"There's A Spirit" 2012

Texas A&M's new pregame video is narrated by Brent Musburger

Obama introduces 'Our Stripes,' 'O' replaces stars

The official Barack Obama campaign is selling a new American flag print, with the Obama campaign logo replacing the field of stars representing the United States.

Designed by artists Ross Bruggink and Dan Olson, the Obama campaign calls it "Our Stripes."

It took two people to design that?

Give Hugo Chavez some credit.  When he redesigned the Venezuelan flag to represent his socialist views, even he wasn't narcissistic enough to put himself on it.

Urban Outfitters hawks shirt honoring mass murderer

An Open Letter to Urban Outfitters Regarding their Che Guevara Merchandise

September 19, 2012

Ted Marlow
CEO, Urban Outfitters
30 Industrial Park Blvd.
Trenton, SC 29847

Dear Mr. Marlow,

The Human Rights Foundation recently became aware of the sale of merchandise at Urban Outfitters emblazoned with the image of communist leader Che Guevara, at times accompanied by the word "revolución." As a nonprofit organization dedicated to the defense of human rights, we would like to bring your attention to Guevara's bloody and anti-democratic legacy.

Although Guevara's image has appeared on countless items for purchase over the last few decades as a symbol of change for the better, Guevara's actual record is that of a brutal tyrant who suppressed individual freedom in Cuba and murdered those who challenged his worldview.

A romanticized poster of Che Guevara currently for sale on the Urban Outfitters website   Guevara undoubtedly played a key role in the overthrow of the dictatorial Batista regime in January of 1959. However, despite promises of a new democratic government, within a few months he and Fidel Castro had designed and installed a full-blown police state that deprived the overwhelming majority of Cuban citizens of democracy and human rights.

From 1959 to 1960, the new government carried out summary executions of at least 1,118 people by firing squad. Guevara himself presided over the notorious La Cabaña prison, where hundreds of the executions took place. For comparison's sake, the Batista regime was responsible for 747 noncombatant deaths between 1952 and 1959. The Cuban revolution under the direction of Guevara also saw the rise of forced labor camps which gave way a few years later to full-scale concentration camps. These were filled with dissidents, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Afro-Cuban priests, and anyone else who had committed "crimes" against the new moral revolution.

Despite the mountain of evidence for these abuses, much of which comes directly from Guevara's own meticulous journals, popular culture still largely views him as a revolutionary of the people. Urban Outfitters is certainly not the only company to take advantage of Guevara's fame to sell merchandise.

We urge you to consider that the image of Guevara represents tyranny and repression for the millions of people who have suffered under communism. Fifty-three years after Guevara's rise to power, Cuba is still ruled by the Communist party, while all alternative political parties and dissenting civil society groups are outlawed. Any expression of dissent is considered a subversive act, a free press does not exist, and the government regularly imprisons those who speak out. Mr. Marlow, the Cuban government of today, a legacy of Guevara, is the most repressive regime in the Western hemisphere.

These facts forced Polish lawmakers to recently propose a ban on t-shirts with Guevara's image, as part of a previous law banning fascist and totalitarian propaganda. HRF does not advocate the banning of an image--no matter how offensive. Freedom of expression is a human right, and of course Urban Outfitters is free to choose how to design its merchandise.

However, HRF does question the motives of Urban Outfitters in lionizing a murderer who did not even make an attempt to hide his bloody ideology. In a speech in front of the United Nations in 1964, Guevara proudly admitted that "yes, we have executed, we are executing, we will continue to execute." He boasted of murdering Eutimio Guerra, bragging in his diary how he "ended the problem with a .32 caliber pistol, in the right side of his brain." He believed in doing anything it took to achieve "the greater good" he envisioned for Cuba--including nuclear annihilation of the United States.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, Guevara favored engaging in nuclear war to "build a better world." After the crisis was averted he lamented Soviet inaction, stating that if the missiles had been under Cuban control, he would have fired them. There is evidence that Guevara was involved in a November 1962 terrorist plot to use 1,200 pounds of TNT to blow up Macy's, Gimbels, Bloomingdale's, and Grand Central Station on the day after Thanksgiving, the busiest shopping day of the year. "At every stage of his adult life," one historian noted of Guevara, "his megalomania manifested itself in the predatory urge to take over other people's lives and property, and to abolish their free will."

Is this really someone that Urban Outfitters wants to emblazon and celebrate on its products?
For the sake of the 1.47 billion people still living under the yoke of communist rule, for the sake of the thousands who perished in the Cuban revolution, and for the sake of the 11 million Cubans who still endure a totalitarian system, we hope Urban Outfitters will reconsider its marketing strategy and set a moral example for the apparel industry.

