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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 Treats Military Vets To Lunch...Then Leaves Without Paying the Bill
The Blaze | by Erica Ritz | Posted on June 14, 2012 at 6:58pm
Barack Obama isn't necessarily known for being fiscally responsible, but it seems he may be a bit oblivious when it comes to personal finances as well as national.
ABC explains:
Amid the bustle of President Obama's surprise stop for barbecue Wednesday the White House apparently overlooked one key detail: the bill.
Celebrating Father's Day early, the president had lunch with two service members and two local barbers at Kenny's BBQ on Capitol Hill.
As the group chatted about fatherhood, the president enjoyed a steaming plate of pork ribs with hot sauce, collard greens, red beans and rice and cornbread.
The bill for the president and his four guests was $55.58, but was left unpaid at the point of sale, according to pool reports.
Last night, Glenn focused on the importance of commitment. He was the first to admit, a lot of last night's show was something you had heard before - but it's important to start at the beginning and to make sure you know what you believe before you get put into action. And tonight, Glenn revealed ways for you to really get moving!
Tonight, the focus of the show was "Activate" - and it was all about the election and how you can make sure that one way or another - 2012 is a year for a mandate for or against the progressives. And if you think it doesn't matter just take a look at what is happening right now in Wisconsin. Progressives and unions are doing everything they can to make sure that Walker loses. It's a microcosm to what is happening around the country, and Glenn thought it was so important that he recapped it on tonight's show (in under three minutes!):
The low point of the American presidency over the past half-century wasn't Watergate, which is almost trivial compared to the corruption of the Obama administration, from treasonous leaks of classified material to the Justice Department's assault on honest elections. No, my fellow Americans, the lowest point of the presidency occurred a few months back when President Obama, caught by a microphone he didn't know was hot, told Russia's then-president, now prime-minister, Dimitry Medvedev to relay to strong-man Vladimir Putin a request for patience. Essentially, Obama said he needed time to fool the American people until the November elections then he could cut the deals that Putin wanted.
When an American president trusts Russia's leaders more than he trusts our country's voters, things in the Oval Office are rotten to a degree far beyond a bunch of clumsy burglars breaking into a campaign office. This is a betrayal that would have been unthinkable even to Bill Clinton.
Now we see the fruits of the poisonous seeds Obama planted yet again: Despite public pleas from Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, Moscow not only won't help stop the slaughter in Syria, but is now supplying the Assad regime with additional attack helicopters-perfect weapons to employ against civilian neighborhoods that have no self-defense capabilities. Unlike our own attack helicopters, which emphasize precision, Russia's helicopters, old and new, are built to maximize destruction.
Moscow backs the Assad regime for several reasons (not least, just to rub our snouts in our cowardice and impotence, thanks to President Obama's dreadful deal-making). Syria is Russia's last major Arab client-state. Syria buys more than three-quarters of its weapons from Russia's ailing arms industry. The Assad regime has provided a naval base at Tartus to Moscow, allowing Russia's rusty fleet to operate in the Mediterranean. And Russia desperately wants to preserve Iran's influence in the Middle East as a counterbalance to America's oil-state allies. So.Russia protects and supports Iran; arms and shields the Assad regime; and gives us the middle finger.
Obama's response? Nothing.
It gets worse. Even in the wake of Russia's latest rigged election and Putin's "victory," brave Russians continue to protest in the streets. And Russia's "Tea Partiers" aren't just having their say on a sunny day on the Mall: Russia's pro-democracy protesters face beatings, arrests, imprisonment, constant harassment, the loss of jobs, eviction, and denied access to education. These are courageous human beings struggling against a cynical regime with the odds stacked terribly against them.
It shouldn't be any surprise, but the presidential election is shaping up as a case study in how to manipulate the democratic process.
The media have played a huge roll, of course, by manipulating Obama's poll numbers, which seem to stay high despite numerous reports of his losing ground among various constituent groups.
Careful selection of the stories to downplay or ignore is also important. The Fast and Furious scandal, the presidential leak scandal, the almost complete ignoring of the Catholic Church's battle with the administration, the proof that President Obama was a dues-paying member of the socialist New Party, the ongoing coverup of Obama's past - the list is long and getting longer every day.
This fall, I am launching the Chester County Veterans ID & Discount Program which will provide Chester County's military veterans with a veterans photo ID when they record their military discharge with my office. I am asking businesses to support our veterans by offering a discount when they show this special ID card at the time of purchase.
If you have a business, please consider participating in this program. I have attached a link at the bottom with more information and the discountsign-up form. If you know of a business who might be interested in participating in thediscount program, please forward this email to them. It is a great opportunity to show our appreciation for our veterans who have sacrificed so much for our country. I hope you will join me!
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Rick Loughery
Recorder of Deeds
County of Chester, PA
Please click on link below for more information and the business discount application.
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.
Will the last conservative to leave WPHT please turn out the lights.
Robertson, along with co-host David Toy, Jim Seigfreid, Allen and Peggy as we confront the issues of the day with Constitutional solutions to the problems we were warned about by the Founders of this, the greatest nation to ever shine a light on the world. Our guests include some of the best and the brightest commentators and Patriots around.
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.
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MoveOn.org just sent out an email advising all their followers to call Governor Scott, because "We have just 24 hours to make sure Governor Rick Scott stops his all-out assault on Florida's Latino voters." Now, not only will Governor Scott's email inbox be full of MoveOn generated emails, his phone will be ringing off the wall with callers telling him to abandon his efforts and allow Florida's rolls to remain bloated beyond recognition.
The Department of Justice has ORDERED Florida NOT to remove non-citizens from the state's voter rolls. Yes, you read that right - and you can read more sordid details here and here.
Florida's Governor, Secretary of State, and Local Supervisors of Elections are now facing enormous pressure from the Federal government, so it is incredibly important that they hear from citizens across the country, encouraging them to stand strong.
We're asking you to join us, and patriot groups across Florida, as we work together to FLOOD the GOV with emails of support!
Every day this week, please send a short email to Florida's Governor and Secretary of State, in support of Free and Fair elections. When you write - tell personal stories. If you have witnessed voter fraud or seen issues in the polls, write about it. If you believe maintaining accurate voter rolls should be a priority, let them know. Always be cordial and polite - remember the media will be watching.
Because of Florida's "sunshine laws" on transparency, all elected officials' emails are public documents, so the MEDIA monitors these emails. Yes, the same media folk who are busily spinning a false narrative about Florida, demonizing them for daring to uphold election integrity and trying to sway public opinion against the state. These spinsters are closely monitoring the Governor's emails, along with the emails of the Secretary of State and Supervisors of Elections, to guage public response is. Special interests and vote fraud deniers will be out in droves; we need to FLOOD the GOVernment with emails that offset the deluge of email being sent by these groups.
The State of Florida must respond to the Department of Justice by tomorrow. Time is of the essence. If you believe having 180,000 non-citizens on Florida's voter rolls is unacceptable, then take 5 minutes to both email and call Governor Scott and let him know you stand with Florida, in their effort to uphold election integrity.
Our goal is for thousands of emails to reach the inboxes of Governor Scott and Secretary Detzner, supporting Florida and encouraging them to stand strong against the Feds.
Fellow patriots, there is a battle raging over our electoral process and the sanctity of our vote; the victor wins our country. Do not sit on the sidelines. Please email and call Governor Scott now.
FLOOD THE GOVernment -- send emails every day -- do not remain silent!
If our elections are not truly fair, we are not truly free....
RJC Philadelphia Chapter
Breakfast with Tom Smith -
GOP Candidate for U.S. Senate
Monday, June 25
Tom Smith's background is a common one in Pennsylvania and across the country, but one that is all too rare in the United States Senate-which may explain a great deal about how our country came to this point in our history.
Tom still lives on the farm in Armstrong County where he grew up. After graduating from Elderton High School in 1965, he postponed college to help his father tend that farm and supplemented his income by driving a school bus. Before too long, Tom had married his high school sweetheart, Saundy, started a family, and went to work in a local surface coal mine.
In 1989, Tom entered the coal business himself, mortgaging everything he had in the hope that he could build a better life for himself and his family. He succeeded, building a series of companies in a highly regulated industry through some tough economic times. When he sold the companies in 2010, they were mining more than a million tons of coal a year and employed over one-hundred people.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7-8:30 PM Location: National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
"Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about allowing people to catch up." (Marco Rubio)
There are very few politicians that have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. At age forty-one there is huge interest in and speculation about his political future. Will he be tapped by Mitt Romney to be his running mate? Will he run for President in 2016?
His story is detailed in his new book 'An American Son." Rubio is the son of parents who fled Cuba in the 1950's. Using the work ethic and tenacity instilled in him by his parents and grandfather, Rubio earned a law degree. As a young attorney he ran for the West Miami City Commission, a role that led to the Florida House of Representatives. In just six years he rose to Speaker of the House and became a leading advocate for free enterprise, better schools, limited government, and a fairer, simpler tax system. He found that he could connect with people across party lines while still upholding conservative values.
His U.S. Senate campaign started as an extreme long shot againstFlorida's popular incumbent governor, Charlie Crist. Rubio traveled the state with his message of empowerment and optimism. He upset Crist in both the primary and a dramatic three-way general election, after Crist quit the GOP to run as an independent.
Now Rubio speaks on the national stage about the challenges we face and the better future that's possible if we return to our founding principles. As he puts it , "Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about allowing people to catch up."
In that vision, as in his family's story, Rubio proves that the American Dream is still alive for those who pursue it.
Tickets are $25.00 and include a hard cover copy of his brand new book 'An American Son."
Let's get together and talk about our next steps as we get ready to take out Barack Obama and Bob Casey this Fall! After a very well attended Get Out The Vote training day in Bucks County in early June, we are now ready to put into practice all the tools we learned from FreedomWorks.
We all came together back in 2009 because we were outraged by the election of Barack Obama, the passage of Obamacare and the direction of our country financially and ideologically. The time has come, perhaps our last chance to truly make a stance, for us to unite and work to defeat the progressive agenda which has already infiltrated us so deeply. The first step towards a big win in November starts now! So, we, at The Kitchen Table Patriots, urge you to come out to make a difference, we can plug you in where you are needed.
This is where you can make a difference that really matters!
