THE QUESTION IS, "ARE THEY FOR US OR AGAINST US?"
CNS NEWS.com: "WALTER REED BANNED FAMILY MEMBERS FROM BRINGING BIBLES TO WOUNDED WARRIORS" by Penny Starr (SNIPPET: "Only after the Family Research Council, a conservative pro-family advocate, got a copy of the memo and shared it with members of Congress, did the military issue a statement saying it was rewriting the policy because it was "incorrect.") (December 22, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "STATE DEPARTMENT 'PANDERS' TO ISLAMISTS ON FREE SPEECH" (SNIPPET: "Pointing to familiar events such the Muhammad cartoon violence, Quran burnings and Muslim objections to the film "Fitna," OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu argued that his organization regarded bigotry as a primarily Western phenomenon.") (December 22, 2011)
Radio.FOX NEWS.com: "Muslims Want Catholic School to Provide Room Without Crosses" (SNIPPET: "Catholic University has been accused of violating the human rights of Muslim students by not allowing them to form a Muslim student group and by not providing them rooms without Christian symbols for their daily prayers, according to a complaint filed with the Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights.") (October 26, 2011) (Read More...)
Radio.FOX NEWS.com: "AIR FORCE ACADEMY BACKS AWAY FROM CHRISTMAS CHARITY" (SNIPPET: "The attack on Operation Christmas Child has generated outrage across the country. "It's another anti-faith effort that we are seeing by this administration," said Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA), who just pushed a congressional effort to reaffirm "In God We Trust" as the national motto. "This is beyond political correctness," Forbes told Fox News. "This is an anti-faith mode that we see over and over again coming from this administration and the people serving in it." Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, told Fox News that this is evidence that the Obama administration "has engaged in a culture war beyond measure." "We see here the collateral damage -- the fallout of religious freedom and the attack on Christian organizations that are simply reaching out to help those in need," Perkins said. "This is a long pattern under this administration under a president who apologized for everything that is American." "It's so outrageous," said Jordan Sekulow an attorney with the American Center for Law and Justice. He said the controversy is an example of the cultural shift happening in the United States." (November 4, 2011)
Radio.FOX NEWS.com: "Muslims Want Catholic School to Provide Room Without Crosses" (SNIPPET: "Catholic University has been accused of violating the human rights of Muslim students by not allowing them to form a Muslim student group and by not providing them rooms without Christian symbols for their daily prayers, according to a complaint filed with the Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights.") (October 26, 2011)
BIG GOVERNMENT.com: "THE EMAIL ARCHIVE OF THE #OccupyWallStreet MOVEMENT: ANARCHISTS, SOCIALISTS, UNIONS, DEMOCRATS AND THEIR PLANS" by Thomas Ryan (SNIPPET: "Editors' Note - At the end of this post, you will find links to download the #OccupyWallStreet email archive described earlier today by Andrrew Breitbart." SNIPPET: "Then, at the end of August, we were alerted by a fellow researcher that information about USDoR (U.S. Day of Rage, to which Occupy Wall Street is connected) had been posted on Shamuk and Al-Jahad, two Al-Qaeda recruitment sites. We began to take the "Occupy" protest more seriously, and dedicated more time to research and monitoring.") (October 14, 2011)
BIG GOVERNMENT.com: "'CROWDSOURCE' THIS: EMAILS EXPOSE #OccupyWallStreet CONSPIRACY TO 'DESTABALIZE' GLOBAL MARKETS, GOVERNMENTS" by Andrew Breitbart (SNIPPET: "Per the 8800+ pages of emails (3900+ emails), the Occupy movement has been in the works for some time. Its leaders apparently intend for it to broaden out and intertwine with the Days of Rage global initiative, which is set to begin on Saturday, October 15th. They also intend the demonstrations to continue indefinitely, as suggested in the following email, dated Monday, October 10" SNIPPET: "Later this morning, readers will be able to read the emails for themselves--and the mainstream media will be forced to confront the truth behind the Occupy movement, including its links to socialist, anarchist, and possibly even jihadist organizations.") (October 14, 2011)
HOT AIR.com: "VIDEO - FLORIDA HOTEL WORKER FIRED FOR WEARING AMERICAN FLAG LAPEL PIN" by Ed Morrissey (SNIPPET: "Note that the hotel doesn't deny that this was the basis for termination") (October 15, 2011, 3:30 pm)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: "WOMAN WINS RIGHT TO MECCA TRIP" by Tina Sfondeles (SNIPPET: "A Muslim woman has won her fight against a west suburban school district after being denied unpaid leave to go on a religious pilgrimage to Mecca. The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced it settled Safoorah KhanÕs religious discrimination lawsuit against the Berkeley School District, forcing the district to pay $75,000 in lost back pay, compensatory damages and attorneys' fees. The district also will have to develop a policy accommodating religions consistent with the Civil Rights Acts to ensure something similar will not happen again.") (October 13, 2011, 8:22 pm)
CNS NEWS.com: "OBAMA SAYS JOBS PLAN CAN GROW GDP AS 'MUCH AS 2%' -- But WH ESTIMATES IT WILL COST 3%" by Fred Lucas (SNIPPET: "The president also said at the press conference that his plan could create "as many as 1.9 million" jobs. If that is true, based on the plan's estimated $447 billion cost, those jobs would cost an average of $235,263 to create.") (October 6, 2011)
DAILY MAIL.co.uk [California]: "THE LITTLE BOY WHO STARTED A SEX CHANGE AGED EIGHT BECAUSE HE (AND HIS LESBIAN PARENTS) KNEW HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GIRL" (September 30, 2011)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "DEPARTMENT ISSUES GUIDANCE ON CHAPLAINS, FACILITIES" by Jim Garamone (SNIPPET: "They were issued in connection with the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy Sept. 20.") (September 30, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "U.S. HANDS FREE-SPEECH FOES A VICTORY" (SNIPPET: "The Obama administration's collaboration with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is combating "islamophobia" may soon "result in the delegitimization of freedom of expression as a human right," Hudson Institute scholar Nina Shea writes at National Review Online." (September 2, 2011, 3:00 pm)
