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Dragging us into war 

WATCH & SHARE: Both parties are dragging us into war in the Middle East

Monday, Jun 17, 2013

Only 11% of Americans want us to arm the rebels in Syria yet the Obama administration isn't listening. But it's not just the Democrats, progressives in both parties are pushing for U.S. involvement as evidenced by John McCain's recent trip to Syria where he met with the rebels. Why is this a bad idea? Glenn explains below in a clip you need to share this clip with your friends!

 Go here to see this important video:

Jen Psaki: Doesn't Know If Cannibalism Is a Violation of International Law

The Blaze | Erica Ritz | Jun. 18, 2013 9:00pm  

With President Obama's announcement that the United States will begin arming the Syrian rebels, many might think that the bloody civil war might soon come to an end.

But Glenn Beck argued on his television show Tuesday that the suffering is far from over, and that both Europe and the United States may face dire implications.

Beck began by showing current photos from the Middle East, saying progressives on both sides of the aisle who supported the "Arab Spring" are responsible.

"Who killed 98,000 people in [Syria] since the Arab Spring?" he demanded. "Who's responsible? The president of the United States, the Center for American Progress, Samantha Power, Bill Kristol, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, all of the progressives that said let's open up this Jeffersonian can of worms."

Left Loses Big in Citizenship-Verification Supreme Court Case

Something perverse happened after the Supreme Court's decision today invalidating citizenship-verification requirements in Arizona for registrants who use the federal voter registration form. The Left knows they lost most of the battle, but are still claiming victory. That's what they do. Election-integrity proponents and the states are saying they lost, but don't realize they really won.

The Left wins even when they lose, and conservatives are often bewildered and outfoxed in the election-process game.

Earlier today, I called the decision a nothingburger. After re-reading the case and reflecting a bit more, it's clear that the decision was a disaster for the Left and their victory cackles are hollow - and they know it.

Read more:

The Blaze | Erica Ritz | Jun. 18, 2013 2:22pm  

After Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts voted to uphold the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as "ObamaCare," many wondered if there could be a yet-unknown reason why the Republican-nominated justice made the unexpected decision.

On the Glenn Beck radio program Tuesday, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) explained why he believes Roberts was intimidated into changing his vote late in the process, as laid out in his new book Why John Roberts Was Wrong About Healthcare.

The Blaze |  Jonathon M. Seidl | Jun. 19, 2013 7:52am  

WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) - The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has learned that the IRS is executing an agreement with the employees' union on Wednesday to pay the bonuses. Grassley says the bonuses should be canceled under an April directive from the White House budget office.

The directive was written by Danny Werfel, a former budget official who has since been appointed acting IRS commissioner.

The Blaze | Jonathon M. Seidl | Jun. 18, 2013 6:00pm  

Speaker of the House John Boehner reportedly has agreed to follow the Hastert rule regarding any immigration bill put forth by the House, a key capitulation in a standoff that has pitted the Speaker against members of his own caucus who are taking a stand against immigration reform they say has ulterior motives.

Still, early reports signal he may have given himself a way out.

The Hastert rule - which is more of a longstanding, unwritten policy - is the idea that no bill can be brought to the floor of the House without support from a majority of the party in power.

The rule was being pushed for by a group of 70 Republicans led by Michele Bachmann (Minn.), Louis Gohmert (Texas), and Steve King (Iowa). As TheBlaze reported exclusively, the coalition said they were compiling signatures last week for a letter to send to Boehner asking him to honor the policy.

This is it!!
We have a small window in which to act!  The State budget is due on June 30th so the timing is right.  Call!   Let the representatives in our State government know we are aware.  We know what they did back in 2001 and we want them to undo it!  We know their pension plans are responsible for PA's $47 billion unfunded liability which is equivalent to $3700 for each Pennsylvanian.  We know this pension crisis will cause more cuts to educational programs and more teacher layoffs. 
Demand they take taxpayers off the hook for their lavish pension packages.  Go here to find your representatives - http://tinyurl.com/m4yyd2l

Inform yourself with the attached pamphlet . PA state workers pension program violates Fiscal Responsibility and Constitutionally Limited Government. Our public servant representatives need to fix the problem of untenable state worker pensions. It's not that we resent paying it, it's just that we can't afford it.
 
Action Items 
1. Call your representative and Senator and tell them you want to see pension reform that brings our state budget into balance. Talk to two friends or family members and convince them to make the phone calls and get two others to do the same, and so on, and so on. 

 from Bill Hodson for your reference.

2. Print the attached pamphlet using duplex (2-sided); check box for "flip on short edge". Give it to as many neighbors as you can the next 2 weeks. If you need some mailed, send me your address.

Keep an eye on your email inbox because we will be planning more activities focused on our goals of pension reform as well as privatization of our liquor stores

Thanks for your efforts
Pam, Jim and Tim
 

How To Use The 2nd Vote App

There is an awesome application for computer and cell phone called  2ND VOTE (2ndvote.org)  Want to know what companies support conservative issue and what companies support liberal agendas.  It rates the companies and tells you how they finance different issues.  Please take a few minutes to watch a short video on this application.  Politicians understand only two things 1.  Getting power 2.  Keeping power.  Business too understands just 2 things 1.  Getting your money 2. Getting more of your money.  Start using the free market system while we still have it.  There is ALWAYS an alternative.

PLEASE SHARE WITH EVERYONE you know.  Post on FaceBook and Twitter.  This software was developed by a concerned conservative from Tennessee.

JUST GET THE WORD OUT!

Beyond Disrespect

CFL Liberty Movie Night:  The U.N. Deception
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 @7pm
Giacomo's Restaurant
368 E Main St, Norristown, PA 19401

Announcing the 2013 National Conference

& Legislative Briefing!

June 19 - 21 we will convene at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC for our fourth annual National Conference & Legislative Briefing.

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:

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.

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!

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.

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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,

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
•        Listed as sponsor on school website through 12 months post event
•        Half page ad in Dinner Program

Bronze Sponsor                $500

•        Two tickets at Headmaster's Chairman's or Founder's Table
•        Listed as sponsor on school website through 12 months post event

WHAT IS COMMON CORE?

