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912 Patriots of Lower Bucks - Your Daily Updates ALL in ONE Place!
March 29, 2012
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"Socialism... works on the emotions...to stifle the voice of reason by awakening primitive instincts."
-Ludwig Von Mises
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Year Two of the Obamacare Era
By Avik Roy
March 26, 2012
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. The law's advocates confidently predicted that it would cut bankruptcies by half, save tens of thousands of lives every year, create 400,000 jobs "almost immediately," and even ensure that no one would ever again have to die of cancer.
In Year One of the Obamacare era, we got a preview of what is to come. We know that Year Three will be pivotal for the law's future, between the Supreme Court and the November election. But it was what we learned in the last twelve months that set the stage for this pivotal, upcoming year.
MAY 2011
Massachusetts continued to give us a preview of what Obamacare would do to the country. In May, studies found that, contrary to what was promised, the new health-care regime increased emergency-room crowding, and increased already-long wait times for doctors' appointments.
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On Thursday, FreedomWorks and Reason Foundation will be co-hosting a special lecture by renowned economist Peter Schiff, as he responds to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's recent speech at George Washington University's School of Business. I wanted to invite you to join us online for a special live broadcast of this event, which will be accessible from our FreedomWorks Facebook page when the event begins at 3:00pm ET on Thursday. You can also RSVP for this event to receive a reminder email on the day of the event: What: Live Online Broadcast of Peter Schiff
When: Thursday March 29th at 3:00pm ET
Where: FreedomWorks Facebook Page RSVP Now! Credited with predicting the 2008 financial crisis, Schiff has been an outspoken critic of our government's economic policies and the Federal Reserve's agenda. This is definitely an event you will not want to miss! RSVP Now. Thank you. In Liberty,
Matt Kibbe
President & CEO, FreedomWorks
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Please join Hillsdale College for our next First Principles on First Fridays lecture: "Obamacare's Assault on Religious Liberty" Paul A. Rahe Professor of History, Hillsdale College Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. 227 Massachusetts Avenue, NE * Washington, D.C. 20002 Lunch will be provided. Paul A. Rahe holds the Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in Western Heritage and is Professor of History at Hillsdale College. He earned his Ph.D. from Yale University and has taught at Cornell University and the University of Tulsa. He blogs on Ricochet.com and has authored several books, including Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift and Republics Ancient and Modern: Classical Republicanism and the American Revolution. Please register to attend this First Principles on First Fridays lecture in person or to watch online. Please note that this month's program will take place on a Tuesday in deference to Good Friday. Funding for this month's First Principles on First Fridays program has been provided by the Philip M. McKenna Foundation. ____________________ You still have time to register for Hillsdale's online class, Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution
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 Hear Ye! Hear Ye!Calling all Patriot Poll workers!
It's Spring Training Season!
We have a number of events and issues that are coming up in the near future that we want you to be aware.
The first two are Kitchen Table Patriots events, the others are events that we are participating in or co-sponsoring.
Please come out and help now for the primary election so that you can have an impact on the general election in November.
- Saturday, March 31 - Nullify Now Philly
- Tuesday, April 24 - Primary Day
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The Third KTP Tea
Poll Workers of Bucks Unite!!
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We have a list of the polls that need poll workers for local campaigns (GOP Committee people), state campaigns (State Representative) as well as district wide campaigns (KTP members running for RNC Convention delegate).
We need people who will work with these campaigns on primary election day to get voters to vote for conservative candidates.
The objective of our "Tea" is to mingle in a less formal setting, bring you up to date on some activities in Harrisburg and Washington and, most importantly, get your ideas about what we should be doing to champion conservatism right here at home.
Reply here or send us an email: TheKitchenTablePatriots@GMail.com
Date: .............. Monday, April 2, 2012
Time: .............. 5PM to 7PM
Cost: .............. Free (buy your own drink - there will be a bartender!)
52 East State Street, Doylestown, PA 18901
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Save the Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012
The Kitchen Table Patriots
will be holding a "Red, Right and Blues" Liberty Fest FUNdraiser party  | | Click on the image to see the full flyer |
 We have the venue: Central Bucks Senior Center
We have a band: Flamin' Harry
Pricing: $25/Person paid in advance, $30/Person at the Door
Make checks payable to: Kitchen Table Patriots PAC (non-tax deductible)
Mail to: Kitchen Table Patriots, P.O. Box 3 - Doylestown, PA 18901
If you can help, please send us an email.
One of the highlights of our fundraisers are the clever and fun raffle baskets assembled by our team and consisting of generous gifts and items donated by many local patriots and businesses. Please review the list of theme baskets and contact Mariann Davies (267) 981-9017 or via e-mail: msbdavies@aol.com, if you wish to donate items, or gift cards for the baskets. Deadline: April 12th, 2012.
Here the list of baskets:
1. The Well-Read Patriot:
2. Fourth of July Basket: 3. American Beauty: (Beauty/spa items, jewelry, accessories) 4. Obama's Early Retirement Party: (wine, spirits, goodies, set-ups for the celebration on Nov. 6th, 2012!) 5. School Choice: (for the kids, educational books, games, DVDs, back-to-school supplies) 6. Acts of Valor: (a salute to our military, gifts, t-shirts, books, DVDs, accessories) 7. Don't Tread on Me!: (Gadsden flag items) 8. "Made in America": (gift items made in the U.S.A.) 9. Time for TEA!: ice tea glasses, tray, ice tea, towels, pitcher, tea-pots, etc. 10. Baseball: America's Favorite Pastime! (Phillies items) |
Saturday, March 31, 9AM-6PM
The Kitchen Table Patriots will be participating in
Nullify Now Philadelphia!
(Click the image above for additional details and to register)
Thomas Jefferson: "Whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers.... a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy."
But what IS nullification? How does it happen and work? Since September 2010, the Tenth Amendment Center has been hosting a national tour to educate and activate people on this topic. People are learning the constitutional basis, when it's been used in history, and how it is happening around the country and how YOU can stop DC right in your own state.
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The Kitchen Table Patriots co-chairs and two other KTP members are running for Delegates to the Republican National Convention
Thank you so much to all of those who signed our petition. We are on the ballot!
Anastasia Przbylski, Ana Puig, Jack Merritt and Dan McCabe will be campaigning county wide. Please send them an email if you would like to help in their effort: TheKitchenTablePatriots@GMail.com
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The Kitchen Table Patriots are joining with a confederation of other Pennsylvania Tea Party, libertarian, conservative, Constitutional, Patriot, and 9-12, organizations to have a consensus on a single candidate that reflects the passion, principles, values and commitment of the grassroots as well as has the acumen and gravitas to beat Senator Bob Casey in November. All the groups would then commit to supporting this one candidate in the primary. |
To that end, we asked you vote for one of the candidates to voice your opinion. Here are the results of that polling:
| Candidate | Votes | | Steve Welch | 13 | | Dave Christian | 21 | | Marc Scaringi | 38 | | Tom Smith | 90 | | Sam Rohrer | 315 |
There will be a press release from the coalition soon that will include the results from all of the groups within the coalition.
We would like to thank everyone who participated in this effort. |
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Yours in Liberty,
The Kitchen Table Patriots
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The Kitchen Table Patriots were at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference and interviewed many of the leaders and candidates in Pennsylvania and the nation.
Most of the videos were streamed via out UStream.tv channel.
Here's a short, but special one:
 | | Newt Gingrich interviewed by The Kitchen Table Patriots at the PLC |
Here's a sampling of some of the others:
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The Loyal Opposition of Philadelphia
Young Republicans of Philadelphia
Temple University College Republicans
Philadelphia Republican Leadership Council
Invite you to
A CONVERSATION WITH THE CANDIDATES
2012 PENNSYLVANIA SENATE RACE
    
Tom Smith Steve Welch Marc Scaringi David Christian Sam Rohrer
MODERATOR - DOM GIORDANO
WPHT
Wednesday April 4th, 6:30-9:00pm
Union League - Lincoln Room
140 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
RSVP: pamelawarren1@comcast.net
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CALLING ALL PATRIOTS!!
VALLEY FORGE PATRIOTS MONTHLY MEETING
FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH, 6:00 pm
PHOENIXVILLE COUNTRY CLUB
355 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
Come on out and help us make plans to Get Out The Vote (GOTV) for the primary election on April 24.
We need everyone to participate leading up to the most important presidential & senate election of our life time.
We are also honored to have William E. Been author of "Masters of Audacity and Deceit" discuss the important elements of his book including: Progressivism's Threat to America, the New World Order and George Soros, Wall Street, Mainstream Media and the Democrat Party, and Housing Crisis, Financial Crisis and the Great Recession.
Don't miss this chance to get together with your fellow Patriots and participate in a stimulating discussion.
You can sign up at www.meetup.com/vfp-teaparty09/ or at www.vfpatriots.com
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Dear Fellow Patriot,
We have a choice in this years Pennsylvania Senatorial election that will have far reaching consequences for Pennsylvania.
Roger Howard is challenging Dominic Pileggi in the 9th district. Dominic has never been challenged and with the lack of any reformative legislation coming from Harrisburg along with the redistricting fiasco, he is very vulnerable. Can you imagine replacing the third most powerful Republican in Harrisburg?
Right now what stands in our way is the ability to get the message out. We are ordering yard signs and if we had an extra $1000.00 we could double what we are ordering.
Can you make a small donation of $10, $25 or $50. It would make a big difference. Please go to the web site now
www.roger4pa.com
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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.
Classes listed in Blue have been posted on YouTube and can be viewed by clicking on the link for each class below.
