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DHS Purchases 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks to Go With Their 1.6 Billion Bullet Stockpile  

DHS-HSI Homeland Security Investigations El Paso SRT MRAP Armored Vehicle

America is swiftly turning into a kind of Left-wing socialist totalitarian police state...

Drones overhead, all of your webernetz activity databased forever, the DHS and other government agencies morphing into domestic military forces, checkpoints everywhere you travel, the president worshiped, etc.

The founders are rolling in their graves...

Are they going to fly a drone over each and every local Democratic Party headquarter in all 16,000 counties? Or over each and every local union office? Over each city hall? America is not a country of ragheads living in the mountains. We have large cities in which to hide. We have a large country with a large, well armed, population.

There are not enough drones in the world to threaten ALL of us. Obama and Napolitano are engaging is psyops - an attempt to cow us with reports about magic armored cars and magic drones (they only carry 2 hellfire missiles) - assuming that Congress funds them and allows them to operate in America. Which is not a done deal.

He has to create enough chaos before the 2016 election, so that he can start enough civil unrest to declare marshal law and suspend the election. His goal is to become supreme dictator with no one stopping him. Every day a step closer.

The Blaze | Jason Howerton | Mar. 5, 2013 3:46am  

A Southeast Missouri man has sued after being told by a license office that it would make digital copies of documents needed for a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The Missouri Department of Revenue has allegedly been compiling data on Missouri residents seeking concealed carry permits and then forwarding it to a third party with ties to the federal government.

Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder held a press conference on Monday and revealed the lawsuit had been filed to fight the action and prevent any violation of Americans' privacy.

The lawsuit was filed Monday by Stoddard County prosecuting attorney Russ Oliver on behalf of Missouri resident Eric Griffin. Oliver filed the lawsuit as a private attorney.

Glenn: Help us get in millions of home

Why should you support the "Get TheBlaze" movement to get TheBlaze in millions of homes across the country? For starters, how about a network that will cancel out the damage Al-Jazeera will be doing in America as it replaces Current in your lineup? Check out Glenn's "why" in this exclusive letter HERE.

ATTENTION: Are you a Verizon FiOS Subscriber?
They've created a new form for you to fill out to request TheBlaze! You can complete the form HERE. And don't forget to make your request public by posting on their Facebook page. Thank you for supporting us!     

What Is the Constitutional Role of the County Sheriff?

Citizens for Constitutional Government (CCG) is holding a   

Constitutional Sheriffs forum on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 6:30 p.m., at the Quakertown Free Library

PLEASE SAVE THIS DATE AND INVITE YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF TO THIS FORUM. We want to meet and hear from as many sheriffs from surrounding counties as possible so please call or visit yours to invite him/her personally (contact info below). And ask your friends to visit with you or call on their own; the more constituents ask the sheriff to come, the more likely he'll show up. HE NEEDS TO HEAR what the Constitution says about his role and YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM HIM to know whether he'll protect your Constitutional rights (like the right to bear arms).  Suggestions for your conversation with your Sheriff are at the end of this email.

Note: Be sure to let your sheriff know that, if he desires it, we will give him 5-10 minutes to speak to his constituents about his perspective on his role and authority. Please let me know if and when you have contacted your sheriff and his/her response. I need to know asap which sheriffs are coming. thanks, Jaime

BUCKS COUNTY Sheriff Duke Donnelly, Bucks Courthouse, 1st floor, 55 E. Court St, Doylestown 215-348-6124 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY Sheriff Eileen Behr, Montgomery Courthouse, 1st floor, E. Airy and Swede Streets, Norristown 610-278-3331 sheriffoffice@montcopa.org 

LEHIGH COUNTY Sheriff Ronald Rossi, Lehigh Courthouse, Room 253, 455 W. Hamilton St., Allentown, 215-782-3175 

BERKS COUNTY Sheriff Erik Weaknecht, Berks Courthouse, 3rd floor, 633 Court St., Reading 610-478-6240 sheriff@countyofberks.com 

DELAWARE COUNTY Sheriff Joseph McGinn, Delaware Courthouse, Room 101, 201 W. Front St, Media 610-891-4296 

CHESTER COUNTY Sheriff Bunny Welsh, 201 W. Market St, West Chester 610-388-0240 sheriffbunny@comcast.net [Interested but will be out of town that day]

SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR VISIT WITH YOUR SHERIFF

• Provide information re. the constitutional role of the sheriff from www.sheriffbrigadesofpenn.com 
• Recommend the Sheriff Brigades of Pennsylvania website
• Ask your Sheriff to join the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association
• Ask for a public statement of commitment to keep his constitutional oath and protect his citizens Second Amendment rights  (offer him a copy of Chester County Sheriff Welsh's statement -
• Invite your Sheriff to attend our March 12 CCG Constitutional Sheriffs Forum and speak briefly about his perspective on his role

13 States, and Counting, with Bills to Nullify Federal Gun "Laws  

Return Petitions to Representative Daryl Metcalfe's office:

P.O Box 202012, Harrisburg, PA 17120-2012  

PA Liquor Sales Privatization  

What is going on with PA Liquor privatization?

PA House majority leader Turzai will introduce a House Bill on March 4. The bill number is HB 790. This bill is supported by Governor Corbett and will essentially privatize liquor sales in Pennsylvania. With control of both the Senate and the House in the control of Republicans, this bill should "sail through" both chambers and be signed by the Governor.

The problem is that not all Republicans are on the same page. Rep. John Taylor, the lone Republican House member from Philadelphia is the Chair of the House Liquor Control Committee. He has previously gutted privatization bills. He has stated that he "wants to slow things down" and "avoid the chaotic process that other states have experienced."

Therefore, we need citizens to email and call members of the committee and ask them to support privatization now.

Example:
Dear Representative ________
I urge you to support HB 790 to privatize the PA State Stores. Please do not allow special interest amendments to slow the process down with partial privatization over time. It is time to quit talking and take the action supported by the citizens of the state and Governor Corbett. It is time to get the Commonwealth to get out of the booze business and focused on its regulatory responsibilities.

Thank you.

Who are the members of this committee? If your representative is on this committee organize an email and phone call operation NOW.

Republican Members:
Taylor, John, Chair
Miccarelli, Nicholas A, III, Secretary
Mustio, Mark, Subcommittee Chair on Marketing
Payne, John D., Subcommittee Chair on Licensing
Delozier, Sheryl M., Ellis, Brian L., Kampf, Warren, Killion, Thomas H., Krieger, Timothy
Lawrence, John A., Masser, Kurt A., Petri, Scott A., Reese, Mike, Regan, Mike, Sonney, Curtis G.

Democrat Members:
Costa, Paul, Chair
Davis, Tina M., Democratic Secretary
Kotik, Nick, Subcommittee Democratic Chair on Licensing
Mahoney, Tim, Subcommittee Democratic Chair on Marketing

Rob Boysen                                                                                    Lil Boysen                      Bill Harper

Tea Party Patriots PA State Coordinator, S.E. Region            Co-Coordinator             Co-Coordinator

Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots Group Coordinator                  Communications
Coordinator, Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots-Lower Bucks

Email:        Lil:    patriot1944@gmail.com 

                   Rob: freedomwatcher1949@comcast.net 

                   Bill:   uspatriot741776@yahoo.com 

Twitter:        Rob: @pennpatriot1949

                     Lil:    @gypsypatriot

Rob & Lil Home:               215-547-6136

Rob's Cell:                         267-278-0827

Lil's Cell:                            267-278-1656

Bill's Cell:                           215-431-8438

Hello Patriots on this Day!

We need to make daily calls to Washington to stop infringement on our 2nd Amendment rights!!

