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"When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic" 

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RJC Faults Administration for Leaking Sensitive Iran Information against Israel

Washington, D.C. (March 30, 2012) -- The RJC released the following statement today:

The Republican Jewish Coalition is deeply troubled by press reports that indicate the Obama administration leaked highly sensitive information in an effort to hinder Israel's ability to defend herself against Iran's development of nuclear weapons.

RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said, "It is clear from recent press reports that the Obama administration has moved from quiet diplomacy to lightly-veiled attacks in the media to prevent the Israelis from taking action against Iran's growing nuclear capabilities.

"The administration's willingness to reveal sensitive U.S. intelligence about Iran and to sabotage Israel's relationship with another country, all in an attempt to limit Israel's options with regard to Iran, is deeply, deeply troubling. If President Obama really had Israel's back, why is his administration leaking like this? These are not the actions of a friend of Israel, nor of a responsible and thoughtful U.S. administration.

"Israel, the U.S. and the West face a deadly serious threat from Iran. Every form of pressure should be brought to bear against Iran's effort to acquire nuclear weapons. That includes the credible possibility of military action, by the United States or by Israel. President Obama promised that all options remain on the table, but his administration is working very hard to take the option of military action - and the deterrent of a credible threat of military action - off the table. That does not benefit the U.S. or Israel, only Iran."
 

Background:
Yesterday, a lengthy report in Foreign Policy magazine (1) claimed that Israel has been granted access to airbases in Azerbaijan, on Iran's northern border, which would make it easier for Israel to stage an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.

And today, the Christian Science Monitor published a story headlined, "Did US just torpedo Israeli deal for a base in Azerbaijan?" (2)

(1) http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/03/28/israel_s_secret_staging_ground

(2) http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2012/0329/Attacking-Iran-Did-US-just-torpedo-Israeli-deal-for-a-base-in-Azerbaijan

Democrat Judge Targets Tea Party Group

Enviro-Whack jobs are celebrating the demise of America's most abundant energy resource, coal. Because coal has just been given the death sentence by Obama and the EPA.  

"If old King Coal isn't dead already, he's certainly teetering toward life support," said Frank O'Donnell, president Clean Air Watch in Washington.

The EPA has issued new proposed rules on carbon emissions that will help Obama keep one campaign promise: Builders of new coal fired power plants won't be prevented from building coal-fired power plants, they'll just go bankrupt if they try.

"Proposed emission rules for new power plants unveiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 27 spell the gradual demise of coal-fired power generation and entrench the current cost advantage for natural gas," reports Reuters' John Kemp.

If Obama can't get the tax portion of the Cap and Tax, I guess he figures he might just as well get the cap portion done.  

"The agency's proposed rule, signed yesterday, would set a standard well within the capability of modern gas-fired plants but impossible for coal-fired units to meet unless they employ (unproven) carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology."

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Top Obama re-election campaign donor accused of fraud 

WASHINGTON -  A major donor to President Barack Obama has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank official, creating new headaches for Obama's re-election campaign as it deals with the questionable history of another top supporter.

The New York donor, Abake Assongba, and her husband contributed more than $50,000 to Obama's re-election effort this year, federal records show. But Assongba is also fending off a civil court case in Florida, where she's accused of thieving more than $650,000 to help build a multimillion-dollar home in the state -- a charge her husband denies.

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Please join Hillsdale College for our next

First Principles on First Fridays lecture:

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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.

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

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)

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

 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.

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

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Wednesday April 4^th, 6:30-9:00pm

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Philadelphia, PA

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CALLING ALL PATRIOTS!!

VALLEY FORGE PATRIOTS MONTHLY MEETING

FRIDAY, APRIL 13^TH, 6:00 pm

PHOENIXVILLE COUNTRY CLUB

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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

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

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. 

The U.S. Constitution

A Reader 

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

Lou Flanagan

The General Wayne Tea Party

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

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

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

A values voter is an informed voter.

Sincerely,

Tony Perkins
President

Smith's Democratic Primary Votes

Written by Keegan Gibson, Managing Editor

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Dear Friend of the Second Amendment:

Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund is proud to endorse Pennsylvania's Sam Rohrer for U.S. Senate.

In a time when politicians in Washington have abused and grossly exceeded their constitutional limits, voters are looking for fighters who are not afraid to rein in the federal government and place it back under the constraints of the U.S. Constitution.

State Representative Sam Rohrer is a long-time leader in the battle against federal intrusion, especially when it concerns the right to keep and bear arms.

Representative Rohrer stood up for gun owners and states' rights with legislation to repeal the 2005 Real ID Act, a law that would have compromised the privacy of gun owners.

"I am deeply concerned about how the rights of law-abiding gun owners will be impacted by the implementation of the REAL ID Act," said Rohrer. "The Second Amendment clearly states that our right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon. Thus, it is safe to say that Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and the rest of our nation's Founding Fathers would not even consider carrying around a biometric, REAL ID card that would allow the federal government to instantly track their activities and whereabouts.

"Make no mistake about it, REAL ID holds the unmatched potential to violate our Second Amendment liberty as we know it," Rohrer continued. "Whether you're actually buying a firearm or purchasing shells or bullets for hunting, recreational target shooting or self-defense makes no difference.

"The store will scan your REAL ID card, and your purchase could be permanently registered in the federal government's national driver's license registry. In essence, the federal government could also have the ability to limit the amount of guns and ammunition you're allowed to purchase or own."

Rep. Rohrer also authored and introduced the Tenth Amendment Resolution, which calls for aggressive opposition to the size and growth of federal programs, regulations and mandates from Washington D.C.

"Before there was ever a federal government, there were sovereign individual states. The Constitution very, very clearly recognizes that we are a Republic," said Rohrer.

In Harrisburg, Representative Rohrer has stood up and supported every pro-Second Amendment bill that came up in the State House, including:

* Castle Doctrine legislation, which strengthens existing laws dealing with the use of lethal force for the purpose of self-defense;

* Legislation to allow individuals with a valid Pennsylvania license to carry a firearm to purchase additional guns without the cumbersome, expensive and redundant requirements of subsequent background checks through the Pennsylvania Instant Check System (PICS).

* Legislation that enables law-abiding individuals who can demonstrate evidence of imminent danger to themselves or a member of their family to receive a 90-day temporary emergency license to carry a firearm, allowing sufficient time for the gun owner to protect himself or herself during the usual 45-day wait that ensues while applying for a regular license to carry a firearm under current state law; and,

* Legislation calling for Pennsylvania law enforcement agencies, specifically the state police, to discontinue its database of legal handgun purchases. Those records include personal information about gun owners, such as mailing addresses and Social Security numbers. The bill also sets a third-degree felony penalty and a fine up to $5 million for maintaining an illegal gun registry or database.

"Gun owners across this Commonwealth are justifiably outraged any time they are mandated by government to endure a loss of Constitutional freedom and personal security," said Rohrer.

"When government is not properly enforcing the laws that already exist to curtail violent crime, it is nothing short of tyranny in the first degree to place additional restrictions on law-abiding citizens whose only desire is to defend their lives, their loved ones and their property."

Gun Owners of America is a proud supporter of Sam Rohrer for Senate, and encourages all Pennsylvania gun owners and sportsmen to vote for Sam Rohrer in the April 24 Republican primary.

Please visit www.samrohrer.org to learn more about this race.

Sincerely,

Tim Macy
Vice-Chairman

RedState Morning Briefing

For April 2, 2012

1. Every Man Has a God

It is the start of Holy Week. Two Thousand years ago, Christ entered Jerusalem on his way to Calvary.

As we start the week, our nation finds itself in an interesting position. Unlike our cousins in Europe, we remain a church going nation with a majority who believe in God, or at least claim to. At the same time, it has become trendy to demagogue the Church.

ABC runs a show called "Good Christian Bitches" and the President of the United States declares war on faith trying to force secular beliefs into sectarian Christian faith.

We are still a mostly religious nation, but it has become cool to reject Christ or even to come out as an atheist. Atheists are routinely feted by our celebrity culture, appear on news shows mouthing off on the topics of the day, and are heralded as courageous for rejecting several thousand years of considered thought while mocking that considered thought as mythology.

The stupid are always the wise in this world.

Let's start this week with one particular thought that so many of the so called wise will reject as stupid, but which is absolute fact.

2. The IRS is NOT investigating Gov. Nikki Haley (R, SC).

You may remember that a few days ago a minor South Carolinian political blog tossed out the very serious allegation that South Carolina governor Nikki Haley was about to be indicted by the Justice Department for alleged tax fraud involving her parents' temple*. The keyword? "Imminent." Well, it turns out that the IRS is not actually investigating either the Governor or the temple (H/T @RBPundit) in fact, if I'm reading this correctly the entire thing was more or less based off of the usual bureaucratic paperwork (H/T Hot Air Headlines). The goofball progressive blogger n00b (some guy named Logan Smith) that put up the article in the first place at first tried to stand by his anonymously-sourced allegations, but has since more or less given up and done one of the more grudging and passive-aggressive retractions that it's been my pleasure to read lately. I don't even think that Smith is going to get fifteen minutes out of this; and, of course, he'll never get another shot.

Tragic.

3. FROM RICK SANTORUM: A Legacy for my Children

What type of future do I want for my children and future grandchildren? I do not wish for them a future with a financially unsustainable, cradle-to-grave dependency on the federal government. Rather, I wish for those I love so much a future where the federal government encourages and empowers success, personal responsibility, and financial independence. I also want a future where state governments, or the federal government, can provide fiscally sound, dependable safety-net programs to protect our most vulnerable citizens from a life of poverty. We have a choice - government dependency, or a dependable, fiscally-sound federal government. We cannot have both. I ask America to join me in the fight to end the ever-growing cycle of government dependency - for our children and grandchildren - the fight for freedom and opportunity.

Liberals have continuously expanded entitlement programs far beyond stability. They have created generation after generation of citizens more and more dependent on the federal government. This has resulted in greater power for the federal government. We need to do what is necessary to keep these programs from collapsing under a mountain of deficit spending. It is a choice between saving and strengthening these programs, or further weakening and destroying the safety net programs that provide security and poverty protection to those most in need.

4. David McIntosh for Congress in IN-5

It's not too often that we have the opportunity to elect a conservative fighter who retired early from Congress and is seeking a second run. But with Dan Burton's retirement in Indiana's 5th district, we have the prospect to elect a battle-tested fighter in former Congressman David McIntosh.

David McIntosh was elected to Congress as part of the Republican Revolution in 1994. Unlike many of his colleagues, McIntosh never abandoned his commitment to fighting for limited government. Nor was he just a bench-warmer. After just a few years in the House, David was recognized as a full spectrum conservative leader, and in 1998, he became chairman of the Republican Study Committee. When Gingrich butted heads with conservatives at the RSC, McIntosh helped lead the coup against him. In 2000, McIntosh retired early to run for governor in Indiana, a race he unfortunately lost.

5. By Even Academic Standards, David Dewhurst is "centrist"

In the race for U.S. Senate in Texas, the conservative candidate clearly is Ted Cruz. His record of fighting for conservative ideals is clear, as I have noted before. Senator DeMint has endorsed him, as has Senator Mike Lee, the Club for Growth and a number of other important conservative voices.

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Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for April 2, 2012

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Nominates President Candidate

Bloomberg

Suu Kyi claims victory in landmark Burma election

The Washington Post

New spotlight on state responses to health-care law

The Washington Post

Biden downplays Russian threat: 'This is not 1956'

Daily Caller

Latest Heritage Research:

ISSUE BRIEF:

CTBT: New Study Fails to Resolve Differences over Risks to U.S. Nuclear Arsenal 

Tell a liberal how much you admire the lofty neutrality and commitment to truth at all costs of their house journal the New York Times.  

