The Quote of the Decade:  

"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America 's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt weakens us domestically and internationally."

"Leadership means that, "the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."
 

In observing the OCCUPY activities over the past year or so, I surmised that their "first wave" was designed to serve as their learning curve, and that their puppet masters would then deploy them to mount "Wave Two", creating new and more vehement outrages, building on their experience.

That's now coming to pass.

Please relay this to other Tea Parties.

Lou Flanagan
The General Wayne Tea Party

From a reliable source:

1, Training for OCCUPY members & supporters was conducted around the U.S. this past weekend. We know of this because some Tea Party members infiltrated some training meetings and reported what they've learned.

2. The training was conducted in cities, towns and even smaller communities. Every trainer was equipped with a DVD, handouts and a training manual, and urged to recruit others.

3. The training included specific instructions to attend Tea Party activities - meetings, rallies and town halls

3. At such Tea Party events, they were instructed to  instigate confrontations and disruption. My source added, '... remember that they are well trained, well funded, extremely well organized and directed.  This is no longer the ragtag bunch of fools who are clueless about what they are there for - they are still ragtag but now they have marching orders and each group will have an even better trained leader(s)".

4. My source also said, "...the OCCUPY movement has gone from semi-organic to fully supported and organized - and as I wrote before (and provided the links to prove this) - they are backed by the Communist and Socialist parties, UAW, SEIU, ACORN, myriad other communist/socialist organizations, Moveon.org, and of course, one of the key money people is George Soros.  This collection of 'sponsors' has no good intentions; moreover they are providing tents, food, water, sleeping bags, entertainment, drugs and more.  And they have insider's in key roles of leaders to incite and whip these people into a frenzy".

5. How should Tea Party members handle any "situations"? My suggestions:

    1. For your upcoming events, contact your local law enforcement chief well in advance and appraise him or her of your concerns.
    2. Share this heads up with your news media - print and broadcast outlets - in advance. Do not wait until stuff happens.
    3. Ask your members to have the phone number of the local law enforcement people on their speed dial
    4. Ask members to bring a video camera with sound
    3..At our weekly sidewalk rallies, I'll call the police first, but if things look bad, I'll instruct my members to leave as soon as something starts. There's no use in engaging in a dispute with them because they will escalate it.
    4.If they crash a meeting, call the police. Police have a handy thing in their toolkit called, "Inciting to riot" which around here is good for thirty days in the slammer.

6. One purpose of their disruptions will be to create "news", in which your Tea Party appears in headlines about violence or disturbances. The other purpose is the disruption itself.

7. Be aware that the date May 1st, May Day, is a traditional big day with lefties of all types, who know it as "International Workers Day".   I've seen a separate report that OCCUPY is planning "something big" for that date, but I have no other confirmation about it.

    Regards,
    Lou


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Voter's Guide - Urgent information  

April 12, 2012                               

Dear Patriots, 

As a businessman, father and grandfather I believe that we have reached a historic crossroad where we have been forced to either fight for a serious change in direction or suffer the loss of what we currently hold dear.  Unfortunately, most persons have been convinced that they should do very little or nothing at all. 

I was recently at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference where a very stark revelation was made clear.  A question was asked of the 700 plus people in the auditorium:  "How many persons here believe that you have had it better than your parents?"   I believe that everyone raised their hand.  The speaker then asked "How many of you believe that your children will have it as good as you?"  Every hand went down.

Personally, I believe along with many others that we are in very serious trouble.  We are a very short distance from the rioting in the streets as we see in countries like Greece.  Our politicians are not seriously addressing the problems.  They continue to bribe the American public with money that is not theirs.

This overspending is not only dishonest and unethical; it is immoral and must be stopped if we have any real hope for our children and grandchildren.

Please take the time to review the voter's guide at the link provided.  You will see that there is only one candidate for US Senate who we can really count on to stand firm against the establishment pressure for "spending as usual."  The other candidates may be a help, but we do not know for certain how they will eventually vote on important issues and we honestly think they will compromise on many fronts.

Churches have every right to make this information available in bulk to the congregation and the general public.  They are not allowed to tell persons who to vote for, but they can tell everyone that there is a voting guide available for the Primary Election and challenge people to do their part.

Please get involved by distributing this Voter's Guide to as many persons as possible, especially at the polls on April 24.  Do not let this opportunity escape us.

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 Thank you Jeff and Brenda Ney for this fantastic explanation!   For those of you who have asked how you can respond to people about the negative attack ads against Sam, this is information that my husband put together. I hope it helps you as you interact with people both before and on election day.


1. The pay raise vote was NOT unconstitutional. The vote was COMPLETELY within the law. This charge by Smith is a BALD FACE LIE!. The part that was unconstitutional was the action of the State House leadership AFTER the vote, when they tried to take the raise in the same year it was enacted. They also added in an increase in unvouchered expense reimbursement also to be taken in the same year. The State Constitution only allows an increase in benefits to take place after next election cycle, to allow voters the choice of removing those that would vote for an increase in benefits.

With that being said, Sam was one of a handful of ethical legislators that fought to REPEAL the newly enacted law, and they were successful with, Ed Rendell signing the repeal on November 16, 2005.    Bottom line SAM NEVER TOOK THE PAY RAISE OR ANY INCREASE IN PER DIEM EXPENSES! PERIOD!

2. The Pension issue. While Sam voted way back in 2001 to increase state pensions, he did so based on faulty, untruthful projection numbers given by Governor Ridge at the time. It as not MASSIVE. It totaled about 17%. He also apogized for his vote in many public forum owning up to his mistake.     SEND THEM THIS LINK
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_664066.html

3. 'Billed Taxpayers over $14,000 in 'personal expenses'.

