WallBuilders is an organization dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on the moral, religious, and constitutional foundation on which America was built – a foundation which, in recent years, has been seriously attacked and undermined. In accord with what was so accurately stated by George Washington, we believe that "the propitious [favorable] smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation which disregards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained."
Why the name "WallBuilders"?
In the Old Testament book of Nehemiah, the nation of Israel rallied together in a grassroots movement to help rebuild the walls of Jerusalem and thus restore stability, safety, and a promising future to that great city. We have chosen this historical concept of "rebuilding the walls" to represent allegorically the call for citizen involvement in rebuilding our nation's foundations. As Psalm 11:3 reminds us, "If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do?"
Our Goal
WallBuilders' goal is to exert a direct and positive influence in government, education, and the family by (1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; (2) providing information to federal, state, and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and (3) encouraging Christians to be involved in the civic arena.
Educating the Nation
In the first part of this goal, we develop materials to educate the public concerning the periods in our country's history when its laws and policies were firmly rooted in Biblical principles. As George Washington indicated in his famous "Farewell Address," previous generations believed such elements were inseparable from America:
Of all the habits and dispositions which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.
For over three centuries, historians presented American history from a broad perspective, but in the 1960s historical writers widely embraced what today is called the "economic view of American history" whereby economic causes are the primary and almost singular emphasis of study. Consequently, students study only "taxation without representation" when they examine the Declaration of Independence rather than important civil, governmental, and moral principles addressed in that document.
WallBuilders returns to the historical approach long utilized by the nation's pre-eminent historians. As Charles Coffin (a best-selling author of school history texts in the nineteenth century) reminded teachers in his text, The Story of Liberty:
You will notice that while the oppressors have carried out their plans and had things their own way, there were other forces silently at work which in time undermined their plans – as if a Divine hand were directing the counter-plan. Whoever peruses the story of liberty without recognizing this feature will fail of fully comprehending the meaning of history. There must be a meaning to history or else existence is an incomprehensible enigma.
This broad and thus much more inclusive approach to American history characterized the work of influential historians and educators from George Bancroft ("The Father of American History") to Noah Webster ("The Schoolmaster to America") to Emma Willard ("The Pioneer of Women's Education in America"), John Fiske, and countless others. In fact, to exclude non-economic events and motivations is to present a biased view of history. As explained by U. S. Department of Education history researcher Dr. Paul Vitz:
Bias is primarily accomplished by exclusion. . . . Such a bias is much harder to observe than a positive vilification or direct criticism, but it is the essence of censorship.
WallBuilders presents an uncensored view of American history, thus not only giving meaning to history but also keeping it from becoming what Charles Coffin termed "an incomprehensible enigma."
Providing Information
In the second part of our goal, we believe that as citizens learn the truth about our nation's past, they will be better equipped to help frame its future and to help shape the policies under which they will live. Toward this end, WallBuilders is an educational resource to those working toward improving federal, state and local policies. This is accomplished in part by providing direct assistance to our elected and appointed officials. This assistance takes several forms, including consulting with both legislators and judges, at their request, on legal and historical issues, testifying in state and federal hearings, providing research services, identifying and supporting sound legislation, and providing historical perspectives to current problems.
Encouraging Christians
Thirdly, we encourage people of faith to become involved in the civic arena, whether through prayer or direct involvement. As President and gospel minister James A. Garfield stated, "Now, more than ever, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . . . [I]f the next centennial does not find us a great nation. . . . it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces."
Our Founder
WallBuilders' founder and president, David Barton, resides in Aledo, Texas (just west of Fort Worth), with his wife, Cheryl, and their three children. David spent eight years as an educator and school administrator before founding WallBuilders. He has received numerous awards including several Who's Who honors, two Angel Awards for excellence in media, and the George Washington Honor Medal. He has spoken to numerous state legislatures, consulted with both state and federal legislators on various bills, and has written amicus briefs in cases at the U. S. Supreme Court.
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Our Activities
WallBuilders is involved in a diverse array of activities which support our goals of educating Americans concerning our heritage and of influencing public policy.
The heart of our educational work, and that which makes WallBuilders so unique, is our library of rare books. We have collected thousands of first-edition works of our Founding Fathers – including their own handwritten documents – and it is primarily in these original sources that we conduct our research. From these priceless resources, we are able to document the rich religious and moral history of America as well as to establish the original intent undergirding the various clauses of our Constitution.
Based on our extensive research, we have produced over two dozen books and videos (with new releases every year) applying the lessons of our history to contemporary issues. These books and videos not only present our nation's rich heritage but they also introduce the current generation of Americans to an uncensored view of America's religious and political history. These materials are used extensively by public officials as well as by individuals, churches, Christian educators, and various organizations across the nation. In fact, even public schools and colleges are using these materials in their classrooms.
WallBuilders outreach to ministers has paved the way for exclusive Congressional Pastors' Briefings on Capitol Hill where hundreds of clergy have been impacted by some of the country's top conservative political leaders in these educational and informative sessions.
Additionally, individuals in communities across the nation use our loaner videos, designed especially for broadcast use, and have aired them to great effect (at no charge) on local cable stations. Groups of businessmen or ministerial alliances have banded together to purchase an hour of air time on local network affiliates. We have also produced dozens of one-minute radio spots, titled "Moments From America's History," which many citizens have successfully encouraged their local radio stations to air. (If you are interested in helping spread the message of America's strong religious and moral heritage through these means, please contact us at (817) 441-6044 or wbcustomerservice@wallbuilders.com.)
To assist in the formation of sound public policy, we have established the WallBuilders' ProFamily Legislative Network. This arm of WallBuilders monitors and collects pro-family legislation from the various states in over a dozen different areas (e.g., marriage, abortion, education, public morality, gambling, parental rights) which we then make available to legislators and activists in other states at their request, thus enabling pro-family legislation to be introduced in states across America. We also support efforts by groups such as The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) and Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation that seek to provide principled Christian leadership in diverse policy areas, including a comprehensive call to civic responsibility and a call to truth on environmental stewardship.
WallBuilders is also a national leader in efforts to return local control to citizens through restraining renegade federal judges who too often impose their own arbitrary values on communities. David Barton has not only authored several works on this issue, he also addresses legal groups and has been sought out by federal and state legislators in their attempts to curb activist judges.
Combining both the educational and the public policy information, WallBuilders offers public presentations on a variety of topics ranging from our Godly heritage to what can be done to restore Biblical principles in our nation.
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To help keep citizens informed, we send emails with timely information that keep you up to date on legislation that could affect you and your family, highlight important aspects of our heritage, inform you of new materials that we have produced, highlight special sales, and much more.
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What Others Are Saying
WallBuilders seeks to change lives, and thereby to change America. According to testimonials, this is occurring:
"David Barton is one of the foremost authorities on the moral and religious foundations of our nation's Constitution and history. I have heard David speak many times, have had him on my radio and television programs, have worked hand in hand with him to foster the political responsibility of the People of God, have co-sponsored clergy briefings with him in Washington, and have taken part in several of the spiritual heritage tours he gives of the Capitol. I always come away from his talks not only knowing more, but being more determined to preserve and advance our nation's Christian foundations. Moreover, I have seen firsthand the level of respect David is given by those who serve as our representatives in Congress and strive to live up to the vision our Founding Fathers had for those who occupy such high office.
"It is an honor to collaborate with David Barton and Wallbuilders, and I urge people of all denominations to become familiar with the resources he offers." --Father Frank Pavone, Priests for Life
"The seed you are sowing is bringing a harvest of righteousness and countering a tide of ungodliness. Praise the Lord." --Pastor Billy Joe Daugherty (Oklahoma)
"David's commitment to quality research and to making America a better place for our children shines through in all of his professional activities." --Former Congressman Bill Dannemeyer (California)
"Your materials were the turning point for me in becoming a Christian. . . . I feel like I have been granted a new life. . . . I thank God for you for influencing the way my life has changed." --Gary Sterling, presentation attendee (Texas)
"While watching [your] tape The Spirit of the American Revolution, I wept thinking how far our nation has moved away from the concepts of the Founding Fathers . . . . What can we do to get back to the founding concepts and blessings that our forefathers received?" --U. S. Senator Sam Brownback (Kansas)
"Seeing how far our country has moved from its beginnings and the original intent of our Founding Fathers has encouraged me to be very active politically to try to bring about a move back to our beginnings." --Connie Potter, presentation attendee (Washington)
"David's materials . . . have given me and other legislators the courage to defend the moral values that made our country great." --State Senator Ellen Craswell (Washington)
The above quotes represent but a few of the lives being changed through the message God has given WallBuilders. Their testimonials offer positive proof of a renewed vision and of a rededication to be good stewards of this country that God has so graciously placed in our hands. This civic stewardship is crucial both for our generation as well as future ones. WallBuilders embraces completely the timeless charge delivered in 1803 by the Reverend Matthias Burnet, who warned, "Let not your children have reason to curse you for giving up those rights and prostrating those institutions which your fathers delivered to you."
How to Get Involved
Although we have a dedicated staff at WallBuilders, we depend on people like you to help spread our message. There are at least three important things you can do to help.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Celebrate Liberty Famous Patriotic Speeches and Sermons
Celebrate Liberty! Famous Patriotic Speeches & Sermons
Celebrate Liberty! Famous Patriotic Speeches & Sermons
Celebrate Liberty! Famous Patriotic Speeches & Sermons
Celebrate Liberty! Famous Patriotic Speeches & Sermons
Celebrate Liberty! Famous Patriotic Speeches & Sermons
Friday, June 25, 2010
The Influence of the Bible on America DVD
The Bible's profound influence on America, widely understood by previous generations, is largely unrecognized today. For years, Americans saw the Bible as a practical guidebook for directing every aspect of daily life, and it therefore shaped American government, law, and education as well as our free enterprise system, our views of private property, our social services, and so much more. This inspiring video presentation documents the dramatic impact of the Bible on American life and culture over the past four centuries.
The Influence of the Bible on America
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The American Heritage Series on DVD's
Discover the forgotten and astonishing story of our nation s foundation in the American Heritage Series. For centuries, Americans were taught a truthful view of history that recognized the Godly heroes and moral foundation our nation was founded upon. But in recent years, a new version of history has assaulted the moral and spiritual fiber of our nation, leaving the truth of our past eliminated and forgotten. Until today. From Separation of Church and State, to the Civil Rights Movement, the heroism of our founding Fathers to the building of our nation s monuments, this series will inspire every American to reclaim the Godly, true story of our nation. Join historian David Barton and experience the untold story of our nation s history in the American Heritage Series.
Disc 1 -- Episodes 1-3Why History Matters - Unearthing America s Christian Foundation: Parts 1 & 2
Disc 2 -- Episodes 4-5The Faith of Our Founding Fathers: Parts 1 & 2
Disc 3 -- Episodes 6-8The Ideas that Birthed a Nation, Our Biblical Constitution, Is America a Christian Nation?
Disc 4 -- Episodes 9-10Church, State & the Real 1st Amendment: Parts 1 & 2
Disc 5 -- Episodes 11-13Influence of the Bible in America, How Pastors Shaped Our Independence: Parts 1 & 2
Disc 6 -- Episodes 14-16 When Religion Was Culture, Faith in Our Early Courts, Myths of the Judiciary
Disc 7 -- Episodes 17-19Evidence of America s Spiritual Heritage: Parts 1, 2, & 3
Disc 8 -- Episodes 20-21Four Centuries of American Education: Parts 1 & 2
Disc 9 -- Episodes 22-24 Great Black Patriots, From Bondage to the Halls of Congress, The Civil Rights Movement
Disc 10 -- Episodes 25-26The Assault on Judeo-Christian Values, The Duty of a Free Citizen
American Heritage Series
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The American Heritage Series
Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black and White
Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black White
by David Barton
Book / author Description
Setting the Record Straight is a unique view of the religious and moral heritage of black Americans, with an emphasis on the untold yet significant stories from our rich political history. The material presented is ground-breaking and revolutionary, leaving viewers amazed and inspired.
About the Author
David Barton is the founder of WallBuilders, an organization dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on our moral, religious, and constitutional heritage. David is author of numerous best-selling works and a national award-winning historian who brings a fresh perspective to history.
Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White
by David Barton
Book / author Description
Setting the Record Straight is a unique view of the religious and moral heritage of black Americans, with an emphasis on the untold yet significant stories from our rich political history. The material presented is ground-breaking and revolutionary, leaving viewers amazed and inspired.
About the Author
David Barton is the founder of WallBuilders, an organization dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on our moral, religious, and constitutional heritage. David is author of numerous best-selling works and a national award-winning historian who brings a fresh perspective to history.
Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White
60 Plus Association
60 Plus Association
Who We Are
Founded in 1992, the 60 Plus Association is a non-partisan seniors advocacy group with a free enterprise, less government, less taxes approach to seniors issues.
60 Plus has set ending the federal estate tax and saving Social Security for the young as its top priorities. 60 Plus is often viewed as the conservative alternative to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
http://www.60plus.org/
Who We Are
Founded in 1992, the 60 Plus Association is a non-partisan seniors advocacy group with a free enterprise, less government, less taxes approach to seniors issues.
60 Plus has set ending the federal estate tax and saving Social Security for the young as its top priorities. 60 Plus is often viewed as the conservative alternative to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
http://www.60plus.org/
Thursday, June 24, 2010
another judge tells Obama to fuck off, no more creative writing / voodoo numbers...
another judge tells Obama to fuck off, no more creative writing / voodoo numbers...
another judge tells Obama to fuck off, no more creative writing / voodoo numbers...
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – A US judge Tuesday ruled against a six-month freeze slapped
on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, and the White House immediately announced
it would appeal the ruling.
Judge Martin Feldman ruled in favor of 32 oil firms which challenged the moratorium on deepwater drilling and exploration imposed by the Obama administration in the wake of the massive Gulf oil spill.
Feldman ruled in the New Orleans court that the oil firms motion for a "preliminary injunction is granted," saying he was persuaded it was in the public interest to
lift the freeze by the Minerals Management Service.
"The court has found the plaintiffs would likely succeed in showing that
the agency's decision was arbitrary and capricious," Feldman said in his written ruling.
see more at ............
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100622/sc_afp/usoilpollutionenvironmentcourt_20100622181511
www.mccainalert.blogspot.com
another judge tells Obama to fuck off, no more creative writing / voodoo numbers...
