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  "When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary."  

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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.

Obama, Clinton Selling Out U.S. Sovereignty in Secret

ATF Wants To Ban Your Shotguns

Shotguns come in various sizes with lots of options. You can get a 12 gauge, 20 gauge, add a tactical stock, laser and lots more, at least for now. If the ATF has its way, you might get arrested for owning what is primarily the most used weapon for home defense.

 

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms wants to redefine a shotgun to limit American citizens from owning powerful weapons or what they are referring to as "military" weapons. This redefining came in the form of a recent study by the ATF, which has its roots in the Gun Control Act of 1968.

 

Beregond's Bar has a complete four part series on the new campaign of the ATF.

In Part One, the author ,"Tom", points out that the ATF is focusing on changing the term "sporting use" in order to ban certain shotguns. He writes,

LIVE SMART - NEWS TALK

June 5th meeting, General Wayne Tea Party - A special guest speaker!  

We look forwardto having Nancy Becker as the "Main event" at our June 5^th 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 5^th, 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.

Please join us at the Valley Forge Patriots Meeting on June 8th, 6PM, at the Phoenixville Country Club

Among other topics, we will discuss the

The PA Pension Crisis

There is a crisis in the Commonwealth of PA that few people are discussing.

Teacher pensions are underfunded by $27 Billion -- yes with a B, Billion.

  Warren Kampf (PA Representative 157th District) will discuss:

· How this obligation went from 125% overfunded to $27 Billion underfunded

· The impact this will have on state and local school taxes

· What must be done to prevent this in the future

· No more "kicking the can down the road"
  The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.  There will also be brief announcements and committee reports.

Food and drink is available for cash. Parking is free. All are welcome.

Valley Forge Patriots have a passion for Liberty and we invite like-minded citizens to join with us for Freedom! For more information go to:

  sign up at www.meetup.com/vfp-teaparty09/  More information www.vfpatriots.com

Save the date:

Philadelphia ZOA Quarterly Meeting

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 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.

Who's up for our Rally this Saturday!

RSVP ASAP!

12 to 2pm

Our same location: Broadcasting & Papermill Rds.

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

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

Mike Souders

www.unitepa912.com

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

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

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

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

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

I hope to see you there.

For Freedom,

David Spielman

Campaigns Coordinator, FreedomWorks

FreedomWorks Bootcamp in Washington, D.C.

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

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

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

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

FAQs:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Friday

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

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

Saturday

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

EPA/energy/regulations - Dr. Brough

Capitol Hill update - Max Pappas

Healthcare - Dean Clancy

School Choice - David Spielman

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

Sunday

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

Topics:

Activism 101

Get Out the Vote Training

New Media training - FreedomConnector, facebook, twitter, blogging 

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

Monday

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

College Kirby Center)

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

12pm END BOOTCAMP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Overview

A Special Message from Americans United for Freedom Contributor KrisAnne Hall  

THE PLAN TO BAN TEA PARTY RALLIES

SIT DOWN & SHUT UP OR ELSE

By KrisAnne Hall
www.AmericansUnitedforFreedom.com
March 6, 2012

Heading into the most important election of our lifetime, Barack Obama and a terrified Congress want to make sure angry Americans can never again gather en mass to change the course of history as we did with the 1.2 million member 912 March and the demonstrations that flipped Congress in 2010. No, our tyrannical politicians want to force you to stay home and shut up.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHALL NOT DIE ON OUR WATCH! - REPEAL HR347 & 1794 - FAX CONGRESS NOW!

The protected right of the people peaceably to assemble is unalienable, something that has afforded deep fundamental and historical foundations to our freedom. Our Founders established a clear "no trespassing sign" via our First Amendment to keep the government away from this God-given right essential to Liberty. "Congress shall make no law abridging...the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." But new legislation has been passed in Congress that will destroy this absolutely central, simple and non-negotiable right imperative to a free people.

HR 347 and S 1794, the "Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011" has nothing to do with improving landscaping around federal buildings. This bill is being presented as a No Trespassing bill. Reasonable people understand that lawful restrictions and protections are needed for government officials and government functions. However, this legislation makes it a federal crime to allegedly DISRUPT the "ORDERLY CONDUCT" of government.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHALL NOT DIE ON OUR WATCH! - REPEAL HR347 & 1794 - FAX CONGRESS NOW!

The violator doesn't have to be physically on the grounds where the government business is being conducted, just within the vicinity of the self-proclaimed "business of government." The law is not limited to buildings or locations as the title suggests, but seems to be "roving" and follows persons protected by Secret Service wherever they may go.

• Standing on a sidewalk with a sign as a Congressman walks by? BUSTED
• Traffic slowing to read your Tea Party signs? BUSTED
• Make a statement at a town hall meeting that your Congressman doesn't like? BUSTED

1752(a)(2) knowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of government business or official functions, engages in disorderly or disruptive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any restricted building or grounds when, or so that, such conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions;

1752(a)(3) knowingly, and with the intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions, obstructs or impedes ingress or egress to or from any restricted building or grounds;

1752(c)(1) the term 'restricted buildings or grounds' means any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area - (B) of a building or grounds where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting; or C) of a building or grounds so restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance;

THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHALL NOT DIE ON OUR WATCH!
REPEAL HR347 & 1794 - FAX CONGRESS NOW!

