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From a trusted friend:

As some of you may know, I am associated with Coventry Christian Schools as a parent of a graduate (2010) and as member of the Board of Trustees.   Last October we spent a wonderful evening honoring Mark Niehls at our revitalized Founder's Dinner and celebrated our shared heritage in the remarkable community that is Coventry Christian Schools. Our vision for future Founder's Dinners is to inspire and inform not only our alumni and current CCS families but to inspire and inform the Tri-County Area and even our region by hosting speakers and artists who can uniquely assist us in celebrating the heritage, core values, and mission of CCS while also lifting our vision for an even greater future built upon the foundation of our past. The caliber of our speakers and guest artists should provide us with wonderful opportunities to share our CCS story with new partners in Christian education. Proceeds from the dinner will be applied to our annual Coventry Kids Fund for CCS scholarships.

This year we are proud to announce that our distinguished guest and speaker is Dr. Benjamin Carson, and our dinner's theme is "Faith of Our Fathers: The Role of Faith in American Schools." Please join us as we welcome Dr. Carson to the Tri-County Area and celebrate the great things God is doing at CCS!  

Dr. Carson is a highly regarded neurosurgeon and motivational speaker who has addressed various audiences across the country. He is one of the most honored and recognized physicians in the world and holds more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees along with hundreds of awards and citations. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. He is the author of five books and is the founder of the Carson Scholars Fund. The 2009 award-winning movie entitled Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Carson, premiered on TNT and is based on his memoir. Dr. Carson is an authentic disciple of Christ, has been married to his wife Candy for more than 37 years, and is the father of three sons.

The 2013 Founder's Dinner, which will once again be a part of our Homecoming festivities, will be held at the historic Sunnybrook Ballroom in Pottstown on Sunday, October 13th, 2013. Doors will open at 4:30pm, followed by dinner at 5:15. Dress will be business/professional.    Tickets will be priced at $100 until May 15th, then will be $125, so reserve your tickets for the reduced price.

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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:

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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!

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Mandatory Biometric Enrollment
Lawsuit - UPDATE
(fingerprinting, facial recognition, iris scan, DNA, etc.)
By Mark Lerner:  Co-Founder Constitutional Alliance

If you value liberty and understand how dangerous government mandated biometric ID is to our freedom, you need to read and understand every word of what I am writing about today. Something very important is happening so stay with me.
 
Over the years, the Constitutional Alliance has consistently fought against mandatory biometric ID and for the right of all citizens to be free of it.  Government mandated biometric ID is the lynchpin of the modern surveillance society.  The amount of control this system gives government over individuals is an anathema to a free society and we oppose it being imposed on anyone - period.  You cannot reconcile a free society with a surveillance society.
 
The founders of this country called religious freedom "the first freedom" because it is a precondition for other important rights..  Try to imagine the value of freedom of speech, or freedom of association without religious freedom and you will quickly see why religious freedom, also referred to as 'freedom of conscience' is so important.
 
Here is the Big News
 
This past week, 19 June 2013, a Motion for Summary Judgment was filed in Kaye Beach's lawsuit in the state of Oklahoma (You can read it here).  This is a pre-trial motion that presents the undisputed facts of her case and makes the strongest assertion based on those facts, that her rights are being violated.  The Motion for Summary Judgment asks the Judge, based on these undisputed facts, to rule in her favor.  Kaye fully expects a favorable ruling on this Motion but in the event that this doesn't happen, her lawsuit will continue on. You need only to read the first 30 pages of the Motion to understand the arguments Kaye and her attorneys have made.  If you choose to read further you can read about the answers the Department of Public Safety (the department that oversees the issuance of driver's licenses) gave to Kaye's "Discovery Motion". 
 
Kaye Beach's lawsuit, is the only substantial challenge to government mandated biometric ID, to my knowledge, that exists anywhere in our country.
 
Here is a brief recap of the issue and basis for Kaye's legal challenge;
 
Kaye is opposed to mandatory biometric identification which is required of her if she wishes to have a state issued driver's license or ID card.  As we know, the ability to drive a vehicle and also banking, many financial transactions, as well as a host of other necessary daily activities are dependent upon having a government issued photo ID most commonly presented in the form of state driver's license or ID card. Try to go without one and you will soon find (like Kaye has!) that not having a valid ID is no small matter.
 