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – A US judge Tuesday ruled against a six-month freeze slapped
on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, and the White House immediately announced
it would appeal the ruling.
Judge Martin Feldman ruled in favor of 32 oil firms which challenged the moratorium on deepwater drilling and exploration imposed by the Obama administration in the wake of the massive Gulf oil spill.
Feldman ruled in the New Orleans court that the oil firms motion for a "preliminary injunction is granted," saying he was persuaded it was in the public interest to
lift the freeze by the Minerals Management Service.
"The court has found the plaintiffs would likely succeed in showing that
the agency's decision was arbitrary and capricious," Feldman said in his written ruling.
see more at ............
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100622/sc_afp/usoilpollutionenvironmentcourt_20100622181511
www.mccainalert.blogspot.com
Townhall Magazine on Glenn Beck TV and Radio
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Townhall Magazine on Glenn Beck TV and Radio
Posted by: Chris Field at 4:22 PM
Rumor has it that Glenn Beck will be featuring the July 2010 issue of Townhall Magazine on his 5pm Fox News show tonight. The July cover story is "The 100 Americans the Left Hates Most," and there's a great feature by Meredith Jessup about the anti-Beck movement, titled "The Anatomy of a Smear."
Tune in.
see more info at http://townhall.com
townhall.com web site
http://townhall.com/blog/g/26604d2d-0bec-4829-9481-ae6be2d71860
Townhall Magazine on Glenn Beck TV and Radio
Posted by: Chris Field at 4:22 PM
Rumor has it that Glenn Beck will be featuring the July 2010 issue of Townhall Magazine on his 5pm Fox News show tonight. The July cover story is "The 100 Americans the Left Hates Most," and there's a great feature by Meredith Jessup about the anti-Beck movement, titled "The Anatomy of a Smear."
Tune in.
see more info at http://townhall.com
townhall.com web site
http://townhall.com/blog/g/26604d2d-0bec-4829-9481-ae6be2d71860
Blacklisted by History by M. Stanton Evans
Blacklisted by History by M. Stanton Evans
Some book Reviews
"the greatest book since the Bible"
-Ann Coulter, Creators Syndicate
"It takes M. Stanton Evans's meticulous investigative journalism to show what Joe McCarthy's short stay on the national stage (a little under five years, from February 1950 to December 1954) really was about."
-Robert Novak, Weekly Standard
"So comprehensive is Evans's research that it will be a foolish historian who does not consult Blacklisted by History when a question arises over some person or event that comes into the McCarthy story."
-John Earl Haynes, co-author, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America
"This book will change forever how you think about Sen. McCarthy and the Soviet penetration of the U.S. government and society."
-Bob McMahan, Foreign Service Journal
"Evans goes through extensive files and transcripts with complete mastery of complex material and an engaging turn of phrase that makes more than 600 pages of painstaking analysis both a triumph of historical scholarship and a gripping detective story."
-David Ashton, The Salisbury Review
"Of the hundreds of books on the McCarthy era, Stan Evans has written the best—a nuanced, incredibly detailed work of scholarship."
-William Schulz, The American Spectator
"In this masterful instant classic, M. Stanton Evans sets out to tell the 'Untold Story of Joe McCarthy' and does so definitively."
-Jack Cashill, WorldNetDaily
"This is a master newspaperman at work: digging, interviewing the record, pulling apart and putting together the details of deeds done mostly by the politicians who ran our imperfect national government in the nineteen fifties."
-John Willson, Chronicles
"After combing through masses of declassified documents from Congress, the FBI, the State Department and other federal agencies, Stan Evans has produced a masterpiece of tru th."
-Terry Jeffrey, Human Events
"Evans, a veteran journalist, doesn't shout. He displays, instead, a deadly meticulousness that is, at last, overwhelmingly convincing."
-William Rusher, United Features Syndicate
"the most thorough scholarly examination of [McCarthy's] career"
-Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy In Media
"brilliantly documented"
-Wes Vernon, RenewAmerica.us
"monumental ... the result of six years of reading primary sources. Evans proves that almost everything about McCarthy in current history books is a lie and wil l have to be revised.... one of Reagan's old radio commentaries referred to Evans as 'a very fine journalist.' He is, indeed, but this book shows that he also is a Sherlock Holmes-type detective who chased every clue to find the truth and to write accurate history in elegant prose..... Everyone who henceforth writes about Joe McCarthy will have to check his facts with Evans' documented discoveries."
-Phyllis Schlafly, Creators Syndicate
Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies
click to order Blacklisted by History by M. Stanton Evans
Some book Reviews
"the greatest book since the Bible"
-Ann Coulter, Creators Syndicate
"It takes M. Stanton Evans's meticulous investigative journalism to show what Joe McCarthy's short stay on the national stage (a little under five years, from February 1950 to December 1954) really was about."
-Robert Novak, Weekly Standard
"So comprehensive is Evans's research that it will be a foolish historian who does not consult Blacklisted by History when a question arises over some person or event that comes into the McCarthy story."
-John Earl Haynes, co-author, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America
"This book will change forever how you think about Sen. McCarthy and the Soviet penetration of the U.S. government and society."
-Bob McMahan, Foreign Service Journal
"Evans goes through extensive files and transcripts with complete mastery of complex material and an engaging turn of phrase that makes more than 600 pages of painstaking analysis both a triumph of historical scholarship and a gripping detective story."
-David Ashton, The Salisbury Review
"Of the hundreds of books on the McCarthy era, Stan Evans has written the best—a nuanced, incredibly detailed work of scholarship."
-William Schulz, The American Spectator
"In this masterful instant classic, M. Stanton Evans sets out to tell the 'Untold Story of Joe McCarthy' and does so definitively."
-Jack Cashill, WorldNetDaily
"This is a master newspaperman at work: digging, interviewing the record, pulling apart and putting together the details of deeds done mostly by the politicians who ran our imperfect national government in the nineteen fifties."
-John Willson, Chronicles
"After combing through masses of declassified documents from Congress, the FBI, the State Department and other federal agencies, Stan Evans has produced a masterpiece of tru th."
-Terry Jeffrey, Human Events
"Evans, a veteran journalist, doesn't shout. He displays, instead, a deadly meticulousness that is, at last, overwhelmingly convincing."
-William Rusher, United Features Syndicate
"the most thorough scholarly examination of [McCarthy's] career"
-Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy In Media
"brilliantly documented"
-Wes Vernon, RenewAmerica.us
"monumental ... the result of six years of reading primary sources. Evans proves that almost everything about McCarthy in current history books is a lie and wil l have to be revised.... one of Reagan's old radio commentaries referred to Evans as 'a very fine journalist.' He is, indeed, but this book shows that he also is a Sherlock Holmes-type detective who chased every clue to find the truth and to write accurate history in elegant prose..... Everyone who henceforth writes about Joe McCarthy will have to check his facts with Evans' documented discoveries."
-Phyllis Schlafly, Creators Syndicate
Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies
click to order Blacklisted by History by M. Stanton Evans
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Bomb found at Nebraska Hormel plant, home of recent illegal alien law
Bomb found at Nebraska Hormel plant, home of recent illegal alien law
Bomb found at Nebraska Hormel plant
Police find homemade bomb in Nebraska Hormel plant
Device reportedly found inside an employee's locker
Story by ketv.com FREMONT, Neb.
Investigators said they found a homemade bomb inside an employee's locker at the Hormel plant in
Fremont on Monday.
Authorities from Dodge County and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives removed the bomb Monday morning and took it outside to a parking lot across the street.
State patrol technicians used a bomb robot to disable the device. No one was injured.
An employee was taken into custody for questioning and will be the subject of a criminal investigation by the ATF, the state patrol said.
Troopers blocked access to the plant throughout the day.
KETV.com tv station
http://www.ketv.com/news/22990514/detail.html
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/Manufacturing+%2526+Industrial+Facilities/1315489
Bomb found at Nebraska Hormel plant
Police find homemade bomb in Nebraska Hormel plant
Device reportedly found inside an employee's locker
Story by ketv.com FREMONT, Neb.
Investigators said they found a homemade bomb inside an employee's locker at the Hormel plant in
Fremont on Monday.
Authorities from Dodge County and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives removed the bomb Monday morning and took it outside to a parking lot across the street.
State patrol technicians used a bomb robot to disable the device. No one was injured.
An employee was taken into custody for questioning and will be the subject of a criminal investigation by the ATF, the state patrol said.
Troopers blocked access to the plant throughout the day.
KETV.com tv station
http://www.ketv.com/news/22990514/detail.html
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/Manufacturing+%2526+Industrial+Facilities/1315489
Federal judge tells Obama he's a shithead on drilling ban, General McChrystal thinks Obama a shithead
Federal judge tells Obama he's a shithead on drilling ban, General McChrystal thinks Obama a shithead,,,
and the trend continues ............
Judge Feldman, a Federal district judge in New Orleans, has overturned an Obama six month ban on deep water oil drilling. Judge Feldman stated that the Interior Department lied about the findings of a panel of experts on oil drilling.
Just more voodoo numbers from Obama and company ?
and the trend continues ............
Judge Feldman, a Federal district judge in New Orleans, has overturned an Obama six month ban on deep water oil drilling. Judge Feldman stated that the Interior Department lied about the findings of a panel of experts on oil drilling.
Just more voodoo numbers from Obama and company ?
High Financier:: Bestselling author Niall Ferguson latest book
Bestselling author Niall Ferguson reveals for the first time the true extent of Siegmund Warburg's influence-and the lessons we can learn in a time of crisis from the last of the high financiers.
"Success from the financial and from the prestige point of view . . . is not enough; what matters even more is . . . adherence to high moral and aesthetic standards."
-Siegmund Warburg, 1959
In this pathbreaking new biography, based on more than ten thousand hitherto unavailable letters and diary entries, bestselling author Niall Ferguson returns to his roots as a financial historian to tell the story of Siegmund Warburg, an extraordinary man whose austere philosophy of finance offers much insight today.
High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg
Obama appoints just 1 technie to look at the Gulf oil spill committee ?
Obama appoints just 1 technie to look at the Gulf oil spill committee ?
Now Emanuel has denied this report and for now he's staying put. And as always politics are trumping common sense at the White House. Now the latest incidence of that phenomenon is the panel that is appointed by the anointed one to investigate the Gulf oil spill.
Now according to the AP, only one member of the commission has a background in engineering in the unrelated field of optics and physics. And the others are merely Democratic partisans.
Let's take a look: Frances Beinecke is an environmental activist who has written that America's, quote, "addiction to oil is the primary cause of the Gulf spill." Former Florida Senator Bob Graham led his state's efforts to ban offshore drilling. Donald Boesch of the University
of Maryland argued that drilling off the coast of Virginia should be halted. And Fran Ulmer is a member of the Aspen Institute's Commission on Arctic Climate Change. And you know how big a threat that is.
Well, I don't know how much help these individuals will provide in investigating the spill, but I'm sure they will serve up a lot of Democratic talking points.
Joining me now with analysis Fox News contributor, the one and only, Charles Krauthammer.
Charles, welcome back.
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST: Thank you very much, Sean. Pleasure to be here.
HANNITY: All right. First of all I've always been suspicious because Washington Post, New York times, all these articles really praising Rahm Emanuel at the expense of the White House.
So rumors of his departure don't surprise me. And I always have the suspicion that why do I think that those rumors probably came from Rahm himself or somebody associated with him. Your thoughts?
KRAUTHAMMER: Well, I'm not sure. I mean there are so many back channels coming out of the White House. So many with private agendas and I'm always suspicious when I get one source, particularly a British source, telling me that.
I wouldn't be surprised if Rahm left after the elections. And two years is probably enough. It's a tough job. And he's got other ambitions. He may not — you know, it's difficult to be chief of staff and to make a career out of it. And he's got ambitions, I think, for
electoral politics for him to be elected himself.
So he may — and also, given his name, his background I think he could make a lot of money in the short period of time and perhaps he wants to do that as well.
HANNITY: What do you make of this commission? Because it seems to me that if you're going to have a commission studying the Gulf oil spill, you'd probably want to put in there engineers, experts, people in the oil industry, people that know about drilling. Seems that we only
got people here with a political agenda.
KRAUTHAMMER: Well, that's what you do if you want a real
commission to give you real results.
(LAUGHTER)
KRAUTHAMMER: When Reagan — when Reagan appointed the commission for the Challenger disaster,
there were 13 members, seven of which were experts in aviation in space and three others were
scientists. Among whom was a man who was said to be the greatest scientific mind since Einstein, Richard Feynman, the guy who demonstrated the flaw that actually caused the explosion right there in the hearings on national television. That was a real commission.
Look Sean, you know as well as I do, you give me the power to appoint a commission, I can guarantee the result in advance. You can write the report in advance. And from what I heard of your tally of the members of this commission, the majority already are committed environmentalists so we know what they're going to recommend.
HANNITY: All right. So they're going in with a predetermined conclusion here. They're not going to really investigate because they don't have the scientific background to investigate the real causes.
So they're going to go in there with an agenda. Do you think the agenda is to stop all offshore drilling? What do you think of this?
KRAUTHAMMER: I'm not sure how specific it'll be, but you know it'll be hostile to oil, to fossil fuels, to any kind of increased exploration. One of them already has come out right now in the middle of the crisis against drilling in the Arctic which would be safer or drilling in other
places offshore in shallower water, which would be safer as well.
So that's a predetermined that can — look what happened when the secretary of the Interior appointed a real panel of experts to look into recommendations immediately and the Interior Department put out a report, under their — over their name, saying that we should six-month moratorium.
They were scandalized by that. They wrote a letter the Interior Department saying they never recommended that. These are real experts who said all you want is a pause. You don't want six months actually. It will increase safety risk as well as untold economic damage.
So here we are with the politicization of science by the administration, putting in a recommendation into a report that the scientists never did and then claiming that it was a recommendation of the scientists.
The deputy in the Interior Department has already apologized as a result of that. So you can see how objective they are with commissions.
HANNITY: Look, I've said from almost the very beginning, nothing surprises me inasmuch as, Charles, the president clings to his rigid ideology. What I am surprised about is I do think they ran a pretty effective and strong political campaign, and just for purely political purposes,I would think that the administration or the people around him that helped get him
elected would see politically that this has now become a massive liability for them.
