Quote: 

"It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the sciences but may implant in the minds of the American youth the principles of virtue and of liberty and inspire them with just and liberal ideas of government and with an inviolable attachment to their own country." 

~ Noah Webster, On Education of Youth in America, 1790  

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An unidentified IRS agent told members Congress that the embattled tax agency is still targeting conservative groups three months after the scandal came to light, according to testimony released Thursday by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.).

During closed-door testimony, the agent reportedly told members of the committee that requests for tax-exempt status by Tea Party groups are still being subjected to "secondary screening," at least in his office.

When asked what he would do with an application from a Tea Party group even if there was no evidence of political activity, the IRS agent replied: "At this point I would send it to secondary screening, political advocacy."

"So you would treat a Tea Party group as a political advocacy case even if there was no evidence of political activity on the application. Is that right?" a committee investigator asked.

"Based on my current manager's direction, uh-huh," the agent repeated.

The Blaze | Jason Howerton | Aug. 8, 2013 3:56pm  

A small group of lawmakers in Maryland got an earful from their constituents during a town hall meeting that covered topics ranging from "Obamacare" to Benghazi to the NSA's spying programs.

And we mean an earful. Voters vented some of the frustrations shared by Americans across the country - in a very vocal way.

"When is this government going to come clean with the American people and tell us what this secret law says, how it's being secretly interpreted, how it's being secretly implemented, and what it means to every person in this room!" an unidentified male said of NSA surveillance.

On October 1st, millions of Americans will be required to enroll in Obamacare and could lose access to their doctors and be forced to pay higher premiums and higher taxes. But there's still time to stop it. Republicans in Congress can stop Obamacare if they refuse to fund it.

Sign the petition and tell Congress: Don't Fund Obamacare!

Mike Lee

"This is the last opportunity we're going to have to stop Obamacare before the January 1 deadline so we have to refuse to fund it now."- U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)

Ted Cruz

"We can de-fund Obamacare if Republican leaders who tell their constituents they're conservative stand up and act like they're conservative."- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Senate Republican Whip List

Urge the Republicans who have not pledged to oppose Obamacare funding in 2014 (question marks) to sign Senator Mike Lee's letter vowing to oppose it.  Go here for more information:

COMMON CORE:

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR OUR CHILDREN?

We'd like to extend a special invitation for you to attend an open meeting covering Common Core

hosted by the Coaltion for Advancing Freedom:

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Part 1- A Rigorous Assessment

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The first part of the evening will be a presentation by nationally-known education expert Dr. Peg Luksik, who will speak about the Common Core education standards and how they will affect you and your family. She'll cover what it is, how it came to be, why you may never have even heard of it, and why it is not a good idea for the children of Pennsylvania.

Part 2 - Making Education 'Common'

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Part 3 - Question & Answers

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 The Federal Government effectively 'bribed' the State apparatus to adopt the Common Core using federal stimulus money, and they did so 'behind the scenes' without any significant public debate. There hasn't been any means testing to ensure that the standards are successful in the classroom. Finally, only 1 out of 60 content experts who reviewed the Common Core were teachers, and no proof was provided that their feedback was received, or their changes reflected in the final standards.

VALLEY FORGE PATRIOTS AUGUST 9^TH MEETING

IMPORTANT VFP AUGUST 9th MEETING UPDATE

NEW MEETING PLACE AND TIME

6:00 pm at the Valley Forge Diner and Restaurant, 1145 Valley Forge Rd., Phoenixville

(the old Bull Tavern across from Valley Forge Pizza) Plenty of free parking.

7:00 PM TO 9:00 PM

THIS WILL BE A WORKING MEETING.  BE PREPARED TO HAVE A LITTLE WRITER'S CRAMP.

Common Core is a huge issue for our schools and students as well as the taxpayers. The cost of implementing Common Core Standards (CCS) in PA will be $650 million or more over seven years at a time when we are facing a severe pension crisis. The PA legislature was bypassed when PA signed on to the CCS. There is no evidence that this costly and transformational initiative will result in better learning outcomes. In addition, we believe that we will lose local control over our school boards and over the education of our students.