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Constitution 101 Schedule
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Larry P. Arnn
Monday, February 20 - The Declaration of Independence
Thomas G. West
Monday, February 27 - The Problem of Majority Tyranny
David Bobb
Monday, March 5 - Separation of Powers: Preventing Tyranny
Kevin Portteus
Monday, March 12
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Will Morrisey
Monday, March 19 - Religion, Morality, and Property
David Bobb
Monday, March 26 - Crisis of
Constitutional Government
Will Morrisey
Monday, April 2
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Lincoln and the Constitution
Kevin Portteus
Monday, April 9 - The Progressive
Rejection of the Founding
Ronald J. Pestritto
Monday, April 16 - The Recovery of
the Constitution
Larry P. Arnn
Monday, April 23
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[Go here to enroll in "Constitution 101" now]
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The U.S. Constitution
A Reader
Divided into eleven sections with introductions by members of Hillsdale's Politics Department faculty, readings cover the principles of the American founding, the framing and structure of the Constitution, the secession crisis and the Civil War, the Progressive rejection of the Constitution, and the building of the administrative state based on Progressive principles.
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. 
About Hillsdale College
 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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The bad news is last month some well intentioned political activist announced a cut-off date for signing up co-sponsors for Rep. Rose Marie Swanger's American Law's for American Courts (HB 2029) in an effort to inject some urgency into the effort.
What it resulted in was an interruption of the campaign to encourage those Representatives not yet signed on as co-sponsors to join with those Legislators who have already recognized the death by smothering threat to our Constitution.
The good news is there is no cut-off date for adding co-sponsors and we are once again asking your readers to contact their representatives and ask they join the battle.
There are only three Representatives from Bucks who are co-sponsors, Representatives Clymer, Petri and Quinn and we thank them for showing their colors.
But that leaves seven more Representatives who appear to be still standing on the sidelines as the battle for our existence as a free people is joined.
Lame rhetoric? I'm afraid not. If you do not understand the threat we face from 'peaceful' opportunists like CAIR, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bucksafa11info/messages or contact me at bucksafa11@yahoo.com to schedule an Open the Koran presentation for you and your friends.
If you're ready to help, visit www.actforamerica.org and sign on as a chapter leader. It's free and the people there are friendly and helpful. Your help is needed. Every township, every neighborhood needs an Act! for America chapter leader.
But before you do anything, if your Pennsylvania Representative has not yet ssigned on as co-sponsor, urge her/him to do so and ask what is it that prevents him/her from doing so.
Help Pennsylvania be counted among those States that have shown the courage to face off with the enemies who have plainly stated their aim is to destroy our Nation. Our laws have worked just fine since colonial times. What is needed are politicians who respect them. And you know whose job it is to remind them of that.
Thanks,
John Ryan
www.actforamerica.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bucksafa11info/messages
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CAIR's Fight Against Pennsylvania Foreign Law Bill
by David J. Rusin
FrontPage Magazine
February 13, 2012
http://www.islamist-watch.org/9192/cair-fight-against-pennsylvania-foreign-law-bill
Resistance to a new bill aimed at limiting foreign law in Pennsylvania courts serves as a case study of how Islamists and their allies operate: peddling falsehoods about Shari'a, painting Muslims as victims, and denying that anyone seeks to institutionalize aspects of Islamic law - even as they vigorously promote that very agenda. With similar legislation being debated across the U.S., understanding their tactics is critical.
At issue in Pennsylvania is House Bill (HB) 2029, which stipulates that "a tribunal shall not consider a foreign legal code or system which does not grant ... the same fundamental liberties, rights and privileges" as guaranteed by the federal and state constitutions. Introduced in November, it follows the American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) model and makes no mention of Shari'a. A preliminary memo sent to legislators last June in the name of Rep. RoseMarie Swanger, HB 2029's chief sponsor, does highlight Islamic law, but she later said that it had been circulated accidentally. Regardless, concerns about Shari'a are warranted due to its many provisions that conflict with the standards of American jurisprudence. For example, it disadvantages women in terms of inheritance, divorce, child custody, and other areas of family law. Shari'a already has shaped numerous cases nationwide, including in Pennsylvania, where one state court decided how assets should be distributed according to Islam.
Pushback against HB 2029 has been led by the Philadelphia office of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) and was punctuated by an interfaith press conference (video here) at CAIR-PA headquarters on December 14. The overall campaign reflects CAIR's usual recipe of distortion, victimology, and contradiction between words and deeds.
Attacks on bills like HB 2029 begin by sowing confusion about Shari'a. Because Islamic law encompasses virtually every facet of life - governing personal activities such as eating and worship, but also forming an oppressive social and legal structure - suit-and-tie Islamists work to emphasize its unthreatening pieces whenever possible. CAIR-PA executive director Moein Khawaja's suggestion that Shari'a should worry Pennsylvanians no more than halal gyros is a fine example of this technique.
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RJC Philadelphia Chapter
ObamaCare at the Supreme Court: What to Expect
with Ilya Shapiro from the Cato Institute
Wednesday, April 4
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SAVE the DATE!
March 23-25
RJC Winter Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas. Email Scott Feigelstein to upgrade to the National Leadership and attend the biggest event of 2012.
Confirmed Speakers:
- Majority Leader
Eric Cantor
- Governor
Bob McDonnell
- Senator
Mitch McConnell
- Majority Whip
Kevin McCarthy
- Senator Dean Heller
- Congressman
Joe Heck
About our Speaker:
Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Before joining Cato, he was a special assistant/advisor to the Multi-National Force in Iraq on rule of law issues and practiced international, political, commercial, and antitrust litigation at Patton Boggs and Cleary Gottlieb.
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From July 16 through July 18, 2012, Christians United for Israel will be holding its 7th Annual Washington Summit. We're going back to stand with Israel in our nation's capital. This year - more than ever - we need you to join us!
In the coming months, critical decisions are going to be made about Iran, Israel and the world. Finally, Washington is beginning to focus on the issue of a nuclear Iran. Many of our leaders want to confront this looming threat. But others want to keep kicking the can down the road. The debate is far from over.
- We know that when thousands of CUFI activists arrive in DC and on Capitol Hill, we can change the conversation.
- We can remind our leaders that a nuclear Iran is not only a threat to Israel, but to the US as well. And we can demonstrate to our elected officials that their constituents care enough about this issue to show up at their DC offices.
- We know that we can create a sense of immediacy that's otherwise lacking.
- We know that the more of us who show up and speak out -- the louder our voice and the greater our impact.
We stand at a critical juncture in history. Don't be silent! Don't miss your chance to make a difference! Don't pass up your opportunity to defend America and bless Israel!
Our leaders need to remember that we are watching them and we need to remember that God is watching us.
The time to speak out for Israel is now!
Please register today for CUFI's 2012 DC Summit.
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The Philadelphia Freedom Center
2012 Spring Speaker Series presented by:
Jessica & Eric Berger Jill & Alan Miller Cecilie & Eugene Block Mindy & Bryan Rishforth Joan Carter & John Aglialoro Adele & Harold Schaeffer
Amy & Steven Erlbaum Gerald B. Shreiber Vicki & Gary Erlbaum Beth & Craig Snider
Penny & Robert Fox Ed Snider Gerry & Richard Fox Laurie Wagman & Irv Borowsky |
Bill Kristol - April 11, 2012
The Union League of Philadelphia
Luncheon: 12:00 - 1:30PM
An American neoconservative political analyst and commentator, Bill Kristol is the founder and editor of the political magazine The Weekly Standard and a regular commentator on the Fox News Channel. He is a regular panelist on Fox News Sunday and often contributes to the nightly program Special Report with Bret Baier.
Before starting the Weekly Standard in 1995, Mr. Kristol led the Project for the Republican Future, where he helped shape the strategy that produced the 1994 Republican congressional victory. Prior to that, Mr. Kristol served as chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle during the first Bush Administration, and to Education Secretary William Bennett under President Reagan.
Click to Register
John Stossel - May 2, 2012
The Union League of Philadelphia
Luncheon: 12:00 - 1:30PM
After years of obeying our parents, we are programmed to think that anytime there is a problem, whether it's companies going bankrupt or schools keeping kids stupid, government action is the way to solve it. Using his decades of reporting, Stossel tackles how those intuitive, knee-jerk reactions lead us astray.
Central planning sounds right. It feels good. But it has nothing to do with the realities of economics and science. There is nothing that government can do that we cannot do better as free individuals - and as groups of individuals, working together voluntarily, not at the point of a gun or under threat of a fine. Without big government, our possibilities are limitless.
This event is co-sponsored by The Union League of Philadelphia
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LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO
"BETTER THAN EVER"
(all times are eastern)
Thursday 3-4pm "America's Black Shield" - Ted Hayes and Terrance Lang
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 The Case Against Obamacare: Health Care Policy Series for the 112th Congress
A Health Care Policy Series for the 112th Congress
Building on decades of Heritage research, The Case Against Obamacare: A Health Care Policy Series for the 112th Congress examines 15 key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Each report:
- Cites specific sections of the 2,700-page health care law
- Provides detailed analysis of specific Obamacare provisions
- Identifies key principles for a better way to reform health care
The unmistakable conclusion of this series is that Obamacare must be fully repealed. Congress cannot build sound market-based health care reform on the flawed foundation of this health care law. Until it can be repealed, Congress must employ its full powers authorized by the Constitution to:
Read more and download the pdf:
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 |
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The 2012 Presidential Voter Guide
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
FRC Action: 801 G Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001
P: 202/393-2100 or 877/372-2808
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Obama A "Post-Racial" President? Think Again
Those Americans who have been able to pry themselves away from their video games,their satellite television,and their sports obsessions have probably heard the tragic story about Trayvon Martin's death. This young African-American was allegedly unarmed when he was shot by Hispanic George Zimmerman,a neighborhood watchman. An FBI investigation is currently being conducted to determine the facts regarding the case. God-fearing Americans,please pray that justice will prevail for all parties involved.
