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912 Patriots of Lower Bucks - Your Daily Updates ALL in ONE Place!
March 13, 2013
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"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."
~ Thomas Jefferson
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NJ Mother Pressured to Turn Over Her Guns, Charged With 'Terroristic Threats' After Reading the Constitution at Tax Dispute Assembly
The Blaze | Erica Ritz | Mar. 12, 2013 4:15pm
 Key Points:
- Eileen Hart objected to a state re-evaluation of her property value that would drastically increase her tax rates
- She read the Constitution at a tax dispute forum and called one of the appraisers a "pencil-pusher"
- One of tax officials called 911 saying Hart threatened to return with a gun, but she unequivocally denies the claim
- Hart was charged with making "terroristic threats" and told that if she didn't turn over her weapons, her bail would be prohibitively high and it was unclear how long she would have to remain in jail
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A New Jersey mother was arrested and told to turn over her guns after reading the Constitution and peacefully protesting at a tax dispute forum, she says.
Eileen Hart was with her husband Keith and her 7-year-old daughter on Saturday at the Gloucester Community Center to dispute a mandatory home re-evaluation that would roughly double her property value (and therefore dramatically increase her rates), objecting on multiple grounds. As an Orthodox Jew, she refused to have the inspectors in her home when her husband was away at work. As an American citizen, she objected to the seemingly arbitrary reappraisal, noting that she is not planning on selling her home and hasn't renovated her kitchen in 30 years.
But at the forum, Hart was allegedly told that since she didn't let the inspectors into her home, the state has a right to "assume" its value.
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Drones Over Pennsylvania
The drones in Pennsylvania are used for training and equipped with cameras, according to the FAA authorization.
By Eric Boehm | PA Independent | March 11, 2013
 HARRISBURG - The Federal Aviation Association has authorized at least four drones to fly in restricted airspace over Fort Indiantown Gap, a large military installation in central Pennsylvania about 25 miles from Harrisburg.
The drones are used for training and equipped with several cameras, including one with infrared capabilities, according to the FAA authorization.
Staff Sargent Matt Jones, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania National Guard, said Thursday that the drones - known as "The Shadow" - are used exclusively for training purposes. They never carry weapons and never leave the airspace over the fort, where training exercises take place, he said.
"It's the same as flying the Apache (a military helicopter) around, but we don't load it with Hellfire missiles and fly it over your house," Jones said.
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CSCOPE
For those that are actively fighting Common Core or if you know people that are fighting CC please click here for an OPT OUT OF CC form. I think we need to start using this form all over the country. If anyone attempts to use the form in order to exclude their children from Common Core please let me know. PLEASE spread the word.
We need to stand up and start getting serious about taking matters into our own hands.
Karen Bracken - I WILL NOT COMPLY - WILL YOU?
americadontforget.com
215-692-2147 (cell)
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'Early Bird' Registration Rates Expire Saturday
Updated PA Leadership Conference Agenda Released
(Harrisburg, PA) - 'Early Bird' registration rates for the 2013 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference will expire at midnight this Saturday, March 16th. After that regular registration rates will go in effect through the start of the conference which will be held April 19-20, 2013 at the Radisson Penn Harris Convention Center in Camp Hill (Harrisburg), PA.
When registering, be sure and enter the promo code (which appears at the top of the registration page) to secure your 'Early Bird" rate. Registration includes admission to all conference functions EXCEPT the pre-dinner reception. Registration DOES include the Friday evening dinner with speaker Steve Hayes of Fox News/The Weekly Standard (do not register separately for the dinner); the Saturday breakfast with John Gizzi and Saturday lunch with pollster/commentator Scott Rasmussen. It also includes all panels, workshops and speakers. The only function NOT included in the registration fee is the pre-dinner reception with Steve Hayes, which is priced separately.
To register, go to www.paleadershipconference.org
Here is an updated tentative schedule of events. Please note we will be announcing several additional featured speakers in the coming weeks.
2013 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference
Tentative Agenda
Friday, April 19, 2013
9:00 A.M. Workshop A: Using Social Media
Presented by the Franklin Center
Workshop B: The 10th Amendment and States' Rights
Presented by the Constitutional Organization
of Liberty
Mike Folmer, State Senator
Louis Petolicchio, COOL
12 NOON BREAK (Lunch on Own)
1:00 P.M. Remarks: Mr. Frederick W. Anton, III
Chairman, Pennsylvania Leadership Council
1:15 P.M. Speaker: U. S. Senator Patrick J. Toomey
Introduction &
Comments: U.S. Representative Keith Rothfus
1:45 P.M. Speaker: Deneen Borelli, Fox News Contributor
Introduction: TBA
2:15 P.M. PANEL: Broadening the Conservative Coalition
MODERATOR: Colin Hanna, Let Freedom Ring, USA
PANELISTS: Ana Puig, FreedomWorks
Michael Geer, PA Family Institute
Tom Borelli, Freedom Works
Eli Evankovich, State Representative
Mike Armstrong, Leadership Institute
3:15 P.M. Speaker: U.S. Representative Scott Perry
Introduction: TBA
3:45 P.M. PANEL: Unleashing the Economic Potential of Penn's Woods
MODERATOR: Kevin Shivers, PA NFIB
PANELISTS: Phil English, Arent, Fox
Charlie Gerow, Quantum Communications
Lori Joint, Manufacturers and Business Association
Brian Ellis, State Representative
Kim Ward, State Senator
5:00 P.M. Pre-Dinner Reception with Steve Hayes
6:30 P.M. Liberty Dinner
M.C.: R.J. Harris, WHP Radio
National Anthem: Carol Sexton
Invocation: TBA
Speaker: Confirmed and To Be Announced
Featured Speaker: Steve Hayes, Fox News/The Weekly Standard
Saturday, April 20, 2013
7:00 A.M. Freedom Breakfast
M.C.: TBA
Speaker: John Gizzi, Human Events
Speakers: Confirmed and To Be Announced
8:00 A.M. KEYNOTE PANEL: Freedom to Work
MODERATOR: Jennifer Stefano, Americans for Prosperity
PANELISTS: Rob Reeves, E. Allen Reeves Company
Matt Brouillette, Commonwealth Foundation
Heidi Adsett, Stop Teacher Strikes
Leo Knepper, Citizens Alliance of PA
Bryan Cutler, State Representative
9:00 A.M. Speaker: Confirmed and To Be Announced
Introduction: TBA
9:30 A.M. Speaker: John Fund, National Review
Introduction: TBA
10:00 A.M. MINI PANEL: State Issues Roundtable
MODERATOR: David Madera, Talk Show Host
Daryl Metcalfe, State Representative
Stephen Bloom, State Representative
10:30 A.M. Speaker: Ann McElhenney. Producer of FrackNation
Introduction: Greg Wrightstone, PA Coalition for
Responsible Government
11:00 A.M. Break
12 NOON Leadership Luncheon
M.C. David Taylor, PA Manufacturers Association
National Anthem: Tegan Ritchey
Straw Poll Results: Scott Davis
Speaker: Scott Rasmussen, Rasmussen Reports
Speaker: TBA
2:00 P.M. Workshop: Citizen Lobbying
Robert Arnakis, Leadership Institute
5:00 P.M. CONFERENCE CONCLUDES
Registration for the 2013 Pennsylvania Leadership Conferenceis now open at www.paleadershipconference.org.
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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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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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Call To Action
Historic March for Marriage
On March 26th, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Perry case, which will determine if Proposition 8 - the citizens initiative approved by the people of California in 2008 to protect marriage - is constitutional or not. More importantly, the question of same-sex "marriage" and the right of Americans to protect marriage will be decided.
It is imperative that political leaders, the media, and the culture see that we care about protecting marriage enough to stand up and march for it.
The Pennsylvania Family Council is sponsoring a bus to travel from Lancaster the morning of the march. For more details and to sign up, click here.
The March is being organized by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) alongside a broad coalition of pro-family organization, state partners, African-American, Latino, Catholic and Protestant leaders. Speakers include Gary Bauer (American Values), Bishop Harry Jackson, Dr. Robert George (Manhattan Declaration), Penny Nance (Concerned Women for America) and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
Here's the schedule of events for the March on Tuesday, March 26th:
- 8:30am - Gather at the National Mall location between 10th Street and 12th Street NW & between Madison Drive NW and Jefferson Drive SW
- 9:30am - March to Supreme Court and then return to the National Mall location.
- 11:00am - 1:00pm - Rally begins at National Mall location.
Please consider the following:
- Attend the Marriage March on the 26th.
- To sign up for the Lancaster bus, click here. For details, contact us at 717-545-0600.
- If you're able to put together another group/bus to attend the march, let us know how we may be able to help in your effort.
- If you're unable to attend, consider passing the invitation along to others who may be able to.
- Pray for the Supreme Court hearing on the definition of marriage and for those planning to attend the march.
Month of March for Marriage
Protecting families to preserve the future.
www.pafamily.org
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ACTION CENTER
Tell lawmakers not to double down on broken Medicaid system!
Take Action (http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=duLQIaMQLhJUL9N4E&s=euIXKaPOIgLNL9MSIqF&m=mvJ0KdOYIiIUImI)
Thank Governor Corbett for also opposing the expansion!
Take Action (http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=elKSKdNUIiI1J9N0F&s=euIXKaPOIgLNL9MSIqF&m=mvJ0KdOYIiIUImI)
Seating is very limited, but as of now there are about 80 spots left. When inviting people, keep in mind that we want the most active and involved people to attend. This is a training event, so we want to train the best, brightest, and most dedicated to become Citizen Watchdogs!
In Liberty,
Matthew M. Hissey
(267) 838 2380
Grassroots Director
Americans For Prosperity Pennsylvania
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$25 OFF Bus if you register before April 22
$25 OFF Participation if you register before April 22
SAVE THE DATE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
CALL US (212) 481-1500
SIGN UP: http://tinyurl.com/zoa-dc-mission
EMAIL US: dcmission@zoa.org
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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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 Glenn: Help us get in millions of home
Why should you support the "Get TheBlaze" movement to get TheBlaze in millions of homes across the country? For starters, how about a network that will cancel out the damage Al-Jazeera will be doing in America as it replaces Current in your lineup? Check out Glenn's "why" in this exclusive letter HERE.
Ready to take action? Click here to contact your TV provider and urge them to add TheBlaze.
 ATTENTION: Are you a Verizon FiOS Subscriber?
They've created a new form for you to fill out to request TheBlaze! You can complete the form HERE. And don't forget to make your request public by posting on their Facebook page. Thank you for supporting us! |
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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.
Click here to order your booklet now!
In Liberty,
Tom DeWeese
President - American Policy Center
P.S. - The American Policy Center store has recently updated our inventory to include everything you need to fight back against Agenda 21. The revamped catalogue includes the "Stop Agenda 21 Action Kit", which provides users with everything they need to know about Agenda 21 in their own living room, as well as ways to share it with other concerned activists and critical knowledge on how to fight back. The store also offers DVDs of past successful conferences and symposiums, books and articles that deal with the issues of sustainability and Agenda 21 and individually packaged manuals and workbooks to aid you in your activism. You don't need to look any farther than the American Policy Center Store for everything you need to combat Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development in your area.
View our online store
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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.
Perfect for children ages 4-8, Land of the Pilgrims' Pride will delight young and adult readers alike while exploring how America began. |
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NEW: Sweet Land of Liberty
 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
- George Washington crossing the Delaware
- pioneers settling the great frontier
- 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.
With its vivid illustrations and charming rhymes, Sweet Land of Liberty is a must read for children and parents alike who want to explore our nation's great history-and discover why America is a free and exceptional nation. |
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One Nation Under God - A Book for Little Patriots
|  From "One Nation Under God' through "Ten Amendments in the Bill of Rights," this is the perfect book to teach little patriots about the basics of America.
