Drudge Report
Sep 08, 2010 05:33PM
Sep 08, 2010 05:30PM
Terry Jones, the Florida pastor behind "Burn a Koran Day," says setting fire to korans is meant to send a message to Muslims. [Discuss] [Link]
Sep 08, 2010 05:30PM
The planned mass burning of copies of the Koran in Florida on Sept. 11 would be an outrageous and grave gesture, the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue said Wednesday., null [Discuss] [Link]
Sep 08, 2010 05:30PM
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly sided with Gen. Petraeus last night, calling a planned burning of Qurans on the anniversary of Sept. 11, "unwise" and "un-American" during the 9/11 Museum and Memorial's fundraising dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in... [Discuss] [Link]
Sep 08, 2010 05:30PM
The protest orchestrated by a fire-and-imstone Florida pastor was called "idiotic and dangerous" by the U.S. Attorney General on Tuesday, according to reports. [Discuss] [Link]
Big Government.com
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:43:39 +0000
Dan Mitchell on Sep 08, 2010 01:41PM
A Debate Between John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama
Here’s a clever video produced by the Winston Group, comparing the tax policies of two Democratic Presidents. Having previously highlighted Kennedy’s tax-cutting approach, it is painful for me to observe the class warfare approach of the Obama Administration. What’s especially fascinating is that JFK intuitively understood the Laffer Curve, particularly the insight that deficits usually are [...]
Christopher C. Horner on Sep 08, 2010 12:01PM
Dodd?s Parting Shot and the Greens? Next Move
As if the work of disgraced Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) on the housing and banking sectors, and subsequently therefore the larger economy weren’t enough already, I see this heads-up from the American Policy Center passed along to me. Apparently we suffer from too little government, not enough planning, and a few “Sustainability” offices are needed [...]
Kyle Olson on Sep 08, 2010 10:22AM
Union Group Calls 9/11 Attacks ?Blowback?-Do National Leaders Agree?
Members of the American Federation of Teachers, along with AFSCME, SEIU and several other national labor unions, are showing their true political stripes by joining the ?Labor for Palestine? movement. These groups are not just calling for a Palestinian homeland in the Middle East and a peaceful resolution to the Palestinian/Israeli standoff. They?re suggesting that the [...]
Gregg Opelka on Sep 08, 2010 09:37AM
The Milwaukee Paradox: Claiming to Unite Us, Obama?Once Again?Only Divides
If he were alive today, Saul Alinsky would be beaming over President Obama?s Labor Day speech at the Milwaukee Area Labor Council Laborfest. It hit all the right divisive, class-warfare notes, each one sounded to prod the down-trodden Have-nots into even greater envy of the evil Haves. And to no one?s surprise, the Milwaukee mice [...]
Arif Panju on Sep 08, 2010 08:40AM
Down Under and November: Why Australia Has Democrats Worried
Pay just a bit of attention to what has been going on in Australian politics the past few months and you will quickly get the sense you are reading a U.S. 2010 midterm preview. President Obama and congressional Democrats will not find solace in the many parallels between the current political climate in the United [...]
Tax Day Tea Party
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:29:37 +0000
Susannah on Sep 07, 2010 07:32PM
Four Reasons Progressives Are Running Like Heck From The Vanity Fair Hit Piece on Sarah Palin
It’s official. Every liberal pundit with an ounce of credibility is either ignoring the latest Vanity Fair column about Sarah Palin, or is running like heck from it. The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Hill have all ignored the story. And now, many noteworthy progressives, such as Kirsten Powers, [...]
Mike gamecock DeVine on Sep 05, 2010 10:54AM
Less government union Labor per Day, please
The original meanings of many American national holidays, including tomorrow’s Labor Day (originally celebrated on a Tuesday) with its and others removal to Mondays, have given way to the celebration of leisure, especially of the three-day weekend variety for federal employees. Most Americans will be thankful that their Obama Administration rulers will take 24 hours off [...]
Mike gamecock DeVine on Sep 04, 2010 09:28AM
Life, Daniels and the pursuit of GOP election victories
Democrats have never won elections touting social liberalism Since his 2008 re-election Governor Mitch Daniels has been, rightly, singularly focused on reducing the size of the Indiana state government; balancing its budget and pursuing policies that would attract business to the Hoosier State. Ronald Reagan would be proud of Daniels’ successful application of conservative principles at [...]