But that's not the case. Why do you think that is?
KRAUTHAMMER: Look, I think they are appointing a commission so that they get people who look like experts. No one is going to go into details. Giving recommendations which they would make otherwise. And thus has a patina of being objective and scientific. That's what's going on here and that's how they want to get recommendations that are predetermined in advance.
HANNITY: All right, Charles Krauthammer, love your columns, love your writing and love Report" and "Special Report." Thanks for being with us.
KRAUTHAMMER: Pleasure. Great. Thank you very much.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,595088,00.html
Now Emanuel has denied this report and for now he's staying put. And as always politics are trumping common sense at the White House. Now the latest incidence of that phenomenon is the panel that is appointed by the anointed one to investigate the Gulf oil spill.
Now according to the AP, only one member of the commission has a background in engineering in the unrelated field of optics and physics. And the others are merely Democratic partisans.
Let's take a look: Frances Beinecke is an environmental activist who has written that America's, quote, "addiction to oil is the primary cause of the Gulf spill." Former Florida Senator Bob Graham led his state's efforts to ban offshore drilling. Donald Boesch of the University
of Maryland argued that drilling off the coast of Virginia should be halted. And Fran Ulmer is a member of the Aspen Institute's Commission on Arctic Climate Change. And you know how big a threat that is.
Well, I don't know how much help these individuals will provide in investigating the spill, but I'm sure they will serve up a lot of Democratic talking points.
Joining me now with analysis Fox News contributor, the one and only, Charles Krauthammer.
Charles, welcome back.
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST: Thank you very much, Sean. Pleasure to be here.
HANNITY: All right. First of all I've always been suspicious because Washington Post, New York times, all these articles really praising Rahm Emanuel at the expense of the White House.
So rumors of his departure don't surprise me. And I always have the suspicion that why do I think that those rumors probably came from Rahm himself or somebody associated with him. Your thoughts?
KRAUTHAMMER: Well, I'm not sure. I mean there are so many back channels coming out of the White House. So many with private agendas and I'm always suspicious when I get one source, particularly a British source, telling me that.
I wouldn't be surprised if Rahm left after the elections. And two years is probably enough. It's a tough job. And he's got other ambitions. He may not — you know, it's difficult to be chief of staff and to make a career out of it. And he's got ambitions, I think, for
electoral politics for him to be elected himself.
So he may — and also, given his name, his background I think he could make a lot of money in the short period of time and perhaps he wants to do that as well.
HANNITY: What do you make of this commission? Because it seems to me that if you're going to have a commission studying the Gulf oil spill, you'd probably want to put in there engineers, experts, people in the oil industry, people that know about drilling. Seems that we only
got people here with a political agenda.
KRAUTHAMMER: Well, that's what you do if you want a real
commission to give you real results.
(LAUGHTER)
KRAUTHAMMER: When Reagan — when Reagan appointed the commission for the Challenger disaster,
there were 13 members, seven of which were experts in aviation in space and three others were
scientists. Among whom was a man who was said to be the greatest scientific mind since Einstein, Richard Feynman, the guy who demonstrated the flaw that actually caused the explosion right there in the hearings on national television. That was a real commission.
Look Sean, you know as well as I do, you give me the power to appoint a commission, I can guarantee the result in advance. You can write the report in advance. And from what I heard of your tally of the members of this commission, the majority already are committed environmentalists so we know what they're going to recommend.
HANNITY: All right. So they're going in with a predetermined conclusion here. They're not going to really investigate because they don't have the scientific background to investigate the real causes.
So they're going to go in there with an agenda. Do you think the agenda is to stop all offshore drilling? What do you think of this?
KRAUTHAMMER: I'm not sure how specific it'll be, but you know it'll be hostile to oil, to fossil fuels, to any kind of increased exploration. One of them already has come out right now in the middle of the crisis against drilling in the Arctic which would be safer or drilling in other
places offshore in shallower water, which would be safer as well.
So that's a predetermined that can — look what happened when the secretary of the Interior appointed a real panel of experts to look into recommendations immediately and the Interior Department put out a report, under their — over their name, saying that we should six-month moratorium.
They were scandalized by that. They wrote a letter the Interior Department saying they never recommended that. These are real experts who said all you want is a pause. You don't want six months actually. It will increase safety risk as well as untold economic damage.
So here we are with the politicization of science by the administration, putting in a recommendation into a report that the scientists never did and then claiming that it was a recommendation of the scientists.
The deputy in the Interior Department has already apologized as a result of that. So you can see how objective they are with commissions.
HANNITY: Look, I've said from almost the very beginning, nothing surprises me inasmuch as, Charles, the president clings to his rigid ideology. What I am surprised about is I do think they ran a pretty effective and strong political campaign, and just for purely political purposes,I would think that the administration or the people around him that helped get him
elected would see politically that this has now become a massive liability for them.
But that's not the case. Why do you think that is?
KRAUTHAMMER: Look, I think they are appointing a commission so that they get people who look like experts. No one is going to go into details. Giving recommendations which they would make otherwise. And thus has a patina of being objective and scientific. That's what's going on here and that's how they want to get recommendations that are predetermined in advance.
HANNITY: All right, Charles Krauthammer, love your columns, love your writing and love Report" and "Special Report." Thanks for being with us.
KRAUTHAMMER: Pleasure. Great. Thank you very much.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,595088,00.html
can Dept of Labor Hilda Solis be charged with aiding and abetting illegal works ?
can Dept of Labor Hilda Solis be charged with aiding and abetting illegal works ?
She is out there promoting legal wages and benefits for illegal worker in the US?
see the actual web site promoting this at
http://www.dol.gov/wecanhelp/
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis
She is out there promoting legal wages and benefits for illegal worker in the US?
see the actual web site promoting this at
http://www.dol.gov/wecanhelp/
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Constituting America, sponsors of the We the People
Welcome to Constituting America, sponsors of the We the People
co-chaired by Janine Turner and Cathy Gillespie, focuses on knowledge and education about the United States Constitution and is the sponsor of the We the
constitutingamerica.org/ - Cached
co-chaired by Janine Turner and Cathy Gillespie, focuses on knowledge and education about the United States Constitution and is the sponsor of the We the
constitutingamerica.org/ - Cached
Friday, June 18, 2010
Mr
Bruce Feiler has been a guest on the Glenn Beck show...
The exodus story is America's story. Moses is our real founding father.
The pilgrims quoted his story. Franklin and Jefferson proposed he appear on the U.S. seal. Washington and Lincoln were called his incarnations. The Statue of Liberty and Superman were molded in his image. Martin Luther King, Jr., invoked him the night before he died. Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama cited him as inspiration. For four hundred years, one figure inspired more Americans than any other. His name is Moses.
In this groundbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler travels through touchstones in American history and traces the biblical prophet's influence from the Mayflower through today. He visits the island where the pilgrims spent their first Sabbath, climbs the bell tower where the Liberty Bell was inscribed with a quote from Moses, retraces the Underground Railroad where "Go Down, Moses" was the national anthem of slaves, and dons the robe Charlton Heston wore in The Ten Commandments.
America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story
Bruce Feiler has appeared on the Glenn Beck tv show.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
is Boeing Company pissing away our tax dollars on their failed SBI net border security?
is Boeing Company pissing away our tax dollars on their failed SBI net border security?
this how Boeing sees thier work in Michigan..........
thay already dropped the ball on the Southern border.
Boeing Delivers Security Capabilities to US Customs and Border Protection
DETROIT, June 3, 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has finished installing 10 remote video surveillance systems in the U.S. Border Patrol's Detroit Sector, completing the company's work on all available sites in the Northern Border Project. The systems, delivered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will enhance border surveillance capabilities along 37 miles of the St. Clair River -- the border between Michigan and Ontario.
The Northern Border Project also includes five similar systems Boeing delivered to the Buffalo (N.Y.) Sector. The Buffalo Sector deployment covers 15 miles of the Upper Niagara River.
"These systems will provide immediate tools for border surveillance that will also help enhance agent safety," said Tim Peters, Boeing vice president of Global Security Systems. "We are proud to support Customs and Border Protection in deploying next-generation border security capabilities."
For each deployment, CBP provided the systems' towers, cameras and sensors, while Boeing was responsible for installation and connection to sector headquarters.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $34 billion business with 68,000 employees worldwide.
president, american airlines.boeing, border security
this how Boeing sees thier work in Michigan..........
thay already dropped the ball on the Southern border.
Boeing Delivers Security Capabilities to US Customs and Border Protection
DETROIT, June 3, 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has finished installing 10 remote video surveillance systems in the U.S. Border Patrol's Detroit Sector, completing the company's work on all available sites in the Northern Border Project. The systems, delivered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will enhance border surveillance capabilities along 37 miles of the St. Clair River -- the border between Michigan and Ontario.
The Northern Border Project also includes five similar systems Boeing delivered to the Buffalo (N.Y.) Sector. The Buffalo Sector deployment covers 15 miles of the Upper Niagara River.
"These systems will provide immediate tools for border surveillance that will also help enhance agent safety," said Tim Peters, Boeing vice president of Global Security Systems. "We are proud to support Customs and Border Protection in deploying next-generation border security capabilities."
For each deployment, CBP provided the systems' towers, cameras and sensors, while Boeing was responsible for installation and connection to sector headquarters.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $34 billion business with 68,000 employees worldwide.
president, american airlines.boeing, border security
another disappointment from Obama, looking for his 1200 troops..
another disappointment from Obama, looking for his 1200 troops..
has anyone seen the 1200 National Guard troops he promised Arizona?
He announced this 2 weeks ago after meeting with the Governor.
has anyone seen the 1200 National Guard troops he promised Arizona?
He announced this 2 weeks ago after meeting with the Governor.
Arizona Governor Brewer asks for donations for border security
Arizona Governor Brewer asks for donations for border security
PHOENIX - Governor Jan Brewer condemned what she says is the federal government's failure to secure our border and announced the unveiling of www.keepazsafe.com, a website created to collect money from those wishing to donate to the Governor's Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund.
http://www.keepazsafe.com
http://www.kvoa.com/news/governor-brewer-asks-for-donations-for-border-security/
www.mccainalert.blogspot.com
PHOENIX - Governor Jan Brewer condemned what she says is the federal government's failure to secure our border and announced the unveiling of www.keepazsafe.com, a website created to collect money from those wishing to donate to the Governor's Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund.
http://www.keepazsafe.com
http://www.kvoa.com/news/governor-brewer-asks-for-donations-for-border-security/
www.mccainalert.blogspot.com
Obama Underwrites Offshore Drilling in Brazil ?
Obama Underwrites Offshore Drilling in Brazil
You read that headline correctly. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration is financing oil exploration off Brazil.
The U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil's state-owned oil company, Petrobras, to finance exploration of the huge offshore discovery in Brazil's Tupi oil field in the Santos Basin near Rio de Janeiro. Brazil's planning minister confirmed that White House National Security Adviser James Jones met this month with Brazilian officials to talk about the loan.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank tells us it has issued a "preliminary commitment" letter to Petrobras in the amount of $2 billion and has discussed with Brazil the possibility of increasing that amount. Ex-Im Bank says it has not decided whether the money will come in the form of a direct loan or loan guarantees. Either way, this corporate foreign aid may strike some readers as odd, given that the U.S. Treasury seems desperate for cash and Petrobras is one of the largest corporations in the Americas.
But look on the bright side. If President Obama has embraced offshore drilling in Brazil, why not in the old U.S.A.? The land of the sorta free and the home of the heavily indebted has enormous offshore oil deposits, and last year ahead of the November elections, with gasoline at $4 a gallon, Congress let a ban on offshore drilling expire.
The Bush Administration's five-year plan (2007-2012) to open the outer continental shelf to oil exploration included new lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. But in 2007 environmentalists went to court to block drilling in Alaska and in April a federal court ruled in their favor. In May, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said his department was unsure whether that ruling applied only to Alaska or all offshore drilling. So it asked an appeals court for clarification. Late last month the court said the earlier decision applied only to Alaska, opening the way for the sale of leases in the Gulf. Mr. Salazar now says the sales will go forward on August 19.
This is progress, however slow. But it still doesn't allow the U.S. to explore in Alaska or along the East and West Coasts, which could be our equivalent of the Tupi oil fields, which are set to make Brazil a leading oil exporter. Americans are right to wonder why Mr. Obama is underwriting in Brazil what he won't allow at home.
see the orginal articles from the Wall street Journal
You read that headline correctly. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration is financing oil exploration off Brazil.
The U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil's state-owned oil company, Petrobras, to finance exploration of the huge offshore discovery in Brazil's Tupi oil field in the Santos Basin near Rio de Janeiro. Brazil's planning minister confirmed that White House National Security Adviser James Jones met this month with Brazilian officials to talk about the loan.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank tells us it has issued a "preliminary commitment" letter to Petrobras in the amount of $2 billion and has discussed with Brazil the possibility of increasing that amount. Ex-Im Bank says it has not decided whether the money will come in the form of a direct loan or loan guarantees. Either way, this corporate foreign aid may strike some readers as odd, given that the U.S. Treasury seems desperate for cash and Petrobras is one of the largest corporations in the Americas.
But look on the bright side. If President Obama has embraced offshore drilling in Brazil, why not in the old U.S.A.? The land of the sorta free and the home of the heavily indebted has enormous offshore oil deposits, and last year ahead of the November elections, with gasoline at $4 a gallon, Congress let a ban on offshore drilling expire.
The Bush Administration's five-year plan (2007-2012) to open the outer continental shelf to oil exploration included new lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. But in 2007 environmentalists went to court to block drilling in Alaska and in April a federal court ruled in their favor. In May, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said his department was unsure whether that ruling applied only to Alaska or all offshore drilling. So it asked an appeals court for clarification. Late last month the court said the earlier decision applied only to Alaska, opening the way for the sale of leases in the Gulf. Mr. Salazar now says the sales will go forward on August 19.
This is progress, however slow. But it still doesn't allow the U.S. to explore in Alaska or along the East and West Coasts, which could be our equivalent of the Tupi oil fields, which are set to make Brazil a leading oil exporter. Americans are right to wonder why Mr. Obama is underwriting in Brazil what he won't allow at home.
see the orginal articles from the Wall street Journal
ICE to offer offer fresh carrots and bingo nights to illegals ?