For our August meeting we will have a Common Core post card writing blitz and we urge you all to join in the effort. VFP will supply pre-stamped post cards, as well as bullet points to write and addresses of legislators. This is a nationwide effort that we are coordinating with Pennsylvanians Against Common Core.

It is most important that we contact and continue to contact legislators since this Common Core initiative is already being implemented. Of course, the leftist teachers unions will be spaming mail, probably on the clock as usual. If you have kids, grandkids, neices and nephews you need to care about this. Hope to see you there with your writing utensils.

To learn more log on to: www.NoPaCommonCore.com

The VFP has joined a statewide Common Core letter/post card writing blitz.  At our meeting this Friday, August 9 we will begin this campaign.

Here is how it works.

We picked a week, the week of August 11, but we will start writing Friday. The goal is to mail 50 letters/cards a day to Harrisburg during the six day week.

We are going to be doing post cards but you may do a letter if you prefer. 10 people write and send 5 cards Monday, 10 more  do 5 cards on Tuesday, and on through the rest of the week. Ideally, that would be 60 people for the week doing 5 cards for six days.

I will be preparing handouts with Common Core bullet points to write and the addresses where the cards will be sent. You will be asked to send to at least 5 addresses on the list, more if possible. Since the legislators are on recess. the cards will go to district offices.

I also have some preprinted post cards that we can use but hand written works best.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, August 28, 2013

For additional information, please contact Special Events

at (202) 608-1539 or

specialevents@heritageaction.com 

It is my privilege to invite you to a special event featuring Guy Rodgers, Executive Director of ACT! for America. This event is free and open to the public and will be held at the following location:

Guy has been my right hand since I founded ACT! for America in 2007. He is a compelling, dynamic public speaker who combines a deep knowledge of the threat of radical Islam with nearly three decades of strategic and communications experience in the political world.

The result is extraordinary-and something you don't want to miss.

The Boston Marathon bombing was a painful reminder that the threat of jihad is always lurking just beneath the surface. Unfortunately, we can't just wish it away or turn a blind eye to it. Whether that threat is the violent kind of jihad we saw in Boston or on 9/11, or the "stealth" kinds of jihads that is the primary weapon of the Muslim Brotherhood, we must be informed and have the tools with which to fight it effectively.

Here are just some of the aspects of this threat Guy will discuss:

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 

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I hope these tools are a blessing to you!

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Straight Talk About Planning - The Other Side of Sustainable Development

ImmigrationCounters.com provides the key numbers and events related to illegal immigration in the United States. Using the latest government and private sources, research and analysis trending data is factored at their individual rates of increase. For information about the research behind the individual counters clickhere Data Sources.  ImmigrationCounters.com supports legal immigration and respect for all humanity yet highlights the significant impact of illegal immigration in America. 

ImmigrationCounters.com informs the public of the realities of illegal immigration while challenging the myths and misinformation surrounding it. After decades of passively watching this problem grow, most Americans are now more aware of the severity of this issue. Our government has demonstrated a complete lack of urgency to control illegal immigration both on the borders and within the interior. Because of this large failure that which traditionally had been the American way of welcoming immigration is now dividing the country because of one word, illegal. Opposing illegal immigration and wanting the laws enforced is not un-American. It is time to set the record straight on what is un-American, illegal is un-American.

The issue of illegal immigration doesn't need more laws, studies or debates, it needs leadership and enforcement. America doesn't need immigration reform, it needs leadership reform. Because our government has failed to enforce the existing immigration laws, why should anyone be confident they will do so with expanded immigration reform? Because of these failures, legislators have been addressing the problems at their local levels with bills to manage it incrementally, piece-by-piece, rather than trying to fix the national problem at once--an impossible task. What most Americans expect is to have our borders secure, enforcement of the existing laws within the interior, meaningful punishment of employers who hire illegally and removal of incentives such as birthright citizenships and public school enrollments without status verifications. We must also address the fact that we're soft on criminals caught in crimes and aren't deported. No other country would allow this to continue. 40% of them entered the country legally and overstayed their visas. Yet there's still no reliable method to verify if Visa overstays have left the country. Another incentive that must be addressed is the birthright citizenship program that has resulted in millions of children and parents receiving instant rights and benefits. Some have called them "GPS babies" and this certainly cannot be what the authors of the 14th Amendment intended to occur. Public housing and other benefits are provided for the illegal parents through their 'anchor children' while citizens are turned away because of limited resources. This antiquated program must end. Government agencies and officials at all levels must address the costs associated with this kind of abuse. Past mistakes have been made in attempts to fix illegal immigration and our communities can no longer afford these kinds of mistakes.

