GOP Introduces ‘No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act’

by Meredith Jessup

GOP Introduces ‘No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act’: "

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J.

On the heels of the House vote to repeal President Obama’s signature health care overhaul, House Republicans Thursday turned their attention to the issue of abortion, specifically the taxpayer funding of elective abortions.

During a morning press conference, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, insisted that ending taxpayer-funded abortions is a top priority on the Republican agenda during the 112th Congress. Introducing the GOP’s “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,“ Boehner said the bill would ”make clear that taxpayer funding of elective abortion will not be the policy of this government,“ noting that current law ”does not reflect the will of the American people.”

“Our members feel very strongly about the sanctity of human life,” Boehner added.

The bill was introduced by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., who said the measure would ensure that Americans “no longer are coerced into using taxpayer money to subsidize the killing of an unborn child.” Smith also said that the bill includes so-called “conscience protections” that would empower courts and ensure that doctors, nurses and other health care practitioners may opt out from having to perform the procedure if it conflicted with their personal beliefs.

Last Spring, the passage of President Obama’s health care reform bill came down to the votes of a key group of pro-life Democrats — including then-Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich. — who insisted on protections against taxpayer-funded abortions. In a compromise, Obama signed an executive order he said reaffirmed existing bans on taxpayer-funded abortions. But the decision riled Republicans and pro-life advocates who claimed the ObamaCare bill included a “congressionally mandated tax to support abortion.”

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In response to the GOP’s newest initiative, Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, released a statement claiming the bill was designed “to end insurance coverage for virtually all abortions, including private insurance coverage that Americans pay for with their own money, even in cases involving the most severe dangers to a woman’s health.”

“Under the Smith bill, individuals who have health insurance coverage that includes abortion will face tax penalties because they will not be able to claim existing tax deductions for the cost of their health care,” Richards said. “Similarly, small businesses that offer their employees comprehensive health insurance coverage will also face tax penalties because they will no longer be able to claim existing deductions.”

But Boehner and Smith insisted the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” would codify the existing ban — the so-called Hyde amendment. The GOP also signaled support for a separate bill from Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., that would ban federal funding of any kind for organizations that perform abortions.

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Franklin Graham: Obama, Tucson Memorial Service “Scoffed” at Jesus (Video)

by Jim Hoft

Franklin Graham: Obama, Tucson Memorial Service “Scoffed” at Jesus (Video): "

On Tuesday, Rev. Franklin Graham told students at John Brown University that Barack Obama and university organizers “scoffed” at Jesus during the Tucson Memorial last week.

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Politics Daily reported, via Free Republic:

In a speech on Tuesday at John Brown University, a private Christian college in Siloam Springs, Ark., the son of the revered evangelist Billy Graham voiced “dismay” at the way the Tucson memorial service was conducted, arguing that it was not as explicitly religious — apparently meaning “Christian” — as those following the Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 attacks.

Graham was particularly upset that the Tucson memorial featured a Native American who called upon “father sky and mother earth,” according to a Christian Post account of Graham’s chapel service comments.

“There was no call for God to put His loving arms around those who were hurting,” Graham said. “Why did they leave him out? They scoff at the name of Jesus Christ.”

Graham went on to say that the scoffing and persecution against Christians is only going to get worse, the Post reported.



“The spirit of anti-Christ is everywhere,” he said. “We’re being secularized so quickly. Anything that has to do with Christian faith is slowly being taken out of society.”

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Trump slams Obama for state dinner to China: “You don’t give dinners to our enemy.”

by Jennifer Caballero

Trump slams Obama for state dinner to China: “You don’t give dinners to our enemy.”: "

I have to say, I am impressed with the tough stance Donald Trump has against China and the slobbering Obama and his administration gave to China’s dictator Hu Jintao.

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Texas Sovereignty Hopefully Will Be Restored: Congress Pushes Back On The EPA

by Melissa Clouthier

Texas Sovereignty Hopefully Will Be Restored: Congress Pushes Back On The EPA: "

From the House Republican Conference Secretary John Carter:

Texas sovereignty over environmental permitting would be restored under a Congressional Review Act (CRA) challenge to the EPA’s new regulation overturning the state’s 16-year old Clean Air Act permitting process.

Congressman John Carter today filed a resolution of disapproval on the EPA’s new rule which seeks to strip the state of Texas of its legal authority under the landmark 1973 Clean Air Act to write and enforce regulations at the state level to meet the requirements of the federal environmental law. Texas is the only state that the EPA has sought to strip of its ability to issue permits under the Clean Air Act.

“This attempted regulatory action by the EPA is precisely the kind of situation for which the CRA was intended as a legislative remedy,” says Carter, a former Texas judge. “Congress has a responsibility to provide oversight over the activities of all federal agencies, to ensure that unelected bureaucrats don’t abuse their legal authority, as it appears they have in this case. I am urging House leadership to bring this resolution of disapproval up through an expedited process, to ensure the House and Senate can block this abuse within the CRA required 60-legislative day window.”