First of all, they are NOT personal expenses. The State House has a LAWFUL per diem reimbursement for expenses while conducting State business on State time. The lawmakers do not 'bill' the state for their expenses, they fill out an expense report like everyone does in business. Rohrer has been consistently in the bottom 5% for the use of these monies. A fact this hit piece fails to acknowledge. After numerous Google searches, I was unable to find the article referenced in the hit piece.

Lastly, you can tell people that these false advertisements show the true character of a candidate. Tell them if Smith is lying to you now, how can you ever trust him to tell the truth once in office. You might also tell them he is spending over $250,000 a year on the political consultants that help him put together these hit pieces and that he is voted in 19 straight Democratic primaries for Democratic candidates before turning Republican.

It's easy to attack the record of another when you have NO VOTING RECORD YOURSELF!!! 
I hope this helped you.

Jeff Ney

--   Brenda Ney
Berks County Chair
Rohrer for US Senate  www.rohrerforsenate.org     

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An extremely important movie is coming this summer - Dinesh D'Souza - Obama & 2016

Dinesh D'Souza is author of many New York Times best sellers.  The movie is from Gerald R. Molen, producer of Academy Award Winning Schindler's List.

It explains in plain language who Barack Obama really is, what he stands for, and the dangers of him being reelected for another four years.

Watch this short informative video preview of this movie which came out only yesterday and share it with others.  It has already been seen by over 18,000 people.  Within a very short time it will have been seen by millions!  After you see the preview, listen to what Dinesh has to say about Obama.  Please take the time to hear this and pass it on.

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George W. Bush to speak in Pennsylvania on GOP presidential primary day

 

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Former President George W. Bush will deliver a speech in Pennsylvania on the day of the state's GOP presidential primary. Bush is the only prominent politician in his family that has not made an endorsement in the 2012 presidential race.

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His father, former President George H. W. Bush is the most recent member of the Bush family to endorse former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for president.

Bush reportedly asked Romney if his son had endorsed him for president yet.

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

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

Classes listed in Blue have been posted on YouTube and can be viewed by clicking on the link for each class below. 

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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. 

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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.

Breakfast with Congressman Pat Meehan 

RJC Philadelphia Chapter

Congressman Patrick Meehan (PA-7) recently returned from a visit to Israel, Jordan, Turkey and the Palestinian Authority and will provide the RJC with an update and overview of his visit.    Thursday, May 3 

Registration and breakfast at 7:30am  

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John Stossel joined Fox Business Network (FBN) in 2009. He hosts "Stossel," a weekly program highlighting current consumer issues with a libertarian viewpoint, which debuted. His first shows covered health care, global warming, the novel Atlas Shrugged, "food police", and the Road to Serfdom.

Prior to joining FBN, Stossel co-anchored ABC's prime-time news magazine show, 20/20. There he contributed in-depth special reports and recurring segments on a variety of consumer topics, from pop culture to government and business.

John Stossel's new book, "No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-but Individuals Succeed,"argues: "There ought not to be a law." Stossel explains how politicians promise to solve problems by passing laws, but the laws invariably make our problems worse.  

Why don't we learn? Because our brains don't intuit well about complex situations. After thousands of years of taking orders from tribal elders, after years of obeying our parents, we are programmed to think that anytime there is a problem, whether it's companies going bankrupt or schools keeping kids stupid, government action is the way to solve it. Using his decades of reporting, Stossel tackles how those intuitive, knee-jerk reactions lead us astray.

Central planning sounds right. It feels good. But it has nothing to do with the realities of economics and science. There is nothing that government can do that we cannot do better as free individuals - and as groups of individuals, working together voluntarily, not at the point of a gun or under threat of a fine.

May 31st The Patrick Henry Award will be Presented to Glenn Beck

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

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U.S. Senator Bob Casey

 

WASHINGTON -- Everyone, it seems, wants Bob Casey's job.

Who wouldn't? The U.S. senator from Pennsylvania has one of Washington's most sought-after offices outside the White House.

His third-floor space in the Russell Senate Office Building was once occupied by the young Sen. John F. Kennedy. Four 8-by-10 shots on the wall show that Mr. Kennedy's desk was in the spot now reserved for office visitors who perch on a yellow couch to meet with Mr. Casey.

The office space, though, doesn't go with the job. Offices are assigned by seniority. Mr. Casey got the coveted spot when its prior occupant, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., took over Joe Biden's office when the Delaware senator became vice president.

That's something Steve Welch, Tom Smith, Sam Rohrer, Marc Scaringi, David Christian and Joe Vodvarka ought to know.

The five Republicans and one Democrat -- Mr. Vodvarka -- are on the ballot to unseat the one-term U.S. senator from Scranton. John Kensinger wants a shot, too. The Bedford County pharmacist is running as a write-in candidate after failing to collect enough signatures to appear on the Republican primary ballot.

Recent polls show no clear frontrunner in the Republican contest, but indicate that Mr. Casey would beat any of them if the general election were held today.

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RedState Morning Briefing

For April 18, 2012

1. War on Dogs?

If you're just tuning in, Ann Romney says that the Romney family dog liked riding on the roof of their car. The dog cage, Romney supporters say, had a windshield or something.

The left has had a field day with this. But then the Romney campaign struck back. Barack Obama is a dog eater. Well, he was as a boy. The weed and cocaine tries were in high school and college. Eating dog was in his youth. Calm down left-wing people upset with me for daring to mention any of this. All are documented in his autobiography, Dreams of my Father. Autobiography means he kind of sort of spilled the beans himself.