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RedState Morning Briefing

For August 9, 2013

1.  We Should Not Have to Hold Our Noses

Cory Gardner was a tea party hero. In the last 48 hours, he's become a weasel. Gardner bailed on a Tea Party Express event to support Congressman Meadows and Senator Lee's attempts to defund Obamacare. Cory Gardner caved to pressure from the GOP leadership.

We sent him to Congress as a fighter and instead he's become a lover of the establishment. It's a fact and I suspect you'll now see him try to weasel his words over the next forty-eight hours to claim he's for full repeal and defunding doesn't do enough, so he won't support it - or something like that. It's what John Cornyn has been saying.

When they can get a pass, these guys will vote for symbolic votes against Obamacare. But when the heat is on, they won't vote to defund it. How many times have they cast symbolic votes? And now that they have a substantive vote and fight on the issue they fold like cheap suits.

In Kentucky, Mitch McConnell's campaign manager was caught on tape saying he would have to hold his nose for two years to run McConnell's campaign. Jesse Benton's loyalty is with Rand Paul. Rand Paul wants to run for President. So Rand Paul is coddling the establishment and Jesse Benton is working for Mitch McConnell with his nose closed.

Conservatives should not have to hold their noses to vote in primaries.

At the RedState Gathering, the NRSC outreach guy told me the NRSC would spend every dime they have to defend Mitch McConnell from Matt Bevin and other Republican Senators from primary challengers. He said if the NRSC spent all its money defending incumbents and then lost the general, it would be conservatives' fault for daring to primary incumbents. In fact, he told me, no Republican should ever dare challenge an incumbent.

This is the same NRSC that will not target Democrats over Barack Obama exempting Congress from Obamacare.

Friends, we should not have to hold our noses and support incumbents. We should be willing to primary incumbents who've . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

2.  The Obama Administration's War on the Constitution

The more we learn about the antics of our national intelligence apparatus the more we are left with the image of a bunch of smart guys operating with no sense of boundaries or propriety. Rather than being servants to and guardians  of the the people they have striven to become our masters.

When Edward Snowden alleged that he, as a low level IT technician, could access communications by virtually anyone simply by asking there was a howling from the general direction of Fort Meade, MD that this was not true. Because FISA Courts. Because The Constitution. Subsequent reporting by Glenn Greenwald (or one of his sock puppets. it is really hard to tell... ) indicates that Snowden was more right than wrong. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

3.  The 'Police State' Of Delaware Is No Longer Theory 

Michael Rogers and Delaware State Police Officer Mathew Morgan had a meeting on August 1st that did not bode well for Mr. Rogers. Mr. Rogers a 53 year-old man was at his home at 22507 Deep Branch Rd. just five miles east of Georgetown Delaware on a quiet country road in Sussex county, when a knock came at the door that would change his life.

Mathew Morgan, a young Delaware State Police veteran of three years came to the house that Rogers was sharing with his elderly mother, to investigate an alleged hit-and-run incident on a parked car in Millsboro Delaware. The events that occurred during that home investigation defy explanation. Apparently the officer questioned Mr. Rogers about a hit and run incident on the parked car, and Mr. Roger denied the allegations and asked the officer to leave his residence.

Mr. Rogers was reported to be intoxicated at the time of Officer Morgan's arrival at the residence, but being intoxicated within your own residence is not a violation of any crime. Although Mr. Rogers judgement was probably impaired, he was perfectly within his rights to ask the officer to leave the residence. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

4.  Senator Brian Schatz (D, Hawaii): did you have carnal relations with that sheep?

08/09/2013  

The Next Threat to Your Privacy 

Who has access to your Social Security number, your bank information, and your tax records?

When Obamacare's health insurance exchanges open, your data could be exposed to shysters and hackers, thanks to serious vulnerabilities in the system.

