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The Blaze | by Tiffany Gabbay | Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:35pm  

For roughly half of the country, or at least those who strongly following both politics and history, the 2012 election serves as a harbinger of the fundamental transformation expedited by Barack Obama that will, ultimately, cause the sun to set on America and its exceptionalism. Those who recall the not-so-distant past recognize a number of similarities in present-day America and European countries that ultimately succumbed to the devices of Socialism or Fascism. During his Wednesday evening broadcast, Glenn Beck examined these similarities, particularly as it relates to the Weimar Republic.

For those unfamiliar, the term "Weimar Republic" refers to Germany between the years 1919 and 1933 when the country was a parliamentary democracy, governed by a true constitution which had been drafted in the city of Weimar. While the Weimar Constitution technically survived until 1945, its last vestiges were truly snuffed out with the installation of Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich.

Under the Weimar Republic, German citizens enjoyed rights not so dissimilar to those found in modern-day America, including the freedom to vote. Thus, Weimar was Germany's first foray into the concept of democracy. Before World War I, Germany was relatively prosperous, with a gold-backed currency and a burgeoning manufacturing industry.

The Blaze | by Sharona Schwartz | Posted on November 15, 2012 at 6:57am  

Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza unleashed a fury of rockets on southern Israeli towns Thursday, launching salvo after salvo every few minutes. One rocket scored a direct hit on an apartment building in Kiryat Malachi, killing three Israelis and injuring an eight-month-old baby.

The IDF reports that as of 6:00am Eastern, Palestinian terrorists had fired 196 rockets at Israel since the start of Operation Pillar of Defense (or Pillar of Cloud in Hebrew) Wednesday afternoon. For its part, the IDF says its bombing campaign aimed at Gaza's militant infrastructure has struck "156 terror sites" in Gaza. The IDF began its campaign with the assassination of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jaabari.

Contrary to Hamas' strategy of intentionally targeting civilians, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) continued its efforts to avoid Palestinian civilian casualties. On Thursday, it dropped thousands of leaflets over Gaza urging citizens to stay away from Hamas buildings and terrorist launching grounds. Hamas and other terrorist groups have a history of using Palestinians as human shields by hiding weapons sites near and in civilian areas. The leaflets said:

Posted on November 14, 2012 at 6:30pm by Mike Opelka  

TheBlaze is continuing to monitor the ever-growing list of companies that have announced layoffs or closings in the wake of President Obama's re-election.

Wednesday was another tough day on Wall Street. And the stock market seems to reflect the mood of the country's business community. Since last Tuesday, we have seen a decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 13,244 to the close today of 12,570 - a loss of over 774 points in one week's time.

 

In just the first three days of this week, we have seen an alarming rise in announcements from some very large corporations like, NBC, Citibank, Xerox, and most of the Atlantic City Casinos. Also among the latest to announce downsizing, many municipalities are cutting back staff in service areas like hospice care, housing for domestic abuse victims, and even fire departments.

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Those who favor limited government have a tremendous opportunity to derail the largest expansion of government in recent history - ObamaCare. If Pennsylvania and other states refuse to create a health care exchange, ObamaCare will completely unravel.

Governor Corbett will play a big role in deciding whether or not to establish an exchange in Pennsylvania. Please send a message to Governor Corbett and your state legislators urging them to opt out of an exchange. Now is the time to make your voice heard and do everything you can to oppose the health care takeover.

Exchanges are massive bureaucratic entities that will force Americans to buy health insurance. They will serve as the vehicle transporting hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to private insurance companies. Each state is being pressured to create its own exchange because the federal government cannot otherwise direct the premium subsidies and enforce the various mandates.

And the law is clear: states are under absolutely no obligation to submit to the federal government and create an exchange.

If enough states opt out of the health care exchanges, Congress will have no choice but to reexamine the law. Without its subsidies and its mandates, ObamaCare cannot function. If we can block the exchange in Pennsylvania, we can lead the country in blocking ObamaCare altogether!

This is the last stand in the battle to defeat President Obama's health care takeover, and we'll need every ounce of energy you can muster. Send a message to Governor Corbett and your state legislators right now! Let it be known you want no part of ObamaCare in Pennsylvania!

In Liberty,

Matt Kibbe
President and CEO, FreedomWorks

SECOND ANNUAL

NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

FOR VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIMES

TO GIVE VOICE TO THE VOICELESS

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

1 P.M.

IN FRONT OF THE

NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER

525 ARCH STREET

PHILADELPHIA, PA

We will be reading the names of Pennsylvanians who have lost their lives at the hands of illegal aliens because our government refuses to enforce our laws.

 Florida Family Association's webmaster American Family Online has produced the following remarkable product to protect children and adults from explicit material on cell phones and tablets.

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According to our research at AFO, the largest growing group of smart phone users is the 12-17 year old age group.  Unfortunately, also according to research, the largest viewership of pornography from the Internet on smart phones is 12 to 17 year old children.  The impact is catastrophic.  Desensitization, failed relationships, abuse of women are the results, nothing good.

