is Obama's Selective Service card.

Special Report

RIP 

 Andrew Breitbart  

 1969 - 2012

Andrew Breitbart claims to have videos of Barack Obama from his college days - CPAC 2/10/12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr3UpBmU4f8&feature=related  

Video is 2 min 47 sec

Did OBAMA or (Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers)(give the order to) KILL Andrew Breitbart?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x1-qpqyqAI&feature=related

Comment made in response to the above video.

It is just funny how Breitbart was about to come out on March 1st with proof of Obama's communist ties in the past and his talking about overthrowing the American government and then all of the sudden Breitbart dies ON THAT DAY from so called "natural causes".

Did the left kill Breitbart

By Barkback media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdsuIMYHuw&feature=related

Jerome Corsi: Breitbart's Last Contact Was With Sheriff Joe Arpaio

March 3, 2012 by POPEYE  

The news conference of Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Barack Obama's Birth Certificate yielded one fascinating back story. This is a story which has received no media coverage, but it deserves to get out.

This back story is about Andrew's last hours. In those last hours he was working with Sheriff Arpaio to get the truth about Obama's fraudulent birth certificate out to a wider audience.

Jerome Corsi: Breitbart's Last Contact Was With Sheriff Joe Arpaio -

PT 1 of 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewVXf0nki8k

Jerome Corsi: Breitbart's Last Contact Was With Sheriff Joe Arpaio -

 PT 2 of 2

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPYIle3zUqk

Andrew Breitbart on his Legacy

 "I want the left to know they screwed with the wrong guy!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAHJsJqgcts&feature=player_embedded

One of Andrew Breitbart's Final Interviews (CPAC 2012)

Talks about his meeting with Bill Ayers (co-founded the Weather Underground, a self-described communist revolutionary group in the 60's) in Chicago and Obama's involvement with Ayers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyj4M7wnUB0&feature=player_embedded#!

Breitbart's tapes of Obama's radical Harvard days to be released in a week to ten days

I'm glad the tapes that Andrew Breitbart  mentioned he had at CPAC 2012 will be released soon. According to Stephen Bannon on Hannity, the tapes of Obama's radical days at Harvard will be released in a "week to ten days." Now I'm all for releasing the tapes, but wouldn't it be better to wait until about Labor Day or October?

http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2012/03/01/breitbarts-tapes-of-obamas-radical-harvard-d ays-to-be-released-in-a-week-to-ten-days/?utm_source=FAM_Blog&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FireAndreaMitchell+%28Fire+Andrea+Mitchell%21+Exposing+Liberal+bias+cause+the+MSM+doesn%27t+have+to.%29

RedState Morning Briefing

For March 6, 2012

1. Mitt Romney Urged Obama to Embrace the Individual Mandate

Had Michigan not been as close, the Democrats would have waited to spring this on us in the general election. Luckily we have it now and I hope Ohio voters are paying attention.

In July 2009, Mitt Romney wrote an op-ed in USA Today urging Barack Obama to usean individual mandate at the national level to control healthcare costs.

On the campaign trail now, Mitt Romney says the individual mandate is appropriate for Massachusetts, but not the nation. Repeatedly in debates, Romney has said he opposes a national individual mandate.

2. Further Proof Romney Supported a National Individual Mandate In 2009

Back in 2009 Mitt Romney took to the pages of USA Today to tell President Obama that as he came up with a healthcare plan he should consider using "tax penalties" as Massachusetts did or "tax credits, as others have proposed" to help cover the costs of health care.

The "tax penalties" is Mitt Romney's individual mandate, a key portion the Obama Administration has credited all along as having been embraced in Obamacare.

Since pointing out yesterday that, in his own words, Mitt Romney supported a national individual mandate, his supporters have gone totally insane on twitter fully denying and trying to spin their way out of this story. Despite Romney's own words in his editorial, Mitt Romney's supporters are denying Romney's own words.

But Romney did not just write an op-ed. He went on Meet the Press too. You can hear Mitt Romney on Meet the Press recommend the President take one of two approaches in formulating health care.

The first approach Romney suggests is Romneycare, which Mitt Romney now claims was never intended to be a model for the nation.

The second approach Romney suggests is the Wyden-Bennett health reform measure then pending in the United States Senate. Wyden-Bennett, like Romneycare, contained an individual mandate.

3. We Are at War. Is the Media Scared to Really Cover It?

Journalists are much more tolerant of attacks on Christianity than Islam. It is a fact.

ABC is airing a television show called "Good Christian Bitches." Never mind the outrage over the recent Sandra Fluke business, but there is a double standard. And let's not fool ourselves as the media would never tolerate a story where "Muslim" was substituted for "Christian" in that show.

The media's present politically correct excuse is that Islam binds certain minority group's cultures in a way Christianity does not. First, that is crap and speaks of a secular ignorance about many Christian communities even in this country. Second, it is an excuse so the media does not have to admit it is scared of muslims. You'll see a news story about Christ in a jar of urine, but don't ever expect to see a cartoon of Mohammed on the nightly news. The reporter doesn't want to get murdered.

I am starting to wonder if the same holds true in the present war our country finds itself in that too few reporters are really brave enough to cover. We are at war on our southern border with Mexico and the press is really not doing justice to coverage of the war.

The latest story points out just how much of a war it is and just how badly our government and Mexico are handling themselves.

4. This Goes Both Ways, Right? Some Republicans Start Rooting for Conservative Defeat.

Chris Cilizza as an interesting story in the Washington Post in which some Romney supporters are openly wondering if the Republican Party needs to be wiped out in 2012 in order to win big in 2016.

"I'd personally enjoy all the 'we can't nominate another Republican In Name Only' crowd getting a stomping by an incumbent with an 8.5 unemployment rate,' said one senior party strategist, granted anonymity to speak candidly, warning of nominating a strictly conservative candidate like former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum."

My only wonder is if this is a two way street. Because the party is finally deciding to rally to Mitt Romney. I suspect he will win Ohio and, with it, he will begin wrapping up the nomination. And then I think we will see the Democrats unleash unmitigated hell on him in a way in which the GOP is ill prepared.

The Mormon Church will be the first major attack. Then Bain Capital and all the individuals who blame Mitt Romney for their unemployment. Then we'll get into Romney's flip-flops. Etc. Etc. Etc. It will be nasty. It will be ugly. And Romney will be left to complain about just how unfair it is that the media isn't paying as much attention to what Barack Obama's policies have done to the nation.

And he will lose unless the economy, driven by gas prices and Europe, begins to decline again.

So I hope this is a two way street. If Romney gets stomped by an incumbent with an 8.5% unemployment rate, I hope we can be rid of him and people who give the Washington Post these sorts of quotes.

5. Libertarian Ed Crane Decides to Act Like a Liberal. Will It Destroy the Cato Institute?

A friend of mine asked me last week why I hadn't written about the Cato Institute lawsuit business with the Koch Brothers. I told him I hadn't seen it pulsing up anywhere, so why should I give it any attention. Ed Crane, the President of Cato, has no viable legal argument and it seemed to me he was just taking advantage of the current left-wing hate against the Koch's to try to garner some sympathy for an organization nobody has really cared about in more than a decade.

Then suddenly there was a flurry of stories and I think they prove me right. The Politico had one of the few stories written before the weekend. The the Washington Post ran a big story. The Boston Herald referenced it. The Los Angeles Times was ahead of them all.

When the news broke last week, Dave Weigel gave a pretty good overview.

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for March 5, 2012

Putin Claims Win Amid Alleged Fraud   

FOX News

Budget sequestrationwould be a dagger to defense   

The Washington Post

Obama Tells AIPAC He Won't Tolerate a Nuclear Iran   

The New York Times

Marchers honor historic Alabama trek to protest voter ID law   

 USA Today

Abound Solar Got $400M Fed Loan Despite Low Rating   

ABC News

Latest Heritage Research:

ISSUE BRIEF
The Obama-Netanyahu Summit: Time to Present a Common Front Against Iran

Give them another reason why Obama has GOT to go.  

NO. 5

He doesn't think America's anything special. No really, he doesn't. Quote: "I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." In other words: everybody's special. Tell your friend that, with his Barney the Dinosaur egalitarian worldview of everybody being special, Obama ought to be a kindergarten teacher, leading the kids in non-competitive, non-judgmental songs, not the leader of the free world.  

Global Warming Fun.  

Note that it is still cold. Remark on this fact to liberals. Say: "Hey, do you remember the time when all those liberal, ecotard crazies used to tell us we were all going to fry because of 'Global Warming'? How dumb must they be feeling now?"  

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.

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America's Most Biblically Hostile U. S. President
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Sunday Worship Song of the Week: I Exalt Thee
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FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending March 2, 2012
Mar 03, 2012 01:01 pm

Chicago Police Dept. Embraces Hamas Front
Mar 03, 2012 12:24 pm

BENADOR: Americans Must Defend Defenseless American Military in Afghanistan
Mar 03, 2012 10:43 am

Myths, Lies and Fairy Tales
Mar 03, 2012 10:29 am

Is The IRS Attempting to Intimidate Local Tea Parties?
Mar 03, 2012 05:00 am

Internet Perceived As A Threat By Government(s)
Mar 02, 2012 01:18 pm

BENADOR: Andrew Breitbart and the Death of American Conservatism
Mar 02, 2012 11:41 am

Congressmen Send AG Holder Letter: Bring Terrorists to Justice
Mar 02, 2012 02:34 am

Acts of Terror and Persecution Against Christians March 1, 2012
Mar 02, 2012 01:38 am

When Apostasy Runs Amok
Mar 02, 2012 12:20 am

Undying Loyalty to Failed Policies
Mar 01, 2012 11:04 pm

Andrew Breitbart: He was All In and We Will Miss Him
Mar 01, 2012 06:46 pm

Releasing the Blind Sheikh?
Mar 01, 2012 01:53 pm

Dying to be Green
Mar 01, 2012 11:49 am

Islamic Fundamentalism in the German Federal Republic
Mar 01, 2012 11:17 am

Never Give Up the Ball

Modern political warfare is a battlefield in which small battles give way to the larger conflict for national rule and succession. In feudal times such conflicts might be settled with a coalition of lords aligned one way or another. In the modern colonial territories between the Atlantic and the Pacific, populated by a fragmented collection of states, races, religions and classes, the coalitions are assembled out of those groups.

