In order to protect our religious liberties from unwarranted and unprecedented government intrusion, the Archdiocese of New York has filed suit in federal court today seeking to block the recent Health and Human Services mandate that unconstitutionally attempts to define the nature of the Church’s religious ministry and would force religious employers to violate their consciences. The Diocese of Rockville Centre has joined in the lawsuit.

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The number of radical hate groups and militias has exploded in recent years in reaction to the changing makeup of America, and new census figures showing the majority of babies born in 2011 were non-white could fuel those simmering tensions, experts who track hate groups warned.

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A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a part of the National Defense Authorization Act that opponents claim could subject them to indefinite military detention for activities including news reporting and political activism.

U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan today ruled in favor of a group of writers and activists who sued President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the Defense Department, claiming a provision of the act, signed into law Dec. 31, puts them in fear that they could be arrested and held by U.S. armed forces.

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Amid shouts of "What about free speech?"
In the middle of an event to extol the virtues of the U.S. Constitution and "American Laws For American Courts," the audience learned first-hand how easy it is to lose their freedom of Speech and Assembly.
Amid shouts of "What about free speech?" from the audience, the Allegan Police Department ordered the event shut-down. School officials notified police that they had received a letter complaining about the event from Dawud Walid, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI). The letter asked the school to disallow the event despite an existing contract. CAIR was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism funding trial in U. S. history, U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation.
As a result, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced today that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR- MI), its Executive Director, the City of Allegan, the Allegan Police Department and the School District were named as defendants in a thirty-four page civil rights lawsuit filed in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Michigan, this morning. The claims included constitutional and contract violations. Click here for copy of federal complaint.

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In a chilling segment on Monday’s Glenn Beck Program, former National Security Agency (NSA) employees discussed how they were targeted by the U.S. government — some even held at gunpoint — and explained in disturbing detail how NSA is gathering information on citizens across the country. Diane Roark, Bill Binney, Kirk Wiebe and Tom Drake, the former NSA executive who was charged under the Espionage Act, all weighed in.

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There has been no shortage of outrage and controversy surrounding the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate, as the Catholic Church, among others, stands firmly opposed to the requirement. But despite the ongoing dispute and concerns over religious freedom, First Lady Michelle Obama praised the mandate at a campaign event on Tuesday evening.

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What the heck is going on in America? In less than a week’s time a second state has put a foot down making it clear that it will not cooperate with Federal Law which is blatantly unconstitutional. Yesterday Arizona became the second state to pass a nullification of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).  After months of political acrobatics the Arizona Senate passed SB 1182 known as the Liberty Preservation Act, by a vote of 20 – 8 with two senators not voting. More strongly worded than the Virginia law passed last week as reported in the previous article First State to Defy the Federal Government, Virginia Nullifies NDAA, the Arizona version also makes it a crime for  any public officer, state government agent or employee to assist in the “kidnapping” of an American citizen by the federal government under the NDAA. Read the whole  bill below because it’s really quite good in comparison to Virginia’s.

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President Barack Obama sat down with Rolling Stone for an hour long interview, which the editors there are billing the "most substantive interview the president has granted in over a year." The president used the opportunity to single out two conservative Americans for attack.

The president was asked, "Is there any way to break through that obstructionism by Republicans?"

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More than 500 Catholic men recently walked a mile in the rain in Peoria, Illinois. Their mission was to show the community their willingness to defend their Catholic faith against the threats being posed by the new Obama mandate. Why? Because, as Peoria’s bishop Daniel R. Jenky put it, “We must be a fearless army of Catholic men, ready to give everything we have for the Lord, who gave everything for our salvation.”

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SOUTH BEND, Indiana, April 23, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - After an IRS complaint from an secularist group and other criticism, Peoria Bishop Daniel Jenky is now facing a petition by Notre Dame faculty to have him removed from the Catholic university’s board of fellows.

The action comes in response to a strongly worded homily denouncing President Obama’s HHS mandate, in which the bishop said that in his attacks on freedom of religion the president “seems intent on following a similar path” as past totalitarian dictators such as Hitler and Stalin.

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Roman Catholic leaders are calling for two weeks of public protests against President Barack Obama's policies as they intensify their argument that the administration is engaged in a war on religion.

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“This fall, every practicing Catholic must vote, and must vote their Catholic consciences, or by the following fall our Catholic schools, our Catholic hospitals, our Catholic Newman Centers, all our public ministries - only excepting our church buildings – could easily be shut down,” he said.

On Thursday, the Washington-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State claimed the homily violated federal law by taking sides in a political campaign.

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On the occasion of receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970, Aleksandr Solzhen

itsyn spoke of the ideological manipulation of history that occurred under Soviet Communism. It was, he said, “a closing, a locking up, of the national heart, [and an] amputation of the national memory.” He warned that when this happens, a nation “has no memory of its own self. It is deprived of its spiritual unity. And even though compatriots apparently speak the same language, they suddenly cease to understand one another.”

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My old-school, pre-viral readership knows all about my first foray into "activism", which happened in 2010. I leased a billboard on a very busy stretch of I-70 in Kansas, just a mile west of Ft. Riley, home of the First Infantry Division. The text of the billboard was:

OBAMA IS A FRAUD.
DEMAND RESIGNATION NOW.
God Bless America!

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McMillan Fiberglass Stocks, McMillan Firearms Manufacturing and McMillan Group International have been collectively banking with Bank of America for 12 years. But no more: In a recent meeting, the mega-bank told the firearms company that its business is no longer welcome.

Operations director Kelly McMillan told the Daily Caller that his company has never been late on a payment and has never bounced a check. The debt outstanding on its line of credit is at 61 percent.

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     Another slimy Communist scab faced, puss infected Marxist in the Congress is now trying to change the First Amendment of the US Constitution. He wants to gag corporations and non-profit companies in an attempt to deny the CEO's and employees of their First Amendment Rights and to make their speech regulated by the government.

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Boy are Americans this stupid to believe anything associated with the hoodlum in white house anymore? I think it is very important that truth prevails no matter what the subject is, so I obtained expert insight and comment from a doctor concerning the claims of this phony “commy operative” for the head Marxist in the white house, and his criminal associates attempting to create fake crisis, attempt to create a “Republican hate women campaign issue” out of thin air to distract all Americans from the real issues going into the November elections.

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Comparing Obama to Hitler is something that the liberal/left used to blame on the Tea Party. However, posters and signs showing Obama with a Hitler moustache were inevitably traced to followers of Lyndon LaRouche. They sometimes tried to portray themselves as conservatives, but in reality LaRouche is a former Marxist who ran for president as a Democrat. They like to cause deliberate political confusion.