Sincerely yours,

Thor Halvorssen
President
Human Rights Foundation

Stockman warns Kountze ISD to stop banning religion

Former U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman, the Republican nominee for the U.S. House in the 36th District, warned the Kountze Independent School District Wednesday to listen to citizens and restore the right of religious expression at school events.  Stockman is organizing citizen opposition to the ban on religion.

“I will not allow school officials to ban religion like we’re in San Francisco or something.  The First Amendment is clear.  Government officials cannot legally ban religion.  Kountze ISD is setting itself up for an expensive courtroom loss,” warned Stockman.

“I am consulting with constitutional experts to see what legal action may be taken against Kountze ISD.  Banning religion is a direct assault on our founding principles.  This is East Texas, not San Francisco.  The superintendent can either overturn his ban on religion, or pack his bags,” said Stockman.

School administrators banned run-through banners at football games that display religious messages, after receiving one complaint about a banner that paraphrased the Bible.

While government-directed religious expression is legally troublesome, religious expression by students themselves is protected by the First Amendment.

“We can’t allow one bully to strip thousands of citizens of a constitutionally-protected right to engage in religious expression,” said Stockman.  “The superintendent cowered to the East Coast ACLU liberals.”

Stockman is urging citizens, specially those in the Kountze ISD, to contact the school board at 409-246-3352 and smathews@kountzeisd.org to urge administrators to overturn the speech ban.  Kountze is in the 36th Congressional District.

“Congress’ job is to protect citizens from abuse by government officials. If school administrators will not repeal the ban, we will repeal the administrators,” said Stockman.

Obama foreign policy approval drops 12% among independents

A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll find Obama's job approval rating on foreign policy has dropped 12 points in four weeks among the independent voters who will decide the Nov. 6 election.

Last month 53 percent of independents approved of Obama's handling of foreign policy.  This month Obama's approval on foreign policy has dropped to 41 percent among independents.

The drop comes after terrorist attacks on an unprotected Libyan consulate despite receiving prior warnings, Obama's decision to blow off intelligence briefings so he could attend celebrity parties, the storming of embassies in Egypt and other countries and the administration's initial response of sympathy to terrorists.

The drop likely would have been larger had the mainstream media not aggressively campaigned for Obama, covered up damaging stories and focused more attention on criticizing Republican Mitt Romney instead of the terrorists responsible.

Among the total electorate, Obama's foreign policy approval has dropped five points since last month, to 49 percent.

Rand Paul pushes Senate to cut foreign aid

Sen. Rand Paul today issued a Dear Colleague letter to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, in which he urged them to pass a bill cutting all foreign aid to any country that fails to secure our embassies, as well as, demanding accountability from the countries of Pakistan, Egypt, and Libya, that were recently involved in the violence directed at our embassies. He issued a similar letter to his colleagues in the Senate, underlining his intention to filibuster any pending legislation until the Senate addresses these matters.

TEXT OF LETTER:

September 18, 2012

Dear Colleague:

As this is expected to be the final week of legislative session for both the House and Senate before an extended recess, I urge you to take immediate action to pass a much-needed bill demanding cooperation and accountability from the countries involved in the recent violence directed at our embassies and consulates.  The bill should send a strong clear message to these entities: You do not get foreign aid unless you are an unwavering ally of the United States.

This week is likely our last chance to address the ongoing violence, to promote security at our diplomatic facilities, and to take appropriate steps to ensure cooperation from the governments of Pakistan, Egypt and Libya.

First, we must demand accountability from the government of Pakistan, which receives over $3 billion from us every year, yet routinely plays both sides of some of the most important issues while openly thwarting our objectives in the region.  They should be subject to the same conditions applied to Egypt, Libya, and the others, and they should also release Dr. Shakil Afridi, the doctor who bravely stepped forward to help us in our efforts to identify the hiding place of Osama bin Laden.  Dr. Afridi remains under arrest for his role in finding bin Laden, and no country that arrests a man for helping to find bin Laden is an ally of the United States.  If Pakistan wants to be our ally-and receive foreign aid for being one-then they should act like it, and they must start by releasing Dr. Afridi.

At the same time, we must take steps to cut foreign aid to Egypt and Libya-or any other country which fails to secure our embassies-and we must make it clear that, unless there is full cooperation in bringing these attackers to justice, no foreign aid will be provided in the future.  A full investigation is necessary to determine who is responsible for these murders, and simply identifying the persons responsible is not enough.  We must insist that any country which expects assistance dollars from the United States cannot permit the growth and influence of violent ideologies within their borders-especially when the practitioners of these ideologies are intent on murdering our diplomatic personnel abroad.  All of these actions must be verified and certified before Congress considers resuming aid. 

While I believe the most effective tactic is to demand a full stop to the flow of foreign aid money to these countries until those responsible for the attacks on our diplomats are found, there are other options which can be considered.  For example, significant cuts that are less than the full amount of foreign aid could be considered, coupled with redirecting a portion of the money into the improvement of security at our diplomatic facilities.   If these countries cannot secure American lives and property, our increased cost of doing so must come out of the money set aside for aid.

