Quote: 

 "Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders."  

  - Ronald Reagan

Kaitlyn Maher - God Bless The USA

Raw Video: Soldiers Plant Flags at Arlington

If your looking for a succinct look at what the Tea Party stands for and where they are today watch this interview with Elizabeth Price Foley.  She wrote a book called The Tea Party: Three Principles. She is a constitutional professor at Florida International University, College of Law.

Media Blackout As Obama Appoints First Ever Assassination Czar 

Corporate news blackout as Obama designates John Brennan as the sole person in charge of designating people to be assassinated.

John Brennan, Obama's chief counterterrorism advisor was a name that you did not see on the Mainstream media today as the continue to run stories that serve to distract the masses from stories that matter.

Most recently he publicly spoke about the drone program calling it moral and ethical and just.

According to reports from the Associated Press, John Brennan has now seized the lead in choosing who will be targeted for drone attacks and raids and Obama has delegated him the sole authority to designate people for assassination under the United States top-secret assassination program.

Yes, if it such a secret program then why is the associated press running a story on it? Because it is only a "top-secret" matter of National Insecurity when the public and organizations such as the ACLU request more details on it than the propagandized reports the public is fed through the corporate media.

While this story deserves to have been put before the eyeballs of every U.S. citizens, it was merely a side note ran by the Associate Press that didn't make corporate news headlines anywhere.

According to the AP, under the new plan, Brennan's staff compiles the potential target list and runs the names past agencies such as the State Department at a weekly White House meeting.

At the same time ACLU lawsuits and requests for information about the decision-making process behind the government's assassination program repeatedly get denied with the government claiming the programs are so top secret that they can neither confirm nor deny the programs even exist.

MSM: John Brennan, Death Czar?

http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2012/05/23/media-blackout-obama-appoints-assassination-czar-137181/

States Vote to Ban UN Agenda 21 Policies

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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

Read more:  

Who's up for our Rally this Saturday!

RSVP ASAP!

12 to 2pm

Our same location: Broadcasting & Papermill Rds.

The American citizens are really waking up now and have had enough!

I think it's time we head back to our corner and show them we are still relevant and we will not be silenced!

Mike Souders

www.unitepa912.com

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

FreedomWorks Bootcamp in Washington, D.C.

FreedomWorks is excited to be hosting an Activist Bootcamp at our office in DC on June 8-11th. 

Below is a rough outline of our agenda, which will become more detailed in the next couple of weeks. We will provide food, snacks, drinks

and materials throughout the weekend. We will be offering breakfast, lunch and dinner during the bootcamp. If you are attending and need advice on hotels, transportation, parking, Metro, etc.. please let us know. We are really looking forward to getting to know you and spending

time working hard so we can Take America Back in 2012!

FAQs:

Dress is casual all weekend, business casual for Capitol Hill visits

Feel free to invite friends to rsvp to this event (dspielman@freedomworks.org)

FreedomWorks' phone numbers for questions: (202)-783-3870 or (202)-942-7607

We will print name cards for our building security desk. You will pick them up upon arrival

If you can only make one day, or two days, that is fine with us. You are still invited to attend.

Yes, we DO have kegs in the office and cold beer, sodas, water and snacks to enjoy

Yes, Matt Kibbe will be there and you will get a chance to speak with him

Our office is within walking distance to Union Station, Capitol Hill, the Hyatt Regency, Hotel George and other hotels

We are on the Metro's Red Line - Union Station stop

We do have a parking garage but it's kind of expensive ($20 per day)

We recommend that you find a hotel that's close to our office and you either walk or Metro here

We CAN help you set up visits with your Congressman and/or Senators on Capitol Hill (jwithrow@freedomworks.org)

Here is an outline of our agenda for June 8-11th.

Friday

5pm Attendees arrive and attend a reception hosted by FreedomWorks team at our HQ (400 North Capitol St NW, Suite 765, DC 20001)

This will be a great chance to meet everyone, get to know the FreedomWorks staff and enjoy some cold beverages and conversation

Saturday

9am to 4pm Policy Briefing Day led by Dean Clancy

EPA/energy/regulations - Dr. Brough

Capitol Hill update - Max Pappas

Healthcare - Dean Clancy

School Choice - David Spielman

6pm to 8pm Reception hosted by FreedomWorks for America at FreedomWorks' HQ 

Sunday

10am to 5pm Campaigns/Grassroots Strategies and Tactics to Win in 2012 and Beyond led by FreedomWorks Campaigns team

Topics:

Activism 101

Get Out the Vote Training

New Media training - FreedomConnector, facebook, twitter, blogging 

Old Media relationships, messaging, LTE's, op-eds 

Monday

9am to 11am  Media Day! Judge Napolitano speech on the constitution - led by Adam and Jackie (possibly at the Hillsdale

College Kirby Center)

11am to 12pm Media visits and interviews, Capitol Hill visits led by Max Pappas

12pm END BOOTCAMP

If you are interested in getting a travel voucher, please contact

Josh Eboch at jeboch@freedomworks.org or (202)-942-7605. 

We look forward to seeing you at these events for great days of activism training!

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

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:

    You can find out more and register online by clicking here.

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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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

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Romney sees D.C. school vouchers as model for U.S.

The Obama Administration has once again created a "backdoor"
 

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 25, 2012

1. Attacked for Being a Conservative: Ted Cruz Needs Our Help

2. The Growth Deficit and Spending Fairy Tales

3. The REAL Problem With the NLRB's Ambush Elections Rule: Unions LIE.

1. Attacked for Being a Conservative: Ted Cruz Needs Our Help

I never thought I'd see the day when a Republican attacks another Republican for being a free market conservative, but that's what David Dewhurst is doing in his attempt to buy the Texas Senate Election.

New polling out shows that Dewhurst is close to, but not at, 50% - the threshold he needs to reach to avoid a runoff with Ted Cruz. So now Dewhurst is attacking Ted Cruz for being a free market conservative aligned with . . . wait for it . . . no serious, wait for it . . . free market groups like the Club for Growth.

