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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.
Drug dealer, alleged child molester, and convicted perjurer, forger and Indiana Speedway Bomber (who is also believed to have played a role in the assassination of a grandmother), Brett Kimberlin spent 17 years in prison before his ultimate re-absorption into American society
He started a non-profit dubbed "Justice Through Music (JTM)" that has, since at least 2005, been funded by George Soros' Tides Foundation and Barbara Streisand among other leftists
Along with his associate, Kimberlin also started an organization called "Velvet Revolution" that supports the Occupy movement
JTM's goal is to use music to foster "social justice" and fight Republican "voter fraud" (like the kind George Bush allegedly used to "steal" the Florida election)
Any blogger - conservative and liberal alike - who has written the truth about Kimberlin has come under vicious attack by either Kimberlin or his minions, suffering death threats (veiled and unveiled), multiple lawsuits, loss of jobs and worse
He has filed over 100 frivolous lawsuits against anything that isn't nailed down and somehow is being allowed to continue unchecked
This story has never been reported on in the mainstream media
Wouldn't it be terrible if we lived in some kind of dictatorship where a tiny group of powerful men controlled the broadcast media and used it to justify abuses of power by the government?
Isn't it great that we live in a country where we don't have to worry about that kind of thing?
Yeah me too.
(Please note: Due to the Shavuot holiday, this blog will be on hiatus until Monday night)
THE NARRATIVE
It all starts with the narrative. Coverage of the lawsuits can be minimized as much as possible, but sooner or later it has to be reported on. The media is as lazy, as it is corrupt and stupid, so they usually garner their talking points from liberal talking point distributors like Think Progress and Media Matters.
The narrative on the Catholic lawsuits is problematic because it's a clear case of religious freedom being infringed on. That means this problematic fact has to be countered by...
The time is finally here. Our phone system is up and ready to go!
The folks in Wisconsin could use our help making calls to help motivate people to get our and vote on June 5th.
How to get started:
The most effective times to make calls are between 5pm and 8:30pm central time. We will send you an email each day to remind you!
Click hereto read the instructions for how to operate the phone system. It is important that you read through all of the instructions before you get started.
Click herefor the script. It is important that you stick to the script and remember that we aren't advocating for a particular candidate. We are calling to identify who will be voting and what issues are important to them.
We can't stress enough that the most effective times are between 5pm and 8:30pm central time.
Answers to Common Questions:
The phone number that you will dial to connect to the system is toll free.
The phone system will not display your personal phone number, so you don't have to worry about people calling you back.
You can connect to the system from any touch tone phone.
One hour commitments will be the most successful blocks of time for YOU and for Wisconsin.
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
Please take some time to watch this video/documentary produced by Mercury One/Glen Beck. It is scary, and unfortunately Glen has been right on most everything he has reported on.
Part Two: The Fiction and Non-Fiction of Obama
May 13, 2012
In Part I of this report, we examined President Obama's earliest role models and the influence each likely had on him as he shaped his worldview. With an anti-colonialist father, a mother who rejected Western society, a communist mentor, a domestic-terrorist benefactor, and an anti-Semitic preacher, the reasons behind Obama's past and present actions come more sharply into focus. Below, we navigate through just some of the president's questionable political positions.
"Brave" enough to order the killing Osama bin Laden...but had a back-up memo to blame the military in case it went wrong?
The entire Obama administration along with the American left has heaped praise on the president for his "daring" and "brave" decision to send a Navy SEAL team into an Abottobbad compound to assassinate 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden. In fact, Obama has even used the accomplishment as the crux of his latest campaign ad - a move even liberal mediaite Arianna Huffington deemed despicable. Yet in April it was revealed that then-CIA Director Leon Panetta drafted a memo that included an escape clause for the president should the operation go awry [emphasis added]: "The timing, operational decision making and control are in Admiral McRaven's hands. The approval is provided on the risk profile presented to the President. Any additional risks are to be brought back to the President for his consideration. The direction is to go in and get bin Laden and if he is not there, to get out." In plain-speak, Obama chose to blame the military, through "Patsy" Admiral McRaven, should the mission to kill bin Laden fail. Does this sound like something a Commander in Chief would or should ever do? The Wall Street Journal adds:
Glenn heard your requests and decided to make the GBTV documentary, Rumors of War III: Target U.S., available on DVD! As a GBTV Plus subscriber you can watch this stunning documentary on demand. Glenn said this is one of the most important hours of television he has been a part of yet - now you have the chance to own the DVD and share it with your friends and family.
America is under attack and the enemy isn't an ocean away, it's much closer than you think. The problem is 99% of Americans don't know it. This documentary brings you THE TRUTH about what's really happening on our borders. The connections revealed between the Muslim Brotherhood and top ranking positions in our government are unbelievable. The War on Terror is NOT over.We can't rely on "honest" journalists to get this information to the public, so we are counting on YOU.
All GBTV subscribers receive an exclusive discount on this DVD. If you are a GBTV subscriber, CLICK HERE to learn how to take advantage of this exclusive discount.
This is not an RJC event. It is a community event we thought you should be aware of. The RJC is not handling RSVPs for this event and all questions should be directed to Congregation Beth Or.
Save the date:
Philadelphia ZOA Quarterly Meeting
Tuesday, June 12, 2012at the Congregations of Shaare Shamayim, 9768 Verree Rd., Northeast Philadelphia, at 7:30 p.m.
Our own Lee Bender and Jerry Verlin will premiere and discuss their new book, Pressing Israel: Media Propaganda Exposed From A To Z
Come out to congratulate Lee and Jerry and learn about and get a copy of their important new work. Find out why what the media reports matters. This event is free and open to the public. Be sure to tell your friends, colleagues, neighbors and fellow congregants and encourage them to attend.
June 5th meeting, General Wayne Tea Party - A special guest speaker!
We look forwardto having Nancy Becker as the "Main event" at our June 5th meeting at JC's Fireside Bistro.
Nancy has thrived in the private sector as well as in government, and has held Republican leadership posts at many levels. She's also a wife, a mother of two, grandmother of five, and great grandmother of one.
Currently working in government for Montgomery County, she manages a staff of twenty-six.
She will take a lot of the mystery out of politics for us, and explain why it's so critical that we become involved with what's happening in our own back yard. And how to go about it!
After she spoke a year ago with our sister Tea Party in Central Montgomery County, which is led by Jim and Pam Devlin, the reaction of their members about Nancy Becker's presentation was "Absolute dynamite".
Please mark your calendar for June 5th, 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., JC's Fireside Bistro, Valley Forge Shopping Center, King of Prussia.
Lou Flanagan
The General Wayne Tea Party
GeneralWayneTeaParty.com
P.S. Nancy Becker's bio and accomplishments appear below. She's obviously one of those people to whom the term "Extremely high energy level" is correctly applied.
Nancy Becker
Elected as the Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds in 2003, Nancy Becker is an accomplished, professional administrator and manager with over 35 years experience in real estate, financial management, and strategic planning.
Currently she directs the Recorder of Deeds Office, full time, with a staff of twenty-six (26), who maintain the integrity of all land records and other documents entrusted to the department, as well as the collection and monthly distribution of County/State fees and Real Estate Transfer Taxes for the State, Townships, Boroughs, Municipalities and School Districts; while professionally serving the public with efficiency, accountability, and responsibility.
Over these past 8 years, as the Recorder of Deeds, Nancy has implemented new revenue sources, saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars ($750,000.00 alone in 2006), managed and cut costs; increased efficiency, timely recording and high accuracy rates; prioritized advanced, user-friendly systems, constituent services, security, and disaster recovery; and initiated procedures to protect residents from real estate fraud.
She initiated, coordinated, and spear-headed public effort for sponsorship and support of Senate Bill 1331, which prohibits the state from imposing and collecting state sales and Use Taxes for certain public services performed by any county governmental agency and/or court, and House Bill 1634 (Act 110), which eliminates the need to pre-register a deed prior to recording, thereby saving the residents of Montgomery County tens of thousands of dollars.
November 2011 she initiated a class action suit against MERS and the large banks that have not recorded mortgage assignments. She was featured in Bloomberg Businessweek November 2011 and Westlaw Journal December 2011 for her efforts to maintain the chain of title on mortgages and her attempt to collect in excess of $15 million dollars in recording fees for Montgomery County.
Under her direction, the Recorder of Deeds office has become a model of document management:
One of the highest tech land records offices in the country.
One of the first in the state to electronically record land documents (eRecord) accelerating document recording, creating efficiencies, reducing errors, and dramatically improving the county's ability to serve its constituents. "eRecording" is a government priority at both the Federal and State levels. It is just one of the priorities that I am initiating to comply with the Montgomery County Commissioners' eGoverment initiative.
One of the first in the state to apply artificial intelligence software, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) to automatically capture document data.
One of the first counties in state to participate in its eNotary initiative.
Digitizing land plans in order to make them available through direct computer entry allowing faster access to information.
Digitized land records dating back from 1784.
Implemented Disaster Tolerant/Recovery plan by total "redundant replication" of data and images.
Offer office information and forms online and in the process of integrating a digital archiving system.
Founded the first Property Records Educational Partners (PREP) organization in Pennsylvania, to maintain technological advancement, education, and user-friendly constituent service.
Nancy believes that responsibility of citizenship means being involved in the community. She has been a member of numerous community boards and commissions.
To mention some, she is the President of the PA Recorder of Deeds Association, President of the Northern Montgomery County Drug & Alcohol Task Force, Southeast Regional Chairperson of the Property Records Educational Partners; member of the Board of Directors of the Property Reorders Industry Association, Co-Chair of the Law Enforcement Collaborative, working with the FBI Mortgage and Land Fraud Task Force, a member of the Montgomery County Drug & Alcohol Planning Committee, the Northern Montco Technical Career Center Educational Opportunities Council, the North Penn School District Drug Free & Safe Schools Committee, the Towamencin Township Park and Recreation Advisory Council and Planning Commission, the American Society of Professional & Executive Women and the International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Elected Officials & Clerks.
Nancy has also played a significant part in raising millions of dollars in grants and contributions for public causes.
She has also been deeply involved in the political process and the Montgomery County Republican Party:
Montgomery County Republican Women's Leadership (1994- Present)
Treasurer (2009 - Present)
Montgomery County Republican Committee Chairman's Club
Montgomery County Republican Committee Area 9 Vice Chairperson (1994-1998)
Montgomery County Republican Committee New Majority Council
Montgomery County Council of Republican Women (1991 to Present)
President (2000-2002)
1st Vice President (1996-1998)
2nd Vice President (1994-1996)
Board of Directors (1994- Present)
Montgomery County Court House Hill Council of Republican Women
First Vice President
Pennsylvania Council of Republican Women (Director)
Republican State Committee (1996 to Present)
Republican Committee Woman, Towamencin Township 1-2 (1988 to Present)
Treasurer (1992-Present)
Republican Poll Worker (1971-Present)
Served on more than thirty (30) Republican campaign committees for Federal, State, County, and local candidates during thirty-two (32) years of Republican service
Nancy and her husband Mike have lived in Towamencin, Montgomery County for over 34 years.
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!
On June 2nd 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!
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday June 2nd 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
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 WinningSchindler'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.
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,
Matt Kibbe President & CEO, FreedomWorks
Ask yourself this question...
Where can you go to see Sheriff Richard Mack, Author Tom Woods, Michael Badnarik, Global Warming expert Marc Morano, Tom DeWeese, 4 leading state legislators, the leading experts on Agenda 21, the leading experts on Health Freedom, the leading experts on fighting the IRS, the leading experts on fighting a Constitutional Convention, and the leading experts on the creation of a national surveillance system, and 4 complete workshops to teach you how to fight back --all in one place?
The answer?
Right in your own living room, with a complete set of the Freedom Action National Conference DVD set.
This conference featured the "brain trust" of the freedom movement and is a must for your DVD library to learn, entertain and share with your friends.
And now, for the first time you can get this invaluable information at the lowest price ever!!
Featuring 113 primary source documents, The U.S. Constitution: A Reader was developed for teaching the core course on the U.S. Constitution at Hillsdale College.
Divided into eleven sections with introductions by members of Hillsdale's Politics Department faculty, readings cover the principles of the American founding, the framing and structure of the Constitution, the secession crisis and the Civil War, the Progressive rejection of the Constitution, and the building of the administrative state based on Progressive principles.
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.
As a trusted reader of New Common Sense, the weekly e-mail from The Heritage Foundation, we wanted you to be the first to know about our new website ConstitutionOnline.com.
From the preamble to the 27
th
Amendment -- The Heritage Guide to the Constitution Online is a completely searchable reference tool with leading expert analysis of the Constitution. The site features clause by clause analysis of our timeless reference book, links to essays, as well as a teaching companion.
ConstitutionOnline.com provides clear, concise analysis for users who are trying to further their understanding of the Constitution.
No document is more central to securing "the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity" than the United States Constitution, and no website is more thorough than ConstitutionOnline.com.