The timing of this action by Congress is crucial.  There is no better time than now to send a clear message to the world that we will not send good money after bad any longer.  I have insisted on floor consideration and votes on these issues in the Senate, and will be engaged in a filibuster of the Continuing Resolution and any recess for adjournment until the Senate allows action on these vital matters.

I hope you will join me in this effort by passing a bill in the House of Representatives to address this ongoing crisis.

Sincerely,

Rand Paul, M.D.
United States Senator

Newspaper ad revenues plunge to 1950 levels

That is a stunning graph.  Breitbart's John Nolte has the story.

Household income worse under Obama than during recession

“A new report put out by the Pew Research Center finds that the median income is worse now than it was during the Great Recession,” CBS reports.

“According to Pew, the Census Bureau showed that the median income for American households in 2009 – the official end of the Great Recession – was $52,195 (in 2011 dollars), while the median income dipped to $50,054 last year, falling 4.1 percent over two years,” CBS reports.

“The decrease in household income from 2009 to 2011 almost exactly equaled the decrease in income in the two years of the recession,” the Pew report stated. “During the Great Recession, the median U.S. household income (in 2011 dollars) dropped from $54,489 in 2007 to $52,195 in 2009, a loss of 4.2 percent. By this yardstick, the recovery from the Great Recession is bypassing the nation’s households.”

The report also finds the poverty rate and median household wealth are worse under Obama’s policies than they were under the recession.

Explosion in food stamps under Obama worries economists

A record number of Americans are on food stamps under Obama, and that has economists worried.  Three years after the recession officially ended “47 million people each month are using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),” Manhattan Institute economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth reports.

“Food stamp participation has always increased during a recession and in the initial stages of a recovery…levels seen since the end of this recession are far higher than in prior recoveries. While the 36 month periods following the recessions of the early 1980s saw decreases in food stamp usage, the recessions of the early 1990s and in 2001 saw increases between 1 and 2 percent over the same period, in comparison with an increase of 3.5 percent following the recession ending in 2009,” the report finds.

The difference appears to be the result of changes by politicians to incentivize welfare enrollment.  ” In addition to the difficult job market, this is because of changes in the program that began in October 2008, including expansion of benefits and elimination of the cap for child care expenses.”

“The increase in participation in 2008 was caused by a combination of widened benefit eligibility, the recession, and a concerted effort to expand access to benefits. The 2008 Farm Bill changed the name of the program from the Food Stamp Program to SNAP, in an effort to reduce the social stigma associated with receiving benefits. As of October 1, 2008, the minimum benefit and standard deduction for households were increased. The cap for child care expenses was also eliminated. There were also changes aimed at combating fraud, including disqualification of people who sold benefits or food obtained with SNAP benefits for cash, and the bill allowed the USDA more flexibility in setting consequences including fines and disqualification periods for retailers who engaged in food stamp fraud.”

Boehner: Obama's War on Coal claims 1,200 jobs

Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources announced today that it is “eliminating 1,200 jobs companywide, including 400 with the immediate closing of eight mines in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania,” The Associated Press reports. Company officials cite “a regulatory environment that’s aggressively aimed at constraining the use of coal” for the closures, adding to the growing list of American energy producers who say the Obama administration’s excessive red tape has contributed to thousands of recent layoffs.  Here’s more:

• “Murray Energy's Ohio Valley Coal Subsidiary Lays Off 29 Hourly Workers” “Ohio Valley Coal Co., a subsidiary of Murray Energy Corp. in Pepper Pike, said it has laid off 29 hourly workers at its Powhatan No. 6 Mine in Belmont County, Ohio — a move it blames on ‘the excessive and unnecessary regulatory actions of the Obama administration.’ … He [Ronald Koontz, general manager of Ohio Valley Coal] continued…‘The failed energy policies of the Obama administration and the ‘war on coal’ that the president and his Democrat supporters have unleashed are the direct cause of this layoff.’” (Crain’s Cleveland Business, 7/20/12)
• “Two Coal Companies Downsize” “Two area coal companies announced layoffs Friday, saying weakened coal demand and an aggressive regulatory structure forced the idling of several mines. … ‘[T]he escalating costs and uncertainty generated by recently advanced [energy] regulations and interpretations have created a challenging business climate for the entire coal industry,’ he [PBS President and CEO D. Lynn Shanks] said in the statement.” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/20/12)
• “Coal Jobs Cut; Consol, Others Scaling Back” “[C]ompany officials are laying off 318 West Virginia coal miners, citing pressure from federal environmental regulators. Consol is not alone in reducing its coal operations in West Virginia, as Arch Coal and Alpha Natural Resources also announced recently plans to cut back their work forces throughout the Mountain State. All three companies blame [federal regulations] for causing a downturn in coal demand, citing this as the reason for reducing their coal operations.” (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register, 7/8/12)
• “Coal Industry Sheds Jobs, Leaving Eastern Kentucky Economy in Tatters” “The impact of an estimated 2,000 mining layoffs this year is hitting home across the mountainous coal counties of Eastern Kentucky. … Luke Popovich, a spokesman for the National Mining Association, said whether the rules are in place or coming, ‘the uncertainty they have created in the industry and the reduction they will cause in our power generation market have already begun to take their toll.’ Utilities are deciding to retire coal-burning power plants because of the costs they would face to keep them in service under pending emissions rules, Popovich said.” (Lexington Herald-Leader, 7/29/12)
• “Arch Coal to Cut 750 Jobs” “Arch Coal announced it is idling several operations and reducing production at others. The company said these and other recent changes will result in a total workforce reduction of about 750 full-time employees. … That, combined with what coal officials say is an uncertain regulatory environment…is a driving force behind the recent job cuts.” (Charleston Daily Mail, 6/21/12)

