Quote: 

"To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them"

                                                 -George Mason

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OCCUPY were just trained to create confrontations at Tea Party events and rallies, nationwide!

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 1^st,, ^­ 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

                        P.S. If you have updates on this topic, send them to me and I'll redistribute to my fourteen state list.  Louis  <Louis@apo146.com>  

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Here's our sample ballot for Tuesday. 

 We are looking for volunteers to hand out our sample ballot, post our signs and hand out material for other conservative candidates in Bucks County on Tuesday. We are working with several campaigns, so if you can help, please send an email to Ana Puig at TheKitchenTablePatriots.org. Feel free to call her at (267) 884-6335.
Here is a link to the brochure on the candidates that will be mailed and handed out this weekend:
KTP Delegate Candidates 2012.2.pdf

If you can even spare 1 hour on election day, please let us know and we'll get ballots to you.

Here is a radio interview with Anastasia Przybylski talking about the delegate race in the 8th district:

Anastasia Przybylski, Co-Founder of Kitchen Table Patriots, on "Chai95 Radio Hour" (Tue. 4/17/12)

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.

Sincerely Yours,

Download the Voter Guide Here . . . 

WANT TO HELP SAM ROHRER BECOME OUR NEXT US SENATOR?  

MAKE PHONE CALLS FOR SAM!

Want to help Sam Rohrer become our next U.S. Senator?  

 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.

Dinesh D'Souza - Obama & 2016

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.

Bush will give the keynote address at the Plumstead Christian School's annual "Founders Forum" on the Calvary Church's campus in Souderton, according to the school's official website.

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.

"I haven't met with President George W. Bush," Romney said. "We speak from time to time."

Barbara Bush, his wife, replied, "We'll talk about that."

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:

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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.

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  

Program will begin promptly at 8:00am

Crowne Plaza Philadelphia West

4010 City Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19131

Cost:
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Joan Carter & John Aglialoro

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About John Stossel

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

1/7

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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Patriots, 

My name is Mike Ludwig.  I'm the Republican endorsed candidate for the 148th Legislative District.  I was removed from the ballot after a lot of hard work and I'm not ready to give up the fight.  A little about myself, I am 35 years old, married to my high school crush and we have three very adorable children. I've been serving in the US Army for 15 years and am pushing for 20 years. My wife, as well is in the Army National Guard.  I have been deployed several times and was honored to serve my country. I worked for the Montco Sheriff Dept for 6 years before I made a job change to Lebanon County and then worked as a Police Officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 6 years.  I then went back to my "home" county where all my friends and family live and have been enjoying my time at the Montco Sheriff Dept since Sept 2010.  I am looking to push for 300 Republican write in signatures. Although I have an army of family and in-laws that are willing to do the write in for me I'm looking for further support.  I would greatly appreciate any help that you can offer.  We are fighting certain factions of the GOP machine that are corrupt.  Let's give the people a conservative choice in November.

tugger023@yahoo.com 

Cell     610-772-6492 

Home 610-579-3908 

148th Legislative District

Whitpain Township

Upper Dublin Township

Conshohocken Borough

Whitemarsh Township

Lower Merion Township

Narberth Borough

Best Regards,
Mike Ludwig

Politics 'What Country Is This!': Irate Romney Hecklers Lose It After Being Denied Access

• Posted on April 17, 2012 at 7:21am by Jonathon M. Seidl 

URGENT CALL TO ACTION!   URGENT CALL TO ACTION!

WHAT:    SUPER WALK SATURDAY for SAM ROHRER to U.S. SENATE
WHEN:    SATURDAY APRIL 21st, 2012
TIME:      BETWEEN 900AM TO 700PM  - YOU CHOOSE
GOAL:     PROMOTE SAM ROHRER FOR U.S. SENATE
PRIMARY ELECTION APRIL 24th
WHY:      Sam Rohrer is the only true experienced conservative on the ballot!
GAIN:      A pro-Constitution protector & voter, in Sam's election to U.S. Senate.
WHERE:  "Targeted Neighborhoods" to get lots of votes for Sam. 

Worcester West; Worcester East 2; Worcester East 3;  Salford; Upper Salford; 
Marlborough; Towamencin 3-1: Upper Merion Candle 2; Lower Gwynedd 2-1; Upper Gwynedd 4
Lower Providence 1-1: Level Rd to Pechins Mill Rd, from Lewis Ave to Township Line Rd
Lower Providence 1-2: Arcola Rd to Level Rd, from Hoy & Barrington to Township Line Rd
Lower Providence 2-3: Trooper Rd to Church Rd; from Ridge Pike to Township Line Rd
Lower Providence 3-3: Pawlings Ave to Arcola Rd; from Tyson Mill to Eagleville & Highley
Lower Providence 3-4: Egypt Rd to Pawlings Ave; from Jode to Woodland Ave
Trappe Boro
Upper Providence Oaks: the Perkiomen to Hollow Rd; from Port Providence to Yerkes Ave
Limerick 2: Lewis Rd to Rupert Rd, from Rt422 to Swamp Pike
Lower Pottsgrove 2: Evergreen Rd to Kepler Rd, from Moser Rd to Buchert Rd
Upper Pottsgrove: Charlotte Ave to Fairview & Gross; from Harding & Levengood to Mock Rd
New Hanover Twnsp 2: Swamp Pk to Ludwig Rd; from Schaffer Rd area to Middle Creek Rd 

SIGN-UP:   terib912@aol.com   
WALK:      Walk whenever & wherever you like.  Pre-register for literature & map drop-off. 
 Housing Developments are the main goal.

TIME TO DO SOMETHING, FRIENDS! 
The other candidates, Smith & Welch, have been Democrats for years, switching only, of late, to the GOP. 

Is Tom Smith the best candidate  to represent constitutional conservative Republicans in the Senate?