The Philadelphia Freedom Center Patrick Henry Award for Glenn Beck
On May 31st the Philadelphia Freedom Center will be hosting with the Union League of Philadelphia, Glenn Beck as he is presented the Patrick Henry Award.
The event will be at the Union League of Philadelphia on Thursday, May 31st starting at noon. Lunch will be served and there are admission options that include a photo opportunity with Glenn Beck.
There are a very limited number of discounted tickets for general admission available NOW! Hurry to register today and get these specially priced tickets!
For questions & concerns please contact Michael Wade at mwade@horowitz freedomcenter.org
Question with boldness, hold to the truth, and speak without fear. That has been my answer. - Glenn Beck
Since taking to the airwaves, Glenn Beck has been an answer man and a champion for the ideals of America. His 2010 Restoring Honor Rally and his upcoming Restoring Love Rally remind our nation what it means to be an American. On the Glenn Beck Program and GBTV, Glenn continuously fights to be the voice of freedom and warn our nation of the ever-growing power our government possesses. Patrick Henry stated that, "The battle is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave." Glenn Beck is the vigilant, the active, and the brave and for that reason, The Philadelphia Freedom Center is proud to honor him with The Patrick Henry Award and want you to be involved in this wonderful event.
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.
Saturday, August 18, 2012 Washington Dulles Airport Marriott 45020 Aviation Drive * Dulles, Virginia * (703) 471-9500
Brigitte Gabriel and our National Staff want to personally invest our time with you and have worked hard to provide a FREE training for our members in the region around D.C.!
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:
"...After 8 hours in that chair ............. I was ready for another 8 hours - it seemed to end too soon..."
"I was literally stunned. Wow! Brigitte Gabriel has assembled an incredible team to support her message of action and hope!"
"...As much as the issue depresses me, and I could cry every time I think about what is happening to the West, I left yesterday's conference energized and inspired. The day reminded me that I am *not* alone, after all, in trying to resist the dangerous absurdity of radical Islam that is being forced on us. I'm in desperate need of such reminders, as I'm sure most of us are. Whenever I'm close to despair, I remind myself of Brigitte's message. Thank you so much for this incredible training day!"
"...What an amazing seminar!"
"...I have never spent a better $45, 104 miles and 12 hours!" (Previous pricing for a similar event. We're wanting to involve as many as possible from this region, so for this event only, it's free!)
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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The Case Against Obamacare: Health Care Policy Series for the 112th Congress
A Health Care Policy Series for the 112th Congress
Building on decades of Heritage research, The Case Against Obamacare: A Health Care Policy Series for the 112th Congress examines 15 key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Each report:
Cites specific sections of the 2,700-page health care law
Provides detailed analysis of specific Obamacare provisions
Identifies key principles for a better way to reform health care
The unmistakable conclusion of this series is that Obamacare must be fully repealed. Congress cannot build sound market-based health care reform on the flawed foundation of this health care law. Until it can be repealed, Congress must employ its full powers authorized by the Constitution to:
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
By revealing the Nazi and Marxist origins of groups such as the Muslim Students Association and Students for Justice in Palestine and the connections between these organizations and terrorist activities around the globe, Muslim Hate Groups on Campus sheds light on the dark undercurrent of anti-Semitism which flows unobstructed through our most prestigious institutions of higher education.
Borough leaders said they wanted to continue to make the borough a tolerant community.
By Sarah Larson
May 24, 2012
Doylestown council member Don Berk, r, presents a copy of the resolution naming June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month to representatives of Doylestown's Rainbow Room, the only support center for LGBT young people in Bucks County.
Doylestown Borough has named June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.
The nine council members voted unanimously this week to approve a resolution recognizing the month. The local move follows in the wake of national recognition, as President Barack Obama has, for the past three years, also named June LGBT Pride Month.
Doylestown council member Don Berk, who read the resolution at this week's meeting, said the borough has taken an active role in supporting LGBT rights.
There are some things that are so apparent that they're not even worth mentioning. What goes up must come down. The earth is round. President Barack Obama is a big spender. But this week, some in the media and in the White House are denying one of these totally obvious truths. It shouldn't be a big surprise which one it is.
On Tuesday, MarketWatch's Rex Nutting wrote that claims of Obama's big spending ways are overblown and that the "Obama spending binge never happened." In a press gaggle on Wednesday, White House spokesman Jay Carney picked up on the argument and claimed that "this President has been-has demonstrated significant fiscal restraint and acted with great fiscal responsibility."
But sure as the sun rises in the east, not in the west, claims of Obama's supposed "fiscal restraint" are just plain wrong. Heritage's J.D. Foster explains:
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 appwill, 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.
Obama's Sons: They Are Real for Him Daren Jonescu I believe it is likely that Obama compared the future prospects of "my daughters" to that of "my sons" precisely according to a sincerely prepared and carefully vetted script. More
The Distinctive Trait of America Steve McCann The one thing above all others that many in the United States, particularly among the ruling class, do not appreciate. More
A Day to Remember Our Fallen Elise Cooper These are not just numbers or statistics, but individuals who have given everything they could give to keep us free and safe. More
Memories of My Own on Memorial Day Carol A. Taber Today, only a small number of Americans have known anyone personally who died fighting for our country, but I have. My war was the Vietnam War, and I was a Vietnam wife. More
SpaceX: Promises, Promises Terry L. Mirll SpaceX is a big deal. But while we reach for the stars, let's keep our heads out of the clouds. More
The Lesson of Alexander Hamilton Jeremy Meister Ever wonder why Alexander Hamilton is on the ten-dollar bill? It has to do with how he handled the Treasury. And this Memorial Day, we could stand to learn from him. More
The Noble Sacrifice We Remember Frank Santarpia There are almost no words to describe the debt we owe those men and women who gave their last full measure of devotion to the cause of liberty. More
Obama's regulatory czar Cass Sunstein has used the profits from his bestselling book Nudge to create what is believed to be the world's first private animal courtroom. With the help of top Hollywood animal wranglers, he has trained an orangutan to act as judge, a rare mountain gorilla to act as the top hotshot defense attorney, a chimpanzee to lead the prosecution, and an entire colony of bonobo monkeys to sit on the jury. Each weekend, Sunstein invites one of his human friends round to act as "defendant." Rumor has it that when Sunstein describes it as "just a game. Nothing serious. You don't really believe that I think primates should be conducting trials of humans, do you?" his voice takes on amanic, demented quality which some of his volunteers have said is "Really kinda scary."
Global Warming Fun.
NO. 6. On a hot summer's day, invite your closest liberal friends 'round for dinner- with the air conditioning turned off. Explain you are trying to acclimatize to the coming era, as planned for by the Environmental Protection Agency's and Obama's enviro (energy and climate) czar Carol Browner, in which the government will be able to control how much electricity you use, especially in regards to idle luxuries like air conditioning. Say: "Knowing how you support the EPA's aims, I thought you guys would appreciate the chance to share with me..."
Approximately three months ago I was on Twitter talking to a woman about Islam and the UK's Anjem Choudary. She was a Twitter friend of Fox's Sean Hannity, and tagged him in an effort to bring him into our conversation. I had stated that I will give Choudary one thing, he does know Islam. Now Hannity could have and should have minded his own business, but the Fox anchor could not help himself. He quickly charged into the conversation by taking a stand for Islam.
The quickest way to divide people is to have them speak different languages. America has always been a nation of immigrants, but one of the things that has always united us as a nation has been the English language. In the past, it was always understood that if you wanted to thrive in the "land of opportunity" that you had better learn English and learn it well. Unfortunately, times have changed. Today, many radical activist groups are actually referring to the English language as a "tool of oppression"...
Don't believe the line from leftist activists and the Obama campaign that the voter fraud problem is just the result of an overactive imagination on the part of Republicans. All you have to do is read the headlines. For example, there was this news story by J. Christian Adams, who is working with us on our 2012 Election Integrity Project, published by·BigGovernment.com:
Abdo had been arrested for plotting an attack on a restaurant in Killeen popular with soldiers from nearby Fort Hood. He would set off a bomb inside the restaurant, then shoot and kill as many survivors as possible as they scrambled out to safety.
Wouldn't it be terrible if we lived in some kind of dictatorship where a tiny group of powerful men controlled the broadcast media and used it to justify abuses of power by the government? Isn't it great that we live in a country where we don't have to worry about that kind of thing?
JW Obtains Obama Administration Records Detailing Meetings with bin Laden Movie Filmmakers On Tuesday, Judicial Watch caused a firestorm when we released records from the Obama Department of Defense (DOD) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regarding meetings and communications between government agencies and Kathryn Bigelow, Academy Award-winning director of The Hurt Locker, and her screenwriter Mark Boal.
I feel something washing over me. I'm standing in New Jersey, so it's probably red ink. No, wait a minute - it'sglowing ink! It could only be one thing: more conservative hagiography about the Garden State's GOP governor.
Abdo had been arrested for plotting an attack on a restaurant in Killeen popular with soldiers from nearby Fort Hood. He would set off a bomb inside the restaurant, then shoot and kill as many survivors as possible as they scrambled out to safety.
Wouldn't it be terrible if we lived in some kind of dictatorship where a tiny group of powerful men controlled the broadcast media and used it to justify abuses of power by the government? Isn't it great that we live in a country where we don't have to worry about that kind of thing?
JW Obtains Obama Administration Records Detailing Meetings with bin Laden Movie Filmmakers On Tuesday, Judicial Watch caused a firestorm when we released records from the Obama Department of Defense (DOD) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regarding meetings and communications between government agencies and Kathryn Bigelow, Academy Award-winning director of The Hurt Locker, and her screenwriter Mark Boal.
I feel something washing over me. I'm standing in New Jersey, so it's probably red ink. No, wait a minute - it'sglowing ink! It could only be one thing: more conservative hagiography about the Garden State's GOP governor.
Just because you were once the most powerful nation on earth does not mean that you will always be the most powerful nation on earth.
Every single year, hundreds of billions of dollars leaves the United States and goes to China. This enormous transfer of wealth has had a dramatic effect on both countries. In case you haven't noticed, many of our formerly great manufacturing cities such as Detroit are rotting away while shining new factories and skyscrapers are going up all over China.
According to White House energy adviser Heather Zichal, the Obama administration still sees a future for coal. She also said that the administration wasn't "singing 'Kumbaya'" with the natural gas industry and was committed to seeing coal burned "in a more environmentally friendly way."[i] But what does that mean and how do we reach that point?
In 1959, during an interview with the late Mike Wallace, Ayn Rand, the author of "Atlas Shrugged", said "A free market will not break down. All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure that is always offered is more of the same poisons that caused the disaster."
After the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, the government's solution to the crisis was to raise the top tax rate from 25% to 63%. Successively this was increased to 79% and then to 94%, effectively choking off capital formation, investment, and the incentive to start new businesses.
This (we are told) is a picture of Sheikha Safaa, the new general manager of Marya, a new Egyptian television channel (named for a Coptic concubine "gifted" to Mohammed -- yick) is staffed entirely by fully and blackly veiled -- no, obstructed -- women, both behind and in front of the camera.
The British have now been forced to confront - and finally judge - the actions of some minority Muslims who have embedded themselves in a counterculture hostile to British society.
The defense authorization act erases decades of U.S. government compliance with the Posse Comitatus Act 1878 that prohibits using U.S. military to perform law enforcement functions within the United States. Why is this being done?
Beginning today, the D.C. area is set to welcome roughly a half-million motorcycle riders for the 25th Rolling Thunder, an annual event to recognize prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action.
Jeffrey Neely, the central figure in a lavish taxpayer-funded Las Vegas convention that saw magic acts and federal workers sipping martinis on a red carpet, has left the General Services Administration (GSA).
The draconian measures necessary to achieve the Left's utopian dream wouldn't be palatable to the vast majority. In fact, if the most radical population control advocates get their way, we will have global tyranny on a scale never seen before.
CAIR had its origins in the U.S. Hamas infrastructure and its leaders defend individuals accused of terrorism by the U.S. government. So why does AG Eric Holder not sever ties with them immediately?
Attorney Alan Dershowitz has stepped up his criticism of the special prosecutor in Florida who brought the charges against George Zimmerman. Did she break the law herself?
The typical American household would have paid nearly all of its income in taxes last year to balance the budget if the government used standard accounting rules to compute the deficit, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
In late April of this year, the Wahhabi grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, who controls all Sunni Muslim clerics in the desert kingdom, announced that girls could be forced into marriage at age 10 or 12, without their consent, by contractual arrangement between families.
By Bruce Thornton Peter Collier's fascinating biography of Jeane Kirkpatrick brings to life an American patriot's staunch defense of political freedom. Read more »
Bang for your buck: that's what the Freedom Center provides. Ammunition for the culture war against the Left: that's what your contribution buys. So please act now and help us in the fight we are waging on many fronts for America's future. America is under assault from within and without. There is no time to lose.
Unearthed:Young Obama took racial swipe at Colin Powell. Implied four star general acceptable to 'white America.' President Obama seemingly took a racial swipe at Colin Powell during a 1994 NPR interview in which he implied the four-star general is acceptable to "white America."