JIHAD WATCH.org: "Secretary of State Clinton says State Department Will Coordinate with OIC on Legal Ways to Implement UN's Resolution Criminalizing 'Defamation of Religion'" (Posted August 3, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "DOJ KEEPING ISLAMIC BANK SETTLEMENT SECRET" (SNIPPET: "The Justice Department has agreed to end its investigation into an international financial network with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and a Saudi prince in a settlement in excess of $30 million, sources tell the Investigative Project on Terrorism.") (August 25, 2011)
Video uploaded by OfficialACLJ (FOX NEWS.com): "Ground Zero Mosque Organizers' Fundraising Deadline 9/10" (SNIPPET: "Jordan Sekulow appeared on Fox News to debate CAIR over the Ground Zero Mosque organizers' insensitive fundraising campaign set to culminate on September 10th - the day before the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11.") (Added August 22, 2011)
Miami.CBSlocal.com: Fort Lauderdale, Florida - "Rep. West's Response to CAIR Letter: 'NUTS!'" -Reporting Gio Benitez (SNIPPET: "West has not fully explained his position, but in other letters to CAIR Florida, he has said he is neither anti-Islamic nor anti-Muslim. The line West wrote has historical significance. During World War II, General Anthony McAuliffe famously wrote a one-word letter to the Germans in response to a surrender ultimatum. The word used: "Nuts!"") (August 15, 2011)
ONE NEWS NOW.com: "'INAPPROPRIATE' AIR FORCE COURSE TO BE AMENDED" by Chad Groening (SNIPPET: "A senior Army strategist and Pentagon advisor isn't surprised by the Air Force's recent decision to yield to an anti-Christian group's pressure to suspend and amend a course based on the "Christian Just War Theory." The course had been taught at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for more than 20 years and was a requirement for nuclear missile officers who might be called on by the U.S. president to push the launch button.") (August 9, 2011)
CNS NEWS.com: "2.4 MILLION FEWER AMERICANS WORKING NOW THAN WHEN OBAMA SIGNED ECONOMIC STIMULUS" by Matt Cover (SNIPPET: "There were approximately 2.4 million fewer Americans working in June 2011 than there were when President Barack Obama signed the economic stimulus bill on Feb. 17, 2009, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).") (July 8, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "CAIR LOSES IRS STATUS" (SNIPPET: "CAIR has 30 state chapters throughout the country, many of which have their own non-profit designations which remain active.") (June 22, 2011) (Read More...)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE.com: "CONSUMERS' ELECTRIC BILLS LIKELY TO SPIKE AS COAL PLANTS CLOSE As stricter environmental regulations approach, some power generators are choosing to shutter their coal-fired plants." by Julie Wernau (SNIPPET: "Consumers could see their electricity bills jump an estimated 40 to 60 percent in the next few years.") (June 11, 2011)
GOVEXEC.com - GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE.com: "PRICE TAG OF OFFICIAL TIME SPENT ON UNION ACTIVITIES GROWS" by Kellie Lunney (SNIPPET: "The report, the subject of a Wednesday hearing on Capitol Hill, found that federal employees spent nearly 3 million hours of official time on union activities in 2009 at a cost of $129 million to taxpayers, an increase of $8 million from fiscal 2008. The number of official time hours used per bargaining unit employee on union matters during fiscal 2009, however, decreased slightly from fiscal 2008.") (June 1, 2011)
CNS NEWS.com: "HHS SAYS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHO'S BEEN LOOKING AT YOUR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS" by Susan Jones (SNIPPET: "Under the proposed rule, people would be able to request an "access report," which would name the particular persons who viewed their electronic health records. That includes access for purposes of medical treatment and billing. While an access report would allow patients to learn if specific persons have accessed their electronic health records, it would not explain the purpose of that access.") (June 1, 2011)
Blogs.WSJ.com - Law Blog: "ADVOCACY GROUPS FILE APPELLATE CHALLENGE TO OKLAHOMA'S ANTI-SHARIAH LAW" by Nathan Koppel (SNIPPET: "The American Civil Liberties Union and the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed an appellate brief today with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, asking that the court invalidate Oklahoma's constitutional amendment last year, which barred courts in the state from using or citing Shariah law.") (May 10, 2011, 1:44 pm ET)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "WOLF: OBAMACARE WAIVER CORRUPTION MUST STOP If some Americans deserve exemption from a bad law, then all Americans do" -Commentary by Dr. Milton R. Wolf (May 20, 2011, 7:14 pm)
CNS NEWS.com: "NAVY AUTHORIZES CHAPLAINS TO PERFORM SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGES' IN NAVEL CHAPELS" by Pete Winn (SNIPPET: "The advisory came in the form of an April 13 memo issued to all chaplains, in which the Chief of Navy Chaplains, Admiral Michael Tidd, said the Chaplain Corps was revising its Tier I training manuals, which had previously indicated that same-sex marriages are not authorized on federal property. Instead, Tidd called for chaplains to comply with service-wide efforts underway to be more accepting of homosexuality and same-sex marriage as the end of the military policy on homosexuality nears.") (May 9, 2011)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "ENERGY SAVIND LIGHT BULBS 'CONTAIN CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS' Fears have been reignited about the safety of energy saving light bulbs after a group of scientists warned that they contain cancer causing chemicals." by Victoria Ward (April 20, 2011)
JUDICIAL WATCH via Facebook: "Clinton Hosts Islamic World Forum for Obama in D.C." (SNIPPET: "In the Obama Administration's continuing effort to befriend Muslims, the United States will for the first time host an international Islamic forum held annually in the Middle East and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will headline the three-day event.") (April 11, 2011, 9:01 am)
ISAF.NATO.int: Kabul, Afghanistan - "Statement by ISAF Commander Gen. David Petraeus and NATO SCR Ambassador Mark Sedwill (SNIPPET: "In view of the events of recent days, we feel it is important on behalf of ISAF and NATO members in Afghanistan to reiterate our condemnation of any disrespect to the Holy Qur'an and the Muslim faith. We condemn, in particular, the action of an individual in the United States who recently burned the Holy Qur'an.") (April 3, 2011)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "Respect Highlights Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Training" by Jim Garamone (SNIPPET: "Clifford L. Stanley and Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, director of the Joint Staff, testified before the House Armed Services Committee's military personnel subcommittee about preparing the force for repeal of the law that bans gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military.") (April 1, 2011)