Please click here for the rest of the post.

2. The Growth Deficit and Spending Fairy Tales

The United States faces a number of economic and fiscal challenges in the short and long terms. But the single biggest is the Growth Deficit: the problem of government spending and government debt growing faster than the private sector. That deficit needs to be reversed; we are on an unsustainable path unless we start producing a Growth Surplus. And Republicans and conservatives need to put more effort into emphasizing the importance of the Growth Deficit to the public.

The Obama Administration seems to recognize that this is a political vulnerability, as it has lately been spinning the notion that the last few years have not actually grown federal spending. Below the fold, I've collected a number of charts that illustrate why this is nonsense. But first, a word on how we should be measuring our solvency.

Please click here for the rest of the post.

3. The REAL Problem With the NLRB's Ambush Elections Rule: Unions LIE.

Recently, a federal court smacked down Barack Obama's union appointees at the National Labor Relations Board for the manner in which they imposed their ambush election scheme. The scheme is, however, far from dead as the union-controlled labor board is "determined to move forward" with the needless rules. While there is much opposition to the NLRB's ambush election rules, few have yet to address the underlying issue that makes the scheme unfair to workers and a disaster for America's union-free workplace and that is: Unions and their organizers LIE to and deceive workers...All. The. Time.

What's worse is that, not only do unions lie to, trick and deceive workers into unionizing, it's perfectly legal to do so.

Please click here for the rest of the post.

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Items for Friday, May 25, 2012

The Truth about President Obama's Skyrocketing Spending  The Foundry

Brian Darling

Emily Goff

Senate panel backs $631 billion in defense spending  Reuters

Steven Bucci

Baker Spring

Half Of Detroit's Streetlights May Go Out As City Shrinks  Bloomberg News

Mike Brownfield

Hillary Clinton: We're hacking away at terrorism online  NY Daily News

Steven Bucci

State can't afford 'free' rail money  OC Register

Emily Goff

Obama's Iran Options: Talk, Threaten or Attack  U.S. News & World Report

Jim Phillips

Latest Heritage Research:

BACKGROUNDER 
Employing Asia's Diplomatic Framework in the Pursuit of American Interests

BACKGROUNDER
The Alarming Trend of Cybersecurity Breaches and Failures in the U.S. Government

Brag that you often travel by private jet.  

Not only will this make you sound important, but when the liberal splutters about your carbon footprint, cite the Leonardo DiCaprio defense: "There are situations within my industry where I have to get to someplace during a time frame where it's impossible to fly commercial."  

Paul Ryan's Speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library   May 23, 2012 10:48 pm

Paul Ryan spoke at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in California as part of its Perspectives in Leadership Forum. Ronald Reagan embodied optimism and "there must be a pony in here somewhere...".Full speech and video below, be encouraged Americans, let's get to work on changing America's path.

New Bill Targets Propaganda And "Psychological Operations" Directly At U.S. Citizens   May 23, 2012 03:15 pm

Should it be legal for the U.S. government to spend billions of dollars on propaganda designed to change public opinion in the United States? 

Should it be legal for the U.S. government to use television, radio, newspapers, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs and Internet forums to conduct "psychological operations" targeted at the American public? 

An amendment that has been added to a new defense bill in Congress would make it legal to target propaganda and "psychological operations" directly at U.S. citizens. 

Video: David Littman & Operation Mural   May 23, 2012 02:42 pm

To commemorate the recently deceased David Littman, we repost the documentary about Operation Mural. That was a clandestine effort headed by Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, to facilitate the emigration of Jewish Moroccan children to Israel.

The Top 50 Excuses For Not Prepping   May 23, 2012 06:00 am

With the way that things are heading in this country, it is not surprising that there are approximately 3 million preppers in the United States today. What is surprising is that there are not more people prepping. The economy is rapidly falling to pieces, the national debt is absolutely soaring, the earth is becoming increasingly unstable, a major war could erupt in the Middle East at any time and the fabric of our society is coming apart right in front of our eyes.

Dershowitz Doubles Down on Trayvon Martin Case   May 23, 2012 12:11 am

As part of a recent AIM Report, I wrote briefly about the release of documents last week in the George Zimmerman case. Zimmerman has been charged with second degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. But more has come out since then, and attorney Alan Dershowitz has stepped up his criticism of the special prosecutor in Florida who brought the charges. Here is what I wrote:

Muslim Child-Rape Gangs in Britain   May 22, 2012 06:26 pm

It recently emerged that British police had known for more than a decade that Muslim rape gangs were targeting young girls, but they ignored the evidence of rapes because "they were petrified of being called racist." Rather than acknowledge that there is a problem, Muslim groups have decided to play the victim card instead.

The Supreme Court Enters the Surveillance Debate   May 22, 2012 06:10 pm

Since 2004, the Supreme Court's transnational progressive bloc has forged a novel - and, in my view, a damaging - judicial oversight role in American national security.

The whimsical Justice Kennedy's alignment with the Court's four-justice left-wing bloc (in which the two Clinton appointees, Justices Ginsburg and Stevens, are now joined by the two Obama-appointed justices, Sotomayor and Kagan, who've replaced retiring Justices Souter and Stevens) has created a majority for the radical propositions that:

President Obama Gay Marriage is not a Black Thing!   May 22, 2012 02:35 pm

It is becoming increasingly difficult to escape the left's in-your-face aggressive campaign to make homosexuality normal. Flipping through the channels, I caught a lesbian scene (two women kissing) on the Lifetime channel. The SiFi channel has a new series in which bi-sexual scenes involving the lead actress are a main staple of the show. 

BENADOR: Obama's Hate For America: Actions Speak Louder Than Words   May 22, 2012 01:47 pm

by Eliana Benador

"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes mandatory."  Thomas Jefferson

Introduction 

The poisoned prescription that Americans self-medicated themselves as a result of last elections was a president whose priorities are divided between his communist agenda, his global agenda, his Muslim agenda and his African agenda -and the poison part comes when dealing with America, as he only uses her so that his other priorities can be successful. 