Common Core, or the Common Core State Standards Initative (CCSSI), as it is known at the State and Federal level, is a set of national education standards that will fulfill the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, through a waiver system. (The NCLB Act was put into place by Congress in 2001 and signed into law by President George W. Bush). Many states were failing to meet the NCLB Act requirements and, therefore, wanted something to replace NCLB.Common Core is part of the UN's plan for complete federal control over our education systems and the "Dumbing-down" of America.

 

Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) are not state standards in the first place, and are nothing more then further federalization of our state education systems.

 

COMMON CORE IS A TROJAN HORSE AND TIED TO THE UNITED NATIONS (UN)

If you cannot see that Common Core is tied to the United Nations you have not done your homework! The major funder of the Common Core Movement is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which has pledged $60 million dollars to this effort. Bill and Melinda Gates are tied to UN through-and-through and have spent money in America and overseas for UN programs in Africa and all over the world for decades.

From the Conservative Teachers of American organization, they wrote an article entitled: "Common Core Standards and the Federalization of Education." In this article we read: "Many are concerned that the Common Core Standards, once successfully implemented, will provide unfettered access of our educational system by the United Nations. Some textbooks and curricula for our public schools have already been written by the [United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization] UNESCO and the International Baccalaureate program, that is currently in many school districts, across the United States. Grabbing additional access is a natural next step. Once they write the curricula, they must have authority to develop all testing tools."

 

The UN involvement in the American educational system has already been facilitated by treaties signed by American presidents from both parties. Those documents include but are not limited to: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Treaty on the Rights of the Child, Civic Education: Classroom Connections, and Agenda 21.

 

The  US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development (since 2003), is the nexus of the UNA-USA and Global Leadership Coalition at the Department of Education, which altogether leverages the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014.  UNESCO, the lead agency of the Decade, defines Education for Sustainable Development as "education for everyone everywhere" for the "lifelong learning" of "present and future generations".  

 

The UNA-USA sponsors Model UN across America and tailors its Global Classrooms curricula to whichever setting the kids happen to be participating.  Children are unknowingly trained to respond with prescribed consensus to the situations, simulations and stimulation's of the particular activity (Delphi Technique).  Global Kids is the CFR arm of Connect All Schools Consortium, a new Department of Education network, led by Independent Sector and The White House via United Planet Partners.  Global Kids is preparing children for Agenda 21.  

 

The White House, NSA and CIA now have website divisions aimed at kids.  The Public Education Network is a national association funded by Independent Sector donors: plus Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Department of Education

 

"Funders" of the Rockefeller Foundation-backed International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), "Members" of the the Sustainability Consortium, backed by the EPA and BSR (Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, State Department) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-backed International City/County Management Association (ICMA): Center for Sustainable Communities (an ICLEI "Partner") are "partnered" with local schools and governments.  

 

From the Partnership for 21st Century Skills aligning the Common Core State Standards with "professional development" content for teachers and principals and Lego Robotics curricula for students (Carnegie Mellon/Lego Education); to software curricula through websites like: cyberschoolbus.un.org, icivics.org, atomiclearning.com, renlearn.org, brainpop.com and ttl4.sunburst.com; to the weekly deliveries of Time for Kids magazine and textbook curricula into classrooms; kids are programmed with UN-defined values.  State Governors administer Federal funds to "Community-Oriented Policing" systems like Crime Stoppers (The UN, FBI and other law enforcement and corporate partners administer Crime Stoppers International), the local student-equivalent of the Department of Homeland Security's' "See Something, Say Something" campaign; whereby children see hand-drawn posters of child characters on school walls displaying "Eyes Looking", "Ears Listening", "Mouth Reporting" with a hotline to call.  Presidents Bush and Obama have personally followed the George H. W. Bush/Clinton trail of the Agenda 21/ Sustainable America megabanks-maze in "bipartisan" fashion. 

 

UNESCO PLEDGES SUPPORT OF COMMON CORE

From UNESCO's document "The Vision of Education Reform in the United States" it states: "My department has been pleased to partner with the US Agency for International Development to help ensure that our best domestic practices are shared world-wide. The United States provides over a billion dollars annually to partner countries working on educational reform. Our goal for the coming year will be to work closely with global partners, including UNESCO, to promote qualitative improvements and system strengthening....Ultimately, education is the great equalizer. It is the one force that can consistently overcome differences in background, culture, and privilege."

 

THE UN'S AGENDA 21- COMMON CORE IMPLEMENTER!

In the United Nations Agenda 21 (Guide for the 21st Century), Chapters #25 and #36 specifically talk about education of our children:

 

Principle #25- "Children and Youth in Sustainable Development." In the "Activites 25.9.d" it states: "Ensure access for all youth to all types of education, wherever appropriate, providing alternative learning structures, ensure that education reflects the economic and social needs of youth and incorporates the concepts of environmental training, implementing innovative methods aimed at increasing practical skills, such as environmental scouting."

 

Principle #36- "Promoting Education, Public Awareness and Training." In the Activities Section of this document in "36.5.g" we read: "Within two years the United Nations system should undertake a comprehensive review of its educational programmes, encompassing training and public awareness, to reassess priorites and reallocae resources. The UNESCO/UNEP International Environmental Education Programme should, in cooperation with the appropriate bodies of the United Nations system, Governments, non-governmental organizations and others, establish a porgramme within two years to integrate the decisions of the Conference into the existing United Nations framework adapted to the need of the educators at different levels and circumstances. Regional organizations and national authorities should be encouraged to elaborate similar parallel programmes and opportunies by conducting an analysis of how to mobilize different sectors of the population in order to assess and address their environmental and development education needs."

 

In the Activities Section of this document in "36.5 h" we read: "There is a need to strengthen, within five years, information exchange by enhancing technologies and capacities necessary to promote environment and development education and public awareness. Countries should cooperate with each other and with the various social sectors and population groups to prepare educational tools that include regional environment and development issues and initiatives, using learning materials and resources suited to their own requirements." Sounds just like PARCC and SLDS. ASU's Institute for Global Sustainability and their "Sustainable Cities Network" is doing a fine job "brain-washing" our students in our high schools on sustainability, global warming (aka climate change), etc. Go here to meet the ASU sustainability schools!