This caused a stir on twitter with conservatives participating in a twitter hashtag game: #ObamaDogRecipes. My personal contributions were Escar-Bo and Bo Mein. I was pretty fond of Hound Cake and German Shepard Pie too.

You'd think we'd have dealt with all of this on both sides four years ago, but alas the media didn't really want to aggressively vet Barack Obama in 2008 and Mitt Romney didn't make it past March.

2. WI-GOV Recall Democrats running on... property tax hikes?

If states are really the laboratories of democracy, then apparently Wisconsin is the place where all the mad scientists go to cook up the latest abomination of science with which to terrify the populace. And one case in point is the way that the Democratic party in Wisconsin has decided to run with the novel platform of explicitly offering to raise other people's taxes in order to maintain certain Democratic cronies' current-but-threatened standard of living.

I simply cannot come up with a sarcastic comment worthy of that particular brainstorm. Sorry.

3. For Some Republicans, Free Markets are Gone With the Wind

One of the most appalling features of Obama's presidency is the expansion of green venture socialism on behalf of corporate cronies who helped finance his campaign. Obama's use of stimulus funds to distort the energy market with subsidies and loans to unprofitable solar energy companies has become the hallmark of his presidency, and it has theoretically provided us with a potent political weapon. Yet for some reason a bunch of Republicans - many of whom reside in red states - are doing the same thing on behalf of Big Wind. Has anyone explained why picking Solar as a winner is liberal, while picking Wind is conservative?

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Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for April 18, 2012

Reuters

Under fire over high gas prices, Obama calls for tighter curbs on oil market ... 

FOX News

Subway bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi takes stand in trial Adis Medunjanin 

New York Daily News

Panel Upends Egypt Election

The Wall Street Journal

Latest Heritage Research:

TESTIMONY ON APRIL 17, 2012

Pursuing Universal Retirement Security Through Automatic IRAs and Account Simplification 

Just as you called your liberal friends on Adolf Hitler's birthday,  

annoy the heck out of them by doing it again on the anniversary of Hitler's death (April 30) and offer your profound condolences.

When they get cross, tell them you feel their pain. As a conservative, you know how hard it is to be persecuted for holding views some find unfashionable. Say you won't condemn them for being socialist fellow travelers of Herr Hitler and that their secret is safe just so long as they agree not to try any of that Sieg Heil stuff when your kids are anywhere nearby.  

Clinton Dangerously Inconsistent on Palestinian Funding

Steve Emerson

'We will not deal with nor in any way fund a Palestinian government...until Hamas has renounced violence, recognized Israel and agreed to...previous obligations of the Palestinian Authority." She then went on to approve $147 million in aid.

BENADOR: Israel's Enemy within: Judeophobic Godless Zionist Governments   Apr 17, 2012 11:30 am

by Eliana Benador
"...  That men may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord, are the most high over all the earth."  Psalm 83
  Many are wondering why would the Israeli government put a trap on their own valiant IDF soldiers?

Paving the Coptic Way to Jerusalem   Apr 17, 2012 10:00 am

Late last week Egyptian Copts in Cairo booked private airline flights to Jerusalem to celebrate Easter holy week.

Soon after, the joy they anticipated turned to anger when they faced rejection by a Coptic priest at the door of Jerusalem's Saint Helena Chapel on Coptic Palm Sunday.

This unlikely denial is understood only by comprehending the unlikelihood of the trip, for it was the first of its kind (a direct flight from Cairo airport to Ben Gurion airport) since the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty of 1979 signed by Sadat.

Unfortunately, for Egyptian Copts, the intervention of an edict issued by their Pope Shenouda III in the same year known as, "the law that forbids Copts to travel to Jerusalem," superseded the peace treaty.

Turkey's Strategy   Apr 17, 2012 09:56 am

Turkey is re-emerging as a significant regional power. In some sense, it is in the process of returning to its position prior to World War I when it was the seat of the Ottoman Empire. But while the Ottoman parallel has superficial value in understanding the situation, it fails to take into account changes in how the global system and the region work. Therefore, to understand Turkish strategy, we need to understand the circumstances it finds itself in today.

The Strange Case of Jonathan Pollard   Apr 17, 2012 09:14 am

Israeli President Shimon Peres wrote President Barack Obama a letter last week asking him to commute the prison sentence of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, now in his 27^th year of incarceration. This followed the request by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who first read his letter from the podium of the Knesset, Israel's legislature, on January 4, 2011 prior to its delivery to The White House.

Illiteracy Goes Mainstream   Apr 17, 2012 09:00 am

It was somewhat disorienting. An article in my local paper mentioned that a ninth-grade teacher was reading a book aloud to her students. When she tried to stop, they demanded, "No, keep going."

Overthrowing Environmentalism   Apr 17, 2012 12:12 am

In 1517 Martin Luther set off the Protestant revolution against the Catholic Church that led to the spread of the then-new movement as a response to the corruption of the Church. It took time for it to establish itself as an alternative and was greatly aided by the invention of printing and spread of literacy, but mostly because ordinary people had grown weary of the Church's extravagance, poor governance, and resistance to change.