In September, 2011 Kaye filed a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma for the unwarranted collection of her biometrics and for violating her religious freedom, both of which are protected under Oklahoma law.  Kaye is a born again Christian.
 
Here is why this case is important for everyone 

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We must stop the call for a  Constitutional Convention! 

Article V of the Constitution:

1. Gives NO guidelines for how to conduct a Con Con. 
2. NO rules on how delegates will be eligible or selected
3. States have NO Guarantees they will even be represented
4. Con Con could result in a COMPLETE CHANGE of our way of government
5. There simply are NO controls over the delegates once selected.             

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June 30, 2013, 8 PM

Dear Members and Friends,

We have good news to report as legislative sessions in Delaware and Pennsylvania come to a  close--including passage of the PA Liquor Privatization Bill, which, in concept, is supported strongly by the Association.

In Dover, Governor Jack Markel's proposal for a $30 million tax increase (in a year in which the Delaware treasury reported a significant surplus) was 'dead on arrival' in both houses of the legislature.  The Association strongly opposed Governor Markel's money grab.

We thank the Association's 2012 DE State Legislator of the Year, Senator Dave Lawson, for taking a lead role in stopping the Governor and his insatiable appetite for taxing and spending other people's money.

In Harrisburg, the news was twice as good as the Senate passed a Liquor Privatization bill and the House appears to have tabled a $2.1 billion tax increase aka SB1 Transportation Bill, insanely supported by Governor Tom Corbett.  

Apparently, their has been a revolt against the bill by rank and file House Republicans led by State Representatives Stephen Barrar (R-Chester, Delaware County) and Daryl Metcalfe (R-Allegheny).

SB1 would increase the cost of gasoline by $.28 a gallon and is strongly opposed by the Association.

Kudos to Rep. Stephen Barrar and the Association's 2012 PA State Legislator of the Year, Rep. Metcalfe for taking on the tax collectivists in their own party.

The Metcalfe Minute: Funding Transportation in Pennsylvania

To be safe, it would still be a good idea if our PA members and friends continue to call their State Representatives on Monday (July 1) to make sure this bill isn't resurrected in the final hour before adjournment.

To find contact information for your PA State Rep, visit:  http://www.legis.state.pa.us/.

Many thanks to those of you in DE and PA who contacted your Representatives and Senators as we had strongly requested in our last email.  It does make a difference!

As we reported Friday, the news in Trenton wasn't good as the Senate passed its most 

sweeping piece of gun legislation, S2723.   The bill now sits on Governor Chris Christie's Desk.

Here's how NJ.Com describes the legislation:

The State Senate today gave final legislative approval to the bills - the most notable of which, sponsored by Senate President Stephen Sweeney, would encode firearm purchase permits on a driver's license or a photo ID card and allow for instant background checks when buying guns. The state Attorney General will choose whether the license or ID card becomes the standard.

The measure (S2723) would also require gun buyers to prove they've completed a safety-training course and require dealers to log ammunition sales made on the Internet in real time.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/06/sweeneys_controversial_gun_permit_bill_sent_to_gov_christies_desk.html

The most disturbing part of this legislation is the encoding of "firearm purchase permits on a driver's license or a photo ID card..."

If you live in NJ, please contact Governor Christie @ 609.292.6000. 

Tell the Governor to veto S2723 and any of the other 14 pieces of 'gun control' legislation, sitting on his desk, that restrict the 2nd Amendment rights of gun owners.

Last but not least, we hope to see you at our 5th Annual Independence Day Celebration

(details below) as we have a terrific lined-up of speakers and topics!

On behalf of the Association Board,

Teri Adams

State House members introduce bills to derail Common Core

RedState Morning Briefing

For July 1, 2013

1.  The "Evolving" Energy Policies of President Bystander

In a "groundbreaking" speech Tuesday at Georgetown University, Barack Obama rehashed the same anti-Big Oil themes and half-baked energy policies that have marked his Administration since 2009. (See here and here for historical examples.)