Australia's Strategy   May 22, 2012 01:32 pm

Australia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, ranked in the top 10 in gross domestic product per capita. It is one of the most isolated major countries in the world; it occupies an entire united continent, is difficult to invade and rarely is threatened. Normally, we would not expect a relatively well-off and isolated country to have been involved in many wars. This has not been the case for Australia and, more interesting, it has persistently not been the case, even under a variety of governments. Ideology does not explain the phenomenon in this instance.

Renewed Iranian Calls for Israel's 'Annihilation'   May 22, 2012 01:17 pm

Monday, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Yukiya Amano met with Fereidoun Abbasi-Davani, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), in an initial conference over Iran's nuclear program. The Iranian Fars News Agency said the meeting represented the "eagerness" of the UN to "further develop cooperation with Iran in various areas of nuclear applications," and it is clear the rosiness of the state media's characterization is not without good reason.

Obama Administration Fast Tracks Renewables, Slows Oil and Gas   May 22, 2012 12:57 pm

While the Obama Administration is lollygagging regarding opening federal lands to oil and gas development, its Interior Department has been active in approving renewable projects on federal lands. As part of President Obama's alleged "all-of-the-above" energy strategy, the U.S. Interior Department approved 27 wind, solar and geothermal projects on public lands since 2009, and the agency has an additional 17 projects to review this year.[i]

U. S. Legislative Immigration Update May 21, 2012   May 22, 2012 11:43 am

The latest immigration and border news from  the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in this legislative weekly including:

House Passes VAWA, GOP Leaders Cave on Immigration
Congress Passes Bill Cracking Down on Border Tunnels
Alabama Governor Signs Bill Strengthening HB 56
Milwaukee, Seattle Consider Anti-Detainer Ordinances
Illegal Alien Discovered Working in Sensitive Areas of Major Airport

America: A Rogue Nation   May 22, 2012 11:03 am

The debate over the Iraq War that was held in the United Nations, and in academic and foreign policy circles, could be broken down as the question whether it was Iraq or the United States that was the rogue nation. On the one hand, Iraq had defied multiple UN resolutions, but so had the United States. Iraq had gone rogue, but, by talking about a unilateral invasion, so had the United States, and, in the moral calculus of the international community, all that mattered was being a team player.

Muslim Brotherhood in America is teaching millions of America's youth about Islam.  Have you sent your email to Channel One Network?

Robert Spencer, director of Jihadwatch.org and an authority on Islam, has written a powerful book titled Muslim Brotherhood in America which quotes Brotherhood Leader Muhammad Mahdi Othman Akef "the Americans will come into the bosom of Islam."  David Horowitz founder of the Freedom Center says here the Muslim Brotherhood "has created a series, a network of front groups which includes the Muslim Students Association."   Muslim Brotherhood in America - Pamphlet

Florida Family Association sent out an email alert on May 22, 2012 titled "TV Network Proselytizes Islam to 6 Million Public School Students."  The alert reported that two Muslim Students Association chapter presidents shared their version of Islam with over 6 million students via Channel One Network.  That full email is published below.

Please take a minute to voice your opposition to Channel One Network officials for airing these two pro-Islamist shows to public school students.

Click here to send your email to Channel One Network officials.

Please forward this email to friends who are concerned about the Islamization of American.

  May 22, 2012 Email Alert

Channel One Network provides daily newscasts and education videos to junior and senior high schools across America.  Channel One Network aired a two part series titled,  "Muslims in America", on May 16, 2012 and May 17, 2012 to approximately 6 MILLION students at more than 8,000 schools.  The videos and transcripts for these shows are posted near the end of this email alert.

The transcript of part one of "Muslims in America" reads like The Learning Channel's recently cancelled television show "All-American Muslim." Channel One attempts to portray Muslims living normal American lives.  But that contention is difficult to accept since the shows profiled two Muslim Students Association (MSA) presidents.

Two of the Muslims interviewed, Muhtasham Sifaat and Kyle Smith, are Muslim Students Association chapter presidents.  Muhtasham Sifaat is president of the Muslim Students Association, Bronx Science.  Kyle Smith of Plainfield, NJ is president of the Muslim Students Association at his university. The Muslim Students Association is "the mother ship of all the Muslim Brotherhood front groups" according to Jihadwatch.org.  

Here is the Muslim Students Association pledge.  "Allah is my lord.  Islam is my life.  The Koran is my guide.  The Sunna is my practice.  Jihad is my spirit.  Righteousness is my character.  Paradise is my goal.  I enjoin what is right.  I forbid what is wrong.  I will fight against oppression.  And I will die to establish Islam."

USA Today reports New York Police Department "spokesman Paul Browne provided a list of 12 people arrested or convicted on terrorism charges in the United States and abroad who had once been members of Muslim student associations, which the NYPD referred to as MSAs." 

So these are "Muslims in America" according to Channel One Network?  

Channel One Network told 6 million American students during Part One:

*    "So, Islam is basically, it really boils down to submission and your submitting to one God you believe in one God and you follow Prophet Mohammed who is just a line of other prophets from Adam to Noah to Moses and Jesus. It's like a lifestyle, and not so much just something you do every now and then. Honestly if you go down to the core beliefs, it's believing in one God and believing that Prophet Mohammed is his messenger."
*    "Islam to me is a way of life. It can change a person from being whatever...pit that person was going through, Islam can shine a light on the darkness that that person was in."

In essence the Channel One Network May 16, 2012 report WRONGLY:

*    Proselytized Islam to public school students.
*    Presented Islam as a religion of "shining light" while completely omitting any mention of Sharia law which is hostile toward women's rights, human rights and non-Muslim life.
*    Put Mohammed in the same spiritual lineage as Moses, Noah and Jesus which is counter to Judeo and Christian teaching.
*    Equated Islamists' discipline (based on Sharia) to Christianity and Judaism.  
*    Gave Jesus only the status of a prophet to these 6 million students without mentioning that 2 billion Christians consider Him to be the Son of God.
*    Took a backhanded slap at Christianity with two references to Islam's alleged "one God."

