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912 Patriots of Lower Bucks - Your Daily Updates ALL in ONE Place!
March 7, 2013
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Who are the GOP Senators That Participated in Rand Paul's 12+ Hour Filibuster
. . . and the Ones Who Didn't
The Blaze | Jason Howerton | Mar. 7, 2013 1:30am
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday staged an incredible nearly 13 hour filibuster to block President Barack Obama's CIA nominee John Brennan, but mostly to bring attention to potential drone strikes against Americans in the U.S.
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Several GOP senators joined Paul in his crusade, however, many others didn't and were not in attendance. Further, very few Democrats participated. The Republican senators who participated in the filibuster with Paul include, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wy.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.). Read More & find out who didn't stand . . .
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Congressman: Hospitalized Benghazi Survivors Using Aliases
It appears Benghazi survivors who are still recovering at medical facilities may be listed under different aliases.
Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R - UT) told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren on Tuesday, "We happened to find the father of the person who was still in the hospital and without breaking any trust here but being as open and as transparent as I can, the father told me, 'If you had called in to the hospital previously you would have never of have found that person, because they changed his name on the hospital records."
See video here:
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North Korea vows nuclear attack on US, as UN prepares to vote on sanctions
Associated Press | Published March 07, 2013
North Korea vows to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against US, ratcheting up rhetoric before vote by UN diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against the country for recent nuclear test.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
Obama's War On Middle America
Last week we warned that President Obama seemed determined to make the sequester cuts as painful for the American people as possible in order to justify his tax and spend, big government agenda. Yesterday we got more proof.
An agricultural official in North Carolina recently asked his superiors in Washington for flexibility in managing the sequester cuts so that vital inspections would not be affected. Here is the response he got back:
"We have gone on record with a notification to Congress and whoever else that [your agency] would eliminate assistance to producers in 24 states in managing wildlife damage to the aquaculture industry, unless they provide funding to cover the costs. So it is our opinion that however you manage that reduction, you need to make sure you are not contradicting what we said the impact would be."
In other words, there is flexibility to "manage that reduction," but because the administration has said it would be painful, you better make sure it is!
Meanwhile the White House has taken a look at where they can find some savings. Did they cut back parties? No. How about Barack and Michelle's separate vacations requiring twice as much taxpayer money or the largest White House staff in history? No. In the end, they decided to find savings by cancelling White House tours, for you, the American taxpayer.
Who goes on White House tours? By and large, it's working class folks from all over the country, many of whom save for years to take their kids on a once-in-a-lifetime visit to the nation's capital.
A big highlight of the trip is the chance to see the White House -- which represents America and all its greatness, where leaders such as Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan once lived. These are the folks Obama is punishing in yet another cynical attempt to turn the public against the GOP and its "cruel" budget cuts.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, a strong Texas conservative, introduced legislation to prohibit the use of federal tax dollars to pay for any trip Obama takes to play golf until the White House tours are reinstated. Obama's golf outing with Tiger Woods cost taxpayers nearly $1 million -- enough money to prevent the furloughs of hundreds of federal employees. I doubt Mr. Obama even thought about that.
But let me remind our readers that if the House passes Rep. Gohmert's bill, Obama's allies in the Senate will never allow it to get a vote, and the left-wing media will never report it. Once again, conservative Republicans are doing the right thing, but most Americans will never know.
This is yet another reminder of the importance of winning elections, including the critical contests coming up in 2014.
Benghazigate Continues
Yesterday the Senate Intelligence Committee voted 12-to-3 to approve the nomination of John Brennan to be director of the CIA. But the vote came with a price. The Obama Administration was forced to turn over documents related to the Benghazi attacks and the infamous talking points used by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice.
According to CBS News, references to Al Qaeda were stripped out of Ambassador Rice's talking points by a press officer either at the White House, the FBI or the Defense Intelligence Agency. Ambassador Rice refused to blame the attacks on jihadists, and insisted that they were the result of spontaneous demonstrations over an anti-Islam film. But the idea that a press shop would make that kind of a major edit to a CIA memo is laughable. If it did so, it was very likely done only with permission from someone higher up the chain of command.
Moreover, the documents indicate that the administration had specific warnings of "an imminent attack" within days, and virtually all messages from Libyan officials to Washington blamed Al Qaeda or its affiliated cells for the attacks.
My friends, the handling of the Benghazi attacks is scandalous. But we should not lose sight of the bigger issue, which is that Obama's entire Middle East policy is an utter disaster -- for the people in the Middle East and for the United States and our allies.
- Egypt is on the verge of economic collapse. The pro-democracy demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square were betrayed. They traded the authoritarian Mubarak regime for the theocratic dictatorship of the radical Muslim Brotherhood.
- Libya is an ungovernable state. It is now a distribution center for weapons and jihadists.
- Iran is accelerating its nuclear weapons program.
- Syria is in a chaotic civil war. Tens of thousands have been killed and one million people have fled the country. The future of the country looks bleak as the main forces battling for control are Shiite extremists and Sunni extremists.
- The smaller Gulf states are all facing radical Islamic uprisings of varying degrees.
- And insiders tell me that it is only a matter of time before the pro-Western king of Jordan is overthrown and another anti-Israel regime is installed.
So the president, whose middle name is Hussein, who assured us that he understood the Middle East far better than the "cowboy" Bush, who gave his first television interview as president to an Arabic language TV network, and who made his first major foreign policy speech in Cairo, has presided over a foreign policy disaster the extent of which has still yet to be fully revealed.
Liberals Mourn Brutal Dictator
Somebody had better break the news to Michael Moore -- Hugo Chavez is dead. Moore once claimed that Cuba had the best healthcare system in the world, and Chavez chose Cuba's "outstanding" healthcare system for his cancer treatments.
No sane person will miss Mr. Chavez. He was a brutal thug and a dictator. Sadly it appears his cronies will try to maintain their grip on power.
But what jumped out at me is that so many of our liberal media and political elites are mourning his passing. Larry king described Chavez as "fascinating" and "huggable." I doubt if many of his political prisoners in jail or those whose assets he stole would feel that way. Jimmy Carter released a statement praising Chavez for his "vision to bring profound changes to his country." It went on to note that as Venezuelans mourn his death, they will "recall his positive legacies."
Actor Sean Penn said in a statement, "Today the people of the United States lost a friend it never knew it had. And poor people around the world lost a champion. I lost a friend I was blessed to have." Director Oliver Stone said, "I mourn a great hero to the majority of his people and those who struggle throughout the world for a place."
And what in the world was Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY) thinking when he tweeted, "Hugo Chavez was a leader that understood the needs of the poor. He was committed to empowering the powerless. R.I.P. Mr. President"?
This kind of mindless adulation reminds me of the praise that many world leaders heaped upon Hitler for rebuilding Germany's economy during the 1930s. Many leaders at the time thought his Nazism -- national socialism -- was the wave of the future.
Chavez was a thug who suspended constitutional liberties, shut down critical media outlets, had no understanding of economics and stole from his own people. It is estimated that Chavez and his family amassed a fortune well into the billions of dollars!
As the Miami Herald notes, his socialist policies destroyed the country economically. Venezuelans have suffered repeated currency devaluations. It is an energy-rich nation with frequent blackouts. And it has a murder rate today that is four times higher than the year before he assumed power. It speaks volumes that Iran's oppressive regime has declared a day of national mourning in Chavez' memory. Sadly, many of America's left-wing elites will be joining in.
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FIREARMS LAW SEMINAR
UNITEPA Co-Sponsor
When
Saturday, March 23, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Registration Required
by March 14th (register early - full house expected)
Guest Speaker
Attorney Joshua Prince, Esq.
Firearms Industry Consulting Group
A division of Prince Law Offices, P.C.
www.firearmsindustryconsultinggroup.com/
www.PrinceLaw.com
Cost per Person
$10.00 (Portion of funds donated to NRA-ILA & GOA)
Includes refreshments.
Location
425 Locust Street, Denver, Pa 17517
(5 min from PA turnpike and Rt. 222)
On the corner of 5th and Locust in Denver.
SEMINAR
For any new gun owner, anyone interested in owning a gun, even longtime
gun owners or even just curious non-gun owners. This is a four hour seminar
with Attorney Joshua Prince concerning firearm liability and responsibility
within the Commonwealth. He will cover a a wide range of legal issues, including:
use, possession and ownership of firearms and legal recourse in self-defense
scenarios in PA. Virtually all aspects of legally handling your Firearms will
be discussed including Gun Trusts and Estate Firearm Transfers. Q & A
session to follow presentation.
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SEND CHECK TO JIM DENLINGER
308 DUKE ST. Ephrata, Pa. 17522
717-733-1894 WITH QUESTIONS
OFFICAL REGISTRATION FORM - click here
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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
located at 401 W. Mill Street, Quakertown. The keynote speaker will be William Reill, an expert on the Pennsylvania Constitution and founder of the Sheriff Brigades of Pennsylvania. Sheriffs from Bucks, Berks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and Montgomery Counties have been invited to attend and share their perspective on their role as a County Sheriff. Any candidate for the office of County Sheriff is invited and will be given the opportunity to make a brief statement of his platform. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information on CCG, see www.CCG-PA.org or on the constitutional role of the sheriff, see http://www.sheriffbrigadesofpenn.com/.
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
TO CONTACT YOUR SHERIFF (a visit is best but a phone call will do)......
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]
"This is about good government and accountability. The Sheriff answers to the people. This job exists because of the Constitution and I answer to the citizens who elected me."- Sheriff Bunny Welsh
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
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- Invite your Sheriff to attend our March 12 CCG Constitutional Sheriffs Forum and speak briefly about his perspective on his role
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13 States, and Counting, with Bills to Nullify Federal Gun "Laws
Calling all Patriots!
We have a man in Harrisburg (Daryl Metcalfe) who has the backbone to write the legislation we need and he has done this! Please note which Reps. have NOT signed on as co-sponsors of HB 357. Please use the link below to enter the Tenth Amendment Center and click on Representative Metcalfe's link, SIGN his petition, PRINT his petition for friends & family and then CALL your Rep. to either thank them or encourage them to sign on as CO-Sponsors! This is IMPORTANT! Let's support a man who is supporting us!!!
Return Petitions to Representative Daryl Metcalfe's office:
P.O Box 202012, Harrisburg, PA 17120-2012
Petition to Montgomery County Sheriff. "PLEASE CLICK LINK BELOW AND SIGN!"