 

 

COMMON CORE SCIENCE STANDARDS TEACH GLOBAL WARMING!

The new Common Core Science Standards that are up for review teach Global Warming (aka Climate Change)! Here is Research and Commentary on the Common Core Science Standards" from The Heartland Institute.

Please spread the word to all AMERICAN PATRIOTS!

Reality Check.....COMMON CORE EDUCATION = COMMUNISM IN AMERICA!

Common Core Education is the INDOCTRINATION of our CHILDREN. 

DO NOT LISTEN TO THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT RHETORIC FROM MIKE HUCKABEE!!! 

The Development of Common Core, Explained by Michael Chapman

The video says this is a clip from the 1989 National Governors'Assoc conference on Education:

Sr. Director of Mid-Continental Regional Education Laboratory, Dr. Shirley McCune

 She says about education:

#1) Total transformation of our society

#2) Teaching of facts and information (knowledge) is no longer the primary purpose of education

#3) Close connection between economic (sustainable) development and human capitol (human resource labor for a planned economy)

A group that allowed this kind of rhetoric to be said at their meeting? I don't think I want them developingeducational standards!  Please read to the bottom for transcripts from the 1987 NGA meetings chaired by Bill Clinton.  These transcripts are eye-opening.  They are clearly more concerned with workers for the manufacturing.  They seem to have concerns that we have students who can't read well enough (non-English speaking especially) to function in the manufacturing plants, and then on the other end of the spectrum... too many with higher ed degrees who don't WANT to work in the manufacturing.  So... what to do about all this?  Hummm.... standards!  Make sure they read well enough to function as the industrial workers, but not so well that they don't want to!!!   This is the John D. Rockefeller goal of the early 20th century when he started pushing for compulsory government schooling and funding the building of government schools. 

NOW.... review the transcripts below of the conferences chaired by Bill Clinton: 
National Governor's Association website  (find all annual meetings here with transcriptsm- )
1986-87 NGA Chair Gov. Bill Clinton's Initiative

Making America Work: Productive People, Productive Policies

March 25, 1986

1987 Winter Meeting with Bill Clinton as chair, you will find on page 12 that the governors unanimously adopted a policy to adopt an INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY.    http://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/1987NGAWinterMeeting.pdf

1987 Annual meeting.   See page 34of this document to see how those governors seem to be concerned that we aren't training our students for the "workforce." They are concerned that the professors of higher ed are telling students to strive for more than the job of working in the manufacturing plants.  On page 40 they start talking about standards needed in education.  " See page 42 with this statement by Governor Sinner (great name!) to Lee Iacoccoa: "But you also made a point about the terrific cost to industry of the disparity between states in these regulations and I wondered, with all the fuss and the furor that we make over states' rights...."  http://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/1987NGAAnnualMeeting.pdf 

June 11, 2013: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) leads the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee in a markup of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, an education initiative to replace No Child Left Behind.  http://www.c-spanvideo.org/event/220036

At the June 10 Common Core forum in Fayette County, Superintendent Barge stated over and over again that if Georgia wants to change these standards at any time, we have the ability to do so.   The testimony below contradicts this belief by Superintendent Barge and confirms that states who adopted the Common Core standards DO NOT have the ability to change the standards in any way on their own.

2:23:00 - Rep. Tim Scott discusses his amendment to Harkin's bill.  Instead of states being forced to adopt blanket standards like Common Core as a prerequisite for funding, let's put decision-making back in the hands of parents and teachers in our communities."

2:31:00 - It is admitted that states who want to change the CC standards,the Secretary of Education would have to approve it.  States DO NOT have the ultimate decision making abilities!

2:39:00 - Alexander reads page 89 of the bill stating that any changes to standards MUST go through the Secretary of Education for approval.

As are most of the amendments offered by Republicans to this education bill, the Scott Amendment is defeated 12-10.

DATA COLLECTING: Senator Burr at the 1:00:00 mark reveals information about ADDITIONAL data points that this legislation will add to the data mining.  He says that his count is now 500 data points.  

TEACHER EVALUATIONS: Senator Alexander at 2:00:00 mark discusses his amendment to end federally mandated school and teacher evaluations.  He says states had a "gun to their head" to adopt the teacher evaluations because they were desperate for NCLB waivers.   He makes the charge that the Harkin bill creates a "NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD."  The Gates Foundation involvement is mentioned frequently.  

Harkin says over and over "this is voluntary."  If states don't want to implement the programs in the bill we just don't accept the money!"    More strong evidence that our states need to "just say no" to all federal education dollars.   As is pointed out in this debate: Any private business that entered into a partnership where the partner who contributed 10% funding got 80-90% of the control (as is the case with education funding under NCLB and Common Core) the partnership is DOOMED TO FAIL!

Angela Bean
Fayetteville, GA
StopCommonCore.com 

We all know how tough it is to maintain your morals in today's media world. Here are two gifts from the AFA to you, each meant to help you navigate your way through media today:

1. Free Article: How to Watch TV Without Compromising Your Values  2. Free Guide: 300 Family Friendly Movies

The article discusses how far TV has fallen in recent years and outlines some practical steps you can take to protect your family.

And the free movie guide is a great way to find movies for family night that the whole family can enjoy.

I hope these tools are a blessing to you!

At the Boston Marathon we all witnessed what happens when people become radicalized by an extreme Islamic ideology.

IT IS TIME THAT EVERYONE GET EDUCATED ON THIS ISSUE.

Watching The Third Jihad is the ultimate way to share this knowledge with other Americans.

