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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

FIRE JIHAD - FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA

Al Qaeda ripping off freedom lovers -- savages nonetheless, no matter they hide and steal and mimic the call of freedom lovers.

Spring 2012: al-Qaeda's English-language online magazine, Inspire, published an article called "It Is of Your Freedom to Ignite a Firebomb," which featured instructions on how to build an incendiary bomb to light forests on fire.

  

"Fire Wars - Forest Jihad in America" Algemeiner, June 15, 2013 (thanks to Ken)

American focus on the NSA "leaks" diverts attention from real existential threats and economic devastation that for now affects  mostly the West.

The fire raging in Colorado Springs forced William (Bill) Scott and his wife Linda to evacuate their home. Last we spoke, Bill didn't know if they'll have a home to return to.

As of Saturday afternoon, June 15, the apparent arson that set Colorado's Black Forest on fire last Tuesday killed at least two people and destroyed and damaged more than 388 homes. The fire that burned 15,500 acres led to the evacuation of 38,000 people. The six-hour delay of federal air tankers to help extinguish the fast spreading fire didn't help. All the while, local law enforcement and firefighters have been collecting whatever evidence they can find to identify the arsonist(s).

Bill Scott,  a senior fellow at ACD, warned about such a scenario last July, speaking at the ACD/EWI Economic Threats briefing on Capital Hill. An expert on aerial firefighting, he presented a sobering analysis of the devastating Waldo Canyon Fire, pointing out that the striking rise Western U.S. wildfires may be caused by elements other than nature.

He noted that in spring 2012, al-Qaeda's English-language online magazine, 

Inspire

, published an article called "It Is of Your Freedom to Ignite a Firebomb," which featured instructions on how to build an incendiary bomb to light forests on fire.Read more: 

 

 

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

OBAMA ANNOUNCES "PEACE" TALKS WITH TALIBAN SAVAGES

Photo: Lance Cpl Greg Buckley, murdered by our Afghan "allies"

The Obama Administration announced that it will meet with the Taliban in Doha for "peace talks." The Taliban continue to orchestrate insider attacks, killing our soldiers. They continue to poison girls' schools across Afghanistan, kidnap Red Cross workers, enforce the most brutal and extreme ideology on the face of the earth (the Sharia), and call for the defeat of American and coalition forces.

These jihadists behead Afghan children, slaughter Afghans who dare to attend a party where dancing takes place, and mean to run Mullah Omar for President, despite the fact that there is still a $10-million-dollar reward on his head. Omar sheltered Osama bin Laden prior to the 9/11 attacks; he had a hand in the 9/11 attacks; and he has directed the Taliban's ongoing war against U.S.-led NATO forces. On what basis could a peace conference move forward? It is, in fact, a surrender.

The Taliban have done nothing to move towards peace. They are savages, and you cannot make peace with savages. A "political settlement" is Obama-speak for surrender to jihad. The Obama Administration may insist that the Taliban break ties with al-Qaeda and end the violence, but they have given absolutely no indication that they are prepared to do that. If anything, just the opposite.

The number of green-on-blue attacks has skyrocketed, now accounting for over fifteen percent of coalition deaths. Our troops are being sacrificed to the politically correct refusal to state the truth about Islam. These are senseless murders that are only possible because the Obama administration refuses to acknowledge the motive and ideology of jihadic doctrine. How are our soldiers supposed to distinguish the jihadists from people on our side? 

Worse still, the Department of Defense lies about these murders in order to prop up their failed policy. The number of green-on-blue attacks has skyrocketed, but US policy remains the same. Our boys and girls are sitting ducks. In 2012 they accounted for 15% of Coalition deaths. 2013 will dwarf that. In 2011, green-on-blue attacks accounted for 6%; in 2010, 2%; in 2009, 2%; and in 2008, less than 1%. And the Obama Administration is rewarding the Taliban with peace talks and prisoner exchanges? It borders on sedition.

Read more:

The Blaze | Billy Hallowell | Jun. 19, 2013 2:15pm  

Reports of alleged discrimination on the ground are unfolding in Washington, D.C., today, as two separate political events take place. And now angst is raging after Capitol Hill Police Officer Sandra Brown allegedly left a voicemail for one of the directors of the "Audit the IRS" event, saying attendees from one event were not allowed at the other.

The message was apparently left for Kevin Mooneyhan, deputy executive director of Tea Party Patriots - which is putting on the day's IRS rally.

"It's 9:28 a.m., June 19. There are members of your group that are moving into other areas on the capitol grounds, joining other groups on the east front of the capitol. That activity is not authorized," the person who identified herself as Officer Brown can be heard saying in a recorded voice message forwarded to TheBlaze.

"Your area is the west front of the capitol. Have either yourself and our 12 marshals keep your group in your area and your area only. You cannot join other groups in other areas that have been permitted to other groups," the message continues.