Senator Casey 1-866-802-2833 www.casey.senate.gov/contact

Rep. Fitzpatrick (R-8) 215-579-8102 www.fitzpatrick.house.gov

Rep. Meehan (R-7) 610-690-7323 www.meehan.house.gov

Rep. Schwartz (D-13) 215-517-6572 www.schwartz.house.gov

Rep. Chaka Fattah 215-871-4455

Rep. Bob Brady 610-874-7094

Important Dates:

• February 15 - March 27, 2013 - Debt Ceiling:  Sometime in this date range we are expected to reach the debt ceiling (Technically we have already hit the debt ceiling, but this is the date range when we will reach a point where the Treasury can no longer implement "extraordinary measures" to meet our spending obligations.
• February 28, 2013 - Sequestration: The "fiscal cliff" bill created a new manufactured crisis that will happen sometime at the end of February. This is when the sequestration can was kicked down the road.
• March 31, 2013 - Continuing Resolution: The current Continuing Resolution that the government is operating under expires on March 31. This means that they will have to pass a CR between now and then.
• April 15, 2013 - Budget Resolution: This is the date by law in which both Houses should have a budget resolution passed. We are already hearing that the President is late in submitting his budget, the House is reporting that they will not meet their deadline for a budget, and the Senate... well they haven't passed a budget in over 1,350 days.

Any questions, holler.

Lil 

Rob Boysen                                                                                 Lil Boysen                      Bill Harper

Tea Party Patriots PA State Coordinator, S.E. Region          Co-Coordinator             Co-Coordinator

Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots Group Coordinator                Communications
Coordinator, Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots-Lower Bucks

Email:        Lil:    patriot1944@gmail.com

                   Rob: freedomwatcher1949@comcast.net

                   Bill:   uspatriot741776@yahoo.com

Twitter:        Rob: @pennpatriot1949

                     Lil:    @gypsypatriot

Rob & Lil Home:               215-547-6136

Rob's Cell:                         267-278-0827

Lil's Cell:                            267-278-1656

Bill's Cell:                           215-431-8438

Dear Patriots:

We're looking to increase our group!  Join us...bring a friend or two.

An invitation has gone out to Concerned Gun Owners of Bucks County to speak at our meeting.  The 2nd Amendment must be a concern of all law-abiding citizens.  We CANNOT let the opposition infringe upon our God given rights.

Mike Henry was hired as the Philadelphia Regional Coordinator for Heritage Action.  Mike will be speaking to our group at the meeting. He joined Heritage Action after successfully  running a local outreach campaign as an intern for American Majority Action in southeastern Pennsylvania. During the campaign, he worked closely with local tea party groups to organize their canvassing efforts. He is an alumnus of Archmere Academy, in Claymont, Delaware, and will be a 2013 graduate from Pennsylvania State University.  Heritage Action is the Pennsylvania think tank of Heritage Foundation which is being led by former Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC).

We have persons within our group who give a short summary of what is happening in their community.   

What are the hot issues in Harrisburg? How do you feel about Governor Corbett's budget?  liquor privatization?  Agenda 21?   

 Why is Penn State on the New Drone Authorization List?  Who is funding these drones?

How do you feel about Immigration?  the "No Labels" group in Congress?    and lots more discussion.

Lil Boysen, Co Coordinator

We would like to clarifiy the Prothonotary candidates for the upcoming Republican Primary are Michelle Christian (not Diane) and Pat Bachtle. It does not change a call for an open primary in this race.

Why all the fuss about a Prothonotary race?

If you have wondered what a Prothonotary is, you are not alone. In addition, whoever thought that it would be the focus of a power struggle within the Bucks County GOP for the 2013 elections?

There are two people running for Prothonotary this May. Pat Bachtle a long time incumbent and a newcomer Diane Christian. On paper this looks ok, but when you take a closer look, more questions than answers arise.

The Tea Party should be happy to see a newcomer on the ticket. Right?

We should be happy to see the incumbent challenged by a newcomer. Right? Except this newcomer was hand selected by Bucks County GOP Chairwoman Pat Poprik.

Do you remember the countless "newcomers" who have tried to run for office in the past few years? They were handily dismissed by the party leadership and told that positions only go to those who have worked hard for the party over several years. Pat Bachtle is the incumbent Prothonotary and has worked for the party for many years. Now Pat Poprik is embracing a newcomer that she has hand selected with no prior experience or record. There is clearly a double standard.

One does not have to think too hard to figure out what the reaction would be to an unknown Tea Party candidate running against an established incumbent. Remember when the GOP called the Constables to intervene against non-endorsed GOP candidates in 2010?

Why is the party chair deciding to pick this fight when Bucks County is becoming more liberal? This has the potential to leave the seat wide open for a Democrat grab. Bucks County GOP money should not be spent in a primary for a Prothonotary seat. This is foolish and wasteful use of resources.

We at The Kitchen Table Patriots

If you are a registered Republican and live in Bucks County Pennsylvania we are urging you to contact your local committee person and ask them to vote for no endorsement. If you do not know who you committee person is than call the Bucks County Republican Headquarters at 215-345-8811

CALLING ALL PATRIOTS!  JOIN US AT THE VALLEY FORGE PATRIOTS MARCH 8^TH MEETING.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2013 AT THE PHOENIXVILLE COUNTRY CLUB, 6PM.

Our main speaker will be Matt Brouillette, Director of the Commonwealth Foundation in Harrisburg.

Matt will discuss Governor Corbett's new budget and the major issues in it including privatization

of liquor stores, pension reform, Medicade stabilization, and lowering the corporate income tax.

All of these issues are of great importance to the citizens of PA.

Also joining us will be Matt Hissey of Americans for Prosperity who will update us on the near term activities of AFP.

One of their recent successful projects was working to stop healthcare exchanges in PA that many of us helped with.

And very important, will be an open mic' discussion of VFP's focus for 2013. Please give this some serious thought and bring your ideas to the meeting. One big issue is Voter Fraud and how and with whom we should address this. Some members have signed up to work with True the Vote as well as Club for Growth who helped elect Senator Toomey.

We look forward to seeing you all on March 8^th.

From your Steering Committee, Joe Panas, Jeff Morgan, Mark Driver, Betty Dunkel

Fellow Conservatives,

Have you registered for CPAC 2013, the 40th annual political action conference March 14-16, 2013, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center? Grab your friends, spread the word, and don't miss your chance to be present and be involved in making a difference for our country's future! Register TODAY at conservative.org/cpac2013.

With a renewed focus on engaging our country's youth and empowering this next generation of shining conservative stars, you won't want to miss this historic event! You, too, can join national and regional conservative leaders, including Governors Scott Walker and Jeb Bush, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, and U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, along with thousands of patriots and conservatives from across the country. This must-attend event offers three full days of blockbuster speeches, policy discussions and networking opportunities - all celebrating the shared principles of smaller government, a strong national defense and traditional American values.

This year, on CPAC's 40th anniversary, we are placing a renewed focus on engaging our country's youth and empowering the next generation of shining conservative stars. The CPAC 2013 theme, America's Future: The Next Generation of Conservatives, and tagline, New Challenges, Timeless Principles, reflects a bright outlook for growth in our movement.

Recognizing CPAC as America's largest gathering of conservative leaders and activists, ACU is also pleased to announce some exciting opportunities to help you enjoy your time at CPAC even more this year!

• For the first time in our 40 years, we will be offering a free shuttle bus service to and from CPAC.
• Stay tuned for the cutting-edge CPAC App, sponsored by The Washington Examiner. At your fingertips you will have the latest speaker updates, straw poll results and more.

For more information about CPAC 2013 and our other confirmed speakers, please visit our website at conservative.org/cpac2013, or check us out on Facebook at facebook.com/CPACNews or Twitter at @cpacnews and #CPAC2013.

Don't forget, register TODAY by logging on to conservative.org/CPAC2013. We look forward to seeing you in March!

The American Conservative Union

For Tickets:  Contact Us:  215.269.6912                        

                                               

           

http://www.choiceonesupport.org

February 14, 2013

Your First Amendment right to express an opinion about Islam is under attack.

