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"Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred."

Corbett Halts PA Exchange!  

December 12, 2012, 3:30 PM Dear Members and Friends, Partially due to your efforts and phone calls, Governor Tom Corbett announced, a few hours ago, that he is refusing to set up a Health Insurance Exchange in Pennsylvania--despite having accepted Federal funds to research and study the issue. (He will return the balance of the money not used.) http://www.philly.com/philly/health/Governor_Corbett_Announces_State-Based_Insurance_Exchange_Decision.html He joins Republican Governors Chris Christie (who we also successfully lobbied), John Kasich (OH), Scott Walker (WI), and others from twenty states (and growing) in rejecting the idea of a state-run exchange. Last week's news that Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce Castor was waiting in the wings to challenge Governor Corbett in the 2014 Republican Primary could have also positively influenced the Governor's decision. At any rate, Governor Corbett cited the enormous potential costs associated with implementing the state exchange (as mentioned in our previously sent email below) as one of the main reasons for his refusal. Please call the Governor's office at 717.787.2500 and thank him for doing the right thing. While the Federal government will still attempt to set up exchanges in all the states that refuse to do it themselves--the refusal of the states might lead to the unraveling of ObamaCare due to its burdensome, unwieldy, and irrational 2,000 page provisions. ********** In another matter, we are still several hundred dollars short of our goal to raise $1000 for two worthy Homeless Vet projects (see email below). If half of you would give just $5, we would exceed our goal many times over. (To find the donate button, please scroll down to the bottom of this email.) Thank you to all who have already given! On behalf of the Association Board, Teri Adams

December 9, 2012, 11 PM   Dear Members and Friends,   Our good friend, WPHT Talk Show Host Dom Giordano, has two very important guests this Monday (December 10) and Next Monday (December 17).   This Monday, sometime between 9 & 11 AM, Dom will be interviewing the elected official currently at the center of our public policy universe--Governor Tom Corbett (R-PA).   (Last week, the center was Governor Chris Christie, who, with only a few hours to spare, vetoed the ObamaCare Health Insurance Exchange bill that had passed both Houses of the New Jersey Legislature earlier this fall. We are most grateful for your calls to Gov. Christie's office.)   Gov. Corbett has until Friday, December 14, to return the $33 million he took, last May, to set up a Health Insurance Exchange in Pennsylvania. (Nebraska government officials have estimated that it will cost that state over $600 million, over the next five years, to implement a Health Insurance Exchange. Nebraska is the only state, so far, to conduct a cost analysis.) We are hoping you will to listen to Gov. Corbett this Monday--then call or fax his office and ask him to return the $33 million and to tell the Obama Administration that he will not authorize Pennsylvania to set up the Exchange.   He does not need legislative approval to do this. In this case, as head of the Executive Branch of PA Government, he can act unilaterally. Already, 22 other states have refused to set up exchanges.   While you are at it, please ask the Governor to back State Representative Matt Baker's Healthcare Freedom Act which would allow PA to completely opt out of ObamaCare.   T Alert: Call Governor Tom Corbett When: Monday-Friday, 9 AM-5PM or until he notifies the Obama Administration that he will not set up a Health Insurance Exchange. Contact: Governor Tom Corbett: 717.787.2500 (phone), 717.772.8284 (fax) ********** On Monday, December 17, 7-10 PM, Talk Radio 1210 WPHT presents its 4th Annual Feast of the Seven Fishes, a listener event hosted by Dom Giordano and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia with special guest Lt. Col. Oliver North and other noted personalities from political, entertainment, and sports world! The Feast, which has grown over the years, will be held in Wannamaker's Crystal Tea Room. As in the past, portions of this year's proceeds will benefit Catholic Charities and The Archbishop's Christmas Benefit for Children. Attendees will enjoy a huge seafood buffet featuring an irresistible array of Italian specialties prepared by many of Philadelphia's finest restaurants. 4th Annual Feast of the Seven Fishes with Dom Giordano, Oliver North & Co. When: Monday, December 17, 7-10 PM Where: Crystal Tea Room, Wannamaker Building, 1300 Market St., Philadelphia Cost: $75 per person For tickets and further information, visit: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/10/21/3rd-annual-feast-of-the-seven-fishes/  Sponsored by 1210 WPHT and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. ********** Also, this Tuesday, December 11, Victor Davis Hanson will be speaking on American Exceptionalism at The Ritz Carlton in Center City. There are still a few tickets available. What Makes America Great? With Victor Davis Hanson When: Tuesday, December 11, 6:30-9 PM Where: The Ritz Carlton, Ten Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia Cost: $75 per person--includes Dinner & Lecture For tickets and further information, visit: Philadelphia Freedom Center Eventbrite  Sponsored by The Philadelphia Freedom Center. ********** Also, as you probably know, in honor of our troops, we are conducting a Help-A-Vet Money Drop for two local charities dedicated to assisting veterans in need. The Homeless Veterans Project, a program run by the Broad Street Ministries, provides meals and other services to homeless vets. Association friend, Joe Eastman, is one of its biggest boosters. The Philadelphia Veterans Comfort House provides shelter for homeless vets. Another Association friend, Chris Hill, is heavily involved with this charity. So far, we have raised $600. We hope to raise at least $1000 for these fine charities by Monday evening. If you would be willing to make a $5 or $10 donation towards our goal, we would be most appreciative. We will continue to provide you with timely updates on our progress and wish to thank those who have already contributed.   or send a check to: Independence Hall Tea Party Association P. O. Box 306 Cheltenham, PA 19012 God Bless all of you, our fallen heroes and their families, and the entire military--those who have served or are currently serving our great nation. Hope to see you soon! On behalf of the Association Board of Directors, Teri Adams