Cost: ................ Free (buy your own drink downstairs)
Where: ............. The Loyal Order of the Moose
127 East State Street, Doylestown, PA 18901
School Choice is Back
Please call your legislators today
and ask them to vote YES on HB 2468
Jan Murphy, Harrisburg Patriot-News
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
While plans for school vouchers remain mired in the General Assembly, some lawmakers are supporting a new idea to help kids in failing schools. Rep. Jim Christiana, R-Beaver, is introducing a bill that would create a $100 million tax credit program aimed at children in poor-performing schools. The bill to create the new Educational Improvement Scholarship Credit will be introduced today in the House of Representatives. The program would try to build on the state's $75 million Educational Improvement Tax Credit program. That program grants tax credit to companies that donate to preschool and K-12 scholarships to students or to innovative public education programs. Tax credits for this program typically are spoken for in a matter of days after they become available. The new tax credit program would be limited to companies donating to organizations that provide scholarships to students in the state's worst-performing schools. In Christiana's plan as well as the existing EITC program, businesses donating to scholarship organizations could cut their state taxes by up to 90 cents on every dollar donated to education. The goal of Christiana's plan is to generate enough money to provide an escape for 30,000 low- and middle-income students in failing public schools. His plan would provide scholarships of up to $8,500 for a regular education student and up to $15,000 for a special-needs student. "I think it is a very attractive program to those that want to help these kids get out of the violent underperforming schools," Christiana said. Support for a new education tax credit is evolving among House Republican leaders. "I think it's definitely something we should do," said House Majority Whip Stan Saylor, R-York.
Privatization of Liquor Stores
The time has come, once and for all, to give Pennsylvanians the freedom to choose their own wine and spirits -- without the government's monopoly of mediocrity. Government in the booze business has always been a lose business. Let's give our legislators a final push to let them know the time is now to get government out of the booze business! Currently, this issue is stalled in the House of Representatives so your phone calls, emails and faxes can have a positive effect in getting this to a vote before the Legislators leave Harrisburg for the Summer.
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
U.N. Me Official Theatrical Trailer
U.N. Me will launch June 1st in select theaters and nationwide through video on demand!
For more info: facebook.com/unmemovie www.theunmovie.com
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
The U.S. Constitution
A Reader
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.
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.
Tonight, Sunday June 3rd, CUFI Founder and Chairman, Pastor John Hagee, will be announcing an exciting new CUFI initiative. You can click here to watch it live at 7:30 PM Eastern (6:30 PM Central, 5:30 PM Mountain, 4:30 PM Pacific). This link will not be live until 7:30 PM Eastern (6:30 PM Central, 5:30 PM Mountain, 4:30 PM Pacific) tonight.
Tonight, Pastor Hagee will be announcing the creation of the Israel Defense Fund. This emergency fund will enable CUFI to meet the major challenges we anticipate in the coming months.
CUFI has accomplished great things for Israel. But the times in which we live demand that we do even more -- and do so now!
We need to do more to defend Israel in the public square and in the media. The Israel Defense Fund will enable us to purchase more pro-Israel billboards across America as well as full-page newspaper ads as circumstances demand.
We need to do more to defend Israel on our college campuses. The Israel Defense Fund will enable us to train even more students and hold even more pro-Israel events on campuses across the country.
We need to do more to defend Israel before our leaders. The Israel Defense Fund will enable us to be more active than ever in educating our nation's leaders about the justice of Israel's cause.
Even if you can't watch the broadcast, don't miss out on the opportunity to be part of the Israel Defense Fund! Click here now to contribute.
We will not be silent. Together, we will do more than ever to stand up and speak up for Israel.
May God Bless You and Those that You Love,
David Brog Executive Director CUFI
FREE Training Conference
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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Friday 10-11pm "Veterans' Weekly Forum" - Rich Davis and David Bellavia
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.
Many Americans proudly hang the Stars and Stripes on June 14 to celebrate Flag Day. On that day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress formally adopted the emblem under which generations of Americans have lived, fought and died. More than any other flag in the world, it symbolizes freedom and celebrates the optimism of our Founding Fathers.
Yet today we have voices suggesting that America's best days are behind her. The experiment, they insist, is over.
"The American dream is a myth," writes Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, in a recent op-ed. A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows that nearly six in 10 think that the next generation won't live better than their parents do today.
Such pessimism, however, is unwarranted. More importantly, it's counter-productive. Even if things were as bad as some people suggest, there is a solution, as Ed Feulner, president of The Heritage Foundation reminds us in his weekly column:
Negative thoughts like this are nothing new. It stands to reason that tough economic times will breed pessimism. Sometimes, though, we need to remind ourselves of the principles this country was founded on, and reconnect with the genius that created the United States of America, the only country founded not on identity, but on ideas.
Feulner, in fact, has just written a book designed to do just that. Co-authored with Heritage trustee Brian Tracy, "The American Spirit: Celebrating the Virtues and Values That Make Us Great" is a wake-up call for those who may find themselves discouraged by the challenges we face as a nation at this critical moment in history.
Why would such a book be necessary? As Brian explains in the introduction: "Today, millions of Americans are not clear about why the United States is the greatest country on earth and in all human history." They know they're free. But they may have never reflected on why their nation is unique -- not only in the world right now, but in human history.
As Feulner writes:
"Consider the phrase 'the American Dream.' The words themselves reveal something extraordinary. In all the history of man, there has been only one country with the word 'dream' attached to it. There is no French Dream or Russian Dream or Chinese Dream. There is only the American Dream, to which people worldwide aspire and have aspired since our founding. From 194 countries, people have come to America to pursue this dream.
"In America, people care very much who you are. They care little about your background. In America, you can start from anywhere, with or without benefits and advantages from your family, and make your own way and your own life. At any time, you can decide to change and do something completely different. Your life is yours to chart.
"In my opinion, this freedom to define your own destiny ultimately derives from the Judeo-Christian tradition. God created us in His own image, and just as God is free, so we are meant for freedom."
The question, then, is what the relationship of government should be to man. Is man there to serve the government? No. In America, it is very much the other way around -- despite the many attempts by liberals to change that relationship throughout our history.
Feulner continues:
"Government's purpose is not to impose some elite-inspired vision of the good society on the rest of us, but to empower men and women to use their God-given freedom as they choose.
"This opportunity has its roots in our extraordinary founding in 1776. Having such freedom is more the exception than the rule throughout much of human history. The republican form of government had mostly been consigned to the history books since the fall of Rome. Monarchies had ruled the leading powers of the world for centuries.
"By choosing a republic, where the governed control the government -- not the other way around -- the Founding Fathers displayed faith in the individual's ability to know better than any elected or appointed official what is best for himself and his family. That's why they created a Constitution that protects our God-given rights from government. The government does not grant those rights to us as citizens."
It's all too easy, in the face of so many difficult problems, to throw up our hands in despair. One look at our flag, however, watered by the blood and sweat of patriots for more than 200 years, ought to cure that temptation. As Feulner's book reminds us, the American Spirit is alive and well, provided we're willing to believe in it and do our part to nurture our irreplaceable birthright of freedom.
Joining Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and others, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) yesterday called on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over the Fast and Furious scandal.
Fathering Requires Real Men Who Support Their Families
"The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families... In vain are Schools, Academies, and Universities instituted, if loose principles and licentious habits are impressed upon children in their earliest years... The vices and examples of the parents cannot be concealed from the children. How is it possible that children can have any just sense of the Sacred Obligations of Morality or Religion if, from their earliest Infancy, they learn their mothers live in habitual infidelity to their fathers, and their fathers in as constant infidelity to their mothers?" --John Adams 1778
When I think "father," the word first invokes my relationship with the person who irrevocably shaped my own life. My Dad was always there for my siblings and me, and he was always a devoted husband to my Mom. He was and remains a real man, a man's man in every sense of the word.
Yeah, he was also a type "A" fighter pilot -- and of the most aggressive breed, a Naval Aviator. Being as I inherited that "A" gene, it's remarkable that Dad has survived into his 90th year, given all the head-butting KOs we traded when I was a teenager. Fact is, I left home when I was 14 because our town was not big enough for the two of us -- and he was not leaving.
When recalling my early trials with my father, I'm reminded of a great quote attributed to Mark Twain: "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
Like Twain, it took me a few years to figure out that my old man was a good father and a good mentor to boot. Today, I'm so grateful for the steadfast example he set, and the love we share for each other.
"Father" next evokes my relationship with my heavenly Father, my Creator. That relationship has also experienced great trials, but He has stood by me through all my trials and tribulations.
Of course, "father" also evokes thoughts about my relationship with our children, and that is precious beyond words -- a greater gift I could not imagine. Thank goodness I haven't repeated some of the mistakes my old man made with me, but I've certainly created some "new and improved" mistakes with my kids. I hope in due time they can summon the grace and grant the forgiveness that I've asked for those errors.
Finally, the word "father" evokes the heritage bequeathed to us by our forefathers and our Founding Fathers.
These four contexts for "father" -- God the Father, my own earthly father, my role as father to my children, and the legacy of our forefathers -- combine to create a rich and abiding sense of what fatherhood means, what it should look and feel like in heart and practice.
But for tens of millions of Americans from broken homes, the consequences of failed fatherhood are the enormous obstacles their children must endeavor to overcome in relationships with their Creator, with their own spouses and children, and in their ability to honor their forefathers' legacy.
Understanding the critical role fathers play in the welfare of the family as the fundamental building block of society has been understood throughout the history of man. In 295 B.C., Mencius wrote, "The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head."
Nowhere are those consequences more evident than when fatherless children, in their relentless pursuit of approval never provided by their own father, become overachievers and ascend to positions of power. The pages of 20th-century history are rife with the terrible misdeeds of those who were raised without fathers, or with abusive or ineffectual fathers: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and many others of lesser infamy.
Among those who have ascended from broken homes to positions of political power in our own nation, there is a distinctive Pathology of the Left associated with their insatiable quest for approval and power, and their resulting advocacy for a platform of socialist statism upon which to build their throne. The most notable examples in recent history are Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy and, of course, Barack Hussein Obama, who is a textbook case study of narcissism. The political, social, cultural and economic damage that these men have done in their warped search for power is considerable.
There isn't much we can do for those whose sense of self has been irrevocably imprinted by the lack of a functional father, but there is plenty we can do to ensure the next generation is burdened with fewer of them.
If Essential Liberty is ever to be restored, then the place to start is within our families, and most particularly with fathers.