Share the film, the third jihad with 5 friends,
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AGENDA 21 RESOURCE PAGEs

Following is a list of all members representing Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives.  Their name, party affiliation, office number, phone number and Congressional assignments are listed. You can print this list for immediate reference.  If you wish to have the email address of your representative, type in "United States House of Representatives," click on 'Members" and then search for your Congressman's name.  Go to his web page, where you will find his email contact page, regional office phone numbers and addresses and, hopefully, other information regarding what he is doing to preserve the Constitution.   

Please note the committee assignments of each representative.  They are very important.

Please pass this information to all those on your list!   

Thank you.

Pennsylvania

(Before It's News)

FOX NEWS Reporters (Steve Wilson & Jane Akre) uncover that most of the Milk in the USA and across some parts of the world is unsafe to drink due to Monsanto Corporation's POSILAC®, which has been proven to be a cancer-causing growth hormone.(known in short as "BGH" "BST" or "rBGH" ), but they were fired for attempting to inform people of the truth.

Monsanto Milk

Educate Inspire Change
June 15, 2013

After a long court battle, the Court dismissed the whistle blowers protection for the reporters because the Court stated that there was no law to force that the NEWS must state the truth.

NEWS was/is no different than other TV shows/reality shows.) This is type of deceitful corruption is not just FOX news but includes almost all Main Stream Media. Self researched, alternative news and information (from multiple sources) is one of the best methods to stay well informed. Never trust or follow MSM/mega corporations such as Monsanto. The corrupt FDA has once again turned it's back on the American public and has actually assisted in suppressing the dangers of this issue.

Read more and see video here:

         Looming Federal health insurance mandates under Obamacare will force many Christian employers here in Pennsylvania to violate their conscience.  If they refuse, the fine will be $100 per day per employee.  Our Independence Law Center is helping one such employer from Lancaster County fight back in court.  It's in the appeals court now, and we're praying for a win.   But if not, this employer will either be forced to violate his deeply-held Christian convictions, or face massive fines every day.  Does this sound like America to you?
 
         We need folks like you to get involved - and that's why I'm inviting you to a critically important "Conscience Forum" sponsored by Congressman Joe Pitts in conjunction with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia - the very city where our First Amendment rights were established in law.
 
         Here are the details:

Friday, June 21, 2013
10:00 am to 11:30 am.
 
Location - Archdiocese Pastoral Center Auditorium
                     222 North 17^th Street
                     Philadelphia, Pa.  19103
 
Program  --  (to begin promptly at 10:00.)
 
10:00 - 10:45:
 

Introductions/Greeting
Opening Remarks by Cong. Pitts
 
Speakers:
Congresswoman Diane Black  (TN)
Congressman Chris Smith (NJ)
Michael Geer and Randy Wenger from the Pa. Family Institute
Penny Nance - CEO, Concerned Women for America
A representative from the Philadelphia Archdiocese
and a business owner directly impacted by the unjust federal mandate.
 
10:45 - 11:30  Panel Discussion and Questions from the audience moderated by Congressman Joe Pitts
 
11:30  - Conclusion of Forum
               Press Availability
 
 
Reservations are not required; there is no charge to attend.  I hope to see you there.  

RedState Morning Briefing

For June 19, 2013

Friends,

I felt the need to bring you up to speed on a post from this morning's Morning Briefing.  I have now confirmed that Georgia Right to Life is opposing the the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797).  This is the most significant piece of pro-life legislation Congress has considered since the partial birth abortion ban.

Georgia Right to Life is opposed because there is a rape/incest exception.  In other words, they want it all or nothing.  They would rather continue late term abortions all together than ensure some of them are stopped because they want a complete ban or no ban.  Never mind that, in the present political climate, a complete ban is impossible.

It is horrifying that a pro-life group would oppose pro-life legislation that would stop the killing of many, many children.  I have a full update here, including what a member of the Georgia General Assembly told me happened to Georgia legislators as they were considering pro-life legislation.

It is quite disturbing.  Please go here to check it out.

Repealing Obamacare will increase the deficit by $109 billion over 10 years.

That was a headline from a CBO report in May when Republicans voted on full repeal of Obamacare.  Somehow, when it comes to ascertaining the costs of wrongheaded policy, CBO wants us to engage in willing suspension of disbelief.  The most costly entitlement will actually reduce the deficit, they claim.  In Washington, up is down and down is up.

We are now seeing the same thing with the amnesty/immigration deform bill.  You need not be an actuary to understand that 11 million poor illegals and tens of millions of other poor legal immigrants and guest workers, along with their American-born children, will wind up receiving a lot more in benefits that they pay in taxes.  Yet, CBO will have you believe that this bill will actually reduce the deficit over 10 and 20 years by $197 billion and $700 billion respectively.  In fact, the only main costs in this bill are the border security provisions.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 

It is a funny thing about American foreign policy. The Democrats are the peacenik party until they have an opportunity to send American soldiers off to die for no reason other than to make them feel good about their higher morality. This scenario is playing out again in Washington as the Democrat foreign policy elites begin beating the drums for a US intervention in Syria. We can expect the call to get stronger with the move of Samantha Power, an ardent believer in the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine who once advocated sending in US military forces to protect the Palestinians from Israel, to the position of National Security Advisor.

The situation in Syria would present a huge challenge to even a competent Administration. Needless to say, the Obama Administration, which now dredging up the talent equivalent of a tee-ball team to fill positions in what promises to be a disastrous second term, is out of its depth. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 

The real issue with the immigration debate is not a question of what to do with those illegals already here; it is a question of what to do with the next wave.,.and the next wave....and the next wave.

While everyone is focused on the past - what to do with those already here - and the future - whether the promises of more enforcement will ever materialize - nobody is focusing on the present.  In anticipation of a mass amnesty and perennial suspension of deportations, migrants from Central America are rushing to cross our borders.  Yes, these people all follow social media.  Here is a key finding from the New York Times . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 

Who knew that a beauty pageant could be brimming with so much socio-political insight?  The Miss USA pageant on Sunday gave us not one, but two, remarkable observations on the state of the Union.