ICE to offer offer fresh carrots and bingo nights to illegals ?
U.S. mulls less jail-like immigrant facilities
SAN ANTONIO - In an agreement U.S. immigration officials hope will begin to reshape the entire 30,000-bed detention system, some asylum-seekers and immigrants awaiting deportation proceedings could soon be held in facilities where they can wear their own clothes, participate in movie and bingo nights, eat continental breakfasts, and celebrate holidays with visiting family members.
It could end confinement in prison-like facilities - complete with razor wire, jail-style uniforms,
armed guards and partitions that prevent physical contact with loved ones - for those who
have never been convicted of a crime and are not considered a threat.
Corrections Corporation of America, the largest contractor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has reached a preliminary agreement to soften confinement, free of charge, at nine immigrant facilities
covering more than 7,100 beds - a deal that ICE officials see as a precursor to changes elsewhere.
Overall, the facilities are expected to be less prison-like, offering freer movement for detainees, fewer pat downs and better access to legal resources. The agreement calls for fresh vegetables and access
to self-serve beverages along with cooking and exercise classes, according to a list released by ICE.
CCA will soften "the look for the facility with hanging plants, flower baskets, new paint colors, different bedding and furniture" and allow lengthy visits from friends and family who can provide outside packages
or food for special celebrations under changes to be made over the next six months.
ICE Director John Morton announced last year that the agency would make detention facilities less prison-like because immigrant detainees are being held on civil immigration charges,
not criminal offenses, though it was unclear at the time what changes would be made. The agency has long maintained that detention is not a punishment and that it ensures the immigrants show up for hearings. Nonetheless, it has relied heavily on contract facilities built to house criminals.
Negotiations continue with the remainder of the nearly 300 facilities under contract with ICE, mostly facilities owned by state and local governments, but "it's our goal to provide these types of reforms with all the facilities that ICE contracts with," said ICE spokesman Brian Hale.
ICE wants to create a less restrictive environment for those who are low-risk and not criminals, but those with criminal histories or who are otherwise a danger will remain in prison-like settings, he said.
New systemwide detention standards are still being drafted, but the agreement with CCA signals the less-restrictive modifications the agency wants for many detainees.
Union leaders representing guards object to the new plans, saying they're dangerous.
"It's absolutely insane, the changes they're making," said Chris Crane, president of AFGE Council 118/ICE, the union that represents 7,000 ICE officers but not the contractors.
"It just makes for an absolutely unsafe environment, not only for the detainees, but for the officers."
He contends that many detainees could be drug dealers or gang members - even if they haven't been convicted.
A 2009 review by The Associated Press of everyone in custody nationwide on a single night found that nearly three-fifths of detainees had no criminal convictions, even for minor offenses such as trespassing. Many are held only a few nights before being deported, while others - particularly those seeking asylum from persecution in their home countries -
an stay in custody for months or years while their cases are decided by an overburdened immigration court system.
Nearly 10,200 foreigners were granted asylum after going through immigration courts in fiscal year 2009.
But Crane said that doesn't mean detainees aren't criminals or gang members since local prosecutors, lacking resources, sometimes just dump "criminal aliens" into ICE custody.
"Does that mean you can't treat people humanely? Absolutely not," he said. "But we need to talk about the circumstances that these detainees were put in custody."
Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which advocates tougher immigration enforcement, said plans to soften the look of facilities, particularly those that house families,
are appropriate. But he's concerned the changes, like cooking and exercise classes, go too far.
"From this memo, it sounds like they're turning them into Club Med," Mehlman said.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, raised similar concerns in a letter to ICE officials last week, saying softening the facilities - even for low-risk detainees - creates a "moral hazard."
Immigrant advocates object to the plans, too, but for another reason: they don't go far enough.
"They're really coming up with very minimal changes," said Andrea Black of the Detention Watch Network.
Most of the low-risk detainees who might get softened facilities shouldn't be detained at all, especially when less expensive electronic monitoring is available, she said.
"We're still talking about people being in detention for years on end," said Black. "This is their response? To offer fresh carrots and bingo nights?"
http://www.kvoa.com/news/us-mulls-less-jail-like-immigrant-facilities1/
U.S. mulls less jail-like immigrant facilities
SAN ANTONIO - In an agreement U.S. immigration officials hope will begin to reshape the entire 30,000-bed detention system, some asylum-seekers and immigrants awaiting deportation proceedings could soon be held in facilities where they can wear their own clothes, participate in movie and bingo nights, eat continental breakfasts, and celebrate holidays with visiting family members.
It could end confinement in prison-like facilities - complete with razor wire, jail-style uniforms,
armed guards and partitions that prevent physical contact with loved ones - for those who
have never been convicted of a crime and are not considered a threat.
Corrections Corporation of America, the largest contractor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has reached a preliminary agreement to soften confinement, free of charge, at nine immigrant facilities
covering more than 7,100 beds - a deal that ICE officials see as a precursor to changes elsewhere.
Overall, the facilities are expected to be less prison-like, offering freer movement for detainees, fewer pat downs and better access to legal resources. The agreement calls for fresh vegetables and access
to self-serve beverages along with cooking and exercise classes, according to a list released by ICE.
CCA will soften "the look for the facility with hanging plants, flower baskets, new paint colors, different bedding and furniture" and allow lengthy visits from friends and family who can provide outside packages
or food for special celebrations under changes to be made over the next six months.
ICE Director John Morton announced last year that the agency would make detention facilities less prison-like because immigrant detainees are being held on civil immigration charges,
not criminal offenses, though it was unclear at the time what changes would be made. The agency has long maintained that detention is not a punishment and that it ensures the immigrants show up for hearings. Nonetheless, it has relied heavily on contract facilities built to house criminals.
Negotiations continue with the remainder of the nearly 300 facilities under contract with ICE, mostly facilities owned by state and local governments, but "it's our goal to provide these types of reforms with all the facilities that ICE contracts with," said ICE spokesman Brian Hale.
ICE wants to create a less restrictive environment for those who are low-risk and not criminals, but those with criminal histories or who are otherwise a danger will remain in prison-like settings, he said.
New systemwide detention standards are still being drafted, but the agreement with CCA signals the less-restrictive modifications the agency wants for many detainees.
Union leaders representing guards object to the new plans, saying they're dangerous.
"It's absolutely insane, the changes they're making," said Chris Crane, president of AFGE Council 118/ICE, the union that represents 7,000 ICE officers but not the contractors.
"It just makes for an absolutely unsafe environment, not only for the detainees, but for the officers."
He contends that many detainees could be drug dealers or gang members - even if they haven't been convicted.
A 2009 review by The Associated Press of everyone in custody nationwide on a single night found that nearly three-fifths of detainees had no criminal convictions, even for minor offenses such as trespassing. Many are held only a few nights before being deported, while others - particularly those seeking asylum from persecution in their home countries -
an stay in custody for months or years while their cases are decided by an overburdened immigration court system.
Nearly 10,200 foreigners were granted asylum after going through immigration courts in fiscal year 2009.
But Crane said that doesn't mean detainees aren't criminals or gang members since local prosecutors, lacking resources, sometimes just dump "criminal aliens" into ICE custody.
"Does that mean you can't treat people humanely? Absolutely not," he said. "But we need to talk about the circumstances that these detainees were put in custody."
Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which advocates tougher immigration enforcement, said plans to soften the look of facilities, particularly those that house families,
are appropriate. But he's concerned the changes, like cooking and exercise classes, go too far.
"From this memo, it sounds like they're turning them into Club Med," Mehlman said.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, raised similar concerns in a letter to ICE officials last week, saying softening the facilities - even for low-risk detainees - creates a "moral hazard."
Immigrant advocates object to the plans, too, but for another reason: they don't go far enough.
"They're really coming up with very minimal changes," said Andrea Black of the Detention Watch Network.
Most of the low-risk detainees who might get softened facilities shouldn't be detained at all, especially when less expensive electronic monitoring is available, she said.
"We're still talking about people being in detention for years on end," said Black. "This is their response? To offer fresh carrots and bingo nights?"
http://www.kvoa.com/news/us-mulls-less-jail-like-immigrant-facilities1/
OBAMA VS. PRESS FREEDOM by Dick Morris
OBAMA VS. PRESS FREEDOM
By DICK MORRIS
Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of Obama's Federal Trade Commission, is at the epicenter of a quiet movement to subsidize news organizations, a first step toward government control of the media. In our book, 2010: Take Back America -- A Battle Plan, we reported that he had commissioned a study to examine plans for a federal subsidy for news organizations. Among the measures under consideration are special tax treatment, exemption from antitrust laws and changes in copyright laws.
Now Leibowitz has begun to pounce. A May 24 working paper on "reinventing" the media proposes that the government impose fees on websites such as the Drudge Report that link to news websites or that it tax consumer electronics such as iPads, laptops and Kindles. Funds raised by these levies would be redistributed to traditional media outlets.
While Leibowitz distanced himself from the proposals for the taxes, calling them "a terrible idea," his comments appear to be related only to the levies proposed in the working paper. Nobody is commenting on the other part of his proposal -- a subsidy for news organizations.
By now, the Obama MO should be clear to all. As he has done with the banks, AIG and the car companies, he extends his left hand offering subsidies and then proffers his right laden with regulations. Should the government follow through on Leibowitz's ideas and enact special subsidies and tax breaks for news organizations, it will induce a degree of journalistic dependence on the whims of government not seen since the days when the early presidents bestowed government advertising on favored periodicals.
Is it too difficult to imagine that the Democrats might pass laws favoring news organizations, only to question -- as former White House communications director Anita Dunn did -- whether or not Fox News is a news organization or an "arm of the Republican Party"? We can see a future in which news media are reluctant to be too partisan or opinionated for fear that they would endanger their public subsidy.
Once such a subsidy is extended to news organizations, every company in the business must have it. Otherwise, the competitive advantage for the subsidized companies would prove too steep an obstacle to overcome.
In all the attention that has been given to the idea of an Internet tax on news aggregation sites and on tech equipment -- trial balloons that would obviously be shot down -- very little attention has been focused on the expenditure side of the proposal -- the subsidy of news organizations.
But The Wall Street Journal reported six months ago that Leibowitz had commissioned a study to determine "whether the government should aid struggling news organizations which are suffering from a collapse in advertising revenues as the Internet upends their centuries-old business model." Among the steps under consideration are changing "the way the industry is regulated, from making news-gathering companies exempt from antitrust laws to granting them special tax treatment to making changes to copyright laws."
These are exactly the kind of subsidies that could and would trigger government oversight and control.
Look at how radio stations squirm when their licenses are up for renewal before the FCC. We can imagine news organizations pulling their punches in order not to antagonize the hand that feeds them.
The Leibowitz study, and the subsidy proposals that are likely to emerge from it, represent a chilling threat to the First Amendment and to our civil liberties.
Go to DickMorris.com to read all of Dick's columns!
By DICK MORRIS
Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of Obama's Federal Trade Commission, is at the epicenter of a quiet movement to subsidize news organizations, a first step toward government control of the media. In our book, 2010: Take Back America -- A Battle Plan, we reported that he had commissioned a study to examine plans for a federal subsidy for news organizations. Among the measures under consideration are special tax treatment, exemption from antitrust laws and changes in copyright laws.
Now Leibowitz has begun to pounce. A May 24 working paper on "reinventing" the media proposes that the government impose fees on websites such as the Drudge Report that link to news websites or that it tax consumer electronics such as iPads, laptops and Kindles. Funds raised by these levies would be redistributed to traditional media outlets.
While Leibowitz distanced himself from the proposals for the taxes, calling them "a terrible idea," his comments appear to be related only to the levies proposed in the working paper. Nobody is commenting on the other part of his proposal -- a subsidy for news organizations.
By now, the Obama MO should be clear to all. As he has done with the banks, AIG and the car companies, he extends his left hand offering subsidies and then proffers his right laden with regulations. Should the government follow through on Leibowitz's ideas and enact special subsidies and tax breaks for news organizations, it will induce a degree of journalistic dependence on the whims of government not seen since the days when the early presidents bestowed government advertising on favored periodicals.
Is it too difficult to imagine that the Democrats might pass laws favoring news organizations, only to question -- as former White House communications director Anita Dunn did -- whether or not Fox News is a news organization or an "arm of the Republican Party"? We can see a future in which news media are reluctant to be too partisan or opinionated for fear that they would endanger their public subsidy.
Once such a subsidy is extended to news organizations, every company in the business must have it. Otherwise, the competitive advantage for the subsidized companies would prove too steep an obstacle to overcome.
In all the attention that has been given to the idea of an Internet tax on news aggregation sites and on tech equipment -- trial balloons that would obviously be shot down -- very little attention has been focused on the expenditure side of the proposal -- the subsidy of news organizations.
But The Wall Street Journal reported six months ago that Leibowitz had commissioned a study to determine "whether the government should aid struggling news organizations which are suffering from a collapse in advertising revenues as the Internet upends their centuries-old business model." Among the steps under consideration are changing "the way the industry is regulated, from making news-gathering companies exempt from antitrust laws to granting them special tax treatment to making changes to copyright laws."
These are exactly the kind of subsidies that could and would trigger government oversight and control.
Look at how radio stations squirm when their licenses are up for renewal before the FCC. We can imagine news organizations pulling their punches in order not to antagonize the hand that feeds them.
The Leibowitz study, and the subsidy proposals that are likely to emerge from it, represent a chilling threat to the First Amendment and to our civil liberties.
Go to DickMorris.com to read all of Dick's columns!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Alex Jones' Infowars
Alex Jones' Infowars
There's a war on for your mind!The news web site of syndicated radio host Alex Jones - because there's a war on for your mind!
www.infowars.com/
click for Alex Jones website
http://www.infowars.com/
There's a war on for your mind!The news web site of syndicated radio host Alex Jones - because there's a war on for your mind!
www.infowars.com/
click for Alex Jones website
http://www.infowars.com/
Seven Events That Made America America
Seven Events That Made America America
By Larry Schweikart
From the Publisher
A conservative historian examines some of the pivotal, yet often ignored, moments that shaped our history
All students of American history know the big events that dramatically shaped our country. The Civil War, Pearl Harbor, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and 9/11 are just a few.