Listen to the call . . . 

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

         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.  

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.

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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

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Savages of Socialism

Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog 

In Venezuela, savvy shoppers are hunting down scarce supplies of toilet paper with a smartphone app. The smartphones, compact packages of electronics, are several generations more advanced than the white square, but they are available when the toilet paper isn't, because unlike the toilet paper they aren't subsidized and price controlled.

While Hugo Chavez did at one point unveil a Chavezphone for the poor, he succumbed to the wonders of Cuba's Socialist medicine before they could become as big as Obamaphones. But if Venezuela ever falls to the dumbphone, then there won't be a smartphone app to find a smartphone with. 

The sight of modern men and women hunting down toilet paper with smartphones seems like the Soviet Union as reimagined by William Gibson, but it's a common enough outcome in an economy that is really a patchwork of uneven subsidies. 

The Arab Spring was fueled by the social media apps of smartphones and anger over insufficient subsidies for staples such as bread and fuel. The smartphones may bring you the revolution, but it's the toilet paper and bread shortages that set them off. 

The problem is a commonplace one that Americans will shortly begin experiencing with the subsidized medicine of Obamacare. 

Read more:

RedState Morning Briefing

For June 20, 2013

1.  Rubio vs. Rubio

As a candidate for the United States Senate, Marco Rubio campaigned on a tough, "no amnesty" immigration stance, in which he advocated against a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and in strong support of border security before legalization. Now, as a leader of the "Gang of 8," he has embraced - and in many instances moved farther left of - the very policies he once criticized.

It is okay for Senator Rubio to change his mind, though he and I may disagree. For too many conservatives, though, Senator Rubio appears to be trying to reconcile irreconcilable positions. In the past several days, tea party activists who once supported him have been booing just the mention of his name. Conservative groups that once touted him as the second coming of Ronald Reagan have moved on to Ted Cruz.

There is much time between now and 2016, and there will be other challenges that see the right and Senator Rubio united. But I suspect the contradictions of these statements will come up in ad campaigns in Iowa, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

2.  Moral Vacancy at Georgia Right to Life

3.  Problems with the Cornyn Amendment

4.  It's our world, the CBO just lives in it

5.  Gov. Kasich: God Wants Ohio to Expand Medicaid

Governor John Kasich, a Republican, repeated his insistence that God wants Ohio to expand Medicaid when reporters brought up the topic on June 18. Kasich suggested anyone who opposes Medicaid expansion will have to answer for their opposition when they die.

Gov. Kasich said he recently told a state legislator, "I respect the fact that you believe in small government. I do too. I also happen to know that you're a person of faith."

"Now, when you die and get to the, get to the, uh, to the meeting with St. Peter, he's probably not gonna ask you much about what you did about keeping government small, but he's going to ask you what you did for the poor," Kasich said. "Better have a good answer." . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

6.  Top 7 Negative Economic Effects of Colorado Gun Control

June 20, 2013 

June 20, 2013   

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The Self-Delusion of the American Political Establishment
Steve McCann
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Will the Real Traitor Please Stand Up?
Jonathon Moseley
It all hinges on who's lying, and so far, it ain't Snowden. More

The Other Court-Packing Scandal
Amicus Curiae
The Obama administration's many scandals are becoming nearly impossible to keep track of -- but here is yet another that should not fall between the cracks. More

Critical Thinking about Climate Change
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How to make a progressive educator's head explode. More

The Real Threat from Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Jon N. Hall
There's an aspect of this gigantic poison pill that has not received nearly enough attention. More

Iran's President Rouhani: a Nuclear Fig Leaf
Noah Beck
This is no time for naiveté about "moderates." More

MSM is Lying: Conservatives Are the Mainstream
Lloyd Marcus
Don't let your enemies define who you are, or how important. More

American Thinker Blog

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Articulating conservatism in a fresh, thoughtful way More

In Media World, only Israel Blocks Peace Process
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How not to promote a peace deal. More

Vince Flynn, 1966 -- 2013
June 20, 2013
A master thriller writer bids farewell. More

Nuclear Weapons and Tyranny
June 20, 2013
Lessons from China on how we should deal with Iran More

Five Things to Know About CBO Projections and Estimates
June 20, 2013
The CBO is a lot like the Tooth Fairy, except that you don't get a quarter. More

Some Days You Just Feel Vindicated
June 19, 2013
No matter how deep you bury it, everything comes out sooner or later. More

New documentary alleges TWA 800 cover-up
June 19, 2013
More evidence More

Where are the adoring crowds today?
June 19, 2013
As the blank slate know as Obama gets filled in the size of his adoring crowd seems to greatly diminish. More

An Ivy League professor gets it wrong on abortion
June 19, 2013
Because stupid is an ugly word, we try not to use it as an explanation of liberal behavior. More

Karzai to boycott talks with Taliban
June 19, 2013
US to meet with the terrorists in Qatar. More

Three Obamabots show up for gun control 'rally' in CA
June 19, 2013
"It's three people today, but it will be 23 next time..." More

House passes late term abortion ban
June 19, 2013
Dead on arrival in the Senate. More

IRS Targeted Hispanic Outreach Group

Uncovered: 'Obama Phones' Sold to Buy Drugs and Louis Vuittons

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

06/19/2013

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US general to testify about Benghazi terror attacks

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 Would the NSA's PRISM Have Prevented 9/11?  Dick Cheney told Fox News that the NSA's PRISM program might have foiled the 9/11 plot. But would it have?    