The Channel One Network told 6 million American students during Part Two "But it's that tiny minority of Muslim extremists that continue to make headlines."  This statement deliberately tries to minimize radical Islamists' threat to America.

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), which claims to be America's largest Muslim civil liberties advocacy organization:

*    Is an unindicted co-conspirator in the country's largest Hamas terrorist fundraising case.  
*    Is opposing legislation in twenty states which seeks to ban courts from recognizing Sharia law which is hostile to many American policies that protect life and human rights. 
*    Routinely defends terrorists in the United States and abroad.

Now of course everyone should clearly see that the views of CAIR, the largest Muslim civil liberties advocacy organization in the United States, does not represent a large segment of American Muslims and could only be seen as Channel One Network sees them as "that tiny minority," right?  WRONG.  

Channel One Network never addresses the fact that Islam is more than a religion.  They never mention Islam is a radical political movement that seeks government dominion along with their oppressive Sharia law.  They never mention that radical Muslims have seized Sharia control over Egypt and five other countries during the last year.

Marketing and media company Alloy, Inc. owns Channel One.  Media investment firm ZelnickMedia Corporation owns Alloy.  ZelnichMedia Corporation holdings include in-flight catalogue publisher and marketer SkyMall, online gaming developer Arkadium, video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, and market research firm OTX. ZelnickMedia serves its portfolio companies in either an advisory or management capacity.  These three companies' contact information is provided below.

Take-Two Interactive Software 2K Games subsidiary publishes franchises such as BioShock, Borderlands, and Sid Meier's Civilization; the 2K Sports unit carries titles such as Major League Baseball 2K, NBA 2K12, Max Payne 3 and L.A. Norie.

Florida Family Association has prepared an email for you to send urging Channel One Network, Alloy, Inc. and ZelnickMedia Corporation to stop presenting and proselytizing their distorted version of Islam to America's students.

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"Muslims in America" Video and transcripts.   

Part One Video  http://www.channelone.com/video/young-and-muslim-in-america/
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Part Two Video: http://www.channelone.com/video/islam-in-america:-part-two/
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Marketing and media company Alloy owns Channel One.  
ZelnickMedia Corporation owns Alloy.

Channel One, LLC
151 W. 26th St.,
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New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-244-4307
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Channel One is owned by Alloy, Inc.

Alloy, Inc.
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Jim Johnson, Chief Operating Officer  jjohnson@alloy.com
Joe Frehe, Chief Financial Officer  JFrehe@alloy.com

Kent E. Haehl, CEO  KHaehl@channelone.com
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Scott Nelson, VP Sales and National Business Development  scottnelson@channelone.com

Email to Channel One Network, Ally, Inc. and ZelnickMedia Corporation.

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Channel One Network wrong to proselytize and present distorted version of Islam to public school students.

Email content:

My family and I are very alarmed by Channel One Networks' May 16 and 17, 2012 propaganda shows titled "Muslims in America."

Channel One attempts to portray Muslims living normal American lives.  But that contention is difficult to accept since the shows profiled two Muslim Students Association (MSA) presidents, Muhtasham Sifaat and Kyle Smith.  Part of the MSA pledge is to "Jihad is my spirit And I will die to establish Islam."  The Muslim Students Association is "the mother ship of all the Muslim Brotherhood front groups" according to Jihadwatch.og.  
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/03/muslim-students-association-the-mother-ship-of-all-the-muslim-brotherhood-front-groups.html

USA Today reports the New York Police Department "spokesman Paul Browne provided a list of 12 people arrested or convicted on terrorism charges in the United States and abroad who had once been members of Muslim student associations, which the NYPD referred to as MSAs."  http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-18/NYPD-Intelligence/53143776/1

So these are "Muslims in America" according to Channel One Network?  

In essence the Channel One Network May 16, 2012 report WRONGLY:

*    Proselytized Islam to public school students.
*    Presented Islam as a religion of "shining light" while completely omitting any mention of Sharia law which is hostile toward women's rights, human rights and non-Muslim life.
*    Put Mohammed in the same spiritual lineage as Moses, Noah and Jesus which is counter to Judeo and Christian teaching.
*    Equated Islamists' discipline (based on Sharia) to Christianity and Judaism.  
*    Gave Jesus only the status of a prophet to these 6 million students without mentioning that 2 billion Christians consider Him to be the Son of God.
*    Took a backhanded slap at Christianity with two references to Islam's alleged "one God."

I urge your companies to stop presenting such a distorted and dishonest version of Islam and to stop Islamic religious proselytizing of public school students.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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ACT! FOR AMERICA ON CAPITOL HILL:
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY-THANKS TO YOU!

As I prepare for the upcoming 2012 ACT! for America National Conference in Washington, DC, it's clear how far our organization has come in three years with regard to its power, stature and reputation on Capitol Hill. This growth is truly awe-inspiring, and it's thanks to you.

I wanted to take just a moment to share some of my behind-the-scenes observations so you can get a true understanding of what an incredibly powerful organization ACT! for America has become as a response to your individual efforts, including attendance at our prior National Conferences.

You should feel both encouraged and proud of the progress we have made and the stature we now enjoy on Capitol Hill.

Three years ago, when I first began to walk the halls of Congress on your behalf, ACT! for America had a grassroots membership level of 50,000 with 300 chapters across the nation. I thought that was quite impressive for such a young organization. I had no idea what was just around the corner.

We now have nearly 188,000 national security grassroots advocates, and 700 local chapters. As Members of the U.S. Congress have become acutely aware, ACT! for America members are politically active patriotic citizens. The ACT! for America of today is making a tremendous impact at all levels of government-but particularly on Capitol Hill. We have influenced legislation, educated Members of Congress and their staffs, and assured that dialogue about the threat of radical Islam is kept "front and center" in the federal legislative arena.