Our Founding Fathers understood that the Republic depends upon the proper establishment and conduct of the family. James Wilson wrote, "[T]hat important and respectable, though small and sometimes neglected establishment, which is denominated a family ... it is that seminary, on which the commonwealth ... must ultimately depend. ... It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for their usefulness, their respectability and happiness."
That duty begins with fathers.
Effective fathering requires real men, and there are plenty of them out there. But sometimes even the most well-intentioned fathers need some help. For that reason, I want to share with you, our Patriot readers, one of the best resources available for dads.
Tony Dungy, the former professional football player who coached the Indianapolis Colts to their 2007 Super Bowl victory, has devoted much of his post-football years to coaching fathers.
Tony Dungy
"In football," Dungy says, "you win with fundamentals. In fatherhood, it's the same way. An NFL player becomes an All-Pro by relentlessly focusing on the fundamentals and executing them with sheer determination. The same is true to become an All Pro Dad."
Dungy backs the All Pro Dad fatherhood mentoring organization headed by Mark Merrill. They produce an outstanding resource, a daily e-mail for Dads called the "Play of the Day." If you're a father of young children, I highly recommend you click here for this great resource, and spread the word to other fathers. It's a quick read, and I guarantee fathers will find something in every edition that will improve their relationships with their children.
Patriot fathers, if you want to extend the Legacy of Liberty to the next generation, start in your own home.
On this Father's Day, let us pay tribute to the irreplaceable and inseparable institutions of marriage and fatherhood -- and the importance of a father's love, discipline, provision and protection for his family. Every day of the year, let those of us who are fathers encourage other fathers to be accountable for their marriages and children. Let us seek to mentor the fatherless by volunteering leadership through our places of worship, youth groups, scouting, coaching, tutoring, or working through inner-city ministries with high-risk kids, to name just a few.
Above all, the greatest inheritance I hope to leave my children is not material, but spiritual. "I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth." (3 John 1:4)
In the words of the Father of our Nation, George Washington, "May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy." (1790)
On behalf of your Patriot Staff, I wish you a rewarding and reflective Father's Day.
(For additional resources on fatherhood and parenting, visit First Things First, an outstanding organization under the leadership of my friend Julie Baumgardner. There are other very good national fathering resources at the National Center for Fathering and the National Fatherhood Initiative. For additional faith and family recourses, visit James Dobson's great resources and my colleague Jim Lee's Living Free Ministries.)
Pro Deo et Constitutione - Libertas aut Mors Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis
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.
A few weeks back I found myself at the scene of the crime... campaigning in Wisconsin with Governor Walker. One thing was abundantly clear, and if you spent any time helping out Governor Walker in his campaign, you can attest to this - The radical left has taken over the Democrat Party.
Last Tuesday in Wisconsin, the silent majority was very loud. Call it the Cheesehead Rebellion. I suppose you could say that the people have spoken, but the truth is they spoke a year and half ago and this entire recall election was nothing more than a case of sour grapes from the radical left that has taken over the once proud Democrat Party. Let's remember what happened here. The hard left launched this recall because Scott Walker had the audacity to act in the best interests of the people of Wisconsin.
It's another day in the Senate, and another radical Obama nominee is confirmed.
Last August, flustered by Jim DeMint's Senate hold, Obama used a recess appointment to name Maria del Carmen Aponte ambassador to El Salvador. She was originally selected as ambassador to the Domincan Republic during the Clinton administration, but she withdrew her name after refusing to take a polygraph test concerning her relationship with Cuban spy, Roberto Tamayo. Nonetheless, radical rejects of the Clinton administration are the very people whom Obama loves to recycle.
With the events of Wisconsin still fresh in our minds, and the cost of public sector unions at the center of state budget debates, it's easy to overlook how devastating big labor can be on the American worker as well as the companies that employ them.
For an example, look no further than American Airlines (AA). AA remained a profitable company in an industry full of bankruptcies for decades, finally succumbing to the increasingly unsustainable union costs and being forced into bankruptcy in 2011. The situation is eerily similar to the auto industry woes as the bill came in on cushy pensions & mandatory wage increases in 2008.
Here's a novel idea: let's stop subsidizing Big Sugar. Maybe if the government wouldn't intervene in the agriculture sector, inducing sharp increases in the price of commodities, many of the 46 million people on food stamps would be able to afford food.
Then again, why would liberal politicians abrogate their source of political power? They stand to benefit from subsidizing rich sugar farmers and keeping 15% of the country dependent upon the government for food. The calculus of socialism dictates that a permanent dependency constituency + special interest money = perennial power.
Perpetual Peace: Accepting the Yoke Without a Struggle Daren Jonescu The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) has released its 2012 Global Peace Index (GPI), and Americans can breathe a sigh of relief: America is now the 88th-most peaceful nation on Earth, just ahead of the 89th-ranked People's Republic of China. More
Secrets Revealed Nick Chase Every time the Obama administration budges on Barack Obama's birth certificate, more evidence arises that the document is a forgery. More
Political Fallacies Jim Yardley It might be a good idea for all of us to immediately question the intellectual endowment and educational credentials of any politician who speaks about empowering us. More
National Road Responsibilities J. Bradley Jansen This month, politicians patted themselves on the back during the unveiling of the National Road Monument in western Maryland. But what does the National Road really stand for? More
Virginia Is Sinking Charles Battig Warmists say the sea level is rising due to global warming, but ignore the geological subsidence of Chesapeake Bay, causing the shore to sink relative to the sea level. More
Save the children June 15, 2012 Child graduates of a kindergarten in Gaza run by Islamic Jihad dressed up in military uniforms, waved toy rifles in the air and chanted anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slogans at their recent graduation ceremony, all with the active encouragement of their... More
Obama White House admits rampant egotism led to mistake June 14, 2012 The Obama administration has confessed to allowing President Obama's colossal ego to create a fiasco. Well, not directly, but that is the only logical explanation for some very quiet changes just implemented More
Quote the great free marketeer Claude Frederic Bastiat on his birthday (June 30):
"Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty and his property."
In my post over the weekend about the folly of pushing for a special prosecutor on the Obama administration's intelligence leaks to the New York Times, I argued that holding the president politically accountable is far more important than indicting the leakers; therefore, Congress should do its job and shine intense light on this scandal rather than abdicate to a criminal investigation - ultimately supervised by Obama and his attorney general - which would simply bury it. Among the points I made was that the criminal case is probably a loser anyway:
Maybe its me. Maybe I'm just getting old. But it seems to me that the current occupant of the Oval Office is trying to cussed hard to show his "warrior" colors.
It seems every time we turn around these days there is another report on how Obama is killing US enemies. There is something just plain unseemly about all the media attention focused on the Commander-in-Chief's war fighting activities.
One of the ways to cut the big-spending binge engaged in by the federal government is to terminate the racket of college loans. It's counterproductive, discriminatory, and a bad investment for both taxpayers and students.
College-loan debt has soared to nearly a trillion dollars, more than credit-card debt or auto-loan debt. Financial commentators are beginning to compare college-loan debt to the housing bubble that nearly brought down the banking system in 2008.
A stealth effort is underway to convince conservatives the United Nations Law of the Sea treaty is needed to protect the very thing the Reagan Administration believed it wouldn't-American sovereignty.
In a U.S. operation dubbed "Dark Angel," local and federal law enforcement officers on May 30 arrested 20 individuals involved in methamphetamine trafficking across five states. Authorities confirmed that the leader of the trafficking network, Armando Mendoza-Haro, has links to Mexico, where the methamphetamine was likely produced.
Eurozone countries on June 9 agreed to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) to stabilize the Spanish banking system. Because the bailout dealt with Spain's financial sector directly rather than involving the country's sovereign debt, Madrid did not face the kind of demands for more onerous austerity measures in exchange for the loan that have led to political instability in countries such as Greece.
Japan's corporate tax rate reduction on April 1, 2012 left America with the highest corporate income tax rate in the industrialized world.[1] Effective taxes are also high by international standards.[2] Because state corporate income taxes are levied in addition to this high federal tax, state tax systems are not competitive internationally even if the state system by itself is reasonable. Every state corporate income tax, when combined with the federal corporate income tax, is higher than France, Germany, the UK, and other countries.[3]
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it was filing a lawsuit against Florida over the state's push to clean its voter roles of dead and foreign voters. The move comes on the heels of Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, scheduling a vote by his panel on June 20th aimed at holding U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents in the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal.
Although several months has passed, we bring to memory the life of David Littman as written by Henrik R. Clausen with EuropeNews, and H/T to Gates of Vienna Henrik R. Clausen: It's been less than five years since I first met the great Jewish intellectual David Littman, and it is with great sorrow I now hear that I shall never again enjoy his elegant academic style, razor-sharp criticism of the moral decay of the United Nations, of the dhimmification of Western authorities, nor his loving words to his wife and lifetime ally, Gisèle Littman, not to mention his eloquent and purposeful quoting of Shakespeare.
June has been a banner month for Muslim lawsuits against the NYPD. First "Muslim Advocates" filed a lawsuit against the NYPD on behalf of some New Jersey Muslims attending mosques that the NYPD had assessed as a potential terrorism risk. The "Muslim Advocates", like every other Muslim "civil rights" group, has a history of covering up and defending terrorism.
The Southern Poverty Law Center ('SPLC') newly released June "Intelligence Report" titled "30 New Activists Heading Up the Radical Right" is another attempt by the Left to silence those who seek to educate the public on the Islamist threat. While this report purports to describe persons who are so-called dangerous members of the "radical right," it is a misleading work product. Specifically, this report lumps together respectable critics of Radical Islam, including World Net Daily Publisher Joseph Farah, founder and president of the American Center for Security Policy Frank Gaffney, blogger and activist Pamela Geller, writer Cliff Kincaid, and attorney David Yerushalmi, in with bigoted members of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and the New Black Panthers.
State sales taxes went up in the past few years, continuing a long-term trend. First adopted in the 1930s during the Great Depression as property tax collections plummeted, sales taxes have seen their base erode over time. Except in a few states, sales taxes generally apply to goods and not services, and often exclude even a significant number of goods (groceries, clothing, medicine, gasoline, sales tax holidays, etc.). So while the tax is important to states because they raise about a third of their revenue from it, Professor John Mikesell has found that sales tax base breadth has declined from 55 percent of personal income in 1970 to just 35 percent today. [1]
The Investigative Project on Terrorism Word is that former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton's career as an NBC special correspondent isn't going terribly well. Labeled the "Dork Diva" by one media blog, network officials complain about everything from her refusal to discuss growing up in the Clinton White House to what they consider her lack of story production (just a handful since starting there last year). "What's she giving us?" one NBC executive asked skeptically.