HUMAN EVENTS.com: "DURBIN HEARING TO FUEL THE MUSLIM VICTIMHOOD MYTH" by Robert Spencer (SNIPPET: "The FBI reports that anti-Jewish hate crimes are nearly eight times more common than anti-Muslim attacks--yet Sen. Richard Durbin (D. -Ill.) announced last week that he was going to hold a Senate hearing not on the resurgence of anti-Semitism, but on "anti-Muslim bigotry." For the truth-adverse Left, it was just another day at the office.") (March 29, 2011)
REUTERS.com: Washington D.C./Houston, Texas: "U.S. APPROVES FIRST FLOATING DEEPWATER STORAGE IN GULF" by Tom Doggett and Kristen Hays (SNIPPET: "The facility will be used when the company begins oil and natural gas production at its Chinook-Cascade project in the near future, the department said. Petrobras is based in Brazil. A Petrobras official who asked not to be identified told Reuters that production would begin in May.") (March 17, 2011, 4:44 pm EDT)
stepping back in time...WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Editorial: "OBAMA SURRENDERS GULF OIL TO MOSCOW" (SNIPPET: "The Obama administration is poised to ban offshore oil drilling on the outer continental shelf until 2012 or beyond. Meanwhile, Russia is making a bold strategic leap to begin drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. While the United States attempts to shift gears to alternative fuels to battle the purported evils of carbon emissions, Russia will erect oil derricks off the Cuban coast.") (March 18, 2010, 12:04 am)
NEWSMAX.com: "OBAMACARE WAIVERS SURPASS 1,000" by Dan Weil (SNIPPET: "HHS announced 126 new waivers Friday, pushing the total to 1,040. Republicans point out that this situation helps prove the law is fatally flawed.") (March 7, 2011, 02:22 pm)
CNS NEWS.com: "PLANNED PARENTHOOD REPORTS ABORTION RATE UP BY MORE THAN 8,000 IN ONE YEAR" by Penny Starr (SNIPPET: "According to a fact sheet published in February 2011, Planned Parenthood clinics in 2009 performed 332,278 abortions -- up from 324,008 in 2008, or a 2.5 percent increase. Planned Parenthood also distributed more than 1.5 million emergency contraception kits, which contain hormones that can prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in a women's uterus. Planned Parenthood received $349.6 million in tax dollars in the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2008, according to its annual report.") (March 7, 2011)
UPI.com (AP): Washington - "ALASKA GOVERNOR BLASTS LIMITS ON DRILLING" (SNIPPET: "Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell is accusing the Obama administration of hobbling the U.S. economy by stifling domestic oil production.") (February 28, 2011, 3:53 pm)
NG.mil - NATIONAL GUARD.mil: Washington - "'Don't Ask' Repeal Training Set to Begin" by Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service (SNIPPET: "Training will begin shortly for experts in certain specialties and leaders as part of the plan for finalizing repeal of the law that bars gay men, lesbians and bisexuals from serving openly in the military, the chief of staff for the Defense Department's repeal implementation team said here Feb. 14.") (February 24, 2011)
POLITICO.com: "WHITE HOUSE MEETS LOBBYISTS OFF CAMPUS" by Chris Frates (SNIPPET: "It's not only Jackson Place. Another favorite off-campus meeting spot is a nearby Caribou Coffee, which, according to The New York Times, has hosted hundreds of meetings among lobbyists and White House staffers since Obama took office.") (February 24, 2011, 4:41 am EST)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "'Don't Ask' Repeal Training Set to Begin" by Jim Garamone (SNIPPET: "Training will begin shortly for experts in certain specialties and leaders as part of the plan for finalizingÊrepeal ofÊthe law that bars gay men, lesbians and bisexuals from serving openly in the militaryM the chief of staff for the Defense DepartmentÕs repeal implementation team said here today.") (February 14, 2011)
CNS NEWS.com: "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TEACHING FARMERS TO PARTICIPATE IN 'CARBON MARKETS' THAT DON'T EXIST YET" by Matt Cover (SNIPPET: "The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is teaching farmers how to participate in "carbon markets" despite the fact that such markets do not exist and Congress -- in rejecting cap and trade legislation last year -- has refused to create them.") (January 21, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com: "GOP FUMING OVER RECESS APPOINTMENT OF LAWYER WHO COMPARED 9/11 TO DRUG TRADE" (SNIPPET: "Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, accused Cole of wanting to pursue terror suspects as a criminal matter in civilian courts." SNIPPET: "King said Cole's appointment indicates the administration wants to continue to implement "dangerous policies" of treating terrorism as a criminal issue.") (December 30, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "SMITHSONIAN CHRISTMAS SEASON EXHIBIT FEATURES ANT-COVERED JESUS, NAKED BROTHERS KISSING, GENITALIA, AND ELLEN DEGENERES GRABBING HER BREASTS" ["WARNING: This story contains graphic photographs of items on display in an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery"] by Penny Starr (SNIPPET: "The federally funded National Portrait Gallery, one of the museums of the Smithsonian Institution, is currently showing an exhibition...") (November 29, 2010)
ONE NEWS NOW.com (AP): "RETIRED CHAPLAINS WARN AGAINST 'DON'T ASK' REPEAL" (SNIPPET: "Dozens of retired military chaplains say that serving both God and the U.S. armed forces will become impossible for chaplains whose faiths consider homosexuality a sin if the "don't ask, don't tell" policy is thrown out.") (October 29, 2010, 4:15 pm)
DHS.gov: "SECRETARY NAPOLITANO SWEARS IN HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS" (SNIPPET: "Mohamed Elibiary is the President and CEO of the Freedom and Justice Foundation, and has advised numerous federal, state and local law enforcement organizations including the Texas Department of Safety and National Counterterrorism Center Global Engagement Group on matters relating to homeland security. Recently, Elibiary served on DHS's Homeland Security Advisory Council Countering Violent Extremism Working Group, and currently serves on the Texas Department of Public Safety Advisory Board. In December of 2009 he helped establish the Texas Fusion CenterÊPolicyÊCouncil to enhance information sharing, analytical capabilities and community relations at the state and local law enforcement levels.") (October 15, 2010)