So how important is attendance at our annual National Conference & Legislative Briefing to those accomplishments and our on-going efforts on Capitol Hill?

It's not just important. It's absolutely vital. Here's why.

The size of the audience at our Legislative Briefing is a hugely effective visual of the national security giant we are becoming. Members of Congress need to SEE us, not just HEAR from us. I assure you, as someone who has worked on and with Capitol Hill for nearly 20 years, it makes a tremendous difference.

To be honest, it took a lot of convincing for me to get just a handful of Members of Congress to attend our first briefing three years ago. We were relatively unknown and untested.

But that's no longer the case, in large part due to our member participation not only back home in our towns and communities, but also at our National Conferences. Each year, our National Conference & Legislative Briefing attendance level grows and, each year, the number of Members of Congress wanting to speak at our briefing grows as well. There is a direct correlation.

For those of you who have attended this event in the past, I can't thank you enough. You've seen the impact we're having first-hand.

For those of you who have not attended one of our National Conferences, I promise that you won't be disappointed should you attend!

This year, I've had an INCREDIBLE response from Members of Congress wanting to speak at our Legislative Briefing. We have a record number of legislators scheduled to attend and they will be addressing a variety of national security issues.

This is living proof of the stature ACT! for America has achieved on Capitol Hill.

This year's National Conference and Legislative Briefing boasts a stellar lineup of speakers, special events such as our "2012 Election Campaign Review," the premiere of the compelling film "Losing Our Sons," and our signature gala banquet.

But more than that, it's going to be a VERY IMPORTANT EVENT. Here's why.

As we all know, this is an election year, and our elected officials are listening and observing more intently than ever. Given how much national attention is being devoted to jobs and the economy, attendance at this year's Legislative Briefing is critical to keeping Members of Congress focused on the issue of national security.

These Members of Congress need to know-they need to see-that protecting our nation from the threat of radical Islam is still a high priority for their constituents. When they see all of us at the National Conference & Legislative Briefing they will get a vivid reminder of that fact.

I always say that our grassroots are the "engine" of the ACT! for America machine. That's because it's so true. I hope that as our 2012 National Conference & Legislative Briefing kicks off this June 27^th, that engine will be roaring loudly before the eyes of our federal legislators.

If you have not yet registered for this year's conference and legislative briefing, but you're trying to decide whether or not to attend, please consider this.

Don't underestimate for a moment the impact your presence at the conference will make. As one person attending you will be visually representing thousands of ACT! for America members who won't be able to join us.

You will literally be a "grassroots ambassador," reminding Members of Congress that our concerns about the threat of radical Islam must not be overlooked or forgotten.

Thank you for ALL that you do. I sincerely hope to see you on Capitol Hill this June.
 

REMEMBER, YOUR VOICE COUNTS!

 A letter last week sent from Congressman Allan West to Obama

Please read and pass on, another example of the contempt this administration has for our troops in battle!
 

Pelosi: Forcing Military Chaplains to Perform Gay Marriages Against Their Beliefs No Big Deal

by Dan Riehl

The stage is being set so that military Chaplains can and most likely will be ordered to perform same sex marriage in contradiction to their religious beliefs.

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Democrat House leaders including Nancy Pelosi have opposed a measure to ensure military chaplains are not forced to perform same-sex "marriages," arguing that it is based on a "manufactured crisis" and therefore unnecessary - a response strongly criticized by chaplain advocates.

 

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday echoed sentiments issued by the Obama White House regarding the conscience language, part of a defense spending bill, saying that "there's nothing that says that chaplains act against their faith."

Kids vs. Global Warming

By Discover The Networks

An organization of young people who have swallowed the fiction of "manmade global warming," is now suing the federal government. And taxpayers will foot the bill for the legal defense.

Since 2009, and since Senate Democrats last passed a budget, the Congressional Budget Office has calculated $1 trillion deficits each year with 2012 being no exception. But now, a new USA Today study shows that last year's budget deficit wasn't $1 trillion....it was actually $5 trillion.

The deficit was $5 trillion last year under those rules. The official number was $1.3 trillion. Liabilities for Social Security, Medicare and other retirement programs rose by $3.7 trillion in 2011, according to government actuaries, but the amount was not registered on the government's books.

It is well known by now that even if the government confiscated 100% of the wealth held by millionaires and billionaires in America, we still couldn't pay off the $15 trillion+ national debt. But the latest $5 trillion deficit number doesn't only impact millionaires and billionaires.

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18 million and counting! That's the number of Catholic voters Obama has driven away

May 24, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

At sometime in the future a political scientist - maybe one not yet even  born- will point to Barack Obama's declaration of war against the Catholic Church as the worst move of many bad moves he has made in his inordinately poor campaign for reelection.

Perhaps no other stupid Team Obama move better highlights the gulf between actual Americans and the phony Obama. It reminds us that Obama may (or may not) have been born in America and has spent his parasitical life here, but he is not OF America. He doesn't understand America and the over rated schmucks that are advising him don't either.

They apparently have never bothered to read some basic electoral history. If they had; they would know that no Democrat has ever won the presidency while losing the Catholic vote

Just as he has done with so many other groups Obama has not only given Catholics no ... Continue Reading:18 million and counting! That's the number of Catholic voters Obama has driven away

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American Minute May 23

May 23, 2012 06:13 pm | Coach Collins

 By Bill Federer, staff writer

Fur trapper, Indian agent, and soldier; this was Kit Carson, who died MAY 23, 1868.
Kit Carson's exploits west of the Mississippi were as famous as Daniel Boone's east.
In January of 1868, Kit Carson was appointed superintendent of Indian Affairs in Colorado.
Though suffering severe breathing pain, he brought the Ute Indian Chiefs to Washington, DC., to arrange a treaty.
As they toured northern cities, meeting crowds and posing for pictures with western military notables John C. Fremont and James Carleton, Kit Carson became wearied.
He almost died while staying with the Indian Chiefs at New York City's Metropolitan Hotel.
Kit Carson wrote:
"I felt my head swell and my breath leaving me. Then, I woke...my face and head all wet.
I was on the floor and the chief was holding my head on his arm and putting water on me.
He was crying. ... Continue Reading:American Minute May 23

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Et tu, Cory? Booker is a man with a plan

May 23, 2012 01:13 pm | Coach Collins

 By Bruce Karlson, staff writer

 Cory Booker's comments regarding Barack Obama's attacks on Bain Capital were, for him, a "twofer."  I think he believes in the system and understands that profits are not evil. He is hardly a full throated capitalist but cannot buy into trashing his benefactors in downtown NYC.   He actually believes that private sector money is critical to economic growth.  Some of his time at Stanford was not wasted.  