The exchanges are scheduled to open on October 1 (just 53 days away). But the list of implementation failures keeps growing, and the security of Americans' data is threatened.

THREAT #1: Obamacare "Navigators"

Navigators are a group of people and organizations that are going to be facilitating signups for Obamacare's insurance exchanges.

• Example: Planned Parenthood has applied for navigator grants to work with consumers.
• Danger: HHS will not require navigators to undergo "minimum eligibility criteria and background checks." The Administration's training program does not require navigators to participate in anti-fraud classes. And many states do not have plans for investigating unscrupulous navigators who may attempt to prey on vulnerable and unsuspecting Americans. Even California's Democratic insurance commissioner-a strong supporter of Obamacare-admitted "we can have a real disaster on our hands" if scam artists posing as navigators get access to applicants' Social Security numbers, bank accounts, and other personal information.

THREAT #2: Obamacare's Data Hub

The data hub is a massive compilation of tax filings, Social Security reports, and other government data that will be used to determine eligibility for subsidized insurance.

• Insecure? The hub isn't scheduled to be certified as secure until September 30-only one day before the exchanges open for business.
• Cutting Corners: The HHS inspector general recently released a report highlighting major delays in implementation of Obamacare's data hub. The report amplifies what former HHS officials have been saying for months: The Administration has been cutting corners on data privacy for the exchanges, raising major questions about whether the data on the hub can be certified as secure-or whether Obamacare will place Americans' tax and other personal information at risk.

The Obama Administration's shoddy, slapdash approach to Obamacare implementation is placing the sensitive personal data of millions of Americans at risk. It's one more reason why Congress should refuse to spend a single dime implementing this unfair, unworkable, and unpopular law.

>>> Jim DeMint and Mike Needham in the Wall Street Journal: The Only Way to Stop Obamacare Is to Cut Off Its Funding

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Quick Hits:

• Debunking some myths in the fight to defund Obamacare. 
• It's the president who is threatening to shut down the government, though the media won't cover it that way.
• You may not believe that the majority of parents want this at their kids' schools. 
• How does President Obama's economic recovery compare to those of other Presidents?
• Liberals are marshalling their forces to push Obamacare against growing opposition.
• The heartwarming story of two people who left Cuba to make a life in America.
• Obamacare even includes the food police.

August 9, 2013   

Today's Articles:

In His Majesty's CIA
J. Robert Smith
So you're a CIA operative, and you know things that the Agency, Hillary, and perhaps even the Big O himself don't want known. What happens next? More

The Political Problem of Evil
Robert Oscar Lopez
I had a recent meeting with a priest, who said something to me that I would have never taken seriously prior to a year ago. More

Electoral Suicide
Sierra Rayne
Under proposed amnesty provisions, Florida, Nevada, and others would be consistently voting Democrat. More

Another Busy Hurricane Hoopla Season
Jeffrey Folks
NOAA has predicted so many "more active than normal" hurricane seasons that it's hard to determine what "normal" actually is anymore. Also, NOAA is wrong quite a lot. More

John Roberts Was Wrong, and Here's Why
Elise Cooper
Senator Mike Lee makes the case for stamping out ObamaCare. More

Destroying Football: The Left's Endgame
Timothy Birdnow
For our nation's hysterical Progressives, there can be only one solution to "violent" sports. More

The Holder-Hasan Disconnect
Russ Vaughn
Why would an attorney general hell-bent on trying terrorists as domestic criminals skip a conference of all the world's nations' highest authorities on terrorism? More

American Thinker Blog

On Russia's 'Anti-Gay Laws,' Americans Are Nobody to Criticize
August 9, 2013
Are we really the ones to cast aspersions on Russia when it comes to free speech? More

Just How Smart is a Peacock?
August 9, 2013
NBC really blew it this time. More

Obama's 'inside-out economics'
August 8, 2013
It is beyond the president's experience and education to think like an employer or an entrepreneur. More

Thanks, Obama!
August 8, 2013
President Obama has just handed his opposition a powerful focus for resentment over Obamacare More

Issa expands IRS probe to include possible FEC collusion targeting conservatives
August 8, 2013
Lois Lerner revisited. More