 

Each side struggles to amass a winning coalition by showing as many groups as it can that it is on their side. In this environment political wars over policy come down to battles in which both sides position their approach as beneficial to as many of those groups as it can. That is why candidates pitch ethanol in Iowa, the auto industry in Michigan and moon colonies in Florida. It is also why Democrats inevitably roll out an election strategy based on their rainbow coalition of peoples supposedly advantaged by their policies.

This strategy works because of the love/hate relationship that people have with government, fearing its power but wanting it to do something, even if that something is nothing. No one wants to be caught in a situation where the power is on the other side. Some of this is natural distrust and some of it has a basis.

States and even the most benevolent organizations compete for funds. Commerce is full of lobbies that will rewrite the system to bankrupt the competition and has done it over and over again. Some of it is cultivated distrust, much of it by the rainbow coalition which has done an excellent job of programming voters to believe that the alternative will be a system of white males hostile to them.

Half of winning a battle is choosing the terrain. The actual conflict, the clash of swords and spears is often secondary to positioning. Set up in the right place and you can win, even when you lose. Set up in the wrong place and all you have to look forward to is a victory so costly that it makes the war hopeless. When your battle is all about coalitions, then your positioning is all about selling your policies as being beneficial to as many coalition members as possible and their policies as being hostile to as many coalition members as possible.

A mandate that forces religious institutions to provide products and services that is in conflict with their faith has to be fought on the grounds of religious freedom. The mandaters equally wanted to move the battlefield from religious freedom to women's rights. Both sides wanted to choose a terrain that would mobilize their own coalitions. To do that both sides had to emphasize their angle on the mandate and make that angle preeminent in people's minds.

The vocal protests by Catholic groups put the religious freedom angle ahead. Then came Fluke and too many Republicans took the bait and the debate shifted from religious freedom to the promiscuity of graduate students and just like that defeat had been snatched out of the jaws of victory. The narrative had shifted from the right of religious institutions not to be compelled to violate their beliefs, to a debate over sexual mores, which was exactly where the left wanted it to be.

The narrative defines the story you are telling. The story that the Republicans had been telling was that the mandate was a threat to our freedom. The story that the Democrats began telling was that the lack of a mandate was dangerous to women's rights. Pointing out that Fluke was lying about the expense of contraception demonstrated that a mandate was unnecessary. But it was also a distraction from the core point because the debate had shifted from religious freedom to whether subsidized contraception was needed.

In the Manchurian Candidate, Senator Iselin famously complains about giving varying figures to which his wife explains that the varying figures shift the debate from whether a thing is true to the degree to which it is true. Debating to what extent contraception is needed undermines the core issue that religious organizations cannot be compelled to violate their faith to provide something a thing, regardless of whether it is needed or not and whether it is expensive or not.

A debate on the availability of contraception, no matter how well handled, only served the narrative of one side. No matter how well the debate was conducted, it meant that the right was now fighting on the battlefield that had been chosen by the left. All it took was a few sexual insults lobbed Fluke's way for the diversion to be complete. The right was now either retreating from sexism charges or engaging in it. The social issue was framed in exactly the terms that fit the left's narrative.

Limbaugh's apology was nearly as bad of an idea as his original statement. The only time you advance into an enemy's choice of terrain is when you are confident of being able to fight there and win. You do not give up the high ground just to take a few potshots at the enemy. After a temporary satisfaction, you end up losing the battlefield and being drawn into a battle that you never meant to fight. When that happens, you circle around and take back the high ground, you do not surrender because then there is nothing left to fight for.

Only one candidate will restore Amerabia and the Koran (Source: Debbie Schlussel )

THE IRAN WAR MYTH

In 2007, Israeli Air Force jets crossed into Syria and destroyed an Iranian-backed nuclear reactor. The operation had the backing of the United States and employed intelligence derived from an Iranian defector. There was no regional war afterward. Not even an exchange of fire at the Israeli-Syrian border.

In 1981, Israel struck deep inside Iraq, destroying Saddam's Osirak reactor. The attack was universally condemned at the United Nations and even by Israel's allies. Had Saddam used it as the basis for a war, Israel would have had no international support at all. But again no war followed.

Today, Iran and opponents of any attack on its nuclear program hold up the specter of a regional war that will drag in the United States, devastate the region and drive up oil prices. This is the only card in their deck until the mullahs have their own bomb, and it's an effective card to play. But is any of that a serious risk?


...You can see my entire article at Front Page Magazine which examines the myth that the left is pushing that destroying Iran's nuclear program will result in a regional, or even in Andrew Sullivan's words, a global war.

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March 2, 2012     Release of textbook review imminent!  

In about two weeks we will be releasing our textbook analysis report entitled "Education or Indoctrination? The Treatment of Islam in 6^th through 12^th Grade American Textbooks." This report is the culmination of three and one-half years of planning, research, writing and editing.

Here's just one example of what our research found.

When dealing with the 9/11 terrorist attack, the textbooks routinely omit any reference to the fact that the terrorists were Muslims or that they were acting in the cause of Islamic jihad. Imagine textbooks in 1951 teaching about the attack on Pearl Harbor and neglecting to mention that the attack was perpetrated by the Japanese Imperial Navy.

When the report is released, you will be able to view and download:

* VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 

1. VIDEO: President Obama's and Hillary Clinton's controversial apologies (Did they Calm Things Down?) Liz Cheney weighs in during interview with Sean Hannity
2. VIDEO: Sarah Palin fights HBO's 'Game Change' movie  3. SHOCK VIDEO: Corrupt officials at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are spending over half a BILLION taxpayer dollars on legal fees while congress just watches.  4. RELEASING THE BLIND SHEIKH? It is too early to tell, but not too early to be very worried. by Andrew McCarthy  5. VIDEO: American Islamist Group Seeks to Silence Critics - "If they (CAIR) can get West Point to bend...what's next?"  6. Senate Libs narrowly defeated legislation that would have protected religious universities and hospitals from an ObamaCare rule requiring them to cover contraceptives under their health plans even if that violates the church's beliefs.
7. VIDEO: HHS Secretary Sebelius Grilled on Health Care Law at Hearing
8. VIDEO: Sabbath First: Basketball Team's Game Day Moved
9. VIDEO: Breitbart Memorial: "Man Against The Mob" - Jonah Goldberg Remembers Andrew Breitbart: 'One of the Most Fearless People I Ever Knew' 

Muslim Brotherhood in America

By Frontpagemag.com
The Freedom Center's new pamphlet exposes the Brotherhood's insidious hidden agenda in the U.S.A.
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Showdown Over Iran

By Jacob Laksin
Can Obama and Netanyahu see eye to eye on Iran's nuclear threat?
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Andrew Breitbart: A Torch in the Darkness

By Frontpagemag.com
Ben Shapiro shares his thoughts on the passing of a conservative warrior who remade the face of political journalism.
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Dying to be Green

By Daniel Greenfield
The deadly consequences of Obama-style environmentalism already being felt in the UK.
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Pat Buchanan: Anti-Semite

By Ben Shapiro
Why the former MSNBC fixture is no conservative.
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A 'Dictator' Mocks America's Enemies

By Mark Tapson
Sacha Baron Cohen: A Hollywood star.
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Love and Hate in Norway

By Bruce Bawer
Is comparing the country's totalitarians of today with the totalitarians of World War II really so outrageous?
Read more »   

Obama, Israel and the Mullahs

By Joseph Klein
Why expectations for next week should be kept to a minimum.
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What Is Right About Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer

By Eric Allen Bell
A call for support from a former critic.
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Obama's Campaign Bully Brigade Rides Again

By Michelle Malkin
The president's agenda is donor intimidation, not transparency.
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Islamic 'Honor' Murder and Leftist Silence

By Frontpagemag.com
Frontpage's editor addresses Newport Harbor Republican Women on the lethal unholy alliance.
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Leaving the Progressive Faith - on The Glazov Gang

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Dershowitz: Media Matters Uses Hitler-Like Tactics

Lest friend or foe thinks this marks the end of Breitbart, think again. His new and improved website launched today - and that's just the beginning...

Daylight: The Story of Obama and Israel

 Barack Obama ran for president as a pro-Israel candidate -- but his record tells a different story.

College kids got to Love'em!  

Obama never saw it coming.....but boy was he pissed after it happened!

It is now rumored that Obama has everyone's hands checked before taking pictures with them

Today's Headlines:  Friday, March 02, 2012

Sebelius: Reduction in Human Beings Will Cover Cost of Contraception Mandate

Sebelius Claims 'No Abortifacient Drug' Covered by Contraception Mandate

Federal Appeals Court 'Ignores Rule of Law,' Defers to White House on Deportation Cases

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Senator: Obama's Acting Like U.S. Is USSR

  U.S. Delivering Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan With No Markings Indicating It's U.S. Aid
 
Boehner on Obamacare Rule: Federal Violation of Religious Beliefs That 'Has Not Happened in 220 Years'

Resolution Calling on Iran to Release Death Row Pastor Draws Huge Support

NOW President: Bishops Want 'Police Power of State to Prevent Women from Taking Birth Control'

'Now or Never'-DeMint Argues America Could be Facing Last Chance Before Economic Collapse

Boehner: Obama Wants Lower Gas Prices, 'At Least For Election Day'

Republican Senators Fail to Pass 'Respect for Conscience' Amendment

Shari'a Rises in Tunisia's Constitution-Drafting Process

Friday, March 2, 2012

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Bill Says: "Embrace Pipeline"

Speaking at a Department of Energy conference in Maryland on Wednesday, former President Bill Clinton said America should "embrace" the Keystone XL pipeline. I hope he's talking to his wife. It is up to the State Department to approve the plans because it crosses the international border with Canada.

Secretary Clinton just happened to be on Capitol Hill the same day testifying before the House Foreign Relations Committee. She was asked about her husband's remarks and responded: "He's a very smart man. But he, unfortunately, is not bound by the laws and regulations any longer of the United States to make decisions that follow a certain procedure. And that's what we have to do."