U. S. Legislative Immigration Update April 16, 2012   Apr 16, 2012 06:33 pm

Right Side News Reports from the·Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in this legislative weekly including: Cook County Thumbs Nose at ICE,DHS Renews Efforts for Virtual Border Fence,Colorado Senate Votes to Subsidize Tuition for Illegal Aliens, ICE Negotiates with Obama's Uncle, and Alabama Lawmakers Hold Hearing to Dismantle Immigration Enforcement

Swing Low Sweet Sharia   Apr 16, 2012 03:52 pm

The play within the play
In October 2011 an extraordinary opportunity to apprehend the ill-defined "Middle East" conflict was offered in the form of a play within the play. Discourse was disabled by flesh and blood images acting out the drama with exquisite unity and perfect casting. Playing the role of Israel, Gilad Shalit, courageous survivor of five years of unspeakable deprivation, emerged frail, pale but gloriously resistant.

A Death Bounty and an Attorney General   Apr 16, 2012 03:45 pm
 

One can be forgiven for wondering what level of New Black Panther Party (NBPP) thuggery is sufficient to warrant the attention of Florida law enforcement officials or, seemingly, the most myopic U.S. attorney general to ever head the Department of Justice. On March 24th, New Black Panther Party leader Mikhail Muhammad offered a $10,000 bounty for the "capture" of Zimmerman and publicly stated that Zimmerman "should be fearful for his life." Fellow Panthers distributed wanted posters calling Zimmerman a "child killer" and offering that bounty "dead or alive." And in a mind-boggling rant during a conference call, Michelle Williams, Chief of Staff for the Tampa, FL branch of the NBPP, told Party members to get ready for a "race war."

"Greenbacks" Energy Boondoggles versus Real Energy   Apr 16, 2012 03:43 pm

Government tax and subsidy schemes waste billions. We need real energy and jobs.

Having had it with $4-per-gallon gasoline and the Obama Administration's squandering billions of taxpayer dollars on phony "green" energy schemes, angry voters have told their senators "Enough!"

BENADOR: American Military, Sergeant Bales, Obama and Afghans   Apr 16, 2012 11:34 am

by Eliana Benador  

"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing -after they've tried everything else."  Sir Winston Churchill

We Are All George Zimmerman   Apr 16, 2012 10:57 am

Andy Warhol predicted that in the future everyone would be world-famous for 15 minutes. What he neglected to mention was that they were just as likely to be infamous. Zimmerman had decorated his flyers and website with the famous quotation attributed to Edmund Burke, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good men do nothing."

Israel 50 Years From Now

Khaled Abu Toameh: Why Is Jordan Keeping Out Palestinian Refugees?

King Abdullah of Jordan meets with PA President Mahmoud Abbas
Photo Credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90

More than 1,000 Palestinians who fled the violence in Syria and were hoping to find temporary shelter in Jordan, have been stranded along the border between Syria and Jordan for the past few weeks. The Jordanian authorities have thus far refused to allow them into the kingdom.

The Jordanian authorities have set up a makeshift refugee camp along the border with Syria, where the Palestinians are being held in tents, with poor sanitary conditions.

Jordan's treatment of Palestinian refugees is not uncommon for an Arab country. Lebanon and Egypt have also refused to grant asylum to the fleeing Palestinians. This is also not the first time that an Arab country keeps Palestinians waiting on the border. In the past, Palestinians have also been denied entry into Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Libya.

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LIB-SPEAK V - A LEFTY-CON FOR THE AGE OF OBAMA
GrassTopsUSA Exclusive Commentary
By Don Feder
04/17/2012

         This is the fifth installment in my series on liberal language manipulation.

         Because the left controls the culture (including academia and the news media) it usually gets to define the terms of political debate. Liberal terminology comes with built-in assumptions. Catch phrases repeated by rote shape voters' perceptions on a wide range of issues. Only by debunking these clichés can we help the public to begin to think critically about the issues to which they relate.

         Republican War On Women - This compliments the alleged Republican War on the Poor, the Republican War on the Middle Class, the Republican War on Minorities, and the Republican War on Disabled Widows and Homeless Orphans. According to the left, Republicans have sworn eternal enmity to every demographic - save geriatric billionaires whose wealth comes from strip mining and the sale of tobacco products.

         Current charges of a GOP assault on the fair sex come from L'affaire Fluke.

         Sandra Fluke is the third-year Georgetown Law student who, at a forum staged by Nancy Pelosi, demanded that the Catholic institution facilitate her sexual activity by providing her with contraceptives (through its student health plan), contravening Church doctrine. Because some Republicans stood up for freedom of religion, the party is said to be composed of misogynists who want to see women unshod, popping out babies in rapid succession and married to men in wife-beater shirts.

         There is a war on women that's more than hyperbolic. Thanks to feminists, women enjoy much higher rates of divorce, poverty (due to female-headed households), addiction, mental illness and sexually transmitted diseases than three decades ago. Gender-selection abortion has extended the war on women to the womb.

         The contempt for women who devote themselves to their families full-time is reflected in Hillary Rosen's sneering comment that Ann Romney (mother of five) "never worked a day in her life." Making a home isn't work. Raising children isn't work. Devising campaign strategies for the party of plunder - that's work.

         There is a global war on women, reflected in polygamy, honor killings, genital mutilation and reducing women to the status of chattel. These are daily occurrences in the Muslim world, and in Muslim communities in the West, committed in the name of Islam. The left's response is to pretend it's not happening. For liberals to complain would call into question the premise that Islam is a benevolent belief system.

         To top it off, the champions of womankind have savaged the economy, created chronic unemployment, pushed up the price of energy to record levels and ruined the home-mortgage market - making it harder for young families to own their own homes.

         But if you're a single woman, soon to be earning a six-figure income, who wants to compel the Catholic Church to pay for your contraceptives - they've got you covered.