In the same interview, Obama advocates that the government should provide jobs for every citizen and prenatal care for all women.
U.S.-supported rebels working with al-Qaida. White House denies sending arms but sources outline large scale backing. There is a growing collaboration between the Syrian opposition and al-Qaida as well as evidence the opposition is sending some weapons to jihadists in Iraq, according to Egyptian security officials speaking to KleinOnline.
An Egyptian military attaché detailed the alleged collaboration between al-Qaida and the U.S.-aided opposition in Syria that operates under the banner of the National Free Army.
The purported cooperation extends to recent suicide attacks and bombings in Damascus and in the embattled Syrian city of Homs. Those deadly attacks have been targeting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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May 25, 2012
To Our Veterans, Reservists, and Those in Active Service this Memorial Day:
We Salute and Honor You!!!
by Brigitte Gabriel, President, ACT! for America
I treasure this day, where I have the opportunity to write a heartfelt message to my heroes, those who served and those still serving to protect our beloved America, the greatest nation on earth.
As an immigrant who crossed oceans to get here, I have an appreciation for the freedoms this country has to offer. It's different from those who have never known or will never know how different life could be if it wasn't for our great heroes who lay their lives on the line to defend those freedoms.
I wish to thank you, my heroes, for building a nation for me where I can come and live free and be all I can be as a citizen. I know my freedom is built upon your shoulders and your sacrifice.
I wish to acknowledge and thank you for all the sacrifices you have made over the years so we can celebrate this special weekend in peace in our homes, enjoying our barbecues. I thank you for all the holidays you missed serving abroad or here in America to protect our nation. I thank you for all the special occasions you missed with your family and loved ones so we can enjoy ours.
You are not only my heroes, you are the heroes of millions of Americans who share my gratitude and recognize and appreciate your sacrifice. You are the heroes of millions and millions of people around the world who are thankful for you for liberating them from the shackles of tyranny. They may never have the chance to express their gratitude to you. On their behalf I thank you one and all.
A special thank-you is in order to your families, to the parents who raised you and made you be the man or woman you are today. I thank your wives, husbands, and your loved ones who stand by you and support you with their love and dedication.
And for those who returned in eternal sleep, may their legacy be honored for generations to come. May the tears shed over their coffins fertilize the fields of patriotism in our nation to raise a new generation built on strength and honor, able and willing to follow in their footsteps when duty calls to defend America. May their blood not have been shed in vain. May we prove worthy of their sacrifice.
On this day we not only honor your memory but we recognize the lasting pain in the hearts of your loved ones.
On this day I renew my vow to you, that I am building an organization with ACT! for America that will always honor you, praise you, lift you up and recognize your sacrifice; that will teach a new generation of Americans just how precious your contribution has been to their freedom and the great America they were born into.
On behalf of ACT! for America and its staff, I salute you one and all. May God bless you and bless America, land of the free and home of the brave, and the dream that became my address.
Francois Hollande may be the first Muslim-elected president of France. With an estimated 93 percent of Muslim voters casting their ballots for Hollande, in a close election, their numbers may have made the difference between victory and defeat. The makeup of France's new government reflects the debt that Hollande owes to his Muslim voters.
Hollande had said during the campaign that he would uphold the law on the burqa ban, with the caveat that he would apply it in the best ways possible-a statement which leaves plenty of wriggle room for minimizing enforcement. And his appointment of Christiane Taubira as Justice Minister suggests that soon enough Mademoiselle Liberty will don the burqa.
Elena Kagan's $20 Million Commitment to Destroying the Republic
What would you say if you learned that a member of the highest court in the land has spent the last 30 years openly advocating for the destruction of the US Constitution and even went so far as to accept $20 million from Shariah Law proponents to accomplish her goal?
That Supreme Court Justice is Elena Kagan.
The year after Ronald Reagan entered the Oval Office with the goal of restoring America to greatness; Elena Kagan penned a telling and disturbing senior thesis titled "To the Final Conflict: Socialism in New York City, 1900-1933." In that body of work, Kagan lamented that "a coherent socialist movement is nowhere to be found in the United States"; and that," no "radical party" had yet "attained the status of a major political force." Kagan went on to sound a rally cry for "those who, more than half a century after socialism's decline, still wish to change America."
Apparently, this was no mere college dalliance, as the Elena Kagan has spent the rest of her career working to remove the underpinnings of freedom and destroy the American Constitution from within. And Kagan's grand plan has worked very well indeed.
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Ask Congress to Remove Kagan from the Supreme Court
After graduate school Kagan went on to become Dean of Harvard Law, where she removed Constitutional Law classes from the curriculum, and replaced those necessary and time honored classes with required studies of international law. And in what appears to be a game of using a mutual enemy's resources to accomplish ones' true objective, Kagan also accepted a $20 million grant from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal - a noted Shariah Law proponent - to implement an "Islamic Studies" program.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a law aimed at keeping the state's courts or government agencies from basing decisions on Islamic or other foreign legal codes, and a national Muslim group's spokesman said Friday that a court challenge is likely.
The new law, taking effect July 1, doesn't specifically mention Shariah law, which broadly refers to codes within the Islamic legal system. Instead, it says courts, administrative agencies or state tribunals can't base rulings on any foreign law or legal system that would not grant the parties the same rights guaranteed by state and U.S. constitutions.
"This bill should provide protection for Kansas citizens from the application of foreign laws," said Stephen Gele, spokesman for the American Public Policy Alliance, a Michigan group promoting model legislation similar to the new Kansas law. "The bill does not read, in any way, to be discriminatory against any religion."
Faith 15,000 Muslims to Assemble in CT in Support of Sharia & Against 'Islamophobia' This Weekend
May 24, 2012 by Billy Hallowell
American Muslims who are disheartened by increasingly fervent attacks on sharia law are planning to assemble en masse this weekend to protest against what they fear are attempts to discriminate against their way of life. This weekend, 15,000 believers are expected to descent upon Hartford, Connecticut, for the 37th annual Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) convention.
The Muslim American Society-sponsored conference, entitled, "Defending Religious Freedom: Understanding Shariah," will take place from May 26-28. According to Religion News Service, the event is the second largest annual event for Muslims in the U.S., behind the Islamic Society of North America's annual gathering (the latter event attracts 30,000+ people).
Breaking: Is "Trayvon" Stopping Boehner From Moving In On Holder?
May 26, 2012 02:48 pm
According to Congressman Darrell Issa, there are some 80,000 pages of information now in the possession of the D.O.J. Inspector General as she continues to feign an official investigation into the Fast and Furious-related activities of her longtime friend, Eric Holder. But Issa's House Government Affairs Committee has received only about 6,000 related pages from [...]
Video: ForgeryGate: Geraldo Rivera Thinks You Are A Racist
May 26, 2012 02:32 pm
Those of us who believe that Obama is not a natural born citizen have been labeled "racists" by Geraldo Rivera. I disagree strongly with Mr. Rivera. I also would encourage you to listen to the entire interview. Geraldo cracks me up with his ignorance and sarcasm. No related posts.
If you watch the news either on TV or the internet, you have probably heard of the lastest fiasco for the Obama Administration. A little background first. Years ago, The Navy Seals were NEVER mentioned by the government, news organizations, or any of the media for that matter because they were a secret unit when [...]
Video: Bill Ayers' Plans For "Re-Education Camps" And "Elimination"
May 26, 2012 02:08 pm
Conservative bloggers in 2008 discovered Obama's long-time connection to domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Of course, we all remember Obama's "Bill Ayers is just some guy in my neighborhood" line. That he bumped into Ayers occasionally at the market. I remember picturing their shopping carts colliding, perhaps an orange falling out of Ayers' basket, the long-time [...]
Obama Twice Mistakenly Mentions 'My Sons,' While Defending Contraception Mandate
May 26, 2012 01:46 pm
In two campaign speeches over the last two days, President Barack Obama has twice mistakenly mentioned "my sons" when defending his administration's regulation requiring virtually all health-care plans in the United States to provide women, without any fees or co-pay, with sterilizations and all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptives, including those that can cause abortions. [...]
I was watching "The Five" on Fox News, and Bob Beckel went on one of his usual rants about the economic playing field in America not being level. President Obama echoes the same thing as does every progressive in the country. It really isn't a belief; it's a mantra. It is an excuse to steal [...]
"Hawaii duped Arizona" in its response to Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett's request to verify Barack Obama's eligibility for the 2012 election, charges the lead investigator of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Cold Case Posse. "We have developed incontrovertible proof that the verification provided by the Hawaii Department of Health to Arizona's secretary of [...]
(Editor's Note: See Part 1 here.) CO2 emissions from gasoline used in our cars accounts for approximately 20% of all CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions from gasoline Population is forecast to increase to around 420 million by 2050, which is approximately a 35% increase. There's little reason to believe that the number of vehicles won't increase [...]
It was big news when President Clinton said he "never inhaled." People laughed at the absurdity of the statement. Everybody knew he inhaled. His denial was done with a wink and a nod. I suspect that a lot of you who are reading this article also inhaled. A younger Barack Obama wrote a good deal [...]
A month before the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of Obamacare, liberal supporters are already planning an aggressive propaganda campaign to sway media coverage and public opinion. The focus of the liberal public-relations campaign will be on "real people" - individuals who can speak about the impact of the ruling regardless [...]
This Memorial Day, many Americans will hit the lake, light up the grill, or take a family drive to enjoy the good life so many of our soldiers have fought for and died to preserve. This year, however, thousands from across the nation and here in Texas will sacrifice their own personal comfort by taking [...]
Dear Americans, Ronald Reagan understood that the Constitution given us by our Founders was one that trusted the people to govern themselves. In his First Inaugural Address, Reagan said this: From time to time, we have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an [...]
I am sure that millions of families in this great Republic of ours have someone in thier family tree who have fought and died in service to the United States of America. As our younger generations are now consumed with multiple hours of playing video games that are based on war scenarios, or are engrossed [...]
The Road To Serfdom-An End To American Exceptionalism?
May 26, 2012 10:11 am
For those of us who are watching the decline of America, one thing stands out regarding society today. American values are quickly disappearing. Our once great, proud nation is being reduced to a "give me " society. My parents as well as many other parents have instilled certain values in us as children, one of [...]
Two months ago, Barack Obama decided he could intimidate the United States Supreme Court into finding his namesake healthcare plan Constitutional. Overturning the Affordable Care Act "...would amount to an unprecedented, extraordinary step of judicial activism" said the President at a rare White House news conference, adding "...I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not [...]
Most Americans judge a President based on his promises and his results. They measure the success of the nation in part by the question Ronald Reagan asked voters in 1980. Reagan simply said, "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?" For Barack Obama, this question is deadly. Obama promised big results, [...]
Anonymous Democrats are whispering "racism" as the reason for Barack Obama's embarrassing "victories" in the Arkansas and Kentucky primaries last Tuesday. They started whispering this after a federal inmate got 41% against Obama in West Virginia's primary two weeks ago. Child-like Democrats don't do well with the truth, so they habitually devise comforting lies when [...]
Eric Holder's skewed anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment ideology has been festering for years, not just raising its sickening head with Fast and Furious. In this 1995 video clip, Holder put into motion a PR blitz to "brainwash" (his words) the public about "how carrying a gun is wrong" (again his words). Related posts: Eric Holder Tells [...]
The daughter of Cuban dictator Raul Castro has told an audience in San Francisco that she would vote for Barack Obama if she lived in this country. The Obama administration granted Mariela Castro a special visa to attend a San Francisco meeting where she promoted homosexual rights. "If we don't change our patriarchal and homophobic [...]
Video: Chris Matthews Gets Angry Over "Thrill Up The Leg" Question On C-SPAN
May 25, 2012 02:12 pm
Chris Matthews embarrasses himself again. He actually defends his "Thrill Up The Leg" statement about Obama, and then he proceeds to call conservative pundits who ask him about it "Jack Asses". He is no journalist. He is a politico masquerading as a journalist. Related posts: Chris Matthews Leg Thrill: Blacks Need Same-Sex Marriage Our media [...]
Sometime in the next month, the United States Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of Obama's individual mandate, the provision forcing everyone in the United States to buy health insurance. Based on how badly this provision was defeated in the oral arguments, it will likely be struck down as unconstitutional. If the law's most [...]
The UN claims that developed countries, including the United States, must cut their CO2 emissions 80% by 2050 or there will be a climate catastrophe. It follows that if these countries can't cut their CO2 emissions 80%, there will be an unavoidable climate catastrophe. Can the United States cut its CO2 emissions 80%? The answer [...]
Video: Ashley Judd Is An Air-headed Obama Sycophant
May 25, 2012 01:43 pm
Ashley Judd just had her TV show "Missing" canceled by ABC. It won't be back next season. So she is out pimping herself for a new show by showing her devotion to left-wing politics. Devotion to the left is how you land on the fast track in Hollywood. I doubt it will help. Her problem [...]