South Korea calls North Korea's bluff and wins
August 8, 2013
President Park Geun-hye of South Korea has more stones than Barack Obama. She isn't content to lead from behind More

NSA snooping far more intense than previously thought
August 8, 2013
The scandal has not hit bottom yet. More

In Obama administration, green energy trumps saving Bald Eagles
August 8, 2013
Save the birds. Nix the wind farms More

Reforms? Cubans facing a new wave of repression
August 8, 2013
The Castro government has been playing this game for years. More

Obama to speak at Lincoln Memorial marking 50th anniversary of King speech
August 8, 2013
Will the president be honoring Dr. King? Or himself? More

Petty tyranny in Illinois
August 8, 2013
It may not be the IRS, but it is equally abusive. More

Our democracy is in bad shape when we have to depend on Jay Leno to ask questions
August 8, 2013
President Obama is insulting our intelligence. More

Scandal What Scandal? - Obama: "We Don't Spy On Amercans" - Judge Andrew Napolitano

Pres Obama Steps In To Save Congressional Health Benefits & The peasants Left With No Choice!

Obama: Struggles To Remember Dr. Jill Biden's Name

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August 8, 2013

Good morning,

American embassies in the Middle East are still closed, and will be through at least this weekend. Although this security precaution aims to keep Americans abroad safe, especially after what happened nearly a year ago in Benghazi, is this a sound response to terrorism in the long run? Victor Davis Hanson and Cliff May look at the consequences in which the United States clams up around the world.

Obamacare: the word that instills anger and outrage (and rightly so). To date, Republicans have been on the public's side of the Affordable Care Act debate, but could an attempt to defund Obamacare this fall undermine their chances to fully repeal the law in 2014? Jonah Goldberg examines the possible outcomes.

Speaking of words . . .

"Inconceivable!"

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

In the most recent issue of NR, Kevin Williamson looks at the word "inappropriate" and how it's become a synonym for evil - when there are plenty of other words more suitable to describe evil deeds.

And in case you missed it, over at the Corner, John O'Sullivan has an update from the cruise and Mark Steyn looks at the media palpitations over the sale of the Washington Post.

We now turn the morning news over to Jim, with his third reason to love modern politics.

Something Worth Loving About Washington, Part Three: A Literate City

Washington, D.C., for all of its other flaws, reads a lot:

For the third year in a row, Washington, D.C., is "America's most literate city," according to an annual statistical study ranking 75 cities, released Thursday.

The study, conducted by Central Connecticut State University president John Miller, is based on data that includes the number of bookstores, library resources, newspaper circulation, Internet resources and educational levels.

Miller says the study is aimed at shifting attention from school test scores on reading "to how much people are reading, and where are they reading the most."

In a digital age, the survey expands the definition of reading by counting online book orders, e-book readers and page views on local newspaper websites.

It's very reassuring, in our era of video-on-demand, that people still read, and talk about what they read. In fact, in this city, not only does almost everyone you know read books; almost everyone you know is writing a book or has written a book.

Of course, being bookworms, maybe we're not the most wild and crazy party animals you'll encounter. Washington, D.C., isn't much of a dancing town - or so I hear; I'm one of those clumsy guys who only dances when Mrs. CampaignSpot requests it. It is a drinking town, and I would bet it has one of the highest rates of high-functioning alcoholism in the country. It has plenty of garden-variety alcoholism, too: "Adults in Washington D.C. abuse alcohol more than anyone else in the country. According to a new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 8.1 percent of adults age 26 or older in D.C. are alcohol dependent." So there's that, too.

Japan Is Flashing a Warning For What is Coming Our Way

CURATOR: John Rolls. Graham Summers * Phoenix Capital Research August 7, 2013 The markets fell yesterday despite the Fed pumping over $5 billion into the system. The primary reason is that the Fed is once again talking about tapering QE. There's also the uncertainty of who the next Fed Chairman will be...

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Ground Beneath Fukushima Sinking, Nuke Water Has 3 Times More Cesium Than Chernobyl's Total Release

CONTRIBUTOR: Mort Amsel. "It is an emergency - has been since 11 March 2011 and will continue to be long into the future," said Shaun Burnie, an independent nuclear consultant. He says onsite contaminated water contains three times the caesium released from the 1986 Chernobyl accident - the world's worst nuclear disaster....