More importantly, he is a man with big plans, a long range game plan, and the horses to execute.  He wants to be POTUS.  The second and more important part of the "twofer" is that it fits his agenda and the regular Democrat practice of shooting the wounded.  Obama may now be considered cooked as Booker would not dare cross him otherwise.  Booker does NOTHING that would hinder his plan so, knowing what he is doing, he chucked Obama and his Chitown thugs, crooks and parasites under ... Continue Reading:Et tu, Cory? Booker is a man with a plan

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The Last Days of the Media

The magazine business isn't what it used to be. In the last ten years, Newsweek lost 2.5 million readers, and its newsstand sales are hardly worth mentioning. A full-page ad in it costs less than the price of a luxury car. Sold for a buck to the husband of an influential Congresswoman, merged with an internet site, it survives only by building issues around provocative essays and covers.

 

If you want to understand why Newsweek put a badly photoshopped picture of Obama with a gay halo on its cover or features Romney doing a number from The Book of Mormon, you need only look at those numbers. Fifteen years ago desperate tactics like that were for alt weeklies like The Village Voice, but Time and Newsweek are the new Village Voice. Or the new Salon.

There is no news business anymore, just media trolls looking for a traffic handout, feeding off manufactured controversies that they create and then report on. Magazines and sites struggling to stay alive while preaching to a narrow audience which likes essays by leftist cranks and mocking pictures of conservatives. And they're not alone; any magazine that still covers politics, covers it in the same exact way.

There are house-style differences between the New Yorker, which still features its trademark cartoons, and Vanity Fair and Esquire, and Time and Newsweek, but they are all basically the same. The same essays repeating the same views for the same audience; all of them fighting for that small slice of urban yuppie audience which DVR's Mad Men, has Michael Chabon novels on the shelf that it hasn't read yet and is forty percent gay.

The real 1 percent is right there. That small elitist fragment of America which writes books for itself, makes TV shows for itself and writes outraged articles for itself about a tiny 1 percent elite that runs everything. It has its own books, its own TV shows, its own music, its own stores, its own stations, its own brands and now it has most of the magazines to itself. It's a claustrophobic village raising its own inner child with inane repetitions of its narrow-minded views.

If I'm reading through a long mocking piece on Midwestern Republican primary voters who support Michele Bachmann, a sensitive piece on gay teenagers being bullied in school or an essay by a Muslim columnist on American Islamophobia, how can I tell which magazine I'm reading? Easy, is it the one with a gay Obama on the cover or the one with a woman breastfeeding a three-year-old?

The story is no longer the story. Now the cover is the story with magazines reporting on their own covers, which become the story. And the story? Who cares about the story really. You can know everything about the story by glancing at the cover. And then you don't have to buy it anymore, which explains why newsstand sales aren't doing too well.
 

Black-on-white attacks: Beck discusses, including media blaming conservatives for even mentioning

"How about the story ... 'Woman Attacked Ordering Lunch At McDonald's Drive-Thru In Colorado.' Here's a woman who just says to this group of people, 'Hey, can you guys not throw your trash on the ground?' ... Beat the snot out of her. ... 'This is for you, white bitch.' "

"How is this not racial? How is this not a hate crime?!? I don't even understand what a 'hate crime' is any more. I thought a 'hate crime' was any time that you would have anything that would stick out, anything that would mark you as a hater because of a race or class of people. It's happening all the time."

Beck discusses latest in Democrats' War On Actual Women with S.E. Cupp, Stu Burguiere, Pat Gray "The 'War On Women' is coming from the Left, and it sickens me. Ann Romney of course never worked a day in her life. The union piñata which is happening now with Nikki Haley, the Governor, it's incredible; you see these union thugs with a baseball bat..."   "Can you imagine anyone doing that on the Right, what would be said? ... The world would be set on fire if they did this to Michelle Obama."   Glenn Beck discusses how the public has been coming around to George Zimmerman's side of the story

Alexander's Essay - May 24, 2012

Memorial Day Is NOT on Sale

Millions of Patriots Have Already Paid the Full Price

"I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States." --John Adams

Memorial Day provides a stark contrast between the best of our nation's Patriot sons and daughters versus the worst of our nation's civilian culture of consumption.

Amid the sparse, reverent observances of the sacrifices made by millions of American Patriots who paid the full price for Liberty, in keeping with their sacred oaths, we are inundated at every turn with the commercialization of Memorial Day by vendors who are too ignorant and/or selfish to honor this day in accordance with its purpose.

Indeed, Memorial Day has been sold out. And it's no wonder, as government schools no longer teach civics or any meaningful history, and courts have excluded God (officially) from the public square.

In his essay "The Contest In America," 19th-century libertarian philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote, "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

It is that "decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling" which accounts for why so many "miserable creatures" have downgraded Memorial Day to nothing more than a date to exploit for commercial greed and avarice. While units large and small of America's Armed Forces stand in harm's way around the globe, many Americans are too preoccupied with beer, barbecue and baseball to pause and recognize the priceless burden borne by generations of our uniformed Patriots. Likewise, many politicos will use Memorial Day as a soapbox to feign Patriotism, while in reality they are in constant violation of their oaths to our Constitution.