The right protected in the First Amendment is the right to peaceably assemble. We do not have the right to impede the flow of traffic, either on sidewalks or roadways. We do not have the right to impede anyone's business practices. But this law is not about private business, it is about government operations. Make that Big Brother Government Operations.

This Congress has a habit of writing in vague and overbroad terms; yet, in order for laws to be Constitutionally sound they CANNOT be vague and overbroad in ANY aspect, and they can ONLY interfere with the rights of the people in as narrow a capacity as both necessary and according with Constitutional principle. But this law makes it a crime to disrupt the government. The Supreme Court has said this type of broad language gives too much power to the government, and they have been saying this since 1939. This law actually places the desire of the government to be free from disruption unconstitutional power over the right of the people to redress the government of their grievances.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHALL NOT DIE ON OUR WATCH!
REPEAL HR347 & 1794 - FAX CONGRESS NOW!

Suppose your Congressman, who is under Secret Service protection, has a town hall meeting and many members of the community show up to challenge him on his voting record. This law could be construed to allow federal charges to be brought against these citizens for disrupting his town hall meeting by attending and demanding to be heard under the First Amendment. After all, it will not be hard to claim that people who are not happy with the Congressman's voting record had the "intent" to disrupt this meeting. This vague and overbroad language has the potential to ultimately prevent people from gathering outside any government building or politician's function for fear of being charged with a federal offense. In Constitutional law, we call that a "chilling effect" and the Supreme Court has always held these restrictions to be unconstitutional. After all, who can afford to risk going to jail, to carry a record of federal arrest, to stand for their rights - even if they will win?

The right to orderly conduct of government is NOT a constitutionally protected right. However we DO have the right to free speech and the right to peaceably assemble. Our Constitution enshrines in government the fundamental principle of protection for our God-given, unalienable rights freely to speak and assemble. These rights of We the People are held as foundation stones of our individual Liberty and the government must protect these rights, not limit them. And throughout history, our Supreme Court has protected these rights.

• Hague v. CID, 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Boos v. Barry, 485 U.S. 312, 318 (1988)
• United States v. Grace, 461 U.S. 171, 177 (1983)
• Educ. Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n, 460 U.S. 37, (1983)

In every single case, the Court ruled that the people's First Amendment right to protest fundamentally outweighs the government's right to avoid uncomfortable situations at which politicians may be called to account for their actions.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHALL NOT DIE ON OUR WATCH!
REPEAL HR347 & 1794 - FAX CONGRESS NOW!

People have the right to complain, the right to have their voices be heard, the right to redress their grievances in the form of protests. These actions are supposed to make the government take notice. Disruption cannot be the standard to stop speech. To allow the government to create this new standard allows the government to tell us to sit down and shut up.

The chilling effect occurs not in the fact that you are denied your due process. If you are arrested because of unlawful legislation you can fight the prosecution and even sue the government for violating your rights. If the Supreme Court has not become completely corrupted you have fairly good odds of winning. But, as anyone who has been wronged by a government agency can tell you, a victory will often come at the expense of a ruined life and livelihood.

The bottom line is that there are laws in every municipality that punish Trespass, Disorderly Conduct, Assault, and any other crime involving real threats against government and persons in government. Why do we need a vague and overbroad FEDERAL LAW to enforce laws that are already in effect, when that law could encroach on our God-given, protected rights? William Penn said, "Necessity, it is said, is the plea for every infringement of human Liberty; it is the argument of tyrants and the creed of slaves." Clearly, we don't need a "Federal Trespass Bill." We already have one; it's called the Bill of Rights!

When will we have enough of government intrusion on our Constitutionally protected rights? We were outraged because we are Taxed Enough Already. When will we recognize that if we cannot trust the government with our finances, then we certainly cannot trust the government with our Liberty?

THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHALL NOT DIE ON OUR WATCH!
REPEAL HR347 & 1794 - FAX CONGRESS NOW!

Keep Faith,

Lynne Roberts, President
Americans United for Freedom 

KrisAnne Hall is a former prosecutor and Constitutional attorney who was fired from her job for teaching the Constitution to citizen groups. She is a disabled veteran of the US Army, a Russian linguist, a mother, a pastor's wife and a patriot. Her former employer, State Attorney for Florida's 3rd Judicial Circuit, gave her a choice - give up her First Amendment right to speak on her own time or be fired. KrisAnne said, "My First Amendment rights are worth more than a paycheck and I will not surrender them." She now travels the country and teaches the Constitution and the history that gave us our founding documents. We are proud to have KrisAnne as a contributor to Americans United for Freedom.

To send a check, please complete and print a contribution page form
and mail it with your donation to this address:

Americans United for Freedom
PO Box 1310
Herndon, VA 20172

Americans United for Freedom is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization (pending) which focuses on nonpartisan civic education and advocacy regarding important national issues.

