Quote: 

"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."

Obama Admin: The War On Terror Is 'Over'

What:  The Premiere of GBTV's brand new documentary Rumors of War III: Target U.S. 

When: This Wednesday, April 25th beginning at 7:00pm ET. The documentary will be directly followed by a post show hosted by Glenn. The documentary and post show will both be available on-demand so you can watch anytime.

Post Show Details: Glenn will be joined by guests from the documentary, directly following the premiere, to answer YOUR questions:

EMAIL: Email your questions to: RumorsofWar@gbtv.com
TWITTER: Tweet questions to @GBTV using #RumorsOfWar

Why should I watch and share? America is under attack. The enemy moves freely amongst us and even advises the very government bodies established to protect us. They've already smuggled in at least one weapon of mass effect and are working to set up missile bases within striking distance of the homeland. Their goal is singular and specific: The downfall of The United States of America. The scariest part? It's happening right before our eyes. You don't want to miss this documentary - irrefutable evidence of the attack underway being perpetrated by the likes of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hezbollah.

Tune in tomorrow! On Wednesday, directly after The Glenn Beck Program and Real News from The Blaze, tune in to watch this exclusive documentary! It will also be available on-demand after the premiere in the "Documentaries" section.

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Patrick Murphy Looses  

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All 2012 General Primary Results Here . . . 

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:

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 

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. 

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

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)". 

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". 

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

            5..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.

            6.If they crash a meeting, call the police. Police have a handy thing in their toolkit called, "Inciting to riot" which aroundhere is good for thirty days in the slammer.

7. 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.

8. 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>  

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

	NewCommon Sense Applying First Principles to the Issues of Today

Top 5 Things You Didn't Know about the Constitution  

Perhaps you were one of those people who carried around a pocket Constitution before it was cool (or at least before it became a campaign issue). Maybe you already knew about James Madison, Philadelphia, and how many Articles the Convention approved.

But we bet there are still a few things in the Constitution that even the most seasoned conservative didn't know. You can learn all of these and more in The Heritage Guide to the Constitution-the only clause-by-clause examination of the whole Constitution and how it's been interpreted over the years. And now its online!

When the 13th Amendment was ratified, not a single word of the Constitution needed to be deleted. The word "slave" or "slavery" never appears in the Constitution. In fact, the framers refused to use the words-opting instead for persons held in labor-to avoid legitimizing slavery.

Neither does the Constitution classify people according to race-not even in the oft misunderstood Three-fifths Clause. Free blacks in the North and the South were counted on par with whites for purposes of apportionment. The three-fifths compromise was designed to prevent Southern states from magnifying their political power.

Pirates, however, are in the Constitution. Piracy has long been recognized as an international crime. The Define and Punish Clause (Article I, Section 8 Clause 10) empowers Congress to "define and punish" piracy and other felonies "committed on the high seas." America's first military action was in 1801 against the Barbary pirates, whose attacks on merchant ships threatened American commerce.

What's the difference between a pirate and a privateer? The Marque and Reprisal Clause. Privateers bearing a letter of Marque and Reprisal from Congress (not the states) are authorized to attack foreign ships during wartime.

Conservatives constantly talk about the limits on federal power. In this period of wild federal overreach, many states are eager to flex some constitutional muscle. Great!

But, let's get one thing straight: the Constitution limits states too. Under the Articles of Confederation, robust commerce, a stable economy, and a coherent foreign policy were impossible. Therefore the Constitution prohibits states from creating their own currencies, taxing exports from other states, and interfering with contracts. It also forbids states from turning a pirate into a privateer, forming treaties or agreements with foreign Power, keeping troops or war ships during peacetime, or engaging in War (unless actually invaded). Don't even get us started on the myth of nullification.

 

3. The Constitution encourages swearing.  

Before entering office, the President swears to "faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.'' But the President is not the only member of the federal government to take an oath. Article VI requires members of the legislative, executive, or judicial branches in both the state and federal government to swear to support the Constitution. The first law passed by the first Congress was "an Act to regulate the Time and Matter of administering certain Oaths."

Here's why this is significant: upholding the Constitution is the task of every officer in government, including the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court.

4. "Rights" appear once in the Constitution.  

Most constitutions around the world are lists of rights: the right to work, to health care, to ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources while promoting justifiable economic and social development. In these constitutions, rights come from government, not from nature.

But in the United States Constitution, the government does not create rights; it secures them. Therefore the word "right" is barely mentioned in the Constitution. It appears once in the unamended document: The Patents Clause in Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, stating "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" The Bill of Rights further secures rights by limiting the powers of the federal government.  

5. States must be Republics.

The Guarantee Clause is perhaps the best-but least-known-clause of the Constitution. The clause guarantees states a republican form of government and protection from foreign invasion. The Framers agreed on three criteria for republican government: popular rule, no monarch, and rule of law. If citizens think their state government is no longer republican, they should seek relief in Congress.  

There are a few odd clauses and interesting phrases in the Constitution. But there are more serious constitutional issues to discuss as well: the meaning of the First Amendment, the limits of the Commerce Clause, the extent of Congress's War Powers. To have these debates and conversations, we need to read, study, and understand the Constitution's meaning. And that's what ConstitutionOnline.com is all about.  

PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHERS... There's safety in numbers...

Here's a way you can lend a hand with our continuing struggle to warn the sleeping world about the dangers of radical Islam.

Clarion films, which produced the block busters Obsession, The Third Jihad and Iranium is stepping up its efforts to get these films shown.  I remember how happy I was when Obsession was first released. At last I had a way to reach the people I was trying to educate into a post 9/11 awareness. I distributed as many of the DVDs as I could.

Now you can help Ryan Mauro, a national security analyst on FOX News Channel, educate more people about sharia and jihad. Ryan is with RadicalIslam.org, the Clarion Fund's website. He is spearheading a new grassroots initiative to show these important films to local communities such as churches, synagogues, GOP/DNC/Tea Party groups, national security conferences or any other venue that may be interested.