NO. 1.
In the 1930s, Times reporter Walter Duranty acted as one of Stalin's "useful idiots" by praising the glorious achievements of Soviet communism, even to the extent of denying the existence of the Ukraine famine that killed millions.  

March 27, 2012

Dissidents Warn Iran's Supreme Leader

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Let's say a prayer for this fine young man and for the family he leaves behind  

Spc. Dennis Weichel of the Rhode Island National Guard is far more representative of the selfless sacrifice and honor exhibited by the US military during 2 wars and over 10 years of fighting. But even within the ranks of heroic actions, Spc. Weichel's sacrifice stands out.

The official Pentagon news release says he died "from injuries suffered in a noncombat related incident." But there is much more to the story. Weichel, 29, of Providence, died saving the life of a little girl.

According to the Rhode Island National Guard and the U.S. Army, Weichel was in a convoy a week ago with his unit in Laghman Province, in northeast Afghanistan. Some children were in the road in front of the convoy, and Weichel and other troops got out to move them out of the way.

Most of the children moved, but one little girl went back to pick up some brass shell casings in the road. Afghan civilians often recycle the casings, and the girl appeared to aim to do that. But a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle was moving toward her, according to Lt. Col. Denis Riel of the Rhode Island National Guard.

MRAPs, as they are known, usually weigh more than 16 tons.

Weichel saw the massive truck bearing down on the girl and grabbed her out of the way. But in the process, the armored truck ran him over, Riel said.

The little girl is fine. Weichel died a short time later of his injuries.

Specialist Weichel leaves behind his fiance and three children.

The Court's Mock Examination of Obamacare

Edward Cline 

Instead of asking the government whether it can abrogate the Constitution and violate individual rights with Obamacare, the Supreme Court questioned merely its language. Don't Americans deserve better if they are to retain their freedom?

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BENADOR: The 21st Century Curse: Death by Internet   Apr 01, 2012 12:20 pm

by Eliana Benador
At a time that demands total focus and a general appeal to the human survival reflex, we find Americans and the rest of what's been so far called Western "civilization" at large giving in to their laziness by listening to the newest little devil wrapped under the innocent shape of the "internet", whispering into their ears...  "... don't worry, relax, everything is just fine, with time everything will be perfect and go back to normal...  just don't worry, now let's just concentrate on social networking..."

Please Take Our Right Side News Reader Survey   Apr 01, 2012 11:00 am

­Last month Right Side News began their annual reader survey. Last year's survey gave the publisher, Jeff Baird, valued input from the subscribers to this four-year-old publication of conservative news and commentary. If you have not taken the survey, please take this final opportunity to do so.

Right Side News delivers in-depth analysis and research that reaches beyond the sound bite, or the collection of politically motivated "buzz words," that passes for today's news. 96% of readers indicate they find this analysis useful; and 73% indicate they would like even more in-depth analysis; while one respondent said, "[Right Side News] presents just the right amount of articles...all excellent." The desire for facts, not just opinion, makes sense as the majority of Right Side readers hold a college degree, with 27% holding graduate degrees.

Sunday Worship | October Baby and Theme Song   Apr 01, 2012 10:38 am

1. Palm Sunday video clip as the crucifixtion draws close, Mary, Did you Know?  2. October Baby: Have you seen it?

I go to church, the minister preaches, I go home. That's what Christians do now.   Apr 01, 2012 10:20 am

Originally published in the August 1999 issue of AFA Journal.  

In 1973 the Supreme Court said it was OK to kill unborn babies. Since then, we have killed more than the entire population of Canada. And it continues. A woman's choice? Half of those who have died in their mothers' wombs have been women. They didn't have a choice. It is called abortion.

The Impact of Biblical Ignorance on Our Nation   Apr 01, 2012 06:00 am

In this election cycle, perhaps more than ever, the term "evangelical" is being used as though it is synonymous for conservative Republican. This is political spin at its best. The term evangelical, when used as an adjective, originally meant the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ; stemming from the Greek word "evangelion."

The IPCC May Have Outlived its Usefulness   Apr 01, 2012 06:00 am

- An Interview with Judith Curry
  As the global warming debate increases in its intensity we find both sides deeply entrenched, hurling accusations and lies at one another in an attempt to gain the upper hand. This divide within the scientific community has left the public wondering who can be trusted to provide them with accurate information and answers.

What Many Churches And The SPLC Have In Common   Apr 01, 2012 06:00 am

Those of us who believe in constitutional government, the Bill of Rights, personal liberty, and State autonomy are beginning to taste what German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and pastor Martin Niemoller experienced back in 1930's Germany. These two great lovers of God and freedom were ostracized and eventually persecuted by both Germany's political and social societies and by "German Christians." History does have a way of repeating itself, doesn't it?

Obamacare On The Rocks   Mar 31, 2012 11:38 am

Supreme Court Set to Overturn Obamacare? Trying to predict Supreme Court decisions from the questions justices ask during oral arguments can be a bit like reading tea leaves. But after three days of grueling questioning by U.S. Supreme Court Justices, this much can be said:

Friday Afternoon Roundup - The Meaning of Freedom   Mar 31, 2012 11:07 am

THE INTERVIEW This week Daniel Greenfield did an hour-long conversation/interview with Jamie Glazov on his show and we had a great talk about a number of things.

Why De-Nuking Iran Won't Mean WW3 - or an Oil Crisis   Mar 30, 2012 05:44 pm

It's an assertion that trips glibly off the tongue of politicians, academics and media pundits. An Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would, they keep telling us, lead to a conflagration across the Middle East, even World War III.

450 Million Rounds of Ammo - This isn't the first time   Mar 30, 2012 05:25 pm

The recent story I found about 450 million rounds of hollow point .40 cal rounds that Homeland Security wants to purchase is not the first time that DHS has requested millions of rounds.

Left's Orwellian Censorship Campaign   Mar 30, 2012 03:41 pm

Liberal theologian William Ellery Channing once observed, "The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated."

BENADOR: World Indifferent to Revisionists Barbarians' Global March to Jerusalem   Mar 30, 2012 11:49 am

by Eliana Benador

"Help us, Oh God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; and save us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.  Why should the nations say, Where is their God? let the revenging of the blood of your servants which is shed be made manifest among the nations, and before our eyes."   Psalm 79

Abolish The EPA   Mar 30, 2012 11:18 am

The EPA's recent move toward strangling the coal-fired electricity generating plants in America is another power grab by the "greenies" in the US government.  If not stopped by the Congress these new regulations will close and shutter dozens of coal-fired plants around the country and thousands upon thousands of workers in the electricity generating business, and businesses associated with them, will be out of a job.

Lefty Group Uses Pink to Camouflage Green Activism, Attack Business   Mar 30, 2012 12:23 am

Renewable Technologies and our Energy Future - An Interview with Tom Murphy   Mar 29, 2012 11:27 pm

Sharpen Your Medtech Investing Edge with Genomics, Imaging and Diversified Supplies: Junaid Husain   Mar 29, 2012 09:31 pm

BENADOR: Land of Israel: Time of Truth   Mar 29, 2012 11:45 am

I'll Tell Vlad, Mr. President   Mar 29, 2012 11:24 am

The EPA Wrecking Ball   Mar 29, 2012 11:18 am

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THE INTERFAITH TASKFORCE FOR AMERICA AND ISRAEL (ITAI)

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Dear ITAI Members and Donors:

ITAI ON THE MOVE...Joseph Puder will present the current turbulent events in the Middle East along with his analysis of the situation to the Cherry Hill Religious Leaders Coalition, and will answer questions on the subject. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill. Rev. Arthur Knight, ITAI's liaison with the churches facilitated the event. Dr. Robert Mikhail, a native of Egypt, and an ITAI Board member will also participate in the discussions.

ISRAEL: NOT THE 51^st STATE OF THE U.S.

By: Joseph Puder

When reviewing the existential threats Israel faces, most will think of Iran. A close second would be Egypt, in light of the very real possibility of Islamists taking full control of that country. Few would consider the lack of Zionist commitment among the younger generation Israelis as an existential threat.  But, if a nation is no longer conscious of why it exists, and what its sacrifices are being made for, its very existence is put in jeopardy.  Perhaps in America, idealism and patriotism may no longer be an imperative to its existence.  However, in Israel, such factors are critical to sustaining the life of the Jewish nation.

The Americanization of Israel in recent decades has prompted many to refer to the Jewish state as America's 51^st.  Israeli culture has been impacted by American democratic values and, as Daniel Gordis pointed out in his book Saving Israel, "were Israel to take the values of American democracy to their full and logical conclusion, it is quite likely that it would simply cease to be a Jewish state."    

Ironically, the current generation of young Israelis has the good fortune to enjoy material blessings that previous generations only dreamt of, and yet, observers can see how, in direct proportion to the material growth, idealism has declined.  One might say, well, that is the nature of things in all western countries; as materialism and the good life is more forthcoming, idealism and patriotism disappears.  Israel however is not like all countries, it is unique; it is a nation restored after 2000-years of exile, made up of a people persecuted everywhere, who experienced a catastrophic holocaust only 67 years ago.  And if that is not enough, Israel, the refuge for Jews from throughout the world, is surrounded by hostile Arab nations and Iran, who would like to see it "wiped off the map."

The secular Israeli youth lack belief in the righteousness of Israel's cause.  They believe in nothing beyond their own pleasure, and are eager to imitate the fads and fashions of their peers in the U.S. and other western countries. Wanton violence in clubs and in the streets that was once unheard of has become frequent occurrences.  And who can forget the case of two Israeli 15-year old youths from an affluent neighborhood that killed taxi driver Derek Roth in 1995, for the thrill of it.  It prompted an Israeli police officer specializing in youth work to say, "I envy the Arab kids.  They still have something to believe in."

In the past secular Israeli youth were inspired by Ben Gurion's (Israel's first Prime Minister) call to settle the wilderness.  Ben Gurion and his wife moved to Sde Boker, in the heart of the Negev wilderness, and his example inspired young kibbutz and Moshav members to become pioneers in the Negev and the Galilee.  Today, this spirit of sacrifice for the nation remains in the domain of the national religious youth.  They have settled in Judea, Samaria, and the Golan as a way to create facts on the ground, much like their secular counterparts in the 1950's.  But for the secular young, who once produced the "cream of Israeli youth" and who were to be found in the elite combat units of the Israel Defense Forces, the kibbutz was replaced by bohemian "Shenkin Street" in Tel Aviv, and the Silicon Valley of California.  Where once post-army youth would hike the length and breadth of Israel, they are now fascinated with India and the Far East, and in disproportionate numbers found in mystery cults of one variety or another.

The cut-off point for the loss of idealism is hard to indicate with absolute accuracy.  Suffice it to say, however, that it began after the Six Day War of 1967, and became more pronounced in the 1980's and 1990's.

The aftermath of the first Lebanon War in 1982 spawned the rise to prominence of post-Zionism, and while Israeli governments sought to satisfy Israeli material aspiration, the Ministry of Education failed to institute a strong pro-Zionist curriculum.  In 1993, Education Minister Shulamit Aloni - a post-Zionist leftist, was forced to resign her post following her criticism of religion (Judaism), and her charge that the pilgrimage of Israeli students to concentration camps in Poland "turned Israeli youth into aggressive, nationalistic xenophobes."