Not just from those who have no recourse but to call you an "Islamophobe."

But from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)-and our very own State Department.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/radical-islam-how-it-threatens-free-speech

& Legislative Briefing!

The National Conference & Legislative Briefing will begin on Wed. evening, June 19th, and conclude on Friday, June 21st at noon, with additional optional training sessions Friday afternoon.

Important Announcement from SFL You're probably wondering why you've been getting more emails from me and Sustainable Freedom Lab after having had next to none for quite some time. Well, the truth is that I've been very busy. As always, I spend enormous amounts of my time researching, writing, and speaking to the public about the threats of Agenda 21 and Regionalism. I've also been working on important projects behind the scenes. Now I'm finally ready to reveal the first of these "secret" projects: The DVD version of "Stopping Agenda 21 in Your Community". Like the title suggests, this DVD program offers step-by-step training on how you can fight back against those who would bring Agenda 21 into your community. The test audience who saw this program during the limited streaming we held last Fall felt it was critical viewing for anyone concerned about the erosion of our property rights. Click here to read my blog post on the SFL website about our first DVD.

Helping you fight back, John Join Our Mailing List!

If you've been wanting an interesting, clearly written, how-to-manual for identifying and fighting UN Agenda 21, here it is. Agenda 21--All the information you need to understand what is happening in your town, why it's happening, who is behind it, and what you can do to stop it. BEHIND THE GREEN MASK: U.N. Agenda 21 is 172 pages of truth. Part history, part current events, part hand-to-hand combat, and part blueprint for keeping your freedom, this is one book that you'll put to work immediately. Boots on the ground and all hands on deck is the order of the day. Awareness is the first step in the Resistance.

BEHIND THE GREEN MASK: U.N. Agenda 21 [Paperback]

 
Awareness about Agenda 21 is finally spreading throughout the country, due in no small part to your efforts. But knowing it is there isn't enough. Now we need to educate ourselves on how to combat it. That's where you come in.

American Policy Center has recently released a booklet that explains everything you need to know to start fighting back against sustainable programs both locally and nationally. The booklet is called Special Report: Agenda 21 and How to Stop It and is available in the APC store for only $5.95.

I wrote this 35 page booklet in order to give activists a succinct resource they can refer to if they suspect Agenda 21 or Sustainable Development is being implemented in their area. It includes my own research coupled with incredibly helpful graphics created by Carroll County, Maryland Commissioner Richard Rothschild.

In the booklet you will find answers to several roadblocks that grassroots anti-Agenda 21 activists often face, including a definition of property rights and "Resolution to Protect Citizens' Property Rights," which many concerned citizens are already using to tie the hands of power hungry politicians.

This booklet is a great resource for anyone interested in preserving their property rights. It includes all the information to put up a first line of defense and step by step instructions for how to proceed from there. If you face Agenda 21 or Sustainable development in your area or are simply concerned with the national fight this booklet is a must read.

Click here to order your booklet now!

In Liberty,


Tom DeWeese
President - American Policy Center

P.S. - The American Policy Center store has recently updated our inventory to include everything you need to fight back against Agenda 21. The revamped catalogue includes the "Stop Agenda 21 Action Kit", which provides users with everything they need to know about Agenda 21 in their own living room, as well as ways to share it with other concerned activists and critical knowledge on how to fight back. The store also offers DVDs of past successful conferences and symposiums, books and articles that deal with the issues of sustainability and Agenda 21 and individually packaged manuals and workbooks to aid you in your activism. You don't need to look any farther than the American Policy Center Store for everything you need to combat Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development in your area.

View our online store

ACTION CENTER

Tell lawmakers not to double down on broken Medicaid system!

Take Action (http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=duLQIaMQLhJUL9N4E&s=euIXKaPOIgLNL9MSIqF&m=mvJ0KdOYIiIUImI)

Thank Governor Corbett for also opposing the expansion!

Take Action (http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=elKSKdNUIiI1J9N0F&s=euIXKaPOIgLNL9MSIqF&m=mvJ0KdOYIiIUImI)

Seating is very limited, but as of now there are about 80 spots left. When inviting people, keep in mind that we want the most active and involved people to attend. This is a training event, so we want to train the best, brightest, and most dedicated to become Citizen Watchdogs!

In Liberty,

Matthew M. Hissey

(267) 838 2380

Grassroots Director
Americans For Prosperity Pennsylvania

Go here:  

I spoke with someone recently regarding web sites/groups and subscriptions to information/news feeds.  This is a listing of many such which may be of use to folks.

The number of emails can get overwhelming at times, so check out the sites and see what suits your need. I recommend, though to be sure to subscribe to at least #1 Tea Party Patriots and #2 Americans for Prosperity.

Groups/web sites for keeping up on issues, events, etc.

1. Tea Party Patriots (National)    http://www.teapartypatriots.org
Dot's note ► From this site, you can get to state and local group sites. Basically, this is our "Home page" for information on the national level.  Great site to keep up with issues within the "realm" of the Tea Party's core values: Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets and constitutionally limited Government. They have many citizen journalists who contribute. Also, information on events, etc.

From the site:
ABOUT TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
The Tea Party movement spontaneously formed in 2009 from the reaction of the American people to fiscally irresponsible actions of the federal government, misguided "stimulus" spending, bailouts and takeovers of private industry. Within the first few weeks of the movement, Tea Party Patriots formed to support the millions of Americans seeking to improve our great nation through renewed support for fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free market economic policies.

Tea Party Patriots is a national grassroots organization that exists to serve and support the thousands of local organizations and millions of grassroots Patriots throughout our nation. We provide logistical, educational, networking and other support to thousands of community-based tea party groups around the country. Tea Party Patriots state and national coordinators serve your local grassroots groups, support you with the tools and technology you need to address your local issues, listen to your voices, gather your ideas, and together help shape the overall direction of our national movement. Working in a truly grassroots fashion, we have already changed the political landscape of America.
TEA PARTY PATRIOTS IS 100% GRASSROOTS, 100% OF THE TIME.
Tea Party Patriots is made up of, and funded by, millions of regular Americans just like you, who believe there is a better way forward for America. We are a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization that does not support any political party nor do we endorse candidates. If you support fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free market economic policies, we encourage you to sign up for Tea Party Patriots today.

2. Americans for Prosperity (AFP)    http://americansforprosperity.org/
Dot's note ► Great organization, super info. they sponsor/organize many events in the area and DC. Jennifer Stefano is the PA State Director. You've most likely seen her on Fox News Channel.
From the web site: OUR MISSIONS
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is committed to educating citizens about economic policy and mobilizing those citizens as advocates in the public policy process. AFP is an organization of grassroots leaders who engage citizens in the name of limited government and free markets on the local, state, and federal levels. AFP grassroots activists advocate for public policies that champion the principles of entrepreneurship and fiscal and regulatory restraint. To that end, AFP supports:
    Cutting taxes and government spending in order to halt the encroachment of government in the economic lives of citizens by fighting proposed tax increases and pointing out evidence of waste, fraud, and abuse.
    Removing unnecessary barriers to entrepreneurship and opportunity by sparking citizen involvement early in the regulatory process in order to reduce red tape.
    Restoring fairness to our judicial system.
WHO WE ARE
The heart and soul of AFP is our citizen activists. They organize events, write letters to the editor, and petition their lawmakers to uphold freedom and prosperity. Americans for Prosperity has more than 1,800,000 activists in all 50 states and 34 state chapters and affiliates. More than 90,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial contribution to AFP or our sister organization, AFP Foundation.
WHAT WE DO
AFP's network of organized and influential citizen leaders in a growing number of states throughout the country is working to change the nation one state at a time.
    AFP mobilizes citizens to effectively make their voices heard in public policy issue campaigns.
    AFP educates citizens about where their elected officials stand on our issues.
    AFP combines "best-in-class" capabilities built once at the national level with local knowledge from our state staff and on-the-ground grassroots to create economies of scale that win.
    AFP leverages our comparative advantages with those of other groups by building coalitions of local, state, and national grassroots organizations fighting for a common cause.