Google Fights for Right to Report on Surveillance Data Requests  Google is challenging the feds over gag orders on data requests, asserting it has a constitutional right to speak about information it has been compelled to hand over to the government.    

U.S. to Begin Talks With Taliban; Karzai Balks  Obama administration officials said June 18 that representatives will begin formal talks with the Taliban "within a few days" at a new office in Doha, Qatar.   

Communist Chinese Regime Forcing Rural Population Into Cities  The communist regime in China has a new scheme to force hundreds of millions of farmers from rural areas into mega-cities being built across the nation.    

Doubt Surrounds Claims of NSA Success in Foiling Terrorist Attacks  NSA Director General Keith Alexander claimed that more than 50 terror plots had been prevented thanks to NSA data collection, but several of his examples are doubtful.   

N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Radical Abortion Bill Fails  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's radical abortion platform, part of his ten-point Women's Equality Act, has failed in the state legislature. 

Mueller Admits FBI Uses Drones in Domestic Surveillance

Morning Jolt

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June 19, 2013

Pentagon to John Kerry: Shut Up about Syrian Airstrikes, You Don't Know What You're Talking About!

Yikes.

At a principals meeting in the White House situation room, Secretary of State John Kerry began arguing, vociferously, for immediate U.S. airstrikes against airfields under the control of Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime -- specifically, those fields it has used to launch chemical weapons raids against rebel forces.

It was at this point that the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the usually mild-mannered Army General Martin Dempsey, spoke up, loudly. According to several sources, Dempsey threw a series of brushback pitches at Kerry, demanding to know just exactly what the post-strike plan would be and pointing out that the State Department didn't fully grasp the complexity of such an operation.

How about that "Team of Rivals," huh?

Melissa Clouthier asked on Twitter if anyone believes that the U.S. should intervene in Syria.

To elaborate a bit on my 140-character answers, I would support intervention if it could accomplish two goals, and I'd like to see our government doing more to achieve those two goals.

First, considering the death toll (93,000) and scale of the refugee crisis (1.65 million refugees crossing borders, and 4.25 million internally displaced people), I think the United States ought to do what we can to shield civilians fleeing the fighting - including the creation of a refugee/civilian-protection zone near the border, enforced by a coalition of forces to keep combatants out. The Jordanians are rumored to be ready to declare a new safe haven inside southern Syria - except they envision "internationally supported Syrian rebel units could attack Damascus and Syrian refugees could live in relative peace until fighting has ended."

Secondly, I think it is in the United States' interest to make sure Assad and his regime suffer some consequence for using chemical weapons; if there isn't a serious consequence, it becomes more likely other regimes and forces will use them in the future. I'm pretty open-minded on the form of that consequence - covert action, overt action, asset seizure, cyber-warfare - but I think there has to be a consequence.

For those wondering, the evidence of the Assad regime using sarin is pretty tough to fake:

"It would be very, very difficult for the opposition to fake this. Not only would they need the wherewithal to steal it or brew it up themselves. Then they'd need volunteers who would notionally agree to a possibly lethal exposure," the source adds.

Meanwhile, Back in Benghazi . . .

Remember my story about the smuggling of shoulder-mounted anti-aircraft missiles in and out of Libya during that country's civil war? Public reports indicate that tracking those missiles was almost certainly what Ambassador Chris Stevens was working on when he was attacked and murdered in Benghazi. While the most lurid allegations of U.S. arms smuggling in Libya remain unproven, the Obama administration did give its blessing to Qatar's smuggling of arms to the Libyan rebels in 2011 - and later realized that the weapons were ending up in the hands of Islamist militants. The quiet approval of the arms smuggling violated a United Nations arms embargo and probably ended up exacerbating a problem that would eventually require Stevens to be in that city when the danger was so considerable.

 There is a new Reuters report from Benghazi that further corroborates the account of Libyans smuggling their leftover weapons, including missiles, through Benghazi to Syria, and adds additional details:

Abdul Basit Haroun says he is behind some of the biggest shipments of weapons from Libya to Syria, which he delivers on chartered flights to neighbouring countries and then smuggles over the border. . . .