Post-Zionism has spread like wildfire through Israeli academia, and social and cultural institutions, and has entered the public arena.  The post-Zionists are by their own definition anti-Zionist.  They believe that the Jewish state has reached the end-of-the-road, and argue that the Zionist enterprise lacked moral validity since its conception, and therefore must be abandoned. Post-Zionists also question the moral base of Judaism. While post-Zionism remains the domain of the leftist intellectual elite, it is undermining the national confidence, and in the justness of the Zionist cause. 

The attack by Israeli intellectuals in academia and the media on Israeli nationalism and Jewish particularism poses more than a passing threat to the State of Israel. Israel is now facing a crisis of identity and values that strikes at the basic components and elements of the Israeli identity: Judaism and nationalism. Post-Zionism undermines Israel's soul and reduces its will for self-defense.

Fortunately for the Jewish State, the majority of its population still believes in the Zionist tenets, and demographically, Israelis who define themselves as traditionalist and religious Jews, are on the rise, while the affluent, secular, and leftist segment of the population is declining.  This was evidenced in the victory of the right-of-center parties, led by the Likud in 2009. 

Although the Education Law of 1953, sought to inculcate Jewish school children with Jewish cultural values, love of the homeland, and loyalty to the Jewish state, which the current Education Minister, Gideon Sa'ar (Likud), promised to preserve; the urge to be accepted by the leftist post-Zionist cultural elite in academia and the media, permitted civics textbooks in Israeli high-schools to contain post-Zionist themes. 

In Saving Israel, Daniel Gordis writes: "The unadulterated American model simply cannot work if the goal is the sustenance of Israel as a Jewish state...Now perhaps more than ever before, articulating how Israel might be unique, and not an inadequate version of another country (America), is a requirement of the utmost urgency."

To survive, Israel must not strive to be the 51^st state of the U.S. but rather seek to be a model of a Jewish democracy that protects its Arab minority but understands and internalizes what it meant to be a homeless people for 2000 years dependent on the whims of others.  To protect its future, Israel must return to its Zionist and Judaic roots, and it must effectively transmit these values to the younger generation, born after 1967.

Utopia's Free Lunch

Lunch is a nice meal and a free lunch is even nicer. The problem with free lunches is that someone always has to pay for them. Lunches don't grow on trees, unless they're fresh fruit, the ingredients have to be gathered, processed, shipped, mixed, prepared, packaged, shipped again and put on your plate by a waiter working in an establishment that has to pay rent, heating, electricity and salaries.

 

A free lunch isn't just free food, it's the entire human and mechanical infrastructure needed to get it ready and subsidizing a free lunch means paying for that entire infrastructure. That's one reason why some states and cities are slipping into bankruptcy like a man who has had too many martinis over lunch. It's not just the free lunch that's expensive, it's the often inflated cost of the lunch delivery system that is killing everything.

The free lunch began as the Bread and Circuses which had its roots in a Roman bread dole. Free or subsidized bread is still a feature of political life in many parts of the world, including Egypt where the revolution had more to do with the price of bread than with democracy. The Muslim Brotherhood offered voters food giveways, turning Bread and Circuses into Bread and Beheadings, which is also a circus of sorts.

Free Egyptian bread started out as American subsidized aid. The world's free lunch is still doled out in Washington D.C. where the Senate dining rooms had to be privatized after losing 18 million dollars. A government that can't even run a cafeteria without losing millions of dollars can't run anything else without losing billions or trillions doing it.

The logic of free bread is simple enough. It says that the people in power are stealing so much money that it's worth it to kick a small piece of it back as subsidized food to avoid the people booting them out. That's usually the way it is when people offer you free lunches bought with your own money, it's because they're stealing a hundred times the amount so they can afford to cover your lunch with some of the money they already stole from you.  

From Bosch Fawstin

THE INTERVIEW This week I did an hour-long conversation/interview with Jamie Glazov on his show and we had a great talk about a number of things. The embed is below, if you want to give it a listen.

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RESISTANCE

The media is angry. It gets angry whenever it encounters resistance to its narrative. That's what happened with the Trayvon Martin case and Obamacare.

When the media encounters resistance, it runs through its stages

1. Denial - No one but a few loons reject the narrative

2. Anger - How dare they reject the narrative

3. Bargaining - The media starts looking for moderates who will accept some element of the narrative

4. Depression - The media glumly pontificates on a broken America where racism and poor health care will always be issues. Where their narrative remains marginalized among the NPR/New York Times enlightened.

But the fifth stage, Acceptance, never kicks in. The process just repeats itself.

The Trayvon Martin case is still locked into Anger mode. ObamaCare is starting to tip slowly toward Bargaining, but is also in Anger mode.

Anger mode happens when the media realizes that the resistance isn't a few people they can ignore, that the resistance is organized, literate, competent and is advancing towards its goal. It takes the media a while to reach this point, but once it does, it jumps into action, plugging its narrative non-stop, searching for any evidence, real or manufactured, to back up its case, and pushing that evidence non-stop.

The facts don't matter, only the survival of the narrative does, because the narrative is a vehicle for policy.

Trayvon Martin isn't about a dead 17 year old, it's about reestablishing racism as the dominant issue in American life, helping to pave the way for Obama's reelection campaign and finding a wedge issue to use against the NRA in order to bring down the Second Amendment.

The media's problem is that it launched the narrative prematurely based on sloppy information, without taking into account minor issues such as Zimmerman's own racial appearance or Martin's problematic backstory. It assumed that the public would uncritically eat up the narrative, the right would be sidelined or made to feel guilty for supporting individual self-defense and the Second Amendment and the narrative would steamroll its way to the 2012 election.

At first they didn't know how to deal with the blowback, now they're stuck having to fight to defend their narrative to the death. 

Fellow Patriots:

There have been many times over the past few years when I have called attention to the Islamist-friendly policies of President Obama, ranging from his Cairo address to the Muslim world to his administration's characterization of the Muslim Brotherhood as "largely secular."  But I have never before seen the President make a 180-degree reversal and stab an ally in the back - as he has done in numerous ways to Israel in the past few days.  Because the betrayals tend to be reported in separate articles, it can be difficult to add them up and fully appreciate how outrageous they are.

To put it in a nutshell, President Obama is starting to act more like an ally of Iran than of Israel.  It's that jaw-droppingly incredible.

To fully appreciate this betrayal, let's start by contrasting Obama's words from the beginning of his term to what he or his administration says today:

• THEN: "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided." à http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWrvPvo8yXc
• NOW: "Our position on Jerusalem has not changed...It's permanent status issue has to be resolved through negotiations...We are not going to prejudge the outcome of those negotiations" à http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74LilHP2Wk&feature=player_embedded
• THEN: "the President has given Iran a Sept. 15 deadline to respond positively to his offer of negotiations, or face a heightening of sanctions." àhttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1920189,00.html#ixzz1qeufjQ4a
• NOW: "Obama administration officials now believe that the 'submerged' aspect of the Israeli-Azerbaijani alliance -- the security cooperation between the two countries -- is heightening the risks of an Israeli strike on Iran...'The Israelis have bought an airfield,' a senior administration official told me in early February, 'and the airfield is called Azerbaijan.'" à http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/03/28/israel_s_secret_staging_ground
  NOW: To Russian President Medvedev: "This is my last election.  And after my election I'll have more flexibility." à http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/26/10866962-hot-mic-moment-obama-overheard-telling-medvedev-he-needs-space-on-missile-defense

These last two statements by President Obama deserves special attention: First, his administration publicly handed Iran vital strategic military information.  Next, in discreet words to Russian President Medvedev, he suggested that the Russians could expect a favorable deal on missile defense if they'd simply wait until after Obama is safely reelected this November.  This missile defense program, which Russia has been resisting, is intended to protect Israel and Europe from an Iranian rocket attack.  More bluntly, Obama is talking with Medvedev about selling out America's Israeli and European allies!

What is even more frightening about this message is how it will play in Tehran because Obama has said he opposes an Iranian nuclear weapon, not a nuclear capability.  This message give the leaders of the Islamic Republic every reason to believe that if they simply hold off any display of a nuclear bomb until after November, they will be able to develop their capability, which will make it easy for them to quickly assemble a nuclear weapon whenever they please.  If fully developed with adequate supplies of enriched uranium, this capability will result in an unstoppable ability to assemble a bomb sometime after our November election. 

In fact, the principle of a uranium bomb is so simple that such bombs can be built and used as weapons without prior testing.  This is what actually happened with the Hiroshima bomb, a uranium bomb of different design from the plutonium bomb successfully tested a few weeks earlier in the New Mexico desert.  The American military was so confident that the uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima would work that they felt no need to even try it out first.

The Obama Administration has, with a few deft actions, both damaged Israel's ability to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and improved Iran's prospects for launching nuclear missiles at Israel and Europe!

As you can see from this video of the organizers of the militant "March to Jerusalem" ( http://efg-bnusfoodreserves.blogspot.com/2012/03/cbn-report-israels-enemies-unite-on.html ), Israel is already being attacked on all sides - literally.  As you read the article below, ask yourself what President Obama is doing to stand by Israel, which he's claimed to have done more for than any other administration à http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-administration-has-done-more-terms-security-state-israel-any-previous-administration_610835.html

Anyone whom Obama stands with should beware of getting a knife in the back.

Dave

The Radical Left Unites With Iran in March on Jerusalem

Posted by Mark Tapson Mar 30th, 2012 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/03/30/the-radical-left-unites-with-iran-in-a-march-on-jerusalem/ 

In the wake of the innocuous-sounding "Arab Spring" that has brought openly Jew-hating Islamists to power in the Middle East, Israel's enemies everywhere smell blood. Twice last year her borders were breached by mobs seeking violent confrontation, which they achieved as the Israelis defended against the invasion. Recently a global program designed to demonize the tiny democracy, called Israeli Apartheid Week, revved up further anti-Israel sentiment. And now on March 30, an Iranian-backed protest march will attempt to storm Israel's borders again in an effort to take Jerusalem - or at the very least to draw fire, enabling the marchers and the complicit media to denounce Israel's "brutality" against "peaceful" protesters.

The Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) is a well-organized, well-funded movement consisting of Israel-hating activists from around the world seeking to deny Jewish historical connections to Jerusalem and to claim the city for the Palestinians instead. In a clear case of psychological projection, the organizers' strategy begins with falsely accusing Israel of racism and war crimes:

The march will confirm that the policies and practices of the racist Zionist state of Israel against Jerusalem and its people are a crime not only against Palestinians but against all humanity.

The march is ostensibly peaceful, but in reality the marchers plan to launch their offensive from the Arab countries surrounding Israel and to infiltrate its borders, forcing the Israelis to respond with (justifiable) force - their ultimate goal being to overwhelm the Jewish state and Jerusalem itself by sheer numbers:

We aim to make this march a turning point in the nature of the confrontation, with the occupation having to face millions of protesters and demonstrators demanding Freedom for Palestine and its capitol Jerusalem.

At the heart of the GMJ lies Iran, whose regime expresses, on an almost weekly basis, its desire to wipe Israel from the face of the earth. It is financially backing various groups participating in the march, and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei verbally lent his imprimatur to the movement recently.

The protest has also been endorsed, unsurprisingly, by prominent radical leftists in the West including anti-apartheid activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former British MP George Galloway, radical professors Noam Chomsky and Cornel West, Code Pink activist Medea Benjamin, and the notoriously controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright. A closer look at the anti-Israel track record of this star-studded lineup gives one a clear picture of just how great is the animus that the movement bears toward Israel.