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!
Specifications: Paperback book; 24 beautiful, fully-illustrated pages
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IS IT?
http://vimeo.com/52009124
The Agenda
Please watch and share
If you want to understand what is happening to our beloved country please watch this important movie. Please share it with everyone.
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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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America needs a history lesson
Sign up now for Hillsdale's newest online courses - available FREE to every American!
Did you know that over 500,000 other students have already registered for one of our free online courses?
As Ronald Reagan once said during a speech delivered on our campus in 1978, "Hillsdale deserves the appreciation of all who labor for freedom...Your creative outreach on national issues enables little Hillsdale to cast a long shadow."
As a school of only 1,400 students, we reach over 350 TIMES that number with our online courses on the Constitution and America's founding principles.
Now is your chance to join with your fellow citizens!
Register now for this free "American Heritage" online course so you can better understand - and defend - the principles of liberty. This is the type of education America's Founders thought necessary to preserve our republic. Lectures in this not-for-credit online course are delivered by members of Hillsdale's history department faculty, and readings are drawn from the American Heritage Reader used in the American Heritage core course taught on Hillsdale's campus.
Course Schedule
Approximately 40 minutes in length, lectures will be released each Monday according to the schedule below. Once available, each week's materials can be viewed at your convenience.
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Introduction: How to Think About American History
Larry P. Arnn
Lecture Available Now
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Colonial Settlement
Mark Kalthoff Lecture Available Now
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Enlightenment and Natural Rights
Terrence Moore Lecture Available March 11
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The American Founding
Paul Rahe Lecture Available March 18
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Democracy: American Promise and its Dangers
Paul Rahe Lecture Available March 25
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The Crisis of the Union
David Raney Lecture Available April 1
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The Gilded Age and the Robber Barons
Burt Folsom Lecture Available April 8
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Paul Moreno Lecture Available April 15
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America as a World Power
Tom Conner Lecture Available April 22
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Terrence Moore
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Dear Friend,
 Melowese Richardson proudly admits that she committed voter fraud for Barack Obama by voting multiple times last November.
But the U.S. Attorney in Ohio refuses to prosecute her!
If crooks like Richardson are allowed to break our election laws, our government is simply inviting even more fraudsters to try to steal our elections.
Please make a donation of $25, $35, $50, $100, $250 or whatever you can afford to help True the Vote keep the pressure on our government to prosecute Melowese Richardson to the fullest extent of the law.
The only way this woman will ever be held to account is if the American people take a stand today and demand JUSTICE!
We need to ratchet up the pressure on the U.S. Attorney in Ohio to prosecute Melowese Richardson to the fullest extent allowed by law.
It is clear to me that this woman is very, very proud of the fact that she broke the law in order to help Barack Obama win the crucial state of Ohio.
She actually admitted that she voted six times!
This is an open-and-shut case of serious vote fraud. Yet, no one has prosecuted her. Nearly one month after bragging about her crime to local reporters, she's still a free woman.
And that is one of the reasons why vote fraud is such a huge problem in America.
Individuals like Melowese Richardson and organizations like ACORN know that even if they are caught breaking the law, the odds of them being punished are very small.
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Please make the most generous online contribution you possibly can right now. We need your help.
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Melowese Richardson was one of Barack Obama's infamous grassroots "organizers". She claims to have registered "thousands" of voters for the President. She was also an official "poll watcher" last November.
And she freely and proudly admits to having violated the law in order to help reelect the President of the United States.
This is a national scandal!
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Debate over getting Pa. out of liquor business is heating up!
In February, the governor unveiled a compelling framework for ending Pennsylvania's liquor monopoly (for more details on the administration's plan, watch the video). Now state lawmakers are debating what such a proposal will ultimately look like, with a crucial House Liquor Control Committee vote set for March 18. Committee action will set the stage for a vote by the full state House.
Citizens to Protect PA Jobs supports efforts to get Pennsylvania out of the liquor sales business and provide greater convenience and choice for customers, along with real private sector retail and wholesale competition that benefits consumers.
You can help! Now is the time to contact your state lawmaker and tell them you want greater convenience and choice, including the ability to purchase beer and wine in grocery stores and convenience stores. See below for details on how to quickly and easily contact your state representative.
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House bill would shut Pa. liquor stores, open sales to groceries and pharmacies
For the first time since Gov. Tom Corbett unveiled his plan to disband state-run alcohol sales, privatization is headed for a vote. Read More
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Turzai: House could get liquor privatization bill soon
Majority Leader Mike Turzai, introduced Gov. Tom Corbett's full-scale liquor privatization plan and plans to push for a vote in two weeks. Read More
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Politicians jockey for favored liquor privatization plans
Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley working to "move Pennsylvania into the 21st century." Read More
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Ending Pa.'s Liquor monopoly
The sale of liquor is simply not a core funtion government, and consumers are looking for greater convenience and choice.
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Contact your state lawmaker and urge them to support convenience, choice and end to state's liquor monopoly!
Proposals to change the way Pennsylvania sells and distributes alcohol are being debated in the state House right now. Contact your lawmaker this week and urge them to support greater customer convenience and choice. Tell them you want to be able to purchase wine and beer at private retail establishments, such as grocery stores, convenience stores, large retailers and pharmacies - the same consumer options provided to residents of most other states!
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RedState Morning Briefing
For March 13, 2013
One bit of housekeeping. Yesterday, I messed up the link to the lead story about the conservative fight club and the weenie brigade. You can get that story, still relevant today, right here.
1. Join Bobby Jindal and RedState in New Orleans
Governor Bobby Jindal will be helping us kick off the RedState Gathering 2013 in New Orleans.
We hope you will join us.
As we do every year, the RedState Gathering will be the first weekend of August. This year, that means we will be in New Orleans on August 2nd and 3rd. We'll have a welcome party the evening of August 1st for those who get in town early and you'll want to stay until the 4th. Our agenda will run all day the 2nd and 3rd.
We've invited Bobby Jindal, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Rick Perry, Steve Scalise, Matt Salmon, Ken Cuccinelli, and so many more. We'll have a good mixture of elected officials and potential candidates for the 2014 cycle.
Unlike other similar groups, the RedState Gathering is all about you, the grassroots. We try to get you up close to the speakers, we ask them to take your questions, and we feed you while you're there. It is a very unique event on the right. Less frills, but more thrills and access.
This year's event will be at the Westin New Orleans at Canal Place, which puts it right between the French Quarter and Business District in New Orleans right on the Mississippi River. The hotel rate we have for attendees at the Westin is amazing.
Go to http://www.redstate.com/Gathering2013/ to register. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. We're Hanging From the Fiscal Cliff Two news items should shock even Republicans into awareness of potential doom: -The first, news reports that the "Gang of 8" has reached agreement on the "path to citizenship" (Think, 20,000,000 new voters voting 71% Democrat, plus Orwellian biometric ID's and "Brady Checks" for jobs). -The second, an announcement by House Speaker John Boehner on a Sunday talk show that the House would "consider" any gun control approved by the Democratic Senate (whatever "consider" means). The last-ditch solution to both of these Armageddon scenarios is the same: the Hastert Rule, which prevents House consideration of any bill not supported by a majority of the Republican caucus - currently, 117 Republicans. Whatever the media has convinced John McCain to do, surely 117 House Republicans would oppose allowing the GOP to commit suicide. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 3. Vulnerable Incumbent Democrats Leery of Budget. McConnell Vows "They're Not Getting Another Tax Hike" After neglecting to pass a budget for almost 1,500 days, Democrats finally started revealing tidbits about how they intend to run the nation's finances. With huge deficits and mounting debt, questions of fiscal discipline and balanced budgets abound in DC, and this morning Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) revealed the Democrat's "new" plan: raise taxes. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 4. Big Government, small people Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) decided to print out all 20,000 pages of ObamaCare regulations, stack them in a single pile, and photograph the result using a chair for reference. It came out looking like this . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 5. Defunding Obamacare is This Easy After the House caved on funding Obamacare in the CR, the fight moves to the Senate. Senator Ted Cruz has taken the lead in fighting Obamacare. For the first time in almost two years we are actually having a discussion about the rising cost of health insurance engendered by Obamacare. Cruz is proposing an amendment to the CR, which is already full of Barbara Mikulski's pork, to defund Obamacare. There has been some pushback from the status quo Republicans who contend that Obamacare cannot be defunded because it is purveyed by mandatory spending. The reality is that the HHS and the IRS will need a substantial sum of discretionary appropriations just to implement the thousands of pages of regulations and the healthcare exchanges. The administrative costs will eat up all of the money that has already been appropriated. They need more funding. Moreover, every budget bill, including this one, contains numerous policy riders that can prohibit specific funding for mandatory programs. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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March 13, 2013
Cruz, Haley, Jindal, Rubio: Flight 2016 Cleared for Takeoff
Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison
Time to put an end to the "presidential eligibility" kerfuffle. More
Obama's Islamist Tilt
Kyle Shideler
We have transformed ourselves, in the span of a decade, from a nation that declares, "You are either with us, or you are with the terrorists," to a nation that is credibly accused of arming terrorists. More
Training Syrian Rebels to Conquer Golan Heights and Shoot Down Israeli Aircraft
Shoshana Bryen
No, they don't say it quite like that. But for all intents and purposes, that's what the Obama administration is doing. More
What did Rand Paul's Filibuster Mean?
Jonathon Moseley
Guided-missile drones dramatically expand the variety of situations in which we can reach our enemies. Therefore, killer drones now require a little careful thought and some new rules. More
The Cuomo Inheritance
Jack Kemp
The latest scheme from the master of the "Vampire State". More
Another Hockey Stick?
S. Fred Singer
Green forces, eager to promote their theories of global warming, appear to be practicing intellectual recycling. Is this the return of the notorious hockey stick - which, in 2001, was the central dogma of Anthropogenic Global Warming? More
Libertarians and the Tea Party
Ann Kane & M. Catherine Evans
Can the Libertarian Party take credit for the grassroots explosion in 2009 (or was it 2004?) that became the Tea Party? More
American Thinker BlogCitizenship: the Last Word
March 13, 2013
Rules are rules. More Patriots Must Be Prepared to Answer Obama's Lies and Deceptions
March 13, 2013
The time for I am going to simply change the subject and enjoy my sushi is over. More Why Peter Beinart is Wrong
March 13, 2013
...about Surpluses, Bush, and 2016 More Censorship in Yuma
March 13, 2013
In favor of free speech -- every now and then. More The Monkey's Parable
March 13, 2013
Are we victims of our own nature? More Could Illinois be run any worse?
March 13, 2013
The state lied to investors about underfunding the pension system. More PJ Media's Bridget Johnson guests on Moran's show
March 12, 2013
Dueling budgets, the Rand Paul filibuster, and CPAC will be discussed. More Black teacher suspended for racial slur
March 12, 2013
Racial sensitivity is a minefield for Americans, and not just whites. More Florida Senate committee blocks Medicaid expansion
March 12, 2013
Follows House committee rejection last week. More Colorado Senate Dems push through gun control bill
March 12, 2013
A "feel good" measure that won't prevent a single gun death. More Obama uninterested in balancing the budget
March 12, 2013
Prefers a "fiscally sustainable path." More State Supreme Court judge strikes down Bloomberg's soda ban
March 12, 2013
"Arbitrary and capricious." More
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Your Doctor To Become 1-Person Death Panel?
A government-funded "mortality index" study that helps doctors to determine whether a patient has a "good chance" of dying within the next 10 years may take on further significance in light of key unreported sections of Obamacare that, KleinOnline recently exposed, may lay the foundations for health-care rationing and even so-called death panels.
Grants from the National Institute on Aging and the American Federation for Aging Research helped pay for the mortality study in question.