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The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

In an interview with the Guardian, Brin warned there were "very powerful forces that have lined up against the open internet on all sides and around the world". "I am more worried than I have been in the past," he said. "It's scary."

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It’s been a long and seemingly never-ending battle between the Obama administration and the Catholic Church. With most faith leaders still uncomfortable with the government’s contraception mandate, the stalemate between the two parties hasn’t improved much in recent weeks. On Thursday, in response to this ongoing fight and a perceived increase in threats against liberty for people of faith, the Church announced a new religious freedom campaign.

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It is fairly obvious Obama and Congress rushed through H.R. 347 in order to curtail demonstrations that will undoubtedly occur during both Democrat and Republican conventions this summer. Also known as the “Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011,” the bill makes it a felony to disrupt or protest at any place or event attended by any person with secret service protection.

 

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Ed. Note: Any time the subject of third party / independent run has come up, Gov. Palin has said she will not pursue such an endeavor. The subject arises occasionally, because many conservatives are highly dissatisfied with the prospect of a Romney nomination. When the GOP runs a big government progressive against a Democratic big government progressive, the former loses. We are, however, mainly a two-party system and a third party run by Gov. Palin would in fact catapult Obama back into office. She said so herself, per the link above.

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The first basic thing that needs to be done in the thought of friendship - throw all of societies values out the window!!!!

Friendship has to account for more than societies values these days.

Some questions that will bring to light the value that your friends that you have in your life are: Who do you trust? Who do you really trust, with your life and all that makes you - you?

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We read something every year, especially around Christmas, of another person or group attacking religion. The examples are endless, from schools canceling Christmas celebrations to crèches being barred on government property, and let’s not forget the cross in the Mojave Desert. We have witnessed public prayer being banned from schools, graduation ceremonies, before sporting events; the insanity of students being suspended for ‘Tebowing’. We have witnessed the acceptance of the image of Jesus on a crucifix covered in ants and in a jar with urine and told it was art.

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A t-shirt business in Lexington, Kentucky has drawn the ire of critics after refusing to print shirts for the city’s annual gay pride parade. The company, called Hands On Originals, told parade organizers that its Christian beliefs are the reason that it has declined the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization of Lexington’s (GLSO) request.

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Citizens4Freedom Newsletter

Hello Citizens,

Please feel free to share this newsletter with your family and friends. 

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No one is seeking to outlaw contraception. Contraception is readily available across the country at a low cost. Many insurance plans already cover it, and for those whose plans do not, low-cost riders are often available. Access to contraception is not threatened. The question Americans face is whether or not the federal government has the power to force people to purchase a product which violates their consciences and the free exercise of their religion, contravening the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

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GOSHEN - As many as 200 people are gathered outside the Orange County Government Center for the nationwide Rally for Religious Freedom, a protest against a federal mandate involving insurance coverage for birth control.

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By Michelle Hieronymi Monroe Tea Party

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This month marked 2 years since Obamacare  was signed into law, against the will of the American people.

On Friday, March 23^rd, about 500 energized people stood together in Goshen, N.Y. against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate (part of Obamacare).  This law forces religious institutions to provide services that directly contradict the teachings of their faith and strips away 1^st Amendment rights. 

Click here for full article

 Click here for more videos.

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The city of Chicago moves to criminalize citizen journalism with new law that makes it a felony with 15 year incarceration sentence. If you freelance video tape events, freelance writer (Internet) with video on events, speeches, and issues you can be arrested in Chicago's jurisdiction. It is a felony with penalty of up to 15 year imprisonment. This brings to mind the people in China being run over by tanks in Tiananmen Square...... Get involved immediately with your local and national Constitutional organizations today. Support your local organizations fighting to protect Freedom & Liberty today. Support your local churches in their rallies to protect Religious freedom today..

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On Friday March 23, 2012, a group of 1300 people gathered outside the Health and Human Services building in Washington D.C. to protest President Obama’s HHS mandate included in Obamacare, calling it an attack on Freedom of Religion and a violation of the First Amendment. MRCTV’s Joe Schoffstall went to the rally to ask those in attendance, including Lila Rose and Star Parker, what they thought of the media labeling Republicans who don’t agree with the mandate as launching a “War on Women.”

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If I were Satan, I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg, and the symbol of Christmas, a bottle.

If  I were the devil, I would take from those who have and I would give to those who wanted, until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious.

And then, my police state would force everybody back to work.

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I'm getting really, really sick of these pundits and talking heads on the so-called "right" clucking their tongues at the unwashed masses and telling us that we're crazy and paranoid to be the least bit concerned each and every time the Obama regime takes another stride toward totalitarianism. And it is EACH AND EVERY TIME.

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The descent into total and abject tyranny is almost complete. With President Obama's latest executive order, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESOURCES PREPAREDNESS ACT, he has granted himself the authority to declare peacetime martial law. This Executive Order was posted on the WhiteHouse.gov web site on Friday, March 16, 2012.

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While much of the nation was focused on the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, the White House quietly released news that has nonetheless caught the attention of – and outraged – many Catholics and defenders of religious liberty.

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NATIONAL DEFENSE RESOURCES PREPAREDNESS

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

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Catholics under attack (video) - Glenn Beck

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Will you vote the values that will stand the test of fire? Some things are more important than high gas prices or a faltering economy. They are life, marriage and freedom. This November, Catholics must stand up and protect their sacred rights and duties.

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By the way ...

Last month, the conservative side of politics lost a champion of truth and a strong voice in the conservative movement with the passing of Andrew Breitbart. He was a man of high intellect, vision and courage. He never backed away from a fight and was responsible for turning out those who sought to endear themselves at the public trough via their egregious actions and poor moral values. He disclosed them and brought them to the bar of justice for the American people to see and judge for themselves. He was a great example for all of us to aspire to. We cannot allow his passing to be just a closing of another chapter in the fortunes of America. We must carry his part of the burden he was so willing to share for all of us.

In freedom and in purpose, I am

Jerry Molen

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House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi was a guest at the third annual Women in the World summit hosted by Newsweek and the Daily Beast in New York City this weekend. Speakers at the conference included Angelina Jolie, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett. During “A Conversation with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi,“ the Minority Leader used choice phrases like ”the war on women“ and ”a lack of respect for the opinion of women in making their own decisions” to demean those who do not believe religious colleges should be forced to pay for their students’ birth control, which Georgetown Law Student Sandra Fluke infamously testified can cost over $3,000 during law school.