Texas has issued emission permits since 1994 as required under the Clean Air Act through a State Implementation Plan that includes an innovative flexible permit process, or “flex plan”. Under the flex plan, Texas has achieved a 46% decrease in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, and a 22% drop in ozone emissions, significantly outperforming the national average of 27% NOx and 8% ozone emission decreases over the 2000-2008 reporting period.

“This proposed rule is both legally and environmentally questionable”, says Carter. “When the law says Texas should determine the process, and the process determined exceeds the national average in achieving the goals of the law, there is no justification for this action by EPA other than political gamesmanship. This rule must be blocked.”

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More Bad News For Libs: Obamacare As Unpopular Today As the Day They Rammed It Through Congress

by Jim Hoft

More Bad News For Libs: Obamacare As Unpopular Today As the Day They Rammed It Through Congress: "

Latest Poll Shows Vast Majority of Americans Agree With Boehner – Want Obamacare Repealed

Obviously, the democrat’s health care bill is still extremely unpopular.



56% of Americans want Obamacare repealed and only 39% want to keep the law in place according to a FOX News poll released today.

FOX News reported:

As the battle over the Obama administration’s health care law is joined in Congress, most American voters are on the side of the measure’s opponents, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.

When asked to imagine being a lawmaker in Washington and having to vote on whether to keep the new law or repeal it, 56 percent of voters say they would vote to repeal and 39 percent to keep the law in place. Representatives in the U.S. House took that vote Wednesday and voted 245-189 to repeal the law (or 56 percent to 44 percent).

A majority of Democrats would vote to keep the health care law (67 percent), while over half of independents (56 percent) and almost all Republicans (87 percent) would repeal it.

Few voters see an upside to the new law. Some 18 percent of voters think their family would be better off under the health care law. Compare that to 14 percent who thought the law would help their family a year ago (January 2010), and a high of 22 percent who thought so in September 2009.

Twice as many — 36 percent — think their family will be worse off under the law.

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The 'doc fix' is part of ObamaCare

by Timothy P. Carney

The 'doc fix' is part of ObamaCare: "Remember how President Obama insisted, again and again, that 'if you like your current plan, you can keep it.' Remember the anger and derision with which he and his administration attacked people who questioned his claims? Remember how much of what Obama said about health-care reform was false?

Well, we're getting the same sort of indignation from Obamacare defenders today regarding GOP rebuttals of the claims the bill reduces the deficit -- even though the bill nakedly gamed the CBO. Liberal...



washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential

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Not That It Matters in a 10% Unemployment Rate Economy, But 1 Million Illegals Took Jobs From American Citizens In the Past Two Years Alone

by Ace

Not That It Matters in a 10% Unemployment Rate Economy, But 1 Million Illegals Took Jobs From American Citizens In the Past Two Years Alone: "Yay. Over the past two years, as U.S. unemployment remained near double-digit levels and the economy shed jobs in the wake of the financial crisis, over a million foreign-born arrivals to America found work, many illegally. Those are among the..."

What’s Next on Healthcare? Now the Real Work Begins

by Capitol Confidential

What’s Next on Healthcare? Now the Real Work Begins: "

House Republicans lived up to their promise to vote on repeal of ObamaCare and for that we are grateful. But the roadblocks to enactment of the measure are great. From the filibuster to a presidential veto, the bill has long odds to become law without another national election. But Republicans can—and must–turn symbolism into reality by shifting their focus to the individual pieces of the legislation that are most offensive and intrusive.

Individual Mandate: The House should have an up and down vote on the individual mandate provisions of the legislation. Time and time again, House Democrats have failed to answer the basic question – where in the Constitution does it authorize the Congress to force individuals to purchase health insurance? Nancy Pelosi scoffed at the suggestion Congress’ power can be restrained. Former House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers said there were a “very good set of arguments” for the constitutionality of the mandate but he couldn’t name any. Rep. John Lewis cited the “pursuit of happiness” language of the Constitution as the basis for its constitutionality. Of course, “pursuit of happiness” comes from the Declaration of Independence not the Constitution.

Rationing: Thousands of lives hang in the balance on the FDA’s Avastin decision. The drug, which extends life of late-stage cancer patients, is about to be “de-labeled” for by the FDA for breast cancer patients because of cost-considerations. Women who rely on the drug to survive are already starting to see coverage denied even before final FDA action. Democrats have joined Republicans in protesting the FDA’s actions. Congress should vote up or down on the Avastin decision as well as on legislation to end future rationing of drugs and treatments.

Funding: U.S. health spending is projected to rise 9.2% in 2014, up from the 6.6% projected before the law took effect. With budget deficits as the eye can see, ending funding for ObamaCare is a major step in reducing out of control federal spending. The Congressional Budget Office has said that repealing ObamaCare will reduce federal spending by over half a trillion dollars.

Taxes: The specious claim that ObamaCare reduces the deficit rests upon the tax increases contained in the legislation. The legislation contained $770 billion in new taxes.

Congress must move down this path. Repeal of the law has garnered more bipartisan support than enactment of the law did. Breaking up the offending provisions will certainly garner ever more support and add additional momentum to the effort.