The first consignment of weapons was smuggled into Syria aboard a Libyan ship delivering aid last year, Haroun says, but now containers of arms are flown "above board" into neighbouring countries on chartered flights.

That Libyan ship departed shortly before the attack against Americans in Benghazi:

On September 14, 2012, three days after Stevens was killed, Sheera Frenkel, a correspondent for the Times of London, reported from Antakya, Turkey:

A Libyan ship carrying the largest consignment of weapons for Syria since the uprising began has docked in Turkey and most of its cargo is making its way to rebels on the front lines, The Times has learnt.

Among more than 400 tonnes of cargo the vessel was carrying were SAM-7 surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), which Syrian sources said could be a game-changer for the rebels.

Frenkel's report identified the ship's captain as "Omar Mousaeeb, a Libyan from Benghazi and the head of an organisation called the Libyan National Council for Relief and Support, which is supporting the Syrian uprising."

The Reuters report continues:

A Reuters reporter was taken to an undisclosed location in Benghazi to see a container of weapons being prepared for delivery to Syria. It was stacked with boxes of ammunition, rocket launchers and various types of light and medium weapons.,,

The UN report appears to confirm at least some of Haroun's account, in its investigation in the case of a second vessel, the Al Entisar.

The [UN] Panel investigated a news report that a Libyan ship with around 400 tonnes of aid had supplied Syrian rebels with "the largest consignment of weapons ... since the uprising".

The Panel found that the loading port was Benghazi, that the exporter was "a relief organization based in Benghazi" and the consignee was the same Islamic foundation based in Turkey that Haroun said had helped with documentation.

Great omen for our efforts to arm the Syrians, huh?

Feed the Politicians, Hungry for Another Photo Op to Show Everyone How Compassionate They Are

Courtesy of Naked D.C., nothing screams compassion like watching New York City comptroller John Liu, who makes $185,000 per year, demonstrating his solidarity with the poor by eating a cold can of soup . . . while wearing a suit . . . in his car (Naked D.C. wonders if he knows he's allowed to heat the soup).

I could be wrong, but that looks like the back seat of a city-issued sport utility vehicle. This is the city comptroller who has a six-person security detail.

As I wrote earlier this year:

[Washington D.C.]'s congressional delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper have also done the same, garnering quite a bit of press attention in the process.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the program served over 46 million people in an average month last year, with that amounting to 75 percent of those eligible and 65 percent of those classified "working poor." The average monthly payment is $133.48.

You can find the income eligibility tables here; for a family of four it's about $29,976, a level I think that a broad consensus would agree is indeed low-income (presuming recipients are accurately reporting all of their income). (Before you gasp, "and that's before taxes!" note that about 62 percent of those making $30,000 or less pay no income tax.)

Of course, it's extremely difficult to feed yourself, much less a family, on $25 for five days. But the title of the program itself makes clear that it's not meant to be the sole source of your ability to afford food; it is specifically labeled supplemental. As CNN reporter Christine Romans noted, "The government designs it so this is on top of what little money you might have, food pantries, soup kitchens. Some people are getting meals quite frankly in schools and the like, like kids are getting, you know, two meals a day in schools."

When asked about this, Booker complained that the media spends too much time discussing "the pregnancy of a princess" and not enough time discussing poverty. Fine, but let's be clear that these politicians aren't really "simulate the everyday fact of life" for SNAP recipients, they're simulating a slightly worse situation.

Two dozen House Democrats are on their look-at-me-I'm-so-noble diet, and Kristina Ribali examines some of their statements:

I was struck by the ignorance of the statements from some members participating in the challenge. Rep. Ted Deutch from Florida said, 

"Standing in line at the grocery store, it's relatively few items in my cart, and calculating how much I think they'll cost only to learn that I was off by a little bit, which necessitated putting back a couple of items and leaving with even less - it's just really difficult to do once, I can only imagine how excruciatingly difficult it must be to that every single week." 

What?  You had to calculate how much you had before you spent it and you may not get everything you want? This is news? Isn't this what the majority of Americans do when they're buying groceries?  They figure out how much they have to spend and then they live within that budget.  I would love to stock my cart with lobster, ice cream and choice bacon, but I can't afford it, so I don't. Is this congressman so out of touch with reality that he doesn't realize that families, unlike the government don't spend money first and figure a way to pay for it later?  Probably. 

Don't even get me started on Rep. Donald Payne who spent $1.08 for a single hard boiled egg.  Yes, one egg.  At the grocery store in my town you can buy an entire dozen eggs for $1.13, and for one person that's a lot of meals. 

But maybe it was a really good hard-boiled egg.

The SNAP acronym is short for Show-off and Newspeak Anecdotes for Politicians, right?

ADDENDUM: Today President Obama speaks at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, site of President Reagan's famous, presidency-defining "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" moment.