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The Obama Regime has mandated that Americans MUST fund abortion by exactly one dollar per month. This is done by mandating that the service commodity of health insurance must be purchased as a condition of lawful residency in the United States.

Caesar Tyrannus Obama, I will not submit.

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St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday rooted in Christian values, however secular celebrations are also regularly held to commemorate the day. In fact, for a great many, the religious tones aren’t even a consideration, as alcohol, Shamrock shakes and other fun-filled elements regularly dominate the day’s observations. Somehow, though, the holiday is reportedly still too religious for one Massachusetts elementary school.

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Tell someone that you believe in God and see what happens, you might be surprised, especially in what you see in your own friends, and maybe, even in your own family. There will be a distance felt between some of the closest people to you. What you see will or wont say much about their loyalty, or the value of their own lives for that matter, when you think that God is viable and substantive in terms of life, and yet some in your life will distance themselves from him and you.

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(AP) CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken the unusual step of issuing a permit allowing an American Indian tribe to kill two bald eagles for religious purposes.

The agency's decision comes after the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming filed a federal lawsuit last year contending the refusal to issue such permits violates tribal members' religious freedom. Although thousands of American Indians apply for eagle feathers and carcasses from a federal repository, permits allowing the killing of bald eagles are exceedingly rare, according to both tribal and legal experts on the matter.

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It’s official. The concern pro-life organizations had about the ObamaCare legislation funding abortions has been confirmed, as the Obama administration has issued the final rules on abortion funding governing the controversial health care law.

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The American culture wars are never far from the surface but on Friday they moved to a new level with the publication of a full-page advertisement in the New York Times that blames the Catholic Church for most of the world’s ills.

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• Fonda, Morgan, Steinem: Limbaugh long made racist, sexist, homophobic remarks
• His most recent incident drew strong rebuke, some advertisers have dropped him
• They say Clear Channel should dump him; if not FCC should evaluate station licenses
• Writers: Airwaves scarce government resource; his show not "in public interest"

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I know you apologized for calling 30-year-old Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute.” The language was certainly over the top. I know what you were thinking. Sometimes people need to be hit over the head with a 2×4 before something sinks in.

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After The Blaze reported on the poignant story of Jada Williams and her essay on “English Expressions from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” many of our readers expressed interest in reading her compete essay. With the author’s permission, we’ve reprinted it below.

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At Wings of Grace / The Box in the Corner, its life that is important, life and God, and the freedom to enjoy both. As such, it stands to reason that America and its Founding Fathers are open as a topic. We have the history at our fingertips, and there is no better place to go to for the true history of our grand country than to David Barton and his WallBuilders. So I got to thinking, and a good conversation would be in order, but with who? This is what I came up with, its not meant to be rude or factual in the manner of verbiage as if it were a play on some stage, but its meant to invoke thought. This is more of a prevalent [what if] pondering of thoughts, as to a chance meeting with the Father of this Country, in today’s world.

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I worry about my health a lot. Not because I’m unhealthy, but because I’m a hypochondriac. I don’t imagine symptoms, but when I do have symptoms, I became immediately and irrevocably convinced that they are cancer. Thanks, WebMD!

Most recently, back in October, I found a tiny red welt on my right breast. WebMD told me that I almost definitely had inflammatory breast cancer–a particularly aggressive strain. I called my boyfriend in the middle of the night and made him talk to me until the sun came up, so scared I was shaking all over. I thought of nothing but my imaginary cancer for three full days, until the red spot went away. My friend Destiny texted me regularly to ask how my cancer was doing. She and my mom and my boyfriend found my terror hilarious, but I don’t think they realized its depth.

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The president and liberals want to talk about a “war on women”? How about the war on conservative women? It’s happening, but liberals prefer to stay silent about it — when they’re not directly waging it.

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Is President Barack Obama America’s most “Biblically-hostile U.S. president?” This is the label that conservative historian David Bardon has given Obama, as the nation continues its debate over the president’s controversial contraceptive mandate.

But for Barton, the situation transcends the current discussion about religious freedom and the Catholic Church, as the frequent guest on Glenn Beck’s radio and television shows develops his provocative argument in detail. He writes:

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Remember Fr. Pontifex, the successful hip-hop artist who responded to Jefferson Bethke’s “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” phenomenon (we profiled him in February)?  He’s back with a new, freedom-filled spoken-word video. In the clip, entitled “We Hold These Truths,” the faith leader stands up for religious freedom and rails against the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate.

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How bad would a cyber attack be for one of the largest, most connected cities in the United States? U.S. senators will soon find out, as the White House prepares to show them just what would happen in a simulated an attack on New York City’s power grid and other infrastructure on a hot summer day.

With two bills in the Senate — one pushing for companies managing critical infrastructure to meet new security rules, the other avoiding such regulation — the effect of this “classified scenario” is what supporters hope will show senators how vital it is to increase cyber-protection on infrastructure companies. Reuters explains further:

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On Saturday, Carbonite CEO David Friend released a statement on his company’s website declaring that Carbonite had decided to “withdraw” advertising from Rush Limbaugh’s radio show in the wake of his controversial remarks involving Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke because it will “ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse”:

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In what is being described as an incident of racism, a school district in Texas has filed a complaint after some rival high school students chanted “U-S-A! U-S-A!” to celebrate a basketball victory. And some of the students involved have now been punished and forced to apologize.

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Blacklash - The insightful new book from Deneen Borelli

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Prior to her statements to congressional Democrats, did Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke have any prior connection to Obama administration officials?

Did the congresswomen who pushed Fluke’s testimony coordinate with a marketing and polling outfit that recently conducted a survey to determine whether contraception mandates can become a possible presidential election issue?

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So. Did you hear about Carbonite and Rush Limbaugh?

No, you didn't. Not the way you will in a minute. But first?

It's time to turn the tables.

It's time to stand up to the bullies.

It's time to Rally for Rush.

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Over the past week, the media firestorm surrounding Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke and Rush Limbaugh has eclipsed the larger issue of religious liberty that stands at the forefront of the contraception mandate.

With the distracting debate raging, Fluke has received the majority of the media attention surrounding the subject. New developments in the faith world, unfortunately, have gone unnoticed. Of particular note is a public letter that was penned on March 2 by Cardinal Timothy Dolan (also president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops).