Although there are other so called parental control functions and filtered browser apps available, none give the protection and full functionality of MobileWebGuard.  We are most proud of the intelligent content scanning and the lock down so that it cannot be easily removed or deactivated.  A filter that can easily be removed or bypassed is a placebo and will do more harm than good if a parent thinks the phone is filtered and it is not.

This app works on most Android and Apple (iOS) devices including smart phones and tablets!  These are the fastest growing segments in consumer technology and thus the most exposed to the dark side of the Internet.  For peace of mind online, a parent must insure their child has a protected mobile device.

Related Scripture Verses

1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.

Romans 1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.

2 Corinthians 12:21 I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged.

Philippians 4:8^- Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.

1 Peter 4:7-10 The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. ⁸ Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. ⁹ Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. ¹⁰ Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.

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Yes, it's true: You can support ACT! for America-at no cost to you!     An important message from
Guy Rodgers, Executive Director  

The next time you make an online purchase of almost anything, you could be helping ACT! for America-at no cost to you.

Sound too good to be true? It isn't.

All you have to do is sign up for "iGive"-a program that's been around since 1997.

The concept is as powerful as it is simple.

  And with the holidays just around the corner, you could be helping ACT! for America with every gift you buy!

The concept isn't new. In the mid-1990s many supporters of non-profit organizations signed up with long distance telephone programs where a percentage of their bill was donated to their charity of choice.

But our investigation of iGive has convinced us that this program has an ease of use and sophistication that we find remarkable.

  In other words, every time you make a purchase of merchandise you would buy anyway, you would be financially supporting ACT! for America!

All you have to do is log on below and follow the directions to create your account and download the iGive "button." (Note: downloading the "button" is key).

Get Started Here!

When I was first informed of iGive, I was skeptical. I've seen these ideas come and go. Often, they're too good to be true. Or there are all kinds of glitches and problems.

So I spent hours researching.

I looked at online customer reviews (which were very good). I read all of iGive's fine print, such as Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. I signed up and even emailed two tech support questions to see how good their tech support was.

  As you know from our Patriot Partner program, we're all about encouraging a lot of people to each do a little-to do something. When everyone does a little, together we accomplish a lot.

So consider what could happen.

  What's more, that 1.5% figure might be low. Many of the merchants offer percentage donations that are much higher. One printer inkjet company I looked at offered 13%!

Every merchant website you visit tells you right at the top what percentage of your purchase price will be donated to ACT! for America.

Just think what we could accomplish with an extra $15,000, $50,000 or $75,000 in our fight against radical Islam!

Get Started Here!

  I know there are many people out there who would love to support ACT! for America, or give more than they're giving, but in these tough economic times they simply can't.

Well, here's a way that everyone who believes in our mission can easily support what we're doing-at no cost to them.

It doesn't get any better than that.

Guy Rodgers  

Today we are excited to announce that "Occupy Unmasked"  will be made available on Video on Demand (VOD), on the heels of its successful limited theatrical release. "Occupy Unmasked" must be seen to be believed and now you and millions of others will have that opportunity right in your own homes.

The VOD providers carrying "Occupy Unmasked" include iTunes; Amazon; Charter; Comcast; Google Play; DirecTV; Playstation3; Suddenlink; Time Warner; Verizon FIOS; VUDU; Xbox Zune; AT&T UVerse; Cablevision; Cox; and Dish Network.

For more information on how to watch on VOD please click HERE.

"Occupy Unmasked," takes viewers into the Occupy Wall Street camps across the country in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Portland, Denver and Oakland for an up-close look at what's happened there and who's at the heart of the movement. Exclusive footage and first-hand eyewitness accounts tell the story of the criminal activity and raw brutality in the camps - much of which has not been reported by the mainstream media.

Featuring the late conservative icon Andrew Breitbart, as well as former leftist radicals turned patriotic citizen journalists Brandon Darby, David Horowitz, Pam Keys, Anita MonCrief, Mandy Nagy, and Lee Stranahan, among others, this film delves beneath the surface of the Occupy movement to show its anarchist roots.

Please check your local cable provider to see if "Occupy Unmasked" is available on demand on your TV or download and watch the film online.

Sincerely,

David N. Bossie

Memorial Lecture 

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 

7:30pm 

The Annual Jay Michael Swartz Memorial Lecture: An Evening with Michael Medved For Men and Women Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 7:30pm *Pre-lecture dinner 6:15pm At the Glazier Jewish Center | 25 N. State St. Fee: $36   *Pre-lecture dinner with Michael Medved (includes lecture): $100 AMERICAN JEWS AND CHRISTIAN EVANGELICALS: IRRECONCILABLE ENEMIES OR INEVITABLE ALLIES? Michael Medved is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and bestselling author. His daily show is heard by over 3.75 million people across the country. Born in Philadelphia, Michael won admission to Yale at age 16 as a National Merit Scholar. He majored in American History and graduated with honors, before attending Yale Law School, where his classmates included Bill and Hillary Clinton. Michael wrote his first bestseller at age 26 - "What Really Happened to the Class of '65?" - a skeptical reconsideration of the "counterculture" of the 1960's that became a weekly TV series on NBC. Many American Jews distrust and even fear the rise of the evangelical Christianity. They see this religious movement as a threat to the survival of Judaism in the United States and to the continuance of a society that values pluralism and religious liberty. On the other hand increasing numbers of American Jews view evangelicals as natural allies, not just when it comes to support of Israel, but on a range of social issues here in the U.S. In this provocative presentation, Michael Medved will explain where Jews and Christians already agree, and where they can never agree, in their participation in the ongoing battles shaping American society.