No speaker's fee is required but travel expenses and a small screening license fee are requested.

I'm sure you will pass this along to all your contacts so we can really make a difference in our country's willingness to protect itself against sharia and jihad.

Here is Ryan's contact info:

Ryan Mauro

ryan@radicalislam.org.

National Security Analyst, RadicalIslam.org / Clarion Fund
Founder, WorldThreats.com

Follow me on Twitter at Twitter.com/RyanMauro

Dave

WNTP NEWS TALK 990 AM

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HOPE FOR CHANGE TOUR 2012

Friday April 27^h, 6:30pm

Irvine Auditorium-University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

2012 is truly the most important election year in our lifetime-perhaps, in our nation's history. Decisions are about to be made that will either secure America's future or hasten her decline. On April 27^th WNTP presents an evening with the true heavyweights of conservation talk.  Join Ann

Coulter, Bill Bennett and Hugh Hewitt as they look back of the past three years and ahead to what we can expect from an Obama second term

and what we can do between now and November to make our voices heard.

Ticket Prices - $99 - VIP Meet and Greet Reception with Ann, Bill and Hugh

$60 - Orchestra (Main Floor)

$40 - Mezzanine

Tickets include a copy of Ann Coulter's book, Demonic

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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

Constitution 101:
The Meaning and History of the Constitution

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

Weeks One & Two Now Available - Sign Up TODAY!

Dr. Larry P. Arnn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The U.S. Constitution

A Reader 

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

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

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

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

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:
No Charge for Current RJC Leaders
$10 for Current RJC Members
$25 for eTeam, NonCurrent, and Friends

RSVP is Required.
Please email Scott Feigelstein at
pasnj@rjchq.org or call 610-667-1263 

________________________

Philadelphia Individual Membership begins at $100 per year

Philadelphia Couples Membership begins at $150 per year

2011-2012 Speaker Series presented by:

Jessica & Eric Berger

Jill & Alan Miller

Cecilie & Eugene Block

Mindy & Bryan Rishforth 

Joan Carter & John Aglialoro

Adele & Harold Schaeffer

Amy & Steven Erlbaum

        Gerald B. Shreiber      

Vicki & Gary Erlbaum

         Beth & Craig Snider        

Gerry & Dick Fox

          Ed Snider          

Penny & Robert Fox

Laurie Wagman & Irv Borowsky

 May 2nd, 2012

11:30am - 1:30 PM

Location:

The Union League of Philadelphia

140 South Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA 19102

Registration: $50.00

    Click to Register   

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.

LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO

"BETTER THAN EVER"

(all times are eastern)

Wednesday 3-4pm "Patriots Watch" - Billy Baer and Dan Haggerty

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

Apparently Senator Marco Rubio is not using the millions of dollars of our tax money he receives each year for offices and staff to empty his DC voice mail on a Monday morning!

Please adjust your activism calls and bombard his Florida offices with thousands of calls. Call each one of them individually. We want word to reach Marco Rubio as he stumps with Romney today that Americans from all states are calling to demand he end his support for Dream Act Amnesty for illegal aliens!

Call Rubio's offices with your own version of our sample messages.

"I'm calling to tell Senator Rubio that I am one of the vast majority of Americans who oppose his illegal alien Dream Act Amnesty plans."

or

"I'm calling/writing to tell Senator Rubio that I oppose his illegal alien Amnesty plans and that I will work to make sure that his political career is ended. Accurate polls show that Americans oppose Dream Act Amnesty concepts 2 to 1 (Rasmussen Polling Oct 2007) and Senator Rubio has made a big career mistake trying to become the next John McCain and Lindsay Graham with illegal immigration issues. Dream Act Amnesty for illegal aliens will only encourage more illegal aliens and the courts will eventually allow Marco Rubio's illegal aliens voting rights, which will steal political power from millions of innocent Americans. Rubio's Dream Act Amnesty bill will cost many Americans their votes, jobs, taxpayer resources, and very lives. We need immigration enforcement not Amnesty!"

LIGHT UP THOSE PHONE LINES NOW USING THESE NUMBERS! Remember, calls are the most effective tool you have.


Senator Marco Rubio Contact Info For All Offices

Miami Office
8669 NW 36th Street
Suite 110
Doral, FL 33166
Phone: (305) 418-8553

Tampa Office
3802 Spectrum Boulevard
Suite 106
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 977-6450

Jacksonville Office
1650 Prudential Drive
Suite 220
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Phone: (904) 398-8586

Pensacola Office
1 N. Palafox Street
Suite 159
Pensacola, FL 32502
Phone: (850) 433-2603

Tallahassee Office
402 South Monroe Street
Suite 2105E
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: (850) 599-9100

Naples office
3299 E. Tamiami Trail
Suite 106
Naples, FL 34112
Phone: (239) 213-1521

Palm Beach Office
4580 PGA Blvd.
Suite 201
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
Phone: (561) 775 3360


After you make your calls

Email Senator Rubio
Contact - U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio

RedState Morning Briefing

For April 25, 2012

1. The Second Coming of American Liberal Fascism?

During the Bush years, Bush was often compared to Hitler or Mussolini,. The focus of the attacks had to do with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and angst over the supposed erosion of civil liberties due to warrantless wiretaps, among other things. There was a lot of hyperbole. Bush was a monkey, a Nazi, a Fascist, the devil's spawn. The hyperbole became so hysterical some conservatives jokingly took to calling President Bush "Chimpy McBushHitler Halliburton." Many on the right go too far in attacking the motives of President Obama in the same way the left attacked Bush. It is neither rational nor sane.

President Obama is, unlike President Bush, a progressive, but he is not a fascist.

One must be careful to say such things clearly these days lest the outrage pimps on the left try to drum up outrage on less than clear precision of word choice. President Obama does however, like President Woodrow Wilson, seek to harness the power of the state for the collective good of the American people, even at the expense of the individual. Many on the right view it as a European style socialist tendency because he does so in the name of fairness and believes the government should decide what each citizen's fair share is. Consider President Obama's recent speeches on the free market and individualism and compare them to Woodrow Wilson saying, "American is not now and cannot in the future be a place for unrestricted individual enterprise."