Click here to read, "Ground Beneath Fukushima Sinking, Nuke Water Has 3 Times More Cesium Than Chernobyl's Total Release"...

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Obama Military Coup Avoided? 4 Nuke Strikes & Armageddon Watch Over Syria (video)

CONTRIBUTOR: Live Free or Die. This story today from PressTV is disturbing in more ways than one. According to experts watching the situation in Syria unfold, there have now been 4 tactical nuclear strikes upon Syria. Strangely enough, this same story claims that a 'coup' against US President Barack Obama has been avoided because of...

Click here to read, "Obama Military Coup Avoided? 4 Nuke Strikes & Armageddon Watch Over Syria"...

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Drills, Props and Propaganda Predicting Large Scale False Flag Events

CONTRIBUTOR: Steelliberty. A government created fear designed to enlist public support for controls, legislation, rules and regulation increasing government power, while reducing individual rights, is called a False Flag Event (FFE). The fear is usually something quite dramatic, like the bombing of Pearl Harbor or the decimation of the World Trade Centers....

Click here to read, "Drills, Props and Propaganda Predicting Large Scale False Flag Events "...

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Syrian Rebels Shell President Assad's Convoy, Assad Unhurt

CONTRIBUTOR: Mort Amsel. Syrian rebels said on Thursday they targeted President Bashar Assad's motorcade heading to a Damascus mosque to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, but state television showed him unharmed and the government denied he had been attacked. The Tahrir al-Sham rebel brigade, a unit of the Free Syrian...

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40 Year Old Mystery: Milky Way Wrapped In Magellanic Stream A Bright Pink Ribbon Of Gas

CONTRIBUTOR: Alton Parrish . Astronomers Explore Origin Of Gas Ribbon Wrapped Around Our Galaxy Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have solved the 40-year-old mystery of the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas stretching nearly halfway around the Milky Way. New Hubble observations reveal that most of this stream...

Click here to read, "40 Year Old Mystery: Milky Way Wrapped In Magellanic Stream A Bright Pink Ribbon Of Gas"...

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Here it Comes! Commodities Futures Trading Commission Investigating Manipulation of Derivative Interest Rates - Bloomberg Bomb: Interest Up, We Go Down. (video)

CONTRIBUTOR: Tom Dennen, the paranoid historian. Right now, there are about 441 trillion dollars of interest rate derivatives sitting out there. If interest rates stay about where they are right now (or) don't go much higher, we will be fine. But if they start going much higher, all bets will be off and we could see...

Click here to read, "Here it Comes! Commodities Futures Trading Commission Investigating Manipulation of Derivative Interest Rates - Bloomberg Bomb: Interest Up, We Go Down."...

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ISON Still On - Sprites, 2 CMEs and Quake Watch

CURATOR: Zen Gardner. Contrary to rumors, comet ISON is still alive and kicking. So is the sun's activity with incoming CMEs over the next 2 days, while we get another taste of atmospheric sprites appearing. Quake watch will be stepping up as very large coronal holes swing towards us....

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Police Enter Family's Bedroom Window, No Warrent, No Evidence, Shoots Their Two Dogs (Video)

CONTRIBUTOR: Mort Amsel. Police were searching the area for a person of interest. Without any evidence or a warrant, they decided to climb into the home of Cristina Moses and her fiance Travis Nicholas, right through a bedroom window. The couple was awoken to the sound of intruders in their home...

Click here to read, "Police Enter Family's Bedroom Window, No Warrent, No Evidence, Shoots Their Two Dogs (Video)"...

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Man Calls Cop B*tch Executed Immediately - Shocking Video (video)

CONTRIBUTOR: Live Free or Die. Have law enforcement officers taken the Rights of American citizens away and into their own hands as this story from California demonstrates? This heavily censored story illustrates the growing epidemic of police brutality sweeping the country in this now too obvious 'police state' gone mad. What if anything at all...