What's today's message? "Mr. Putin, hit the reset button again"?

NRO Digest - June 19, 2013

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Islamic Mosques: Excluded From Surveillance By Feds

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Allen West: I May Challenge Rubio for Senate Seat

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Rubio's Reform Ruse

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), whom I admire and have high hopes for, is now seriously damaging himself among grassroots conservatives. Most conservatives will not consider any legislation that doesn't secure the border before giving illegal immigrants a "pathway to citizenship" or amnesty, depending on your point of view.

As most of you know, I worked for Ronald Reagan for eight years. President Reagan pushed through a citizenship bill after being promised by Congress and leading Republican senators at the time that the legislation would guarantee border security. But it was a charade.

The border was not secured, and today, as a result, we are once again debating another amnesty bill. Only instead of 3 million illegal immigrants, we are now talking about 10 to 15 million.

By the way, after that law was signed by Ronald Reagan in 1986, Republicans did worse among Hispanics than before he agreed to the bill. In 1984, Reagan got 37% of the Hispanic vote. Four years later, after the '86 amnesty, George H. W. Bush got just 30% of the Hispanic vote.

Senator Rubio said border security was essential for any legislation to pass. But in recent interviews he has said the earned citizenship begins immediately no matter what the situation is at the border.

The bill he and the other seven members of the Gang of Eight are pushing essentially trusts the Obama bureaucracy, or perhaps the Hillary Clinton bureaucracy in 2016, to certify that the border is secure. That is beyond naïve. That is intentional blindness about just how badly out-of-control the overwhelmingly huge and growing government is.

Out of loyalty to the Gang of Eight, Senator Rubio has so far voted against every significant amendment to strengthen the border security provisions of the Senate's quasi-amnesty bill. Respectfully, Senator Rubio, your loyalty should not be to any Senate "gang," but to the conservative movement that helped to make you a United States senator.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said on the radio this morning that nobody from the Gang of Eight has reached out to him on his border security amendment, which would require Congress to vote every year on whether the border is secure.

Former Congressman Allen West made news this morning when he said he was so disappointed in Rubio that he was considering the possibility of challenging him in the GOP primary in 2016.


America Wants Border Security First!

As I mentioned above, a central premise of the conservative view on immigration is border security. That view is not limited to the political right. It is shared by most Americans -- a fact our elected public servants in Congress (particularly Republicans) should keep in mind.

A recent CNN poll asked Americans, "What should be the main focus of the U.S. government in dealing with immigration policy?" Only 36% said "creating a path to citizenship for many immigrants" illegally in the country.

The overwhelming majority -- 62% -- said the main focus should be "increasing border security to reduce or eliminate the number of immigrants coming into this country without permission."

Let's break down the data even further:

• 74% of Republicans support border security over legalization.
• 65% of independents support border security over legalization.
• Democrats are split with 49% favoring border security and 50% favoring legalization.
• Even among "Non-whites," 47% believe the main focus of our immigration policy should be border security, while 52% believe it should be legalization.

CBO Says Amnesty Bill Won't Secure Border

The public overwhelmingly wants the border secured. Will this bill do it? The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office looked at the legislation and concluded it wouldn't even come close.

According to its findings, "CBO estimates that, under the bill, the net annual flow of unauthorized residents would decrease by about 25 percent relative to what would occur under current law." Moreover, the CBO adds that "aspects of the bill would probably increase the number of unauthorized residents -- in particular, people overstaying their visas issued under the new programs for temporary workers."

So 62% of Americans favor border security over legalization, but this bill fails to stop 75% of illegal immigration.

And what about those new programs for temporary workers? What other effects might they have? The CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation both concluded that "a greater number of immigrants with lower skills ... would be added to the workforce, slightly pushing down the average wage for the labor force as a whole."

Once again, I am baffled by those establishment Republicans who appear so eager to push legislation that does not accomplish what the American people want (border security) and which hurts working class Americans. Republicans should stand firmly for the rule of law, secure borders and strong national security and support policies that help, not undermine, the wages of working class and middle class families.


IRS Agents Getting Bonuses?

Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) is spitting mad and you should be too! The IRS is reportedly preparing to pay out $70 million in bonuses. That's $70 million of your money! These payouts are coming in spite of an April sequestration order to suspend the payments, not to mention the ongoing investigation of corruption and abuse.

By the way, the official who wrote the sequestration order in April was Danny Werfel, controller of the Office of Management and Budget. Obama appointed Werfel as Acting IRS Commissioner in mid-May.

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 June 18, 2013 by Tim Brown

Supreme Court: Your Right To Remain Silent Can Be Used Against You

 

In a 5-4 decision by the United States Supreme Court on Monday, they ruled that a potential defendant's silence can be used against him if he is being interviewed by police, but has not yet been arrested and read his Miranda rights, nor invoked the Fifth Amendment. Apparently the high Court doesn't consider rights unalienable and something you automatically have unless you say so.