One change: President Obama has decided he likes natural gas*, and credits "Federally supported technology", an implicit endorsement of fracking (its name is still as taboo as that other F-word). He's still not crazy about oil, but since we're producing more of it, he may as well claim credit. As for the Keystone Pipeline, more equivocating: this Administration has dithered about the XL permit for longer than it took to build the Trans-Alaska Pipeline over eight frozen mountain ranges. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

2.  The Boomerang Effect: Union Bosses Fear 'Collapse' of Obama's NLRB & Supreme Court Ruling

Union bosses are worried, and rightly so. Very soon, the club that union bosses have been using to beat employers over the head with to change the labor relations landscape in America may get taken away from them and they are not happy. The problem is, union bosses wrote the playbook and their strategy is now coming back to haunt them-in spades. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

3.  Hi, Rhode Island! Enjoy your 10% #Obamacare hikes!

If you're lucky.

Rhode Island Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller has approved 2014 health insurance rates that he called "significantly lower" than those requested - but that still involve increases in premiums. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

4.  Wind power kills birds. Birds that Greenies are supposedly FOND of.

Look, the news that the extinct-for-the-area white-throated needletail bird had been spotted in Scotland - only to be promptly sucked into a wind turbine, accompanied by the screams of horrified amateur ornithologists - should not be surprising. Wind farms are Giant Scythes Of Swinging Doom, when it comes to birds.

The American Bird Conservancy rather desperately wants to support wind power, which is why they're begging wind farms to somehow stop the darn things from being on track to kill a million birds a year in the USA by 2030.

Most of the articles that I've seen estimate that we're killing about 40% to 60% of that now, with the real problem being that endangered species and raptors are disproportionately represented:

• Wind farms kill golden eagles.
• Wind farms endanger bald eagles.
• Wind farms endanger whooping cranes.
• At least one wind farm has been given preemptive forgiveness to kill a California Condor, which news came perilously close to causing actual mass aneurysms among bird conservationists.
• The Obama administration has absolutely no plans to solve the problem. No interest, either. Birds don't make campaign contributions.
• Wind farms are killing birds in other countries, too.

Look, the bottom line is this: birds are, by and large, not the most intelligent animals on the planet*. Wind turbines are large spinning blades of metal designed to move as fast as possible without detaching, and then go spinning off into the countryside**. When the two groups struggle for the same airspace, the birds lose. Repeatedly. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

5.  We must promote marriage, not just defend it

The Defense of Marriage Act took a big hit at the Supreme Court this week.  We really should be promoting marriage, not just defending it.  But traditional marriage has been on the defensive for a long time, and it's not just because of the same-sex marriage crusade.  Marriage began looking weak long before anyone thought gay marriage had a chance of obtaining widespread legal sanction.  In fact, gay marriage supporters sometimes wonder why anyone bothers to fight for traditional marriage at all, given the divorce rates, and the growing indifference of young people toward the institution.  Why make gay couples feel humiliated or excluded by denying them access to something straight people aren't taking seriously any more?  How does allowing same-sex marriages devalue opposite-sex marriages, particularly when their value is at an all-time low? . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

Sincerely yours,

Erick Erickson
Editor-in-Chief, RedState

July 1, 2013   

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Surprise IRS Credit Card Spending - Wine, Romance Novels, Diet Pills

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Limbaugh: There Is An All Out 'War On Religion'

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The McCarthy-VDH Reader  A digest of the latest commentaries from Andrew C. McCarthy and Victor Davis Hanson.

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  Star Witness Against Zimmerman Flops Big Time  Rachel Jeantel, the prosecution's "star witness" against George Zimmerman, endured an embarrassing grilling both inside the Florida courtroom and in the national media.
  California Sheriff Strips Forest Service Agents of Law-enforcement Powers  When Sheriff John D'Agostini stripped Forest Service agents of their powers inside his California county, he was exercising his constitutional rights.
  House and Senate Bills Would Block Military Aid to Syria  Bills introduced in the House and Senate by Rep. Massie and Sen. Tom Udall, respectively, would block President Obama from sending military aid to Syria.
  Pentagon Prepares to Extend Benefits to Military Same-sex Couples  Following the Supreme Court ruling on DOMA, the Pentagon is moving quickly to grant federal benefits to "spouses" of homosexual military personnel 

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Friday, June 28, 2013

Friday Afternoon Roundup - Briefly Speaking

Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog 

The family member mentioned in previous roundups has come home from the hospital, but there is still a road ahead. It hasn't been an easy few weeks and I appreciate the understanding and support.