The Obama administration’s war on coal is costing jobs and forcing American energy producers to shift “their attention to markets overseas, where coal-fired power plants are being built faster than they are being abandoned in the United States,” says The New York Times.  House Republicans are taking action on the Stop the War on Coal Act this week to protect American jobs by blocking some of the Obama administration’s most damaging new regulations and holding the administration accountable for the economic impact of several others.  The House has already passed numerous bills aimed at eliminating the excessive regulations that are blocking American energy production and costing jobs. It is up to Senate Democrats to act on these and the more than 30 other bipartisan, House-passed jobs bills they are stalling.

From the office of the Speaker of the House

Rand Paul: Obama just banned 1 million firearms

Dear fellow Patriot,

Nearly 1 million American firearms.

Banned by a stroke of Barack Obama’s pen.

In a move unprecedented in American history, the Obama Administration quietly banned the re-importation of 600,000 American made M1 Carbine rifles.

And I've just discovered Obama may be blocking as many 300,000 1911 Colts too!

That's nearly one million pieces of American history denied to the American people.

The M1 rifle, developed in the late 1930’s, carried the United States through World War II seeing action in every major battle.

General Patton at the time called the M1 “the greatest battle implement ever devised.”

The rifle is largely credited with giving American soldiers the advantage and securing victory for the allies.

During the Korean War, nearly one million of these rifles were brought to South Korea and left with the South Korean government afterward.

Now, South Korea wants to give American gun collectors the chance to get their hands on this unique piece of history.

A piece of American history that Barack Obama would like to see go down the memory hole.

That’s why I want as many Americans as possible to put themselves on record opposing this gun ban by signing the Official Firearms Freedom Survey the National Association for Gun Rights has prepared for you.

Will you please join me?


After World War II, the United States government sent millions of these rifles overseas to our allies and friends.

That includes 950,000 M1 Garands, 1.2 million M1 Carbines, and 300,000 1911 Pistols.

Over the past 50 years, many of the countries we lent them to returned them to America to be bought and sold by firearms collectors.

This is nothing new.

Make no mistake; these firearms were made in America, by Americans, for Americans, to defend freedom on foreign shores.

As a part of our history, they are greatly sought after by American shooters and collectors.

But according to Hillary Clinton’s State Department there is a danger they might “fall into the wrong hands.”

That they might, possibly, one day be used in a crime.

No mention of the hundreds of thousands of gun owners deprived of the opportunity to own an integral part of American history.

The State Department’s outrageous claims are nothing more than a thinly veiled ploy to distract from the real issue:

President Obama’s deep seated hatred for gun rights.

While his gun-grabbing base is giddy with praise at this back-door gun ban, law-abiding citizens across the United States are crying foul.

Let me be clear: at no time in U.S. history has the ownership of these firearms -- or any part of these firearms -- been illegal, restricted or banned.

Americans have collected World War II M1 rifles for decades.

Now they are sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program.

You can even purchase a newly manufactured model from Springfield Armory that was made just a month or two ago.

And the M1’s caliber or capacity is no more dangerous than the millions of modern firearms owned by Americans across the country today.

As you can see, there is absolutely no justification for this unconstitutional gun ban.

This is just the latest in a series of anti-gun schemes from the Obama Administration:

*** A new so-called “Assaults Weapon Ban" -- targeting ALL semi-automatic rifles and shotguns -- which, unlike the Clinton ban, would NEVER expire;

*** An outright BAN on “high capacity” magazines -- banning the sale and manufacture of magazines holding more than just a handful of rounds;

*** A National Concealed Carry “Standard” -- designed to make it even more difficult for law-abiding citizens to carry a gun to protect themselves and their families from assault;

*** Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “Catch-All Gun Control Scheme” -- to create a national “cannot buy registry,” allowing citizens to be stripped of their Second Amendment rights on a Justice Department whim, effectively banning all private gun sales.