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By now you know that a handful of companies have pulled their advertising from Rush, including AOL. This morning we learn that 2 radio stations have ceased to air his show. Funny isn’t it? There’s no problem with trampling on our Constitution – they keep donating to Obama - but say the word ‘slut’ about someone who wants US to pay for her birth control and religion be damned – well then hold on to your boot straps people!

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Occupy Wall Street has always had cutting edge gadgets and tech-savvy activists. Expensive Apple products were a signature of the movement from the start of the Zuccotti Park Occupation on September 17th, 2011.

But now Occupy has stepped up its digital game from laptops and webcams to a full-fledged “tactical propaganda vehicle.” It made its inaugural voyage around New York City last weekend.

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Sandra Fluke is being sold by the left as something she's not. Namely a random co-ed from Georgetown law who found herself mixed up in the latest front of the culture war who was simply looking to make sure needy women had access to birth control. That, of course, is not the case.

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s requirement that residents show a “good and substantial reason” to get a handgun permit is unconstitutional, according to a federal judge’s opinion filed Monday.

States can channel the way their residents exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms, but because Maryland’s goal was to minimize the number of firearms carried outside homes by limiting the privilege to those who could demonstrate “good reason,” it had turned into a rationing system, infringing upon residents’ rights, U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg wrote.

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Could protestors unknowingly run afoul of the Feds and face prison for exercising their First Amendment rights?

Yes, according to some analysts, and all that‘s needed is President Obama’s signature for a new law to give the Secret Service powers more befitting the Praetorian Guard.

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Timothy Cardinal Dolan ramped up the rhetoric in his battle with the White House over contraception policy yesterday — and promised some political payback.

“Don’t impose your teaching upon us and make us do as a church what we find unconscionable to do!” the freshly minted prince of the church told a roaring crowd of 1,000 at Holy Trinity Diocesan HS in Hicksville, LI, referring to a government plan to mandate that religious institutions provide free contraception to workers.

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The Los Angeles County coroner's office said it is awaiting the results of toxicology tests before releasing an official cause of death for conservative author and activist Andrew Breitbart, who died unexpectedly Thursday at age 43.

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GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert paying tribute to Andrew Breitbart on the Floor of the House of Representatives today. Andrew Breitbart passed away unexpectedly early this morning, reportedly collapsing outside his home in California while on a walk.

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The Obama administration’s contraception mandate may be motivated by saving lives, but according to one cardinal, it is likely to lead to heavy casualties in another respect. In a column posted at Catholic New World, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago weighs in with a dire warning:

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When the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments later this month on whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, which requires all Americans to buy or secure health insurance, oversteps Congress’ lawful authority to regulate interstate commerce, the Obama administration will be drawing heavily from the legal arguments of a surprising ally: conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.

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For me the interesting part of the story is the ever-evolving “coed”. I put that in quotes because in the beginning she was described as a Georgetown law student. It was then revealed that prior to attending Georgetown she was an active women’s right advocate. In one of her first interviews she is quoted as talking about how she reviewed Georgetown’s insurance policy prior to committing to attend, and seeing that it didn’t cover contraceptive services, she decided to attend with the express purpose of battling this policy.

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I’m a proud Georgetown woman upset about another Georgetown woman who may have no pride at all.  How else do you explain  - Ms. Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown Law student, now famous for testimony she never gave – jumping up to talk about her sex life (with the Senate Minority Leader and with the liberal media) and ask for the cost of her sex life to be subsidized by other students at a Jesuit School?

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Ever complain on Facebook that you were feeling "sick?" Told your friends to "watch" a certain TV show? Left a comment on a media website about government "pork?"

If you did any of those things, or tweeted about your recent vacation in "Mexico" or a shopping trip to "Target," the Department of Homeland Security may have noticed.

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Kirk Cameron sees that something isn’t quite right here in America. The “Growing Pains” actor, who is now a well-known Evangelical speaker and leader, has set out to tackle some tough issues in his new documentary, “Monumental.” In the film, Cameron explores the problems that exist in American society, while delving into ways in which we can recapture the country’s “national treasure” and return to our roots.

“There is something seriously sick in the soul of our country,” Cameron proclaims in the film. ”

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Warning that the Church is being “despoiled of her institutions” as “freedom of conscience and of religion become a memory from a happier past,” Cardinal Francis George of Chicago observes that “the Catholic Church in the United States is being told she must ‘give up’ her health care institutions, her universities and many of her social service organizations.”

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The Knights of Columbus council 13277, Assembly 2835 at St. Sylvester's in Navarre have agreed to organize the Pensacola site for the "Stand Up For Religious Freedom Rally on March 23", from Noon until 1 pm  at the Pensacola Federal Court House.

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We are women who support the competing voice offered by Catholic institutions on matters of sex, marriage and family life. Most of us are Catholic, but some are not. We are Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Many, at some point in our careers, have worked for a Catholic institution. We are proud to have been part of the religious mission of that school, or hospital, or social service organization. We are proud to have been associated not only with the work Catholic institutions perform in the community – particularly for the most vulnerable -- but also with the shared sense of purpose found among colleagues who chose their job because, in a religious institution, a job is always also a vocation.

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When Barack Obama was campaigning for president in 2008, he declared that marriage is between a man and a woman. For the most part, his position was treated as a nonissue.

Now Rick Santorum is campaigning for president. He too says that marriage is between a man and a woman. What a different reaction he gets.

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No matter the ultimate destination of Rick Santorum's current surge in popularity in the GOP presidential nomination battle, his rise to prominence is sparking a renewed interest in "the social issues," helped along by President Obama's latest bureaucratic salvo against religious institutions.

There are two important points to keep in mind here as the campaign goes forward. First, the conventional wisdom has it that Republicans should at all costs avoid embracing the social issues - pro-family, pro-life and pro-faith-based institutions - because, otherwise, they will lose the all-important independent voter.

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February 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Six pro-life activists, including one Catholic priest, were arrested this morning in front of the White House while holding a peaceful prayer vigil in protest against the Obama administration’s birth control mandate. They were released shortly thereafter, after paying a $100 fine.

Fr. Denis Wilde, the Associate Director of Priests for Life, told LifeSiteNews that by their arrests the protesters hoped to send a “wake-up call” to President Obama that opposition to his mandate is not going away.

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My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Allow me this opportunity to share with you important information concerning an alarming and serious matter that negatively impacts the Church in the United States directly, and that strikes at the fundamental right to religious liberty for all citizens of any faith.  The federal government, which claims to be "of, by, and for the people," has just dealt a heavy blow to almost a quarter of those people - the Catholic population - and to the millions more who are served by the Catholic faithful.