Budget: You wouldn't think that, after adding $5 trillion to the U.S.' debt, President Obama would seriously claim he's a fiscal hawk. But thanks to a misleading article on CBS' MarketWatch site, that's just what he's doing. 'Since I've been president, federal spending has risen at the lowest pace in nearly 60 years," Obama said [...]
Warren Buffett And Newspapers: Infatuation Or Cold Calculation?
May 25, 2012 01:28 pm
"For most newspapers in the United states, we would not buy them at any price," -Warren Buffett in 2009. "I've loved newspapers all my life - and always will.... Berkshire will probably purchase more papers in the next few years." -Warren Buffett in 2012. Will the real Warren Buffett please stand up? Is the Sage [...]
Every campaign has a key group that will decide the outcome. This year, the demographic is Catholics, especially Hispanic Catholics. Now a group has put together an ad every Catholic voter must see. It asks a simple question: "Will you vote the values that will stand the test of fire? Some things are more important [...]
This week, ccAdvertising polled the popularity of presidential candidate Mitt Romney against incumbent President Barack Obama. The survey ran on May 20-22, 2012. 11,734 people participated in the survey. The following chart shows the support for each candidate: Demographically, of all respondents who participated in surveys conducted May 20-22: 38.00% are Republican. 33.91% are Democrat. [...]
In the generations that followed the Great Flood, there was a tower built in the land between the rivers, the land of Shinar, perhaps better known as Mesapotamia. This was the Cradle of Civilization, located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the area of modern day Iraq. It was there that men became quite advanced. Hebrews [...]
Video: Obama Saved General Motors For The Red Chinese
May 25, 2012 01:04 pm
This short documentary explains the details of how the US taxpayer rescued GM so it could become a subsidiary or partner of the red Chinese Communists. Americans are struggling to find work because the US Government is so busy helping big multinational businesses. This is why it is never appropriate for government to bail out [...]
New Black Panther Field Marshal: Whites 'Should Be Thankful We're Not Hanging Crackers By Nooses...Yet,Yet,Yet'
May 25, 2012 12:15 pm
According to National Field Marshal for the New Black Panthers King Samir Shabazz: "I love white-on white-crime, because that is the best crime." "I hate the g*ddamn white man, woman, and child, grandma, aunt, uncle, Pappa Billy Bob, and whoever else." "You should be thankful we're not running around here hanging crackers by nooses and [...]
Google Trends Show Why Status Quo Should Be Scared
May 25, 2012 11:43 am
The volume of searches for the phrase 'Bank Run' has just hit an all-time high - higher now than even during the peak of the Lehman Brothers 'moment'. While English dominates the language choices, the Europeans (Dutch, Germans, and French) are extremely 'interested' as are the Chinese...but it appears the Singaporeans are running the most [...]
Rubio: Pentagon 'Wrong' To Give Bin Laden Filmmaker Access
May 25, 2012 11:34 am
Senator Marco Rubio criticized the Obama administration for cooperating with a Hollywood moviemaker on a film about the top-secret Navy unit that killed Osama bin Laden, warning such actions could "impact the ability to carry out similar operations in the future." It was "wrong" and "part of a troubling trend of chest- thumping" on the [...]
Led By Walker, Republicans Winning Wisconsin Ad Spending Battle
May 25, 2012 10:55 am
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his Republican allies have outspent Democrat Tom Barrett and supportive groups more than 3-1 on TV ad buys during the three months leading up to the June 5 recall election, according to a Hotline On Call analysis. Walker's campaign, which has raised a record $25 million+ for the recall campaign, [...]
Washington Wages War Against Your Due Process Rights
May 24, 2012 02:21 pm
Before the dust began to settle around New York City's twin towers, Washington's political elites were contemplating the benefits in sheer legislative power a terror attack of such magnitude could bestow upon the benevolent despots of Capitol Hill. In a secretly recorded 1992 address to the Bilderberg Organization, Henry Kissinger made this statement: "Today's Americans [...]
I was listening to a reply from President Obama the other day concerning some scathing remarks that Newark Mayor Cory Booker had made about a campaign ad that the Obama re-election team was running against Mitt Romney. Obama came out and proceeded to belittle Romney for being a businessman whose only concern was making a [...]
Video: NBC Unintentionally Proves Obama Birth Certificate Tampered With
May 24, 2012 02:07 pm
The media is so concerned with protecting Obama they can't even see the evidence they hold in their own hands. Related posts: Obama Jokes About His Fake Birth Certificate At WH Event Barack Obama is a brazen criminal. He is so protected... Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Obama Birth Certificate Fraud Is 10 Times Worse Than Watergate [...]
How Many Catholic Voters Have Been Pushed Away By Obama?
May 24, 2012 01:54 pm
At some point 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 he has made in his inordinately poor campaign for reelection. Perhaps no other stupid Team Obama move better highlights the gulf between actual Americans [...]
Is Obama Encouraging The Rise Of The New Black Panthers?
May 24, 2012 01:53 pm
"Field Marshall" Shabazz of the New Black Panther Party comes out and says that we whites are lucky we are not hanging by nooses, and not a peep from Obama's Justice Department? Do you remember when a white cop was paraded in front of the national news media for having "disrespected" a black college professor? [...]
Video: My Personal Experience With Obama's Student Loan Scandal
May 24, 2012 01:47 pm
Obama gives "crony capitalism" a new meaning. First the auto industry, then "Green energy," and the newest payoff is in the student loan industry with Obama crony Aspire Resources, Inc. Obama made a big stink in 2009 about how evil the banks were, not caring about the students who were borrowing money from them, and, [...]
We'll never know what Ronald Reagan would have done with WhiteHouse.gov, the official website of the White House But I know my father wouldn't be abusing it the way Barack Obama is. WhiteHouse.gov is owned and operated by the federal government, but the incumbent gets to run it and design it to his own political [...]
Obama Told NY Times 'Born In Hawaii' Year Before 'Born In Kenya' Bio
May 24, 2012 01:37 pm
According to Peter Osnos - the publisher of Random House's Times Books division from 1991-1996, during which he published Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father - Obama's first and long-time literary agent Jane Dystel discovered Obama via a February 6, 1990, article in the New York Times ("First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review"). [...]
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has sent one of his deputies to Hawaii to accompany an official in his volunteer cold case posse investigating President Barack Obama's birth certificate. Related posts: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Cold Case Posse Conclusion Video On Obama Birth Certificate To see more videos and the entire conference, use the... Your Private [...]
In 2009, President Barack Obama reportedly called members of the Tea Party "teabaggers." It turns out that our fourth greatest president, first in so many things, may have been the first "teabagger" himself, as seen in the 1997 photograph above. Yes, that really is Barack Obama wearing a regimental coat and carrying a tricorn hat [...]
Bill Clinton's Glamorous Fundraiser Called "Worst Party Ever"
May 24, 2012 01:18 pm
Attendees complained the underground venue "stank", with perspiration "dripping off the walls" and the rooms too crowded to even see the former president. One, who called it the "worst party ever" described how "angry people" were waiting in the queue outside while high-profile guests were admitted, and another condemned the event as "unpleasant". The evening [...]
Video: Democrat Congressional Candidate Refuses To Say He's Voting For Obama
May 24, 2012 01:09 pm
Even Democrats don't want to get to close to Obama. These politicians are afraid the pretender-in-chief is going to drag them to defeat in November. No related posts.
The presidential race is now in full swing, and we didn't even have to wait for the party conventions that normally denote the start of the official race. Then again, I don't think anyone is really surprised the race would be between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. Obama is the unchallenged incumbent, and [...]
MSNBC Makes Zero Mentions Of Martin Case After Pro-Zimmerman Evidence Surfaces
May 24, 2012 12:48 pm
In March and April, MSNBC's primetime hosts ran with nearly wall-to-wall coverage of the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. They regularly suggested that the lack of national interest in the case was worthy of outrage. Last week, when an avalanche of new evidence favorable to George Zimmerman came to light, MSNBC's primetime lineup didn't [...]
Video: Penn Jillette Talks With Hannity About His Obama Drug Use Rant
May 24, 2012 12:03 pm
Penn Jillette the loud mouthed Las Vegas show star isn't keeping his mouth quiet about Obama. His latest rant is getting the attention of thousands online. Sean Hannity talks with the magician about his libertarian ideas, and why Jillette won't vote for Romney. No related posts.
U.N. Summit Will Push For A More Powerful Global Environmental Agency
May 24, 2012 11:09 am
(CNSNews.com) - Ahead of a mammoth United Nations sustainability conference in Rio de Janeiro next month, the Brazilian government has signaled a new push to get the U.N.'s top environmental body upgraded - a push long opposed by the United States. Brazil wants to breathe new life into an initiative - vigorously promoted since the [...]
"To have begun is half the job: be bold and be sensible." ~ Horace
Women No Longer Able to Go To Designated Restrooms In Peace And Security
Obama DOJ Forces University To Allow Biological Male Into Female Restrooms By Ben Shapiro Breitbart.com
The Obama Department of Justice has reportedly ordered the University of Arkansas at Ft. Smith (UAFS) to allow a male student to use women's bathrooms on campus. Campus Reform reports that a male student who calls himself "Jennifer Braly," and is in the process of raising money to pay for his sex-reassignment surgery, filed a complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice after the campus told him to use gender-neutral bathrooms rather than women's restrooms.
Reuters Poll: Most Americans Think Too Much Money in Politics Thomson/Reuters via NewsMax.com
Most Americans, no matter what their political party, believe there is too much money in politics and reject the idea that people should be allowed to spend what they want, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Thursday.
If you are really serious about taking back this country, you must be willing to do what it takes to help elect true conservatives to office and, in order to actually do what it takes, you must first know what it takes. Craig Copland's 214-page Conservative Election Handbook is a must have tool that every conservative should have in his or her arsenal.
Using Fingers and Toes Accounting Or Just Being Ironic?
Obama: 'Since I've Been President, Federal Spending Has Risen at Lowest Pace in Nearly 60 Years' CNSNews.com
President Barack Obama on Wednesday staked his claim to being the most effective fiscal conservative to serve in the White House in more than half a century.
RIP To A Voice Crying The Beloved Constitution In The Tennessee Wilderness
Henry Lamb: Death of a Patriot By Judi McLeod CanadaFreePress.com
News comes to Canada Free Press (CFP) this morning from columnist Michael Oberndorf of the passing of outstanding American patriot, Henry Lamb.Read the Full Story
Making Christ Palatable To The Muslims
Church Groups: Keep 'Father,' 'Son' In Bible By Bob Unruh WorldNetDaily.com
Two church denominations have rejected the practice of using words other than "Father" and "Son" when translating the Bible into languages in Muslim-dominated parts of the globe.
Economic Interests Vs. Social Values False Dilemma
What's The Matter With Manhattan? By Maggie Gallagher HumanEvents.com
Back in 2004, Thomas Frank wrote a famous book, "What's the Matter with Kansas?", in which he lamented working class white people's choices to vote their "values" rather than what -- in his not-so-humble opinion -- was in their "genuine" economic interests. Why didn't they identify as liberals and vote Democratic?
Recovery? Half of American Households Living on Government Benefits By Kate Hicks Townhall.com
Some astoundingly grim news on the "economic recovery" front: half of American households are receiving government funds to support themselves. No matter which way you slice it, this number isn't good news for the Obama administration -- they can spin the jobs numbers by ignoring the number of people who dropped out of the workforce, but this statistic is pretty straightforward.
US Government Using Psych-Ops On Its Own Citizens?
New Bill Targets Propaganda And "Psychological Operations" Directly At U.S. Citizens American Dream RightSideNews.com
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. Read the Full Story
A photo of former President Bill Clinton and three female porn stars went viral yesterday. Clinton has probably explained it to the Secretary of State already, but we have the story from one of the women in the picture HERE.
Google keeps a sharp eye on the words and phrases that people are searching for on the Internet. This is one of the ways they monitor what the world is interested in or worried about. Take a look at the charts for the term "bank run" HERE.
Despite the fact that she has no factual evidence to back up her claims, Democrat Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren is sticking to her guns on the story that she is part Cherokee Indian. Watch as a local Fox TV reporter spends almost four minutes trying to get a straight answer from Warren HERE.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has just posted a list titled "30 New Activists of the Radical Right." When you read the list you might be shocked to see the leader of the New Black Panther Party, Malik Zulu Shabazz, is there. But Shabazz is not the only surprise: historian David Barton is also named. See who else is being targeted HERE.
In yet another contentious interview with the DNC Chair, Will Cain challenges Rep. Wasserman Schultz to explain away the layoffs forced when President Obama made GM file for bankruptcy. Watch the eye rolling and frustration HERE.
Governor Scott Walker is enjoying a comfortable lead in less than two weeks away from the Wisconsin recall election. Could the June 5th election provide a political forecast for November? Will a traditionally blue state finally see red? Real News will discuss that and much more tonight at 6PM ET - Don't miss it!