That’s why it is essential that Americans like you and I take a stand against the M1 rifle and 1911 gun ban!

It has been common practice since the end of World War II to re-import these American made rifles from the foreign allies they were lent to during the war.

But the Obama Administration departs radically from the American tradition.

In fact, on top of banning American citizens from owning these historic firearms, Obama’s State Department is arranging for the destruction of nearly one million of them -- ironically, at a time of ballooning federal deficits.

It’s an outrage!

These firearms -- truly pieces of American history -- rightly belong in the hands of U.S. citizens.

That’s why I was glad to hear that the National Association for Gun Rights is helping fight this power grab in the U.S. Senate.

Do you believe the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Second Amendment are the supreme law of the land?

Do you believe that President Obama banning the re-importation of these historic firearms is an unprecedented and unconstitutional power grab?

Do you support Congress forcing President Obama to reverse his ban and save these American made firearms from destruction?

If you said “Yes” to these questions, please sign the Firearms Freedom Survey the National Association for Gun Rights has prepared for you.

Your survey will put you squarely on the record AGAINST Barack Obama’s Gun Ban.



And along with your signed survey, I hope you’ll send a generous contribution of $250, $100, $50 or even just $35 to help finance this battle.

With your generous contribution, the National Association for Gun Rights will continue contacting Second Amendment supporters to turn up the heat on targeted U.S. Senators.

Not only that, but they’re preparing a massive program to launch the designed to force President Obama to reverse this ban.

Direct mail.  Phones.  E-mail.  Blogs.  Guest editorials.  Press conferences.  Hard-hitting internet, newspaper, radio and even TV ads if funding permits.  The whole nine yards.

Of course, a program of this scale is only possible if the National Association for Gun Rights can raise the money.

But that’s not easy.

So please put yourself on record AGAINST Barack Obama’s Rifle Ban by signing NAGR’s Firearms Freedom Survey.

But along with your survey, please agree to make a generous contribution of $250, $100, $50 or even just $35.

And every dollar counts in this fight so even if you can only chip in $10 or $20, your help will still make a difference.

Thank you in advance for your time and money devoted to defending our Second Amendment rights.

For Freedom,

Rand Paul
United States Senator

P.S. In a move unprecedented in American history, Barack Obama secretly banned the re-importation of nearly a million American made M1 Carbine rifles and 1911 pistols.

The M1 rifle, developed in the 1930’s, carried the U.S. through World War II seeing action in every major battle.

So please put yourself on record AGAINST the Barack Obama’s Gun Ban by signing NAGR’s Firearms Freedom Survey.

But along with your survey, please agree to make a generous contribution to the National Association for Gun Rights of $250, $100, $50 or even just $35.

And every dollar counts in this fight so even if you can only chip in $10 or $20, your help will still make a difference.

Democrat tries to frame GOP opponent for cocaine possession

Claiming to be an Indian to steal a job is now the second-craziest story a Massachusetts Democrats has made up.

"Denise Andrews, a Democrat representing the the 2nd Franklin district, went to the police accusing her Republican opponent of buying cocaine," the Daily Mail reports.

Confronted on her claim by police, Andrews even falsely accused police officers of covering up the drug sale in her attempt to have her opponent falsely imprisoned.

"According to a police report, Andrews turned up at the station on August 14 and said someone within the Police Department had phoned a constituent and told them that police had received a telephone call from a cocaine dealer who claimed to have sold drugs to Lee."

"Andrews then told Timothy Anderson, the chief of police in her rival’s hometown of Athol, that one of his officers had gone to Lee’s home, confiscated the cocaine and brought it back to the station.  Originally, Andrews could not remember the name of the officer who went to Lee’s home.

"She then returned to the station and named the narcotics officer, Jarret Mousseau, as the person who confiscated the drugs.  However, Mousseau was not on duty the day she was alleged to have gone to Lee’s home and there was no cocaine in the police station’s drug locker that day either. Mousseau denied any knowledge of a drug sale."

The local police chief quickly determined Andrews was lying.  

Her accused opponent, Susannah Whipps Lee, even took a drug test.  Obviously, it came back negative.

Andrews refused to apologize for her attempt to have her opponent falsely arrested, which coincidentally enough is itself a crime.



Filing a false police report in Massachusetts is punishable by a $500.00 fine and a year in prison.

Obama bows to terrorists, strips American of free speech

"President Barack Obama has bowed to the Muslim Brotherhood’s demand that the federal government suppress a satirical video of Islam’s prophet, Muhammad," The Daily Caller reports.

Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the National Security Council, told the Washington Post that the White House has “reached out to YouTube to call the video to their attention and ask them to review whether it violates their terms of use,” the Caller reports.

Obama’s request complies with the Sept. 13 demand and threat by the brotherhood, which now governs the Arab world’s largest country, Egypt.