A primary focus of the investigation is the 911 call made by George Zimmerman. The call will be diagnosed by special technicians to determine if George mumbled any racial slurs before the shooting. If it can be proven that he did,then his claim of self-defense will crumble under the weight of a "hate-crime"accusation.
During Obama's presidential campaign,he portrayed himself as the great racial unifier. He said,"...we may not look the same and may not have come from the same place,but we all want to move in the same direction." (Political Intelligence,March,2008) The president seems to contradict himself when he fails to constrain from weighing in on the racial issues that surface from time to time. This shouldn't be surprising,considering his tutelage under the likes of Jeremiah Wright,Derrick Bell,William Ayers,and a multitude of other extremists.
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News from The Hill:
0-414 vote: House clobbers budget proposal based on Obama's 2013 plan
By Pete Kasperowicz
The House on Wednesday night unanimously rejected an alternative budget proposal based on President Obama's 2013 budget plan, dispatching it in a 0-414 rout.
The vote came just hours after the White House cast the pending vote as a political "gimmick," an apparent attempt to downplay what many expected to be an ugly-looking vote for the White House.
Read the story here.
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RedState Morning Briefing
For March 29, 2012
1. The Republican Party is playing a dangerous game
There's a lot to like about Paul Ryan's budget proposal. It cuts some spending. It flattens the tax code down to just two individual marginal tax rates. It also includes some innovative policies designed to halt the unsustainable growth of health care entitlement spending. However, on balance, the budget is disappointing for fiscal conservatives for two main reasons: It waives the spending restraint that was agreed to in last year's debt limit deal, and it doesn't balance the budget until 2040. Broken promises and unbalanced budgets as far as the eye can see are neither good policy nor a good campaign rallying cry.
Last year, an agreement was reached in which Republicans gave President Obama a massive increase in the debt ceiling, in exchange for promised spending cuts that supposedly had "real teeth." As part of the deal, Congressman Ryan and most Republicans voted to require an annual spending cap and $110 billion in automatic spending cuts for next year - otherwise known as "sequestration" - if the so-called "super-committee" failed to find $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction.
Since the predictable collapse of the super-committee, the House GOP should have been working toward a budget proposal that allows for the sequester to take place for the coming year. Such a budget would include the $110 billion in reductions. Ryan's budget achieves vastly less. It contains $19 billion in discretionary savings and, at most, $53 billion in cuts to mandatory spending - $38 billion short. Thus, it leaves House Republicans breaking the terms of the deal they agreed to just seven months ago.
2. Liberals, conservatives, values and how we perceive each other Another day, another book I need to buy and hopefully read some day. In the March 21st NYT, Nicholas Kristof reviews a new book: "The Righteous Mind". In it, author Jonathan Haidt discusses some original research that investigates some key values held by conservatives and liberals - and how these two groups perceive each other on these values. I have long been interested in why Republicans and Democrats believe as they do, and this type of research on values zeroes in on this question. A couple of key observations emerge. First, the author points out how both conservatives and liberals adhere to values that are formed around a moral code, but conservatives follow some additional core values that liberals do not. 3. Birthdays, and Dinosaurs, and Slavery, Oh My! Recently, the New York City public school system put out guidelines to providers of test materials to the district. The guidelines included a list of naughty words that should not be included in the materials, so as not to stress out, offend, or cause boo-boos to the children of the city, who are mainly made of glass it would seem. Among the no good, very bad words were "birthday", "dinosaur", "Halloween", and references to junk food, swimming pools, and computers. This, dear friends, is unarguably a good thing. Take, for example, birthdays. Did you know that some people don't celebrate birthdays? And since they don't celebrate them, they would obviously be emotionally distressed to consider that other people do. Tsk, tsk. Likewise, Halloween might evoke paganism, and everyone knows school children are vehemently and actively opposed to such talk, ever since the Great Pagan and Gradeschooler War of nineteen aught seven. Swimming pools and computers, you would imagine, are banned because some people don't have one or both of these things, and might therefore forget what two plus two equals when presented with the horrible reality that some people do. Now yes, I know that computers are actually IN many classrooms. But that is different. Because. 4. Strange Bedfellows: Unions Protesting For The Right To Target Private Residences Get Tea Party Approval Union thugs protesting outside the homes of their targets has become a weapon more and more unions have added to their already-large arsenal. Now that the State of Georgia may become the first state to outlaw the offensive tactic, oddly enough, unions are getting support from an unlikely source-the Tea Party Patriots. Last year, when 45,000 union members struck telephone carrier Verizon, IBEW union radicals showed up outside the home of Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam's House causing a disturbance in McAdam's neighborhood (see video below). In another incident, up to 3,000 CWA protesters conducted a mock funeral outside the home of Verizon's chairman. Though it shouldn't be necessary for any legislature to even have to consider the protection of private residences from protesters, these incidents (and others like it) have drawn the attention of Georgia's legislature, which has moved to pass Senate Bill 469 to prohibit the targeting of individuals at their private residences. 5. Senator Obama Was Correct - The Ex-Im Bank Is Corporate Welfare On September 22, 2008, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) sounded like a conservative in the below speech. Candidate for President Obama railed against programs "that don't work" like a "reading program that hasn't improved our children's reading." This talk was music to the ears of independent and conservative leaning democratic voters who don't like government waste.
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Heritage Hotsheet
Experts on the Day's Hottest News
Items for March 15, 2012
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Quote the wisdom of Al "Tim Berners Lee" Gore:
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the internet."
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1. SHOCKING VIDEO: Paul Ryan WARNS the End of the American Dream - Charts show path of our DEBT - It will cost our grandkids 80 Cents of every dollar to pay for Fed. Gov't (w/out any NEW programs!) 2. VIDEO: Limbaugh advertiser says boycotters are TERRORIZING HIM but he will double amount of ads on Rush's program
3. VIDEO: Pro-life 'October Baby' - starring John Schneider - rejected by major studios, blitzes box office - "The Hunger Games" wasn't the only film to hit box office paydirt. 4. AUDIO: SCOTUS Slams ObamaCare Lawyer: 'We're Not Stupid' 5. VIDEO: Passengers subdue 'screaming' JetBlue captain as mid-air rant diverts flight 6. Pentagon Covers Up AFGHAN INSIDER ATTACKS 7. Suspended THREE times for drugs, truancy and graffiti and 'caught carrying a burglary tool': New picture emerges of Trayvon Martin (and did he attack a bus driver too?) 8. Eating lots of CHOCOLATE... helps people stay thin?
9. CHART OF THE DAY: House Prices Are Now Back To Early 2003 Levels 10. FEELGOOD PUPPY VIDEO of the day: "Fiona's rescue"
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Frank Hill
Congress should take an entire two-year session with every Congressman attending and C-SPAN filming, go through the entire federal budget and discuss it line-by-line in excruciating detail. If it doesn't pass muster and 50%+1 don't vote for it, it is gone. Next?
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Ryan Mauro
Even George Clooney realizes the Bashir regime is doing all it can to please its Islamist opposition. Bashir's most powerful opponent is cleric Hasan al-Turabi; it's hard to overstate his impact on the growth of Islamic extremism in the Sudan.
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The American Dream
In all, there have been 21 municipal defaults so far in 2012. The grand total of those defaults comes to 978 million dollars. Are more on the way?
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It is a state of exalted excitement in a festival of blood and mayhem. It is the state of sensual self-fulfillment. But how does the grotesque and horrible game begin and who is chosen to be "it"?
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The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report
It's nice to see it in print, but is anyone surprised?
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Claudia Rosett
The Green Climate Fund, yet another murky climate initiative meant to spend up to $100 billion per year (yes, some of that would be your tax dollars) seeks to be immune from prosecution and oversight, even though it is not part of the U.N. Where does this end?
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Allan Wall
The government of Mexico is offering a 30 million peso reward for information leading to Guzman's capture, while the U.S. offers 5 million dollars. Any takers?
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by Michelle Malkin
President Obama, the AFL-CIO, SEIU, AFSCME and left-wing operatives know that Wisconsin is Ground Zero in their battle against limited-government activists. This is the price the Right pays for doing the right thing.
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Muslim Paedophiles, Feminists and Future Civil War Mar 28, 2012 11:38 am
EPA CO2 Regulation Effectively Bans New Coal Facilities Mar 28, 2012 11:30 am
The Muslim Brotherhood Reborn Mar 28, 2012 11:24 am
Obamacare: A Bridge Too Far for Small Businesses Mar 28, 2012 11:00 am
Is DHS trying to hide something in its new report? Mar 28, 2012 10:43 am
Trayvon Doesn't Matter to the Left Mar 28, 2012 10:09 am
Pentagon Has No Records of Osama's Death ... CIA and Admin Stonewall Requests ... Mar 28, 2012 10:03 am
The Total Power of the Mandate Mar 28, 2012 09:55 am
Benador: Obama Betrays American Soldier But Taliban Cause Thousands of Afghan Civilian Casualties Mar 27, 2012 11:21 am
UN Warns Against 'Land Grabbing' Mar 27, 2012 11:00 am
The United States in Korea: A Strategy of Inertia Mar 27, 2012 10:49 am
All the Pravda Mar 27, 2012 09:56 am
Climate Catastrophe, Medieval Warm Period and Ice Age Mar 27, 2012 09:37 am
Islamist Fellow Travelers: An IPT Series Mar 27, 2012 09:12 am
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March 28, 2012
Hezbollah: Threat to Israel,
Threat to America
The report below reiterates what Brigitte Gabriel, President of ACT! for America, has been saying for years-that Hezbollah operatives and terrorists are active in America.
