If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be… if we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.— Thomas Jefferson
A Muslim Brotherhood-linked organization has partnered with the U.S. Department of Education and the State Department to facilitate an online program aiming to connect all U.S. schools with classrooms abroad by 2016.
Vartan Gregorian, a board member of the organization, the Qatar Foundation International, was appointed in 2009 to President Obama’s White House Fellowships Commission
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/muslim-brotherhood-group-to-connect-all-u-s-schools/#I6x77uG8KF825ErV.99
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No matter your view of the media’s role in Benghazi; no matter your take on whether U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice leveled with the country on the Sept. 16 talk shows; no matter your view of Fox News’s Benghazi campaign, it surely does make a difference whether it was “because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they’d go kill some Americans.” It makes a difference to the media, the public, the government, everyone.
The trustworthiness of the administration’s version of events — even the early one — makes a difference. Whether it was hard-core terrorism or a spontaneous attack or something else — that makes a difference too, with strong implications for intelligence accountability. Goodness gracious, in her very own statement, Clinton herself even seems to acknowledge that it makes a difference, when she says, “It is our job to figure out what happened …”
At one point in the proceedings, Clinton stated, “Maybe we didn’t do a good enough job of explaining that we didn’t have a good picture.” Yes, that would have helped. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/01/23/WaPo-To-hillary-yes-It-Makes-a-Difference
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President Barack Obama just suffered a humiliating defeat in federal court. A top federal appeals court has removed three presidential appointees from power, and invalidated all actions they’ve taken over the past twelve months.
One year ago, Obama filled three seats on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)–an essential power center for Obama’s labor-union allies–with recess appointments, claiming that the U.S. Senate was in recess even though the Senate was still in session. [I will believe this when I see it.
I think they will all just ignore the court until forced to pay attention. After declaring a moratorium on offshore drilling, President Obama was declared to be in contempt of court for not allowing drilling permits, causing the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. To this day he stalls those permits. . http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2013/01/25/obama-recess-appointments-unconstitutional-reactions/http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2013/01/25/obama-recess-appointments-unconstitutional-reactions/
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New York Gun Owners Flip the Bird to "Assault
Weapons" Registration Law
Dicker
quotes a Cuomo administration official admitting, "Many of these
assault-rifle owners aren’t going to register; we realize that." Which
means that state officials were merely posturing rather than entirely ignorant
of history when they penned the law and jammed it through. As I've written before, gun laws traditionally breed massive levels
of non-compliance — even in places where you might think people have no strong
history of personal arms, or of resistance to the state, When Germany imposed
gun registration in 1972, the country's officials managed to get paperwork on
all of 3.2 million firearms out of an estimated 17-20 million guns in civilian
hands. Californians may
have registered as many as ten percent of the "assault weapons" they
owned when that state imposed registration in 1990 (though the New York Times put the
figure rather lower, at about 7,000 out of an estimated 300,000 guns covered by
the law).The reason for such reticence isn't hard to fathom. When gun owners charge that politicians can't be trusted to resist using registration lists for future confiscation, they're not being paranoid — New York City and California have both done just that. http://reason.com/blog/2013/01/25/new-york-gun-owners-flip-the-bird-to-ass
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Congressman
Steve Stockman (R-Texas 36) introduced today the “Restore The Constitution
Act.” It is the House companion to Sen. Rand Paul’s “Separation of Powers
Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act.” Stockman and Paul are
working together on the joint effort.
“Last week I
promised to thwart Obama’s unlawful orders, first by seeking to block, overturn
and defund any action that violates the Constitution,” said Stockman.
“Promise made, promise kept. No matter his intentions, the Constitution
flatly prohibits the President from just making up his own laws.”“The Orders issued by President Obama are not intended to execute laws passed by the Congress. President Obama is abusing his authority to write his own unaccountable laws. http://stockman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/stockman-introduces-bill-to-stop-obama-s-executive-orders
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James Sherk of the Heritage Foundation is compiling a list of those cases likely to be invalidated [by the courts recent ruling that Obama's recess appointments were unconstitutional. This list includes]:
a) The NLRB’s “ambush election” proposal that would shorten the timeframe for union elections to less than three weeks and limit the ability of employers’ lawyers to challenge NLRB decisions about who votes in the election;
b) Forcing employers in all industries . . . to bargain with “micro-unions” that represent narrow groups of workers within a company (even workers of a single job title);
c) Limiting employees’ rights to not fund political activities by preventing workers from viewing auditors reports of union spending and by classifying lobbying expenses as “representational activities”’;Asserting NLRB jurisdiction over public charter schools;
i) Requiring employers to give unions copies of sworn witness statements in investigations into workplace misconduct, chilling the ability of employees to speak freely without fear of repercussions.