We, the undersigned residents of Montgomery County, implore our Sheriff to publicly pledge to honor her sworn oath to protect and preserve our guaranteed right to bear arms in defense of ourselves and the State under both the Pennsylvania and Federal Constitutions and to intercede on our behalf against any incursion by Federal or local law enforcement. Our PA Constitution is clearly stated in Article 1: Section 21- "The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned."
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Metcalfe Seeks to Make Federal Gun-Grabbing A Criminal Offense in Pennsylvania
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HARRISBURG - State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) today announced his legislation that would make any new federal gun control laws unenforceable within the Commonwealth.
"Passage of my legislation will send the message that there will never be additional gun control, anywhere in Pennsylvania," said Metcalfe. "Whether by White House executive orders, congressional fiat, or judicial activism, we will never allow the left to benefit from the wicked acts of murderers in order advance their senseless gun-grabbing agenda which would only succeed in replacing one of our most sacred personal liberties with the chains of government tyranny."
Similar to legislation most recently introduced in Wyoming and Texas, Metcalfe's Right to Bear Arms Protection Act (House Bill 357) would:
- Prohibit enforcement of any new federal registration, restriction or prohibition requirement for privately owned firearms, magazines and ammunition.
- Require the state of Pennsylvania, including the Office of Attorney General, to intercede on behalf of Commonwealth citizens against any federal attempt to register, restrict or ban the purchase or ownership of firearms and firearms accessories which are currently legal products.
Final enactment of Metcalfe's Right to Bear Arms Protection Act would mean that anyone - even federal agents - who try to enforce any type of gun control restriction within state borders would face arrest and being charged with a felony offense.
"The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned," said Metcalfe. "Article 1, Section 21 of the Pennsylvania Constitution makes it crystal clear that no level of government, especially the federal government, has any authority whatsoever to impose senseless restrictions on law-abiding firearms owners, or worse, the confiscation of legally owned firearms. The purpose of my legislation is to force any gun-grabbing federal official to count the costs of unconstitutionally disarming or denying Pennsylvania citizens their God-given right to keep and bear arms."
Metcalfe is also calling on all Pennsylvania citizens who support Constitutional liberty to attend Pennsylvania's annual Second Amendment Action Day on Tuesday, April 23, beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the State Capitol Rotunda, and to sign the all-new Armed Pennsylvania: Say to No Gun Control petition by visiting RepMetcalfe.com.
Representative Daryl Metcalfe
12th District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Media Contact: Ty McCauslin
717.772.9979
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| Office Locations | | 2525 Rochester Road, Suite 201, Cranberry Township, PA 16066 | Phone: (724) 772-3110 | | 144 Main Capitol, PO Box 202012, Harrisburg, PA 17120-2012 | Phone: (717) 783-1707 | | Email: dmetcalf@pahousegop.com | | TTY: 855-282-0614 |
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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
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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
are calling for an Unendorsed Primary. Let the best candidate win. The registered Republicans of Bucks County should decide on primary election day who should be the next Prothonotary on the Republican ticket. Not a small group of GOP County Executives, half of which were appointed by the Chair of the Party. It doesn't seem like a fair process does it.
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
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Also We urge you to clear your calendar and attend the Bucks County GOP executive committee meeting on Thursday March 7 at PM. at the Republican Headquarters in Doylestown. The is the night that the executive committee, half of which were hand picked by the county chair will endorse. Come and speak your mind to your elected Executive. Let the Republican party know you are watching and paying attention.
The Kitchen Table Patriots Team
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CALLING ALL PATRIOTS! JOIN US AT THE VALLEY FORGE PATRIOTS MARCH 8TH 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 8th.
From your Steering Committee, Joe Panas, Jeff Morgan, Mark Driver, Betty Dunkel
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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
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February 14, 2013 "Americans United to Defend
Free Speech" Tune in to the webcast on March 11th
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.
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On Monday night, March 11th, in a two hour national webcast, ACT! for America will unveil a new campaign to push back against this threat.
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You can tune in to this very important webcast by using this web address: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/radical-islam-how-it-threatens-free-speech |
The webcast will begin at 7:30 P.M. EST, and will feature Brigitte Gabriel, Executive Director Guy Rodgers, and Deborah Weiss, an investigative journalist, attorney and expert on the Istanbul Process and UN Resolution 16/18.
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Tune in to this extremely important webcast to find out how UN Resolution 16/18 threatens your First Amendment rights and what ACT! for America plans to do to fight it.
You'll also have the opportunity to email questions.
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If you don't want to see sharia law's prohibition against any speech that supposedly "defames" Islam or Muhammad gain a foothold in America, you need to tune in to this webcast.
If you cherish the right to free speech as much as we do, you need to tune in to this webcast.
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For even if we win the war on terrorism, if we lose our freedom to speak out against the tyranny of radical Islam, we still lose.
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Announcing the 2013 National Conference
& Legislative Briefing!
June 19 - 21 we will convene at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC for our fourth annual National Conference & Legislative Briefing.
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And here's some really great news: This year's registration fee is only $229! Register by April 15th and you'll receive our "Early Bird" rate of just $189!
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We also offer again this year special benefits for Patriot Eagle and Patriot sponsors.
We have some exciting new wrinkles planned for this year's event, and our list of confirmed speakers already includes:
- Steven Emerson - Journalist, author, and the Executive Editor of the Investigative Project on Terrorism. A. M. Rosenthal, late-managing editor of The New York Times, described Emerson as "one of the nation's best national security correspondents."
- John Guandolo - Former FBI agent and one of America's leading authorities on the Muslim Brotherhood and its inner workings in America. Guandolo spoke at our conference in 2011 and received rave reviews from conference attendees!
- Ezra Levant - Canadian lawyer, author, newspaper columnist with Sun Media, and former publisher of the Western Standard. Hauled before a Canadian "human rights commission" because he published the Danish cartoons that satirized Muhammad, Levant's personal account of a politically correct government inquisition is something you won't want to miss!
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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.
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It will again feature our very popular Capitol Hill Awards Luncheon and our signature gala banquet-and of course, our Legislative Briefing, where Members of Congress will brief you on various issues and answer your questions.
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So make your plans now to join us in our nation's capital for what promises to be our best National Conference & Legislative Briefing ever!
More details to come!
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Important Announcement from SFL
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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.
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Helping you fight back,
John
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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.
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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.
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How to Raise an American Patriot: Making it Okay for Our Kids to Be Proud to Be American
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Parents are the number one people to teach this to their kids.
This historic book will give parents the talking points they need to teach their kids why it's good to love our country and understand why it's so important to fight for our freedom and their rights.
We will lay the foundation for our next "greatest" generation.
I interviewed 13 American patriots, all with different backgrounds and upbringings - several you have heard of and several you haven't heard of but you should.
- Ed Meese, former Attorney General and staff member under President Reagan.
- Jackie Gingrich Cushman, syndicated columnist, daughter of Newt Gingrich.
- Eric Erickson, editor of RedState.com, radio host, CNN contributor and author of the current best-seller "Red State Uprising."
- Rachel Campos-Duffy, fill-in voice of The View, author, wife of Sean Duffy.
- Kevin Jackson, political pundit, bloggor and author of "The BIG Black Lie.
- Reverend Steven Craft, pastor, author, former prison chaplain and national speaker.
- Charlie Rhoads, former military officer, CEO of Joe Foss Institute.
- Rick Green, former Texas legislator, author and national speaker for Wallbuilders.
- Cathy Gillespie, political and philanthropic activist, co-founder of Constituting America, wife of former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie.
- Janine Turner, actress, author, speaker, founder of Constituting America and radio talk show host, The Janine Turner Show. on Talk Radio 570 KLIF.
- Dr. Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, the premier educational institute for constitutional principles.
- Seth Swirsky, award-winning songwriter, singer, artist, film maker and musician.
- Debbie Lee, Gold Star mom and founder of America's Mighty Warriors.
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NEW: Land of Pilgrim's Pride
 In the New York Times bestseller, Sweet Land of Liberty, Ellis the Elephant sets off on a quest to find out how America became a free and exceptional nation. Now Ellis is back and ready to learn about the birth of our great nation in Land of the Pilgrims' Pride.
Written and illustrated by Callista Gingrich and Susan Arciero, Ellis once again educates and entertains as he discovers America's thirteen original colonies. Starting in Virginia, Ellis journeys through each of the colonies and learns about their unique characteristics. From Pocahantas to Benjamin Franklin, Ellis experiences life in Colonial America.
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 In Sweet Land of Liberty, Ellis the Elephant sets off on a quest to find out.
Through an amazing afternoon at the library, Ellis travels through time and discovers the pivotal moments that have shaped our nation's unique history, including,- the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving
- the Boston Tea Party
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- the first man on the moon
...and many more of the astounding events and people whose dreams, courage, and hard work have made America great.
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One Nation Under God: A Book for Little Patriots guides children through the building blocks of America in a fun and engaging way. Beautiful full-color illustrations by Anthony Resto.
A book every Conservative parent should read to thier children!
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Posted on February 1, 2013 by Dean Garrison
 Has Communist Ideology Overtaken America? Education is crucial. Today I want to share two very interesting lists with you, and rather than adding an extensive amount of my commentary, I want to give you the chance to examine the facts for yourself. It is my opinion that many communist goals have already been accomplished. I also believe that advancement has been made in other areas. But, you owe it to yourself to do your own research. I believe not only in the freedom of speech, but also in the responsibility of free thought. So please don't take my word for it. Examine the facts for yourself.
Again, I want to share two lists with you. The first is a list that was entered into 1963 Congressional Record. The second is the 10 planks of The Communist Manifesto.
If you can't see this happening in America, and a ton of progress being made, then I offer two potential explanations:
- You are one of the "useful idiots" of communist teaching.
- I am one of the "village idiots" that your Mama probably warned you about.
Some of these points will be open for debate and some will not. In some cases it is blatantly obvious that they have achieved their goals. It is even rumored that our own President has deep communist ties. You might want to check that out as well but I will withhold my opinion at this point. Let's just lay it out and you can interpret it.
This list was originally printed in "The Naked Communist" by Cleon Skousen. It was entered into Congressional Record in 1963 as the 45 goals of "The Communist Takeover of America."
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Individuals sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood's sinister agenda have infiltrated the Obama Administration.
Brainwashed by the Muslim Students Association and then propelled in to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the David Horowitz Freedom Center tracks the path of Huma Abedin and other Muslim sympathizers who have navigated their way into positions of great influence in the Obama Administration. Everything is revealed in the explosive new Freedom Center pamphlet, "The Muslim Brotherhood in the Obama Administration," written by Frank Gaffney, national security expert who served as Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan.