While I was distracted, I was apparently attacked by Paul Krugman, of all people.

Paul Krugman, who has done for economics what Erich Von Daniken did for space exploration, decided to attack me for the article while failing as badly at reading comprehension as he does at comprehending the existence of money.

Writing tongue-in-cheek, I mentioned that Bloomberg's transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, the granddaughter of a Muslim Imam who worked with Hitler's Mufti teaching SS men had, "In partial revenge... made many New York streets nearly as impassable as those of her grandfather's wartime Dresden."

You would have to be an idiot to take that at face value. Or Paul Krugman who headlined it as Nazi Islamic Bikes From Hell and called it "a wonderful window into the conservative psyche".

When I was mentioned on Rush, I got emails telling me about it. But apparently no one around here reads Paul Krugman... which is a good thing.




OBAMNESTY

Is it really amnesty or Obamnesty? I have made the argument that it's really all about Obama. 

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Bike Lanes to Nowhere

Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog 

The streets of Manhattan are full of smiling white yuppies riding their Citibank bikes, blue lights flashing as they sail through midtown traffic. But the great rack of bike share bikes planted next to a housing project is filled with its cargo of blue vehicles. No one is checking them out here. Instead black kids sit on the locked bikes, occasionally fitfully pedaling them, going nowhere.

The contrast is an apt metaphor for the city. The smiling kids who could just as easily be cashing checks from their parents and working at an ad agency while trying to pay off their student debts in Portland, San Francisco or Seattle. They happen to be doing it in New York City and they expect the same social amenities, the retro bars, the craft beers, the obscure bands and the bike lanes.

The street ahead has been dug up and water has been turned off to half the block. The operation has no other purpose than to turn two lanes of traffic into some kind of complex curved sidewalk on a street where there is hardly any foot traffic and you can wait two minutes to see a single pedestrian during the daylight hours.

Such street planning assaults are happening all over the city as traffic lanes are torn out and eliminated to make way for impromptu sidewalk cafes and expanded sidewalks that often no one needs or wants. And then there are the ubiquitous bike and bus lanes which see about 1 percent of the traffic of the street and the sidewalk, but are approaching equal billing in terms of space.

When I wrote about Bloomberg's bike share program back a few months ago, I was attacked by the New York Times' Paul Krugman, Gawker, New York Mag and the New York Observer. It's easy to see what unites these outlets. They are the voices of the upscale city that doesn't drive to work, but is driven. The one that thinks the city is only a few bike lanes away from being properly European.

Krugman and Co. assumed that I was against bike shares because conservatives hate sharing. I don't claim to speak for conservatives, but most of them, I suspect, like me, are concerned about the political hijacking of urban spaces by a small elite. They are concerned that the new technocracy that men like Krugman and Bloomberg embody, are destroying the country for shallow and silly reasons.  

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Military Preparedness Suffers, Yet Obama Takes $100 Million Vacation

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Now Obama's Watching Americans' Credit Cards

No warrants and no probable cause have been no problem for the Obama administration in its work to collect detailed financial information on millions of Americans, according to a new report. Wait, you say, wasn't the Obama administration already collecting... Continue to Post 

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Pelosi Distorts July 4 To Celebrate "health Independence"

In a desperate effort to prop up an utterly unpopular law, Democrat hack and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi seeks to redefine Independence Day with a shameless Obamacare plug. While Americans across the nation take time to reflect... Continue to Post 

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Leftist Weekly Demands Obama's Impeachment!

In the pages of The Nation, the oldest continuously published weekly in the country and the self-described "flagship of the left," a former member of the House of Representatives has called for the impeachment of the president over revelations of massive... Continue to Post 

Gay Marriage Is Not God's Marriage

We've just been given another wake-up call, this time from the U.S. Supreme Court as it struck down a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) this week. The provision prevented married gay couples from receiving tax, health,... Continue to Post 

Obama Is Not (Completely) To Blame...