         The 99% versus the 1% - Popularized by the Occupy Wall Street movement, this is classic Marxist class-warfare rhetoric.

         In this scenario, the top 1% of wage earners are pitted against the bottom 99%. Republican policies are said to benefit the super-rich at the expense of the overwhelming majority. BTW, you don't have to be a billionaire or even a millionaire to make it in the 1-percenters club, just have an adjusted gross income of $343,927.

         If the proverbial system is rigged for the upper-upper crust, why is it that in 2009, the top 1% earned 16.9% of income, but paid 36.73% of all Federal personal income taxes? (The top 5%, over $154,643 in AGI, paid a whopping 58.66% of income taxes.)

         The dogma that the GOP is the party of the "haves" and the Democrats the party of the "have-nots" is refuted by reality. The super-rich - including Bill Gates, George Soros, Warren Buffett, Ted Turner, David Rockefeller and Oprah Winfrey - regularly give to leftwing causes, including Democrat campaigns.

         Actor George Clooney will host a $40,000-a-plate Obama fundraiser at his 7,000+ square-foot Los Angeles home. There, the president will have another opportunity to profess his abiding affection for the middle class, at a function where donors will pay the equivalent of a middle-class salary for a year for a dinner of grass-fed beef and twice-baked potatoes. When the poor have cried, Obama hath hied himself to Martha's Vineyard for another vacation at an estate that rents for $50,000 a week.

         According to Roll Call, of the 10 richest members of Congress in 2011, seven were Democrats, including Senators John Kerry (net worth: $193 million), Jay Rockefeller ($82 million), Mark Warner ($76 million), Frank Lautenberg ($55 million) and Dianne Feinstein ($45 million).

         Apparently, the 1% are totally feckless when it comes to elections. In the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama got 52% of the vote of those with annual earnings over $200,000, against 46% for John McCain.

         Despite what grubby materialists think, Americans rarely vote according to income (except for net tax-consumers), but are more likely to perceive their political interests based on ideology, religion or another factor.

         Government often benefits the top 1%, but not in ways OWS imagines. Thanks to big government, ordinary Americans see their incomes taxed away or diminished by inflation, while the very rich often benefit from the subsidies distributed to favored businesses.

         Out-of-Step With A Majority of Americans - This is one of the left's favorite ploys to foreclose debate. Thus, when actor Kirk Cameron said he didn't believe in same-sex marriage, and thought homosexual behavior was "detrimental and destructive," the Gay and Lesbian Advocates And Defenders shot back that Cameron is "out of step with a growing majority of Americans." Would those be the voters of 33 states which have passed defense-of-marriage amendments to their state constitutions?

         Anyway, morality isn't determined by counting heads. Being in the majority doesn't confer a special moral status. Majorities are wrong as often as they're right. In the 1950s, most Americans either thought segregation was okay, or not worth getting worked up about.

         You know who else was out-of-step with a majority of Americans of their day - George Washington (at the outset of the Revolution, only about 1/3 of colonists supported independence) and Abraham Lincoln, who only won a plurality of the vote in 1860. Throughout most of the 1930s, Winston Churchill was a lone voice warning against German rearmament and territorial ambition, shunned by his party and ignored by the British public.

         The left uses the out-of-step argument very selectively. According to opinion surveys and referenda votes, liberals are out-of-touch with sizeable majorities on abortion, capital punishment, same-sex marriage, racial preferences, immigration reform, Obama-Care and closing the budget deficit with spending cuts instead of tax hikes.

         It's a silly game, but what else do they have? If you can't make reasoned arguments, simply declare that the march of human progress, seen in ever-changing views of the majority, is on your side.

         Excess Profits - "Excess" (too much) "profit" (return on investment). So, what's an excessive return on the investment a business makes to earn a profit - 10%, 25%, 100%? And based on what criteria, other than envy, greed or an opportunity to scapegoat?

         If there is such a thing as excess profits, why not excess wages - especially in the public workforce? A recent analysis by two economists for the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that with salary and benefits, state and local workers are paid 10% to 21% more than those in the private sector doing comparable work. Another important distinction: Absent government interference, profits are set by the marketplace. The wages of public employees are determined by politicians vying for the support of their unions.

         It's usually oil companies that are charged with making excess profits. By killing energy exploration and development, government drives up the price at the pump. Instead of admitting the role their policies have played, politicians blame oil companies which see their reserves increase in value.

         In January, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (who does a fair imitation of Wesley Mouch) introduced legislation for a Reasonable Profits Board to determine when an oil company's profits are unreasonable. Upon such a finding, the Board would be authorized to tax away up to 100% of the so-called excess. The legislation, co-sponsored by five other Marxists, has yet to move. I've got a deal for them: They can siphon off energy companies' "excess profits," if executives of said companies get to set congressional salaries.

         What about excess losses? The company that posts a 50% profit one year could be drowning in red ink the next?

         Doing business in this country - trying to satisfy consumer demand and keep up with ever-changing technology, while fighting off the heavy hand of government - is risky at the best of times. If we penalize a corporation for earning too much, should we reward it for earning too little? But if we want rewards based on failure, why don't we urge corporations to close their doors and have their directors go into politics?

         Independent Voters - The media regularly genuflect to this self-defined group, using them as a prod to drive Republican candidates leftward.

         Especially after a contested primary, Republicans are warned that they must surrender the values they professed during the primary season or alienate independents, who are said to favor moderate (wishy-washy) positions.