Dear Fellow Conservative,
 
Registration for CPAC 2013 is now open!  The American Conservative Union's legendary annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is scheduled for March 14-16, 2013 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.    

Register Now for CPAC 2013
Don't miss your chance to help take our country back to the right.  To register now and reserve your space, visit conservative.org.

Join the Celebration
In honor of CPAC's 40th Anniversary, we look forward to joining conservatives from across the nation for CPAC 2013, celebrating the accomplishments of the movement while also energizing the next generation of conservatives.

New Location
CPAC 2013 boasts a new location at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.  Complimentary CPAC shuttle busses to and from the Gaylord Center will be available at convenient locations across the National Capitol Region.  Details will be released in the coming weeks; please visit conservative.org for updates.

CPAC Past & Present
The ACU has hosted CPAC in the Nation's Capital since 1973, and it now stands as the largest annual gathering of conservatives in the country. Additionally, the ACU this year hosted two regional CPACs designed to energize and mobilize Midwest and Mountain West conservatives, giving them the tools needed to defeat the liberal agenda in 2012 while also highlighting rising conservative stars and issues in the region.  Stay tuned for details on 2013 regional CPAC locations!

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The Great Betrayal: Obama's Wars and the War in Iraq

Jul 18th, 2012 

Daniel Greenfield's new Freedom Center pamphlet, The Great Betrayal: Obama's Wars and the War in Iraq, is an effort to understand the politics of the "war on terror" which has now reached a final punctuation point with the U.S. decision to speed its withdrawal from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan (where success was once deemed so crucial to national security), and to practice an incoherent form of regime change in Libya while ignoring more serious threats in Syria and Iran.

The war on terror began, Greenfield shows, as an admirable bipartisan commitment soon after the tragedy of 9/11-an effort to transcend party lines not only to punish those who attacked our country but also to interrupt planning for further attacks and try to stop the international spread of the Islamic jihad behind the attacks. But the Democratic Party, with the honorable exception of a few individuals like Richard Gephardt and Joe Lieberman, turned its back on a war soon after authorizing it, and did so at a time when American troops were facing hostile enemy fire.

Although Senate Democrats on the intelligence oversight committee had been granted access to every piece of data available to the White House, they now accused President Bush of tricking them to secure their approval. In fact, their own about-face was entirely dictated by political considerations when a Sixties antiwar activist, Howard Dean, surged ahead in the Democratic primary polls and it appeared for a moment that Americans were on the side of retreat and capitulation.

Although regime change in Iraq had been official U.S. policy since Bill Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, Democratic senators such as John Kerry who only months earlier had supported the war effort now launched demoralizing attacks on the American commander-in-chief and his troops in the field, stigmatizing it as "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time." If the truth was the first casualty of their war against the Bush administration, the second casualty was the principle of bi-partisanship that had guided foreign policy debates throughout the Cold War, the principle that "politics stops at the water's edge." Now partisan politics trumped security.

The unrestrained attacks on the Iraq War as illegal and unjustified went largely unanswered by Republicans who failed to call the Democratic saboteurs of the nation's war effort to account or to decry the risk their cynical attacks posed to American servicemen and women on the battlefield. As Greenfield demonstrates, the Democrats' partisanship had consequences not only in Iraq but elsewhere in the region: the paralysis that resulted from their "anti-war" campaign led straight to the destruction of Lebanon and the installation of a terrorist army, Hezbollah, there as a regime within a regime. And it emboldened an overtly Islamofascist regime in Iran not only to supply the IEDs responsible for most of our troop fatalities in Iraq but also to proceed with a nuclear program aimed directly at Israel and the West.

The Great Betrayal shows that Barack Obama's abandonment of Iraq is a betrayal of all the Americans and Iraqis who gave their lives to establish freedom in that country. And the result of his policies in Afghanistan has been as disastrous. While the President presented his rationale for pursuing war there as the pursuit of al-Qaeda, after abandoning his "surge" (which resulted in two thirds of all America's Afghan casualties there and the resurgence of the Taliban allies of al-Qaeda), he blithely prepared for withdrawal as if national objectives had been met.