In the climate of deceit, overreach, and near tyranny of several departments of the US Government, Obama is not completely to blame. Obama stated his goals in the run-up to the 2008 election, the 2008 victory night speech, and again... Continue to Post 

Palin: Immigration Bill Targets American Workers

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Marco Rubio's Big Immigration Mistake

What a sad transformation it's been to see Senator Marco Rubio go from being a Tea Party hero to an apologist for the Gang of Eight's immigration bill. Back in 2010, Rubio was a handsome and articulate State Senator in... Continue to Post 

Marriage: That Blessed Arrangement, That Dream Within A Dream

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Liberal Word Manipulation And Mind Control

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GOP Warns Of 'train Wreck' Ahead Of ObamaCare Rollout

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) warned of a coming "train wreck" when enrollment begins in ObamaCare insurance exchanges this fall in the Republican weekly address. Roberts, an outspoken opponent of President Obama's healthcare reforms, said that important questions remain before the... Continue to Post 

We're Going Into The Greatest Depression

Look around and you can't miss it. The world is on the brink... politically, economically, financially, monetarily, and militarily. Events are accelerating. Over the last decade trend forecaster Gerald Celente has been blaring the alarms. If you've been paying attention, then you've... Continue to Post 

Rice: Snowden Leaks Haven't Weakened Obama

UNITED NATIONS - U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice dismissed claims that Edward Snowden's highly classified leaks have weakened the Obama presidency and damaged U.S. foreign policy, insisting that the United States will remain "the most influential, powerful and important country in... Continue to Post 

Gay Marriages Resume In Calif. With A Flurry

SAN FRANCISCO - Same-sex marriages that were outlawed in California 4 1/2 years ago resumed in a rush after a federal appeals court took the "unusual, but not unprecedented," step of freeing couples to obtain marriage licenses, before the U.S.... Continue to Post 

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Million-dollar Program Turns Students Into Obamacare Shills

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Media Celebrate Obama's Green Agenda

The IRS scandal refuses to disappear. Benghazi still raises questions. The press is still irate at the Administration because of its treatment of journalists who publish leaked information. This is the perfect time, apparently, for President Barack Obama to ignore the political firestorms. Instead, he moves... Continue to Post 

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The "Stupid Party" Carries Hollywood's Water

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26 % Of Obama Supporters View Tea Party As Significant Terror Threat

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Why Are We Catering To Islam?

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What Has America Done Wrong?

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A "Fatal" Blow To Affirmative Action

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Congressman Seeks To Block Senate Amnesty Plan

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Alan Keyes' Take On The Recent SCOTUS Marriage Opinion

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Zimmerman Trial Over Teen's Death Enters 5th Day

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Senate Passes Immigration Bill

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Congressman Requests Boehner Automatically Kill Senate Amnesty Bill

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Keeping score: over two dozen NFL players arrested just since the Super Bowl

Jun 30, 2013 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Derrick Hollenbeck, staff writer

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez might be the worst of this bunch but he's not the first or the last NFL player arrested since the lights went out after the February 8th Super Bowl.

Here's the list so far:

Michael Boley, New York Giants (Feb. 8): Child abuse in Alabama.

Da'Quan Bowers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Feb. 18): possession of firearm in New York City's LaGuardia Airport.

Al Netter, San Francisco 49ers (Feb. 22): DUI in California.

Desmond Bryant, Cleveland Browns (Feb. 24): Criminal mischief in Miami.

J'Marcus Webb, Chicago Bears (Feb. 24): possession of marijuana in Illinois.

Javarris Lee, Arizona Cardinals (March 7): failure to appear in court in Florida.

Quinton Carter, Denver Broncos (March 9): Cheating at craps in Los Vegas.

Cody Grimm, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (March 10 and May 28): public intoxication twice in Virginia.