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Islamic Society of North America Stole Over $600,000 in Charity For Poor

by Pamela Geller

Islamic Society of North America Stole Over $600,000 in Charity For Poor: "

Who is following the paper trial of the stolen monies? How much went to violent jihad and radical indoctrination?

This is from a newspaper that bends so far backwards to appease muslims that I can only imagine what salient facts were omitted from this story of thievery and skulduggery.

Muslim charity squandered money for poor The Star.com (hat tip Morris)

Devout Muslims donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to one of Canada’s largest Islamic organizations on the promise that the cash would be used to help the poor.

But only one in four dollars donated to a special pool of money at the Islamic Society of North America Canada (ISNA Canada) actually reached the needy.

Mismanagement of more than $600,000 is among the findings in a scathing audit obtained by the Star.

A “very small portion . . . is distributed to the poor and needy and the major portion is spent on the administration of the centre,” concluded the 2010 audit of the previous four years.

ISNA Canada is embroiled in controversy, with the audit revealing the practice of giving free perks to family members of a top official; the improper issuing of charitable tax receipts; and the diversion of charity money to private businesses. At the centre of it all is long-time secretary general Mohammad Ashraf, who has recently announced he is stepping down.

Ashraf would not answer a series of questions from the Star.

“Don’t ask me anything,” Ashraf told a reporter who visited the organization’s Mississauga headquarters, marked by a graceful minaret overlooking the Queen Elizabeth Way. The 73-year-old microbiologist said he is “being transitioned into retirement” and that he is “restricted” from commenting on the audit.

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Thirty Years Ago Today - Reagan Inaugural Address

by William A. Jacobson

Thirty Years Ago Today - Reagan Inaugural Address: "...







And amazing address (emphasis mine):

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? ....

We are a nation that has a government -- not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the earth. Our Government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.



It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the Federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the states or to the people.



All of us -- all of us need to be reminded that the Federal Government did not create the states; the states created the Federal Government.

Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it’s not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. If we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people on earth, it was because here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before.



Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay that price.

It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of Government.



It is time for us to realize that we are too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We're not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline ....

It is time to reawaken this industrial giant, to get government back within its means, and to lighten our punitive tax burden. And these will be our first priorities, and on these principles there will be no compromise.

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It Sounds So Much Better Read Out Loud

by William A. Jacobson

It Sounds So Much Better Read Out Loud: "A reading of We Just Witnessed The Media’s Test Run To Re-Elect Barack Obama, by Rush Limbaugh today.



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Boehner: “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” is one of congress’ highest priorities

Boehner: “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” is one of congress’ highest priorities: "

Speaker Boehner is making it one of congress’ biggest priorities to defund all federal programs that fund abortion.

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Remember That Guy Eric Fuller?

Remember That Guy Eric Fuller?: "

Eric Fuller finds himself lost down the same memory hole as Cindy Sheehan, Code Pink, $4 gallon/gas outrage, concerns about Gitmo and warrantless wiretaps. It’s crowded down there.

Democrats use people and issues for political purposes. Arguing from principle would require having them, and as far as I can tell, the Democrats are devoid of those pesky things.

So, Eric Fuller, menacing crazy person that he was and is, no longer serves the leftist narrative. Buh-bye Eric!

Not so fast.

Eric Fuller, one of the people shot by Jared Loughner in Tucson, Arizona, hated conservatives. He would say what the leftists wanted so they used him, even in his mentally fragile state, to give credence to what they wanted to push forth: That conservatives were mean and hateful and were complicit with the shooter.

Remember Eric Fuller. He’s already getting lost in the Democrat hate-spewing machine ala Cohen (nice take down by Rush Limbaugh here) and Sheila Jackson Lee.

Remember how easily the Left uses and discards people, even on their own side, to push a narrative.

The Media used Congresswoman Gifford’s shooting, exploited it, to prove a political point. They immediately did it again with another victim, Eric Fuller.

It is odious how easily and callously the Left and mainstream media use up people for their own purposes.

Oh, I know, guys like Eric Fuller are responsible for their own actions. Women like Cindy Sheehan are responsible for their own actions.

Still, here are two folks, clearly unstable, made more fragile by their personal traumas,used by the Leftwing Media as puppets.

And while we’re talking about media use and abuse, what about focusing on National Public Radio for putting out the disinformation that Representative Giffords died in the shooting. Her husband, Mark Kelly, had to hear the horrifying news on TV. Broke down crying, only later to find out that the information was wrong.

But that’s the left. No apologies and move along. [Full disclosure: I relied on the NPR reporting and passed it along via Twitter. I am profoundly sorry for putting forth such damaging misinformation. I, too, trusted the leftist media. Silly me.]

They’ll use and abuse whomever they need to in order to prove a point. Children singing propaganda for President Obama? No problem. Mother losing her mind over the loss of her son? No biggie. Crazy man recovering from being shot? A-ok.

It’s appalling how easily the left slithers onto its next prey using their own people as ostensible trap-bait.