Let me remind you that this is coming from the same administration that didn't give one whit about procedure when it wanted something done. Remember Obama's "We Can't Wait" mantra of the past few months? Any time he wants to circumvent or bypass Congress, he says, essentially, "We can't wait for Congress to act, so we will."

Remember how the stimulus bill was such an emergency that it had to be approved without delay? Remember how no one was allowed to read ObamaCare and had no idea what the constitutional justification was for that socialist takeover of our health care system? They bent just about every rule possible to pass it. But now that there is something that Obama's radical green allies don't want done, suddenly this administration has a new found respect for laws and procedures.


Steven Says: "I'm Not Working To Lower Gas Prices"

Gas prices are going up again. The New York Times reported yesterday that the national average for a gallon of gas is now $3.73, while folks in California are paying $4.32 on average. The Times notes that the possibility of $5 a gallon is "hardly far-fetched." So what is Obama's administration doing about it? Not much evidently.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu also testified on Capitol Hill this week. Not surprisingly, the issue of rising gas prices came up. Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R-MS) asked Chu whether it was the goal of the Energy Department to lower gas prices. "No," Chu responded, "the overall goal is to decrease our dependency on oil."

It is a galling response, but not terribly surprising. Chu once said that he wanted gas prices in America to be closer to the sky-high prices in Europe. Why would he want that? Raising the price of something so that it becomes prohibitively expensive is one way to lower consumption and therefore reduce dependency.

I guess Chu's comment about reducing our dependency on oil helps to explain why Obama wants us to put algae in our tanks. One can debate the merits of alternative fuels. But what is not debatable is that no one is going to be driving to work with pond scum in their tanks any time soon. And for many people paying $4.00 a gallon or more for gas is a very real emergency.


Obama's War On Coal

Two power companies announced Wednesday that they are shutting down nine coal-fired electricity plants. Both companies blamed EPA regulations for the closures. Consider this excerpt from the Washington Post:

"Edison Mission Group, issued a statement saying that in light of environmental rules being phased in over the next three years, 'unfortunately, conditions in the wholesale power market simply do not give us a path for continuing to invest in further retrofits at these two facilities.' ...In its announcement, GenOn outlined a schedule for closing 3,140 megawatts of generation capacity in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey 'because forecasted returns on investments necessary to comply with environmental regulations are insufficient.'"

In other words, Obama's EPA is making it too expensive to operate these power plants. The Post story did not say how many jobs would be lost when these plants shut down. But, again, this should not surprise anyone. Obama made it clear in 2008 that he wanted to "bankrupt" coal plants and that his plans would cause electricity rates to "skyrocket."

So let's think about this for a moment.

Obama doesn't want us driving our gas powered cars. He said no to the Keystone pipeline, and has severely limited drilling and exploration on public lands. His Energy Secretary wants the price of gas up to $8.00 a gallon or more. Obama wants to increase subsidies for the "Government Motors" Volt to $10,000. The Volt runs largely on electricity. Yet Obama admits his plans would cause electricity rates to skyrocket. America gets about half of its electricity from coal-fired plants, which Obama wants to bankrupt. Lo and behold, coal plants are shutting down now thanks to Obama's EPA.

This is madness! From the gas you put in your car and the price to heat and cool your home to the costs borne by manufacturing businesses and every company that pays an electric bill, fewer issues are more important to working men and women than energy.

Yesterday on the Sean Hannity show, CNBC's Rick Santelli blasted Obama's energy policy as "reprehensible." He added:

"Our society, our culture -- the greatness of America -- goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK? ...we need to be more honest -- do we want to be a superpower that uses energy and tries to do it wisely, or do we want to put our head in the sand... [Alternative energy sources] are not ready, and I think it's just a disservice to my kids that they're going to make energy usage such a penalty-type scenario, where we all know if you want to put GDP up, energy usage is going to go right along with it."

Santelli is right. Obama has been celebrating the fact that we have consumed less oil in recent years. But that reduced consumption has gone hand-in-hand with high unemployment and a collapsing economy.

America can't afford four more years of Barack Obama. Click here now to help us send Barack Obama to the unemployment line!    

March 04, 2012         

ANDREW BREITBART DIES AT 43
The most surprising story of the week was Thursday morning's sad news that Conservative firebrand and New Media mogul Andrew Breitbart had dropped dead. Andrew reportedly collapsed while walking near his home in the Los Angeles-area neighborhood of Brentwood. The news of Breitbart's passing was also met with considerable and rather insensitive vitriol on the internet. Read the details HERE.

  'BUY A GUN, KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY' 
Is the U.S. economy recovering? Or will the jobless rate start climbing again as some experts are predicting? One well-known economist says that the global debt bubble is worrisome and most people would be wise to prepare for a coming financial 9/11. Find out who thinks the next year could be much worse than the crash of 2008-09 HERE.

  THe law student, limbaugh, & obama   
Sandra Fluke is the Georgetown Law student who has become the latest spokesperson in the argument for government mandated birth control. Ms. Fluke's testimony before a Congressional committee started the fire that raged across Talk Radio's considerable airwaves and has now arrived at the White House. Read about the phone call President Obama made to the future lawyer HERE.

  DAD ARRESTED AND STRIP-SEARCHED AFTER HIS KID DRAWS SKETCHES A GUN  
A Canadian man was arrested, strip-searched, and held for four hours after a teacher saw his young daughter draw a picture of a gun. The police also executed a search warrant on the man's home and did find a gun. However, it was not the same gun as depicted by the child. What did they find? Read the rest of the ridiculous details HERE.

ETHICISTS ARGUE FOR POST-BIRTH ABORTIONS

Two medical ethicists in Australia have published a paper that supports permitting the killing of live babies after they have been born. Is this infanticide or, as they call it, justifiable "after-birth abortions?" Read the ethicists' rationale HERE.         

VIRAL VID - SEE THE SNORING HUMMINGBIRD  
The massively cute video of a tiny, snoring hummingbird has inspired many folks to send us other adorable videos of sleeping and snoring animals. We suggest that you play them all at the same time and create a "snoring symphony" HERE.

    VAN JONES & THE UAW TEAM UP WITH OTHER LEFTISTS TO ANNOUNCE THE 99% SPRING  
If you are one of the people who thought OWS was merely hibernating to re-appear in springtime, when the weather warmed up, give yourself a pat on the back. The Occupiers are returning, and this time Van Jones and the UAW are assisting them. Find out where they are being trained HERE.

March 03, 2012         

see the navy's new, powerful railgun
To call this new weapon "impressive" would be an understatement. The U.S. Navy's new railgun is capable of firing a 40-lb projectile at speeds of more that 5600 mph. Watch the jaw-dropping demonstration HERE.

  'SIX HOURS IN Greece' - BECK'S athens TOUR   
While visiting Rome two weeks ago, Glenn decided that he should just "pop over" to Athens and get a firsthand look at the damage caused by the riots reported on the cable news channels. What he encountered was much worse than expected. Get a sneak preview of the GBTV mini-documentary from that trip HERE.

  LAW STUDENT WANTS FREE CONTRACEPTION
A female law student from Georgetown University named Sandra Fluke testified before Congress this week. Ms. Fluke wants the government to force Catholic institutions like Georgetown to pay for her birth control. Watch the testimoney that launched a firestorm of controversy HERE.

  SENATE HOPEFUL FROM R.I. ENLISTS HIS 5-YR-OLD SON FOR A CUTE CAMPAIGN AD   
Barry Hinckley is running for one of the Senate seats in Rhode Island and he has employed a unique campaign strategy to get his message across. Hinckley has cast his young son in a campaign ad. Watch as young Hudson Hinckley delivers his "Economics 4 5-year-olds" HERE.

tourist tapes charging grizzly

A group of tourists observing grizzly bears fishing in an Alaskan river got quite a surprise when the bear decided turned his attention on them. How would you react to a charging bear? Watch how these intrepid explorers reacted HERE.       

VIRAL VID - SNORING ANIMAL CLIPS!  
It all started with a single viral clip of a hummingbird snoring. And then people started sending us clips of other animals that were "sawing logs." You can see them all on one page (we suggest that you try and play them all at the same time for a "snoring symphony") HERE.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE RED LIONFISH?  IT distracts NATIVE SPECIES BY SPITTING at them!  
Was that headline overly dramatic? Wait until you see the strange clip attached to this story. The Pacific Red Lionfish is decimating the native marine life in the Caribbean Sea and Western Atlantic ocean. How the fish is acomplishing this feat is nothing short of amazing. Watch the clip HERE.

March 02, 2012
      OBAMA'S COLLEGE VIDEOS ARE COMING SOON
Andrew Breitbart's sudden passing has focused attention on a comment he made last month at CPAC. Breitbart claimed that he had video tapes of the President from his college days and would be releasing them before the Novermber election. Today, we learn that the videos could be released as soon as next week. Find out who has the clips that Andrew Breitbart claimed would "change this election" HERE.

  'GO TO HELL BARACK' AD APPROVED FOR DC   
A billboard promoting the new film "Sick and Sicker" which includes the tag line "Go to hell Barack," is appearing in the DC area transit system. See the ad and find out who wants it removed and who says it is protected by the First Amendment HERE.

  THe BIRTH CERTIFICATE ISSUE IS BACK
AZ Sheriff Joe Arapio is back in the news with the results from his month-long investigation into the President's birth certificate. After the initial report hit the web, Arpaio took to the airwaves to explain why he had to continue chasing this story. Listen to Joe HERE.

  'SIX HOURS IN GREECE' - BECK'S SHORT VISIT TO ATHENS REVEALS SHOCKING SCENES   
Less than two weeks ago, Glenn Beck and a small crew spent six hours on the ground in Athens in an effort to try to understand what is happening in Greece. Did Glenn get a "scary preview of what could be coming to the rest of the world?" Watch the clip and decide for yourself HERE.

WHY DID THE BOMB SQUAD VISIT RUSH?