What should be done with elderly Americans when they become very seriously ill? Should we try to save their lives or should we just let them die? Unfortunately, there is a growing consensus among the "intellectual elite" that most elderly people are not going to have a high enough "quality of life" to justify the expense of costly life saving procedures. This philosophy is now being promoted very heavily through mainstream news outlets, in our television shows and in big Hollywood movies. The elite are attempting to convince us that killing off our sick grandparents is cool and trendy.
June 14, 2012 The latest demand Business owner in no-win situation
What would happen to a business owner who failed to institute a safety policy and an employee was injured as a result? Asked another way, how quickly would a lawsuit be filed?
Muslim employees at a Minnesota business have gone to CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) asking for help in their opposition to just such a safety-inspired policy. (See the KSMP-TV story below.)
They claim the policy infringes on their beliefs.
But what if one of them got injured if the owner did NOT institute the safety policy? They would sue the owner!
A few years ago Muslim organizations in the UK protested a policy that required surgical staff to thoroughly sterilize up to their elbows. They protested because they said it required Muslim women to expose their arms.
The policy was rescinded. Accommodating unreasonable Muslim demands trumped sound public health policies, putting patients at risk.
Now these Minnesota Muslim employees are demanding that the business owner be put in an impossible situation-rescind the safety requirement and risk being sued if someone is injured, or keep the requirement and get slapped with a discrimination lawsuit.
More than 30 Somali employees walked out in protest of dress code changes at a privately-owned business in Le Center, Minn.
The former employees of Dianne's Fine Desserts claim a new uniform policy was instituted to force them off the job because of their Islamic beliefs.
The owner of the bakery, Mike Knowles, told the Faribault Daily News a woman's long dress recently got caught in a boot washer and the new guidelines were instated over safety concerns.
Knowles, who bought the business just 11 days before the accident, said the company leaders went out of their way to try to work with the Somali Community. Originally, they had recommended knee-high skirts but later agreed to boot-high or mid-calf skirts before making the policy public at a meeting on Friday.
On Monday, many devout women reported back to work in their full-length attire, saying the new dress code conflicts with their religious beliefs. They were then given the option adjust their skirt lengths or leave.
Eleven women walked out and were joined by about 20 Somali men.
The workers have asked the Council on American-Islamic Relations to intercede, and CAIR has previously helped 25 Muslim employees who were terminated in December 2010.
At the time, the business was called Dianne's Gourmet Desserts and was under a different owner who fired the employees after the break schedule was altered into conflict with employees' prayer schedule, but employees prayed anyway. A complaint was forwarded to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the workers were reinstated.
The walk-off has also been brought to the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union.
YOU DID IT! Venue Cancels Radical Islamic Conference
On Thursday, June 7, we sent out a special e-mail alert asking you to contact The Meadows Club of Rolling Meadows, Illinois about their hosting of a conference by the jihadist group named Hizb ut-Tahrir (HUT). The venue was flooded by emails and phone calls, and it didn't take long before they decided to cancel the event. A few days later Hizb ut-Tahrir's website announced that they had found another venue that would remain secret until closer to the conference date, which is this Sunday, June 17. Stay alert and stay tuned! We can do this again!
'Pious' Salafist Caught Red-Handed in Sex Scandal
Sheikh Ali Wanis, an Egyptian parliament member and prominent figure in the Nour Party-the Salafi party which preaches a return to Islam's earliest practices based on Muhammad's practices-was recently caught in a "compromising position" with a female other than his legal spouse(s).
Built on a Foundation of Lies: The Real Story Behind the Murfreesboro Mosque
Eric Allen Bell's expose: "He used the word "cute" every time he gushed about how much he adored the little town of Murfreesboro, Tennessee and manufactured a warm fuzzy smile every time I looked at him. At that time I did not know that Dr. Essam Fathy, who was in charge of the mosque's construction was lying to me about everything ... "
Expert: America May Never Recover From an EMP Attack
Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, Executive Director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security for the Congressional Caucus on EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse), talks with RadicalIslam.org's National Security Anaylst Ryan Mauro about what an EMP attack would mean to America and who possesses these weapons.
Conservative Wisconsin native and former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser is a devout Muslim and a patriot. Jasser offers non-Muslims a definitive comprehension of the difference between Islam and the spiritual cancer known as Islamism, or political Islam, and how violence and extremism run counter to Islam's true teachings. To buy the book, click here
CAIR pressure tactics at work throughout government. The DOJ and the FBI are revising their counterterrorism training material to remove "inaccurate and biased information" at the direction of AG Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller.
The Obama White House has continually leaked national security classified information, causing death and destruction. These self-congratulatory leaks establish how very little the President has to be proud of on foreign policy.
An Afghan police officer accused of killing two Marines and wounding four others during an attack last year in Helmand province told investigators he was motivated by "God's will," according to a report outlining the incident.
If Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood candidate for president Mohammed Mursi wins, Egypt's capital moves from Cairo to Jerusalem. Doesn't that sound like a new caliphate is taking shape with a proposed capital in Jerusalem? It does to us too.
EDWARD CLINE "The goal of war is the subjugation of the hostile will, which echoes Carl von Clausewitz's identification that war is 'an act of force to compel the enemy to do our will.'" Is this how we fight our wars today or is the enemy compelling us to their will?
An asset is in jail and another had his cover blown by White House leaks. This is not a game; it is a deadly serious national security interest, and the adults in Washington are rightly furious. But will we ever know who leaked?
Why not just fulfill the promises of politicians ever since FDR and LBJ and go whole hog and make both SS and Medicare 'true' trust funds, off-budget and fully vested for each and every American worker?
Obama's "re-set" with Putin paralyzes the U.S.-and murders others - while his White House leaks intelligence documents to portray Obama as a strategic genius. Exactly how dangerous are his policies vis-à-vis Russia?
Arizona already is gearing up to enforce its strict immigration law as it anticipates a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court sometime this month, with Gov. Jan Brewer issuing an executive order Monday telling police to bone up on the details of the law.
Suppose that there was a country where Muslims were being massacred every month and mosques and imams were being targeted and destroyed. Could anyone imagine the Obama Administration choosing to remain silent in the face of such atrocities?
Putin to Visit Israel. Not Obama.
Jonathan S. Tobin 06.12.2012
Jewish Democrats have been imploring President Obama to visit Israel to no avail ever since he was elected. But while the president has conspicuously avoided Israel during his foreign trips even when visiting the Middle East, the authoritarian running a far less friendly country has no scruples about coming to the Jewish state. The Times of Israel reports today that Vladimir Putin, who recently returned to the presidency of the Russian Federation after slumming for a few years in the prime minister's office, will be heading to Israel later this month.
Putin will meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem and dedicate a monument in Netanya to soldiers of the Red Army who were killed during World War II. He will also visit the Palestinian territories and Jordan. The visit will be Putin's second to Israel as the leader of Russia (he previously visited in 2005) and puts President Obama's refusal to go to Israel in an interesting light. Even though the president has embarked on a year-long Jewish charm offensive motivated by his desire to hold onto the Jewish vote this November, his decision not to try and win Israeli hearts and minds by coming to their country is curious, especially because it would be to his political advantage to do so.
A few days ago, security guards were patrolling the streets near Rome's Jewish school with metal detectors, searching for possible explosive devices. Rome's largest synagogue, one of the oldest in the world, today looks like a military outpost, with private guards and policemen at every corner. The Jewish school is also a "sterilized area," protected by bodyguards and cameras, the windows plumbed with iron grates. I saw the same in the Jewish homes of Hebron and in the schools of Sderot, the Israeli city bombed by Hamas.
The March attack at a Jewish school in Toulouse, which resembled that of Itamar (when an Israeli father, mother and three children were slaughtered in their beds by a Palestinian commando), triggered "an explosion" of anti-Semitic attacks across France. According with the Service de Protection de la Communauté Juive, more than 90 anti-Semitic incidents took place in France only in the 10 days that followed the shooting, which left four people dead. In total, 148 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded in March and April. It's an anti-Semithic pandemonium totally silenced by the European media.
Anti-Semitism raises again its head in estern Europe. During the Holocaust, Europe dispatched its Jews to the gas chambers. Seventy years later, in the welfarist, multicultural and semi-Islamicized Europe, Jews have again come under attack. Enclaves of ultra-Orthodox Jews will likely survive in the main cities, but Jewish life as such has no future in Europe.
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June has been a banner month for Muslim lawsuits against the NYPD. First "Muslim Advocates" filed a lawsuit against the NYPD on behalf of some New Jersey Muslims attending mosques that the NYPD had assessed as a potential terrorism risk. The "Muslim Advocates", like every other Muslim "civil rights" group, has a history of covering up and defending terrorism.
The media is full of sympathetic interviews with Muslims, who are baffled as to why the NYPD might be surveiling mosques and Imams. Farhoud Khera, the head of Muslim Advocates, complains, "There was explicit reference to the fact that they weren't targeting Syrian Jews or Iranian Jews or Egyptian Christians, but really, the focus was on Muslims."
The extensive Coptic Christian and Persian Jewish terrorism sprees aside, the goal here is to get the NYPD to play the same "Three Blind Monkeys" game that Federal law enforcement has taken up. And the only answer is the TSAization of the NYPD, as the last remaining counterterrorism force will prove that it isn't singling out Muslims, by surveiling Methodist churches and Chassidic synagogues for signs of terrorist sympathies.
Less notable, but in some ways more significant, Farhan Doe, a Muslim rejected by the NYPD because he said gays should be imprisoned, has sued the police for rejecting him because of his views. Farhan Doe isn't alone in believing that, but unlike non-Muslim applicants, he comes out of a cultural and religious background in which imprisoning people because they offend your morals is the duty of law enforcement.
Farhan's, (predictably, Jewish), lawyer says that his client has the right to believe whatever he pleases, and he has a point. But the question is with enough Farhans in the political, judicial and enforcement arms, how long will the rest of us have that right?