The new Marketplace from Markdown.com has introduced us to a slew of inspiring small business entrepreneurs this week, and today is no exception. "Hannah Kate" is the name of the clothing company that was started by Andrea Brown in 2000. Learn about the company and the woman who calls herself "an eternal optimist" HERE.
R. Albert Mohler Jr., the President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, recently published an explaination of the Bible's stance on homosexuality. Read Mohler's thoughts HERE.
Last Wednesday, Gallup released findings from its latest reasearch of Americans' opinions on abortion. The data shows a significant shift happening. Which way is America headed on this controversial issue? Read the details HERE.
Jim Fitzgerald has set a lofty goal. He wants his digital version of the New Testament spread all around the world. And he believes the best way to do that would be with an ad during the Superbowl. Find out what it will take for Jim to accomplish this feat HERE.
Earlier this week, one of the most powerful Universities in the country stepped into the ongoing legal battle between the White House and people who oppose the contraception mandate that is part of Obamacare. Learn how many groups have lined up in this lawsuit and what legal experts are saying about their chances to succeed HERE.
Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and a candidate for the Presidency of Egypt, has just passed a crucial hurdle. As the smoke clears from this week's historic election, Morsi has garnered enough votes to make it to the next round. Find out if Morsi has a real chance to win HERE.
A lawsuit filed against Oscar-winning actress Sharon Stone by her former live-in nanny makes many shocking claims. One of the most disconcerting charges says that Stone would not permit the nanny to read her Bible... in her own room. Get the full story HERE.
Lolo Jones is a world class athlete who also happens to be committed to remaining a virgin until she is married. Like NY Jets QB Tim Tebow, this aspect of her life is drawing siginificant media attention. Meet Lolo Jones and watch her story HERE. READ THIS |
Thanks to a cell phone recording, a NC high school teacher was caught telling students that they could be arrested for speaking ill about President Obama. You won't believe this exchange, listen to it HERE.
MSNBC's Chris Matthews is famous for telling the world about the "thrill" he felt up his leg after listening to a speech from then-candidate Barack Obama. Judging from his reaction to a C-SPAN host's question about the now-famous tingle, Matthews is tired of questions about it. Watch his testy reaction HERE.
Crazy marriage proposal videos are nothing new. Earlier this week, the Blaze featured one very shocking marriage proposal story from the wife of George Stephanopolous. However, the video featured here gets high marks for planning and execution. (As well as an A+ for "cuteness.") Watch it HERE.
Political ads come in all shapes and sizes. The 4:55 ad for Congressional hopeful Jeff Barth is longer than a typical campaign pitch and Barth's message is also atypical. Take a long walk in the woods with Jeff Barth HERE.
Three Australian fishermen had a front row seat to a great white shark feeding frenzy when an 18-foot-long shark attacked the smaller fish they were reeling into their boat. Watch the unusual video HERE.
The defense of the neighborhood lemonade stands is the subject of the latest speech delivered from GBTV's Oval Office. Mr. Beck addressed the creeping wimpiness in America's young workforce thanks to our government's increasing Nanny State-ism. Watch "The Oval" HERE. READ THIS |
Mark Thiessen
Forget Bain: Obama's public-equity record is the real scandal
Since taking office, Obama has invested billions of taxpayer dollars in private businesses, including as part of his stimulus spending bill. Many of those investments have turned out to be unmitigated disasters - leaving in their wake bankruptcies, layoffs, criminal investigations and taxpayers on the hook for billions. Consider just a few examples of Obama's public equity failures:
House GOP plans July vote to extend Bush tax rates By Mike Lillis
House Republican leaders on Friday unveiled a legislative calendar for the summer, revealing plans to hammer President Obama and Democrats on the economy, energy, taxes and other divisive issues in the months leading up to November's elections.
The schedule includes a July vote to extend the Bush-era tax rates for all Americans.
House to examine plan for United Nations to regulate the Internet
By Brendan Sasso - 05/26/12
House lawmakers will consider an international proposal next week to give the United Nations more control over the Internet.
The proposal is backed by China, Russia, Brazil, India and other UN members, and would give the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) more control over the governance of the Internet.
It's an unpopular idea with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Congress, and officials with the Obama administration have also criticized it.
"We're quite concerned," Larry Strickling, the head of the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, said in an interview with The Hill earlier this year.
He said the measure would expose the Internet to "top-down regulation where it's really the governments that are at the table, but the rest of the stakeholders aren't."
Would John Maynard Keynes agree with President Barack Obama? Do not take it for granted when the current political and intellectual hegemons claim the mantle of historic liberal heroes.
Those determined to uncover the truth behind Fast and Furious are being opposed by Democratic congressmen and Obama administration officials such as Deputy Attorney General James Cole.
It's that time of year again when a new crop of ambitious young folk will be graduating from high school and selecting a career path. Here are seven common, and completely wrong, ways people make career decisions that may lead to a 20-year camping trip from hell.
"There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." --James Madison
Government & Politics
Catholics Continue to Battle Obama for Religious Liberty
The week began with a senator attempting to intimidate the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in favor of ObamaCare, all while some 43 Catholic institutions filed suit because of the requirements of the law. No wonder the Obama administration is spending $20 million with a public-relations firm to bolster perception of the law.
Among the 43 plaintiffs in the 12 new religious liberty lawsuits are the Archdiocese of New York, The Catholic University of America and even the University of Notre Dame, which hosted the president in 2009. The suit alleges, correctly in our view, that the plaintiffs' "fundamental rights hang in the balance" due to the administration's requirement that all organizations "provide in their insurance plans abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives and sterilization procedures, which are contrary to Catholic teaching," as a statement from Notre Dame put it. Furthermore, says the university, "If the Government can force religious institutions to violate their beliefs in such a manner, there is no apparent limit to the Government's power."
That's the general problem with Barack Obama, isn't it? He doesn't seem to recognize any limits to executive power.
In a bit of irony, of the more than 30 lawsuits now pending against the contraception mandate, nearly all of them cite the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, written by then-Rep. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA). Notre Dame's suit cites the law in the first paragraph.
In related news, Ave Maria University in Florida announced that it will no longer offer a health insurance plan for students due in large part to the administration's contraception regulations. The other reason is the rising costs of over-insuring young people so as to subsidize older ones, a prime tenant of ObamaCare. Ave Maria's students would have seen a 66 percent increase in premiums. "If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan," Obama once promised.
As for the Supreme Court, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) warned Chief Justice John Roberts this week that he and other Democrats will consider the Court to be "activist" if they dare overturn ObamaCare. "Given the ideological challenge to the Affordable Care Act and the extensive, supportive precedent," Leahy said, "it would be extraordinary for the Supreme Court not to defer to Congress in this matter that so clearly affects interstate commerce." He also lamented, "The conservative activism of recent years has not been good for the Court."
Memo to Leahy: Judicial activism is also known as "legislating from the bench," or finding constitutional government powers where none exist. Ruling that Congress has exceeded the bounds set by Article I is not activism; it's restraint. It will be no surprise, however, that if the Court overturns the law, Democrats rally around their redefinition of "activism."
All in all, not a good week for the president's signature "achievement." Far be it from us to tell the administration how to spend the American people's hard-earned tax dollars, but it will take a lot more than $20 million in PR to convince a majority of Americans that ObamaCare is a good thing.
The Congressional Budget Office warned this week that the economy might slide back into recession (some might argue it never came out of one) if Congress allows the massive tax hikes scheduled to take effect Jan. 1. CBO predicts the economy will contract by 1.3 percent in the first half of 2013 without congressional action. We have warned of what CBO calls a "fiscal cliff" for some time, so we're pleased to see them publicize the dire straits into which we are sailing.
However, the CBO likewise warns that scheduled spending cuts -- part of last year's deal to raise the debt ceiling -- will contribute to economic trouble. Granted, government is a major player in many sectors of the economy, but we contend that lower spending will help and not hinder the economy. Money spent by the government is money taken out of the economy, not money the government itself generates. As if to acknowledge this fact, CBO says not addressing the national debt will imperil future economic growth. Still, addressing it through massive tax hikes and paltry spending cuts a la Europe definitely isn't the way to go.
Unfortunately, the uncertainty will likely continue until after November's election because both parties want to run on their policies before hashing out the solution in the year-end lame-duck session. That is unless Barack Obama determines another temporary fix is necessary for his re-election prospects.
The BIG Lie
"I don't know how [Republicans have] been bamboozling folks into thinking that they are the responsible, fiscally disciplined party. They run up these wild debts and then when we take over we've gotta clean it up." --Barack Obama, deficit king and Blame-Caster-in-Chief
"Since I've been president, federal spending has risen at the lowest pace in nearly 60 years." --Obama
Not to absolve George W. Bush of all blame, but Democrats have controlled the purse strings since 2007. And technically, none of Obama's budgets has passed Congress, but if one had, deficits would have been even larger. He has presided over deficits more than three times the size of his predecessor's largest one, and he has kept in place the new spending floor at historic highs -- as if the 2008 crisis were permanent. Unusual though it may be, he is responsible for most of FY2009 spending -- when the trillion-dollar ball really got rolling with the "stimulus" and such -- having signed nine of the 12 appropriations bills after taking office. And then there's ObamaCare, for which spending doesn't kick in until 2014.
Campaign Trail: Stay on Script
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat, stirred up quite the political storm Sunday, openly stating his revulsion of Obama campaign attacks against Bain Capital and other private equity firms. Mitt Romney founded Bain, now Obama's favorite corporate target. Booker's rant called out both presidential campaigns for focusing on side issues, but it was the high-profile Democrat's words in support of Bain's record that drove the news cycle. "If you look at the totality of Bain Capital's record, they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses," Booker said. Of course, this doesn't fit the Democrat narrative of Romney as robber baron and Bain as his weapon of choice.
When Booker posted an Internet message later that day "clarifying" his earlier remarks, it was clear that the Obama campaign was in full damage control mode. But they didn't do a very good job. Ben LaBolt, Obama 2012's press secretary, stated Monday on CNN that the campaign didn't have any conversations with Booker or prompt him to make any kind of retraction. Booker told a completely different story to MSNBC, claiming, "They had good conversations with me. ... [It] made me say, 'You know what, I need to go on and clarify.'" LaBolt later clarified his own clarification, stating that the Obama campaign didn't tell Booker to post a video. We guess it all depends on what the definition of "conversation" is.
Obama said that not only was Bain Capital fair game, but it's "what this campaign's going to be about." The only strategy that may work for Obama is to keep everyone focused on Romney by attacking his success in the private sector. It will come easy for Obama because he rejects capitalism anyway, and he knows he can't run on his own record in public equity.
In fact, the president might actually want to thank Bain for its success. If the private equity firm wasn't good at what it does, Obama may not have top fundraiser Jonathan Lavine on his team. Lavine, who has raised over $200,000 for Obama, is a current managing director with Bain Capital and has been with the firm since 1997.
The Washington Post Strikes Out Again
The Washington Post published another lame hit piece aimed at Mitt Romney last week, this time contemplating how an 1857 incident between Mormons and Christians could affect Romney's electoral chances in Arkansas 155 years later. The article, complete with interviews of local descendants, detailed how Mormon militia gunned down Arkansans traveling through Utah in September 1857. The Post justified the story as legitimate political speculation about Romney's ability to win Arkansas, even though the article admits "there is scant evidence that Romney's religion is making much difference in how voters are thinking." Then why run the story? Simple -- attack Romney.
The Post's story last week, representing Romney as a bullying homophobe, was debunked, so the Post attacked from a different angle, trying to produce a hit piece that will stick. It's obvious that the Obama campaign stated it would not attack Romney's Mormon faith because it could rely on the Leftmedia to step up to the plate.
Obama's Rough Sledding in the Primaries
West Virginia Democrats awarded 40 percent of the May 8 primary vote to a convicted felon serving time in Texas rather than offer their support for the incumbent president. This week saw more of the same, as Tennessee attorney John Wolfe won almost 42 percent of the Democrat primary vote in Arkansas, while about 42 percent of Kentucky Democrats put their hope in "uncommitted" rather than Obama. As columnist John Fund says, however, "[N]o matter how well [Wolfe] does, don't expect Team Obama to allow him or any other candidate to collect delegates who could become a magnet for media attention at the Democratic convention in Charlotte."
News From the Swamp: The Ex-Patriot Tax Grab
Sens. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Robert Casey (D-PA) are proposing punitive new provisions in the tax code to discourage millionaires such as Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin from renouncing their citizenship to duck federal income taxes. Citizens who leave the U.S. already pay an exit tax, and the Department of Justice has the power to bar expatriates from returning if it determines they left the country for tax reasons. Schumer and Casey's bill goes further, stating that any expatriate with a net worth over $2 million or a five-year average tax liability of at least $148,000 will automatically be considered to have left the country for tax reasons. As per the IRS doctrine of "guilty until proved innocent," individuals will have to establish the legitimacy of their departure.
The bill is reminiscent of a policy from the former Soviet Union: You can leave the country, but your assets stay behind. Conservatives rightly argue that instead of raising the pain level, the U.S. must change its tax code so that people like Saverin aren't tempted to take such drastic measures. Unfortunately, Speaker John Boehner said that he supports the bill if it's "necessary," which needlessly encouraged Democrat efforts.