First, here's Miss Alabama, Mary Margaret McCord, offering her thoughts on the surveillance state: "I think the society that we live in today, it's sad that if we go to the movies, or to the airport, or even to the mall that we have to worry about our safety... so I would rather someone track my telephone messages, and feel safe wherever I go, than feel like they're encroaching on my privacy." . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 

Colorado state Senator Angela Giron (D-Pueblo) says that democracy in our republic is racist. Colorado citizens, angry over her votes to further restrict their Second Amendment civil liberties, have gathered thousands of signatures to force a recall election. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → 

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for June 19, 2013 

Senate set to vote on border fence amendment in immigration bill
The Washington Times

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CBO: Immigration bill only stops 25 percent of illegal immigration 

Russia's Putin torpedoes G8 efforts to oust Assad 

Marriage rate dives to new lows since economic downturn
USA Today

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June 19, 2013   

Today's Articles:

Impeach Eric Holder
Dexter Wright
The case against Attorney General Holder. More

How Quaint: Big Brother Demands 'Privacy'
Daren Jonescu
It's amazing what can make a person feel wistful and nostalgic these days More

What the IRS Has Become
Elise Cooper
With an IRS like what we have now, we're at serious risk of "freedom" becoming a word of the past in America. More

Leftus Ignoramus
Bruce Walker
Leftists seem to harbor a profound ignorance of geography, history, and other hard facts which anyone involved in politics ought to know. How exactly do they get away with it? More

Why not Zimbabwe?
Stu Tarlowe
A mysterious omission from the itinerary. More

Israel, UNIFIL, and the Blue Line
Michael Curtis
A new color to illustrate an old problem for the EU: Hezb'allah is not some benign humanitarian organization. More

Globalism vs. Jingoism
Phillip Cowan
With the current National Security Agency (NSA) scandal unfolding, two new political genres seem to have emerged to compete with the liberal-versus-conservative paradigm we know. These are jingoism and globalism. More

American Thinker Blog

On the 12th Day of Xmas the NSA gave to me
June 19, 2013
Could the NSA be how Santa knows who's been naughty and who's been nice? More

Michelle Obama's Black Reparation Junket
June 19, 2013
Meet Conrad W. Worrill, friend of Michelle Obama, who organized a march in Washington called "They Owe Us." More

Silvio Canto guests on Moran's show
June 18, 2013
AT's Rich Baehr co-hosting a discussion of Hispanics and immigration reform. More

Psaki painfully out of her depth
June 18, 2013
New State Department spokeswoman starts embarrassing herself early More

Atheists lose one
June 18, 2013
He didn't think he would give a speech. More

Mixed bag in SCOTUS ruling on AZ voter registration
June 18, 2013
Arizona's proof of citizenship requirement struck down but may be resurrected in a different form. More

For whom should we show 'compassion,' Mr. President?
June 18, 2013
The American Dream is for sale for $1,000. More

Western media swoons over new 'moderate' Iranian leader
June 18, 2013
Rohani is a creature of the system that he has worked for all of his adult life. More

Michelle Does Dublin
June 18, 2013
One thing's for sure: Michelle certainly did ratchet up the lavishness level on this outing. More

What a difference 5 summers can make!
June 18, 2013
No hope, no change. More

Obama's upside down enemies list
June 18, 2013
Federal scrutiny and presidential slurs More

Who resumed IRS targeting in May 2012?
June 18, 2013
No one at the IRS seems to know. More

College Kids Sign Petition to Allow Obama to Spy on Fox News

Patriot Act Author: Prism Program NOT Within The Law. Obama Administration Is Bush On Steroids

Another IRS official is out; Agency replaces Holly Paz

Miss Alabama on NSA Prism Scandal

Why America's Military Must Be Strong - Prager University

Open Letter to the UC Regents

By David Horowitz and Jeffrey Wienir

Sign this open letter and petition the UC regents to stop this outrage.
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West Already Courting Iran's 'Moderate' Khomeinist

By P. David Hornik

Meet the new "reformist" president who led a murderous crackdown on students.
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John McCain's Syria Delusions

By Bruce Thornton

The crucial questions the senator refuses to ask in his haste to arm jihadists.
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The Calm Before the Jihadi Storm

By Raymond Ibrahim

Another 9/11 is only a matter of time -- and Obama's disastrous foreign policy is to blame.
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Iran's Puppet Presidency

By Majid Rafizadeh

Why the hope for a new direction for the Islamic Republic is futile.
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Obama's Catastrophes in the Middle East - on The Glazov Gang

By Frontpagemag.com

The White House gives $1.3 billion to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt - while Syrian jihadists await U.S. arms.
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Freedom and Kate Upton's Birthday

By Spyridon Mitsotakis

The Upton family's unexpected contribution to the cause of liberty.
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German Left Ramps Up Attacks on Islam Critics

By Andrew Harrod

The future for free speech in Europe gets darker.
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The Loss of Trust

By Thomas Sowell

Can Senator Grassley get answers about Huma? Was she being Hillary's kept woman?

Jun 18, 2013 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

Two years ago available public evidence suggested a likelihood of Huma Abedin - now Huma Weiner - and Hillary Clinton having, shall we say, "an unusually close relationship."

This evidence began to surface in mid-2007 when rumors about the Huma/Hillary relationship being more than the "close colleague" kind floated around the halls of Washington. A logical question took shape, "If Hillary is bisexual (as) had long been thought (and occasionally uttered in public), what is the nature of her relationship with the dark eyed enchanting Abedin, a young lady from a strict Muslim family?"

Although they were never asked publicly, the initial question led to a few less salacious and more concrete questions about Huma.

"Is the fact that Huma was never seen twice in the same designer outfit and lived in a $649,000 condo explainable because she was trading sexual favors with Hillary for a fabulous lifestyle?" "If so what does that ... Continue Reading:Can Senator Grassley get answers about Huma? Was she being Hillary's kept woman?

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Public Strongly Opposes Obama's Syrian Intervention

Last week the White House announced that it would begin providing weapons and military aid to the Syrian rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The conundrum for U.S. policy makers is that many of the rebels are Al Qaeda extremists.