2. Obama Campaign: That Mitt Romney Comes From A Strange Family

Last week we pointed out the Obama re-election strategy of criticizing his wealth and religion.

After two false starts, one castigating Ann Romney for her decision to be a stay at home Mom - part of their War on Women theme - and another calling into question the reason there is a dog in the White House, one would think that the White House might try to refine their strategy a bit. But the White House is nothing if not consistent.

On Friday they dispatched the hapless Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) to The Daily Beast reprise the War on Women attack and to criticize Romney's religion.

3. Romney explains Obama's 'all of the above' energy policy

Speaking at Consol Energy's Research and Development Facility in South Park Township, Pennsylvania the day before that state's presidential primary, Mitt Romney took on President Obama's energy policies, blaming them for increasing energy prices.

4. Vast Right Wing Reign Of Terror (VRWROT)

Because the Dems no longer maintain their super-majority in both chambers of Congress, the President isn't getting everything rubber stamped and rammed through. This means, according to David Axelrod, that the conservative Republicans are imposing a "reign of terror" on all those Republicans that want to go back to rubber stamping Obama's agenda.

5. Arizona Gets its Day in Court

Article 4 Section 4 of the Constitution (the Guarantee Clause) directs the federal government to guarantee the states protection from invasion. Yet, in the case of Arizona, which has been disproportionately effected by the invasion of illegal aliens and drug cartels, the Obama administration has guaranteed them nothing but lawsuits.

In April 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1070, a bill designed to curb illegal immigration, into law. Among other things, this law (section 2) requires police officers who were already apprehending suspects for other crimes to check with federal authorities whether that individual is in the country legally. That inquiry can be made only if there is a reasonable suspicion that the suspect is an illegal alien.

 Give them another reason why Obama's GOT to go.

NO. 7.
His wife is a woman who wasn't proud to be American until her husband became a front runner in the Democratic primaries during his 2008 presidential run. Was there ever a bigger case of liberal whining, persecution complex, myopia, narcissism, and inflated sense of entitlement?  

Now that's justice for Trayvon......A man beaten by African American mob in Mobile Alabama 

Now that's justice for Trayvon.... That's what was reportedly said by the mob of African Americans as they left the Mobile man beaten and bleeding on the ground.

According to police, Owens exchanged some words with some kids playing basketball in the middle of Delmar Drive about 8:30 Saturday night. They say the kids left and a group of adults returned, armed with pipes, bricks, chairs and anything else they could find.

Owens' sister, Ashley Parker, saw the attack and said "It was the scariest thing I have ever witnessed." Parker says nearly 20 people, all African American,came to beat her brother on the front porch of his home and beat him they did, using "brass buckles, paint cans and anything they could get their hands on."

What Parker says happened next could make the controversy surrounding the brutal beating even worse. As the attackers walked away, leaving Owen dying on the ground, Parker says one of them said "Now thats justice for Trayvon."

DEFENDING THE WEST

Fighting the fascists at Temple University

Exclusive: Pamela Geller tells of battle to present anti-Shariah message over protesters

Last week, Islamic Apartheid Week was announced at Temple University in Philadelphia. A singular brave student organization at Temple wanted to counter the blood libel and propaganda of Israeli Apartheid Week, which is so common and so awful on college campuses, with the reality of the Shariah and the oppression, subjugation and persecution of women and non-Muslims living under Islam.

No sooner was it announced than the Islamic smear machine went into high gear. Numerous articles appeared in the Philadelphia City Paper, Naked City and elsewhere, smearing and defaming the speakers (Robert Spencer, Nonie Darwish, Simon Deng and me), but most egregiously me. Hamas-CAIR sent out a string of email alerts in support of the Occupy Muslim student groups' protests.

Read More . . . 

Reina Howard posted in Temple University Students for Intellectual Freedom (TUSIF)  

Reina Howard
 
I found these videos about the event Islamic Apartheid at Temple University this past Monday; I hope that it is okay with TUSIF that I am posting them. These videos do not include Alvaro's introduction and Simon Deng telling his story; but TUSIF, if I am not mistaken, will have their own videos that include Alvaro Watson and Simon Deng.
Enjoy!!

Robert Spencer http://youtu.be/C5iZZDk4sVQ

 Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Spin: NARAL dubs parental consent abortion bill the 'Arrest Grandma' act

The abortion group slammed the measure for preventing "loving" relatives other than a girl's parents, or a "member of the clergy," from helping girls get interstate abortions.

Planned Parenthood in red alert over undercover sex-selection abortion exposé

Planned Parenthood said their have been a string of "suspicious incidents" at some of their abortion facilities.

Next nationwide anti-HHS mandate rallies scheduled for June 8

The last rallies drew over 63,000 Americans in 146 cities. Organizers are urging new Rally Captains to step forward and help organize a rally in their cities.

Kansas law would force churches to host same-sex 'weddings,' receptions

It would also force any public venue to allow people to use showers, restrooms, and locker-rooms based on their "gender identity," rather than their "sex at birth."

University says condom vandalism of pro-life display has been 'properly, decisively' dealt with

However, a pro-life student group has pointed out that there has been no apology to the pro-life students, and the student responsible has apparently not been disciplined.

Two clinics with ties to notorious abortionist shut down by state

Brigham made recent headlines when he was arrested and charged with murder for operating an illegal late-term abortion business in Maryland.

Comic strip to feature homosexual 'prom' date

"So, who are you guys taking to the prom, anyway?" asks a young female ticket seller. "Uh, that would be each other," the male couple replies.

Gaping holes in Canada's new abortion data create abortion-decrease mirage

Recently released data appear to show a significant drop in abortions from the 2009 report. But it's all a mirage.