         Democrats are never subjected to similar advice. When was the last time you heard the drive-by media musing that if Democrats didn't abandon their radical redistributionist rhetoric or stop advocating extreme social policies (abortion as a euphemism for infanticide and transgendered bathrooms) they risked alienating independent voters? That's a rhetorical question.

         Independent voters are reputed to be engaged, judicious and willing to suspend judgment until they've carefully weighed candidates' records and positions.

         In reality, they usually fall into one of three groups: 1.Those who think the label carries with it an aura of open-mindedness and sagacity 2. Those so disgusted by both parties that they don't want to be identified with either - but usually vote for the candidates of one or the other and 3. Those who care so little about who will govern the nation that they put off making a decision until Election Day.

         Self-congratulatory posturing or apathy accounts for the growing popularity of the label. In a May 2011 Pew Center survey, 36% of voters said they were independent. This equals a 70-year high reached in 1992.

         If a Republican runs to the middle in a general election, he risks alienating his base, to pick up votes that may go to his opponent anyway.

         Candidates who abandon (or modify) previously held positions for political advantage are self-professed liars.

         Either they lied to primary voters, to one extent or another, to win the nomination - or they're lying now to general-election voters to win in November. Of course, with politicians there's always the possibility that they have no firm principles and thus lied on both occasions.

Other Articles In The Series:

Lib-Speak I - A Lexicon For The Age Of Obama
Lib-Speak II - A Left-Icon For The Age Of Obama
Lib-Speak III - A Left-Icon For The Age Of Obama
Lib-Speak IV - A Left-Icon For The Age Of Obama

Don Feder is a former Boston Herald writer who is now a political/communications consultant. He also maintains his own website, DonFeder.com.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 203 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Obama's Solution: Less Oil, More Regulation

With the national average of gas hovering around $4.00 a gallon, Barack Obama is feeling the pain at the pump. A Fox News poll found that 87% of voters think rising gas prices are a serious threat to the economy.

More voters (24%) blame the Obama Administration and the federal government rather than "Big Oil" (19%) for the spike in prices. And 50% of voters think Obama could do more to bring prices down, but won't because his of support for the radical environmental movement and his hatred of fossil fuels.

So today, Obama offered his solution to the problem of rising gas prices: More regulation and bigger government. Specifically, Obama wants to give the government more power to crack down on what he called speculation in the energy market. Reuters followed up on the president's press conference this morning with a report headlined: "Obama Plan To Increase Oversight Of Oil Markets."

Call me skeptical, but I predict this won't have any impact on your pain at the pump. To begin with, this is not a new proposal. Consider this headline from April 21, 2011: "U.S. to Investigate Fraud in Energy Markets." Been there; done that. And prices are still going up. Do we need any more evidence that this administration is running on empty and out of ideas?

Democrats have been playing rhetorical games with energy for years. In 2006, they blamed the Bush Administration for oil price hikes and demanded investigations of alleged price gouging. In 2008, Nancy Pelosi blamed the "two oil men in the White House" for high gas prices.

Obama and his Democrat allies are great at pointing fingers. But what they won't do is allow our energy industry to do what it does best. The Bush Administration tried repeatedly to allow more drilling in Alaska. Democrats went so far as to filibuster the Defense budget to prevent it.

And since taking office Obama has done nothing but bash the oil industry, threaten to raise its taxes, restrict drilling on public lands, and subsidize "green" failures like Solyndra. As a result, gas prices have doubled since Obama took office, and now he's worried that voters are starting to notice.


Scandals Shake Obama's Washington

House Republicans are turning up the heat today on the Obama Administration's waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars. Hearings on Capitol Hill continued for a second day into the General Services Administration's Las Vegas conference that cost taxpayers more than $800,000.

GSA Inspector General Brian Miller said today, "Every time we turned over a stone we found 50 more with all kinds of things crawling out." Criminal charges are now likely. One GSA official apparently drank "a fifth" in Las Vegas on your dime then "took the fifth" at a congressional hearing yesterday.

On another scandal front, the Secret Service has revoked the security clearances of 11 agents charged with soliciting prostitutes in Colombia. According to ABC News the agents "allegedly bragged 'we work for Obama' and 'we're here to protect him.'" Worse, they reportedly had copies of the president's schedule with them while they were in the brothel, raising concerns about a security breach.

Meanwhile, the front page of today's Washington Post reports that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta's weekend trips to his California home have cost taxpayers "more than $800,000 since July." Granted, Panetta has a serious job with some special requirements. But even the Post notes that Panetta's travel tab comes at a time when "Pentagon leaders say they are scraping by to adjust to a new era of austerity." While we are closing bases and cutting troops, can we really justify "$3,200 per hour" to fly Mr. Panetta home?

Barack Obama said he would end corruption and change the culture of Washington. But the bureaucrats are more reckless than ever and the spending of your hard-earned money is totally out-of-control. In 203 days, the American people can decide if they like the status quo. I am betting the answer is NO!


Buffett Rule A Bust

The Buffett rule charade is over -- for now at least. The Democrat Senate failed to muster the necessary support last night to advance debate on a proposed bill to raise taxes on "millionaires and billionaires." The vote fell largely along party lines with one Republican -- Sen. Susan Collins of Maine -- voting with the Democrats in support of the Buffett rule, while two Democrats -- Pryor of Arkansas and Liebermann of Connecticut -- opposed it.

I'm willing to give Collins a pass on this one, since the alternative in Maine is a left-wing Democrat guaranteed to be against us 100% of the time. But there are plenty of Democrats in conservative-leaning states who should be vulnerable for voting to raise taxes and who routinely vote against us.