But there are other, less famous events that had an equally profound impact. Notable conservative historian Larry Schweikart takes an in- depth look at seven of these transformative moments and provides an analysis of how each of them spurred a trend that either confirmed or departed from the vision our Founding Fathers had for America. For instance, he shows how Martin Van Buren’s creation of a national political party made it possible for Obama to get elected almost two centuries later and how Dwight Eisenhower’s heart attack led to a war on red meat, during which the government took control over Americans’ diets.
Seven Events That Made America America: And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along
In his easy-to-read yet informative style, Schweikart will not only educate but also surprise readers into reevaluating our history.
About the Author
Larry Schweikart is the author of 48 Liberal Lies About American History and the coauthor of A Patriot’s History of the United States. A professor of history at the University of Dayton, he has appeared as a guest commentator on Fox & Friends and written more than twenty books on national defense, business, and financial history. He lives in Ohio.
click to order this book as discussed on the Glenn Beck show
By Larry Schweikart
From the Publisher
A conservative historian examines some of the pivotal, yet often ignored, moments that shaped our history
All students of American history know the big events that dramatically shaped our country. The Civil War, Pearl Harbor, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and 9/11 are just a few.
But there are other, less famous events that had an equally profound impact. Notable conservative historian Larry Schweikart takes an in- depth look at seven of these transformative moments and provides an analysis of how each of them spurred a trend that either confirmed or departed from the vision our Founding Fathers had for America. For instance, he shows how Martin Van Buren’s creation of a national political party made it possible for Obama to get elected almost two centuries later and how Dwight Eisenhower’s heart attack led to a war on red meat, during which the government took control over Americans’ diets.
Seven Events That Made America America: And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along
In his easy-to-read yet informative style, Schweikart will not only educate but also surprise readers into reevaluating our history.
About the Author
Larry Schweikart is the author of 48 Liberal Lies About American History and the coauthor of A Patriot’s History of the United States. A professor of history at the University of Dayton, he has appeared as a guest commentator on Fox & Friends and written more than twenty books on national defense, business, and financial history. He lives in Ohio.
click to order this book as discussed on the Glenn Beck show
The Overton Window by Glenn Beck
The Overton Window
A Thriller by Glenn Beck
A plan to destroy America, a hundred years in the making, is about to be unleashed . . . can it be stopped?
There is a powerful technique called the Overton Window that can shape our lives, our laws and our future. It works by manipulating public perception so that ideas previously thought of as radical begin to seem acceptable over time. Move the Window and you change the debate. Change the debate and you change the country.
For Noah Gardner, a twenty something public relations executive, it's safe to say that political theory is the furthest thing from his mind. Smart, single, handsome and insulated from the world's problems by the wealth and power of his father, Noah is far more concerned about the future of his social life than the future of his country.
But all of that changes when Noah meets Molly Ross, a woman who is consumed by the knowledge that the America we know is about to be lost forever. She and her group of patriots have vowed to remember the past and fight for the future—but Noah, convinced they're just a bunch of freaky conspiracy-theorists, isn't interested in lending his considerable skills to their cause.
The Overton Window
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Arizona says no more to "anchor babies" ?
A proposed Arizona law would deny birth certificates to children born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents. The bill comes on the heels of Arizona's passage of the nation's toughest immigration law.
John Kavanagh, a Republican state representative from Arizona who supports the proposed law aimed at so-called "anchor babies," said that the concept does not conflict with the U.S. Constitution.Under federal law, children born in the United States are automatically granted citizenship, regardless of their parents' residency status.
see more
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/15/arizona.immigration.children/index.html?iref=obnetwork
John Kavanagh, a Republican state representative from Arizona who supports the proposed law aimed at so-called "anchor babies," said that the concept does not conflict with the U.S. Constitution.Under federal law, children born in the United States are automatically granted citizenship, regardless of their parents' residency status.
see more
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/15/arizona.immigration.children/index.html?iref=obnetwork
Obama's speech: sounded like lead pi attorney ? not a problem solver
Obama's speech: sounded like lead pi attorney ? not a problem solver
who gave this shithead the federal credit card and Air Force #1
who gave this shithead the federal credit card and Air Force #1
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Your tax $$ at work, Pelosi's New Office Costs $18K a Month
Your tax $$ at work, Pelosi's New Office Costs $18K a Month
Pelosi's New District Office Costs $18,736 a Month
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in the new federal building in San Francisco costs a whopping $18,736 a month -- the highest paid rental by any member of the House.
San Francisco is a high-rent city. Just ask Nancy Pelosi.
The House Speaker's district office in the new federal building in San Francisco costs a whopping $18,736 a month -- the highest rental paid by any member of the House -- or, more precisely, the highest rental paid by taxpayers on behalf of a member of the House. The rental price was reported by Roll Call on Monday.
The Democratic congresswoman moved last fall from her old office in the Burton Federal Building, which she occupied for 20 years, to a "greener" space in the city's new federal building -- a move and a high price that her spokesman, Drew Hammill, says was amply justified.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/14/pelosis-new-district-office-reportedly-costs-month/
Pelosi's New District Office Costs $18,736 a Month
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in the new federal building in San Francisco costs a whopping $18,736 a month -- the highest paid rental by any member of the House.
San Francisco is a high-rent city. Just ask Nancy Pelosi.
The House Speaker's district office in the new federal building in San Francisco costs a whopping $18,736 a month -- the highest rental paid by any member of the House -- or, more precisely, the highest rental paid by taxpayers on behalf of a member of the House. The rental price was reported by Roll Call on Monday.
The Democratic congresswoman moved last fall from her old office in the Burton Federal Building, which she occupied for 20 years, to a "greener" space in the city's new federal building -- a move and a high price that her spokesman, Drew Hammill, says was amply justified.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/14/pelosis-new-district-office-reportedly-costs-month/
Term Limits by Vince Flynn as mentioned on Glenn Beck show
Term Limits hit the New York Times bestseller list in paperback and started a trend for all of Flynn's novels. Since then, his books have become perennial bestsellers in both paperback and hardcover, and he has become known for his research and prescient warnings about the rise of Islamic Radical Fundamentalism and terrorism. Read by current and former presidents, foreign heads of state, and intelligence professionals around the world, Flynn's novels are taken so seriously one high-ranking CIA official told his people, "I want you to read Flynn's books and start thinking about how we can more effectively wage this war on terror."
October 2007 marked another milestone in Flynn's career when his ninth political thriller, Protect and Defend, became a #1 New York Times bestseller. A few months later, CBS Films optioned the rights for Flynn's Mitch Rapp character with the intention of creating a character-based, action-thriller movie franchise. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who previously launched the Harry Potter and Matrix films as head of production at Warner Bros., and Nick Wechsler (We Own the Night, Reservation Road) will produce the films.
Term Limits
Monday, June 14, 2010
"the thrill is gone" Obama, who gave him the federal credit card?
"the thrill is gone" Obama, who gave this shithead the federal credit card?
"the thrill is gone" Obama
"the thrill is gone" Obama
Complete, un-edited Rep Etheridge Video Camera #1
un-edited video of the encounter with Rep. Etheridge. Here is the raw footage from camera #1.
will Sharron Angle beat Harry Reid ?
will Sharron Angle beat Harry Reid ?
http://www.sharronangle.com/
http://www.sharronangle.com/
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Who Killed the Electric Car? A Lack of Confidence or a Conspiracy?
Who Killed the Electric Car?
A Lack of Confidence or a Conspiracy?
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Who Killed the Electric Car?
A Lack of Confidence or a Conspiracy?
A Lack of Confidence or a Conspiracy?
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Who Killed the Electric Car?
A Lack of Confidence or a Conspiracy?
Saturday, June 12, 2010
are we on the "The Road to Serfdom" ?
"Glenn Beck," June 8, 2010.
GLENN BECK, HOST: Today, we're talking about the book "The Road to Serfdom." F.A. Hayek published it in the 1940s. And, you know, I don't have a warning label for it. But total government could lead to a loss of freedom. And that's what it should say right on the cover.
Hayek pointed out that total government needed propaganda and somebody to blame as a scapegoat those people. But the good news is we don't ever do that, right?
watch the short video for info F.A. Hayek and his book Road to Serfdom.
GLENN BECK, HOST: Today, we're talking about the book "The Road to Serfdom." F.A. Hayek published it in the 1940s. And, you know, I don't have a warning label for it. But total government could lead to a loss of freedom. And that's what it should say right on the cover.
Hayek pointed out that total government needed propaganda and somebody to blame as a scapegoat those people. But the good news is we don't ever do that, right?
watch the short video for info F.A. Hayek and his book Road to Serfdom.
Support Arizona rally, a quick video
Support Arizona rally, a quick video
Rally Saturday to support Arizona's new immigration law drawing people from across country
Rally Saturday to support Arizona's new immigration law drawing people from across country
Friday, June 11, 2010
See actual videos of illegal border crossings thru hidden cameras
from the hidden cameras at the border.......
http://www.secureborderintel.org/
See actual videos of illegal border crossings thru these hidden cameras
a collection of short real videos
note armed escorts with ak-47s and mac-10 guns.
www.secureborderintel.org
http://www.secureborderintel.org/
See actual videos of illegal border crossings thru these hidden cameras
a collection of short real videos
note armed escorts with ak-47s and mac-10 guns.
www.secureborderintel.org
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Glenn Beck tours ,American Revivals
Glenn Beck tours ,American Revivals
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/events/
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/events/
Glenn Beck: Why Canada sucks...........
Glenn Beck: Why Canada sucks...........
GLENN: From Canada, the Canadian youth soccer league is taking heat now after introducing a new rule that says any team that wins a game by more than five points will lose the game by default. The rule intended to foster sportsmanship. Excuse me?
PAT: Oh, my gosh.
GLENN: No, sportsmanship is we just kicked your…*** but we're not going to say it.
PAT: Right, right.
GLENN: We're not going to rub your nose in it.
PAT: Yes, yes.
GLENN: You played a good game, we played a good game. When I get my butt kicked, I'm going to go over and shake your hand and say...
PAT: Nice game, good game.
GLENN: You guys were unbelievable.
GLENN: You guys wiped our face in the dirt.
PAT: But I'll tell you something, we're coming back after you next time.
GLENN: That's sportsmanship!
PAT: Yeah.
GLENN: That's sportsmanship.
PAT: Yeah.
GLENN: This is, not to teach sportsmanship, this is to reprogram our children to not understand competition and also to have them grow in acceptance, kind of a dead inside kind of feeling of redistribution of wealth.
PAT: And redistribution of points.
GLENN: That's exactly it. That's what it is.
PAT: I mean, you have too many points, we're going to give them to the other team and they are going to win.
GLENN: Hang on just a second. You are going to go into a company and you are going to wipe out your competition? No, no, no, no, no. No. You can have too much. You can have too much. That's what they are teaching our children. You can have too much. You don't go in to compete and wipe your competition out, fairly, without malice in your heart, legally, no, no. You go in and you can compete, but not too much. Not too hard.
PAT: But didn't Obama say that recently?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I want to be clear.
PAT: I think he's clear.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: We're not trying to push financial reform.
PAT: No, no.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Because we begrudge success that's fairly earned.
PAT: No.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.
GLENN: Money, there you go.
PAT: At a certain point you've made too much money, at a certain point you've scored too many points. So what's the difference? We are just, we are teaching our kids to be losers.
GLENN: Yes. Yes, we are. And Pat, if you don't start a Connecticut —
PAT: I've got to do it.
GLENN: — baseball league for youth
GLENN: Because if you don't do it, I'm going to do it because my son's 5 and he's going to T ball, which I need help. I don't even know where — do you look that up in the phone book, what do you —
PAT: Yes, it's under T.
GLENN: Really?
PAT: No.
GLENN: I don't even know. No idea.
PAT: No.
GLENN: My wife said, we've got to get Raphe registered, you know, for T ball next year, blah, blah blah and, you know, got to get him — and I'm like...
PAT: Don't know where —
GLENN: Are you talking to me? Because I don't — I have no idea how you would do that.
PAT: Yeah, I could help with that. I can help with that.
GLENN: So anyway, but I'm not putting my kid through a sports program like the one your kids are in. It's a nightmare.
PAT: Well, it will start out, I will caution you now T ball will start out that way, and it does everywhere.
GLENN: Look, my son is 5.
PAT: That's okay when they are 5 or 6.
GLENN: You go out and hit the ball.
PAT: Exactly. I mean, they just learning the basics. When they are 12 like my son this year and they are playing majors little league —
GLENN: Rip their guts out on the field!
PAT: Exactly, exactly. But my wuss cake league in this stupid Connecticut town.
GLENN: I can't do it.
PAT: No standings kept during the course of the year. Then I find out they don't even keep scores during the games because they want all teams to be equal at the end of the year, until we go into the playoffs.
GLENN: I asked Pat the other day, he said, we're going into the playoffs. I said, how do you know who's in the playoffs? You haven't kept score!
PAT: Yeah, I know. Everybody goes into the playoffs, everybody. And I found out some other things, too, during the course of the year from standing behind the — I usually stand right behind home plate behind the fence there so — because it's the best vantage point to watch my son at bat and so the umpire sometimes comes over, I hear him say certain things to the kids and it's fascinating because he's called kids out. I was at one of the games and the — this strike zone was different late in the game than it was early in the game, which is, it completely screws up the kids. And I made an audible noise like, "What?" On one of the calls that he made. Like strike 3 and it was low and outside.
GLENN: I saw one of these. It was amazing.
PAT: Unbelievable.
GLENN: I'm like, I know nothing, I know nothing about baseball but I was standing behind the umpire, too He said, strike 2!
PAT: You knew better.
GLENN: And I said, in what world was that a strike
PAT: So he walks over to me and he says, yeah, to fit the game in the time limit, sometimes I have to call strikes that really aren't strikes.
GLENN: They have —
PAT: To move the game along.
GLENN: They have a time limit.
PAT: What?
GLENN: A time limit.
PAT: There's no time limit in baseball.
GLENN: Yes, there is when you are not keeping score. How do you know when it's over? My question is I'd like to know if you are not keeping score, why are we calling strikes and balls? Why are we doing that? Why doesn't —
PAT: Too sensitive.
GLENN: "Hey, Johnny, your turn, come on. Keep pitching the ball until I hits it over the fence and gets a home run." I mean, you don't — why? Just keep going. Just keep going and everybody gets it. And if he can't hit the ball, well, then we're going to pick it up and we're going to throw it over the fence so he can run.