An extremely important movie is coming this summer - Dinesh D'Souza - Obama & 2016

Dinesh D'Souza is author of many New York Times best sellers.  The movie is from Gerald R. Molen, producer of Academy Award Winning Schindler's List.

It explains in plain language who Barack Obama really is, what he stands for, and the dangers of him being reelected for another four years.

Watch this short informative video preview of this movie and share it with others.  It has already been seen by over 1,250,000 people.  Within a very short time it will have been seen by millions!  After you see the preview, listen to what Dinesh has to say about Obama.  Please take the time to hear this and pass it on.

Dinesh D'Souza - Obama & 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Liberty,

The U.S. Constitution

A Reader 

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

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

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

From July 16 through July 18, 2012, Christians United for Israel will be holding its 7th Annual Washington Summit. We're going back to stand with Israel in our nation's capital. This year - more than ever - we need you to join us!

In the coming months, critical decisions are going to be made about Iran, Israel and the world. Finally, Washington is beginning to focus on the issue of a nuclear Iran. Many of our leaders want to confront this looming threat. But others want to keep kicking the can down the road. The debate is far from over.

• We know that when thousands of CUFI activists arrive in DC and on Capitol Hill, we can change the conversation.
• We can remind our leaders that a nuclear Iran is not only a threat to Israel, but to the US as well. And we can demonstrate to our elected officials that their constituents care enough about this issue to show up at their DC offices.
• We know that we can create a sense of immediacy that's otherwise lacking.
• We know that the more of us who show up and speak out -- the louder our voice and the greater our impact.

We stand at a critical juncture in history. Don't be silent! Don't miss your chance to make a difference! Don't pass up your opportunity to defend America and bless Israel!

Our leaders need to remember that we are watching them and we need to remember that God is watching us.

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

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

Results that make a difference, not just a statement.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,


Brigitte Gabriel

LISTEN LIVE TO REPATRIOT RADIO

"BETTER THAN EVER"

(all times are eastern)

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

The Case Against Obamacare: Health Care Policy Series for the 112th Congress

For Tea Parties, this can be used as basic ammunition for letters to the editor, columns for your local news outlet, handouts at public events, emailing the pdf to our elected reps as well as to members, friends and neighbors.

This appears to be an excellent resource; let's make use of it.

Lou Flanagan

The General Wayne Tea Party

Victory Center" on Facebook

-Gabriel Malor

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

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

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

RedState Morning Briefing

For May 30, 2012

1. Time to do What We Can For Ted Cruz

David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz are in a runoff in Texas.

Cruz has long odds in the runoff, given the margin of Dewhurst's victory.

2. Tim Noah's Sad Parade

The publication of Jonah Goldberg's new book The Tyranny of Clichés has brought forth a number of responses from liberals and progressives, many of them either essentially proving Goldberg's point or entirely avoiding grappling with the book's substance. The latest entrant is Tim Noah, now writing with The New Republic, who seeks to offer a companion to Goldberg's collection of liberal clichés with his own "conservative clichés." It is clear from the column that Noah either (1) did not read the book, (2) completely missed its point, or (3) simply could not come up with counter-examples of the same type.

3. Let's tax wealthy foundations the same way we tax wealthy individuals

Down with the 1%! End the social injustice of gross income inequality! Smash the unfair fruits of capitalist oppression, in which a wealthy few take care of well-connected allies, instead of circulating their money into the economy for the 99% to get to touch!

It's time we started taxing wealthy foundations at the same rate we tax wealthy individuals. Gates. Ford. Getty. Kellogg. Hewlett and Packard. Moore. Mellon. Rockefeller. Soros. These are not just the 1%, but the 1% of the 1%.

Great wealth in the hands of a few is undemocratic, whether it's directly by a person, or given over to these private corporations that serve as embodiments of boundless ego. Tax them to fund a truly charitable social safety net for all Americans.

4. Sex Selection Abortion in America

In the wake of Chen Guangcheng arriving safely in the United States, after years of persecution in China for his anti-abortion activism, The House of Representatives will vote tomorrow on H.R. 3541 (also known as the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act - PRENDA), a bill to ban sex-selection abortions in the United States. Although the US has strongly condemned China for their sex-selection abortion practices, only four states (AZ, OK, PA and IL) currently have laws banning the procedure. Sex-selection abortions have long been an issue around the globe, most notably in China and India, and studies show they are rampant in the US. A series of videos, the first of which was released by Live Action this morning, exposes the role Planned Parenthood plays in America's sex-selection abortion problem.

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Items for May 30, 2012

Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years for war crimes in Sierra Leone   

New York Post   

White House defends drone attacks, 'kill list'   

Fox News      

EU Proposes 'Banking Union'   

Wall Street Journal      

Syria bodies pile up as U.N. consensus for action remains elusive
CBS News

 
  Obama's health care aid to small firms disappoints   

Associated Press

    Latest Heritage Research:

ISSUE BRIEF   

China Drowning in Money: What It Means for the U.S.