Asserting that "Israel is like Hitler and apartheid," Archbishop Tutu has been a decidedly anti-Israel voice for many years. Pro-Palestinian activist Galloway is an admirer of Saddam Hussein, Castro, Chavez, Mao, and Stalin. He insists that it is "necessary" for the "two great forces" of Islamists and progressives to unite against "Zionist occupation" and "savage capitalist globalization."

As for GMJ's prominent American supporters, influential academic Chomsky openly detests Israel; in 2005 Rachel Neuwirth called him a one-man cottage industry of hundreds of anti-Israel books, articles, recorded interviews and lectures... Over a thirty-five year span Chomsky has repeated every distortion and libel directed against Israel that's ever appeared in Arab, Western, and left-wing Israeli publications, to which he adds some conspiracy theories of his own devising.

Racist professor Cornel West is a close friend not only of Obama, the most anti-Israel President in history, but also of noted anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan; West is also an avowed admirer of Rev. Wright (see below). Medea Benjamin and her group Code Pink, who express support for every conceivable extant enemy of the United States from Cuba to North Korea to the Taliban to Hamas, blames the Middle East conflict largely on our "biased policy toward Israel"; meanwhile she praises the savage Hamas for its commitment to "mutual respect and adherence to international law." That would be the same Hamas whose very charter promises the eradication of Israel.

Black liberation theologist Jeremiah Wright, President Obama's spiritual mentor for nearly twenty years, has expressed his anti-white racism, anti-Americanism, and anti-Semitism on too many occasions to enumerate. He has likened Israel to "a dirty word," and accused it of waging genocide against the Palestinians (if so, it's the most incompetent genocide in history, since the Palestinian population is one of the fastest-growing in the world). He and unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers, another former Obama associate, jointly addressed a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters in Chicago in 2009. Like Ayers, Wright is so radioactive that even Obama finally distanced himself from the firebrand. Asked if he had spoken to Obama since he had taken office, Wright replied, "Them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me." The White House maintains its silence in response to Wright's endorsement of the march on Israel.

Other notable American supporters of the march on Jerusalem are boosters of Obama as well. Writing for the Washington Free Beacon, Adam Kredo points out that progressives Clayborne Carson and Marcy Winograd donated to Obama's presidential campaign in 2008, as did United Nations official Richard Falk. Carson is a Stanford University professor who cites radical historian Howard Zinn as inspiration for his own political activism and scholarship, and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schoolteacher Winograd is a Green Party activist who organized OccupyLAUSD to protest school budget cuts. In his position as UN Human Rights Council's special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Falk outraged many with his article "Slouching Towards a Palestinian Holocaust," in which he described Nazi horrors and then drew a parallel with Israel: "Is it an irresponsible overstatement to associate the treatment of Palestinians with this criminalized Nazi record of collective atrocity? I think not."

The GMJ's principal backer in the U.S. is the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a radical anti-Israel organization that justifies Palestinian terrorism against Israeli civilians and actively obstructs Israeli security and anti-terrorism operations. ISM co-founder Huwaida Arraf has acknowledged that her organization works with such paragons of peace as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

With supporters like these, it's clear that the Global March to Jerusalem is not a peace movement but a large-scale publicity stunt designed to provoke Israel into a violent response, which the participants hope will play right into their relentless strategy to isolate and delegitimize the hated Israel.

Bolton accuses administration of leaking story on Israeli planning along Iran border

Published March 29, 2012 | FoxNews.com   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/29/bolton-accuses-administration-leaking-story-on-israeli-planning-along-iran/#ixzz1qbw8Ack3

Former U.S. diplomat John Bolton alleged Thursday that the Obama administration leaked a story about covert Israeli activity in order to foil potential plans by the country to attack Iran's nuclear program.

Bolton, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the George W. Bush administration, was responding to an article in Foreign Policy magazine that quoted government sources claiming Israel had been granted access to airfields in Azerbaijan -- along Iran's northern border.

The article did not state exactly what the Israelis' intentions were, but it suggested it could point to a possible strike on Iran.

"I think this leak today is part of the administration's campaign against an Israeli attack," Bolton claimed on Fox News.

The White House did not respond to Bolton's claims Thursday.

Bolton, a Fox News contributor, noted that a strike launched from Azerbaijan would be much easier for the Israelis than a strike launched from their own country -- jets could stay over their targets longer and worry less about refueling. But he said tipping the Israelis' hand by revealing "very sensitive, very important information" could frustrate such a plan.

Speaking afterward to FoxNews.com, Bolton said he didn't have hard proof that this was an intentional administration leak to halt an Israeli attack.

But he noted widely reported comments from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in February that he thinks the Israelis could strike as early as April. If that's the case, Bolton said, then it would be "entirely consistent" for the administration to try to avoid that impending outcome.

The Foreign Policy article quoted what were identified as "high-level sources ... inside the U.S. government." It specifically mentioned "four senior diplomats and military intelligence officers."

One intelligence officer, who was unnamed, told the magazine that the U.S. was "watching" the activity and was "not happy about it."

The Foreign Policy article did not specify whether any of the information came from the White House, and there is no direct evidence that this was a coordinated leak.

"Clearly, this is an administration-orchestrated leak," Bolton told FoxNews.com. "This is not a rogue CIA guy saying I think I'll leak this out."

"It's just unprecedented to reveal this kind of information about one of your own allies," Bolton said.

Obama related to Malcolm X? and who's afraid of Virginia Sunahara?

Apr 01, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins

 By George Spelvin, staff writer

 A forensic analysis of facial features of Malcolm X and Barack Hussein Obama appears on Youtube with the Black analyst asking his Black audience:" Is Barack Obama related to Malcolm X?".  He tells viewers he did about 30 hours of research putting together similar photos of the two men in an attempt to "combine us and bring us together."  The speaker dressed in traditional African attire tells them, "I'm trying to find out who the brother is." Pointing especially to the facial cleft, he says, "The Venus Cleft (of the FACE) is a dead give away."

  The facial features of Malcolm X who was assassinated allegedly by his own followers in February, 1965, are in the face of America's sitting president.  The speaker tells his approving audience that the hairline, the chins, the smiles, the top of the lip, caused him "to go diggin. . .(because)he ain't told me who he is."

 Now ... Continue Reading:Obama related to Malcolm X? and who's afraid of Virginia Sunahara?

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American Minute March 31

Mar 31, 2012 06:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer

Henry Opukahai'a was an orphan raised by his uncle to be a pagan priest but he became disillusioned with rituals and chants and left Hawaii for New England with a friend, Thomas Hopu.
They were befriended by Yale students and became the first Hawaiian Christians.
Henry studied Greek and Hebrew and translated parts of the Bible.
In his memoirs, which sold 500,000 copies after his death in 1818, Henry Opukahai'a wrote:
"My poor countrymen, without knowledge of the true God, and ignorant of the future world, have no Bible to read, no Sabbath."
This inspired Thomas Hopu and Hiram Bingham to be the first missionaries to Hawaii, arriving MARCH 31, 1820.
Devising a 12-letter alphabet, they translated the Bible, set up a school, a church, a newspaper and convinced women to wear dresses. Idolatry and human sacrifice had previously been ended by King Kamehameha II and his ... Continue Reading:American Minute March 31

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100 Pages is Enough!: 2,700 pages of Obamacare insures it overreaches

Mar 31, 2012 02:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Jerry Todd, staff writer

 When Chief Justice Roberts asked if the defenders of Obamacare expected SCOTUS to review all 2,700 pages of this overreaching law, he posed a question that should have been asked 100 years ago during countless other deliberations. It made no more sense to the Court than it did to Charlie Rangel - or any well-intentioned lawmaker or bureaucrat.

 Tea Partiers formed committees to take on 20 pages each among them. It wasn't pretty! Ms. Nancy still claims her Congress took the Constitution into consideration.

 Lesson 1: Always listen to your local Tea Partier!

 Lawmakers have their overpaid fun for a while, but bureaucrats make careers out of draconian rules, harassment and fines to justify their existence.

If things are ever to turn around, lawmaking and bureaucracy must incorporate "Subsoil" - personal responsibility and "e pluribus unum" into the wonderful chaos of human interaction and proper government oversight. Then there ... Continue Reading:100 Pages is Enough!: 2,700 pages of Obamacare insures it overreaches

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Friday, March 30, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 221 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Barack's Bad Week

Yesterday I received a message from a supporter who said she found reading this daily report depressing and discouraging. I understand her frustration. The past three years have been a nightmare for everyone who cherishes faith, family and freedom -- and I'm here in the belly of the beast!

So I want to offer a bit of encouragement to our supporters by pointing out that, by any reasonable standard, Barack Obama had a pretty bad week. For example:

• The United States Supreme Court took up his signature initiative -- ObamaCare. And from the oral arguments it seems likely that four, if not a majority, of the justices are inclined to strike down ObamaCare as unconstitutional.
• Obama was caught on an open mic appearing to tell one of America's adversaries: We can do a deal next year after my election. I remember when Ronald Reagan was caught on an open microphone joking about bombing the Soviet Union. Here Obama got caught perhaps offering to compromise our security. Check out this ad. While it is somewhat humorous, America's national security is no laughing matter.
• Obama's budget was humiliated in the House of Representatives on a 0-to-414 vote. Not one Democrat was willing to support his call for higher taxes and more spending. The same thing happened last year in the Senate, where Obama's budget went down 0-to-97.

If we had an unbiased, objective media, more Americans would be aware of these facts and would likely be questioning whether he deserves a second term. But rather than getting frustrated and discouraged, fight back!

Sure folks can stop reading these daily reports if they find them discouraging. But blaming the messenger does nothing to stop Obama and his radical allies from "fundamentally transforming" the country we love.

I don't write this report just to blow off steam. At the end of the day, I am trying to rally men and women of faith to get involved, to take action in defense of our values!

Let me remind folks what we are all about: Campaign for Working Families is a political action committee that exists to elect pro-family, pro-life, pro-free enterprise conservatives to public office. This daily report -- consider it voter education -- is just one aspect of our work.

Keep sharing these reports with friends and family members. Pick one relative who voted for Obama in 2008 but who may be on the fence now. (Don't waste your time on die-hard liberals.) If every conservative converted just one voter, we would win in a landslide. Then I would have more encouraging news to report!


Obama: The Abortion President

It's not hyperbole to say that Barack Obama is the most pro-abortion president in America's history. And Obama's two-minute White House video address promising to continue supporting Planned Parenthood with your hard-earned tax dollars as long as he remains president is just more proof of his pro-abortion extremism.

Remember: Obama's commitment to the abortion industry is so strong that he threatened to shut down the government and to stop sending Social Security checks to our senior citizens and veterans' benefit checks to our heroes in order to guarantee Planned Parenthood's place at the federal trough.


Another Reason To Oppose ObamaCare

The Washington Examiner reported Wednesday that the IRS is asking for $300 million and 4,000 more agents to enforce ObamaCare. I guess that is what Democrats meant when they said ObamaCare would create thousands of new jobs!


Undermining Israel Again

Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a lot of flak for his lack of faith in Barack Obama when he declared that Israel would not inform the U.S. if it planned to attack Iran. U.S. officials felt Netanyahu was snubbing Obama. But many Israelis fear they can no longer count on America's support, even if Obama claims to have Israel's "back." The fears of many Israelis and millions of pro-Israel Americans may well be justified.

Foreign Policy magazine has just run a lengthy story quoting "senior U.S. diplomats and military intelligence officials" discussing a "secret Israeli staging ground" for strikes against Iran. According to the report, Israel is planning to use former Soviet airbases in Azerbaijan for strikes against Iran's nuclear program. One U.S. official told the magazine, "We're now watching what Israel is doing in Azerbaijan. And we're not happy about it."