After a suspicious package was delivered to the home of Rush Limbaugh, the Palm Beach police and the bomb squad paid a visit to the talk radio superstar. See what caused all the drama HERE.   

    VIRAL VID: from A fight at ows in tucson  
This wild video will definitely not help the argument claiming that the Occupy movement is peaceful. A local news crew happened to be on the scene when a fight broke out between some of the "residents." Watch as the cameraman suddenly finds himself the target of the anger HERE.

    REAL NEWS FROM THE BLAZE: WHAT'S OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH AFGHANISTAN?   
America has been fighting a war against terrorism in Afghanstan for over a decade. Where do we stand with these folks? Last night the panel tried explain it to the rest of us. Watch the highlights HERE.

Tonight on Real News from The Blaze: The panel explores the events and people that shaped our collective past. A special hour of history tonight at 7pm ET (or on demand) - Only on GBTV.com

The Foundation

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." --Thomas Paine

Government & Politics

ObamaCare's Continued Chaos

To no thinking person's surprise, the Obama administration admitted this week that another element of ObamaCare is going to cost more than originally expected. This isn't really news so much as it is yet another confirmation that the president's takeover of health care will be an absolute disaster.

The latest program to exceed expectations is the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, which provides health insurance for people who can't obtain coverage through private carriers. The PCIP was meant to be an interim program phasing out in 2014, at which point all insurers will be required to accept all comers who want coverage. In November 2010, the federal government estimated an annual cost of $13,000 per enrollee. Since the program's launch last year, some 50,000 people have signed up, and now the expected cost is around $29,000 per enrollee.

While we're on the subject, the outrageous contraception mandate remains yet another tarnished gem in the ObamaCare crown. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced this week that the administration has begun "outreach" to officials in the Catholic Church, insurers and groups that run self-insured insurance plans. However, Sebelius' "outreach" isn't in search of a compromise with faith-based groups whose rights are being trampled for the sake of free contraception. The administration hasn't backed down from its non-compromise offer that the cost for free contraception be shifted from faith-based employers to private insurance companies. The mandate is here to stay, and faith-based employers have 18 months to comply.

One of the free contraception mandate's more vocal supporters testified this week before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee about how tough life can be without free birth control. The hearing was nothing more than a showpiece for the issue with a single witness, Sandra Fluke (is there a pun here?), a Georgetown law student and self-professed "reproductive rights activist." Fluke made the absurd claim that free contraception is a necessity at her school, which currently doesn't provide it. "Forty percent of the female students at Georgetown Law reported to us that they struggled financially as a result of this policy," she complained. Of course, the HHS mandate has nothing to do with university students, but that's beside her point.

Fluke asserted that contraception could cost $3,000 through three years of law school. That's a lot of money to spend on protected sex over that time frame. In fact, humorist Frank J. Fleming quipped, "Anyone buying that much contraception should probably be writing it off on her taxes as a business expense." Fluke's assertion that she and other women have an absolute right to contraception at someone else's expense is disturbing. There is no right to sex free of consequences. Fluke also implies that the women of Georgetown law have no control over their urges or actions, all the while thinking she's standing up for women's rights. When did "get your laws off my body" become "you have to pay for the stuff that goes into my body"?

The most important question, of course, is just where within the Constitution is the government granted the power to mandate this sort of thing for private or religious organizations? This was asked of Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) by one of her constituents at a recent town hall. She replied, "Well, basically, we're not looking to the Constitution on that aspect of it." We suppose Hochul's candor is refreshing, but it didn't sit well with the crowd -- nor should it. Hochul attempted to defend ObamaCare by stating that Congress determined that citizens are entitled to health care. "So why don't we provide free access to Band-Aids and cancer screenings?" the constituent followed up. "Aren't those more important to health care than contraception?" Hochul could only say, "Well, clearly more work needs to be done." Nice understatement.

In the Senate, an amendment to impose a religious-conscience exemption to ObamaCare was rejected Thursday. Proposed by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act was attached to an upcoming transportation bill. Democrats were nearly united in opposition, and retiring Maine "Republican" Olympia Snowe was the only GOP member to oppose it. Obama, adamantly pushing "free" contraception, would have been forced to veto the whole transportation bill in order to prevent the conscience exemption from again being the law. His other option would have been to let the amendment pass and hope it takes some of the heat off as the presidential election moves forward.

The one bit of good news is that a House committee voted to throw out the "death panel" provision of ObamaCare. The Independent Payment Advisory Board was supposed to help with cost control, but has been accurately tagged as a "death panel" because of its rationing of care. All things considered, however, a new administration and a more Liberty-friendly Congress must be installed in January to repeal this monstrosity.

Share your thoughts on ObamaCare.

This Week's 'Braying Jackass' Award

"The Republicans want to take us forward to the dark ages again ... when women were property that you could easily control, even trade if you wanted to. It's appalling we are having this debate in the 21st century." --Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)

On the Campaign Trail: Romney Sweeps

Mitt Romney won the Arizona and Michigan primaries Tuesday, as well as the Wyoming caucuses Wednesday, bringing his winning streak to four. Unfortunately for the frontrunner, he had to spend a lot of money in his "home" state of Michigan to squeak by Rick Santorum in the popular vote. This is in part because some 100,000 registered Democrats turned out to vote for Santorum in an effort to damage Romney's candidacy. This cynical mischief-making is to be expected of the Democrat Party and the current administration, but Santorum's last-minute robocall to rally Michigan Democrats seemed beneath him. In it, he assailed Romney for having criticized the taxpayer-funded $85 billion bailout of Detroit automakers. In fact, neither candidate supported the bailout, and Michigan is perhaps the only state whose voters still do.

For his hard-fought win, Romney receives 16 of Michigan's delegates while Santorum gets 14. Overall, Romney now has 168 delegates to Santorum's 86, while Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul lag behind with 32 and 19, respectively.

Super Tuesday is next on the docket, with voters heading to the polls in 10 states. Newt Gingrich hopes to regain momentum with a win in his native Georgia, as well as a couple of other states, but his poll numbers don't lead us to believe he will succeed. Ron Paul is sticking to his plan to win as many delegates as possible to elbow his way into a prime speaking slot at the convention.

It's here that we should pause to reiterate that The Patriot Post has not and will not endorse any Republican candidate during the primary. Our primary objective is defeating Barack Obama in November, and we fear that refusing to settle for less than a GOP Messiah could jeopardize that goal. None of the four candidates fits that bill, though any of them would be a vast improvement and start us on the road to recovering the Liberty lost since 2009.

What's most important in the presidential contest?

This Week's 'Alpha Jackass' Award

"African Americans for Obama"?

Are they kidding? What would the media do if Mitt Romney's official website had a web page that said, "White Americans for Romney"? Obama is a sitting U.S. president running for re-election, so the better comparison would be for George W. Bush to have had a "White Americans for Bush" web page.

Obama is the epitome of a divider, a racial polarizer. Whatever happened to "There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America -- there's the United States of America"?

Words. Just words.

News From the Swamp: Department of Redundancy Department

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported this week that virtually no progress has been made in the past year toward cutting duplicate government programs. Shocking, we know. Last February, government bean counters identified 81 areas in which redundant programs run by multiple agencies are wasting billions of dollars. Barack Obama and Congress have acted to eliminate just four in the past year while 60 other areas have undergone some undefined early steps, and 17 haven't been acted upon at all. Last year, when talk about cutting spending was all the rage in Washington, Obama tried to convince the public that the government would save some real money by eliminating this waste. Such actions are welcome, but they wouldn't have much of an impact on the overall deficit picture.

The GAO report certainly indicates that there was no impact at all because the president and Congress only paid lip service to the effort. The report's findings identified some of the biggest culprits in budget redundancies, and none of them should come as a surprise. The Justice Department spent $30 billion in overlapping crime-prevention and victim-service grants since 2005. There are currently 23 agencies involved in 160 different programs to support homeowners and renters in some capacity. Fully two-thirds of all "green" building initiatives don't have goals or performance measures, making them completely unaccountable to Congress or the public. Meanwhile, members of Congress are still drumming up ideas for new programs that duplicate existing ones.

New & Notable Legislation

The House reintroduced this week several bills meant to give aid to job creation. More than a dozen such bills have languished in the Senate, despite overwhelming support in the House. One bill, the "Jumpstart Our Business Startups," or JOBS, Act, is a bundle of six bills. It targets some of the "red tape and access to capital" issues obstructing growth for would-be small-business owners. The bills all enjoy bipartisan support although not from the House Democrat leadership or Democrats in the Senate. Even the White House offered a word of support.

Andrew Breitbart, RIP

The conservative movement lost a "happy warrior" Thursday when Andrew Breitbart died at 43. He leaves behind a wife and four young children. Breitbart was instrumental in the early days of the Drudge Report and co-founded the Huffington Post before leaving over differences in direction. He then founded his eponymous news site, as well as the "Big" sites -- BigGovernment, BigHollywood, BigJournalism and BigPeace, each taking aim at the antagonists in their titles. Breitbart, however, was perhaps most noted for his devastating "hidden-camera" stings of corrupt liberal organizations such as ACORN and NPR.

He recently completed another book, "Righteous Indignation," in which he concluded, "I love my job. I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it. I love reporting stories that the [Media] Complex refuses to report. I love fighting back, I love finding allies, and -- famously -- I enjoy making enemies." The battle for Liberty will continue, but one valuable Patriot short.

Economy

Around the Nation: Construction to Begin on Part of Keystone Pipeline

It's not everything Republicans want and it certainly won't make environmentalists happy, but TransCanada announced earlier this week that they will press on with the southernmost extension of the Keystone pipeline project, a section connecting Cushing, Oklahoma with Port Arthur, Texas. They will also -- once again -- file for a federal permit to extend the Keystone XL pipeline across the Canadian border.

The new pipeline, when completed in late 2013, is expected to transport 700,000 barrels of oil per day and relieve what's become a glut of supply at the Cushing pipeline terminus. According to TransCanada, building and utilizing the new stretch of pipeline will create about 4,000 jobs.