"Hurting the feelings of one and a half billion Muslims cannot be tolerated," The Muslim Brotherhood said in an English-language statement on their website calling on Obama to suppress the video.

The terrorist group's statement mirrors that of Obama's State Department, which condemned an American citizen for "the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims."

The President of the United States takes a sworn oath to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Using the authority of the White House and the military to suppress speech, no matter how tasteless and stupid it may be, violates that oath.

Join Congressman Stockman for a showing of “2016″

September 22, 12:30 p.m.
The Historic Pines Theater, 340 N. 4th St. in Silsbee
Free admission, just call 832-704-6900 to RSVP.  Give your name and the number of seats to reserve

Ferguson statement on Obama speech, jobs report

American Tradition Partnership Executive Director Donald Ferguson released the following statement Friday:

The last 12 hours have perfectly crystallized the failure of Obama's decision to gamble taxpayer money on bailouts for the wind and solar corporate executive who are funding his campaign.

Speaking last night on the first anniversary of the Solyndra bankruptcy, Obama offered more of the same failed policies, demanding more taxpayer cash to bail out the failing wind and solar companies that are pumping their taxpayer-provided profits into his campaign.

Obama praised the decline in foreign oil imports since he was inaugurated, but failed to point out it was only because the Obama recession has eviscerated demand for energy.  Under Obama's oppressive regulatory regime, hydrocarbon development on federal lands has plunged.  While development on private lands is growing thanks to the clean, safe, 60-year-old technology of hydraulic fracturing, Obama has vowed to target "fracking" for eradication if re-elected, killing what little economic growth we have seen under his presidency.

Obama also failed to voice support for the Keystone jobs pipeline, a project supported by the vast majority of Americans.  American Tradition Partnership delivered 150,000 signatures to Obama's State Department last month in support of the project, but Obama has chosen a path that kills American jobs and benefits Communist China.

And this morning we receive news that for the 43rd straight month of Obama's 43-month presidency, our United States have failed to create enough jobs to restore American prosperity.  This is a direct result of Obama's virulent demonization of capitalism and his reckless EPA's use of regulatory declarations to lash out at and attack American employers.  Job creators will not invest in a nation where the head of state attacks employment activity and uses his unilateral power to invent law on his own to enact needless and punitive regulations intended to fulfill a radical leftist agenda.

American Tradition Partnership has a better idea and a better plan.

Remove taxpayer bailout for failing wind and solar corporations and have them compete on the same terms as traditional, proven energy sources.

Allow Americans, and job creators, access to affordable, reliable energy by repealing Expensive Energy Mandates requiring utilities to purchase more expensive, but politically-connected, wind and solar experimental energy.

Allow the development of hydrocarbon and other resources on federal lands, and stop the anti-science, anti-progress attacks on safe, clean hydraulic fracturing that had states like North Dakota and Texas creating jobs while other states plunge into recession.

And, working with Senator Rand Paul, pass the REINS Act, which requires any major federal regulation costing more than $100 million to be approved by Congress before it may be enacted -- stopping the dangerous practice of radical politicians and unaccountable bureaucrats using the power of regulatory fiat to enact laws that could not pass in an elected, democratic body because they are too dangerous and destructive to our nation.  Laws should be made by elected lawmakers, not political activists with a government employee badge.

Barack Obama's radical leftist assault on our energy economy has left behind a damaged and broken nation.   America cannot create jobs and families struggle to pay the utility bills while Obama's cronies in corporations like Solyndra pocket billions of taxpayer dollars.

Economic peace and prosperity will not come until we end Obama's war on the United States must end and we stop Gang Green's hostile occupation of our lawmaking bodies.  American Tradition Partnership is leading that fight, and we will win.

Urgent UN update from NAGR

*** URGENT VIDEO UPDATE ***

Dear patriot,

We have just a few hours left.

When the UN Programme Against Small Arms closes their meeting in New York City this evening, we could be facing a whole new flood of anti-gun restrictions.

Crack downs on semi-autos and ammunition sales will likely be included. Nationwide registration schemes and other avenues leading to full-on confiscation and destruction are also on the table.

President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are standing by, ready to begin implementing these “suggestions.”

The ONLY way to stop them is to make one thing ABSOLUTELY CLEAR:

Americans will NOT tolerate any part of the UN Gun Ban.

NAGR has just completed a video update on the UN Programme Against Small Arms.

Please click here to watch this important video. Then make sure you sign the Pledge to Oppose Hillary’s Global Gun Grab.



We must be ready to fight when the tyrants at the UN unveil their new plan to force third-world gun control on the US. We may have just days to respond once they unveil the Programme.

Please click here to see my critical video update.

After you watch the video, be sure to Pledge Opposition to Hillary's Global Gun Grab .

Thank you,

Dudley Brown

P.S. Hillary and Obama have already implemented parts of the ongoing Programme with Operation Fast and Furious, Project Gun Walker and Obama’s Historic Rifle Ban.