The David Horowitz Freedom Center is committed to educating the public on the Muslim Brotherhood's sinister Agenda. That is why we are giving away this pamphlet for FREE.
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February 2013 * Volume 42, Number 2
Calvin Coolidge and the Moral Case for Economy
Amity Shlaes
Author, Coolidge
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AMITY SHLAES is a syndicated columnist for Bloomberg, a director of the Four Percent Growth Project at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, and a member of the board of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation. She has served as a member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal and as a columnist for the Financial Times, and is a recipient of the Hayek Prize and the Frederic Bastiat Prize for free-market journalism. She is the author of four books, Germany: The Empire Within, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy and What to Do About It, and Coolidge.
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The following is adapted from a talk given at Hillsdale College on January 27, 2013, during a conference on "The Federal Income Tax: A Centenary Consideration," co-sponsored by the Center for Constructive Alternatives and the Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series.
With the Federal Debt spiraling out of control, many Americans sense an urgent need to find a political leader who is able to say "no" to spending. Yet they fear that finding such a leader is impossible. Conservatives long for another Ronald Reagan. But is Reagan the right model? He was of course a tax cutter, reducing the top marginal rate from 70 to 28 percent. But his tax cuts-which vindicated supply-side economics by vastly increasing federal revenue-were bought partly through a bargain with Democrats who were eager to spend that revenue. Reagan was no budget cutter-indeed, the federal budget rose by over a third during his administration.
An alternative model for conservatives is Calvin Coolidge. President from 1923 to 1929, Coolidge sustained a budget surplus and left office with a smaller budget than the one he inherited. Over the same period, America experienced a proliferation of jobs, a dramatic increase in the standard of living, higher wages, and three to four percent annual economic growth. And the key to this was Coolidge's penchant for saying "no." If Reagan was the Great Communicator, Coolidge was the Great Refrainer.
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| Who is Waging War on Women? | | March 6, 2013 | by Phyllis Schlafly | | The real war against women is the announced plan of the Obama Administration, using outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta as the fall guy, to assign women for the first time in American history to fight our nation's enemies in military ground combat. That's real war, with real guns, real bullets, and real deaths.
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Dear Morning Briefing Subscriber,
You must be made aware of the vote that has happened in the last hour or so.
Sixteen Republicans voted against the rule on the continuing resolution. Sixteen. Only sixteen Republicans voted to defund Obamacare. That's what this vote was about.
I actually thought we would get about eight.
Sixteen is a good number. It is progress toward getting conservatives comfortable again defying bad leadership that is so afraid of losing it has stopped trying to win.
Several of these congressmen have other ambitions. Two who surprised me were Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston of Georgia, who I suspect did not want to get beaten up on the radio tonight on the nation's most listened to talk station, which so happens to be in Atlanta with a microphone I control during drive time.
Others are standing up too.
I will have the full list below, but RedState and other conservatives and the media should take notice of the Conservative Fight Club shaping up in the House of Representatives. There are ten members of the Conservative Fight Club. They are the nine members of the House Republican Conference who voted against the rule on the continuing resolution and voted against John Boehner for Speaker plus one guy who voted against today's rule and was the ring leader the last time the GOP took out a Speaker.
The ten members of the Conservative Fight Club are:
- Amash
- Bridenstine
- Broun
- Gohmert
- Huelskamp
- Jones
- Massie
- Pearce
- Salmon
- Yoho
These congressmen are now the gold standard for conservatives in the House. They replace men like Jim Jordan and Tom Graves. Matt Salmon, who has been urging conservatives to vote down rules, is rapidly becoming a conservative leader in Congress. Though he did not vote against John Boehner, history shows he helped lead the movement to oust Newt Gingrich back in the day.
He's finding his footing again and it is a very good thing.
The other congressmen who stood with the Fight Club are:
- Brooks
- Fleming
- Gingrey
- Kingston
- McClintock
- Rohrabacher
They should all be commended.
Senator Ted Cruz is declaring he'll take this fight to the Senate now and will object to John Boehner's continuing resolution.
Sincerely yours,
Erick Erickson
Editor-in-Chief, RedState
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News from The Hill:
House passes 2013 spending bill as Dems rail against sequester
By Pete Kasperowicz
The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would provide the government with discretionary funds for the rest of 2013, but did so in the face of opposition from Democrats who complained that the bill locks in the $85 billion sequester.
Republicans cast the bill as one that avoids a government shutdown at the end of March. But Democratic complaints about the sequester show the difficulty the bill will have in the Senate, where Democrats have said they will prepare their own continuing resolution.
Read the story here.
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RedState Morning Briefing
For March 7, 2013
1. The Rand Paul Filibuster: A Point Not to be Missed
Rand Paul has done a brilliant thing filibustering the President's appointment to the CIA.
By keeping the filibuster going through prime time, Rand Paul forced ABC, CBS, and NBC - chief sources of news for low information voters - to cover the issue.
Along the way, Rand Paul had help giving him time to rest his voice. Ted Cruz came down a few hours in to give Paul a break. Mike Lee and Jerry Moran came in. Cruz read tweets in support of Paul.
Mark Kirk, who returned to the Senate a short while back after a very bad stroke, came in to support Rand Paul.
Even Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon joined in the filibuster.
2. Florida is Working
Conservatives are disappointed of late with Governor Rick Scott's decision about Medicaid, but we should not let it overshadow the fact that he is otherwise doing an excellent job as Governor.
On Tuesday, Gov. Scott gave his state of the state address to the Florida legislature pointing out his agenda has been pro-family, pro-life, and pro-business.
During Charlie Crist's Governorship, Florida lost 825,500 jobs, but has gained back 200,000 in the two years since Scott got elected.
Unemployment under Charlie Crist rose to 11.1%, but under Scott has fallen to 7.9%, the second largest drop in the country.
Gov. Scott has cut state debt by $2 billion, created a $24 billion trade surplus, and set about revitalizing a battered housing market in the state.
Along the way, Gov. Scott did things Charlie Crist would never do. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Colorado Anti-Second Amendment Legislator's Criminal Record Exposed
According to a Colorado Bureau of Investigations report obtained by Media Trackers, State Representative Rhonda Fields (D-Aurora) was arrested in 1976 on a charge of larceny and again in 1991 on a charge of shoplifting. Despite her own criminal record, Rep. Fields has sought to limit the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Guy Who Called Romney a Douche on TV Thinks Obama is a Racist
Roger Ailes says Barack Obama is lazy. The media has blown it into a big story with the facts not on the media's side. Van Jones, who on live national television called Mitt Romney a douche, was outrageously outraged by Roger Ailes's assertion on CNN and even hinted that it might be racist for Ailes to say so.
The media is yet again willfully choosing to paint Ailes as a bad guy by ignoring Barack Obama's own words. . . . Well, thanks to Van Jones, I guess we now know Barack Obama is a racist. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. A very contrarian view of Aaron Swartz that will do me no favors.
Sorry for that. But I read this New Yorker piece about Aaron Swartz (short version: was being prosecuted by the government for illegally downloading JSTOR archives; recently committed suicide), and this is the narrative that I take from it:
Once upon a time there was a very bright, but easily bored boy who spent his entire life not having to do anything that he didn't want to do, and being encouraged in this by everybody that knew and loved him. The boy became a man with no discipline and no unifying principle to his life; he made a lot of money, but did not know what to do with it; or, indeed, anything at all. So he heedlessly did anything and everything that came to mind, with no thought to completion, or consequences. Eventually the boy did something that was against the law; and then the government - who did not know and love him, and either did not realize that he was still a boy, or did not care - came down upon the man like a ton of bricks. And eventually the boy decided that his life was not worth living, so he ended it. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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March 7, 2013
Today's Articles:
OFA: The Organizing of America
Cindy Simpson
Is Organizing for Action really the "new lever of government," a lever that may replace the ones voters pull at polling places? More
Brennan Signals 'Our Saudi Partners'
Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison
John Brennan, Barack Obama's pick for CIA director, is good at sending signals. We'd best read them. More
A Government to be Feared
Lauri B. Regan
Obama has yet to explain why a civilian national security force is required to be funded with money the government does not have to face an enemy that is nonexistent. More
The Third-Party Temptation -- Just Say No
Jeffrey Barrett
A working strategy for taking over the GOP at the local level and rebuilding it along constitutional lines. More
Will Ashley Judd be Kentucky's Obama?
Jonathon Moseley
Obama won in 2012 thanks in large part to low-information voters across the country. Can Ashley Judd do the same in Kentucky? More
Winning on Principle
J. Robert Smith
Of course, conservatives want to win elections. But winning elections are about more than simply winning elections; they're about earning opportunities to govern. More
Obama Adulterates Marriage and Federalism
Jan LaRue
"Marriage, it doesn't mean anything." That's what Barack Obama told wife Michelle while they were dating, according to her 2008 interview in The New Yorker. More
American Thinker BlogWho's Going Deaf, Mayor Bloomberg?
March 7, 2013
Mayor Bloomberg, in his inimitable wisdom and concern for his fellow man, may be on the brink of determining the maximum volume for users of headphones. What's next? More Common Sense School Discipline Takes Center Stage in Texas
March 7, 2013
Common sense prevails in the Lone Star state. More Alvin Lee 1944 - 2013
March 7, 2013
The "world's fastest guitarist" lays down his axe. More Obama Has Always Been Against Gun Ownership
March 7, 2013
The president was singing a different tune about gun ownership when he was in Chicago. More Michelle Obama and John Kerry to honor vicious anti-Semite
March 6, 2013
Incompetence would be the charitable explanation More For Israel, back-of-the-bus treatment in WaPo
March 6, 2013
No good deed goes unpunished. More Sacré Bleu, the Republic is irrevocably broken
March 6, 2013
Trying to keep Nero from fiddling while Rome burns. More Fearing Ken Cuccinelli
March 6, 2013
Congratulations to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who has advanced into the ranks of GOP presidential timber candidates targeted for destruction by the political establishment. More Hollywood mourns loss of Chavez
March 6, 2013
"Hugo Chavez will live forever in history." More Frankenquester hits White House tours
March 6, 2013
Maybe take fewer golfing vacations rather than shut down the tours. More DHS Backdooring Gun Registration in Missouri
March 6, 2013
The tip of the iceberg. More Socialized Medicine Even Kills Socialists
March 6, 2013
Chavez put his trust in Castro's disastrous health care system. More
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Cruz v. Holder
Posted: 06 Mar 2013 02:28 PM PST
(John Hinderaker)
Ted Cruz has already made his mark in Washington. Cruz has a number of things going for him, one of which is that he is a very smart guy. Today Eric Holder testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Cruz questioned him on three topics. The first and most extensive was Holder's view of the constitutionality of a hypothetical drone attack on an American citizen, on American soil, who is not doing anything that poses an imminent threat. Here, Cruz follows up on a question that Rand Paul posed to Holder in a letter. The exchange is fascinating, mainly because Holder doesn't seem to understand that he isn't answering Cruz's question: Cruz keeps asking Holder whether such a killing would be constitutional, but Holder repeatedly responds by talking about whether such an assassination would be "appropriate." It offers, perhaps, a glimpse into the mind of a liberal-whether something is constitutional or not depends on whether I think it is appropriate.