Michael Becker on Sep 03, 2010 11:59AM
Obama lawsuits spur the Arizona economy!
OK, so maybe that's a tad over the top, but hey this is good... and what the heck, we could use some good economic news.
Michael Becker on Sep 01, 2010 03:06PM
It's time that Republicans make every Democrat pay for the positions of the EvilParty™.
National Rifle Association
NRA-ILA on Sep 08, 2010 02:36AM
President Obama is afraid of the M1 Garand, the U.S. rifle that helped win World War II, defeating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Administration officials earlier this year moved to block the government of South Korea from selling vintage U.S. made M1 Garands and M1 carbines to eager stateside collectors.
NRA-ILA on Sep 08, 2010 02:35AM
NRA CHALLENGES CONSTITUTIONALITY OF FEDERAL HANDGUN BAN FOR LAW ABIDING 18-20 YEAR OLDS
NRA-ILA on Sep 08, 2010 02:35AM
San Francisco: Groups mobilize to deny permit to gun store
San Francisco's only gun store could lose its permit to sell guns at a hearing today. Steven Alcairo, 36, a San Francisco native and Mission District resident, will ask the Police Department to reinstate a use permit that lapsed in January because the gun store's owner was planning to convert it to office space.
NRA-ILA on Sep 08, 2010 02:33AM
Texas: Carrollton City Council debates gun shops
Guns took center stage at Tuesday evening's City Council meeting. Specifically, they talked about Big Slim's Firearms, which upset some residents when it opened last week across the street from houses and in the same mini mall as a liquor store. Council member Terry Simons proposed a new ordinance -- to be discussed at a future meeting -- that would restrict future gun shops from opening near liquor stores and certain other retail establishments.
NRA-ILA on Sep 08, 2010 02:32AM
Venezuela to introduce new rules on gun ownership
The National Assembly will pass a law in the next few days that will prohibit anyone from carrying weapons in public, ban those younger than 25 from owning a gun, and limit the number of bullets a person can carry to 25. Venezuela's current gun laws date back to 1928. The National Assembly is controlled by Socialist allies of leftist President Hugo Chavez.
9-12 Project
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:25:33 +0000
Editor on Sep 06, 2010 04:11PM
9/5 Are you going to DC this weekend?
From Stephani Scruggs, National Co-Chair of The 912 Project; Get a sneak peak at the full program of events at the FREE Liberty XPO being held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, DC; September 9 & 10! Unite In Action is holding events in Washington, DC this weekend, you can also get great information here.
Editor on Aug 31, 2010 06:15PM
9/5 ?I Hear America Calling? ? Do you hear it too?
912 Editor At Large Mike Opelka took the photos and Gregg Opelka wrote the song for this slide show. We encourage you to post a link to this YouTube clip on your site. Lead vocal: Rich Perez Backup vocals: John Stemberg, Pamela Rose
Editor on Aug 31, 2010 03:25AM
8/31 News from the Nebraska/Iowa 912ers
The Nebraska & Iowa 912 groups are hosting a special event on 9/11. Details available online at www.freedomstock.net.
Editor on Aug 30, 2010 06:06AM
Editor on Aug 29, 2010 03:31PM
The day after. . . If you witnessed the Restoring Honor event in person or on C-Span, then you know the real test is all about what we do individually. Here are more images captured from just above the Reflecting Pool.
Freedom Works
Sep 08, 2010 05:45PM
dspielman on Sep 08, 2010 01:53PM
Folks,
It is hard to believe that the 9.12 March on D.C. is just a few days away. Here at FreedomWorks we are working to make this event bigger and better then last year. The sheer size of last years event has made it necessary that we have a large group of volunteers to help us out throughout the day. As a volunteer you will have a lot of responsibility, but nothing a dedicated activist cannot handle. Most of your responsibibilties will be helping direct traffic and answering any of our guests questions. I also want to make it clear that being a volunteer is fun and will give you great access to other activists throughout the country. You do not have to fear missing any of the event as you will have a front row seat to all the action.
If you are interested in being a volunteer for the historic 9.12 March on Washington please make sure you can attend our volunteer training session on 9.11 from 3-4pm at FreedomWorks HQ. If you are interested and able to attend our volunteer session please contact Emily Kinney at 912volunteer@gmail.com or by phone at 571-269-9454.