Why on earth are these senior officials -- likely political appointees -- talking at all? Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton thinks he knows why:

"I think this leak today is part of the administration's campaign against an Israeli attack. Clearly this is an administration-orchestrated leak. It's just unprecedented to reveal this kind of information about one of your own allies."

Pop Quiz

Okay, class, time for a pop quiz: What is the capital of Israel? If you said "Jerusalem," go to the head of the class. But don't send a resume to the State Department any time soon.

If you need more evidence of why Israelis are having a hard time trusting this administration, consider this: A spokeswoman for the State Department was asked nine times by a reporter this week what the capital of Israel was, and she refused to answer the question each time.
 

Nice Supreme Court You've Got There  By Richard Fernandez

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a former attorney general of Connecticut, pointed out that the U.S. Supreme Court would damage itself if it did something so ridiculous as find Obamacare unconstitutional.

The Green Jobs Boondoggle  by Tom Blumer

Digest · March 30, 2012

The Foundation

"The instruments, by which [government] must act, are either the AUTHORITY of the Laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; ... and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government, there is an end to LIBERTY." --Alexander Hamilton

Government & Politics

ObamaCare on Trial

Nine Justices will decide the fate of ObamaCare

Fundamental to our system of governance is the concept of federalism -- the division of power between the federal government and the states. Cemented in the Constitution, this concept provides the federal government with only certain, specific ("enumerated") powers, while the states hold all other powers of governance over the individual. This division, along with separation of the federal powers into executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, is the bedrock that secures individual liberty in the U.S.

Although federalism has eroded significantly in the last century, it faces its most serious threat via the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare. This week the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard six hours of oral arguments over three days -- the longest amount of time allotted in almost half a century -- and a record-setting 130 amicus briefs in cases consolidated under the title, Department of Health and Human Services, et al., vs. State of Florida, et al., which challenge the constitutionality of the law.

Day One: Can the Court even hear the case? Before SCOTUS can reach the merits of this case, it must first decide whether it is properly before the court. Under the 1867 Anti-Injunction Act, taxpayers may not challenge a tax until it is actually collected. While ObamaCare compels individuals to buy health insurance or pay a penalty, this provision is inoperative until 2014. Democrats specifically chose language in the law that avoided the term "tax" in order to evade the certain political accountability associated with raising taxes. If the Court finds that ObamaCare does impose a tax, then it could use the Anti-Injunction Act to sidestep a decision on ObamaCare until that date. The states argue that ObamaCare is not a "tax" and thus falls outside the bounds of the Anti-Injunctive Act.

Interestingly, most scholars and pundits on the legal left believe ObamaCare could survive a constitutional challenge by seeking refuge in the enumerated Taxing and Spending power. This notion put the administration's lead attorney, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, in the unenviable Catch-22 of having to argue on Monday that ObamaCare is not a tax in order to reach the merits of the case, and then on Tuesday arguing that it is a tax in order to assert that Congress has the lawful power to impose ObamaCare's individual mandate. Justice Samuel Alito asked Verrilli whether he could identify any other case in which a court had ruled something as "not-a-tax" under the Anti-Injunction Act while still holding it constitutional as a taxing power. The short answer is, "No."

Day Two: Is the "individual mandate" constitutional? The "individual mandate" -- the lynchpin of ObamaCare -- refers to the law's provision to compel an individual to buy health insurance. Although this provision has several moving parts, the central issue hinges on whether the Commerce Clause, which empowers Congress to "regulate" commerce among the states, allows Congress to force individuals to engage in commerce so as to then be regulated. If the Court upholds the individual mandate, then virtually no limit exists to the power Congress has over the individual. Obtusely, the Left argues that an individual's choice not to participate in a certain market therefore affects that market, thus subjecting individuals to regulation.

From a practical standpoint, the pivotal vote is Justice Anthony Kennedy, who asserted that government has a "heavy burden" to establish its "suggested fundamental changes between the role of government and its citizens." His other major concern was that he could not find a "limiting principle" in the mandate, were it upheld. That is, if Congress is allowed to compel citizens to purchase health insurance, where is the limit to its power?

Justice Antonin Scalia pressed, "Why do you define the 'market' that broadly: 'Health care?' It may be that everybody needs health care sooner or later, but not everybody needs a heart transplant; not everybody needs a liver transplant. Could you define the market such that everybody has to buy food, sooner or later? So you define the market as food; therefore, everybody's in the market; therefore, you can make people buy broccoli?"

Day Three: Severability -- is ObamaCare salvageable apart from the mandate? Though ObamaCare is a statute few have actually read in its entirety, including the legislators who passed it, the Justices will decide whether the 2,700-page leviathan can be broken into parts so that those deemed unconstitutional can be discarded and those that are left can remain law. That the statute has myriad complexities is without debate. Recall then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Leftspeak, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."

Now that "what is in it" has become clearer, the question is whether this poison pill law must be swallowed whole -- and it seems to be an easy answer. Since the individual mandate is the heart of ObamaCare, if that provision dies, then so must the rest of the law. Of all the cases heard in lower courts, only one federal judge struck down the entire law on these grounds, but based upon the tenor of Wednesday's oral arguments we think the Court might agree. The Court is not fond of gutting statutes and recreating from whole cloth the provisions it thinks Congress intended. Indeed, the Court has traditionally viewed this as a dangerous practice that introduces the Court to legislative functions the Constitution never intended.

Also during Wednesday's sessions was a review of the expansion of Medicaid coverage. Plaintiff states challenge the expansion as a coercive intrusion into state sovereignty because the federal government is dictating to the states that they must cover costs of the expansion or risk loss of federal funds. Although the SCOTUS has previously held that such "purse string" arrangements are constitutional, the states are challenging the extent to which that ruling applies, in light of the overwhelming burden the federal government will be saddling upon the states.

In any event, it's hard to overstate what is at stake in SCOTUS' decision in this case. Simply put, if ObamaCare stands, no legal, political or practical limit will bar the federal government from forcing individuals to do whatever it wishes -- buying health insurance is just the tip of the iceberg. If it falls, stay tuned for the Left to push for a single-payer system, in which the government becomes the nation's insurance company.

For now, we remain hopeful and trust that the High Court will come down on the side of Essential Liberty and justice in lieu of "individual mandates" and leftists' warped sense of "fairness." The Justices vote today, but the decision and opinions won't be released until the end of June. Another decision is expected at the November polls, and we're looking forward to positive outcomes in both.

Post your opinion: What will be the fate of ObamaCare?

This Week's 'Braying Jackass' Awards

In honor of this week's oral arguments, let's take a brief walk down memory lane with a look back at how various Democrats have responded to the idea that the Obama administration's signature domestic policy "achievement" just might be unconstitutional:

"Are you serious? Are you serious?" --then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA)

"[T]he federal government can do most anything in this country." --Rep. Pete Stark (CA)

"There's nothing in the Constitution that says the federal government has anything to do with most of the stuff we do. How about [you] show me where in the Constitution it prohibits the federal government from doing this?" --Rep. James Clyburn (SC)

"I don't worry about the Constitution on this, to be honest. ... It doesn't matter to me." --Rep. Phil Hare (IL)

In related news, Barack Obama's website is hawking "Health Reform Still a BFD" shirts -- a reference to Joe Biden's crude declaration just after its passage that ObamaCare is "a big f---in' deal!" Obviously, Democrats have no respect for the Oval Office or, more important, the Constitution.

News From the Swamp: The House Tackles Various Budget Proposals

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will be holding hearings on whether professional football teams engage in the practice of bounties, or financially rewarding players for intentionally hurting opponents during games. Senate Democrats decided to focus on this issue rather than more trivial pursuits -- such as the 2013 budget. Perhaps they want to see just how many years they can go without passing one.

The House, on the other hand, considered several competing budget proposals, including the president's own budget, which was quickly dispatched by an astounding vote of 414-0. That's reminiscent of last year's Obama budget defeat in the Senate, 97-0, and it speaks volumes that even every Democrat essentially cast a vote of no confidence in the president.

Conversely, the House passed Rep. Paul Ryan's Path to Prosperity budget by a vote of 228-191. Zero Democrats voted for the proposal and 10 Republicans opposed it, three because it didn't go far enough. The Senate is sure to block it -- or any budget proposal, for that matter.

Meanwhile, Democrats released their own $3.7 trillion plan. The proposal would confiscate $1 trillion more in taxes by closing loopholes for millionaires and implementing the so-called Buffet Rule. It would allegedly reduce the deficit as a percentage of GDP from 8 percent in 2012, to 2.7 percent in 2022. By comparison, Ryan's plan would reduce the deficit to 1.2 percent of GDP in that same time frame. Democrats made no attempt to reach a balanced budget, nor did they address in any meaningful way reductions or reforms to entitlement programs. The plan failed 163-262.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus also released a budget proposal calling for $1.3 trillion more in spending than does Obama's budget. Despite this immense rise over and above their boss's profligacy, the CPC budget claims to add less to the deficit over 10 years because of an additional $4.7 trillion in taxes. These "progressives" propose grabbing additional money via an $897 billion energy tax, an $849 billion tax on stock trades and a $319 billion millionaire surtax. They maintain that these and other new taxes are needed to pay for their proposed $2.9 trillion in new stimulus spending on the theory that the last "stimulus" was so successful. The CPC's plan failed 78-346.

The Republican Study Committee likewise crafted a budget proposal in response to the Ryan plan, which, they argued, doesn't cut spending deeply enough and takes too long to reach a balanced budget. The RSC plan balances the budget in just five years and cuts spending by $9 trillion over 10 years, while the Ryan plan cuts just $5.3 trillion. The RSC's plan failed 136-285.

The U.S. government's debt now exceeds $15.5 trillion. For those of you keeping score, that's about $50,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States.

New & Notable Legislation

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) plans to introduce a bill to implement the "Buffet Rule" with a vote scheduled for Tax Day, April 15. The bill requires that individuals earning more than $1 million a year pay a minimum 30 percent income tax rate. This latest attempt to balance the budget by taxing the wealthy falls dramatically short of accomplishing that goal, however. Supposedly, it commandeers an additional $47 billion over 10 years, reducing the $6.4 trillion deficit in Obama's 2013 budget proposal by just 0.7 percent. Even Fareed Zakaria, one of the mainstream media's most reliable leftists, spoke against the nation's progressive tax system, noting that the top 10 percent of U.S. earners (including Fareed Zakaria) pay 45.1 percent of the total tax burden, more than the top 10 percent in most European countries, including France and Germany. Zakaria even called for lowering income and corporate tax rates dramatically and implementing a national sales tax.

From the Left: Who's Watching the Watchers?

Gannett Wisconsin Media became part of its own story last week when its Appleton, Wisconsin, Post-Crescent reported the names of 29 circuit court judges that had signed petitions to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker over his public-sector union reforms. After publicly tooting its own horn for such splendid journalism, Gannett was forced to follow up with a public notice admitting that 25 of its own Wisconsin reporters, including nine at the Post-Crescent, also had signed recall petitions. Oops!

While Gannett notes that this violated the company's Principles of Ethical Conduct for Newsrooms, the reporter-petitioners argue that they were not engaging in political activity and therefore retained their "journalistic neutrality." Obviously, signing a petition in support of a recall election is a political activity, but the hypocrisy continues. In its statement, Gannett patted itself on the back for its transparency in notifying its readers, and then added that it decided not to make public the names of its activist journalists. "First and foremost," the paper said, "we decided to inform our readers and be as open as possible. We have decided not to name the employees." Once again, the "shield law" shields the media from responsibility -- and the public from the truth.