This "nuance," and the failure of the Arab Spring to bring real freedom to the Middle East, have not been lost on the American people. A new poll finds that 70% of the public opposes Obama's policy of arming the Syrian rebels. Only 20% support the idea. That is an incredible 50-point gap.

The opposition to Obama's policy is bi-partisan: 74% of independents oppose it, as do 71% of Republicans and 66% of Democrats. Even worse for the president is that opinions are hardening against U.S. intervention. In March 2012, 63% opposed arming the rebels and 29% supported doing so -- a 34-point gap.

Good people can disagree on the best approach to this problem, and there are good people who support toppling Assad. In the Pew poll, a majority of Americans (53%) agreed with the view that it was "important for the U.S. to support people who oppose authoritarian regimes."

But given the results of Obama's foreign policy choices in places like Egypt and Libya, a growing majority clearly does not feel this administration is capable of intervening in Syria and securing an outcome that will serve U.S. interests or freedom in the Middle East.

Last week Sarah Palin told an audience of conservative activists that if we see Al Qaeda-backed jihadists fighting Iranian-backed jihadists perhaps the best policy is to "let Allah sort it out."


Big Government And The Crisis Of Confidence

Jeffrey Lord has a column today at The American Spectator connecting the public's distrust of Big Government to the current debate over the Senate's quasi-amnesty bill. He recounts the IRS scandal involving illegal immigrants claiming tax credits for children who do not exist.

The IRS and leading politicians have known about the problem for years. Last year, Harry Reid killed legislation to stop it, even though this rampant fraud is costing taxpayers more than $4 billion a year.

Lord writes that this example of "massive IRS fraud by illegal immigrants vividly illustrates is yet another story of corruption and government gone wild." Here's more of his column:

"It is the same story as the IRS-Tea Party scandal. It is the same story as the NSA-Edward Snowden issue. It is the same story as Benghazi. It is the same story as State Department cover-ups of tales of State Department employees involvement with prostitutes, sexual assaults, and illegal drugs.

"Time and time and time again this always comes back to the incompetence and/or corruption of a government that is seen as being run by arrogant mandarins of the ruling class elite.

Lord then suggests that those pushing this so-called "immigration reform" bill are ignoring the reality of corruption:

"This time their solutions to an out-of-control illegal immigration problem -- which relies 100% on a Big Government that has failed over and over and over again and can't even manage to control the border -- are going to work. Really. Honest. In truth? This is nonsense on stilts."

I couldn't agree more.

Speaking of fraud and waste in Big Government, check out the latest video by James O'Keefe. He helped to bring down ACORN, and now he's exposing the fraud in the "Obamaphone" program, which is paid for by fees tacked on to the bills of regular cellphone users.


Boehner Speaks On Border Security

There is growing angst among conservatives around the country about how Speaker John Boehner will handle immigration reform legislation once the Democrat-dominated Senate passes its amnesty bill. Politico reports that Speaker Boehner made the following statement to a closed-door meeting of the House GOP caucus this morning:

"I have no intention of putting a bill on the floor that will violate the principles of our majority and divide our conference. One of our principles is border security. I have no intention of putting a bill on the floor that the people in this room do not believe secures our borders. It's not gonna happen."

Obama's Abortion Extremism

One of the more memorable moments of the 2008 presidential campaign occurred during a debate at Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church. Pastor Warren asked then-Senator Obama, "At what point does a baby get human rights?" Obama responded that the question was "above my pay grade."

In the wake of the Kermit Gosnell trial, many Americans were exposed for the first time to the gruesome realities of the culture of death wrought by Roe v. Wade. Thankfully pro-life members of Congress are fighting to restore respect for the sanctity of life.

Today the House of Representatives is expected to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The bill would ban late-term abortions performed after the 20th week of pregnancy based on medical evidence that unborn children may feel pain starting at 20 weeks.

Kermit Gosnell specialized in late-term abortions. Some babies were born alive in his office, but not even they were spared. He finished the job by "snipping" their spinal cords.

Regrettably, President Obama seems unmoved. The White House issued a statement vowing to veto the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act should it reach his desk.

In the statement, the White House predictably resurrected the "war on women" theme, blasting the bill as "an assault on a woman's right to choose" and "a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade" that "shows contempt for women's health ... and the Constitution." Nothing could be further from the truth.

But if the White House wants a serious debate about women's health, it should examine the link between abortion and violence against women. I have a column in USA Today, co-authored by Daniel Allott, exploring this very subject.


Yes, Media Bias Is Real

As the country debates same-sex "marriage," the left-wing media and the popular culture have been eager cheerleaders for the radical notion of men "marrying" other men.

The Pew Research Center studied more than 500 media reports about the issue during the time when two prominent cases were before the Supreme Court. Pew concluded: "Stories with more statements supporting same-sex marriage outweighed those with more statements opposing it by a margin of roughly 5-to-1."

Many Americans have come to falsely assume that nearly a quarter of the population is gay partly because of this type of grossly distorted reporting. The real figure is significantly lower.   

What the FBI Director didn't know

FBI Director Unaware Boston Mosque Founded By al Qaeda Funder

Morning Jolt

. . . with Jim Geraghty

June 18, 2013

Obama: 1500-1700 FISA Court Applications Per Year Is a 'Surprisingly Small' Number of Requests

Obama to Charlie Rose:

The whole point of my concern, before I was president -- because some people say, "Well, you know, Obama was this raving liberal before. Now he's, you know, Dick Cheney." Dick Cheney sometimes says, "Yeah, you know? He took it all lock, stock, and barrel." My concern has always been not that we shouldn't do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather are we setting up a system of checks and balances? So, on this telephone program, you've got a federal court with independent federal judges overseeing the entire program.

Oh, Mr. President, you're so, so, so certain that nobody is going to notice your verbal sleight-of-hand.

Remember, in a FISA court, there is no equivalent of a defense attorney speaking on behalf of the person being investigated. It is not an adversarial court. Nobody speaks for you, Joe Citizen. The government makes its case, and the judge either says, "okay," or "no, I'm not convinced." Take a guess at how that works out . . .