Tolerating people who will not tolerate you is fine, so long as they draw the line between ideas and action. The NYPD isn't surveilling New Jersey mosques because there are some bigots in blue who dislike immigrants, as the Associated Press, the American Civil Liberties Union and the whole lawyer-media complex would like you to believe. It's doing it because New York City's biggest serial killers and aspiring serial killers are Muslims who kill in the name of their ideas.
Their biggest idea is that Allah had sent Mohammed to make Islam "victorious over all religions, even though the infidels may resist." (Koran 61:9) And when the infidels resist, that's when you kill their soldiers, sue their police officers, and blow up a few buildings. Then you complain to the media that the infidels are persecuting you by spying on the mosques where the "Big Idea" is declaimed to the faithful and refusing to allow you to join the police force just because you think that Islamic law supersedes American law.
America's Greece By Ben Shapiro California is dying. Even Democrats recognize it, which is why they're trying European-style, tepid austerity measures. We can look at the Golden State and see a domestic Greece at hand. A few more states like it and there won't be anyone left to pay the freight.
He's the liberal voter who could not contain his dispair after Gov. Walker won last week's recall election. This week, the whiny Wisconsin man is calling and ranting on talk radio. Listen to one very testy radio call from the cryer HERE.
During a discussion of the security leaks from the Obama White House, Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin and Fox News contributor Juan Williams traded verbal shots. Watch the segment HERE.
For the second time in two years, our Secretary of Defense has issued a stern warning to members of Congress regarding the potential of a cyber attack that could cripple the country. Watch Leon Panetta's latest testimony HERE.
Late Wednesday night, the Twitterverse was ablaze with speculation about a strange, UFO-type aircraft being transported along the Beltway around Washington. Police say that it wasn't a UFO, but a military drone. We wonder why the Air Force just didn't fly it to the base where it was being shipped? See the pics of the ominous-looking drone HERE.
Five years ago the world was introduced to a music video featuring Amber Lee Ettinger, the woman who will forever be known as "Obama Girl." The clip became a viral sensation on the web and generated tens of millions of hits on YouTube. Earlier this week, the Obama Girl announced that she's soured on the President. Watch her appearance on Sean Hannity's show HERE.
In just 3 days, voters in Europe will decide the fate of the Euro and with it, the global economy. Ahead of that historic decision, the E.U.'s executive body has announced plans for more oversight and stricter financial ties between the Eurozone countries. Does that sound like doubling down on a bad idea, or could it prevent worldwide financial collapse? Find out tonight on Real News from The Blaze at 6pm ET on GBTV.
A 9-year-old girl stole the show last night on GBTV. During a live segment from the National Bake Sale and Lemonade Stand event, Glenn, Pat, and Stu introduced the audience to a young entrepreneur who was selling lemonade and pledged 75% of her proceeds to charity. Watch this must-see clip (and you have to watch all the way to the end) HERE.
Since his early release from prison in 2000, Brett Kimberlin has found a second act as the darling of America's leading, tax-free progressive foundations.
No doubt the failed abortion was the result of woeful medical negligence or incompetence, or both. But there is nevertheless something deeply perverse about the judgement.
There are lots of things "great minds" got wrong about Generation X since they started writing and worrying about them. The most irritating (and yeah, ironic) thing is, none of these "experts" even agree on when we were born.
Spending Off the Hook: Free Phones Costing Taxpayers $2.1 Billion Per Year
by John Sexton
You're probably familiar with the food stamp program which grew from $35 billion in 2008 to $75 billion last year. But did you know that getting food stamps also makes you eligible for a free government cell phone?
A program called Lifeline provides free phones and free monthly minutes to anyone on food stamps, WIC, Medicaid, Head Start, and several other government programs. And just like food stamps, Lifeline (aka "phone stamps") has been growing by leaps and bounds since 2008, at significant cost to taxpayers.
Just days ago, House Speaker John Boehner shocked the conservative world by at last granting his long awaited approval for next week's contempt of congress vote against Attorney General Eric Holder. But it wasn't the thought of doing what's right for the family of Brian Terry, Jaime Zapata or others killed in the Regime's Fast and Furious scheme that prompted the Speaker's decision. After all, Mr. Boehner is hardly one to risk a loss of political advantage-or more importantly, anger the national media-just because a few hundred people have been killed by his Democrat friends.
No, the very cautious Congressman Boehner and other Republican leaders at last chose to take a stand because of reports that "...at least one and perhaps two sources within the Justice Department...have approached the Issa committee seeking whistle blower status." (1)
19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette purchased a ship and sailed to America, arriving JUNE 13, 1777. Trained in the French Military, he was appointed a major general. Lafayette endured the freezing winter at Valley Forge, and fought at Brandywine, Barren Hill and Monmouth. Lafayette led troops against the traitor Benedict Arnold and commanded at Yorktown, pressuring Cornwallis to surrender. On May 10, 1786, George Washington wrote from Mount Vernon to Marquis de Lafayette: "Your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit would diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country." On August 15, 1787, in a letter from Philadelphia to the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington wrote: "I am not less ardent in my wish that you may succeed in your ... Continue Reading:American Minute June 13
The lies are finally thinning the Democrat Donkey heard.
Because being a Democrat requires a certain combination of gullibility and a penchant for wishful thinking, lying is a stock in trade of being a Democrat politician. Nevertheless, the fact that fewer and fewer people including Democrats believe their Party's lies is becoming obvious.
While the history of the Democrat Party is a compendium of lies - Blacks are inferior sub-human being and therefore should be slaves - higher and higher prices will get America out of the Great Depression, -McCarthy is a drunken fool; there are no Communists in our government - I never had sex with that woman Ms Lewinsky. The latest era of fearsome lying started with that faker John Kerry.
When Kerry was exposed by Jerry Corsi and John O'Neill as the fake he is for claiming he was a legitimate three time Purple Heart recipient ( one was ... Continue Reading:The lies just don't get Democrats excited anymore
What the auto bailout actually saved was the United Auto Workers' heavily padded compensation packages; what it created was a massive taxpayer loss. Read & Comment
James Bopp Jr., a prominent conservative lawyer and high-ranking Republican national committeeman, is helping Tea Partiers influence the official GOP 2012 platform. Read & Comment
Global approval of President Obama's policies has fallen significantly since he first took office, a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday indicated. Read & Comment
White House sources tell me Michelle Obama flew into a jealous rage when informed of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to limit soda sizes. She immediately gathered her staff in the East Wing and began creating a new set of proposals to reduce caloric consumption nationwide. Read & Comment
Children attending an Islamic jihad-run kindergarten in Gaza celebrated their graduation by wearing army uniforms "to recognize the importance of Palestine and its enemy." Read & Comment
For three years, Wall Street's been telling the world how much it can't stand President Obama. Now, thanks to campaign finance filings, it's possible to put a price tag on just how much: Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting it are outraising Obama among financial-sector donors $37.1 million to $4.8 million. Read & Comment
Diplomats at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Conference in Rio de Janeiro next week will consider proposals that would levy taxes on American families and energy industries in order to support international efforts to combat global warming, according to a draft agenda for the conference. Read & Comment
A U.S. agent has been killed. Weapons were given to Mexican drug cartels, bought with taxpayer dollars. According to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the guns of Operation Fast and Furious will turn up at crime scenes for years. Sadly, he's said little else. And now, after months of stonewalling, he is facing contempt charges from Congress. Read & Comment
In the 1950s, school children were taught how to crouch under their desks during air raid drills. The Lib-Left of the day ridiculed the drills as Cold War paranoia.
Who knew back then that celebrities would pre-fund $3.5 million for a soft landing to the Gorbachev Foundation for a move into a new, white shingled bay-front house at the historic Presidio overlooking San Francisco's Golden Bridge? From his scenic, paid-for digs former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev began systematically dismantling America's military bases.
Who knew during the Cold War that one far off day, a pro-Russia, anti-American president would be caught on camera mic boasting to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would soon have the 'flexibility' to make a deal on ballistic missile defenses in Europe, while boasting of an already assured reelection victory?
Just days ago, House Speaker John Boehner shocked the conservative world by at last granting his long-awaited approval for next week's contempt of Congress vote against Attorney General Eric Holder. But it wasn't the thought of doing what's right for the family of Brian Terry, Jaime Zapata, or others killed in the Regime's Fast and [...]
Every day here at the Western Center for Journalism, we dig and dig to bring to you information you won't get from the mainstream media. And when we do break through and get coverage in the mainstream press the left goes wild with anger, bitterness and vile. Such as in this piece I ran across [...]
Racy photos of Barack Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, have surfaced in vintage fetish and bondage magazines. The photos, taken at Frank Marshall Davis' house in Honolulu, help illustrate the intimate relationship between Dunham and Davis. Is he Obama's real father? No related posts.
What makes us Americans unique in the world is that we question everything. This is how we are able to keep our freedoms, by questioning the people representing us in our government. However, we have stopped questioning; we let them get away with too much, and they walked all over us. Now, we pay the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) - According to a growing chorus of once-confident Democrats, President Barack Obama could lose the November election. The hand-wringing reflects real worries among Democrats about Obama's ability to beat Republican rival Mitt Romney, who has so far proven to be a stronger candidate than many expected. But it's also a political strategy aimed [...]
Video: Rush: Obama Campaign Strategists Aren't That Smart
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Call it "Checks and the City." Needing to boost his donor base, President Barack Obama is banking on elite entertainers for help so often they have essentially become a cast of characters in his campaign. He is using his Hollywood access and raffling it off as a prize to others, tapping into [...]
Video: New Ad Demands Accountability For "Fast And Furious"
Jun 14, 2012 12:53 pm
American Future Fund has released a new 1-minute ad critical of both Obama and Eric Holder for their negligence in Fast and Furious. Please share with your friends. Related posts: Videos: GOP Demands Independent Counsel Investigate Holder's Fast And Furious Lies Eric Holder may have gone too far, even for the... Holding Eric Holder Accountable [...]
Glory be to the commander in chief. Everyone in the Washington-New York Axis of Evil knows that's why there has been a string of White House national security leaks. Each of the leaks has been a transparent attempt to pump up President Obama as a tough warrior who deserves re-election because he's been intimately [...]
Failure To Vet: Mainstream Media Guilty Of Bias And Incompetence
Media's Coddling A Greater Injustice Than DOJ Dropping John Edwards Charges By Tony Lee Breitbart.com
When the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it would drop all charges against John Edwards, it effectively closed the legal book on the former presidential candidate. But make no mistake, the Edwards affair is a slam-dunk indictment of the mainstream media's biases, double standards, and incompetence.