 May 30, 2012 

Romney's Historic Opportunity: Low-Cost Energy Fuels Economic Recovery
S. Fred Singer
Romney can clinch the election by detailing an energy policy that restores jobs, prosperity, and American economic leadership. "To be credible, a reform agenda must have some reform substance." More

That Professor Obama Dog Won't Hunt Anymore
James V Capua
"Professor" Obama, like so many of the other Obamas, is a fraud. More

Scott Walker, Romney's Running Mate?
J. Robert Smith
The Walker agenda in Wisconsin is really a blueprint for a Romney agenda in Washington. Jefferson fancied the states as laboratories of democracy. In the Wisconsin laboratory, small-government conservatism is demonstrating its superiority. More

Pandering without Profit
G. Murphy Donovan
Two successive administrations now have sought to appease Muslims by minimizing the threat from Islamists. From the beginning, the majority of Muslims were anointed "moderates," on the authority of an asserted conclusion. More

Obama Will Not Win Re-election
Monty Pelerin
The Democratic Party now exists and survives for one simple reason -- making dependency more attractive. It has become the party of plunder. More

Birth Certificate Whac-A-Mole
Nick Chase
Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate forgery contains so many forger's errors that it would make for a fun parlor game. More

NPR v. Fox News: Who Is the Smartest of Them All?
Peter Wilson
Liberals are pretty sure they know the answer. More

Name the three shortest books in the world:  

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Rahm Emanuel; Humility and Its Virtues by Barack Obama; What the Constitution Means to Me by Nancy Pelosi.  

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Meet 'Flame,' The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers

• By Kim Zetter 

Map showing the number and geographical location of Flame infections detected by Kaspersky Lab on customer machines. Courtesy of Kaspersky

 

A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation.

 

The malware, discovered by Russia-based antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab, is an espionage toolkit that has been infecting targeted systems in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, the Israeli Occupied Territories and other countries in the Middle East and North Africa for at least two years.

 

Dubbed "Flame" by Kaspersky, the malicious code dwarfs Stuxnet in size - the groundbreaking infrastructure-sabotaging malware that is believed to have wreaked havoc on Iran's nuclear program in 2009 and 2010. Although Flame has both a different purpose and composition than Stuxnet, and appears to have been written by different programmers, its complexity, the geographic scope of its infections and its behavior indicate strongly that a nation-state is behind Flame, rather than common cyber-criminals - marking it as yet another tool in the growing arsenal of cyberweaponry.

 

The researchers say that Flame may be part of a parallel project created by contractors who were hired by the same nation-state team that was behind Stuxnet and its sister malware, DuQu.

Making Illegal Immigration Legal - Reform?   May 29, 2012 06:00 am

Governments have never been known to reform themselves and the current debate over immigration reform is no different than the notion that government will cut spending and clip its own wings. By reform, D.C. politicians mean, to make that which is currently illegal, legal.  

Lawmakers have been stopped from passing amnesty for millions of illegal aliens living in America. But they have not been required to enforce our immigration and naturalization laws and even when Border States attempt to enforce those laws, the federal government sues the state on behalf of illegal immigrants.

Power Veto: Time for America to Stop Apologizing for Turkish Obstructionism   May 28, 2012 09:34 pm

This month, 28 NATO leaders gathered in Chicago for the first NATO summit in the United States since 9/11. While global attention was focused on the Alliance's impending withdrawal from Afghanistan, the summit also exposed underlying tensions, most notably the new French president's campaign promises to "reevaluate" his predecessor's decision to reintegrate France into NATO's military command and accelerate the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan.

Jihad and Sharia - What's the Connection? Women   May 28, 2012 04:37 pm

A new dark age is descending across much of the Middle East as the forces of Sharia Islam, enabled by official U.S. government policy, again demand strict enforcement of Islamic law. Parliamentary elections in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia already have brought the sharia-adherent Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) to positions of unprecedented power in each legislature; elections in Libya, where an Al Qa'eda-led, NATO-assisted revolution toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, have been "postponed."

Global Warming Absent and Endangering the Environmental Religion Movement   May 28, 2012 03:52 pm

Quote of the Week:
"As an agency, NASA does not draw conclusions and issue 'claims' about research findings." Waleed Abdalati, NASA Chief Scientist, April 11, 2012
"Eight days later, at a senate hearing, Dr. Abdalati, did just that, concluding that Sea-Level rise within the next 87 years projects within a range of 0.2 meters to 2 meters, with lower ranges less likely while 'the highest values are based on warmest of the temperature scenarios commonly considered for the remainder of the 21st century.'" Letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden from 41 former NASA astronauts, scientists and senior administrators. May 11, 2012

The Danger of Article 82 and Obama's Latest Treaty: United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty   May 28, 2012 03:16 pm

Back in 1982, President Ronald Reagan decided not to sign a treaty known as "Law of the Sea" (LOST), a United Nations convention that would raid America's treasury for billions of dollars, then redistribute that wealth to the rest of the world by an international bureaucracy headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica. But today, the Obama Administration has revived that treaty, and tomorrow Senator John Kerry (D-MA) will hold hearings designed to illustrate its supposed benefits and generate support for its ratification. Without a doubt, Reagan's decision should stand, and LOST should remain relegated to the trash bin of history.