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Bolton: Israel has 'very short period of time' to strike Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a "very short period of time" to decide whether to strike Iran's nuclear infrastructure before Tehran possesses nuclear weapons, warned former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton in a radio interview last night.
"Obviously in the short term Israel is focused on forming its own government," stated Bolton.
"But I think assuming it's Prime Minister Netanyahu forming that government he has a very short period of time in which to determine whether Israel will use military force knowing that the United States will not or whether Israel is prepared to allow Iran to get to the point where it has nuclear weapons."
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Obama Has Blocked Oil Production
Posted on March 12, 2013 by Conservative Byte
Empty Boast: As we have noted before in our Issues & Insights pages, President Obama has taken credit for an energy boom he had nothing to do with. A government agency now confirms what many have known to be true.
The Congressional Research Service has released a report, "U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production in Federal and Non-Federal Areas," that corroborates what we've said.
"All of the increase (in oil and natural gas production) from FY2007 to FY2012 took place on non-federal lands, and the federal share of total U.S. crude oil production fell by about seven percentage points," writes Marc Humphries, the government specialist in energy policy who authored the report.
During this period, oil production on federal land fell from nearly 1.7 million barrels a day to 1.6 million. At the same time, the share of overall production on federal lands shriveled from 33% to 26%.
Continue Reading on news.investors.com ...
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NEWS: 2 State Houses vote to Nullify Federal Gun Laws
Idaho House votes 55-13
REPORT HERE
Utah House votes 49-17
REPORT HERE
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AZ Senate Committee votes 4-3
REPORT HERE
Bill limiting drones passes North Dakota House, 60-31
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Track all nullification legislation here:
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"Americans United to Defend Free Speech"
Please sign our Open Letter to Congress and the State Legislatures!
Most Americans have never heard of the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation).
They've never heard of UN Resolution 16/18.
They're unaware that Europeans have been charged-and even been convicted-for speaking out against the threat of radical Islam.
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They don't know that a survey found that 6 in 10 Muslims in America believe criticism of Islam and Muhammad SHOULD BE PROHIBITED.
Or that 45% of American Muslims surveyed believe that those who criticize Islam should face criminal charges.
These are not Muslims in Saudi Arabia. They're our neighbors here in America.
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Last night, in a national webcast, we announced "Americans United to Defend Free Speech."
Guy Rodgers, ACT! for America Executive Director, documented a long list of threats to free speech, which can be seen on our website.
But the most organized threat-UN Resolution 16/18-is actually getting help from our own State Department. (See the Forbes article, "Could You Be a Criminal? US Supports UN Anti-Free Speech Measure.")
There is a rapidly growing chorus demanding the muzzling of free speech, both internationally and in America.
This is why we have launched "Americans United to Defend Free Speech."
Step One of this effort is our Open Letter to Congress and the State Legislatures.
This letter calls on Congress and the state legislatures to introduce and pass resolutions opposing the implementation of UN Resolution 16/18.
Over the next few months, we need tens of thousands of concerned citizens to sign this letter.
Tens of thousands. Hundreds of thousands would be even better.
We need to awaken people everywhere. And we need to show our elected officials that we are dead serious about opposing this threat to our First Amendment right of free speech.
For some time now ACT! for America has been monitoring the growing worldwide demand to suppress speech that supposedly "defames" or "offends" Islam.
This demand to criminalize free speech can no longer be ignored.
We can't ring the alarm bells loudly enough.
Please don't assume that the restrictions on speech that exist in Europe or Canada can't ever happen here.
Join us today for Step One of our campaign to oppose the criminalization of free speech by signing our Open Letter.
Then forward it to everyone you know.
And stay tuned!
Thank you.
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March 12, 2013
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Fitzpatrick Statement on Seven Fallen American Soldiers in Afghanistan
Intends to address concerns with President Obama this week
LANGHORNE, PA - Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) issued the following statement regarding the seven American soldiers fallen in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours.
"In the past 24 hours, our nation has lost seven brave soldiers.
The insider attack that took the lives of two American soldiers is a tragic reminder of the sacrifices being made by our men and women in uniform still fighting in Afghanistan.
After a decade of war these types of green-on-blue attacks, where Afghan forces turn on NATO forces, erodes the trust and confidence of our soldiers working to transition security to Afghan authorities by 2015.
The helicopter crash which claimed five more Americans emphasizes our need to focus on bringing our troops home.
When I last traveled to Afghanistan to better understand the morale of the troops and determine the status of training and transition operations in advance of the scheduled drawdown of U.S. forces, the consistent message I heard was that we must either provide our troops with all the resources they need or begin bringing them home now. That was almost a year and a half ago.
As we begin withdrawing, our warfighters are being asked to do more with less. And this news highlights the dangers they face every day. I hope that we are able to bring them all home to their families quickly and safely.
In recent months, there has been much said about the partisan divisions in Congress and across our country. We will always speak with one voice in advocating for our troops both at home and abroad in the protection of ourselves and foreign allies.
I intend to meet with the President this week and express my concern to provide our troops with every resource they need and expedite their return home."
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By Arnold Ahlert
Mission accomplished: Thousands of American lives wasted for failure.
By Ryan Mauro
President gets "recommendations" from Israel-haters.
By William Kilpatrick
The cancellation of Robert Spencer's talk and Catholic naivete about Islam.
By Jamie Glazov
A view from inside the political jihad arena.
By Bruce Bawer
Sir Richard Branson's airline abuses a hero.
By Joseph Puder
Has the regime won the stalemate?
By Frontpagemag.com
Comedic legend Red Skelton's unforgettable recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
By Frontpagemag.com
Bob Zeidman, Larry Greenfield and Howard Hyde shed light on the administration's use of American taxpayers' money to fund Islamists.
By Humberto Fontova
In the pantheon of heroes for America's leftist elite, Hugo was a pathetic D-lister.
By Thomas Sowell
The deadly cost of the intellectual foundations of the Left.
By Walter Williams
Why are teacher training schools the slums of most college campuses?
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Mar 12, 2013 06:15 am
Syria: Obama Administration is Arming-and Training Militarily?-Radical Islamists
Mar 11, 2013 03:51 pm
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03/12/2013
First Look at the 2014 Ryan Budget
Alison Acosta Fraser | March 12, 2013 at 10:29 am
At first look, the budget unveiled today by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-WI) advances much-needed reforms and importantly accomplishes the crucial goal of balancing the budget within the decade, though this is partially on the coattails of Obama's tax increases. Not a silver bullet, it is more of a stasis budget, rather than a bolder plan that builds on the reforms of previous years.
There are six things that each budget from the House, Senate, and President should accomplish. These are laid out in the Heritage plan, Saving the American Dream,which:
- Balances the budget in less than 10 years, without raising taxes, and keeps the budget in balance thereafter;
- Swiftly overhauls entitlement programs, including Social Security, to guarantee economic security to seniors while making the programs affordable;
- Repeals Obamacare in its entirety;
- Fully funds defense;
- Rolls back discretionary spending; and
- Rolls back recent tax increases with a sweeping, growth-oriented tax reform plan and caps taxes at the historical average of 18.5 percent.
Here's how, at first blush, the Ryan plan measures up:
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by Mike Flynn
This morning, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan unveiled the latest GOP budget blueprint. The plan cuts $4.6 trillion over the next decade, bringing the budget into balance by 2023. The principal savings in the plan come from a repeal of ObamaCare.
Washington's budget debate is premised on the notion that solving the deficit is complicated and requires a series of unpleasant choices. Ryan's budget blueprint puts a lie to that notion. Current budget baselines assumes an annual 5% increase in federal spending. Ryan's budget holds the annual increase to 3.4%. A yearly increase above the rate of inflation is hardly a step down the path to austerity.
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| MSNBC Host Rants After NYC's Soda Ban Is Overturned | | | Following a New York court�s 11th-hour ruling that overturned Mayor Bloomberg�s �soda ban,� at least one liberal TV host could not contain her anger. MSNBC and �Morning Joe� host Mika Brzezinski was not just visibly upset by the news, but proceeded to go on a bit of a crazed rant that included some strong accusations. Watch the clip of Ms. Brzezinski claiming soda makers are "poisoning" and "killing our children" HERE. | | | READ THIS | | |
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During a press briefing on Monday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney snapped at NPR reporter Mara Liasson for asking whether entitlement reforms would be part of President Barack Obama�s official budget. His snarky response to the question, �Mara, the way you phrase that question makes me think that you�re still working on a typewriter or something." See the entire video HERE.
Firearms have been around for quite some time. Believe it or not, guns were being used as early as 1364. Obviously, the weaponry being employed in early days is nothing like what we have today, but understanding this expansive history offers a fascinating lens into the past. From primitive guns to modern-day automatic weapons, the evolution is noteworthy. See the photosHERE
On Monday during an interview with former First Lady Laura Bush, CNN anchor Erin Burnett posed a question that we consider to be a bit of a head-scratcher. Burnett questioned whether we should �accept� anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism �when we want to make change� in the Middle East? Watch the entire exchangeHERE.
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Mark Kelly, the husband of former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was recently seen buying an AR-15 rifle in Tucson. Since his wife�s shooting, the former astronaut has been an advocate for increased gun control measures. TheBlaze TV's Andrew Wilkow devoted a portion of his show to finding a possible reason for the purchase. Watch the segmentHERE.
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For The Record is an investigative news magazine with no political agenda and nothing to lose. Probing, fair, but unforgiving. Journalism the way it used to be. Don't miss the premiere episode, as For The Record investigates how the NSA turned America into a surveillance state. See a previewHERE.
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TheBlaze Radio Network America has two very serious problems: its national debt and the refusal on the part of many to admit that the debt is actually, well, a problem. Last night on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News Show, Beck and O'Reilly discussed the debt problem and America's denial of it. Watch the videoHERE. | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | Celebrate Katie Fisher Day! (It Involves Cookies, Lots Of Cookies) | | | | | |
Did you even know that today, March 12th is Katie Fisher Day? Who was Katie Fisher? Well, she was the sister of Matt Fisher from The B.S. of A. and therefore, we considered her to be part of TheBlaze�s extended family. Learn about the touching and delicious tribute that Matt and his family and friends have created to honor Katie's lifeHERE.
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By Roger Kimball
It's tax time. What do you suppose those governmental agencies do with all that dough? Let's explore what those federal and local "public servants" pull down in salaries and pensions.
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One request President Obama's executive orders and presidential memoranda in response to the Newtown shootings is to "Protect police by finishing the job of getting rid of armor-piercing bullets." This class of bullets is already illegal. Why does Obama suggest further legislation?
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President Obama warned of dire cutbacks and consequences should sequestration go into effect March 1. The cuts happened, and the administration swears it's not overreacting to the bare-bones budget directive. But in the days since the hammer of sequestration fell, the federal government is hiring anew. This includes 107 new positions at the Department of Homeland Security, which has freed illegal immigrants citing budgetary constraints.
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As Latin America is one of the most troubled places on the planet, it will take almost a miracle to heal these polarized societies. Perhaps only the Church could bring the proper moral pressure on society's upper echelons to help ease the pains of Latin America's coming stresses. A pope of Hispanic descent might also be able to calm down tensions in America over Hispanic immigration.
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Fresh TSA Affront
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TSA 'Feels-Up' Female U.S. Senator
America's Conservative News
It would appear that even members of the United States Senate are not immune from dehumanizing "pat-downs" from the Obama TSA.
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Winning the Culture War and the Next Generation
By Front Page Magazine
RightSideNews.com
There's no way the radical and insubstantial Barack Obama would ever have been taken seriously as a presidential candidate, much less be elected to two terms in the White House, if the Left had not previously and successfully infiltrated the key cultural arenas--education, the news media and entertainment--and spent decades indoctrinating generations.
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Judge Decides Cola Ban Is "Arbitrary and Capricious"
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The Bloomberg Soda Terror Begins, And Ends
By John Hayward
HumanEvents.com
The city is "enjoined and permanently restrained from implementing or enforcing the new regulations," New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling decided Monday.
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Violence-Inspiring Group Demands Probe Of Their Victim
WorldNetDaily.com
A leftist organization whose identification of a team of Christian pro-family advocates as a "hate" group apparently facilitated homosexual activist Floyd Corkins' gun assault on the Washington-based Family Research Council now says it wants the federal government to investigate all such organizations.
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Video: Obama Lets China Steal Top Secret NASA Technology
Mar 12, 2013 01:34 pm
At 2 a.m, on June 17, 1972, five men dressed in business suits and wearing surgical gloves were in the process of bugging the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate office complex. Caught in the act, they were later identified as Nixon's "Plumbers," part of a nationwide operation to ensure Nixon's reelection that included wiretapping, burglary, [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Obama Lets China Steal Top Secret NASA Technology
Are Liberals/Democrats Demonstrably Mentally Ill?Mar 12, 2013 01:26 pm
We have heard liberalism (aka Democrat-ism) described as a mental illness. A little research seems to prove this observation. You need not be a goateed psychiatrist with a German accent to conclude liberals/Democrats are anti-social misfits. See for yourself; see how well liberalism/Democrat-ism fits into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) criteria for identifying the [...] Read More and Comment: Are Liberals/Democrats Demonstrably Mentally Ill?
Video: "Obamaville": An Original SongMar 12, 2013 01:23 pm
A funny song sung to the tune of "Margaritaville" and inspired by Rush Limbaugh. This parody has original lyrics by Rick White and sung by Jack Anderson. Related posts: Drummer Who Chose Bachmann "B*tch" Song Is Obama Supporter, Calls Song, "Perfect Entry Song For Her" The drummer of the Jimmy Fallon show, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson,... [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: "Obamaville": An Original Song
Sheriff Joe Withstands Death ThreatsMar 12, 2013 01:20 pm
Just how much more can one man take? America's real sheriff (the one doing what his constituents have asked him to do), Sheriff Joe Arpaio, has received a threat against his life in the form of a violent online rant sent from Mexico even as he lies hospitalized with a broken left shoulder. The 80-year [...] Read More and Comment: Sheriff Joe Withstands Death Threats
Video: Obama Supporters Charged With Voter Fraud!!Mar 12, 2013 01:15 pm
This is likely just the tip of the iceberg!! Related posts: Obama Supporters Accused Of Voter Fraud Testify In Ohio Hearing Fox News has the story...... Continue to Post... Volunteer For Group Opposing WI Voter ID Law Charged With Election Fraud A Florida woman charged Monday with two counts of election... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Obama Supporters Charged With Voter Fraud!!
Barack Obama Is No Abraham LincolnMar 12, 2013 01:12 pm
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people. (Proverbs 14:34) The name "Abraham Lincoln" enjoys a boundless shelf life. The 16th president of the United States is more popular today than ever. The blockbuster movie "Lincoln" recently took home two Oscars, with Daniel Day-Lewis earning the "Best Actor" nod for his masterful portrayal of the [...] Read More and Comment: Barack Obama Is No Abraham Lincoln
Video: McCain: Founders Prohibited Defense Of America's BordersMar 12, 2013 01:11 pm
Senator McCain has no problem with Obama waging an illegal war without the constitutionally-required approval from Congress. Yet, he thinks the Founders wanted to prohibit the military from protecting America's borders from foreign invasion and colonization and that they enshrined this in the Constitution!! Related posts: Obama Claims Stealth Amnesty Has Secured Our Borders The [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: McCain: Founders Prohibited Defense Of America's Borders
Obama's OutragesMar 12, 2013 01:05 pm
As if it isn't glaringly obvious, the America-Destroyer-in-Chief has ramped up his attacks exponentially since he got away with the massive voter fraud that gave him the election. He's continued his policy of nominating far-left, incompetent crooks and extremists to important positions of power, a policy that couldn't work without the complicity and connivance of [...] Read More and Comment: Obama's Outrages
Video: Democrat ExtinctionMar 12, 2013 01:02 pm
Here is how Democrats will inevitably lead to their own extinction... Related posts: Barack Obama Has Destroyed The Democrat Brand Name A few hours from now, Barack Obama will accept his... Democrat Strategist: "It's Over" For Obama On Fox News' "The Five", former Democratic strategist Bob Beckel... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Democrat Extinction
"Shall Not Be Infringed"; What Part Don't You Understand?Mar 12, 2013 01:00 pm
Let us first start with the definition of "INFRINGE" infringe verb abuse a privilege, abuse one's rights, advance stealthily, aggress, arrogate, breach, break, break bounds, break in upon, break into, commit a breach, impinge, impose, infract, interfere, interlope, invade, meddle,overstep, seize wrongfully, take liberties, transgress, trespass, use wrongfully, usurp, violare, violate, violate a contract, violate a law, violate a privilege, violate a regulation Now let us review our Second Amendment rights: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free [...] Read More and Comment: "Shall Not Be Infringed"; What Part Don't You Understand?
Video: Illegal Alien Bus Tour For Obama AmnestyMar 12, 2013 12:54 pm
An SEIU-organized bus tour of illegal aliens and friends for the support of Obama's amnesty program toured Southern California in March of 2013. These are some scenes from part of the tour. Related posts: Illegal Aliens Lobby For Obama's Amnesty Program Excerpts from a Riverside (California) County Board of Supervisors meeting,... Obama's Amnesty Plan Would [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Illegal Alien Bus Tour For Obama Amnesty
10 Tenents Of Biblical ChristianityMar 12, 2013 12:53 pm
"While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world; while she continues sincere, and incapable of insidious and impious policy, we shall have the strongest reason to rejoice in the local destination assigned us by Providence. But should the people of America [...] Read More and Comment: 10 Tenents Of Biblical Christianity
Video: Veterans Aid Cut; Illegal Aliens Still Collect!Mar 12, 2013 12:47 pm
Talk about a disservice to our troops!! Related posts: Obama To Criminalize Gun Owners While Legalizing Illegal Aliens And the Senate plans a "nuclear" option to confiscate our... Illegal Aliens Lobby For Obama's Amnesty Program Excerpts from a Riverside (California) County Board of Supervisors meeting,... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Veterans Aid Cut; Illegal Aliens Still Collect!
To Everything, There Is A SeasonMar 12, 2013 12:43 pm
"See, I will create new heavens and a new earth..." Isaiah 65:17 Relax. Sometimes the best thing we can do is close our eyes, inhale the elevated CO2 levels in the air, and chill out. Although climate change alarmists want us to believe the contrary, fear will kill us before climate change will. Some things [...] Read More and Comment: To Everything, There Is A Season
Video: Carney Grilled Over Access-Selling To ObamaMar 12, 2013 12:40 pm
Chuck Todd grills Jay Carney here. Not often you see NBC News try to get to the bottom of things with Obama's regime!! Related posts: Reporters Grill Carney Over Obama Organization Selling Access Jay Carney struggles to explain how Obama front organization "OFA"... ForgeryGate: Attorney Says "Discovery Is Underway" In Florida Obama Ballot Access Challenge [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Carney Grilled Over Access-Selling To Obama
Michigan Senate Votes 37-0 To Defeat Obama's NDAA!Mar 12, 2013 12:28 pm
In a vote of 37-0 (1 absent), the Michigan Senate joined the growing list of of states and municipalities throughout America in passing their version of the Liberty Preservation Act, released by the Tenth Amendment Center. Senate Bill 94 (SB94) now proceeds to the Michigan State House. State Senator Rick Jones, the bill's sponsor, and grassroots activists [...] Read More and Comment: Michigan Senate Votes 37-0 To Defeat Obama's NDAA!
Video: Dem Ignores Tough Question From Gun OwnerMar 12, 2013 12:27 pm
Celia Bigelow, frequent guest on Fox News, asks simple questions. Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) responds rudely in front of a large townhall gathering. Related posts: Holder Dodges Voter Fraud Question Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) asks Eric Holder a good question... Small Business Owner To Obama: Back Off! Debra Krause-McDonell appeared on Fox News the other [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Dem Ignores Tough Question From Gun Owner
Obama Friend Or Foe? McCain Charts His CourseMar 12, 2013 12:23 pm
WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain is a walking contradiction, antagonizing President Barack Obama over foreign policy one minute, cooperating with the Democrat the next on immigration and the budget. So who is the real McCain? There's the national security expert pounding the Obama administration with words like "cover-up" and "incompetence" over the deadly [...] Read More and Comment: Obama Friend Or Foe? McCain Charts His Course
Video: No More Obama Lies; Time To Cut WasteMar 12, 2013 12:13 pm
Every budget the President has submitted never balances. We agree with his talk of cutting wasteful spending and producing a responsible budget, but he can't walk the walk. Related posts: The 100 Worst Cases Of Government Waste In 2010 Although the United States is $13 trillion in debt, mandatory... Truth And Lies Of A Government [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: No More Obama Lies; Time To Cut Waste
California Seizes Guns As Owners Lose Right To Keep ArmsMar 12, 2013 12:03 pm
Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying 40-caliber Glock pistols, nine California Justice Department agents assembled outside a ranch-style house in a suburb east of Los Angeles. They were looking for a gun owner who'd recently spent two days in a mental hospital. They knocked on the door and asked to come in. About 45 minutes later, [...] Read More and Comment: California Seizes Guns As Owners Lose Right To Keep Arms
Video: Dennis "The Worm" Rodman Has A New Dictator FriendMar 12, 2013 11:59 am
Guess what? Dennis "The Worm" Rodman recently visited North Korea, where he made friends with communist dictator Kim Jong Un. Did they play basketball? Did they discuss nuclear proliferation? Find out on this new Zo music video. Related posts: Dennis Rodman And Kim Jong Un ©2013 Rick McKee, The Augusta Chronicle... Continue to Post... Kim [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Dennis "The Worm" Rodman Has A New Dictator Friend
Mississippi Legislature Passes School Prayer BillMar 12, 2013 11:57 am
Mississippi lawmakers have passed legislation that would legalize student-led prayer in the state's public schools. Senate Bill 2633, which went to Gov. Phil Bryant March 6 for his signature, would also allow students to talk about their faith in the classroom and organize school Bible clubs, as well as pray at football games, graduation ceremonies, [...] Read More and Comment: Mississippi Legislature Passes School Prayer Bill
Video: Mile-Long Line At San Diego Gun ShowMar 12, 2013 11:49 am
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GOP Budget Takes Aim Again At Obamacare, MedicaidMar 12, 2013 11:41 am
WASHINGTON - House Republicans unveiled their latest budget outline on Tuesday, sticking to their plans to try to repeal so-called Obamacare, cut domestic programs ranging from Medicaid to college grants and require future Medicare patients to bear more of the program's cost. The point is to prove it's possible to balance the budget within 10 [...] Read More and Comment: GOP Budget Takes Aim Again At Obamacare, Medicaid
Video: "God And Country"Mar 12, 2013 11:36 am
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Video: Progressive Insurance Not A Friend Of Most AmericansMar 12, 2013 11:26 am
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Jeb Bush: Political Reporters 'crack Addicts'Mar 12, 2013 11:26 am
WASHINGTON- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush compares journalists to "crack addicts" and "heroin addicts" for asking about the 2016 presidential campaign. Bush was asked Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" who is more likely to win the White House - himself or Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. Read More at OfficialWire . Photo credit: Politécnico Grancolombiano [...] Read More and Comment: Jeb Bush: Political Reporters 'crack Addicts'
Big Banks May Be Getting Too Big To JailMar 12, 2013 11:22 am
Are banks too big to jail? If there was any doubt about the answer to that question, Eric H. Holder Jr., the nation's attorney general, last week blurted out what we've all known to be true but few inside the Obama administration have said aloud: Yes, they are. "I am concerned that the size of [...] Read More and Comment: Big Banks May Be Getting Too Big To Jail
Senate Panel Ready To OK Gun Background ChecksMar 12, 2013 10:56 am
WASHINGTON- Democrats are ready to muscle expanded background checks and other gun curbs through a Senate committee, giving President Barack Obama an initial if temporary victory on one of his top priorities. The Senate Judiciary Committee was to debate a bill Tuesday that would broaden the requirement for federal background checks to nearly all firearms [...] Read More and Comment: Senate Panel Ready To OK Gun Background Checks
Ahmadinejad Under Fire For Hugging Chavez's MotherMar 12, 2013 10:51 am
TEHRAN, Iran- Senior Iranian clerics have scolded President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for consoling Hugo Chavez's mother with a hug - a physical contact considered a sin under Iran's strict Islamic codes. The rebuke follows a widely published photo showing Ahmadinejad embracing Chavez's mother at the funeral of the late Venezuelan president in what is seen as [...] Read More and Comment: Ahmadinejad Under Fire For Hugging Chavez's Mother
How The Conclaves Fared In The Past CenturyMar 12, 2013 10:44 am
VATICAN CITY - Over the past century, no conclave has lasted more than five days and the fastest vote was for Pope Pius XII. Twice prelates from North America missed the vote because they couldn't get to Rome in time, and a Hungarian cardinal sat out two conclaves because he was holed up in the [...] Read More and Comment: How The Conclaves Fared In The Past Century
The Oath Sworn By Cardinals Before Papal VoteMar 12, 2013 10:40 am
VATICAN CITY- Before cardinals start voting for a new pope, they will swear an oath of secrecy in the Sistine Chapel. It will be administered by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the conclave's presiding cardinal. After he reads it, each cardinal elector will touch the Holy Gospels and "promise, pledge and swear" to uphold the [...] Read More and Comment: The Oath Sworn By Cardinals Before Papal Vote
Senate Panel Oks Demo Gun Background Check BillMar 12, 2013 10:17 am
WASHINGTON- A divided Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a Democratic bill expanding required federal background checks for nearly all gun purchases. The panel approved the measure by 10-8, supported by all Democrats and opposed by every Republican. Expanded background checks is the heart of President Barack Obama's proposals to curb firearms. The sponsor is New [...] Read More and Comment: Senate Panel Oks Demo Gun Background Check Bill
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
Ryan's New Balanced Budget
Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled his revised proposal to balance the budget in 10 years. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Rep. Ryan explains how it's done:
"On the current path, spending will increase by 5% each year. Under our proposal, it will increase by 3.4%. Because the U.S. economy will grow faster than spending, the budget will balance by 2023, and debt held by the public will drop to just over half the size of the economy."
Sounds simple enough, right? If Washington were functioning normally, the House and Senate would pass their respective plans and work out their differences in a conference committee. But Washington is not functioning normally, and the differences between the House and the Senate are tremendous.
For example, Rep. Ryan's budget proposal last year balanced in 23 years. It went nowhere then because the majority in the Senate and the occupant of the Oval Office believed that even taking 23 years to get to balance was too onerous. In addition, Ryan's budget effectively repeals Obamacare.
Not surprisingly, Senate Democrats have already declared Ryan's plan dead on arrival. They are working on their own budget that reportedly seeks at least $1 trillion in new taxes. Such a plan would be dead on arrival in the House. So the budget stalemate that has prevailed in Washington for the past three years seems likely to continue.
Reforming The Third Rail
Now I know for some conservatives introducing a budget proposal that doesn't balance for 10 years is infuriating. On the "Bauer and Rose Show" on Sirius/XM radio we often get callers complaining that they elected their members of Congress to balance the budget this year. NOW!
At first glance it appears we have public support to do so. Eighty-three percent of voters believe that spending is out-of-control. But polling also finds that most Americans are unwilling to make the kinds of cuts to popular programs that would be required to achieve a balanced budget now.
There is a reason entitlement reform has been called the "third rail" of politics. Touch popular programs like Medicare and Social Security and you risk political death. Many GOP Senate candidates lost last November because Obama's allies ran ads accusing them of wanting to "hack" at those programs.
I am in favor of cutting foreign aid to rogue regimes. We should eliminate duplicate programs. There should be strict controls to prevent taxpayer dollars going to illegal immigrants. Government inspector generals should be just as zealous in eliminating waste, fraud and abuse as IRS agents are in squeezing hard-working taxpayers.
But even if we do all of those things, we are still on a difficult path due to demographics. Ten thousand people a day are applying for Medicare and Social Security benefits. To propose a budget that makes significant cuts to these programs could easily become political suicide.
Rep. Ryan and other conservatives who hope someday to govern the country have a delicate balancing act of their own to perform. They must first explain to the voting public that we want to reform popular programs in order to save them from bankruptcy. Then they have to convince the voters to elect a conservative majority to the Senate in 2014 and to send a conservative president to the White House in 2016. Then there may be a real opportunity to pass a budget that balances and that preserves the safety net.
Is The Honeymoon Over?
As the budget battles heat up and as President Obama continues his aggressive push for his left-wing agenda, recent polls suggest that the president's honeymoon from his November reelection victory is over.
A new McClatchy-Marist poll finds Obama's approval rating has plunged to 45%, while 48% disapprove of his job performance. Moreover, when asked who had the better approach to dealing with the nation's budget deficit, congressional Republicans narrowly edged out the president 44% to 42%. Again, Obama has no mandate for his tax and spend agenda. Republicans may have an opportunity to gain the upper hand if they can articulate the conservative case for pro-growth economic policies and sensible spending reforms.
Meanwhile, Pew released an analysis of its recent polling data last week. Among the findings: just 26% of Americans trust the federal government, 53% say the federal government is a "threat to personal rights and freedoms." Those are astonishingly poor figures for a president who promised the most open, transparent administration in history.
Islamists Welcome, American Kids Not
Yesterday President Obama met with the leaders of ten Arab and Muslim organizations, seeking their input as he prepares to visit the Middle East. Among the organizations represented at the meeting were the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). Both of these groups have defended terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
In addition, the ADC honored "the great Helen Thomas" AFTER her anti-Semitic rant against Israel ended her career in journalism.
The idea that these groups are ushered into the Roosevelt Room for personal time with Obama while taxpaying tourists and schoolchildren can't get in the door for a tour is infuriating!
By the way, you may remember this relatively famous photo of an Arab journalist clutching the body of his 11 month-old son, allegedly killed by an Israeli air strike last year. Embraced by the left-wing media for its powerful imagery, the photo went viral as Israel's enemies accused it of indiscriminately killing innocent civilians.
Many at the time were skeptical, claiming that the evidence did not indicate an Israeli strike. Now a new U.N. report confirms that the baby was killed by a Hamas rocket.
Referring to a fraudulent case accusing white college athletes of racism, one liberal journalist quipped, "The narrative was right, even if the facts were wrong." To the left-wing media, the narrative of the photo was right, even if the facts were not. It will be interesting to see how many media outlets report the truth, but I suspect they will be unwilling to acknowledge their own anti-Israel bias.
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Democrats to Try to Rush Immigration Bill Through Senate?
Posted: 12 Mar 2013 12:21 PM PDT
(John Hinderaker)
The Daily Caller reports that the Democrats may be planning to rush their immigration bill through the Senate immediately after the Easter recess, in hopes it can pass before voters find out what is in it:
The Senate's Democratic leaders may try to rush a nation-changing, economy-shaping immigration law though the Senate as soon as the Easter recess ends April 8, before the public can even read the bill, say GOP insiders. The GOP's concerns are fueled by the Senate judiciary committee's failure to schedule any hearings so that senators, advocates and the public can analyze the draft bill, which is expected to be several hundred pages long. The pending strategy was highlighted by a recent statement from GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, the leading advocate for the bill, which could grant amnesty to at least 11 million low-skill immigrants, allow them to bring in their relatives, and also allow companies to bring in millions more workers. "You don't want to leave it hanging out for two weeks to get shot up" by opponents, Graham told the AP.
Of course not! "Shot up by opponents" means debated, and if the bill is "shot up," voters may learn what it says and object, as they did last time Graham and his allies tried to enact "comprehensive immigration reform." So the Democrats want to apply the lesson they learned from Obamacare-vote first, and read the bill later.
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Does John McCain have standing to complain about "political stunts"?
Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:54 AM PDT
(Paul Mirengoff)
Quick, what was the last speech by a Republican that energized the base as much as Rand Paul's filibuster? Some may cite Paul Ryan's dynamic acceptance speech at the 2012 Republican Convention. But the better answer, I think, is Sarah Palin's acceptance speech in 2008.
Palin's speech was brought to us by John McCain, the same guy who now attacks Rand Paul for engaging in a stunt.
In fairness to McCain (and to Palin), his running mate said nothing that he, or other national security conservatives, could have found objectionable. Palin spoke rousingly without promulgating half-baked views or displaying paranoia. Rand Paul flirted with both.
Even so, it's a bit rich to hear McCain complaining about political stunts. In my view, the Palin nomination was, at root, just such a stunt.
I had heard McCain say on his campaign bus, "The Straight Talk Express," that he wanted a running mate who was highly qualified to serve as president and who had the expertise he lacked about economic matters. McCain must have been riding a different "Express" when he picked Palin.
After her Convention speech, Palin's star kept rising with the Republican base, but began to wane with the electorate as a whole. Eventually, it diminished even with the base.
We can only guess what will happen to Rand Paul's star. My guess, which I admit isn't worth much at this point, would be that he will divide the base and never appeal greatly to the electorate as a whole.
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Political disruption and its limits
Posted: 12 Mar 2013 08:19 AM PDT
(Paul Mirengoff)
In the aftermath of Rand Paul's filibuster Rick Wilson at Ricochet suggests that "disruption" is the Republican's "path back to power." Rand Paul has shown that disruption is a path to trending on twitter. But is it really a path to power?
Yes and no.
Yes, Republicans would be well-served by disrupting the liberal/MSM narrative. Dynamic young candidates from humble or middle class origins can dent the narrative that Republicans are staid and elitist. But youth is not a prerequisite for disruption. Ronald Reagan was nearly 60 when he began shaking things up on the national stage.
Reagan shook things up with his disruptive ideas. The best example of his outside-the-box thinking occurred when he rejected the traditional Republican emphasis on balanced budgets, achieved in part through high taxation, in favor of promoting growth via tax cuts. This is a bit ironic given the current situation, but there it is.
Not all disruptive ideas are created equal. The ones most likely to provide a "path back to power" will be well-thought-out. And only well-thought-out ideas will enable Republicans to exercise power properly and over a sustained period.
Rand Paul thinks outside-the-box. But his ideas are mostly toned-down versions of his father's views and, when it comes to national security, toned-down versions of the views of Code Pink. They provide a dubious path back to power and a recipe for disaster should power be achieved.
Marco Rubio thinks outside-the-Republican-box on immigration. But his ideas about immigration represent a toned-down (I hope) version of the views of Chuck Schumer. To the extent they provide a path back to power, they do so by pandering to Hispanic voters. As such, they cannot provide a platform for power without additional concessions that eventually would render the Republican Party non-conservative.
But there is one young conservative who quietly has been thinking outside-the-box for years. He rose to prominence (the chair of a key House Committee) years ahead of schedule not by disruptive behavior, but by disruptive thinking founded on the mastery of arcane policy detail.
That young conservative, of course, is Paul Ryan. And his disruptive thoughts go the heart of the central issues of the day (for Republicans) - economic growth, the budget, and the debt.
Frankly, I worry that Ryan's advanced thinking about Medicare and Social Security - the prime examples of his "disruption" -leaves him exposed to effective Democratic demagoguery. That's why I regarded him as a less than optimal candidate for vice president in 2012. It's too early for me to have formed an opinion as to whether Ryan would be sub-optimal, from an electoral standpoint, in 2016.
But if, as I suspect, disruptive thinking grounded in knowledge represents the path back to power for Republicans, we should be thinking more about Paul Ryan and less about Rand Paul and Marco Rubio.
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The Administrative State in One Photo
Posted: 12 Mar 2013 06:15 AM PDT
(Steven Hayward)
The then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (and may she remain forever a former Speaker) took a lot of ridicule during the debate over the passage of Obamacare when she said that we'd have to pass the bill to find out what's in it. I thought the critics had this all wrong. It was, in fact, the most intelligent thing she ever said, albeit unintentionally. What counts is, as Machiavelli put it, the "effectual truth" of the matter. And the effectual truth of modern American government is that Congress no longer enacts laws in the meaningful sense of the word. Instead, they pass wish lists, and delegate the actual lawmaking to unelected administrators.
Obamacare regs--so far.
Simple test: if Congress passes a statute-even one that is 1,600 pages long like Obamacare, but the law can't go into effect as written, it is not really a law at all. The simple proof is the photo here that Sen. Mitch McConnell's office has released, showing the 20,000-plus pages of regulations issued so far for the implementation of Obamacare. "Regulation" is just a multi-syllabic word for "law," after all. The point is, administrators-the slightly nicer term for "bureaucrats"-now govern us much more than our elected lawmakers do. One almost wonders why we have elections at all. (Actually, many bureaucrats actually do wonder this.)
Of course, it remains to be seen whether Obamacare can survive the incomprehensible deadweight this tower of paperwork represents. And this is only for one recent "law." A similar tower of regulations is being produced right now for the other legislative monstrosity from Obamaland, Dodd-Frank.
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Tools of Jihad, part 1
Posted: 12 Mar 2013 05:33 AM PDT
(Scott Johnson)
The photograph of BBC Arabic editor Jihad Masharawi holding the shrouded body of his 11-month-old son, Omar, went viral within hours of the commencement of Israel's Operation pillar of Defense in November 2012. The photograph depicted Masharawi outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The young Masharawi's death was attributed to an Israeli airstrike. The photograph was featured on the Web and in newspapers around the world. The Daily Mail published a series of photographs of Jihad Masharawi enacting his grief for the cameras.
In our first post of several on the photo, on the morning of November 15, I asked whether the photo was for real and raised the question whether it was an instance of Terrorist Theater, citing my Weekly Standard article "He didn't give at the office" on the phenomenon. Now the advance copy of a UN report on the hostilities in Gaza now suggests that the death of young Masharawi resulted from an errant Hamas rocket. The report suggests that young Masharawi was hit by shrapnel from a Hamas rocket intended for Israel.
How are the journalists who publicized the story as advertised by Masharawi dealing with the UN report? I intend to take a look in a series of posts this week of which this is the first.
I first read about the report yesterday in a Times of Israel article. The Elder of Ziyon blog noted the report last week. Yesterday the Associated Press covered the report.
On November 15 the Washington Post featured the photograph on page 1 above the fold with the attribution of responsibility to Israel (image below). Washington Post foreign affairs blogger Max Fisher had a companion post with thoughts on the deep meaning of the photo. (Fisher's post includes photos forwarded to him by Danahar.) Fisher returned on November 16 with yet more deep thoughts in which he acknowledged that "[s]upporters of Israel's airstrikes countered by suggesting that Misharawi's home was bombed by an errant Hamas strike."
Washington Post ombdudsman Patrick Pexton subsequently devoted a column to complaints about the photograph. Everything Pexton asserted directly or indirectly as a matter of fact was wrong. And remember, this guy was the newspaper's ombudsman. The Post has some explaining to do.
The editors of the Post have yet to take up the subject of their use of the photo. So far they are exercising their right to remain silent and letting the AP article cited above, posted on its Web site, do their talking for them.
A late arriving spirit of skepticism descended on Max Fisher. On Twitter yesterday Fisher held out hope that the UN report was not referring to Masharawi. He tweeted: "Lots of pro-Israel readers sending this to me, but not sure I buy that this UN report is talking about Omar Mishrawi." (The AP article clarifies the report on this point.)
Last night Fisher addressed the UN report. In his post last night, Fisher goes Rashomon on the subject:
The question of which "side" bears responsibility for Mishrawi's death is of course important, if at the moment not fully known, in its own right. It's also, in some ways, part of a larger battler over symbolism and narrative in the Israel-Palestine conflict. As I wrote at the time, the much-circulated photo of Mishrawi was championed by critics of Israel's policies toward the Palestinian territories, held up as a microcosm of what they argued was an unjust conflict that disproportionately affected Palestinians. A small but troubling minorities of those critics suggested the Israeli military does not care about, or even willfully targeted, Palestinian children.
Fisher and the Post remain oblivious to the phenomenon of Terrorist Theater. They therefore make themselves the willing tools and useful idiots of the jihad. Elder of Ziyon makes the same point more elaborately. He writes:
It doesn't take a prophet to know that many of the rockets from Gaza have always landed inside Gaza. In fact, right before the outset of Cast Lead, when Hamas declared its own operation Oil Stain, two Gaza girls were killed by a Qassam rocket. It was reported by Reuters. That was hardly an isolated incident, although the world media ignored the many injuries and damaged houses that Gaza rockets inflicted on Gaza. The problem, that Fisher is trying to deflect, is that the reporters from his newspaper and all the other media purposefully ignored this fact that bloggers like me knew very well. They assumed that any civilian killed in Gaza must have been killed by Israel. Any other thought did not even cross their minds. That is why this story is so popular on social media. It has nothing to do with this case being being a microcosm of the conflict. It is entirely about people being sick of being lied to by an arrogant media. It is about the fact that the supposed expert reporters on Gaza didn't consider a simple fact about Qassam rockets that they should have known intimately. It is because they were too lazy to think critically - which is their job. After years of seeing that Palestinian Arab spokespeople routinely lie, that they try to manipulate the media, that they would never admit any mistake on their side - and after years of seeing that practically every time the Israeli side of the story ends up being proven correct - the media still reflexively blames Israel, time and time again, for things that aren't Israel's fault. It doesn't take prescience to know this. It takes simple observation. This is why this story strikes a chord, Max - because the media dropped the ball, in a way that it has dropped it countless times beforehand. Sadly, instead of learning that lesson, you are engaging in a magician's redirection trick to take the focus away from the truth.
UPDATE: See also the "Who will tell the truth about teh Masharawi tragedy?"Answer: the Jerusalem Post blogger who wrote that post.
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Black-mob violence hits 'NICEST' mall in America
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It's thought to be one of the nicest shopping districts in America.
But it turned ugly over the weekend, very ugly when horrific mob violence erupted.
And take one guess which aspect of the mayhem was virtually squelched by the politically correct, Obama Minion Media ...
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ANOTHER senator warns of gun confiscation
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A Senate panel has approved a bill for near-universal gun-background checks.
But one GOP senator sees a more sinister effort behind the measure.
Better tighten your grip on your weapons.
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Insider spills beans on D.C.'s dirty secrets
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This Republican admits he broke the law and deserved to be sent to prison, but now he's spilling the beans on plenty of other dirt in the nation's capital.
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It was one of the biggest exposures of massive corruption in recent history, all revealed by WND.
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| Holy smoke! Is this FINAL pope before Jesus? | Everyone is waiting on smoke from the Vatican to indicate a new pope has been chosen.
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Last month, The New Republic published "Conservatism is Dead" by Sam Tanenhaus.
National Review responds to this "preposterous history" in the new (March 25, 2013) issue of the magazine, in an essay co-authored by NR Senior Editor Ramesh Ponnuru and Contributing Editor Jonah Goldberg.
"Sam's Smear" has been made available today on National Review Online, here. The article is also reprinted in full below.
Morning Jolt - March 12, 2013
By Jim Geraghty
Here's your Tuesday Morning Jolt.
Enjoy!
Jim
Rock and Roller Cola Wars, I Can't Take It Any More
What's extraordinary about this decision is that in our Mad Hatter world of runaway government, it feels extraordinary: a judge telling the government it doesn't have the power to do what it wants, cries of "it's for the children" be damned.
New York City's plan to ban large sugary drinks from restaurants, movie theaters and other establishments was invalidated by a judge on Monday, the day before the new law was to take effect.
State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling in Manhattan called the regulation "arbitrary and capricious" and declared it invalid after the American Beverage Association and other business groups had sued the city challenging the ban.
The decision was a blow to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who had touted the ban as a way to address what he has termed an obesity "epidemic." Beverage manufacturers and business groups had called the law an illegal overreach that would infringe upon consumers' personal liberty.
"We plan to appeal the decision as soon as possible, and we are confident the Board of Health's decision will ultimately be upheld," Michael Cardozo, the city's chief lawyer, said in a statement.
Jacob Sullum has more: "Beverages exempt from the city's 16-ounce serving ceiling often have more calories per ounce than exempt beverages, even though fighting obesity is the official rationale for the restrictions. Tingling also noted that only certain businesses are covered by the regulations: restaurants, coffee shops, food carts, and concession stands. Convenience stores and supermarkets, meanwhile, would have been free to sell soda servings as big as customers wanted, including 7-Eleven's Big Gulp, the epitome of effervescent excess. The upshot would have been 'uneven enforcement even within a particular city block,' Tingling said. He deemed the drink diktat 'arbitrary and capricious' because 'it applies to some but not all food establishments in the City, it excludes other beverages that have significantly higher concentrations of sugar sweeteners and/or calories on suspect grounds, and the loopholes inherent in the Rule, including but not limited to no limitations on re-fills, defeat and/or serve to gut the purpose of the Rule.'"
Ace notes: "Starbucks will continue selling sugary coffee drinks under the 'half milk' loophole, a special little loophole created by Bloomberg and his minions to make sure that the Crusading Liberal White People who support this ban are actually not affected by this ban. If Starbucks had been included in the ban, the shrieking from Bloomberg's Crusading Liberal White People supporters would have been deafening, and the thing would have been killed. So they made certain that the ban didn't apply to White People's Big Gulps, even though they contain nearly as much sugar and much more caffeine than Other People's Big Gulps."
Jason Mattera: "Mike Bloomberg should be forced to reimburse every business that had to trash their Big Gulp cups."
Doug Powers, writing at Michelle Malkin's place: "Oddly enough, I think Bloomberg has two yachts named 'Arbitrary' and 'Capricious.' Now the city's stuck with a bunch of 17-ounce inspection cups that the mayor will probably have converted into three bedroom loft apartments."
Tom Maguire offers us a rallying cry: "There will come a day when sugary sodas are utterly stigmatized. There will come a day when no responsible adult will consume a soda pop, or give one to a child. But this is not that day. This day, we fight!"
Hey, Bloomberg, tomorrow's not looking so hot, either.
Sequester Scare Talk Crashes and Burns
Well, that bit of White House messaging doesn't seem to be working so smoothly:
The budget cuts in Washington have not hit home in America, at least not yet.
A plurality of Americans think federal spending cuts will have no effect at all on them or their families, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. At the same time, as many Americans think the cuts will have no effect or a positive effect on the overall economy as think the cuts will hurt the economy, the survey found.
No, wait, it gets better:
Nearly half - 49 percent - of registered voters said the current cuts will have no impact at all on them or their families. Another 39 percent said the cuts would have a negative impact, and 10 percent said they would have a positive impact.
Independents and Republicans are more likely to see no effect headed their way.
Among independents, 52 percent expect no effect, 39 percent expect a negative effect, and 7 percent expect a positive effect.
Among Republicans, it's 52-36-8.
Democrats are evenly split, 41-41 on whether the cuts will be negative or have no impact on their families. In a surprise, 14 percent of Democrats expect a positive impact for themselves, well more than independents or Republicans.
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But here comes another round of scaremongering:
Twenty-three air traffic control towers in California are among more than 200 nationwide scheduled to close April 7 as the Federal Aviation Administration begins imposing $600 million in federal budget cuts.
It was unknown which traffic control towers would be affected when the automatic federal budget cuts in the so-called sequestration kicked in March 1, but the FAA last week released a list of airports, mainly small and medium-sized, that will be affected.
AAAAH! IT WILL BE JUST LIKE DIE HARD 2! SOMEBODY GET FRED THOMPSON! AAAAH!
But in the middle of a New Jersey newspaper's coverage of the terrifying and scary cuts ("Dark Skies Ahead"), there's this little detail:
Despite the fact that most airports in the United States do not have air traffic control towers, Essex County and Trenton-Mercer are near big international airports that have constant departures and arrivals, which cause crowded skies.
Most airports don't have control towers? So just how many tower-less airports are out there? Oodles, to use the technical term:
According to the 2011-2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), released by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), there were over 19,700 airports in the U.S. Of these, 5,170 airports are open to the general public with 503 airports offering commercial service. The majority of public airports - 2,829 - are designated as reliever or general aviation airports versus commercial service.
This article from 2000 states that "only about 350 have towers that are manned by FAA air traffic controllers."
Clearly, a tower-less airport cannot be a deathtrap, or else we would be hearing about crashes at these tower-less airports all the time.
Oh, and how has the Federal Aviation Administration been spending its money in recent years?
Airports have spent $3.5 billion in federal money since 1998 on projects the Federal Aviation Administration rated as low priority because they do little to improve the most pressing needs in the nation's aviation system, a USA TODAY analysis shows.
The money comes from a program that is supposed to improve aviation safety. Priority goes to projects such as runways, taxiways and beacons.
But the program also has funded terminals at little-used airports, hangars to store private jets, and parking areas that are free to customers, according to the analysis of FAA records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act . . .
Pellston Regional Airport in Michigan used $7.5 million in federal funds to build a terminal with stone fireplaces and cathedral ceilings. The airport averages three departures a day.
What, no granite countertops?
Besides, aren't these the guys who are always getting caught sleeping on the job?
- A controller at a Miami regional tower fell asleep during an overnight shift. This regional center is responsible for controlling air traffic for most of Florida, as well as parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean.
- One controller slept for five hours while working a midnight shift at a Tennessee airport tower.
- A supervisor at Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport fell asleep for nearly a half hour during a night shift. At the time, the supervisor was the only air traffic controller on duty in the tower.
- An air traffic controller has been caught sleeping on the job -- while a plane carrying a critically ill patient was trying to land at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada.
- Similar reports at Westchester County Airport in New York.
I'll bet the sequester has these guys losing sleep.
A High Tide of Taxpayer Money Going to one of Soros's Favorite Groups
Can you stand another "your tax dollars at work" story? You may need blood-pressure medication after this one:
The Tides Foundation is a favorite charity of such big-name liberal donors as Teresa Heinz Kerry (ketchup heiress and wife of Secretary of State John Kerry) and Barbra Streisand. The two have given Tides more than $8.5 million over the years.
And Tides has a lesser-known benefactor: You. From 2009 to 2011, the most recent years for which data is available, the government has given Tides some $28 million in grants paid for by American taxpayers.
Tides says it's working to "promote and support emerging social change and educational programs." In fact, its programs are a checklist of liberalism's most ambitious agenda: the Open Society Institute of George Soros, AFL-CIO, the Iraq Peace Fund, the Arab American Action Network, American Civil Liberties Union, the pro- Castro groups United forPeace and Justice and Center for Constitutional Rights, along with groups opposing free trade and gun ownership while advocating green energy and government-funded abortion.
The only silver lining is that federal grants are only a slice of the Tides funding; "every year, from Tides HQ, the organization pushes $300 million through a network of hundreds of left-wing groups." Watchdog.org notes, "Its latest tax documents show combined net assets of $215,755,973."
ADDENDUM: Courtesy Alex Pappas, potential Senate candidate and actress Ashley Judd assesses the moral value of Apple products:
My electronics, received as gifts or purchased, profit armed militias and support slavery. I am financing mass rape as I enjoy these ridiculously Global North ultra-efficiencies and conveniences, for large scale rape is the preferred predation mining interests use to humiliate and terrify local populations, in order to control resource areas. The UN notes that virtually every mine in DRC is militarized. This means little to no tin, tantalum, and tungsten is mined free of brutal exploitation, extortion, violence, rape, rape, rape.
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Pro-Amnesty Groups Target Congress this Week
Call Your Members TODAY!
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The pro-amnesty lobby is mobilizing its base this week, organizing a national call-in campaign to Congressional offices to urge Members to grant amnesty and work authorization to the 11-12 million illegal aliens in the United States.
Scheduled to take place March 12 through March 14, the call-in campaign is the latest attempt by the pro-amnesty lobby to drown out the voices of hard-working Americans who oppose granting a free pass to law-breakers.
Going by the name "Interfaith Worker Justice," the organization spearheading the campaign says it is "made up of coalitions, committees and community groups of interfaith worker advocates, congregational members and clergy." Notably, the organization is funded by pro-amnesty entities such as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Ford Foundation.
We need your help NOW to counter these voices. With 22 million legal Americans unemployed or looking for full time work, we must prevent special interests from dictating our immigration policy! We need to work harder than the opposition to make sure Congress does not pass an amnesty bill. Call your Senators and Representative NOW and tell them to OPPOSE AMNESTY! Tell them:
- You want immigration ENFORCEMENT, not another amnesty.
- Amnesty legislation rewards those who broke U.S. immigration laws and only encourages more illegal immigration.
- U.S. immigration policy must meet the needs of hard-working Americans-not those of special interests!
To find out how to contact your Members of Congress, click here.
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Contact your Members of Congress Today!
Tell them:
-You want immigration ENFORCEMENT, not another amnesty.
-Amnesty legislation rewards those who broke U.S. immigration laws and only encourages more illegal immigration.
-U.S. immigration policy must meet the needs of hard-working Americans-not those of special interests!
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A Cup of Soda in Hell
Posted: 11 Mar 2013 08:09 PM PDT
The great theme of every overrated writer in the past twenty years has been the interconnectedness of things. Butterflies flap their wings in China and famine kicks off in Africa. A man gets on a plane in Sydney and another man jumps off a balcony in Paris.
You can get your interconnectedness fix from Thomas Friedman's New York Times column as he marvels at the flattening of the world or any one of an endless number of fictional tomes in which strangers from around the world collide and influence each other's lives.
The interconnectedness of things is not just the theme of the next TED talk you'll watch or the next Wired article you'll read. It's the theme of policy as well. Pull one string and everything changes. Policy is no longer about making things happen by doing them, it's about finding the precursor to them and doing that and when that doesn't work, finding the precursor to that.
The growth of government means that everything is interconnected and instead of trying to cut the cost of health care by trimming back the bureaucracy, you ban sodas to fight obesity in the hopes of eventually cutting the cost of health care. It's the sort of thing that sounds smart when it's made into the theme of a book that discusses how connected everything else is to everything.
It's stupid in real life, but who pays attention to real life anyway?
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by LT. COLONEL JAMES G. ZUMWALT, USMC (RET)
Rodman's self-promotion effort blinded him to the brutal realities of North Korea's leadership In later interviews, Rodman called Kim Jong Un "awesome" and claimed he was "loved" by his people.
Satire by EDWARD CLINE
We continue the "New York Times" coverage of Barack Obama's untimely demise a year from now.
Bloomberg was dealt a stinging blow on Monday when a Judge quashed his plan to ban the sale of large sugary drinks in the city's restaurants and other venues.
by TOM MCLAUGHLIN
" . . . [Dr. Gosnell] killed live, viable, moving, breathing, crying babies. He killed them by cutting their spinal cords after their mothers had delivered them . . ."
by GADI ADELMAN
Over three years ago I wrote about the TSA and called it "window dressing," now on the heels of knives being allowed back on planes and a fake bomb making it through security, a former TSA agent has come forward and stated what I've known all along.
by NORMAN SIMMS
To see what these three separate events in three different countries have in common, let us look at them more closely and discuss their place in contemporary in contemporary morality.
Hundreds of Christians protesting the burning of their homes by a Muslim mob over alleged blasphemous remarks made against the Islam's Prophet Muhammad clashed with police on Sunday.
by CLIFF KINCAID
Did Gore want to sell to the oil rich Qataris who owned Al Jazeera? Perhaps the $500 million price tag, with $100 million going to Gore personally, was a factor.
by DR. MICHAEL LEDEEN
It might mean that educational credentials, which for a very long time have been considered the magic wand that opens the doors of wealth and power, are losing their importance.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's sugary drink restrictions go into effect at midnight Tuesday in New York, but Starbucks has shrugged them off, saying it's exempt.
Today, new teachers remain in our profession an average of just 4.5 years, and many of them list "issues with parents" as one of their reasons for throwing in the towel.
by DR. WALID PHARES
Political leaders are positioning Abu Ghaith's capture as a great strategic victory for the US counterterrorism community and declaring that al-Qaeda's core is being devastated. But is that true?
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Are liberals/Democrats demonstrably mentally ill?
Mar 12, 2013 06:13 am | Coach Collins
by Derrick Hollenbeck, staff writer
We have heard liberalism aka Democrat-ism described as a mental illness. A little research seems to prove this observation. You need not be a goateed psychiatrist with a German accent to conclude liberals/Democrats are anti-social misfits. See for yourself, see how well liberalism/Democrat-ism fits into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) criteria for identifying the mentally maladjusted.
While we usually think of "Psychopaths" as the occasional notorious serial killers they are more common than we imagine. Nevertheless, the unfortunate over use of the term "psychopath" in popular culture has led people to believe they only exist in movies. This isn't true. Statistics tell us up to 3% of men and 1% of women are psychopaths. The majority of psychopaths find ways to restrain themselves not for concern about us but for fear of being discovered and punished for doing the vicious things they want to do.
Some not all but some ... Continue Reading:Are liberals/Democrats demonstrably mentally ill?
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Sheriff Joe withstands death threats and the criminal dealings of the Obama Regime
Mar 11, 2013 01:04 pm | Coach Collins
by Suzanne Eovaldi
Just how much more can one man take? America's real sheriff, the one doing what his constituents have asked him to do, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has received a threat against his life in the form of a violent online rant sent from Mexico even as he lies hospitalized with a broken left shoulder. The 80 year old Republican peace officer also faces a fall recall after he was elected to an historic sixth term in November! And Arizona is bracing for more crime resulting from the release of 300 to 500 illegal aliens into the state's southern border area as Eric Holder and his Department of Justice ignore their sworn duty to protect American citizens threatened daily by hordes of invaders. Of course, many believe the number of released illegals will be closer to 2000, their being back on the street having been conveniently blamed on the sequester. (1)
An individual identified online as ... Continue Reading:Sheriff Joe withstands death threats and the criminal dealings of the Obama Regime
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March 11, 2013
Glenn Beck had already 'surrendered'
ALAN KEYES
- "While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world; while she continues sincere, and incapable of insidious and impious policy, we shall have the strongest reason to rejoice in the local destination assigned us by Providence... (more)
March 11, 2013
Rally 'round Rand Paul
JOSEPH FARAH
- I listened to Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster last week. It was unlike any political theater I have ever witnessed in Washington before. It was compelling TV. I was riveted. His focus was simple. Though the issue was technically the Senate confirmation of John Brennan as CIA director (a bad idea), it was more specifically on a much more fundamental matter: Does the Constitution still matter?... (more)
March 11, 2013
With Paul's filibuster, Tea Party made Senate work
TIMOTHY P. CARNEY
- Congress is a mostly broken institution, but last week showed what it takes to make it work: a bunch of Tea Partiers grinding things to a halt. Last Wednesday, Democrats planned to move to a vote on President Obama's nominee to run the CIA, John Brennan... (more)
March 11, 2013
Paul, Lee & Cruz
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE
- When a staffer texted Senator Mike Lee that his friend and colleague Rand Paul was mounting a talking filibuster to demand greater transparency on the administration's drone policy, Lee did not hesitate. "I alerted my staff that I would need to be going to the floor," he says in an interview... (more)
March 11, 2013
GOP must build on Paul's filibuster
DAVID LIMBAUGH
- The Republicans had better not squander the good will that Sen. Rand Paul purchased for them in his filibuster over the Obama administration's potential use of armed drones to kill non-enemy combatants in America... (more)
March 11, 2013
House conservatives: GOP leadership killed measure to defund Obamacare
BYRON YORK
- As Republican senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, and James Inhofe prepare to introduce a measure to defund Obamacare -- and threaten to hold up a continuing resolution to fund the U.S. government if the measure is not given a vote -- some conservatives are unhappy that the House, controlled by Republicans, did not do the same thing... (more)
March 11, 2013
Last chance to repair Justice Roberts' Obamacare error
ROBERT KNIGHT
- In 1919, back when the United States was a constitutional republic, Congress passed a child-labor law imposing a 10 percent excise tax on companies that violated it... (more)
March 11, 2013
Defending the Boy Scouts
WASHINGTON TIMES
- The future of the Boy Scouts is on the line. Left-wing activists have made overturning the youth organization's traditional values a priority, and the national leadership will decide in May whether to cave to the pressure and celebrate homosexuality as a moral value for the nation's boys... (more)
March 11, 2013
North Korea declares 1953 armistice invalid
CNN
- The North Korean army has declared invalid the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953, the official newspaper of the country's ruling Workers' Party said Monday... (more)
March 11, 2013
Andrew McCarthy: Administration undermines terrorist trials with Abu Ghaith capture
NEWSMAX
- Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy tells Newsmax that the Obama administration's decision to try bin Laden's son-in-law in civilian court is one of its "sneakier" moves and will totally undermine the commission set up to try terrorist suspects... (more)
March 11, 2013
Bolton: Israel has 'very short period of time' to strike Iran
Warns Tehran will soon possess nukes beyond Jewish state's reach
AARON KLEIN
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a "very short period of time" to decide whether to strike Iran's nuclear infrastructure before Tehran possesses nuclear weapons, warned former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton in a radio interview last night... (more)
March 11, 2013
Iran puts five Christians on trial for their faith
FOX NEWS
- Five Iranian Christian converts who were detained late last year will reportedly begin trial in Iran's Revolutionary Court this week, according to a human rights group following the case... (more)
ACLJ: Obama won't help American pastor held in Iran
March 10, 2013
Mormon leader: Obama's immigration plan matches LDS values
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
- President Barack Obama's outline for immigration reform matches the values of the Mormon faith, according to Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the LDS Church's governing First Presidency... (more)
March 10, 2013
State, local lawmakers rush to enact gun laws ahead of federal controls
NEWSMAX
- The battle over gun control is playing out across the nation as well as in Washington D.C., with towns and states considering gun laws they say will protect their residents' rights to bear firearms at a time when many fear the federal government will enforce weapons bans... (more)
March 10, 2013
Number of U.S. gun makers refusing sales to gov't triples in two weeks
CNS NEWS
- On February 22, "Right Views" reported that a growing number of firearm companies have suspended the sale of guns to states, counties, cities and municipalities that restrict their citizens' rights to own them... (more)
March 10, 2013
Conservative icon blasts GOP as cowards
WORLDNETDAILY
- A veteran in the conservative movement for nearly five decades says Republicans voted for the Violence Against Women Act this week because they are cowards who are afraid of radical feminists and that fear overcame any concerns they may have had about the content of the bill... (more)
March 10, 2013
Bid to defund Obamacare gains momentum in Senate GOP
BYRON YORK
- This week it appeared Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee would wage a lonely war over their threat to hold up a continuing resolution to fund the U.S. government if they are not given a vote on a budget amendment to defund Obamacare... (more)
March 10, 2013
Rotten to the core
MICHELLE MALKIN
- While many Americans worry about government drones in the sky spying on our private lives, Washington meddlers are already on the ground and in our schools gathering intimate data on children and families... (more)
March 10, 2013
Banished Christian rockers return to campus
WORLDNETDAILY
- Just three weeks after a high school principal cut off his First Amendment rights in mid-sentence, ministry leader Bradlee Dean has been allowed to proceed with his program... (more)
March 9, 2013
Republicans call for military trial of bin Laden son-in-law
NEWSMAX
- The federal government's decision to try Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, in the United States -- specifically New York City -- has sparked outrage. Republican lawmakers say legal precedent has been established for "enemy combatants" to be put on trial at Guantanamo Bay, and that vital intelligence could be lost in a civilian trial, NBC News reported Thursday... (more)
Republicans denounce NYC terror trial for bin Laden son-in-law
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News from The Hill:
Senate Democrats pepper Obama with questions on entitlements
By Justin Sink and Ben Geman
Liberal Democrats challenged President Obama on Tuesday over his willingness to cut Social Security benefits.
At a meeting that lasted just less than 90 minutes, Obama was peppered by questions from Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), among others, who challenged Obama on adopting "chained CPI" - a less generous formula for adjusting benefits under Social Security and other programs for inflation.
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Senate Dem budget includes nearly $1 trillion in new taxes
By Erik Wasson
The first budget from Senate Democrats in four years includes nearly $1 trillion in new taxes but would not balance the budget.
The blueprint unveiled by Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Tuesday to her Democratic colleagues would also turn off the sequester and replace those spending cuts with a 50-50 mix of tax increases and spending cuts.
The budget would dedicate $100 billion to economic stimulus in the form of infrastructure spending and job training. Once the sequester cuts are turned off, Murray's budget appears to reduce deficits by about $800 billion, using the Congressional Budget Office's baseline. The Murray budget does not contain net spending cuts with the sequester turned off.
The details of Murray's budget came hours after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) released his budget, which reduces tax rates and slashes spending much more deeply that Murray's budget.
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MARCH 12, 2013 | Discover more at Heritage's First Principles webpage
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Marriage: The Key Building Block of Society
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A marriage is indeed a contract, and people make-and break- contracts every day. But as Matthew Spalding explains, traditional marriage between a man and a woman is much more than a mere legal agreement. It's the key building block of society, and needs to be defended and strengthened.
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Save the Filibuster?
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Last Wednesday, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) started talking-and didn't stop for 13 hours. It was a good, old-fashioned, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington filibuster.The filibuster is a much beleaguered procedure. Critics argue that it paralyzes the chamber. Defenders maintain that it is fundamental to the character of the Senate. What's the origin of the filibuster? Does it influence debate in the Senate? Does it preserve the separation of powers? Is it worth keeping?
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The Case for Constitutional Conservatism
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Big government keeps getting more involved in our lives. Bureaucrats tell us which light bulbs to buy and how much water our toilets use. How can conservatives begin rolling back the nanny state? Author Peter Berkowitz explains.
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Quote of the Week
"There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint."
- George Mason
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About The Heritage Foundation
Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
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Today's Headlines: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat
Ed Begley Jr.: Obama 'Should Die With His Boots' on' Fighting Climate Change
COMMENTARY:
Who Speaks Now for the GOP?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
What Sen. Rand Paul achieved in 13 hours of filibustering on the Senate floor is astonishing. By the time he sat down, Paul had advanced to the front rank of candidates for 2016, and established himself as a foreign policy leader whose views must be consulted equally with those of John McCain.
Educational Rot
By Walter E. Williams
The low academic preparation of many teachers is an issue that must be confronted and dealt with if we're to improve the quality of education. Let's look at it.
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March 12, 2013
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On Today's Program
 TOMORROW: The restoration of journalism begins
For The Record is an investigative news magazine with no political agenda and nothing to lose. Probing, fair, but unforgiving. Journalism the way it used to be. Don't miss the premiere as For The Record investigates how the NSA turned America into a surveillance state. TOMORROW, March 13th @ 8pm ET on TheBlaze TV. Start a 14 day FREE trial to watch.
Mercury Confidential: The head of Glenn's investigative documentary crew opens up about the search for the truth and his latest project, For The Record, which premieres tomorrow on TheBlaze TV. STORY
Mika Brzezinski's bizarre soda ban rant: Sugar is poison!
MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski has never been labeled an intellectual powerhouse, but today she took her intellectually challenged opinions to new depths of stupidity (or madness perhaps?). Mika went bananas over the over-ruling of Nanny Bloomberg's soda ban. Mika crazily stared into the camera and exclaimed, "sugar is poison!" (among other strange declarations). See the bizarre clip HERE.
Glenn installs soda fountain in the studio after judge overturns Bloomberg's ban
Mayor McFacist Mike Bloomberg wasn't a happy camper yesterday after a judge shot down his beloved-by-progressives soda ban. In honor of the Mayor's humiliating defeat, Glenn added a very special feature to the studio today: a soda fountain. This isn't your run of the mill soda fountain, either...see it and Glenn's reaction to the Bloomberg fail on radio today.
Morning Joe soda ban hypocrisy
MSNBC's Morning Joe laments Bloomberg's failed soda ban as they sip from Venti Doublemochaccino Lattes. WATCH
When a moment changes history
Last week's filibuster by Senator Rand Paul may have been more than just a historic stand - in fact, it may have charted a new course for America. Glenn contends this was the moment that changed history - the spark that ignited a fire for liberty. What does Glenn see as the end result? Find out HERE.
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Tonight's Primetime Lineup on TheBlaze TV
- 5pm ET - The Glenn Beck Program: What is the "Global Endgame?" Glenn explains tonight...using a juicer?
- 6pm ET - Real News: Everyone's got a budget...the House, the Senate, even the White House. Will one of them pass?
- 7pm ET - Wilkow!: High speed rail is making a comeback. Why? Andrew's got answers.
- Watch live or on demand: Start your free trial now!
Huffington Post attempts to smear Paul Ryan's budget with strange headlines
Paul Ryan has announced a new budget proposal that allegedly would balance the budget in ten years. In typical left-wing media fashion, the Huffington Post immediately attacked Ryan's plan with a headline that cried "Austerity Now" - particularly strange given Ryan's budget increases spending each year. Glenn reacts HERE.
Jason Mattera gets Jan Schakowsky to admit - yeah, we want to ban all guns
Jason Mattera is known for getting impromptu interviews from various politicians and celebrities with his ambush tactics, asking them tough questions on the spot. This instance was particularly unique because Mattera's subject, Jan Schakowsky, spoke freely in his presence - and we mean freely. What did she admit about guns?
Guns in America: TheBlaze.com looks at the history and evolution of guns through pictures. STORY
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Did CNN's Erin Burnett ask the most outrageous question ever?
CNN's Erin Burnett was interviewing former First Lady Laura Bush when she suddenly began defending Egyptian anti-Semite Samira Ibrahim. Burnett actually asked the former first lady if we should ignore her anti-Semitism in order to do "good" in the big picture. Huh? Glenn reacts on radio today.
Weird News: Is this woman going to give birth to the Star Wars Emperor? PHOTO
The B.S. of A. talks to Mitt Romney at CPAC: After a few months out of the limelight, Mitt can't wait to find out where he is in the CPAC speakers lineup! WATCH
MRA Internship: Are you a college student looking for an internship? We may be the place for you. DETAIL
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They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To
March 12, 2013
Today's Non Compos Mentis Award Winner:"Tax cuts are spending. Tax expenditures, they are called. Subsidies for big oil, subsidies to send jobs overseas, breaks to send jobs overseas, breaks for corporate jets. They are called tax expenditures. Spending money on tax breaks." --House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
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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.