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For the past few weeks Glenn has been focused on raising awareness on the persecution of Catholics being carried out by the Obama administration. According to the new healthcare laws that were a cornerstone of the Obama administration, employers affiliated with the Catholic Church will have to include free birth control in their health insurance plans, a mandate that runs contrary to both Catholic doctrine as well as religious freedoms granted by the Constitution. Today he is going a step beyond raising awareness by providing action steps for what you can do.

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Don’t ask me about seasonal adjustment. I’ve been trying to figure this out all morning, and I can’t. But the raw numbers, 130 million jobs in December, 128 million jobs in January, give or take a couple hundred thousand either side. But when the seasonal adjustments take place, there is a gain of 200, whatever they’re reporting, 33,000 jobs. Now, what’s happening is the labor force is shrinking. There are fewer jobs. Even the Drive-Bys, so excited, they can’t wait to report the good news, but even they are reporting that the labor force participation rate, number of jobs out there, is continuing to dwindle, and most of the jobs being created are low wage.

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Capping a dramatic week of protests and legislative maneuvering, leaders in the Senate and the House announced on Friday that they are backing off efforts to pass a pair of controversial bills to crack down on foreign websites that use pirated content.

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Perhaps American citizens along with immigrants; should be required to take the same classes to obtain citizenship, and the same exams as do immigrants seeking the same coveted US Citizenship. I believe this without compromise, as with all of my convictions required in satisfying the attributes necessary to earn the respect that Honor, Integrity & Truth ascend to in life.

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But here at Year’s end, there’s a subject we want to share with you that may come to affect how you experience us and the rest of the internet.  It’s called SOPA, or the “Stop Online Piracy Act”, and it is headed through U.S. Congress with its sister bill PROTECT-IP in the Senate.  SOPA threatens to fundamentally change the way information is presented online by placing massive restrictions on user-generated content like posts to forums, video uploads, podcasts or images.

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The State Department began a three-day, closed-door meeting Monday to talk about U.S. free speech rules with representatives from numerous Islamic governments that have lobbied for 12 years to end U.S. citizens’ ability to speak freely about Islam’s history and obligations.

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As WND reported last week, the Hyatt Place Hotel in Sugar Land, Texas, near Houston, canceled a tea party event featuring Geller after complaints reportedly by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR. The D.C.-based Islamic group has sued the co-author of a WND Books expose, "Muslim Mafia," which documents CAIR's founding as a front for the Muslim Brotherhood, the parent of terrorist groups such as al-Qaida and Hamas.

Commenting on the Nashville cancellation on her Atlas Shrugs blog, Geller said Eckley "has caved to Islamic supremacist demands."

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RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas - Every day students in Texas public schools pledge allegiance to the flags of the United States and Texas.

But when a teacher in a Rio Grande Valley high school assigned students to stand and pledge allegiance to the Mexican flag and sing Mexico's national anthem, one student refused.

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This is the full text of the First Amendment to the Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

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A Texas gun trainer released an ad this week for his handgun training class. He bans liberals from the class saying:

“If you are a socialist liberal and/or voted for the current campaigner in chief, please do not take this class. You have already proven that you cannot make a knowledgeable and prudent decision under the law.”

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In the following footage, a tea party event was required to disassemble or dispose of any pole or stake over 2 ft long. Matthew Purdy, who had taken his flag across America or an epic walk for freedom, was required to disassemble his flag as he entered the capitol grounds. However, as occupiers rallied under similar circumstances they were allowed to have a variety of poles and stakes up to 6 ft. long, without a word from the capitol police.

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NEW ORLEANS -- There are several political signs attracting all kinds of attention in one Uptown neighborhood.

On Wednesday, crowds gathered at the corner of Calhoun and Coralie streets, looking at several signs depicting President Barack Obama as either a dunce, a puppet or a crying baby in a diaper.

"It disrespects the nation -- and President Barack Obama represents our nation," said Skip Alexander, as he looked at one of the signs. "He represents everybody, not some people."

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A long-anticipated decision has finally been handed down by the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the infamous "candy cane" case.

 

The court ruled yesterday that the Plano (Texas) Independent School District violated the Constitution by not allowing student Jonathan Morgan to hand out candy cane pens with a religious message at his class "winter" party nine years ago. According to the ruling, a little girl who was threatened for handing out tickets to a religious play, as well as an entire class of children who were forbidden from writing "Merry Christmas" on holiday cards to American troops overseas, also suffered discrimination.

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The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Friday that President Obama’s half-uncle, an illegal immigrant who was picked up but has reportedly been released from jail, appears to have benefited from the new “backdoor amnesty” the administration announced last month.

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A disturbed 17 News Facebook friend posted picture taken in the bathroom of a restaurant in Bakersfield.  It shows a sticker, with a picture of the President, firmly affixed to a porcelain potty.

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41-year old Illinois mechanic Michael Allison faces life in jail for recording police officers after authorities hit him with eavesdropping charges based on the hoax that it is illegal to film cops, a misnomer that has been disproved by every other case against people filming police officers being thrown out of court.

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For the first time in the history of this nation, a non-political, non-partisan Constitution Lobby has been formed, of, by and for the People of New York.  Why? Because our State and Federal Constitutions are being routinely violated and cannot defend themselves.  We will hold elected officials accountable, not just on Election Day, but every day, regardless of party affiliation and whether we voted for them.  Individuals and small groups cannot prevail: it’s time for us to come together and do what we cannot do alone.

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Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday that the media has the responsibility to not give equal time or credence to the Tea Party's views:

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A last-minute rewrite of the bill expands the information that commercial Internet providers are required to store to include customers' names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and temporarily-assigned IP addresses, some committee members suggested.

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...O’Keefe’s stings, marked by outlandish costumes and outrageous stories, are as much theater as political statement. But there is nothing of the merry prankster about him. He is a worrier, with the bitten-down fingernails to prove it. He has a keen eye for the absurdity and hypocrisy of others, but it is unmatched by self-deprecating humor or a discernible sense of fun.

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In a Mexican case, Fr. Hugo Valdemar was found guilty on July 1st of illegal political activity because he stated that Catholics should not vote for candidates who support same-sex marriage. Fr. Valdemar’s defense is that he wasn’t speaking against a particular party but was merely stating the teaching of the Catholic Church. But the particulars of charge and counter-charge do not make a great deal of difference, apart from the strategies they suggest for legal maneuvering. There have been many similar stories over the past few years from around the world, especially in Canada and Europe. The writing is on the wall. Gay marriage is the lie that will create the next Gulag.