This new interview between American Policy Center President, Tom DeWeese and WHDT World News host, Gary Franchi, reveals several new UN initiatives now underway, including new efforts to enforce Agenda 21; a UN meeting in Dubia to create UN control of the Internet; a UN meeting in Quatar to force a new Climate Change treaty that will force developed nations to pay the UN a $100 billion per year ransom for their development; and most astonishing, is a quick UN video clip in which it sets the stage for older people as non-useful to humanity - in the name of Agenda 21. Don't believe it - watch this interview!

Is Agenda 21 a Danger to your GRANDMOTHER?! Tom Deweese Breaks Down UN's Attempt at World Government

Tom DeWeese's Newswire

Feinstein Slams Salazar for Using 'False Science' to Kill Historic Oyster Farm
pajamasmedia | "The popular business enjoyed strong community support and over the years millions of dollars in studies went into the protracted fight with the government. 'As stewards of the land, our practices are driven by a deep respect for the earth and the waters of the Estero ecosystem. The farms provide jobs, housing, and income to many locals, and are a significant part of the history and diversity of this thriving agricultural community,' the company said on its website." This is definitely a sad day; I ate a lot of Drake's Bay oysters, so I am extra sad about this. It is just another business practicing good stewardship of the land that has to go because of Sustainable Development (SD). If SD meant what it is called, the Drakes Bay company would be receiving an award for how well they have sustained their area of the bay and it's plant and animal life. The funny thing is that while Feinstein is ticked about it (probably only because she loves to eat oysters), the other California Senator, Barbara Boxer, is all in favor of the shut down -- but she is an animal rightist, so maybe there is more to her vote than just to be greener than green.

New Report: 'Extreme Weather Report 2012': 'Latest peer-reviewed studies, data & analyses undermine claims that current weather is 'unprecedented' or a 'new normal'
Climate Depot | The man-made global warming movement has officially shifted from runaway global warming fears over to extreme weather fears. This strategic shift has been in the works for years as global average temperatures have stalled by up to 16 years. First there was a transition from "global warming" to "climate change" and now to "global climate disruption." Some have suggested "global weirding" others have suggested a "new normal."...

Ron Paul's Farewell Speech
The Washington Post | Perhaps most of you have listened to this already, but it is worth more than one hearing. Not often do we get to hear a statesman of this quality. He has stood for the values we all cherish and would like to live by. Ron Paul has been (and hopefully will continue to be) one of the people who will lead us out of this state of slavery we have been hoodwinked into by those who run our country. Ron Paul we salute you. 

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VALLEY FORGE PATRIOTS

THURSDAY (not Friday), DECEMBER 13^TH MEETING, 6PM

Phoenixville Country Club

IMPORTANT MEETING! UN Agenda 21

Please plan to be there. Put the date on your calendar now.

•          A "show and tell" with John Taylor who works with Tom Dewees, at the American Policy Center, a 15 year leader of exposing this UN scheme to take away your property rights and other American liberties, otherwise known as sustainable development.

Agenda 21 is the plan that is intended to take away the rights and liberties of all Americans. Currently, there is a big push to institute a global tax and make the UN the global IRS. If you think this is not possible, I challenge you to find out the real truth.

The UN Agenda 21 plan is also to take away your gun rights, control the sea, space and air (global commons), have financial regulatory authority, a global economic council, and a world monetary board. But one of the worst things for us, is the plan to take away our right of property ownership and turn much of our country into uninhabited wastelands. No roads, no transportation, no population.

If you think this is extreme and can't happen, you are wrong. This plan is so far down the road that we will have a very hard time stopping it. There are many counties and townships in our area that have already signed up and are involved, including the borough of West Chester. These communities and counties don't realize what they are signing up to support. The words they use are positive sounding, but the results are very ugly. Some municipalities in Maryland have fought and have won their way out of the program.