HUMAN EVENTS.com: "SHARIA LAW'S THREAT TO FREE SPEECH" by Connie Hair (SNIPPET: "The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations representing 57 member states which seek to criminalize speech that violates the archaic tenets of Sharia law. The OIC is comprised of the kings and heads of state of all Islamic countries numbering its membership at 57 states by including the non-existent state of Palestine.") (October 11, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS LAUNCHES 'ISLAMOPHOBIA' DIVISION" by Patrick Goodenough (SNIPPET: "In doing so, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is following the example of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the 57-member bloc of Islamic states.") (October 12, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "23 MILLION AMERICANS HIT BY A TAX HIKE, BUT THEY MAY NOT KNOW IT YET" by Dan Joseph (SNIPPET: "Almost 23 million American households have already had their federal taxes raised by an average of $3,900 this year, but they may not know it yet. They could get a big surprise when they prepare their tax returns next year.") (October 5, 2010)
HUMAN EVENTS.com: "SINGLE PAYER COMING UNDER OBAMACARE" by Roger Hedgecock (SNIPPET: "Constitutional conservatives who feared that Obamacare was a blueprint for an incremental roll out of "single payer" have been proven right.") (October 2, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "FIRST LADY ASKS NURSES TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT AFFORDABLE CARE ACT" by Penny Starr (SNIPPET: ""So, we're asking you all to get involved in this outreach effort," the first lady said. "Talk to your patients about how these reforms can help them. "Also, talk to your colleagues about the best ways to inform patients about what this new law means for them and for their families," Obama said.") (September 29, 2010)
Kabul.US EMBASSY.gov: "U.S. EMBASSY REAFFIRMS U.S. RESPECT FOR ISLAM" (SNIPPET: "Americans from all religious and ethnic backgrounds reject the offensive initiative by this small group in Florida. A great number of American voices are protesting the hurtful statements made by this organization. Numerous interfaith and religious groups in America are actively working to counter this kind of ignorance and misinformation that is offensive to so many people in the U.S. and around the world. Just a few days ago, President Obama's Special Envoy to the OIC, Rashad Hussain...") (September 6, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "'Burn the Quran Day' Plan Prompts Warnings of Anger, Unrest" by Patrick Goodenough (SNIPPET: "A spokesman for the Jeddah-based bloc of Islamic states expressed concern Tuesday that the planned action by the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville would stir up "anger across the Muslim world and provoke unrest." The OIC said it hoped the U.S. government would "take appropriate steps to protect the sacred religious sentiments of Muslims of America and of the Muslims across the world."") (August 25, 2010)
INVESTORS.com - IBD Editorials - Perspective: "UNDER NEW AMERICAN MANAGEMENT AL-QAIDA NOW POSES INNER THREAT" by Paul Sperry (SNIPPET: "If al-Qaida looks and sounds different as we approach 9/11's ninth anniversary, it's because it's under new American management. No fewer than four U.S. citizens and a permanent U.S. resident have risen to senior leadership posts. These five English-speaking leaders are actively planning or facilitating attacks against their countrymen, while recruiting and radicalizing other American turncoats to carry them out.") (August 13, 2010, 8:17 pm ET)
NATIONAL REVIEW.com - Critical Condition - blog: "A FRAUD EXPLORED -- AND IGNORED" by James C. Capretta (SNIPPET: "That's right. Richard Foster, the chief actuary of the Medicare program and the man responsible for overseeing the production of the data which forms the basis of this annual report's forecast, has advised the public -- in his official "Statement of Actuarial Opinion" printed at the end of the trustees' report -- not to believe any of the modestly rosy conclusions contained within it.") (August 10, 2010, 3:41 pm)
ONE NEWS NOW.com - Perspectives: "AMERICAN TEACHERS SHOULD REVOLT" by Peter Heck (SNIPPET: "A little over a year ago, I wrote a column suggesting that due to the blatant hostility the National Education Association was expressing towards Christians, it was time for Christian teachers to withdraw their membership from the NEA. As it turns out, the focus of my call to abandon this radically left lobby group was a bit too narrow. As evidenced by its own website, the NEA is not merely anti-Christian, they are anti-American as well. How else can you explain the plan that appeared on the NEA's "Diversity Calendar" instructing teachers to make October 1st a special recognition of the Communist revolution in China? The NEA recommended teachers celebrate how the world's most notorious butcher, Chairman Mao Zedong...") (August 9, 2010, 7:40 am)
TOWNHALL.com: "VIGILANTE LAW" -Column by Cal Thomas (SNIPPET: "Most great powers unravel from within before invading armies (or in America's case, terrorists) conquer them. A preacher might develop a good sermon on how nations fare when they mock God." SNIPPET: "A nation that loses its moral sense is a nation without any sense at all.") (August 10, 2010)
AMERICAN THINKER.com - blog: "THE DEADLY PACT: How ObamaCare will 'Save' Money" by John Griffing (SNIPPET: "ObamaCare is a fatal bargain for seniors, and all Americans.") (August 9, 2010)
INVESTORS.com - IBD Editorials: "DISORIENTED JUDGE" (SNIPPET: "Journalism: Funny how practically no one knew that Judge Vaughn Walker was openly homosexual before his seismic ruling Wednesday. Why was such an obvious predisposition worth so little media attention? All federal judges must swear they "will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me ... so help me God." But can a judge given the opportunity to knock down a law that declared homosexual marriages invalid be impartial when he himself is openly homosexual?") (Posted August 5, 2010, 7:00 pm ET)