Major Media Outlets Join JW's Lawsuit to Obtain Obama White House Visitor Logs   May 28, 2012 03:00 pm

The Obama administration has always faced an uphill climb in its legal campaign to shield White House visitor logs from public view. (The law is not on their side.) But it just got a whole lot steeper. This past week major mainstream media outlets and open government organizations joined our legal campaign against the Obama Secret Service to force the release of White House visitor logs.

Islamists Face Setback in Egyptian Presidential Election   May 28, 2012 02:33 pm

Muhammad Mursi (Muslim Brotherhood, 25.3 percent
Ahmad Shafiq (ex-general, ex-prime minister), 24.9 percent
Hamdin Sabbahi (radical left), 21.5 percent
Abdul Moneim Aboul Fotouh ("moderate Islamist) 19 percent
Amr Moussa (radical nationalist) less than 10 percent

Obama: Promises Broken, Promises Kept   May 28, 2012 02:01 pm

President Obama has broken many of his promises aimed at the general public and jobless Americans, but he has kept promises to his left-wing base that involved divisive wedge issues.  He promised to create 7 million new jobs on seven different occasions in 2008. But these jobs have not materialized: "just 16 states have seen job growth since President Obama took office," overwhelmingly conservative states like Texas that have rejected liberal economic policies.

This Memorial Day, May 28, 2012   May 28, 2012 11:15 am

This Memorial Day weekend 2012, we turn to God and give rememberance to those who have died for our country. Freedom is not free.

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day.  

There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead" (Source: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920).

Alarming Trend | Cybersecurity Breaches and Failures of U.S. Government   May 28, 2012 10:00 am

The number of cybersecurity attacks on, and breaches within, the United States government has been growing. The U.S. Senate is now gearing up to debate cybersecurity legislation-and will have to vote on whether the federal government should regulate cybersecurity measures of the private sector as well as those of government. The government's track record on cybersecurity does not inspire confidence that it can devise effective cybersecurity regulations for the private sector. Cybersecurity for the nation should be a cooperative effort between the private sector and the government, with each contributing in its own way. Onerous regulations are not the solution to the ever-expanding reality of cyberthreats.

FBI's Top Ten Stories May 27, 2012 and Missing Child ID App   May 28, 2012 09:45 am

The Child ID App for Androids 

On Friday, May 25th,  to help observe National Missing Children's Day, the FBI launched a new version of our Child ID App built specifically for Android mobile phones. The application can be downloaded for free from the Android Apps section of Google Play.  The Child ID App, first released in August 2011 for iPhones, provides parents with an easy way to electronically store pictures and vital information about their children in case they go missing-whether it's a toddler wandering away at the mall or a teen who has been snatched by a stranger.

Should the States Set Up ObamaCare Exchanges?   May 28, 2012 09:17 am

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), state governments are expected to set up health insurance exchanges through which individuals will buy their own health insurance, in many cases with substantial subsidies.Should the states comply?  In the following point-counterpoint discussion, Linda Gorman and I give opposing answers to this important question. Leave your thoughts in the comments.

THE INTERFAITH TASKFORCE FOR AMERICA AND ISRAEL (ITAI)

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Friday, May 25, 2012

Can I say this?

 The kingdom that poisons the world.
 

May 29, 2012

  Kansas Victory: The Untold Story
 

The week of May 7^th, the Kansas legislature passed, on a near-unanimous vote, the Kansas version of ALAC (American Laws for American Courts).

According to a Fox News report, Gov. Sam Brownback signed the bill on May 21^st.

ALAC prohibits judges from applying foreign law when doing so infringes on the constitutional rights of a party to the case. This can include sharia law.

Numerous media outlets reported the legislature's vote. But here's what happened behind the scenes that didn't get reported.

  This is just ONE example of how ACT! for America is winning victories for you, your family, your community, and our nation.

How are we doing this?

What is making this possible?

The faithful financial support of our Patriot Partners and Contributing Members. The fact is, without this support we couldn't be doing what we're doing.

Recently we launched our Spring Pledge Drive, because if we're going to keep fighting and winning victories like this one in Kansas, we need the financial support of new Patriot Partners and Contributing Members.

  We also want to launch a new program, "The Thin Blue Line Project," later this year. As we've described in previous emails, this will be an online portal housing important educational and informational resources for law enforcement professionals that they're not getting in their counterterrorism training programs.

We need your support to launch this important project, keep our momentum going, and to keep winning these victories!

As our "thank you," we'll mail you Brigitte Gabriel's latest video, "The Purge: How Our Government is Stripping All References to Radical Islam from Counterterrorism Materials."

AND we'll add a bonus DVD-Jihad and the Doctrine of Abrogation.

Every citizen concerned about radical Islam and terrorism should see these videos. So should our law enforcement professionals!

And they will-if we have the resources needed to make "The Thin Blue Line Project" a reality.
 