So, remember Eric Fuller, useful injured/idiot. He’s just another soldier lost in the Leftist war against the Right.

The rule for the left is “by any means necessary”–even if it means destroying their own.

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New Health Insurance Rating Rules: Destabilizing Markets and Driving up Costs

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/01/Obamacare-and-Insurance-Rating-Rules-Increasing-Costs-and-Destabilizing-Markets

New Health Insurance Rating Rules: Destabilizing Markets and Driving up Costs: "PPACA’s age-rating rules and blanket prohibition on preexisting-condition exclusions will destabilize insurance markets."

Greenpeace Founder Questions Man-Made Global Warming

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/greenpeace-founder-questions-man-made-global-warming/

Greenpeace Founder Questions Man-Made Global Warming: "

Patrick Moore, co-founder of the environmental organization Greenpeace, isn’t too hot about global warming. Appearing on Fox Business Network with Stuart Varney on Thursday, he said global warming is a “natural phenomenon,” there’s no proof of man-made global warming, and suggested that “alarmism” is driving politicians to create bad environmental policies. He also said he’s not the only environmentalist that believes like him:

Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com

Moore is the author of the book, “Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist,” in which he exposes the green movement and explains why he left the organization.

While talking with Varney, he explained that departure was in part due to the group’s “extremist positions” and it being hijacked by political and social causes as well as the left:

Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com

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What Do You Call $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts? A Good Start

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/01/20/what-do-you-call-2-5-trillion-in-spending-cuts-a-good-start/

What Do You Call $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts? A Good Start: "

The new Congress has made spending reduction a priority. This week, Members are getting to work on that promise.

Yesterday, by a vote of 245–189, the House passed legislation to fully repeal Obamacare. The new health law represents unsustainable new spending, including an expansion of Medicaid and the creation of a new health entitlement. On paper, this massive growth in government is paid for by burdensome new taxes and unrealistic cuts to Medicare. But at the end of the day, Obamacare will explode the deficit, and its repeal is the only fiscally responsible way to move forward.

Today, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) will advance its promise to cut federal spending and reduce the size of government by introducing the Spending Reduction Act of 2011. Representative Jim Jordan (R–OH), RSC Chairman, visited The Heritage Foundation today to unveil the details of the proposal, of which he is the main sponsor.

Jordan warned that the United States follows close behind countries like Ireland and Greece on the road to financial crisis. Steps must be taken now to avoid such an outcome. The proposal would cap non-defense discretionary spending at 2008 levels for the remainder of this fiscal year. From then on, the cap would be reduced to 2006 levels. The legislation would rescind unspent stimulus and reduce or eliminate upwards of 50 government programs. Reductions in the federal workforce by 15 percent and a freeze on government employee salaries for five years are also included. More details will be needed to reach the target, but these are good steps toward that goal.

Altogether, the legislation would create $2.5 trillion in savings over the next decade, significantly reducing the federal budget. But Jordan says this proposal should be seen as the beginning, not the final solution. He also hopes to see enacted the full $100 billion in cuts that were promised by congressional leadership, not a prorated amount as a result of the passing of almost half of the fiscal year. By setting a good, necessary target for the new Congress’s first steps toward controlling spending, this goal sets an excellent precedent for fiscal responsibility.

Budgets are about setting priorities and making tradeoffs to achieve those priorities. One priority that must be met is keeping America strong, which means adequately funding defense. In its Solutions for America series, Heritage set a goal for Congress to achieve a minimum of $170 billion in annual savings by fiscal year 2012. The $100 billion in non-defense spending is a good start, but more will be necessary. Congress should also reclaim unspent taxpayer funds in unobligated balances of appropriations. They should ensure that future unemployment assistance be offset by spending cuts elsewhere and establish reasonable limits on welfare spending. Finally, it is impossible to tackle runaway spending without transforming entitlement programs—Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security—so that they operate in a more effective and affordable manner. If nothing is done, these programs will be the source of skyrocketing deficits projected in decades to come.

The Spending Reduction Act of 2011 is a good first step to putting the nation’s fiscal house back in order. Moving forward, more details will be needed to enact these cuts and additional cuts will have to be made in following years. As Jordan told the Heritage audience, discipline will mean doing what is needed, not what is convenient. This is what the American people expect as a result of the November 2010 elections, and Congress should ensure that it happens.

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In The Green Room: Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan Championing Conservatism in the 112th

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/01/20/in-the-green-room-ohio-congressman-jim-jordan-championing-conservatism-in-the-112th/

In The Green Room: Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan Championing Conservatism in the 112th: "

An outspoken conservative leader in the House, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) appeared at The Heritage Foundation this morning to outline how to champion conservative values in the 112th Congress. Before today’s event, the Congressman sat down with us to talk about the repeal of Obamacare and the effort to wrangle federal spending under control.

The new chair of the Republican Study Committee, Jordan has locked onto the federal government’s spending addiction and plans to work with his colleagues to tackle this persistent and critical problem. “The next six month will really all be about how we allocate and spend taxpayer money,” he explained, “We’ve got the continuing resolution, the budget fight, the debt ceiling issue, and then the 12 appropriations bills. It’s all about stopping the ridiculous spending.”