Evan Rodriguez, Chicago Bears (March 21 and May 31): resisting ... Continue Reading:Keeping score: over two dozen NFL players arrested just since the Super Bowl

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Liberal psychopath professor makes street evangelization a dangerous calling

Jun 29, 2013 02:13 pm | Coach Collins

Watch as a smug liberal professor who is NOT talking to a class of captives reacts when challenged to find "separation of Church and State" in the Constitution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apSQISfYJXs&feature=player_embedded

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Military preparedness suffers yet Obama takes $100 million vacation

Jun 29, 2013 06:13 am | Coach Collins

by Jim Emerson, staff writer

This week, retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula penned a scorching op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, pointing out that military options being planned for Syria ignore the effect of sequestration on the U.S military at home. One suggestion was a limited no-fly zone over Syria with Air Force and Naval aircraft flying out of Jordon. One of the facts being ignored is that aircrews are not flying training missions to maintain their proficiency to fly, fight and win with air supremacy. Right now, the biggest unreported, no-fly zone is already up and running-it's the one in the United States! US bases are being ordered to reduce flying time, training and maintenance, greatly compromising America's air combat readiness. (1)

Gen. Deptula, the former head of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance on the Air Staff, was one of the principle planners of Operation Desert Storm and a joint task force commander during Operation Northern Watch. He served ... Continue Reading:Military preparedness suffers yet Obama takes $100 million vacation

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Supreme Court deals Affirmative Action a "fatal" blow on college campuses

Jun 28, 2013 06:13 am | Coach Collins

by Doug Book, editor

Though the Supreme Court has again decided that colleges and universities may use race as a factor when seeking to promote diversity among the student body, the ruling delivered Monday in Fischer v University of Texas at Austin (Fischer) was far from a friendly nod to the forces of affirmative action. For not only will school administrators have to demonstrate that non race-based solutions had failed to solve their diversity problems, courts considering lawsuits filed against school affirmative action programs will be required to apply the legal standard of strict scrutiny, the most demanding legal order of judicial review. (1) "Once a court determines that strict scrutiny must be applied, it is presumed that the law or policy [in question] is unconstitutional." It is from this clearly difficult starting place that schools which employ affirmative action programs will now have to defend their race-based policies. (2)

In 2008, white applicant Abigail Fischer sued the ... Continue Reading:Supreme Court deals Affirmative Action a "fatal" blow on college campuses

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Friday, June 28, 2013

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Senate Passes Amnesty Bill

Yesterday the Senate passed its quasi-amnesty bill on a vote of 68-to-32. Fourteen Republicans joined all 54 Democrats in voting for the bill. They are:

Lamar Alexander (TN)
Kelly Ayotte (NH)
Jeffrey Chiesa (NJ)
Susan Collins (ME)
Bob Corker (TN)
Jeff Flake (AZ)
Lindsey Graham (SC)
Orrin Hatch (UT)
Dean Heller (NV)
John Hoeven (ND)
Mark Kirk (IL)
John McCain (AZ)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Marco Rubio (FL)

Often people complain, "Why can't Congress just work together and get something done?" Be careful what you wish for, my friends. More often than not, big, bi-partisan votes happen when Republicans cave and support liberal ideas.

The bill is now headed to the House. So far Speaker John Boehner is saying the right things. At a press conference yesterday, Speaker Boehner told reporters:

"The House is not going to take up and vote on whatever the Senate passes.  We're going to do our own bill, through regular order, and it'll be legislation that reflects the will of our majority and the will of the American people.  For any legislation -- including a conference report -- to pass the House, it's going to have to be a bill that has the support of a majority of our members.

"Listen, immigration reform has to be grounded in real border security.  That's what the American people believe, and it's a principle that our majority believes in as well.  ...And if immigration reform is going to work, it's essential that the American people have the confidence that it's being done correctly.  That's how the House will approach this issue."

We will do everything we can to hold their feet to the fire. Some groups are already coming forward to announce that House members who vote for amnesty will face primary challenges, and they should.

I was glad Speaker Boehner mentioned the "conference report." Let's assume the House comes up with a good bill that emphasizes security and guarantees that amnestied illegal immigrants can't access welfare benefits. You would have two very different bills from the House and the Senate that would go to a conference committee of a few selected representatives and senators to work out the differences.

Time and again this closed-door, back room "conference" is where conservatives have been betrayed. We're putting the GOP leadership on notice that we won't fall for it again.


Perry Orders Legislators Back

Kudos to Texas Governor Rick Perry! Perry isn't being pushed around by an angry left-wing mob and its liberal media allies.