This Friday, a "Global march to Jerusalem" will take place, which will include the usual gaggle of jihadists, anti-Semites, anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists, and terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah. According to its organizers, the march is "comprised of a diverse coalition...who are united in the struggle to liberate the holy city of Jerusalem (the city of peace) from illegal Zionist occupation."
Global march organizers further claim that their "aim is to end the Zionist policies of apartheid, ethnic cleansing and Judaization, which all harm the people, land and sanctity of Jerusalem." (No mention of the fact that over one million Arabs are citizens of Israel, who enjoy equal rights with Jewish citizens of Israel.)
Join us in calling on President Obama and the Congress to condemn this march and stand with Israel, an effort sponsored by the National Conference on Jewish Affairs, a pro-America, pro-Israel organization.
You can add your name to this petition here.
When it comes to Islamic militancy and terrorism, Israel is the "canary in the coal mine." We stand with Israel as an ally against the rising tide of radical Islam across the globe.
Hezbollah Agents, Funders
at Large in America
http://freebeacon.com/hezbollah-agents-funders-at-large-in-america/
Hundreds of Hezbollah agents are suspected to be working in the United States, and the terror group enjoys the support of "several thousand sympathetic donors" across the country, according to an investigative report issued earlier today by the House's Homeland Security Committee.
"Pinning down a reliable estimate of the number of Hezbollah operatives who now reside inside the U.S. is difficult because of their operational security expertise," an outline of the report stated. "But some officials estimate that, based on cases uncovered since 9/11, there are likely several thousand sympathetic donors, while operatives probably number in the hundreds."
The committee also revealed that Hezbollah sympathizers have been involved in 21 legal cases since 2002-though the links of the accused to the militant group was not necessarily revealed.
"Most Hezbollah-linked federal defendants have been Lebanese nationals or naturalized U.S. citizens from Lebanon; many of those charged by the Department of Justice over the past decade remain at large in Lebanon," the report states.
"Many defendants were known or suspected of having military training or direct combat experience against Israeli forces," according the report. "Some were quietly convicted of fraud and deported as criminal aliens without their Hezbollah background being publicly disclosed by prosecutors." Hezbollah-more than any other terror group-has the unique ability to flip "a U.S.-based fundraising cell into a lethal terror force, should Iran decide that is in its interests," the report states.
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Is Obamacare Soon To Be Dead And Gone?
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Day 2: Supreme Court Will Likely Strike Down Obamacare, 5-4
By Ken Klukowski
Breitbart.com
On Day Two, Justice Anthony Kennedy noted that Obamacare "changes the relationship of the Federal Government to the individual in a very fundamental way." With those words, the individual mandate--the centerpiece of Obamacare--is likely doomed.
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Isn't Legal Abortion Based On An Alleged Right To Privacy?
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Abortion Doc Dumps Thousands Of Patient Records In Trash
By Kathy Ostrowski
LifeNews.com
Yesterday it was revealed that disgraced Kansas City abortionist Krishna Rajanna had thrown, into a school recycling bin, abortion patient records with extensive personal-identifying information while those files were still legally required to be retained and protected.
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Take Your Conservative Activism To The Next Step
If you are really serious about taking back this country, you must be willing to do what it takes to help elect true conservatives to office and, in order to actually do what it takes, you must first know what it takes. Craig Copland's 214-page Conservative Election Handbook is a must have tool that every conservative should have in his or her arsenal.
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Open Mikes Awkward For Would-Be Clandestine Tyrants
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All The Pravda
By Daniel Greenfield
CanadaFreePress.com
Obama and Putin are both petty tyrants living in a house of mirrors, czars of their own egos, corrupt and corrupting forces that hang around the necks of two great nations. For a man so in love with the technology of image, the camera, the microphone and the teleprompter, the leader of the increasingly less free world has a natural tendency to put a little too much faith in it. This is the second time that an open microphone has let Obama down, the first time it recorded him stabbing an ally in the back, the second time it recorded him stabbing a few dozen more in the back.
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Nation's Oldest Private Military Academy Goes Way Gay
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Military Academy Holds 1st 'Gay Pride' Events, Including 'Condom Olympics' And 'Queer Prom'
By Wilson Ring
Associated Press/CNSNews.com
At the beginning of the school year, gay pride events at a military academy with titles like "condom Olympics" and "queer prom" would have been unthinkable. This week, they're a reality.
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The Total Power of the Mandate
The only real lesson of the ObamaCare defense is that if you define the macro broadly enough, you are entitled to completely control every aspect of the micro. Everyone can be compelled to buy health insurance because health care is no longer a service bought from a doctor, it is a national market which everyone by definition participates in. The market is then divided between good consumers who buy health insurance and the parasites who don't. Alternative possibilities such as people who pay as you go, choose alternative health care or reject medicine entirely for religious or political reasons don't figure into a macro equation which sees people in the macro, not as individuals.  Defenders of the Mandate insist that you couldn't similarly force people to buy Broccoli or a Chevy Volt but why not? You might not be able to individually force people to buy a specific product, but once you define a transportation market or an edibles market, you can force people to participate in that market on the terms set by the government and its allied businesses. So there wouldn't be a mandate to buy a Chevy Volt. That would be a crude abuse of power. Instead we can define a transportation market in which everyone is presumed to participate in. Since everyone at some point in their lives has to buy a car, ride in a car or take a bus or a plane somewhere, we can include everyone as a participant in the business of going places. And once everyone has been included in the transportation market, a mandate can then define the terms on which they can participate in that market. Buy a Chevy Volt? No. Buy an electric car or alternative means of transportation which meets a target carbon footprint, or participate in a collective ride sharing system that meets the same requirements. Absolutely yes. And if rather few non-Volt vehicles meet those requirements, that's just incentive for more companies to make their own Volts. Or for you to buy a Volt. Compel you to eat broccoli? That's easy as pie. Everyone already buys food which makes them participants in an edibles market. Since their consumption also affects their health care which now directly interacts with the government, the only way to provide them with affordable health care is to control their diet. Here's one easy way to do it. Compel health insurance companies not to sell plans to anyone who does not commit to follow nutritional guidelines. Then fine them for not having health insurance. Allow them to buy health insurance again only after they agree to regular sessions with a nutritional counselor.
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"Becoming whatever": the latest "benefit" from Obamacare desperate Democrats are spewing
Mar 28, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins
By Kevin "Coach" Collins
Remember when the leering maniacal Nancy Pelosi told us we had to pass Obamacare to find out what is in it? She and the rest of her Democrat wrecking crew said things like this knowing the "Charlie McCarthy" dummies in the media would repeat anything they said. Because almost no one read the bill except conservative activists and some elected Republicans, Obamacare was shoved down our throats two years ago. Since then Democrats have been telling groups of voters whatever they wanted to hear to make them support it, but nothing has really worked. If anything, Obamacare has less support today than the day it was passed. Reading the bill makes people want to fight against it.
Enter Nancy Pelosi aka Wicked Witch of the West, the Congresswoman from the very sick city of San Francisco. Pelosi is trying a new line of lies to sell Obamacare. She's insisting that our Founding Fathers had ... Continue Reading:"Becoming whatever": the latest "benefit" from Obamacare desperate Democrats are spewing
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American Minute March 27
Mar 27, 2012 06:13 pm | Coach Collins
By Bill Federer, staff writer
President John Adams' son, John Quincy Adams, was U.S. Minister to Russia.
In September 1811, John Quincy Adams wrote from St. Petersburg to one of his sons:
"My dear Son...You mentioned that you read to your aunt a chapter in the Bible...every evening. This information gave me real pleasure..."
John Quincy Adams continued:
"So great is my veneration for the Bible, and so strong my belief, that when duly read and meditated on, it is of all books in the world, that which contributes most to make men good, wise, and happy-that the earlier my children begin to read it...the more lively and confident will be my hopes that they will prove useful citizens of their country."
This correspondence was published after his death as Letters of John Quincy Adams to his son, on the Bible and its Teachings.
President John Quincy Adams' grandson was Henry Adams, an American historian.
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New book proves Democrats have been liars Crooks Thugs and Bigots for 200 years
Mar 27, 2012 12:30 pm | Coach Collins
by Doug Book, staff writer
One of the stories in the book, "Crooks thugs and bigots: the lost hidden and changed history of the Democratic Party" tells of the ongoing serial rapes committed by Neil Goldschmidt a former Governor of Oregon and Secretary of Transportation for Jimmy Carter. When Goldschmidt was the 30 year old boy Mayor of Portland Oregon in the 1970's it was common knowledge that he was repeatedly consensually raping a 14 year old girl. His staff would see him leave several times a week and knew where he was going.
The reporters at The Oregonian, the state's biggest newspaper, knew all about this and knew where he was going. They stood by and watched in silence to protect a fellow liberal Democrat. When Goldschmidt successfully ran for governor The Oregonian refused to report what it knew about him.
When the Carter Administration nominated Goldschmidt to be Secretary of Transportation the ... Continue Reading:New book proves Democrats have been liars Crooks Thugs and Bigots for 200 years
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Video: Russian Radio Interviews Sheriff Joe On Obama Forgery
Mar 28, 2012 02:53 pm
Sheriff Arpaio has taken to an odd source in an attempt to get the groundbreaking news about ForgeryGate into the mainstream media-the Voice of Russia, in a radio interview, which is presented here. Related posts: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Exposes Forgery Of Obama's Selective Service Registration Having just attended Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "Cold Case Posse" news... [...]
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Pelosi: Obamacare Is Good For Freedom!
Mar 28, 2012 02:42 pm
Photo credit: terrellaftermath Remember when the leering, maniacal Nancy Pelosi told us that we had to pass Obamacare to find out what is in it? She and the rest of her Democrat wrecking crew said things like this, knowing that the "Charlie McCarthy" dummies in the media would repeat anything they said. Because almost no [...]