Catholic school board stands by decision to support MP's pro-life motion in face of attacks

"Pro-life, right-to-life, is part and parcel of the catechism of the faith," said board spokesman Bruce Campbell.

Pro-abort bill rejected in Irish Parliament, but pro-lifers say more trouble is coming

The bill proposed to legalize abortion and impose criminal penalties on pro-life counseling.

Change of heart: Eminient Chicago IVF doctor quits practice of creating babies in Petri dishes

I was a member of several infertility practices since joining the field in 1995. In 2008 I was increasingly concerned about the kind of procedures we were doing. Initially it was the demands of same-sex couples.

The ugly American - sex trafficking and our national humiliation

American Christians, who understand the incomprehensible scandal and moral horror of sex trafficking must recognize that this is an issue of high moral priority.

No stone throwing: speaking about human sexuality

It's easy to get angry at someone in open sexual sin. But you might think twice before picking up that stone.

My daughter, Cystic Fibrosis, and stem cell research

What if a cure came from researchers using stem cells from aborted babies? Would I allow that cure to be used on my daughter?

'I wish he'd never been born': The misguided view of abortion as 'mercy-killing'

"I love Ronan, and I believe it would have been an act of love to abort him," wrote one mother in Slate magazine.

CBS 60 Minutes: An Unholy Attack on Israel 

CBS's 60 Minutes blames Israel for virtually all the problems of Christians in the Holy Land and attacks Israel's Ambassador for intervening before the broadcast was aired.     

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The Savage Lands of Islam   Apr 24, 2012 11:40 am

The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia has ruled that ten year old girls can be married off, because in his words, "Good upbringing makes a girl ready to perform all marital duties at that age." The Mufti, who also recently called for destroying churches in the Arabian Peninsula, is descended from Mohammed Wahhab who gave birth to Wahhabism and his descendants have controlled the Saudi religious establishment, which has given them control of Islam around the world. For all his power and influence, the Mufti is blind and hasn't seen a thing in the last 52 years, an apt metaphor for his entire religion.

The Prosecutor Lies in Wait   Apr 24, 2012 10:55 am

A wake-up call to Western civilizations, like the United States and their rapidly growing minions of thought police, food police and ever growing sensitivity to "hate speech" which is not "hate speech" at all, but First Amendment infringement.  Lars Hedegaard shares his thoughts on his recent court battle.  The prosecution knew the outcome before taking Mr. Hedegaard to court and the only motive we see for them to drag him into court was to break him financially and to "censor" all writers who write freely from their homes.

Cost for Aborting Americans Insurmountable   Apr 24, 2012 12:43 am

A montage of the finale of Jimmy Stewart's "It's a Wonderful Life".  
  Obama fails to see abortion as an economic issue, much less a moral one. The effects of abortion--"The George Bailey Effect:  Abortion-on-Demand and the Implications for America's Economic Future-illuminates in one movie. "A Wonderful Life", dictates any life failing to exist would have affected multitudes had the person lived to adulthood.

Redistributing Wealth to "Save the Earth"   Apr 24, 2012 12:09 am

One of the world's leading environmentalists, James Hansen, calls for a tax on carbon emissions. The revenues would come mostly from high earners and businesses, and would be "deposited monthly," as dividends, into the bank accounts of low earners with smaller "carbon footprints."

Media Protect Elizabeth Warren in Senate Race   Apr 23, 2012 08:24 pm

Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has picked up the endorsement and fundraising support of entertainer Harry Belafonte, whose reputation as a calypso singer has been superseded by his service to international Marxism. During the Cold War, Belafonte sang at a "Concert for Peace" in communist East Germany, where he attacked President Reagan's anti-communist foreign policy.

Losing the Jihadists' War on America   Apr 23, 2012 08:18 pm

Have you ever asked yourself why, despite more than ten years of efforts -involving, among other things, the loss of thousands of lives in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, well-over a trillion dollars spent, countless man-years wasted waiting in airport security lines and endless efforts to ensure that no offense is given to seemingly permanently aggrieved Muslim activists - are we no closer to victory in the so-called "war on terror" than we were on 9/11?

U. S. Legislative Immigration Update April 23, 2012   Apr 23, 2012 06:26 pm

Right Side News Reports from the·Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in this legislative weekly including: Senate to Consider Increasing U Visas this Week, Alabama House Votes to Strip Language from HB 56, Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on SB 1070, House Committee Votes to Close Child Tax Credit Loophole, Congress Questions Obama's Decision to Cut Border Troops

The Universalist Holocaust   Apr 23, 2012 11:59 am

Everyone deals with trauma in different ways. Getting violently attacked on a street late at night. Watching a loved one murdered in front of your eyes. Feeling the fire on your skin as your home burns. It's not just the pain of the experience, it's realizing afterward how your world has changed and that your life will never be the same.

There are two basic human responses to an assault. I will protect myself. I will make the world a better place. The first deals with the risk of an attack. The second with your feelings about the world. The first leaves you better able to cope with an attack. The second makes you feel better about the world.

BENADOR: Eisner Case: Abusive Judeophobic Israeli Democracy setting Path to Civil War   Apr 23, 2012 11:37 am

by Eliana Benador
"May all true Jews, be prepared to accept the Torah on Shavuot, as it was originally accepted: with unity, like one man with one heart."

Deconstructing Zionism

''The Young Guard' was the mainstream Zionist youth organization, dedicated to bringing Zionist 'Values' to the youth of Israel. From the Guide of the Young Guard (Hashomer Ha'Tzair) in 1956:  "How to deal with religious youngsters: Among our youngsters, we're encountering significant numbers that are religious. Especially in the guided-youth in the immigration transit-camps.

The Savage Lands of Islam

The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia has ruled that ten year old girls can be married off, because in his words, "Good upbringing makes a girl ready to perform all marital duties at that age." The Mufti, who also recently called for destroying churches in the Arabian Peninsula, is descended from Mohammed Wahhab who gave birth to Wahhabism and his descendants have controlled the Saudi religious establishment, which has given them control of Islam around the world. For all his power and influence, the Mufti is blind and hasn't seen a thing in the last 52 years, an apt metaphor for his entire religion.