Economy

Obama 'Doubles Down' on Failed Energy Policy

With the Obama administration dead set on turning the Keystone XL pipeline into a pipe dream, two energy companies have decided it's time for a little less talk and a lot more action. Enterprise Products Partners LP of Houston and Enbridge Inc. of Calgary are each moving forward with new pipeline projects that will deliver up to 850,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries by mid-2014. Unlike the Keystone pipeline, these projects won't have to scale a State Department blockade as the portions of the respective pipelines that cross international borders are already built. Of course, other federal agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will have to give their permission, but with Obama's push for energy independence relegated to nothing more than lip service, one can only applaud the enterprising energy companies for taking action.

Underscoring this administration's determination to quash domestic oil production and to raise gas prices, reports show that the number of permits issued to drill on federal land has dropped dramatically over the past three years, falling from an average of more than 6,800 per year from 2006 to 2008 to an average of fewer than 4,300 per year from 2009 to 2011. Meanwhile, not only are gas prices already painful but according to experts they're likely to get even worse. Not to worry, as Ed Morrissey sarcastically notes, decreasing permits and rising prices "are completely unrelated. Totally, fully, and undoubtedly unrelated."

Obama also continued to play the part of a fiscally responsible president, demanding that Congress eliminate "subsidies" for oil companies. He claimed that the tax credits available to oil companies, assiduously avoiding mention of similar credits available to other companies, were double dipping on the American taxpayer, once for high prices and again for tax credits. In a Rose Garden press conference Thursday, Obama said, "Instead of taxpayer giveaways to an industry that's never been more profitable, we should be using that money to double down on investments in clean energy technologies that have never been more promising."

Memo to Obama: If loopholes are closed and credits eliminated, the corporate tax rate should be lowered to make it competitive. Above all, stop scapegoating companies that pay more in taxes than they earn in profits. Leave it to him, though, to "double down" on failed policy.

Who is to blame for high gas prices?

Regulatory Commissars: Coal Is No Longer King

Providing yet more evidence that Barack Obama seeks to put coal companies out of business, this week the EPA enacted regulations that greatly hamper the construction of coal-fired power plants. The new rules limit utilities to 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt, a number that coal plants can't touch without taking extreme measures to reduce carbon dioxide output by nearly half per megawatt. Currently, an average coal plant weighs in at nearly 1,800 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt while natural gas-fired power plants produce about 850 pounds of CO₂ per megawatt generated.

It's worth remembering that during his campaign Obama admitted that "electricity costs would necessarily skyrocket" because of his policies capping greenhouse gases. This unprecedented move by the EPA is a major step in that direction. Having set an arbitrary limit of 1,000 pounds of CO₂ per megawatt now, what's to stop a second-term Obama from ratcheting the level down further? There wouldn't be any need for the fracking that environmentalists detest if demand for natural gas is regulated away.

It seems that Obama failed to consider how much more expensive driving those already heavily subsidized Chevy Volts would be with ever-rising electricity costs. Despite his declared intention to buy a Volt upon leaving his current post, rising costs are of no concern to him since the rest of us will pay the freight every time we flip on a light switch or air conditioner.

So we see another example of Obama's real agenda: If energy comes from a so-called fossil fuel, then it's on the hit list. The "all of the above" energy solution rhetoric is as phony as the "green" jobs created by the stimulus.

Income Redistribution: Bullet Train to Nowhere

DesertXpress is seeking a $4.9 billion "loan" from the Obama administration to build a 150 mph train to travel between Las Vegas and Middle-of-Nowhere, California. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is pushing the charade, which would be the largest of its type, because apparently he thinks tourists in Los Angeles will travel 100 miles outside that city to board the train to Las Vegas. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says it will mean "jobs," though just over 700 jobs would be permanent. Construction costs have already reached $6.5 billion, not including interest on the loan. We find it somewhat ironic that the party of "progressive" thought and action is pushing trains as the wave of the future.

Remember when Obama said in 2009, "You can't take a trip to Las Vegas ... on the taxpayer's dime"? Unless you're taking a federally funded train. Or you're Michelle Obama.

Security

Department of Military Readiness: Obama's 'Flexibility'

Meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, this week, Barack Obama made clear his objectives for U.S. national defense -- or should we say the lack thereof. Speaking candidly with outgoing Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, Obama was caught unaware on an open microphone saying, "On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it's important for [incoming Russian President Vladimir Putin] to give me space. This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility." Medvedev replied, "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir."

Obama, the real Etch-A-Sketch candidate, is essentially telling the Russians that he will be a blank slate after the November election, whereupon he will no longer be accountable to the voting public. U.S. national defense in Obama's second term -- should the American people be suicidal enough to grant him one -- is therefore entirely negotiable and subject to Russian approval. Recall that one of Obama's first forays into foreign policy was to back-stab our allies, Poland and the Czech Republic, by reneging on the missile defense agreement hammered out by the Bush administration.

The president, of course, tried to brush off the remarks, declaring, "The only way I get this stuff done is if I'm consulting with the Pentagon, with Congress, if I've got bipartisan support and frankly, the current environment is not conducive to those kinds of thoughtful consultations. This is not a matter of hiding the ball." He then claimed that he was referring to Russian elections, such as they are: "I don't think it's any surprise that you can't start that a few months before presidential and congressional elections in the United States, and at a time when they just completed elections in Russia, and they're in the process of a presidential transition where a new president's going to be coming in, in a little less than two months."

There's no denying the truth, however. Obama wants "space," or time, from Putin to get himself re-elected. Then everything is fair game. Indeed, also this week, Obama asserted that the U.S. has a "moral obligation" to take "concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons." Seemingly, the commander in chief operates under the dangerous view that our enemies will reciprocate if we just play nice. If his objective is to knock the U.S. down a few pegs -- which we believe it is -- that's certainly the way to do it.

What's your take on Obama's national security plan?

Warfront With Jihadistan: 'Friendly' Fire

American public support for the Afghan war has tanked since the recent crises involving the Koran burnings and the murder of Afghan civilians. Keep in mind that polls are too often used to drive public opinion rather than reflect it, but 69 percent of Americans now say we should not even be in Afghanistan, and a similar number say that the war is going "very badly" or "somewhat badly," according to a New York Times/CBS poll released this week. Further damaging public support are the increasing number of attacks by Afghan soldiers, police and even citizens (a.k.a. our "Afghan allies") on American and coalition forces. Just Monday, an Afghan soldier murdered two British troops in southern Afghanistan.

Unfortunately, the Pentagon's handling of these so-called "green on blue" attacks has not reassured people that they are isolated incidents. On March 22, General John Allen, coalition commander in Afghanistan, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Afghan security forces have killed at least 52 of their American counterparts since 2007, but that number appears to be woefully short of the truth. A number of American casualties whom the Pentagon claimed died in combat actually were victims of insider attacks. Whether these were Pentagon mistakes, or meant to misinform, is unknown at this time.

One American, Marine Corporal Edward Dycus, died in February from a gunshot wound. The Pentagon's official version said Dycus died "while conducting combat operations," but an investigation found that an Afghan soldier shot Dycus in the back of the head while standing guard at an Afghan-U.S. base. The Defense Department made no mention of the treachery in its public notice. Since Dycus' murder, six other U.S. soldiers were killed by their Afghan "partners" and in each case the Pentagon failed to report that it was a "green on blue" killing. According to military blogger Michael Yon, Afghan turncoats have inflicted about 200 casualties since Operation Enduring Freedom began, with more than 75 percent of the attacks occurring in the past two years.

Americans have expended great sums of blood and treasure to smash al-Qa'ida and remove the Taliban from power. Has the U.S. reached the point of diminishing returns in trying to help these treacherous, murderous ingrates?

Culture

New York Times Complains of Media Bias in Zimmerman/Martin Case

According to the tired, old Gray Lady, a "blog post [of Trayvon Martin's Twitter account photo] features an image of him making an obscene gesture and quotes from a message that includes an abbreviation for an obscenity." The image was posted "on The Daily Caller, a site founded by Tucker Carlson, a conservative pundit. ... The [twitter image was] selected to reinforce the argument that the victim of the fatal shooting was a menacing figure who might plausibly have been mistaken for a criminal." Versus the NYT, which was founded and still managed by Socialists.

Actually, the image was posted because the alternate image being circulated by the Leftmedia in regard to Martin's death is one when he was 11 or 12 years old, not a recent photo. Why not a recent photo? Obviously The New York Times' agenda is to portray Martin as an innocent pre-teen "victim," as they identified him.

As for the "quotes from a message," the Times just notes that it "includes an abbreviation for an obscenity." Martin tweeted under the handle "NO_LIMIT_NIGGA," and a recent message was, "Plzz shoot da #mf dat lied 2 u!." Did you detect something more menacing than just "an abbreviation for an obscenity"?

For more on the Zimmerman/Martin case, read Mark Alexander's column on Race-Bait Political Hustlers, whose objective is to "keep black folks enslaved on the ObamaNation Plantation.

Climate Change This Week: Immunity and the Money to Make It Necessary

Acting as the market, we may not want to purchase the more expensive "alternative" energy or pay higher taxes and fees to subsidize its place in the market. Government in this era is, however, government that knows best, and we're going to pay for saving the planet with both our cash and our liberty. Take as an example the Green Climate Fund, a kitty of $30 billion extorted from UN member states and an agency looking for a permanent home. Of course, one condition of a nation becoming its headquarters would be allowing its operations to be shielded through diplomatic immunity, even though it's not technically part of the UN itself.

Or you can look at our very own Global Climate Change Initiative, a budget item for which Barack Obama seeks $770 million for FY2013, bringing the total U.S. funding to a cool $3 billion over the life of the program. This money is mainly spent overseas to help countries "adapt" to climate change and create in these far-flung places the green jobs Americans just won't do -- because there really are none.

All this is despite the fact that the global temperature has changed little over the last 15 years -- contrary to dire predictions that global warming is close to becoming irreversible -- and the unusually warm winter those in the eastern half of the country enjoyed was tempered by overly severe winters in other locales, particularly Europe, Asia and Alaska.

Yet it's a global scale where Al Gore and other climate change believers truly seek their change. These zealots call for "fundamental reorientation and restructuring of national and international institutions toward more effective Earth system governance and planetary stewardship" leading to a "new set of institutions [that] would have to be imbued with heavy-handed, transnational enforcement powers." No wonder they demand immunity; their next demand will be our sovereignty.

Not Fonda This Casting Choice

Semi-retired as an actress since her heyday several decades ago, "Hanoi Jane" Fonda has concentrated more on her political activism. But every once in a while, she will take a small role, and her latest part has raised eyebrows -- imagine the leftwing activist as Nancy Reagan.

An upcoming movie about longtime White House butler Eugene Allen, who served under eight presidents spanning from Truman to Reagan, is the vehicle for Fonda's latest comeback.  

Fortunately, they haven't cast her ex-husband Ted Turner as the Gipper, but give them time.

The movie, which depicts Allen as a man who began his career in Washington at a time when he couldn't even use the public restrooms in his native Virginia because he was black, is a vanity project of sorts for director Lee Daniels, who is still working out casting details and financing. If all comes together, filming may begin this summer.

It would be Oscar-worthy if Fonda can convince moviegoers that she's the real Nancy Reagan and not the astrology-following caricature of the former First Lady that the media prefers to present, all while Fonda would be acting so opposite her own character.

What role should Fonda really be playing?

And Last...