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Arizona State Legislators Revive Eligibility Law
Mar 28, 2012 02:41 pm
(WND) Arizona, which was at the forefront of last year's effort among state legislatures to require documentation of candidates' eligibility for the office they seek, is returning to the controversy, with a proposal by Rep. Carl Seel, R-Phoenix, that would require candidates to sign an affidavit affirming they meet the requirements. The plan was promoted [...]
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Left Entering Panic Mode As Scalia Turns Against ObamaCare
Mar 28, 2012 02:41 pm
In Tuesday's oral arguments before the Supreme Court, Solicitor General and chief ObamaCare advocate Donald Verrilli was presented with a substantial portion of his own posterior by Justice Antonin Scalia. The summary execution began when Verrilli made the extraordinary mistake of schooling the Court on the proper meaning of its own decisions. "No it didn't," [...]
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Video: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Press Conference At Arizona Capitol
Mar 28, 2012 02:40 pm
Western Journalism has released an exclusive must watch video of today's (March 27,2012) news conference at the Arizona Capitol announcing new legislation based on Sheriff Joe Arpaio's investigation findings. State Representative Carl Seel, who introduced the bill, was joined by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, State Senator Lori Klein, and others in support of the bill. Important [...]
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Obama's Fake "Fossil Fuel Infatuation Tour"
Mar 28, 2012 02:13 pm
Tweet Photo credit: terrellaftermath President Obama must really be feeling the heat of high gas prices. He is on the defense. For the past three years, America's oil industry has endured public denigration, access denials, and permitting delays-all while the President touts the virtues of energy sources not equipped to power America: wind, solar, and, [...]
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Video: Did James Carville Just Reveal The "Back-Up Plan" In Case Obamacare Is Overturned?
Mar 28, 2012 02:12 pm
Last night on CNN, the Democratic consultant made an interesting prediction about what might happen if the Supreme Court rules against the administration. Related posts: Obamacare Can Be Ruled Constitutional By The U.S. Supreme Court And Still Be Overturned Oral arguments have been scheduled for the consolidated Obamacare challenges... Elena Kagan Breaks Federal Law By [...]
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Video: Did James Carville Just Reveal The "Back-Up Plan" In Case Obamacare Is Overturned?
Mar 28, 2012 02:12 pm
Last night on CNN, the Democratic consultant made an interesting prediction about what might happen if the Supreme Court rules against the administration. Related posts: Obamacare Can Be Ruled Constitutional By The U.S. Supreme Court And Still Be Overturned Oral arguments have been scheduled for the consolidated Obamacare challenges... Elena Kagan Breaks Federal Law By [...]
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Obama's "Flexibility" To Lie After Election Hurt?
Mar 28, 2012 02:07 pm
Turns out he's not Kenyan after all. He's KGB. All this time, people were worried that PresidentObama was born in Africa and that his radical agenda had been crafted by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Saul Alinsky on the streets of Chicago's South Side. Now we know his real radical hidden agenda is in service of the Kremlin. Mr. Obama reached [...]
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Soros, Media Matters Humiliated!
Mar 28, 2012 02:01 pm
Photo credit: SS&SS (Creative Commons) A senior official at Soros-funded Media Matters falsely accused Matt Drudge of publishing a bogus picture of Trayvon Martin, that turned out to be genuine, taken from his Twitter page. After the bogus nature of his accusation was forcefully impressed upon him, senior analyst MJ Rosenberg apologized - not to Drudge, but [...]
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Earth To Harry Reid: The Voters Rejected Your Agenda
Mar 28, 2012 01:57 pm
Image Courtesy: Poet U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is still among the walking clueless. He has yet to allow for a budget to be voted on which is required by law. It makes no difference as his boss Obama and their attorney general play fast and loose with the United States Constitution (if [...]
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Arizona GOP Lawmakers Looking To Revive Pro-Eligibility Measure
Mar 28, 2012 01:50 pm
A handful of Republican Arizona lawmakers are again trying to pass a law requiring presidential candidates to sign an affidavit swearing they meet the federal requirements for the job before they can get on the state's ballot. The efforts stem from question about President Barack Obama's citizenship. Hawaiian officials have repeatedly confirmed Obama's birth in [...]
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Video: Funding Government By The Minute
Mar 28, 2012 01:43 pm
This video shows the problem with clarity. Too many years of too many politicians promising more than they can mathematically deliver. We need change now to protect us from a hurtful crash in the future. Related posts: Government Motors: Why Wasn't The Chevy Volt Recalled By GM After Battery Fires? Shouldn't the Chevy Volt be [...]
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Video: Funding Government By The Minute
Mar 28, 2012 01:43 pm
This video shows the problem with clarity. Too many years of too many politicians promising more than they can mathematically deliver. We need change now to protect us from a hurtful crash in the future. Related posts: Government Motors: Why Wasn't The Chevy Volt Recalled By GM After Battery Fires? Shouldn't the Chevy Volt be [...]
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Ryan's Budget: A Good First Step
Mar 28, 2012 01:35 pm
It's been over 1,000 days since Congress has passed a budget. Harry Reid and Senate Democrats tend to take the "assuming a ladder" position on our fiscal health; in doing so, they look insincere. Hopefully, Republicans can exploit their naked politicking to the ballot box come November. The President released a budget last month that [...]
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Can The Republicans Restore The Vision Of Our Founders?
Mar 28, 2012 01:33 pm
Photo credit: snowlepard (Creative Commons) "One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government."~Congressman Ron Paul, (R-TX) In theory, Republicans want a smaller government, one that leaves more decisions to the people with less intrusion into their lives. Unfortunately, once [...]
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George H.W. Bush To Formally Back Romney
Mar 28, 2012 01:28 pm
Marion Doss Creative Commons Former President George H.W. Bush plans to endorse Mitt Romney at an event Thursday in Houston. Romney spokeswoman Gail Gitcho says the two will appear together and speak to reporters. Formal backing from the 41st president is another sign that the Republican Party is uniting behind Romney as pressure builds [...]
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Liberal Lawmaker Chastised For Wearing Hoodie In House
Mar 28, 2012 01:24 pm
Rep. Bobby Rush has donned a hoodie during a speech on the House floor deploring the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, receiving a reprimand for violating rules on wearing hats in the House chamber. The Illinois Democrat spoke out against racial profiling and, as he removed his suit coat and pulled the hood on [...]
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Video: Geithner: You're Right, Obama Was A Member Of The Congress
Mar 28, 2012 01:17 pm
Obama and his minions are always trying to lay blame for all problems somewhere else. They don't have the courage to take any responsibility. In this video, Geithner lays the blame at Obama's own feet, even when he doesn't realize it. Related posts: Despite Calls For Resignation, Media Support Geithner By Julia A. Seymour [...]
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It's Time To End The EPA Power Grab
Mar 28, 2012 01:11 pm
The bureaucracy and the fuel-economy standards are a bad joke destroying the economic underpinnings of America. Lisa Jackson is nothing more than a Obama administration environmental hack. On December 8, 2009, she said in a written statement that the finding, which declares carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases a threat to public health, marks [...]
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Video: Geithner: You're Right, Obama Was A Member Of The Congress
Mar 28, 2012 01:07 pm
Obama and his minions are always trying to lay blame for all problems somewhere else. They haven't the courage to take any responsibility. In this video Geithner lays the blame at Obama's own feet even when he doesn't realize it. Related posts: Despite Calls For Resignation, Media Support Geithner By Julia A. Seymour [...]
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Conservatives Encouraged By Justice Kennedy's Comments On Individual Mandate
Mar 28, 2012 01:01 pm
(CNSNews.com) - A conservative civil liberties group says it is encouraged by Tuesday's oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, in which Justice Anthony Kennedy raised "serious questions about the constitutionality" of Obamacare's individual mandate, which would force most Americans to purchase health insurance. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which is challenging ObamaCare on [...]
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The War On Wisconsin
Mar 28, 2012 12:59 pm
Now is the time for all good tea partiers to come to the aid of Wisconsin. Fiscally conservative leaders in the Badger State are under coordinated siege from Big Labor, the White House, the liberal media and the judiciary. The yearlong campaign of union thuggery, family harassment and intimidation of Republican donors and businesses is [...]
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Video: Romney On Leno, Shows Personal Side
Mar 28, 2012 12:00 pm
Romney is happy to have Rick Santorum serve in his administration. He is clearly likeable in this interview. Related posts: ARG Poll Shows Santorum Up 6 Over Romney In Michigan Of all the polling that takes place over the next... Gingrich: 75 Percent Of Iowa Republicans 'Repudiated' Romney Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he [...]
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The NSA's New Capabilities Are A Threat To Our Freedoms
Mar 28, 2012 11:55 am
James Bamford, whose track record on all things associated with the National Security Council (NSA) is excellent, has a chilling article in Wired about the NSA's newest facilities and capabilities. They are jaw-dropping. In effect, he is telling us that once the new Utah facility is operational, everything that an American citizen does that involves [...]
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 223 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS
ObamaCare On Trial: Day Three
Can ObamaCare survive without the individual mandate? That was the main point of today's debate before the Supreme Court. Yesterday, a majority of justices appeared highly skeptical of the government's claim that it has the authority to compel individuals to purchase health insurance.
The mandate is the heart of ObamaCare. Without it, much of the law becomes untenable. Interestingly, some reporters noted with concern the degree to which the court's liberal members aggressively defended the notion that parts of the law could survive without the mandate.
Justice Kagan argued that "half a loaf is better than no loaf," while Justice Ginsburg said, "It's a question between a wrecking operation and a salvage job, and it seems to me the more conservative option is the salvage job."
One reporter observed, "The fact that the liberals were very engaged, particularly Justice Kagan, may show that they are very worried that the mandate is going to be held unconstitutional."