The Grand Mufti

Saudi Arabia, the heartland of Islam, still tries and executes witches. What sort of religion can come out of a place that marries off ten year old girls and murders old women on charges of witchcraft? Exactly the sort of religion you would expect to fly planes into skyscrapers, murder teenage girls for using Facebook and base their entire society on a ladder with Muslim men at the top, Muslim women a few rungs below and everyone else somewhere at the bottom.

The Saudis are not some aberration, they are Islam in its purest and truest form. This is where Islam originated, these are the people whose brutality and cunning spread it across the world, whose clans killed each other, then killed or enslaved minority groups, and then embarked on a wave of conquest that destroyed countless cultures and left behind seeds of hate that linger to this day.

Unlike Egypt or Syria, they were never colonized by European powers and the impact of Ottoman influence was limited. Oil has brought in massive amounts of money, but it has changed very little. There are limousines instead of camels, the slaves have foreign passports, though they are often still slaves, there is still a brisk trade in imported luxury goods, harems for princes and clans staggering under the weight of their indolent progeny.

Religiously, Wahhabism has done its best to recreate the "pure" Islam of its origins. Economically, oil has allowed the Gulf Arabs to prosper without reform or change. And if Mohammed were to ride out of the desert tomorrow, he would have little trouble fitting in, as soon as he developed a taste for Porsches. Anyone who wants to see the world as it was in Mohammed's day can visit Saudi Arabia and see inbred clans, slave labor, veiled women and thugs enforcing the will of Allah on every corner. 

Monday, April 23, 2012

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Bob Simon - Nothing New Under the Sun

In January 25, 2009 he had this to say:

"Palestinians ... when they want to travel from one town to another, they have to submit to humiliating delays at checkpoints and roadblocks. There are more than 600 of them on the West Bank."

In April 22, 2012 he had this to say:

"For all Palestinians, just leaving Bethlehem is a struggle. Getting to Jerusalem, only seven miles away, whether it's to pray, go to a doctor, visit family members, or work, means going through this Israeli checkpoint. That can take hours but before Palestinians can get even this far, they need a permit from the Israelis which can take weeks or months to obtain and is frequently denied."

So Who is Humiliating Whom?

April 24, 2012 |Eli E. Hertz  Revised, originally published 2004 & 2009

Bob, you say Palestinian Arabs feel humiliated and harassed when Israeli authorities search them and their belongings; when they are prevented from traveling freely because of checkpoints, roadblocks, closures and curfews. You say they feel "corralled."

Bob, in Israel, every Israeli is searched numerous times during the course of a single day. Israelis are asked to open their bags and purses for inspection. In most cases, they are subjected to body searches with a metal detector every time they enter a bank or a post office, pick up a bottle of milk at the supermarket, enter a mall or train station, or visit a hospital or medical clinic. Young Israeli men andwomen are physically frisked in search of suicide belts before they enter crowded nightclubs.

As a matter of routine, Israelis' car trunks are searched every time they enter a well-trafficked parking lot. Daily, their cars pass through roadblocks that cause massive traffic jams when security forces are in hot pursuit of suicide bombers believed to have entered Israel.

Israelis are searched not only when they go out for a cup of coffee or a slice of pizza, but also when they go to the movies or a concert, where the term "dressed to kill" has an entirely different meaning.

These ordinary daily humiliations now extend to similar searches when Israelis go to weddings or Bar Mitzvahs. No one abroad talks about the humiliation Jews in Israel are subjected to, having to write at the bottom of wedding invitations and other life cycle events, "The site will be secured [by armed guards]" - to ensure relatives and friends will attend and share their joyous occasion.

Bob, these ubiquitous security checks do not exist in Arab cities and towns in Israel (or, for that matter, in Judea and Samaria) because those places are not and never have been targets of Palestinian terrorism. In fact, the average Israeli is "humiliated and harassed" by being searched far more times a day than the average Palestinian. Not one human rights group, nor you, has so much as noted this massive intrusion into the rights of privacy and person imposed on Israelis.

To date, no one protests the fact that, since the 1970s, Jewish schoolchildren in Israel are surrounded by perimeter fences, with armed guards at the schoolyard gates.

Not one Arab village in Israel or the Territories has a perimeter fence around it. Guards are not required at Arab shops, cafes, restaurants, movie theaters, wedding halls or schools - either in Israel or in the Territories. Palestinians also do not need armed guards to accompany every school trip, youth movement hike or campout. They are not targets of terrorism.

Countless Israelis in sensitive areas within the Green Line - not only in the Territories, but also in Jewish towns, villages and bedroom suburbs - are "ghettoized" behind high fences.

Many Israeli motorists avoid major arteries that pass through Arab areas of Israel, while Arab citizens and Palestinians from the Territories continue to enter Jewish cities and go about their business without peril. Israelis are told, in effect, to disguise themselves when traveling abroad - not to speak Hebrew in public and not to wear garments that reveal their Jewish-Israeli origins. Even Israel 's national airline - El Al - has been forced to remove its logo from the tails of its aircraft at certain airports, out of concern for the safety of its passengers. On the other hand, Arabs who frequent Jewish cities and towns in Israel wear their traditional Arab headgear without fear of being attacked or harassed.

Bob, all of this begs the question: Who is Humiliating Whom?

For more on the subject see www.mythsandfacts.org 

April 24, 2012     ISNA and the FBI     Please ADD your
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Why are we so concerned about what appear to be hundreds of pages of revisions to FBI counterterrorism training materials?

Among many reasons, here's one.

As ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) reported on February 14^th, (see ISNA's release below), the organization met with top leadership of the FBI to discuss concerns about the training materials.

Who is ISNA?

We could provide you a lot more information, but you get the point. As we point out in a DVD entitled "Unmasking the Enemy Among Us," the Muslim Brotherhood and its front organizations such as ISNA are experts at information warfare. (This DVD is available on our Donate page.)