Everyone needs to learn about this plot. Please personally invite your supervisors, the RCCC, commissioners, and other legislators. Do this now! Plan to greet them, sit with them and follow up with them. They are so involved with other issues that Agenda 21 seems far off and impossible. Aware citizens must help them learn the reality!

We the People must defeat any treaty that promises to hand the UN global taxing powers or any other powers over our nation and our liberties!

Please join the VFP and participate - join like-minded patriots and learn how we can help stop this assault on America!

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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  

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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!

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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%!

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Memorial Lecture 

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 

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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.

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RedState Morning Briefing

For December 13, 2012

Dear RedState Reader:

Conservatives need answers. Four Republicans were removed from their respective committees for voting against House Republican Leaders. As has now been well chronicled, the excuses for why the removals happened keeps changing.

It is time for conservatives to start fighting back. As House Republicans continue to surrender and out negotiate themselves, we must demand answers. Go here now and start calling Steering Committee members.  

Ask if they supported the removal and demand that they put these conservatives back on their respective committees immediately. Log the answers and I will make them public.

If we do not hang together on this, House Republican leaders will indeed sell us out.

RedState is making it very easy for you to take action. Go here, call now, and report back. We need a list of who did and did not support the action. If they then refuse to reverse the action, we will take the next step.

Sincerely yours,

Erick Erickson
Editor-in-Chief, RedState 

Dear RedState Reader,

Thanks to our many readers, contributors, and activists, RedState's influence has grown immensely over the past couple of years.  We now have more than 2 million unique visitors coming to our site every month... many of whom are acting in concert to move this country back where it needs to be.  

Here's the problem.  The Morning Briefing that you're getting this morning and RedState itself are both available to everyone, free.  That's a good thing for both our readers and our country, but it makes it hard for us to manage our day to day business and continue to grow at the same time.  

Yes, we work hard to sell advertising to help cover our costs (thanks, by the way, for putting up with that!) and we get a big assist from our parent company, but as you probably know, it's pretty hard for us, as a free website, to cover many costs such as  server hosting, rent, IT support, etc.  If every RedStater could donate $1 each month, we'd be golden.  That, of course, isn't going to happen.  But we hope some of you might consider a contribution.

We have readers in every state of the union and in many countries around the world helping spread our mission to educate, motivate, and activate true conservatives.  Given the state of affairs in DC and in statehouses across the country, you know we all have our work cut out for us.  With your help, we can forget about fundraising and get back to that very important mission.  

Thanks very much for your generous donation, support, and commitment to the cause.

Now, on with the Morning Briefing.

1.  The Republicans Have Failed the Nation

Over the next couple of years, Barack Obama wants to raise the national debt to $18.9 trillion or so.

John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, and the congressional Republicans want to raise the national debt to $18.4 trillion or so.

The present leadership of the Republican Party has gone from making the case that government is the problem and the American people are the solution to making the case that Democratic controlled government is the problem and Republican controlled government is the solution.

By giving up on making the case that government is the problem and pivoting to "Democrats are the problem," the Republican Party has failed the American people. Historically, when parties lost, their leadership went and hid for an appropriate amount of time under a rock after an acceptance of blame and a resignation.

The present Republican leaders in Washington, instead of hiding under a rock, have taken to standing on the rock and demanding conservatives self flagellate. Neither John Boehner nor Mitch McConnell are visionaries. They are survivors. They survive by recognizing the biggest threat to them and trying to befriend it or neutralize it.

2. Whodunit?

Conservatives need answers. Four Republicans were removed from their respective committees for voting against House Republican Leaders. As has now been well chronicled, the excuses for why the removals happened keeps changing.

It is time for conservatives to start fighting back. As House Republicans continue to surrender and out negotiate themselves, we must demand answers.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

3.  So Which One is it, Mr. Boehner?

More than a week since several conservative House members were kicked off their committees, they have finally received a personal note from Boehner.

During last week's conference meeting, Boehner explicitly told members that there was a purge based upon voting records, that he was a part of it, and that other members who deviate from the big government echo chamber would be next.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

4.  600 Workers To Be Fired As Controversial Activist Judge Sides With Obama-NLRB & SEIU Strikers

A Democrat-appointed federal judge with a controversial past and a "weird record of empathy for those accused of sexual crimes involving children" has sided with Barack Obama's National Labor Relations Board and the Service Employees International Union by ordering a nursing home chain whose SEIU workers are striking to reinstate the strikers. The judge's decision to side with the NLRB and SEIU will cause more than 600 replacement caregivers' employment to be terminated.