Towards that goal, Jordan, along with Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) and Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) unveiled the Spending Reduction Act this afternoon which seeks to cut $2.5 trillion in federal spending. This plan follows a similarly ambitious plan from our own Brian Riedl which outlined $343 billion in spending cuts that Congress could make in the federal budget immediately.

In the interview, Congressman Jordan emphasized his belief that the American people were ready to be treated as adults and have serious national conversations about the direction of our country:

“In my time in public life, I’ve never seen the American people more ready, more receptive to the tough-love measures that need to be taken to put our country on the right path. The question is whether the politicians get it … and I think they do.”

We here at The Heritage Foundation, along with Americans all across the country, will be watching closely over the next year to make sure they do.

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Dictatorship by Executive Order Could Be Headed Our Way; We Must Stop It

http://usactionnews.com/2011/01/dictatorship-by-executive-order-could-be-headed-our-way-we-must-stop-it/

Dictatorship by Executive Order Could Be Headed Our Way; We Must Stop It: "

Obama is wickedly distractful and able to make horrible decisions like ObamaCare, START treaty and egregiously misdirected spending and piling our national debt into the massive trillions of dollars and yet to keep fooling the voters into thinking these things are of no problem to the people.

By Jerry McConnell at Canada Free Press

EXCERPTS:

USJF Executive Director Gary G. Kreep, Esq., explains “Yes, Executive Orders are unconstitutional, as they are simply interoffice memos from the “boss” of the Executive Branch to his employees. And, in precisely the same vein, “Secretarial Orders,” the new “under the radar slider” used by Mr. Obama’s department heads, are equally unconstitutional. Executive Orders and Secretarial Orders bypass the U.S. Congress, which Barack Obama no longer controls.

“Mr. Obama is determined to circumvent the United States Congress on issues that he cannot pursue through legislation—-and, since all of his social progressive mandates are pretty much unconstitutional, he fully intends to operate as a Dictator, while he pretends to be a moderate, Constitutional, Democrat.”

This man is such an arrogant, narcissistic self-adoring tyrant I do believe that he already thinks he is a divine ruler of the people; and the really and truly sad part of it is that, in spite of what he has shown and what we know about his faults and power-hungry plans, almost half of the country’s voters STILL believe he is doing a good job of running the country.

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DeMint warns of bankruptcy, draconian tax increases, and economic stagnation – offers plan to cut $2.5 trillion

http://usactionnews.com/2011/01/demint-warns-of-bankruptcy-draconian-tax-increases-and-economic-stagnation-offers-plan-to-cut-2-5-trillion/

DeMint warns of bankruptcy, draconian tax increases, and economic stagnation – offers plan to cut $2.5 trillion: "

Unless Washington takes swift action to cut spending, we will chain our children to debt and rob them of opportunity to reach for the American Dream. On its own, passing the Spending Reduction Act will not get us over the finish line — but we will get a $2.5 trillion head start.

By: Jim DeMint, Jim Jordan, and Scott Garrett at Washington Examiner

EXCERPTS:

When Nancy Pelosi became speaker of the House in January 2007, it stood at $8.6 trillion. Today, Americans must shoulder a national debt weighing in at a whopping $14 trillion, and the mountain grows larger every day. By the end of this decade, President Obama’s budget projections show the national debt nearly doubling its current size to $26 trillion.

These sobering numbers represent the path to bankruptcy, draconian tax increases, and economic stagnation.

Known as the Spending Reduction Act, this bill makes major strides toward resolving the debt crisis by cutting $2.5 trillion of spending between now and 2021. Here’s how it works:

In the short term, the Spending Reduction Act makes $125 billion of immediate rescissions, which target money already approved by Congress, by cutting current spending back to 2008 levels and repealing the remaining funds from Obama’s failed “stimulus” package.

The largest step toward spending reduction begins with the start of the next fiscal year on Oct. 1. On that day, the bill further cuts non-defense discretionary spending to 2006 levels and implements a hard freeze through 2021.

This alone will save taxpayers $2.3 trillion. A portion of these savings come from reducing the size and cost of the civilian federal work force. Attrition will trim the work force by 15 percent, while salaries will go without automatic pay increases for the next five years.

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Financial meltdown in state budgets: Day of Reckoning

Late-Stage Animal Farm

The Market Is Overbought, Overextended And Overvalued

Expose the Public Pension Mess

When the money runs out

John Williams: Hyperinflation Will Start in the Next Couple Months

10 Signs That Confidence In U.S. Treasuries Is Dying And Financial Armageddon Approaches

The Only Thing That Will Save Us Now Is Fear Itself

Outlook for the economy – grim

US may lose Aaa credit rating with flawed tax deal

Is the GOP ignoring anti-spending message?

State and local pension shortfalls over $3.5 TRILLION

Will 2011 Be The Year The Von Mises Prophecy Comes True?