That notwithstanding, there are still tens of millions of American Patriots who will set aside the last Monday in May to honor all those fallen Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coastguardsmen who have refreshed the Tree of Liberty with their blood, indeed with their lives, so that we might remain the proud and free. My family, which humbly descends from generations of American Patriots from the American Revolution forward, will honor the service and sacrifice of our nation's fallen warriors by offering prayer in thanksgiving for the legacy of Liberty they have bequeathed to us, and by participating in respectful commemorations.

Since the opening salvos of the American Revolution, nearly 1.2 million American Patriots have died in defense of Liberty. Additionally, 1.4 million have been wounded in combat, and tens of millions more have served honorably, surviving without physical wounds. These numbers, of course, offer no reckoning of the inestimable value of their service or the sacrifices borne by their families, but we do know that the value of Liberty extended to their posterity -- to us -- is priceless.

Who were these brave souls?

On 12 May 1962, Gen. Douglas MacArthur addressed the cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, delivering his farewell speech, "Duty, Honor and Country." He described the legions of uniformed American Patriots as follows: "Their story is known to all of you. It is the story of the American man at arms. My estimate of him was formed on the battlefields many, many years ago and has never changed. I regarded him then, as I regard him now, as one of the world's noblest figures -- not only as one of the finest military characters, but also as one of the most stainless."

Gen. MacArthur continued:

His name and fame are the birthright of every American citizen. In his youth and strength, his love and loyalty, he gave all that mortality can give. He needs no eulogy from me, or from any other man. He has written his own history and written it in red on his enemy's breast.

But when I think of his patience under adversity, of his courage under fire, and of his modesty in victory, I am filled with an emotion of admiration I cannot put into words. He belongs to history as furnishing one of the greatest examples of successful patriotism. He belongs to posterity as the instructor of future generations in the principles of liberty and freedom. He belongs to the present, to us, by his virtues and by his achievements.

In twenty campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand campfires, I have witnessed that enduring fortitude, that patriotic self-abnegation, and that invincible determination which have carved his statue in the hearts of his people.

From one end of the world to the other, he has drained deep the chalice of courage. As I listened to those songs of the glee club, in memory's eye I could see those staggering columns of the First World War, bending under soggy packs on many a weary march, from dripping dusk to drizzling dawn, slogging ankle deep through mire of shell-pocked roads; to form grimly for the attack, blue-lipped, covered with sludge and mud, chilled by the wind and rain, driving home to their objective, and for many, to the judgment seat of God.

I do not know the dignity of their birth, but I do know the glory of their death. They died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith in their hearts, and on their lips the hope that we would go on to victory. Always for them: Duty, Honor, Country. Always their blood, and sweat, and tears, as they saw the way and the light.

Duty. Honor. Country -- these are not for bargain sale or discount.

Post Your Opinion: How will you observe Memorial Day?

On Memorial Day of 1982, President Ronald Reagan offered these words in honor of Patriots interred at Arlington National Cemetery: "I have no illusions about what little I can add now to the silent testimony of those who gave their lives willingly for their country. Words are even more feeble on this Memorial Day, for the sight before us is that of a strong and good nation that stands in silence and remembers those who were loved and who, in return, loved their countrymen enough to die for them. Yet, we must try to honor them not for their sakes alone, but for our own. And if words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice."

President Reagan continued:

Our first obligation to them and ourselves is plain enough: The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just as they whom we commemorate were willing to sacrifice, so too must we -- in a less final, less heroic way -- be willing to give of ourselves.

It is this, beyond the controversy and the congressional debate, beyond the blizzard of budget numbers and the complexity of modern weapons systems, that motivates us in our search for security and peace. ... The willingness of some to give their lives so that others might live never fails to evoke in us a sense of wonder and mystery.

One gets that feeling here on this hallowed ground, and I have known that same poignant feeling as I looked out across the rows of white crosses and Stars of David in Europe, in the Philippines, and the military cemeteries here in our own land. Each one marks the resting place of an American hero and, in my lifetime, the heroes of World War I, the Doughboys, the GIs of World War II or Korea or Vietnam. They span several generations of young Americans, all different and yet all alike, like the markers above their resting places, all alike in a truly meaningful way.

As we honor their memory today, let us pledge that their lives, their sacrifices, their valor shall be justified and remembered for as long as God gives life to this nation. ... I can't claim to know the words of all the national anthems in the world, but I don't know of any other that ends with a question and a challenge as ours does: "O! say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" That is what we must all ask.

Indeed, in this era when Liberty is being crushed under the weight of Democratic Socialism, Patriots must all ask that question, and act accordingly.

For the Fallen, we are certain of that which is noted on all Marine Corps Honorable Discharge orders: "Fideli Certa Merces" -- to the faithful there is certain reward.

Thomas Jefferson offered this enduring advice to all generations of Patriots: "Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them if we basely entail hereditary bondage on them."

We owe a great debt of gratitude to all those generations who have passed the Torch of Liberty to succeeding generations. In accordance, I humbly ask that each of you call upon all those around you to observe Memorial Day with reverence.

To prepare hearts and minds for Memorial Day, take a moment and read about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Join with other Patriots across the nation who will be placing flags at headstones in your local military cemetery (generally the Saturday prior to Memorial Day).

I invite you to view these tributes to our Armed Forces and to God and Country at the Patriot YouTube Channel.

In honor of American Patriots who have died in defense of our great nation, lower your flag to half-staff from sunrise to 1200 on Monday. (Read about proper flag etiquette and protocol.) Join us by observing a time of silence at 1500 (your local time), for remembrance and prayer. Offer a personal word of gratitude and comfort to any surviving family members you know who are grieving for a beloved warrior fallen in battle.