1. Smith is not a PROVEN conservative.  Talk is cheap; action, particularly under pressure, proves a man.  Having never held elective office, except as a Democratic supervisor of his small town in the 70's, Tom has no record of standing for conservative policies under political pressure. How many conservative candidates who said (and often believed) the right things have gone to Washington and caved to pressure? Tom is not battle-tested in the arena of politics.  How do we know he will stand?  Can we afford to be uncertain about a candidate for Senate?  With Sam Rohrer's proven voting record, we can know that where he stood in Harrisburg for 18 years, he willstand in Washington.  A proven trusted veteran conservative is who we need to take the lead in D.C. 
2. Smith is not prepared for leadership in the Senate. Tom, as the CEO of his company, no doubt has good leadership skills.  But is he prepared to be a legislator in the highest legislative office in the land? Does he have the experience and constitutional knowledge to be able to evaluate legislation on constitutional guidelines?  Does he have the knowledge of the issues and ability to articulate them that a Senator must have?   Tom's struggling performance during the debates he attended and failure to show at several other debates indicate his lack of experience with policy issues.  The Senate is not the position to cut your teeth on; the critical issues of our times do not allow for months of adjustment and training to bring a newcomer up to speed.  Why would we assume that experience is a valued asset in every other area of life than government?  Only Sam has the experience to immediately begin contributing to the promotion of a conservative agenda in D.C.
3. Smith has already proven himself to be unprincipled  in some contexts.When When asked directly who he voted for in the Sestak-Specter primary, Tom said he couldn't remember. He also couldn't remember whether he voted for Obama in the Primary of 2008.  Really?  Furthermore, in a recent debate, Tom said - and repeated - how much he regretted being put in a position where he had to "compromise his values" in order to get permits. So what will he compromise to make gains in D.C.?  Finally, his attack ads misrepresent the truth.  To say of Sam Rohrer that he is "just another career politician" who voted for the "unconstitutional midnight pay raise" is highly misleading and slanderous to a man of Sam's proven character. Since the PA Constitution instructs the legislature to vote on pay raises, it can hardly be called unconstitutional.  If Tom did his homework and had a regard for the truth, he would know that Sam vocally opposed and voted against the payroll voucher provision - the only unconstitutional part of that bill, never took a cent of that money, and spearheaded the repeal of the payraise. And Tom knows very well that Sam's public service has never been focused on advancing his career, presumably that is why Smith heavily supported Sam in the gubernatorial race. Sam's stand on principles has cost him the support of party leadership; that's hardly the way to advance your career.  Why is Tom Smith not more careful with the truth?  When challenged in a recent debate about the negativity of the ads, Tom said that he "had to get negative" because he "had to defend" himself.  Is that honest?  Everyone knows that the first attack ad came from Smith's campaign, not the other way around.  Sam Rohrer's campaign is focused on communicating his vision, principles, and policy ideas to the voters, not on manipulating them through misinformation.
4. Smith can not beat Casey.  Smith's personal fortune will not make the difference in the race against Casey.  Republican money will go to whoever wins the nomination.  What will he have to challenge Casey's wider name recognition, deeper war chest, and greater knowledge of all things political?  Smith has no record of conservative votes to show up Casey's liberal voting record, as Sam does. He can not convince voters that he wouldn't vote for tax raises and increased spending by pointing to his voting record.  The Democrats have already targeted his voting record as a township supervisor to demonstrate that he did vote to raise taxes.  Sam never did in 18 years.  All Smith has to run on are words - and that is not Tom's strong suit.  Casey will make mincemeat of Tom if they ever debate the issues; anyone who has heard Tom in a debate knows that to be true.  And Tom has to convince the voters that he is knowledgeable about the issues, the problems, the solutions; he has to be able to intelligently answer questions in all kinds of public forums and media appearances.   Further, Tom's history as a former lifelong Democrat unproven in elected office weakens his support among the grassroots volunteers and the loyal Republican voters. Democrats are not likely to be drawn to a defector from their ranks. By contrast, some have already indicated support for Sam who has a record of acting independently of his party leadership, of putting the people and principles before Party.  Sam has already received the endorsement of the African Episcopalian bishops in Philly and the Pentecostal clergy of Philadelphia.  Why?  Because people across party lines are tired of politicians who are controlled by the party powerful and respond to Sam's message of truth and integrity in government proven by a consistent and principled record.  Only Sam has a record that proves him to be a defender of the Constitution and a champion of the people over the Party.

SAM ROHRER IS THE ONLY PROVEN CONSERVATIVE IN THIS RACE WITH THE EXPERIENCE TO BEAT BOB CASEY IN THE FALL.   for more info go to www.rohrerforsenate.org 

  Dan and Jaime Faucette

Tea party "appalled" by Welch ad

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Written by Tim McNulty

On their touchstone tax day, Pittsburgh-area tea party groups are pushing back on an ad from GOP US Senate candidate Steve Welch saying he has the support of "grassroots Republicans."

"I was astounded and appalled that someone who claims to be a legitimate candidate would make an incredible claim," Pittsburgh tea party leader Patti Weaver, of Fox Chapel, said in a statement emailed to reporters today. " The citizens of Pennsylvania deserve candidates who maintain a standard of truth in advertising standard.  We call on Mr. Rob Gleason to denounce this ridiculous advertisement by Mr. Welch."

While the Republican establishment, including Gov. Tom Corbett, is behind Welch most tea party support has gone to former state Rep. Sam Rohrer.

A letter Weaver and other tea party organizers sent to state GOP chair Rob Gleason...:

Dear Chairman Gleason:

As tea party organizers, we can tell you that the grassroots movement does not support Steve Welch as indicated in your new advertisement.  Steve Welch voted for Barack Obama and lacks the political gravitas needed for the job of U.S. Senator.

At a meet the candidate event on Sunday, April 1, Steve was asked why he voted for Barack Obama.  Initially, Steve said he was a lifelong Republican and he voted for McCain.  Yet, when pushed, Steve admitted that he switched parties and he voted for Obama in the primary.  So, contrary to his initial response, Steve Welch is not a lifelong Republican and he did vote for Barack Obama.

The statement in your new advertisement that Steve Welch is supported by the grassroots is flat out not true, neither is your statement that the grassroots Republicans have overwhelmingly endorsed Steve Welch.  Please review your numbers from the State Committee meeting and you will see that roughly 33% of those in attendance did not support endorsing anyone.  Also, those who consider themselves Grassroots at the State Committee either voted to not endorse, abstained to choose a candidate to endorse or voted for someone other than Steve Welch.

 We formally ask that you do not air this ad unless you can substantiate with market research that the Grassroots Republicans overwhelmingly endorse Steve Welch.

 We will do everything in our power to see that as many Grassroots people as possible know that Steve Welch voted for Barack Obama.

 Respectfully,

Don Adams, Independence Hall Tea Party PAC

Jaime Faucette, Citizens for Constitutional Government, Upper Bucks County

Mary Ellen Jones, Delaware County Patriots

Pat Rowlands, Pittsburgh 9.12 Project

David Show, Fayette Patriots

Patti Weaver, Pittsburgh Tea Party Movement

LINK: http://earlyreturns.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/early-returns-20/53-post-gazette-staff/4289-tea-party-qappalledq-by-welch-ad

RedState Morning Briefing

For April 19, 2012

Folks, burning the candle at both ends has caught up with me and I'm in need of a bit of rest. The content will continue on RedState, but on Friday I don't expect to send out the Morning Briefing unless there is a big story or breaking news. Sorry for any inconvenience. Thanks, Erick  

1. What is the Cost of EPA Interference?

2. The Meme War We Must Win

In the past week the presidential campaign has been hit by two events that many have termed silly. First there was the Hilary Rosen comment denigrating Ann Romney's decision to stay at home and actually raise her children rather than elect to have a stranger do that. Second was the softer Seamus-on-the-roof story rolled out by the Obama campaign yesterday.

Many, especially our own "smart set", have criticized the attention these events have attracted as somehow taking away from the high minded policy discussion that is supposedly taking place.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

3. The Left's expected, contemptible, and blatant hypocrisy over ALEC and stand-your-ground laws.

I'm not really all that into blogging about the Zimmerman/Martin shooting. From what I can tell, what happened was that there was an confrontation that might have very well been avoidable; it ended with a genuinely tragic ending; and that there were actually pretty much no wider partisan implications at all, despite the attempts of the Online Left to fit a Latino Democrat onto the Procrustean bed of WASP Tea Partier. All of which is contemptible of the Online Left, by the way. Expected, but contemptible.

