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The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.

Author says Wright helped Obama accept Christianity without renouncing Islam

Joe Newby   May 15, 2012

Spokane Conservative Examiner

Edward Klein, author of the new book "The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House," told Sean Hannity Monday that Jeremiah Wright, the controversial former pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ, "made it comfortable" for Barack Obama to accept Christianity without having to renounce his "Islamic background," the Daily Caller reported Monday.

Klein told Hannity that even before Obama became a member of Wright's church, "he was very close to the Reverend Wright, who was like a second father to him."

He went on to say that Wright was Obama's spiritual and political advisor.

"In fact, the Reverend Wright told me, on tape, that Obama came to him and said, 'I need some spiritual advice, I don't know exactly who I am,' and the Reverend Wright said - and this is on tape - well, we know your Islam background, and you have that, but what you need now, is some coaching on Christianity," Klein said, adding that he asked Wright if he converted Obama to Christianity from Islam.

"He said, 'I don't know if I could go that far, but I can tell you that I made it comfortable for him to accept Christianity without having to renounce his Islamic background," Klein recalled.

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Obama's Unique Form of 'Christianity:'No Baptism Or Renunciation of Islam Required

New questions arise lately concerning whether President Obama is a Muslim or a Christian, as Mr. Obama gives his partial support to the mosque at Ground Zero.

By Madeline Brooks, August 21, 2010

We've all heard by now that Obama became a Christian mostly to expedite his political career and that the Trinity United Church of Christ he joined, presided over by Reverend Jonathan Wright, was not exactly mainstream. We've heard about Wright's damning of America and we know that the church was - and might still be - a hot bed of black nationalism. But what is not as well known is that no baptism is required, nor must Muslims renounce Islam to be accepted as full members in that church.On a tip from a pastor, which I wrote about here I called the Trinity United Church back in February, 2010 to ask about the requirements of membership. The church receptionist transferred my call to the Director of Membership, who told me that baptism is optional and that Muslims who believe in the prophet Mohammed can be full members. In fact, she reassured me cheerfully, they have plenty of Muslim members.

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Media Teams with Obama Campaign to Intimidate Super PAC

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Dear Patriots,

Are you concerned about your property rights.  London Grove is trying to get Agenda 21 in their area.  Once we get it established in London Grove, it will set a precedence for all of Chester County.  If you are concerned about property rights and your freedoms, please come to the meeting.  If you need a ride and can meet at my house, let me know.  Please read below.

Thanks.

Paula Stiles

Chesco Patriots

Mark Driver

vfpatriots.com
 
Important United Nations Agenda 21 -
Sustainable Development Notice: 
  
  This email is primarily for London Grove Township residents because the insidious
"United Nations' Sustainable Development - Agenda 21 Program" has been brought
to LondonGroveTownship(LGT), Chester County, Pennsylvania. 
  
 The London Grove Township (LGT) "Sustainability
Plan" has already been created by the London Grove Township Environmental
Advisory Council (EAC) and has been presented to the LGT Board of Supervisors for adoption. 
  
 If you are a LGT resident and care about your rights as property owners and free citizens, you should attend
the next meeting of the LGT Board of Supervisors and the LGT EAC.
 
If you don't care about losing your rights, stay home and
allow your rights to be eliminated!
 
 
For those of you who live outside of London Grove
Township, I suggest you also attend this meeting because, if this UN Agenda 21 -
Sustainable Development program has not as yet been foisted upon your
municipality, it will be. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
 
 

7PM at the London Grove Township Building at

American Policy Center - Primer on UN Agenda 21 - Handout.doc 

SD handout 6-4 Updated.pdf 

SD A21 pamphlet - 2010 - 14 pages.pdf 

LIVE SMART - NEWS TALK

Welcome to the fortress of free speech. The New IQ 106.9 FM is the Delaware Valley's new ho me for Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck. Hidden beyond the reach of big government and corporate media in an abandoned power plant in Fishtown, IQ 106.9 is fair and balanced, not live and liberal.

Rumors of War III

Part Two: The Fiction and Non-Fiction of Obama

• May 13, 2012

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On June 2^nd FreedomWorks will be hosting an all-day grassroots training at the Spring Mill Manor in Ivyland PA.  FreedomWorks has teamed up with local tea party groups in preparation for the 2012 elections.  This event will cover everything from building your grassroots army, to strategies to help beat the left on Election Day.  Learn from some of the best campaigners in the game today the tried and true methods of get out the vote. 

With so much at stake including defeating Obama and Casey agenda this event will give you the tools and techniques needed to beat them both in November.  Keynoting this exciting day is none other than former House Majority Leader and FreedomWorks chairmen Dick Armey.  Other special guests include Education reform expert from Reason Foundation Lisa Snell who will provide us with an in depth look at education reform and school choice issues facing PA.  This action packed event is crucial for anyone interested in helping to Take America Back!

If you are interested in attending this important event please RSVP by clicking the following link http://connect.freedomworks.org/node/250623. 

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday June 2^nd at 10:00PM at the Spring Mill Manor for this exciting event. 

Event Details:
When: Saturday, June 2, 2012
Where: Spring Hill Manor (171 Jacksonville Rd, Ivyland, PA 18974)
Time: 10:00-2:00PM
Agenda:
                10-10:10 - Welcome
                10:10-11:20 - Get Out the Vote Training
                11:20-12:20 - New Media Training
                12:20-1:00 - Break
                1:00-1:30 - Understanding School Choice with Lisa Snell from Reason Foundation
                1:30-2:00 - Keynote speech from Dick Armey

I hope to see you there.

For Freedom,

David Spielman

Campaigns Coordinator, FreedomWorks

By allowing our attention to be focused exclusively on the danger and prevention of terrorism, we ignore the many other ways we are being attacked. Specifically, we are missing what our Islamist enemies call their 'civilization jihad' - a form of warfare that employs manipulative financial techniques, lawfare, infiltration of our civil institutions and government and insidious information dominance. Together, these have the effect of exploiting our liberties and governing structures against us, so that our leaders wind up imposing the very anti-American values that our enemies promote.

Welcome to The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Enemy Within - a 10-part, web-based video briefing that is designed to explain why and how this is happening.

It addresses a threat most Americans are unaware even exists within our country, let alone the degree of peril it represents.
The threat is the totalitarian, supremacist Islamic doctrine its adherents call "shariah" and the organized, disciplined and increasingly successful efforts by such adherents-- most especially the Muslim Brotherhood-- to bring it here.

We are making this course available in the hope of encouraging, informing and broadening support for national efforts to defeat the insinuation into this country of shariah's anti-constitutional and seditious program.  

Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Overview

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 and share it with others.  It has already been seen by over 1,250,000 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

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Because of the generosity of patriots like you, we've reached our fundraising goal to retake the Senate and FIRE Harry Reid!

And as a special way of saying thanks, we're extending an exclusive opportunity for you to pre-register for FreePAC, a national grassroots gathering of Americans interested in restoring freedom from the bottom up: in their neighborhood, in their state, and in their country. The event takes place from 6-9pm on July 26th in American Airlines Arena in Dallas, TX.

Click here to accept this exclusive opportunity to pre-register now!

The theme of FreePAC is "Restoring Freedom" and it will be held in conjunction with Glenn Beck's "Restoring Love" event on July 28th. FreePAC will not only feature Glenn, FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey, and me, but speeches from many of the biggest names in the freedom movement! FreePAC also provides attendees with exclusive grassroots materials, a unique grassroots training experience, and the latest in online mobilization strategy. Can you make it?

In about two weeks, these tickets will go on sale to the general public, so I wanted to make sure I invited you first.

I hope you can make it. More information can be found on FreePAC by clicking here.

In Liberty,

The U.S. Constitution

A Reader 

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.

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.

FREE Training Conference Saturday, August 18, 2012 Washington Dulles Airport Marriott 45020 Aviation Drive * Dulles, Virginia * (703) 471-9500

If you are concerned about the growing threat of radical Islam and Sharia Law to our great land and you haven't seen a plan of action to meet this evil head on, here's your opportunity to join with us for real, measurable results.

Results that make a difference, not just a statement.

Our host team is working hard to deliver a day you won't forget. Plan on being there! Meet me and our growing team of professionals at the Dulles Airport Marriott on Saturday, August 18, 2012. Registration will start at 7:30 AM with the event starting at 8:30 AM and running through 5:00 PM.

Here are a few comments we have received from previous training seminars around the nation:

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Call the number above to reserve your room at the Marriott if you need to spend the night.

Your early registration really helps us plan accurately for materials and supplies needed! Thank you for doing it today!

I look forward to meeting you and looking into your eyes and thanking you for taking this stand with me. We will protect this nation!

Sincerely,


Brigitte Gabriel

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Monday 3-4pm "Bordering on Insanity" - Sue Payne and Frosty Wooldridge

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

Thursday 3-4pm "America's Black Shield" - Ted Hayes and Terrance Lang

Friday 10-11pm "Veterans' Weekly Forum" - Rich Davis and David Bellavia   

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

Contact your Senators and ask them to vote for S2205  to stop the Hillary /Obama UN gun control   

New Senate Bill Keeps The U.N. From Dictating U.S. Gun Laws! As the United Nations Works Hard to Dismantle U.S. Gun Rights, Senate responds with bill to stop it even if treaty is signed.  

Now, the U.S. Senate has LISTENED to your activism and a vehicle exists to stop the UN in its tracks, even if this abomination is rammed down our throats, the federal government will be prohibited from spending a dime to make it happen.  Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) has introduced S.2205.  INSIST THAT BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE PASS S.2205 NOW!  

A BILL

To prohibit funding to negotiate a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that restricts the Second Amendment rights of United States citizens.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

(a) Findings- Congress makes the following findings:

(1) In October 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the United States support and participation in negotiating the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, to be finalized in 2012, signaling a shift in United States policy.

(2) An Arms Trade Treaty that regulates the domestic manufacturer, possession, or purchase of civilian firearms and ammunition would infringe on the rights of United States citizens protected under the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

(b) Sense of Congress- It is the sense of Congress that the sovereignty of the United States and the constitutionally protected freedoms of American gun owners must be upheld and not be undermined by the Arms Trade Treaty.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING.