On this and every day, please pray for our Patriot Armed Forces now standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." --John 15:12-14

Pro Deo et Constitutione - Libertas aut Mors

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis

Mark Alexander
Publisher, The Patriot Post

Today's Headlines:  Thursday, May 24, 2012

U.N. Summit Will Push for a More Powerful Global Environmental Agency

59% of Americans: Prohibit Abortion in Most or All Circumstances

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With Gov. Scott Walker Rising in Wisconsin, DNC Finally Issues Appeal to 'Help Win This Thing' 
Chicago's (Union) Trash Collectors Doing Better at Showing Up for Work

White House Says Obamacare Stops Insurance Companies from 'Discriminating' Against Women

Poll: Only 15% Say It's More Honorable to Work for Gov't Than for Private Company

Granted a Visa to Visit U.S., Castro's Daughter Plugs Communism, 'Gay Rights'

Barney Frank: Obama's Not Invited to My Wedding

Non-NATO Member Australia Makes Long Term Commitment to Afghanistan

Obama Administration 'Leveraging USDA's Lending Programs for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers'

Opposition to Sea Treaty Based on 'Mythology,' Clinton Tells Senate
  L.A. Votes to Ban Plastic Bags at Retail Stores

COMMENTARY:

First, They Came for Cory Booker
By Ben Shapiro
Liberals want to use race as a litmus test for ideology. And that is deeply bigoted.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Thursday, May 24, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 166 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Obama DOJ Fighting For Transgendered "Justice"

There are a lot of reasons why Arkansas Democrats may have wanted to embarrass Barack Obama in Tuesday's primary. It's Hillary Clinton's home state, and they are simply more conservative than he is. Here's another reason: Obama is doing his best to embarrass the people of Arkansas.

The Daily Caller reports that the Obama Justice Department has ordered the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith to allow a 38 year-old male student to use the women's restrooms. The "man" in question claims to be transgendered, and filed a complaint with the Justice Department's Office of Civil Rights after rejecting the university's offer to create more "gender-neutral" restrooms.

Predictably, the Obama Administration sided with the cross-dresser. An official for the university said, "[T]he DOJ complaint caused revisiting of our thinking. ...In the eyes of the law, this individual is entitled to use the bathroom that she identifies with."

I'm not sure what law entitles a man to use the women's restroom, but I'm not at all surprised by this decision. It speaks volumes about the values that prevail in the Obama Administration and just how radical his agenda really is.

It's no wonder they are so confused on the economy and think tax increases are a good idea. They don't even know what marriage means, and can't figure out that men go to the men's room and women go to the women's room! And where exactly does this fit into the Democrats' rhetoric about a "Republican war on women"? I wonder how many women would be comfortable knowing that a 38 year-old man is in the stall next to them.


"Bias By Omission"

My good friend Brent Bozell has dedicated his life to exposing media bias, and this week we witnessed one of the worst examples of "bias by omission." Here's an excerpt of Bozell's recent column:

"You'd think the largest legal action in American history in defense of religious liberty would be a major news story. But ABC, CBS, and NBC don't judge news events by their inherent importance as relates to the future of our freedoms. They deliver the news according to a simple formula: Does it, or doesn't it, advance the re-election of Barack Obama? If it doesn't, it isn't news. 

"On May 21, 43 Catholic dioceses and organizations sued the Obama administration... Never has the Catholic Church -- or any order, for that matter -- undertaken something of this magnitude. It's truly jaw-dropping that ABC and NBC completely ignored this action on their evening newscasts, while 'CBS Evening News' devoted just 19 seconds to this historic event. ...

"This is the worst example of shameless bias by omission I have seen... This should be leading newscasts and the subject of special, in-depth reports."

Bozell is absolutely right. The liberal media are in the tank for Obama, not just in how they spin the news, but also in what they fail to report. Of course, the Catholic Church's lawsuit was the lead story in Tuesday's "End of Day" report.

If your friends and family members are getting their news from the "mainstream" media, there is a lot they are not getting. That's one more reason why it is so important for you to share these messages -- so they can get the news the liberal media won't give them!


Sabotaging Our Military

If you wanted to bring down the U.S. military, sabotage is certainly one way to go about it. A new report suggests it may well be happening. The Senate Armed Services Committee recently released the results of a year-long investigation into the use of counterfeit parts throughout the military. The results were shocking.

According to Reuters, Senate investigators "found 1,800 incidents of bogus parts in the Department of Defense supply chain in 2009 and 2010. The total number of suspected fake parts in those cases topped 1 million." And the threat to our national security and the safety of our men and women in uniform isn't the only concern. "The price tag for replacing a bogus memory device in a ... missile, for example, was $2.7 million." Where are these fake parts coming from? Mostly China.

This makes me livid! Yes, China is a major trading partner. But it is also a strategic competitor, notorious for stealing technology and producing counterfeit products. Our national security should not depend on communist foreign suppliers, whose interests frequently run counter to our own.

At a time when unemployment is unacceptably high, why aren't we making these parts here? Using stimulus dollars to create jobs that support our national security would have been a far better investment than Solyndra, Obama's bankrupt solar boondoggle.


It's All About Obama

Speaking of risks to our national security, NBC News reported yesterday that the "Obama administration leaked classified information to filmmakers on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden." The military routinely cooperates with Hollywood to make their blockbusters as realistic as possible. But it appears that the Obama White House was a bit too eager help Hollywood make Barack look good.

Yesterday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, blasted the administration for the breech. In a statement, King wrote:

"After reviewing these emails, I am even more concerned about the possible exposure of classified information to these filmmakers, who as far as I know, do not possess security clearances. ...the filmmakers were allowed an unprecedented visit to a classified facility so secret that its name is redacted in the released email.  If this facility is so secret ... then why in the world would the Obama Administration allow filmmakers to tour it?"

Good question, congressman. But the answer is obvious. Obama is so full of himself that his staff is editing the biographies of past presidents to include Obama in their accomplishments. Why all the fuss about national security? The movie about the bin Laden raid, planned for release just 25 days before the election, is obviously all about Obama!

As it turns out, Sony has postponed the movie's release until December. I can't help but wonder whether the White House would have been so cooperative if the original release date had been December and not October.