The other topics, treated more briefly, are also interesting: Holder's decisions to selectively decline to enforce various federal laws, one aspect of the Obama administration's chronic lawlessness, and Fast and Furious. On Fast and Furious, Cruz tries to get Holder to admit that there is no basis for the assertion of executive privilege, which the Obama administration has relied upon to withhold many documents:
UPDATE: I should note that Cruz's examination of Holder obviously ties in with Rand Paul's dramatic filibuster of Obama's nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. We will have more to say about that in due course.
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The Bolivarian Betrayal
Posted: 06 Mar 2013 12:08 PM PST
(Scott Johnson)
Disclosing the death of Hugo Chávez yesterday Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro kicked out two U.S. military attachés for allegedly plotting against Venezuela and even suggested that Washington may have been behind Mr. Chávez's cancer. The Wall Street Journal reports that Maduro said the country would likely discover in the coming days that Chávez "was attacked with this illness."
American officials rejected Maduro's dramatic revelations, but what would you expect them to say? "We completely reject the Venezuelan government's claim that the United States is involved in any type of conspiracy to destabilize the Venezuelan government. We reject the specific allegations against members of our Embassy," said State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell.
As to the cancer plot, Ventrell added: "An assertion that the United States was somehow involved in causing President Chávez's illness is absurd, and we definitively reject it." C'mon, you didn't think he was gonna admit it, did you? Of course not.
It is impressive that American agents were able to mount an operation to give Chávez his lethal cancer. That was ingenious, to say the least. Even so, the cancer does not by itself account for the operation's success.
The success of the operation rested on persuading Chávez to seek treatment for his cancer in Cuba. Now that was sheer genius. How did we do it? Will the full story ever be told?
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100 Christians Arrested, Reportedly Tortured In Libya
Posted: 06 Mar 2013 10:45 AM PST
(John Hinderaker)
The Arab Spring is looking more like Springtime For Hitler all the time. The latest outrage comes from Libya, where 100 Christians from Egypt were arrested, allegedly for proselytizing. Representatives of the local Christian church say the men were working in Libya, but not proselytizing. Be that as it may, telling others about their religion is something they had a right to do. The creepy video below shows the men, or some of them, in captivity. It shows the incriminating materials that were found in their possession-Bibles, pictures of Jesus and the like. Ahram Online reports:
On Thursday, Coptic Bishop Pachomios, archbishop of Beheira, Matrouh and Libya, told the media: "I am following up on the issue with church authorities in Cairo and the Egyptian foreign affairs ministry." Speaking from Ethiopia, Pachomios added: "This is a very serious incident, in which Egyptian citizens were arrested on the mere suspicion [of proselytising] and tortured while in detention." The bishop confirmed that the Egyptians in question had worked in Libya, adding that "it doesn't make sense that as many as 100 Egyptian Copts had decided to engage in proselytising activities in another country."
Here is the video, which was made by members of the Libyan group that arrested the Christians:
Normally, one would expect the Egyptian government to protest and seek redress if its citizens are abused by another country, but it is more or less open season on Christians in Egypt, too, so help from that direction seems unlikely. Perhaps our newly-minted Secretary of State will take an interest.
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Wednesday Wonders
Posted: 06 Mar 2013 09:49 AM PST
(Steven Hayward)
So I'm out of pocket for one whole day, and what happens? The stock market makes a new all-time high, despite-or perhaps because of?-the sequester. Yesterday it was reported late in the day that Obama was picking up the phone and calling Republican leaders seeking some kind of deal to end the sequester. Sounds like someone just blinked, as John notes was a distinct possibility in his post yesterday.
As many people have mentioned, the White House was clearly going to attempt the old "Washington monument" strategy of implementing the sequester, i.e., by closing down the most popular and essential government services to make the GOP and taxpayers cry uncle. I'm wondering how this phone conversation went:
Obama: "Okay, time to close up the Washington monument. That'll show 'em!" Aide: "Um. . . Mr. President. . . The Washington monument is already closed. Has been since August of 2011, after the earthquake. Everyone's adjusted. We'll have to close something else." Obama throws his Blackberry across the room. Obama: "Okay, then let's shut down White House tours! Or close the office that manages the Guantanamo shut down; Republicans won't like the specter of Gitmo terrorists being placed in their districts without due process!" Aide: "Um . . . Mr. President . . . The Gitmo transition office was already shut down. Last year." Obama: "#$@@!!!!(**&*&%$!!!" Aide: "I know, we could shut down the Y2K crisis management office!"
Actually, I think maybe I need to do a complete "Hitler Learns About the Failure of the Sequester Strategy" video.
Sean Penn . . . any second now.
Meanwhile, Hugo Chavez has croaked. I've installed earplugs, because I'm sure Sean Penn's primal scream will reach my abode any second now. Please keep your eyes out, Power Line readers, for Penn's inevitable unedited eulogy to Chavez in the Puffington Host. I'm sure it will deserve another dramatic reading.
In my email box this morning: A subject line from The Nation magazine that reads-"Fight Climate Change With Your Electric Bill." What-am I supposed to wad it up and swat at the air to ward off climate change? Has the climate campaign really come to this kind of absurd gesture? Apparently so.
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Halligan halted (Updated)
Posted: 06 Mar 2013 08:31 AM PST
(Paul Mirengoff)
I've just been informed that the nomination of Caitlin Halligan has been stopped by the Senate. Halligan is President Obama's left-liberal nominee for a lifetime slot on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Details to follow. In the meantime, I want to thank the Power Line readers who urged Republican Senators to hold the line against this nominee.
UPDATE: 51 Senators supported cloture; 41 Senators opposed it.
Lisa Murkowski, who is ideologically opposed to filibustering nominees, was the only Republican who supported cloture. Lindsey Graham came through with a "nay" vote.
The following Republicans did not vote: Crapo, Hatch, Johanns, and Vitter.
JOHN adds: The Associated Press helpfully explains what happened this morning for the benefit of those who know nothing about Ms. Halligan:
Republicans say Halligan is too liberal to sit on U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and cited citing her work on lawsuits against gun manufacturers. The National Rifle Association opposed her nomination.
That's it. No mention of her radical record on terrorism; just that she was opposed by the NRA.
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On March 6, 2013, we celebrate 60 years since the death of the Marxist tyrant Joseph Stalin. In theory, socialism is an idyllic dream. In reality, it is a phony nightmare, a social theory that has destroyed the economy of every country where it has been applied.
The Woodward imbroglio isn't the only incident of bullying the press by this White House. This is about neither conflict nor personalities. It is about a responsible free media in a democratic society escaping the clutches of the authoritarian mindset: one that says the truth is what the leader says it is on any given day. | | | | TOP STORIES ON PJ MEDIA | |
There was a time when parents would have warned their male children against going into girls' bathrooms dressed in a skirt. Today that's not a bug, it's a feature. Why isn't refusing to let a child know its gender considered as hateful as "conversion therapy"?
It's fitting that Chavez died as the College of Cardinals began their rulemaking for the papal election, as the Church conflict with Chavez in Venezuela has been a stark reminder of how the religious who rightfully eschew pedestrian political gamesmanship shouldn't fear tangling with politicians when moral principles and human rights are on the line. | | | | MORE FROM PJ MEDIA | |
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Why the Death of Hugo Chavez Matters
Tears streamed down the face of Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro yesterday as he announced that longtime Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez was dead. The news likely came as a surprise to no one-Chavez had been battling cancer for years and was long thought to be on his deathbed. In fact, the Venezuelan leader had not been seen in public since December.
Though not unexpected, Chavez's death has far-reaching-and potentially dangerous-implications for the U.S. and the world.
Addressing the nation, Maduro called on the Venezuelan people to rally together in the spirit of "love, peace, and discipline," proclaiming, "Let there be no weakness, no violence. Let there be no hate." Interestingly, this came from the same man who just three hours earlier made irresponsible and dangerous claims that Chavez's poor health was caused by deliberate acts of the regime's enemies.
Further implicating the U.S., Maduro also expelled American military attaché David Delmonaco from the country, charging him with engaging in "destabilizing projects" against the regime.
Because they are outlandish to our ears, these claims may seem inconsequential. Yet in Venezuela, these ridiculous assertions threaten to take a dangerous situation from bad to worse.
It may be hard for many Americans to understand, but despite the sometimes brutal and authoritarian nature of the Chavez regime, the Venezuelan leader's passing will be a difficult moment for the nation. Ruling Venezuela for 14 years, Chavez's unique combination of populism, authoritarianism, socialism, and combativeness allowed him to build nothing less than a cult of personality. Bolstered undoubtedly by a system of socialist subsidies and political patronage, Chavez enjoyed the adoration of the masses.
With the nation already in mourning, the outrageous and provocative statements of Vice President Maduro have the potential to spark strong anti-American violence in Venezuela like that seen throughout the Middle East late last year.
As Heritage Latin America expert Ray Walser wrote yesterday:
The Obama Administration needs to act swiftly and sternly to rebut this outlandish claim, rally international support, and prepare to protect American lives and property, as well as that of innocent Venezuelans.
Factor in the country's known ties to major U.S. enemies-namely Hezbollah and Iran-and the situation may develop into the first major foreign policy crisis for newly confirmed Secretary of State John Kerry.
Indeed, the threat of Iranian influence in Latin America is nothing new. In October 2011, two Iranian nationals were indicted in an attempt to bomb a D.C.-area restaurant and assassinate the Saudi ambassador on U.S. soil. The men were caught trying to hire a Mexican drug cartel member to carry out the assassination. While Venezuela has never been directly implicated in the plot, with daily flight between Tehran and Caracas, Venezuela remains Iran's critical entry point into the Americas.