Now ISNA is advising the FBI on what should be in our counterterrorism training materials! In fact, scroll to the end of ISNA's release and you'll see it calls this is a "first step."

If you have not yet signed our open letter to congressional chairmen asking them to investigate what the FBI is doing, PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TODAY.

Immediately below is a two minute interview with Rep. Allen West on the issue of the FBI training materials. Rep. West will be the keynote speaker at this year's National Conference & Legislative Briefing.    

Allen West: political correctness affecting security

ISNA & Nat. Orgs. Meet with FBI Dir. to Discuss Biased FBI Training Materials
  http://www.isna.net/articles/News/ISNA--Nat-Orgs-Meet-with-FBI-Dir-to-Discuss-Biased-FBI-Training-Materials.aspx
 

(Feb 14, 2012) In a continuing effort to address concerns related to inflammatory training material, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently met with community and interfaith organizations to provide an update on steps taken by the agency to rectify the matter. On Wednesday, February 8, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the Arab American Institute (AAI), Interfaith Alliance, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), Muflehun, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), and the Shoulder-to-Shoulder campaign had an opportunity to discuss the matter with the Public Affairs Office of the FBI. Director Robert Mueller joined the meeting to discuss these matters with the representatives from the organizations.

The conversation with Director Mueller centered on material used by the agency that depicts falsehoods and negative connotations of the Muslim American community. The use of the material was first uncovered by Wired Magazine in an article published on September 14, 2011. Director Mueller informed the participants that the FBI took the review of the training material very seriously, and he pursued the matter with urgency to ensure that this does not occur again in the future.

ISNA President Imam Magid stated, "The discovery of FBI training materials that discriminated against Muslims did damage to the trust that was built between dedicated FBI officials and American Muslim community. We welcome and appreciate Director Mueller's commitment to take positive steps toward eradicating such materials and rebuilding trust and an open dialogue."

The Director also informed participants that to date, nearly all related FBI training materials, including more than 160,000 pages of documents, were reviewed by subject matter experts multiple times. Consequently, more than 700 documents and 300 presentations of material have been deemed unusable by the Bureau and pulled from the training curriculum. Material was pulled from the curriculum if even one component was deemed to 1) include factual errors, 2) be in poor taste, 3) be stereotypical, or 4) lack precision.

The meeting also provided an opportunity to share with Director Mueller other matters of concern to community members. Issues related to privacy, including the surveillance of mosques, were discussed. It was clear to all meeting participants that the issue of trust between community members and the FBI needs to be taken seriously by all of our nation's decision-makers. It was also evident that the Bureau must strengthen its efforts to build trust. The Director has testified before Congress about the invaluable contribution that the Muslim community makes to our nation's security, noting a recent bomb plot in Tampa, FL that was foiled thanks to a joint effort by the FBI and the local Muslim community.

The changes proposed by the FBI to the training modules are a welcomed first step in ensuring that such a mistake does not occur again in the future. The group asked the FBI Director to issue a formal statement on this matter acknowledging the negative impact of these training materials on the Muslim community. Representatives from the community and interfaith organizations also stressed the importance of transparency by the Bureau in dealing with these matters, and suggested that a committee of community leaders and experts be assembled to review training material issued by the FBI. Meeting participants requested that the training process be open and transparent moving forward, and requested future meetings with Director Mueller to continue the conversation.
 

Obama Cons Medicare Seniors to Gain Their Votes 

The most oppressive aspects of the ObamaCare law don't kick in until after the 2012 election, when the president will no longer be answerable to voters. More "flexibility," he recently explained to the Russians.

But certain voters would surely notice one highly painful part of the law before then - namely, the way it guts the popular Medicare Advantage program.

But as part of its hundreds of billions in Medicare cuts, the Obama one-size-fits-all plan slashes reimbursement rates for Medicare Advantage starting next year - herding many seniors back into the government-run program.

Each American Household is on the Hook for $328,404 Each for Medicare 

Medicare faces an unfunded liability of $38.6 trillion, according to the Medicare Trustees report released Monday.

The unfunded liability is the amount that has been promised in benefits to people now alive that will not be funded by the tax revenue the system is expected to take in to pay for those benefits. (The Medicare Trustees calculate the unfunded liability for a period of 75 years into the future.)

The $38.6 trillion in unfunded benefits Medicare is expected to pay over the next 75 years equals $328,404.43 for each of the 117,538,000 households the Census Bureau said there were in the United States in 2010.

Obama's underfunded Veterans Affairs Dept. has a backlog of almost 900,000 disability claims

Apr 24, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

 The Democrat habit of appointing "good Democrats" to positions  without regard for the required administrative skills it calls for is  hurting almost 900,000 disabled veterans.

 The incompetence of Barack Obama's Veterans Affairs Department has created a bureaucratic nightmare in which more than 65% of its disability claims sit on someone's desk for more than 125 days.  More than this 16% of the cases that are brought to resolution are done so in error according to veterans' advocate groups' testimony to the House Veterans Affairs Committee last week.       

 The V.A is totally underprepared for the predictable increase in disability claims stepped up fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan has caused. The current projections of a 1.2 million case backlog and an extra 50,000 cases a year present a sobering scenario in light of the so far failed administration of V.A. Secretary Eric Shinseki a Hawaiian Democrat and retired Army General.