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Are you supposed to have sex at work? I guess it depends on your profession, but for most of us the answer is “no.” Why then is corporate America obsessed with training about sex?

As described in several recent columns by Mike Adams, I was fired as a vendor by Cisco for my conservative beliefs about sex and marriage even though my beliefs were never expressed on the job. When a homosexual manager found out on the Internet that I had authored a book giving evidence that maintaining our current marriage laws would be best for society, he couldn’t tolerate me and requested I be fired. An HR executive canned me within hours without ever speaking to me. This happened despite the fact that the leadership and teambuilding programs I led always received high marks (even from the homosexual manager!).

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Local veterans say the Department of Veterans Affairs is consistently censoring their prayers, banning them from saying the words "God," and "Jesus" during funeral services at Houston National Cemetery.

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Whenever big government oppresses the common citizen and is in defiance of The Constitution, the tea party must intervene to defend and uphold the rights of the people.  Such is the case with the latest NYS mandate issued through the DOT, Permit 33A.

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 I see the Democratic Machine of New York, Crime Inc. is making it moves to stifle the voice of the voter for 2012, by implementing massive restraint on local parades! New process could affect local parades This only validates the article written yesterday, and I will simply warn all of you. They are making their moves for 2012 to restrict your ability to be heard, and have any influence on the elections in 2012

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Facebook has quietly expanded the availability of technology to automatically identify people in photos, renewing concerns about the privacy practices of the world's top social networking service.

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Wonderful news! The 5th Circuit Appeals Court overturned a lower Federal Court ruling banning Christian prayer at a Texas high school graduation ceremony, according to Fox News/the AP:

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Earlier this week, we reported on Americans United for Separation of Church and State’s lawsuit against Medina Valley Independent School District over the inclusion of a prayer in an upcoming graduation ceremony. Yesterday, a federal judge ruled in favor of the separatist group, stripping the school of the right to include any student-led prayer whatsoever.

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IT WAS THE MOST downloaded app when it was released in December of 2010.

For two days.

Apple scored it #1 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad maniacs.

Who was moving these kind of numbers? What force of nature was blowing through the tech world with the force of a category five hurricane?

Say what? You guess Lady Gaga? Guess again.

The center of all this attention was none other than -- Rush Limbaugh.

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Last month, the DISCLOSE Act failed to pass in the Congress. Today, the Washington Examiner learned that the President plans to circumvent the legislative branch and to pass the DISCLOSE Act by fiat with the signing of an executive order.

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Video- LSU Student Attempting to Burn Flag Chased Away by Patriots Chanting "Go to Hell, Hippie"

Link to article on PunditPress

LSU recently gave one of its students, Benjamin Hass, permission to burn an American flag as part of a "peaceful protest."  And after the decision, it seemed that the students at the college could not care less.  LSU’s student government president Cody Wells stated, “We’re going to respect [Hass'] First Amendment right to burn our American flag.”
Watch the video below: Warning - language!

 

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Obama Administration punishes reporter for using multimedia Link to article on SFGate The hip, transparent and social media-loving Obama administr...

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The federal government posted its largest monthly deficit in history in February at $223 billion, according to preliminary numbers the Congressional Budget Office released Monday morning.

That figure tops last February’s record of $220.9 billion, and marks the 29th straight month the government has run in the red — a modern record. The last time the federal government posted even a monthly surplus was September 2008, just before the financial collapse.

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Former House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) said today that he would soon reintroduce the Broadcaster Freedom Act, and that Congress should reject the idea of regulating political speech in the wake of the Arizona shooting over the weekend. Pence, who spoke on C-SPAN this morning, said his bill would prevent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from regulating content on the airwaves.

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Thank you very much for inviting me. And – to the immigration authorities – thank you for letting me into this country. It is always a pleasure to cross a border without being sent back on the first plane. Today, the dearest of our many freedoms is under attack all throughout Europe. Free speech is no longer a given. What we once considered a natural element of our existence, our birth right, is now something we once again have to battle for.

 

He speak of freedom of speech.  ~ C4F

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And this is from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) website. They launched the site and the map on February 23rd of this last year, making it just over a month year old. And yet Van Hollen was quoted by Politico just today denouncing Republicans for “pouring more and more gasoline on the flames.”

 

The usual...do as I say not as I do.  The looney left continues to attack conservative news and talk.  Go Rush!  ~ C4F

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Columbia, MO December 9, 2010 - News of FEMA camps proves too much for prime time as TruTV has been coerced to pull the Police State Episode of Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura.  The episode, which featured Alex Jones, Catherine Bleish, John Bush and Camp FEMA Director William Lewis, talked about many things, but the one fact that seems to have caused the biggest trouble for Ventura and TruTV is FEMA camps.

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Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) pushed back on Monday against a contention by a Democratic FCC commissioner that the government should create new regulations to promote diversity in news programming.

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As if on cue to a series that made its debut here last night,  Mark Levin - conservative talk show host and author of Liberty & Tyranny - raised a number of questions about the conservative bona fides of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in the opening monologue of his show yesterday.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Alliance Defense Fund attorneys are ready to defend, free of charge, students who are prevented by public school officials from participating in the “See You at the Pole” event Wednesday. In preparation for this year’s nationwide event, ADF attorneys drafted a legal memo informing all “See You at the Pole” staff and participants of their legal rights and precedents that entitle them to inform people about and take part in the annual student prayer event.

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If you are as worried as I am about the left's effort to force ever larger amounts of big government onto our lives, then you should be looking into the issue of Net Neutrality. To that end a few times a week I'll be posting some links and info about Net Neutrality to help you all get your feet wet on this important issue.

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The Florida dispute over a "Consent Decree" adopted by school officials that critics charge violates the First Amendment and abridges the rights of teachers and students alike has been escalated to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where a petition is asking the judges to strike it down.

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Ann Coulter doesn't mince words. And even when speaking to a gay conservative organization, GOProud, at their inaugural Homocon party on Saturday night, she apparently wasn't willing to start.

After a series of jokes about conservative that sounded -- and were received -- more like a stand-up act then a political speech, Coulter told the assembled (and predominantly wealthy) conservative gay crowd why they should oppose same sex marriage, adding, "I should warn you: I've never failed to talk gays out of gay marriage."