Ideally, American citizenship is more than a cost/benefit analysis. However, America should not be a place in which entrepreneurs aren't comfortable with setting down roots elsewhere because the government punishes their hard work with onerous taxes.
Economy
Note to Press: No Help Needed in Talking Down Economy
For the last three years, Americans have been force-fed a set of narratives that exonerate the current administration: The recession and deficit are all Bush's fault, the stimulus package needs time to work, greedy businesses are sitting on their billions rather than hiring new workers, and so on. As a final measure to absolve Barack Obama of responsibility for his policies, any poor economic news is considered "unexpected."
Yet almost any thinking American can see that we're really not better off than we were four years ago, and too much time has passed since Bush left office and the various economic stimuli were approved. In fact, during the Obama "recovery," the U.S. has experienced the 30 worst months of employment in the past 25 years. Also, for the first time in history, a majority of the unemployed have attended college.
None of this stopped the Associated Press in its latest blame-the-Republicans story -- Is GOP Trying to Sabotage Economy to Hurt Obama?. Telling the truth about the economy is apparently now "sabotage." Of course, all but conservative media are in the tank for Obama's re-election, so this tone isn't surprising. Even still, it won't be Obama asking voters the "better off" question because he won't like the answer.
Regulatory Commissars: Let the States Handle Fracking Regs
A study by the University of Buffalo's Shale Resources and Society Institute is being panned by environmentalists for daring to suggest that state regulation of hydraulic fracturing, better known as "fracking," are sufficient to safeguard the interests of both producers and the environment. Critics called the research team "industry shills" and, of course, questioned the funding sources for the pro-fracking study. On the other hand, studies that promote the ecofascists' cause are as pure as the driven snow. Or something.
The study looked at environmental impacts in Pennsylvania, a state that embraced fracking as an economic shot in the arm, and found that through appropriate regulation and improvements spearheaded by the competitiveness of the industry, environmental risks declined over the four-year study period. The study doesn't claim the practice is perfectly safe, but encourages an honest assessment of the risks and benefits rather than the shrill cacophony perfected by radical environmentalists over the last decade as the practice came into more common use.
The state of New York is a particular hotbed in the fight between those who wish to unlock the rich potential of the Marcellus Shale formation and environmentalists who dug in their heels in an effort to prevent the state from joining in. A moratorium has been in place in New York since 2008 as their state Department of Environmental Conservation began a review of state regulations; meanwhile, neighboring Pennsylvania has prospered. It seems that Radical Green has no problem with onerous state regulations, while others bear the penalty of their zeal.
Around the Nation: California's Railroad to Nowhere
It began as a $33 billion dream, but has ballooned into a $100 billion nightmare for a state that's already staring at a $16 billion shortfall in next year's budget. California Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown wants to press ahead with a bullet train that's supposed to eventually traverse the 432-mile route between San Francisco and Los Angeles in just over two-and-a-half hours. Yet the hoped-for $50 billion contribution from Uncle Sam is probably now a pipe dream.
Touted as part of a "green" initiative by a Moonbeam who hates cars as much as Algore, the train will, ironically, depend on electricity created from fossil fuels. However, the real concern is the lack of private investment and willingness by contractors to bid on the project, fearing they might be stuck when the state runs out of money. While voters approved an initial $9 billion in bonds in 2008, they're having second thoughts now. Unfortunately for them, Democrats won't place another referendum on the ballot because voters now oppose the bullet train by a 2-1 margin. So it's state taxpayers that have to bite the bullet if Brown has his way. It seems the only thing moving on this railroad is the debt total.
Facebook IPO Disappoints
Facebook's initial public offering, a market debut at $104 billion, began with warning signs such as "insiders and longtime investors selling out the maximum number of shares at the highest possible price." Beyond that, in the first quarter, revenue fell 6 percent and profit fell 32 percent, while big advertiser General Motors pulled its ads from Facebook due to lack of return. Facebook stock lost a quarter of its value in the first two days.
Some of the investors who were "zuckered" by the hype are now suing Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs for revising forecasts without proper disclosure to potential investors. House and Senate lawmakers are beginning to investigate, as well. It will be interesting to see how this plays out, and whether anyone really learned the lessons of the first tech bubble.
Chicago hosted a two-day NATO summit this week, with NATO leaders saying that they set an "irreversible" course to abandon Afghanistan by the middle of next year and with Barack Obama announcing that the war "as we understood it is over." Easy words to say, but the jihadis have yet to chime in. Left unanswered, of course, were questions of how to prevent Afghanistan from descending into chaos and how to stop a Taliban takeover after allied troops leave -- and how to provide for the estimated $4 billion additional cost of Afghani "independence." After more than 10 years of war, NATO gives every appearance of just being tired of the whole thing, which is quite a change of strategy from just two years ago. Dear Leader also babbled something about a "transformational decade of peace and stability and development" coming to Afghanistan, but given his record in the U.S. on that count, the Afghans shouldn't hold their breath.
In other news from the summit, NATO's chief said that Europe now has limited defense capability against ballistic missiles. Included in this initial system are missile interceptors on a U.S. Navy ship in the Mediterranean and a radar site in Turkey. The final system, scheduled for full capability in 2020, will link all of the allies' missile defense systems, including ships, satellites and radar, under NATO control from a U.S. base in Ramstein, Germany. That is, unless Obama gets too much heat from Russia and decides to stab NATO in the back and give it up, as he did with Poland and the Czech Republic in 2009. Recall earlier this year that he asked then-Russian President Dmitri Medvedev for "space" on the issue, because, he said, "After my election I have more flexibility."
Finally, what's a gathering of Western world leaders without the usual grab bag of leftist thugs, malcontents and bored, spoiled Western ingrates (we're talking about Occupiers, not national leaders). Those arrested were three men for allegedly plotting to firebomb Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home, and Chicago police stations and squad cars. One other man was arrested for wanting to blow up a Chicago bridge, and another for attempted possession of explosives or incendiary devices. So much destruction and mayhem to spread in the name of "peace."
Barack Obama really loves spiking the football on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. He loves it so much, that his administration has leaked classified information to Hollywood filmmakers to aid their coming feature film on the subject. Sony Pictures, however, pushed the Oct. 12 release back to December, thwarting the benefit Obama sought in the election. According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch, filmmakers gained access to the Navy SEAL captain who planned, operated and commanded SEAL Team Six, which reportedly killed bin Laden. They also spoke with John Brennan, chief counterterrorism adviser to the president, and to Denis McDonough, deputy national security adviser. Director Kathryn Bigelow, who won an Academy Award for the anti-Iraq War movie "The Hurt Locker," is doing the project.
A Study in Contrasts: Lockerbie Bomber vs. Pakistani Doctor
The Scottish government released Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi -- a.k.a. the Lockerbie Bomber -- in 2009 because he ostensibly had only three months to live. Three years later, he is finally dead. That's small consolation to the families of the 270 people (189 Americans) al-Megrahi killed when he bombed Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in December 1988. He spent his final three years not in prison but at home in Libya, foolishly released by the Scots.
By contrast, Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor who aided the CIA in tracking down Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason by our "ally," Pakistan. Pakistani authorities arrested Afridi soon after bin Laden met his maker, and the U.S. pushed for his release. So much for that. In response, the Senate Appropriations Committee cut $33 million in aid to Islamabad -- $1 million for every year of Afridi's sentence. That would sound better if we weren't giving Pakistan billions in aid.
Muslim Soldier Guilty of Fort Hood Bomb Plot
"A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Muslim soldier on six charges in connection with a failed plot to blow up a Texas restaurant full of Fort Hood troops, his religious mission to get 'justice' for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan," reports the Associated Press. Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo went AWOL from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, last July, and he was arrested on a tip from a gun store. Authorities found bomb-making components and other weapons in his room, and he confessed to the plot "because I don't appreciate what my unit did in Afghanistan." U.S. District Judge Walter Smith will issue a sentence for the "conscientious objector" in July, and he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Iran and UN Have Tea, Crumpets
Iran and the P5+1 (the five UN Security Council permanent members and Germany) met again this week in Baghdad. Predictably, the only thing both sides agreed upon was the need for more talks. It has become impossible to caricature the Iran-UN process, so we won't bother. Readers can take their pick as to which of these statements is the most absurd. EU rep Catherine Ashton: "It is clear we both want to make progress, and there is some common ground." (Both sides are carbon-based life forms.) Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili: "The result of the talks was that we were able to get more familiar with the views of each other." (After nine years of negotiations one would think they should have taken care of this already.) An un-named U.S. rep: "We're moving in a step-by-step process. ... [I]t's good for them, good for us, good for the world." (Depends on how you define "good"; and "us"; and "the world.")
Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation Monday that increases the sanctions pressure on Iran. The U.S. will join the EU in sanctioning Iran's oil and banking sectors, leading to an eventual showdown between American voters' desire to resolve the Iran problem and their desire for affordable gasoline.
Culture
Faith and Family: 'Transgender' at Five?
Stephan and Jean appear to be average American parents, but they deal with a situation unimaginable to most: At the age of two, their daughter Kathryn began proclaiming, "I am a boy." She didn't want to wear dresses, have long hair, or do "girl things." Thinking their child was going through a phase, Stephan and Jean alternately placated and cajoled their daughter to act, well, like a daughter. But by the time she reached the age of four, Kathryn had not "grown out" of it and was more insistent than ever that she is male, so her parents chose to allow her to live as a boy. "Tyler," as Kathryn is now called, wears boy's clothes, has a buzz cut, and is even introduced as their son.
Petula Dvorak, a former reporter, current leftist columnist and all-around opportunist, had the good fortune of meeting this family through her own son, who attends school with "Tyler's" older sister. The result was an article in The Washington Post that pushes only the left side of the transgendered children debate. The opinion of the psychiatric community is far from uniform on how parents should deal with this issue, but Dvorak's article is one-sided. Basically, she says, society's intolerance is to blame for even making this an issue in the first place, and parents' only recourse is to encourage their child to live as the other gender until -- not if -- gender reassignment surgery is appropriate.
As columnist Mona Charen writes, "The problem with the Post's recommended approach -- which amounts to 'let's accept a child's version of reality to avoid causing depression or worse' -- is that the decision of parents to indulge a child's whim on gender identity is itself irreversible." Unfortunately, when it comes to the homosexual agenda, it's rarely about what's best for kids.
Village Academic Curriculum: Teacher Tirade and Banned Soda
A North Carolina teacher has been suspended with pay after she flew off the handle when, during a discussion about Mitt Romney's alleged high-school bullying, a student pointed out that Barack Obama had admitted to bullying someone in high school, too. Telling the student that he "will not disrespect the president of the United States in this classroom," the teacher launched into an angry diatribe, going so far as to claim that people were arrested for criticizing President George W. Bush. (If that were the case, undoubtedly the vast majority of the media would have mug shots on file.) In response, the student accurately noted that criticism alone isn't grounds for arrest. We're not sure what's worse: that a social studies teacher understands constitutional liberties less than her student; that the teacher spun high tales of arrested Bush-era discontents; or that the taxpayers of North Carolina are still paying her salary.
Meanwhile, in other education news, a Utah high school has been fined $15,000 for -- wait for it -- selling soda during lunchtime. It seems federal law cooked up by Café Washington says for some unknown reason that schools can sell carbonated beverages before lunch is served but not after. Ironically, the funds to pay the fine will come from money the school uses to pay for activities including music and art. Additionally, the school now has to find a way to keep the soda machines inaccessible during lunch. Nice to see educational energies spent on such worthy causes.
Second Amendment: Soldier Recovers His Guns
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Augustine Kim served two tours in Afghanistan, where he was injured severely and spent three months undergoing surgery and recovery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Two years ago, however, Kim was pulled over and arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, and charged with four felony counts -- for having firearms locked securely in his trunk. His guns were confiscated, but after the ensuing two years of legal wrangling, Kim will regain his property by Memorial Day. All it took was a couple of phone calls from Sens. Jim DeMint and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to the District's police chief. Better late than never. According to The Washington Times' Emily Miller, "The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act says the federal government has 60 days from the date of seizure to send out notices to possible claimants. Then if someone files a claim, the feds have 90 days to file a forfeiture case or return the property." Apparently, the same doesn't apply in the District.
And Last...
The U.S. Senate, not to be bothered with passing a budget or tax reform or other things of import, did succeed in one small endeavor this week. The upper chamber passed S. 2367, which requires the removal of the word "lunatic" from all U.S. Code, because it stigmatizes the mentally handicapped. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), who introduced the bill with Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), said, "[T]he continued use of this pejorative term has no place in the U.S. Code." As blogger Doug Powers quipped, however, "Forget about a word in the federal code -- there needs to be a bill prohibiting lunatics from serving in federal government." Next thing we know, the Obama White House will be giving financial advice to children. Oh wait -- they're already doing that. Talk about lunacy...