Even Liberals Looking Askance At Obama's Economic Growth Assertion
Carville: Obama Must Stop Claiming Economic Growth By Bob Willis NewsMax.com
Democratic strategist James Carville advised President Barack Obama against touting economic growth during his presidency, he has revealed, just days after Obama drew fire by saying the private sector was "doing fine."
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.
'The Capability To Paralyze This Country Is There Now' By Edwin Mora CNSNews.com
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned a Senate panel today that America faces "the potential for another Pearl Harbor" launched by enemies who have the capability to wield a cyberattack that would "paralyze this country."
Incremental Communist/Islamist/Fascistic/Environmentalist Revolution In The U.S.
Anomie and Immigration By Dr. Ileana Johnson CanadaFreePress.com
"The purpose of American immigration laws and policies is not to be either humane or inhumane to illegal immigrants. The purpose of immigration laws and policies is to serve the national interest of the country." (Thomas Sowell, November 29, 2011) Read the Full Story
It's Europe that has the big financial worry, right? The good ol' U S of A is relatively safe for the moment, right? Guess again. It's later than you think.
Two recent reports on the subject make for grim reading. The first, The Untold Story of America's Debt (PDF link), is just out from Deloitte University (a research arm of Deloitte & Touche accountancy) says our debt crisis is bigger than we think, and that solving the problem is much harder than we think. Current projections, scary enough in their own right, depend on favorable assumptions (like cuts to Medicare) that are not realistic at the moment. From the conclusion: "Solutions that focus solely on cutting spending, raising taxes, or improving GDP growth are unlikely to slow the rising U.S. debt." (By the way, one of the co-authors of the report is William D. Eggers, who is an old friend of mine from his days at the Reason Foundation. You may be more familiar with his brother, Dave Eggers. Fitting: Any serious plan to cut our debt might justly be called AHeartbreaking Work of Staggering Difficulty.)
The second report, USA, Inc.: A Basic Summary of America's Financial Statements (PDF link), is actually more than a year old but I missed it somehow, and it fits well with the Deloitte report. USA, Inc. comes from venture capitalist Mary Meeker of Kleiner, Perkins out in Silicon Valley, and is an examination of the United States government as if it were a private company. It is unfortunately written dry prose; why don't they just come out and say that any private company with this record would have its entire management fired if not jailed, and the company forced into bankruptcy restructuring. But there is no getting around the problem:
By the standards of any public corporation, USA Inc.'s financials are discouraging. True, USA Inc. has many fundamental strengths. On an operating basis (excluding Medicare and Medicaid spending and one-time charges), the federal government's profit & loss statement is solid, with a 4% median net margin over the last 15 years. But cash flow is deep in the red (by almost $1.3 trillion last year, or -$11,000 per household), and USA Inc.'s net worth is negative and deteriorating.
The report takes a turn for the better in the middle:
Take a step back, and imagine what the founding fathers would think if they saw how our country's finances have changed. From 1790 to 1930, government spending on average accounted for just 3% of American GDP. Today, government spending absorbs closer to 24% of GDP.
It's likely that they would be even more surprised by the debt we have taken on to pay for this expansion. As a percentage of GDP, the federal government's public debt has doubled over the last 30 years, to 53% of GDP. This figure does not include claims on future resources from underfunded entitlements and potential liabilities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs). If it did include these claims, gross federal debt accounted for 94% of GDP in 2010. The public debt to GDP ratio is likely to triple to 146% over the next 20 years, per CBO. The main reason is entitlement expense. Since 1970, these costs have grown 5.5 times faster than GDP, while revenues have lagged, especially corporate tax revenues. By 2037, cumulative deficits from Social Security could add another $11.6 trillion to the public debt.
The problem gets worse. Even as USA Inc.'s debt has been rising for decades, plunging interest rates have kept the cost of supporting it relatively steady. Last year's interest bill would have been 155% (or $290 billion) higher if rates had been at their 30-year average of 6% (vs. 2% in 2010). As debt levels rise and interest rates normalize, net interest payments could grow 20% or more annually. Below-average debt maturities in recent years have also kept the Treasury's borrowing costs down, but this trend, too, will drive up interest payments once interest rates rise.
Sheeh. I think I'll cheer myself up by going back to reading about the Eurozone crisis.
I will be on Larry Kudlow's CNBC show at 7:30 Eastern time tonight, talking about Mitt Romney's latest salvos against President Obama. Should be fun, tune in if you can!
UPDATE: My hit time has been pushed back to 7:50 Eastern.
Later today, President Obama will try to "re-frame" the campaign debate over the economy in a speech in Ohio. Good luck with that: the economy is lousy, everyone knows it, and Obama has been in charge of the executive branch for the last 3 1/2 years. His problem isn't "framing," his problem is that his policies have failed. Dismally.
Obama will also have to try to get out from under one of his most revealing moments so far, when he explained that "the private sector is doing fine" and made the case for shifting even more resources from the private sector to government. Far from being a gaffe, this was a capsule version of Obama's deeply-held political philosophy.
The Romney campaign released its second video on Obama's pronouncement today. It is simple and good:
Perhaps the most telling of President Obama's growing body of moans is his complaint that "you can pretty much put [the Romney] campaign on a tweet and have some characters to spare." Obama is right. Romney's message boils down to this statement, the usual theme of a successful anti-incumbent presidential campaign: "Look at the economy; this is a failed presidency."
It's not quite as abbreviated as "hope and change," but it has the virtue of being a proposition, not a content-free slogan. It also has the virtue of being true.
Obama knows that the briefer the message, the better. The more explaining a candidate has to do, the worse his situation. "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" would fit in a tweet, with characters to spare. But this message, the usual theme of a successful presidential re-election campaign, is unavailable to this president.
Glibness is Obama's most impressive trait, and it has carried him far. But even Obama must question whether he can talk his way around this economy.
One thing is for sure - he can't do it in a tweet. And this must be driving him crazy.
You have to give Anna Wintour credit: undeterred by public hilarity over her video invitation to My Dinner With Barack, she is plunging ahead, organizing the fashion industry to support Obama's re-election. Tuesday night in Chicago, she co-sponsored a campaign event called Runway To Win. It was, as you would expect, a glitzy affair:
The highlight of the evening was the announcement that Marc Jacobs has created a new line of pet gear called-I'm not making this up-"Bark For Obama." Here Ms. Wintour is holding a stuffed animal that is wearing "Bark" apparel:
Like any good public speaker, Wintour (a budding comedian) began her speech with a funny little anecdote about the time she was asked to meet with Ambassador Matthew Barzun to discuss, she assumed, her Obama fundraising efforts in New York or her "views on Europe" (and perhaps to ask for advice on how she might become an ambassador herself?). So, she showed up to lunch with a "big file" of research, only be asked about the possibility of a designer collection for pets.
"I then went back to New York and persuaded Marc Jacobs to do Bark for Obama," she says while holding up some sort of stuffed dog wearing a Bark for Obama t-shirt. She also got Thakoon to do a leash and collar. This begs the question-will Wintour ever be taken seriously for something other than her ability wrangle designers and get them to do things? Because she should be. ... After encouraging the audience to buy some designer pet gear, Wintour moves into her stump speech, in which, perhaps as a response to her detractors, she points out the fashion industry's significance in our economy:
The enormous interest of the public in this challenge is indicative to me of just how much fashion means to so many people from all walks of life. It's also a global business that's worth $20 billion to the economy and one that employs 4 million people. We are enormously lucky to have a president and first lady who are so supportive of our industry.
Those numbers don't add up, but they do raise an obvious question: isn't Wintour's magazine, Vogue, read more or less exclusively by the dreaded 1%? And who, other than the 1%, could possibly afford to buy the fashions that are the magazine's subject? As silly a concept as Occupy Wall Street might be, Occupy the Fashion District is even sillier.
UPDATE: Here is another photo of a small (naturally) dog wearing a "Bark For Obama" sweater:
It occurs to me that a "Bark For Obama" sweater is not without utility: it can keep your dog warm if you need to put him on the roof of your car.
A state cannot run an economy and a state-run economy cannot sustain its state.
Today's European debate isn't about governmental austerity, it's about governmental reality. Ultimately, the argument is not whether governments can keep trying to stimulate their economies, but when their creditors will quit financing it. Somehow, Europe's governments, teetering on tilting economies, have missed this point; we can only hope that Washington hasn't.
We are witnessing a prolonged domino-effect among the world's economically intrusive states. It began over two decades ago with the fall of the USSR and communism across Eastern Europe. Now the dominoes are falling into Western Europe -- Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, all are threatened with economic collapse.
By now, the obvious should be axiom: A state cannot run an economy and a state-run economy cannot sustain its state. The more of its economy a government consumes, the less productive its economy becomes. And the more dependent its subpar economy then becomes on its government.
WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - As America approaches the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, which brought down the Nixon presidency, no historical discussion of the scandal will be complete without including the extensive research done by author Max Holland. "Leak: Why Mark Felt became Deep Throat" centers on a little-known but significant factor that drove much of the drama: the pure personal pique of one man... (more)
FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST - When I was eighteen, I knew that the left is generally deceived. It required a few years to find out what the core delusion was, but many years to appreciate how radical is the lie they believe and why it leads to so much deception... (more)
MICHELLE MALKIN - During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames... (more)
JOSEPH FARAH - It's amazing how many important stories most of the media won't report -- no matter what. Here's another one to add to the list. Totalitarian China, which has become America's banker, is setting the stage to sabotage our national defense in a number of ways. In fact, it would not be inaccurate to say that China has all but declared war on the U.S. through acts of aggression that are being covered up by Washington and the media elite... (more)
BUZZFEED - Americans' aversion to voting for Mormons has spiked since Mitt Romney's first presidential bid in 2007 -- and that the people most wary of Mormon candidates are not Evangelicals, but rather political liberals and non-religious voters, according to new research from a leading scholar of anti-Mormon attitudes... (more)
DAVID LIMBAUGH - President Obama continues to prove how out of touch he is with the plight of the American people under his anemic economy. No, Mr. President, the economy and the private sector are not "doing fine." Sure, Obama is pretending that he didn't mean it the way it sounded. But I am not buying that it was a gaffe. I watched the video, and he stated the point clearly and deliberately... (more)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER - Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch did so many favors for Raser Technologies, a green technology company in his state, that the company named its geothermal power plant "The Hatch Plant." His role turned out eerily reminiscent of President Obama's support for the failed solar-panel maker Solyndra... (more)
WASHINGTON TIMES - Arizona is already gearing up to enforce its strict immigration law as it anticipates a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court sometime this month, with Gov. Jan Brewer issuing an executive order this week telling police to bone up on the details of the law... (more)
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE - Texas senator John Cornyn recently joined the growing number of Republicans who've called on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign. And a week from today, the House Oversight Committee will convene to consider pursuing a contempt-of-Congress citation against Holder. If the committee decides to proceed, the entire House will vote on the matter... (more)
TERENCE P. JEFFREY - Attorney General Eric Holder has refused to provide written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in response to "questions for the record" submitted to him by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R.-Ala.) that focus on Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan's involvement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act--AKA Obamacare--while she was President Barack Obama's solicitor general... (more)
WORLDNETDAILY - What would happen if an election took place, and the incumbent losers refused to leave office? That's exactly the situation in Quartzsite, Ariz., where two winning candidates for the positions of mayor and town councilman are not being allowed to be seated... (more)
WASHINGTON TIMES - Thursday is Flag Day, a time to pay special tribute to the American flag and to the ideals and freedoms it symbolizes. While most Americans can freely display Old Glory, a few still run into small-minded opponents who don't understand what our banner is all about... (more)
U.S. NEWS - The AFL-CIO has told Washington Whispers it will redeploy funds away from political candidates smack dab in the middle of election season, the latest sign that the largest federation of unions in the country could be becoming increasingly disillusioned with President Obama... (more)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER - House Republicans say they have run out of patience with the Justice Department over its withholding of documents related to the gun walking operation known as Fast and Furious... (more)
WASHINGTON TIMES - Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. came under a withering attack Tuesday from Republicans over his handling of the botched Fast and Furious gunrunning investigation, including a call by one senior Senate Judiciary Committee member for his resignation... (more)
STAND WITH ARIZONA - Sheriff Joe Arpaio's attorneys have filed a "Motion to Dismiss" in response to Eric Holder's ridiculous lawsuit alleging racial discrimination by the Sheriff and his deputies against "Latinos" through their enforcement of existing Federal immigration laws... (more)
CONSERVATIVE HQ - Documents have leaked indicating that the U.N. is considering a global internet tax based on the "sender pays" principle, similar to how international telephone calls are charged. The U.N. internet tax proposal was offered by European interests at a December meeting of a U.N. agency called the International Telecommunication Union, but the details have just now leaked out... (more)
WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - Readers were warned at the outset of our our summation of pre-Cold War events that it would require an entire book -- rather than a mere column -- to do full justice to so huge a swath of history. We still are not writing a book, but for those genuinely in search of further (albeit encapsulated) explanations, here goes... (more)
ALAN KEYES - For some time now I've been sharing (via Twitter, Facebook, etc.) articles I run across that document the fact that Mitt Romney is a crypto-socialist (i.e., a socialist who hides it behind some other label) who has already implemented leftist measures Obama has had trouble implementing on account of strong resistance... (more)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER - The icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe hung behind the podium. One organizer of the rally held a 3-foot-long wooden crucifix. Some in the crowd quietly prayed the rosary. On a few occasions, the crowd, just outside the Capitol, chanted in unison. But the words weren't the sort you'll hear at Sunday Mass... (more)
Reserve your seat for live eligibility hearing
When Judge Terry Lewis, best known for presiding over the 2000 Bush v. Gore election dispute, hears arguments challenging Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to appear on Florida's ballot, will you be a witness to history?
Finally, finally, finally ... the focus will be on Obama's claim to be a "natural born citizen," as required under Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution.
WND-TV will be providing gavel-to-gavel, live video coverage. Clear your schedule now ...
Hollywood is not where most of us go for parenting advice.
But John Schneider, the one-time star of TV sensation "The Dukes of Hazzard," has fused his experience as a Christian and father of three into a new film that may just be the vehicle for healing America's estranged fathers and sons.
A Senate committee, for the first time in years, is giving serious consideration to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which in spite of its title is intended to provide special "protections" for certain individuals in workplaces across America.
Sometimes the news isn't all bad ... in fact, sometimes it's down-right good.
Imagine you had decided to move your family to your native land, and the authorities boarded the plane and took your child away on the orders of social workers and bureaucrats. Imagine you fought the system for three years while the same state bureaucrats sought to sever your parental rights.
Here's a coincidence. Barack Obama delivered a speech on the economy in Cleveland, Ohio, this afternoon. At virtually the exact same time, Mitt Romney spoke in Cincinnati, Ohio. As it is in every election, Ohio will be a key battleground state.
It's a good thing that both candidates were discussing the economy today, because the economic news continues to be discouraging.
Jobless claims rose again this week to 386,000. The four-week average, which is a more stable gauge, is also up to 382,000 -- the highest level in six weeks. The Associated Press reports that retail sales again fell 0.2 percent last month, "matching April's decline." According to the AP, that marked the first back-to-back drop in two years.
Reuters reports that foreclosures are up for the first time in 27 months. The good news, if you can call it that, is that this doesn't appear to be the result of a new round of delinquencies. Instead, banks are finally unloading homes they have been holding on to while they negotiated the mortgage abuse settlement with the federal government and various states. With the details ironed out, the banks are now putting these homes on the market.
Unfortunately, that's still bad news for the housing market. As Reuters notes, "By moving houses out of the so-called 'shadow inventory' and onto the market, the increase in foreclosures could be a drag on the fragile U.S. housing recovery."
Also this week, the Congressional Budget Office predicted that this year's annual deficit would likely be $1.17 trillion. That's another historic first for Barack Obama -- four straight years of record trillion-dollar plus deficits. Who seriously thinks we can afford four more years of Obama's spending?
And these latest reports come on the heels of the Fed's bombshell that family net worth has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years due largely to the collapse of home values, as well as losses in the stock market and in retirement accounts. Meanwhile, the economic crisis in Europe continues to spiral out of control with no resolution in sight, while the United States marches ever closer to the expiration of the Bush tax cuts at the end of this year.
Whoever wins in November faces an extraordinarily difficult time in the years ahead. But it's clear from the past three years that Obama is not up to the task. America needs real change in Washington, starting with new leadership in the White House and the Senate!
Is Obama Losing Wisconsin Too?
After we had already "gone to press" with yesterday's report, pollster Scott Rasmussen released a new survey of Wisconsin voters taken after last week's failed recall attempt of Gov. Scott Walker. In his poll, Badger State voters back Mitt Romney over Barack Obama 47% to 44%. And in the state's open Senate race, Republicans appear well-positioned to pick up the seat of retiring Democrat Herb Kohl.
Again, it is important not to read too much into polls this far out. While I don't think Obama can take the state for granted, the fact remains that it hasn't voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan's 1984 landslide.
Here's some more encouraging news. According to NationalJournal, Democrat pollster Peter Hart conducted a focus group of 12 Colorado voters this week. Ten people in the focus group voted for Obama in 2008. But only three told Hart they would vote for Obama again. When pressed, the group split five for Romney, three for Obama and four were undecided. One 27-year-old health care consultant who voted for Obama in 2008 said he felt "duped" and "lied to."
But brace yourself, my friends. As I have repeatedly warned this is going to be a brutal and ugly campaign. Here is the article's conclusion:
"The bottom line: The reactions from the focus group explain why Obama is going hard-negative against Romney -- it may be the campaign's only way to win. Most of the participants sounded dissatisfied with president and were ready to make a change, but didn't know much about the challenger, either."
Obama Doing Damage Control With Jewish Voters
With polls showing Obama's support falling among Jewish voters, several articles have reported that Obama has stepped up his outreach to the Jewish community. Yesterday, Obama awarded the Medal of Freedom to Israeli President Shimon Peres. Last week he met with Orthodox Jewish leaders at the White House and tried to reassure them he is committed to our alliance with Israel.
While attendees described the meeting as friendly, it was clear that Obama still doesn't get it. He reportedly defended his demand that Israel stop building homes for Jews in Jerusalem. He also complained that Israel's government was "extreme right," and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "wanted to act without restraints."
For the record, Netanyahu is Israel's democratically elected leader. But his government can hardly be described as "extreme right," unless the person describing it is extreme left.
Netanyahu's Defense Minister is the former Labor Party leader Ehud Barak. Shaul Mofaz is the Vice Prime Minister and chairman of the Kadima Party. And exactly how much "restraint" should Israel demonstrate when it comes to dealing the likes of Hamas, Hezbollah and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who have all vowed to "wipe Israel off the map"?
Is America Ready For The Obama Boy?
In 2008, Obama benefitted from being the hip candidate. He had rock star appeal. He was the modern JFK. "Sexy" was often used to describe him. And one of the "sexy" images of the 2008 campaign was the "Obama girl," Amber Lee Ettinger, who appeared in the viral video of the song, "I Got A Crush On Obama."
But that was four years ago. Ms. Ettinger now says she is undecided on how she will vote in November. But keeping up with the times, we now have the "Obama Boy," who also has a crush on Obama, his "rainbow colored knight." And, not surprisingly, NBC News deemed the "Obama Boy" to be more newsworthy than the Fast and Furious scandal.
June 14, 2012
New Research on Children of Same-Sex Parents Suggests Differences Matter by Jennifer Marshall and Christine Kim
A number of studies and articles have suggested that research shows no difference in outcomes between children whose parents have same-sex relationships and their peers raised by heterosexual parents. For example, the American Psychological Association(APA) stated in 2005 that "Not a single study has found children of lesbian or gay parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents."
"[N]ot one of the 59 studies referenced in the 2005 APA Brief compares a large, random, representative sample of lesbian or gay parents and their children with a large, random, representative sample of married parents and their children. The available data, which are drawn primarily from small convenience samples, are insufficient to support a strong generalizable claim either way. Such a statement would not be grounded in science. To make a generalizable claim, representative, large-sample studies are needed-many of them."
A large representative sample is supplied in a second new study, conducted by a University of Texas-Austin sociologist and published in the same journal. The New Family Structures Study (NFSS), under the direction of Dr. Mark Regnerus, provides the most representative picture to date of young adults whose parents had same-sex relationships. NFSS is a large, random, nationally representative sample.