Now check your guess against how often FISA courts turn down those requests:

The court rarely, if ever, denies the government's requests, according to annual reports issued to senior members of Congress by the Department of Justice and collected by the Federation of American Scientists.

In 2012, the government made 1,789 applications to the court -- one was withdrawn by the government and 40 were modified by the court, but "the FISC did not deny any applications in whole or in part," the report states. In 2011, there were 1,676 applications, of which two were withdrawn and 30 modified, but once again, "The FISC did not deny any applications in whole, or in part." In 2010, there were 1,511 applications, of which five were withdrawn and 14 modified, but "The FISC did not deny any applications in whole, or in part."

In 2009, the court denied a single application, modified 14, and approved another 1,320. In 2008, the court denied another application, and made "substantive modifications" to two more, but approved more than 2,000. In 2007, the court denied a whopping three applications. It denied a single one in 2006. It denied zero applications in 2005 and 2004, though it denied four in 2003. It approved all applications in 2002 and 2001.

So, since the start of the War on Terror more than 11 years ago, the court has denied just 10 applications, and modified several dozen, while approving more than 15,000.

Obama to Charlie Rose: "First of all, Charlie, the number of requests are surprisingly small."

Mary Katharine Ham, writing at WarmerThanWarmAir.com, writes:

Obama's just repeating speeches from 2008, paired with demonstrable proof that he's not interested in acting out the beliefs in those speeches, and expecting us all to move on, satisfied that his guiding hand will prevent abuse. His assurances have held great power in the past, but exactly what would make us think they're worth anything now? Sure, it's politically advantageous for him to declare on Benghazi, NSA, IRS (not to mention ERA and State Department), "We have noted your concerns and there's an investigation underway, now let's get back to exactly what I'd like to talk about, and don't I give an awesome speech?"

But that's not good enough. Obama has allowed abuses to happen on his watch, his administration has floated somewhere between malice and utter incompetence letting them go on, and none of the institutional backstops or failsafes have worked to prevent them or punish those responsible.

Just how out of control could our government be? Jim Hoft, late last night:

Tonight on The O'Reilly Factor Sharyl Attkisson told Bill that she knows who hacked into her home computers.

"I think I know. But I'm just not prepared to go into that. We're continuing our investigations. There are multifaceted looks at what to do next. . . . . Let me just say, whoever did it, to come into a private citizen's home, whether I'm a journalist or not, and look in my family's computer and look into my work computer. . . . Well, it's outrageous."

Watching Turkey Burn, the State Department Boldly . . . Makes a Statement Urging Calm

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki finally had to say something about the increasingly brutal crackdown against protesters in Turkey.

"Look, we are focused on calling for calm, on calling for restraint. We remain a close ally of Turkey," she stressed. "Of course, I've outlined and spoken, in a number of those occasions when you and others have asked, about the concerns we have had. And we haven't held back in that regard in any way." 

She said the U.S. remained focused on calling on all parties to ease tensions and to resolve the Gezi Park issue through dialogue, taking into account views from across the political spectrum. "We also continue to urge all sides to exercise restraint and avoid violence," she said.

Psaki also cited reports over the weekend about the prosecution of medical professionals who were said to have been treating people injured during protests, adding that "all of these reports are greatly concerning and we're very focused on monitoring it closely . . . . We, of course, deplore the use of excessive force in any of these cases."

She reiterated that U.S. officials were in close contact with their Turkish counterparts at the highest levels. "We're hopeful that this can be resolved with calm and by an encouragement of restraint in Turkey," Psaki said.

"Hey, you guys! Exercise restraint!"

"You too, down on the ground over there! Restrain yourself!"

These are the comments from the U.S. State Department in Washington. Over in Ankara . . . well, our diplomats are pretty darn quiet. The embassy's Twitter feed has discussed Syria, child labor, dance exhibitions, malnutrition, LGBT pride month . . . the last Tweet that could be construed as referring to the increasingly large demonstrations and brutal crackdowns was June 10. Here is the only comment on our embassy's web site:

"Of course, nobody could be happy to see those saddening images/pictures. I am not happy either. I wish a speedy recovery to all those injured; get well soon. But if you are asking me about U.S. foreign policy, as you know, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, and the right to have peaceful protests are fundamentals of a democracy. I am not going to say anything further."

That's from May 31. So, one paragraph that sounds like it could have come from a Hallmark card. Hey, remember that Lady in Red? "Get Well Soon!"

"We wish a speedy recovery to all those injured!"

World . . . we are not answering our 3 a.m. phone calls, or any other time of day. Hope you can sort out your own issues, because for the foreseeable future, all you're going to be getting from us are statements about LGBT pride month.

You Want a Piece of Me?

I'm on a conservative blogger e-mailing list, and the group is split right down the middle over the controversy over Sarah Murnaghan, the ten-year-old girl suffering from end-stage cystic fibrosis whose family sought and received a transplant of an adult lung.

Half believed that it was outrageous that a rule -- in place because children are usually not good recipients of adult organs -- could prevent an innocent little girl from getting potentially lifesaving surgery. The other half saw this as a terrible precedent, that a photogenic little girl whose case became a media crusade had the rules changed for her individual circumstances -- meaning someone else won't get a lung because of this decision.

It turns out living donors can give quite a few parts of themselves: kidneys, part of their liver, a lung or part of a lung, part of the pancreas, or part of the intestines. "It is also possible for living donors to donate a lung or part of a lung, part of the pancreas, or part of the intestines. Although these organs do not regenerate, both the donated portion of the organ and the portion remaining with the donor are fully functioning."

USA Today looks at what can be done to encourage donations:

Instead of asking people to "opt into" the system by indicating their willingness to be a donor, these experts say the assumption should be that everyone in the country should be considered a donor unless they "opt out." The latter proposal is called presumed-consent or default-to-donation.

"We have this voluntary opt-in system, but why don't we shift the system and have a default-to-donation system?" Caplan says.

He says other countries such as Spain have had some success with getting more organs with an opt-out system. Before the USA goes to this method, he says, it should be tested in a few states.