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"Losing our Sons": Documentary looks at domestic Islamic radicalization and jihadization

Charles Jacobs at Americans for Peace and Tolerance announced today the release of a trailer for their upcoming documentary, "Losing Our Sons", featuring Melvin Bledsoe - father of domestic terrorist Carlos Bledsoe aka Abdulhakim Mohamed who gunned down US Army recruiter Pvt. William Long at an Army-Navy recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas in June 2009. Melvin Bledsoe testified at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing earlier this month.

The upcoming documentary discusses how Bledsoe was radicalized by the Muslim Student Association in Tennessee and sent to terrorist training in Yemen with the written recommendation of the imam of a Nashville mosque. It also discusses how the agents of radicalization in the Nashville Muslim community have been aided by collaborators in the establishment media, politics and the so-called "interfaith" community.

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RedState Morning Briefing

For November 15, 2012

1. Sometimes, It Really Is Different This Time - A Polling Post-Mortem

Discussions of polling often lend themselves to more heat than light. A lot of the post-election poll commentary is even dumber than the pre-election poll commentary, as victorious liberals spin a narrative that conservatives were all "poll deniers" or "poll truthers" ignoring the polls. Now, it's true that there were more than a few people on the Right who made intelligent discussion of the polls harder rather than easier. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 

2. The Ending Spending Model

Yesterday I was less than complimentary of a bunch of the money spent by Republican billionaires and millionaires to advance the GOP this past year. Many of them threw good money after bad, hired marketers for technology, pooled their money with GOP ad guys who wasted it all, and some invested in massive and elaborately bureaucratic groups.

One model moving forward that these people should consider is Joe Ricketts' Ending Spending. I'm very familiar with Ending Spending and the good work it has done. Instead of just going out to find Republicans to support, Ending Spending focused on an issue - ending spending in Washington. When many conservatives threw in with Don Stenberg in Nebraska, Ending Spending was one of the lone voices for Deb Fischer. In Arizona, Ending Spending played below the radar helping Jeff Flake.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

3.  The Demise of Twinkies? Yes, It's True. Parasitic Unions Kill Their Hosts (or, in this case, Hostess)

Back in September, following acceptance by the Teamsters. the bakers' union (BCTGM) at bankrupt Hostess brands-makers of the iconic Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder brand breads-rejected a company proposal to help keep the company in business. By a voice vote of its members, the union opened the door to conduct a company-killing strike and potentially putting 18,500 Hostess workers onto the streets.

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Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for November 15, 2012

Hamas rocket kills three Israelis, wider war looms
Reuters

Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Find a New Fight
The Atlantic

Anxiety over 'fiscal cliff,' ObamaCare has businesses holding back
Fox News

What Republicans need tell Latinos about immigration
Fox News

Latest Heritage Research:

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Fiscal Cliff: What Congress Should Do

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The Lurking Dangers in the Hubbard Tax Hike Compromise

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Lessons from Benghazi: Rethinking U.S. Diplomatic Security

November 15, 2012   

Generals and Geographic Bachelors
G. Murphy Donovan
General David Petraeus illuminates two grand military issues at just the right moment: officer corps character and flag officer performance. More

Rendezvous with Destiny
Greg Richards
Who would have thought that it would fall to us, some of us in our so-called declining years (unless 60 is the new 40) to rescue the Republic? More

In the Land of the Blind, a One-Eyed Man Is Considered a Heretic
Jay Schalin & Duke Cheston
One of the best ways to test one's faith in humanity is to listen to the drivel that passes for mainstream thought in academia. Here are (more than) a few examples. More

Time to Let the Country Crash?
Ebben Raves
Let's not passively let the parasite class destroy itself. Let's get back into the game and fight. More

A Declaration of Grievances
Timothy Gordon
The behavior of our federal government is and long has been eerily similar to what led the colonists in the 18^th century to rebel against Great Britain in the first place. More

These Truths Are Not So Self-Evident, After All
Geoffrey P. Hunt
The Medical Examiner autopsying the Republican Party says the body isn't brown enough. More

Midnight Again in America
Jeffrey Folks
It's been midnight for the economy since Obama took office, and nothing he has proposed for his second term suggests that things will be any different. More

This Is Your Life under Obamacare
James Arlandson
Though it is hard to bear for leftist utopians, sometimes there are no ultimate solutions to social inequalities from big government. More

American Thinker Blog

The golden goose has fled
November 15, 2012
More and more rich Frenchmen - including actor Gerard Depardieu - are fleeing socialist France. More

'Pillar of Cloud'
November 15, 2012
Israel launches strike into Gaza. More

Petraeus and Allen: Non-Combatant, General Disgraces
November 15, 2012
Petraeus and Allen created faux heroic identities and succeeded in their egotistical quest for military promotion. More

Useful Liberal Idiots and Vote Fraud
November 15, 2012
Barack Obama stole the 2012 election. Liberals have no problem with this, as liberals tend not to think past five minutes from now. More

ACLU Eagerly Takes Up Case of Sex Offenders in California
November 15, 2012
Is speech that lures a child into a kidnap situation now to be considered protected speech? More

The Democrats Are Not Good Losers, but They Are Fine and Dandy Winners
November 15, 2012
It's been pretty peaceful at Gleason's now that the election is over. More