I wish you all safe travels on your way to D.C. this weekend. I look forward to meeting you all as we unite our voices once again during this historic march.
nswift on Sep 08, 2010 01:10PM
This is an important announcement regarding the 9/12 Remember in November March on Washington: please be aware of road closures on 9/12.
Many heavily traveled roads, especially those coming from Virginia, will be closed due to the Nation's Triathalon on Sunday, September 12. From 6 am to 1pm the following roadways will be closed:
Independence Ave, 14th Street - 23rd Street
Ohio Drive, Riverside and Channel side, entire road. Golf course patrons will still have access from 395.
Whitehurst Freeway
Potomac River Freeway northbound
Potomac River Freeway southbound
Rock Creek Parkway, entire road
Memorial Bridge, (Arlington Memorial Circle will remain open)
Lincoln Memorial Circle
27th Street between K Street & Virginia Avenue 15th Street, Independence to Constitution
23rd Street, between Constitution and Independence
Henry Bacon Drive
Daniel French Drive
Maine Ave west of 395S
East Basin Drive, entire road (no access to 395S)
Buckeye Drive, access to Ohio Drive, riverside
Clara Barton Parkway, both directions between Chain Bridge and the Access road to MacArthur Blvd north of the Glen Echo turnaround.
Cabin John Parkway, both directions, entire road.
Please make other plans to get into the city or use the metro (which is also under construction). No matter your form of transportation, please add extra time to your trip to accomodate these challenges.
teda on Sep 08, 2010 12:45PM
Obamacare?s Devastating Consequences: II
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. ? Thomas Sowell
Obamacare?s Devastating Consequences: II
Health care reform has passed. The legislative process exposed the machinations of federal politics. Mis-using bribes, mendacity and obfuscation the power elite cobbled together enough votes for passage. Many Americans are outraged at the process.
Further Americans are skeptical of the product. Numerous citizens are repulsed by the mandates and regulations. Others are skeptical of the legislations efficacy, believing their medical care will decline and costs will rise. Reading the polls, Democrats are coached to say, ?It does some good. Now, we need to fix it.?
Missing and totally ignored was the free exchange of ideas which is the essence and greatness of a free society. A free society excels because of the limitless exchange of ideas, goods and services. Competing ideas are open to being scrutinized by everyone, resulting in enhanced opinions, judgments and products. The Obama Administration snuffed the free exchange of ideas. The power elites ? Obama, Pelosi, Reid and their subordinates - have imposed their will on America, which is impeeding good health care, stifling the economy and restricting personal freedom.
Were there health care alternatives oriented to individual freedom? Certainly. Here is one example:
Indiana state employees have personal health savings accounts. The Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) is utilized by 70% of state employees with HIP state employees selecting and purchasing their pharmaceutical and medical needs. Moreover, HIP saves the employer and employee money and encourages good health practices and advances personal health care selections. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels explains Indiana's plan in an interview with The Foundry of the Heritage Foundation:
? state coworkers have had the choice of Health Savings Accounts in lieu of traditional health care plans. The first year this option was made available, some 4 percent of us signed up for it. Six years later, more than 70 percent of our 30,000 state workers have opted for the personal account.
This trend has had a startlingly positive effect on costs for both employees and the state. State employees enrolled in the consumer-driven plan saved more than $8 million in 2010 compared to their coworkers in the old-fashioned preferred provider organization (PPO) alternative. Indiana will save at least $20 million in 2010 because of our high HSA enrollment.
It has also been the source of significant changes in behavior, as state workers with the HSA visit emergency rooms less frequently and are more likely to use generic drugs than co-workers with traditional health care. Hoosiers enrolled in HIP have experienced similar changes in behavior with generic drugs now accounting for 84 percent of all prescriptions used by enrollees.
ObamaCare will most likely destroy HIP and Health Savings Accounts. Worse, the political elite know ObamaCare will not reduce the cost of medicine in America.
Governor Daniels in analyzing the effect ObamaCare on his state found:
Of course, it?s a misnomer to even refer to this (ObamaCare) as ?reform.? It doesn?t reform anything. Instead, it perpetuates and magnifies all the worst aspects of our current system: fee for service reimbursement, ?free? to the purchaser consumption, and an irrationally expensive medical liability tort system. It?s a sure recipe for yet more overconsumption and overspending.
In a democracy, a politician does not have an ownership-interest in the state. There is no financial gain for wise policy decisions. Nor financial lose for bad decisions.