Following the Programme, they claim to that they’ve destroyed “50,000 tons of conventional munitions,” which is doubtless driving up ammunition prices for US citizens.

Now they’re pushing for crack downs on semi-auto and ammo purchases. Full-scale registration and confiscation has been their goal all along, and they’re going to push ahead just as fast as they think they can.

Please watch this vital video update and go on record against Hillary’s UN Gun Ban right away!

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From: Dudley Brown [dudley.brown@nationalgunrights.org]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 12:35 PM
Subject: An answer to Hillary Clinton's schemes

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Dear Donny,

The United Nations' Programme Against Small Arms meeting is in full swing in New York City.

And my sources inside the UN report countries such as Mexico continue pushing for a UN Gun Ban by the close of this year.

Both the "Small Arms Treaty" and the Programme Against Small Arms provide endless ways to accomplish this goal.

As you may remember, heading into the "Small Arms Treaty" Conference last month, anti-gun international bureaucrats were bragging that the conference would craft "the most important initiative ever regarding arms regulation . . ."

But thanks to your sustained grassroots pressure, no treaty was passed, likely because the Obama Administration could not get all the gun controls it wanted.

However, the gun-grabbers are back at it again this week and next, working to put together yet another anti-gun agreement -- and this time, such an agreement WOULD NOT require a vote in the U.S. Senate.

You and I know what these international anti-gunners really want . . .

Full-scale GLOBAL gun registration followed by confiscation, especially in the U.S.

And, as a reminder, to make matters worse, Hillary Clinton has already given this anti-gun nightmare the Obama administration's full blessing.

They're working to make it a reality in America.

But I have an answer to Hillary Clinton's schemes.

I need you and tens of thousands of other pro-gun Americans to Pledge Opposition to Hillary's Global Agenda by the end of their meeting, September 7th.



You see, with the November elections rapidly approaching, the gun-grabbers believe they're watching the perfect storm develop . . .

First, President Obama knows without every portion of his left-wing base energized and mobilized in November, there's no way he can win.

He simply must pay back his anti-gun pals to have any hope.

Secondly, as we've seen with his grandstanding after Seal Team Six's killing of Osama Bin Laden and the recent national security leaks coming out of the White House, President Obama has proven he'll stoop to virtually any level to appear "tough on terrorism."

Well, from day one, fighting terrorism has been the number-one excuse behind the "Small Arms Treaty."

In fact, the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs states, "Insurgents, armed gang members, pirates, terrorists - they can all multiply their force through the use of unlawfully acquired firepower."

These bureaucrats see your gun rights as a "loophole."

And of course, the Obama administration has already labeled Second Amendment supporters as "terrorists" in Janet Napolitano's infamous Homeland Security report.

The solution?  According to the United Nations, government bureaucrats need to crack down on the Second Amendment, and everything will be fine.

Third, with the recent tragedy in Colorado, anti-gun Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already taken to the airwaves demanding President Obama publicly exploit the shooting in favor of gun control.

And with a sinking economy and lackluster campaign, President Obama is looking for any advantage he can muster.

Make no mistake -- this is a dangerous time right now for our gun rights.

That's why I need you to Pledge Opposition to Hillary's Global Agenda.



And as we've seen time and again, gun registration is always a major step toward full-scale gun CONFISCATION.

Worse, Hillary is calling for "consensus" to "avoid loopholes."  In other words, she's demanding that the UN seek input from third world dictators on how to best shut down YOUR Second Amendment rights, and the UN is only too willing to oblige.

Once the finishing touches are put on the United Nations Programme Against Small Arms on September 7th, I'm afraid the UN's Gun Ban could also include provisions that would force the United States to:

*** Enact tougher licensing requirements, making law-abiding Americans cut through even more bureaucratic red tape just to own a firearm legally;

*** Confiscate and destroy "unauthorized" civilian firearms (all firearms owned by governments are excluded, of course);

*** Ban the trade, sale and private ownership of ALL semi-automatic weapons including shotguns and other firearms commonly used for hunting;

That's why there's no time to waste.  After the United Nations' meetings, I'm afraid you and I will not have much time to react.

In fact, we will only have a few weeks to kill the UN Gun Ban once the anti-gunners make their move on September 7th -- all while the White House and the national media continue falling all over themselves to sell the United Nation's Gun Ban as an anti-terrorism measure.

That's why we must sound the alarm NOW.

So please Pledge Opposition to Hillary's Global Agenda right away!



“Suggestions” from the Programme can be rapidly implemented by the Obama Administration via executive order, Department programs, “internal” policies and in countless other ways.

The number of options Hillary and her global gun-ban cronies have at their disposal makes my blood run cold.

And now in the wake of the recent shootings, the anti-gun crowd is screaming for a new “assault weapons” ban, along with bans on conventional ammo and standard capacity magazines.