The Obama administration now calls this "welcome news" and claims it hasn't ruled out the remainder of the pipeline yet, but it also makes the laughable assertion that Republicans were really to blame for its scuttling the project "by not allowing sufficient time for important review." Never mind the project's been at the mercy of the Obama State Department for over three years. Democrats, remember, just don't believe that drilling for oil is necessary with solar, wind and amoeba power just around the corner. Meanwhile, tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will keep soaring gas prices down. Not that the White House actually wants prices to go back down.

While the pipeline won't be the complete answer to our energy needs, the adroit nature of TransCanada's decision shows that, regardless of the anti-energy nature of our current regime, smart businesses can still find enough capitalism to succeed despite the best efforts of socialists.

What would help gas prices go back down?

Why Drill When You Can Scoop?

"Drill, baby, drill" is the long-adopted slogan of those who seek a real answer to our energy needs. Last week, Barack Obama put out the call to "scoop, baby, scoop" up algae as the renewable resource we can use to fuel our cars. On the stump in Florida, the president said, "You've got a bunch of algae out there, right? If we can figure out how to make energy out of that, we'll be doing all right." And if Obama's inane utterances were nickels, there would be no debt crisis. Unfortunately, every time he speaks, we need a scooper of a different kind.

The truth is that billions of dollars of research into biofuels of many sorts has been going on for decades, and we're no closer to filling our cars with a plankton byproduct. Yet as recently as last year, the Department of Energy handed out $24 million in grants to researchers studying the process of creating oil from algae. This regime certainly has a propensity to "invest" billions into failed schemes that are nothing more than high-priced boondoggles.

There's not much promise on the electric car front, either. After Fisker Automotive lost out on the remainder of its $529 million promised from the Department of Energy, their battery supplier A123 Systems had to lay off 125 workers from its Michigan plant. Still, the "one percent" there is doing all right. Company executives voted themselves hefty raises ranging from 5.7 percent to 20.7 percent despite the company's losing $172 million in the first three quarters of 2011. Abound Solar, which received a $400 million stimulus loan, is also laying off 70 percent of its workforce. If these are stimulus "success stories," we would hate to see the failures.

From the Left: Obama Will Buy a Volt ... in Five Years

It was a daily double for Barack Obama as he could pander to two of his key support groups at the same time. In a recent speech to the United Auto Workers, Obama noted, "I got to get inside a brand new Chevy Volt off the line. ... I liked sitting in it; it was nice. And five years from now when I'm not president anymore, I'll buy one and drive it myself."

Let's face it: The speech wasn't about the car; it was about continuing a narrative that the government saved the American auto industry. He called the idea of a political payback to Big Labor "a load of you-know-what." But there's no denying that great effort was expended to make sure the UAW made out well in the GM and Chrysler deals at the expense of more than 200 years of settled bankruptcy law, as well as citizen bondholders and local auto dealerships, which are primarily non-union.

So what would have happened if the government had done nothing? Most likely one or both automakers would have declared bankruptcy -- just as they did under Obama's takeover -- but doing so under the capitalist system may have enabled them (or any new owners) to negotiate a better labor deal, thereby also strengthening the other two automakers, as negotiations with the Big Three are often based on the first deal struck. Even with the bailout, the fears of a foreign takeover of Detroit were partially realized since Italian-based Fiat now owns the majority of Chrysler. On the other hand, Ford, which didn't take federal money, is now as strong as ever. In the end, though, we would all be better off if Obama didn't have to wait five years to buy a Volt. How about January 2013?

Regulatory Commissars: EPA Heads to Court

Nearly five years after the Supreme Court dubbed the Environmental Protection Agency a legislative body by ruling that the Clean Air Act gives the EPA the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, the outgrowth of that decision is heading back to court. This week, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments challenging the EPA's premise that greenhouse gas emissions pose a public health threat -- the premise underlying the agency's rash of rules regulating and restricting greenhouse gases. According to the pro-EPA group Clean Air Watch, "The entire U.S. effort to limit greenhouse gases hangs in the balance." Set to ominous music, this line would fit perfectly in an Al Gore documentary.

In reality, however, what's really at stake is our constitutional system of checks and balances. As The Wall Street Journal notes, those calling out the EPA on its overreach "say the EPA rules give the agency the power to affect energy production in the U.S. [and that] the case has broader implications because the EPA could use its greenhouse-gas findings as a basis to regulate other parts of the economy." The EPA certainly has too much power under the current regime, and the two non-executive branches of our government need to step in and put a decisive stop to its blatant disregard for the Constitution. We fear the Circuit Court is about to do the opposite.

Security

Warfront With Jihadistan: Obama's Sincerest Apologies

Last week we detailed the accidental burning of Korans in Afghanistan, the standard Muslim riots resulting from those burnings, and finally, Dear Leader's expression of his "deep regret for the reported incident." How did Obama's apology work out for everyone? He credits it with having "calmed things down," but, back in reality, the latest body count is over 30 dead, including six American troops, and hundreds injured. Many of the victims were Muslim. We fail to see how killing members of your own Religion of Peace™ brings revenge on American troops, but we admit ignorance about the finer points of Islamist culture.

The usual assortment of leftists were out in full force defending Obama's apology from American critics. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "I find it somewhat troubling that our politics would enflame such a dangerous situation in Afghanistan." Maybe the good secretary should stop blaming her domestic political critics for the violence of Muslims half a world away. We find that somewhat troubling. Besides, as conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer pointed out, Obama didn't apologize to the Afghans. Rather, he apologized to a mob, hoping to appease it. Apologizing to a mob demonstrates only weakness and invites further violence, which Obama got. Interestingly, when reporters asked for a copy of the "apology," White House propaganda minister Jay Carney said that Obama's "sincere" three-page apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai "is not appropriate to show" to reporters. There is little doubt that is true, though we shudder to think what the Groveler in Chief actually said.

There is good news, though. The New York Times seems to have observed that the Taliban is still a brutal bunch of terrorists with this all-too real headline: Beheadings Raise Doubts That Taliban Have Changed. Keen sense of the obvious.

What's your take on the apology fest?

Department of Military Readiness: Lightning Strikes

Using his standard kick-the-can-down-the-road shtick, Barack Obama, through his Department of Defense (DoD) minion, then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, touted the wonders of the soon-to-be-operational F-35 Lightning II (a.k.a. Joint Strike Fighter) as a surrogate for the F-22 air superiority fighter. He then axed F-22 production and left America's air superiority against an advanced adversary and virtually any country buying their fighters almost totally dependent on an F-22 fleet one-quarter of the size DoD judges necessary.

That was 2009. Fast-forward to 2012, and the much-ballyhooed F-35 is still "soon to be operational." We are shocked to report that the horse-designed-by-committee fighter is still not ready for primetime. Of course, America has been down this one-size-fits-all road in the past. The original F-4 and F-111 programs are good examples.

Despite arriving last year, U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine pilots chosen to train in these planes patiently wait at Eglin AFB in Florida's panhandle, and the end of their wait is not yet in sight. In addition to improperly installed ejection seat parachutes, concerns over cost overruns and inadequate flight testing now plague the fighter and delay the training.

Original projections put the total cost of the Pentagon's order for 2,443 F-35s at $233 billion. That figure has soared to $385 billion, making it the most expensive fighter program in U.S. history and allowing an opening for calls to cut the program dramatically. Meanwhile, some Pentagon officials have expressed concern that the fighter hasn't been flight tested adequately to release it to operational flight lines. None of these strikes against the F-35 bode well for its future, the future of America's air superiority or, more broadly, for the future of America's greater national defense.

Another North Korean Deal

"North Korea has agreed to halt nuclear tests, long-range missile launches and enrichment activities at its Yongbyon nuclear complex in exchange for food aid from the United States," reports CNN. "In return for the moratorium on nuclear activities at this key site, the United States has agreed to a package of 240,000 metric tons of nutritional assistance to North Korea." The administration made the agreement with North Korea's new supreme leader, Kim Jong-un.

Of course, the deal is bound to be just as worthless as previous ones to a regime that has little interest in honest deals -- that goes for the North Koreans, too. After all, the NoKos have dishonored every other non-proliferation agreement they ever made, and this one will be quite easy to ignore -- Yongbyon must cease nuclear activity but other facilities are not so constrained. The North Korean people are starving while their communist government pursues its nuclear program, which has provided ironic leverage for them over the years, and this administration has followed the failed example of those before it.

Jimmy Carter should be proud.

Culture

Second Amendment: Crime and Guns

Another school shooting this week brought attention back to the issue of the Second Amendment. There were the predictable calls for more gun control, but as we contest every time one of these tragedies occurs, it's a culture problem, not a gun problem. Three high school students in Ohio were killed and two wounded when a deeply disturbed student opened fire in a lunchroom Monday. We offer our prayers for their families and their fellow students.

In related news, the BBC noted the tragedy and referenced a story entitled, "US crime figures: Why the drop?" The article notes a steady fall in violent crime across the U.S. since 1991, and proceeds to offer "10 possible theories" to explain the trend, with the caveat that "no-one agrees on the reasons for this." The BBC chose to lead with "The Obama effect." The article paraphrases "one of the country's top criminologists, Alfred Blumstein," as surmising, "The election of a black president could have inspired some young black men, who are disproportionately involved in arrests for robbery and homicide, says the professor. It's very speculative, he adds, and probably only one factor of many." How something that happened three years ago accounts for a trend that began 21 years ago is left to the reader to interpret.

All nine other reasons were long-term hypotheses. None of the reasons included the increased number of concealed carry permit holders around the nation -- a trend that started, oh, about 1991. And if Obama had any effect, it's that he is now history's best gun-and-ammo salesman.

Meanwhile, it appears that Attorney General Eric Holder took the BBC story to heart and thinks the Obama Justice Department has helped reduce crime, too. In further testimony regarding the Fast and Furious operation, he defended himself by getting a bit testy. He admitted that it was a "fundamentally flawed program," but he insisted that he deserves credit, not accountability. "I think one thing that also has to be understood is that once this was brought to my attention" -- at this point, he slammed his hand on the table -- "I stopped it. I stopped it." He stopped it only after it got out of hand and came to the attention of the public.

How do more guns equal less crime?