Most people know what Miranda rights are. They are read to those being arrested. "You have the right to remain silent, right to a lawyer if you cannot afford one and anything you say can be used against you in court, etc." However, those rights are in effect whether read to you or not. This was brought up in therecent capture of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev.

Tim Lynch from the CATO Institute writes:

Today, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Salinas v. Texas. Surprisingly, the Court did not answer the primary question court watchers were expecting, which was whether a prosecutor can deride a person's reliance upon the right against self-incrimination when that person has not been arrested. The Court said it did not have to reach that question because the person here, Salinas, never really properly invoked his constitutional right against self incrimination.  And because he didn't, there was nothing wrong with the prosecutor's comments at his trial. This is a lousy ruling.

When stupid morphs into evil

Jun 19, 2013 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

Democrats are liars and liars lie. Most of us learn this very early in life. Some of us never forget this, but some people prefer to delude themselves with, "The people in my circle aren't liars, they're good people or I would not associate with them." Unfortunately, for us most elected Democrats are liars and most elected Republicans are too dense to recognize this and treat them accordingly.

Does Marco Rubio realize Chuck Schumer is a liar? After dealing with him and his fellow Democrats for a few years it's hard to see how he couldn't recognize Schumer as a liar. He has said so himself on Schumer occasion when he has laughed at the idea of securing our borders. Yet Rubio and Kelly Ayotte and Lindsey Graham and John McCain and almost all Senate Republicans soldier on as if they ... Continue Reading:When stupid morphs into evil

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A run away from the Democrats' plantation explains why he can no longer make believe

Jun 18, 2013 04:08 pm | Coach Collins

Recently a Democrat Louisiana State Senator named Elbert Guillory who is a Black man switched Parties and became a Republican. Listen to his powerful explanation of why he could no longer play make believe and go along with the destruction the Democrat Party has brought to African Americans and all other Americans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n_YQ8560E1w#!

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                        House Bill Enforces Child Support Laws Internationally

        Legislation streamlines enforcement of child support laws between states, nations

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) voted Tuesday in support of

legislation that gives state and local child support enforcement officials access to the necessary

tools to make international enforcement.

"Parents attached to the financial commitment of supporting children should not be able to

escape that responsibility abroad," said Fitzpatrick of the International Child Support Recovery

Improvement Act [HR 1896] - which passed the House by a 394-27 vote. "This simple piece of

legislation allows for enforcement officials to work with local, state and international agencies

in effectively implementing child support laws."

International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act is the implementation mechanism for

the Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family

Maintenance.  The international agreement allows for the exchange of information and

enforcement of cases between nations.

"By streamlining the process, and increasing the recovery of child support payments HR 1896

is slated to save hardworking taxpayers nearly half a million dollars," continued Fitzpatrick.

In addition, the legislation standardizes child support case information in the same format as

child welfare, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and unemployment insurance

program data- allowing researchers to further evaluate Federal reemployment programs. 

"I am pleased this bill has once again passed the House with bipartisan support- ensuring the

best for our children is not a partisan issue or one that should be hindered by disjointed

regulations," added Fitzpatrick.

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Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick is serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represents Pennsylvania's

8^th district which includes all of Bucks County as well as a portion of Montgomery County. He serves as the Vice Chairman

of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

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>> Call Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick now to keep the pressure on.

The House is still planning to vote on funding President Obama's food stamp agenda next week, and the additional time is just what we need to show them enough is enough.

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Tea Party concerns with Gang of Eight 'Amnesty' immigration bill

Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2013 5:05 pm

PEASE: Tea Party concerns with Gang of Eight 'Amnesty' immigration bill

By Dr. Harold Pease

Houston Community Newspapers

Citing the thorough documentation provided by The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the Tea Party Patriots has officially expressed strong reservation with respect to what they now dub the Gang of Eight Amnesty Immigration Bill. They warn that S.744 "dramatically increases legal immigration, while doing virtually nothing to improve border security or immigration enforcement." It essentially legalizes that which used to be illegal and goes far to legitimizing open borders. If the establishment press shared with Americans what we share below the bill would have no chance of passage. Unfortunately they do not.

Dissecting the over 800-page bill section-by-section, four concerns are readily apparent. First, the bill "does not secure the border or strengthen national security." Instead, it "rewards law-breaking and encourages more illegal immigration." Twelve provisions documenting the above are noted, complete with section and page numbers. Among them are: the granting of legal status by the Department of Homeland Security "before any measure to secure the border has been taken." It does not "require a biometric exit system " to "track aliens who enter and leave the U.S., per current law." It does not "require any additional border fencing or completion of current border fence requirements." It does not require illegals "to pay back taxes before getting legal status...it only requires ... applicants to pay back taxes 'assessed' at the time of application." The new bill "does not require illegal aliens to learn English before receiving amnesty or even a green card." It does not "prevent future illegal immigration, ensure fiscal sustainability of the influx of immigrants to the United States," nor does it "end abuse of prosecutorial discretion or administrative amnesty by the Obama administration.