No funds may be obligated or expended to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States, in connection with negotiations for a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, to restrict in any way the rights of United States citizens under the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or to otherwise regulate domestic manufacture, assembly, possession, use, transfer, or purchase of firearms, ammunition, or related items, including small arms, light weapons, or related materials.

Just in case you missed it, the proposed UN treaty would include:

• Establishment of a new UN agency, the Implementation Support Unit, with power to regulate anything having to do with guns that might be sold internationally;
• A requirement that every country submit its gun control plan to the UN;
• A requirement for every country to implement internal tracking of all gun sales within its borders (outright registration!); and,
• A ridiculously expensive requirement for every single of round of ammunition to be stamped with a unique serial number.

Congress HAS to support S.2205 in order to thwart President Obama, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, and the gun-grabbers at the UN!

As former U.S. ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, once stated: "This [treaty] will strengthen the hand of a government that wants to regulate private ownership of firearms."

You've expressed your outrage. Now, Senator Moran has listened and we have A REAL BILL TO STOP THIS! The only way for the bill to get through Congress is for YOU to push it through.  Insist Congress Stand Up for the Second Amendment

Sincerely,

P.S.: The gun grabbers at the United Nations, gleeful to have as socialist of an American President as Obama, will stop at nothing to TAKE YOUR GUNS. Please, help us today.

PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY!

Victory Center" on Facebook

-Gabriel Malor

Last week I had the opportunity to get a sneak-peek at the RNC's new Facebook application. Designed, in the words of one RNC staffer to "take our message where the people are," the Social Victory Center app will, among other things, hook users up with campaign news targeted based on their location and preferences (which Facebook already knows, of course), let users join volunteer efforts, distribute voter registration forms, and provide an online phone bank, all without leaving the Facebook website. It will also, if users wish, put those activities on the user's Facebook wall, letting their friends see what they're up to and, hopefully, encouraging them to join in.

It's an attempt to leverage Facebook's popularity in a new way and, at the moment, the Democrats have nothing like it. The Social Victory Center was unveiled to the public yesterday, so if you're on Facebook, check it out. As the general election ramps up, check back for volunteer activities as they're added. Also, like I did in 2008, I'll be pushing online phone banking in the final weeks of the election, only this time the RNC will have done the heavy-lifting that the McCain team wasn't too keen on.

LINK: http://ace.mu.nu/

RedState Morning Briefing

For May 21, 2012

1. Thomas Fuentes, R.I.P.

You probably did not know Thomas Fuentes. I did.

He sat on the board of Eagle Publishing, Inc., our parent company. Today comes word that the Lord has finally called him home after a long battle with cancer.

Tom Fuentes was a grand man. He was a conservative fighter. Two words for you: Orange County. In the seventies, Orange County, California was starting to drift left. Tom Fuentes stopped that drift. He made Orange County safe for conservatives. From 1984 to 2004, he served as county GOP Chairman. Unlike so many, Tom Fuentes did not build up an organization making himself the indispensable man whose work would collapse without him. A true leader, he built up Orange County so it could go on as a Republican juggernaut.

Many men in conservative politics whose organizations will collapse the moment they are gone could take lessons from what Tom Fuentes did.

2. Obama Once Again Shifting the Blame on Gas Prices

This week, President Obama and Interior Secretary Salazar returned to familiar territory, once again chastising energy companies for maintaining an inventory of undrilled Federal leases.

3. Tom Barrett (D CAND, WI-GOV RECALL) passes on honoring slain cops to... stump-speech the UAW.

When it came out last week that Milwaukee mayor (and Wisconsin Democratic candidate for governor in the upcoming recall election) Tom Barrett had skipped out on two ceremonies honoring Milwaukee police officers, there was some questions about what Barrett thought could possibly be more important that going to, say, a memorial service for slain Wisconsin policemen. It probably didn't help either that Barrett was so evasive about the answer, either - to the point of convenient memory loss. Well, it turns out that Barrett probably wanted to forget the answer of where he was doing instead of honoring fallen officers, given that the answer was... 'making a stump speech.'

4. Ad Wars

I am a rabid online video consumer. I love them, I watch them, I make them. The greatest thing about online videos is that, unlike television, the creators have all the time they need to explain their point and they are, more importantly, a relatively inexpensive way to react quickly to the opposition.

I'm not sure the Obama administration has figured out yet that between our continual victories on twitter and our exploding video production capabilities, they aren't the only game in town anymore. Back in 2008, most tech savvy people found the McCain campaign to be woefully inadequate online. This doesn't appear to the be the case this election cycle with Romney's camp & conservative SuperPACs pushing new content almost daily.

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for May 21, 2012

Republicans doubling down on debt-limit showdown strategy   

The Chicago Tribune

Resolution of Chen crisis indicates possible maturation in U.S.-China relationship   

The Washington Post

Chinese Company to Buy US Movie Theater Chain AMC   

ABC News

NATO touts Afghan war's end as fighting goes on   

The Associated Press

Blood and treasure LOST to an international bureaucracy on foreign shores   Tampa Bay Online 

Latest Heritage Research:

BACKGROUNDER 

Saving Somalia: The Next Steps for the Obama Administration

ISSUE BRIEF

Congress Should Act on FEMA's Refusal to Reform

 May 21, 2012 

Obama the Inchoate Kenyan
Mark J. Fitzgibbons
Was attempted fraud committed when Barack Obama's literary agency came to publish that he was born in Kenya? More

The Media Mess of Pottage?
Steve McCann
It is difficult for Americans to accept the possibility that the media have become so craven that they would sell their soul to the government they are supposed to monitor. More

Bayes' Theorem and Mr. Obama's Literary Agency
Jason Kissner
A mathematical tool is offered to evaluate the likelihood, in light of the Breitbart disclosure, that Mr. Obama was born in the United States. More

No Civilized Country Would Ever Banish Eduardo Saverin
Peter W. Dunn
The Ex-Patriot Act introduced by Senators Chuck Schumer and Bob Casey is a bill of attainder which would result in cruel and unusual punishment. More

California Dreamin': A Nightmare of Collapse
Jim Mahoney
There was a time when the California dream conjured visions of sun, endless summers, hot love, cool breezes, and muscle cars. Not anymore. More

Militant Nurses March for Something
Norman Rogers
Trade unionism of the clenched fist variety is a stretch for the feminine half of the population, but they do try on occasion. More

Time for a Reset between the U.S. and Mexico
Silvio Canto Jr
No, not Russia. Mexico. More

Ask which part of this simple statement by Thomas Jefferson the Obama administration finds so hard to understand:  

"A wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave the mother wise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government."  

Hooray for Florida!

In signing the new law, Republican Gov. Rick Scott said,  

"If Floridians want welfare, they better make sure they are drug-free".

Applicants must pay for the drug test, but are reimbursed if they test drug-free.

Applicants who test positive for illicit substances won't be eligible for the funds for a year, or until they undergo treatment.

Those who fail a second time will be banned from receiving funds for three years!

Naturally, a few people are crying this is unconstitutional. 

How is this unconstitutional?

It's a legal requirement that every person applying for a JOB has to pass drug tests in order to get the JOB, why not those who receive welfare?

Forward this if you agree!

Let's get welfare back to the ones who NEED it, not to those who WON'T get a JOB.

Mark Driver 

May 18, 2012

60 Minutes Veils Education Jihad

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A Million Souls Up in Heaven' - Pro Life Song   May 20, 2012 12:34 pm

Sunday, May 20, 2012 (Right Side News, Richmond, VA): My friend, Tom White, who blogs at VA Right, just released his music video, "A Million Souls Up in Heaven". He wrote it, and did all the music.Since the legalization of abortion in 1973, there have been approximately 50 million abortions performed in the United States. Source: Guttmacher Institute, 2011, August. Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States. God will move on this, if He has not already begun the judgment of our nation.  

All Things to All People   May 20, 2012 12:25 pm

President Clinton was, as we all know, the nation's first black president. Now Newsweek has declared Obama to be America's first gay president which means the first gay president will probably have to settle for being called the first alien president and, after that, the first alien president will be out of luck. 

Malik Ali Brings the Crazy to Irvine Speech   May 20, 2012 11:50 am

The Investigative Project on Terrorism
Zionists are responsible for the global financial meltdown, and President Barack Obama is a puppet for powerful white people who are gearing up for full-scale military conflict to colonize Africa.  Those kernels of wisdom were imparted by Imam Abdel Malik Ali at the University of California, Irvine last week.

Trans-Atlantic Interview with EDL Tommy Robinson   May 20, 2012 06:00 am

In this video interview, the popular Canadian blogger "Vlad Tepes" inquires Tommy Robinson, leader of the English Defence League, about the purpose of his organisation and the obstacles that leftwing extremists, Islamists and the British establishement have thrown in the way of his grass roots movement. A full text transcript is posted below the video.

House Leadership Demands Cooperation from Holder on "Fast and Furious"   May 20, 2012 12:20 am

On May 18, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), joined House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder demanding full cooperation with the ongoing Congressional investigation into the infamous "Fast and Furious" operation, and the tragic death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

From Democracy to Sharia   May 19, 2012 03:16 pm

The 'Arab Spring' shows that democratic process is useless without democratic culture.  

A few weeks ago, amid the "Arab Spring" giddiness, a Shiite mosque opened in Cairo. This was big news. Among Egypt's 80 million people, there are only a few thousand Shiites. It's a 90 percent Sunni country, with even Christians vastly outnumbering the Shia. So, in their euphoria over the mosque's inauguration, Shiite clerics heralded this Husseiniya (as Shiite mosques are known) as a symbol of rapprochement. The mosque would bridge the sectarian divide: a Shia center in this bustling Sunni city, yet a house of worship, thus emphasizing what unites rather than divides Muslims in one of Islam's most important nations.

New Poll: End of Gender Gap or Proof of Credibility Gap?   May 19, 2012 02:18 am

The Obama campaign is complaining about the latest New York Times/CBS poll, because of its "methodology." Their real complaint, however, is with the results. Whereas in April, the poll showed that in a general election match-up between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, Obama was ahead among women voters by 49% - 43%, now, in the latest poll, Romney is ahead among women by 46% - 44%, which is within the three-point margin of error, but represents an eight-point swing in one month. After the Sandra Fluke/contraception issue, and the whole "GOP war on women" theme pushed by Obama and his media allies, these numbers seemed surprising. But, in fact, they indicate that a majority of women aren't buying it.