Village Academic Curriculum: Trampling Religious Liberty on Campus

America's universities have become hotbeds of discrimination against Christian associations over the years. Two recent examples involve Vanderbilt University and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

The administration of Vanderbilt has instituted a policy prohibiting religious student organizations from using religious criteria in selecting their leaders. In other words, a Christian group must allow a non-Christian, even one hostile to the group's mission, into its leadership. Reasonable people can see why this would be a problem, but the Left, if it's anything, is always unreasonable. Organizations that refuse to comply will be denied official university recognition. Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos invoked a "sense of inclusiveness, of everyone being able to take part fully in the Vanderbilt experience." This typically empty-headed leftism ignores the fact that anyone can already participate in any group's activities. It's leadership that is at issue.

At North Carolina-Greensboro, a similar dispute is headed to court. The university instituted a policy of supposed "tolerance" for leadership of student associations, so the Alliance Defense Fund is aiding a Christian club to take the school to court. In this case, it appears that the university specifically targeted "Make Up Your Own Mind," a Christian organization, and insisted that non-Christians be permitted to serve as leaders because, the university says, the group is not affiliated with a church and therefore is not a religious organization.

What is it with leftists denying religious liberty these days? Perhaps they're so focused on defending the "right to assemble" portion of the First Amendment on behalf of the Occupy crowd that they have forgotten that it protects religious liberty, too.

And Last...

"At Guantanamo Bay, it seems no court appearance is complete without a minor controversy," reports Fox News. Majid Khan, a resident of Baltimore, pleaded guilty Wednesday to being an accomplice to a 2003 bomb plot in Indonesia. After the plea, he was asked to approve courtroom sketches of himself, which he declined to do. They were released anyway. As Fox notes, this isn't a new problem. "When Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was arraigned for the first time in the military commissions, under President George W. Bush, he, too, was asked by a court security officer for approval. Sources told Fox News, at the time, that Mohammed didn't like the nose in the picture and demanded that the sketch artist change it." The nose was indeed changed, and as a service to our readers we are releasing the accompanying edit of the sketch. It really reflects the true beauty of this Muslim extremist, don't you think?

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

America's "Certifigate"

Mar 04, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins

by Suzanne Eovaldi,  staff writer

America now must face its biggest political crisis in history because she has a sitting President whose credentials to hold office can not and will not be verified by the very institutions charged with protecting her, and her media are covering up Certifigate.   "The document failed every test we put it through," said lead investigator Mike Zullo who told Sheriff Joe Arpaio "We had a forgery" referring to the document released last year by the White House as being President Barack Obama's birth certificate.  Speaking at a Maricopa County, AZ press conference in front of a very hostile media scrum on Thursday, March 1, Zullo revealed, "In fact, absent the authentication of Hawaii Department of Health 1961 birth records for Barack Obama, there is no other proof he was born anywhere within the United States." (1)

Based on their meticulous examination and precise analysis, Zullo and his Cold Case Posse "believe a criminal investigation is ... Continue Reading:America's "Certifigate"

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American Minute March 3

Mar 03, 2012 05:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer  

  On MARCH 3, 1931, Congress adopted as the National Anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner," written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812:

The fourth verse states:

"O thus be it ever when free men shall stand,
Between their loved home and the war's desolation;
Blest with victory and peace, may the Heaven-rescued land,
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just;
And this be our motto 'IN GOD IS OUR TRUST'!
And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
Over the land of the free and the home of the brave!"

This 4th verse inspired Congress to place the motto on the nation's coins, MARCH 3, 1865, as House Speaker Schuyler Colfax noted:

"The last act of Congress ever signed by President Lincoln was one requiring that the motto...'IN GOD WE ... Continue Reading:American Minute March 3

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On the Border and on the case

Mar 03, 2012 12:20 pm | Coach Collins

By Al Garza, staff writer

Has the federal government failed its constitutional obligation to protect American citizens or have foreign insurgents successfully infiltrated this once sovereign nation and rendered it complacent through deception, fraud and the race card?  Despite all speculation, one can surmise that federal interference has seldom created a healthy economy or a secure environment. To the contrary, it appears that those in Washington shamelessly engage in the creation of policies legislated on behalf of Drug cartels and Middle Eastern terrorist groups.

Violence and criminal activities from across our southern borders underscore the constitutional rights of every state to protect its citizens against this insanity and it must be done now. Open border policies should no longer be viewed as friendly invitations for a better life for the poor, but an invasion by foreign powers deeply rooted within our government trashing our Constitution, and tearing apart the very fiber which made this country what it once ... Continue Reading:On the Border and on the case

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"This is like deja vu all over again." - Yogi Berra

Mar 03, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins

By Jim Emerson, staff writer

Yogi Berra's quote perfectly describes North Korea's latest agreement with the United States to suspend its long-range missile launches, nuclear weapons tests and enriching uranium, as part of an agreement under which it will receive 240, 000 tons of desperately needed food. Obama clearly has a serious mental lapse regarding the history of the last bastion of Stalinist Dictatorship of reneging on agreements.  Playing their part in this charade, the North Koreans commented,  "it would observe the moratoriums "while productive dialogues continue." 

History

North Korea, with the help of the Soviet Union, began to build its first nuclear reactor in 1979. They never admitted the existence of the Yongbyon reactor in 1985 as a condition of being recognized as a nuclear power. Soon after, North Korea threatened to share its nuclear secrets with other rouge nations.  In an effort to appease Kim Jong Il President Bill Clinton's Administration negotiated with the ... Continue Reading:"This is like deja vu all over again." - Yogi Berra

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American Minute March 2

Mar 02, 2012 05:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer  

    The Alamo mission at San Antonio was in its 7th day of being assaulted by thousands of Santa Anna's troops.
By the 13th day, Santa Anna's "take-no-prisoner" policy had all the 182-257 defenders killed, including Jim Bowie and former U.S. Congressman Davy Crockett, and the few that surrendered executed.
The only Texas army left in the field was Col. James Fannin's.
It departed Goliad to rescue the Alamo but was surrounded in open ground and captured.
Santa Anna ordered all 350 prisoners executed.
When the Mexican officer hesitated obeying the execution order, Santa Anna sent another officer who carried it out.
Had Fannin's troops been left in prison, Texas would have been disheartened, but instead Santa Anna's cruelty aroused world outrage.
The Texas Declaration of Independence, signed MARCH 2, 1836, stated:
"General Antonio Lopez Santa Anna...demanded us to deliver up our arms, which are essential ... Continue Reading:American Minute March 2

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Beck's pandering coverage of Arpiao presentation reminds us why he isn't on television anymore

Mar 02, 2012 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

 By Kevin "Coach" Collins

 Anyone who actually watched the presentation from Sheriff Joe Arpiao's all-volunteer  Cold Case Posse knows the truth about how much of a fraud Barack Obama is.

 If we had an honest media news as important as what Arpiao and his people presented would have demanded that ALL media - TV and radio cover his press conference live from start to finish. Those who watched the presentation also understand that if it had been nationally broadcast and the American people heard and saw the actual evidence, Obama would be gone by May.

 Nevertheless, instead of reporting what Arpiao presented the AP and others took the opportunity to attack Arpiao personally. Not surprisingly the now toothless feckless Glenn Beck  pandered to the Left and joined the AP. He gave himself away by using their stock lie "Theories that the president's birth certificate is fake have been widely discredited."

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Sheriff Arpaio's Cold Case Posse uncovers "systematic effort to obscure the truth"

Mar 02, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins

by Doug Book,  staff writer

Since first announcing the formation of a "cold case posse" to investigate the legitimacy of Barack Hussein Obama's claim to Constitutional occupation of the White House, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been at once the object of  legacy media smears and new media encouragement. And though the information gathered in the 6 month effort will probably not change the minds of many dedicated Obamabots, it has provided stark and irrefutable evidence that "person or persons unknown" worked long and hard in a systematic effort to obscure the truth about Barack Obama's birth, heritage and qualifications to serve as President of the United States.  (1)

Consisting of law enforcement officials and attorneys with law enforcement experience, Joe Arpaio's Posse has turned up the following information:

1.) the purported "long form birth certificate" published on the White House website last year is a computer generated forgery consisting of at least 9 layers of selected information ... Continue Reading:Sheriff Arpaio's Cold Case Posse uncovers "systematic effort to obscure the truth"

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American Minute March 1

Mar 01, 2012 05:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer  

What was the government in the United States before the U.S. Constitution was written?
It was the Articles of Confederation, ratified by the States MARCH 1, 1781.
Signed by such statesmen as John Hancock and Samuel Adams, it was an attempt to loosely knit the thirteen States together.
The Articles of Confederation declared:
"Whereas the delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the fifteenth day of November in the Year of Our Lord 1777, and in the second year of the independence of America agree on certain Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the States...
The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force...or attacks made upon them...on account of religion, sovereignty, ... Continue Reading:American Minute March 1

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Waiting on the side lines; Americans see even a 13,000 Dow as just another Obama fake statistic

Mar 01, 2012 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

Anyone who has watched the Stock Market over the past few years recognizes that it has evolved to a point where stock prices most often defy logic.

We get a steady stream of "Oh boy, isn't this wonderful" reports from media Democrat parrots who hope to use the rising Dow Jones Average (DJA) to convince us "everything is just fine - go back to sleep" when we KNOW things aren't "just fine."

Under Obama we have learned to mistrust government or quasi-government statistics including the DJA. We know that there must be a "catch" to a 13,000 Dow and we are right. Low trading volume is the answer that explains our suspicions.