 In response to ... Continue Reading:Obama's underfunded Veterans Affairs Dept. has a backlog of almost 900,000 disability claims

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American Minute April 23

Apr 23, 2012 06:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Bill Federer, staff writer

William Shakespeare was born APRIL 23, 1564.
His 37 plays impacted world literature.
He married Ann Hathaway, had three children, moved to London, and became shareholding director of Globe Theater, writing such classics as Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
In King Henry VIII, 1613, act III, scene ii, line 456, Shakespeare wrote:
"Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age have left me naked to mine enemies."
In Othello, 1604, act I, scene i, line 108, Shakespeare wrote:
"You are one of those that will not serve God if the devil bid you."
Four years before the Pilgrims landed in America at Plymouth Rock, Shakespeare died on this same day, APRIL 23, in 1616.
In his Will, Shakespeare wrote:
"I commend my soul into the hands of God, my Creator, ... Continue Reading:American Minute April 23

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Now why would this be? Reuters bleats that new state laws against voter fraud will hurt Obama

Apr 23, 2012 02:13 pm | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins Reuters is worried that new tough anti voter fraud laws will hurt Barack Obama's chances of reelection next November. Complaining that such laws "could" reduce Obama's supporters by "hundreds of thousands" the media outlet apparently sees no irony in its own position. Reuters doesn't feel at all self-conscious about the implication that only fraudulent applicants have to be concerned about these new laws and honest people would not be disadvantaged in the least. "Republican" led Legislatures  

 Further exposing its support for voter fraud the media giant cites "Republican-led legislatures" in 12 states as the culprits who are sharply restricting fraudulent voter drives. These "drives" typically provide Democrats with fake poor, young, Black and Hispanic "voters" who support them by big margins.

These new laws require photo identification which is the most potent weapon against Democrat voter fraud. In states such as Florida and Ohio, where honest polls already have Democrat Senatorial candidates trailing ... Continue Reading:Now why would this be? Reuters bleats that new state laws against voter fraud will hurt Obama

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News from The Hill:

Senate votes down GOP motion to block NLRB union election rule
By Daniel Strauss

The Senate on Tuesday voted down a Republican-backed motion meant to block a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that speeds up union elections.

In a mostly party line vote, the Senate, as expected, voted 45 to 54 to defeat S.J. Res 36, a motion of disapproval on the NLRB ruling, halting GOP efforts to block the union election rule from taking effect.

Read the story here.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 196 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


War On Terror Is Over?

Every couple of days, it seems, some department under Obama's leadership fully embraces liberalism, exposing Obama's agenda and embarrassing us. For example, the General Services Administration is supposed to help save the taxpayers' money by implementing cost-saving policies for the massive federal bureaucracy. Then the GSA bureaucrats go wild at an $800,000 Las Vegas convention complete with clowns, bicycle building lessons and mind readers.

For decades, the left has bombarded our culture with licentiousness and the message, "If it feels good, do it." Everywhere you turn there are sex scandals -- from Bill and Monica to Anthony Weiner and even the Secret Service. Hugh Hefner may be proud, but most Americans are disgusted.

Now comes the news that some official at the State Department has declared the war on terror to be over. Here is the full quote: "The war on terror is over. Now that we have killed most of al Qaida, now that people have come to see legitimate means of expression, people who once might have gone into al Qaida see an opportunity for a legitimate Islamism."

This official sounds like someone from Code Pink or some other far-left group. The use of the term "war on terror" again suggests that our leaders and policy makers still don't get it. World War II was not a "war on blitzkriegs" or a "war on kamikazes."

Not only is the term wrong, but so is the mindset. If this official really believes that the "war on terror is over," then I assume we'll soon see an end to airport TSA pat downs, right? Al Qaeda has taken a beating, but I think it is premature to suggest that militant Islam has been defeated.

And what exactly is "legitimate Islamism" anyway? It seems that the administration is attempting to make a separate peace with radical Islam. Religious persecution, treating women like cattle -- that's all okay so long as there's a street protest or vote along the way. Really? It seems like 1938 all over again.


Obamanomics Is Bad For America

The big issue in this election is the economy. In spite of the past three years, Barack Obama is trying to convince Americans that he has all the answers -- that higher taxes and more spending is the formula to economic growth. If that sounds ludicrous, that's because it is. And last week the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said as much.

The CBO analyzed Obama's proposed 2013 budget and determined that after five years "the Obama proposals would reduce economic output by between 0.5 percent and 2.2 percent." Why? Because Obama's spending would require more government bonds, leaving less money for private investment. In addition, his planned tax increases would take even more money out of the private economy.

Just more evidence that America cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama!


Obama's Catholic Problem

Responding to the Obama Administration's repeated assaults on faith, the nation's Catholic bishops are calling for the faithful to engage in a series of public protests in defense of our First Amendment freedoms. Dubbed the "Fortnight for Freedom," from June 21st to July 4th, the bishops are promising to "focus all the energies the Catholic community can muster" in defense of religious liberty. And they are calling on all men and women of faith to join them.

This news is giving the Obama campaign heartburn. Obama won 54% of Catholic voters in 2008. But today his numbers are terrible. A February Rasmussen poll found that 59% of likely Catholic voters disapproved of Obama's job performance. And against Mitt Romney, Obama was losing Catholic voters 35%-to-52%.

Religious liberty in America is truly at a tipping point. Catholic charities are no longer permitted to assist with adoptions in some states because the church believes marriage is between a man and a woman. Christian business owners are being fined for their faith. Now Obama wants to force religious institutions to pay for services and products that violate their values.

If the government can force a church to pay for services that violate its values, it won't be long before it tries to force churches to perform services that violate their values. It was a lesson learned the hard way by Methodists in New Jersey, and a local ordinance in Kansas appears to be pushing the envelope.

If Barack Obama gets four more years to pack the courts, including the Supreme Court, with left-wing activists, the battle for faith and family may be lost for generations.


Here Come The Smears

Hold on, folks. It's going to be a rough year. The Democrats are getting desperate and it is starting to show.

Brian Schweitzer, the Democrat governor of Montana, recently tried to smear Mitt Romney by bringing up polygamy in the context of Romney's appeal to Latino voters. Schweitzer was condemned for his remarks, but he's not backing down. In fact, while attempting to defend himself, he repeated it again on CNN last night.

I know the Democrats can't talk about Obama's success on the economy. But do they really want to go down this road? Not only was Obama's grandfather a polygamist, so was his father, according to this Washington Post column.