While Chavez declared Maduro his successor before his death, the Venezuelan constitution requires that an election be held within 30 days. Former presidential candidate and democratic opposition leader Henrique Capriles is likely to run against Maduro. The Obama Administration should signal to Venezuela that anything other than free and fair elections for the nation's new president will open the door to possible diplomatic and economic sanctions.
Regardless of who wins, the road ahead will be difficult. The nation's new leader will inherit a nation plagued by over-dependence on oil revenues and stagnant industry, not to mention high inflation, currency devaluation, and extremely high levels of homicide and criminal violence.
Chavez may be dead, but his anti-American spirit and the damage caused by his sweeping socialist policies are not. In the days and weeks to come, both newly confirmed Secretary of State Kerry and the next president of Venezuela will have many challenges on their hands.
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by REZA KAHLILI
American filmmaker Michael Moore, in an interview with an Iranian magazine, criticized an article I wrote urging him not to visit the Islamic regime.
by LT. COLONEL JAMES G. ZUMWALT, USMC (RET)
As Iran's nuclear program has progressed, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made clear it would never be reversed.
by MARK SILVERBERG
Taken in its totality, Israel not only has no right to defend itself in response to terrorist attacks, but it has no right to exist - which suggests that missile attacks on Israel's civilian population are not only justified, but desirable.
by MANDA ZAND-ERVIN
When Sec. of State declares: "It is important for us to deal with nation-states in a way that acts in the best interests of all of us," it sends shivers up the spine of every Iranian counting on America to stand against the very imperialism they fought so hard to root out.
Do you think the TSA should now allow knives on planes?
Transportation Security Administration to allow small knives in passenger carry-ons, a decision flight attendants union calls 'dangerous,' and designed 'to make lives of TSA staff easier, but not make flights safer.'
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Somewhere in the first half of the movie "Moscow on the Hudson", a bedraggled Robin Williams huddles on the luxurious first floor of Bloomingdale's clamoring in an unconvincing Russian accent that he wants to defect. Standing between him and a furious KGB officer is a minimum wage store security guard in a red blazer. The KGB officer hisses that he protests the defection in the name of the Soviet Union. The security guard retorts that his own jurisdiction runs "from Style Boutique, through Denim Den, all the way up to Personal Fragrances." And the Soviet Union and the KGB have no jurisdiction in Denim Den. While the KGB officer casts a terrifying supernatural pall over his own people, to a Bloomingdale's security guard armed with mace and handcuffs, he is no more than another annoying customers in a store filled with them. The red blazer trumped the red flag. Sixty years after Stalin's death, the red flag is very much with us. The red blazer however has seen better days. The KGB agent of the waning days of the Soviet Union might have been a comic figure, roaming the glittering aisles of capitalism, caught between sneering at the decadence of capitalism and stuffing as much of it in his pockets as possible. But the KGB agents have had the last laugh. After Stalin's death, the KGB and the Soviet leadership had a quiet tussle that ended with the KGB being sent to its corner, under the guns of the army, and a series of uninspiring leaders overseeing the decline and fall of the Soviet Union. Unlike the Communist Party, which in Russia largely consists of bitter old men and women kissing portraits of Stalin and complaining how the young people have no manners anymore, the KGB has rebounded by merging with Bloomingdale's. Putin's KGB hierarchy saw no reason why the Russian people couldn't have aisles of overpriced products. Indeed the Putin era looks a lot like the 80s on steroids, big on big, full of artificial everything, million dollar opportunities, vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity, and theft for the sake of theft. Finally the ordinary Russian could have his own oversized TV, piles of debt to pay for it and the opportunity to sit watching bad Russian remakes of American 80s sitcoms.
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Communist tyrant will be remembered for his fanaticism and brutality.
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Wednesday Chronicle
Venezuelan Thug Dies, Socialists Mourn
March 6, 2013
The Foundation
"In a despotic government, the only principle by which the tyrant who is to move the whole machine means to regulate and manage the people is fear, by the servile dread of his power. But a free government, which of all others is far the most preferable, cannot be supported without virtue." --Samuel Williams
Editorial Exegesis
 "When Hugo Chávez was elected President of Venezuela in December 1998, the country had endured nearly two decades of political and economic turmoil, including violent rioting, high inflation, huge foreign debts, a president impeached on corruption charges, and two failed 1992 coups -- one of them led, and the other inspired, by a brash and ambitious army colonel named Hugo Chávez. Yet when the Chávez era finally drew to a close Tuesday with his death from cancer at age 58, life for Venezuelans had only become worse. As life stories go, the lesson of Chávez's is to beware charismatic demagogues peddling socialist policies at home and revolution abroad. ... Chávez showed that it's possible to run against the tides of history, at least for a while, and at least if you happen to get lucky with an oil revenue bonanza. ... That kind of money can buy a lot of influence, and Chávez was quick to use it to purchase the political support of Venezuela's poor, the army and a loyal nouveau riche. It also allowed him to become a classic petro-dictator. ... For his fourth election last October, opposition politicians were limited to three minutes of advertising a day, while Chávez could commandeer the airwaves at any time. He permitted no debates. Public workers risked being fired if they voted against him. It was the sort of election only Jimmy Carter could bless -- which our 39th president predictably did. ... [T]he reality of what Venezuela became under Chávez is hard to ignore. On Tuesday the Venezuelan government expelled two U.S. Air Force attaches. Heir apparent Nicolás Maduro also accused the U.S. of poisoning Chávez with cancer, suggesting that the combination of buffoonery and thuggery that Chávez pioneered will continue past his grave. As for Venezuelans, they will have to fight to reclaim the democracy they once enjoyed. ... The Constitution requires that new elections be held in 30 days, assuming Mr. Maduro honors the law. Let's hope Venezuelans seize the chance to bury the tragic legacy of Chavismo alongside its author's corpse." -- Wall Street Journal
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The Creeping Federal Takeover of Local Elections
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member J. Christian Adams was published on March 4, 2013 on The Washington Times website.
President Obama's State of the Union address last month provided the latest national crisis to be solved by Washington, D.C.: waiting in line to vote. The president shared the emotional saga of Desiline Victor, a Florida centenarian who waited six hours to vote. He announced a presidential commission to address the matter.
Unfortunately, the president didn't tell the whole story about long lines and why he has suddenly become concerned.
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Curing the GOP's Infection
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published March 4, 2013 on The Washington Times website.
One of Bill Cosby's best-loved routines is "Tonsils."
Mr. Cosby relates how the doctor explained the need for surgery when he was a young boy. "Your tonsils guard your throat," the doc says. "They have hand grenades, bazookas and anything bad that comes into your mouth, they fight it off. In your case, your tonsils have lost the war. As a matter of fact, they've gone so far as to join the other side, and they're going to kill you if we don't cut 'em out."
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A Minority View: Higher Minimum Wage
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published February 27, 2013 on Townhall.com.
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour. That would be almost a 25 percent increase. Let's look at the president's proposal, but before doing so, let's ask some other economic questions.
Are people responsive to changes in price? For example, if the price of cars rose by 25 percent, would people purchase as many cars? Supposing housing prices rose by 25 percent, what would happen to sales? Those are big-ticket items, but what about smaller-priced items? If a supermarket raised its prices by 25 percent, would people purchase as much? It's not rocket science to conclude that when prices rise, people adjust their behavior by purchasing less.
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America's Three Greatest Presidents
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published February 27, 2013 on The American Spectator website.
Turns out the shortest month on the calendar is actually the most significant for American history. For our three greatest Presidents were all born in February.
George Washington
Born on February, 22, 1732, George Washington displayed a character that continues to define our nation. The General of the victorious army that defeated the most powerful nation on earth at the time, he could have led a march on the Congress and declared himself the King, or Emperor of the Americas. But almost unique in world history, he had the character to decline to do that, and stay the course with the principles of liberty for which he fought.
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Morning Jolt - March 6, 2013
By Jim Geraghty
Here's your Wednesday Morning Jolt.
Enjoy!
Jim
Hugo to Hell
This just handed to me: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is still dead.
Rep. Jose Serrano, Democrat of New York: "Hugo Chavez was a leader that understood the needs of the poor. He was committed to empowering the powerless. R.I.P. Mr. President."
Human Rights Watch doesn't see him in quite the same light:
Hugo Chávez's presidency (1999-2013) was characterized by a dramatic concentration of power and open disregard for basic human rights guarantees.
After enacting a new constitution with ample human rights protections in 1999 - and surviving a short-lived coup d'état in 2002 - Chávez and his followers moved to concentrate power. They seized control of the Supreme Court and undercut the ability of journalists, human rights defenders, and other Venezuelans to exercise fundamental rights.
By his second full term in office, the concentration of power and erosion of human rights protections had given the government free rein to intimidate, censor, and prosecute Venezuelans who criticized the president or thwarted his political agenda.
The American Enterprise Institute's Roger Noriega, a former U.S. Ambassador to the Organziation of American States and assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, sees an opportunity:
Alas, Hugo Chávez will not live long enough to atone for his abuse of millions of Venezuelans nor to correct the corrupt and destructive policies that have wrecked the country he leaves behind. Moreover, although his cronies and their Cuban handlers are maneuvering to hold on to power, a Chavista succession is neither stable nor sustainable. With more audacious leadership among Venezuela's democrats and intelligent solidarity from abroad, Chávez's legacy might be buried with him.
The foundations of Chavismo are being shaken by an impending socioeconomic meltdown, a faltering oil sector, bitter in-fighting in his own movement, complicity with drug-trafficking and terrorism, rampant street crime, the inept performance by Chávez's anointed successor, and growing popular rejection of Cuban interference, corrupt institutions, and rigged elections. Beset by these challenges and with Chávez no longer at the top of the ballot, the regime will use every advantage to engineer a victory in a special election to choose a new president.
I'm curious about where his stupid little parrot sidekick ranks in the line of succession:
Okay, CPAC, Joke's Over. Where's the Real Speaker List?
Oh, what the hell, CPAC? I mean, what the hell?
You want to not invite Governor Bob McDonnell because of his recent awful tax-hiking transpiration bill, fine. (I'd prefer to invite him, get him up on a stage for a Q & A, and then ask, "What were you thinking?") You want to not invite Governor Chris Christie because you think he's been too clubby with the media lately, and because he bashed the House GOP for fighting pork in the Sandy bill? Fine. He probably wouldn't come, because appearing at CPAC would probably hurt him in his reelection bid anyway. I think disinviting GOProud after you've invited them in the past creates more headaches than it solves, but hey, it's your conference. But this? THIS?