Elections have Consequences: a Continuing Series
November 15, 2012
It's as if something particularly disheartening occurred the Tuesday before last. More

Who cares?
November 15, 2012
Ee'd better start exposing every single lie put forth by the left. Every. Single. One. We need to paint a very vivid picture for Americans of where this country is headed More

Generals and E-mail
November 14, 2012
What could ever bring Petraeus and Allen to believe that any communication on the open net is secure and undiscoverable? More

Allen West needs your help now
November 14, 2012
Congressman Allen West has filed a lawsuit demanding a full recount of the votes in his district. He won in two of the three counties, but there appears to be suspicious activity surrounding early voting ballots in the third county More

Truth-telling on Petraeus
November 14, 2012
The Petraeus Affair is a hall of mirrors, full of so many distractions that the truth cannot be perceived. Fortunately, for those willing to listen, a truth-teller is available. More

Petreaus agrees to testify before Congress on Benghazi
November 14, 2012
Closed door hearings probably won't contain any revelations. More

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IMPORTANT AND TIME-SENSITIVE
LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT!
  PLEASE ASK YOUR MEMBER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SIGN REP. JEFF DUNCAN'S LETTER OPPOSING SUSAN RICE AS SECRETARY OF STATE!
  http://www.capwiz.com/actforamerica/dbq/officials/

We understand that President Obama may be considering Ambassador Susan Rice to serve as U.S. Secretary of State if Hillary Clinton steps down as expected.

We assume that this possibility is as shocking to you as it is to us; particularly considering the unconscionable misinformation campaign that Ms. Rice was a part of immediately following the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi-an attack that resulted in the brutal murder of four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

As you will recall, days after the violence against our embassy in Benghazi, Ms. Rice went on numerous television shows claiming that the attack was spontaneous and solely due to a low budget You Tube video-instead of recognizing it for the act of terrorism that it clearly was.

In response to the outlandish possibility that Ambassador Rice is indeed being considered as a possible next Secretary of State, Congressman Jeff Duncan (R-SC) is circulating a congressional letter to President Obama expressing strong opposition to the nomination of Ms. Rice for this important post. Over the next few days, he will be asking every member of the U.S. House of Representatives to join with him by signing the letter.

The letter states, in part "we, the undersigned are deeply troubled by reports that you may be considering Ambassador Susan Rice to succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State," and further, that "Ambassador Rice is widely viewed as having either willfully or incompetently misled the American public in the Benghazi matter." The letter ends by stating "we strongly oppose any efforts to nominate Ambassador Susan Rice for the position of Secretary of State."

We need your help to see that every Member of the U.S. House of Representatives adds his or her name to this critical statement of opposition. Please see below exactly what help we need today.
  *** Important Action Item ***

Congressman Duncan's letter will be circulated around the U.S. House of Representatives for signatures today and Thursday and is expected to be sent to the President on Friday, so time is of the essence!

Today, please call YOUR member of the U.S. House of Representatives and ask him/her to sign on to the letter that Congressman Duncan is circulating, opposing the nomination of Susan Rice to serve as our U.S. Secretary of State.

NOTE: If you need help locating your elected official, visit our Contact Congress page by clicking HERE. Type in your zip code where indicated to locate your U.S. legislators. Click on your Representative and you can then see his/her contact information, including the phone number of the Washington, DC office.

Please make your call NOW! Politely let your Representative know about Rep. Duncan's letter and ask that he/she sign on in support. Further, let your Representative know that you, too, strongly OPPOSE the nomination of Ambassador Susan Rice as Secretary of State. (Be clear that you are a constituent!)

Thank you for all that you do.
 

REMEMBER, YOUR VOICE COUNTS!
IF EACH OF US DOES JUST A LITTLE, TOGETHER WE CAN
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Hamas Military Leader Killed by Israeli Airstrike

Dangers Of Star Chamber Justice At Leeds City Council: The Case of Chris Knowles   Nov 14, 2012 10:44 am

The Numbers Game   Nov 14, 2012 10:18 am

Urgent Questions For Congressional Investigators to Connects-The-Dots On Benghazigate   Nov 13, 2012 10:15 pm

U.S. Foreign Policy: Room to Regroup   Nov 13, 2012 10:27 am

We will soon know the REAL character of General David Petraeus

Nov 14, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins

by Doug Book, staff writer

The reason for General David Petraeus' sudden, forced resignation is as plain as the ass on a goat. Barack Obama wanted to discredit Petraeus, prejudice the American public against him and effectively intimidate the general into silence lest he spill the beans to congress about the Regime's criminal activities of providing arms, fighters and support to Syrian terror groups from the Chris Stevens-managed, Benghazi mission.

Of course, Obama also didn't want anyone "in-the-know" testifying about his treacherous betrayal of Stevens and 3 other Americans as he deliberately offered them up to al Qaeda killers. A dead Regime operative can never testify against his boss about gun running to terrorists, can he Mr. President?