Muslim Persecution of Christians: April, 2012   May 18, 2012 07:07 pm

(Editor's Note) The continued persecution of Christians by Muslims on the global stage in plain site continues unabated due to the refusal of mainstream news to turn their cameras and journalists upon them.  Muslims are committing gruesome murders, beheadings, severe and deadly beatings, church attacks and destruction, rapes, killing of children and all in the name of Allah, their God of this religion of peace.  Their actions truly show Islam is a religion of hate and death.

BENADOR: Obama vs Troops Part II: Next Victims, Sergeant Robert Bales and Family   May 18, 2012 06:35 pm

by Eliana Benador
                                     "One for all, all for one"    Obama Tyranny    Not a day goes by without Obama appropriating and performing one more tyrannical gesture, attitude. The dictionary specifies that a tyrant is:     An absolute ruler who governs without restrictions.   ✔        To mention just two: executive orders galore, globalism  
A ruler who exercises power in a harsh, cruel manner.   ✔
      Indeed, he feels more for our lethal enemies than for our own people
An oppressive, harsh, arbitrary person. ✔
      His administration, most certainly under his orders, has altered the official bios of past presidents linking them to some of Obama's "feats"

Terrorism and the Exceptional Individual   May 18, 2012 11:59 am

There has been a lot of chatter in intelligence and academic circles about al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri and his value to AQAP. The disclosure last week of a thwarted AQAP plot to attack U.S. airliners using an improved version of an "underwear bomb" used in the December 2009 attempted attack aboard a commercial airplane and the disclosure of the U.S. government's easing of the rules of engagement for unmanned aerial vehicle strikes in Yemen played into these discussions. People are debating how al-Asiri's death would affect the organization. A similar debate undoubtedly will erupt if AQAP leader Nasir al-Wahayshi is captured or killed.

New of the Terrorism and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (May 9-15, 2012)   May 18, 2012 11:27 am

Summary:
One rocket hit was identified in the western Negev.  In Judea and Samaria there has been a rise in the number of violent demonstrations in which Palestinians rioted against IDF forces.  

Israel and the Palestinian terrorists incarcerated in Israeli prison facilities reached understandings which ended the hunger strike: the prisoners pledged not to engage in supporting terrorist activities, while Israel agreed to a series of improvements in prison conditions.

Agenda 21 Conspiracy Theory or Threat   May 17, 2012 09:25 pm

The battle over Agenda 21 is raging across the nation. City and County Councils have become war zones as citizens question the origins of development plans and planners deny any international connections to the UN's Agenda 21. What is the truth? Since I helped start this war, I believe it is up to me to help with the answers.

The standard points made by those who deny any Agenda 21 connection is that:

New Book Casts Doubt on Obama's Christian Identity   May 17, 2012 09:22 pm

The liberal media have harangued figures such as Franklin Graham when they have refused to state categorically that Barack Obama is a Christian. Now comes author Edward Klein telling Sean Hannity that Jeremiah Wright, former pastor of United Church of Christ in Chicago, told him that he "made it comfortable" for Obama to accept Christianity "without having to renounce his Islamic background."

Tea Party Should Oppose Latest Terrorist Bill of Rights   May 17, 2012 02:20 pm

The reckless crew is at it again. 

Libertarian extremists, who purport to be the face of the tea party movement, and their pals on the Lawyer Left, whose obsession is more rights for mass-murderers, are again making common cause. Their target, once more, is the detention procedure codified in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This time the ringleaders are Representatives Justin Amash (R., MI) and Adam Smith (D., WA). With a new NDAA up for consideration, these congressmen are reprising the starring role played a few months back by Sen. Rand Paul (R., KY). I argued in opposition to Sen. Paul's gambit here and here.

Muslim Voters Change Europe   May 17, 2012 11:29 am

Muslims cast the deciding voted that thrust Hollande into the Elysée Palace. He also pledged to change French electoral laws so that Muslim residents without French citizenship would be allowed to vote in municipal elections as of 2014, enabling the Socialist Party to tighten its grip on political power.

An analysis of the voting patterns that barrelled François Hollande to victory on May 6 as the first Socialist president of France since 1995 shows that this overthrow was due in large measure to Muslims, who voted for him in overwhelming numbers.

Media Pundit Named in Jesse Jackson Lawsuit   May 17, 2012 11:20 am

Tamara Holder, a Fox News contributor, is accused of having an affair with Jesse Jackson, Sr. in a lawsuit that alleges the illegal use of a gay Jackson employee to facilitate the relationship.   

The accuser, Tommy R. Bennett, was Jackson's personal travel assistant and ran the legal clinic at Jackson's organization, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. He says he was eventually fired for protesting his treatment by Jackson and other PUSH employees and is seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages.

How to Write About Israel   May 17, 2012 11:09 am

Writing about Israel is a booming field. No news agency, be it ever so humble, can avoid embedding a few correspondents and a dog's tail of stringers into Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, to sit in cafes clicking away on their laptops, meeting up with leftist NGO's and the oppressed Muslim of the week.

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May 18, 2012
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In the video, Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad makes crystal clear, leaving NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER, what sharia law means for non-Muslims and the West.

Watch closely what he says about "equality," "rights," "peace" and "war." Note when he refers to "dhimmi" status (second class citizenship) and "coexistence."

What the sheikh is spelling out is the supremacist ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, ISNA, CAIR, the Muslim Students Association, MPAC, the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America, etc., etc. Groups like ISNA and CAIR may cloak their true beliefs and intentions in soothing platitudes about equality and tolerance, but make no mistake about what they truly believe.

This is why CAIR fights so hard against "American Laws for American Courts" legislation.

This supremacist ideology is overwhelming Europe and the UK and is being planted in our midst here in America. We cannot afford to be deceived, for the future of our nation hangs in the balance.

Allegan, Michigan: Sharia 1, Free Speech 0

Acting on a tip from CAIR (the Council on American Islamic Relations), police shut down a private event in a rented room that was promoting the American Constitution and the "American Laws for American Courts" legislation initiative.

Despite calls of "What about free speech?" the Allegan Police Department entered the room in the middle of the event and ordered it shut down. MORE...

Chen Guangcheng arrives in U.S.: 'I hope everyone will help me promote justice in China'

Chen, who was targeted for retribution by the Communist Party for defending Chinese women forcibly aborted under the one-child policy, said that he hoped others would join him in his fight for justice in his home country.

Video: Michael Savage: FBI Should Be Investigating Obama's Eligibility To Be President

May 18, 2012 02:36 pm

Thank you Michael Savage for having the courage to speak out on the important issue of Obama's Eligibility. Related posts: Michael Savage: Why All The Mystery Surrounding Barack Obama? Michael Savage schools an ignorant caller on why it is... Michael Savage Says He Would Sleep Better At Night With Ron Paul As President Michael Savage [...]

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How The "Mainstream" Media Responded To "Obama Born In Keyna" Booklet

May 18, 2012 02:35 pm

I got back home yesterday evening just after 6 pm after a busy day at work from the Western Center for Journalism. Usually, the first thing I do when I get home is to turn on my computer and check my personal e-mail (I subscribe to a lot of libertarian/conservative website newsletters/alerts.) Yahoo is my [...]

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Arizona Secretary Of State Threatens To Remove Obama From Ballot

May 18, 2012 02:34 pm

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett is threatening to keep President Obama's name off the state's ballot in November unless he receives confirmation from Hawaii that it has a valid birth certificate on file for him. Bennett, who spoke to Arizona radio host Mike Broomhead Thursday, said he requested the confirmation eight weeks ago and [...]

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Video: Jeremiah Wright On The Obamas: "Church Was Not Their Thing"

May 18, 2012 02:29 pm

I can't really say I am surprised. Are you? After all, he never really went to church after he was elected president. Related posts: Is It A "Black Thing" With The Obamas? Barack Obama needs the support of whites if he is... Rev. Wright- David Axelrod Talked About How To Distance Wright From His Church [...]

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Has Obama Alienated His Black Church-Going Base?

May 18, 2012 02:16 pm

When Barack Obama announced his support for gay "marriage", it caused a predictable firestorm among black ministers. Coming immediately after the 32nd straight loss for Gay "marriage", Obama's announcement was transparently cynical and widely recognized as a politically desperate move. One group that was not pleased with the President was his black church-going base. A number [...]

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Video: Literary Agent: Obama Born In Kenya

May 18, 2012 02:12 pm

Here is a short video that covers the issue of Obama's Kenyan birth. If you want to send to doubting friends a good video, then send this one. Related posts: Proof Obama Born In Kenya? Obama Literary Agent Says Yes Breitbart.com has introduced some explosive evidence showing that Obama claimed... Sheriff Joe: If I Prove [...]

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New Obama Strategy: 'Hot Button Issues' In Your Face

May 18, 2012 02:11 pm

Just when you thought there was no way possible to cover or subdue the record of $5 trillion in debt and the most joblessness since the depression, the master politician starts making announcements that catch the attention, not just of the country, but of the entire world. Biblically-based ministers of the gospel have resented the [...]

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Video: Rev. Wright- Obama Selected Before Elected

May 18, 2012 02:08 pm

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Why Obama Just Might Even Lose Wisconsin

May 18, 2012 01:59 pm

In 2008, Barack Obama won Wisconsin by a landslide 56/42, but according to a new Marquette Law School (MLS) poll, that was then, this is now (and "now" isn't looking very good for Obama.) Because the 2010 election of Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker represented a major defeat for unions in general and the state's unions [...]

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Video: Rev. Wright- Obama Changed After Becoming President

May 18, 2012 01:50 pm

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Breakthrough On Eligibility Story

May 18, 2012 01:41 pm

Congratulations to Breitbart.com for reporting a story the site clearly didn't care to publish. It seems that in 1991, Barack Obama was indeed representing himself to his literary agency as "born in Kenya, raised in Indonesia and Hawaii." This documented revelation is one more of many smoking guns that expose Obama's tendency to revise his [...]