Still, the news that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has decided to stop working on criminal bill advocacy because of liberal push back on ALEC's work on stand-your-ground laws is of interest. Said laws, for those unaware of them, essentially confirm the right of a citizen to defend themselves if attacked; and (as Clayton Cramer and Glenn Reynolds note) such laws are very important from a feminist perspective. Particularly when we're talking about, say, battered women. Amazing how quickly people on the Left stop caring about that sort of thing when it gets into the way of going after perceived Righty groups, right? Again: expected, and contemptible.

4. Ron Johnson: The Lone Ranger

Senator Kent Conrad has finally made it clear that he has no intentions of passing a budget resolution. He will offer the "Simpson-Bowles plan" without allowing any amendments or even a committee vote, much less a floor vote. That's some budget resolution. Without a budget resolution to guide the topline spending numbers, the Senate Appropriations Committee has already begun markups on the 12 appropriations bills at the subcommittee level.

It goes without saying that Senate Republicans wouldn't reward this behavior by voting for their approps bills - spending bills that fail to eliminate a single wasteful program or agency within the burgeoning government bureaucracy. There is no way they would help grant Harry Reid superior leverage over their allies in the House like they did last year, right?

Wrong.

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Retirement may be mission impossible for Gen X   

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Combat sexism:  

When playing mixed pairs golf, show solidarity with feminist players by insisting that men and women tee off from the same spot. Explain that you are doing your bit to combat the outrageous, phallocentric calumny that women are too weak to hit small spherical objects as far as men.

Disqualifications Roil Egyptian Election

By Rick Moran
But the Muslim Brotherhood has a back-up plan.
Read more »
 

Obama's Oil Ploy

By Jacob Laksin
The administration's crackdown on speculators is a triumph of politics over energy policy.
Read more »
 

The Associated Press' Undeserved Pulitzer

By Arnold Ahlert
And the death of mainstream journalism.
Read more »
 

Betraying Every Ally

By Daniel Greenfield
Are Obama's foreign policy decisions influenced by Warren Buffet's financial interests?
Read more »
 

North Korea, Iran, and the Lessons of History

By Bruce Thornton
The wages of appeasement.
Read more »
 

The Question of Obama's "Brilliance" - on The Glazov Gang

By Jamie Glazov
Dwight Schultz, Georgette Gelbard and Tommi Trudeau mix it up on Frontpage's television show.
Read more »
 

Is The Climate Consensus Beginning to Change?

By David Solway
Countering a big green lie.
Read more »
 

Islamic Apologists vs. Nonie Darwish - on The Jamie Glazov Show

By Frontpagemag.com
Tensions get hot on Frontpage's radio program.
Read more »
 

The Real GSA Scandal: Job-Killing Big Labor Payoffs

By Michelle Malkin
For Obama's donors and cronies, the party's still on.
Read more »
 

Why Would a Pro-Castro Sentiment Only Offend Cubans?

The Obama Oil Embargo   Apr 18, 2012 12:47 pm

From canceling oil leases in his second week in office to denying the XL Pipeline this year President Obama and his administration have offered up a non-stop assault on affordable energy.  Now that high gasoline prices have come home to roost, the president is flailing around for an energy policy.

Why Tax Capital Gains?   Apr 18, 2012 09:00 am

Today I'm taking a break from health care issues in honor of the 16^th Amendment.  

Income tax day is an appropriate moment to go to the heart of President Obama's complaint about the taxes Warren Buffett and other rich people pay, or don't pay. What the president is really complaining about is that the tax rate on capital gains is too low.

Obamacare's $4 TRILLION Tax Increase   Apr 18, 2012 01:36 am

There are many reasons Americans dislike Obamacare: its tremendous and rising costs, which CBO recently revealed to have risen by $51 billion since just last year; the Administration's unprecedented mandate that all employers, even religious schools and hospitals, pay for employees' abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception; and tens of millions of employees soon to be wondering what happened to President Obama's promise that, "if you like your insurance, you can keep it."1

Earth Day and the Great "Sustainability" Lie   Apr 18, 2012 12:46 am

Americans are paying the hangman for the rope.  

It is estimated that since the origin of the global warming hoax in the late 1980s, Americans have seen $50 billion of their dollars thrown down the climate change rat hole.

Ring Of Fire Is Roaring To Life and Earthquakes Of Historic Importance: US West Coast   Apr 17, 2012 05:06 pm

The Ring Of Fire Is Roaring To Life And There Will Be Earthquakes Of Historic Importance On The West Coast Of The United States

Does it seem to you like there has been an unusual amount of seismic activity around the world lately?  Well, it isn't just your imagination.  The Ring of Fire is roaring to life and that is really bad news for the west coast of the United States.  Approximately 90 percent of all earthquakes and approximately 75 percent of all volcanic eruptions occur along the Ring of Fire. (REFERENCE: Real Time Earthquake Map: USGS)

The Enemy's Pre-Emptive Strike in Afghanistan   Apr 17, 2012 02:54 pm

Taliban-linked terrorists carried out a coordinated wave of dramatic attacks on high-profile targets across Afghanistan on Sunday ahead of a planned NATO-Afghan offensive. At the same time, Islamist terrorists broke into a jail in Pakistan,freeing nearly 400 prisoners, including 20 terrorists labeled as "very dangerous." The sophistication of the attacks worries NATO and Afghan officials.

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.

19 Signs America Is a Control Freak Nation Where Almost Everything Is Illegal

by The American Dream

Our lives are governed by millions of laws, rules and regulations and more are being piled on all the time. 40,000 new laws just went into effect in January. Won't every single new law restrict our freedoms more?

    URGENT action needed! Add your name to open letter to Congress TODAY!!!  

According to a recent CQ article (see below, highlights added), FBI leadership is moving forward with a plan that could purge from its counterterrorism training materials "references to Muslims...that it deemed offensive." As we all know, groups like CAIR want EVERY reference to radical Islam removed because they deem ANY terrorism reference to Islam "offensive."

We have learned that this potential capitulation by the FBI leadership to politically-correct special interest pressure has some Members of Congress concerned-and they should be.

So are we. And so should you.

With annual congressional hearings addressing the FBI just around the corner, we need to take action NOW to make sure the appropriate congressional committees are aware that there is opposition to these proposed changes from the folks back home. As you know, it's almost impossible to get Congress to take action on something unless they feel some "heat" from their constituents.

This is why it's critical we make our voices heard on this important issue NOW! And it's essential that we speak out loud and strong!

The first step in addressing this issue is an open letter to the chairmen of the appropriate House and Senate committees. Some of these committees are scheduled to hold hearings on the FBI very soon. THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS that making changes to counterterrorism training manuals without any congressional input, to appease political correctness, is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE, because doing so WILL MAKE US LESS SAFE!!!!

  The Obama administration has already purged all references to radical Islam and jihad from its national strategic threat assessments. We can't let this happen at the FBI as well. FBI agents in the field need to have training materials that accurately define the threat-for their safety and for ours.

We CAN stop these changes from happening, IF WE ACT.

So please, take action TODAY. It will only take a few moments of your time, but it will have a tremendous impact. Add your name to our open letter to congressional committee chairmen and forward this message to everyone you know!

http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2734278%3ATopic%3A355311&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_topic

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 202 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Poll Position

A slew of polls have been released this week with wildly varying results. For example, a CNN poll found Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney by nine points -- 52%-to-43%. That's depressing. But yesterday's Gallup tracking poll had Romney up five -- 48%-to-43%. Whew!