PAT: And what a disservice to the kids. Then they don't know what to swing at, what not to swing at. What are you teaching them?
GLENN: How do you teach them?
PAT: You can't. You can't.
GLENN: They are teaching our children. I mean, look, children want rules. They need patterns, they need rules, they need structure. We're taking every piece of things that they can count on. Strike zone.
PAT: Taking it away.
GLENN: Take it away.
PAT: Yeah.
GLENN: How do you function in a world where you don't know what's coming next? You know, that was a strike now but two innings before, it wasn't a strike.
PAT: And last night at the playoffs, our last playoff game because we lost —
GLENN: You lost?
PAT: They actually kept score.
GLENN: Did you get a trophy?
PAT: I think they are planning those.
GLENN: I think that is good.
PAT: We won't be receiving one at our house.
GLENN: I like to call them loser trophies.
PAT: Yes. Yes, they like to call it a participation trophy.
GLENN: You are a big fat loser.
PAT: But last —
GLENN: Here's your trophy.
PAT: Last night the kids, you know, are told to get into it and cheer on their teammate, you know, so there's a lot of chatter. Chatter it up, guys, I don't hear you. So the coach will often chide the kids to encourage their teammate who's at bat. And so last night they were doing that and this kid named Nick was up and they are going, come on, Nick, let's go! And the pitcher throws the ball and the umpire stops and he says, "Hey, kids, kids, kids, that's fine until the pitcher goes into his windup. Then I want you to be quiet." What? Where did that stinky rule come? You can't cheer on your teammate anymore while the pitcher is throwing the ball? Since when? Since when? So now you are even squelching them cheering on their teammates if the opposing pitcher is throwing. I mean, what is —
GLENN: Who was it that was telling me that they had an experience at school where their child, you know, lost some academic thing and, you know, some kid gets up and they are like, hey! You know, look at me, I am the king of the smart world. And they have a big assembly for it and gets a trophy and, you know, everything else. Then it comes to baseball. Now, this kid is a Brainiac but a loser on the field, okay? And, you know, people have different talents.
PAT: Yeah.
GLENN: It's me. I'm a loser on the field and a loser in the Brainiac at the present time, too. I never got any trophy for anything. But anyway, so this guy was telling me yesterday that that parent, who was the first to stand up and say, Johnny got a trophy! Actually stood up in the baseball meeting and said, we're not keeping score, are we?
PAT: Oh, my gosh.
GLENN: He said, I walked up to him and said, excuse me? Excuse me? It's fine when your son gets the trophy in the smart division and we go and we stand and we applaud for your child. But when our child can kick your kid's butt in this arena, you don't want to keep score.
PAT: So typical.
GLENN: It is. It is.
PAT: It is so typical.
GLENN: So here is my challenge to Pat and my challenge to every man, woman and child in this country: Stop it! Take the trophy and put the trophy some place where the sun doesn't shine like a closet. Don't accept any more of these trophies. Stand up against these trophies! Don't — look, Pat said to me, "Glenn, if I stand up, then my son's going to have problems." I said, you know what, Pat? Start your own damn league. Because you can't be alone! We're all — we're doing the same thing that that — here's the next project for 9/12. You want to take this on, 9/12ers? Competition. Sports. Competition. Principles and values. Start a 9/12 baseball league! Forget the stupid little league. If this is the game they want to play in your state — now, it's different. Like in Texas, I mean, you know, you are lucky they are not carrying pistols down on the —
PAT: I mean, sometimes they are.
GLENN: Right. So I mean, it's like —
PAT: I think some of the kids are armed, and that's okay.
GLENN: Yeah. So it's not like this everywhere, but in New England it is. And you cannot be alone. What are you teaching your kids? You are teaching your kids to just be quiet. Okay, and justice happens, just be quiet. Don't teach your children that! It is how you play the game. Well, how are they playing the game? They are playing the game without any reason, without any kind of competition. Do you want to play that kind of game? Just tell your kids to go out and get a bunch of friends and go play in the park, go play a baseball game in the park. That's better for them than the participation in the destruction of competition! What the hell are — you know what? You go send your money and go buy a big statue of Stalin and put it in your park. I don't — that's what you want to do? You go ahead and do that. You go play that little competition. We're going to start our own baseball league that believes in competition. We're going to teach sportsmanship because the coaches are going to say, hey! Knock it off; be a good winner. Knock it off; be a good loser. You are going to push your kid into not being those out of control parents. This league would be a league that the coaches would also say, "Hey, fathead, I'm going to kick your kid off the team if you don't relax." That's the way it happens. Now, when we arrived in this world and all of us are just like, we're just, we're like sheep in a train car, just being led to slaughter. Excuse me. No. I would really like to see somebody stand up, Pat Gray, in a state — Connecticut — and see if there's anybody else that feels like this. Start a new league! Who cares! Oh, well, it's not little league. Who cares! Isn't it about, A, having fun and, B, teaching values and principles? Well, what the hell are you doing? Are you having fun? Not keeping score? Are you teaching values and principles that you agree with?
PAT: No.
GLENN: Get the hell out!
PAT: Glenn Beck tells people to get out of their baseball leagues!
GLENN: Yes! I am.
PAT: (Laughing).
GLENN: And go play baseball, go play baseball with Jim Wallis. It will be great. Jesus is keeping score. You don't have to. Oh, yes, Jim. He is keeping score. But you shouldn't.
[NOTE: Transcript may have been edited to enhance readability - audio archive includes full segment as it was originally aired]
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41687/
GLENN: From Canada, the Canadian youth soccer league is taking heat now after introducing a new rule that says any team that wins a game by more than five points will lose the game by default. The rule intended to foster sportsmanship. Excuse me?
PAT: Oh, my gosh.
GLENN: No, sportsmanship is we just kicked your…*** but we're not going to say it.
PAT: Right, right.
GLENN: We're not going to rub your nose in it.
PAT: Yes, yes.
GLENN: You played a good game, we played a good game. When I get my butt kicked, I'm going to go over and shake your hand and say...
PAT: Nice game, good game.
GLENN: You guys were unbelievable.
GLENN: You guys wiped our face in the dirt.
PAT: But I'll tell you something, we're coming back after you next time.
GLENN: That's sportsmanship!
PAT: Yeah.
GLENN: That's sportsmanship.
PAT: Yeah.
GLENN: This is, not to teach sportsmanship, this is to reprogram our children to not understand competition and also to have them grow in acceptance, kind of a dead inside kind of feeling of redistribution of wealth.
PAT: And redistribution of points.
GLENN: That's exactly it. That's what it is.
PAT: I mean, you have too many points, we're going to give them to the other team and they are going to win.
GLENN: Hang on just a second. You are going to go into a company and you are going to wipe out your competition? No, no, no, no, no. No. You can have too much. You can have too much. That's what they are teaching our children. You can have too much. You don't go in to compete and wipe your competition out, fairly, without malice in your heart, legally, no, no. You go in and you can compete, but not too much. Not too hard.
PAT: But didn't Obama say that recently?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I want to be clear.
PAT: I think he's clear.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: We're not trying to push financial reform.
PAT: No, no.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Because we begrudge success that's fairly earned.
PAT: No.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.
GLENN: Money, there you go.
PAT: At a certain point you've made too much money, at a certain point you've scored too many points. So what's the difference? We are just, we are teaching our kids to be losers.
GLENN: Yes. Yes, we are. And Pat, if you don't start a Connecticut —
PAT: I've got to do it.
GLENN: — baseball league for youth
GLENN: Because if you don't do it, I'm going to do it because my son's 5 and he's going to T ball, which I need help. I don't even know where — do you look that up in the phone book, what do you —
PAT: Yes, it's under T.
GLENN: Really?
PAT: No.
GLENN: I don't even know. No idea.
PAT: No.
GLENN: My wife said, we've got to get Raphe registered, you know, for T ball next year, blah, blah blah and, you know, got to get him — and I'm like...
PAT: Don't know where —
GLENN: Are you talking to me? Because I don't — I have no idea how you would do that.
PAT: Yeah, I could help with that. I can help with that.
GLENN: So anyway, but I'm not putting my kid through a sports program like the one your kids are in. It's a nightmare.
PAT: Well, it will start out, I will caution you now T ball will start out that way, and it does everywhere.
GLENN: Look, my son is 5.
PAT: That's okay when they are 5 or 6.
GLENN: You go out and hit the ball.
PAT: Exactly. I mean, they just learning the basics. When they are 12 like my son this year and they are playing majors little league —
GLENN: Rip their guts out on the field!
PAT: Exactly, exactly. But my wuss cake league in this stupid Connecticut town.
GLENN: I can't do it.
PAT: No standings kept during the course of the year. Then I find out they don't even keep scores during the games because they want all teams to be equal at the end of the year, until we go into the playoffs.
GLENN: I asked Pat the other day, he said, we're going into the playoffs. I said, how do you know who's in the playoffs? You haven't kept score!
PAT: Yeah, I know. Everybody goes into the playoffs, everybody. And I found out some other things, too, during the course of the year from standing behind the — I usually stand right behind home plate behind the fence there so — because it's the best vantage point to watch my son at bat and so the umpire sometimes comes over, I hear him say certain things to the kids and it's fascinating because he's called kids out. I was at one of the games and the — this strike zone was different late in the game than it was early in the game, which is, it completely screws up the kids. And I made an audible noise like, "What?" On one of the calls that he made. Like strike 3 and it was low and outside.
GLENN: I saw one of these. It was amazing.
PAT: Unbelievable.
GLENN: I'm like, I know nothing, I know nothing about baseball but I was standing behind the umpire, too He said, strike 2!
PAT: You knew better.
GLENN: And I said, in what world was that a strike
PAT: So he walks over to me and he says, yeah, to fit the game in the time limit, sometimes I have to call strikes that really aren't strikes.
GLENN: They have —
PAT: To move the game along.
GLENN: They have a time limit.
PAT: What?
GLENN: A time limit.
PAT: There's no time limit in baseball.
GLENN: Yes, there is when you are not keeping score. How do you know when it's over? My question is I'd like to know if you are not keeping score, why are we calling strikes and balls? Why are we doing that? Why doesn't —
PAT: Too sensitive.
GLENN: "Hey, Johnny, your turn, come on. Keep pitching the ball until I hits it over the fence and gets a home run." I mean, you don't — why? Just keep going. Just keep going and everybody gets it. And if he can't hit the ball, well, then we're going to pick it up and we're going to throw it over the fence so he can run.
PAT: And what a disservice to the kids. Then they don't know what to swing at, what not to swing at. What are you teaching them?
GLENN: How do you teach them?
PAT: You can't. You can't.
GLENN: They are teaching our children. I mean, look, children want rules. They need patterns, they need rules, they need structure. We're taking every piece of things that they can count on. Strike zone.
PAT: Taking it away.
GLENN: Take it away.
PAT: Yeah.
GLENN: How do you function in a world where you don't know what's coming next? You know, that was a strike now but two innings before, it wasn't a strike.
PAT: And last night at the playoffs, our last playoff game because we lost —
GLENN: You lost?
PAT: They actually kept score.
GLENN: Did you get a trophy?
PAT: I think they are planning those.
GLENN: I think that is good.
PAT: We won't be receiving one at our house.
GLENN: I like to call them loser trophies.
PAT: Yes. Yes, they like to call it a participation trophy.
GLENN: You are a big fat loser.
PAT: But last —
GLENN: Here's your trophy.
PAT: Last night the kids, you know, are told to get into it and cheer on their teammate, you know, so there's a lot of chatter. Chatter it up, guys, I don't hear you. So the coach will often chide the kids to encourage their teammate who's at bat. And so last night they were doing that and this kid named Nick was up and they are going, come on, Nick, let's go! And the pitcher throws the ball and the umpire stops and he says, "Hey, kids, kids, kids, that's fine until the pitcher goes into his windup. Then I want you to be quiet." What? Where did that stinky rule come? You can't cheer on your teammate anymore while the pitcher is throwing the ball? Since when? Since when? So now you are even squelching them cheering on their teammates if the opposing pitcher is throwing. I mean, what is —
GLENN: Who was it that was telling me that they had an experience at school where their child, you know, lost some academic thing and, you know, some kid gets up and they are like, hey! You know, look at me, I am the king of the smart world. And they have a big assembly for it and gets a trophy and, you know, everything else. Then it comes to baseball. Now, this kid is a Brainiac but a loser on the field, okay? And, you know, people have different talents.
PAT: Yeah.
GLENN: It's me. I'm a loser on the field and a loser in the Brainiac at the present time, too. I never got any trophy for anything. But anyway, so this guy was telling me yesterday that that parent, who was the first to stand up and say, Johnny got a trophy! Actually stood up in the baseball meeting and said, we're not keeping score, are we?
PAT: Oh, my gosh.
GLENN: He said, I walked up to him and said, excuse me? Excuse me? It's fine when your son gets the trophy in the smart division and we go and we stand and we applaud for your child. But when our child can kick your kid's butt in this arena, you don't want to keep score.
PAT: So typical.
GLENN: It is. It is.
PAT: It is so typical.
GLENN: So here is my challenge to Pat and my challenge to every man, woman and child in this country: Stop it! Take the trophy and put the trophy some place where the sun doesn't shine like a closet. Don't accept any more of these trophies. Stand up against these trophies! Don't — look, Pat said to me, "Glenn, if I stand up, then my son's going to have problems." I said, you know what, Pat? Start your own damn league. Because you can't be alone! We're all — we're doing the same thing that that — here's the next project for 9/12. You want to take this on, 9/12ers? Competition. Sports. Competition. Principles and values. Start a 9/12 baseball league! Forget the stupid little league. If this is the game they want to play in your state — now, it's different. Like in Texas, I mean, you know, you are lucky they are not carrying pistols down on the —
PAT: I mean, sometimes they are.
GLENN: Right. So I mean, it's like —
PAT: I think some of the kids are armed, and that's okay.