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Video: Great Moments In Obama's Historic Presidency

May 18, 2012 01:32 pm

American Crossroads is out with another advertisement this morning. This ad is reprising a theme they used earlier. "Great II" shares the story of the Obama team adding Obama to the biographies of America's great presidents. I would LOL if it wasn't so sad. Related posts: Barack Obama's Rudest Moments So many rude moments; so [...]

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Obama Citizen-Detention Plan In Trouble

May 18, 2012 01:23 pm

A district-court judge has suspended enforcement of a law that could strip U.S. citizens of their civil rights and allow indefinite detention of individuals President Obama believes to be in support of terror. The Obama administration has refused to ensure that the First Amendment rights of authors and writers who express contrary positions or report [...]

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Video: Wright: "It's Hard To Tell" If I Converted Obama To Christianity

May 18, 2012 01:13 pm

I have said from the beginning, Obama is no Christian. I am glad to see Obama's pastor seems to share my opinion. Obama has never publicly reputed Islam, and since it is a hereditary religion, he is Muslim. American's confusion on this issue is the result of our own cultural biases created by Christianity. To [...]

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Literary Agency Explanation Raises More Questions On ForgeryGate

May 18, 2012 01:12 pm

Miriam Goderich, who was identified as the person who edited the text of the 1991 brochure listing Barack Obama as having been born in Kenya, has issued a statement that seeks to accept personal blame for the "mistake" but which only raises more questions. The statement was sent to Political Wire: "You're undoubtedly aware of [...]

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Video: Rev. Wright- I'm Toxic

May 18, 2012 01:03 pm

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Unnecessary Energy Hikes

May 18, 2012 01:02 pm

Barack Obama and his Democratic minions all claim to be lookng out for the middle and working classes, providing protection from the heartless Republicans and their evil followers, the rich. The question I have is, "why then is Obama allowing the enviro-facists to create such new hardships for those people that they profess to love"? [...]

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Video: Rev. Wright Discusses His "God Damn America" Speech

May 18, 2012 12:59 pm

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Why Is Panetta Beating The War Drums On Climate Change?

May 18, 2012 12:54 pm

Global warming has been off the energy-news radar as high gas prices have usurped the spotlight-however Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has brought it back. "Defense Secretary?" you might ask. "Not Energy Secretary Steven Chu or EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson?" No. It was Leon Panetta, who, at an Environmental Defense Fund reception on Thursday May 3, declared "The [...]

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Video: Rev. Wright- Hillary Clinton Campaign Paid Reverends To Attack Wright?

May 18, 2012 12:45 pm

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New Bloody Photos Detail More Of George Zimmerman's Injuries

May 18, 2012 12:44 pm

As we explained on Thursday, evidence continues to surface in the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case. We recently reported on the autopsy of Martin, the medical report detailing Zimmerman's injuries, and even Martin's bullet wound. And now we have new, bloody photos taken of Zimmerman on the night of the shooting that detail his injuries. "More [...]

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Video: Rev. Wright- David Axelrod Talked About How To Distance Wright From His Church

May 18, 2012 12:40 pm

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House Showdown Looms Over Indefinite Detention

May 18, 2012 12:33 pm

A showdown looms in the House over whether to end the indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects, even U.S. citizens seized within the nation's borders. Democrats and tea party Republicans lobbied their colleagues furiously ahead of Friday's vote, arguing that indefinite detention gives the executive branch extraordinary power that violates Americans' constitutional rights. Opponents [...]

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Video: Allen West: Release Of Terrorist "Utter Betrayal"

May 18, 2012 12:28 pm

Congressman and former Colonel Allen West on Fox and Friends talks about the release of the terrorist "Daqduq" by the Iraqi government. He calls it an utter betrayal which it is. Related posts: Video: Allen West To Obama, Fire Holder Or You're Complicit! As always, Allen West is the man.... Continue to Post... Allen West: [...]

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Has The Bell Begun To Toll For The GOP?

May 18, 2012 12:24 pm

Among the more controversial chapters in Suicide of a Superpower, my book published last fall, was the one titled, "The End of White America." It dealt with the demographic decline of the white majority and what it portends for education, the U.S. economy, politics and national unity. That book and chapter proved the proximate cause [...]

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Romney Releases First General Election TV Ad

May 18, 2012 11:13 am

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has released a new television ad outlining steps Romney would take on the first day of his presidency. It's the campaign's first TV ad since the former Massachusetts governor became the presumptive Republican nominee. The ad released Friday is titled "Day One." It says Romney would approve the Keystone oil pipeline, [...]

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Video: Rev. Wright- Barack Obama Has Done Nothing For The Black Community

May 17, 2012 06:12 pm

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The State That Is Leading The Fight Against Obama

May 17, 2012 02:30 pm

Just like the aftermath at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7th, 1941 and the horrendous loss of life on the destruction of the Battleship U.S.S. Arizona which galvanized this nation and steeled our citizens for the war effort that followed this "dastardly" act of cowardice.  We flash forward to today. Once again, Arizona [...]

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A Federal Law We Could Actually Use Right Now

May 17, 2012 01:59 pm

Examples of how easy it is to assume the identity of a dead person for purposes of casting a vote are growing.  America has an "identity Achilles Heel," and it's our voting process. In our nation, the amount of identification required for an activity grows in direct proportion to how important an activity is thought [...]

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Video: Obama's Living Close To Bill Ayers During Mysterious NY Years Reported Two Weeks Prior To Election

May 17, 2012 01:42 pm

Obama Files reported an exclusive last week about Obama's girlfriend, Genevieve Cook, in 1984 going to the same college (Bank Street College of Education) at the exact time that Bill Ayers was attending. And that Obama in 1984 had lived literally within a half mile of Ayers. With the extensive ties Obama had later with [...]

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The Chicago Way: Coach Axelrod In 2004

May 17, 2012 01:15 pm

Growing up, we are all told after losing a game that it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that matters. On Obama's football field in 2004, Coach David Axelrod had a slightly different take on this aphorism: winning is the only thing that matters, even if you have to [...]

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The Real Lesson From The British Double Dip Recession

May 17, 2012 01:08 pm

Economists and pundits alike are going wild over the United Kingdom's recent "double dip" recession. The 2008-09 recession prompted the election of a conservative coalition led by Prime Minister David Cameron. Cameron decided the best path for economic recovery was "austerity," a program of reduced government spending and smaller government debt. The new coalition-with the [...]

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New Audio From Rev. Wright's Shocking Interview With Obama Book Author

May 17, 2012 01:02 pm

Ed Klein says Wright was "very quiet, very polite, very measured" during their interview Of the Obamas, Wright said, "Church is not their thing. It was never their thing." Wright claims Clinton campaign may have been paying black pastors to disparage him He says his words have been "misused and taken out of context" Reverend [...]

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Phony Student Loan Issue Obscures Real Fight Over Spending

May 17, 2012 12:59 pm

The interest rate on federal Stafford Loans is a phony political issue. The 6.8 percent interest rate was slashed - at taxpayer expense - to 3.4 percent last year. Now Obama and Democrats in Congress are acting as if the rate returning to its usual level is an economic catastrophe for students. It isn't. We're [...]

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Video: Obama Took Money From Bain Capital, Despite Criticizing Them Today

May 17, 2012 12:56 pm

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Test of Fire: Election 2012 (Official HD Version - Catholic)

This ad is particularly effective in a Catholic state like PA.

PASS THIS On We have to motivate people to think and come out and vote, not just listen to the alphabet channels and late night moron shows, the weekend before the election, to decide if and whom to vote for. 

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 This Issue: New Senate bills are slap in the face to recent college grads

With 54% of recent American college graduates jobless or not in a degree job, Senators of both parties were falling all over themselves this week to push legislation that would add more foreign competitors in their job markets. Two separate bills -- the STAR Act introduced by Sen. John Cornyn of Texas and the SMART Jobs Act introduced by Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware -- would increase the number of green cards issued to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges and universities with degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM).

The STAR Act would eliminate the Visa Lottery (which goes to foreign workers of all skill s) and transfer the 55,000 annual green cards to foreign students who graduate with advanced degrees in a STEM discipline. Should any of the new green cards go unused, they roll over to the next year - a provision that doesn't currently exist in the Visa Lottery program.

The STAR Act not only allows foreign graduates to compete directly with U.S. graduates for tech jobs, but it allows U.S. employers to discriminate against American graduates. Unlike the H-1B temporary visa program, employers are free to hire a foreign worker even if a willing and able American worker is available for the job.

The SMART Jobs Act is even worse. The proposal by Sens. Alexander and Coons has all the bad features of the STAR Act but it allows the Visa Lottery to continue to give out 55,000 permanent work permits to foreign workers each year. And the bill exempts green cards awarded to foreign students from other employer-based numerical limits. The sky's the limit with this bill!

Sen. Alexander claims to have wide bi-partisan support for this attack on American college graduates. According to an Associated Press analysis of labor data, recent college graduates (under the age of 25) are having a terrible time finding a job that is associated with a college degree. The AP reports that 54% of recent college grads either have no job at all or are underemployed (as in bar-tending, pizza delivery, etc.).

Sen. Portman -- on vice president list -- is 7th worst of 289 Republicans in Congress on immigration  

By Roy Beck, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 1:04 PM EDT

I'm starting to get a lot of media calls about our assessment of Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) who is being mentioned on a short-list for vice-presidential running mates for Mitt Romney. My answers are textured, but the bottom line is that his career immigration record in Congress earns him a D+ and a percentage rating that is the seventh worst of all 289 Republicans in the Senate and House.

New Virginia Law to Publish Unemployment Rates of Recent College Grads  

Friday, May 18, 2012, 9:44 AM EDT  

A new Virginia law that goes into effect next summer will publish the unemployment rates for recent graduates of the state's colleges and universities. The law, which passed almost unanimously through both chambers of the Virginia state legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell, was created after a study from Northeastern University found that 50% of recent college grads are unemployed or underemployed.

House Passes Bill to End Child Tax Credit Refunds to Illegal Aliens  

Monday, May 14, 2012, 8:11 AM EDT  

Late last week, the House approved a budget reconciliation package (H.R.5652) offered by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) that included Rep. Sam Johnson's bill to prevent Child Tax Credit refunds from going to illegal aliens. The refund that can be up to $1,000 per child goes to any taxfiler, but the measure proposed by Rep. Johnson (R-Texas) would require a valid Social Security number.  