Stevens' base of operations in Benghazi was NOT a consulate, it was a mission which "...served as a meeting place to coordinate aid for the rebel-led insurgencies in the Middle East..." (1) And "among the tasks performed ... Continue Reading:We will soon know the REAL character of General David Petraeus

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On site at the Allen West recount charade

Nov 13, 2012 01:00 pm | Coach Collins

by George Spelvin, staff writer

The West-Murphy vote recount controversy is now a full blown rally of caring citizens from all walks of life. An urgent call is going out to rally for Col. West today, Tuesday, November 13, 10:00 AM at St. Lucie County's Democrat Election Supervisor Gertrude Walker's front office door on Okeechobee Road in Ft. Pierce, FL. One commenter said, "If people want to fight election fraud, then now is the time, St. Lucie is the place and Colonel West is the man!" Another commenter is questioning Walker's counting of ballots for Col. West as the Palm Beach Post political reporter George Bennett posts a razor thin margin of vote totals. West is pulling to within 0.58% of Democrat candidate Murphy, just short of the 0.5% margin required to trigger a full recount of all votes cast in the county on November 6. An urgent Email went out early Tuesday calling for the West ... Continue Reading:On site at the Allen West recount charade

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Gaza, Judea and Samaria: Prison or Paradise?

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

The Numbers Game 

Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog 

There's only so many ways to skin a cat or win an election. Like gambling, you don't just take the easy money, you look for the big score. The Republicans have always taken the easy money, setting up their own dime store New Deal after losing to FDR and Truman, setting up affirmative action and HMOs after JFK and LBJ; scoring short term political victories and long term defeats.

 

As we speak, a small horde of consultants and would-be consultants is urging the Republican Party to take the easy money of amnesty, tax hikes and anything else that will make them an inoffensive version of last election's Democratic Party. And if any of that is followed by a victory, then the consultants order an expensive bottle of wine and the left goes on planning another big score.

The key to winning the game is in the numbers. Demographics.

The weakness of the kind of state that Western liberals love to set up, the one with 4-day workweeks where everyone is either in a university or a union, where no one goes to church or synagogue, where having more than 2 kids is frowned on and retirement can be had before your hair goes white, is that it demographically trends conservative. Not necessarily what most conservatives think of as being conservative, but nevertheless those retired 60-year olds who have one daughter named Inga and take four vacations a year, don't much like change. They don't like America, Israel, banks, war, monarchy and a lot of the things that the left expects them not to like; but they also form societies that lack the left's radical appetite for change. 

This is exactly what the Nazis did to the Jews who tried to emigrate from Germany after Hitler's "election" in 1933!  They were allowed to leave provided they left everything behind!  Do you really believe that the Marxist Democrats now with Super Majorities in Sacramento will reign in their desires and show responsibility?  I have a wonderful bridge for sale!!!   

New legislation would stem wealthy flight from California

John Smithton, Sacramento Times

Updated 12:19 p.m., Thursday, November 8, 2012

LOS ANGELES - Democrats after gaining a two-thirds majority in both the California Assembly and Senate following Tuesday's election, will be bringing several new laws forward, all without the need for Republican votes.

The most striking of these is a bill which would restrict wealthy California wage earners from leaving the state without facing a large penalty assessment on their real estate and financial assets.

Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown quickly cautioned that he would take any such legislation to the voters for ratification, as he did with the temporary tax increases that voters approved on Tuesday.  And Democrat leaders in both the Senate and Assembly downplayed the idea that they would seek any measures that would harm California's income tax base.

It is the first time since 1965 that Democrats controlled a Senate supermajority, and the only time since California voters passed Proposition 13 in 1978, raising the legislative vote threshold to pass tax increases to two-thirds. Democrats will control at least 27 seats in the 40-member Senate and also have a two-thirds margin in the Assembly as well.

"It's time to start anew and to live within our means but at the same time invest in the cornerstone of our future and of our economy.  We need those fortunate enough with higher incomes to continue paying their fair share, and if that means making them pay dearly if they decide to leave our state so be it," Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said in a telephone interview.

He later told reporters that he favors continued "tax reform" to broaden California's tax base, but if the wealthy continue leaving the state that would only place a larger burden on those least able to pay.  "I certainly don't mean to suggest to my fellow Californian's that we are immediately going to raise more taxes," Steinberg said,  to comfort those seeking to flee.  "Any new tax measures will be fair and balanced."  (hahahahaha)

The California Labor Federation on the left and California Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro on the right both credited public employee unions, teacher unions and other core constituencies for electing Democratic candidates and helping pass Brown's tax increases.

"It is a big deal and we have expectations from our labor friends to raise revenues." Steinberg said. "That may include additional tax increases, but also will involve measures to penalize residents for moving out of the state."

Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, said he was confident that Democrats have the 54 seats they need for a supermajority in his chamber as well.

While Steinberg trumpeted his new found ability to bypass Republicans whom he has called "recalcitrant ... and ideologues," Perez pledged to work with the minority party even if he could probably ignore them.