3. Freedom Connecter    http://connect.freedomworks.org/
Dot's note ► A great site to connect with others. Register, then browse for folks who are near your residence or elsewhere who share your views. I have connections in CA, NY, NC, AL, TX, MO and FL.

4. FreedomWorks for America (FWFA)     https://www.freedomworksforamerica.org/
From the web site:
FreedomWorks for America (FWFA) is focused on spearheading bottom-up grassroots campaigns on behalf of candidates who will promote economic freedom. Unlike other PACs and organizations, FreedomWorks for America will aggressively support candidates who will defend freedom, even in political primaries against establishment or incumbent Republicans. And instead of spending funds on traditional methods like TV and radio advertisements, our financial resources will primarily be spent mobilizing our over a million-strong volunteer base to promote candidates who are champions of freedom. We are the only group with the grassroots base and the campaign expertise to make a real impact on the ground in races across the country.
WHAT WE DO
FreedomWorks for America utilizes its over a million-strong grassroots volunteer base to elect candidates who fight for lower taxes, less government, and more freedom.
WHY WE DO IT
FreedomWorks for America believes individual liberty and the freedom to compete increases consumer choices and provides individuals with the greatest control over what they own and earn. FreedomWorks for America aims to elect real champions of freedom who will stand up for these principles in the face of Washington establishment pressure, and who will be standard bearers for the grassroots to rally behind.
HOW WE DO IT
FreedomWorks for America's aggressive, real-time campaigns activate a growing and permanent volunteer grassroots army to show up and demand that our elected officials stand up for freedom. Our decentralized approach means that we have the capability to directly impact elections across the country through citizen action on the local level.

5. Constitutional Organization of Liberty (COOL)    http://reclaimliberty.com/
Dot's note ► Great educational offerings. Sign up for email.
Ruth & I bumped into each other at one of these events:
From the web site:
    Liberty Breakfast
   The Liberty Breakfast is a new presentation format that allows participants to enjoy a casual meal with other like-minded individuals, and then engage in an interactive review and discussion of a specific topic related to the Constitution, the Founding Fathers or relevant historic documents.
    The Liberty Breakfast is held on a rotating basis across Pennsylvania, and topics and instructors may vary from location to location.  Participants are responsible for the cost of their meal.  (Duration: 2-3 HR)
A Project Of The Alexander Hamilton Institute For Constitutional Studies
Education is the critical service that COOL provides to participants in order to develop a more well rounded understanding of the documents critical to the founding of this nation.  Currently, COOL offers a variety of different fee-based courses and is constantly seeking out new material for presentation.
Mark Thomas, Chairman, P.O. Box 822, Lebanon, PA 17042
reclaimliberty@verizon.net
1-717-228-7524

6. The Blaze   http://www.theblaze.com/
Dot's note ► Glenn Beck's media corporation. This is news site. They send reporters out and get some good videos. Sign up for emails.
From the web site:
The Blaze is a news, information and opinion site brought to you by a dedicated team of writers, journalists & video producers.
Our goal is to post, report and analyze stories of interest on a wide range of topics from politics and culture to faith and family.
Email: contact@theblaze.com

7. PJTV  http://www.pjtv.com/
Dot's note ► Some really good interviews
From the web site:
About PJTV
    PJTV launched at the 2008 Republican National Convention, where it was the first online news organization accorded a full television booth along with the old media networks.
    Since then it has evolved into the premier center-right online news and commentary television network, broadcasting over the Internet from its headquarters in Los Angeles, CA. PJTV studios are also located in Washington, DC, New York City, Knoxville, TN & Denver, CO.
    Besides covering the political and economic issues of the day, PJTV has been covering the Tea Party movement from its inception. PJTV viewers have found a new voice in the media via opinion commentators like Glenn Reynolds, Bill Whittle, Tony Katz, Allen Barton, Joe Hicks, Andrew Klavan, Alfonzo Rachel, Al Sonja Schmidt, Stephen Kruiser, Scott Ott, Stephen Green and others.  PJTV is under the direction of PJ Media CEO Roger L. Simon.

8. The Heritage Foundation   http://www.heritage.org/
Dot's note ► Great resource for information on and analysis of issues.
From the web site:
Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institution-a think tank-whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

9. Glenn Beck   http://www.glennbeck.com/
Dot's note ► Audio of radio shows and commentary. Other programs require a paid subscription.

10. National Center for Policy Analysis   http://www.ncpa.org/
From the web site:
Daily Policy Digest - NCPA's Daily Policy Digest brings you the most wide-ranging public policy findings five times a week at no charge.
12770 Coit Road, Suite 800
Dallas, TX 75251-1339
1-972.386.6272

11. PoliticsPA   www.politicspa.com
From the web site:
Online political community features news briefs, editorials, and links to sites of interest to Pennsylvania voters.
900 19th Street NW, 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20006

12. PAIndependent   http://paindependent.com/
Dot's note ► great news of PA
From the web site:
Pennsylvania Independent is a public interest journalism project dedicated to promoting open, transparent, and accountable state government by reporting on the activities of agencies, bureaucracies, and politicians in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
225 State Street, Suite 300
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone 717.350.0963

13. 912 Patriots of Lower Bucks  http://patriotsoflowerbucks.com
Dot's note ► MUCHO information from multiple sources!
From the web site:
Your Daily Updates ALL in ONE Place
PO Box 2122
Warminster, PA 18974
215-274-5415

14. Rasmussen Reports    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/
Dot's note ► also commentary regarding what's in the news.
From the web site:
"If it's in the News, it's in our Polls. Public opinion polling since 2003". 625 Cookman Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 07712

15. Town Hall    http://townhall.com/                http://townhall.com/columnists/
Dot's note ► you'll recognize many of these conservative columnists. Sign up for Town Hall daily and you get, again, MUCHO commentary.
From the web site:
Townhall is the top source for conservative news, political cartoons, breaking news, election news and commentary on politics and the media culture.
Townhall Spotlight
1901 N. Moore St - Suite 701
Arlington, VA 22209

16. Tea Party Nation    http://www.teapartynation.com/
Dot's note ►  Great discussions on numerous issues.
From the web site:
A HOME FOR CONSERVATIVES!!!
Tea Party Nation is a user-driven group of like-minded people who desire our God-given individual freedoms written out by the Founding Fathers. We believe in Limited Government, Free Speech, the 2nd Amendment, our Military, Secure Borders and our Country.
Judson Phillips

17. Daily Caller    http://dailycaller.com/    http://dailycaller.com/wp-login.php?action=register
Dot's note ► Several editions including: The DC Morning and The DC Links.
From the web site:
Daily Caller is a news and opinion website based in Washington, D.C., United States, with a focus on politics, original reporting and breaking news, founded by journalist and political pundit Tucker Carlson and politician Neil Patel.

18. Cowboybyte    http://cowboybyte.com/
Dot's note ► Cowboybyte has a BITE to it as well. Most entries link to original information/articles. I really like it!
From the web site:
Ronald Reagan... John Wayne... Charlton Heston... These men were rugged individualists, conservatives, and patriotic Americans - the very qualities that make up a true Cowboy. CowboyByte.com is dedicated to bringing the cowboy out in all of us. 
While the mainstream media is lying to you and covering up the truth, CowboyByte.com will inspire and inform you. At CowboyByte.com, you'll be the first to know about any threats to our Constitutional right to bear arms. We'll tell you about the effects of bills introduced and passed regarding our air, water, and food supply. You have the right to know how your government is affecting you and our family. That's why CowboyByte.com will be there to tell you what is really going on behind the scenes.