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Sen. Sessions Brings Child Tax Credit Loophole to Senate Floor  

By Jeremy Beck, Monday, May 14, 2012, 9:32 AM EDT  

Last week, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) delivered a speech on the Senate floor calling for an end to the Child Tax Care loophole that allows illegal aliens to receive thousands of dollars in tax refunds by filing with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. Sen. Sessions also criticized the administration's refusal to include mandatory E-Verify provisions in any of its jobs bills.  

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Illegal Alien Employed at New Jersey Airport for 20 Years  

Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 10:01 AM EDT  

Newark airport security supervisor, Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole, a Nigerian national used the name of a murder victim to hide his illegal alien status for twenty years. The no-match provisions in the Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 2885, would identify illegal aliens who hold U.S. jobs.  

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President Clinton was, as we all know, the nation's first black president. Now Newsweek has declared Obama to be America's first gay president which means the first gay president will probably have to settle for being called the first alien president and, after that, the first alien president will be out of luck.

 

Unwilling to allow any of his future successors to corner the market on identity, the Washington Post has dubbed Obama; "The First Female President", which is ironic given how his victory actually prevented the election of the country's first female president. But the only way for Obama to win the war on women may be by going transgender.

Last year New York Magazine put Obama in a Kippa and stuck him on the cover as the "First Jewish President." Before that he had already been dubbed the "First Asian-American President", cementing his appeal as all things to all people. And why not, when we live in a wonderful time when anyone can be anything they want.

Elizabeth Warren, with her strong northern European features, and an ancestor who participated in the "Trail of Tears", can be recognized as a "Woman of Color," and, when challenged on her claim, the media rolls out a dozen pieces suggesting that Cherokee ancestry is some sort of vague unstructured concept that can't be quantified with rigid standards such as actually having a Cherokee ancestor.

Over in Florida, that infamous white menace, George Zimmerman is standing trial and if the trial doesn't go Holder's way, the attorney general will charge him with a hate crime. In a saner world, there would be more chances of Holder going to jail for the mass murder of Latinos as part of a plot to subvert the Bill of Rights; than there would be of a Latino man being lynched as a white racist.

But we don't live in a sane world, we live in a post-racial world, where everything is racial and nothing is racial. Where race is meaningful and meaningless, everywhere and nowhere, where everyone who wants to be someone has a victim identity in their wallet and an essay on the plight of their people.

The age of Obama is truly a post-racial one, not in the sense that race doesn't matter, it actually matters more than ever, but that it no longer exists as a concrete identity. Race, gender and sexual orientation are just variables that you adopt if you like, but once you've adopted them, then you insist that they are an inescapable part of you and that you are one of the oppressed. 

Friday Afternoon Roundup - A Day in May

 

DISUNION SQUARED

I passed through Union Square on Wednesday. The park on the square happens to be the fallback point of Occupy Wall Street, but the OWS crowd was a little hard to spot. Oh there were a few vendors in the business of selling "radical" T-Shirts and pins, proceeds to either benefit the occupation or him, but the rest of the occupation was hard to find.

The breakdancers working for tips weren't with OWS, but what about the clown with pink hair? The men playing chess for money obviously weren't, that was too capitalist an activity. The NYU students sitting around and drinking soda? The guy playing jazz on a sax? The Halal mafia vendor sending smoke and a burnt smell from his cart? The dogwalkers? The artists drawing cartoons of tourists? The vendors at the farmer's market unloading ostrich meat and gourmet goat cheese?

The signs reading GENERAL STRIKE MAY 1and STOP EVERYTHING are still pasted to walls, but the first has come and gone and there was more of a showing in Moscow than in New York City. Some of the signs urged everyone not to come in to work or school or even do housework, but defying the housework strike I vacuumed my rug on the first. For now a giant inflatable rat hasn't shown up outside my window.

Finally I encountered a grossly obese man in union gear with a white hard hat and a sign around his neck ranting about billionaire war criminals or something equally stupid. I was going to snap a photo, but then I realized that would justify him standing there. OWS is a media driven phenomenon. Ignore it and it goes away.

I passed him by as he argued feverishly with a man in a business suit about something or other. Near the curb the breakdancers were hitting their rhythm and Mexican illegal aliens were selling t-shirts with a picture of armed Indians and text reading, "Homeland Security" and something about repelling terrorists for hundreds of years. It's not the type of shirt you ever see a Mexican or actual Indian wearing, but some of the more radical white college kids probably love it.

After September 11, the leftists occupied Union Square for a month or two. I saw them on that very day writing up peace signs and cautioning against vengeance. Most people paid them no attention. The weeks wore on and they scrawled peace signs on the statue of George Washington marking evacuation day and did the usual Occupy Wall Street antics, long before there was an OWS or anyone was paying to them. Eventually they got evicted and the statue cleaned up.

Living in New York City you learn to deal with pests of all kinds, but the thing about pests is that they eventually go away. Sic Transit OWS. Take the A Train, hook up with Metro North and go home.

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 Hawaii won't send official confirmation of Obama's birth to Arizona because it can't 

May 20, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins

 By George Spelvin, staff writer

   Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett is saying he is "stunned" that after eight weeks election officials in Hawaii still have not provided  him with even so much as an Email confirming they have proper documentation on record regarding Barack Obama's official birth certificate. 

Because of their lack of official reply, Bennett is considering keeping Obama off of the Democrat ballot in Arizona! "For some reason they haven't been willing to say yes," the AZ SoS told radio talk show host Mike Broomhead.  Bennett said he's received over 1,200 Emails from his state's citizens asking him to require Barack Obama to produce an original birth certificate.  "This is impossible to get," because states only provide certified copies of the original document.  But the State of Hawaii apparently won't even do that or even Email confirmation according to their new rule changes.  "Hawaii can't or won't answer. . .do you have ... Continue Reading:Hawaii won't send official confirmation of Obama's birth to Arizona because it can't

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American Minute May 19

May 19, 2012 06:13 pm | Coach Collins

 By Bill Federer, staff writer

  Army Day, Navy Day and Air Force Day were combined in 1949 to be Armed Forces Day, celebrated the 3RD SATURDAY IN MAY.
Army Day formerly was the date the US entered World War I, Navy Day was President Theodore Roosevelt's birthday and Air Force Day was the day the War Department established a division of aeronautics.
President Richard Nixon remarked on Armed Forces Day, MAY 19, 1973, at Norfolk Naval Base:
"Men and women who wear the uniform of our country are supposed to salute the Commander in Chief...But on this day, I, as your Commander in Chief, salute you, each and every American who serves in our Army, our Navy, our Air Force, our Marine Corps, and our Coast Guard.
Your courage, your steadfastness are the backbone of America's influence for peace around the world...We owe you...a debt of gratitude we can never fully repay...
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Judge strikes down NDAA, rules Obama must obey Constitution

May 19, 2012 01:00 pm | Coach Collins

by Doug Book,  staff writer

In a considerable setback for a president eager to ravage the due process rights of the American people, Federal Judge Kathleen Forrest granted a preliminary injunction on Wednesday, striking down those sections of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 which sought to provide Barack Obama the power to indefinitely detain citizens without benefit of their 5th Amendment rights.

Signed very quietly into law on New Year's Eve, the controversial Act has been roundly criticized as unconstitutional by groups on both the political left and right. Of greatest concern was Section 1021 which grants the United States military authority to exercise police powers on American soil. Upon order of the president and at his sole discretion, agents of the military are empowered to detain "until the end of hostilities" anyone the president believes to have "substantially supported" al Qaeda, the Taliban or "associated forces." (1)

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Diplomatic Bluster? No, just Obama kicking the Iranian nuclear threat down the road

May 19, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Jim Emerson, staff writer

In a war of words between the United States and Iran over the regime's nuclear program the US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro announced that the US had a plan ready for possible military strikes on Iran. This threat was made to make the Obama Administration look tough prior the resumption of talks with the Iranians to try to get them halt their nuclear weapons program. The United States considers military action as the last resort if diplomatic efforts should fail.

In what some consider an effort to appeal to American Jewish voters, this show of willingness to use force could be seen as pandering to Israel after years of mistreating and criticizing the Jewish State and its leaders. Having our Ambassador to Israel make a public pronouncement promising to bolster an Israeli missile defense system known as the 'Iron Dome' during an election year may be seen as a cynical effort to ... Continue Reading:Diplomatic Bluster? No, just Obama kicking the Iranian nuclear threat down the road

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American Minute May 18

May 18, 2012 06:13 pm | Coach Collins

   By Bill Federer, staff writer

    On MAY 18, 1920, in a small town in Poland, Karol Wojtyla was born.
A chemical worker during World War II, he risked punishment by Communists for being ordained a priest.
In 1967, he became Archbishop of Krakow and, in 1978, he became Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope since 1522.
Leader of one billion Catholics, Pope John Paul spoke eight languages and traveled a million miles in 170 countries - more than any other pope.
In 1981, he survived an assassination attempt by a Muslim Turk, whom he forgave during a prison visit.
Regarding Islam, Pope John Paul wrote in Crossing the Threshold of Hope (1995):
"Islam is not a religion of redemption. There is no room for the Cross and the Resurrection...The tragedy of redemption is completely absent...
In Islam, all the richness of God's self-revelation, which constitutes the heritage of ... Continue Reading:American Minute May 18

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Democrat media cheerleaders can't talk away the truth: Obama is probably even losing Wisconsin

May 18, 2012 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

 By Kevin "Coach" Collins

In 2008 Barack Obama won Wisconsin by a landslide 56/42, but according to a new Marquette Law School (MLS) poll, that was then, this is now and "now" isn't looking very good for Obama. Because the 2010 election of Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker represented a major defeat for unions in general and the state's unions in particular there has been almost endless series of recalls of Republicans and some of Democrats.

All of these recalls provide a uniquely accurate picture of the sentiment of Wisconsin's voters - by a reliable margin they don't favor Democrats or unions.