To make matters worse, among those who will be reinstated will be SEIU strikers who are alleged to have committed acts of sabotage against nursing home residents (including Alzheimer's patients) when the union struck back in July. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

5.  Bob Menendez's illegal immigrant sex offender intern arrested.

The Associated Press, in this one particular case at least, gets right to the point:

"Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by immigration authorities, The Associated Press has learned. The Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents not to arrest him until after Election Day, a U.S. official involved in the case told the AP." . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

6.  Picking Fights

Throughout the last two years, Erick, Drew Ryun and myself have introduced RedStaters to many problems within the leadership of the Texas State House. Supporting evidence has been provided, most recently with Erick's exclusive a few weeks ago, showing the Speaker's office as the catalyst behind the war against house conservatives. It's not a new fight but with the January vote on House leadership looming, it's time to saddle up.

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Experts on the Day's Hottest News

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December 13, 2012   

Ramping Up Government Control of the Energy Sector
Jeffrey Folks
Continuing to prop up failing green energy firms would be the definition of insanity -- if, that is, prosperity were what the Obama administration wanted. More

Embrace the Suck
William L. Gensert
Obama's politics of bitterness and envy just won an election. Perhaps the failure of his policies based on the same can save a nation. More

Middle East Exploding, and Obama Nowhere to Be Found
Elise Cooper
President Obama has cast off his duties as a world leader, leaving the nations of the Middle East in utter, deadly disarray. More

Remembering Nanking
Bruce Walker
A good time to reflect on what protects us from succumbing to (or ourselves becoming) monsters. More

Getting an Abortion in December
T.S. Weidler
It is ironic that the month in which the world celebrates the most inconvenient and unplanned birth in history is also the month in which the court began its ignominious descent into preventing such births. More

An Overlooked Constant
Steve McCann
Short of turning America into Stalin's police state and confiscating all the wealth of the "evil" one percent, the predictable behavior of this economic class very much revolves around the tax policies of the government. More

The Great Progressive Church
Robert A. Hall
Why do Progressives get so angry and vicious when you challenge any of their tenets? You are not disagreeing with them over policy. You are attacking the core of their religion, More

American Thinker Blog

Krugman Sends 'Deficit Scolds' Straight to Hell
December 13, 2012
More economic illiteracy from our favorite Nobel-brandisher. More

Printing Weapons
December 13, 2012
For those who don't understand, this technology really exists. It is getting more and more common. More

No We Can't: The New Normal of High Unemployment
December 13, 2012
Everything is higher, but nothing is better. More

Will Egyptian 'Liberals' Condemn Coptic Christian Blogger's Blasphemy Sentence?
December 12, 2012
"Liberal", it seems, is defined differently in some cultures. More

A Formula for Smearing Israel
December 12, 2012
Payback for the Palestinians getting statehood recognition at the UN -- or so the WaPo claims. More

Misleader-in-Chief
December 12, 2012
The president's unfamiliarity with the truth. More

Hispanics must recall the reason their parents came to America in the first place
December 12, 2012
We need to remind them that taxing the rich will do to the US what it has done to their countries of origin. More

The Bourne Stupidity
December 12, 2012
Matt Damon's new anti-big oil film is financed by foreign oil interests. More

Cheaters and Baseball's Hall of Fame
December 12, 2012
Morality matters in every area of life. More

'Share-the-Wealth' Obama's Charitable Christmas Message
December 12, 2012
'Tis the season to soak the rich. More

The Great Betrayal of 2012
December 12, 2012
The Republican Party has a choice. Embrace Tea party Ideals or face extinction. More

Michigan Auto Union Reactions a Harbinger of Things to Come?
December 12, 2012
Prepare for some dark days ahead. More

December 11, 2012

Caught On Tape: Union Members Assault Conservative Commentator Steven Crowder in Michigan

Climate Realist Marc Morano Debates Bill Nye the Science Guy on Global Warming

Why Is Higher Education So Expensive?

North Korea Threatens with Successful Missile Launch

North Korea successfully launched a missile early Wednesday-a big step toward achieving the capability to hit targets in the United States.

Under the transparent public cover story of a satellite launch, North Korea tested a missile that is the same as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Even though the missile was not armed, the launch violates U.N. Security Council resolutions.

And the country has been claiming that it is close to arming this type of missile with a nuclear warhead that could reach U.S. territory.

Bruce Klingner, Heritage's Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia, wrote this morning that "The international community must take firm action against North Korea's provocative act."

The U.N. Security Council will consult on the launch today, and Klingner says the U.S. should submit a new resolution that "allows for enforcement by military means. This would enable naval ships to intercept and board North Korean ships suspected of transporting precluded nuclear, missile, and conventional arms, components, or technology." This would be in addition to other sanctions:

Washington should lead the charge for more comprehensive international sanctions against Pyongyang as well as the banks, businesses, and countries that facilitate North Korean nuclear and missile proliferation. The U.S. should also work with its allies toward a comprehensive integrated missile defense network in Asia.