TOWNHALL.com: "MAMA CAN'T FIND A DOCTOR, AND OTHER FALLOUT FROM NEW DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATION" -Column by Matt Towery (SNIPPET: "Lately, even the most elite in media have started to report some of the intended and unintended consequences of the rushed and ill-conceived federal health care bill passed earlier this year by the Barack Obama administration and the Democrat-controlled Congress. And I've had my first eye-opener. Like everyone of their generation, my parents automatically qualify for Medicare. Soon after the new health care bill passed, their personal physician retired. When they set about looking for a new one, they kept hearing the same refrain: "We are no longer accepting new patients."") (July 23, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com (AP): "SOME INSURERS STOP WRITING NEW COVERAGE FOR KIDS" (SNIPPET: "...consequence of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, state officials said Friday." SNIPPET: "Insurers are worried that parents will wait until kids get sick to sign them up, saddling the companies with unpredictable costs.") (July 23, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "NEW REGULATIONS OUTLINE CONTENT, TRANSMISSION STANDARDS FOR EVERY AMERICANS' ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS" by Matt Cover (SNIPPET: "If doctors or hospitals do not comply and insist on using the traditional paper record-keeping systems, the federal government will penalize them by docking their Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, making it harder for them to stay in business. If they choose to comply with the government's plan. doctors and hospitals can receive generous federal subsidies...") (July 16, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "MARYLAND BECOMES SECOND STATE TO OFFER FEDERALLY FUNDED ABORTIONS UNDER OBAMACARE" by Matt Cover (SNIPPET: "Maryland will join Pennsylvania as the second state to use federal tax dollars to pay for abortions under the new health care law signed by President Barack Obama in March, according to information released by Maryland's State Health Insurance Plan. Maryland will receive $85 million in federal funds for its federally mandated high-risk insurance pool, which will cover abortions. As CNSNews.com reported on July 14, Pennsylvania will receive $160 million in federal funds for its high-risk insurance pool, which will also cover abortions.") (July 16, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com: "STUDENTS ORDERED TO STOP PRAYING OUTSIDE SUPREME COURT BUILDING" by Todd Starnes (SNIPPET: "A group of Christian students was ordered to stop praying outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on May 5 because a court police officer told them it was against the law." SNIPPET: "So the group of 15 students and seven adults left the Supreme Court and relocated to a sidewalk -- where Rigo said the children stood in a gutter -- and continued their prayer.") (July 15, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com: "PASTOR YANKED FROM CAPITOL OVER 'JESUS' PRAYER" by Todd Starnes (SNIPPET: "He said a House clerk asked to see his prayer." SNIPPET: "She said 'We would prefer that you not use the name Jesus. We have some people here that can be offended.'") (July 9, 2010)
ONE NEWS NOW.com: "LABARBERA: 'SHAME ON GOOGLE'" (SNIPPET: "Google has decided to pay its homosexual employees who are in civil unions more than the company offers married heterosexuals. Google officials explain the reason is because...") (July 6, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "KAGAN'S OFFICE DELAYS FOIA RESPONSE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE MEANING OF 'THE ADMINISTRATION'S HEALTH-CARE REFORM PLAN' IS" by Terence P. Jeffrey (June 28, 2010)
FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum (hraunfoss.FCC.GOV - Edocs - Public - MB Docket No. 09-182, June 16, 2010): "MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF REQUESTS FOR QUOTATION FOR MEDIA OWNERSHIP STUDIES AND SEEKS SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STUDIES IN MEDIA OWNERSHIP PROCEEDING" (Posted June 24, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "FCC MOVES TO REGULATE INTERNET -- EVEN THOUGH THE CALLS FOR INTERNET TO BE 'UNFETTERED BY FEDERAL OR STATE REGULATION'" by Matt Cover (SNIPPET: "This last approach, presented at the hearing as the "third way," is the preferred avenue of Genachowski, who unveiled the plan in May.") (June 18, 2010)
ONE NEWS NOW.com: "HOME DEPOT'S 'GAY PRIDE' SUPPORT SPOTLIGHTED" by Charlie Butts (SNIPPET: ""The worst offense is that Home Depot has set up kids' workshops at these gay pride festivals," explains AFA's director of special projects.") (June 22, 2010, 6:00 am)
MICHELLE MALKIN.com - blog: "FEDS GIVE ARIZONA $1.25 MILLION TO BUILD... SQUIRREL BRIDGES" by Doug Powers (SNIPPET: "At least when drug cartels take over the entire state, the squirrels will have an escape route. Priorities.") (June 17, 2010)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "Editorial: WALPIN-GATE SWINGS WIDE OPEN" (SNIPPET: "One year to the day after illegally firing AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin, the Obama administration is scrambling to ward off further embarrassments related to the case.") (June 16, 2010, 6:19 pm)
Online.WSJ.com - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL/OPINION JOURNAL - Review & Outlook: "POLITICIZING THE FED Congress seeks more control over the 12 regional banks." (SNIPPET: "For 97 years the 12 regional banks of the Federal Reserve system have operated relatively free of political interference from Washington. The looming financial reform bill threatens that independence, not least through an effort to impose new presidential appointees at the regional banks.") (June 14, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "OBAMA, PROCLAIMING LGBT PRIDE MONTH, PUSHES REPEAL OF DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT" by Jane McGrath (SNIPPET: "The president also emphasized his intention to secure "adoption rights" for same-sex couples and end both employment discrimination against LGBT individuals as well as the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) compromise that bars homosexuals from serving openly in the military. This is the second year that President Obama has declared June LGBT Pride Month, but it is the first time he has used the proclamation to call for repeal of DOMA.") (June 2, 2010)
Whitehouse.gov: "Remarks by the President at Human Rights Campaign Dinner" (SNIPPET: "Tonight, somewhere in America, a young person, let's say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a secret he's held as long as he can remember. Soon, perhaps, he will decide it's time to let that secret out. What happens next depends on him...") (October 10, 2009)