Over the last three years, the Obamas have done everything they could to demean the office of the president. Indeed, the degradation extends to the White House itself. Blogger Keith Koffler writes, "The ornate and historic East Room is a national treasure that has been used for events like presidential press conferences, command performances by the world's greatest musicians, the signing of historic legislation like the 1964 Civil Rights Act, shimmering White House parties, presidential awards of military and civilian honors, and the funeral of Abraham Lincoln." Not anymore. Michelle Obama, as part of her "Let's Move" drive to fight obesity, hosted a workout session in the East Room to be broadcast as part of TV's "The Biggest Loser." Which gives us an idea for a campaign slogan Obama can use -- and we won't even ask for a consulting fee. "The Biggest Loser" has a nice ring to it.

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

Alexander's Essay - March 29, 2012

Race-Bait Political Hustlers

Keeping Black Folks Enslaved on the ObamaNation Plantation

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." --John Adams (1770)

Barack Hussein Obama and black leaders from across the nation gathered in Obama's hometown of Chicago this week to protest the violence that occurred over the weekend of March 17-18.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, in just 48 hours, 10 people were murdered and at least 40 others were seriously injured. Most of the victims were 15-30 years of age and the assailants were black or Latino. One victim was six-year-old Aliyah Shell, who was shot to death while playing on the front porch of her home in the Little Village neighborhood.

"The violence this weekend underscores that Chicago has a unique gang problem," claimed Obama's former chief of staff and current Windy City Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

You may recall that a year ago, the Chicago Sun-Times won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting on violence in Chicago, most notably for a similar story about a weekend of mayhem in 2008 when seven people were killed and 33 wounded. (There were 60 percent more murders in Chicago that year -- 509 -- than combat deaths in Iraq, but neither Cindy Sheehan nor Code Pink were anywhere to be found.)

Of that award, Sun-Times Publisher John Barron proudly exclaimed, "It's not every day that I hear multiple squeals of joy. That's what happened when we found out. What a great sound. There are so many smiling faces around here now." The Pulitzer citation was for "documentation of violence in Chicago neighborhoods ... as a widespread code of silence impedes solutions." (Nothing like reporting on deadly violence to evoke "multiple squeals of joy.")

OK, truth be told, Obama and black leaders from across the nation haven't said a word about all of the violence in Chicago, opting instead to maintain the "code of silence which impedes solutions."

However, Barack and his cadres of race-hustling "useful idiots" are rallying black voters with a fresh Florida race bait lure, specifically using the death of Trayvon Martin, age 17, as political fodder to keep their most loyal constituency confined to the Democrat Party Plantation. Indeed, the "black vote" is key to the Left's divide-and-conquer strategy given that more than 90 percent of black voters support Democrats. Indeed, were it not for this monolithic support, the Democrat Party would be hard-pressed to win a single statewide election -- much less a presidential election.

Martin was shot and killed after an altercation with a Neighborhood Watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, a registered Democrat. Zimmerman has been identified in media reports as "white-Hispanic," promoting race-bait claims of a hate crime. The details of the incident have not been fully disclosed, though the Sanford Police department has released an incident report and ABC News has compiled a timeline of events. According to Zimmerman's attorney and witnesses, "George was attacked by Trayvon Martin on that evening."

Notably, however, nobody on either side of the public debate about this incident has enough information to draw any conclusions.

The herd of useful idiots are growing louder because, under Florida's "stand your ground" self-defense laws, Zimmerman has not been arrested -- and the protesters presume him guilty until proven innocent. And as Rahm Emanuel said back when he was still Obama's left-hand man, "Never let a serious crisis go to waste."

Predictably, Obama, the consummate "white-black" community agitator weighed in the same week he held silent following the Chicago violence: "When I think about this boy I think about my own kids. If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon. ... It is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and everybody pulls together, federal state and local, to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened."

The "most reverend" Jesse Jackson aptly framed the Florida race bait as "martyrdom": "Blacks are under attack. How do we turn pain into power? How do we go from a moment to a movement that creates fundamental change? The blood of the innocent has power. Martyrs have power. [Martin] represents all of us. If it's a moment, we go home. If it's a movement, we go to war. There is power in the blood of the innocent."

Members of the House Congressional Black Caucus joined in the charade.

Florida DemoRep Frederica Wilson protested, "Trayvon Martin's murderer is still at large. It's been one month, 30 days, with no arrest. I want America to see this sweet young boy who was hunted down like a dog, shot in the street, and his killer is still at large." Wilson displayed a photo of an 11-year old Martin, looking a lot less menacing than the 17-year-old hooded Martin. According to reports about Martin's suspensions and juvenile record, it turns out he wasn't such a "sweet young boy," but a too-typical product of the now-generational inner-city cultural entropy that turns young children from great futures to sociopathic behavior.

Bobby Rush (D-Chicago), a former Black Panther himself, was escorted off the floor of the House of Representatives for protesting Martin's death by wearing a hoodie, now symbolic of "justice for Martin," but, nonetheless, a violation of House rules on decorum.

Georgia DemoRep Hank Johnson said of Martin, "He was executed for 'WWB' in a 'GC.' Walking While Black in a Gated Community." Isn't that clever? Of course, dumb doesn't get much dumber than Johnson, who, as you may recall, expressed concern during House Defense Appropriations hearings that the weight of our naval installation in Guam might cause the island to "tip over and capsize."

You know things aren't going well for the once-noble Democrat Party when its titular head resorts to the lowest form of demagoguery -- race baiting.

Obama and his histrionic sycophants are taking a page from his community-agitating political prophet, Saul Alinsky, author of "Rules for Radicals." Dedicated to Lucifer, it is a book on how to use tragedy for political gain: "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. The opposition must be singled out as the target and 'frozen.' ... One acts decisively only in the conviction that all the angels are on one side and all the devils on the other." As a community agitator, Obama practices Alinsky's maxim to "first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community; fan the latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expression. He must search out controversy and issues, rather than avoid them, for unless there is controversy people are not concerned enough to act. An organizer must stir up dissatisfaction and discontent."

Post Your Opinion: What impact will this have on Obama's campaign?

The Obama campaign did its part to "stir up dissatisfaction and discontent" by announcing a sale on their "Obama 2012" hoodies!

Other race hustlers were doing their part to "rub raw the resentments of the people of the community."

Mikhail Muhammad, leader of the New Black Panther Party (the same thugs that the Obama Justice Department refused to prosecute in an open-and-shut felony voter intimidation case in Philadelphia in 2008) sounded as if he'd received his marching orders from Obama's spiritual mentor, Jeremiah "GD America" Wright. Muhammad insisted, "It's time for us as black men to take justice in our own hands. If the government won't do the job, we'll do it."

Muhammad and his followers actually placed a $10,000 reward for the capture of Zimmerman, claiming, "According to the street people's law he has been charged with murder. ... I don't follow the white man's law. ... They have killed millions of black men and women. ... We represent millions of black people ... not white people and 'Uncle Tom' Negroes." We live in troubling times, indeed.

Nation of Islam radical Louis Farrakhan chimed in: "Where there is no justice, there will be no peace. Soon the law of retaliation may very well be applied. Let us see what kind of justice will come for his bereaved family and our bereaved community."

Of course, no race-bait banquet would be complete without Al Sharpton on hand with Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, proclaiming with all the simulated sincerity he could muster, "Trayvon could have been any one of our sons. Trayvon could have been any one of us. We are tired of going to jail for nothing and others going home for something. Zimmerman should have been arrested that night. Don't talk to us like we're stupid! Don't talk to us like we're ignorant! Lock him up! We cannot allow a legal precedent to be established in this city that tells us it is legal for a man to kill us, tell any story he wants, and walk out with the murder weapon."

(Not to be outdone by Sharpton's antics, Fulton's attorney reported that she has filed trademark applications for the words "Justice For Trayvon" and "I Am Trayvon." Presumably, those slogans may get some profitable traction.)

As a result of threats, Zimmerman and his family have had to abandon their home and go into hiding. Additionally, Hollywonk producer Spike Lee, who recently raised $1.6 million at an Obama fundraiser in his house, tweeted, "reach out and touch Zimmerman," to his 240,000 followers. Unfortunately, he errantly posted the address of an elderly couple as Zimmerman's, and that couple is now also under threat.

There is no evidence from anyone who knew Zimmerman well that he had any racist predilection. In fact, just the opposite -- Zimmerman and his wife mentored several young black children. Zimmerman's attorney noted, "When I asked this mother [of those children], and she's an African-American, if she trusted George Zimmerman, she said she did, and I asked her if there was anything that caused her to believe that he was a racist, and she said, 'Absolutely not.'"

Further, Joe Oliver, a family friend of Zimmerman's and an island of reason amid a sea of racist turmoil, said, "I'm a black male and all that I know is that George has never given me any reason whatsoever to believe he has anything against people of color. All these people who are threatening George, what makes them any better than the person they think he is? You've got all these people wanting to lynch the man and they don't know the whole story. There are huge gaps that are being filled in and interpreted without evidence. George had no intention of taking anyone's life, and cried for days after [this incident]."

Oliver continued, "There are people who have accused George of profiling," and he went on to explain that "as a watch commander" that was an appropriate thing to do, "keeping an eye out for people" who don't look like they belong in your neighborhood.

To that end, my colleague Walter E. Williams, in an essay entitled "Profiling," notes, "The former Charleston, S.C., black chief of police, Reuben Greenberg, said the problem facing black America is not racial profiling. He said, 'The greatest problem in the black community is the tolerance for high levels of criminality.' Former Los Angeles black police Chief Bernard Parks, defending racial profiling, said: 'It's not the fault of the police when they stop minority males or put them in jail. It's the fault of the minority males for committing the crime. In my mind, it is not a great revelation that if officers are looking for criminal activity, they're going to look at the kind of people who are listed on crime reports.' Are former police Chiefs Greenberg and Parks racist?"

On the institutionalization of crime, Williams notes further, "Crime is one of the results of the liberal agenda. Blacks are 13 percent of the population but are more than 50 percent of murder victims. About 95 percent of black homicide victims had a black person as their murderer."

Regarding the Democrat Party plantation, Williams writes, "During the 1960s, academic liberals and hustling politicians told us that to deal with crime, we had to deal with its 'root causes,' poverty and discrimination. Thomas Sowell has pointed out that in 1960, the total number of murders in the United States was lower than in 1950, 1940 and 1930, even though our population had grown and two new states had been added. The liberal agenda, coupled with courts granting criminals new rights, later caused the murder rate to double, and the rates of other violent crimes also began to skyrocket. Crime imposes a hefty tax on law-abiding residents of black neighborhoods. Residents bear costs of having to shop outside of their neighborhoods; criminals have driven many businesses out. Children can't play safely in front of their homes. Fearing robberies, taxi drivers, including black drivers, often refuse to accept telephone calls for home pickups and frequently pass black customers by on the street. Neighborhood property values are lower as a result of crime. Plus, there's the insult associated with not being able to receive pizza or other deliveries on the same terms as people in other neighborhoods."

Indeed, in "Race and Rhetoric," Sowell also notes, "The poverty rate among blacks was nearly cut in half in the 20 years prior to the 1960s, a record unmatched since then, despite the expansion of welfare state policies in the 1960s. Not only was unemployment among blacks in general lower before the liberal welfare state policies expanded in the 1960s, rates of imprisonment of blacks were also lower then, and most black children were raised in two-parent families. At one time, a higher percentage of blacks than whites were married and working. None of these facts fits liberal social dogmas."

"Facts are stubborn things...

Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute sheds more light on the statistical color of crime: "Black males between the ages of 14 and 24 were seven times more likely to die of homicide in 2007 than white and Hispanic males of the same age group combined. But the danger they face comes overwhelmingly from other black males, whose homicide offending rate in the 14 to 24 age category was nearly ten times higher than that of young white and Hispanic males combined. Most homicides are intraracial, but the chance of a black being killed by a white or Hispanic is much lower than the chance that a white or Hispanic will be killed by a black."

Moreover, because the FBI categorizes Hispanics as "white," MacDonald notes, "If Hispanics were removed from the category of 'white' killers of blacks, the percentage of blacks killed by Anglo whites would plummet, since a significant percentage of what the FBI calls 'white'-on-black killings represent gang warfare between Hispanic and black gangs."

The real crime, according to former Garland, Texas, NAACP leader C.L. Bryant, is "exploiting" the Trayvon Martin tragedy to "racially divide this country. His family should be outraged at the fact that they're using this child as the bait to inflame racial passions."

(For a more candid treatise on "black America," read Bill Cosby's remarks on the NAACP's Gala Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.)

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What black men and women -- in fact men and women of any race and ethnic background -- should be protesting is the race-bait rhetoric of Obama and his poverty pimps, who promote the Democratic doctrines that perpetuate institutionalization of poverty and its resulting violent subcultures. As a friend said to me recently, "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, free food, transportation and housing, and he will vote Democrat for a lifetime."

George Zimmerman is scheduled to appear before a grand jury on 10 April, to determine if he will face charges in the death of Trayvon Martin. Black community agitators, with a little help from their Leftmedia friends, will use the next two weeks to whip their minions into full frenzy protest mode. If Zimmerman is not charged with murder, as already convicted by hoards of protestors, it may take a lot more than an "Obama beer summit" to restore order in several inner cities in Florida, and across the nation. (Miami, take note.) Additionally, regardless of the court's verdict, expect Obama to renew calls for "gun control."

For Obama's lemmings, facts are not "stubborn things." They are irrelevant things. Agenda is all that matters.

Meanwhile, there's a long and heartbreaking backlog of horrendous black-on-white hate crimes that continue to receive no national attention. Just one case in point would be the brutal torture, mutilation and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom by four black men in Knoxville, Tennessee -- a crime that has been subject to a near-complete "media blackout."

(Editor's Note: Do not be surprised if the Pulitzer Prize Board refuses to bestow any awards for this First Amendment exercise!)

Deus et Constitutione - Libertas aut Mortis!
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!

Mark Alexander
Publisher, The Patriot Post

In the Zimmerman- Martin case: What the Left wanted and what they actually got

Mar 30, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

In its panting and perverse charge to find an issue to ignite Black enthusiasm to vote for Barack Obama, the Left has run through a dark ally with a blindfold on. Predictably they have stepped on nails and smashed their face against some sharp objects.

When they heard the name George Zimmerman of Florida the Left immediately thought they had an eighty year old retired Jewish Democrat accountant originally from Queens New York. They thought maybe George Zimmerman was a runaway from the Democrat's Jewish plantation (Bob Dylan's real name is Zimmerman after all) who had gone NRA gun toting Republican TEA partier on them. They were wrong. George Zimmerman is a 28 year old self identified brown skinned Hispanic Democrat who they wish was an NRA member. He tutors Black children in his home and is not a TEA partier.

They looked at the picture of Trayvon Martin and fooled themselves into believing he ... Continue Reading:In the Zimmerman- Martin case: What the Left wanted and what they actually got

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American Minute March 29

Mar 29, 2012 06:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer

 Tenth President John Tyler was born MARCH 29, 1790.
He was the first Vice-President ever to assume the Presidency when William Henry Harrison died after only one month in office.
To mourn Harrison's death, President John Tyler's first act was to proclaim a National Day of Fasting and Prayer, in which he stated:
"When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men...and to supplicate His merciful protection for the future."
In his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1842, President John Tyler stated:
"The schoolmaster and the missionary are found side by side."
In his 4th Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1844, President John Tyler stated:
"The guaranty of religious freedom, of the freedom of the press, ... Continue Reading:American Minute March 29

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Obama, Holder silence spreads like gasoline, Panthers words strike the spark

Mar 29, 2012 02:13 pm | Coach Collins

 By Ron Reale, staff writer

 Do we really want to see how much money other people think removing someone from society is worth? President Obama and his fellow racist at the Dept. of Justice, Eric Holder, have nothing to say about the hate group the "New Black Panther Party," (or any group), putting a $10,000 "Dead Or Alive" bounty on any American citizen?

 The Panthers claim they only want to "capture" him, but in the same breath, say the violence their actions may cause is justified because their "Muslim beliefs" demand an "eye for an eye".

 Obviously, the Panthers motive is entirely racist, because you never hear a word of protest or concern from these great paragons of "justice" about the massive black-on-black death toll in our "inner cities" (Democrat Liberal plantation war zones), like Chicago come to mind.

 No "bounties" for those killers...I wonder why?

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'Do The Right Thing!': Watch a Fiery Beck Unload on Spike Lee for Tweeting Address of Elderly Couple

• Posted on March 28, 2012  by Tiffany Gabbay 

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California Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Arizona's SB 1070 BECAUSE IT WORKS!  The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next month in the case of Arizona's immigration enforcement law, SB 1070.
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DHS Agrees, Enforcement Decreased Arizona's Illegal Alien Population  The size of Arizona's undocumented-immigrant population has dropped significantly in recent years.
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RI Gov. Chafee Shows Lack of Knowledge of Immigration Law  In an interview with NBC 10 in Providence, Rhode Island, Governor Lincoln Chafee said that he would veto any bill that would allow for the use of the federal E-Verify program as state lawmakers consider legislation aimed at preventing the hiring of illegal immigrants.
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Atlanta Backtracks on Matricula Ordinance  Atlanta officials on Monday asked a state immigration enforcement panel to hold off.
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Border Deaths Drop  The Washington Times reports on claims by the illegal alien assistance group Human Rights Coalition (CDH by its Spanish acronym) that the rate of deaths of illegal aliens crossing into Arizona had increased since 2004.
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How Black Leaders Exploit Their People for Political and Financial Gain

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Today's Headlines:  Friday, March 30, 2012

Biden Blames High Unemployment on 'This God-Awful Recession We've Inherited'

Obama Administration Won't Prosecute Saudi It Claims Threatened to 'Blow Up White House'

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Pelosi: Rep. Bobby Rush 'Deserves a Great Deal of Credit for the Courage' to Break House Rules

Rep. Paul Ryan Endorses Romney: Time to 'Coalesce As Conservatives'

Recall Election Ordered for Wis. Gov. Scott Walker

Scalia on Obamacare Mandate: 'If the Government Can Do This, What Else Can It Not Do?'

House Passes Ryan Budget, With 10 Republicans Voting Against It

House Panel Plans to Subpoena Interior Department for Info on Job-Killing Oil Drilling Moratorium

Feminists Tout Obamacare for Providing 'Near Universal Access to Family Planning' and 'Contraception'

Ayatollah Khamanei Warns U.S.: Don't Intervene in Syria

Catholic Bishop: AZ Anti-Illegal Immigration Law 'May Inhibit The Church's Ability To Be The Church'

Ban on Caged Hens Causes Easter Egg Shortage in Europe

Odds of Winning $540M Jackpot: 1 in 76 Million

Rubio: 'We're Not the Netherlands' -- America's Defense Has Global Implications

COMMENTARY:

Whose Movie Is Propaganda?
By L. Brent Bozell III
It's more than a little shocking when someone makes a movie that deals harshly with abortion. This is Hollywood after all. Abortion is a feminist sacrament.

It's All About Race Now
By Patrick J. Buchanan
This whipped-up hysteria is not about finding the truth about what happened that night in Sanford, when George Zimmerman followed Trayvon Martin in his SUV, and the two wound up in a fight, with Trayvon dead. It is about the exacerbation of and the exploitation of racial conflict.

Eco-Scams Are as Easy as 'A123'
By Michelle Malkin
Betting on "smart grid" cronyism has been a bonanza for the well-connected - and a big, bad bet for taxpayers.


NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Senate defeats Obama-backed measure to kill 'Big Oil' tax breaks

Catholic student group to leave Vanderbilt campus over 'anyone allowed' policy
Obama tapes supportive message for Planned Parenthood
Dems fume over Justice Scalia's comments during healthcare case
Emanuel pushing $7.3 billion plan to rebuild Chicago's infrastructure
Murkowski invites Obama to 'milkshake' summit to discuss ANWR drilling
Judge rejects NATO protesters' request to march through Chicago Loop
Feds: Crips gang ran teen prostitution ring in Northern Virginia
White House vows no recess appointments
Canada scraps the penny to save money
 

 April 01, 2012 

Was This Trayvon Martin's Personal Twitter account?

Social media outlets like Twitter may offer some clues as to who Trayvon Martin was. Read some of the last tweets believed to be from the shooting victim HERE.

Are Those Gold Bars Real?

The price of gold has more than doubled in recent years. That kind of rise also inspires crimes related to gold sales. A tungsten-filled gold bar was found last week in the U.K. Find out why this should concern even non-owners of gold HERE.

A short video showing some of the intimidation tactics used by unions has gone viral on the Internet. This happened after Rush Limbaugh posted a tweet calling it a "must-see." The clip is part of a series created by the Workforce Fairness Institute. Watch it HERE.

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Why Did An MSNBC Host Interview An Empty Chair?  

One of the strangest media moments of the week happened on MSNBC's "Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell" when the easily-irritated host interviewed an empty chair. O'Donnell alleged that the lawyer for George Zimmerman was supposed to be his guest. What happened? Why was the chair empty? You'll have to watch HERE.   

Get Out The Bar Of Soap! Politicians Have Potty Mouths  

From the Blaze Blog comes a clip showing "Politicians Gone Wild." Inspired by Rick Santorum's calling "bullsh*t" on a NY Times reporter earlier in the week, this compilation features some of the biggest politicial names of the past 50 years sounding more like Longshoremen than Legislators. Watch it HERE.   

March 31, 2012   

'My God Will Wipe' The U.S. 'From The Face Of The Earth...'    

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is once again making hate-filled statements about Jews and just about anyone who doesn't agree with him. Get a preview of a revealing special coming to GBTV in two weeks HERE.  

Catholic Group Tells School 'We Will Not Comply, Bye-Bye'   

One of Vanderbilt University's largest faith groups is leaving the campus. Why? They don't agree with a school policy being forced on them. What mandate has Catholics packing their bags? Find out HERE.   

Atheists Talk Obama, Christianity, & God At The Reason Rally  

Faith Editor Billy Hallowell brought a Blaze camera crew to Washington DC last weekend to cover the large gathering known as the "Atheist Woodstock." Watch Billy meet the non-believers and hear their message to Christians HERE.   

Is Your State Among The 'Most Religious' Or 'Least Religious?'  

The Gallup Pollsters have released results from a new survey that shows where each state stands in terms of belief in God. See if your state is "Above Average, Average, or Below Average" (in terms of faith) HERE.   

VIDEO: The Ad From A NASCAR Driver You WON'T See On ESPN

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Early last week, the "700 Club's" Pat Robertson made a controversial statement while discussing one man's extramarital affairs with other men. It is Robertson's belief that the man's personal struggle with his sexuality "is somehow related to demonic possession." Watch the entire controversial segment HERE.   

What Does Tax Day Reveal About Our Politicians?  

CNN's Belief Blog invited Glenn Beck to write an op-ed for their website. The piece was called, "As We Shrink Government, Let's Grow Charitable Giving." Read Beck's thoughts on charity and learn about the charitable donations of President Obama and some of the GOP Presidential hopefuls HERE.