Why is that relevant? As is frequently the case, the court's majority is likely to hinge on the decision of one man -- Justice Anthony Kennedy.
For most of yesterday's arguments, Justice Kennedy appeared hostile to the Obama Administration's defense of the individual mandate. But toward the end of the hearing, just as folks might have concluded he had slammed the door shut on the mandate, Kennedy stuck his foot in the door, saying:
"In the insurance and health care world, both markets -- stipulate two markets -- the young person who is uninsured is uniquely proximately very close to affecting the rates of insurance and the costs of providing medical care in a way that is not true in other industries. That's my concern in the case."
Again, making predications based on oral arguments is difficult, and there is conflicting reporting on the issue. But today a majority of the justices appeared to believe that the law should either stand or fall in its entirety.
As Justice Scalia declared, "My approach would be, if you take the heart out of the statute, the statute is gone." Appearing to agree with Scalia, Justice Kennedy said it would be a "more extreme exercise of judicial power" to uphold parts of ObamaCare after striking down the heart of the statute -- the individual mandate.
That being the case, it seems we will have to wait until the summer to find out where Kennedy stands on the mandate and to learn the fate of ObamaCare.
Calm The Waters
Barack Obama is never at a loss for words and he needs to speak up now.
The shooting death of Trayvon Martin continues to be exploited by a variety of black nationalists, Black Panther demagogues and race baiters like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Students protesting in Florida yesterday ransacked a store. On websites discussing the issue the rhetoric is red hot, and there are frequent calls for revenge and violence.
An elderly couple -- a 70 year-old school cafeteria worker with a heart condition and her 72 year-old husband -- have temporarily fled their home after their address was mistakenly made public by Spike Lee as the home of George Zimmerman. Obama and Spike Lee are close. In January Lee held a fundraiser for Obama that raised $1.6 million.
On Capitol Hill yesterday, House Democrats held a hearing with the parents of Trayvon Martin. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) declared, "Mr. Zimmerman should be arrested immediately for his own safety." Was that a threat? Why should he be afraid, Rep. Wilson, and who should he be afraid of?
This morning Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Chicago), and a former Black Panther, was escorted off the floor of the House of Representatives for wearing a hoodie and sunglasses in violation of House rules on decorum. I checked the congressman's website and saw no statement about the 49 people who were shot, 10 fatally, in Chicago this month. I don't recall any theatrics by the congressman to draw attention to those deaths. But the congressman is willing to violate House rules in order to exploit a tragedy that didn't even occur in his own state.
After the assassination attempt on Congresswoman "Gabby" Giffords, President Obama delivered a passionate plea for civil discourse. As the first man of color to be elected president, he has a special obligation now to "call out" black radicals who are trying to stoke street violence or worse.
What about it, Mr. President?
Do you want your daughters growing up in a country where the rule of law is replaced by mob violence and "high-tech lynchings"? Where is your legendary eloquence? What would Martin Luther King say?
Employment Prevention Agency Strikes Again
Barack Obama's Environmental Protection Agency took a major step toward implementing his cap and trade scheme by regulation yesterday when it announced new regulations purportedly aimed at limiting emissions from new coal plants. Obama's cap and trade scheme was so radical it could not pass the Democrat-dominated Senate in 2009 and 2010 when Harry Reid controlled a super-majority.
But as one Bloomberg report noted: "The rules will permit emissions from new power plants at 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour... The limit would effectively preclude construction of new coal-fired plants."
Why? Because the only way a new coal plant could possibly meet that limit is through the use of "carbon capture and sequestration" techniques that trap the emissions and pump them underground. But according to industry experts such techniques are "neither economically viable nor commercially available."
Jeff Holmstead, a former assistant administrator of the EPA during the Bush Administration, told the Wall Street Journal, "This really is a ban on new coal-fired [electricity] generation. The EPA knows that." Luke Popovich, a spokesman for the National Mining Association, said, "They are threatening to destroy coal-based generation."
America gets approximately half of its electricity from coal. We are the "Saudi Arabia of coal." There are tens of thousands of jobs involved in coal mining, transportation and electricity generation. But, once again, the EPA is living up to nickname as the "Employment Prevention Agency."
Is destroying the coal industry part of Obama's "all of the above" energy strategy? Of course not. Because Obama doesn't have an "all of the above" energy strategy!
As I have reported many times, Obama's energy strategy relies on making traditional sources of energy more expensive. This is part of Obama's stated goal to bankrupt the coal industry, causing electricity rates to "necessarily skyrocket," as he put it.
And for what? To fight global warming that isn't happening or climate change that we can't control.
Energy is the lifeblood of our economy. It is too important to be held hostage by radical ideologues. It is high time that the American people get control of the EPA and elect politicians who will implement a serious energy strategy. We can do that by voting Obama and his liberal socialist allies out of office on November 6th!
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Sense and severability
Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:15 PM PDT
(Scott Johnson)
The issue in the Obamacare argument before the Supreme Court this morning goes under the heading of severability. The issue only becomes relevant if the Court holds Obamacare's individual mandate unconstitutional, the issue before it in the argument held yesterday. Thus the whole argument this morning becomes moot if the Court upholds the mandate.
Having read the transcript and listened to the audio of yesterday's argument, I think it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the mandate is in serious jeopardy. I think one can infer further from the tenor of the argument this morning that the mandate is in deep trouble.
So what is the issue of severability? The issue is whether a given provision of a law can be struck down by itself if found invalid, or if other parts of the law, if not the whole law, must fall with it.
Usually this question is answered by a provision of the law in issue. When enacting statutes, Congress frequently addresses the question with a severability clause providing that if any provision of the law is struck down, the remainder of the law is to survive. It can also address the issue with a nonseverabilty provision, which in my experience is less frequently the the case. The law itself usually answers the question of severability directly.
I think it's fair to say that the intent of Congress controls, even if that oversimplifies things a bit. Judge Vinson addressed the issue of severability and discussed the relevant case law at pages 63-74 of his decision finding the law unconstitutional. (He held the mandate not to be severable from the rest of the law.)
What did Congress intend with Obamacare? The problem in the case before the Court is that Congress - the clowns who enacted and signed Obamacare - didn't expressly say what it intended. The Obamacare law is silent on severability, although one can draw inferences or try to figure out what makes sense under the circumstances. Judge Vinson found the absence of a severability clause significant by inference, because one had been included in an earlier version of the act that became Obamacare.
Representing the 26 states challenging Obamacare, Paul Clement argued that the whole law should fall. The deputy solicitor general representing the United States before the Court this morning asked the Court to remove only the guaranteed issue and community rating provisions of the law if it holds the mandate unconstitutional. Even the Obama administration does not contend that the mandate can fall by itself.
As Adam Liptak explains, the Court appointed attorney H. Bartow Farr III to argue that the rest of the law should survive the fall of the mandate. In that case, the Court would leave Congress to clean up its own mess. The only comment I would make is that, the composition of Congress having changed since the passage of the law, precisely because of the passage of the law, that doesn't seem quite right.
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Uncommon Knowledge with Mitch McConnell
Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:21 AM PDT
(Scott Johnson)
In this intensely interesting episode of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson - interesting from beginning to end - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell takes a look back at the dark days of 2009 when the Democrats held 60 seats in the Senate. With that majority, the Democrats jammed Obamacare down our throats, but without a single Republican vote:
Once it was clear the president was going to try to turn us into a Western European country as rapidly as he could, about the only strategy you have left when your opposition has a forty-seat majority in the House. . .We knew we couldn't stop the agenda. But we thought we had a chance of creating a national debate about whether all of this excess was appropriate. And the key to having a debate, frankly and candidly, was to deny the president, if possible, the opportunity to have any of these things be considered bipartisan.
Mission accomplished.
Toward the end of the interview Senator McConnell casts a gimlet eye on the early start of the Obama reelection campaign in August 2011. Since that time, in Senator McConnell's assessment, Obama has been AWOL. Senator McConnell presents the Readers' Digest version of the unifying theme of Obama's reelection campaign: "It's not my fault."
Senator McConnell recalls that his first memory in life is his last session of physical therapy for the polio he contracted at the age of two. From his rehabilitation, he says, he drew a life lesson in the virtues of doggedness. Through our arrangement with the Hoover Institution, we are pleased to present this episode of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson in its entirety.
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Justice Kennedy on the Brink
Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:14 PM PDT
(John Hinderaker)
Our former colleague Paul Mirengoff provides his impressions of today's oral argument in Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida:
When all was said and done, it seemed to me that we are where most people outside of the wishful thinking liberal commentariat thought we'd be - with the fate of Obamacare riding on a conflicted Justice Kennedy. To be sure, Chief Justice Roberts did not fully tip his hand. Indeed, he seemed to find force in the government's argument that everyone already is in the affected market here, and that this distinguishes the individual mandate from, say, legislation that would force everyone to purchase cars.
But while the Chief Justice thought the challengers' lawyers were at times overstating their case, he seemed more fundamentally troubled by the government's argument. So if there is a fifth vote to uphold the mandate, it will probably be Justice Kennedy's.
What should we expect from Justice Kennedy? Because the mandate expands the federal government's power at the expense of the individual, this case falls more in Kennedy's conservative wheelhouse than in his liberal one. But will he really pull the trigger and finish off the Obamacare mandate? To me, that seems slightly less than an even money proposition.
I want to conclude by praising Paul Clement's argument on behalf of Florida and the other states. I've long been a Clement fan, but I thought he surpassed himself today, delivering a near perfect argument.
I may be biased, though, so I was happy to read that top-notch Supreme Court advocate Tom Goldstein of Scotusblog, who does not share my biases, called Clement's argument the best he'd ever heard.