CNS NEWS.com: "OBAMA'S NOMINEE TO RUN MEDICARE: 'The Decision is Not Whether or Not We Will Ration Care -- The Decision is Whether We Will Ration Care With Our Eyes Open'" by Fred Lucas (May 24, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "OFFICIAL EXPLAINS APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY" by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden (SNIPPET: "The proposal, introduced to Congress in December, requests that hundreds of thousands of acres of federally granted land belonging to military installations and school systems in the Southwest be designated as national park wilderness areas.") (May 21, 2010)
WAPT.com: Pelaski, Mississippi - "WOMEN INVOLVED IN FEMA PHOTOGRAPHER INCIDENT SPEAK OUT" (SNIPPET: "A FEMA photographer was fired for asking the ladies to take off shirts with religious symbols as they helped storm victims. The women said they changed shirts multiple times for the photographer, who said their shirts were too religious." SNIPPET: ""I actually said, "That's the reason we are all here. If it wasn't for our faith, none of us would be here," Lott said.") (Updated May 19, 2010, 11:43 pm CDT)
CNS NEWS.com: "NAPOLITANO HASN'T REVIEWED 'IN DETAIL' THE ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW SHE CRITICIZED" by Pete Winn (SNIPPET: "Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder said he hadn't read the law either, although he too has criticized it.") (May 17, 2010)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "CAIR's Emerging News Network" (SNIPPET: "In three separate instances in less than a month, reporters working for national news organizations have written stories compatible with CAIR's agenda without acknowledging their personal histories with the group. In two of the three cases, the reporter had been a full-fledged CAIR employee. In the third, the reporter had received a CAIR scholarship while a student.") (May 17, 2010)
ONE NEWS NOW.com: "CROSS TAKEN, VETS OFFENDED -- REWARD OFFERED" by Charlie Butts (SNIPPET: "Less than two weeks after being temporarily saved by a Supreme Court ruling, the cross standing at the Mojave Desert War Memorial has been stolen. Sometime late Sunday night, vandals destroyed, ripped down, and carried off the cross that had stood since 1934 as a memorial to fallen veterans of foreign wars.") (May 12, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "CONSERVATIVES NOTE KAGAN'S ANTI-MILITARY VIEWS, LACK OF JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE" by Susan Jones (SNIPPET: ""Conservatives know Kagan as the Harvard Law School Dean who tried to bar the military from college campuses, an issue she fought all the way to the Supreme Court," the Family Research Council said on Friday in an email to supporters. "At the time, even Ruth Bader Ginsberg, one of the court's most liberal justices, couldn't find a way to justify Kagan's position." The FRC described Kagan's "incredibly hostile view of the military" as "well outside the American mainstream." The group also criticized Kagan's strong support for "hate crimes" laws/ And it notes that she has no judicial experience, never having litigated a case to verdict or trial.") (MAY 10, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com (AP): Washington - "OBAMA CHOOSES HIS FRIEND AND FELLOW LIBERAL ELENA KAGAN FOR SUPREME COURT" by Ben Feller (SNIPPET: "Obama cited what he called Kagan's "openness to a broad array of viewpoints" and her "fair mindedness.") (May 10, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN WHO REPRESENTS BORDER DISTRICT DECLINES TO ANSWER, WALKS AWAY WHEN ASKED IF HE'S COMMITTED TO SEALING BORDER AGAINST DRUG TRAFFIC" by Edwin Mora (SNIPPET: "Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)..." SNIPPET: "Rather than answer, Grijalva walked away, eventually shouting back at the reporter that it was "punkish" to ask the question.") (April 29, 2010)
ONE NEWS NOW.com (AP): Frankfort, Kentucky - "KY SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY" (SNIPPET: "Kentucky's Supreme Court has ruled that a Baptist university cannot keep $11 million awarded by state lawmakers to open a pharmacy school. A homosexual-rights group filed suit in 2006 challenging state funding...") (April 24, 2010, 4:30 am)
ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Washington, DC - "U.S. ARMY WITHDRAWS FRANKLIN GRAHAM PENTAGON PRAYER DAY INVITATION" by Dan Wooding (SNIPPET: ""I regret that the Army felt it was necessary to rescind their invitation to the National Day of Prayer Task Force to participate in the Pentagon's special prayer service," Graham said in a statement on Thursday. "I want to express my strong support for the United States military and all our troops. I will continue to pray that God will give them guidance, wisdom and protection as they serve this great country.") (April 22, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "HEALTH LAW BANS NEW DOCTOR-OWNED HOSPITALS, BLOCKS EXPANSION OF EXISTING ONES" by Fred Lucas (SNIPPET: "The rules fall under Title VI, Section 6001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The provision is titled "Physician Ownership and Other Transparency - Limitations on Medicare Exceptions to the Prohibition on Certain Physician Referral for Hospitals."" SNIPPET: "Further, these 260 doctor-owned hospitals in 38 states provide 55,000 jobs, $2.4 billion in payroll and pay $509 million in federal taxes, according to the PHA.") (April 12, 2010)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "THE DEADLY TAX ON MEDICAL INNOVATION ObamaCare could dramatically slow the pace of medical progress, leading to millions of preventable deaths" by Paul Hsieh (April 11, 2010)
EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE.com - Opinion: "OBAMA GOING OFF THE DEEP END" by Floyd and Mary Beth Brown (SNIPPET: "Obama is, according to Newt Gingrich, "potentially the most dangerous (president), because he so completely misunderstands reality.") (April 9, 2010, 11:09 am)
DAVID LIMBAUGH.com: "READ THE TRANSCRIPT AND FREAK" -Posted by David Limbaugh (SNIPPET: "It's obvious how disorganized his thinking is when you read his answer. I encourage you to follow this link and see for yourself" SNIPPET: "But his answer didn't just lack meaningful structure. It wasn't a case of his making a lot of sense on various points but just failing to tie them together. Some of the answers themselves were embarrassingly silly -- the height of unsophisticated thinking. Some were reckless, especially from the president of the United States." SNIPPET: "We've seen this before from him -- way too often.") (April 5, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com: "OBAMA'S NEW NUKE STRATEGY RAISES FEARS OF BOLSTERING ROGUE STATES" (SNIPPET: "President Obama's decision to reverse 65 years of U.S. nuclear weapons policy and drop most of the nation's deterrence capacity has alarmed critics who say they fear that the United States will now be more vulnerable to attack from would-be nuclear nations.") (Updated April 7, 2010)