As Klingner notes, coordinating the response with the United Nations will be a challenge for Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., who has been in the hot seat since her media appearances on the Benghazi terrorist attack. She has been rumored a favorite of President Obama's for Secretary of State in his second term. One of Rice's main problems will be the Administration's China policy, Klingner explains, because "Beijing has been the principal roadblock to meaningful action. China blocked any meaningful U.N. action in 2010 in response to North Korea's two acts of war against South Korea and Pyongyang's unveiling of a uranium enrichment facility."

North Korea's aggression should drive home the necessity of robust missile defense systems for the U.S. and South Korea. Klingner says:

The United States should encourage South Korea to deploy a multilayered missile defense system. This system should be interoperable with a U.S. regional missile network to provide for a more coherent and effective defense of allied military facilities and the South Korean populace. The U.S. should also encourage Seoul to engage in trilateral missile defense cooperation and exercises with the U.S. and Japan.

>>> 33 Minutes: The time it could take for a missile to hit the U.S.

The international community will be watching closely. While the missile launch was timed to mark important dates in North Korea-the December 17 anniversary of the death of previous leader Kim Jong-il and the ascension to power of new leader Kim Jong-un-it will also have broad effects in the region, as both Japan and South Korea have national elections in just a few days.

It is clear that the young leader Kim Jong-un is taking an aggressive stance toward the rest of the world. The international response should be just as clear.

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Abolish the Costly Sugar Program to Lower Sugar Prices
 

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Obama's greedy worshipers will cheer ANYTHING he says

Dec 12, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins

By Derrick Hollenbeck, staff writer

At this point it seems like Barack Obama's worshipers will cheer at anything he says. Imagine him speaking at one of his daily campaign rallies and saying the following.

"What we need now is to take a good long look at slavery. We know many folks don't want a job but that bums the rest of us out. When we bring back slavery everybody will be accounted for. Everybody will have a job and be secure in the knowledge that they are contributing to the greater good of the state. Our slaves would be well feed; have great healthcare and birth control devices. They would be off every other Sunday and one full week in the summer plus all federal holidays. Now how does that sound?"

The crowd would cheer but Obama is just revving up.

"Businesses should not be allowed to make more profit than a government council sets for ... Continue Reading:Obama's greedy worshipers will cheer ANYTHING he says

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Dear Fellow Conservative,

Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Steny Hoyer: The Debt Limit 'Is Not Real'

Rand Paul: Make Democrats the Party of High Taxes

Lieberman: We Don't Want to Lose Our Freedom by Trying to Keep Terrorists from Crossing Border

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UAW Chief: Michigan Law 'Part of a Right-Wing Agenda'

Hoffa: Michigan Lawmakers 'Betraying Democracy'

Poll: Gov. Cuomo's Approval Reaches Record High

White House: Savings Come Later

House, Senate Democrats: No Deal If It Involves Medicare or Medicaid Reforms

Harkin: 'Medicaid Supports Even Middle-Class Families'

 Obama Ends His 'Engagement' Policy With Syria by Recognizing the Opposition

Christianity Declines, Unbelief Rises, Islam Fastest-Growing Faith in England

Poll: 21% of Small Business Owners Will Cut Their Workforce in 2013

Company That Broke With Boy Scouts Loses a Conservative Customer

Send Illegal Aliens to the Reservation? 'Maybe That's a Good Plan B,' Immigrant Activist Says

U.S Condemns N. Korean Rocket Launch; Japan Calls for Urgent Security Council Meeting

Federal Court Tosses Illinois Ban on Concealed Carry, But Fight's Not Over

COMMENTARY:

Obama's America Will Become Detroit
By Terence P. Jeffrey
If America continues down the road to Obama's America - a road that began when President Franklin Roosevelt started building a welfare state here - our entire nation will become Detroit.

Not Enough Liberal Bias in Loony Land
By L. Brent Bozell III
"Soul-searching" is apparently what happens when liberal reporters ponder why they haven't been liberal enough. Case in point: Daniel Froomkin of the Huffington Post, who complains that the liberal media ignored Republican attempts to fool the American electorate with their lies.

'There Will Be Blood': Union Violence in the Age of Obama
By Michelle Malkin
During his Monday visit to Michigan, President Obama inveighed against right to work with his usual class warfare dog-whistle. The union thugs heard it loud and clear.

Those Pesky Mayans
By Rich Galen
NASA has a whole page devoted to explaining why the world will not end on 12-21-12. But, NASA has a vested interest in keeping the world going, if only to see how far the Voyagers I & II can go and keep sending back signals.