A politician?s rewards are immediate ? power, prestige, and perquisites.
Obviously, Obama, Reid and Pelosi chose power and prestige over better health plans for Americans.
For democracy and freedom to thrive a knowledgeable and active electorate must be vigilant. Join FreedomWorks.
nswift on Sep 08, 2010 12:39PM
9/12 Attendees: Events on Friday Night
Coming to town early for the 9/12 Remember in November march? There's lots to do on Friday night, including FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey at the National Press Club and thanking the troops outside Walter Reed. Details below.
Option 1. The National Press Club will feature FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey at a roundtable discussion in their Murrow Room entitled ?Examining the Tea Party?. Armey will also be signing copies of his latest book, ?Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto? which is available for purchase at 6:00pm before the event. The event is free for NPC members and $5 for non-members. Reservations are required, so please email to opus@press.org or call 202-662-7523. You can also click here to RSVP.
Option 2. Join Free Republic outside Walter Reed on Friday night from 6:30 pm until 9:30 ish. Volunteers with Free Republic have been meeting outside Walter Reed every Friday night - in all kinds of weather - since March of 2005 to thank the troops for their service. The event takes place at 7200 Georgia Ave NW, corner of Elder and Georgia.
From the organizers: Signs are appropriate. Flags are encouraged. Politics is discouraged.
This is an extremely uplifting event for the whole family and the Free Republic faithfuls who have been keeping vigil there are amazing to meet. Click here for posts about the Walter Reed nights going all the way back.
Max on Sep 08, 2010 12:32PM
President Obama's rhetoric about the economy continues to be at odds with the facts. The "stimulus" depressed the economy. The "Summer of Recovery" saw 283,000 jobs lost. And today White House Press Briefing Press Secretary Robert Gibbs claimed that ?by virtually any measure, our economy is a better place than it was two years ago.?
Republican House leader John Boehner's office put out the following numbers which show the opposite is true and commented, "Apparently, 'virtually any measure' does not include any of these key economic indicators:"
- THEN: Unemployment In August 2008: 6.1. percent; 9.4 million unemployed Americans
- NOW: Unemployment In August 2010: 9.6 percent; 14.9 million unemployed Americans
- THEN: The National Debt on September 2, 2008: $9.67 trillion
- NOW: The National Debt on September 2, 2010: $13.44 trillion
- THEN: The National Deficit in 2008: $400 billion
- NOW: Projected National Deficit In 2010: $1.34 trillion
- THEN: Average 2008 Government Compensation: $108,476; Private Sector: $69,928
- NOW: Average 2009 Government Compensation: $123,049; Private Sector: $61,051
- THEN: Number of Homes Lost or Put Into Foreclosure In July 2008: 272,171
- NOW: Number of Homes Lost or Put Into Foreclosure In July 2010: 325,229
Unfortunately, the unemployment number might be the most shocking of them all (tough call though--trillion dollar deficits and $13 trillion in debt are pretty shocking.) The Heritage Foundation recently put out this graph showing just how far apart White House forecasts on the effect their "stimulus" spending spree would have on unemployment:
For more on the failure of the "stimulus" and unemployment, check out one of our side projects, TruthInJobs.com.
Home School Legal Defense Organization
Sep 08, 2010 07:02PM
Sep 02, 2010 10:00PM
Homeschoolers Interrogated by Secret Police, Face Imprisonment
September 3, 2010: Please take action to support persecuted homeschoolers in Africa. Contact the Botswana Embassy and Office of the President of Botswana and ask officials to protect the rights of these families.
Aug 02, 2010 10:00PM
New Study Shows Homeschoolers Succeeding in College
A new study on homeschooled students in college reveals that homeschoolers outperform their peers academically and post higher graduation rates.
Sep 01, 2010 10:00PM
Family Protection Ministries, working in teamwork with HSLDA, were instrumental in defeating a proposal that would have eliminated very important due process procedures in California’s truancy laws.
Aug 30, 2010 10:00PM
County Asks Religiously Exempt Family for Evidence of Ability to Teach
HSLDA helped a member with their religious exemption from public school attendance when a public school representative made unauthorized demands.
Aug 24, 2010 10:00PM
Critical Victory over Child Abuse Reporting Legislation
A dangerous provision that would have allowed “hearsay” as a grounds for reporting suspected child abuse has been defeated in the state Legislature.
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