 The daily average trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange has dropped like a stone under Obama's failed presidency. In January 2009 9.42 billion shares were traded each day. By this past January the daily average amount of shares traded ... Continue Reading:Waiting on the side lines; Americans see even a 13,000 Dow as just another Obama fake statistic

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Exposes Forgery Of Obama's Selective Service Registration

Mar 03, 2012 01:26 pm

Having just attended Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "Cold Case Posse" news conference in Phoenix, Arizona, we candidly admit we have never seen a greater example of raw media bias in our 30 years of watching the fourth estate. Arpaio organized the... Continue to Post

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Why Glenn Beck Isn't On Television Anymore

Mar 03, 2012 01:24 pm

Anyone who actually watched the presentation from Sheriff Joe Arpiao's all-volunteer Cold Case Posse knows the truth about how much of a fraud Barack Obama is. If we had an honest media, news as important as what Arpiao and his... Continue to Post

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The Organized Destruction Of America Through Political Correctness

Mar 03, 2012 01:20 pm

Being a man in my mid-forties, raised in a pre-political correctness society, I have come to realize what is happening in our country today. We have compromised our principles and our integrity. Every day, it seems, in the midst of... Continue to Post

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The Organized Destruction Of America Through Political Correctness

Mar 03, 2012 01:20 pm

Being a man in my mid-forty's, raised in a pre-political correctness society, I have come to realize what is happening in our country today. We have compromised our principles and our integrity. Every day, it seems, in the midst of... Continue to Post

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Obama Compares Himself to Gandhi and Mandela

Mar 03, 2012 01:05 pm

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When Will It Stop?

Mar 03, 2012 12:53 pm

When will they stop asking Republicans like me about our party's choice for vice president? In every presidential election I've been involved in, the press and ordinary people are always asking, "Who will it be? Who will the presidential nominee... Continue to Post

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Investigators Now In Hunt For Obama Forger

Mar 03, 2012 12:43 pm

Members of the Cold Case Posse in Maricopa County, Ariz., whose report to Sheriff Joe Arpaio yesterday confirmed there is probable cause to believe Barack Obama's much-ballyhooed birth certificate document is a forgery, have begun briefing members of the county... Continue to Post

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CBS News: Sheriff Joe's Investigation Into Obama's Forged Records

Mar 03, 2012 12:37 pm

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The Future Of The GOP

Mar 03, 2012 12:28 pm

Romney will survive.  His victories in Michigan and Arizona, especially Michigan, will keep him afloat.  However, as we look forward, Romney has the organization and the resources to be competitive in the general, but it means nothing if conservatives don't... Continue to Post

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"This Is Like Deja Vu All Over Again" Only This Time With North Korea

Mar 03, 2012 12:26 pm

  Yogi Berra's quote perfectly describes North Korea's latest agreement with the United States to suspend its long-range missile launches, nuclear weapons tests, and enriching uranium as part of an agreement under which it will receive 240, 000 tons of desperately... Continue to Post

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Senator: Obama's Acting Like U.S. Is USSR

Mar 03, 2012 12:16 pm

CNSNews.com) - Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) said Wednesday that President Barack Obama is acting like the U.S. is the Soviet Union in ordering that all health-care plans must cover sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives, including those that cause abortions, but... Continue to Post

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Liberal Media Has New Heroine: The Slut Of GeorgeTown Univeristy

Mar 03, 2012 12:14 pm

Sandra Fluke is an outspoken advocate of you paying for her birth control. She doesn't want to pay for it herself. Liberals love her for it. But Rush Limbaugh dared to speak the truth about this woman, saying on his radio show:"What does it say about the college coed who goes before a congressional committee [...]

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"Embarrassed And Humiliated" TSA Apologizes For...

Mar 03, 2012 12:12 pm

The Transportation Security Administration has apologized after a mother in Hawaii was left "embarrassed and humiliated" after an agent ordered her to pump breast milk in an airport bathroom to prove her electric pump was real. Amy Strand was traveling... Continue to Post

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Holder Persecuting Florida For Anti-Voter Fraud Efforts

Mar 03, 2012 12:03 pm

  The Justice Department is opposing changes in Florida voting procedures and says it wants a trial in the dispute, a move that could impact the state's August primary elections. In court papers filed Friday night, Florida officials say they... Continue to Post

Sheriff Arpaio's Cold Case Posse Uncovers "Systematic Effort To Obscure The Truth"

Mar 02, 2012 02:30 pm

  To watch full video of the conference, go here: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Press Conference Since first announcing the formation of a "cold case posse" to investigate the legitimacy of Barack Hussein Obama's claim to Constitutional occupation of the White... Continue to Post

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Will We Ever Know The True Cause Of Andrew Breitbart's Death?

Mar 02, 2012 02:29 pm

The news yesterday has been replete with the explanation that conservative media mogul Andrew Breitbart's death was the result of "natural causes." How can that possibly be?" An announcement on his website reads in part, "Andrew passed away unexpectedly from... Continue to Post

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Secret Video Reveals Romney As Big Government Advocate

Mar 02, 2012 01:57 pm

Listening to the media you would be convinced Mitt Romney is a conservative. But could a conservative ever talk like the guy revealed in this video. Here he has his hand out like most Democrats wanting government money. This is why Rush Limbaugh is right when he says Mitt Romney is no conservative.

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Just Another Fake Obama Statistic?

Mar 02, 2012 01:48 pm

Anyone who has watched the stock market over the past few years recognizes that it has evolved to a point where stock prices most often defy logic. We get a steady stream of "Oh boy, isn't this wonderful" reports from... Continue to Post

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From The Archive: Ann Coulter Predicts Romney Loss

Mar 02, 2012 01:44 pm

Today's Ann Coulter has spent a good part of this year running around telling conservatives they need to support Romney. This Ann Coulter predicted a Romney loss. Which do you think is right?

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Obama Owes The Military An Apology

Mar 02, 2012 01:37 pm

Forgiveness is a discipline that transcends cultures and bridges many divides when words fail. Without it, the world would look like the chaotic mess that is Afghanistan these days, where an alleged Quran burning by the U.S. military supposedly inspired... Continue to Post

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American Textbooks And The Lies They Tell

Mar 02, 2012 01:34 pm

In early 2011, I became involved with the Florida Textbook Action Team with information that was supplied to us by Dr. William A. Saxton, Chairman of the Citizens for National Security (CFNS). Based on this group's 13 month research into... Continue to Post

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Sean Hannity And The Media Mash

Mar 02, 2012 01:29 pm

Brent Bozell and Sean walk us through the crazy comments this week from the lamestream Media. The media in America are beyond biased.

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Surprise! Obamacare Much More Expensive Than Previously Estimated

Mar 02, 2012 01:23 pm

Cost estimates for a key part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law have ballooned by $111 billion from last year's budget, and a senior Republican lawmaker on Friday demanded an explanation. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave... Continue to Post

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IRS Battling Conservatives Over Tax-exempt Status

Mar 02, 2012 01:22 pm

The Internal Revenue Service is battling tea party and other conservative groups that claim the government is purposely frustrating their efforts to gain tax-exempt status. Documents provided by some of the groups show the IRS wants painstaking details about the... Continue to Post

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Rep. Darrell Issa on the Latest with Eric Holder & Fast and Furious

Mar 02, 2012 01:21 pm

The Fast and Furious investigation should be pushed forward at a rapid pace. While Rep. Darrell Issa is a solid Chairman of the Government Reform Committee, a more rigorous use of their investigative powers would make us all feel as if the corruption is not continuing.

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Michael Savage: Was Breitbart Assasinated?

Mar 02, 2012 12:55 pm

Noting that the cause of Andrew Breitbart's unexpected death yesterday was being examined by the Los Angeles County Coroner's office, talk-radio host Michael Savage raised the question of whether the conservative media powerhouse - who recently announced he had videos... Continue to Post

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Federal Appeals Court 'Ignores Rule Of Law,' Defers To White House On Deportation Cases

Mar 02, 2012 12:54 pm

(CNSNews.com) - Does the Obama administration intend to enforce the nation's immigration laws or not? Two Republicans are asking that question, after a federal appeals court halted the deportation of five suspected illegal aliens on Monday, asking the Obama administration... Continue to Post

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Justices In Closed-Door Meeting With Europeans On Speech Freedom

Mar 02, 2012 12:30 pm

Supreme Court justices are meeting for the first time with European human rights judges to talk about freedom of expression, among other things. They're doing it behind closed doors. The sessions with members of the European Court of Human Rights... Continue to Post

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Senator Ron Johnson Exposes Obama's "Frugal Budget"

Mar 02, 2012 12:25 pm

I mentioned yesterday that Senator Johnson of Wisconsin did a good job at the Senate Budget Committee's hearing on tax reform. Today, I want to elaborate on two of his points. First, he asked all three of the witnesses what... Continue to Post

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Santorum Lumps McCain, Dole, H.W. Bush Into Losing Clan Of GOP Moderates

Mar 02, 2012 12:24 pm

Pasco, Washington (CNN) - Rick Santorum continued to cast himself as a scrappy fighter against a mighty Republican "establishment" late Thursday - even lumping together former presidents and former presidential hopefuls into a losing clan of Republican moderates. "You have... Continue to Post

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Ohio GOP Race Going Down To The Wire

Mar 02, 2012 11:47 am

The Republican presidential face-off in Ohio is too close to call as former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has 35 percent of likely Republican primary voters to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's 31 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released... Continue to Post

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PDF: Obama Eligibility Investigation Report Released By Sheriff Joe Arpaio And Cold Case Posse Here

Mar 01, 2012 08:10 pm

We've released the report given to the press at Sheriff Joe's press conference today, March 1, 2012. This report details how the Cold Case Posse's investigation led them to conclude that Barack Obama's Long Form Birth Certificate as released by... Continue to Post

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Photos From Sheriff Joe Arpaio's News Conference On Barack Obama Birth Certificate

Mar 01, 2012 06:47 pm

These photos may be used with attribution and a link to http://www.westernjournalism.com. They are from the March 1, 2012 news conference where Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County Arizona alleges the Birth Certificate of Barack Obama released by the White... Continue to Post

Union Lackey Mustio Doubles Down     

Sandra Fluke's Claim of $1000 Yearly Contraception Expenses Among Georgetown Students Accounts For 5 Sexual Encounters Per Day.

It is a known fact that public health service organizations make condoms free to the public upon request. But even if students were unaware of free access to condoms, the price of condoms, calculated against Fluke's $1,000 per year expenditure would mean that she and her fellow students have sex five times a day. Wal-Mart, for example, sells a 12-pack of Trojan condoms for $6.50 each. $1,000 divided by $6.50 is 153.85 condom packs. 153.84 condom packs times 12 condoms a pack is 1,846.15 condoms used. 1,846.15 condoms divided by 365 days is 5.06 sexual encounters a day.