I just want to remind folks not to get too upset or excited by the polls. More polls will be conducted in this election than ever before, and digesting all the numbers can be like trying to drink from a fire hose.

But in addition to my usual caveats about polls -- they are only snapshots in time and taken from different populations, adults vs. registered voters vs. likely voters, etc. -- it's also important to look at the trend. And here's what I have noticed:

Obama led Romney in seven polls conducted a few weeks ago as the GOP nomination battle was raging. Obama's average in those polls was 48.6%, compared to 42.6% for Romney, for a six-point Obama lead. In the seven polls conducted in recent days, Obama led in three, Romney led in three and they tied in one. Averaging the results finds that the race is now a dead heat: Obama 46.3% to Romney's 45.4%. Obama is down, Romney is up and that is a trend we can all like!


Axelrod Endorses Romney

Did you hear David Axelrod, Obama's top campaign advisor, endorse Mitt Romney this weekend on Fox News Sunday? If you missed it, here's what Axelrod said:

"The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead and an economy that continues down the road we are on..."

What? An economy that continues down the road we are on? And exactly who put us on this dead-end road again? That would be Barack Obama! Axelrod is right. We can continue down this current road of failure or we can change to a course of lower taxes and economic growth.

Of course, Axelrod wasn't really endorsing Romney, and he had more to say after that. But it's clear that Obama can't run on his record. He's going to smear Mitt Romney and hope that voters will stick with the status quo. But I think Americans are growing tired of Obama's rhetoric. They want results. And they are ready to vote for change!


S.O.S! -- Stop Obama's Spending

Did you file your taxes on time yesterday? Barack Obama sure hopes so. CNSNews.com reports that since Obama took office, he has added more than $5 trillion to the national debt -- $5,027,761,476,484.56 as of April 16th to be exact.

For comparison, the federal government's debt increased by $4.899 trillion during the Bush years. Yes, you read that right -- Obama has added more to the national debt in just over three years than George W. Bush added in eight!

American can't afford another four years of Obama!


Obama's "Green" Bets Are A Bust

Barack Obama and his liberal allies dedicated $90 billion of your tax money to spending on so-called "green energy" jobs in their massive 2009 stimulus bill. What do we have to show for it? Reuters, not exactly a bastion of right-wing propaganda, published a lengthy report last week headlined: "Analysis: Obama's 'Green Jobs' Have Been Slow To Sprout." That's putting it mildly. As many conservatives warned, Obama's "investment" in green jobs has been a colossal failure.

For example, a $500 million job-training program has helped fewer than 17,000 people gain employment. Believe it or not, the wind industry has actually lost 10,000 jobs since 2009. Meanwhile, the oil and gas industry has created 75,000 jobs!

Think about that, friends. Tens of billions of your hard-earned tax dollars have been wasted on Obama's ideologically-driven crusade pursuing what doesn't work, while discouraging what does. Subsidizing failure and punishing success. This is the liberal worldview at work. And clearly it does not work!

Yet in spite of Solyndra, the failed solar firm that Obama speculated in with your money, and other defunct efforts, he has repeatedly vowed to "double down" on this bad bet. Millions of Americans of goodwill took a risk and bet on Obama in 2008, hoping for the best. The results are in, and it's time to cut our losses. We need new leaders who understand the free market and put their faith in the American people, rather than Big Government.


The Left's Growing Intolerance

Yesterday the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the most liberal appellate court in the country, upheld Arizona's 2004 voter ID law. That is a huge victory for common sense and a big warning to the Obama Justice Department to back off attempts to block similar laws in Texas and South Carolina. Proponents of voter ID laws, such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), can take solace in knowing that they are on the right side of the law and that the American people overwhelmingly side with them.

Unfortunately, it may be little comfort to the good folks at ALEC. The group has been under siege lately from a Soros-funded attack led by 9/11 "truther" Van Jones. Jones has successfully bullied a number of ALEC's major corporate sponsors into dropping their support for the conservative public policy group by portraying it as racist. How so? Because ALEC led efforts to pass voter ID and "stand your ground" laws.

Increasingly this is how the left wins. It doesn't even bother to debate the merits of its positions. It wins by making conservative values unspeakable, by demonizing its opponents.

If you think showing ID to cast a ballot is a good idea, you can't be concerned about voter fraud. You're a racist. If you think school choice is a good idea, you can't be concerned about minority education. You hate school teachers. If you think abortion on demand is wrong, you can't be concerned about the sanctity of life. You hate women. If you think marriage is the union of one man and one woman, you can't be concerned about religious liberty or the best environment for raising children. You are a bigot.


Radical Islam's War On Women

While Obama and his campaign surrogates obsess about a "Republican war on women," they turn a blind eye to radical Islam's very real war on women. This week, 150 Afghan school girls were poisoned in an attack likely carried out by the Taliban. Most of the girls, thankfully, suffered only headaches and vomiting. But some of them are in critical condition.

When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, it banned the education of women as "un-Islamic." Schools for girls were reopened after the U.S. deposed the Taliban regime due to its support for Osama bin Laden and the 9/11 attacks. But Taliban sympathizers frequently attacked girls going to the schools, often throwing acid in their faces. This is the same Taliban that the Obama Administration has been negotiating with as it seeks to speed up the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

Speaking of radical Islam, leaders of the Jewish community in Hebron have sent an open letter to the U.N. Secretary General, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others hoping to prevent the execution of Muhammad Abu Shahala, a Palestinian. Was Shahala falsely accused by the Israeli government of being a terrorist? No. He has been sentenced to death by his own people for the "heinous crime" of selling a home to Jews.


Pray For Chuck Colson

Earlier today, Prison Fellowship Ministries provided an update on the condition of my good friend Chuck Colson, who recently suffered brain hemorrhage. Here is an excerpt of the message from Jim Liske, CEO of Prison Fellowship Ministries:

"It is with a heavy, but hopeful heart that I share with you that it appears our friend, brother, and founder will soon be home with the Lord. Chuck's condition took a decided turn yesterday, and the doctors advised Patty and the family to gather by his bedside. ...I know that his greatest desire beyond seeing Jesus is that the work he and all of us have been called to will continue. As Chuck would say, 'Remain at your posts and do your duty -- for the glory of God and His kingdom.'"

Please join Carol and me in praying for Chuck, his wife, Patty, and his family.
 

Oprahism and the Church of Obama

Many people have noted that Obama's rhetoric often feels off, but fewer have looked into why that is so. A great part of Obama's success has been his ability to invoke values detached from belief systems. To break away symbols and ideals from religious and national value systems, and mix and match them into his own soundbites. Like the famous Hope poster, that mixed patriotic color schemes with socialist realism, or Obama's own logo, which mixed corporate branding with national politics-- Obama's "brand" was built out of a barely coherent mishmash of clashing elements. The only thing they all have in common is that they are bricks in the wall of Obama's image. They all combine together to promote him.

 

None of this could have succeeded if context mattered, but Obama's people were piggybacking on a culture where context had ceased to matter. Where growing numbers of people could not be bothered to understand and would not care about the different elements being combined together, only whether the final product appealed to them or not. Obama's image had more in common with the way hip hop artists sample songs, than with a symphony. His campaign was the perfect trailer to a movie that would never be released. It was the marriage of corporate advertising campaigns, pop culture, radical politics and Americana-- thrown together in a pot and boiled into one indecipherable mix that was appealing, and yet completely void of meaning.