GLENN: Yeah. So it's not like this everywhere, but in New England it is. And you cannot be alone. What are you teaching your kids? You are teaching your kids to just be quiet. Okay, and justice happens, just be quiet. Don't teach your children that! It is how you play the game. Well, how are they playing the game? They are playing the game without any reason, without any kind of competition. Do you want to play that kind of game? Just tell your kids to go out and get a bunch of friends and go play in the park, go play a baseball game in the park. That's better for them than the participation in the destruction of competition! What the hell are — you know what? You go send your money and go buy a big statue of Stalin and put it in your park. I don't — that's what you want to do? You go ahead and do that. You go play that little competition. We're going to start our own baseball league that believes in competition. We're going to teach sportsmanship because the coaches are going to say, hey! Knock it off; be a good winner. Knock it off; be a good loser. You are going to push your kid into not being those out of control parents. This league would be a league that the coaches would also say, "Hey, fathead, I'm going to kick your kid off the team if you don't relax." That's the way it happens. Now, when we arrived in this world and all of us are just like, we're just, we're like sheep in a train car, just being led to slaughter. Excuse me. No. I would really like to see somebody stand up, Pat Gray, in a state — Connecticut — and see if there's anybody else that feels like this. Start a new league! Who cares! Oh, well, it's not little league. Who cares! Isn't it about, A, having fun and, B, teaching values and principles? Well, what the hell are you doing? Are you having fun? Not keeping score? Are you teaching values and principles that you agree with?
PAT: No.
GLENN: Get the hell out!
PAT: Glenn Beck tells people to get out of their baseball leagues!
GLENN: Yes! I am.
PAT: (Laughing).
GLENN: And go play baseball, go play baseball with Jim Wallis. It will be great. Jesus is keeping score. You don't have to. Oh, yes, Jim. He is keeping score. But you shouldn't.
[NOTE: Transcript may have been edited to enhance readability - audio archive includes full segment as it was originally aired]
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41687/
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Why Friedrich von Hayek's book changed lives..... short video
Why Friedrich von Hayek's book changed lives
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Obama wants to kick someone's ass?, try fixing a problem for once
Obama wants to kick someone's ass?, try fixing a problem for once
Constituting America
http://constitutingamerica.org/
Constituting America Mission Statement
The American Constitution, signed on September 17, 1787, is as great a miracle as the ultimate victory from the British in 1782. Providence prevailed in both theatres. It was a monumental feat to beat the British in the Revolutionary War. Equally as awesome was the accomplishment of finding common ground amongst the varied American beliefs in writing the Constitution. Though our forefathers differed, they united in their mission, their vision: A republic; a democracy; America, the beautiful; America, the hope.
The American Constitution was the work of brilliant men with a vast knowledge of history and a thirst for righteousness. They believed that in order for American liberty to survive, her people must be educated. To quote John Adams, “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge of the people.”
see more info on Constituting America
stated by actress Janine Turner
Constituting America Mission Statement
The American Constitution, signed on September 17, 1787, is as great a miracle as the ultimate victory from the British in 1782. Providence prevailed in both theatres. It was a monumental feat to beat the British in the Revolutionary War. Equally as awesome was the accomplishment of finding common ground amongst the varied American beliefs in writing the Constitution. Though our forefathers differed, they united in their mission, their vision: A republic; a democracy; America, the beautiful; America, the hope.
The American Constitution was the work of brilliant men with a vast knowledge of history and a thirst for righteousness. They believed that in order for American liberty to survive, her people must be educated. To quote John Adams, “Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge of the people.”
see more info on Constituting America
stated by actress Janine Turner
Monday, June 07, 2010
The Overton Window: political thriller
The Overton Window, a rip-roaring read of the first order, is as good a political thriller as you're going to find this year."
The Overton Window
Product Description
A plan to destroy America, a hundred years in the making, is about to be unleashed . . . can it be stopped?
There is a powerful technique called the Overton Window that can shape our lives, our laws, and our future. It works by manipulating public perception so that ideas previously thought of as radical begin to seem acceptable over time. Move the Window and you change the debate. Change the debate and you change the country.
For Noah Gardner, a twenty something public relations executive, it's safe to say that political theory is the furthest thing from his mind. Smart, single, handsome, and insulated from the world's problems by the wealth and power of his father, Noah is far more concerned about the future of his social life than the future of his country.
But all of that changes when Noah meets Molly Ross, a woman who is consumed by the knowledge that the America we know is about to be lost forever. She and her group of patriots have vowed to remember the past and fight for the future--but Noah, convinced they're just misguided conspiracy-theorists, isn't interested in lending his considerable skills to their cause.
And then the world changes.
An unprecedented attack on U.S. soil shakes the country to the core and puts into motion a frightening plan, decades in the making, to transform America and demonize all those who stand in the way. Amidst the chaos, many don't know the difference between conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact--or, more important, which side to fight for.
But for Noah, the choice is clear: Exposing the plan, and revealing the conspirators behind it, is the only way to save both the woman he loves and the individual freedoms he once took for granted.
After five back-to-back #1 New York Times bestsellers, national radio and Fox News television host Glenn Beck has delivered a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that seamlessly weaves together American history, frightening facts about our present condition, and a heart-stopping plot. The Overton Window will educate, enlighten, and, most important, entertain--with twists and revelations
no one will see coming.
The Overton Window
The Overton Window
Product Description
A plan to destroy America, a hundred years in the making, is about to be unleashed . . . can it be stopped?
There is a powerful technique called the Overton Window that can shape our lives, our laws, and our future. It works by manipulating public perception so that ideas previously thought of as radical begin to seem acceptable over time. Move the Window and you change the debate. Change the debate and you change the country.
For Noah Gardner, a twenty something public relations executive, it's safe to say that political theory is the furthest thing from his mind. Smart, single, handsome, and insulated from the world's problems by the wealth and power of his father, Noah is far more concerned about the future of his social life than the future of his country.
But all of that changes when Noah meets Molly Ross, a woman who is consumed by the knowledge that the America we know is about to be lost forever. She and her group of patriots have vowed to remember the past and fight for the future--but Noah, convinced they're just misguided conspiracy-theorists, isn't interested in lending his considerable skills to their cause.
And then the world changes.
An unprecedented attack on U.S. soil shakes the country to the core and puts into motion a frightening plan, decades in the making, to transform America and demonize all those who stand in the way. Amidst the chaos, many don't know the difference between conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact--or, more important, which side to fight for.
But for Noah, the choice is clear: Exposing the plan, and revealing the conspirators behind it, is the only way to save both the woman he loves and the individual freedoms he once took for granted.
After five back-to-back #1 New York Times bestsellers, national radio and Fox News television host Glenn Beck has delivered a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that seamlessly weaves together American history, frightening facts about our present condition, and a heart-stopping plot. The Overton Window will educate, enlighten, and, most important, entertain--with twists and revelations
no one will see coming.
The Overton Window
The Overton Window as mentioned on Glenn Beck show
The Overton Window as mentioned on Glenn Beck show
The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition
The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition
Editorial Reviews /Product Description
An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in 1944—when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and barrel to the socialist program—The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For F. A. Hayek, the collectivist idea of empowering government with increasing economic control would lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
First published by the University of Chicago Press on September 18, 1944, The Road to Serfdom garnered immediate, widespread attention. The first printing of 2,000 copies was exhausted instantly, and within six months more than 30,000 books were sold. In April 1945, Reader’s Digest published a condensed version of the book, and soon thereafter the Book-of-the-Month Club distributed this edition to more than 600,000 readers. A perennial best seller, the book has sold 400,000 copies in the United States alone and has been translated into more than twenty languages, along the way becoming one of the most important and influential books of the century.
With this new edition, The Road to Serfdom takes its place in the series The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek. The volume includes a foreword by series editor and leading Hayek scholar Bruce Caldwell explaining the book's origins and publishing history and assessing common misinterpretations of Hayek's thought. Caldwell has also standardized and corrected Hayek's references and added helpful new explanatory notes. Supplemented with an appendix of related materials ranging from prepublication reports on the initial manuscript to forewords to earlier editions by John Chamberlain, Milton Friedman, and Hayek himself, this new edition of The Road to Serfdom will be the definitive version of Friedrich Hayek's enduring masterwork
Editorial Reviews /Product Description
An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in 1944—when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and barrel to the socialist program—The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For F. A. Hayek, the collectivist idea of empowering government with increasing economic control would lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
First published by the University of Chicago Press on September 18, 1944, The Road to Serfdom garnered immediate, widespread attention. The first printing of 2,000 copies was exhausted instantly, and within six months more than 30,000 books were sold. In April 1945, Reader’s Digest published a condensed version of the book, and soon thereafter the Book-of-the-Month Club distributed this edition to more than 600,000 readers. A perennial best seller, the book has sold 400,000 copies in the United States alone and has been translated into more than twenty languages, along the way becoming one of the most important and influential books of the century.
With this new edition, The Road to Serfdom takes its place in the series The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek. The volume includes a foreword by series editor and leading Hayek scholar Bruce Caldwell explaining the book's origins and publishing history and assessing common misinterpretations of Hayek's thought. Caldwell has also standardized and corrected Hayek's references and added helpful new explanatory notes. Supplemented with an appendix of related materials ranging from prepublication reports on the initial manuscript to forewords to earlier editions by John Chamberlain, Milton Friedman, and Hayek himself, this new edition of The Road to Serfdom will be the definitive version of Friedrich Hayek's enduring masterwork
Saturday, June 05, 2010
Obama as lawyer in chief, after 2012 maybe he should pursue a legal career ?
Obama as lawyer in chief, after 2012 maybe he should pursue a legal career in filing claims ?
I think he missed his calling, he's not a problem solver/leader.
Seems like he more interested in generating legal paperwork than solving problems.
www.mccainalert.blogspot.com
I think he missed his calling, he's not a problem solver/leader.
Seems like he more interested in generating legal paperwork than solving problems.
www.mccainalert.blogspot.com
Friday, June 04, 2010
Obama and comrades challenge old AZ law against hiring illegals
Justice Dept. Challenges Arizona Over Other Immigration Law Targeting Employers
The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision that upheld Arizona's right to punish employers for hiring illegal immigrants.
The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision
that upheld Arizona's right to punish employers for hiring illegal immigrants.
The Arizona law gives the state the right to suspend or terminate business licenses.
"If you hire a person in this country illegally knowingly, you'll lose your license.
First offense, 10 days. Second offense, revocation, never to do business in the state of Arizona again,"said Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, a Republican who helped draft the new controversial Arizona law that cracks down on illegal immigrants.
The Obama administration apparently worries letting that law stand would leave in place a precedent that states have a legitimate role in enforcing immigration laws a notion the administration fiercely opposes.
"The argument that the Justice Department is making here, is you know, the fundamental question,which is where does state authority begin and end when it comes to federal immigration law?" said Benjamin Johnson, executive director of the American Immigration Council.
The Arizona statue relies on a law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1986, which made clear federal law preempts the states on immigration – but left one exception: "The provisions of this section preempt any state or local law imposing civil or criminal sanctions (other than through licensing and similar laws) upon those who employ unauthorized aliens."
"Congress said very clearly that licensing and similar laws can be used to impose consequences on employers who hire unauthorized aliens at the state level," said Kris Kobach, a law professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. "And that's exactly what Arizona did."
Oddly enough, the law in question was signed in 2007 by then-Gov. Janet Napolitano,
now Obama's Homeland Security secretary.
Not only that, but the law was upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
"And bear in mind that 9th Circuit is generally regarded as one of the more liberal circuits in the United States – and so the Obama administration, evidently, believes that the 9th Circuit views on this question is too conservative for this administration," Kobach said.
And this is yet another issue in the ongoing tug of war between Washington and the states, especially Arizona.
"The idea that states can't be involved in immigration law in any way is wrong," Johnson said. "The states have always had a role to play in immigration enforcement.
The tricky part is defining where that authority begins and ends."
see more info at.........
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/03/justice-dept-challenges-arizona-immigration-law-targeting-employers/
The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision that upheld Arizona's right to punish employers for hiring illegal immigrants.
The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision
that upheld Arizona's right to punish employers for hiring illegal immigrants.
The Arizona law gives the state the right to suspend or terminate business licenses.
"If you hire a person in this country illegally knowingly, you'll lose your license.
First offense, 10 days. Second offense, revocation, never to do business in the state of Arizona again,"said Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, a Republican who helped draft the new controversial Arizona law that cracks down on illegal immigrants.
The Obama administration apparently worries letting that law stand would leave in place a precedent that states have a legitimate role in enforcing immigration laws a notion the administration fiercely opposes.
"The argument that the Justice Department is making here, is you know, the fundamental question,which is where does state authority begin and end when it comes to federal immigration law?" said Benjamin Johnson, executive director of the American Immigration Council.
The Arizona statue relies on a law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1986, which made clear federal law preempts the states on immigration – but left one exception: "The provisions of this section preempt any state or local law imposing civil or criminal sanctions (other than through licensing and similar laws) upon those who employ unauthorized aliens."
"Congress said very clearly that licensing and similar laws can be used to impose consequences on employers who hire unauthorized aliens at the state level," said Kris Kobach, a law professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. "And that's exactly what Arizona did."
Oddly enough, the law in question was signed in 2007 by then-Gov. Janet Napolitano,
now Obama's Homeland Security secretary.
Not only that, but the law was upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
"And bear in mind that 9th Circuit is generally regarded as one of the more liberal circuits in the United States – and so the Obama administration, evidently, believes that the 9th Circuit views on this question is too conservative for this administration," Kobach said.
And this is yet another issue in the ongoing tug of war between Washington and the states, especially Arizona.
"The idea that states can't be involved in immigration law in any way is wrong," Johnson said. "The states have always had a role to play in immigration enforcement.
The tricky part is defining where that authority begins and ends."
see more info at.........
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/03/justice-dept-challenges-arizona-immigration-law-targeting-employers/
Monday, May 31, 2010
Buycott - San Diego Yuma Citizensle - Supports Arizona's SB 1070 and Governor Jan Brewar
Buycott - Yuma Citizen Michelle - Supports Arizona's SB 1070 and Governor Jan Brewer
http://youtube.com/watch?v=an87s1eCz3M
http://youtube.com/watch?v=an87s1eCz3M
Saturday, May 29, 2010
GOP touts ideas website
GOP touts ideas website
A Republican House member from California says a new Internet initiative is aimed at restoring the ability of the American people to drive America's agenda.
http://americanspeakingout.com/see this new GOP website
A Republican House member from California says a new Internet initiative is aimed at restoring the ability of the American people to drive America's agenda.
http://americanspeakingout.com/see this new GOP website
Friday, May 28, 2010
Virginia's illegal immigrants law almost identical to Arizona SB 1070
Virginia's illegal immigrants law almost identical to Arizona SB 1070
Three year old law in Virginia targets illegal immigrants much like Arizona's SB 1070
A Prince William County police officer runs a record check of a suspect. Source: PWCPD Prince William County, Virginia. Source: Wikipedia
Dan Marries
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA (KOLD) - For the last three years, a county in Virginia has remained under the radar in the immigration debate even though it has a law almost identical to Arizona's immigration law.