The next recall election forces both Walker and his Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch to stand for election again.  The Democrats are running Tom Barrett the Mayor of Milwaukee setting up a rematch of 2010's election. In that one Walker won by 5 points and after all of the nonstop attacks against him and tens of millions of ... Continue Reading:Democrat media cheerleaders can't talk away the truth: Obama is probably even losing Wisconsin

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Will Black ministers learn what Evangelical ministers have learned about trying to sway voters?

May 18, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

 When Barack Obama announced his support for Gay "marriage" it caused a predictable firestorm among Black ministers. Coming immediately after the 32nd straight loss for Gay "marriage", Obama's announcement was transparently cynical and widely recognized as a politically desperate move. One group that was not pleased with the President was his Black church going base.

A number of African American ministers spoke out and condemned Obama's support for Gay "marriage" as a contradiction of the Bible they preach from every Sunday. 

 One such minister is Rev. Emmett Burns, a Baltimore area preacher, who came out breathing fire about Obama's announcement last Sunday. Burns said he would not support Obama in November and predicted his defeat.

Nevertheless, the next day, Burns who is also an elected Democrat legislator, walked back from his condemnation and said he would continue to support Obama. He will now urge his congregation to forget what he said ... Continue Reading:Will Black ministers learn what Evangelical ministers have learned about trying to sway voters?

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Does May 19's NATO Summit in Chicago have Communist symbolism?

May 17, 2012 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

  By George Spelvin, staff writer   

 Curious indeed is the choice of the date of May 19 for this week's NATO Summit in Chicago. How about this for symbolism? This is the same date listed as the "May 19 Communist Coalition, May 19 Communist Organization or rather just M19CO".  Why would Obama and his schedulers  happen to pick the date of May 19 to invite leaders from around the world to descend on the city that launched him into politics, namely Chicago?  Was a master plan for the usurpation of America as a land of the free hatched way back in the Ayers days of rage during the Chicago burning era of anti war protests? Is the Occupy Wall Street crowd just the grandchildren of the 60's era hippies hell bent on remaking America into a land of the Socialists, not the land of inalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness?

    Consider this Wikipedia ... Continue Reading:Does May 19's NATO Summit in Chicago have Communist symbolism?

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"The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men." --Samuel Adams

Government & Politics

The Wright Stuff

Obama with longtime pastor Jeremiah Wright

As our Founding Fathers acknowledged, character is of the utmost importance in choosing leaders for our constitutional republic. George Washington called good moral character the "first essential in a man." Likewise, Samuel Adams said "nothing is more essential," and Thomas Jefferson warned that a "degeneracy" of public character is a "canker" that could destroy a republic. In short, questions of character are important, particularly come election time.

Questions of character, however, are different from assassinations of character. Leftists are quite adept at the latter; hence Barack Obama's campaign attacks on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital. A new ad declares, "In a career of buying and selling companies, Romney's pattern was to reap quick profits for himself and his investors at the expense of workers and communities. Sometimes it meant sending American jobs overseas. Other times, it meant cutting wages and benefits. In Romney's economic philosophy, CEOs and wealthy investors prosper by any means necessary, even when it meant companies failed and workers were left behind. Romney believes in two sets of rules -- one for people like him, another for everyone else."

Mitt Romney can defend his own record. Capitalism can at times be messy, and a vibrant free market economy is rife with both winners and losers. Humans are also fallible. Managers make mistakes, and good workers are sometimes hurt through no fault of their own. Indeed, there are times when cuts must be made to ensure the viability of an enterprise (ahem, the federal budget). Yet Obama's line of attack suggests that Romney is heartless and greedy, and that capitalism itself is evil. He also conveniently leaves out the numerous companies and jobs that Bain Capital saved -- far more than the administration's ridiculous "saved or created" refrain. Without irony, Joe Biden slammed Romney for leaving taxpayers with the "hidden price" of bad investments despite the administration's own record of failed green energy "investments," such as Solyndra, which have lost myriad jobs and cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

To his credit, Romney fired back with an ad featuring some of those workers who still have jobs thanks to capitalism. His stump speeches now also feature a running debt clock to highlight Obama's failed fiscal path.

On the other hand, Romney is refusing to countenance any ads that link Obama to his long-time pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Romney's strategy is politically savvy, as he aims to keep the focus on the economy and not Obama's past associations. Romney's reaction wasn't strong enough for the Obama camp, however, which criticized him for not living up to the standard of John McCain. We're going to go out on a limb and say that McCain's losing strategy is not one Romney should emulate. But character matters, and we won't shy away from noting that Obama sat silently in a pew for 20 years while Wright delivered his racist and virulently anti-American rants. In effect, Obama was a disciple of hate.

Wright himself recently claimed that an Obama ally offered him $150,000 in 2008 to stay quiet until after the election. Wright also says Obama personally asked him to do the same, albeit without the offer of cash. According to Wright, Obama said, "Do you know what your problem is? You have to tell the truth." If that's true, then Obama was not only well aware of what Wright shouted from the pulpit, notwithstanding his assertions to the contrary, but he also considers Wright's worldview an accurate reflection of the truth. Wouldn't that be a question of character?

None of this is to say that the election will hinge on Jeremiah Wright, or Obama's other questionable associations, for that matter. If that issue were that important to voters, Obama would have lost in 2008. This election is a referendum on Obama's record. Still, some of us understand that much of the foundation for his record -- "social justice" and wealth redistribution, for example -- was laid while he sat under Wright's teaching. And as our Teacher said, "The truth will set you free."

How important is character in selecting leaders?

Profiles in Narcissism

Barack Obama edited the official White House website biographies of previous presidents going all the way back to Calvin Coolidge to add bullet-point facts about himself. For example, "On Feb. 22, 1924 Calvin Coolidge became the first president to make a public radio address to the American people. ... President Obama became the first president to hold virtual gatherings and town halls using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc." With a fine president such as Coolidge, that's where the similarities end.

Most egregious, perhaps, is the graffiti that Team Obama sprayed on Ronald Reagan's bio, which falsely implies that the great man was, like Obama, a class warrior: "In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule." As we have noted before, this is a major distortion as Reagan was making speeches calling for lower tax rates for everyone, not punitive rates for a few.

As the Heritage Foundation's Rory Cooper, who discovered the edits, put it, "Any person selected to the highest office in the land is bound to indulge a small degree of narcissism. But when it permeates the entire attitude and culture of the executive branch, it begins to become a problem. No president is larger than the presidency." Obama thinks he's the exception.

As for Obama's own biography, Breitbart News "obtained a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama's then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, which touts Obama as 'born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.'" The editor responsible calls it a "fact-checking error," and it adds fuel to the fire of questions about Obama's past. However, as we have said before, we -- and Breitbart News -- remain convinced that he was born in Hawaii just as his birth certificate says.

Share your thoughts on Obama's biography.

Campaign Trail: The Ron Paul Revolution Shifts Gears

Ron Paul has announced that he won't actively campaign in the 11 remaining Republican presidential primaries, conceding that his team doesn't have the funds or the support to carry the day in any of the contests. It's worth noting, however, that Paul didn't suspend his campaign and that he intends to maintain a presence at state conventions where his supporters can continue to woo delegates into supporting him at the Republican National Convention in Tampa later this summer. Paul's campaign has been remarkably adept at canvassing national convention delegates from various states, and it now appears that his strategy is to lock up enough delegates to influence the structure of the Republican platform for the general election.

Hope 'n' Change: More Unwelcome ObamaCare Changes

Thanks to a provision of ObamaCare enforced by the Department of Health and Human Services, insurance companies are effectively being turned into surrogates for the Obama re-election campaign. ObamaCare originally mandated that insurers must either spend a certain amount of their revenue on actual medical care or return it to customers in the form of rebates. Now HHS is compelling insurers to send a notice to customers along with the rebate that states: "This letter is to inform you that you will receive a rebate of a portion of your health insurance premiums. This rebate is required by the Affordable Care Act -- the health reform law." Insurance companies initially went along with ObamaCare because they believed it would provide them a larger pool of customers. We wonder if they feel the same way now that their revenue stream and their relationship with customers is directed by the federal government.

In other ObamaCare news, HHS awarded a $5.9 million grant to the Urban Health Initiative (UHI) at the University of Chicago Medical Center last week. UHI was one of only 26 grant recipients out of a pool of 3,000 applicants. Does that make UHI lucky? Hardly. UHI is run by Eric Whitaker, a frequent golf partner and longtime friend of Barack Obama. The initiative itself began as an offshoot of a program run by Michelle Obama before she left her as-yet unfilled $317,000-per-year post at the University of Chicago to become first lady. In addition, senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett was Chairman of the University of Chicago Medical Center Board of Trustees before leaving to serve the White House. Even top Obama political flak David Axelrod has a history with UHI, having aided them in their public relations strategy in 2007. HHS maintains that the grant was awarded after an objective review, and the Leftmedia likewise ignored the obvious impropriety.

Finally, though friends of Obama seem to benefit from ObamaCare, Franciscan University, a Catholic college in Ohio, became the bloated law's latest victim. The university announced that it would drop its student health insurance program, citing ObamaCare's mandate that all insurers offer reproductive health services such as abortion and sterilization. Franciscan University was one of the original opponents of the reproductive health provision before it went into effect, citing its blatant disregard for religious liberty. This proves once again that Obama's claim, "If you like your health care coverage you can keep it," was utterly misleading.

News from the Swamp: The Next Budget Battle

Washington's steadfast refusal to address the government's debt crisis seriously and revisit the tax code appears headed to yet another 11th-hour showdown later this year. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) stated this week that any proposal to raise the debt ceiling must include corresponding spending cuts and entitlement reform. This is the same position he held the last time the debt ceiling was reached, and, as they did last time, Democrats have resorted to political demagoguery devoid of both courage and solutions. Barack Obama warned Republicans that he would not tolerate another bitter fight. He called for "a serious bipartisan approach," which isn't possible as long as he is involved.

This time around the fight is even more complicated because of a devastating array of tax hikes that are set to hit on Jan. 1, 2013. Taxmageddon, as the looming crisis is now called, will include an end to the Bush tax cuts for all taxpayers, a rise in the capital gains and dividends rates, an end to the Alternative Minimum Tax fix, and a 50 percent reduction in the child tax credit. Unless these provisions are extended or the tax code is fundamentally changed, the economy will suffer a $500 billion hit that will likely wipe out any economic gains that have been made and plunge the U.S. back into a recession.