The Lesson of the Tax Deal and the Deficit: Teach Your Kids Chinese

Washington Orders Another Free Lunch

Obama’s Emerging Enabling Act

The Fed creates money out of thin air

Is the Fed losing control?

Persian Gulf Economists Are Giving Up On The Dollar, Encouraging Move To Gold

Fact, Fiction & Finally the Fix

The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments

OPEC: If America Wants To Devalue The Dollar Then It Better Be Ready For $100+ Oil

Soaring Gold and a Sinking Dollar Signal Trouble Ahead

Gold at $8,250?

Will the dollar’s death surprise you?

Factors that will Determine the Future

Senator Judd Gregg on the inevitable fiscal meltdown

Banking System is Hopelessly Insolvent

Top Republicans caution the Fed on printing money

Has the Fed Been a Failure?

A REAL SIMPLE explanation of how the FED is ruining your economy

Economic Suicide the Keynesian Way

Inflation is a sneaky tax

What’s Next? Buckle Up

Death of the Dollar

The Great Weaponless Conquest of America

Bernanke’s Cowardice Has Sealed Our Fate

Ben Bernanke and QE must be STOPPED

Federal Reserve celebrates 100 years of enslaving America

The Fed is running the country right into the ground as a result of their ignorance

Soros Bets on U.S. Financial Collapse

How Did A Single Unconstitutional Agency Become The Most Powerful Organization In America?

The Fed’s “War on Wealth” and the Risk of Default

This guy is in charge of the economy?

Beck: Devaluing the Dollar

Food, apparel prices rising

Fed to Buy Extra $600 Billion of US I.O.U’s

I have not yet begun to fight!

Fed Easing May Mean 20% Dollar Drop: Bill Gross

Hyperinflation Forecast

The US $200-Trillion Debt Which Cannot Be Named

A Society of Beggars? Obama Battles Reagan

Mad Fed Should Beware Unquantifiable Outcomes

Burning your money?

Global food crisis forecast as prices reach record highs

The Fed is lying about inflation

Dollar fall sparks stability warnings

Fed Wants to Hoodwink Public, Only Fools Itself: Caroline Baum

For Orderly Dissolution Of The Fed, Before It Does Us Even More Harm

Will the Fed Burn More of Your Money?

The Disgraceful State of Our Government

Is Keynesianism a socialist Maneuver?

Economic Forecasts and Why They Should Not be Trusted

Three Horrifying Facts About the US Debt “Situation”

Obama and Ben Bernanke Have Us Facing the Abyss

Bernanke Tells the Truth: The United States is on the Brink of Financial Disaster

Greenspan Says U.S. Creating `Scary’ Deficit as Borrowing Rises

Interview with Garland Tucker on “The High Tide of American Conservatism”

Fed Officials Mull Inflation as a Fix

The Psychopathology of Government and its Agents

A fair warning of where we are headed

The Feds’ Disease: Spending! (Part 1)

IMF Warns Western Economies Mired in ‘Near Depression’

With Obama taxes are about ideology not economics

"

Video: Sheila Jackson Lee defends her absurd comments that repealing ObamaCare is unconstitutional and will kill people with absurd backdrop

by The blogprof

Video: Sheila Jackson Lee defends her absurd comments that repealing ObamaCare is unconstitutional and will kill people with absurd backdrop: "Last we saw Jackson Lee, she was busy taking hypocrisy and absurdity to new heights: Video of Sheila Jackson Lee: Repeal of ObamaCare is UNCONSTITUTIONAL! For the record, Jackson Lee is a pro-abort that has no problem robbing the unborn of their unalienable right to life against the 5th and 14th amendment and against God's law against murder:

She defended those comments. But not only did she defend them, check out the backdrop that she used in talking with Neil Cavuto:

Via Allahpundit:

Bonus fact: As Cavuto notes, the woman pictured in the photo is a Medicare recipient. Not only will she not lose her coverage if O-Care is repealed, it’s precisely because so many voters fear the consequences to Medicare from passing ObamaCare that the Democrats were destroyed among seniors last November.

Incidentally, what if this kicks off a trend and other pols start doing news segments with DIY backdrops? For his next interview on ObamaCare, Paul Ryan should get a giant photo of a pile of money burning and have it pasted to his shoulders behind his neck.

Or wear it like a tiara, something not uncommon to Detroit City Council members:

Detroit City Council member Barbara Rose Collins

"

Video of #3 Dem Jim Clyburn: Obamacare the 21st Century Civil Rights Act & Only Racists Would Want to Repeal It Or Something

by The blogprof

Video of #3 Dem Jim Clyburn: Obamacare the 21st Century Civil Rights Act & Only Racists Would Want to Repeal It Or Something: "Good grief:

The real civil rights fight of the 21st century is abortion, a practice that robs babies of their guaranteed unalienable right to life in the 5th and 14th amendments to the US Constitution. It is a practice that Clyburn fully endorses, even though the argument is that unborn babies are not persons - the same argument that was used against blacks to enslave them and again strip them of their 5th amendment rights (the 14th wasn't around yet in those days). Shame on you, Clyburn!