It does, however, increase access for illegal immigrants to the scarce jobs of U.S. workers. Moreover, it does allow "states to grant in-state tuition to illegal aliens-not the aliens who received amnesty, but all illegal aliens who arrive in the future."

Second, the bill "does not improve immigration enforcement or public safety. Instead, it undermines immigration enforcement and is riddled with waivers and loopholes:" DHS is allowed to wave-three or more times-"multiple misdemeanor convictions when granting amnesty." These include: "gang-related crimes and gang membership; three or more drunk driving offenses; domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, and violation of protective orders; committing crimes of moral turpitude; violating federal or state drug laws; trafficking in passports; providing fraudulent immigration services; trafficking immigration documents, including document fraud; prostitution; misrepresenting a material fact to procure visas or other immigration benefits; violating student visas; falsely claiming citizenship; and illegally re-entering the U.S. after deportation (which is a felony)."

The proposed new law "delays implementation of E-Verify to prevent illegals from being employed and voids state and local E-Verify laws. Amazingly it even creates "criminal penalties and a $10,000 fine for any federal official who discloses information found in RPI applications in violation of the law." And it does not "require the deportation of a single illegal alien" whose "application is denied-for any reason." The bill authorizes "illegal aliens to bring class action lawsuits against the government" and "allows the Department of Homeland Security to appoint counsel to illegal aliens fighting deportation at taxpayer expense."

The third major concern is that the "Gang of Eight" Amnesty Immigration Bill, according to the report, "does not prioritize the American worker at a time when 22 million Americans are unemployed or underemployed. Instead, S.744 hurts the American worker:" It does this by tripling immigration within a decade. In addition it "increases the number of guest workers by 50 percent over the decade after enactment." It enlarges the admission of additional unskilled workers each year to 200,000 and triples the number of skilled workers who may enter. "S.744 creates a new bureaucracy, the Office of Legal Access Programs, to provide illegal aliens with 'legal orientation programs' that help fight deportation. The bill requires DHS to make these programs available to the aliens within 5 days of being taken into custody. Section 3503 also authorizes the Office of Legal Access Programs to provide services, including legal services, to aliens in deportation hearings." All this, of course, dramatically increases "competition for Americans entering or working in those fields."

Finally, fourth, S.744 "does not prevent American taxpayers from subsidizing illegal immigration. In fact, it makes the current problem worse:" When permanent resident status is given "the alien need only demonstrate income or resources equal to 125 percent of the federal poverty level" to get assistance so our welfare system will be flooded. The bill also "creates a 'slush fund' for nonprofits that help implement the amnesty. Section 2537 authorizes DHS to award newly created 'Initial Entry, Adjustment, and Citizenship Assistance' (IEACA) grants to nonprofit organizations that help illegal aliens navigate the amnesty process. The bill appropriates $100 million for IEACA grants for the first five years and 'such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019 and subsequent fiscal years'."

Who was it that said, "We have met the enemy and he is us?" The Tea Party Patriots have good reason to oppose this bill. It impacts all three of its core values: limited constitutional government, the free market, and fiscal responsibility. No piece of legislation could erase our southern border more effectively. A foreign power could not do more damage to our homeland security than our own U.S. Senate does in this one bill which now goes to a, hopefully, more responsible House of Representatives.

Dr. Harold Pease is an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and applying that knowledge to current events. He has taught history and political science from this perspective for over 25 years at Taft College. To read more of his weekly articles, please visit www.LibertyUnderFire.org.

WEDNESDAY CHRONICLE

Putting the Carrot Ahead of the Stick

The Foundation

"The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents." --James Madison

Editorial Exegesis

"The Senate on Tuesday voted against tough border security measures that it promised to put in place years ago. Tell us again why we should trust them to secure the borders later after granting amnesty first. ... In 2006, Congress passed the Secure Fence Act, requiring 700 miles of double-tiered fencing get built along the Mexican border. ... A year later, Congress quietly passed a law that largely neutered the fence requirement, and today, only 36 miles of it have been built. ... Since the Senate is desperate to get amnesty done as soon as possible, it can't let little inconveniences like securing the border or tracking people coming into the country get in the way. As we've said many times in this space, border security has to come before any effort is made to grant legal status to today's 11 million illegals. For good reason: Failure to do so will only encourage more to cross the border, in the justifiable belief that once here they, too, will get citizenship without having to wait in line. We're already seeing illegal crossings increase even before the law is passed. ... History already proves that putting the carrot ahead of the stick doesn't work. The 1986 immigration law also promised to close gaps in the border in exchange for amnesty. But as soon as soon as Democrats got amnesty on the books, they started putting roadblocks in the way of enforcement. The result was that just three years after the bill's passage, illegal border crossings had actually increased, and today the number in the country illegally has climbed fourfold. A few days ago, [Senator Marco] Rubio said immigration reform had to ensure 'that we will never have another wave of illegal immigration again.' But with the Senate turning down every meaningful border security measure, that's the only thing we can guarantee will happen again if this bill becomes law." --Investor's Business Daily 