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Senators Call Obama On His Energy Lies
Posted: 27 Mar 2012 04:42 PM PDT
(John Hinderaker)
The Obama administration's energy policies have been a disaster for America. Obama appointed a Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, who shared Obama's desire that fossil fuel prices increase, so that it would be more expensive for you to drive your car, heat your home, buy groceries, power your laptop, and so on. Obama wanted higher prices in order to reduce carbon emissions and to enrich the Democratic Party fat cats who dominate the "green" energy industry. The administration has carried out its policy of higher fossil fuel costs by reducing exploration for oil on federal lands, imposing draconian standards on coal-fired power plants, banning normal light bulbs, and countless other measures large and small.
Now, however, Obama's re-election campaign is in trouble, in large part because voters aren't happy about being impoverished by Obama's anti-energy policies. So, in an absurd turnabout, Obama has postured himself as an advocate of "drill, baby, drill." In order to defend himself, Obama has repeatedly and consistently lied about his own administration's policies and about America's energy resources. That is a harsh characterization, but there is simply no other way to put it.
Today, Senators David Vitter, Jeff Sessions and John Cornyn called Obama on his lies in the form of a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. Their indictment is devastating:
Dear Secretary Salazar:
We are concerned with the veracity of statements you made in recent weeks regarding domestic energy production on our federal resources. These statements are similar to claims made by other members of the Administration including the President himself. As you may know, the federal government owns almost 2.5 billion acres of mineral estate, an area larger than the entire land mass of the United States. As director of the Bureau of Land Management, Robert Abbey, testified this month, oil production on our federal property is actually down 14% and offshore production from federal areas is down 17% from only a year ago. Just last week, the Congressional Research Service issued a report revealing that 96 percent of the increase in domestic oil production since 2007 has occurred on non-federal lands. It further revealed that in 2011 production on federal public lands has actually declined by an average of 275,000 barrels per day. Oil production on private lands is indeed up year-over-year, but the Administration does not manage private lands and should not attempt to take credit for private market decisions.
Oil production on federal lands increased in 2009 and 2010 as a result of leasing and permitting decisions made before your Administration took office. However, the falloff in leasing and permitting actions under the Obama Administration is apparent, and even your own Energy Information Administration anticipates continued falloff in production in 2012 and beyond.
We also ask that you rectify the President's claim that we only have 2% of the world's oil. Nothing could be further from the truth, as even the Washington Post reported last week.[1] He bases this statement on U.S. "proved reserves" but the U.S. Energy Information Administration has stated that proved reserves is "not an appropriate measure for judging total resource availability in the long-term." As Secretary of Interior, surely you are aware of the vast oil resources we possess both onshore and offshore that are currently off limits due to this Administration's combined actions. America is endowed with resources that exceed a TRILLION barrels of oil.[2]
According to the Institute for Energy Research, "USGS estimates that unconventional U.S. oil shale resources hold 2.6 trillion barrels of oil, with about 1 trillion barrels that are considered recoverable under current economic and technological conditions. These 1 trillion barrels are nearly four times the amount of oil resources as Saudi Arabia's proven oil reserves.
We provide the following examples of what we would view as further inaccurate statements by the Administration regarding the state of federal energy production and resources:
1. Claim: "Expanding offshore oil and gas production is a key component of our comprehensive energy strategy to grow America's energy economy, and will help us continue to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and create jobs here at home." Secretary Ken Salazar, DOI Press Release 1/26/2012
Fact: You made the two most pivotal decisions to shrink domestic offshore energy production over the last three years that could have been made. First, you eliminated the 2010-2015 OCS lease plan that would have opened areas of the Atlantic, four geologic basins off S. California, one geologic basin off N. California, while expanding areas in Alaska, including the Cook Inlet. Instead, you have proposed a new 5-year plan that excludes all of the areas of the OCS where the moratorium was lifted in 2008, and reduces the number of planned lease sales by roughly half. Essentially, the moratorium lifted by President Bush and a Democrat Congress in 2008 will continue in effect for a decade under your plan.
2. Claim: The proposed 5-year offshore lease plan will "make more than 75 percent of undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas estimated on the OCS available for development." Secretary Salazar, DOI Press Release 11/08/2011
Fact: These numbers distort the facts. The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is 1.76 billion acres. Of that 1.76 billion, less than 35 million acres are actually leased (less than 2%). Your proposed 5-year lease plan does not open a single new lease planning area, and therefore we have no way of knowing what estimates of "technologically recoverable" oil in all of the areas that remain off limits are because you have chosen to keep them off limits. Most of our OCS has not been explored for decades, and providing access to only a fraction gives us no clue what is truly there.
A more accurate statement is that your 5 year plan opens 75% of the oil and gas in areas where we think it exists because we have drilled there. We don't know about the vast majority of the OCS that isn't leased, much of which has not been assessed with the benefit of new information for a quarter century.
3. Claim: "Since we put in place new safety standards in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, we have approved more than 400 drilling permits. In fact, we are now permitting at levels seen before the spill, all while meeting these important new standards." Secretary Ken Salazar, 3/12/2012
Fact: There exists no evidence that permitting for production has indeed reached pre-moratorium levels. In fact, the families impacted in the Gulf are still reeling from the impacts of the slowed pace of permitting. Exploration and permitting have yet to recover to pre-2010 levels on account of the moratorium and ensuing permitorium on shallow and deepwater permits. According to one recent study, "Prior to the deepwater drilling moratorium, the U.S. oil and natural gas offshore industry was forecasted to grow significantly due to identified prospects, mostly in the deep water. With the establishment of the moratorium and the subsequent slowdown in the issuance of drilling permits at all water depths, an estimated $18.3 billion of previously planned capital and operational expenditures did not occur in 2010 and 2011."[3] The study further concludes that the permitting challenges have already cost 90,000 jobs. It is of importance to note that the moratorium was never endorsed by the National Academy of Engineers, as you had attempted to represent. An Inspector General investigation was required to uncover the political influence and misrepresentation by the White House and your office in an important scientific document.
4. Claim: "The fact of the matter is that we are producing more from public lands, both oil and gas, both onshore as well as offshore, than at any time in recent memory. And when you look back at the years of 2009, 2010, and 2011, we've continued to make millions and millions of acres of the public estate available both on the land, as well as on the sea." Secretary Ken Salazar, 3/12/2012
Fact: As we pointed out earlier in this letter, there is significant lag time to production after the process of leasing. Presumably this is the reason for your repeated observation that "there is no immediate fix" for higher gas prices. After a company has leased property they then have to explore, develop and produce, with each stage requiring new permits and compliance with federal processes. The production gains we saw in 2009 and 2010 were the result of leasing and permitting that occurred in the Clinton and Bush Administrations, and was just beginning to come online. However, by 2011 we began to experience the impacts from the moratorium and falloff of leasing and permitting under your leadership. Total oil production on federal lands is down 14% over the previous year, offshore is even worse at down 17%, and federal lands saw the fewest number of new onshore leases since 1984. You also failed to hold a single offshore lease sale in fiscal year 2011.
As a further example, in 2008 the industry spent $2.6 billion to obtain 487 leases in the Chukchi Sea for production offshore Alaska. So far, not a single well has been drilled on any of these leases. There have also been numerous new regulatory roadblocks and permit withdrawals from federal onshore production since you took over leadership of the Agency. Examples of onshore leasing challenges include your withdrawn and slowed leasing in the West, including Montana and the Dakotas.
In July of 2008, then as a United States Senator, you had an opportunity to support increasing domestic energy production, if the price of gas increased beyond a certain threshold. You repeatedly objected to increasing domestic energy production, even if the price of gas were to have reached $10 per gallon.
Although gas prices are not $10 per gallon, they are increasingly impacting our economy and fellow Americans, particularly low-income and middle-class families. We are hopeful that similarly to Secretary Chu, you have reevaluated your position on gas prices and will redirect your efforts to alter what the agency has done to limit future production, and will instead work to develop our truly vast domestic oil resources, resources that well exceed "2%" of the world's oil.
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/pinocchios-obama-gets-a-downgrade-romney-an-upgrade/2012/03/21/gIQAX7uPSS_blog.html#pagebreak
[2] NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY INVENTORY, Institute for Energy Research, December, 2011. http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/energy-overview/oil-shale/
[3] The State of the Offshore U.S. Oil and Gas Industry, An in-depth study of the outlook of the industry investment flows offshore, Quest Offshore Resources, Inc., December 2011.
Sincerely,
Jeff Sessions
David Vitter
John Cornyn
Of all the reasons why it is imperative to bring the Obama administration to an end in January, its pervasive dishonesty is near the top of the list.
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Is Obamacare Going Down?
Posted: 27 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PDT
(John Hinderaker)
Obamacare has run into a buzz saw at the Supreme Court. That isn't really a surprise, and, as countless commentators have pointed out, you can't necessarily predict a judge's opinion from the tenor of his questions during oral argument. Still, Justice Kennedy, a moderate liberal, is likely the decisive vote, so the fact that he explicitly recognized that Obamacare is unprecedented is heartening to conservatives:
Kennedy: [H]ere the government is saying that the Federal Government has a duty to tell the individual citizen that it must act, and that is different from what we have in previous cases and that changes the relationship of the Federal Government to the individual in a very fundamental way.
In that last observation, Kennedy seems to be channeling Mark Steyn-a very bad sign for proponents of the law.
The question inevitably raised by the Obamacare appeal is, if the federal government can do this, what can't it do? The Constitution established a limited federal government with enumerated powers. Over the years, however, the national government's powers have expanded almost beyond recognition. The Commerce Clause has been used to justify endless federal intrusions into every nook and cranny of our lives. As a practical matter, the idea that the federal government is limited to the Constitution's enumerated powers has been abandoned. The liberal position now is that there is no limit to the authority of the federal government, except as its powers are specifically restrained by the Bill of Rights.