Business and reality show star Donald Trump will speak at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, according to press release from the event's organizer that was distributed by Trump's spokesman Tuesday.
In the release, the American Conservative Union's president Al Cardenas called Trump "an American patriot and success story with a massive following among small government conservatives."
It's easy to get wrapped up in debates about who's a conservative and who isn't, but . . . come on.
Our Katrina Trinko: "Are you kidding me? Trump, who donated to Dems & supported universal health care, is good enough for CPAC? In 2010, Trump donated to Weiner. He also donated to Schumer and Reid in 09."
Dave Weigel notices, "The irony is that Trump appeared at CPAC in 2011 after being invited by the now-banned GOProud."
Sean Hackbarth: "BREAKING: CPAC announced Kim Kardashian to moderate chastity panel."
John Podhoretz: "I hope Donald Trump is introduced at CPAC by his apprentice, Piers Morgan."
Ben Howe: "Man. Maybe I'm not a conservative after all."
Jim Antle: "I won't believe this announcement until I've seen the real, long-form CPAC agenda."
Our Big Challenge: Do We on the Right Still Trust the People?
My fellow conservatives . . . the state of our movement is not strong. Let's face it. We're depressed. We feel betrayed by the American electorate.
We feel betrayed by inner-city African Americans, who can see the abysmal results of decades of Democratic governance all around them and who suffer the most from those failed policies, yet somehow keep sending the same crooks and losers back into office. Put aside Obama and these voters' obvious pride in electing and reelecting the first African-American president; why is there no functioning alternative party in Washington, D.C., Detroit, Newark, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and barely one in New York or Los Angeles?
We feel betrayed that anyone, let alone a significant chunk of the electorate, could believe that our belief that this country should control its borders is driven by racism, xenophobia, and a hatred of immigrants.
We feel betrayed by young people, who also have suffered greatly from these failed policies. They've been told that a college education was the ticket to a good life, and they've taken on crushing debt for jobs that don't exist and may never exist. Their professors failed to teach them the skills to thrive in a competitive job market and overcome adversity, and yet they haven't yet seemed to turn on them in outrage. No, instead, they turn to government, enticed by the promise of free birth control.
Anyway, since the election, we've been marinating in this very grim story: We, a bunch of Americans who love freedom and believe that we can live happy lives if the government will just get out of the way, got swamped by a growing swarm of voters who believe that government -- the very same government who had disappointed them and failed them time and again -- will solve their problems.
So . . . what's our story to come back?
I don't quite mean our policies, although that's part of it. What is our story? You get stories from Obama all the time. The story is pretty simple, deliberately so, and large chunks of it are hogwash. But it's believable enough for enough people:
In the beginning, there was Bush, and Bush was bad. There was war, and it was bad; the war created the deficits, and so did Bush's tax cuts for the rich. Because all the money went to tax cuts and wars, the government didn't make necessary "investments" in "roads and bridges" and "green energy." People couldn't get health care. The oceans were rising.
Then we elected Obama, and it started getting better immediately! Okay, not everywhere, and maybe the progress and improvement was really hard to measure, but Obama inherited the worst crises of any president ever. Nobody could have generated better results than he did. The arc of history bent more toward justice, and better days are ahead, just you wait and see . . .
Now, you can come up with dozens of objections to those few sentences, but for the average Obama voter, that's the gist of the state of the country from 2001 to today. It's not all that different from your usual religious narrative. You have a fall of paradise (the election of Bush) the Devil (Bush), the messiah figure (Obama), the coming of a new kingdom and ultimate utopia. The purpose of the believer is to continue to believe in the redeeming messiah figure in the face of skepticism and doubt, because belief in him makes you one of the special and enlightened ones, and so on.
So . . . keeping in mind that we want to avoid all the creepy messianic vibes . . . what's our story?
It's going to be written by minds wiser than me, but I think we all know some of the key elements:
The American people have the tools they need to succeed and thrive. Now, when you look around you and see Snooki and the marching phalanx of idiotic reality stars, you may begin to wonder about this. But a core element of a philosophy built around individual rights is the notion that the vast majority of individuals are doing just fine as they are. Grown adults don't need some sort of robed master or political or cultural elite to tell us what to do, how to think, how to live. If we do seek out teachers, mentors, wise men and women to help us make better decisions, it is best to find them outside of the coercive and inherently corrupting power of the state. We don't need some massive social engineering or reeducation to cure us of backwards ways. In fact . . .
We are right to be wary of the powerful, because most of the folks who are supposed to be better than us, smarter than us, more wise than us, and more virtuous than us have failed us miserably. Where shall we start, the Wall Street Wizards who thought it was a good idea to start making six-figure loans to just about anybody, wrecking the old-fashioned virtue of credit? How about the government that takes in record tax revenue and still has trouble keeping this year's deficit below $900 billion? The media botches stories regularly, our political leaders get caught in scandals like clockwork, epic mismanagement turns beautiful parts of the country like California into places nobody wants to live, or can afford to live . . .
We must deal with the world as it is, not as we wish it to be. While diplomacy will always have a role in our foreign policy, the world is always going to have hostile states and hostile forces, who can only be deterred through military force. Foreign populations do not care if our leader lived abroad as a child, nor do they oppose us because our leader is too much like a cowboy. No amount of self-proclaimed "empathy" or "smart diplomacy" can overrule geopolitical realities. If we intervene in the world's trouble spots, as in Afghanistan and Iraq, foreign leaders will demonize us and blame us for everything that goes wrong. If we do not intervene, horrific bloodshed on a grand scale follows (see Syria). Perhaps we need some variation of "speak softly, and carry a big stick."
Right now, there's a conundrum at the heart of the conservative movement. Our entire philosophy is about trusting the people, in faith that they know what's best for themselves, can spend their own money more wisely than the government can, and find the solutions that work best for their communities . . . and right now, we don't really trust the people.
Hey, Is That an Armed Drone Behind You?
Can the U.S. government use a drone to kill you on U.S. soil if they've determined that you're a terrorist threat -- without a trial or review of the accusation by someone outside the executive branch?
They hope they don't have to do that, but yes, they assert they can: "It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States."
Just dandy, huh? They're making Dick Cheney look like Gandhi over there.
Oh, and how does MSNBC's golden boy Chris Hayes assess this statement? "Like a kind of nothingburger."
"The U.S. Attorney General's refusal to rule out the possibility of drone strikes on American citizens and on American soil is more than frightening -- it is an affront the Constitutional due process rights of all Americans," Senator Rand Paul said.
The Reason-Rupe poll found last week that 57 percent of Americans think assassinating Americans is unconstitutional.
ADDENDUM: Kim Jong Number Un: "All I want is Obama to call me on the phone. Also, I would like a phone."
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is determined to give his subjects the best quality of life in the country. The only caveat? Bloomberg is the one deciding what the �good life� looks like. Therefore, if you�re a fan of fatty foods, smoking, sodas, bottle feeding infants, guns, Styrofoam, or the latest item under Bloomberg attack, loud music on your personal media player, you might be out of luck. See Bloomberg's plan for your ears HERE.
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If you watch the local television news in your area, you might occasionally spot a clever, entertaining or badly phrased caption on the screen during a story. The website Buzzfeed gathered 38 of what they called "the best local news captions of all time." We have selected our favorites from that list. See themHERE.
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by Ben Shapiro
With the death of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, the left-wing mainstream media and a few Democrat allies came out of the woodwork to mourn the human rights violator extraordinaire. Democrat Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) led the way with a tweet suggesting that Chavez "was a leader that understood the needs of the poor. He was committed to empowering the powerless. R.I.P. Mr. President."
Former President Jimmy Carter followed suit, mourning Chavez's "commitment to improving the lives of his fellow countrymen," and stating that he would "be remembered for his bold assertion of autonomy and independence for Latin American governments and for his formidable communications skills and personal connection with supporters in his country and abroad to whom he gave hope and empowerment." As for his Chavez's destruction of freedom of the press, nationalization of industry, and alliances with murderous dictators like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Carter had nothing to say.
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"With respect to the two words 'general welfare,' I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." ~ James Madison
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Yes... DHS Just Acquired 2,700 Tanks?
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Why Does Janet Napolitano Need 2700 Tanks
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Seriously, why would Janet Napolitano need 2700 of these vehicles on our streets? What is the Department of Homeland Security expecting or preparing for? It is a ridiculous over-the-top display of force that is meant to intimidate and associate the DHS name and logo with 'FEAR'.
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No Asylum For Christians About To Lose Children
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Obama Admin Wants To Deport Christian Homeschoolers
By Todd Starnes
HumanEvents.com
The Romeike family fled their German homeland in 2008 seeking political asylum in the United States--where they hoped to home school their children. Instead, the Obama administration wants the evangelical Christian family deported.
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At Least TSA Will Be Fashion Forward For The Sequester
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TSA Sealed $50-Million Sequester-Eve Deal To Buy New Uniforms
By Elizabeth Harrington
CNSNews.com
The impending sequester did not prevent the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from acting in late February to seal a $50-million deal to purchase new uniforms for its agents--uniforms that will be partly manufactured in Mexico.
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Teriffic Waste
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$36 Billion Of Military Hardware Could Be Destroyed In Afghan Pullout
By Todd Beamon
Newsmax.com
The Obama White House is cutting $65 billion in the sequester, but it could easily leave or torch 750,000 pieces of major military hardware--worth $36 billion--in Afghanistan after U.S. troops pull out by the end of next year.
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Video: Democrat Berates Rape Survivor
Mar 06, 2013 01:38 pm
Here, a Colorado Democrat tells a rape victim that a gun wouldn't have helped her defend herself. Related posts: A Transvaginal Sonogram Is Not 'Rape' LIMA, Ohio - I don't understand how the liberal mind... @TheGame Twitter Followers Threaten To Kill Talk Host And Rape Cancer-stricken Wife The Second Amendment is about giving the citizens [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Democrat Berates Rape Survivor
Black Socialist Pope To Follow Black Socialist President?Mar 06, 2013 01:25 pm
With African Catholic Cardinal Peter Turkson in the running as the next pope, the media have noted that he carries the fancy title of the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, an arm of the Vatican. But they have failed to note the existence of a left-wing lobby in the U.S. working [...] Read More and Comment: Black Socialist Pope To Follow Black Socialist President?