"We get the best results when we have a true competition for the best ideas," Perez said, adding later that, "Having a supermajority was never a governing imperative. But it makes it much easier for us to pass new progressive legislation."

State Democrats have also proposed forming a new branch of the state police, to be known as the "STASI" or "State Team Action to Stem Income" which would be staffed with volunteers from every community, monitoring residents contemplating moving out of the state.  The staffers would report on neighbors and family members with moving plans or otherwise acting suspiciously.

The last time either party gained a supermajority in either chamber was in the 1976 election, when Democrats won a two-thirds margin in the Assembly.  It would be the first time since 1933 that one party held simultaneous super majorities.

But Brown said at a Sacramento news conference that it is his role to make sure legislative members of his own party do not overindulge. He said he will ensure that California does not spend beyond its means, and wants all residents to continue living in the state voluntarily.

"Our desires will always outrun the available money," Brown said. "I always like to think with greater power comes greater responsibility.  On the other hand, we can't have those who helped build our great society move out of the state willy-nilly"

He hedged when asked directly if he might veto the new legislation when it arrives on his desk.

"We're not into the threat game here," Brown said.

He also said his relationships with the Legislature are "better than they've ever been."

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Do You Trust the Government with Your Computer?

Do you trust the federal government to keep your personal data safe? What about your business's records and trade secrets?

If you answered "no," you have good reason-the federal government has had 13 breaches and failures of its own cybersecurity just in the last six months.

Yet the President and his allies in the Senate are pushing forward to regulate America's cyber-doings, without any clues about how much this will cost us or how it will work.

It's become the norm with this President-if Congress fails to accomplish his objectives, he goes around it with executive orders and federal regulations. He's doing it again. Congress did not pass the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 before the election, so the President has issued a draft of an executive order to put much of that legislation in place without lawmakers voting.

Not to be left behind, though, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) may try to get another vote on the bill before the end of the year-some are saying as soon as this week.

If the idea of cybersecurity-trying to secure all of the country's sensitive computer networks and data-sounds abstract, that's because it is. It's so abstract, in fact, that the legislation and executive order our leaders are pushing offer few details about what they would actually do, other than piling more confusing regulations onto businesses.

When you think about it, the idea of the federal government trying to be on the cutting edge of technological security is pretty laughable. As Heritage's David Inserra notes:

Simply put, government regulations usually take 24-36 month to complete, but the power of computers doubles every 18-24 months. This means that any standards developed will be written for threats that are two or three computer generations old.

A federal government that stays hopelessly behind the curve and can't even secure its own networks doesn't exactly inspire confidence. But oh, it can regulate!

The President's executive order would give multiple federal agencies new power to regulate businesses. It would work much like Obamacare, which passed with few details but gave agencies like Health and Human Services a blank check to write regulations. One of the incentives it may use to keep businesses in line is favoritism in awarding federal contracts-businesses that met the government's cybersecurity standards could be moved to the head of the line.

Heritage visiting fellow Paul Rosenzweig will explain in a new Issue Brief due out tomorrow that "this order will likely be very significant and very costly while not providing important cybersecurity solutions, such as effective information sharing."

How much will it cost businesses to comply with all these new (yet perpetually outdated) regulations?

We don't know.

Will the standards be voluntary or mandatory?

Also unknown.

Can companies share information about cyber-threats they have detected, with confidence that their sensitive information will be protected?

No guarantees.

With so many unanswered questions, the executive order-or the legislation-would create massive headaches for businesses and could hinder innovation. Just what the economy needs.

Read more:

The Alarming Trend of Cybersecurity Breaches and Failures in the U.S. Government Continues by Paul Rosenzweig

Cybersecurity Act of 2012 Is Back, but Same Problems and Questions Remain by David Inserra

Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, November 14, 2012

WH Refers Scandal Questions to Other Agencies 10 Times in 10 Minutes

WH: Obama 'Does Not Believe That Reducing Deficits and Debt Are Values Unto Themselves'

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White House: FBI 'Protocols' Kept Obama From Learning of Petraeus Affair Before Election
  Even If Petraeus Began His Affair in Afghanistan, He's Unlikely to Be Prosecuted, Associate Says

Obama Says He's 'Open to Compromise,' As Long As the Wealthy Are Taxed More

USDA Spending Millions on 'Farm to School' Projects, Including Lentil Patties and School Gardens

Oops: Pelosi Forgets She Doesn't Hold the Gavel Any More

Pelosi: 'We May Not Have the Gavel, but We Have Unity

CBO: Fiscal Cliff Will Bring Recession, 9.1 Percent Unemployment in 2013

Questions About Libya, Syria Could Shake Up Anticipated Cabinet Hearings

Israeli PM Warns of 'Heavy Price' for Rocket Attacks From Gaza; U.S. Response Unclear

Former RNC Chair: 'We Need Messengers Who Look Like Me'

Occupy Wall Street to Host Variety Show to 'Abolish Debt'

CEI Sues U.S. Treasury to Obtain Carbon Tax E-mails

Former Bush National Security Adviser: 'The Arab Spring Turned Out to Be Less Spring' - Should Be Called 'Arab Awakening'

COMMENTARY:

How Long Does It Take to Tell a President His CIA Director is Under Investigation?
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Here is the answer Americans are now supposed to believe: longer than it took for the White House to discover that a YouTube video did not inspire the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.