The ordinance in Prince William County was passed in 2007. It initially required police to check the status of detainees they suspected of being undocumented immigrants but one year later it was revised.
Officers now question all criminal suspects about their immigration status once an arrest is made.
In 2008, the University of Virginia conducted a survey to see what effects, if any, the Prince William County law had. It concluded initial fears about racial profiling did not happen.
It also show that schools saw a drop in English as a second language enrollment. There was also a drop in uninsured mothers giving birth and individuals turned over to immigration and customs enforcement.
by Dan Marries
Three year old law in Virginia targets illegal immigrants much like Arizona's SB 1070
A Prince William County police officer runs a record check of a suspect. Source: PWCPD Prince William County, Virginia. Source: Wikipedia
Dan Marries
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA (KOLD) - For the last three years, a county in Virginia has remained under the radar in the immigration debate even though it has a law almost identical to Arizona's immigration law.
The ordinance in Prince William County was passed in 2007. It initially required police to check the status of detainees they suspected of being undocumented immigrants but one year later it was revised.
Officers now question all criminal suspects about their immigration status once an arrest is made.
In 2008, the University of Virginia conducted a survey to see what effects, if any, the Prince William County law had. It concluded initial fears about racial profiling did not happen.
It also show that schools saw a drop in English as a second language enrollment. There was also a drop in uninsured mothers giving birth and individuals turned over to immigration and customs enforcement.
by Dan Marries
that's how that motherfucker Rahm Emanuel got that $320K Freddie Mac job!
that's how that motherfucker Rahm Emanuel got that Freddie Mac job!
didn't Rahm Israel Emanuel work at Freddie Mac?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel
didn't Rahm Israel Emanuel work at Freddie Mac?
Emanuel was named to the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(Freddie Mac) by President Bill Clinton in 2000. His position earned him at least $320,000,
including later stock sales.[31][32] He was not assigned to any of the board's working
committees, and the Board met no more than six times per year.[32]
During his time on the board, Freddie Mac was plagued with scandals involving campaign
contributions and accounting irregularities.[32][33] The Obama Administration rejected
a request under the Freedom of Information Act to review Freddie Mac board minutes and
correspondence during Emanuel's time as a director.[32]
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) later accused the board
of having "failed in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention."
Emanuel resigned from the board in 2001 when he ran for Congress.[34]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel
Sunday, May 23, 2010
At Liberty Central............
At Liberty Central............
Inspiration Starts Here..........
At Liberty Central, we seek to be inspired by the vision of our Founders, stories of heroism and entrepreneurship, highlights from American history, and tales of extraordinary citizen-leaders who helped – and help – make our nation great. So, how do we inspire one another? For these tales of heroism,...
new political web site
here At Liberty Central
Inspiration Starts Here..........
At Liberty Central, we seek to be inspired by the vision of our Founders, stories of heroism and entrepreneurship, highlights from American history, and tales of extraordinary citizen-leaders who helped – and help – make our nation great. So, how do we inspire one another? For these tales of heroism,...
new political web site
here At Liberty Central
Saturday, May 22, 2010
didn't Rahm Emanuel(Obama's chief of staff) work at Freddie Mac?
didn't Rahm Emanuel work at Freddie Mac?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel
Emanuel was named to the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) by President Bill Clinton in 2000. His position earned him at least $320,000, including later stock sales.[31][32] He was not assigned to any of the board's working committees, and the Board met no more than six times per year.[32]
During his time on the board, Freddie Mac was plagued with scandals involving campaign contributions and accounting irregularities.[32][33] The Obama Administration rejected a request under the Freedom of Information Act to review Freddie Mac board minutes and
correspondence during Emanuel's time as a director.[32]
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) later accused the board
of having "failed in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention."
Emanuel resigned from the board in 2001 when he ran for Congress.[34]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel
Thursday, May 20, 2010
secure the border, very popular website
secure the border, very popular website
http://www.securetheborder.org/
Secure the border.org another popular webs ite
http://www.securetheborder.org/
Secure the border.org another popular webs ite
You cut vote on government spending programs ?
YouCut – a first-of-its-kind project - is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. It allows you to vote, both online and ...
click got this website youcut
click got this website youcut
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
'What an expensive Weiner
WeinerFacts.com
Unintended consequences: In the wake of the dumbest attack in the history of mankind, a new fact checking website has launched called WeinerFacts.com.
It's dedicated to grilling Congressman Anthony Weiner and all dishonest, crooked Weiner type dealings. Check out the latest Weiner scandal, 'What an expensive Weiner,' which is being exposed right now on WeinerFacts.com.
see more on congressman Weiner
Unintended consequences: In the wake of the dumbest attack in the history of mankind, a new fact checking website has launched called WeinerFacts.com.
It's dedicated to grilling Congressman Anthony Weiner and all dishonest, crooked Weiner type dealings. Check out the latest Weiner scandal, 'What an expensive Weiner,' which is being exposed right now on WeinerFacts.com.
see more on congressman Weiner
Anthony Weiner attacks Goldline, Glenn Beck and other hosts
Rep. Weiner attacks Goldline, Glenn Beck and other hosts
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) Claiming that precious metal peddler Goldline uses conservative broadcast talkers to whip audiences into a frenzy about upcoming financial catastrophe and then sells them gold as a hedge, at inflated prices,
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is calling for investigations by the SEC and the FTC. Although several personalities are named, TV/radio talker Glenn Beck is Weiner’s prime target.
Naming names: According to a report released by Weiner, “Fred Thompson, Dennis Miller, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Lars Larson, Michael Smerconish, Monica Crowley and Mike Huckabee are all paid spokespeople for Goldline.” Beck was a spokesperson too, but had to relinquish that role to conform to Fox News policy, but Goldline remains a major advertiser on his FNC program.
According to the report, “On numerous occasions, Glenn Beck has dedicated entire segments of his program to explaining why the U.S. money supply is destined for hyperinflation with Barack Obama as president. He will often promote the purchase of gold as the only safe investment alternative for consumers who want to safeguard their livelihoods. When the show cuts to commercial break, viewers are treated to an advertisement from Goldline.”
Weiner commented, “Goldline rips off consumers, uses misleading and possibly illegal sales tactics, and deliberately manipulates public fears of an impending government takeover – this is a trifecta of terrible business practices. It’s unacceptable that this company is preying on public fears to sell its products.”
click for weiner facts com web site
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) Claiming that precious metal peddler Goldline uses conservative broadcast talkers to whip audiences into a frenzy about upcoming financial catastrophe and then sells them gold as a hedge, at inflated prices,
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is calling for investigations by the SEC and the FTC. Although several personalities are named, TV/radio talker Glenn Beck is Weiner’s prime target.
Naming names: According to a report released by Weiner, “Fred Thompson, Dennis Miller, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Lars Larson, Michael Smerconish, Monica Crowley and Mike Huckabee are all paid spokespeople for Goldline.” Beck was a spokesperson too, but had to relinquish that role to conform to Fox News policy, but Goldline remains a major advertiser on his FNC program.
According to the report, “On numerous occasions, Glenn Beck has dedicated entire segments of his program to explaining why the U.S. money supply is destined for hyperinflation with Barack Obama as president. He will often promote the purchase of gold as the only safe investment alternative for consumers who want to safeguard their livelihoods. When the show cuts to commercial break, viewers are treated to an advertisement from Goldline.”
Weiner commented, “Goldline rips off consumers, uses misleading and possibly illegal sales tactics, and deliberately manipulates public fears of an impending government takeover – this is a trifecta of terrible business practices. It’s unacceptable that this company is preying on public fears to sell its products.”
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Obama's kiss of death ?
Obama's kiss of death ?
Let's see New Jersey Massachusetts Virginia Pennsylvania (adios Spector)
Refresh may be the theme this November, borrowed from new pepsi ad
Let's see New Jersey Massachusetts Virginia Pennsylvania (adios Spector)
Refresh may be the theme this November, borrowed from new pepsi ad
Monday, May 17, 2010
Secure the border.org website sign the online petition
Secure the border.org website sign the online petition
Secure the border.org website note .org suffix
sign the online petition
new Secure the border.org website
http://www.securetheborder.org/
Secure the border.org website note .org suffix
sign the online petition
new Secure the border.org website
http://www.securetheborder.org/
Saturday, May 15, 2010
how does Mexico handle it's own illegal immigrants problem?
how does Mexico handle it's own illegal immigrants problem?
when Mexican President Felipe Calderon protests the Arizona law,
ask him how Mexico handles their illegal immigrants problem ?
Mexico has absolute control of their southern border to prevent any immigrants
from South and Central America. They have very tough and brutal laws and they do enforce them.
when Mexican President Felipe Calderon protests the Arizona law,
ask him how Mexico handles their illegal immigrants problem ?
Mexico has absolute control of their southern border to prevent any immigrants
from South and Central America. They have very tough and brutal laws and they do enforce them.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Does Elena Kagan's sexuality matter?
Does Elena Kagan's sexuality matter?
While pundits on the gay left and religious right want Supreme Court nominee Kagan to address lesbian rumors, others angrily dismiss the debate
see more at
http://theweek.com/article/index/202818/does-elena-kagans-sexuality-matter
While pundits on the gay left and religious right want Supreme Court nominee Kagan to address lesbian rumors, others angrily dismiss the debate
see more at
http://theweek.com/article/index/202818/does-elena-kagans-sexuality-matter
did Supreme court nominee Elena Kagan really date Janet Napolitano ?
did Supreme court nominee Elena Kagan really date Janet Napolitano ?
Obama nominates Lesbian Elena Kagan to Supreme Court?
CBS News reported that President Obama's new Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan
will be the "first openly gay justice," pleasing much of Obama's liberal base.
But after complaints by an anonymous White House staffer that parts of the report
were not public, the CBS reporter updated the post to say "I have to correct
my text here to say that Kagan is apparently still closeted -- odd,
because her female partner is rather well known in Harvard circles."
Obama nominates Lesbian Elena Kagan to Supreme Court?
CBS News reported that President Obama's new Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan
will be the "first openly gay justice," pleasing much of Obama's liberal base.
But after complaints by an anonymous White House staffer that parts of the report
were not public, the CBS reporter updated the post to say "I have to correct
my text here to say that Kagan is apparently still closeted -- odd,
because her female partner is rather well known in Harvard circles."
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Pennsylvania legislators hope to mirror Arizona's immigration bill
Pennsylvania legislators hope to mirror Arizona's immigration bill
HARRISBURG -- State Reps. Daryl Metcalfe and Harry Readshaw think Pennsylvania
should follow Arizona's lead and "protect its borders and citizens" by giving
local and state police more power to arrest, detain and eventually deport foreigners
who have entered the state illegally and don't have proper registration papers.
Mr. Metcalfe, R-Cranberry, Mr. Readshaw, D-Carrick, and several other legislators
Tuesday promoted House Bill 2479, which would direct a police officer
"to attempt to verify the immigration status of suspected illegal aliens."
However, an officer could not stop a suspected illegal immigrant without reason
-- as critics of the new Arizona law have claimed, Mr.
Metcalfe said. An officer would have to have a reason for checking
a suspected illegal alien's papers, such as if the alien was driving
too fast, ran a red light or was arrested for a break-in.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10125/1055562-454.stm#ixzz0nOcMiHyG
By Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau
HARRISBURG -- State Reps. Daryl Metcalfe and Harry Readshaw think Pennsylvania
should follow Arizona's lead and "protect its borders and citizens" by giving
local and state police more power to arrest, detain and eventually deport foreigners
who have entered the state illegally and don't have proper registration papers.
Mr. Metcalfe, R-Cranberry, Mr. Readshaw, D-Carrick, and several other legislators
Tuesday promoted House Bill 2479, which would direct a police officer
"to attempt to verify the immigration status of suspected illegal aliens."
However, an officer could not stop a suspected illegal immigrant without reason
-- as critics of the new Arizona law have claimed, Mr.
Metcalfe said. An officer would have to have a reason for checking
a suspected illegal alien's papers, such as if the alien was driving
too fast, ran a red light or was arrested for a break-in.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10125/1055562-454.stm#ixzz0nOcMiHyG
By Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau
Thursday, May 06, 2010
And the #1 recipient of BP political contributions is...
And the #1 recipient of BP political contributions is...
Obama biggest recipient of BP cash
While the BP oil geyser pumps millions of gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama and members of Congress may have to answer
for the millions in campaign contributions they’ve taken
from the oil and gas giant over the years.
BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates over the past 20 years, with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Donations come from a mix of employees and the company’s political action committees
— $2.89 million flowed to campaigns from BP-related PACs and about $638,000 came from individuals.
On top of that, the oil giant has spent millions each year on lobbying
including $15.9 million last year alone — as it has tried to influence energy policy.
During his time in the Senate and while running for president, Obama received
a total of $77,051 from the oil giant and is the top recipient of BP PAC and
individual money over the past 20 years, according to financial disclosure records.
An Obama spokesman rejected the notion that the president took big oil money.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36783.html#ixzz0nAFJTOsS
Obama biggest recipient of BP cash
While the BP oil geyser pumps millions of gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama and members of Congress may have to answer
for the millions in campaign contributions they’ve taken
from the oil and gas giant over the years.
BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates over the past 20 years, with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Donations come from a mix of employees and the company’s political action committees
— $2.89 million flowed to campaigns from BP-related PACs and about $638,000 came from individuals.
On top of that, the oil giant has spent millions each year on lobbying
including $15.9 million last year alone — as it has tried to influence energy policy.
During his time in the Senate and while running for president, Obama received
a total of $77,051 from the oil giant and is the top recipient of BP PAC and
individual money over the past 20 years, according to financial disclosure records.
An Obama spokesman rejected the notion that the president took big oil money.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36783.html#ixzz0nAFJTOsS
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