Morning Jolt - December 11, 2012

By Jim Geraghty

Remember, there's just ten shopping days until the Mayan apocalypse!

Here's your Tuesday Morning Jolt. Enjoy!

Jim

Does Anybody Besides Boehner Know What Boehner Is Doing?

Everybody's got advice for House speaker John Boehner. I suspect Marc Thiessen represents a new level of urgency and frustration within the GOP grassroots, as they see days slipping by, the fiscal cliff approaching, and few if any good options for the party:

Go on the offensive. Immediately put forward a plan to fundamentally reform the tax code. You will be able to outbid Obama and the Democrats in any tax-cut fight. And the intellectual groundwork has already been done. During the supercommittee negotiations last year, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) put forward a plan to lower rates, raise revenue and limit deductions. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has a revenue-neutral corporate tax reform plan that lowers the rate to 25 percent and moves to a territorial system.

On the spending side, "soak the rich" by getting rid of the billions of dollars in government benefits, taxpayer subsidies and corporate welfare the wealthy receive each year and don't need, and by means-testing government programs from unemployment benefits to farm subsidies.

On entitlements, put forward a plan to save Social Security and Medicare through structural reforms and by reducing benefits for well-off retirees and eliminating them entirely for the wealthiest seniors. Propose a "Buffett Rule" of your own: Warren Buffett does not need taxpayers to subsidize his retirement and health care.

On his radio program Monday, Sean Hannity was grinding his teeth over this aspect, arguing that it amounted to theft of wealthy people who had spent their lives paying into entitlement programs.

I suppose you could see it that way, but perhaps it's good to go back and consider the purpose of these programs in the first place. Why do we have Social Security? To provide income for retirees who can't take care of themselves. Why do we have Medicare? To provide health care for retirees who can't take care of themselves. Once you have a sufficiently high net worth, you can take care of yourself. So why shouldn't Social Security benefits be eliminated for the wealthiest retirees? The Left has always resisted this, fearing that if some citizens didn't collect their benefits, they might not see it as a universal system and the public might be more amenable to additional reforms of the system.

Why yes, they would, wouldn't they?

Anyway, back to Theissen: 

STEP THREE: Pass your plans. If the president refuses to negotiate and no progress is made by February, inform him that you will attach all or part of your plan to legislation raising the debt limit and pass it in the House. Then do so. Obama will sign it. Here is why:

Unlike with the fiscal cliff, Republicans have all the leverage when it comes to the debt limit. Today, Obama is perfectly willing to go over the fiscal cliff and blame the GOP for the resulting tax increases on the middle class. But when it comes to the debt limit, he does not have that luxury. He can't default on our debt - the consequences are too catastrophic. So in the end he will cave.

Raise your hand if you think you've spotted a flaw in the strategy here. Wow, lots of hands. Yes, you in the back.

"President Obama doesn't fear catastrophic consequences, he embraces them! Because economic instability increases the general public's dependency upon government, in a variation of the Cloward-Piven strategy to shift America to a more socialist system of economics!"

Yup, something like that. I don't know just how committed Obama is to policies that undermine America's economic health, but we know he doesn't blink upon running up more than $5 trillion in debt in less than four years, $3.4 billion to $4 billion per day. We know he loves, loves, loves blaming Republicans for everything. We know he's willing to blame Republicans for failure to pass immigration reform, bad jobs numbers, the deficit, the continuing housing crisis, gridlock in Washington, the debt panel's failure to reach a deal, the difficulty of life for the unemployed, and the inability to build the Keystone Pipeline.

Now at some point, the public may get really tired of his "it's never my fault" routine, and Obama might find himself in deep doo-doo. But so far, that hasn't happened.

So if the House Republicans dig in their heels on a debt-ceiling fight, all the way up to the deadline, Obama might be okay with default and the ability to use them as a scapegoat for the remainder of his presidency, or he'll embrace the various theories that there need not be a congressionally controlled debt limit at all:

If Obama should fail to secure a long-term solution to the debt ceiling in the context of the current fiscal-cliff negotiations, there is another way out - invoking the US Constitution.

In the wake of the Civil War, the government wanted to make clear that loans to the US government were still good (while Confederate debt would not be honored). Accordingly, the 14th Amendment includes the following provision: "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law . . . shall not be questioned."

In a 1935 case (Perry v. US) the Supreme Court determined that Congress does not have the authority to renege on its obligations to its lenders. The president, then, could declare as unconstitutional the current debt-ceiling law - which requires congressional approval to raise the limit - or at least use such a threat as leverage.

Maybe I'm not privy to some sort of really brilliant strategy on the part of Speaker Boehner. But right now, doesn't it look like . . . nothing's happening?