After a liberal filibuster killed legislation to ban late-term abortions and other important bills, Perry called the Texas legislature back for a second special session. Perry said, "I am calling the Legislature back into session because too much important work remains undone for the people of Texas. Texans value life and want to protect women and the unborn."

The media's reporting on Wendy Davis's filibuster speaks volumes about its liberal bias. This previously unknown state senator is now a "national political star" on the left. She has gotten glowing press coverage from virtually every media outlet.

Even the White House got in on the act with a tweet from Barack Obama. The mob that shouted down the people's elected legislators was hailed as "democracy in action."

Where was Obama's voice when abortionist Kermit Gosnell was standing trial for "snipping" the spinal cords of live babies? Reporters had to be shamed into covering Gosnell's trial.

Just imagine how different the coverage would be if a conservative legislator were filibustering a bill to legalize same-sex "marriage" in a liberal state and a crowd of evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox Jews turned out to support him. There would be no tolerance, much less praise, from CBS or the New York Times. They would be denounced as bigots and fascists attempting to thwart the will of the people.


Just How Loony Is The Left?

Pretty darn loony. Here's a good measure: A Rasmussen poll this week asked voters to identify the nation's top terror threat. Most said radical Muslims. But voters who approved of President Obama's job performance were split: 29% said radical Muslims, while 26% identified the Tea Party as the nation's top terror threat.

My friends, do you understand why I warned yesterday about the threat to religious liberty and Christianity? A quarter of Democrats believe the Tea Party is a greater threat to national security than radical Islamists! How many innocent people have been beheaded or blown up by Tea Party supporters?

When a poll came out some years ago indicating that quite a few conservatives thought Obama was a Muslim, MSNBC's Chris Matthews would begin virtually every interview with a conservative guest by asking if they believed Obama was a Muslim or a citizen. No matter what the topic of the show was supposed to be, that is how Matthews would begin.

It was clear what he was doing. He was trying to force that senator or congressman to insult many conservatives or look like an extremist to the average viewer. Hello, Sean Hannity! Every liberal who goes on your show should be asked whether he agrees with the quarter of his party that equates the Tea Party with radical Islamists.

And here's one more example of loony liberalism run amok. The FBI is seeking the public's help in tracking down its most wanted terrorists. It produced a poster with the pictures of 16 terrorists with the captions "Faces of Global Terrorism" and "Stop a Terrorist. Save Lives. Up to $25 Million Reward." You can see poster the here.

Last week left coast liberal Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) sent a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller complaining that the "ad featuring sixteen photos of wanted terrorists is not only offensive to Muslims and ethnic minorities, but it encourages racial and religious profiling." But according to the Seattle Times, "Seven [of the 16] are from African countries, four are from the Philippines, one each is from Malaysia and Chechnya, and three were born in the United States."

Nevertheless, Obama's FBI dutifully complied and announced Tuesday that the posters would be taken down.


Stand With Israel

Join me in our nation's capital for the Christians United for Israel Washington Summit!

Led by Pastor John Hagee, CUFI's Washington Summit will be held July 22-24. This year's Summit features an outstanding lineup of speakers, including:

Rep. Michele Bachmann
Glenn Beck
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor
Sen. Ted Cruz
Gov. Mike Huckabee
And many more!

Reserve your seat today. I look forward to seeing you there! 

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Back to the Future on Discrimination

"Equal laws protecting equal rights; the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country." --James Madison

Still fighting discrimination like it's 1955

The past week was a busy one for the Supreme Court. On Monday, in the area of so-called affirmative action, the Court issued its opinion in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a discrimination case, and, on Tuesday, it issued its opinion in Shelby County v. Holder, which, in effect, negated Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

These cases seem to continue the Supremes' movement away from the Civil Rights Era view of the necessity of race-based preferential treatment. Some background:

Fisher is the latest in a line of discrimination cases that started with the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke in 1978. In Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional the practice of the University of California (Davis) setting aside seats for minorities to be filled by using different admissions processes in the name of classroom "diversity."