"

US Rep Gary Peters (MI-9) Still Claims AZ Shooting Occurred Because Of 'Violent Rhetoric'. TIME Mag: Blaming Rhetoric 'Completely Idiotic'

by The blogprof

US Rep Gary Peters (MI-9) Still Claims AZ Shooting Occurred Because Of 'Violent Rhetoric'. TIME Mag: Blaming Rhetoric 'Completely Idiotic': "Well this sure fits. After the ultra-liberal TIME Magazine admitted that blaming political rhetoric for the shooting is 'completely idiotic,' sole survivor of the bloodbath that Democrats took in November Gary Peters had this via The Michigan View: Peters: 'Violent rhetoric' shot Giffords. For the record, the Arizona shooter was a 'left-wing pothead' that didn't even listen to politics. Peters is apparently stuck on stupid:

While the link between alleged Tucson killer Jared Loughner and Tea Party rhetoric has long since been obliterated by press reports that he was mentally disturbed and unengaged in politics, prominent Democrats continue to try and use the violent rhetoric narrative to gain political advantage in the new Congress.

'Those who say right-wing rhetoric was the one factor tipping Loughner misunderstand the complex nature of psychosis,' concludes even left-wing Time magazine. 'In short, saying Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck caused Loughner's actions is, to put it charitably, completely idiotic.'

Apparently, stupid is as stupid does:

Yet, incredibly, Michigan Rep.Gary Peters (R-Bloomfield Townshop) ' over a week after the shootings - tried to draft Martin Luther King as an ally in the political-speech-drove-Loughner-over-the-edge campaign. 'The rhetoric of violence,' Peters told supporters in a completely idiotic email after the MLK holiday, is to blame.

'Last week when I began to prepare my remarks for the MLK day celebrations I would be soon attending, I found myself struggling,' the 'Peters for Congress' missive began innocently enough. 'My heart was heavy. I had just attended the prayer service for my friend and colleague, Gaby Giffords and the too many victims of the mass shooting in Arizona.'

'So I turned to one of my treasured possessions: a book of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s writings autographed by his late wife, Coretta Scott King,' he continued, soulfully. 'Dr. King taught us peace; in the face of hate, he taught us understanding.'

But then came the political knife.

'We must. . . reject hyperbole and the rhetoric of violence and to see them only as barriers to coming together to face the challenges we confront as a nation and a people,' he concluded.

And there you have it. 'The rhetoric of violence' shot Gabrielle Giffords.

Does that mean that he is repudiating the Democrat machine and the Daily Kos? Democrats had a map with bullseyes on them well before the Palin map, a fact I mentioned in a post from last year (theblogprof on 'Off The Record' with Tim Skubick, April 9, 2010). Here's one that appears on this page of the Democratic Leadership Committee website (dated 2004 during the Bush years):

The liberal Daily Kos put a bullseye on Giffords in 2008 (via HillBuzz):

What say you, Gary Peters?

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Reuters: Obama Administration Won’t Tighten Up on Illegal Immigrants in the Job Market Because Majority of Hispanics Vote Democrat

by Jim Hoft

Reuters: Obama Administration Won’t Tighten Up on Illegal Immigrants in the Job Market Because Majority of Hispanics Vote Democrat: "

Over a million immigrants, many of them illegal, gained employment in the United States the last two years. But the Obama Administration won’t tighten up on illegal immigration because Hispanics are a key base for the Democratic Party.

Reuters reported:

Over the past two years, as U.S. unemployment remained near double-digit levels and the economy shed jobs in the wake of the financial crisis, over a million foreign-born arrivals to America found work, many illegally.

Those are among the findings of a review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau data conducted exclusively for Reuters by researchers at the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston…

…With a national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent, domestic job creation is at the top of President Barack Obama’s agenda and such findings could add to calls to tighten up on illegal immigration. But much of it is Hispanic and the growing Latino vote is a key base for Obama’s Democratic Party.

…From 2008 to 2010, 1.1 million new migrants who have entered America since 2008 landed jobs, even as U.S. household employment declined by 6.26 million over that same period.

But in a sign of the times, the pace of job growth for new arrivals has also slowed, to an average of 550,000 a year from 2008 to 2010 from over 750,000 a year from 2000 to 2008.

This is allowed by the Obama Administration despite the fact that the unemployment rate is near “Depression scale” levels for Americans without a high school diploma.

But the demographic profile of the immigrants who are still landing jobs is slanted to the young, uneducated, unskilled or semi-skilled. Accommodations and food services, for example, was a sector that employed over 144,000 new arrivals — the biggest group of employed new immigrants. These would be jobs such as hotel maids and dishwashers.

And 42 percent of the 1.1 million were under 30.

The unemployment rate for all Americans without a high school diploma in this age group is about 27 percent to 29 percent — a level that Sum says is “Depression scale.”

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FOX Poll: Only 42% Would Reelect Obama… 51% Would Vote For Someone Else

by Jim Hoft

FOX Poll: Only 42% Would Reelect Obama… 51% Would Vote For Someone Else: "

The 111th Congress Added More Debt Than First 100 Congresses Combined: $10,429 Per Person in U.S.