BRAIN-TERMINAL.com: "A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE" by Evan Coyne Maloney (SNIPPET: "If you've opened up a newspaper or watched a cable news program in the past week or so, you've probably seen members of the media painting Tea Party activists as dangerous bigots. That's because disagreeing with President Obama on issues like government spending and high taxes makes you a racist, you see. What's interesting about the media's latest freak-out is that there were radicals a-plenty under President Bush. They protested in the streets. They talked openly about revolution and killing. But oddly, the violent imagery used by people claiming to be advocates for peace never registered with the media.") (March 31, 2010)
EXAMINER.com: "PELOSI CELEBRATES APPROVAL OF FINAL HEALTHCARE BILL THAT SLAPS TAXES ON DISABLED AND CHILDREN" by Anthony G. Martin (SNIPPET: "Like a drunken captain of a sinking ship who celebrates the fact that the crew was saved at the expense of the passengers, including the women and children, Nancy Pelosi hailed the approval of the final version of ObamaCare. The bill slaps heavy taxes on medical devices and prosthetics used by veterans, the elderly, the disabled, and even children.") (March 26, 2010 2:08 am)
WASHINGTON POST.com: "OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO ORDER LENDERS TO CUT MORTGAGE PAYMENTS FOR JOBLESS" (SNIPPET: "Banks and other lenders would have to reduce the payments to no more than 31 percent of a borrower's income, which would typically be their unemployment insurance, for up to six months. In some cases, administration officials said, a lender could allow a borrower to make no payments at all.") (March 25, 2010, 6:01 pm)
CNS NEWS.com: "FCC's BROADBAND PLAN SETS GROUNDWORK FOR NATIONAL SMART GRID TO TRANSITION TO MORE GREEN ENERGY USE: ELECTRIC CARS, SOLAR PANELS" by Matt Cover (SNIPPET: "The key to this new system is the broadband-connected smart meter, which the FCC envisions will let utilities and the government monitor energy usage in real-time, and give consumers the ability to better manage their energy consumption. "Smart meters, which are located at customers' homes and provide two-way communications with their utility, will play a major role in the Smart Grid," the plan states. Their primary role will be in allowing consumers to better regulate their energy usage, with a catch, however. That catch, the plan says, is a change in how utilities charge customers for energy. Rather than the normal flat-rate system, the plan says that utilities will need to move to a dynamic rating system where the price of electricity would spike during times of high demand, such as evening or hot days, forcing consumers to cut their usage to avoid the high prices.")
WASHINGTON POST.com: "OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO ORDER LENDERS TO CUT MORTGAGE PAYMENTS FOR JOBLESS" (SNIPPET: "Banks and other lenders would have to reduce the payments to no more than 31 percent of a borrower's income, which would typically be their unemployment insurance, for up to six months. In some cases, administration officials said, a lender could allow a borrower to make no payments at all.") (March 25, 2010, 6:01 pm)
WorldNetDaily.com: "PROGRESSIVE CONTROL-FREAKS" -Commentary by Henry Lamb (SNIPPET: "Whether they are called Democrats, socialists, Marxists or progressives, the current leadership in Washington has but one goal: control. The current leadership has demonstrated its belief that government must control virtually every facet of the economy, of politics and the life of every citizen. With unprecedented arrogance...") (March 20, 2010)
DANIEL PIPES.org (FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com): "CAIR ATTACKS THE FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE" by Daniel Pipes (SNIPPET: "The Council on American-Islamic Relations is up to its usual assault on the discussion of Islam. Its Philadelphia chapter is holding a press conference on March 17 at which it plans "to announce the launch of a nationwide campaign to challenge anti-Islam bias in a series of children's books that the Washington-based Muslim civil rights group says promote 'hostility toward Islam and suspicion of Muslims'.") (March 16, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com: "NEO-PAGANS GET WORSHIP CIRCLE AT AIR FORCE ACADEMY" by Joseph Abrams (SNIPPET: "Witches, Druids and pagans rejoice! The Air Force Academy in Colorado is about to recognize its first Wiccan prayer circle, a Stonehenge on the Rockies that will serve as an outdoor place of worship for the academy's neo-pagans.ÊWiccan cadets and officers on the Colorado Springs base have been convening for over a decade, but the school will officially dedicate a newly built circle of stones on about March 10, putting the outdoor sanctuary on an equal footing with the Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Buddhist chapels on the base.") (February 1, 2010)
INVESTORS.com - blog: "CLASS WARFARE'S NEXT TARGET: 401(K) SAVINGS" by Newt Gingrich and Peter Ferrara (SNIPPET: "You did the responsible thing. You saved in your IRA or 401(k) to support your retirement, when you could have spent that money on another vacation, or an upscale car, or fancier clothes and jewelry. But now Washington is developing plans for your retirement savings. BusinessWeek reports that the Treasury and Labor departments are asking for public comment on "the conversion of 401(k) savings and Individual Retirement Accounts into annuities or other steady payment streams." In plain English, the idea is for the government to take your retirement savings in return for a promise to pay you some monthly benefit in your retirement years.") (Posted February 17, 06:52 pm ET)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - blog: "HOW ARE THESE NOT CONSIDERED LIES?" (SNIPPET: "It turns out Rashad Hussain, the new White House envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, does remember...") (February 20, 2010, 10:17 am)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: Editorial - "BLACK PANTHER-JUDGESHIP NEXUS Rewarding a non-investigation with a seat on the bench" (SNIPPET: "As a key decision-maker on the matter of judicial nominations, Mr. Holder has an obvious conflict in this case, and it is his own ethics that would be directly in question.") (February 11, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org: "TEXAS: MUSLIM WHO SPOKE AT PRO-KHOMEINI CONFERENCE AND THREATENED COLUMNIST ANOINTED AS 'THE COUNTRY'S LEADING MUSLIM DERADICALIZATION EXPERT" (SNIPPET: "Of course, people like Elibiary, and only people like Elibiary, are already working closely with government and law enforcement.") (February 7, 2010)