Obama's speeches were robotic, not just because they were delivered via teleprompter, but because they had been assembled together artificially out of bits and pieces of old presidential speeches into generic templates that were meant to awe audiences through their presentation. And if afterward no one could quite remember what he said, or what he promised or why they were even impressed-- in an ADD culture that only added to his charm. And so Obama kept on saying very little of substance, yet entertaining his audiences. His speeches called up spirituality devoid of religion, Americana devoid of patriotism and ideals devoid of ideas. He appropriated them all and used them as props in his show.

His obvious inspiration for this was not Jeremiah Wright, who did however provide plenty of textual inspiration, but Oprah herself. Oprah's success lay in marketing that same diffuse spirituality, not grounded in any actual belief system. Instead what she offered was an endless self-centered buffet, spirituality as self-empowerment, with herself and her chosen gurus as the center of a new commercial belief system. 

Tired of paying for illegal aliens? Demand passage of H.R. 2885: Legal Workforce Act

Apr 18, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

Now that you have written your check and sent the IRS some of your hard earned money to help feed Barack Obama's regime here's a suggestion for what to do to fight back.

Get behind the effort to pass Republican Representative Lamar Smith's Legal Workforce Act (LWA) HR 2885. This bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and order the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a system for determining the citizenship and work eligibility status of all alien workers.  As envisioned by Representative Smith this system would have DHS establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system.  

Introduced on September 12, 2011 the LWA would require employers to be part of the process of constructing an EEVS for their workers by attesting, under penalty of perjury, that the individual in question is not an illegal alien. To meet this responsibility, employers must obtain and record ... Continue Reading:Tired of paying for illegal aliens? Demand passage of H.R. 2885: Legal Workforce Act

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American Minute April 17

Apr 17, 2012 06:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer

  On APRIL 17, 1790, the son of a poor candle-maker died.
The 15th of 17 children, he apprenticed as a printer and published a popular almanac.
He retired at age 42, then taught himself five languages, invented the rocking chair, bifocal glasses and the lighting rod, which earned him degrees from Harvard and Yale.
He helped found the University of Pennsylvania, a hospital, America's first postal system and fire department.
He became the governor of Pennsylvania, signed the Declaration of Independence and called for prayer at the Constitutional Convention.
He was president of America's first anti-slavery society.
His name was Ben Franklin.
When France and Spain raided American colonies, Ben Franklin proposed a General Fast, which was published in the Pennsylvania Gazette, December 12, 1747:
"We have...thought fit...to appoint...a Day of Fasting & Prayer, exhorting all, both Ministers & People...to join with one accord in ... Continue Reading:American Minute April 17

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Is GOP fear of race riots stopping any real investigation into Obama's past

Apr 17, 2012 02:13 pm | Coach Collins

By George Spelvin, staff writer

 Congress is refusing to act on citizen demands for  an investigation of Barack Obama's  Natural Born Citizenship status because of fears of race riots by Blacks across America.  This appears to be the consensus arrived at by many of our country's on line bloggers. "Obama's failure to come up with a real, long form Birth Certificate in a timely manner and his expenditure of a vast amount of money in legal fees in my opinion is a 100% indication something is rotten in Denmark.  I don't know what that something is, but something is fishy," states one commenter. 

Another asks, "Why would Obama spend so much money when all he has to do is show his BC? . .think about it. . .he can't show it because if he does, it'll admit it's fake" says another blogger.  

World Net Daily is reporting that members of Congress  were even given talking ... Continue Reading:Is GOP fear of race riots stopping any real investigation into Obama's past

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Chronicle · April 18, 2012

The Foundation

"The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps, no legislative act in which greater opportunity and temptation are given to a predominant party to trample on the rules of justice. Every shilling which they overburden the inferior number is a shilling saved to their own pockets." --James Madison

Upright

It's tax time -- but just wait until next year

"The Tax Foundation reports that because of higher federal income and corporate tax collections, Tax Freedom Day came four days later this year than last. And the bad news is that unless Washington takes action, it will take working Americans 11 more days to meet next year's tax burden. That's all due to Taxmageddon -- a slew of expiring tax cuts and new tax increases that will hit Americans on January 1, 2013, amounting to a $494 billion tax hike. Heritage's Curtis Dubay reports that American households can expect to face an average tax increase of $3,800 and that 70 percent of Taxmageddon's impact will fall directly on low-income and middle-income families, leaving them with $346 billion less to spend. ... Instead of dealing with Taxmageddon, President Obama wants to change the subject with a gimmicky policy like the 'Buffett Tax.' ... Stopping a $494 billion tax increase shouldn't be a contentious partisan issue." --Heritage Foundation's Mike Brownfield

"When he's not talking up his buddy Warren [Buffet], [Obama] has been staggering around demonizing Paul Ryan's plan, which would lead, he says, to the end of the weather service, air traffic control, national parks, law enforcement, and drinkable water. Given what's at stake, you might think then that the president would have an alternative plan. But he has none, save for his proposal to pay off the 2011 federal deficit by the year 2526. The Obama No-Plan plan means the end of everything. That really ought to be the only slogan the Republicans need this fall: What's your plan?" --columnist Mark Steyn

"There is nothing the president is saying now that he has not said many times over. ... The Obama campaign brain trust may have concluded that the only path to victory is by pandering to a collection of ethnic groups and interests. Hence, the class warfare theme to activate the left-wing base, the offhand comments about the Trayvon Martin case to show blacks he is with them, the lawsuits against Arizona to please Hispanic voters, and the delay in the Keystone pipeline to keep the environmental lobby and contributors happy." --columnist Richard A. Baehr

"[T]he simple fact is that Obama is the stay-the-course candidate stuck with a team, a record and an economy ill-suited for a stay-the-course strategy. That's what gives poignancy to Obama's recently renewed love affair with Ronald Reagan, whom Obama invokes these days as a model of reasonableness and bipartisanship. ... Even before he got the nomination in 2008, Obama said he wanted to be a 'transformative' president like Reagan had been. ... There were two key elements to Obama's man-crush. The first was the simple hope that history -- or at least the business cycle -- would repeat itself. ... The other reason the White House admired the Reagan White House? According to Time: 'Both relied heavily on the power of oratory.' Then-Press Secretary Robert Gibbs added, 'Our hope is the story ends the same way.' And there's the problem for Obama. He's sticking to his rhetorical guns on the assumption that he's the great orator his fans have always claimed." --columnist Jonah Goldberg

What do you think of Obama's oratory skills?