According to NFSS, just 1.7 percent of young adults ages 18 to 39 reported having a parent who has had a same-sex romantic relationship. Compared to young adults in traditional, intact families, young adults whose mothers had a same-sex relationship tended to fare worse than their peers in intact biological families on 24 of the 40 outcomes examined. For example, they were far more likely to report being sexually victimized, to be on welfare, or to be currently unemployed.
Young adults whose fathers had a same-sex relationship showed significant differences from their peers in intact families on 19 of the outcomes. For example, they were significantly more likely to have contemplated suicide, to have a sexually transmitted infection, or to have been forced to have sex against their will.
These differences take into account the respondent's age, race/ethnicity, gender, mother's education, perceived family of origin's income, whether or not the respondent was ever bullied, and the legal status of same-sex relationships in the respondent's current state of residence. In other words, the study compared respondents who were identical on these characteristics, except for parental relationship status.
A significant improvement on the limited research to date on child outcomes and same-sex parenting, this new study marks an important development in the research. At present, far too little is known about this new household form into which activist courts are pushing America-and much of what has been presented to date gives an inaccurate picture of the reality that children of same-sex parenting have experienced.
NFSS project director Dr. Mark Regnerus concludes in an article for Slate that "the stable, two-parent biological married model [is] the far more common and accomplished workhorse of the American household, and still-according to the data, at least-the safest place for a kid."
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Avoid J.C. Penney this Father's Day
Penney's needs to hear from you today!
June 13, 2012
Penney's is continuing its same-sex marriage promotion in advertisements. JCP's June catalog highlights "two dads" celebrating Father's Day.
The ad shows two men on the floor playing and hugging their two children at home. It reads, "First Pals - What makes Dad so cool? He's the swim coach, tent maker, best friend, bike fixer and hug giver - all rolled into one. Or two. Real-life dads Todd Koch and Cooper Smith with their children Claire and Mason."
It is obvious that JCP is promoting the normalization of homosexual marriage.
AFA encourages your family to avoid shopping at JCP at least through Father's Day.
TAKE ACTION
1. Call Penney's corporate office at 972-431-1000 and let them know you family will not be shopping their stores this Father's Day (or beyond).
2. Call, or visit your local store manager. Local managers are more likely to listen to your concerns and pass them along to the corporate office. You can find the phone number of your local store here, or in your local phone directory.
3. Because JCP blocks emails from our server, you can send your own personal email to Penney's at jcpcorpcomm@jcpenney.com.
Tim Wildmon, President American Family Association
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Five Things the Administration Forgot to Tell Women About Obamacare
Last week, the Obama Administration hosted a health care town hall that was intended to focus on Obamacare's impact on women's health.
The discussion was heavy on emotion and light on the details of Obamacare's provisions. The Administration's generic talking points may or may not resonate with American women, but surely the real impact of Obamacare will-and in ways that are not favorable to the Administration.
Here's a summary of the adverse effects that some specific provisions will have on the women the Administration claims to be helping:
Decreased Choice. Obamacare mandates that insurers cover preventive services recommended by the United State Preventive Services Task Force with no cost-sharing. This has quickly turned the task force's recommendations for doctors and patients into requirements on insurers and employers that could lead them to cover only services that are required of them.
Higher Premiums. Obamacare's "free" preventive services will still be paid for by the consumer. Insurers and employers are not going to absorb those costs; they will simply pass them on to consumers through higher premiums.
Blatantly Unjust Premiums. Obamacare's new age rating system causes insurers to charge unnaturally low premiums for older adults and higher premiums for younger adults. Actuaries estimate that this will increase premiums for ages 18-24 by 45 percent and ages 25-29 by 35 percent, regardless of gender.
Increased Dependence on Government and its Bureaucrats. Obamacare expands the role of government and gives extensive authority to the Secretary of HHS. As depicted in "The Life of Julia," the Obama campaign envisions cradle-to-grave dependence on government for American women. Under Obamacare, more than half of all Americans will be dependent on the federal government for health care by 2020.
Violation of Religious Liberty. At the town hall, when discussing the women-specific preventive care mandate that requires insurers to cover contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs without cost-sharing, the Administration failed to mention that while it exempts churches from this mandate, it does not waive religious hospitals, schools, or charities that find such products morally objectionable on religious grounds. That violates the First Amendment right to freedom of religion for all Americans-regardless of gender or faith.
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Green Welfare, Green Taxes, Green Poverty
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published June 13, 2012 on The American Spectator website.
What would you do if gangs of robbers roamed your neighborhood at night, breaking into your neighbors' houses and stealing their family jewels and life savings? You would arm yourself, and your family members of sufficient age, to defend your property. Or you would move to a safer neighborhood.
But if the robbers formed gangs called Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, or the Natural Resources Defense Fund, and assaulted your standard of living, the Che Guevara Democrats expect you to greet them with open arms, and gleefully turn over bushels of your cash, until your life savings is gone, and your standard of living has been reduced to the level of Argentina.
That third world destination is where Obama's "green energy" economic strategy is taking America, all while he tells us sweet fairy tales about how this path is the road to 21st century prosperity.."
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 6, 2012 on Townhall.com.
Some of the responses to my column last week, titled "Immoral Beyond Redemption," prove that Americans have been hoodwinked by Congress. Some readers protested my counting Social Security among government handout programs that can be described as Congress' taking what belongs to one American and giving to another, to whom it doesn't belong -- legalized theft. They argued that they worked for 45 years and paid into Social Security and that the money they now receive is theirs. These people have been duped and shouldn't be held totally accountable for such a belief. Let's look at it.
The Social Security pamphlet of 1936 read, "Beginning November 24, 1936, the United States Government will set up a Social Security account for you. ... The checks will come to you as a right." (http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssb36.html). Americans were led to believe that Social Security was like a retirement account and that money placed in it was, in fact, their property. Shortly after the Social Security Act's passage, it was challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court, in Helvering v. Davis (1937). The court held that Social Security was not an insurance program, saying, "The proceeds of both employee and employer taxes are to be paid into the Treasury like any other internal revenue generally, and are not earmarked in any way." In a 1960 case, Flemming v. Nestor, the Supreme Court said, "To engraft upon Social Security system a concept of 'accrued property rights' would deprive it of the flexibility and boldness in adjustment to ever-changing conditions which it demands."
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published June 12, 2012 on The Patriot Post website.Talk show host, Bill Press, doesn't like the Star-Spangled Banner. Imagine: a liberal talk show that's not on NPR! His radio show is simulcast on Current TV. Bill Press likes provoking conservatives, but I'm not sure we should be provoked by his outburst against the National Anthem. Bill Press seems to be testing the old philosopher's question: If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear it, does it make a noise? If you say something on Current TV, does anyone hear it?
Press adds: "It is a major crusade of mine to get rid of the Star-Spangled Banner. Now I know you're going to say I am not a true American, I'm not patriotic. I don't think patriotism has anything to do with it. The National Anthem is just absolutely monumentally un-singable. I mean there's so much wrong with it. I don't know where to start. It's an abomination."
With Flag Day approaching, Bill Press sure chose a bad time to express his disdain for a cherished national institution. He couldn't top Roseanne Barr, of course, who infamously scratched her crotch while "O Saying."
Obama Brags About America's Unemployment Rate Above 8%
Beck on Obama's "got your back" black-targeted slang/poor-grammar ad: "minstrel", "Amos 'N' Andy"
June 14, 2012
On Today's Program
Malkin destroys arrogant Juan Williams Resident lefty on FNC Juan Williams is usually fairly cordial, but he had a pretty low moment yesterday when he arrogantly talked down to Michelle Malkin. An irritated Williams unleashed the ego and said 'real journalists' like him were sooo much better than lowly 'bloggers' out there on the blogosphere -- only to be slam dunked by Malkin.
Gasp! Romney calls doughnut a 'chocolate goody' Mitt Romney is so out of touch with American culture he doesn't know what a doughnut is. At least that is what the left is now claiming after Romney referred to a doughnut as a 'chocolate goody.' What about President Obama - who is schmoozing with millionaires like Anna Wintour to fund his reelection and once admitted that his favorite food is arugula? Apparently that makes him 'cool.' Glenn broke down the hypocrisy on radio this morning.
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Rand Paul responds to angry Paul supporters Rand Paul caused a stir among the faithful Ron Paul supporters when he committed the ultimate "Paulite treason" and endorsed Mitt Romney. The Senator joined Glenn on radio today and responded to those complaints and also explained how senators have lost power over the years. Check out the interview HERE.
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Holder appointed Obama donor to investigate White House leaks The same media that once went wall to wall on Valerie Plame, seems uninterested in the recent controversial intelligence leak. It's the latest in a long line of embarrassments for AG Eric Holder - so who does he appoint to investigate? An Obama donor, of course. Glenn has more on radio today.
Feel good vid of the year: ambitious 9 year old girl has dreams come true on GBTV A 9-year-old girl attended Glenn's national Lemonade Stand/Bake Sale yesterday in Texas and she had one of the funnier signs on her stand. It warned customers to drink at their own risk and listed off all the permits she did not have. Her goal? Donate to charity and raise enough extra money to get a puppy. See her fantastic reaction as Pat & Stu pay just a tad too much for 1 cup of lemonade.
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Barack Obama isn't necessarily known for being fiscally responsible, but it seems he may be a bit oblivious when it comes to personal finances as well as national.
It shouldn't be any surprise, but the presidential election is shaping up as a case study in how to manipulate the democratic process.
Because of Florida's "sunshine laws" on transparency, all elected officials' emails are public documents, so the MEDIA monitors these emails. Yes, the same media folk who are busily spinning a false narrative about Florida, demonizing them for daring to uphold election integrity and trying to sway public opinion against the state. These spinsters are closely monitoring the Governor's emails, along with the emails of the Secretary of State and Supervisors of Elections, to guage public response is. Special interests and vote fraud deniers will be out in droves; we need to FLOOD the GOVernment with emails that offset the deluge of email being sent by these groups.
Governor Rick Scott's email: 
There are very few politicians that have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. At age forty-one there is huge interest in and speculation about his political future. Will he be tapped by Mitt Romney to be his running mate? Will he run for President in 2016?
Malkin destroys arrogant Juan Williams