I thought Guy Benson had a good idea with his Hail Mary pass of having the GOP adopt Simpson-Bowles.

(Leave it to Ezra Klein to spell out all the reasons conservatives might not want to do that, such as $2.6 trillion in tax increases over ten years and $1.4 trillion in defense cuts, worse than would be enacted under sequester. Still, as far as optics and negotiation leverage goes, this would probably do the most to blow up the "stubborn uncompromising Republicans" argument.)

So Boehner offered "the Bowles plan" and . . . Obama rejected it, with no discernible consequence.

Shouldn't House Republicans be in session, and holding votes, one after the other, on all of these options? Would that be doing more to add to the argument that they're taking actions to avert going over the fiscal cliff, and that Obama's the one being unreasonable and stubborn and refusing to compromise?

Meanwhile, in Syria . . .

You notice nobody seems to be wanting to bet a lot on Syrian dictator Bashar Assad not using chemical weapons. Certainly not his old buddies . . .

A former top general in Syria's chemical weapons program says he doesn't doubt for a moment that President Bashar al-Assad will deploy his chemical weapons arsenal as he tries to hold onto power and crush the uprising that started almost two years ago.

"The regime started to fall and deteriorate. It's coming to its end," said retired Major General Adnan Sillou in an interview in a hotel near Antakya, on Turkey's southern border with Syria. "It's highly possible that he'll start using [chemical weapons] to kill his own people because this regime is a killer."

Until September 2008, Sillou told ABC News he was chief of staff on the defensive side of the chemical weapons program. He said he was in charge of training soldiers against attacks and contact with the weapons, as well as procuring safety equipment to guard against them.

He listed mustard gas along with the sarin, VX and tabun nerve agents as the main elements in Syria's chemical arsenal, whose existence Syria doesn't even acknowledge. Foreign intelligence officials and analysts have focused on the first three as the main threats, and last week U.S. officials said there was evidence sarin had not only been moved, but its binary components, usually stored separately, had been combined and placed into bombs for use.

Then there's the analysis of retired general Barry McCaffrey, Monday afternoon: "I've been an expert on chemical warfare for 25 years. They don't work very well at all against well-trained, well-equipped military forces, such as our own. Having said that, if these weapons were used against Syrian civilian populations to include these rebels, it could be devastating. The VX nerve agents are enormously lethal and almost impossible to deal with it if you don't have the technology both protective gear as well as antidotes if you are exposed. You know, I think Assad is about to go down catastrophically here in the coming year . . . The army is going to turn on him. It will be tempting for him -- he has already murdered 40,000 people -- to use these chemical weapons during the final days."

Then again, here's the opposition: "The clip that was posted by rebel websites appears to a show a boy around the age of 12-to-15 years old decapitating a man with a large sword on behalf of some rebel group. The victim was allegedly a commander of Syria forces who helped lead one of several assaults that devastated the city of Homs. The video is extremely graphic, so watch at your own risk, but keep in mind that there have been a number of fake videos circulated by both sides throughout this entire conflict. (A famous one, of a prisoner being beheaded by a chain saw, was actually a video shot by Mexican drug gangs several years ago and re-dubbed with Arabic voices.)"

The Psy-chotic Times We Live In

We live in a world where you can sing/rap this . . .

Kill those f***ing Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives 
Kill those f***ing Yankees who ordered them to torture 
Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law, and fathers 
Kill them all slowly and painfully 

. . . and eight years later, you can shake the hand of the president of the United States, the commander-in-chief of the "f***ing Yankees" you urged the killing of, to say nothing of all of those daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law, and fathers.

What would it have taken for Obama to say: "Eh, flash-in-the-pan one-hit-wonder, kind of out of place at a Christmas concert to begin with. Perhaps the 'Christmas in Washington' concert event organizers should consider dropping him from the program or maybe this year the president doesn't feel such a need to attend this concert"?

And how many Obama critics might have warmed to President Obama a little for taking such a stand?

ADDENDUM: Our Charles Cooke: "I'm pretty worried about what effect this right-to-work law will have on Detroit."

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 Man Hires Illegal Aliens To Vote For Obama In The 2012 Election
by Michael CHILDS | December 12, 2012 at 8:23pm

Elwood Proves Voter Fraud is Easy

Elwood proves how easy voter fraud is...Proof of how we lost the election...we knew this would happen but nice to see it all on video...all for the price of a couple of beers...how sad...what are we going to do about it Republicans...just forget it like you have everything else...democrats get exactly what they deserve...too bad the rest of us have to pay the consequence of your choice...time to go OFF the fiscal cliff and take this country back!!!

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Media Bias: Union Violence Ignored

There's an old saying in journalism, "If it bleeds, it leads." In other words, violence makes headlines. Unless, of course, it is left-wing violence against conservatives. In that case, the media collectively shrug and spike the story.