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Editorial Exegesis

"The Republican House of Representatives may soon follow the Democratic Senate and give the IRS the power to confiscate your passport on mere suspicion of owing taxes. ... Contained within the suspiciously titled 'Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act,' or 'MAP 21,' is a provision that gives the Internal Revenue Service the power to keep U.S. citizens from leaving the country if it finds that they owe $50,000 or more in unpaid taxes -- no court ruling necessary. It is hard to imagine any law more reminiscent of the Soviet Union that America toppled, or its Eastern Bloc slave satellites. ... As Reuters reported Monday, overtaxation has led to close to 1,800 Americans living abroad renouncing their U.S. citizenship last year or turning in their green cards -- many of them with broken hearts because of their love for this nation. The record number of former U.S. citizens is nearly eight times more than those who renounced U.S. citizenship in 2008, and it exceeded 2007, 2008 and 2009 combined. They did it because of the nightmare the U.S. government puts them -- and non-American spouses -- through, sniffing over any and all of their finances. ... If House Republicans pass this assault on our Constitution, their credibility will be in tatters. And if it is passed and then signed into law, look for constitutional challenges in federal courts throughout the land. They should begin the next day." --Investor's Business Daily

Insight

"To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder." --British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)

"[Extending] the bounds of what may be called moral police, until it encroaches on the most unquestionably legitimate liberty of the individual, is one of the most universal of all human propensities." --British philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

The Demo-gogues

Disingenuous: "Some years ago, one of my predecessors traveled across the country pushing for the same concept. He gave a speech where he talked about a letter he had received from a wealthy executive who paid lower tax rates than his secretary, and wanted to come to Washington and tell Congress why that was wrong. So this president gave another speech where he said it was 'crazy' ... that certain tax loopholes make it possible for multimillionaires to pay nothing, while a bus driver was paying 10 percent of his salary. That wild-eyed, socialist, tax-hiking class warrior was Ronald Reagan." --Barack Obama

In spite of his best efforts: "There are politicians who say that if we just drilled more, then gas prices would just come down right away. What they don't say is that we have been drilling more. Under my administration America is producing more oil than at any time in the last eight years." --Barack Obama, trying to take credit for drilling on private land

Yay government: "I believe in investing in basic research and science because I understand that all these extraordinary companies that are these enormous wealth-generators -- many of them would have never been there. Google [and] Facebook would not exist had it not been for investments that we made as a country in basic science and research. I understand that makes us all better off." --Barack Obama

Iron Man: "I think most folks understand how hard I work and how hard this administration's working on behalf of the American people." --Barack Obama when pressed on his disturbing number of vacations

Meanwhile: "I want to thank President Santos and the people of Colombia for the extraordinary hospitality in the beautiful city of Cartagena. We're having a wonderful time. And usually when I take these summit trips, part of my job is to scout out where I may want to bring Michelle back later for vacation." --Barack Obama during his trip to the Summit of the Americas

Class war: "[F]or the middle class, the Ryan/Romney Republican budget for the rich is not the path to prosperity. For the 99 percent, the Ryan budget is really the road to hell and we're here to say 'hell no, we won't go!'" --Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL)

Village Idiots

Strained praise: "[T]he president inherited ... the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, a crisis caused by a shock larger than what caused the Great Depression. And he did the necessary, deeply damaging -- deeply politically hard things to get growth started again. ... This president's policies were remarkably successful." --Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

Stumbling into the truth: "The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead and an economy that continues down the road we're on." --Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod

Blame the law-abiding: "The laws [like Florida's Stand Your Ground] are not the kind of laws a civilized society should have and the [National Rifle Association] should be ashamed of themselves. This has nothing to do with gun-owners' rights. This has nothing to do with the Second Amendment. Plain and simple, this is just trying to give people a license to murder." --New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Unfortunate choice of words: "Talking is good. Conversations have to be forever. You know, they can't come in spits and starts when there's an incident [such as that between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin]. I think we all need, as a country, to continue to talk about these issues, to understand our communities and the challenges that we face, which are different and unique depending upon where you live. ... [T]here isn't, you know, a one-shot solution to this." --Michelle Obama

Judgment: "We have to continue tweeting, we have to continue marching, we have to continue fighting for Trayvon Martin. ... It's a disgrace that [George Zimmerman] hasn't been dragged out of his house and tied to a car and taken away. That's the only kind of retribution that people like that understand. It's a disgrace that man hasn't been shot yet. Forget about him being arrested -- the fact that he hasn't been shot yet is a disgrace." --former heavyweight champion and convicted rapist Mike Tyson

Dezinformatsia

Blame America: "[O]ur politics are failing to deal with the massive deep-seeded problems this country has, whether it's, how do you send your kid to college or how do you not get evicted from your home? Or why do we have inequality akin to Egypt's?" --The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel

Non Compos Mentis: "Remember: if a black cat crosses your path it is bad luck -- except in Florida where you're allowed to shoot it." --HBO's Bill Maher

"[Trayvon Martin] had no weapon and he had every legal right to be where he was. The rush to judgment was those that moved against him, said he was suspicious, and took his life. So to lecture us about rushing to judgment, we're a victim of a rush to judgment in this case. Let's be real clear on that." --MSNBC's Al Sharpton

From dumb to dumber: "Let's move on to the Trayvon Martin story. Bill Cosby weighed in with some comments in an interview over the weekend. It was interesting to hear Mr. Cosby talk. One of the things he said is perhaps we need to start this discussion on guns as opposed to race. Has the media focused too much on race ... in this issue, because it's explosive, when guns are the real problem?" --NBC's Matt Lauer

Newspulper Headlines:

Out on a Limb: "For Obama, Going Positive May Be More Difficult This Time" --New York Times website

Does the Secret Service Know About This?: "Hillary Clinton Dances the Night Away in Colombia" --ABCNews.com

He Heard the Economy Was in the Toilet: "Man With Plunger Tries to Rob New York Bank, Police Say" --FoxNews.com

News You Can Use: "A Gun in Hand Makes a Man Look Taller, Study Says" --Los Angeles Times

So Much for the War on Drugs: "Swiss Court Delivers Blow to US Tax Deal" --Associated Press

Bottom Story of the Day: "Obama Attacks Inequality While Soliciting Big-Money Donors" --The Washington Times

(Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)

Short Cuts

"Democratic advisor Hilary Rosen is under fire for saying Ann Romney, quote, 'Never worked a day in her life.' Hey, if she really never worked a day in her life, Ann Romney would be endorsing Obama." --NewsBusted's Jodi Miller

"If I had a daughter, she would look like Ann Romney." --radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh

"The thing I hate most about taxes is that the more money they take, the more government we get. It's the worst possible trade off imaginable." --humorist Frank J. Fleming

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

"The Justice Department handed in its homework on time to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The administration had to write a three-page paper admitting that the Supreme Court can overturn laws passed by Congress. That was the only statement in the paper, but it ran three pages because they were required to write it three hundred times." --comedian Argus Hamilton

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

Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The $5 Trillion Man: Debt Has Increased Under Obama by $5,027,761,476,484.56

Norquist: 'Promises to Tax the Few, Quickly Morph Into Taxes on All Americans'

Former GM Vice Chairman: 'I Would Raise the Fuel Tax 25 Cents a Gallon per Year'

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U.S. General: 'More Troops' Needed to Secure the Southwest Border

Romney Insists His Tax Plan Will 'Keep the Burden on Upper Income People'

Gingrich Accuses Romney of Surrendering to 'Class Warfare Rhetoric of the Left'

Boehner: Obama Should Contribute 10% More of His Income to the Government

House Conservatives Say Obama Wants 'Everybody Else' to Pay Higher Taxes, But 'Refuses to Do That Himself'

'Truly Absurd' to Trust Iran Based on a Religious Fatwa, Arab Pundit Says

Labor Secretary: Single Moms, Disabled Women, Minority Women Not 'Getting the Pay They Deserve'

Hotels, Rec Centers Scramble to Meet May Deadline for Installing Pool Lifts for Disabled Swimmers

COMMENTARY:

Obama's Fraudulent Investment
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Obama has coined a new and fraudulent meaning for the word "invest." It is when government takes and spends someone else's money.