Israel revives military option after Obama rejects its nuclear demands of Iran

Heavy ice could delay start of Shell Alaska's Arctic drilling

THE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA: CALIFORNIA'S GROWING THIRD WORLD POPULATION

By Frosty Wooldridge
May 28, 2012
NewsWithViews.com

California's growing third world population

If you visit northern California, you might think everything works well. But as soon as you reach San Francisco and travel south, you understand nothing can end up 'well' in a state morphing into third world slums.

What defines the 'third world'? In a word: illiteracy! Once entrenched, you cannot and will not solve it, change it or rearrange it. It grows like barnacles on a whale's belly, like slums in a city, like the AIDS virus.

On the Mexican border, the poorest of the poor cross the Rio Grande and set up Colonias known as 'new neighborhoods' in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The New York Times reported on them, "The Third World forms on America's southern border." They found in 1985 an estimated 500,000 Mexicans living in cardboard shacks, trailers, no water, no electricity, no roads, no sewage. In 1995, the numbers hit 1 million. The NYT estimated at the current growth, colonias would reach 20 million within 30 years.  

It means a gargantuan predicament for our country as to health, welfare, education, medical care and sustainability.

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"Polls" showing Blacks rallying to Obama's position on Gay "marriage" totally miss the point

May 29, 2012 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

In response to the major smack down Gay "marriage" got in North Carolina. Barack Obama made a hurried and clumsy announcement of support for such unions. Immediately thereafter most Black pastors reacted with strong condemnation of Obama's position. In reaction to their speaking out against Gay "marriage" Obama twisted the arm of some of the more influential pastors as he had strong armed Cory Booker for his "heresy."

To make all of this go away Public Policy Polling (PPP) a North Carolina firm that had misled Obama into thinking he was going to lose the vote the North Carolina gay "marriage" vote by a "manageable" 55% against and possibly even do better hurried, to "make things right" with a ridiculous poll of Maryland's Black voters showing a 36% swing to support Obama and Gay "marriage." 

Now we have Clarence Page the Black liberal syndicated columnist gleefully sticking his tongue out at ... Continue Reading:"Polls" showing Blacks rallying to Obama's position on Gay "marriage" totally miss the point

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American Minute May 28

May 28, 2012 06:13 pm | Coach Collins

He left Yale for four years to fight in the Revolutionary War.
After graduation, he became a lawyer and taught school in New York.
Dissatisfied with the children's spelling books, he wrote the famous Blue-Backed Speller, which sold over one hundred million copies.
After twenty-six years of work, he published the first American Dictionary of the English Language.
His name was Noah Webster, and he died MAY 28, 1843.
In his 1788 essay, "On the Education of Youth in America," printed in Webster's American Magazine, Noah Webster wrote:
"Select passages of Scripture...may be read in schools, to great advantage. In some countries the common people are not permitted to read the Bible at all. In ours, it is as common as a newspaper and in schools is read with nearly the same degree of respect."
Noah Webster continued:
"My wish is not to see the Bible excluded from schools but to ... Continue Reading:American Minute May 28

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Cowardly, pro-Obama judges a particular disgrace on this day

May 28, 2012 01:00 pm | Coach Collins

by Doug Book,  staff writer

"When men have died horrible deaths on foreign soil to protect the Constitution, can any man be forgiven when he ignores the Constitution to save his career?"  (1)

In late January, Liberty Legal Foundation lead attorney Van Irion argued before Georgia Administrative Judge Michael Malihi that Barack Obama was constitutionally ineligible to hold the office of president because he did NOT satisfy the Article II requirement of being a "natural born citizen" of the United States. Irion's argument was based on precedent derived from an 1875 Supreme Court ruling which stated:

"The Constitution does not in words say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. ... Continue Reading:Cowardly, pro-Obama judges a particular disgrace on this day

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Improvised Explosive Device Tax

Support is growing to repeal this levy on medical innovation.

'Taxmageddon' isn't only about the half-trillion-dollar blow to the economy that arrives in 2013 on the end of the Bush-Obama tax rates. Several of the Affordable Care Act's worst tax increases kick in too, such as the new excise tax on medical devices.

The 2.3% levy applies to the sale of everything from cardiac defibrillators to artificial joints to MRI scanners. The device tax is supposed to raise $28.5 billion from 2013 to 2022, and it is especially harmful because it applies to gross sales, not profits. Companies at make-or-break margins could be taxed out of existence, especially in an intensely competitive industry where four of five businesses are start-ups or midsized.

As even the liberal papoose Elizabeth Warren recently put it, the device tax "disproportionately impacts the small companies with the narrowest financial margins and the broadest innovative potential."

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Tonight on The Glenn Beck Program: Radio host and conservative commentator Dana Loesch fills in for Glenn tonight on GBTV.  She'll be joined by Lt. Governor of Wisconsin Rebecca Kleefisch to discuss the recall election. Will it set the stage for the national election? Plus, former leftwing activist turned FBI informant Brandon Darby joins Dana on set to discuss Occupy Wall Street.  Tune in at 5pm ET or on demand.

This Week on GBTV: Don't miss Glenn live on radio at 9am ET. On The Glenn Beck Program Erick Stakelbeck, author of The Terrorist Next Door, guest hosts on Wednesday at 5pm, and GBTV favorite David Barton fills in on Thursday. Friday, Glenn talks student loan debt with college students.  