That was the case in Michigan yesterday as union thugs went on a rampage outside the state capitol after the legislature passed a right-to-work law. We reported yesterday that a tent sponsored by a conservative organization was torn down while people were still inside. But unless you were watching Fox News, you probably saw nothing about the attack on Steven Crowder, a conservative comedian and Fox commentator.

Crowder was pummeled by union thugs. The vitriol and the vicious attack were caught on tape. You can watch it here.

Crowder wasn't the only one. Clint Tarver, a hot dog vender, had his cart trashed and was called "Uncle Tom" and a "ni--er" because he was selling hot dogs to conservatives.

Yet even with one Democrat legislator warning, "There will be blood" as a result of the vote, there wasn't a single story about this left-wing union violence on CBS News last night.

I raise this to once again demonstrate the incredible bias conservatives are confronting in the "main stream" media. When the Tea Party movement began in early 2009 around the idea of reducing federal spending, polls showed favorable public support for the movement. Then the media smear machine went to work.

Almost immediately Tea Party supporters, largely middle-aged and senior citizens, were portrayed as semi-fascists who were trying to hijack the democratic process. Two years later, after a barrage of distorted lies by the media, the public had soured on the Tea Party. Consider this excerpt from an April ABC News report about the polling data:

"While overall support is roughly balanced with overall opposition, 'strong' opponents outnumber strong supporters by 2-1. But perhaps most damaging is the buzz: Fifty percent of Americans say the more they hear about the Tea Party, the less they like it; just 27 percent say they like it more."

When there was a massive anti-Obamacare rally in Washington, D.C., the media went wild with claims that black members of Congress were subjected to racial slurs and that one was spit on by a Tea Party member. Despite thousands of people present with cell phone video cameras, there was never any proof the allegations were true. In fact, videos taken of the event refuted the allegations, but the left-wing narrative stuck.


"Defend And Reform"

Yesterday I attended a strategy session sponsored by Concerned Veterans for America and The Weekly Standard about the future of America's defense spending. Senators Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Lindsey Graham addressed the audience, as did national security experts from leading Washington think tanks. While I have disagreements with Senator Graham on a number of issues, he is spot on when it comes to national defense and America's role in the world.

Politico reports today that a growing number of congressional Republicans are embracing the idea of cutting the Defense budget. Should we look for savings in the Defense budget? Of course. There is "fat" throughout the bureaucracy.

But providing for our national defense is the primary obligation of our government. Today, defense spending is approximately 20% of the federal budget. Fifty years ago, it accounted for nearly half the budget.

As Senator Graham said, we don't know how the "Iranian movie" will end. We don't know what China's true intentions are. But for the sake of argument, let's just assume that world peace breaks out next year and we completely zero out spending on national defense. The savings would cut Obama's $1.2 trillion deficit only in half.

Throw in his tax hikes on the "rich" and you get another $100 billion at best. With no money for defense and higher taxes, we're still $500 billion short of a balanced budget.

Obviously we are not going to zero out the Pentagon's budget. But to prevent America from facing a fiscal crash like Greece, we are going to have to get serious about entitlement spending and be smart about defense spending.


Some Democrats Now Oppose Tax Hikes They Voted For!

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi famously said that her Democrat-led Congress would have to pass Obamacare so we could find out what was in it. The more we find out, it seems there is a lot in Obamacare that even her fellow Democrats don't like.

Last week, 16 Senate Democrats and two incoming freshmen sent a letter to Harry Reid asking for a delay in Obamacare tax increases on medical devices which are set to kick in on January 1st. Several of the signers support fully repealing the tax increase, and their names would surprise you: Al Franken (D-MN), John Kerry (D-MA), Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) were among the signers.

The signers warned Senator Reid about the "uncertainty" and potential risk to jobs and exports caused by this tax on medical devices. If only someone had warned Pelosi and her liberal colleagues about the negative consequences to jobs and the economy of all those tax hikes BEFORE she passed Obamacare.

Oh, right -- conservatives were yelling as loudly as we could, but no one in Washington's liberal establishment would listen or cared.

By the way, in June the GOP-led House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to repeal Obamacare's medical device tax hike. Thirty-seven House Democrats voted to repeal the tax, proving yet again that the only bi-partisan aspect of Obamacare is the opposition to it, which is why the media largely ignored the vote.


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Happy Chanukah

On this fifth day of Chanukah, Carol and I want to extend our warmest wishes to all our Jewish friends and supporters. As an evangelical Christian, I have tremendous respect and admiration for the Jewish faith and the state of Israel. As the celebration of the miracle of lights continues, I promise to continue to fight against the darkness of anti-Semitism and to work for the safety and security of America's friend and ally Israel.