But here's the point I want to focus on. Harry Reid knew the Buffett rule would never pass the Senate and, even if it did, it was dead on arrival in the GOP House of Representatives. Just like Obama's oil speculation crackdown, the Buffett rule was never a serious proposal. Despite all the hype, it was an "insanely political gimmick."

But when House Republicans proposed their "cut, cap and balance" strategy to rein in spending, the media mocked it, saying, "Everyone knows this is going nowhere in the Democrat Senate" -- if they even bothered to mention it at all.

Unfortunately, we haven't heard the last of the Buffett rule. Obama and the Occupy Wall Street movement are driven by class warfare and envy. Desperate to "spread the wealth around," their goal isn't to solve our fiscal crisis, but to convince you that raising taxes is the right thing to do. Once we go down that road, first by taxing millionaires and billionaires, then they inevitably will raise them on everyone.


The Madness Of Media Matters

Every organization that seeks tax exempt status from the IRS is required to file a form stating the organization's mission and purpose. The Daily Caller has gotten a copy of this form for the George Soros-funded outfit Media Matters. Here is the justification Media Matters gave for seeking non-profit status:

"Media Matters for America (MMA) believes that news reporting and analysis by the American media, with its eye on profit margin and preservation of the status quo, has become biased. It is common for news and commentary by the press to present viewpoints that tend to overly promote corporate interests, the rights of the wealthy, and a conservative, Christian-influenced ideology."

Media Matters has made no secret of its left-wing ideology. But just how deranged do you have to be after watching the typical 24-news cycle to believe that the American media "overly promote" free enterprise, the rich and "conservative, Christian" values?

I have no idea what conservative, Christian bias Media Matters sees out there, and neither do the American people. Consider these findings from a September 2011 Gallup poll:

• Only 44% of Americans had a great deal or fair amount of trust in the mass media. Why such a low number?
• Only 36% said the media were "about right" in their coverage.
• 60% said the media were biased. But only 13% felt the media were "too conservative," while 47% said the media were "too liberal."

Quote Of The Day

Here's Jay Leno summarizing the Obama years:

"President Obama released his tax returns. It turns out he made $900,000 less in 2011 than he did in 2010. You know what that means? Even Obama is doing worse under President Obama."

Today's Headlines:  Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Georgetown Invites Sandra Fluke to Talk to Undergrads About Contraception; Bans 'Outside Press'

Brady Campaign President: NRA Put 'the Gun in George Zimmerman's Hands'

Kagan on Going from Obama's Solicitor to Supreme Court Justice: 'Sometimes I Think the Job Doesn't Really Change at All'
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Subsidized, Bankrupt Solyndra Managers Got $368,500 in Court-Ordered Bonuses

Beyond Health Care: HHS Aims to Help Elderly, Disabled People 'Live Productive, Satisfying Lives'

GSA Exec in Charge of $800,000 Las Vegas Conference Refuses to Give Even His Title to Oversight Cmte

Stay-At-Home Parents Could Face Credit Denial Under Banking Law

Democrat-Led Senate Rejects 'Buffett Rule' Taxes on Wealthy

Criminal Charges Recommended in GSA Scandal

Obama Administration Says Its Response to N. Korea's Provocations Is Tougher Than Bush's

COMMENTARY:

Bibi's Dilemma -- and Barack's
By Patrick J. Buchanan
If there is no U.S. attack on Iran by November, and Obama wins re-election, there may never be a U.S. attack on Iran.

Good Economists
By Walter E. Williams
I'd be worthless as an adviser to either the White House or Congress because if they asked me what they should do to get the economy going, I'd answer, "Do nothing!" Let's look at it.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Hoping for just a little change, 200, 000 bankruptcy filers are paying with their tax refunds

Apr 17, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

 Bled white and destroyed by Barack Obama's "hope and change" hundreds of thousands of Americans have been forced to use tax refunds to pay the filing costs of their bankruptcies. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) reports that bankruptcy lawyers have seen an increase in personal bankruptcies filings which follow this pattern: many clients are filing bankruptcy soon after receiving their tax refunds.     

 This has been especially true since a law passed in 2005 made bankruptcy more costly and more difficult.  For some people,  in Barack Obama's upside down America as fast as money comes in it goes to buy a bankruptcy file number. There are no plans for vacations or buying a new car for many people. As one bankruptcy lawyer explained the situation, "If people are expecting a big refund, they go as fast as they can to a tax preparer. They need the money so they can afford to ... Continue Reading:Hoping for just a little change, 200, 000 bankruptcy filers are paying with their tax refunds

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American Minute April 16

Apr 16, 2012 06:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer

 On APRIL 16, 1859, French historian Alexis de Tocqueville died.
After nine months of traveling the United States, he wrote Democracy in America in 1835, which has been described as "the most comprehensive...analysis of character and society in America ever written."
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote:
"Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention...
In France I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom marching in opposite directions.
But in America I found they were intimately united."
De Tocqueville continued:
"The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other...
They brought with them into the New World a form of Christianity which I cannot better describe than by styling ... Continue Reading:American Minute April 16

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Sweet Schadenfreude: States that love Obama are paying the highest gas prices!

Apr 16, 2012 02:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

A review of current gasoline prices reveals an interesting fact. There is a solid relationship between the pump price of gas and local support for Barack Obama. The higher the chances of Obama winning a state, the higher the gas prices its residents are paying.  

The deep blue bastions of California Illinois Washington D.C, and New York pay the highest prices for gasoline and the reddest states like  Wyoming, Montana, Oklahoma and Utah where Obama has virtually no chance of winning next November have among the lowest pump prices.