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis! Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team
"For starters, just because there is no long form birth certificate on file in Hawaii, that doesn't rule out President Obama being born elsewhere in the United States, or even in Hawaii," states Hawaii's former Senior Election Clerk Timothy Lee Adams in his Masters Thesis which was signed off on by four English Department Deans at Western Kentucky University in partial fulfillment of the Requirement for Degree of Master of Arts, on June 13, 2011. (1)
Adams was the Chief Elections Clerk (Pg. 30) for the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii. "On a temporary contract, I ran an office that verified voter eligibility that had a staff of about fifty people," he also told radio interview host James Edwards of the Liberty News Radio Network. "Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii," the former elections clerk continued. "It (Pg. 31) was openly admitted by everyone in the office who was ... Continue Reading:Hawaii Senior Elections Clerk: "Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii."
Oscar winning actor Marion Michael Morrison, better known as John Wayne, was born MAY 26, 1907. A U.S.C. football player, he worked behind-the-scenes at Fox Studios, before being discovered by director John Ford, who cast him in epic western and war films. On MAY 26, 1979, Jimmy Carter said: "I have today approved...a specially struck gold medal to John Wayne. For nearly half a century, the Duke has symbolized the American ideals of integrity, courage, patriotism, and strength and has represented to the world many of the deepest values that this Nation respects." Ronald Reagan said November 5, 1984: "I noted the news coverage about the death of my friend, John Wayne. One headline read 'The Last American Hero.'... No one would be angrier than Duke Wayne at the suggestion that he was America's last hero. Just before he died, he said in his unforgettable way, 'Just give the American people ... Continue Reading:American Minute May 26
According to Congressman Darrell Issa there are some 80,000 pages of information now in the possession of the D.O.J. Inspector General as she continues to feign an official investigation into the Fast and Furious related activities of her longtime friend Eric Holder. But Issa's House Government Affairs Committee has received only about 6,000 related pages from the DOJ, many redacted to the point of irrelevance and some little more than reprints of articles published long ago by members of the mainstream media.
Issa has filed numerous subpoenas demanding the Attorney General turn over those documents the Committee knows to have been withheld. But Holder has refused to produce them, telling the Committee quite bluntly they will get nothing dated after February 4th of 2011. As result of the Attorney General's arrogant refusal, Issa has threatened Holder with Contempt of Congress proceedings.
Originally known as Decoration Day until 1882, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance of America's war-fighters who died in the service of our nation. The origin of the day is uncertain but it most likely started with Southern Ladies decorating the graves of fallen Confederate soldiers' graves during the Civil War or the random organization of groups to honor the dead in several locations around the nation on both sides of the War. The Civil War tapped the need of decent people to honor their side's dead as well as their loved ones who had fallen for their cause.
The first official proclamation establishing the day was from General John Logan on 5 May 1868 and was first observed on May 30, of that year, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The Northern states were the first to observe Memorial day on the last of ... Continue Reading:Memorial Day through a warrior's eyes
"America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine Providence in behalf of the human race" wrote poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. Born MAY 25, 1803, Ralph Waldo Emerson was friends with writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott. He composed some of the best loved poems in American literature, including The Concord Hymn, written in 1837 for the dedication of the monument where the battle at North Bridge took place April 19, 1775. Ralph Waldo Emerson's most recognizable stanza is inscribed on the base of Daniel Chester French's Minute Man Statue: "By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled; Here once the embattled farmers stood; And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps, And Time the ruined bridge has swept, Down the dark ... Continue Reading:American Minute May 25
Two months ago, Barack Obama decided he could intimidate the United States Supreme Court into finding his namesake healthcare plan Constitutional. Overturning the Affordable Care Act "...would amount to an unprecedented, extraordinary step of judicial activism" said the President at a rare White House news conference, adding "...I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress." (1)
Though someone with the hyper-arrogant mentality of the Manchurian Candidate doesn't really need a reason to direct this sort of psycho-babble at a presumptive enemy, Obama was probably responding to information provided by far left Justice Elena Kagan that the Court's closed-door, preliminary vote on ObamaCare had not gone very well. Each Friday the 9 justices gather for an initial vote on the cases heard during the week. And although these ... Continue Reading:Senator Leahy attacks Supreme Court, threatens Chief Justice Roberts
By Kevin "Coach" Collins Anonymous Democrats are whispering "racism" as the reason for Barack Obama's embarrassing "victories" in theArkansasandKentuckyprimaries last Tuesday. They started whispering this after a federal inmate got 41% against Obama inWest Virginia's primary two weeks ago. Child-like Democrats don't do well with the truth so they habitually devise comforting lies when they are forced to confront "inconvenient truths." If these butt kickings weren't the result of racism they were the result of Obama wrecking our economy or cramming Obamacare down our throats or attacking the Catholic Church, but more likely endorsing Gay "marriage." Democrats can't face those possibilities or the real message of these primaries so they prefer to dismissed the results as racism from messengers. The results fromArkansasandKentuckywere similar but arrived at from quite opposite directions.Arkansashas a Black population (15%) which matches the national percentage;Kentucky's is about half of that. While there is no county level data fromKentucky, detailed information onArkansas's primary is readily available ... Continue Reading:Arkansas's Black voters must be racists; they voted against Obama more than final total
William Lloyd Garrison published the Boston anti-slavery paper "Liberator" and founded the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833. Suffering hundreds of death threats for his politically incorrect stand on the value of human life, William Lloyd Garrison died MAY 24, 1879. He wrote: "I desire to thank God that He enables me to disregard 'the fear of man which bringeth a snare' and to speak His truth...while life-blood warms my throbbing veins...to oppose...the brutalizing sway - till Afric's chains are burst and freedom rules the rescued land." In "W.P. and F.J.T. Garrison," 1885-89, William Lloyd Garrison wrote: "Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion." Former slave Frederick Douglass wrote in My Bondage and My Freedom, 1855: "After reaching New Bedford, there came a young man to me with a copy of the Liberator...edited by ... Continue Reading:American Minute May 24
Before the dust began to settle around New York City's twin towers, Washington's political elites were contemplating the benefits in sheer legislative power a terror attack of such magnitude could bestow upon the benevolent despots of Capitol Hill.
In a secretly recorded, 1992 address to the Bilderberg Organization, Henry Kissinger made this statement: "Today's Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful. This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened [their] very existence." Though Kissinger was speaking to potential domination by a world ruling order, his message can be readily applied to the United States alone where "individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of [the people's] well-being, granted to them by their...government." (1)
Putting a smiley face on honor killings, beheadings, slavery
Don't be distracted by stories of Shariah spreading across the Muslim world in the wake of Arab Spring.
It's happening here ... this weekend ... in Hartford, Conn. ... where 15,000 are expected to attend a conference to learn "how to apply Shariah in a society where most people are not of the same faith."
The ideology that brought 1,400 years of cultural annihilation and enslavement to the world has a plan to establish itself in America.
The lead investigator of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Cold Case Posse isn't impressed by the Hawaii Department of Health's verification of Barack Obama's eligibility for the 2012 election provided to Arizona's secretary of state earlier this week.
The evidence simply won't let him.
"We have developed incontrovertible proof that the verification ... really doesn't verify anything of significance," he says.
Indeed, about the only thing it reveals, Arizona's secretary of state would probably rather keep hidden ...
Meet Sgt. James McIlvaine of Olney, Md. - a handsome 26-year-old U.S. Marine, devoted husband, loving father of two young children and dedicated man anyone would want the privilege of calling a friend.
McIlvaine, known for having a splendid sense of humor that could make a room full of people roar with laughter, served in the U.S. military for nearly eight years - including combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
A natural leader, he knew a thing or two about loyalty, love of his country, service and sacrifice.
In fact, he sacrificed his own life for your freedom.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is taking on what one critic calls "the food Nazis" -- federal bureaucrats who want to regulate all food transactions, and who not only harass producers, but have begun showing up on customers' doorsteps demanding they turn over the food they've paid for.
And when they show up they show up armed.
Step away from the milk jug and drop the gun, says Paul ...
The latest rage in poetry circles is being lauded as "a remarkable and important book that reveals a hitherto concealed side" to its "harshly perceived" authors.
Just try telling that to family members of 9/11 attack victims, because the poetry being lauded is by the Taliban.
Once again, the leftist-elite literati show there's not an enemy of America they won't embrace ...
Will Trump attaboy turn into cash for Arpaio probe?
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has revealed his Cold Case Posse investigation has a new fan ... Donald Trump.
And that has one radio talk host suggesting to the sheriff that the New York billionaire, who previously and publicly questioned Barack Obama's eligibility to hold the office of president, might just be the deep pockets to fund the probe to completion ...
Two church denominations have rejected the practice of using words other than "Father" and "Son" when translating the Bible into languages in Muslim-dominated parts of the globe.
It's one thing to attempt to be culturally relevant when presenting the gospel to followers of Islam. It's quite another to falsify the Scriptures to do so ...
Consider this the next time you wonder whether the U.S. and/or Israel should take out Iran's nuclear facilities ...
Tehran is training a "cyber army" of hackers who plan to clean out your bank account, turn off your air conditioner and cut off electricity to the gas station where you pump your gas ... all by taking down America's complex and vulnerable power grid.
Geraldo: Look who's smoking crack on Obama birth certificate
When we say "Geraldo Rivera," your eyes are probably already rolling. We get that.
But the broadcaster actually took on the issue of Barack Obama's birth certificate with one of the world's most brilliant minds this week, and sparks flew.
WND has both the story and classic audio that'll brighten your Memorial Day weekend ...
Monday marks Memorial Day, a national observance first known as Decoration Day. The first Memorial Day was observed on May 30, 1868, on the orders of General John Logan, commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. Flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.
Initially meant as a time to remember those who fell during the bloody battles of our brutal Civil War, the holiday's significance has been extended to honor all those who paid the ultimate price for our nation. As they have done every year since 1948, soldiers of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment will place flags at more than 260,000 gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery. They will remain at Arlington National Cemetery throughout the holiday weekend making sure that the flags remain upright.
There will be similar observances at national cemeteries around the country. In Fredericksburg, Virginia, local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will place candles at more than 15,000 graves at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Taps will be played every 30 minutes.
Over time, Memorial Day weekend has become more of an occasion for relaxation than for reflection about our patriots' graves and the values for which they gave "the last full measure of devotion." This weekend, I encourage you to do both -- relax and reflect.
Have that picnic, hug your kids and have some fun at the beach. But let's also remind ourselves, and our children, about what happened at Concord Bridge, on the fields of Antietam and the beaches of Normandy and why we are in Afghanistan today. Explain to them the price that was paid to stop fascism and Soviet communism, why there was a Berlin Wall, what happened at Okinawa, at Ground Zero and over the fields of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Here's something else you can do. This Sunday, May 27th, is the first of three Voter Registration Sundays being organized by Father Frank Pavone and Priests for Life. My non-profit group American Values is proud to support these events. The ability to choose our leaders is a cherished right that our Founding Fathers risked their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to give us. It has been secured by the blood of previous generations.
Every citizen owes it to our men and women in uniform today not to squander this right. Ask your pastor to participate in Voter Registration Sunday. Take a moment this weekend to make sure your friends and family members are all registered to vote.
Lastly, take a moment this Memorial Day to teach our children and grandchildren to love the things we love, and honor the things we honor. Finally, let's remind ourselves as well as our children that liberty is a gift from God, and that each generation has paid in flesh and blood to preserve it. As General George Patton said, "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
ACLU Declares New War on Single-Sex Education
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 23, 2012 on The Washington Times website.
Boys and girls have the same needs, desires and temperaments, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Any observable disparities can be traced to soft bigotry, such as thinking that boys typically throw better than girls. And that girls' social radar makes boys by comparison as socially sharp as grass-munching oxen.
So, on Monday, the ACLU launched a nationwide jihad against single-sex education, in which boys and girls are separated into classes designed to enhance each sex's learning capabilities.
Hugo Chavez in America: A 2nd Obama Term Means No Independent Judiciary
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 24, 2012 on Forbes.com.
President Obama's most blatant first term abuses can be struck down by the check on Presidential power by an independent judiciary. For example, last year Obama purported to make "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), when the Senate was not in recess. But the first time the NLRB so constituted tries to bring any enforcement action for any violation of any of its regulations, the defendant can nullify the prosecution by arguing it was not authorized by a legally constituted Board.
Similarly, the so-called Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established by Dodd-Frank is blatantly unconstitutional. It is organized under the structure of the Federal Reserve Board, which is not part of the Executive Branch, but technically a private sector organization with government ties. So it is not subject to Executive Branch oversight. Moreover, it is not subject to Congressional oversight and funding either, because it is authorized to draw its funding for its own budget which it alone is authorized to set.
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published May 23, 2012 on Townhall.com.
Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1976 and 2011, there were 279,384 black murder victims. Using the 94 percent figure means that 262,621 were murdered by other blacks. Though blacks are 13 percent of the nation's population, they account for more than 50 percent of homicide victims. Nationally, black homicide victimization rate is six times that of whites, and in some cities, it's 22 times that of whites. Coupled with being most of the nation's homicide victims, blacks are most of the victims of violent personal crimes, such as assault and robbery.