It was historic.

Barack Obama tripled the national deficit in one year. When Speaker Pelosi took over Congress the national deficit was $162 billion. When she exited in 2011 as Speaker it was at $1.29 Trillion dollars.

Obama topped a trillion dollars his second year, too.



(The Captain’s Comments)

Spending was up 84% under Obama.

That’s not all…

Barack Obama is the worst jobs president since the Great Depression and possibly the worst jobs president in US history.

So it comes as no surprise that a majority of Americans don’t want to see Obama reelected.

51% say they would vote for someone else. Only 41% say they would vote for Obama.

FOX News reported:

At least democrats like him.

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The Facts on Rising Red Tape: A Response to The Washington Post

Do regulatory costs matter? Not quite, according to the January 14 "Fact Checker" column on WashingtonPost.com.

The column, by Glenn Kessler, criticizes Heritage's recent "Red Tape Rising" report, which documented the growing cost of federal regulation in fiscal 2010. Noting that the study has been prominently cited by Rep. Darrell Issa (R–CA), the new chairman of the House Oversight Committee, he awards Issa a metaphorical "Pinocchio" for using data from the report. (Issa was given a second Pinocchio for using a study commissioned by the Small Business Administration on the total cost of regulation.)

Kessler seems eager to call the Congressman a wooden-headed liar, but you'd think he would at least identify a misstatement or some kind of error in the Heritage report before leveling the charge. He does not, although Kessler does manage to misinterpret or misstate some facts himself.

His primary criticism isn't that we had our facts wrong about the cost of regulation but that regulatory cost in and of itself is not relevant to policymaking. It's enough to leave Geppetto himself scratching his head.

The approach we used in the Heritage study was direct. We took regulatory agencies' own estimates of the costs of major new rules being imposed during the fiscal year and made them consistent as to inflation and discount rates. The result: a total reported cost for major new regulations. For fiscal 2010, that cost—from 43 separate major rules adopted—was some $28 billion, or $26.5 billion when the small amount of deregulation achieved is netted out.

(Kessler cites unnamed Administration officials who suggest that the largest component of this total—some $10 billion to meet new fuel economy standards—represented double-counting. Our figure, however, is consistent with the analysis by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and we stand by it.)

Kessler contrasts the approach used in our study with that of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), stating that OMB looks at costs over a 10-year period. It does, but OMB also reports annually on the cost of new regulations adopted that year. Rather than conflict with the OMB approach, our methodology was actually based on OMB's. In fact, "Red Tape Rising's" historical data on regulatory costs came directly from OMB. Our only addition was data for fiscal year 2010, which was obtained from reports by the various regulatory agencies.

The Fact Checker column does identify one difference between our methodology and OMB's: OMB does not include rules from independent agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission or the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is hardly a flaw, though. Costs imposed by these agencies are as real to the average American as costs from other agencies, and they should not be ignored.

Kessler also argues that Obama cannot be held responsible for all of the rules adopted during the past year, suggesting that some were imposed by court order and others were begun under his predecessor. Well, no one said he was. Our methodology was not tailored to make Obama look bad. It's the same methodology we used in reports issued during the Bush Administration. The primary purpose of our report is to quantify the cost of regulation, not to assess blame.

That said, it would hardly be unfair to assign the Obama Administration primary responsibility for the size of last year's regulatory tsunami. Obama initiatives ranging from fuel economy standards to health care regulations vaulted regulatory costs to unprecedented levels. Conversely, instances of the Administration working to limit regulatory costs were virtually non-existent.

Rather than deny responsibility for increased regulation, the Administration has eagerly claimed credit for it, pointing out the benefits of new rules. And that leads to Kessler's primary criticism about "Red Tape Rising": It calculates costs rather than benefits. This, he says, "is like focusing … only on the calories in a meal and ignoring the nutritional content." But regardless of nutritional value, it's worthwhile to know how many calories you are taking in, or you will get awfully fat.

Moreover, Kessler seems to assume that if the benefits of a rule exceed its costs, the rule is automatically good and just policy. It isn't. For starters, it's extremely difficult to measure—much less predict—benefits. And as a result, regulators calculate benefits far less often than they calculate costs.

But even when benefits can be calculated with some reasonable pretense of accuracy, this does not negate the costs. For starters, the recipients of the benefit are usually not the same people who pay the costs. The costs do not disappear—they still have an impact on those who must pay.

More fundamentally, even if well-justified, any new mandate or restriction imposed by government increases the role of government in the economy and in our daily lives. It may be good for some people—it may even be necessary—but each new rule nevertheless incrementally reduces the ability of Americans to make decisions for themselves.

For these reasons, policymakers such as Issa are quite correct to keep an eye on the overall amount of regulation being imposed on Americans. And reporting that is the point of—not a flaw in—Heritage's report.

Co-authored by Diane Katz.

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/01/20/the-facts-on-rising-red-tape-a-response-to-the-washington-post/

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