Diane Sawyer Versus 'Too Rich' Romney
By L. Brent Bozell III
No Republican should think he can avoid the liberal media establishment entirely and not suffer damage. On the other hand, no Republican can expect fairness from these people. Romney should enter the national-media coliseum fully aware that he's designed to be food for the lions.

The Real GSA Scandal: Job-Killing Big Labor Payoffs
By Michelle Malkin
Stop the presses: Big-spending Democrats are finally up in arms over a federal boondoggle. But the General Services Administration scandal is still small potatoes compared to the potential billions GSA is pouring down the Big Labor drain.

Green Rooms
By Rich Galen
Had I been in the Green Room with Hillary Rosen on the evening she said what she did about Mrs. Romney, I would have cautioned her about dragging a candidate's spouse into the debate absent he or she having inserted themselves.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Election Integrity Rising as a Hot Issue!

From Slate.com - How Artur Davis Learned to Stop Worrying and Team Up With Pro-Voter ID Tea Partiers 

From Biggovernment.com - VOTER ID LAWS: RACIST OR REASONABLE? 

From Breitbart.com - IF VOTING ISN'T FAIR, WE'RE NOT FREE: AN INTERVIEW WITH CATHERINE ENGELBRECHT 

BREAKING NEWS: Meteor Set to Collide in Houston...NOT!

Wishful Thinking of Vote Fraud Deniers: CLICK HERE if you dare

SCYTL / SOE Update:

Texas' SOS Responds to Uproar 

Check if Your State has anything to say HERE 

SCYTL Issues Statement on Controversy 

Politico: Obama Campaign Tries To Diversify

-Ace

Why?

Oh, right, because they're almost as white as the Allman Brothers' financial planners. 

An Obama campaign photograph of the Chicago headquarters last week had black Democrats buzzing about diversity - or lack of it. The picture, saturated with white faces, was reposted on the news site Buzzfeed and made the rounds of other well-trafficked sites, including The Drudge Report.

Yeah. That picture was whiter than a Mormon unicorn's teeth on Milk Appreciation Day.

A source told Politico:

"I hope the president's team was listening when he said that if he had a son, he'd look like Trayvon Martin and that they make it a reality, not a priority, to have more senior staff [not just one or two people] around the president who look like Trayvon Martin. Right now, it is nonexistent, and you rarely see more than one African-American, male or female, anywhere around or advising the president unless he is at an African-American gathering of some kind."

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It's (not) happening again. For a third year in a row, Senate Democrats will not pass a fiscal 2013 budget. The Senate Democrats' top budget writer, Kent Conrad, canceled this week's expected vote on a budget, saying he can't get enough Democrats to back a plan, including Majority Leader Harry Reid who refuses to act.

North Korea says it is no longer bound by an agreement with the United States not to test missiles and nuclear devices, prompting the International Atomic Energy Agency to say it is now unlikely to send a delegation to the country.

Australia has announced that next year it will withdraw most of its 1,550 troops stationed in Afghanistan. The announcement comes a week after French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would withdraw France's troops next year, one year earlier than planned.

Despite the U.N.-brokered ceasefire, Syria's military has expanded attacks on rebel-held neighborhoods. One activist reports that 38 people were killed and that the military is using helicopters to direct fire on unarmed civilians.

President Obama has a new role model for his Buffett Tax -- Henry Ford. Find out why it's such an odd choice on The Foundry. 

APRIL 18, 2012    Arizona v. United States: Showdown in the Supreme Court 

For the second year in a row, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear an immigration case out of the State of Arizona. And for the second time is as many years, the Obama administration has sued the State of Arizona in the hopes of stopping its state law aimed at curbing the problem of illegal immigration.

The Heritage Foundation will host a distinguished panel next Monday, April 23rd, to preview the arguments next week before the Supreme Court. Click here to RSVP or watch online >> 
Recall that on May 26, 2011, the Court issued its 5-3 decision in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting that upheld the Legal Arizona Workers Act of 2007, allowing the state to require employers to use the E-Verify system and revoke the business licenses of employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. After that decision, we wrote that the impact of that common sense ruling was to give states "a license to enforce immigration laws."

The legal issue before the nations' highest court next week is whether federal immigration law prevents Arizona from engaging in cooperative law enforcement and impliedly preempts four provisions of Arizona's new state law S.B. 1070. That law allows an Arizona law enforcement officer who stops someone based on reasonable suspicion that they committed a crime-if the officer develops independent reasonable suspicion that the person is an illegal alien-to question the person about his nationality.

That common sense procedure is necessary to fight the disruptive influx of illegal aliens in the state, and does not violate federal immigration law according to the State of Arizona. Arizona claims that that provision of the law has been narrowly tailored to prevent racial profiling. Opponents of S.B. 1070, including illegal aliens' rights groups and the Obama Justice Department, claim that the law is preempted by federal immigration law and thus is unconstitutional.

There are similarities between the case last year and the one presently before the High Court.

First, Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan recused herself in the Whiting case. As President Barack Obama's former Solicitor General, in charge of all matters before the Court, she decided not to take part in the case, hence the eight votes (5-3) instead of the typical nine voting members in a typical decision. She has recused herself in next week's S.B. 1070 case  as well.

Second, the Obama administration has joined forces once again with advocates for illegal aliens, including the ACLU, MALDEF, National Council of La Raza, and the American Bar Association (among others) in the case against Arizona. They lost last year, and may lose again, based in part on the reasoning set forth in the Whiting case.

Former Solicitor General Paul Clement, who recently argued before the Supreme Court on behalf of 26 states in the Obamacare case, will represent the State of Arizona. In the first sentence of his brief to the Court, Mr. Clement explains the negative impact of the federal governments' uneven enforcement of immigration laws on Arizona saying, "Arizona shoulders a disproportionate burden of the national problem of illegal immigration."

Those problems include increased crime by illegal aliens and staggering financial costs in areas of crime control, medical expenses, and education. Arizona has spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer money to cover the cost of illegal immigration in its state. As Arizona's brief before the Court states, "The public-safety and economic strains that this places on Arizona and its residents have created an emergency situation, which demanded a response." That response was their state law S.B. 1070.

How the Court will ultimately rule is anyone's guess. But the Obama administration has an uphill battle.

Another Obama Lie Debunked by . . . The New York Times! 

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 12:34 PM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

Michelle Obama, the nation's pre-eminent childhood nutritionist, has been arguing that much of the childhood obesity problem is due to the fact that too many urban children live in "food deserts," lacking access to fresh fruits and vegetables, etc. But, as the New York Times' Gina Kolata reports today, it isn't true:

But two new studies have found something unexpected. Such neighborhoods not only have more fast food restaurants and convenience stores than more affluent ones, but more grocery stores, supermarkets and full-service restaurants, too. And there is no relationship between the type of food being sold in a neighborhood and obesity among its children and adolescents. . .