19. Conservative Daily    http://conservative-daily.com/
Dot's note ► Good articles and links. A big part is their "action alerts". They also charge for sending faxes to Congress.
From the web site:
Conservatives Daily Alerts

20. Conservative Daily News - (different than the one above)    www.conservativedailynews.com/
From the web site:
"News for the People, By the People" - CITIZEN JOURNALISTS.
Rich Mitchell - Managing Editor
Conservative Daily News
PO Box 42
Bahama,
North Carolina 27503

21. Freedom Outpost    http://freedomoutpost.com/
Dot's note ► Good variety of articles and videos.

22. Atlas Shrugs http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
Dot's note ► Pamela Geller pulls no punches on this site. Some somewhat incendiary articles. Pam was a speaker in DC at the Independence Hall Tea Party Association Independence Day event.

The group who was having a statewide tour selling the Agenda 21 "Smart Towns" concept...
http://www.strongtowns.org/

On our side of the Agenda 21 issue..
John Anthony - Sustainable FREEDOM Lab, L.L.C.
http://sustainablefreedomlab.org/

For ACTION in Pennsylvania....
Americans for Prosperity - Pennsylvania
http://americansforprosperity.org/pennsylvania/

The Pennsylvania version of the Drudge Report...

http://keystonereport.com/

Go around the Main Stream Media...
https://twitter.com/

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Obama Administration Buries Good News on Keystone Pipeline

In Washington, a presidential Administration releases news it doesn't like at 5 p.m. on Fridays. So it pays to pay attention when everyone is leaving work for the weekend.

Late last Friday, the State Department released a positive environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline. President Obama has been delaying this pipeline-which would carry oil from Canada to refineries in Texas-for more than three years.

The delay has meant that America is still waiting on an additional 700,000 to 830,000 barrels of oil per day from a close ally, not to mention 179,000 American jobs.

Why has this taken so long, when all environmental reports thus far have been positive? Heritage's Nicolas Loris, the Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow, explains:

Given the need for jobs and more oil on the global market to offset high prices, the permit application had been moving along positively with bipartisan support without much attention until environmental activists made blocking the Keystone XL pipeline their issue to rally around for 2011. Although President Obama and the Department of State (DOS) said they'd make a decision at the end of 2011, they ultimately catered to a narrow set of special interests, punting the decision until after the 2012 elections.

The State Department, which is overseeing the pipeline because it crosses a U.S. border, has "already conducted a thorough, three-year environmental review with multiple comment periods," Loris reported last year.

The review has been comprehensive:

DOS studied and addressed risk to soil, wetlands, water resources, vegetation, fish, wildlife, and endangered species. They concluded that the construction of the pipeline would pose minimal environmental risk. Keystone XL also met 57 specific pipeline safety standard requirements created by DOS and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

Canada has oil to sell, and it isn't likely to wait forever. Forbes writer Brigham McCown said that "Delays in approving the upper portion of the pipeline have bewildered many Canadians who see the U.S. as their closest ally and trading partner."

McCown pointed out that "Even without the pipeline, Canada will continue to extract the oil which would be most likely transported by pipeline and rail to Canada's coast for shipment to Asian markets."

Because the State Department is overseeing the application, the new Secretary of State, John Kerry, will be giving his recommendation on the pipeline. Ultimately, the decision rests with President Obama. But Heritage's David Kreutzer says Congress can, and should, step in if the President continues to block it:

Should the President reject Keystone again, Congress should wield its power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and approve the pipeline's construction once the State Department again finishes its review of the rerouted project.

These delays are pointless. The Keystone pipeline has passed its environmental reviews, and the Obama Administration is only hurting America by holding it up.

Morning Jolt - March 4, 2013

By Jim Geraghty

Here's your Monday Morning Jolt.

Enjoy!

Jim

Wonderful News to Start the Week: A Breakthrough in Treating AIDS?

This week begins with perhaps the very best of news . . .

Doctors say they have cured an infant born with HIV for the first time by giving her a cocktail of drugs shortly after birth, a result that could point the way toward saving the lives of thousands more infected children.

The baby, whose identity has been kept anonymous, began taking a regimen of AIDS drugs about 30 hours after she was born at a rural Mississippi hospital, doctors said today at medical meeting in Atlanta. At 18 months, the mother took the child off the medication. With no signs of the virus for 10 months, the infant was deemed "functionally cured," researchers said.

HIV treatments can hold the disease at bay, though stopping the drugs can be a death sentence since it allows infected cells secreted within the immune system to re-emerge, spreading the virus anew. Administering the mix of drugs right after birth may have stopped the virus from forming hidden reservoirs. If confirmed in further studies, the approach could help cure some of the 300,000 children infected each year with the AIDS virus.

"Some babies here in the U.S. and Western Europe, and an awful lot of babies in the developing world don't have the opportunity for prevention," said Hannah Gay, who treated the infant at the University of Mississippi in Jackson. "There would be scores of babies that would benefit if we can find a strategy for intervention that allows us to make this happen in other babies."

Apparently the doctors themselves couldn't believe it at first:

"My first thought was, 'oh my goodness. We have been treating an uninfected child," Gay told NBC News. "But I checked the records which confirmed she was, in fact, infected."

Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga of the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, who also worked on the study, piled on with a battery of tests. Even a sensitive test called PCR, which can help find tiny bits of genetic material from a virus, couldn't detect any evidence of HIV.

"What we did then was to get a group of collaborating laboratories together to apply ultra-sensitive testing and say 'can we detect any evidence of virus'," Luzuriaga says. They did eventually find pieces of genetic material from the virus.

But Persaud has been unable to find any evidence of virus that can invade cells or replicate. "So the baby has remained off treatment. We are just watching and we will follow the baby and do additional testing."

Now, of course, there's a catch . . .

Researchers cautioned that the report on the baby girl involves just one patient, and the findings appear to have little immediate relevance to people who contract HIV as adults or adolescents and are almost always diagnosed and treated long after their initial infection. But if further study confirms that very early treatment can cure HIV-infected newborns, it could spur widespread use of such an aggressive regimen in babies born with HIV, nearly all of them in low- and middle-income countries.

Shocking News: Dennis Rodman Meets with North Koreans! Also, Dennis Rodman Is Still Alive!

This weekend was dominated by perhaps the very weirdest of news:

In his first interview since returning to the U.S. from an unprecedented visit to North Korea last week, former NBA star Dennis Rodman said he bears a message for President Obama from the country's oppressive leader, Kim Jong Un.

"He wants Obama to do one thing: Call him," Rodman told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "This Week." "He said, 'If you can, Dennis -- I don't want [to] do war. I don't want to do war.' He said that to me."

The athlete also offered Kim some diplomatic advice for potential future talks with President Obama.

"[Kim] loves basketball. And I said the same thing, I said, 'Obama loves basketball.' Let's start there," Rodman said.

Rodman's comments come just days after the basketball star shocked the world with an unexpected trip to Pyongyang, North Korea, becoming the first known American to publicly meet with the mysterious Kim since he assumed command of the totalitarian nation after the death of his father, Kim Jong-Il in 2011.

This is one of those news stories I hate, because the news itself is so spectacularly absurd, it's almost impossible to mock.

Almost.

Boy, quite the "get" there, huh, George Stephanopolous? You advised Clinton and anchor Good Morning America, and now you have to treat the NBA's equivalent to Ruby Rhod like he's the second coming of Henry Kissinger. You know, back in 2008, we mocked Obama as a "celebrity." Now we've reached the point where guys who can't qualify for Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice are running around the world holding summits with the world's most dangerous men. It's enough to leave you yearning for the gravitas and seriousness of Jesse Jackson's freelance diplomacy.

Next week, Scottie Pippin tries to talk down Bashar Assad, and Phil Jackson is supposed to meet with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, because talking the Iranians out of their nuclear program will be easier than picking up the pieces of what's left of the Lakers after this year.

You should have stuck it out with him, Carmen Electra! Anyone could have seen this man was going places!