Yet the text of the Constitution stands as a continuing rebuke to the thoughtless expansion of federal power. Whatever Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid might believe, no Solicitor General can stand before the Court and deny that federal powers are limited. So when the justices asked, if the government can do this, what can't it do, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli was obliged to argue that health care is unique, and therefore affirming Obamacare will not amount to a blank check for federal authority. So a special empowerment of the federal government with regard to health care ostensibly lies hidden somewhere in the Constitution.
Some have speculated that if the Court strikes down Obamacare, it will give Obama's re-election campaign a boost. I am not sure whether that is correct or not-it strikes me that losing this case in the Supreme Court will contribute to the impression that the Obama administration has been a fiasco-but if so, it is a small price to pay. In a few cases in recent years, the Court has signaled that there are limits to the Commerce Clause. But Obamacare offers the Court an opportunity to do more: to issue a landmark opinion that would re-establish, in ringing terms, the proposition that ours is a government of limited, enumerated powers, and that would reassert the Court's fidelity to the text of the Constitution. If that happens, it will be an important victory for the forces of freedom.
One final observation: some of the news coverage of the arguments before the Court has been good, but we have also seen howlers like this one in the Los Angeles Times:
[T]he administration has argued that Congress can use its authority under the commerce clause of the Constitution to impose the mandate as a means to regulate health insurance.
The Constitution says Congress has the power to "regulate commerce" and to impose taxes to promote the general welfare.
What the Constitution actually says (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3) is:
The Congress shall have Power...To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
Ask yourself where in those words the Constitution authorizes Congress to control your family's health care, and you get some idea of the magnitude of the task facing Solicitor General Verrilli.
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Lord Monckton: Sheriff Joe, posse 'right to be worried'
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Former Margaret Thatcher policy adviser - and chief fraud ferret - Lord Christopher Monckton has even more to say about the document presented by the White House as Barack Obama's birth certificate following a visit with Sheriff Joe Arpaio this week and a hands-on examination of the Cold Case Posse's evidence.
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GOP lawmakers revive eligibility requirement
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A state which was at the forefront of last year's effort among legislatures to require documentation of candidates' eligibility for the office they seek, is returning to the controversy with a proposal that would require candidates to sign an affidavit affirming they meet the requirements.
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Rush Limbaugh: Fleeing advertisers getting 'creamed'
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Have you wondered what's happened to the advertisers who have deserted Rush Limbaugh in the wake of his "slut" remark?
The radio giant says they've been "creamed." And what else does he say about this whole situation? ...
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'Post-racial' lynch mob
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Even after the Duke lacrosse case, Texaco executives allegedly using the N-word in private meetings - which turned out to be "St. Nicholas" - the Tawana Brawley case, not to mention virtual hailstorms of racist graffiti and nooses materializing on college campuses, all of which invariably end up having been put there by the alleged victims, the Non-Fox Media (NFM) didn't even pause before conjuring a racist plot in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida last month.
Like Captain Ahab searching for the Great White Whale, the NFM is constantly on the hunt for proof of America as "Mississippi Burning."
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Over St. Patrick's Day weekend, the month after Martin was killed, gangs in Chicago shot 10 people dead, including a 6-year-old girl, Aliyah Shell, who was sitting with her mother on their front porch.
One imagines MSNBC hosts heaving a sign of relief that little Aliyah was not shot by a white man, and was thus spared the horror of being a victim of racism.
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'Angel of God' spotted at public event ...
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Some people might think angels don't exist, but this amazing story of what may have been a supernatural appearance at a public event will have some wondering ...
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For real! State confiscates newborn over vaccines
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This might be the most egregious violation of decency you've heard in ages. You'll simply be stunned at what a state social worker did just hours after a woman gave birth to a healthy baby. Take a deep breath before you click ...
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Read the latest now on WND.com.
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Running for Congress this year? Expect to get grilled about Obama's eligibility for office at your next town-hall meeting. Voters are not letting lawmakers dodge the issue as election time draws near.
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And RUSSIAN media expose Obama's birth 'forgery'
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Who'd have thought that to get accurate U.S. news, you'd have to get it from RUSSIA? Well, more Russian news media are realizing Obama's apparently forged birth certificate is major news, and they're finally exposing it, unlike the U.S. media, which are saying one giant "nyet" to real news. Here's the latest ...
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Why Did A Congressman Wear A Hoodie On The House Floor?
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There was a little bit of chaos and drama on the House floor as a Congressman from Illinois took off his suit jacket and started giving a speech wearing a hoodie. The Congressman was escorted from the floor for violating a rule. Who was it and what rule did he break? Find out HERE.
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See Five Really Cool Inventions Coming To Market In 2012
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We admit it, we love technology! And if you are a tech-loving geek too, you will LOVE the story linked here. Check out five new inventions that should be available sometime in 2012. Go ahead, take a break from all the newsy stuff and indulge your inner geek HERE.
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Arlen Specter's Creepy Observations About Sarah Palin
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Arlen Specter's new book, "Life Among Cannibals" is meant to be a political memoir from the former Senator. However, under closer examination it reads more like a romance novel. Specter has raised eyebrows with his account of the 2008 Presidential campaign, specifically his depiction of Sarah Palin. Dim the lights, turn on some Barry White music and read the details HERE.
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FROM GBTV: IS OBAMA SELLING OUT AMERICA TO RUSSIA?
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Earlier this week, we featured a video that revealed President Obama whispering a special message to Russia's Vladimir Putin. Glenn Beck believes there is a connection between Obama and Putin that needs to be monitored. Watch Glenn's explanation HERE.
Tonight on Real News From The Blaze: The Council on Foreign Relations has released a report that suggests that the sad state of America's public school system is actually a threat to national security. How do we solve the problem? Should we throw out the whole structure and re-invent the way people learn? The panel will discuss this and more tonight on Real News from The Blaze - 6pm ET Only on GBTV!
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Morning Bell: Another Vision to Solve the Budget Crisis
Mike Brownfield
March 28, 2012
While Washington's eyes are focused on the historic Obamacare hearings at the Supreme Court, work continues across the street in the House of Representatives where some Members of Congress - though not all - are doing their best to clean up Washington's budgetary mess.
It has now been 1,064 days since the U.S. Senate passed a budget, the national debt is nearing $16 trillion, and the deficit is at $1 trillion. In the face of this mess, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) yesterday unveiled its plan to balance the budget in five years, and it does so with entitlement reforms, sharp and aggressive spending cuts, avoiding tax hikes, including pro-growth tax reform, and providing for a strong national defense.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), RSC Chairman, and Rep Scott Garrett (R-NJ), also of the committee, issued a statement saying that their plan is a clear, practical way to cut spending and balance the budget - and that leadership is needed in Washington's budgetless vacuum:
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On Today's Program
 Tonight on GBTV: What will the Supreme Court's ruling on health care mean for the country? Also, the story of Trayvon Martin's death keeps getting worse and worse--one elderly couple is living at a hotel in fear after Spike Lee mistweeted their address as the home of Trayvon's shooter. What's really go on it Florida? Watch GBTV tonight at 5pm ET (or on demand)
Real News: The Council on Foreign Relations has released a report that suggests the sad state of America's public school system is a threat to national security. How do we solve the problem with America's education system? The panel will discuss all this and more tonight on Real News from The Blaze - Live at 6pm ET (or on demand)
How big is the American Dream Labs set? Take a look behind the scenes of Glenn's new set.
Farrakhan's dangerous, radical views
Glenn talked about an upcoming special on GBTV featuring some of the most unbelievable comments and connections of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. We already know he has said some strange things about the President's safety and he had no problem tweeting about vigilante justice in response to the Trayvon Martin shooting. Check out a preview of the audio and Glenn's response.
Restoring Love pre-registration ends this Friday
Glenn has said from the beginning that GBTV is a verb and asked for patience as things are put into place. Restoring Love in Dallas this summer kick starts the change America really needs -- not from the top down but from the bottom up. We can't stop politicians from expanding government until we step up and take away the need. For information and more details go HERE.
Final day of health care debate at Supreme Court
Is the mandate making its last stand? So far the prognosis is not good (if you are a fan of Obamacare) and even leftist media members are predicting its doom. Today the debate shifted from the merits of the mandate itself to what this means for the rest of this crap sandwich of a bill - does the death of the mandate mean the death of Obamacare? Find out on radio today.
AUDIO: Obamacare takes a beating at the Supreme Court
Black Panthers: Zimmerman charged with murder according to "street people law"
The Black Panthers and other radicals are out for vigilante justice after the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin. Spike Lee, for example, tweeted what he thought was Zimmerman's home address and it was incorrect. The home belongs to an elderly couple who are now fearing for their life. Lee so far has refused to apologize. According to the Constitution, Zimmerman is entitled to a fair trial. Do we have to like it? Not necessarily, but it's still part of the way things work. But when The Black Panthers call for street justice, they join a disturbing trend of radical groups who have decided to cast off the rules of civil society. Glenn has more on radio today.
Last night on GBTV: Will Trayvon Martin case lead to "Bubba Effect?" -- Glenn explained last night on GBTV.
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Get ready for camping season! Markdown is currently offering 40% off a Pioneer Grill and Pot Dangler! The Pioneer is large enough for weekend getaways and family outings but easily fits into smaller vehicles. Get all of the details at Markdown.com.
The Plot to Get Rush: Grassroots? Hardly. Get the story HERE Coordinated attack on talk radio expands
It's no secret that the left views conservative talk radio as public enemy #1 and will go to any length to shut it down. From the fairness doctrine to astroturf advertiser boycotts, they've tried it all to no avail. What's the latest attempt to stifle free speech? Glenn explains HERE. Want to know why Glenn is Unelectable? Watch this hilarious clip from Glenn's Unelectable II Comedy Tour from over the weekend.
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