The Hinderaker-Ward Experience, Episode 24: This Poll Is a Joke 

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:45 AM PDT

(John Hinderaker)

Brian Ward and I recorded Episode 24 of the Hinderaker-Ward experience last night. We talked about some of the hottest issues in the news, including the Senate Democrats' dereliction of duty in refusing to adopt a budget; the GSA bacchanalia scandal; the 2012 presidential race, including our assessment of Mitt Romney's performance so far as reflected in the poll data, about which Brian and I disagreed rather sharply; and much more, including my recent vacation and our efforts to get our taxes filed on time.

We interviewed Wall Street Journal contributor and author Mark Yost about his new thriller Soft Target. Soft Target features a terrorist attack on Chicago. This is Amazon's description of the book:

Nick Mattera is a former Marine Corps bomb squad technician who survived four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He's come home to his Italian-American neighborhood on Chicago's North Side and becomes one of the fire department's young hotshots. But Nick never expected to run into Abdullah and Jhalil.

Dartmouth's problem now the world's . . . 

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 06:27 AM PDT

(Scott Johnson)

or at least the World Bank's, with the formal appointment of Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim as the bank's new president. President Kim stuck around Dartmouth barely long enough to get his ticket punched (not quite three years). He is the shortest-serving Dartmouth president since the reluctant Rev. Daniel Dana (1820-21) who, unlike Kim, made his distaste for the position clear prior to his appointment.

Except for Kim's apparent lack of relevant background for the World Bank position - no one had guessed that Kim was in the running for the nomination - Kim is perfect for the job. He is certainly a perfect reflection of President Obama, who nominated him for it.

At Dartmouth President Kim cultivated a cult of personality that resulted in his chosen speaker at the 2010 commencement ceremony paying tribute to none other than President Kim himself. I do not think there will be many tears shed over the departure of Dartmouth's dear leader. He was liberally loathed by the faculty, and not for petty reasons.

Did Climate Change Cause the Salem Witch Trials? 

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 05:50 AM PDT

(Steven Hayward)

As we know courtesy of The Warmlist, climate change is implicated as the cause or contributing factor to everything from Afghan poppie crop failure to zoonotic diseases, but did you know it can also be implicated in outbreaks of witchcraft in the Middle Ages?

That's the argument of two recent academic papers, which attempt to connect the nearly 1 million women put to death for witchcraft in the Middle Ages to the Little Ice Age that, ironically, the climateers have tried to deny or minimize for quite a while now. Now, of course, the argument is being reversed-if we don't pay heed to the climateers warnings, witchcraft might return? (Seems to me too many of the climateers take seriously the proceedings of the UN General Assembly. Or have studied voodoo economics in Haiti.)

The first paper, by Emily Oster, a Ph.D student in economics at Harvard, is a straightforward economic analysis, noting that the economy of Europe deteriorated significantly during the Little Ice Age, and that witches were blamed and then punished for it. (Today, of course, witches would be appointed economic advisers in the Obama Administration.) From Oster:

A famous victory for Obama DoJ 

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:17 AM PDT

(Scott Johnson)

Ishmael Jones is the pseudonymous former Central Intelligence Agency case officer who focused on human sources with access to intelligence on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. His assignments included more than 15 years of continuous overseas service under deep cover.

Mr. Jones is also the author of The Human Factor: Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture, published by Encounter Books. When it was issued in paperback he contributed the post "CIA spies and Dartmouth deans," exploring a theme of his book.

In 2010 the CIA sued Mr. Jones over the publication of his book. He wrote about the lawsuit for us here. He now writes to comment on the resolution of the lawsuit:

In 2008 I wrote The Human Factor, criticizing the CIA's waste of tax dollars and its growth as a domestic spy agency. I recommended increasing the number of officers posted overseas from a tiny fraction of heroes - over 90 percent of CIA officers spend their careers entirely within the United States - and instituting better financial accountability.

 Our TV Ad Rips Rep. Dave Camp On E-Verify Stalling; He Concedes A Bit

Something remarkable happenedlast Friday. Dave Camp changed his tune . . . at least a little.

For months, the Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee (and his staff) refused to say a word about why they weren't actingon their part ofthe 50-state E-Verify bill that the Judiciary Committee passed last September.

Then, over the last month,our ad campaign and your phoning and faxingcaused the staff to react-by telling falsehoods that Rep. Camp (R-Mich.) had no power to act at all because the bill was out of his hands. We told you about this in alerts and our webcast last Thursday.

By last Friday, the stories suddenly changed out of Camp's Michigan and D.C. offices. No more claiming that the bill had nothing to dowith them.Now, they are telling NumbersUSA callers that they are working onthe mandatory E-Verify bill.Without saying so directly, they are admitting thatthe ball really is in their court, just as we-and you-have been saying all along.

This is a victory for your grassroots activism. But it is just another step. We still have no specificevidence that Chairman Camp really intends tomove this bill to the House floor for a vote.

Let me explain a little more how Rep. Camp's story began to change. The report below is the kind of thing Camp's office was telling the public before last Friday:

" I just called Rep. Camp's office in response to the ad that NumbersUSA put out. They told me that the bill is actually with the Judiciary Committee, that it originally passed but was then sent back to it. Given what I have heard from NumbersUSA, I thought this was nonsense and told them that I had heard that that is untrue. I repeated my request for him to pass it out of committee if it is indeed with the committee, as I have heard it is. "

-James of Idaho

James was given false information. The House Judiciary Committee did pass H.R. 2885 last summer. The bill wasnot "sent back" to the committee. Our Director of Government Relations Rosemary Jenks has learned that the House of Representatives parliamentarian has said that since the bill was referred to three separate committees, each with jurisdiction over different pieces of the bill, any one of the three committees can consider the legislation at any time. In other words, the Ways and Means is absolutely able to act now.

We exposed this and much more false and misleading information on last Thursday's weekly webcast. (See www.NumbersUSA.tv for a replay.)

Also, members like you have been sending hundreds of thousands of of faxes to Rep. Camp's office. . . and jamming up his phone lines with non-stop calls. All this together has finally begun to pay off.

Last Friday, Camp's staff began admitting to callers that he can act on the E-Verify bill. For example, our member Robert was told this when he called:

" I spoke to a man at the Ways & Means Committee who told me that NumbersUSA is mistaken about Chairman Camp holding up the E-Verify legislation. He said there are three committees working on this and this is part of the normal process. "

-Robert    

Well, that's better. But any changes are due directly to the pressure that NumbersUSA members, and other citizens watching our TV ads, are putting on Camp. We've got to keep it up, and we're going to. We've got to keep those ads on the air, and we've got to keep those faxes coming in to Camp's office.

You do have the drift of the E-Verify bill, don't you? H.R. 2885 will remove millions of illegal aliens from jobs they don't deserve, and free those jobs up for unemployed Americans. That's why passing mandatory E-Verify is our #1 priority. 

Whenever this bill finally reaches the floor, it will pass overwhelmingly. How is Rep. Camp able to hold the bill up?  It's because his Ways & Means Committee oversees the Social Security Administration, so Ways & Means has "jurisdiction" over two important provisions of the bill that identify, and order fired, illegal aliens using stolen and fraudulent Social Security numbers.

What are Dave Camp's motives? Our frank view is that Chairman Camp wants to protect the illegal aliens who are paying into the Social Security system, even if that keeps Americans from getting those jobs! He just wants the tax money.