Boehner pledged to do something about the problem, but Congress doesn't have a reputation for thinking ahead. In a particularly divisive election year, there will be few courageous members of Congress willing to stick their necks out for what is sure to be a bitter partisan battle. Many political strategists calculate that action won't take place until after the election, leaving the country's fiscal future to be determined during a six-week lame duck session.

In related budget news, Obama's budget proposal suffered its third straight defeat in a year after Republicans forced a vote on it in the Senate this week. What's startling is not that Obama has lost three votes in a row in the last year; it's that he hasn't garnered a single vote of support from either Republicans or Democrats. The Senate defeated his 2011 budget 97-0, while in March the House defeated his latest proposal 414-0. This time, the Senate vote was 99-0. The White House claims it has a balanced approach of tax increases to offset higher spending, while adding $6.4 trillion to the deficit in the next 10 years. GOP budget proposals produce deficits of less than half that over the same time frame. Meanwhile, it's been more than three years since Senate Democrats have even submitted a budget.

Around the Nation: California's Sprawling Deficit

In January, those who crunch the numbers deemed that California's expenses would run $9.2 billion over revenues for the next fiscal year. That's a pretty staggering figure for a state budget, but because revenues haven't materialized as expected and court orders are blocking some needed cuts, Gov. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown is now staring at a $15.7 billion hole.

Warning that "schools will suffer" if nothing is done -- it's always about the children, isn't it? -- Brown proposes that voters approve a two-pronged revenue "enhancement" measure in November. On the ballot is a proposal to soak wealthy taxpayers with an income tax surcharge and to raise the sales tax "temporarily" from 7.25 percent to 7.5 percent. Once the sales tax is raised, however, it will never be lowered, at least not as long as Democrats are in charge. If the measure passes, Brown plans to increase school spending by 16 percent over last year.

The real problem, though, goes far beyond the deficit. Those who can afford to are leaving the state in droves and taking their capital and investment with them, only to be replaced by illegal aliens and others who become a net drain on the system and continue to demand even more government goodies. Obviously, raising taxes on the remaining wealthy only encourages them to move elsewhere, which means the expected revenue from those tax increases won't materialize. Lather, rinse, repeat.

While California plans its own demise, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma are either working to cut taxes, or they have already done so. Florida, New Hampshire and Tennessee are able to balance their budgets with no income tax at all. Maybe instead of the same failed policies, California could take a hint.

Economy

Income Redistribution: If at First You Don't Succeed...

As economists weigh in with a mixed outlook on the nation's economy this year, Barack Obama continues to advocate the same approach that hasn't produced results. His latest priming of the pump, designed to drive unemployment below 8 percent -- which conventional wisdom holds will improve one's chances of being re-elected -- features a grab bag of goodies to ensnare the maximum number of voters in a government trap: additional help for homeowners to refinance their mortgages, tax breaks for small businesses that hire workers, job assistance for veterans, and tax credits for clean energy companies. All told, the spending would amount to an additional $34.7 billion of "stimulus" -- money we don't have for a plan that won't work.

While conventional economists seem to think another economic downturn is unlikely, predicted slow employment growth won't make much of a dent in the unemployment rate. Besides, Europe's economic woes could jump the Pond and slam the American economy. Somehow, though, the same people who are always surprised by "unexpected" bad economic news aren't seeing the situation on the ground. Those who have seen the unfolding events of the last three-plus years aren't expecting the miracle Obama wishes for with his new spending.

What do you think of Obama's new "stimulus" plan?

This Week's 'Braying Jackass' Award

"Things really are starting to come back. There are signs of life and hope in the Heartland. Jobs are starting to come back." --Joe Biden, bragging on the Obama economic "recovery"

On the contrary, James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute has three charts that show "the U.S. economy is struggling through an abysmal recovery not really worth the name." That includes lackluster GDP growth, falling real wages and a shrinking labor force. In other words, things really aren't starting to come back.

Regulatory Commissars: Big Loss Means More Government

"In the wake of losses at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the White House is seeking to ensure a tough interpretation of a regulation designed to prevent banks from making bets with their own money," reports The Wall Street Journal. After news broke that J. P. Morgan Chase lost $2 billion in a trading blunder, the company's stock plummeted, and the Obama administration immediately leveraged the incident to call for a clamp down on regulations not yet put in place from the infamous Dodd-Frank financial regulation overhaul of 2010. The Left's answer in all such situations is more government, despite the failure of a massive infrastructure of regulations to stop this loss in the first place.

In fact, those responsible for the loss at J.P. Morgan lost their jobs, something that tends to happen in the private sector. On the other hand, as Cato Institute's Mark Calabria challenges, "Show me the list of regulators who lost their jobs, despite the massive regulatory failures that occurred before and during the [2008 financial] crisis."

There's Oil in Them Thar Hills

With gas prices soaring and tall tales of energy independence spinning from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, one might think the discovery of massive oil reserves on U.S. soil would make the news. Sadly, one would be wrong. Instead, last week's announcement by the Government Accountability Office that "the world's largest deposits of oil shale" are sitting underneath Colorado, Utah and Wyoming went almost entirely unreported.

Testifying before the House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Anu K. Mittal, the GAO's director of natural resources and environment, noted, "The Rand Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, estimates that 30 to 60 percent of the oil shale in the Green River Formation can be recovered. At the midpoint of this estimate, almost half of the 3 trillion barrels of oil would be recoverable. This is an amount about equal to the entire world's proven oil reserves." In other words, we have met energy independence, and it is us.

While the American people want energy independence, the White House is devising schemes to keep the oil untouchable. The supply lies mostly on federal land, and just this month, the Obama administration proposed new regulations governing hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), the method that would likely be used to extract the oil from the Green River Formation. So the good news is that we have a path to greater domestic oil production and energy independence. The bad news is that we have a president dead-set on ensuring that oil never sees the light of day and a media more than happy to cover for him.

Security

U.S. Sovereignty Could Be LOST

Three decades after President Ronald Reagan put the kibosh on a treaty that surrendered U.S. sovereignty to a law enforcement body chosen by the United Nations, the Obama regime and its leftist followers in Congress appear ready to try to ratify the same treaty before Obama is possibly sent packing in November. The Law Of the Sea Treaty (LOST) is allegedly an attempt to protect the world's oceans, which constitute 70 percent of the Earth's surface, from environmental damage, as well as to lessen the oceans' potential as a source of conflict between nations. In reality, however, LOST is nothing more than an attempt at the global redistribution of power and wealth, especially America's and Europe's, via a UN body called the International Seabed Authority, which would be headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica.

The ISA would have the power to regulate the entire world's oceans, including economic activities such as seabed mining, fishing and ocean petroleum exploration. Military activities would also fall under its jurisdiction, with ISA having the authority to tell the U.S. Navy where it could and could not sail. Freedom of the seas has been guaranteed by the U.S. Navy, but under LOST it would be the ISA, whose members would be chosen by the same organization that put such exemplary human rights defenders as Cuba, China and Saudi Arabia on the UN Human Rights Council. Such nations no doubt would soon be on the ISA. LOST even imposes a global tax (a.k.a. "protection") that would be paid directly to ISA by companies seeking to exploit the ocean's resources. LOST is thus a Marxist's dream come true.

While LOST's prospects for ratification seemed dim, the Congressional Quarterly says that "hopes for ratification have been revived." LOST is championed by former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-MI), who opposed it while in Congress but is now lobbying for corporate and environmental interests that favor it. Additionally, soon-to-be-former Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) also backs the treaty, increasing the odds that the Obama regime could cram this treaty past the Senate before November. In the name of U.S. sovereignty and freedom of the seas, LOST must be sent back to Davy Jones' locker, just as the Gipper did 30 years ago.

Judicial Benchmarks: Judge Blocks Military Detention Law

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest blocked a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act that allows indefinite military detention for those aiding terrorism. According to Bloomberg, "The complaint was filed Jan. 13 by a group including former New York Times reporter Christopher Hedges. The plaintiffs contend a section of the law allows for detention of citizens and permanent residents taken into custody in the U.S. on 'suspicion of providing substantial support' to people engaged in hostilities against the U.S., such as al-Qaeda." Forrest criticized the "vagueness of Section 1021" and worried that the public could have their "speech chilled" by the law. Her order prevents enforcement pending further review or congressional amendment. Her decision is also likely to be overturned.

Armed Forces Day

Tomorrow is Armed Forces Day. We remain the proud and the free because these Patriots -- American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coastguardsmen -- have stood bravely in harm's way and remain on post today. For this, we, the American people, offer our heartfelt thanks and prayers for you and your families.

Immigration Front: Fingerprinting Politics

New York City and 30 other New York jurisdictions have just entered the Secure Communities program, which aims to identify and deport illegal immigrants convicted of crimes. Fingerprints of suspects in custody are already sent to the FBI, but under the program, those fingerprints are also shared with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Critics say it has resulted in the deportation of thousands of people accused of crimes but not convicted, and that it erodes the trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement. But Secure Communities has helped ICE remove more than 135,000 convicted criminal aliens, including more than 49,000 convicted of major violent offenses such as murder, rape and the sexual abuse of children. With that success record, why are the likes of New York's Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, while reluctantly complying, objecting to the program?

The answer, of course, is politics. Hispanics are a growing force in New York politics, and there are concentrations of other immigrant communities, such as the Haitian community in Brooklyn, that influence the outcome of elections. Cuomo wants support for his legislative program from legislators representing various ethnic and immigrant communities. Quinn is the presumptive Democrat candidate for mayor in next year's New York City mayoral election, thus, given registration numbers, making her the odds-on favorite. Meanwhile, the city's GOP is trying to get the popular Kelly to run as its mayoral candidate. Given the choice of votes or increased security for the city's residents, it seems the expedient thing is to go for the votes.

Culture

New Reports on Zimmerman/Martin Incident

When news broke that neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman had shot Trayvon Martin, and the race-bait political hustlers took charge, we cautioned that the facts should be allowed to play out before people jumped to conclusions. Two major facts are out this week: Zimmerman's medical report and Martin's autopsy. Both strongly indicate that, contrary to the racist outrage on the Left, Zimmerman was telling the truth about the altercation that led to Martin's death.