Video: "Someone Should Ask Obama To Define The Word 'Transparency'"Mar 06, 2013 01:11 pm
On Tuesday's Special Report with Bret Baier, a Fox News panel consisting of Kirsten Powers, Tucker Carlson, and Charles Krauthammer discussed the latest development in the Benghazi investigation. The sole liberal on the panel, Kirsten Powers, calls Obama out!! Related posts: Napolitano: Obama Wants To Go Beyond Current Gun Control Proposals Last night on Fox [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: "Someone Should Ask Obama To Define The Word 'Transparency'"
Hugo Chavez: Faithful To DeathMar 06, 2013 01:04 pm
Editor's note: A version of this article first appeared at American Spectator. There's an old joke from the Cold War. It went like this: Hardline East German communist Walter Ulbricht (who erected the Berlin Wall) died and went to hell. There, the devil gave him a choice between the socialist sector and the capitalist sector. Devoted to the [...] Read More and Comment: Hugo Chavez: Faithful To Death
Video: NRA New Ad: "Biden Control"Mar 06, 2013 12:56 pm
If you ask me, we need less gun control and more Biden control!! Related posts: Biden: 'I'm Proud To Be President' Joe Biden the gaffe machine was at it again Saturday.... Joe Biden: "Laughing At The Issues" Vice President Biden is laughing... are you? At the 2012... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: NRA New Ad: "Biden Control"
The Absurdity Of AtheismMar 06, 2013 12:44 pm
"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God". - Psalm 14-:1 A majority of Americans believe the main tenents of Christianity to be true, not merely myth or one of many belief systems. Unfortunately, there has been a concentrated effort to promote an evolution-based secular humanism as established state 'religion.' According to [...] Read More and Comment: The Absurdity Of Atheism
Video: Obama Hates Rich And Successful People!Mar 06, 2013 12:33 pm
You know it, and I know it. Related posts: Rich Media Hypocrites Say It's Unfair To Have More Money Than Other People Do you think liberals hear the things they say, and... Barack Obama Hates You This video was "shot" during the last campaign, but it... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Obama Hates Rich And Successful People!
Racial Profiling Or Realistic Profiling?Mar 06, 2013 12:27 pm
"ewest305" says: You are a disgrace to your own race. Whites commit more category of crimes than blacks. This does not mean that we should target whites for these crime nor target blacks, middle easterners, etc. for other crimes. In other words, you are basing a small percentage of crime in the United States to [...] Read More and Comment: Racial Profiling Or Realistic Profiling?
Video: Bill O'Reilly Goes Nuclear On Liberal: "You Are Lying!"Mar 06, 2013 12:18 pm
The highlight of the segment begins at about the 5 minute mark...it is nice to see O'Reilly do some good in putting a liberal in his place. Related posts: Black Radio Host Schools A Liberal On Chris Rock's Racism Kevin Jackson talks to a liberal who defends Chris Rock's... Bill O'Reilly: I Despise The Media [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Bill O'Reilly Goes Nuclear On Liberal: "You Are Lying!"
Some Seniors Display The Class And Morals Of 1960s HippiesMar 06, 2013 12:09 pm
Disgusting debasement of America's moral and Christian standards is reaching an all-time high as reports surface that senior citizens are increasingly falling victim to various sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially Herpes, Chlamydia, Syphilis, and Gonorrhea. The idiot left-wingers of the 60's Baby Boomer generation, now reaching what once was called the Golden Years, are making America and [...] Read More and Comment: Some Seniors Display The Class And Morals Of 1960s Hippies
Video: Obama Gutting 2nd Amendment While Arming DHSMar 06, 2013 12:02 pm
A number of senators, including those who are supposedly advocates of the 2nd Amendment, are eerily quiet on the issue of gun control. Meanwhile, the DHS is stockpiling ammunition and buying 2,700 light armored vehicles. Related posts: UN Gun Control Treaty Will Kill Second Amendment "Representatives from many of the world's socialist, tyrannical and dictatorial... [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Obama Gutting 2nd Amendment While Arming DHS
White Boogeymen And Black SupervillainsMar 06, 2013 11:54 am
I have searched the Hood high and low looking for its supervillains. This search has yielded a Rogues Gallery of colorful characters, most of whom are themselves Hood residents. The White Boogeyman has yet to cross my path. While conservative men, immigrant businessmen, and capitalism generally are Black America's preferred scapegoats; homegrown hell-raisers get a [...] Read More and Comment: White Boogeymen And Black Supervillains
Video: Holder: Drone Strikes On U.S. Soil Are LegalMar 06, 2013 11:47 am
Senator Rand Paul received a letter from Eric Holder, in which the Attorney General refused to deny that the President has the power to order a drone strike on an American citizen on US soil, without judicial oversight or due process. Related posts: How Many Illegal Drone Strikes Have Been Authorized By Obama? Obama and [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Holder: Drone Strikes On U.S. Soil Are Legal
Obama's CIA Nominee On Fast Track For ConfirmationMar 06, 2013 11:37 am
After lagging for weeks, John Brennan's nomination to be CIA director is on the fast track to Senate confirmation after the White House agreed to give lawmakers access to top-secret legal opinions justifying the use of lethal drone strikes against terror suspects. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., was trying Wednesday to get a Senate [...] Read More and Comment: Obama's CIA Nominee On Fast Track For Confirmation
Video: New Ad Compares Gun Control To Jim Crow DaysMar 06, 2013 11:14 am
It won't necessarily be easy for a lot of people to watch this ad, but it needs to be done anyway. Please share so this gets out there. Related posts: AZ Man To Spend 60 Days In Jail For Holding Bible Study In Home Yesterday on Fox News, the wife of a bible study... Obama [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: New Ad Compares Gun Control To Jim Crow Days
Leaked Email Adds Fuel To Claims White House Playing Politics Over Impact Of CutsMar 06, 2013 11:13 am
A leaked email from an Agriculture Department field officer adds fuel to claims President Obama's political strategy is to make the billions in recent federal budget cuts as painful as possible to win the public opinion battle against Republicans. The email, circulated around Capitol Hill, was sent Monday by Charles Brown, a director at the [...] Read More and Comment: Leaked Email Adds Fuel To Claims White House Playing Politics Over Impact Of Cuts
Video: Police Nationwide Say "You're On Your Own"Mar 06, 2013 11:09 am
James O'Keefe's Project Veritas visited police stations nationwide and asked law enforcement officials how they could protect themselves in the event of an armed break-in. "Go get some bleach. Go get ammonia," one officer instructed. Yet another officer instructed the undercover journalist to "lock yourself in a bedroom" and "start yelling and screaming." Related posts: [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Police Nationwide Say "You're On Your Own"
'Drone' Sighting Reported Near NYC AirportMar 06, 2013 11:07 am
Federal officials are investigating a pilot's report that he saw a small, unmanned drone flying near New York City's John F Kennedy International Airport. The FBI and the US Federal Aviation Administration are both looking into Monday's report by an Alitalia pilot who said he saw the craft as he approached a JFK runway. The [...] Read More and Comment: 'Drone' Sighting Reported Near NYC Airport
We Sweep So Much Under The Rug In AmericaMar 06, 2013 10:58 am
On the front of the March 11, 2013 cover of Time Magazine, legless athlete Oscar Pistorius stands like a physical specimen held up by his prosthetic legs. The title reads, "Man, superman, gunman: Oscar Pistorius and South Africa's culture of violence," by Alex Perry. "Don't keep sweeping your troubles under the rug for someday you'll [...] Read More and Comment: We Sweep So Much Under The Rug In America
Eliminating The Deficit, Progressive StyleMar 06, 2013 10:23 am
A wise man once told me that when any tax-levying entity operates at a deficit, the possible causes number precisely two. Either it is taxing too little for how much it wants to spend, or it is spending too much for how much it wants to tax. It has either a revenue problem or a spending problem. [...] Read More and Comment: Eliminating The Deficit, Progressive Style
Why The Death Of Hugo Chavez MattersMar 06, 2013 10:13 am
Tears streamed down the face of Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro yesterday as he announced that longtime Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez was dead. The news likely came as a surprise to no one-Chavez had been battling cancer for years and was long thought to be on his deathbed. In fact, the Venezuelan leader had not [...] Read More and Comment: Why The Death Of Hugo Chavez Matters
BREAKING: Hugo Chavez DeadMar 05, 2013 05:44 pm
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's vice president announced that President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday, ending 14 years of rule by the firebrand socialist but leaving his party firmly in control of the nation. Vice President Nicolas Maduro said that Chavez died "after battling a tough illness for nearly two years." The death apparently sets up [...] Read More and Comment: BREAKING: Hugo Chavez Dead
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Some Seniors display the class and morals of '60s hippies
Mar 06, 2013 05:13 am | Coach Collins
By Suzanne Eovaldi, staff writer
Disgusting debasement of America's moral and Christian standards is reaching an all-time high as reports surface that senior citizens are increasingly falling victim to various sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially Herpes, sex warts virus, Chlamydia, Syphilis and Gonorrhea. The idiot left wingers of the 60's Baby Boomer generation, now reaching what once was called the Golden Years, are making America and themselves laughing stocks with foolish, unseemly conduct bordering on sexual perversion.
By signing onto online, seniors "meet and greet sites," our drugged, defiled, and debased seniors find themselves dealing with personal medical crises unheard of before the left foisted its damaging ideology on foolish and gullible Americans! Membership in singles dating services for Grannies and Grandpas exploded from 1 million to 2.5 million in just the last nine months and now the three biggest love sites -Senior People Meet, Seniors Meet and Ourtime.com-share a participation of more than four million people combined!" ... Continue Reading:Some Seniors display the class and morals of '60s hippies
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What these cops have to say won't make you feel safe
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Well, at least when the gun grabbers succeed in taking weapons away from law-abiding citizens, unarmed Americans will be able to depend on local police to protect them when the home-invasion robbers, burglars and rapists break into their homes ... Right?
Hmmmm. These police departments must not have gotten the memo ... and you won't believe the advice they have for those about to become crime victims ... all caught on video!
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Republicans don't control the U.S. Senate and they don't have the presidency. Instead of wasting time and energy in doomed efforts to defeat President Obama's Cabinet nominees or sucking up to illegal aliens, why not focus on issues where Republicans can be off-the-charts popular while forcing Democrats into taking stupid positions?
After the slaughters at Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colo., Tucson, Ariz., and Newtown, Conn., every sentient person knows we need to do something about institutionalizing the mentally ill and - at the very least - keeping guns out of their hands.