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CBO: 75% of Illegal Immigration Would Continue Under Senate Immigration Bill

Notorious Haqqani Network to Be Represented at Taliban-US Talks

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Rep. Won't Say Why She Opposes 5-Month Abortion Ban Even If It 'Saves One Life'

Holder: More to Be Done for LGBTs, No Matter How SCOTUS Rules on DOMA, Prop 8 
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Obama Berlin Speech Touts 'Gay and Lesbian Brothers and Sisters,' 'Respect for Faith'

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Benghazi Whistleblower Lawyer Says Joint Chief's Chairman Lied to Congress

Special Ops Spokesman: 'Days of Rambo Are Over'

NSA Chief: Intel Leak Caused 'Irreversible and Significant Damage'

Poll: 54% of Americans Oppose Giving Direct Military Aid to Syrian Rebels 
NSA Chief: Intel Prevented 'Potential Terrorist Events' over 50 Times Since 9/11

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COMMENTARY:

De Facto Allies in Syria's Civil War: Obama, McCain, al-Qaida
Terence P. Jeffrey
President Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain and al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri now share a common goal: They support Syrian rebels seeking to overthrow Bashar Assad.

Censoring the 'Anti-Gay' Viewpoint
By L. Brent Bozell III
The media elites have never been less interested in objectivity than they are right now on "gay marriage." They don't wear rainbow flags on their lapels when they appear on television, but the coverage speaks for itself.

The Amnesty Mob vs. America
By Michelle Malkin
Rubio, Ryan and other Republicans who've made common cause with the immigration-welfare-state goons have betrayed fundamental principles of limited government and the rule of law. They've allied themselves with the mob.

Headwinds for Obama
By Rich Galen
Obama will NOT be on the ballot to create enthusiasm and drive turnout. That will be up to individual candidates and, absent a so-far undetected wave in November 2014, it will result a higher electoral hill for Democrats to climb.


NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

Doctors at AMA vote to make obesity a disease
Sen. Chuck Grassley: IRS poised to pay $70M in employee bonuses
Afghanistan Rejects Talks With Taliban and the U.S.
House panel approves enforcement-based immigration reform bill
Climate change threatens trouble in the near future, World Bank says
Boston School Committee to vote Wednesday night on condoms in high schools
Debut of 'New Day' fails to increase CNN's morning audience
Costly Obama family trip to Africa under fire amid sequester cuts
Joe Biden concedes White House gun push has faltered
Reporter who brought down Gen. Stanley McChrystal dies in car crash
Former Rep. Allen West open to Senate primary challenge against Rubio
The F.B.I. deemed agents faultless in 150 shootings
Bill Ayers: Try Obama for war crimes
Newt Gingrich warns electromagnetic pulse attack could end it all
Selling of Obamacare officially begins

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Florida hotel backs out of hosting FreedomWorks event 

On radio this morning, Glenn spoke with the FreedomWorks director of grassroots initiatives, Whitney Neal, who explained that the Ritz Carlton in Orlando cancelled the conservative group's reservations - after the group had already paid for and booked the space for grassroots-training program about Common Core. Was the group politically targeted? And what is the hotel's response to Neal's claims. WATCH

Was there anti-Tea Party discrimination on the ground at today's D.C. press conference?

A voicemail was allegedly left by a Capitol Hill Police Officer for a Tea Party organizer trying to block its rally-goers from attending a congressional press conference. Is this discrimination or was there a legitimate reason for the call? Get the details HERE.

The new Civil Rights fight: Protecting freedom of religion 

Pastor Ken Hutcherson and Rabbi Daniel Lapin joined Glenn on the radio show this morning to talk about the new Civil Rights movement they see developing in America. For Hutcherson, who lived through the Civil Rights fight of the 1960s, the similarities he sees between then and now are staggering. Race may no longer be an issue, but our freedom of religion is under attack. It's time to stand up! STORY

What is the message that can unite all Americans?

On Tuesday's Glenn Beck Program, Glenn made an argument that he has made many times before: history is repeating itself. In light of the ongoing immigration debate and the countless scandals plaguing the United States, it is easy to be discouraged. Instead of fixing the problems, Glenn explained that we are simply redefining them to make ourselves feel better. But there is hope. Find out the message that can unify America HERE. 

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