Consider the utter chaos caused by Obama’s power grab. In all likelihood, the rulings in the cases above will be voided. What happens to the employee who paid money into a union as a result of one of those cases? An employer who had to pay higher wages or pay money into a union pension plan? What if an employer had to shut down because of a union contract that he never should have been forced to sign? The myriad of complications and the economic and personal dislocation could be tremendous.
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In a particular surprise, two of the three judges also ruled that recess appointments are only allowed to fill vacancies that arise during the time the Senate is in actual recess. This has not been the recent practice, and it means that Presidents could not wait, say, until a recess in December to appoint a controversial replacement for a Secretary of State who resigned in October.
Meantime, the ruling potentially invalidates dozens of NLRB decisions since the illegal recess appointments were made. A similar mess occurred in 2010 when the Supreme Court ruled in New Process Steel v. NLRB that some 600 decisions made by the NLRB without a three-member quorum were invalid.
The decision also means that Mr. Cordray has no authority to run the consumer financial bureau, which has been busy issuing thousands of pages of regulations since he was illegally imposed in the job. Mr. Obama renominated Mr. Cordray this week, which is an insult to the Senate and after this ruling to the Constitution too. [What is to be done about the salaries these people have been receiving while illegally in office?] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323539804578263793332301584.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
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CNSNews.com) - In data released Thursday afternoon, the Federal Reserve revealed that its holdings of U.S. government debt had increased to an all-time record of $1,696,691,000,000 as of the close of business on Wednesday.
The Fed's holdings of U.S. government debt have increased by 257 percent since President Barack Obama was first inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2009, and the Fed is currently the single largest holder of U.S. government debt. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/fed-s-holdings-us-govt-debt-hit-record-1696691000000-257-under-obama
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On Friday it was revealed that the FBI is investigating Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) for allegedly sleeping with underage prostitutes in the Dominican Republic.Despite this, when Menendez was given a six-minute interview with Martha Raddatz on ABC's This Week Sunday, he was not asked one question about the investigation or the allegations (commentary follows with full transcript at end of post):
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/01/27/abc-gives-sen-menendez-six-minute-interview-no-questions-about-fbis-h#ixzz2JGyW4kVJ
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FOR EVIDENCE that the permanent campaign has become embedded in our national life, look no further than President Obama’s recent announcement that he is setting up a group to keep his supporters energized and enrolled for action in a second term. To be called Organizing for Action, the group will harvest the rich data — e-mails and names — of the Obama foot soldiers who knocked on doors and got out the vote.
“The president has the most exciting campaign apparatus ever built,” Robert Gibbs, the president’s former press secretary, declared in a television interview. “. . .It’s time to turn that loose for something more than just an election. If the NRA’s got a list, then Obama for America has a bigger
list.”
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Hillary Clinton's angry flip-out at Senator Ron Johnson during her Benghazi testimony was a charmed moment. All at once, before the whole world, one of the highest ranking progressive authoritarians on the planet spilled the beans -- all of them -- about the left's modus operandi.
The revelation might be overlooked, however, if we focus too closely on Clinton's easily quotable "What difference does it make?" The line as quoted merely shows Clinton to be a trapped liar trying to fake her way through an awkward moment with pomposity and bravado. In truth, however, "What difference does it make?" is merely a media-friendly ellipsis of her actual words. What she actually said, without the convenient editing, is far more telling.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/hillary_gives_away_the_game.html#ixzz2JH0dV3Yk
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The congressional hearings on Benghazi last week led me to question just when it was that public integrity ceased to matter. After some research, I came to an unexpectedly specific answer -- January 26, 1992, the day America first met Hillary Clinton.
Earlier that month, Arkansas state employee Gennifer Flowers confessed to a tabloid that she and Bill Clinton had engaged in a 12-year affair. In a desperate attempt to save Bill's candidacy for president, the Clintons agreed to be interviewed by Steve Kroft on CBS's 60 Minutes.
Upon watching this interview, I was struck by how forcefully Kroft stuck it to the Clintons. I had all but forgotten that in days gone by news people expected the truth from public officials, even Democratic front-runners for the presidency. Starting with this interview, the Clintons would dramatically lower that expectation.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/hillarys_first_big_lie.html#ixzz2JH1EOL11
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