Ninety percent of the states that voted against Obama in 2008 have pump prices below the national average. It is one of the frustrating ironies of Obama's current gasoline crisis that he gets the benefit of a price average which is lower than it actually should be because of better management and lower taxes in Red States.

Conversely over eighty percent of the ... Continue Reading:Sweet Schadenfreude: States that love Obama are paying the highest gas prices!

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Act Now to Stop the IRS from Giving Tax Credits to Illegal Aliens!

FAIR needs you to act NOW to stop the IRS from giving tax credits to illegal aliens. Last year, the Inspector General for the U.S. Treasury Department released a report revealing that illegal aliens annually receive $4.2 billion in refundable tax credits, primarily through the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC). Tomorrow morning, the House Ways and Means Committee will be considering whether to include language as part of a budget reconciliation package that would stop this injustice to American taxpayers. The provision under consideration - similar to bills introduced by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), and Senator David Vitter (R-LA) - would close this tax credit loophole by requiring that individuals who claim the ACTC provide a valid Social Security Number (SSN). Currently, the IRS only requires applicants for the ACTC to provide an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), which the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) indiscriminately hands out to illegal aliens.

Call the Ways and Means Committee Members TODAY and tell them:

• Congress should not force American taxpayers to subsidize illegal immigration, especially by doling out billions in tax credits to illegal aliens; and
• Fraud in our tax system must be stopped - only those with valid Social Security Numbers, not illegal aliens, should receive refundable tax credits!

To find the contact information for Members, click here.

Tomorrow on The Glenn Beck Program: Glenn will deliver the speech the President should have given this week in episode 2 of The Oval. Glenn debuted The Oval last week -he said the hard truths our politicians won't, and looked to the solutions they fail to see.

Thursday: Fan favorite David Barton of WallBuilders will join Glenn at 5pm ET to talk about his new book The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson.

Don't Miss Real News from The Blaze!
Real News from The Blaze is all NEW this week, live at 6pm ET (or on demand). The mainstream media's new competitor will bring you honest coverage of the news you care about and the stories you can't find anywhere else. Tonight on Real News, Mitt Romney is appealing to NRA members, telling them that he is the man to protect the 2nd Amendment, and keep President Obama from serving a second term. Will Gun control become the new rallying cry to the GOP this election season?  

The B.S. of A. - Thursday from 7:00-7:30pm ET  Last week Brian was out on vacation ...something he may never be allowed to do again. Why? Well, this week's all new hilarious episode of The B.S. of A. will center on repairing all of the ligaments in Brian's knee

New Documentary Coming Wednesday to GBTV: Rumors of War III  Next Wednesday, April 25th beginning at 7:00pm ET, we will premiere the brand new documentary Rumors of War III: Target U.S. The documentary will be directly followed by a post show hosted by Glenn - he'll be joined by guests from the film and will be answering YOUR questions. WATCH THE TRAILER and don't forget to tune in next Wednesday.  

WHAT YOU MISSED

LAST WEEK  

Santorum DROPS OUT
Last week Rick Santorum finally dropped out of the race. He had a great run and handled himself well. Apparently Newt Gingrich thinks he's still got a shot, comparing himself to Masters champion Bubba Watson. While Newt remains in la-la land, Mitt Romney all but seals up the nomination.

Commercial for Arlen Specter's smutty book
Arlen Specter recently went on Jason Lewis' show to talk about his book and blew up over having to sit through commercials between interview segments. Perhaps if someone could have brought the former Senator a naked Congressman for him to look at, he would have been okay.  

You'll never believe how much stimulus $$ went towards moving a plant
Funny, Joe Biden wasn't traveling the country touting how an unbelievable amount of stimulus money went to 'translocating' a single 'rare' bush in San Francisco - a bush that stood in the path of a $1b highway renovation project. It's a plant you can get at any home store for less than $20. WARNING: this story will make your head explode.

Farrakhan Exposed
Last Thursday Glenn's special "Farrakhan Exposed" revealed mind-blowing information the MSM refuses to touch, despite the Nation of Islam's influence & tens of thousands of devoted followers . Shock audio reveals Farrakhan basically admitting the Nation of Islam killed Malcolm X, NOI's close connection with the Black Panthers, their history of hatred - especially towards the United States - and more. Now available on demand.

On 'Real News' Friday, Buck Sexton argued that it is easy to complain about human rights violations going on in North Korea, but more difficult to enact effective policy to solve the issue. "As long as China doesn't want to do anything, there isn't much we can do" Sexton said in frustration with the geo-political arrangements that make it difficult for the United States to act.

Secretary of Altered States

While Secret Service agents were obtaining secret services, here's what Hillary Clinton was doing in the same town:

The scariest Farrakhan audio yet?
Another day, another hate-filled, bone chilling, rage inducing rant from Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. What's the latest? Farrakhan says that any day now people are going to rise up and start killing their leaders! Shouldn't we be taking this radical hatemonger at his word? After all, this guy now leads the organization that assassinated Malcolm X. Glenn plays the audio and reacts on radio.

Protestors storm Romney event
Occupy Philly protesters showed up at a Mitt Romney event and couldn't quite understand why they weren't allowed to barge in, shout down Romney, and be a huge disruption. Did they ever hear of the word "civility"? Well, if all you care about is anarchy and collapsing society - civility probably doesn't mean much to you. Remember 8.28 when all those angry protestors gathered at the Lincoln Memorial and were just filled with all that hate and anger and...wait a minute...it wasn't like that all. See how the left protests and get Glenn's reaction.