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What a difference a year makes. From the beginnings of the Tea Party, in the spring of 2009, liberal Democrats have made no effort to conceal their hatred for the movement. President Obama said the Tea Partiers ought to be thanking him instead of protesting his policies. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Tea Partiers of harboring Nazis. Most famously, actress Janeane Garofalo said "this is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up." Since then, this liberal meme has been repeated endlessly in an attempt to discredit the Tea Party as nothing more than a collection of angry, mean-spirited, old white people.

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Perhaps it is from spending too many years in Chicago; or, perhaps, it is his SEIU/ACORN training.  In either case, our President has a fondness for “The Chicago Way,” even going so far as once having used the line: “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” 

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Senate Democrats failed again Thursday in their attempt to require corporations, unions and other interest groups to provide more details about their political spending.

The measure, known as the Disclose Act, fell one vote short of the 60 needed to break a GOP filibuster in the divided Senate, with Republicans uniformly opposed to the bill. The legislation had also been blocked by Senate Republicans during an earlier vote in July.

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The response to my phone call about the DISCLOSE Act.  ~ C4F

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You can't burn a Koran in a crowded theater, and Supreme CourtJustice Stephen Breyer suggests that to placate foreign extremists, Koran burning might be banned everywhere else in America too.

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In response to Gen David Petraeus' denunciation of Florida pastor Terry Jones' right to engage in a symbolic protest of the 9/11 attacks by burning copies of the Quran this Sept. 11, President Obama said: "Let me be clear: As a citizen, and as president, I believe that members of the Dove World Outreach Center have the same right to freedom of speech and religion as anyone else in this country."

Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida lauded Obama's remarks, saying America is "a place where you're supposed to be able to practice your religion without the government telling you you can't."

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called Obama's words a "clarion defense of the freedom of religion" -- and also claimed that he had recently run into a filthy jihadist who actually supported the Quran-burning!

Keith Olbermann read the poem "First they came ..." on air in defense of the Quran-burners, nearly bringing himself to tears at his own profundity. 

No wait, my mistake. This is what liberals said about the ground zero mosque only five minutes ago when they were posing as First Amendment absolutists. Suddenly, they've developed amnesia when it comes to the free-speech right to burn a Quran.

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It was time to crash Michael Kaplowitz's precious little news conference.  A small crew sauntered across the parking lot in Carmel, heading to the back of a gathering for Kaplowitz, a Democratic Westchester County legislator running for state Senate. They hoisted anti-Kaplowitz and anti-tax signs as he spoke, then prodded him with questions, which he did his best to avoid.

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It seems that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg invokes certain freedoms only when they serve his 2012 agenda -- and freedom of speech is not high on his list. Doing away with term limits wasn't enough (which is why we are still suffering under his no-salt, no-trans-fat regime). He is now widening his ayatollah-like power-grab to imposing blasphemy laws (Islamic sharia laws) on the secular marketplace. Bloomberg's frenzied Ground Zero mosque push may have inspired al-Azhar clerics to oppose the Ground Zero Mosque, calling it a "a zionist plot.

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The Daily Mail, of the United Kingdom, is reporting on a US government program named “Perfect Citizen.” According to the report: “The US plans to install a Big Brother-style monitoring system on the computer systems of private companies and government agencies to prevent cyber-attacks from abroad.

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Words matter - listen carefully to our current administration

Since the initially strong language on religious freedom used in President Obama's Cairo speech, presidential references to religious freedom have become rare, often replaced, at most, with references to freedom of worship. A purposeful change in language could mean a much narrower view of the right to religious freedom. Does this change of language indicate a change of policy? As Catholics, this is an area where we must remain vigilant. These small changes can be used to change our perception of rights and freedoms.  WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - The change in language was barely noticeable to the average citizen but political observers are raising red flags at the use of a new term "freedom of worship" by President Obama and Secretary Clinton as a replacement for the term freedom of religion. This shift happened between the President's speech in Cairo where he showcased America's freedom of religion and his appearance in November at a memorial for the victims of Fort Hood, where he specifically used the term "freedom of worship." From that point on, it has become the term of choice for the president and Clinton.

 

 

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DEARBORN, Michigan, July 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Four Christian missionaries were arraigned in the 19th District Court in Dearborn on July 12 and charged with disorderly conduct. Police had arrested them at Dearborn's Arab International Festival on June 18 for handing out Christian literature.

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WALLKILL – Some 100 people lined Route 211 East in the Town of Wallkill Saturday, many with signs denouncing the current Washington policies, others waving American flags. Cars honked their horns as motorists drove by to show support for their effort.

 

Some of our youthful Patriots stand along Route 211 in Middletown in support of our efforts for limited government, responsibility and liberty for all citizens.  This is their future!  ~ C4F

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Missouri man's incendiary sign on U.S. 71 draws fire KansasCity.com   David Jungerman farms 6,800 acres of river bottom land in weste...

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CNSNews.com reports the following: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Thursday to begin the formal process of bringing the Internet under greater federal control – a move sought by both President Barack Obama and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski–even though federal law calls for an Internet ”unfettered by Federal or State regulation.”  The report goes on to say: “The FCC is now trying to reclassify the Internet to broaden its authority over the Web.”

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Foreign Ministry reports circulating in the Kremlin today are warning that an already explosive situation in the United States is about to get a whole lot worse as a new law put forth by President Obama is said capable of seeing up to 500,000 American citizens jailed for the crime of opposing their government.

Sparking the concern of Russian diplomats over the growing totalitarian bent of the Obama government is the planned reintroduction of what these reports call one of the most draconian laws ever introduced in a free society that is titled “The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act”.

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The House is preparing to vote on legislation responding to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which ruled that the First Amendment prohibits Congress from restricting corporate and union expenditures on election-related speech. 

 

Democrats, who admit the legislation is intended to affect the fall elections, say it’s a necessary response to the greater role that the decision allows outside groups. 

 

In truth, the bill has been crafted to stifle only corporate speech, while simultaneously enabling unions — and Democratic incumbents — to benefit from the enhanced First Amendment freedoms recognized by the court.

 

This is criminal...do they care?  NO!  Shumer must go!  ~ C4F

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The cynical decision this week by House Democrats to exempt the National Rifle Association from the latest campaign finance regulatory scheme is itself a public disclosure. It reveals the true purpose of the perversely named Disclose Act (H.R. 5175): namely, to silence congressional critics in the 2010 elections.

 

 

The NRA is a sell out.  You should call them and cancel your membership.  ~ C4F

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking ways to "reinvent" journalism, and that's a cause for concern. According to a May 28 draft proposal, the agency thinks government should be at the center of a media overhaul. The bureaucracy sees it as a problem that the Internet has introduced a wealth of information options to consumers, forcing media companies to adapt and experiment to meet changing market needs. FTC's policy staff fears this new reality.