The magnitude of this tragic mayhem can be viewed in another light. According to a Tuskegee Institute study, between the years 1882 and 1968, 3,446 blacks were lynched at the hands of whites. Black fatalities during the Korean War (3,075), Vietnam War (7,243) and all wars since 1980 (8,197) come to 18,515, a number that pales in comparison with black loss of life at home. It's a tragic commentary to be able to say that young black males have a greater chance of reaching maturity on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan than on the streets of Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Oakland, Newark and other cities.
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 23, 2012 on The American Spectator website.
The recall election for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is scheduled for June 5. That election is now a crucial battleground for the future of America, and even a critical bellwether for how this fall's elections will turn out. Walker is staring down the national political machine of government workers unions, and the entire Obama campaign. This is a Paul Revere moment for all conservatives across America. The future of your country is at stake. Walker needs your support now.
Walker's Reforms Are Working, Spectacularly
Walker came into office facing another state budget deficit of $3.6 billion. Historically, Wisconsin like many other states would raise state taxes to counter these recurring deficits, on top of annual stiff property tax increases to fund skyrocketing school and other local government costs. But those continual tax increases were imposing greater and greater costs on state economies in terms of lost economic growth, jobs and wages.
Supreme Court Rules Social Security Can Deny Benefits to Children Conceived After Death of Father
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published May 22, 2012 on Breitbart.com.
A deceased man's child is not always a child under Florida law when it comes to Social Security benefits. So said the Supreme Court in Astrue v. Capato, a case where modern technology collided with federal entitlements.
Robert Capato was diagnosed with cancer, and had a sperm sample frozen before beginning chemotherapy. He lost his battle with cancer while he lived with his wife Karen in Florida. Karen later conceived twins through artificial insemination, then applied for survivorship benefits for the twins when living in New Jersey. The Social Security Administration (SSA) denied Capato's claim, citing regulations SSA has developed after a formal rulemaking process years ago.
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 18, 2012 on The Washington Times website.
Kansas is one of those schizophrenic states that produce movers and shakers on both sides of the aisle, plus a lot of moderates like Viagra pitchman Bob Dole. The same state that has conservative Republican Sam Brownback as governor most recently sent Democrat and former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to Washington, where she pursues nationalized health care and persecution of Catholic hospitals with the same zeal with which she championed abortion back in the Sunflower State.
The most encouraging news out of Kansas is that the state is taking the lead in cleaning up registration rolls so that people won't vote in two states or vote after they've died, which is alarming news for Chicago and other cities where the dead vote early and often.
Canada's 'Scientific' Museum of Smut By L. Brent Bozell III In Ottawa, the nation's capital of Canada, the Museum of Science and Technology has decided to provide school children with answers in a scientific field where "reliable and comprehensive sources of information are rare or little-known." I don't know if you're familiar with it. That field is called "sex."
The Unraveling Myth of Watergate By Patrick J. Buchanan It was, they said, the crime of the century. An attempted coup d'etat by Richard Nixon, stopped by two intrepid young reporters from The Washington Post and their dashing and heroic editor. In a taped interview in 1990, revealed now in "Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee," Bradlee himself dynamites the myth.
Obama's Land of the LOST By Michelle Malkin What's green and blue and grabby all over? President Obama's new pressure campaign for Congress to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST).
Illegal Aliens Continue to Receive Billions in Tax Credit Thanks to Harry ReidIf you paid taxes last year, you helped subsidize the income of illegal aliens. Full Story
Report: 40 Escape, 1 Guard Dead in Riot at Miss. Illegal Alien Detention CenterA riot broke out Sunday in a low-security Mississippi prison which resulted in the death of one prison guard and at least eight others being injured. Full Story
Another Headscratching Comment from an Open Borders PoliticianDuring a speech in Houston, Mexican President Felipe Calderon showed his ignorance of U.S. Immigration law. Full Story
Could Rubio and Gutierrez Pass the DREAM Act?Gutierrez believes Rubio, a man called the 'crown prince of the Tea Party,' has the stature in the GOP to win over enough Republicans in Congress. Full Story
HB 56 Opponents Misrepresent LawFAIR President Dan Stein sets the record straight about Alabama's HB 56 immigration law. Full Story
Episode 26 of the Hinderaker-Ward Experience features an entertaining and explosive interview with Ed Klein, author of The Amateur. In turn hilarious and appalling, Klein's book, based on 200 interviews with White House insiders and others, paints a picture of a president who has, quite literally, no idea what he is doing, and is too narcissistic to learn.
In addition, Brian and I weighed in on the news of the day, including President Obama's newfound persona as a fiscal conservative. And, of course, we awarded our Loon of the Week and This Week In Gatekeeping prizes. It's a podcast you won't want to miss.
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Lyndon Johnson reportedly once offered this assessment of the American electorate: Men worry about heart attacks; women worry about cancer of the [breasts]; and everyone worries about war.
The Egyptian electorate might be assessed as follows: many worry about a restoration of the old regime; many worry about their relationship with Allah; and everyone worries about instability.
If this assessment is correct, then Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi has a bit of an edge in the upcoming run-off election for president. His opponent, we now know, will be Ahmed Shafiq, a military man who served briefly as Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister.
As an Islamist, Mursi appeals to the pious; as a Muslim Brotherhood man there is no question of him restoring the old order. Shafiq is a secular candidate. And although he would be unlikely to push for a full return to the days of Mubarak (and has promised not to), Shafiq's election would still be a victory for the old order.
Shafiq's appeal resides in the prospect that he would bring stability to Egypt. But even this seeming advantage is debatable. According to Middle East expert Marina Ottaway, Shafiq's election would be completely unacceptable to the forces that made the revolution, to the point that another upheaval might well occur.
Mursi's election would also be unacceptable to many; the Muslim Brotherhood is far from universally popular. But would secularists attempt to overthrow a popularly elected government? It seems unlikely. However, Mursi probably would need to accommodate the military, a more likely source of serious trouble for him.
In sum, Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood appear to hold the winning hand in Egypt right now.
Last week I noted here that Peter Schramm of the Ashrook Center at Ashland University is a loyal Power Line reader, but I am remiss in noting along with Jonah Goldberg over on The Corner that the long-running Ashbrook Center blog, NoLeftTurns, is ending its ten-year run. Although it was our own Scott Johnson who first taught me how to code my very first blog entry (a comment here on PL I believe) back in the Internet stone age when you had to format posts manually, NoLeftTurns is where I broke into blogging.
I think I may have the second-most number of posts on the site after Peter. In any case, a complete NLT archive will be kept, and if you really want to kill some time you can browse some greatest hits. I think I may have been the first blogger to call for Trent Lott to step down in this post, and here's a link to my prediction, right after the 2004 election, that the Democratic Party was likely poised for a comeback. And here's my recollection of spending an evening with Ted Turner at his Montana buffalo ranch. Most of my favorites are like this whimsical 2007 post on why William Shatner was the ideal GOP nominee (leave aside that Canadian birth problem he has-after all, it hasn't stopped Obama has it?). It's been a nice Saturday morning trip down memory lane looking over some old posts.
The end of NoLeftTurns by no means signals a decline of the Ashbrook Center. Quite the opposite! The Center is currently in the opening stages of a major expansion campaign, which is likely to see an expansion of my role there as the Thomas Smith Distinguished Visiting Professor. (I'll be teaching another course next fall on "American Political Economy," and some of it may be online, unlike last fall's course about Hayek.) The various Ashbrook websites, especially the invaluable TeachingAmericanHistory.org site, will expand, as will the summer master's degree program for high school history and government teachers.
Warren lost Carr long ago, but the Boston Globe has done its best to hold the fort down for her. Yesterday's Boston Globe nevertheless brought us Mary Carmichael's "Filings add to questions on Warren's ethnic claims." Carmichael reports:
[F]or at least six straight years during Warren's tenure, Harvard University reported in federally mandated diversity statistics that it had a Native American woman in its senior ranks at the law school. According to both Harvard officials and federal guidelines, those statistics are almost always based on the way employees describe themselves.
In addition, both Harvard's guidelines and federal regulations for the statistics lay out a specific definition of Native American that Warren does not meet.
The documents suggest for the first time that either Warren or a Harvard administrator classified her repeatedly as Native American in papers prepared for the government in a way that apparently did not adhere to federal diversity guidelines. They raise further questions about Warren's statements that she was unaware Harvard was promoting her as Native American.
Carmichael is late to the story, but she has acquired an attitude working it up, even adding a note of pattern recognition:
The administrator responsible for Harvard Law School's faculty diversity statistics from 1996 to 2004, the period in question, was Alan Ray, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation who, like Warren, has fair skin, blue eyes, and Oklahoma roots.
Has William Jacobson commented on this story? If so, I can't find it, although he was at work on a related Globe story yesterday.
Jesse Washington, the AP's man on the diversity beat, seizes the day to explore the metaphysical question at the heart of the Warren Saga: "What's an American Indian? Warren case stirs inquiry." Washington gives us the Cartesian approach to the story. She thinks she is, therefore she is. QED.
In the new issue of the Weekly Standard, Geoffrey Norman summarizes the story so far. Norman does a good job, but he quotes Christopher Caldwell's favorable Weekly Standard article on Warren's scholarship without analysis. Norman appears to take Caldwell at face value. Caldwell, however, was suckered by Warren. Warren's scholarship is precisely as bona fide as her claim to Indian ancestry.
George Mason University School of Law Professor Todd Zywicki has been on Warren's case for a while on the basis her shoddy scholarship. See, for example, Professor Zywicki's Wall Street Journal column "In Elizabeth Warren we trust?" Professor Zywicki elaborated on his WSJ column in this video interview. Professor Zywicki has exposed Warren as an academic charlatan.
I have previously made the point here that Mrs. Warren is a piece of work. When it comes to odious phonies, she provides something of a case study. She gives us the complete package.
UPDATE: Professor Jacobson emails to note that he commented on Carmichael's Globe story here, "sorta."
STEVE adds: Oh what the heck, since we're piling on Warren, let's revisit this video from last year spoofing Warren's previous high moments:
May 25, 2012
On Today's ProgramMake sure everyone knows this Soros funded domestic terrorist: Brett Kimberlin You probably don't know his name. Kimberlin is a convicted domestic terrorist who went to prison after setting off a series of bombs and served 17 years of a 50 year sentence. Where's he today? Working for Soros and terrorizing conservative bloggers. Glenn talks to two bloggers targeted by Kimberlin, their stories are chilling. Hear their stories and get the full background on this progressive dirt bag HERE.
5pm - The Glenn Beck Program: Small businesses are the key to any economic recovery. How has government treated small business in this recession? Glenn interviews several small business owners and finds out first hand tonight!
6pm - Real News: Governor Scott Walker is enjoying a comfortable lead less than two weeks away from the Wisconsin recall election. Could the June 5th election provide a political forecast for November? Will a traditionally blue state finally see red? Real News will discuss that and much more tonight!
FREE Highlight from GBTV - From The 4th Hour: Gary the Numbers Guy called into the 4th Hour yesterday to discuss what happened to the Facebook IPO, but somehow the conversation got off topic. Find out what Gary said that made Stu very uncomfortable.
Black Panthers & David Barton named as "right-wing radical" hate group? You won't believe the list of 'dangerous right wing radicals' created by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a group who supposedly monitors hate groups in America. Somehow Malik Zulu Shabazz (a radical leftist) and David Barton (salt of the Earth kinda guy) both made the list. Glenn reacts to the shocking list on radio today.
Beck: 'We're going to start building towns" Remember when the left thought they'd seen the last of Glenn Beck? Since that time Glenn has launched an entire network and landed on the Forbes most powerful celebrities list just behind Jennifer Aniston. Also since then, Oprah's new network is a failure and Keith Olbermann was fired... again. Glenn explains his concept, which could also be described as a liberals worst nightmare. WATCH
How can we accelerate growth in our country? This week was 'National Small Business Week,' and as experts debate over the best way to help small businesses Glenn's company decided to take action. Monday, Glenn launched The Marketplace by Markdown.com, an online marketplace for small businesses. Glenn didn't just assemble companies that make quality products - he found quality people. Make sure to 'LIKE' and 'SHARE' their Facebook page to learn more about the owners behind these companies and their amazing stories.
The Obama lies continue: I'm not running up debts Obama is in full campaign mode - he actually has the stones to tell America that he's the fiscally responsible one and Republicans are the out of control spenders. It takes some serious spin to look at the numbers and come out with that assessment. Hear Obama claim the mantle of fiscal sanity & Glenn's response HERE.
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Since taking office, Obama has invested billions of taxpayer dollars in private businesses, including as part of his stimulus spending bill. Many of those investments have turned out to be unmitigated disasters - leaving in their wake bankruptcies, layoffs, criminal investigations and taxpayers on the hook for billions. Consider just a few examples of Obama's public equity failures: