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April 16, 2013
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"Our own Country's Honor, all call upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble Actions - The Eyes of all our Countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings, and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the Tyranny mediated against them. Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and shew the whole world, that a Freeman contending for Liberty on his own ground is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth."
--George Washington, General Orders, 1776
Sen. Ted. Cruz: Universal Background Check Aimed at Creating Federal List of Every Gun Owner
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There's no good purpose in adding to the half-informed speculation on the TV news outlets about what has taken place in Boston. So far only the NY Post is reporting a Saudi national in custody, but I recall how the authorities rounded up the first Middle Easterner they could find after Oklahoma City in 1995, not to mention the rush to judgment about Richard Jewell after the Atlanta Olympics bombing. Equally risible are the early suggestions that some right wing activist may be responsible, without any reason to think so beyond the calendar date. Haven't heard from Brian Ross yet, however; I'm sure he'll clear it all up for us.
In the meantime, the most remarkable footage so far has been posted by the Boston Globe:
UPDATE: Watching the police press briefing just now (6 pm eastern), and the police commissioner answered very carefully in denying that anyone is in custody, or why there are reports that some people in the hospital are under police guard. The most he would say is that some people were being "questioned."
UPDATE 2: With all the video surveillance cameras around these days, it is likely that the authorities will find some incriminating footage. Jim Hoft of GatewayPundit has one early report "from a trusted source" that a police officer in a hospital was overheard saying they have footage of a "suspect" dropping bombs into trash cans. Stay tuned. . .
Eliana Johnson at NRO is providing updates on the Boston Marathon massacre. It appears that more than 100 people have been admitted to local hospitals for treatment for the effects of the explosions. The Boston police reports two deaths. The New York Post puts the number at 12. Another explosion at the JFK library appears not to have caused any injuries.
The New York post reports that a Saudi national has been identified as a "person of interest." According to this report, the Saudi was injured in the blast and is being detained at the hospital. Some of what is reported may well turn out to be false, and it's too early to speculate about who planted the devices and why.
All we know now is that this was a horrific act of terrorism. Our hearts go out to the victims.
Over the weekend, I wrote about how the Palestinian Authority blew off John Kerry's efforts to keep Salam Fayyad in power as Prime Minister. Kerry's failure, I believe, "demonstrates once again the lack of U.S. influence over the PA" and the futility of our efforts to cause it to make any concessions to Israel.
As for Fayyad, I dismissed him a "PA pol." But, plainly, that's not how the U.S. and the EU view him. Otherwise, Kerry would not have worked so assiduously for his retention.
The U.S./EU view of Fayyad is shared by many Israelis, though not necessarily the Israeli government, which viewed him with ambivalence. The U.S./EU view is set forth in this tribute from Haaretz, a leftish Israeli newspaper:
The former International Monetary Fund economist was educated in the U.S. and was a symbol of good governance and the war on corruption. His plan to build Palestinian state institutions from the bottom up received much international support.
In Haaretz's telling, PA President Abbas became jealous as Fayyad gained personal popularity on the West Bank. He then seized on an economic crisis - significant inflation coupled with increased unemployment - to oust his potential rival.
That may be so. But Fayyad is hardly the first prime minister to take the fall for bad economic times.
For Haaretz, Fayyad's resignation has major negative implications for good governance on the West Bank, for the Obama administration's efforts to broker a "peace" agreement, and for the future of EU aid to the PA.
Consider me skeptical. Indeed, I would be quite surprised if the EU discontinued its assistance to the PA. The EU is addicted to the PA, and Abbas knows it. He would not have accepted Fayyad's resignation if he had thought that, in the end, it would stem the flow of European money.
As for good governance on the West Bank and a peace agreement, it is difficult to say which is the bigger chimera.
Judith Levy at Ricochet comes closer to the mark than Haaretz when she writes that Fayyad's "image - an ex-IMF economist, US-educated, anti-corruption, distinguished, articulate - made the dubious narrative of the 'peace process' much easier to sell, since Abbas - the purported 'man we can talk to' - has long since lost any credibility."
Accordingly, Fayyad's resignation looks to me like the triumph, however short-lived, of realism (in the colloquial sense) over delusion in the Middle East. No wonder Kerry tried so hard to prevent it.
Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, has won a narrow victory in the Venezuelan presidential election. The official returns have Maduro with 50.66 percent of the vote and his opponent, Henrique Capriles, with 49.1 percent.
Citing evidence of rampant fraud, Capriles has called for a recount, . However, the National Electoral Council, which is controlled by the chavistas, declared the outcome to be "irreversible."
The skewed nature of the Venezuelan electoral process is widely understood. Former Colombian President Andres Pastrana cited it as the reason for his refusal of an invitation to observe the election. And more than 200 regional dignitaries, including former Mexican President Vicente Fox and former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, issued a statement demanding "electoral transparency" and "equal access to the media and institutional resources." Their demands were ignored.
Where was the Obama administration on this? According to Roger Noreiga at AEI, the clearest statement from the administration came in the form of congressional testimony from national intelligence chief James Clapper. He erroneously predicted a comfortable win for Maduro.
We used to say that Jimmy Carter never met an anti-American dictator he didn't like. Judging by its response to the Chavismo, the Mother Brotherhood, etc. I wonder whether Team Obama has ever encountered an anti-American political movement whose ascendancy it doesn't deem the wave of the future.
As to whether Chavismo actually has much of a future, Ben Cohen provides a good analysis (including a soccer reference). Cohen suggests that, although the election conferred a six-year term on Maduro, it may well represent the beginning of the end for him:
In the abstract, Maduro had everything going for him. He was the anointed successor of Chavez. He had the pledge of the defense minister, Diego Molero, that the armed forces, in violation of the constitution, would support the continued reign of chavismo. He spent much of the last few weeks insinuating that state employees, among them the 115,000 workers of the state-owned oil company PDVSA, would lose their jobs if they didn't vote for him. And he has cracked down on the last remnants of the independent media in Venezuela, most obviously the Globovision television station, which had been among the most tenacious critics of the Chavez regime.
Yet Maduro failed to persuade almost one million previously faithful chavista voters that he was a worthy inheritor of Chavez, whose personality cult in death is larger and more pervasive than when he was alive. He also presides over a bitterly divided nation that is on the edge of economic collapse-Venezuela may be a petrostate, but it is also a narcostate, as evidenced by the participation of senior military and political officials (including Molero) in the drug trade, and on the road to becoming a failed state.
Indeed, some may legitimately question whether Venezuela is in fact a state in the meaningful sense of the word, given the enormous influence of the Cuban regime over Maduro, who served as foreign minister under Chavez, and the continued provision of billions of dollars of subsidized oil to Havana.
What yesterday's election proves is that the death knell for chavismo has already been sounded. The question now is whether the regime will agree to negotiate with the opposition or whether it will become a fully-fledged dictatorship, thus risking a repeat of the violence that accompanied the attempted 2002 coup against Chavez.
Chavismo with Chavez was nasty and brutish. Without Chavez, Chavismo will likely be nasty, brutish, and short.
I posted J.D. Mullane's PhillyBurbs.com column in our Picks over the weekend, but I want to take the liberty of drawing special attention to it. Mullane's column is "What I saw at the Gosnell trial." Mullane's column is accompanied online by a photo of the press section at the trial that Ed Morrissey declared "Photo of the day."
Mullane's column opens:
It is hard to decide the most appalling images to emerge Thursday at the murder trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. What happened in his abortion clinic is beyond any morbid Hollywood horror. Tiny severed feet and hands stored in jars over a sink in the "procedure" room. Digitalis injected into the stomachs of pregnant women to stop the beating hearts of their unborn babies so that they would be born dead.
Survivor babies whose spinal cords were severed, whose brains were removed with suction, whose tiny bodies were placed in a waste bin for disposal.
Then there is commonwealth exhibit C-147, depicting a large baby balled in the fetal position, bloody, stuffed in a bin. "Big enough to walk me home," joked Gosnell when he saw the child's remains, testified Ashly Baldwin, a clinic employee.
Please check out the whole thing.
UPDATE: The Washington Post's Melinda Hennenberger explains why the Gosnell trial hasn't been on page 1 (or anywhere else in paper or the rest of the mainstream media).
OBAMA DOES NOT CALL BOSTON BOMBINGS TERRORISM
by BEN SHAPIRO15 Apr 2013,
On Monday afternoon at 6:10 PM ET, President Obama took to the podium to explain the current status of the White House's efforts on the Boston bombings. "The American people will say a prayer for Boston tonight, and Michelle and I send our deepest thoughts and prayers to the victims," Obama said. He said that the government did not yet have the answers on the perpetrators. He did not label the bombings a terrorist attack or incident. He also added that "on days like this there are no Republicans or Democrats."
President Obama said that Boston police, firefighters, and first responders had acted heroically today. "We salute all those who assisted in responding so quickly and professionally to this tragedy," he said.
"We still do not know who did this and why," Obama said, and urged Americans not to jump to conclusions. "Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice." President Obama mentioned Patriots Day, which he said celebrates the free nature of the United States. "I am supremely confident that Bostonians will pull together," Obama continued.
President Obama said the federal government was "still in the investigation stage at this point." He did not take any questions.
UPDATE: NBC News reports that the White House has announced that the Boston bombings will be treated as an "act of terror."
Terror attack strikes Boston Marathon, more than 130 injured; suspect ID'd Last Updated: 8:45 PM, April 15, 2013
BOSTON - More than 130 people were injured today as multiple explosions rocked the Boston Marathon in a "coordinated" terror attack.
Two explosions were detonated at the race's finish line within seconds of each other, beginning at 2:50 p.m. Three other undetonated devices were later discovered by authorities. A federal law enforcement source told The Post there are at least 12 dead and at least 132 people have been treated at seven area hospitals.
Law enforcement sources confirmed to The Post that authorities have a identified a suspect, a Saudi national, who is currently being guarded in a Boston hospital with shrapnel wounds. CBS reported that an individual is in custody. He is reportedly cooperative and denies involvement in the attack.
Boston Globe via Getty ImagesPolice clear the bleachers after two explosions went off near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon.
A White House official told Bloomberg news, "Any event with multiple explosive devices - as this appears to be - is clearly an act of terror."
UPDATED!!!!....BREAKING NEWS!!!!!...... 2 Explosions @ Boston Marathon at least 3 dead.....GRAPHIC IMAGES.......
Two huge explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line at Copley Square just before 3 p.m. today, causing numerous casualties and at least 3 fatalities on streets crowded with runners, spectators and post-race partiers.
This from Herald reporter Chris Cassidy, who was running in the marathon. "I saw two explosions. The first one was beyond the finish line. I heard a loud bang and I saw smoke rising," Said,"I kept running and I heard behind me a loud bang. It looked like it was in a trash can or something. That one was in front of Abe and Louie's. There are people who have been hit with debris, people with bloody foreheads."
Still a lot of info coming in.........
Two explosions rock Boston.
Two confirmed casualties, 64 injured, according to police.
Runners participating in Boston marathon stranded, terrified.
Two more devices recovered by Boston police and dismantled.
Security ramped up in D.C., New York City
Suspect reportedly under guard in Boston hospital with shrapnel wounds.
WHY ARE RAPE CHARGES MISSING IN CHILD SEX-ABUSE CASES?
Lawyers eyeing liability of abortion providers who don't call police
In what has been called the worst child sex abuse scandal in American history, the abortion industry could soon find itself beleaguered by multiple lawsuits from trial lawyers representing hundreds of thousands of victims of statutory rape.
"The abortion lobby is engaged in a pedophile protection racket and protecting pedophiles who rape underage girls," Mark Crutcher, founder of Life Dynamics, said. "These abortion clinics receive money from the federal government. We are literally paying for the rape of our young daughters."
Life Dynamics conducted extensive research into why 60-80 percent of teen pregnancies were the result of being impregnated by an adult.
"We realized that something had to have accounted for how this occurred beneath the radar to the point where no one except those who study it would know about it," he explained. "The only way this could happen is if the institutions and the entities out there who should be reporting this were not doing so. We talked to people we knew in the medical community who worked in environments where they would have access to children or worked in the emergency room hospitals and started asking them about it."
He said they quickly discovered the problem was not in the hospitals, but in the vast numbers of abortion clinics around the country where employees and managers were ignoring state laws mandating they report instances of possible child abuse to law-enforcement.
"When we began to investigate we found it was even worse than we thought it was. Initially we thought perhaps the abortion clinics were only reporting half of the incidents, but instead we found that they were reporting hardly any of them."
SAVE THE DATE: APRIL 16th CITIZENS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 6:30-8:30 pm
Quakertown Library, 401 W. Mill Street, Quakertown
hosts PEG LUKSIK -
"EDUCATION: From the 3 R's to the 3 P's"
(The Federal Government Takeover of Education)
Founder & Chairman Pennsylvania Parents Commission and National Parents Commission - to give parents a voice in education and public policy: State-wide leader in successful effort to stop implementation of Outcome Based Education
Founder, CEO, Chair Board of Trustees of Mom's House - service network assisting single parents and children in completing education to become employable
State Chairman, Constitutional Party of Pennsylvania 1995
T.V. host "The Learning Curve"
Co-author "Outcome Based Education: The States Assault on our Children's Values"
WHO CONTROLS THE CHILDREN??For a preview of this fantastic speaker, watch this dynamite YouTube video
Peg Luksik "Who Controls Our Children" How Public Schools Dumb Down Kids
Whose Children Are They?
"We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we've always had kind of a private notion of children: your kid is yours and totally your responsibility. We haven't had a very collective notion of these are our children. So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families, and recognize that kids belong to whole communities."
Melissa Harris-Perry, a professor of political science at Tulane University and MSNBC host
Professor Harris-Perry's sentiment is not limited to MSNBC.
Peg Luksik is the Chairman of Founded on Truth. Visit her website at www.foundedontruth.com
Our meeting for April is TUESDAY April 16 (not Thursday like usual) at 7pm at Rock (857 Main St Harleysville). We have Leo Knepper from Citizens' Alliance of Pennsylvania. He will talk about PA state issues. Please come!
Here are action items Pam wanted to forward to you. 1. Members of PA Tea Party Patriots are working on a plan to get our State legislatures to pay attention to how our schools are implementing curriculum to conform to Common Core. http://nopacommoncore.com/
PA state education department agreed to implement the Common Core Curriculum before it was written.
Antithetical to our principles: 1) Limited govt: Obama admin enlisted private organizations to create standards which are replacing the PA standards. We don't know who these orgs are and have no recourse to contact them. We're on the hook for federal education $ to teach curricula to meet the standards. Should remain state issue. 2) Fiscal Responsibility: $645 million to implement in PA. 3) Is also invasion of privacy: Looks to implement a student tracking database which includes metrics like health histories, disciplinary record, family income range and religious affiliation.
2. Ungag the Benghazi 33 - The American people deserve the truth! Sen. Lindsey Graham is the only voice speaking out on the Benghazi cover-up. Attached is a .txt letter for you to address, sign, print and send to your representative or senator.
3. Election Laws We're not affiliated with John Birch Society but the info below, when combined with "immigration reform", welfare/medicaid expansion/Obamacare, student loan forgiveness, etc, looks an awful lot like a well-orchestrated plan to secure voter blocks and the voting system in the Progressive's favor. This from the JBC::
Stop the Federal Power Grab of Our Elections
No fewer than five bills to increase federal control over American elections have been filed in the 113th Congress. The Obama administration has appointed a bipartisan presidential commission supposedly for the purpose of streamlining election procedures and reducing the long lines. However, even a cursory review of the bills already proposed reveals that passage of these bills would enable an unconstitutional federal power grab over American elections accompanied by drastic reductions in the safeguards against electoral fraud that remain in at least some of the states. The bills submitted so far are:
H.R. 50 - Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early Voting Act of 2013 (SIMPLE)
H.R. 280 - Same Day Registration Act of 2013
H.R. 281 - Voter Access Protection Act of 2013
H.R. 289 - Value Our Time Elections Act of 2013 (VOTE)
The Founding Fathers of our republic knew how dangerous to freedom centralized control over elections would be. But they also feared opponents of the proposed U.S. Constitution might try to undermine the new form of government by failing to call elections. That's why they put a provision in Article I, Section 4 saying Congress may alter the states' voting laws. The purpose of this grant of power was explained in Federalist Paper #59 as only to be used to address specific extraordinary situations and would be temporary. Further confirmation of this explanation can be inferred by its placement in Article I, Section 4 and using the word "may." The ongoing permanent powers for Congress are granted in Article I, Section 8 using the word "shall" in listing those powers under the phrase "Congress shall have the Power To."; History has proved the dangers of centralized control over a country's elections. Witness those of modern-day, third world dictatorships or those of an earlier day in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. United States Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane documented the fraud in the Polish election in 1947 where he quoted reliable estimates that 60 percent of the Polish voters voted for the Polish Peasant Party and its freedom agenda, but that the Stalin-controlled, centralized elections bureaucrats counted the votes behind closed doors and declared the Communists the winners. We urge contact with members of Congress to alert them of this danger and ask them to pledge to block the dangerous centralized control over our elections that would be enabled by the five bills mentioned above. The ability for us to cast our ballots in free and unfettered elections is at stake.
Click here to send a message to your representative and senators to alert them to this danger and to request that they block this legislation.
5. Smart meters - This from our friends in central PA Tea Party Patriots:
SMART METER update is as follows: REP ROBERT GODSHALL could be the nail in our coffin if we don't act fast. Please call him and ask that he does these two things. First, ask him to bring Reese's three Stop Smart Meter Bills out of committee and ask him to vote "yes" for all three bills. The bills are as follows: HB 902 which is "Consumer Opt Out". HB 899 which is "Repeal a mandate to install smart meter technology on the buildings of their customers". HB 906 which is "Consumer Consent to share smart meter information". PLEASE CALL GODSHALL NOW! Rep. Robert W. Godshall (717) 783-6428. Fax: (717) 787-7424 TTY: (855) 282-0614
Thanks, See you on Tuesday for our meeting with Leo Knepper! -Jim, Pam, Tim
Updated PA Leadership Conference Agenda Released
The conference which will be held April 19-20, 2013 at the Radisson Penn Harris Convention Center in Camp Hill (Harrisburg), PA.
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.
Urgent action required It is urgent that every gun owner call their Senators today and demand that they oppose the "See a Shrink, Lose your Guns" sell-out bill that is being authored by Senators Pat Toomey (R) and Joe Manchin (D) - but which also has Chuck Schumer's fingerprints all over it. Call immediately at 202-224-3121.
See a Shrink, Lose your Guns The anti-gun "ranters" have spent the last week telling us that Republican Senators can't filibuster Harry Reid's gun control bill; that they can't cut off debate to a bill they haven't seen yet. "Let the bill come up," they say. "We need to see the bill" before Senators can vote against cloture in order to proceed to it. An unintended conscequence could be people afraid to seek help for depression or anxiety for fear of loosing their right to bear arms.
Repeal of gun owner protections In addition, Toomey no doubt unintentionally agreed to repeal one of the most important protections for gun owners that was included in the 1986 McClure-Volkmer Act - the provision that would allow you to take an unloaded, locked-up gun through states like New York without being stopped. Under a new subsection (c), the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer bill would require you to "demonstrate" to the satisfaction of New York police where you were coming from and where you are going to. And, if you don't do that to their satisfaction, they can arrest you.
Nothing is this bill would actually make children safer at schools. There is nothing that will actually keep bad guys from stealing or illegally acquiring guns, but there's plenty that will threaten our gun rights!
ACTION: Click here to contact your two senators immediately. Tell them the "see a shrink; lose your guns" sellout is even worse than the Feinstein gun ban which will reportedly be on the same amendment tree with it. Distribute this alert far and wide.
Three (3) Important Dates for Your Calendar-April 2013
We need people to RSVP so we know how to plan!
Thursday, April 25th-KTP 4 Year Anniversary
(This date was changed from Friday, April 26th to the above date)
Where: The Standard Club, Doylestown (formerly The Moose) Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Please join us for pizza and light refreshments to see where it all began.
Speakers from our original 04/18/09 event will be there to discus where we are now and what direction we will be going forward.
We have heard back from Pat Bachtle, Candidate for Prothonotary,and Tom Lingenfelter, Candidate for Sheriff. They will talk for a few minutes and take questions from the audience.
State Representative Marguerite Quinn is Speaking as well.
We will also hear from some folks from the movement including our very own Steve Onufrey.
Depart: Doylestown Library When: 7:30 a.m. Arrive: Harrisburg, PA Depart: 2:30 p.m. Cost: $50.00 due ASAP to reserve bus(es) Includes: Shirt, Drink
This is a very important event! We need to be heard here in Pennsylvania or we will end up like New York. The Founding Fathers would be cheering us on!!! Don't forget you get a shirt and lunch with this ticket.
For more information please call or email Steve Onufrey at:
Please mail your check payable to CGOBC as follows:
CGOBC PO Box 745 Doylestown, PA 18901
Come join the Concerned Gun Owners of Bucks County (COGBC) on their bus trip to Harrisburg to promote H.B. 357. Plan on entering the capital to meet with your legislators and to support your 2nd Ammendment Right!
Ted Nugent Eric Holder Should Be Arrested
April 14, 2013
Dear Members and Friends,
We are thrilled to announce that Amity Shlaes, author of Coolidge and The Forgotten Man, will deliver the keynote address at our 5th Annual April T.E.A. (Taxed Enough Already) Party.
(Last year, special guest Governor Mitt Romney joined us at the Franklin Institute.)
The theme of Ms. Shlaes talk will be: "The President Who Said 'No' to Taxes and Spending."
Making his 5th straight appearance at our April T.E.A. Party will be our great friend,
Dom Giordano. Dom will speak and also moderate the Q & A Session with Ms. Shlaes.
The event will be held Sunday, April 28, 3-5 PM, in the Ballroom of the Independence Visitor Center. Further details will be announced soon. Please save the date!
Pot of Gold Money Drop Campaign
As you well know, the Independence Hall Tea Party Association rarely sends out appeals to raise money for itself.
We are very sensitive to the fact that far too many organizations solicit funds from you, via email, on a daily or weekly basis.
Rarely, if ever, do you see the fruits of your contributions to these groups. Much of the money raised goes to cover the cost of paid staff and/or to professional fundraising and consulting firms.
Unlike most of these organizations, the Association is an all volunteer organization. Every penny we raise is spent on costs associated with our mission.
One observer said of the Association, "You get more bang for your dollar from the Independence Hall Tea Party than most conservative organizations combined."
In order for us to continue to serve our country, we must erase a small debt and raise money for future expenses, including our constant contact bill ($1500 a year).
If everyone sent us just $5, we would easily raise in excess of $30,000.00.
As it is, our goal is to raise $5000.
* Those giving a $25 donation will receive an Independence Hall Tea Party t-shirt as
our thank you.
* Those giving a $50 donation will receive an Independence Hall Tea Party golf shirt
as our thank you.
* Those giving a $100 donation will receive an Independence Hall Tea Party golf
shirt and a signed copy of Amity Shlaes book, Coolidge.
Beginning tomorrow, April 15 (tax day) WPHT 1210 AM will feature a new daily lineup of which you can be proud.
Dom Giordano as Dr. Benjamin Rush during our 2010 Christmas Commemoration of the Original December 27, 1773 Philadelphia Tea Party
Gone is Michael Smerkonish (we'll refrain from comment)--and is in his place, the dean of local talk show hosts--and conservative extraordinaire, Dom Giordano. Dom's show will air for an additional hour, every weekday, 10 AM - 2 PM.
(We believe Amity Shlaes will be one of Dom's featured guests on tomorrow's show.)
Gary R'nel Introduces Pamale Geller, Keynote Speaker of our 2012 'American Exceptionalism' July 4th Celebration, Independence Mall
Another great friend, the multi-talented Gary R'nel, moves into Afternoon drive with conservative pundit, Dick Morris. (We welcome Mr. Morris to the tri-state region!) Their show will air from 2 PM - 6 PM, Monday-Friday.
Chris Stigall reading the part of Benjamin Franklin, from the play Kingbird and Franklin, during our 2011 Constitution Day Commemoration
Of course, the natural, Chris Stigall, will begin our day with his stellar program which will now air weekdays from 6 AM - 10 AM.
We hope to see you soon!
On behalf of the Association Board,
Teri Adams
The Independence Hall Tea Party Association is a regional, tri-state (DE, PA,NJ) grassroots organization encompassing the 5th largest media market in the United States. It officially formed in May, 2009 after holding two highly successful Tea Parties earlier that year.
Its mission is to educate the general public regarding the principles of limited government as enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. (Visit us @ www.IndependenceHallTeaParty.com.)
We are so blessed that over the last four years thousands of churches in over 60 countries have stood in solidarity with Israel through CUFI Sunday. From the largest cities to the smallest towns, from mega churches in the American heartland to underground churches in China, Christians have come together to express their love and support for Israel.
We pray that your church will participate in the fifth annual CUFI Sunday on May 5, 2013. CUFI will provide you with all the materials you need to implement a successful CUFI Sunday, including videos, literature and Pastor John Hagee's personal sermon notes for your use.
Please click hereto participate in CUFI Sunday. As you'll see, you don't have to be a pastor to ensure that your church stands with Israel on CUFI Sunday.
The date we've chosen for CUFI Sunday -- May 5th -- is close to Israeli Independence Day. As the Jewish State celebrates her 65th birthday, there is no better present we can send than the news of thousands of churches standing in solidarity with her!
We look forward to uniting in action and prayer on behalf of Israel with you and your congregation on May 5, 2013.
May God Bless You and Those that You Love,
Pastor John Hagee National Chairman
David Brog Executive Director
Brigitte Gabriel to Speak
in Baltimore, MD!
Brigitte Gabriel
Leading Global Islamic Terrorism Expert
CLICK HERE to view Brigitte's special video invitation!
It is my privilege to invite you to a special event featuring Brigitte Gabriel, Founder and President of ACT! for America. This event is free and open to the public and will be held at the following:
Central Christian
7411 Rossville Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21237
Monday, May 6th at 7 pm
Ms. Gabriel will speak on the rise of Islamic radicalism in your community and in our nation. Her story of survival as a persecuted Christian living in a bomb shelter for 7 years will have you captivated and inspired! She will share how the events of 9/11 compelled her to start ACT! for America, the largest national security grassroots organization in the U.S.
The recent assaults at our embassies have been a sobering wake-up call to America. The lesson is that we should be displaying strength to our enemies, not appeasement which only demonstrates our weakness. Without question, the threats of radical Islam to America have increased.
These are just some of the threats Brigitte will discuss:
Suppression of criticism of Islam
Homegrown jihad
Terrorists infiltrating our borders
The Muslim Brotherhood and creeping sharia law in America
Misrepresentation of history in our public education
You will hear first-hand how ACT! for America is successfully rolling back the tide of radical Islam...how we are winning legislative victories...how we don't have to live in fear or resign ourselves to the inevitability of the threats arrayed against us...and how we will prevail.
I encourage you to forward this email to everyone you know. For those who are not familiar with ACT! for America, please share this short video with them.
I know those of you who have heard Brigitte will agree, not only do you not want to miss this, but you will want to bring your relatives and friends with you. It will be an event people will be talking about for a long time to come!
Invite your friends and come join us in Baltimore, MD! We look forward to seeing you on May 6th
Guy Rodgers Executive Director
$25 OFF Bus if you register before April 22 $25 OFF Participation if you register before April 22
June 19 - 21 we will convene at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC for our fourth annual National Conference & Legislative Briefing.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
As Israelis celebrate their 65th Independence Day this year, we should all take time out to reflect on the miracle of Israel's independence. We must also ask ourselves the question, "What can I do to ensure that this miracle of Israel survives and thrives?"
We announced earlier this week that we'll be headed to New Orleans the first weekend in August for this year's RedState Gathering. As a member of our RedState family, we'd like to extend exclusive Early Bird registration and pricing to you (just use the promo code EARLYBIRD on the registration page).
The 2013 RedState Gathering will be held August 2-3 at the Westin Canal Place in New Orleans, LA. We'll have two full days of speakers and activities and you can expect a good mix of elected officials and potential candidates for the 2014 cycle (we'll keep you informed as additions are made).
The Gathering has always been a unique event, in that all speakers, even the most in-demand and influential, pay their own way and make their own travel arrangements. This helps keep our costs low, a savings we are happy to pass along to our conference attendees. Additionally, we strive to get you up close to the speakers, ask them to take your questions, and we take care of nearly all your meals during the conference. Bottom line: fewer frills, more thrills and access.
We are thrilled to once again be joined by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who will be hosting a reception for all attendees and appear at the Gathering podium as a keynote speaker. A huge hit in 2012, we're looking forward to Gov. Jindal playing an even larger role this year as he welcomes us to his home state.
Now, more than ever, true conservative activists must come together to exchange ideas and strategize for the future. That's what this year's Gathering is all about. We hope you'll join us.
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From a trusted friend:
As some of you may know, I am associated with Coventry Christian Schools as a parent of a graduate (2010) and as member of the Board of Trustees. Last October we spent a wonderful evening honoring Mark Niehls at our revitalized Founder's Dinner and celebrated our shared heritage in the remarkable community that is Coventry Christian Schools. Our vision for future Founder's Dinners is to inspire and inform not only our alumni and current CCS families but to inspire and inform the Tri-County Area and even our region by hosting speakers and artists who can uniquely assist us in celebrating the heritage, core values, and mission of CCS while also lifting our vision for an even greater future built upon the foundation of our past. The caliber of our speakers and guest artists should provide us with wonderful opportunities to share our CCS story with new partners in Christian education. Proceeds from the dinner will be applied to our annual Coventry Kids Fund for CCS scholarships.
This year we are proud to announce that our distinguished guest and speaker is Dr. Benjamin Carson, and our dinner's theme is "Faith of Our Fathers: The Role of Faith in American Schools." Please join us as we welcome Dr. Carson to the Tri-County Area and celebrate the great things God is doing at CCS!
Dr. Carson is a highly regarded neurosurgeon and motivational speaker who has addressed various audiences across the country. He is one of the most honored and recognized physicians in the world and holds more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees along with hundreds of awards and citations. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. He is the author of five books and is the founder of the Carson Scholars Fund. The 2009 award-winning movie entitled Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Carson, premiered on TNT and is based on his memoir. Dr. Carson is an authentic disciple of Christ, has been married to his wife Candy for more than 37 years, and is the father of three sons.
The 2013 Founder's Dinner, which will once again be a part of our Homecoming festivities, will be held at the historic Sunnybrook Ballroom in Pottstown on Sunday, October 13th, 2013. Doors will open at 4:30pm, followed by dinner at 5:15. Dress will be business/professional. Tickets will be priced at $100 until May 15th, then will be $125, so reserve your tickets for the reduced price.
Due to Dr. Carson's international reputation and recent prominence in the media, including his recent speech at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast, we fully anticipate that this event will sell out quickly once advertised to the public. Tickets go on sale to the public April 15. If you are interested in attending, tickets can be purchased online. I will send the link out to those who wish to go on April 15
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. While online reservations are preferred because they facilitate efficient event planning, you may also complete a paper order form, which I can forward to you as well.
All of us at Coventry Christian Schools, look forward to sharing this very special evening with you and acquainting you with the school and its mission!
Blessings,
Christine Gordon
Sponsorships are available as well and are as follows:
Gold Sponsor $3,000
Two tickets at Speaker's Table
Two tickets at Headmaster's Table
Listed as sponsor on school website through 12 months post event
Listed as sponsor on pre-event print marketing
Mentioned by name at event
Full Page ad in Dinner Program
Silver Sponsor $1,500
Two tickets at Speaker's Table
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Half page ad in Dinner Program
Bronze Sponsor $500
Two tickets at Headmaster's Chairman's or Founder's Table
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Heritage Foundation weighs in on Common Core
By Rachel Sheffield April 11, 2013: Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation (courtesy of Citizens' Alliance of Pennsylvania)This coming school year, Pennsylvania public schools will begin implementing the Common Core education standards. Like many other states, Common Core standards are quickly making their way into the classroom. While proponents of the standards continue to champion their predicted benefits, there is significant cause for concern.First, the standards represent a massive federal overreach. The Obama Administration jumped on board from the get go, promoting national education standards, via policy and federal taxpayer dollars, as part of their education agenda. Billions of federal dollars have gone towards and are continuing to fund, the promotion and implementation of these standards nationwide. The federal government's involvement with the standards should be alarming. Pushing state and local leaders away from classroom curriculum is not only a breach in federalism but gives parents, teachers, and communities less say over what children learn in school. Education experts have also raised alarm over the quality of the standards. Sandra Stotsky, Professor of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, has particularly expressed concern over the English Language Arts. Common Core's ELA standards reduce emphasis on literature by promoting the study of "informational texts." Stotsky says
, "A diminished emphasis on literature in the secondary grades makes it unlikely that American students will study a meaningful range of culturally and historically significant literary works before graduation. It also prevents students from acquiring a rich understanding and use of the English language. Perhaps of greatest concern, it may lead to a decreased capacity for analytical thinking."
Common Core goes SOCIAL MEDIA!!! Please share with everyone you know and help us make this a huge success. MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!! Not a TWITTER person.....grab a kid and have some fun.
Parent-Led Reform (@ParentLedReform) will host a Twitter Rally on April 16, 2013 which will start will go from 12:00p-2:00p (EST). We will discuss how the Common Core State Standards effect your family, community and schools? We invite you to participate.
There will be an expert panel and several organizations that will discuss#StopCommonCore. So far I know the panel will consist of:
I'll update with a live link for the Twitter Rally (or you can just follow the hashtag #StopCommonCore) and as the expert panel is finalized.
Update: Be sure to RSVP with the Facebook event invite, this will help keep you up to date with pertinent info.
The whole story on Common Core
Read the sourced and footnoted response to the National Review Online and get all the facts you need to know about Common Core HERE. Compiled by American Principles project and Glenn's research team.
Common Core is the new set of federal education standards being pushed by the Obama administration and several leftist organizations but it's even seeing some support from some conservatives.
defending Common Core, and Glenn gave the definitive response on radio today."Common Core is something that we didn't really get for quite some time and again it's something we've learned from the 9/12 project and concerned parents all around the country that have been bringing this to our attention. When we started in on this work, we thought it was pretty bad. The more we do, the worse it becomes," Glenn said.
Below are some of the points made by the National Review Online in defense of Common Core, followed by Glenn's response.
Today on radio, Glenn gave the definitive response. See that and get all the sources to back it up HERE.
Students in some Albany High School English classes were asked to participate in the unthinkable this week as part of a persuasive writing assignment. The objective? Prove why Jews are evil and convince the teacher of their loyalty to the Third Reich in five paragraphs or less. See the actual lessonHERE.
A concerned parent tipped off TheBlaze to the disturbing fact that NY public schools are teaching the U.N.'s Socialist-leaning Universal Human Rights. We also discovered that the schools are delivering this indoctrination using videos made by the Church of Scientology. Learn what our investigation revealedHERE.
TheBlaze has been at the forefront in uncovering the disturbing details of the nationalized curriculum standard known as Common Core. One of the most troubling aspects of this federal program is that government bureaucrats are currently mining sensitive and highly personal information on children through Common Core's tracking system. Watch the powerful segments from The Glenn Beck Program HERE.
Pennsylvanians Against Common Core Facebook page has nearly 450 "friends" which is 8 times that of the pro-Core Facebook page!
Pennsylvanians Against Common Core website has had incredible traffic
We have been contacted by email by many interested parties looking for help and materials in getting the word out and in fighting Common Core. Below are some items that should be of interest to you:
Speakers - Cheryl Boise of the Commonwealth Education Organization will be coordinating speakers that can be available to speak to groups around the state on the subject. You can contact her at: ceb@ceopa.org
Flyers - We have designed an informative flyer for handout at school board meetings, political events and to your friends that should be ready in 10 days. We have ordered 10,000 of these flyers and can mail them out to you upon request when received (be patient). Attached is a one page flyer for your use now that you can print out for distribution.
Suggestion on Curriculum - Many people are telling us that their legislators are arguing that Common Core does NOT control curriculum it only sets standards. We will shortly have a piece debunking that, but in order to not to get lost in a hopeless argument you may just want to call them "national standards" when writing letters to the editor or communicating with your legislator rather than stating that Common Core determines curriculum.
Rallies - Stay tuned, they will be coming at the appropriate time...
State Board of Education Meetings - Please be advised that the PA State Board of Education did hold meetings that technically were open to the public to discuss Common Core prior to voting to enact CCS, but were not well publicized and in some cases were held in buildings with restricted access.
Petition and Passion - the comments that are posted by petition signatories tell a great story of the passion generated by this usurpation of our local and states rights.
Gennell from Reading says: Our family stands firmly against Common Core. Please be advised that our votes WILL depend on your vote against this education standard that would destroy education as we know it.
Amanda from Montgomery County says: Stop this NOW!
Deborah from Dauphin County says: "Stop Common Core and let the local authorities and the PARENTS decide how to educate their children. This is morally wrong."
Susan from Mount Holly Springs says: "Governor Corbett, We do not need Common Core in our schools. Please leave the education of my children alone. "
Michael from Pittsburgh says: "This is an absolute outrage and a violation of our parental rights and state sovereignty."
John from Erie says: "Common Core secondary math education is substandard. Classical literature is being left out in a mad attempt to teach to the test."
Action items:
Contact Secretary of Education Ronald Tomalis at rtomalis@pa.gov and 717-783-6788 and ask him reconsider advancement of Common Core and to hold open well publicized meetings to discuss. Contact your legislator in the PA House and Senate Education Committees and ask them to hold hearings on CCS and to oppose. Please pass on the links to our website and Facebook page to all of your contacts Print and pass out our one page flyer to friends and at meetings. in your area
What information is being collected on your kids through Common Core?
TheBlaze TV subscribers can watch past episodes covering Common Core and CSCOPE. The March 14th episode focused on Common Core and the March 7th episode focused on CSCOPE. Not a subscriber? Sign up HERE.
Glenn has spent a lot of time over the past few weeks exposing some of the education initiatives in states across the country that are indoctrinating kids into the radical progressive agenda. Today, Glenn discussed an issue tied into Common Core that many people aren't aware of: data mining.
"We cover many important stories and topics on this program, but I don't think any could be more important than what we are covering tonight: the progressive takeover of America's schools,"
OK....when they look at you like you have a tin foil hat on your head......take some of this information with you. It is 126 pages. I have not read through the entire document (YET) but what I have read is enough to blow off the top of your head. I have highlighted some stuff. KIPP (Charter Schools) has a CHARACTER REPORT CARD on Page 39. So for now start on page 39 and work your way through to page 45. Remember FERPA laws were changed last year and I am sure not one parent is aware that permission to share information about our children no longer requires parental consent. Obama just slipped all these new changes in and I don't believe any parents were ever asked their opinions about these changes. And where was our Republican Congress when this happened???
AGENDA 21 is: The complete control and inventory of every human activity. After your friends read some of this information ask them if they still believe A21 is not real. Chapter 36 of A21 document is devoted to education.
Our government forgets there are still people alive that can think and see through their garbage.
Print this document and get a highlighter...........then start visiting your neighbors, school boards, elected officials and start screaming. GET COMMON CORE AND THE GOVERNMENT out of our class rooms. I think it is time to start a MASS movement for Home Schooling. I know Home Schooling will not be spared. This should be a movement to bring education back to the local level and DESTROY the Federal Department of Education. If our kids are not in school it will create an uprising at all levels. We should not settle for shutting down Common Core because they will masquerade it....they are already doing this in VA. VA supposedly never signed on to Common Core but GUESS WHAT........they ARE implementing Common Core and disguising it from the citizens in VA....of course they aren't doing a good job of hiding it and people in VA are catching on. Our schools have been in the process of a government take over (in earnest) for more than 20 years. If we don't shut down the Department of Education it will never stop. We have to cause a citizen uprising!!
Here is the U.S. Department of Education - Office of Educational Technology document:
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests"- Patrick Henry
To fix "THE SYSYEM" We must become "THE SYSTEM" - k. bracken "The change we seek has always required great struggle and great sacrifice." - Barack Hussein Obama "The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master." - Ayn Rand
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.
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Sirius XM adds TheBlaze Radio News to Patriot channel
Sirius XM Radio announced today that TheBlaze, Glenn Beck's multi-platform news, information, and opinion network, will produce 24/7 hourly radio newscasts on SiriusXM Patriot, SiriusXM's conservative talk channel. DETAILS
Hi All - I just spoke w/ Lisa Lnancollas@aol.com (717 437 1327) who lives in Lewistown, Pa and is majorly involved in fighting the smart meters............and it's more than just electric, it's water, furnaces/ac's and wells too
We need to share this information. I asked her if she'd speak to groups in our area and she said yes, but would like to include Mike Reese who's written several bills that we want to get out of committee and approved:
2.signs in our yards saying NO SMART METERS......put them around like election signs
3.Let our State Reps know how you feel ie Warren Kampf....tell him you're in favor of the bills against smart meters
4.Do neighbor alerts........call your neighbors if you see trucks coming into the area
5.Write letters to the editors....remember if they get several letters, they're more likely to put at least one in.....educate the public
6.Prepare handouts
7.Send certified letter to electric company and get return receipt of name of person who signed for it
Be aware:
Water Smart Meters.........(IF YOU LET THEM IN, you're giving permission.) YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LET THEM IN
Well Smart Meters......are coming and will limit the amount of water you use.
If you get someone knocking on your door asking if you want to save money on your heat/ac, do not say yes or they'll put a clip on your unit that will limit your usage of air conditioning. The fan will work, but your usage will be CONTROLLED.
IF you get a new wall mount (thermostat & it may be required w/ a new ac unit because of the wiring) for your AC DO NOT GET ONE WITH A GPS in it........there is a cheaper model that has no GPS........ask questions BEFORE you start or consider any changes!!!!!!!!
Important Announcement from SFL
Across America, state and local officials are writing bills and resolutions to protect citizen's from Agenda 21's policies. Because many people do not recognize Agenda 21 in action, property owners still remain at risk.
To help officials recognize Agenda 21's footprint, SFL created a document in a Q&A format that answers:
How do I know Agenda 21 exists in the U.S.?
What does Agenda 21 have to do with sustainable development?
What is wrong with the Brundtland Commission's definition of sustainable development?
How do I know the UN's sustainable development is the same one in our community?
I thought sustainable development is good, what makes you think it is so bad?
How can something like this happen in America?
How will I recognize Agenda 21?
The document has a lot more information for community members and officials, including a brief history of Agenda 21 and actions to take to have safe planning without top-down intervention.
Grants issued in conjunction with government 'sustainability initiatives' contain stipulations or implementation practices that are the primary doorway for Agenda 21/sustainable development to enter your community. These stipulations often require no growth boundaries, income integration through low-income housing demands, reduced vehicle usage, healthy cities, livability principles and other forms of social engineering.
Other grants issued by non-profit groups such as the Packard, Pew or Carnegie Foundations, frequently promote Agenda 21. Often this happens when HUD or some other federal agency funds the foundation with the money they in turn offer as a sustainability-related grant.
Non-governmental organizations:
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including ICLEI, the Nature Conservancy, American Farmland Trust and the American Planning Association have close ties to HUD-EPA-DOT sustainability initiatives and promote Agenda 21 through their regional and community work, conservation easements and funding.
Federal agencies:
Federal agency Acts including the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Endangered Species Act have so expanded, that individual's rights are losing way to unfounded and often exaggerated endangerment findings. The solutions to their findings invariably require fines, taxes, property rights' infringements or the outright transfer of private lands to the government.
Preservation programs, National Parks, Historic Places and Byways, Heritage Sites and Legacy Forest programs have exceeded prudent land and species' protection and are now confiscating massive quantities of the U.S. land mass in alignment with Agenda 21 principles.
The planning process:
Planners' surveys - contain unfair questions that do not express all of resident's options
Consensus meetings - are conducted in ways that elicit responses that support the planner's goals rather than genuine community desires
Visioning sessions- may be over-conducted to the point that the vision belongs to the facilitator and only appears to be that of the community.
Stakeholder meetings - can produce misleading results when the stakeholders do not represent the average community member. Frequently the "stakeholders" have a financial or ideological interest in implementing the plan.
Zoning regulations - originating with the American Planning Association (and others,) contains language that establishes the legal framework to implement Agenda 21 in communities. HUD, other federal agencies and firms such as Siemens funded the development of the APA's Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook, 2nd ed. These supporters all have a stake in Agenda 21's implementation.
Conservation easements - often contain undiscussed clauses that severely restrict property owners' rights, reduce property values and favor the land trust for future contract changes.
Regionalism:
Regional councils replace much of the local officials' authority with unelected boardmembers.
As the regional council matures, local rule diminishes, leaving citizens with more distant and reduced representation.
Once a region is formed, the ability to oppose sustainable development is limited.
Generally, when the regional council accepts grant monies, all tethered communities are bound by the grant stipulations.
Regional planning often includes tax base sharing which promotes wealth transfer by forcing community members to pay for services in other locations.
Regional planning often includes "no growth boundaries" that force housing into urban and inner ring suburban areas. This reduces homebuyers' choices and artificially inflates the value of some properties, while reducing it for others.
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.
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.
Yes, it's true: You can support ACT! for America-at no cost to you!An important message from Guy Rodgers, Executive Director
The next time you make an online purchase of almost anything, you could be helping ACT! for America-at no cost to you.
Sound too good to be true? It isn't.
All you have to do is sign up for "iGive"-a program that's been around since 1997.
The concept is as powerful as it is simple.
Every time an iGive member makes an online purchase at over 1,000 brand-name stores, a percentage of that purchase is donated to that person's charity of choice.
And with the holidays just around the corner, you could be helping ACT! for America with every gift you buy!
The concept isn't new. In the mid-1990s many supporters of non-profit organizations signed up with long distance telephone programs where a percentage of their bill was donated to their charity of choice.
But our investigation of iGive has convinced us that this program has an ease of use and sophistication that we find remarkable.
Imagine booking a hotel room on Orbitz-and having 1.6% of that purchase price donated to ACT! for America.
Or buying an Xbox at Best Buy-and having 1.2% of the purchase price donated to ACT! for America.
The same goes for buying merchandise at Amazon, Bath and Body Works, Advance Auto Parts, Game Stop, Kmart, Home Depot, Holiday Inn, Old Navy, NASCAR Superstore, Overstock.com, Mattel, J.C. Penney, Office Max, QVC, Radio Shack, Shoe Carnival, Pottery Barn-and on and on the list goes.
In other words, every time you make a purchase of merchandise you would buy anyway, you would be financially supporting ACT! for America!
All you have to do is log on below and follow the directions to create your account and download the iGive "button." (Note: downloading the "button" is key).
When I was first informed of iGive, I was skeptical. I've seen these ideas come and go. Often, they're too good to be true. Or there are all kinds of glitches and problems.
So I spent hours researching.
I looked at online customer reviews (which were very good). I read all of iGive's fine print, such as Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. I signed up and even emailed two tech support questions to see how good their tech support was.
And the more I dug, the more I liked what I saw. For instance, both of my tech support questions were responded to within 60 minutes. How often does THAT happen?
As you know from our Patriot Partner program, we're all about encouraging a lot of people to each do a little-to do something. When everyone does a little, together we accomplish a lot.
So consider what could happen.
If just 1% of ACT! for America members each purchased just $400 in merchandise in 2013, from all the available outlets, and the average percentage donated to ACT! was 1.5%, the total amount donated back to ACT! for America would be...
...$15,000. That's a lot of money, wouldn't you agree?
And if you were one of those ACT! for America members, it wouldn't cost you one thin dime to help ACT! for America receive $15,000.
If this idea really caught on, and eventually 5% of our members made purchases with iGive, that $15,000 could explode to $50,000, $75,000 or more!
What's more, that 1.5% figure might be low. Many of the merchants offer percentage donations that are much higher. One printer inkjet company I looked at offered 13%!
Every merchant website you visit tells you right at the top what percentage of your purchase price will be donated to ACT! for America.
Just think what we could accomplish with an extra $15,000, $50,000 or $75,000 in our fight against radical Islam!
One of the things I most wanted to know was their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Check it out for yourself. I confirmed the terms with a company representative. And I like what I learned. As security-conscious as I am, I have no hesitation using the service-and I'm already doing so.
I know there are many people out there who would love to support ACT! for America, or give more than they're giving, but in these tough economic times they simply can't.
Well, here's a way that everyone who believes in our mission can easily support what we're doing-at no cost to them.
It doesn't get any better than that.
There are already chapter leaders who have signed up for the program, and the feedback I have been getting from them has been all positive. They love the idea and many of them are already using it.
So please, join me and these ACT! for America chapter leaders who are already signed up and using the iGive service.
Yours for a safe and free America
Guy Rodgers
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New Jersey Citizens for Immigration Control
April 13, 2013
Dear Immigration Reform Supporters,
In this video from CNBC, Ann Coulter stands up for American workers and American taxpayers while Grover Norquist stands up for greedy employers and corrupt politicians.
There can be no true immigration reform without enforcement first. And that means securing the border as well as system, such as E-Verify, which ensures that employers hire only American citizens and legal residents.
Senate hearing on immigration delayed so members have time to read bill By Jonathan Easley
The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed a hearing on immigration reform a day before a bipartisan bill is to be introduced.
The hearing was scheduled for Wednesday, but has been shifted to Friday morning. A spokesman for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said the delay was to give senators more time to read a bill Rubio and seven other senators are expected to introduce on Tuesday.
Senator: Left plans to ram through 1,500-page bill 'no one has seen'
The much-awaited Senate immigration reform bill is expected to be introduced next week, and a Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee says Democrats are preparing to get it passed as quickly as possible.
According to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy scheduled only one hearing on the plan before Democrats on the panel presumably send the package to the Senate floor for consideration. He told WND the fast-track approach is eerily reminiscent of the Democrats' approach to health-care legislation early in the Obama administration.
"A few years ago, there was an infamous moment when then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi told congressmen with regard to the Obamacare bill, 'You've got to pass this bill so you can find out what's in it.' We've learned that bad things happen when we pass huge pieces of legislation," Lee said. "This immigration proposal, which no one has seen, has been estimated by some to be perhaps a 1,500-page bill. We haven't seen it, and yet a hearing is being planned to occur within a week or so after it's introduced. I think that's a bit of a problem. I think we need a lot of hearings. I think we need a lot of time to review it."
Lee said reading and understanding a bill this long is a painstaking process and should never be rushed.
"Fifteen-hundred pages of legislation is a lot. This does not read like a fast-paced novel. This does not read even like a slow-paced, long novel like 'The Grapes of Wrath.' This has all kinds of spillover ramifications that need to be evaluated carefully," he said.
Reports from earlier in the week suggested that the "Gang of Eight" will seek to block any amendments that would fundamentally alter the main tenets of the forthcoming bill. Lee is cautiously heartened by promises that will not be the case.
"I've been told that Chairman Leahy is promising an open amendment process, at least within committee. I hope and expect and will demand that when it hits the floor there will also be an open amendment process as well," Lee said.
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Castor Rebukes Corbett for Supporting Obama's Federal Common Core StandardsCalls on Legislature to stand up for parents and local control
Harrisburg, PA (April 10, 2013) - Montgomery County Comm. Bruce Castor (R-Lederech) today rebuked Gov. Tom Corbett for supporting the Obama Administration's Common Core Standards for education, and called upon the General Assembly to immediately take action to halt their implementation in Pennsylvania.
On March 14, 2013 the PA State Board of Education (with Governor Corbett's approval) voted to put into place Common Core Standards in English, arts and math. It sets into motion federally mandated common course curriculum for all K - 12 students in all 50 states so that education will be standardized across the country. This effectively shuts out the parents and local school boards' ability to influence content standards and modify the curriculum to suit local needs.
"Common Core is Washington's D.C.'s attempt at a radical, one-size-fits-all makeover of the country's entire system of public education," said Castor. "Unlike Gov. Corbett, I stand with the Republican National Committee, and the many other organizations who have come out in opposition to this Orwellian unfunded mandate."
The origins of Common Core can be traced to the 2009 Stimulus bill which gave $4.35 billion to the federal Department of Education which then created the "Race to the Top" competition between states. In order to qualify for funding, the states needed to adopt Common Core sight unseen.
Castor cited these additional concerns with Common Core:
$650 million is required to implement Common Core in PA, which constitutes a massive unfunded mandate that will fall squarely on the taxpayers.
Common Core math standards will put PA's students two years behind their peers in high-performing countries.
Parents and school boards will have little recourse to influence content or standards.
Common Core undermines the U.S. Constitution's 10th Amendment authority of states over education
The recommendation by the PA Board of Education to adopt the standards is an end run around the legislature. This was completed with no public hearings and has been unknown to most of our legislators.
"It is unfathomable that the Corbett Administration has stealthily aided Pres. Obama in trying to usurp local control from parents and by foisting this liberal monstrosity on our children." Castor said. The General Assembly must step in and protect our children by stopping the Common Core from going into effect."
RedState Morning Briefing
For April 16, 2013
1.Prayers and Boston
We do not know who did it. We will have time to be angry at the person or persons who placed bombs in Boston, turned happy memories to tragedy, and took lives all for some cause about which we as of yet know nothing.
We can speculate. We can call it terrorism. But for now we really do not know who or why or even how, just the what and the where. As partisan sides go, both sides will try to find some ground on which to score political points. That is what partisans do these days. It does not matter whether it is right or wrong. It happens. Some on the left rushed out of the gate to blame supposed right wing extremists. It was, after all, tax day. The right went straight to muslim extremists.
But we do not know who did it yet or why.
What we do know is that the President, when he first addressed it, did not call it "terrorism," as if he must offer up the word as some salve or recognition for horror and terror. It is clear from the look on his face he knows the horror. He knows the terror. The word has become a shibboleth for some. At times like this though, does it really matter? It was a horrifying, monstrous act of terrorism whether the word is used or not.
Multiple bombs, multiple dead, many wounded, that is the reality we are all confronted with regardless of party or politics. Today, pray for Boston. Pray for the victims, their loved ones, and the first responders.
Pray also for the President of the United States and his team of advisors who must now find out who did this and take action.
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:1-4 (NIV) . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2.Mother Jones' Corn Admits Dems Knew About McConnell Tape
I previously wrote in PolicyMic that the McConnell bugging story could've been a coordinated "hit" by the institutional left. Both Mother Jones and CREW (Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington), who filed an ethics complaint against McConnell over this development, attended the same conference of progressive organizations last December that specifically targeted the Kentucky Senator for the 2014 elections. It was called the Democracy Initiative.
Last Tuesday, we had this absurd bugging story, the release of PPP's polling on the race, and Senate Majority PAC launching their anti-McConnell microsite. It should also be noted the CREW's co-founder, Norm Eisen, is Obama's "ethics czar."
Now, David Corn, who released a recording of a McConnell strategy meeting, has said that Kentucky Democrats knew about the recording, and begged him not to release it. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3.Every day is Tax Day
It has been said that if elections were held right after Tax Day, we wouldn't be in this economy-crushing fiscal mess.
But is that really true any more?Half of us aren't paying any taxes on April 15.Many Americans receive a tax refund, which they understandably but mistakenly view as a "gift" from the government - a bag of coins tossed from Uncle Sam's sedan chair to the cheering peasants as he passes among them.People grow positively ecstatic about their tax refunds, which they generally claim long before April 15.Some of them borrow money against the anticipated refund amounts.Retail outlets plan advertising campaigns around the appearance of those magical government checks in our mailboxes. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Among all the foreign intelligence agencies, Russian intelligence (SVR) has a long history and has made a science of studying the backgrounds of American presidents. They almost certainly know more than we do about our president....»
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Unreal: Kerry offers U.S. missile defense concession to China
Posted onApril 14, 2013
Guess this shouldn't be a surprise.
Check it out:
Secretary of State John Kerry flew to China on Saturday and sought to elicit China's help in dealing with an increasingly recalcitrant nuclear armed North Korea by saying that American missile defenses could be cut back if the North abandoned its nuclear program.
Mr. Kerry's trip to China, his first since taking office, is part of an intensive three-day push to try to calm tensions on the Korean Peninsula that have threatened to spiral out of control and rattled world leaders.
Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog
"Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the seed of Israel." Numbers 23:10
The sun sets above the hills. The siren cries out and on the busy highways that wend among the hills, the traffic stops, the people stop, and a moment of silence comes to a noisy country. Flags fly at half mast, the torch of remembrance is lit, memorial candles are held in shaking hands and the country's own version of the Flanders Field poppy, the Red Everlasting daisy, dubbed Blood of the Maccabees, adorns lapels. And so begins the Yom Hazikaron, Heroes Remembrance Day, the day of remembrance for fallen soldiers and victims of terror-- Israel's Memorial Day.
What is a memorial day in a country that has always known war and where remembrance means adding the toll of one year's dead and wounded to the scales of history. A country where war never ends, where the sirens may pause but never stop, where each generation grows up knowing that they will have to fight or flee. To stand watch or run away. It is not so much the past that is remembered on this day, but the present and the future. The stillness, a breath in the warm air, before setting out to climb the slopes of tomorrow.
Who can count the dust of Jacob. And yet each memorial day we count the dust. The dust that is a fraction of those who have fallen defending the land for thousands of years. Flesh wears out, blood falls to the earth where the red daisies grow, and bone turns to dust. The dust blows across the graves of soldiers and prophets, the tombs of priests hidden behind brush, the caverns where forefathers rest in sacred silence, laid to rest by their sons, who were laid to rest by their own sons, generations burying the past, standing guard over it, being driven away and returning each time.
On Memorial Day, the hands of memory are dipped in the dust raising it to the blue sky. A prayer, a whisper, a dream of peace. And the wind blows the candles out. War follows. And once again blood flows into the dust. A young lieutenant shading his eyes against the sun. An old man resting with his family on the beach. Children climbing into bed in a village beneath the hills. And more bodies are laid to rest in the dust. Until dust they become.
In this land, the Maker of Stars and Dust vowed to Abraham that his children would be as many as the dust of the earth and the stars of heaven. In their darkest days, they would be as the dust. But there is mercy in the numberless count of the dust. Mercy in not being able to make a full count of the fallen. In remaining ignorant of that full measure of woe. Modern technologies permit us terrible estimates. Databanks store the names of millions, village by village and city by city. Terrible digital cemeteries of ghosts. But there is no counting the dust. And when we walk the length and breadth of the land, as the Maker told Abraham to do, it the dust that supports our feet, we stand upon the shoulders of giants. We walk in the dust of our ancestors.
Some new countries are built to escape from the past, but there is no escaping it in these ancient hills. IDF soldiers patrol over ground once contested by empires, tread over spearheads and the wheels of chariots buried deep in the earth. The Assyrians and the Babylonians came through here in all their glory. Greek and Roman soldiers and mercenaries pitted themselves against the handful of Judeans who came out of the Babylonian exile. The Ottoman and the Arab raged here, and Crusader battering rams and British Enfield rifles still echo in the quiet hills.
Here in the silence of remembrance the present is always the past and the sky hangs like a thin veil fluttering against the future. The believers cast their prayers out of their mouths against the veil. The soldiers cast their lives and their hearts. And still the future flutters on above, like the sky near enough to touch, but out of reach. Beneath it, the sky-blue flag, the stripe of the believer's shawls adorned with the interlocked star of the House of David.
Can these bones live, the Lord asks Ezekiel. And generations, after each slaughter, they come again, the descendants of the dead to reclaim the hills of their ancestors. Rising like the red flowers out of the soil. Like the bones out of the earth. They come up as slaves out of Egypt and out of the captivity of empires, their tongues as numberless as the earth. Here they come again to set up kingdoms and nations. And there in shadows on the dust, a handful of men fight off a legion; swords, spears and rifles in hand they face down impossible odds. They fight and die, but they go on.
The calendar itself is a memorial. Israel's Memorial Day, Independence Day and Lag BaOmer; the commemoration of the original Yom Yerushalayim, the brief liberation of Jerusalem from the Romans, still covertly remembered in bonfires and bows shot into the air, all in a season that begins with Passover, the exodus that set over a million people off on a forty-year journey to return to the homeland of their forefathers.
The battles today are new, but they are also very old. The weapons are new, but the struggle is the same.
HUNDREDS RALLY FOR FREE SPEECH AND THE OUSTER OF HABEEB AHMED
After my speech this morning at Chabad Great Neck, we reconvened at 1pm outside the building that houses the Nassau County Human Rights Commission for a free speech rally calling for the resignation of Habeeb Ahmed, who used his position on the Human Rights Commission to scheme behind the scenes for the cancellation of my appearance at the Great Neck Synagogue. Ahmed is being investigated for the abuse of his office, but that is not enough: he must go. Using government offices to abet the demonization and marginalization of those who are fighting for freedom is unconscionable and unacceptable.
About 200 patriots were there for the rally, declaring that they weren't going to stand for these intimidation tactics anymore. Robert Spencer started off with a succinct explanation of the war on free speech and why much more was at stake in this incident than just one speech by me; then Ashraf Ramelah of Voice of the Copts detailed how the Muslim persecution of Christians in Egypt and elsewhere is justified by the same Islamic law that denies the freedom of speech. Helen Freedman of Americans for a Safe Israel drew out more about the importance of standing up against these intimidation tactics, and I concluded the rally with a point-by-point refutation of the smear flier about me that the enemies of freedom had distributed outside the shul that morning.
The cynicism is breathtaking, but to be expected from a pair of protégés of Bill and Hillary Clinton, who long ago proved they would exchange their souls to keep the motorcade running.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." ~ Ronald Reagan
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Obama's United Nations Backdoor to Gun Control
Posted onApril 15, 2013
Even before his most ambitious gun-control proposals were falling by the wayside, President Obama was turning for help to the United Nations. On April 2, the United States led 154 nations to approve the Arms Trade Treaty in the U.N. General Assembly. While much of the treaty governs the international sale of conventional weapons, its regulation of small arms would provide American gun-control advocates with a new tool for restricting rights. Yet because the Constitution requires that two-thirds of the Senate give its advice and consent to any treaty, Second Amendment supporters still have a political route to stop the administration.
Like many international schemes, this treaty has seemingly benign motives. It seeks to "eradicate the illicit trade in conventional arms and to prevent their diversion to the illicit market," where they are used in civil wars and human-rights disasters. The treaty calls for rigorous export controls on heavy conventional weapons, such as tanks, missiles, artillery, helicopters and warships.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) is updating its 2010 study, ""Toward an Understanding of Christian-Muslim Relations," which was prompted by "alarming anti-Muslim statements and actions." The 2-million member church partnered with Islamist groups for the project and its website promotes U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entities as interfaith partners.
The listed advisors for the study include Naeem Baig, president of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and Farhanahz Eliz of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center, a mosque led by the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). A 1991 U.S. Muslim Brotherhood memo lists ISNA and ICNA among "our organizations and the organizations of our friends." ISNA was labeled by the government as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial and U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity.
Another advisor was Ghulam Haider Aasi of American Islamic College. The chairman of the board of trustees is Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, theSecretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Its advisory board includes Ahmed Rehab of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Kifah Mustapha of the Mosque Foundation. CAIR and Mustapha are also unindicted co-conspirators that were listed as part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood's Palestine Committee. The president of the Mosque Foundation, Oussama Jamal, is also on the advisory board.
The study's bibliography cites Tariq Ramadan, the grandson of the Muslim Brotherhood's creator; Dr. John Esposito, one of the top allies of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood network and Ingrid Mattson, former ISNA president, described by the authors as an "excellent and readable scholar." She is also on the International Institute of Islamic Thought's Council of Scholars, another group mentioned in the 1991 memo.
The Presbyterian Mission Agency's "interfaith links of interest" include CAIR, ICNA, ISNA and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), a group founded by Muslim Brotherhood ideologues that has opposed the designations of Hamas and Hezbollah as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
An e-mail sent to an address on the Presbyterian Mission Agency's website was not returned.
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On April 5th, The Wall Street Journal Weekend Interview profiled New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
Despite lower crime rates and no successful terrorist attack during his tenure, Kelly has been under attack for tactics some characterize as too aggressive or a violation of civil rights.
Here's an excerpt from that Weekend Interview column:
Media reports have suggested that his department unfairly monitors the Muslim community-the Associated Press ran a Pulitzer Prize-winning series on that score in 2011. Asked what he has changed about the NYPD's surveillance methods in the wake of those stories, Mr. Kelly says: "Nothing."
Good for him! In an era when many politicians and leaders in law enforcement cower in the face of political correctness and are spooked by even the mention of the word "Islamophobia," Ray Kelly stands tall as a breath of fresh air.
So here are TWO THUMBS WAY UP in support of Mr. Kelly's courage and just plain common sense.
Why should Expose the evil practise of Halal Meat? There are a number of reasons that he practise of preparing Halal meat, should be made illegal.
1] The money raised by this practise, is used to fund the Islamic Mission in Britain. This practise is known as 'Dawa'.
2] While non Muslims, are not required to believe in the teachings of Islam, by buy Halal Products, non Muslims are Submitting to Islam, and the Word Islam means Submission.
3] The Muslim practise is barbaric, the animals throat is slight, and all the blood must be drained. The Muslim slaughter does not even stun the animal before inflicting this satanic and evil practise.
4] While the animals throat is cut, the Muslim slaughter, invokes the name of Allah, over the animal, using the following words "Bismillah Allah Akbar, meaning "In the name of Allah, Allah is great".
Video: Guilty Plea In Obama Petition-Forging Scandal!
Apr 15, 2013 01:34 pm
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Video: "North Korea Needs To Be Wiped Off The Map"
Apr 15, 2013 12:43 pm
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Video: "Pledge Of Allegiance" Bill Passed In Oregon
Apr 15, 2013 12:10 pm
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Democrats don't ever tell the truth about their shared history with African Americans. They will never admit the Confederacy was formed by Democrats intent on keeping their ancestors locked on plantations as slaves. They will never admit the Klu Klux Klan was formed and populated by Democrats who had been members of the Confederate Army. They have lied about which Party was home to some of the worst bigots in American history.
Black conservative writer K. Carl Smith summed these lies up with, "When I grew up in Alabama, I thought George Wallace was a Republican. I thought Bull Connor was a Republican. I believed the people that bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., were part of the Republican Party..... all of the things I believed to be true I found it was a lie."
Common Core, the controversial set of educational standards aimed at firming up students' grasp of math and language, has already attracted criticism from sources on the left and the right. Some parents in New York state have decided to fight against Common Core by giving their children a truly hands' on lesson in civil disobedience. Learn what these parents are telling their kids to doHERE.
Gabrielle Reece, the former volleyball star and model who filed for divorce less than five years after tying the knot to surfer husband Laird Hamilton roughly 17 years ago, recently wrote a book explaining how she got her marriage back on track. Ms. Reece credits an "old fashioned dynamic" and abiding by more traditional gender roles - it may not come as a surprise that she has created a firestorm in the process. See her exact wordsHERE.
On Monday, the price of gold fell to $1,400 an ounce, its lowest point since March 2011. This is an official two-year low for gold. What is behind the latest drop? Is it a good sign for our economy or a bad sign? Should you still own gold to hedge against inflation? See some of the arguments for and against goldHERE.
The second film in the popular book trilogy "The Hunger Games" doesn't come out until November, but fans gearing up for "Catching Fire" can now get their fix with the newly released teaser trailer. Check out the 2:25 minute trailerHERE.
Key measures of New York's tough new gun law are set to kick in on Monday. Owners of guns now reclassified as assault weapons are required to register their firearms and the new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines will also become the law. Also happening on Monday, New York's affiliate of the National Rifle Association said it plans to head to court to seek an immediate halt to the magazine limit. Does the NRA have a chance to stop the new law in its tracks? Find outHERE.
A man died of a "self-inflicted injury" following a verbal altercation in the infield during the NRA 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Track spokesman Mike Zizzo said that the death occurred "in or around a pickup truck" in part of the infield near the middle of the backstretch. Get the full story of this tragic eventHERE.
A district attorney in Travis County, Texas, has found herself on the other side of the law today. Over the weekend, Rosemary Lehmberg, 63, was arrested for drunk driving. Initially, following the incident, the veteran prosecutor was adamant about not stepping down from her position - but some critics are putting intense pressure on her to do just that. That pressure might have something to do with the police video taken during the arrest. Get the whole storyHERE.
Actor Jamie Foxx showed up to Sunday's MTV Movie Awards wearing a t-shirt that piqued the interest of attendees and media, alike. On his clothing, the words "Know Justice. No Peace" surrounded images of Trayvon Martin and the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. See the shirt and watch Mr. Foxx explain his wardrobe choice on the red carpetHERE.
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Less than a week ago, Kmart released a new ad that intended to push shoppers to use the company's online portal instead of actually going into the store. Almost instantly, that ad went viral. Watch it HERE.
Those waiting until "the last minute" to file their taxes using the popular service TurboTax might have had a bit of a panic Sunday evening when the website went down. It even appeared that TurboTax was taunting users for a short while on Twitter. Check out some of the tweets from procrastinatorsHERE.
"Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands." --Thomas Jefferson
Government
Income Redistribution Day
"It's Tax Day. Most Americans dread Tax Day, and for good reasons. Beyond the huge tab Americans pay to the government, the tax code is so complex that it's difficult to figure out what we owe to the IRS. This is a pain for taxpayers and a huge drain on the economy. According to the federal Taxpayer Advocate in its 2012 report, Americans' cost of complying with today's complex tax code totaled $168 billion in 2010. That's almost as large as the impact of the Obama tax hikes in fiscal year 2013, and twice the size of sequestration this year. It takes taxpayers 6.1 billion hours -- or 51 hours per household -- to complete all the required filings. That's more than six full eight-hour working days per household! The compliance burden comes on top of the direct financial cost of $3.5 trillion in federal spending. In 2012, Washington collected $20,000 in taxes for every household in America. But Washington spent nearly $30,000 per household. ... 45 percent or almost half of all spending went toward paying for Social Security and health care entitlements. ... Growing government spending threatens current and future taxpayers with higher taxes. Congress should reduce spending and prevent any more tax increases. Congress also needs to reform the tax code so it is less of a burden on the American people. Tax day is a real drag, but it doesn't have to be this bad." --Heritage Foundation's Romina Boccia and Curtis Dubay
We don't know what will happen in Korea. But do not assume that China is working for peace, that war is just too unprofitable to break out, that South Korea is well-integrated with its allies, that concerned parties listen to the U.S., or that an unthinkable and nihilistic war could neither be won nor lost. Repeating conventional wisdom does not make it true.
The story of Kermit Gosnell and his "Women's Medical Society" is the precise opposite of The Preferred Narrative of the MSM. It features a black villain, who may turn out to be the worst mass murderer in American history. It blows away the smokescreen that abortion has anything to do with "women's health," and reveals it for the barbaric, immoral, and murderous practice it, in fact, is.
A new book edited by Mary Grabar, the academician who blogs as "the Dissident Prof," showcases the overt and covert ways that conservative intellectuals are marginalized or excluded. In a series of witty and engrossing narrative essays, the collection provides first-hand accounts of what happens to those who flout the protocols of correct belief or pursue research outside the parameters of approved scholarship.
Libertarians and conservatives who complain they have little to see in the cinema and theatre that even remotely expresses their views have cause to rejoice in Allen Barton's "Years to the Day," currently in a limited run at the Katselas Theatre in Beverly Hills. But the play - a dialogue between two longtime friends, one liberal, one conservative/libertarian - is far more than a political tract.
BREAKING NEWS: There were two explosions at this afternoon at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. There are initial reports of multiple people killed and others with serious injuries.
Happy Tax Day!
It's April 15th -- the day every Washington liberal loves -- Tax Day! That's the day when you pay for their big government schemes. Here are some interesting facts to keep in mind as you are writing that check to Uncle Sam and rushing to the Post Office.
The tax code is roughly 74,000 pages long. In comparison, the Bible is roughly 1,300 pages. (And the Bible requires you to give only 10%!)
The fiscal cliff deal in January raised the top tax rate to nearly 40%. Partly because of that deal the government estimates it will take in record revenues this year. Yet even with these record revenues, Obama just released a budget with a $744 billion deficit.
Despite the left's claims, the tax code is very progressive. In 2009, the top 1% of earners paid 37% of all income taxes collected by the government. The top 10% of earners paid 70% of all incomes taxes collected by the government.
"Tax Freedom Day" this year is April 18th -- five days later than last year. That is how long it takes for the country to earn enough money to pay the nation's tax bill. If you factor in Obama's deficit spending, Tax Freedom Day is May 9th.
Obama's Medicare Tax Increase
As we reported last week, President Obama's budget aggressively targets the rich with even more tax increases. But as folks dig deeper into Obama's proposal, they keep finding hidden tax increases on the middle class. For example, Obama wants to dramatically expand means testing for Medicare recipients.
His budget calls for the creation of nine income brackets (five new brackets in addition to the four already existing brackets) that will increase Medicare premiums as a recipient crosses the threshold into each higher bracket. Currently, five percent of Medicare recipients pay higher premiums as a result of the existing means testing formula.
Conservatives have often agreed with this approach, which started in 2007 under President George W. Bush. But Obama's plan has a major problem: It does not adjust any of the figures for inflation, and as a result over next decade it will hit 25% of all Medicare recipients -- reaching deep into the middle class.
Don't miss what is actually happening here. This approach looks like it goes after only the rich, but it is essentially raising taxes on the middle class. As incomes increase due to inflation, you're not getting any richer. But you will be paying more for your health care because the inflation will push you into higher premium income levels.
We have been telling folks that there is no way to balance the budget just by sticking it to the rich. As Margaret Thatcher famously said, "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." There are not enough rich people to tax. So the Democrats use inflation to paint a big bull's eye on the back of the middle class.
By the way, Obama is proposing to do this again with his "chained CPI" plan for Social Security.
The question is: Why are Republicans acting as though this is a good idea? Obama is taking more money away from the middle class (which votes Republican) and he is giving it to the poor, who vote Democrat. It makes total sense for Democrats, who want as many people dependent on the government as possible.
But it makes no sense for the GOP when it is the middle class that is backbone of the country and our party. As conservatives, we don't believe the poor are truly helped by government transfers of wealth, but by hard work and economic growth. That will be harder without a growing middle class.
Defending Faith & Family
Last week I joined a dozen pro-family leaders in signing a letter to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus warning him not to take values voters for granted after the Republican Party's so-called "autopsy" report suggested that the GOP might also "evolve" on certain social issues. For the moment at least, it appears as though our message was received.
At its spring meeting in Los Angeles Friday, the Republican National Committee UNANIMOUSLY approved a resolution reaffirming the party's platform position on marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Committee members also approved a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act.
That's encouraging. It is worth pointing out that this was not a vote of Beltway consultants, but elected party leaders who are closest to the grassroots activists at the state and local level. The contrast between the two parties on values issues will, for the time being, remain clear and stark.
But I know this fight is far from over. These resolutions won't mean much if the party refuses to engage on these issues in critical elections. Actions speak louder than words, and in the days ahead we will be watching the party's actions very closely.
By the way, the effort to normalize polygamy is well under way. Check out this column at Slate. The conclusion says it all, and it is exactly what conservatives have warned about for years:
"The definition of marriage is plastic. Just like heterosexual marriage is no better or worse than homosexual marriage, marriage between two consenting adults is not inherently more or less 'correct' than marriage among three (or four, or six) consenting adults."
As former Rep. Anthony Weiner explores a return to politics, the mainstream media have been eager to help him rehabilitate his reputation--and to distort or ignore the role played by Andrew Breitbart in driving the story. Andrew's victory in Weinergate was as much a triumph over the mainstream media as it was against a Democrat who had falsely claimed to be the victim of a crime--and who had suggested that Andrew could be the culprit. In spinning for Weiner, the mainstream media are attempting to restore their own tarnished reputations. As blogger Ace of Spades noted yesterday: "It was absolute smoking gun proof offered by Andrew Breitbart that did Weiner in on June 6th [2011], and not "questions from reporters," that compelled Weiner to confess.
Orwell wrote in 1984: "Who controls the past controls the future." Whatever Weiner's future, we will not allow the mainstream media to re-write history to suit their agenda.
The following excerpt from the updated paperback edition of Andrew's book, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World (Grand Central Publishing, 2012--available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble), tells the Weinergate story precisely as it happened--not as the mainstream media wish it to have happened.
Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog
Somewhere toward the end of "A Few Good Men" comes the only scene from the movie that anyone actually remembers. It's the one where Jack Nicholson in a uniform begins chewing the scenery and turns a dreary Aaron Sorkin adaptation of an Aaron Sorkin play into a memorable movie while inflicting Sorkin on the entertainment industry for the next two decades.
The familiar thesis of Nicholson's Colonel Jessup is that he does what needs to be done and what no one wants to talk about needing to be done. His existence may be "grotesque and incomprehensible to you", but he does the ugly things that make it possible for everyone to go about their day.
The speech is an extended wordy distillation of a familiar quote that was variously attributed to Churchill or Orwell. "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
In the urban battlefield of Philly, one of those rough men doing violence on behalf of liberal ideas was a Thomas Jefferson University grad by the name of Kermit Gosnell. Gosnell was one of those unsung heroes doing the dirty work that allowed the activists putting on another round of the Vagina Monologues sleep safely in their beds at night.
Most supporters of military intervention don't like looking at photos of dead children after a bombing raid. They will contend that they are a fact, but not the point. Gosnell's butcher shop is similarly a fact, rather than the point. Pro-choice activists will argue that it is not representative of abortion clinics. And it isn't.
It is representative of what abortion looks like once you cut through the upper layer of the medical services provided to Sarah Lawrence grads and down to the street level of the lower strata that don't visit abortion clinics to assert their reproductive empowerment, but because the family unit is broken and they are trying to escape the same cycle of broken families that they can never leave behind.
Kermit Gosnell wasn't running an Aaron Sorkin abortion clinic. He was running a Colonel Jessup abortion clinic.
Margaret Sanger got her start setting up shop in Jewish and Italian neighborhoods because those were the two groups that the upper strata of the day thought were having too many children. Back then it was supposed to be about wives overburdened with too many children. Now it's about families that never existed where the abortions don't happen at the clinic, those are just the final expressions of a larger societal abortion that took place when the family died.
Tea Party Group Releases 2013 Congressional Tax Day Scorecard;
Praises Toomey and Area Republicans
Philadelphia, PA (April 15, 2013) -- The Independence Hall Tea Party Association, the oldest and largest Tea Party group in the tri-state region, has released its 2013 Tax Day Congressional Scorecard.
"We scored our tri-state Congressional representatives solely on votes relating to taxes and spending--no social or foriegn policies issues were included," said
Association President Teri Adams.
"We were amazed how well our local Republican Congressional Delegation performed.
"The highest Republican score, a 90, was received by Senator Pat
Toomey (R-PA). The lowest scores were shared by Congressman Charlie Dent and Congressman Pat Meehan who each received a 76.
"Allyson Schwartz was among those Democrats receiving a 0. The highest score, a 12, was earned by Congressman Bob Brady.
"It should come as no surprize that Democrats-who make spending other peoples money a sport--performed so poorly," said Ms. Adams.
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The Independence Hall Tea Party Association is a regional, tri-state (DE, PA,NJ) grassroots organization encompassing the 5th largest media market in the United States. It officially formed in May, 2009 after holding two highly successful Tea Parties earlier that year.
Its mission is to educate the general public regarding the principles of limited government as enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. (Visit us @ www.IndependenceHallTeaParty.com.)
Obama Budget Ends Funding for D.C. School Choice Program
By Lindsey Burke
Yesterday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan testified before the House Appropriations Committee about Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request for the Department of Education. Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD) took the opportunity to question Duncan about a glaring omission from the budget: funding for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP).
The DCOSP provides vouchers to low-income children in the nation's capital to attend a private school of choice. According to the Department of Education's scientifically rigorous evaluation of the program, the DCOSP has been a wild success: Students who received a voucher and used it to attend a private school had a 91 percent graduation rate-21 percentage points higher than their peers who did not receive a voucher. The evaluation, without a doubt, showed that scholarships led to the dramatic gains in school completion.
Congressman Harris questioned Secretary Duncan on why the Obama Administration is pushing to create a massive new federal preschool program when there is little evidence that such an initiative would work, while at the same time pushing once again to eliminate funding for the objectively successful DCOSP.
$75 Billion The 10-year cost of the Obama Administration's new preschool plan.
The federal government already funds 45 childcare and early education programs at a cost of $20 billion, and evaluations show that government preschool programs have little to no impact on children's academic outcomes.
"The critics' basic thrust is that Common Core is invasive and in many cases replaces state oversight and teacher direction with federal authority, violating the constitutional division of power. It is incontrovertible that Common Core directly affects classrooms and drastically reduces teacher discretion and district flexibility.."
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Rubio: Self-deportation not a viable plan to stop illegal immigration
April 15, 2013
As Sen. Marco Rubio was making his case for immigration reform on "Fox News Sunday," he directly criticized the idea of "self-deportation," an option proposed by Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential campaign.
Rubio explained that it was important to realize that there were 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.
"We can try to round up people and deport them, which we know is not a doable thing for 11 million people," he explained. "We can make life miserable to them so that they'll self-deport. Again, not a plan that I think necessarily works."
Rubio added that it was far more expensive to leave the illegal immigration problem alone, and that immigration reform was the way to move forward.
"[W]e can try to figure out a way to deal with this issue, in a way that insures that this never happens again and that this isn't unfair to people that are doing it the right way," Rubio concluded. "And that's what I'm working. I think that's a very conservative position to hold, and I think if we explain this to people and exactly what it does, we can gain a lot of support for this proposal."
Send free fax through our website to tell your two Senators that you don't believe Marco Rubio's TV campaign denying that his bill is an INSTANT AMNESTY
Everybody in Washington is looking to see the fall-out from the marathon TV gig by 2016 Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio. Did he convince the American people that he did not break his Senate campaign promise in 2010 that he would oppose amnesties for illegal aliens?
The front page of the Washington Post trumpeted:
Rubio takes big risk on immigrant legislation
Senator's endorsement of bipartisan plan could prove costly in 2016
Please help us make sure that every Senate office is fully aware of the intense rejection by the public of what Sen. Rubio is trying to sell. (See the action to take in the red box below.)
In a nutshell, Sen. Rubio admitted yesterday that his bill with the Gang of Eight will give some 11 million illegal aliens work permits and legal residency in the first year without any guarantees of extra enforcement on the borders or at the workplace. Pretty much like every promise of enforcement since the first amnesty in 1986.
His is not an "enforcement first" bill but an "Amnesty First and Enforcement Later -- Maybe" bill.
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Our lawyers have worked through the weekend comparing current immigration law with what has le aked thus far from the Gang of Eight bill.
As soon as it is introduced -- they say, Tuesday -- our lawyers will read every page and prepare a description and analysis that Senate staffers, the media and YOU can depend on. Just as has been true for every other major immigration bill in the past.
This cannot be done in one day. So, we will be delivering important information to you as we finish each section. We have a greater desire to get this right than to get it out as fast as possible.
WHAT ABOUT RUBIO'S CLAIM THAT HIS BILL IS NOT AN AMNESTY BECAUSE IT REQUIRES FINES?
Sen. Rubio (R-Fla.) probably will never admit that his bill is an amnesty because he promised in his tough primary fight in 2010 that he would oppose the amnesty that his opponent and that his Republican predecessor had voted for in 2007. His anti-amnesty stance was an important reason he was able to beat the formerly popular retiring Republican governor of his state.
On the Sunday TV shows, Rubio said his bill is not an amnesty because it doesn't "forgive" people for breaking immigration laws.
Our immigration laws say that the primary consequence of illegally residing in the U.S. and illegally taking a U.S. job is that you have to give up the job and leave the country.
Rubio's bill says you don't have to give up the job or leave the country.
That's an amnesty.
He says it isn't an amnesty because you have to pay a $2,000 fine an d do such horrific things as undergo a criminal background check, learn English and wait a decade to be allowed to vote.
But you still get the legal residency and the legal right to the job the first year.
AMNESTY!
WHAT ABOUT THE ARDUOUS WAIT THAT RUBIO SAYS ILLEGAL ALIENS MUST ENDURE?
One thing that seems pretty certain is that illegal aliens won't be able to get U.S. citizenship for at least 13 years. (The 2007 amnesty that the grassroots defeated made them wait 17 years.)
Rubio is also promising that the bill won't allow the mostly less-educated, low-income illegal aliens to access the 80+ federal public assistance programs until after 10 years.
Rubio's media offensive is trying to sell the idea that his bill won't give the amnesty for many, many years. In fact, though, it is an "instant amnesty" because in the first year it will give legal residency and legal jobs.
But as much polling and journalistic interviews have found, most illegal aliens do not come to the U.S. for citizenship. They come to have access to all the country's educational, social and physical infrastructure and to grab a U.S. job.
That's precisely what Rubio's bill gives the illegal aliens at the very beginning after the bill passes.
This isn't just an amnesty. It's an INSTANT AMNESTY.
WHAT ABOUT RUBIO'S CLAIMS OF WRITING THE TOUGHEST ENFORCEMENT MEASURES IN U.S. HISTORY?
These claims are mostly empty.
Nearly every form of enforcement that the bill promises -- or maybe just recommends -- was also promised in the 1986, 1990 and 1996 immigration acts.
But those promises were never kept because there were never any guarantees in the bills.
Rubio admits that there are no guarantees in his bill, either. There are no hard triggers. Plus, remember that illegal aliens get most everything they want before any efforts at enforcement even begin. Where will be the incentive for the government (Lucy) not to pull away the footbal (enforcement) this time, too?
For a year, Sen. Rubio has been setting himself as the nation's advocate on correcting the immigration mess. He has repeatedly promised that he would not stick with the Gang's bill if it didn't guarantee a better outcome on enforcement than previous amnesties.
Everything he and the Gang have said about the bill -- and everything we have seen to date -- suggests that he has failed to deliver on all accounts.
It is up to individual American citizens to let their Senators know that they do not consider Marco Rubio to be there advocate or to represent their views in any way on setting immigration policy.
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A Gang of Six Plots a Revolt in the House on the Immigration bill
Posted by National Director, Dee on April 15, 2013
Representative Steve King, a 63-year-old Iowa Republican, is restless and irritated, and it shows. He's here, stewing in a hearing room in the Rayburn building, because he and his friends in the House's tea-party bloc feel disconnected from the debate on comprehensive immigration reform. "A number of us have sat back and watched with amazement as some of our colleagues have leapt to erroneous conclusions," King says, sitting alongside five other staunch opponents of legalization efforts. "But we are where we are with the momentum in the Republican party."
A few blocks away, Senator Marco Rubio and his colleagues on the bipartisan Gang of Eight, who have lately been on the front pages of the national newspapers, are poised to release legislation that will probably include a pathway to legalization for undocumented workers. Rubio's work on the issue landed him on the cover of Time magazine in February and has stirred talk of a presidential run. Meanwhile, the tea-party Republicans gathered here have received scant coverage, and scorn from liberals on Twitter, for their opposition to the Senate's plan.
King and his crew are not driving the negotiations, and they increasingly feel like outsiders within their own party. "The meetings of the Gang of Eight and the secret meetings in the House of Representatives - the people who have been standing up for the Constitution and the rule of law haven't been invited to those meetings," King tells the assembled group of reporters. The other huddlers - Michele Bachmann (Minn.), Lou Barletta (Pa.), Mo Brooks (Ala.), Louie Gohmert (Texas), and Dana Rohrabacher (Calif.) - nod and grimace. "We've got all the rich guys and the elitists talking to each other," Rohrabacher says. "Unfortunately us regular folks don't have that kind of coordination."
Senate Gang Finalize Ag-Worker Amnesty Provisions, Set to Unveil Bill Tomorrow
Members of the Senate "Gang of Eight" completed the final negotiations over their amnesty legislation last week and are set to unveil the bill tomorrow, say sources close to the lawmakers.
DHS Official Confirms Illegal Border Crossings Up Ahead of Amnesty
During a hearing with the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last week, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher testified that apprehensions of aliens crossing the border illegally are up 13% over last year.
Long-Term Impact of Amnesty Could Cost Taxpayers Trillions
According to the Senate Budget Committee Republican staff, the Gang of Eight's "comprehensive" immigration reform bill will cost taxpayers trillions of dollars by giving millions of amnestied aliens access to federal welfare benefits and poverty programs once they become legal permanent residents.
True immigration reformers in the House of Representatives began voicing their objections last week in anticipation of amnesty legislation to be introduced in the coming days.
Washington Senate Committee Kills Financial Aid Bill for Illegal Aliens
In Washington State, a bill that would have granted taxpayer-funded financial aid to illegal alien beneficiaries of President Obama's DACA program died in the Senate Committee on Higher Education this past week.
Lead, Follow, or ... By Rich Galen The President's budget is a waste of paper. We all get that. President Obama has tried his version of leading -- which has been mostly attempting to bully Congressional Republicans into submission. It hasn't worked. But if House Republicans don't want to help govern, then they should turn the House back to Nancy Pelosi, go to the Paris Air Show, and "don't block up the hall."
Could this be the largest serial killer in American history?
Kermit Gosnell hasn't received much media attention up until this weekend, when the media was shamed into covering the story. Gosnell is arguably the biggest serial killer in America's history as he's killed hundreds if not thousands of innocent babies. The shocking story and why the press has refused to give it mega coverage -- WATCH.
Progressives admit they're against individual liberty
Melissa Harris-Perry doubled down on her ridiculous comment about kids not belonging to their parents, and said the real battle is 'Individual rights vs. collective responsibility' - guess which side she's on? Meanwhile, Bill Maher called the 2nd Amendment 'bulls***'...a banner day for progressives. WATCH
Gabrielle Reece upsets feminists with 'submissive' commentary
Libs simply cannot understand how the word 'submissive' can be a good thing. They instantly recoil when they hear the word but they fail to grasp the full understanding of it. Is it possible being 'submissive' can be a good thing? Glenn reacts on radio today.
Mercury One at Man in the Moon: Get the details on this summer's exciting week of events HERE.
Important Common Core update
Common Core is the nationwide school standards being jammed down America's throat. Some people are beginning to take a stand - will it be enough? Or will those bent on fundamentally transforming America's education system not be stopped? Glenn has the latest on Common Core HERE.
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What's going on with gold
Glenn invited Mark Albarian, President & CEO at Goldline International, Inc (and sponsor of this program and website), to discuss the price drop in gold and give his perspective on what is happening in the gold market. WATCH
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OK....when they look at you like you have a tin foil hat on your head......take some of this information with you. It is 126 pages. I have not read through the entire document (YET) but what I have read is enough to blow off the top of your head. I have highlighted some stuff. KIPP (Charter Schools) has a CHARACTER REPORT CARD on Page 39. So for now start on page 39 and work your way through to page 45. Remember 
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Explosions at Boston Marathon: 2 blasts rocked the finish line of the Boston Marathon