ONE NEWS NOW.com: "TASK FORCE TO HEAR ABOUT POSSIBLE 'HATE INCIDENTS' BY LOCAL OFFICIALS" by Jody Brown (SNIPPET: "Speaking to a group of Christian ministers on January 27, Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris stated: "We are growing Christian community -- and don't let anybody shy away from that." And Councilwoman Sherry Marquez has been criticized for posting biblical references on her Facebook...") (February 5, 2010, 3:20 pm)
Online.WSJ.com - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - Capital Journal: "DEFICIT BALLOONS INTO NATIONAL-SECURITY THREAT" by Gerald F. Seib (SNIPPET: "The federal budget deficit has long since graduated from nuisance to headache to pressing national concern. Now, however, it has become so large and persistent that it is time to start thinking of it as something else entirely: a national-security threat.") (February 2, 2010)
ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Chicago, Il. - "CHRISTIAN FATHER FACES JAIL FOR TAKING DAUGHTER TO CHURCH by Michael Ireland (SNIPPET: ""I have been ordered by a judge not to expose my daughter to anything non-Judaism," Reyes told a news reporter. "But I am taking her to hear the teachings of perhaps the most prominent Jewish Rabbi in the history of this great planet of ours. I can't think of anything more Jewish than that." The prominent Jewish Rabbi that Reyes referenced was Jesus Christ.") (February 1, 2010)
ONE NEWS NOW.com: "DEMOCRATS POLITICAL SUICIDE PACT" -Column by Matt Barber (SNIPPET: "I have mixed feelings. The not-ready-for-prime-time amalgamation of jaw-dropping hubris and chuckle-out-loud incompetence this man continues to display bodes well for conservatives. The creepy political suicide pact he, Pelosi, and Reid have apparently entered into - if fulfilled - almost certainly ensures an electoral bloodbath in 2010. It could cripple the Democratic Party for decades to come. On the down side, if Obama and his fellow "progressive" extremists in Congress actually implement any of these radical policy initiatives, it could cripple the entire country for decades to come. If Obama loses, Democrats lose. If Obama wins, we all lose.") (January 29, 2010, 10:45 am)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "OBAMA REAFFIRMS DESIRE TO END 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'" by Donna Miles (SNIPPET: "The president has long advocated allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters in June that he had directed Defense Department lawyers to explore ways to make the policy more flexible until the law is changed." SNIPPET: "The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law has been in effect since 1993. Previously, homosexuals were strictly banned from military service.") (January 27, 2010)
BIG GOVERNMENT.com: "...Obama Endorses Task Force to Look at Cutting Deficit After Tripling It His First Year" by Jim Hoft (SNIPPET: "Barack Obama tripled the national deficit last year. This year Barack Obama is on track to nearly quadruple Bush's 2008 budget deficit. But don't worry. Barack Obama called for a task force today to come up with a plan to curb his spiraling budget deficits.") (January 23, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com: "WHY DOCTORS ARE ABANDONING MEDICARE" by C.L. Gray (SNIPPET: "Physicians will not be bullied into bankruptcy. Our system needs reform, but what's being hammered out in Washington is not the answer.") (Updated January 14, 2010)
AMERICAN THINKER.com - blog: "Hey Obama, Who's Freddy?" by Andrew Walden (SNIPPET: "Is it possible? Did we miss one? With all the Marxists dug out from the very public -- yet very opaque -- story of President Barack Obama's life, could there be room for one more, hiding in plain sight on page 24 of Dreams from My Father?") (January 12, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com: "FINAL HEALTH CARE BILL MAY REQUIRE PROOF OF INSURANCE ON TAX RETURNS" by Molly Henneberg (SNIPPET: "In addition, the health care reform bill likely would require the IRS to dole out taxpayer dollars -- subsidies -- to low-income Americans to help them pay for health insurance, administer tax credits to small businesses to help them offer health insurance to workers and collect billions of dollars in new taxes on employers, insurance companies and medical device companies.") (Updated January 7, 2010)
ClickOnDetroit.com: Dearborn, Michigan - "SWEATSHIRT SPARKS CONTROVERSY" (SNIPPET: "About 15 Arab-American students at Edsel Ford High School are in trouble over a class sweatshirt they had made over the holiday break. The class of 2011 sweatshirt has the number 11 made to look like the World Trade Center Towers. The school's mascot, a Thunderbird, is seen flying toward the number. Under the graphic, a tagline reads, "You can't bring us down." The students wore the hooded sweatshirts to school Monday.") (Updated January 5, 2010, 6:24 pm)
ONE NEWS NOW.com: "MINISTRY ENDURES 'MALICIOUS PERSECUTION' FROM OFFICIALS" by Charlie Butts (SNIPPET: "A federal appeals court is critical of Chicago officials and how they dealt with a ministry's use of an old building.") (January 4, 2010)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "GLOBAL THREATS Lax 2009, rough 2010" -Commentary by John R. Bolton (SNIPPET: "The outlook is not promising. Too often, Mr. Obama seems either uninterested in the global threats we face, unpersuaded that they constitute dangers to the country, or content simply to blame his predecessors. When he does see international threats, his instinct is to negotiate with them rather than defeat them.") (January 4, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "DHS PLANS TO CATCH ONLY ONE IN FOUR TRAVELERS COMMITTING 'MAJOR' CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS WHILE ENTERING U.S. ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS IN 2010" by Terence P. Jeffrey (Documents produced by the Department of Homeland Security indicate that in fiscal 2010 the department is planning to catch only 26 percent of travelers committing major criminal violations while seeking to enter the United States through international airports.") (January 4, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "OUR READER'S GREATEST HITS FOR 2009" (SNIPPET: "2009 will long be remembered as the year Barack Obama became president and his administration started building a road to socialism through Congress...") (December 31, 2009)
ONE NEWS.com: "PRO-LIFE GROUPS GEAR UP FOR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "...for the upcoming Obama administration, which is likely to push abortion to the extreme.") (November 16, 2008, 5:05 am)