Don't Miss Real News from The Blaze!
Make sure to watch Real News every weeknight live at 6pm ET (or on demand). Last week on Real News the panel discussed the polarized results of the Eygpt elections and what it means for America - WATCH.

The B.S. of A. - Thursday from 7:00-7:30pm ET
Last week Brian and the gang took a look at Bank of America, and some of the customers that have decided to stick with the bank throughout their government bailouts. It's easy, they were customers before they knew the difference between right and wrong. Watch this hilarious clip, and don't miss "The Best of 2012...So Far" on The B.S. of A. this Thursday at 7pm ET (or on demand).

The all new "Invite Friends" program!
GBTV isn't just a network, GBTV is a verb and a movement - how far this information gets is up to YOU. Glenn is very excited to launch the new "Invite Friends" program making it easy for you to share the GBTV programming with your friends and family.  

He's back! NBPP official: we're not hanging crackers 'yet'
Incredible audio has surfaced of the infamous NBPP member 'King Samir' who once called for the killing of 'cracker babies' out on a public square. Now he's back, this time the topic is (shocker) killing crackers - specifically he wants to get nooses and hang them because he hates every iota of a cracker. The most shocking part, however, is the clear indication on what he plans to do.

The Real War on Women: Hustler magazine's disturbing attack on S.E. Cupp
While the left continues to accuse the GOP of waging a "war on women," the left continues their non-stop attack on every conservative woman with a public voice. In what Glenn referred to as one of the most disturbing attacks he's seen yet, Hustler magazine published a false and doctored photo of GBTV's S.E. Cupp performing a sexual act - calling it "a parody."

Leftist Muslim & Glenn find common ground on GBTV
Tarek Fatah, a leftwing political activist in Canada, joined Glenn to discuss the threat of radical Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood. If there is one thing liberals and conservatives should be able to come together on it's the fight against radical Islamists.

The 4th Hour: The Hula Chair
In last week's edition of "As Seen on The 4th Hour" Pat and Stu tested The Hula Chair. Obviously the product is ridiculous, but the instructional manual that comes with this infomercial monstrosity is just as hilarious. Watch Stu attempt to burn his "redundant belly fat" on The Hula Chair.

Stutistics
Last week Glenn debuted 'Stutistics' - Stu brings you the information you need to stop the lies coming from this administration. Watch to get the truth about Obama's unemployment numbers as Stu breaks down how Obama is fudging the numbers.  

Obama's Memorial Day Photo-Op Blocks Families, Vets From D.C. Vietnam Memorial Wall For 7 Hours

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In the Sixteenth Year of Obama

A Scientific Romance of the Year 2024

In the sixteenth year of Obama, Marc and Julie obtained a carbon pass and set off on a light rail journey in a comfortable semi-transparent carriage traveling at a top speed of 30 kilometers per hour whose motive power came entirely from sunshine. As it was a cloudy day, the train moved slowly, often stopping for hours at a time, before sluggishly stirring into motion again, but the young couple did not mind. Obtaining a carbon pass was difficult enough that the very experience of traveling was new to them, as it was to most citizens of the USNAE or the United States of North America and Europe as the grand unified republic was known.

 

Marc and Julie had been in their mid-thirties at the dawn of the USNAE, thought by many to be the greatest achievement known to mankind, but even so its parade of accomplishments often left them awed and proud to be living in such an astounding time and age.

"Just think," Marc said. "Twenty years ago we might have made this trip in an hour, while releasing countless carbons into the aether, at a dangerous and unhealthy speed. But today as we roll slowly across the wetlands that reclaimed the polluting wheat farms that once soiled this landscape, we are a living part of the solution to the human disease that once marred the earth."

At that moment the train rattled onto the bridge connecting the mainland to the Isle of Endless Education and the young couple gasped as they saw the shining white towers of its many educational institutions shimmering in the distance.

Like most educated people, they had spent the better part of their lives at various schools, colleges and universities. Marc had only completed his basic education last year at the age of forty-two, while Julie was due to complete hers this year. Armed with these diplomas they would finally qualify for certain entry level jobs, but would need a more advanced degree for a serious career. And it was at the Isle of Endless Education that the next stage of their education would begin. Marc was not yet ready to enroll, but he had wished to begin their honeymoon by showing Julie the intellectual feast awaiting them on the isle that held the premier education facilities in the entire USNAE.
 

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


COUNTDOWN TO VICTORY: 161 DAYS TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS


Democrat Leader Bolts Over Marriage

Jo Ann Nardelli became a Republican last week, and made headlines in the process. Nardelli wasn't just any registered voter switching parties. She was a member of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee; president of the Blair County Federation of Democratic Women; vice president of the Pennsylvania State Women's Caucus; and first vice president of the State Federation of Democratic Women.

A committed Catholic, Nardelli was always pro-life and hoped to change her party from the inside. But, according to a report in the National Catholic Register, Nardelli realized she was in the wrong party when Joe Biden and Barack Obama publicly embraced same-sex "marriage."