 

 

Here comes the government news service.  ~ C4F

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is being urged to monitor "hate speech" on talk radio and cable broadcast networks.

A coalition of more than 30 organizations argue in a letter to the FCC that the Internet has made it harder for the public to separate the facts from bigotry masquerading as news.

 

Obviously these folks would like to get rid of sites like citizens4freedom.  ~ C4F

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House Minority Leader John Boehner recently accused the Obama Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of pursuing a "government takeover of the Internet."

Specifically, Boehner said that the FCC is engaging in an action that "amounts to a government takeover of the Internet, and yet another government takeover of a large portion of the private sector by the Obama administration."

The scheme amounts to an online “Fairness Doctrine” but it goes under another equally benign name: “network neutrality.”

 

We have to stop this government takeover of the internet from happening.  Keep up the good fight and get the word out about this Obama take over of the internet.  ~ C4F

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NEW YORK – A George Soros-funded, Marxist-founded organization calling itself Free Press has published a study advocating the development of a "world class" government-run media system in the U.S.

A newly released book, meanwhile, documents Free Press has close ties to top Obama administration officials.

"The need has never been greater for a world-class public media system in America," begins a 48-page document, "New Public Media: A Plan for Action," by the far-left Free Press organization.

A new book, "The Manchurian President," documents the founder of the Free Press, Robert W. McChesney, is an avowed Marxist who has recommended capitalism be dismantled.

The book, subtitled "Barack Obama's ties to communists, socialists and other anti-American extremists," also documents the close ties between Free Press and leading Obama administration officials. The new work was written by WND senior reporter Aaron Klein and co-author Brenda J. Elliott.

 

The people who want this media run by the government are communist.   This will be the take over of our media, radio, internet  by the government.  We will no longer have the great news sources that we have now.   We must fight this movement.  ~ C4F

 

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As former commissioners on the Federal Election Commission with almost 75 years of combined experience, we believe that the bill proposed on April 30 by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Chris Van Hollen to "blunt" the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC is unnecessary, partially duplicative of existing law, and severely burdensome to the right to engage in political speech and advocacy.

Moreover, the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act, or Disclose Act, abandons the longstanding policy of treating unions and businesses equally, suggesting partisan motives that undermine respect for campaign finance laws.

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Once upon a time we could count on lawyers and law school professors to defend the First Amendment, the most important 46 words in the Constitution. Those 46 words make everything else possible. Shut up the people and the government can shut down every other freedom.

The genius of the Founding Fathers was their ability to write the Constitution in the plain English that everybody could understand. Lawyers, who can employ entire boring paragraphs to say "good morning" (many young women have dozed off while their lawyer swains were on their knees with a proposal of marriage) would inflict damage later.

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Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said the high court should be focused on ferreting out improper governmental motives when deciding First Amendment cases, arguing that the government’s reasons for restricting free speech were what mattered most and not necessarily the effect of those restrictions on speech.
 

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Freedom of speech, religion and other First Amendment issues are likely to be among the most visible during the coming Senate confirmation hearings on President Obama's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Big Brother says elderly visitors to federally funded meals at a Georgia senior citizen’s center aren’t allowed to pray to that absurd, dangerous Christian God of theirs. Obama’s Big Brother government contends that since it has paid for their meals the government has the right to slam its iron boot heel down on the necks of those seasoned citizens that dare to engage in such an apostasy toward the state.

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US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was imposing new strains on democracy.

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The Federal Trade Commission could become a more powerful watchdog for Internet users under a little-known provision in financial overhaul legislation that would expand the agency's ability to create rules.

An emboldened FTC would stand in stark contrast to a besieged Federal Communications Commission, whose ability to oversee broadband providers has been cast into doubt after a federal court ruled last month that the agency lacked the ability to punish Comcast for violating open-Internet guidelines.

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Beck, Farah, Bachmann, Ron Paul on 'patriot' hit list World Net Daily Left-leaning group releases ranking of Americans it says should be wat...

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Court: FCC has no power to regulate Net neutrality cnetnews The Federal Communications Commission does not have the legal authority to slap Net neu...

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Sure, John Kerry likes free speech. When he agrees with it. Washington Examiner By: David Freddoso Online Opinion Editor 04/05/10 11:10 AM EDT ...

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Anti-Obama Billboards Appear on Metro Atlanta Highways AtlantaGA ATLANTA -- One group is taking freedom of speech and freedom of expression to the...

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Congressman Plans to File Complaint Against Anti-Obama Doctor FoxNews An outspoken U.S. congressman is planning to file a complaint against the ce...

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Doctor tells Obama supporters: Go elsewhere for health care Orlando Sentinal A Mount Dora doctor posted a sign telling Obama health care supporters...

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Obama: "I Can Go to My Right, but I Prefer My Left" abc President Obama hit the basketball court and talked politics with CBS "Early Show" co-ancho...

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Matt Drudge and the Republican delusion The Hill In my opinion Matt Drudge is the most important and influential single figure in American media. I...

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STEVE FORBES: Could a Chavez-Style Media Crackdown Be Coming Our Way? FoxNews.com By Steve Forbes  - FOXNews.com   Think thi...

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Right-wing U.S. firebrand Ann Coulter will file grievance with rights panel The Vancouver Sun London, Ont. — Inflammatory right-wing pundit Ann Cou...

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Coulter speech cancelled over fears of violence CTVNews The University of Ottawa cancelled a speech by U.S. firebrand conservative Ann Coulter la...

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Coulter's Ottawa speech cancelled over 'public safety' fears Cananda.com OTTAWA — Concerns for "public safety" forced the cancellation of American ...

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Banished! City forbids Bible studies in homes 'This letter will serve as a 10-day written notice to quit such use' WND By Bob Unruh © ...

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Drudge Report Malware Accusation Coincides With Cybersecurity Agenda PrisonPlanet Democrats in the Senate are attempting to ...

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'Impeach Obama' billboard along Hwy. 41 FoxNews Updated: Saturday, 13 Feb 2010, 10:37 AM CST Published : Friday, 12 Feb 2010, 11:23 PM CST R...

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FCC's war against over-the-air TV Link The FCC is chipping away at the First Amendment not with a scalpel but with a sharp chisel. The American S...

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U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret 'Jesus' Bible Codes Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on ...

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GA_googleFillSlot("WND_NWS_C0100"); CZAR WARS Cass Sunstein: Censo...

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