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Blue Cross, Aetna, United, Humana Flee Obamacare Exchanges

Small Business Group Blames 'Climate Change' for Rising Costs

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State Dept.'s 'Faith-Based' Advisor: 'I Am Glad American Civil Religion is Dying'

NY Ethics Panel: Only NARAL Exempted From Disclosing Donors

Human Rights Groups Criticize Islamists for Inciting New Violence Against Egypt's Christians

Obama: 'We Don't Need a Huge Government'
    
Moscow Rejects Criticism of 'Anti-Gay Propaganda' Law; Says Don't Link it to Olympics

Obama Marks End of Ramadan with Another $195M for Syria

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$1M NIH Grant To Reduce HIV, Domestic Violence in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Men Charged With Smuggling 19,319 Tablets of 'Counterfeit' Viagra

New 'Health' Plan: Deliberately 'Slow' Elevators Make People Climb Stairs

$78K NSF Grant to Study Global Warming...In 1st Century Guatemala

COMMENTARY:

How Democrats Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Bankruptcy
By Ben Shapiro
It's not just Detroit and Chicago, cities run for years by Democrats: The entire United States is going bankrupt.


NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

AFL-CIO leader seeks to expand membership beyond unions
ObamaCare 'death panel' faces growing opposition from Dems
Police stun gun kills Florida teen
Obama in center of fight over bald eagle deaths from wind turbines
Biden, Hillary Clinton vacationing in the Hamptons
Security on new Chicago school routes still in flux
Pedophile Catholic priest deported to Bolivia
Fox News Poll: 82% say Congress doesn't deserve August recess
Firearms maker blames New York gun law for move to Pennsylvania

  August 08. 2013

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Glenn refers to Sen. Lindsey Graham as a 'traitor to humanity' after idiotic comments on Egypt 

Glenn referred to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) as a 'traitor to humanity' for being so ignorant about an issue as important as the chaos in Egypt. President Obama sent Senators Graham and McCain to Cairo to try to smooth things over, so it's a little surprising that Sen. Graham would say he 'didn't know it was this bad' in Egypt. Glenn reacts to the insanity on radio today. WATCH

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Remain calm: Glenn attempts to do news without flipping out

On radio this morning, Glenn read through some of the news-of-the-day and did his best to follow doctor's orders and remain calm. But when Glenn got to the story about Congress giving themselves an illegal exemption from Obamacare, he had a hard time holding back. Get more details on how Congress avoids living under the laws it passes HERE. 

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Glenn: Why I care about the Middle East

Before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Glenn admitted he didn't care all that much about what was going on in the Middle East. After all, what difference does it make? But it became abundantly clear on 9/11 that there's a tremendous need to be informed and care about what is happening in the Middle East. Glenn explained his reasoning on last night's Glenn Beck Program. WATCH

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Have you seen the NEW GlennBeck.com video page?

This week GlennBeck.com launched a new page that will make it even easier to watch all the highlights from Glenn's raido and TV shows. In addition to complimentary clips, the new GlennBeck.com video page has links to the full-length episodes of Glenn's shows for TheBlaze TV subscribers. Enjoy all this great content HERE.

Glenn discuss the increasingly unstable Middle East with Buck Sexton WATCH

New game show brings Glenn into your bedroom

Do YOU think that government invading your privacy isn't a big deal? Don't have a problem with the NSA checking out your phone records? How about the IRS casually perusing your health history? Well then you're just the kind of person Glenn wants to recruit for a new reality show! MORE

For The Record returns to Egypt for a brand new episode

In May, For The Record took you inside Egypt to reveal the shocking and disturbing trend of Christian persecution in the country. Since that time, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has been overthrown as a new revolution is underway. Next Wednesday, August 14, For The Record returns to Egypt to bring you the latest situation on the ground. Get caught up by watching For The Record, Episode 2 on-demand HERE. Not a subscriber? Start your 14-day free trial of TheBlaze TV HERE.

Glenn promises to throw out all his electronics... again... 
Glenn has always had a love-hate relationship with all the electronic gadgets on the market today. He loves using technology and taking advantage of the convenience it offers, but given how much these gadets have taken over society, Glenn thinks it's time to reconsider... again. So what will he do with all those electronics? MORE  

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