Zimmerman was examined immediately following the incident, and he had a broken nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a minor back injury. The back of his shirt was also wet and grass-stained. Meanwhile, Martin's autopsy revealed that his only injury -- outside the fatal gunshot wound -- was bloodied knuckles, and that he had drugs in his system, just as Zimmerman suspected and told the 911 dispatcher. Martin's shirt also had gunshot residue, indicating that the two were at extremely close range when he was shot. Zimmerman has claimed self-defense all along, and these facts back him up. No wonder the Leftmedia has lost interest in the case.

Share your thoughts on this media mistrial.

Climate Change This Week: Second Planet Needed

The 2012 Living Planet Report, produced by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Zoological Society of London, the Global Footprint Network and the European Space Agency, is just like every other report to come from the ecofascist left -- it paints a bleak picture of our planet's future. According to Jim Leape, Director General of WWF International, "We're all familiar with the stories of what we're doing to Planet Earth, the ways in which we're changing the climate, depleting the world's fisheries, destroying the world's forests. ... The report tells us that we're already using the earth's resources 50 percent faster than it can be replenished, and that, if we don't change our ways, by 2030 we will need two planets to support us." How about this planet for us, and the other planet for the scaremongers?

On a related note, one way that our friends in Great Britain are contributing to the destruction of the planet is by pouring too much milk down the drain. No kidding. A study by the University of Edinburgh claims "the 360,000 tonnes of milk wasted in the UK each year creates greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 100,000 tonnes of CO₂." Like momma always said, drink your milk!

Village Academic Curriculum: The Secret Is Out

Third-graders in New Jersey schools will no longer have to worry about baring their souls as part of a standardized test. As part of the "dry run" of a proposed question for the state's standardized assessment test, students in selected schools were asked to write an "essay" about a secret they were having trouble keeping. Obviously, such a question could expose administrators and those who grade the tests to liability issues. One parent was appalled to learn that his nine-year-old revealed he had missed school for a family ski trip. Had parents not spoken up and complained, the question likely would have been included on future exams.

Academic culture already features police officers on daily patrol in many schools, overzealous cafeteria workers inspecting school lunches, and the newest craze of categorizing any negative language directed toward certain kids as "bullying." The message that it's acceptable to reveal your darkest secrets to Big Brother is just a further indicator that schools are no longer meant for learning but for indoctrination. Parents must remain vigilant.

And Last...

Back in 2010, the Pentagon decided that it was overrun with so many studies that it did what any good bureaucracy would do: According to ABC News, "[I]t commissioned a study to determine how much it cost to produce all those studies." A study of studies -- yep, your government at work. It didn't stop there, though, because the Pentagon is still working on its report. The Government Accountability Office decided to step in and hold the Pentagon accountable ... by conducting a study of the study that studied studies. The GAO found that DoD's "approach is not fully consistent with relevant cost estimating best practices and cost accounting standards," and the Pentagon "partially concurs." We still think Congress may need to commission a committee to study the study of the study that studied studies to determine if further study is required.

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
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Schumer Wants to Tax a Billionaire Who Isn't a U.S. Citizen and Doesn't Live Here

FBI Director Refuses to Say Whether 9/11 Mastermind KSM Is 'Enemy Combatant'

Mueller: 'Substantial' Risk of Cyber Attack in Next 10 Years

Egypt's Copts Face Unappealing Choice in Looming Presidential Poll

NSA: Number of Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan 'Quite Small' in Relative Terms

DOE Looking to Harness Energy From Ocean Waves Off Hawaii

COMMENTARY:

NBC Revives Howard Stern
By L. Brent Bozell III
Why would NBC revive Howard Stern's career by bringing him on as a judge of their summer talent show "America's Got Talent," a family show watched by millions of children? They knew exactly what they were buying. They just never stop believing that shock will sell.

Has the Bell Begun to Toll for the GOP?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
White America is a dying tribe. What do these statistics mean politically? Almost surely the end of the Republican Party as a national governing institution.

How the Gay-Marriage Mob Slimed a Boxing Champ
By Michelle Malkin
Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is guilty - of being true to his Catholic faith. The gay-marriage mob is guilty - of the very ugly bigotry it claims to abhor. And left-wing media outlets are guilty - of stoking false narratives that shamelessly demonize religion in the name of compassion.

Talking (or not) About Marriage
By Rich Galen
If the same-sex marriage issue is important to you, feel free to take your position, but keep in mind (a) it is not likely to be the deciding issue for most voters; and (b) many Republicans are rethinking their previous opposition.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Oregon bans Native American mascots in schools
Republican bill would limit abortions in D.C.
N.J. bill to loosen state's strict surrogate parenting laws moves forward
Obama trying to woo military vote from Republicans
Chinese dissident living in D.C. want to return to China
Fury over birth-control mandate trails Sebelius to Georgetown U.
European economic woes visit Obama as he hosts G-8 summit at Camp David
US envoy to Israel: Plans in place to attack Iran if necessary
Congressman: There is a war on religious belief in military
Feds again nix plan to pipe water from Wyoming to Colorado

Friday, May 18, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 172 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Wright Or Wrong?

The left-wing media and the Obama campaign were on the attack yesterday after a front page New York Times story alleging that a conservative billionaire was planning to reintroduce America to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. By mid-morning Mitt Romney himself had repudiated the plan. There is just one problem -- the story is wrong.

Joe Ricketts, the founder and former CEO of TD Ameritrade, currently leads an economically conservative group called "Ending Spending," which had contracted with a political consulting firm to develop an ad campaign. The Jeremiah Wright plan was one of several submitted, but it clearly did not fit the group's economic focus. Even though the Times acknowledged in its report that the plan was "one of several being studied by Mr. Ricketts," it nevertheless chose to concentrate more than 1,100 words on just this one plan.

Predictably, the Obama campaign and its media allies screamed "racism." CNN's Roland Martin said that bringing up Wright puts "Mormonism on the table." But this isn't about theology.

It's about the racially obsessed, anti-American world-view of Wright's church -- a world-view that attracted Barack Obama and held his attention for 20 years. He had his children baptized there. It just isn't believable for Obama to suggest, and for the media to accept, that he had no idea what Wright espoused.

Why did Obama's friends allegedly try to bribe Wright to keep him quiet in 2008? Because they knew his views were radioactive and dangerous to Obama's chances. That's why Obama left the church -- but only AFTER Wright was partially exposed. And that supposedly ended the issue. Case-closed, nothing to see here. Sorry, I don't think so.

Would it be news if Mitt Romney attended a church for 20 years that was led by a pastor who espoused views similar to those of David Duke? Of course it would. Commenting on the media's outrageous double standard, Charles Krauthammer noted that the left doesn't want to talk about the adult Obama's 20-year relationship with his radical pastor, but the Washington Post thinks Mitt Romney's teen-age pranks are "need-to-know" information.

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House Passes VAWA, GOP Leaders Cave on Immigration  On Wednesday evening, the House passed its version of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA), H.R. 4970, in a close 222-205 vote.
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Deportation Case Touted as Test for Morton Memos  The case of an undocumented Mexican in South Carolina who is fighting deportation with support from U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) will put the validity of the authorities' new discretionary policy to the test.
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'Moats,' 'Alligators,' and the Politics of Border Security  Mexico's drug cartels have been battling each other in a furious, violent, and bloody war that has been going on for the past decade. After a lull in the fighting during the late 1990s, the violence has steadily worsened since 2000.
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McCain, Martinez Weigh In on Self-Deportation  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) made an appeal to Hispanic voters Monday, saying that that Mitt Romney would address 'the need for immigration reform.'
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Mass Immigration May End the Careers of Two Mass Immigration Politicians  Howard Berman and Charles Rangel, long-time members of the House of Representatives, are in danger of falling victim to the mass immigration revolution they led or abetted.
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Obama Uses Time-Noculars To Look At His Second Term 

Standing on the roof of the White House and squinting through time-bending binoculars recently recovered at Area 51, US President Barack Obama reeled off an unexpectedly frank, contempt-laden indictment of his second term.

Obama became the first human to test the device named "Time-Noculars," which is capable of showing reality four years ahead of time - and he wasn't pleased with what he saw.

The racially divided remnant of the Obama's second term was, in Obama's eyes, nothing but a nation which cannot be "productive", "doesn't work", and even its vaunted Chevy Volt exports were hardly state of the art.

"It is like you are in a time warp," Obama said Sunday, after he observed police barricades in the demilitarized buffer zone that has split Washington and the rest of the nation since the Great Race Riots of 2012 that helped propel him into his second term in office. "There are certain things that just don't work and what we are doing doesn't work."

"It is like you are looking into a country that has missed 50 years of racial progress," Obama marveled later, after visiting a clean, heated presidential bathroom that still had running water and - a gift from the recent past - working plumbing.

"If a country can't feed or defend itself effectively, if it can't make anything of any use to anybody, if it has no exports other than cheap, unskilled labor looking for work in Mexico, if it can't rein in corruption in the highest offices, then you'd think you'd want to try something different," Obama said in an uncharacteristically honest public statement.

According to the DOD official in charge of the "Time-Noculars," the President's unusual behavior can be explained by the "truth serum" effect of time-bending. "Being able to see own future sends strong signals to one's brain, zapping and incapacitating areas involved in lying, demagogy, and political grand-standing," the DOD official said.
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Special thanks to Fourier's Anti-Manatee whose post was used for this Current Truth editorial. 

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Dear Leader Set to Autograph Sky! 

omrades! In an amazing display of His control of the universe, Dear Leader will autograph the sky this afternoon as He produces an annular eclipse!



The autograph will be visible as a HUUUUUUGE "O", as the moon passes in front of the sun, and it will be visible in most of the United states, at least partially. The best viewing is in the southern states, which, as we know, have the highest percentages of bitter clingers to their guns and god. Do you think that THAT is a coincidence? Hmmm?

Be careful not to look directly at the sun during this 2012 Campaign Event, because Dear Leader's glory is such that, in this case, you could be blinded. But apparently this kind of eclipse causes strange, circular shadows when the light passes through leaves on trees, or criss-crossed fingers - Dear Leader is leaving NOTHING to the imagination on this one! It will be dramatically clear as never before that He is, indeed, the One!!

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