Joshua Sonett, chief of General Thoracic Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, says there would be plenty of organs if we had an "opt-out" system.

Fleming doesn't like the idea. "We would be moving from a system where we honor your wishes to be a donor to an (opt-out) system where it's the government's right to procure your organs unless you opt out." Fleming says many people would think this violates their personal rights, which could send them rushing to sign opt-out forms.

He says European countries using the opt-out method "are not doing any better than we are. I truly believe it would be a disaster if it happened here. I think we'd have millions and millions of people register not to be donors."

When we discussed this on "The Blaze" last Friday, our guest pointed out that "opt out" comes uncomfortably close to suggesting that your organs are the property of the state unless you specify otherwise.

Another more controversial idea -- but maybe more effective -- is the idea of paying people for organs. There is already a market for organs; unfortunately, it's the black market. You've got whole chunks of your body you don't need; why not turn them into cash?

Of course, some fear that under those kinds of policies, we could end up with a world where Jude Law and Forest Whitaker hunt you down for failing to make payments on the new organ you've purchased. And after "A.I.," it's understandable for Americans to be exceptionally anxious and wary about any idea that inspires a science fiction movie that stars Jude Law.

I wished we had a way to test this idea -- and then I realized that we do, in the form of other countries.

In Australia, the government pays donors a small sum to cover the costs of lost work because of recovery time -- about $650 American dollars a week for up to six weeks. (Compensating recovery time seems like a no-brainer, doesn't it? How many folks out there would argue this would be a bad way to spend limited taxpayer dollars?)

But if you want to see a really thriving free-market system for organ donations, we have to look at . . . Iran. Really.

The Iranian system of compensating organ donors began in 1988, giving donors $1,200 and providing one year of limited health-insurance coverage. In addition, kidney recipients pay donors between $2,300 and $4,500. How has it worked out? In Iran, there is no waiting list for a kidney. There hasn't been one since 1999.

Sounds pretty appealing, huh?

Katherine Mangu-Ward, writing last year:

At long last, Americans are warming up to the idea of a market for all of the spare kidneys, bone marrow, liver chunks, and other life-saving organs that walking, talking, still-alive humans have to offer. 

NPR asked 3,000 people what they thought about compensating live donors. A surprising 41 percent said they were OK with the idea of paying cash for organs.

As of today, there are 114,349 people on the donor waiting list, more than 50,000 of whom are waiting for kidneys. 

Until then, here's how you become a donor . . .

ADDENDUM: Our Eliana Johnson: "Netroots conference puts out a warning: 'Please do not assume anyone's gender, even people you may have met in the past.'"

That . . . must be an odd conference.

"Steve, is that you?"

"Of course it's me. We saw each other, what, two weeks ago?"

"Well, are you still a man?"

"Of course I am!"

"I just didn't want to assume."

NRO Digest - June 18, 2013

Today on National Review Online . . .

The Editors' Top Picks

  Guardian Posts Live Chat with Edward Snowden  Although being hailed as extraordinary, the revelations in the information leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden are really nothing new.
  Say Goodbye to Medical Privacy Under ObamaCare  A proposed ObamaCare regulation would require insurance exchanges to share individuals' personal health information with state and federal agencies.
  Rand Paul Immigration Amendment Aims to Prevent Voter Fraud  Preventing voter fraud is the aim of an amendment to the immigration bill offered Monday by Senator Rand Paul.
  Obama, Cameron, Barroso Push EU-U.S. Merger at G8 Ireland Summit  At the G8 Summit in Ireland, Obama pushed the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership for political and economic merger of the United States with the EU.
  U.S. Physician Shortage to Impact Rural, Poor Urban Areas  Despite already widespread shortages of U.S. primary care doctors, less than 25 percent of new physicians are entering the primary care field, and less than five percent head to rural areas.
  Texas Governor Signs Bill to Protect Christmas Celebration in Public Schools  Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed a bill designed to protect the rights of students, teachers, and others to celebrate Christmas and other religious holidays in public schools. 

Today's Headlines:  Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Navy Will Inspect Its Bathrooms for 'Degrading' Images of Women

Treasury's 'Extraordinary' Accounting: Deficit UP $138.7B in May, Debt DOWN $90B 

 Will Boehner Lose His Speakership Over Immigration Reform? 'Maybe,' He Says  

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Syrian-Rebel Teens Sing at Al Qaeda Camp: 'We Destroyed America With a Civilian Airplane'

Battle Lines Harden in Syria As Egypt Wades In

'Straight' Men Should Be Banned From Driving, Says WH Petition

'Cheers' Star: We Didn't Need Surveillance When We Were Kids - 'We Had God'

Syrian Leader Again Warns West of Terror Blowback  

Bruce Jenner: 'Somebody Comes in My House With Gun, I'm Going to Blow His A-- Away'

EPA Offers 'Smart Development Decisions' for the Next Half Century

China Scorns Suggestions NSA Leaker May Have Cooperated With Beijing

Rubio: 'If I Was in Charge' U.S. Would Have Intervened in Syria Earlier

Pro-Lifer: 'Kermit Gosnell Is a Racist of the Worst Kind'

Handover: Afghan Armed Forces Take Security Lead From NATO

Controversial ICE Director Morton Steps Down - With Praise From Napolitano

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Yesterday, Glenn shared the story of Kansas State Attorney General Kris Kobach who was targeted over the weekend by members of the pro-immigration reform group Sunflower Community Action Network. Kobach, one of the architects of the Arizona immigration bill, called into the radio program this morning to speak about the nearly 700 protesters from the ACORN affiliated group who marched outside his house and why he will not be coerced into backing down from his stance on immigration. Watch the entire interview HERE.

Is this America's Sumner moment? 

Glenn told the story of Charles Sumner, who stood up to slavery on the floor of Congress and was beaten to within an inch of his life, right there in front of his Congressional colleagues. Those in power were desperately clinging on to what authority they had and could not see what is right. Sounds a lot like today. America is supporting terrorists in the Syrian conflict and failing to see the obvious evil we are providing aid to. Glenn had more on radio.

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