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Glenn Beck: 'I've lost faith'
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Broadcaster Glenn Beck is not thrilled.
In fact, he says he's lost his faith, and thinks it's time to "surrender."
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Fox News chief calls conservative giant the P-word
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The very famous and powerful head of Fox News is now unloading on some of the biggest names in politics, calling one conservative the giant P-word.
But that's just for starters.
Get a load of the delicious language he has for both Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
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Trigger-happy cops on dog-shooting spree
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Why in the world are police officers shooting so many dogs?
It's almost an epidemic.
Now, some fed-up citizens are fighting back to save their family pets from the killer cops.
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Ear-popping meltdown! Fox anchor erupts on air
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TV news rarely gets more explosive than this amazing exchange that took place last night on the Fox News Channel.
These two famous faces erupted with so much heat, it may have melted your screen.
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ABC News is one of the biggest and well-known news agencies in America.
But it just made this astonishing blooper in one of its reports.
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This week in voter ID news...
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NC House Republicans Plan to Unveil Voter ID Plans - North Carolina House Republicans will soon begin a process they believe will ultimately end in a law requiring citizens to show photo identification before voting in person.
Elon Poll: Most in NC Support Voter ID - Nearly three out of four North Carolinians (72 percent) support the idea of requiring voters to show photo identification before being allowed to vote. The findings are consistent with an Elon University Poll conducted in March 2012 that found 74 percent of those surveyed supporting a photo identification requirement for voters.
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MARCH 6, 2013
Landmark Court Case: Celebrating 50 Years of Constitutional Protection
Fifty years ago, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that has played a fundamental role in protecting constitutional rights of those accused of crimes.
In Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court held that under the Sixth Amendment there is a right to counsel in all felony criminal cases, and those who are indigent must be provided counsel by the court. Prior to Gideon, that right was reserved for death penalty cases.
In June 1961, Clarence Gideon was accused of robbing a local pool hall, a felony in the state of Florida. At trial, Gideon, who was indigent, asked the court to appoint counsel for his defense. Under Florida law, counsel was only provided by the state in capital cases, and Gideon's request was denied. Gideon was forced to advocate on his own behalf. A jury found Gideon guilty and sentenced him to five years in prison.
Gideon appealed his denial of counsel all the way up to our nation's highest court, writing each appeal himself by hand. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and appointed future Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas to argue for Gideon.
In a unanimous decision, the Court overturned a prior 1942 case, which held that counsel was not required for a fair criminal trial in all circumstances. Justice Hugo Black wrote:
Governments, both state and federal, quite properly spend vast sums of money to establish machinery to try defendants accused of crime. Lawyers to prosecute are everywhere deemed essential to protect the public's interest. Similarly, there are few defendants charged with crime, few indeed, who fail to hire the best lawyers they can get to prepare and present their defenses. That government hires lawyers to prosecute and defendants who have the money hire lawyers to defend are the strongest indications of the widespread belief that lawyers in criminal courts are necessities, not luxuries.
Gideon's case was remanded for trial, this time with a court-appointed attorney. The jury found Gideon not guilty. It turned out that the state's chief witness may have been an accomplice to the actual culprit.
The criminal justice system is a maze of laws and proceedings that can be very scary and intimidating for the uninitiated who have been accused of a crime. In order to get a fair trial, it is necessary for everyone who is accused of a serious offense to have the opportunity to be represented by competent counsel.
Please join us Tuesday, March 12 at noon for Gideon at 50: Fundamental Right, Ongoing Challenge, co-hosted by The Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy Emeritus and former Attorney General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan, and executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Norman Reimer. The event features a bi-partisan panel of policy experts.
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Shelby County v. Holder
The Vote Integrity Case
In the midst of a large rally and protest on the steps of the Supreme Court building last week, the Justices sharply questioned both sides in the case of an Alabama county vs. Eric Holder. This case challenges the continued constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, an emergency provision passed by Congress in 1965 that was originally supposed to terminate after five years.
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Who Earns the Minimum Wage? Suburban Teenagers, Not Single Parents
In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for raising minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. He argued that "no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty." Most minimum-wage workers, however, are not poor. Congress should examine which workers-that would not lose their jobs-would benefit from a higher minimum wage.
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"Overpaid and Underworked" Federal Employees? It's Not Just a "Perception"
The Washington Post had a sympathetic article last week on federal workers who consider themselves unfair victims of the sequester. Unfortunately, the article does not consider data and evidence, instead characterizing criticism of federal worker compensation as mere assertion, jealous emotionalism, or politicking.
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New Whoppers from U.S. Sugar Producers
According to a recent statement from the American Sugar Alliance:
"Over the past few weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released three key data points that deserve attention on Capitol Hill and are sure to deflate the Big Candy lobby's attempt to gut U.S. sugar policy and outsource America's domestic production."
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Today's Headlines: Wednesday, March 06, 2013
GOP Leaders Break 72-Hr Pledge: Rush 269-Page $982B CR to Vote 47 Hrs After Posting
White House Tours, Arranged by Congress, Closed; But White House Easter Egg Roll Is Still On
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Violence Against Women Act--Passed in GOP-Controlled House--Covers Transgenders
Salazar: 28% of 'Recoverable Oil ' Now Off-Limits in National Petroleum Reserve
Kerry Stresses That It's 'President Obama's Foreign Policy'
Sequester Bluster: Dems Set Up Website Blasting GOP for Putting 'Rich Over Middle-Class'
COMMENTARY:
Boehner Plans to Permit and Fund Obama's Attack on Religious Freedom
By Terence P. Jeffrey
On Wednesday, in craven contradiction to his earlier position, House Speaker John Boehner plans to lead the Republican-controlled House in enacting a continuing resolution that will provide the administration with the money to carry out its attack on religious liberty while leaving Barack Obama's claimed authority to do so unchallenged. Every member of the House who joins Boehner and the Republican leaders in backing this CR will share their culpability for it.
Spare the Hype of 'Budget Armageddon'
By L. Brent Bozell III
Media Research Center analysts reviewed all of the 88 sequestration stories on ABC, CBS and NBC from Feb. 14 through March 1 when the "cuts" took effect and found 58 (66 percent) were dominated by panic nonsense, without a second of rebuttal of common sense. There is no daylight between the views of liberal lobbyists and the national news media.
The Coddling of College Hate Crime Hoaxers
By Michelle Malkin
American college campuses are fertile grounds for fake hate. They're marinated in identity politics and packed with self-indulgent, tenured, 1960s-vintage radicals In the name of enlightenment and tolerance, these institutions of higher learning breed a corrosive culture of left-wing self-victimization. Take my alma mater, Oberlin College in Ohio, which made international headlines this week when it shut down classes after a series of purported hate crimes.
Petulance
By Rich Galen
America Held Hostage: Sequester Day 6: We expect better from Obama, but his shutting down the White House to visitors (during a busy tourist season) makes us worry that his petulance will give way to acting out in a way that will do serious, perhaps permanent damage, to the Presidency.
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On Today's Program
 Watch Live: Rand Paul filibustering nomination of John Brennan
Senator Rand Paul is not sitting back and watching the CIA Director nominee John Brennan get confirmed without a fight, especially in light of the administration's admission this week that drone strikes on Americans on U.S. soil are legal. Senator Paul went on an epic run of over 3 hours before getting relief - at the time of publication he's still going strong. Watch it live HERE.
Who's your daddy, NYC? Bloomberg goes after earbuds
Mike Bloomberg is about as close to a fascist as any politician in America right now. New York City may be in close proximity to the Statue of Liberty, but her flame appears to be burning out. Smoking, eating, soda, sugary drinks and now loud ear buds are the latest on Bloomberg's hit list. What effect is it having on business? WATCH
Aw, shucks: Hugo Chavez is dead
You'd think when a dictator dies - freeing a nation of oppressed, hungry people suffering under runaway inflation and food shortages - people would celebrate. Many people in Venezuela are indeed glad Chavez is gone, but surprisingly many here in America are now singing his praises. Why? Glenn reacts on radio today.
Sneak Peek: Pursuit of the Truth
See the preview of Glenn's collaboration with Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley HERE.
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7 small businesses tell TheBlaze how Obama's call for an increase in minimum wage would affect them. [Hint: It's not good.] STORY Golden roasted, lightly salted and extra chocolaty. Taste mouthwatering peanuts from a true American small business here at The Marketplace by The Blaze. Tonight's Primetime Lineup on TheBlaze TV Viral Vid of the day: two wild home plate collisions in one play. WATCH Shocker: libs afraid of rise in "extreme right wing" groups The Southern Poverty Law Center is warning about right wing extremist groups, because that's really all they do. But the timing is quite interesting now, especially in light of the administration's admission that they don't have a problem using drones on American citizens on U.S. soil. Glenn reacts to the disturbing trend on radio today. Want to hear Glenn Beck and all of your favorite hosts from TheBlaze Radio Network free & On-Demand? Now you can. You can now stream and download full episodes of Glenn Beck, Pat & Stu, Doc Thompson, Jay Severin and Buck Sexton and listen live HERE. Outside Online talks 1791 Jeans and the importance of supporting "Made in America" products. STORY Man in the Moon update: Why is the American Dream Labs team flying planes in the Mountain West? Glenn's epic 4th of July Man in the Moon program is continuing production and the American Dream Labs is producing exciting results. Glenn goes over some of what has him most pumped up about July 4th -- check out the preview HERE. End of the World update: Yale's sex workshop features beastiality acceptance A "sexologist" conducted a survey among Yale students to get them to admit to taboo sexual behaviors and the results certainly achieved the objective. From incest to beastiality, students admitted to performing illegal acts and engaging in morally reprehensible behavior. If this is our best and brightest - we're doomed. MORE NOW AVAILABLE: Get the eighth episode of Wrath & Righteousness! Glenn's e-book thriller series Wrath & Righteousness examines the eternal battle between Light and Darkness while asking one of the fundamental questions of our existence: what is mankind's relationship to the spiritual world? The eighth episode in the 10-part series is available HERE. Download the previous 7 episodes HERE to catch up. Have a question or comment about the series? Visit our FAQ page.
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Has Communist Ideology Overtaken America? Education is crucial. Today I want to share two very interesting lists with you, and rather than adding an extensive amount of my commentary, I want to give you the chance to examine the facts for yourself. It is my opinion that many communist goals have already been accomplished. I also believe that advancement has been made in other areas. But, you owe it to yourself to do your own research. I believe not only in the freedom of speech, but also in the responsibility of free thought. So please don't take my word for it. Examine the facts for yourself.