The Hiring Hypocrisy of The New York Times
By L. Brent Bozell III
The New York Times has routinely found it implausible that a Pope or a Republican president or a Rupert Murdoch could be unaware of scandals or allegations of scandals beneath them. The paper consistently telegraphs that someone so unaware of such a scandal must be the worst kind of knave or dolt. So the newspaper's hiring of Mark Thompson is the height of corporate hypocrisy.

Camp Bastion Families Want Answers About Afghanistan
By Michelle Malkin
While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton boozes it up in Australia and the Pentagon grapples with more floozy eruptions, outraged military families are still waiting for answers about the forgotten 9/14 attack on Camp Bastion. The meticulously coordinated siege by 15 Taliban infiltrators - dressed in American combat fatigues and armed with assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons - resulted not only in the death of two Americans, but also in the most devastating loss of U.S. airpower since Vietnam.

Electoral Collage
By Rich Galen
The direct election of the President would likely mean that all of the attention would be paid to the high population areas: New York City, LA, Chicago, Houston, Miami and so on. The smaller cities and towns would be left out in the cold.

NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Debt IS A Moral Issue

The Associated Press reports this morning that the deficit for October, the first month of the new fiscal year, was $120 billion. That figure is 22% higher than the October 2011 deficit. And even though tax receipts were up 13% from October 2011, spending was up 16%. This level of spending is unsustainable.

But now that Obama is safely ensconced in the White House for another four years, having once again deceived millions of blue collar workers in states like Ohio, his agenda is becoming clearer by the day. Speaking about the debt and deficit yesterday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said, "[Obama] does not believe that reducing deficits and debt are values unto themselves." That's obvious!

What about all the talk of a compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff? As I reported yesterday, there is no evidence Obama and the left are willing to compromise at all. The Hill reports that Obama asked for $800 billion in tax hikes over ten years in his discussions with John Boehner last year. Now he's demanding double that -- $1.6 trillion! Obama's press conference this afternoon was aggressive and showed little room for common ground.

Fresh off of his reelection victory, Obama is demanding a pound of flesh from congressional conservatives. If John Boehner and Senate Republicans give it to him, he will demand two pounds next time. And if they refuse, then he and left-wing members of Congress seem willing to go over the fiscal cliff and blame the GOP for the resulting economic damage. Polls suggest Obama has the upper hand.

Some of our friends, such as Larry Kudlow, the Wall Street Journal and even the Romney campaign, have already embraced the concept of having the rich pay more -- not by raising tax rates but by limiting deductions. The largest and most popular deductions are home mortgage interest and charitable donations.

The rumor is that Obama will get his $1.6 trillion by demanding both higher marginal tax rates AND limited deductions. But keep in mind that Obama is spending at least $1 trillion more than the Treasury brings in each and every year. His "plan" is to raise $1.6 trillion over ten years, essentially cutting his deficits by just 16%. That's not much of a solution.

AND DON'T FORGET THIS: If the GOP figures out a way to hold the line against Obama's demands, taxes go up anyway in January, automatically.


Benghazi And The Sex Scandal

Is there a nexus between General Petraeus's infidelity scandal and the Benghazi scandal? Syndicated columnist and FOX News contributor Charles Krauthammer has suggested there is a link, and his speculation on this link is worth considering.

There are credible reports that General Petraeus held out the hope that he would be able to keep his job and avoid the destruction of his reputation in spite of the adultery scandal. He believed the scandal might not become public if administration officials did not expose it.

Krauthammer then raises the possibility that Petraeus's Benghazi testimony before Congress on September 13th may have been influenced by knowing that the Obama Administration held his fate in its hands. In his testimony, Petraeus gave Congress the administration's story that the Benghazi attack was spontaneous and caused by the anti-Islam movie. He did this even though his own station chief in Tripoli had told him it was an organized terrorist attack.

Krauthammer concludes, "Of course it was being held over Petraeus's head, and the sword was lowered on Election Day. You don't have to be a cynic to see that as the ultimate cynicism."

I believe Krauthammer is very close to the truth. This is what Congressional investigators should zero in on. As I write, there are reports Petraeus has now agreed to testify.


Hamas Military Leader Eliminated By Israeli Airstrike

The leader of Hamas' military arm, who has masterminded countless terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, has been killed by an Israeli Air Force strike.

After weeks of missile attacks from Gaza into Israel, the Israeli Air Force bombed a car in Gaza City, killing Ahmed Jaabari, the head of Hamas's armed wing - the equivalent of an army's chief of staff. Other airstrikes are underway as we go to press.