In 2003, the Supreme Court muddied the issue in Grutter v. Bollinger, a 5-4 decision upholding the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Michigan Law School. Writing for the majority, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor held the Law School had a compelling interest in promoting class "diversity." Therefore, a race-conscious admissions process that favored "underrepresented minority groups" but also took into account other factors evaluated for every individual applicant did not amount to an unconstitutional quota system under Bakke -- at least for 25 years.

While observers hoped that Fisher would clarify some of Grutter's vagueness, it did not.

In Fisher, the plaintiff, a white woman denied admission to UT (Austin), contended that the school's practice of accepting the top 10 percent of each Texas high school's graduating class, regardless of their race, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Some 81 percent of the incoming class was admitted under this procedure. Fisher, with a grade point average of 3.59 and in the top 12 percent of her class, was not. Admission criteria for the remainder of candidates for the incoming class included their talents, leadership qualities, family circumstances and race.

The Supreme Court punted on the main issue. A 7-1 majority (Justice Elena Kagan recusing) voided the appellate court's ruling in favor of UT and remanded the case, holding that the lower court hadn't applied the Grutter and Bakke standard of "strict scrutiny" to the admissions program.

Justice Clarence Thomas, the sole dissenter, wrote that he would have overturned Grutter and thus the whole convoluted legal structure of racial preferences as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

There was a more definitive resolution in the Shelby case. Two provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) were in play -- the preclearance requirements of Section 5 and the pre-existing coverage formula in Section 4(b). The part of the VRA that the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional by a 5-4 vote was the coverage formula, which hasn't changed since the inception of the Act. As John Fund at National Review put it, "Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act forced states that had poor minority registration or turnout numbers in the 1960s to remain in a permanent penalty box."

Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, said, "Congress -- if it is to divide the states -- must identify those jurisdictions to be singled out on a basis that makes sense in light of current conditions. It cannot rely simply on the past."

It is the coverage formula that triggers the preclearance provisions of Section 5. "Covered jurisdictions" must convince the Justice Department or a three judge panel of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to "preclear" attempts to change "any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure with respect to voting."

Section 5 was left intact. Nevertheless, the Court's four Leftists dissented, with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg complaining that the Court is essentially saying the VRA has been so successful that it should be ended. But if there's some reason why the law is still necessary -- say the fact that blacks in Mississippi vote at a higher rate than whites, while the state with the lowest black voter turnout compared to whites is Massachusetts -- Congress could enact a law replacing Section 4 and bringing the preclearance criteria up to date.

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Video: Heritage's Ryan Anderson Unpacks the SCOTUS Decisions on Marriage

Marriage Redefinition Sought at SCOTUS Fails, Debate Continues

The Supreme Court this week handed down decisions on two important cases relating to the definition of marriage.

The Heritage Foundation's Ryan Anderson's provides conservative analysis of the decisions on Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. Watch the video >>

Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint responded on The Foundry to the Supreme Court's decisions on marriage. DeMint reminds us that while this was a bad decision, the debate about marriage will continue, and Heritage will be leading that debate:

Click here to read Jim DeMint's full response to the Supreme Court's decisions.

Yesterday, the Senate passed the massive and complicated Gang of Eight immigration bill, which would grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. This came after Monday's procedural vote on a nearly 1,200-page amendment to the bill. Senators had only 75 hours to read the immense amendment and consider its implications before that Monday vote.

The bill now goes to the U.S. House, where conservatives are raising questions about the proposal. At the monthly Conversations with Conservatives briefing on Capitol Hill this week, Representatives offered their views on the bill. Watch the video here. Conversations with Conservatives is a group of free market and liberty-minded members of Congress that meets monthly with traditional press and bloggers to discuss the most important issues of the day.

Heritage urges lawmakers to consider an alternative proposal that secures the border, strengthens legal immigration, and rejects amnesty.

What do you think the House of Representatives should do with the Gang of Eight bill?

Earlier this week, President Obama announced a climate change plan aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions and increasing energy efficiency.

Although President Obama claims 2012 was the warmest year in history, experts say global temperatures have plateaued over the past 16 years.

Nevertheless, President Obama is going forward with a plan that could cost families $1,000 a year. Heritage Foundation expert Nicolas Loris points out 11 problems with this climate change plan. 

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