The entire bizarre spectacle left Bethany Mandel fuming:

Upon leaving the country, Rodman promised that Kim would have a "friend for life" and declared that Kim Jong-un was an "awesome guy" and that his father and grandfather, other homicidal leaders of the country, were "great leaders."

What could have prompted this effusiveness from Rodman? Despite the country's total lack of infrastructure, freedom and food supply, enormous shows and basketball matches were put together for Rodman, the Harlem Globetrotters and their entourage. It's not likely Rodman was aware of the dire situation for most North Koreans given that as he boarded his flight he tweeted about looking forward to meeting South Korean pop star Psy. Even as he was about to enter the country, Rodman couldn't differentiate between the poverty-striken North and the affluent and capitalist South.

Many stories in the news media of the visit included reports of the human rights situation in the country. CNN's Wolf Blitzer declared Rodman achieved a "diplomatic triumph," however a report from his own network told a different story:

It was unclear whether Rodman, who is accompanied by Globetrotters Bull Bullard, Buckets Blakes and Moose Weekes, will be taken to North Korea's countryside, where aid groups say malnutrition is rampant.

According to Human Rights Watch, hundreds of thousands of people remain enslaved in prison camps, which are "notorious for horrific living conditions and abuse."

It appears the North Koreans provided the group with "a feast" amidst a reported famine.

She points out that the silver lining is that North Korea's brutality is back in the headlines again.

One other upside? For once, we can't blame the Obama administration for going over and treating one of the world's most ruthless regimes as if they're hunky dory. Unlike some people we know . . .

All in all, the trip represents an opportunity missed: Why couldn't the North Koreans keep Rodman?

Finally, maybe this can all be chalked up to sleepless nights: "North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un is a new father after his wife secretly gave birth to a child that intelligence officials believe could emerge as the communist dynasty's fourth hereditary dictator."

A Few Brief Recommendations of Who to Follow and Read . . .

On a good day, with not too much work to do, I would find the time to read . . .

Everything on NRO . . .

Real Clear Politics, Weekly Standard, American Spectator, the Washington Free Beacon, and the Washington Examiner . . .

The gang at Ricochet, the gang at Contentions, Erick Erickson and the gang at Red State, James Taranto,  Guy Benson and the gang at Townhall . . . Joel Pollack and the guys at Breitbart.com . . .

Ace, Drew, Gabe Malor, and the rest of the gang at Ace of Spades . . . Ed Morrissey, Allahpundit, Jazz Shaw, Mary Katharine Ham, and the gang I can't link to at JustAboveWarmAir.com . . .

Then check out the blogging and writing of Instapundit, Dr. Helen, Just One Minute, Q and O, Baseball Crank, Moe Lane, Mickey Kaus, Michelle Malkin, Hugh Hewitt, Melissa Clouthier, the secret project of Tabitha Hale that I don't know if I can talk about,  Jim Treacher, Misfit Politics, Naked DC, Legal Insurrection, Jen Rubin, Zero Hedge, Duchess Rebecca, Sister Toldjah, the Anchoress, Tony Katz, Dana Loesch, Stephen Green, Ed Driscoll, Jim Hoft, Sarah Rumpf, Andrew Malcolm, Steven Cook, Jon Gabriel, Liz Mair, Eli Lake, Maggie Thurber, Duane Lester, Ana Marie Cox,  James Pethokoukis, Toby Harnden, the guys at Protein Wisdom, Acculturated, Virginia Postrel, Kirsten Powers, Justin Hart, Revealing Politics, Bruce Carroll, Will Cain, Alexa Shrugged, The Lid, Neo-Neocon, and Frank J. . . .

Listen to Jimmie Bise Jr.'s podcast, and finally get around to listening to the new one with Kristina Ribali . . .

Then I would cruise around the states, checking Ralston Reports (Nevada), The Shark Tank (Florida), Bearing Drift (Virginia), Red Mass Group (Massachusetts), Save Jersey (New Jersey), Politics PA (Pennsylvania) . . .

Then head onto Twitter and check out what's new with Politics of Amy, Nathan Wurtzel, Biased Girl, Dave Weigel, Cait Meisenheimer, Stevie J.West, Rick Wilson, Dina Fraioli, Katetharsis, Kurt Schlichter, Kurt Loder, Kevin Eder, AGConservative, Seton Motley, Richard Grenell, Patrick Ruffini, Sean Hackbarth, Soren Dayton, Mike Krempasky, Marshall Manson, Rob Bluey, Amelia Hamilton, Ed Frank, Ben Howe, Brittany Cohan, Chris Barron, Elizabeth "E" Crum, Lorie Byrd, BitterB, J.P. Freire, and my brother . . .

. . .

And believe it or not, I'm sure I'm forgetting some people.

As you may guess, I don't have that many good days.

ADDENDUM: Sean Trende notices, "Oh wow. Obama took a gainer in Gallup over the weekend, to 46/46. Friday's sample must've been brutal."

Maybe the sequester cut his job approval by a lot more than 2 percent.

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RedState Morning Briefing

For March 5, 2013

If you live in the real world, you will notice that the federal government has destroyed our free markets, limited our freedoms, and denigrated our right to religious liberty - all before Obamacare has fully taken effect.  The federal agencies continue to promulgate rules and regulations that drive up the cost of the most vital goods and services to the point that most of us will require government subsidies just to afford our most basic necessities, most notably, health insurance.

Yet, for many Capitol Hill conservatives who live in an exclusive world of budget-speak, we are on the cusp of restoring our Constitutional Republic.  You see, the upcoming CR (H.R. 933) will fund discretionary spending for the remaining 6 months of Fiscal Year 2013 at the level of $974 billion [well, it's actually $982 billion, but it's close enough to the original RSC number for members to become all sentimental over it].  Isn't that awesome?  Forget about focusing our message on things that actually penetrate the tin ear of the average voter, such as losing their healthcare under Obamacare.  We're talking about our victory over "974."

2. Sen. Graham Backs Radical Obama Judicial Appointment

Caitlin Halligan, general counsel for Manhattan's district attorney's office, was nominated in 2010 to fill a vacancy on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and has been re-nominated four times since then. A cloture vote to move forward with her nomination failed 54-45 in 2011. The presidential judicial appointments - by custom - should be taken under consideration by the Senate, but not this one.  For starters, Halligan is a pro-abortion, anti-gun zealot, who just received the support of Sen. Lindsey Graham.

As Paul Mirengoff of PowerLine wrote yesterday, Halligan would be more of an activist, than a judge.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

After concerns were raised over the possibility that Sen. John Morse's (D-Colorado Springs) "Assault Weapon Responsibility Act" would force gun dealers to engage in profiling, Morse promptly denied the claim, despite precedent in the bill that would specifically profile and target African Americans.

According to the Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence, "African-Americans have the highest rates of firearm death (including homicides, suicides and unintentional shooting deaths) among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S." Due to this fact, and that gun violence among African-Americans is more than twice that of whites, any seller who were to go through with the sale of an 'Assault Weapon' to an African-American would be in potential violation of the law. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 

There are some Texans who may think that what happened in Colorado-and is currently happening in North Carolina and Virginia-cannot happen in Texas. That is, they do not believe that Texas can fall prey to an open-yet-quiet push by Left-wing groups like unions, Battleground Texas and others resulting in Texas ending up as a blue state in the next four to six years.