Not only that, but Obama's Justice Department is in court trying to radically redefine the meaning of marriage in America so that men can "marry" other men. But once you throw out the accepted definition of normal marriage, on what basis can you legally limit marriage to just two people? What about the love of one man for his four wives? It's not a hypothetical question any more.
    

In a better world, debates about science - and nearly everything else - would be conducted without resort to demagoguery, sentimentality, cynical manipulation, or hysteria. In the world we inhabit, those tactics are dismayingly routine. Still, the great weakness of overwrought predictions of doom is that they can be checked.

The past year has not been kind to the most potent symbols of climate-change hysteria. Consider the polar bear. Among the most moving images of the warmists' warnings was the solitary polar bear, supposedly marooned on an ice floe. The image became iconic after it was published in Science magazine. Among the most memorable moments in Al Gore's film was an animated clip depicting struggling polar bears.

You don't hear stories, as you do with dolphins, of polar bears rescuing drowning humans. But polar bears, especially cubs, have a different claim on our sympathy - they're adorable. We shudder to see winsome, furry mammals drifting off to sea on ice floes - all because we couldn't part with our SUVs. A children's book prepared by the United Nations put it just that way.

Well, the picture of that "stranded" polar bear has been lampooned as "Ursus bogus

Congress is dangerously close to putting another nail in the coffin of your personal privacy on the internet . . .

. . . especially if you are an online purchaser of ammo or firearms-related items.

For nearly four years, gun owners have been considered "suspect" by an administration hell-bent on restricting gun rights.

And now, the Obama administration, working in conjunction with Democrats AND Republicans in Congress, may have found a way to do so all in the name of "cybersecurity."

On Thursday, Congress is set to begin consideration of H.R. 3523, the "Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011" (CISPA).

Your action right now is vital to putting a stop to CISPA's threat to the personal privacy of gun owners.

CISPA, also supported by Facebook and Twitter, would encourage companies to give the federal government sensitive information that is now currently prohibited by law without a warrant or subpoena.

And the most troubling bit of information is that my sources on Capitol Hill tell me that House Leadership on both sides of the aisle is putting on a full court press to gain the support of your elected representative.

This includes "private," "closed door," "members-only" meetings.

The fact is, if passed, CISPA would allow voluntary exchanges of personally identifiable information -- including your firearms-related purchasing habits -- to ANY government agency that wants it . . .

. . . including Eric Holder's ATF and Justice Department.

CISPA was also written in broad enough fashion to potentially override every existing privacy law due to a "notwithstanding provision in law" clause that gives companies immunity for sharing your information with government agencies.

That's why I need you to take action to stop this bill dead in it's tracks just as soon as possible.

Please call your Representative right now at 202-224-3121 and demand a "NO" vote on H.R. 3523.

Also tell your Representative that you expect a "NO" vote on any other piece of legislation intended to undermine your privacy, especially firearms-related purchase information.

With the consideration and possible vote on H.R. 3523 (CISPA) expected within the next 48 hours, your immediate action is needed -- AT ONCE!

So please make your call (202-224-3121) in opposition to H.R. 3523 right now.

Thanks in advance for taking action to protect the personal privacy of gun owners.

For Freedom,

Dudley Brown
Executive Vice President

P.S. The National Association for Gun Rights is working day and night to protect your personal privacy as a gun owner and keep you up-to-date on all gun rights-related issues.

Please consider chipping in $10 or $20 to help the National Association for Gun Rights keep up the fight and keep you informed.

Today's Headlines:  Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Medicare Faces Unfunded Liability of $38.6T, or $328,404 for Each U.S. Household

Biden Jokes about Secret Service Threatening to Shoot Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner

Obama Administration Honors 78 Schools for Educating 'Tomorrow's Environmental Leaders' 

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1,183,700 Violent Crimes Committed at Public Schools; Only 303,900 Reported to Police

Energy Dept. Spending Millions to Find Out When and Where the Sun Will Shine

As U.N. Probes U.S. Treatment of Native Americans, Clinton Is 58 Days Late in Releasing Human Rights Report

Romney Backs Obama's Student Loan Proposal, Rejects Rubio's Conservative Immigration Plan

Clinton Hails Restoration of 'Essential' U.S. Global Leadership, While Sen. Rubio Will Ask If Such Leadership Is 'Even Necessary'

Obama Administration Says It Talked With Muslim Brotherhood to Promote Small Business

State Department Mum As Turkey Tries to Block Israel's Participation in Chicago NATO Summit

Secret Service Says It Does Assign Women to Protect President

Report: Southwest Border Districts Account for 80 Percent of All Criminal Cases in Magistrate Courts

Marine General: U.S. Special Forces Will Be in Afghanistan 'For Years' After 2014

Iraq Prime Minister Praises 'Friendly and Brotherly Relationships' with Iran

COMMENTARY:

Something Rotten in the State
By Patrick J. Buchanan
A noxious aroma of self-indulgence and corruption is arising from the seat of government in Washington, D.C. This is Obama's problem, and it is no longer a small one.

Devious Taxation
By Walter E. Williams
What standard of fairness dictates that the top 10 percent of income earners pay 70 percent of the income tax burden while 47 percent of Americans pay nothing?

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Obama suffers more negative press than GOP, Pew study shows
Gorbachev, in Chicago, on Obama: 'I will support him'
Boehner: 1-in-3 chance Republicans lose their House majority
Violence ages children's DNA, shortens their chromosomes
Survey: Maine ranked 'most peaceful' state; Louisiana, least
Pew study: Mexican immigration to U.S. down sharply since 2005
Study finds huge disparities in what hospitals charge for an appendectomy
Utah's Mia Love looking to be 1st black Republican woman in U.S. House
Social Security's financial forecast gets darker; Medicare's outlook unchanged
Senate Dems plan to force a vote on Ariz. immigration law if it's upheld by court
Protest by Catholic activists may hamper Obama reelection bid
Republicans bash Energy Dept. for supporting production of electric car with taxpayer funds
Budget woes may close 40 Philadelphia schools
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