After consulting with her priest, she made the decision to join the GOP. Like Ronald Reagan decades before her, Nardelli said, "I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The party left me." Not surprisingly, she has been barraged by phone calls from angry liberals accusing her of betraying her party and being a bigot.

From time to time, we include action items in these daily messages. But I don't think Jo Ann Nardelli needs any more phone calls. That said, I hope she gets three more -- from Mitt Romney, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell.

Values voters are a key constituency of the Republican Party, and there are more folks out there like Jo Ann Nardelli. They may not agree with the GOP on marginal tax rates, but they know marriage is between a man and a woman.


Marriage Matters

Our friends at The Weekly Standard observed that last week's debate between Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) was largely uneventful. But Barrett may have doomed his chances in the recall election when he endorsed same-sex "marriage."

In 2006, 59% of Wisconsin voters supported a constitutional amendment preserving the meaning of normal marriage. In a campaign almost entirely focused on economic issues, Barrett just highlighted the Democrat Party's extremism and gave values voters a reason to turn out in droves.


Bishops Prepare For Civil Disobedience

From June 21st to July 4th, Catholic churches across America will take part in the "Fortnight for Freedom," described as "special period of prayer, study ... and public action [to] emphasize both our Christian and American heritage of liberty." Church leaders are taking this extraordinary action in order to draw attention to "concerns over threats to religious freedom."

And the bishops are preparing to go beyond prayer and protests. Taking their inspiration from the civil rights movement, Catholic leaders are warning their congregations that civil disobedience may be next. In a bulletin prepared for nationwide distribution next month, church leaders write:

"Some unjust laws impose such injustices on individuals and organizations that disobeying the laws may be justified. Every effort must be made to repeal them. When fundamental human goods, such as the right of conscience, are at stake, we may need to witness to the truth by resisting the law and incurring its penalties. ...This is a matter of whether religious people and institutions may be forced by the government to provide [certain medical services] even when it violates our consciences."

Obama's Latest Whopper

Fearful that this election may well be a referendum on his economic record, Barack Obama wants voters to believe he is a penny pincher. Last week, he told an Iowa audience, "Federal spending since I took office has risen at the slowest pace of any president in almost 60 years." On Fox News, Charles Krauthammer labeled Obama's claim, "the whopper of the year" and "an unbelievable distortion of the truth."

To begin with, it is factually inaccurate. As the Associated Press noted, this claim is based on spending from 2010 to 2013. It completely ignores all of the massive spending in 2009, including the $830 billion stimulus bill! And there are other accounting gimmicks too. For example:

"The federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also makes Obama's record on spending look better than it was. The government spent $96 billion on the Fannie-Freddie takeovers in 2009 but only $40 billion on them in 2010. By the administration's reckoning, the $56 billion difference was a spending cut by Obama."

 
In addition, it is intellectually dishonest. Obama and his party firmly believe that government spending is the key to economic growth. That's why Obama, Reid and Pelosi rammed through the massive stimulus bill. That's why Obama constantly demands tax increases -- so he can spend more of your hard-earned money. That's why Obama and his socialist allies in Congress constantly fight GOP efforts to cut spending.

Like so many other issues, Obama is out of touch with mainstream American values when it comes to spending. A recent Gallup poll found that 46% of Americans consider themselves "economic conservatives," while just 20% say they are "economic liberals."

But Obama knows that identifying with the "tax and spend" crowd didn't work well for Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale or Michael Dukakis. So he's trying to convince voters that he is a fiscal conservative. Don't let your friends and family members fall for it!


Dishonoring Our Heroes

Chances are you have probably never heard of MSNBC host Chris Hayes. But he got his 15 minutes of fame this Memorial Day weekend for expressing his discomfort at referring our fallen soldiers as "heroes." Here's what he said:

"Why do I feel so uncomfortable about the word 'hero'? I feel uncomfortable about the word hero because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war. ...But it seems to me that we marshal this word in a way that is problematic. But maybe I'm wrong about that."

Yes, Mr. Hayes, you are wrong about that, and a whole lot more. As one conservative blogger wrote: "This is a man who over and over again has spoken with greater reverence about the 'Occupy Movement' than he did today about our fallen service members."

Hayes is a perfect example of the warped worldview that has infected the left from MoveOn.org to Code Pink, MSNBC and the DNC. It helps to explain why Mitt Romney has 24-point lead over Barack Obama among veterans.


Obama Advances The Culture Of Life

No one would have predicted it, but President Obama has created a more pro-life America. You can read more in my weekly Human Events column.
 

Today's Headlines:  Tuesday, May 29, 2012

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U.S. Bishops Prepare Catholics for Civil Disobedience: 'We May Need to Witness to the Truth by Resisting the Law'

U.N. Warns 'Door' is 'About to Close' on Halting 2-degree Celsius Rise in Global Temperature

Rubio: Political Process Has 'Not Solved One Single Major Issue' in Last 4 years

Polls on Same-Sex Marriage Not Reflected in Votes

Egypt's Brotherhood Scrambles to Broaden Support Ahead of Presidential Runoff

Gallup: Economic Conservatives Outnumber Economic Liberals 46% to 20%