Unfortunately, they are mistaken. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for March 5, 2013 

Fox News Poll: 70 percent say build the Keystone XL Pipeline

 FOX News

What Economists Think About Raising the Minimum Wage

 New York Times

Netanyahu: Iran closer to nuclear 'red line'

 AFP

Tax revenue to hit record this year

 Christian Science Monitor

The Evolving Terror Threat

 The Wall Street Journal

Latest Heritage Research:

BACKGROUNDER ON MARCH 4, 2013

The United States Should Recognize British Sovereignty Over the Falkland Islands 

March 5, 2013   

We Have Ted Cruz's List: Harvard Law Really Is Littered with Communists
Matthew Vadum
It turns out Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was correct. More

ObamaCare and the 'RobertsTax'
Jon N. Hall
Is a tax that can't be collected an actual tax? More

The Anatomy of Climate Science Hype
S. Fred Singer
Politics trumps science. More

Michael Moore, don't do it!
Reza Kahlili
The wealthy advocate for the oppressed sees no problem in going to Iran and enhancing the legitimacy of a brutal thecracy. More

Reprimanding Erdogan
Michael Curtis
Repudiation of Premier Erdogan's noxious and uncalled-for attack on Zionism at the Vienna UNAOC meeting has come from several surprising sources. More

Yahoo's Marissa Mayer Wants to Dominate
Christopher Chantrill
Whose system will win? Marissa Mayer's high-powered Yahoo, or Joanna Weiss's feminist sisterhood? More

Hating Breitbart
Marion DS Dreyfus
You may know a man by his enemies. So goes the adage, which is the guiding principle behind the new documentary "Hating Breitbart." It fits. More

American Thinker Blog

The Mass Murderer Mentality
March 5, 2013
Mental health has been an abysmal failure in identifying the potential mass murderer and educating the public about the nature and limits of psychiatric treatment. More

For Obama, popularity is a fleeting thing
March 5, 2013
Obama's numbers tank over the weekend. More

The Nonsense Begins: Security delays at airports blamed on sequester
March 4, 2013
It's a lie. More

Break Out the Hankies: DC Metro to Feel Sequester Pain
March 4, 2013
The party is over. More

Italian gridlock could lead to early vote
March 4, 2013
The former comic Grillo refuses to join either side in a coalition government, hoping for another vote in June. More

In the face of sequester, Obama finds $190 million for Egypt's Morsi
March 4, 2013
Gee, how many meat inspectors will be laid off to pay for this? How many air traffic controllers? How many kids will go hungry? More

What does DHS need with 2,700 armored vehicles?
March 4, 2013
If true, a colossal waste of money. More

More and More Again: Record tax revenue in 2013
March 4, 2013
Surpassing 2007 pre-recession levels. More

Obama's abusive slurs get a pass while Boehner faces media inquisition over 'ass' comment
March 4, 2013
While Boehner is criticized for using a word deemed inappropriate for the Speaker of the House, Barack Obama used the exact same word regarding responsibility for the Gulf Oil spill and took no MSM flak. More

Obama names anti-coal, global warming advocate to head EPA
March 4, 2013
Radical environmentalists pleased. More

Obama's Politics Put our Navy in Harm's Way
March 4, 2013
He is, in truth doing precisely to our Navy what he has done to our economy: Sinking it. More

American Thinker a finalist in international weblog award competition
March 4, 2013
Voting taking place online. More

AT Cartoon: "Momento" Movie Moment

AT Video - Click to Watch: Song Parody: 'Sequester Cathedral' by President Obama

AT Video - Click to Watch: Hilarious: Women Test Biden's Shotgun Advice

AT Video - Click to Watch: Political Spoof: 'Tired of the Sequester?'

AT Video - Click to Watch: Must-See: Larry Elder's Excellent Keynote Address at David Horowitz Retreat

AT Video - Click to Watch: Obama is 'Borderline Communist' says Black Chamber of Commerce CEO

Obama's Failed Government: A Study Of Futility

Fatwas, Salafists, and Morsi: Desecrating Egypt's Art and History

Prepping Idaho: Zombie Apocalypse - UFO Alien Invasion Excercises Conducted by FEMA

Killing the Obamacare Zombie: Hope Lives!

Women in Combat & Sexual Assault

The Road to Oligarchy

Sunday, March 03, 2013

The Arab Street Is Still Angry 

Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog 

Much like Festivus, American diplomacy to the Middle East usually begins with an airing of grievances. These are not the American grievances over decades of terrorism and acts of violent hatred. These are the grievances that are supposedly infuriating the Arab Street. The list begins with Israel, continues on to the "Arab Dictators" supported by America and concludes with warnings to respect Mohammed by not making any cartoons or movies about him.

 

During his first term, Obama kept his distance from Israel, locked up a Christian who made a movie about Mohammed and withdrew his support from the Arab Dictators. The street should have been happy, but now it's angrier than ever. And much of that anger is directed at America.

Mohamed El Baradei, once the administration's choice to take over Egypt, has refused to meet with Secretary of State John Kerry. Joining him in this boycott is much of Egypt's liberal opposition.

When Mubarak was in power, the "Arab Street" of Islamists and Egyptian leftists was angry at America for supporting him. Now the "Arab Street" of Egyptian leftists, Mubarak supporters and some Anti-Brotherhood Islamists is angry at America for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.

The American foreign policy error was to assume that the political grievances of the Arab Street could be appeased with democracy. They can't be. The various factions are not truly interested in open elections. What they want is for America to elevate their faction and only their faction to power. When that doesn't happen, they denounce the government as an American puppet and warn of the great and terrible anger of the Arab Street if America doesn't make them its puppet instead.

Democracy is no solution, because none of the factions really wanted democracy for its own sake. They wanted it only as a tool to help them win. Now that the tool has failed most of them, they don't care for it anymore. And the Islamists who benefited from democracy have no enduring commitment to it. Like all the other factions, they see it as a tool. A means, not an end.
 

When gun confiscation begins, ALL politicians must be viewed as enemies of freedom until proven otherwise

Mar 04, 2013 05:13 am | Coach Collins

by Doug Book, staff writer

As the far left pass into law unconstitutional and unforgivable statutes by which to confiscate the firearms of the American people, a number of gun rights supporters believe the reclamation of our 2nd Amendment rights must depend upon the continued election of declared, pro-2nd Amendment Republicans.

Unfortunately, such is the rose-colored-glasses thinking of individuals either too foolish, too gullible or too cowardly to recognize the perpetual treachery of elected Republicans for what it truly is- a politician's perception of political necessity taking precedence over his duty to support the God given rights of the American people.

And never mind the argument that politicians who vote for gun confiscation will be in imminent danger of losing their jobs and therefore get what they deserve. That is irrelevant to the situation. For such politicians are traitors to the nation and to the American people. They are intent upon eliminating a God given, constitutionally codified ... Continue Reading:When gun confiscation begins, ALL politicians must be viewed as enemies of freedom until proven otherwise

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March 4, 2013

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/radical-islam-how-it-threatens-free-speech

CPAC turns away Pamela Geller

Thomas Lifson  March 3, 2013

CPAC already has earned headlines for narrowing the conservative tent this year. Now, after not inviting Chris Christie to speak, and declining to allow GoProud to participate, CPAC is refusing to allow Pamela Geller to have a booth or rent rooms to conduct events. From her own site, Atlas Shrugs, Pamela writes:

the Grover Norquist/Suhail Khan cabal refuse to address (jihad, sharia, the war on freedom in the West).

This year, I applied to speak and was ignored. I tried to get a room for an AFDI event, "The War on Free Speech," and was ignored. So, for the first time in five years, I won't be at CPAC. Last year Suhail Khan bragged out loud that he (and his other operatives) had successfully kept Robert Spencer and me from being invited to speak. He went so far as to warn people not to attend our events or read our books.

In several articles I took on Grover Norquist and his powerful influence over CPAC, most notably here and here. As soon as I published my Newsmax column concerning his perfidious influence at CPAC, my Newsmax column was taken down and my name and picture were removed from the Newsmax page..... it was two slots away from Grover's. My weekly column never appeared at Newsmax again. It was axed.

Now this. I might add, every AFDI event at CPAC was standing room only. We turned people away every year.

Here is an independent account of Pamela's CPAC event last year:

I remember in 2011, I was hanging out with Tania Gail and all of sudden she jumps up and says, "Oh my gosh, we've got to get over to Pamela Geller's screening of "The Ground Zero Mosque: The Second Wave of the 9/11 Attacks." We then ran over to the other side of the conference center to find a jam-packed hall just sitting down to the movie screening. It was awesome. And then the next day, Pamela held a standing room event for the families of 9/11: "THE GROUND ZERO MOSQUE EVENT AT CPAC." These events were the freakin' pinnacle of the conference. Sheesh. What is wrong with this world? Now Pamela's banned? Unbe-freakin'-lievable.