That's a lot of sex.

Perhaps, however, Ms. Fluke was talking not about condoms, and instead about birth control pills. Just like condoms, public health organizations make birth control pills available to women who cannot afford them. But what if students are unaware that free birth control pills can be gotten? The fact is, generic birth control pills can be bought from national chains like Target for just $4 a month.

< No C. you can't take a one unit review class at Georgetown. >

 Here is another thought: If Ms. Fluke is in a monogamist sexual  relationship, then her partner should share the expenses. If she just has casual sex , then she better choose the less expensive condom path or she may request HIV drug help in the future.

Phony Center for American Progress 'Study' on Effects of State Immigration Enforcement  The Center for American Progress has issued a new report in an attempt to downplay the effectiveness of state measures that discourage illegal immigration.
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Obama Says I've Got Another 5 Years To Pass Amnesty  "We're going to get this [amnesty] done," says President.
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Stupid Immigration Quote of the Week -- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle  ICE Director John Morton is negotiating with Cook County to get the county to honor federal immigration detention requests. The ensuing response by the Cook County Board President is worth noting.
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ID Fraud Complaints on the Rise Over Tax Filings  The number of identity theft complaints involving tax and wage fraud is soaring.
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Employers Use Skilled Guest Worker Programs to Drive Down Wages, Study Confirms  A new study found that skilled guest workers in the U.S. on temporary visas increase their annual earnings considerably when those workers acquire green cards.
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Friend --    
 
Police escorted me across campus to protect me from radical black liberals who came out to protest my speech at Texas A&M University the other night. Sadly, these are the next generation of black leaders, the indoctrinated supporters of Obama.
 
Because of the outcry against my presence on campus, some people wanted to cancel my speech, or refuse to let the protestors into the lecture hall. But on the front lines of the battle, we can't back down. So I let them in along with everyone else who wanted to hear why on earth a black woman would be a conservative.
 
With scorn and disrespect, the protestors gathered to their seats in the back of the hall, stood up and immediately turned their backs to me. The hall was tense with disagreement and the possibility of a violent outbreak. You could have heard a pin drop, but I wasn't about to give them the silent treatment that they gave me.
 
Moments like this are the opportunities to say what I desperately wish that someone had said to me at their age, before I signed up to live on the government plantation and watched my life spiral out of control over seven miserable years.

I decided, I'm going to try to reach them with everything in me. I will tell my story, and I will tell the story of hundreds of thousands of black Americans who bought the lie of the Left. Then I will show them the sweet redemptive power of God's intervention in my life that showed me the only way to live is a life of personal responsibility. And I told them how big government is an idol that will destroy their lives and our great country and threatens our freedom, day-by-day, the deeper we're mired in a culture of dependency.
 
But any black who speaks against Obama is considered a traitor by other blacks, these students were brainwashed to think.
 
"This president has failed you and all of us," I wanted to shout. I cannot let these young men and women throw away their lives for Obama. His election shouldn't be about his personal popularity and certainly not his race. I wanted them to understand there are real-life consequences to his policies, and in just a year or two, they're going to enter the real world and have to decide: do I want to live in the free world or on the plantation?
 
I know what they're thinking: "how dare you leave our side!"
 
The black students talked about Barack Obama, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X as if they stood for the same ideals because they're all black! They have tunnel vision because they ignore what Obama is really providing for African-Americans: more blacks unemployed, more black babies aborted, and more black families on food stamps than ever.
 
They continued to protest, and I saw more clearly than ever how brainwashed they are.
 
Some people said I looked mad, and I was. These young people who have the ability to think for themselves are going to throw away their lives and destroy the country with their socialist ideas taught by liberal professors who only teach one point of view.
 
But I know what the real consequences of ivory-tower liberalism look like. Like every inner-city in the nation.
 
When I lived on welfare, my friends and neighbors were floundering in despair and you could see it in their faces.  You can see it in our inner-cities today. A young man I knew took his own life because there is no hope when you're trapped on the government plantation.
 
Friend, this is what happens when liberals hold a monopoly on thought on our college campuses and this is why I must go into these leftist stangleholds on freedom and thought.
 
The next campus I'm visiting is UCLA, and I'm asking very strongly for your prayers, and your help.
 
I can only go to these campuses and reach these young leaders with your continued financial support. But I won't stop there. I will reach our current political leaders too, with policy reports on Capitol Hill. And I will reach our communities and families through our black pastor program that works at the grassroots level to break the cycle of poverty and restore families and personal responsibility.
 
Join me and we can free the captives from Uncle Sam's Plantation. If we don't fight this battle on our campuses and in our cities, we will never get our nation back on track.
 
You've been by my side as a fellow foot-soldier for freedom, in prayer and financial support, so I'm asking you to please join me, once again, and help me march into America's liberal campuses with your most generous financial contribution right now of $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000, or even $2,500 and let's bring responsibility back to America and protect the country we love.
 
 
Your foot-soldier for freedom,

Star Parker

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Borelli's argument is a solid one: the problem begins with President Barack Obama, whose policy overreach has frozen racial tensions in this country when he should have been thawing them. The Left, having introduced the race card to defend Obama from the massive unpopularity of his policies, has turned a blind eye to the leadership failures that have spread down through black career politicians-traitors to minority success-who are causing a cycle of oppression in America: specifically Charles Rangel, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson, each of whom has enriched himself at the expense of his community. Borelli also challenges the ninety-five percent of the black Americans who voted for Obama without caring about or vetting his dangerous politics.

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The Solyndra Saga Continues

If you thought the $535 million that the American taxpayer shelled out for the utter failure that was Solyndra was expensive, you may want to sit down for this one.

Crossing the wires this hour is news that the General Motors corporation will be halting production of the Chevrolet Volt electric car and laying off 1,300 employees.

The company announced that the layoff and production halt will last at least 5 weeks but is not necessarily permanent; however the dreadful sales numbers of the Volt lead some to believe that this may be the first of many nails in the coffin of this heavily subsidized program. Read more.

Senator Rand Paul Fights the Abusive EPA

Since being sworn into the Senate, Rand Paul has proved himself to be fearless defender of liberty. He has proposed real spending cuts, pushed for an audit of the Federal Reserve and hasn't been afraid to stand against his own party. He was one of the few senators to vote against the reauthorization of the Patriot Act and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). His short record in the Senate already shows that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

The courageous senator is now fighting back against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sen. Rand Paul has introduced S. 2122, the Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2012 which would reform federal water policy to protect land owners. The bill would redefine "navigable waters" to explicitly clarify that waters must actually be navigable, protect the rights of states to have primary authority over the land and water within their borders, prohibit federal agents from entering private property without the express content of the landowner, among other things. Read more.

Who's the Enemy? 

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:34 AM PST

(John Hinderaker) 

Polls show that Americans consider Iran to be enemy number one these days, but one is never sure that President Obama sees things the same way. For years, his most visceral hostility has been reserved for Israel. Now, as part of his election-year fence-mending, he is trying to walk back that hostility. With respect to the current Iran crisis, I admit to some uncertainty as to what is going on. Is the administration really trying to restrain Israel, thereby manifesting a lack of concern for our ally's survival? Or is its oft-stated fear of an Israeli strike part of a coordinated effort to convince the mullahs of the reality of the Israeli threat?

Such uncertainty, of course, is not the province of the editorial cartoonist. Michael Ramirez takes Obama at his word:

Oakland Occupiers Charged In Robbery, Hate Crime 

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:20 AM PST

(John Hinderaker)

The "Occupy" movement has pretty much died out, to the great relief of Democratic politicians who at one time thought it could be a liberal counterweight to the Tea Partiers. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way-the Occupiers revealed themselves as more a crime wave, and a singularly unhygienic crime wave at that, than a political movement.  

Clearing my spindle 

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:09 AM PST

(Scott Johnson)

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We've only just begun 

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:17 AM PST

(Scott Johnson)

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Obamacare Attacks Economic & Religious Liberty

Yesterday, 51 Senators voted against economic and religious liberty. It was a stunning vote that served as a stark reminder of the challenges we face in Washington - a majority of U.S. Senators are more interested in creating new rights than defending our unalienable rights guaranteed to us in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

This time, the federal government used the sweeping powers embedded in Obamacare to mandate insurance companies to provide a product free of charge and mandate religiously affiliated organizations - such as schools, hospitals and charities - to violate their religious beliefs.

>>Learn which Senators voted to violate your liberty.  

Americans have known all along that Obamacare is nothing more than a massive power grab by the federal government. This latest assault on liberty by the Obama Administration opened up another front in the effort to repeal Obamacare: its impact on the freedom to exercise religious beliefs. In essence, President Obama and 51 Senators declared that religiously affiliated organizations cannot continue providing services for the poor and the sick, or educate children, unless they abandon their most fundamental beliefs.

>>Read more on why repealing Obamacare is the solution.  

If the Obama Administration and the U.S. Senate can so blatantly trample on our First Amendment protections and economic liberty, we have to ask where does it end?

We cannot afford to find out what President Obama's next mandate will be or which of our liberties will be the next to fall under the guise of Obamacare. We must continue the fight for the full repeal of Obamacare - nothing less is acceptable.

Sincerely,

Michael A. Needham
Chief Executive Officer
Heritage Action for America

Breitbart chatted up strangers at bar less than an hour before dying

Andrew Breitbart was firing away on his Blackberry as usual when he stopped in for a drink at a local bar. He struck up a friendly political debate with a stranger and a short time later the conservative figure collapsed. For all the time liberals spend talking about how loving and caring they are, there are an awful lot of people reveling in Breitbart's death. Even Rolling Stone seemed somewhat enthused using this headline 'Death of a Douche.' More on Breitbart.

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Last night on GBTV:

• Fighting the system: Glenn gave a passionate monologue about the state of free speech and how individuals are struggling to fight back against the oppression of "the system." WATCH.  
• George Washington Challenge: David Barton joined Glenn in studio last night to discuss March's new challenge - VIRTUE. Commit to being a better person - take the challenge today!