Breitbart News adds:

For the last four years, Pamela Geller of AtlasShrugs.com and the American Freedom Defense Initiative have held events at CPAC featuring guests she invites to discuss the influence of Islamism on America. But this year, the American Conservative Union (ACU) has no room for Geller or her message.

Read more... 

Monday, March 4, 2013

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Obama Focused On Winning, Not Governing

We've been saying it for months, but it is worth saying again. Obama won reelection last November but he never stopped campaigning. In Friday's press conference, Obama revealed what drives his decision making -- he wants to destroy his opponents in Congress.

Here is what he said: "What I can't do is force Congress to do the right thing. The American people may have the capacity to do that." In other words, Obama is looking to the next election for the voters to give him a Congress that will pass his radical big government agenda.

Over the weekend, the Washington Post published a detailed story about Obama's aggressive political agenda and his goal of having both the House and the Senate after next year's congressional election.

Don't be fooled by Obama's rhetoric or the media's spin. Everything this White House does is aimed at putting Nancy Pelosi back in the speaker's chair. Solving the country's problems just isn't a priority.

Our hope is that conservatives will repeat 2010 and take back the Senate. It would be a mistake for Republicans to think for one second that Obama's interest is good public policy. His real desire is to be able to run the country without any impediments.

The last time the left had that kind of power, Obama rammed through Obamacare. If it happens again I believe the freedom of religion, Second Amendment rights and our future economic growth would all be in graver danger than they are in now.


Obama's Sequester Scare Tactics

The sequester is a perfect example of Obama's obsession with politics. The sequester was his idea, but he denied it. Stuck with it now, Obama's apparent goal is to make the 2.5% cut as painful as possible in the hope that the public will punish Republicans in 2014 for making "draconian" cuts to key public services.

So Obama led his cabinet officials in making false statements about the sequester in a series of campaign rallies designed to scare the public into going along with his big government, tax and spend agenda. In his press conference Friday, Obama implied that Republicans were more interested in protecting "tax loopholes for the well-off and well-connected," than in preventing hard-working Americans from getting hurt by the sequester. Here's what Obama said about Capitol Hill janitors:

"Starting tomorrow, everybody here, all the folks who are cleaning the floors at the Capitol -- now that Congress has left, somebody is going to be vacuuming and cleaning those floors and throwing out the garbage -- they're going to have less pay.  The janitors, the security guards, they just got a pay cut, and they've got to figure out how to manage that."

Obama's chutzpah is amazing! It was Barack Obama who caused their salaries to go down when he reinstated the payroll tax after cutting it for the past two years. And Obama's claim that the sequester has cut their pay is false.

Obama's alarmist claims had Capitol Hill officials scrambling. Numerous emails were sent throughout the day reassuring nervous workers that their paychecks would not change. The Washington Post's fact checker gave Obama "Four Pinocchios" -- it's worst rating -- for this whopper, concluding, "nothing in Obama's statement came close to being correct."


Is The Public Catching On?

The latest Gallup tracking poll finds that the public is evenly split on Obama's job approval -- 46% approve and 46% disapprove. But at the beginning of last week, 51% approved of the president's job performance and 43% disapproved. That represents an 8-point swing in a very short period of time.

The daily countdown to the sequester dominated the headlines last week. It appears as though Obama has taken a hit as he ratcheted up the scare tactics on sequestration and tried to convince the public that it was impossible for the federal government to take a 2.5% cut after years of massive spending increases.


Protecting Israel's "Back"

Early last week I went up to Capitol Hill and met with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at his request. Senator Graham was reaching out to pro-Israel leaders to seek support for a strong, bi-partisan resolution he has introduced in the Senate to pressure the Obama Administration to be more aggressive in confronting Iran's nuclear weapons program. The resolution does not have the force of law, but it sends a clear signal to our enemies and to Israel's enemies.

One year ago today, President Obama said during a speech to the annual AIPAC conference, "So there should not be a shred of doubt by now: when the chips are down, I have Israel's back." To most people that statement means that Obama will stand with Israel in a fight. But the Obama White House has shown far more interest in reaching out to Iran than in protecting Israel's back.

Just last week, Secretary of State John Kerry was talking about renewed dialogue with Iran. He also said, "Iran is a country with a government that was elected and that sits in the United Nations." Most Americans will remember that Iran's last election was marred by rampant fraud. The results were highly suspect, leading to rioting and a brutal crackdown by the Islamist regime against pro-democracy advocates.

While we can debate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legitimacy, what is not debatable is that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is calling the shots, and he wasn't elected by anybody.  

Monday Brief

Remembering Breitbart

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Inspiration

Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)

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White House Domestic Policy Director Insisted 1986 Amnesty Wasn't Big Enough

In the Obama Administration, Cecilia Munoz coordinates domestic policy, including immigration. 

Learn what Munoz advocated while working the National Council of La Raza.

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Obama Administration Sets Free over 2,000 Illegal Aliens, Uses Sequester to Further Amnesty Agenda

After news leaked through several sources, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials confirmed last week they have been releasing illegal aliens in federal custody in order to satisfy cuts under the sequester.

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New York City to Ignore ICE Detainers and Undermine Secure Communities

On February 27, the New York City Council passed two measures, both by a vote of 40-7, to further obstruct immigration enforcement. The two laws put further restrictions in place for the NYC Department of Corrections to report immigration detainers to federal authorities. 

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Pro-Amnesty GOP Senators Meet with Obama

Pro-amnesty "Gang of Eight" Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) met with President Obama and Vice President Biden last Tuesday at the White House to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. 

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Democrats, GOP Advocate Expanding Agricultural Guest Worker Programs

During a House Immigration Subcommittee hearing last Tuesday, some key Democrats and Republicans found common ground regarding our nation's agricultural guest worker system.  Members from both sides of the aisle used adjectives such as "broken," "cumbersome," and "flawed," and expressed their desire to make changes to the current H-2A guest worker program.

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Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Highlights E-Verify's Effectiveness

In a hearing last week on E-Verify, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) highlighted the importance of a functional workplace enforcement tool in his opening remarks and declared that E-Verify was a critical component of the "enforcement solution."

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House Homeland Security Subcommittee Holds Border Security Hearing

Last week, the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security held a hearing examining border security. From the hearing's outset, the divide between Members of Congress about the role of enforcement in immigration reform was clear.

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GAO: Obama Administration has no Official Metrics to Measure Border Security

Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report stating that the Department of Homeland Security has no official metrics in place to measure whether the border is secure and has no plans to adopt any such metrics until late this year.

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McConnell: 'Cutting 2.4% Out of $3.6 Trillion Is Certainly Something We Can Do'

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Not 'Hundreds'--DHS Released Over 2,000 Illegal Immigrants

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'Never Again' Campaign Launched: Gun Control Has Historic Roots in Disarming Blacks, Lynchings by the KKK

As Elections Approach, Pakistan's Non-Muslim Minorities Call for Voting Changes 
Man Convicted on Gun Charges, Food Stamp Fraudster Among 17 Pardoned by Obama   

COMMENTARY:

L.E.G.A.C.Y.
By Rich Galen
One thing is for sure: Unless the Democrats win control of the House and maintain control of the Senate next year, Obama's legacy will be an eight-letter word: Gridlock.

Obscene Government Waste
By Alan Caruba
The President of the United States does not talk about was the obscene waste of taxpayer's money that goes on every day in every department and agency of the U.S. government. Instead, he only talks about tax breaks for the "rich and well-connected" while spending most of his time hanging out with the "rich and well-connected." The rest of the time is spent campaigning to get higher taxes on all the rest of us.


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