That's why, with this fight heating up and time running out, I'm counting on you to act IMMEDIATELY.

So won't you please Pledge Opposition to Hillary's Global Agenda right away?



Pro-gun champion Senator Rand Paul will use your pledge and the 1.4 million signed surveys we have gathered to prove that America opposes the UN Gun Ban.

If a UN Gun Ban gets to the floor of the U.S. Senate before the year is out, it is going to take more than just the signed pledges of NAGR members alone.

Contributions from members like you will help pay for a massive, nationwide mail, phone and internet program to turn up the pressure on the handful of Senators whose votes WILL decide passage or failure of the U.N.'s Gun Ban.

And if funds allow, in the days before the final vote, I'll launch hard-hitting newspaper, radio and TV ads calling on targeted U.S. Senators by name to vote to DEFEAT the Treaty.

Of course, you and I both know the gun-grabbers will spend MILLIONS to win this fight.

That's why I'm determined to raise at least $250,000 before the UN Programme Against Small Arms meeting adjourns on September 7th.

That way, your National Association for Gun Rights can spring into action IMMEDIATELY.

Defeating the UN Gun Ban won't be easy.

And with his reelection riding on support from his anti-gun buddies, you and I both know President Obama will do everything he can to renew efforts to push the UN Gun Ban before the November elections.

So can I count on you for a generous contribution of $75 TODAY?  If that's too much, please agree to send $50 or at least $100.

Please understand just how important this fight is -- and how important it is that you and I fight back NOW while we still can.

The truth is, unless we can succeed in turning up the heat on the U.S. Senate now, there could be no stopping this gun control freight train once it gets to D.C.

Unless you and I want to see our Second Amendment rights DESTROYED, we must fight back now.

So please Pledge Opposition to Hillary's Global Agenda -- and rush me your most generous contribution of $75, $50 or $100 TODAY.

For Freedom,

Dudley Brown
Executive Vice President

P.S. The United Nations' Programme Against Small Arms meeting is in full swing in New York City.

The number-one item on the gun-grabbers' agenda is enacting GLOBAL gun registration -- setting the stage for international firearm confiscation.

So won't you please Pledge Opposition to Hillary's Global Agenda right away!

And in addition to your signed Pledge, will you help me reach my goal of raising $250,000 before September 7th the day the meeting ends?

With your contribution, I can spring into action IMMEDIATELY and launch the plan we've been developing for years.

So please rush me your most generous contribution of $75, $50 or $100 TODAY!

Obama personally approved "no God, no Jerusalem" platform

Add this to the latest Obama failure and flip-flop.

"Obama had seen the language prior to the convention, a campaign source said, but did not seek to change it until after Republicans jumped on the omissions of God and Jerusalem late Wednesday." POLITICO reports.


That means not only did Obama approve the removal of mentions of God and support for Israel, but Obama signed off on and approved the removal of language criticizing the terrorist group Hamas.

And despite the fact party leaders, looking at polls, restored the "God" and Israel language despite the fact Democrats voted against it three times Obama still personally opposes recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Dems cheer Nazi-aligned group, after booing Israel

Now speaking to the Democrat National Convention: Planned Parenthood, founded in 1916 to advocate eugenics because founder Margaret Sanger thought blacks and Jews were "a menace to the race"  "Eugenic sterilization is an urgent need," Sanger wrote  "We must prevent Multiplication of this bad stock."

Planned Parenthood was also founded to "limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective." 

Planned Parenthood's founder later worked with "racial hygiene" advocate Ernst Rudin while he developed Nazi Germany's eugenics program to cleanse Germany of Jews. 

This is who Democrats associate with, and on the same day they booed Israel.

Emanuel Cleaver gets funky

VIDEO: Enraged Democrats boo reference to 'God'

No doubt looking at polls showing widespread damage to their brand, panicked Democrats have freaked out and moved to go back and rewrite the Democrat Platform after massed Democrats lustily stripped it of support for Israel, removed opposition to the terrorist group Hamas and erased all mention sof God.

But Democrat party delegates opposed the move to add that back in and party leadership couldn't get enough support to pass the change. Party leadership held a "voice vote," and kept holding it until they gave yp and declared it passed, despite not getting enough votes.

See the video:
 

NAGR: Hillary is hiding this

Dear fellow Patriot,

Dudley has prepared an urgent video message regarding Hillary's UN Gun Ban.

As you know, the wannabe dictators at the UN are plotting RIGHT NOW to gut the Second Amendment.

And we only have until this Friday, September 7th to prepare for battle.

Please click here to see Dudley's urgent message on the UN Gun Ban.

Hillary Clinton is doing everything in her power to force through the UN Gun Ban while the rest of the country is distracted with the Democrat convention.

Don't be fooled, she's working tirelessly to get her gun ban before election day.

After you listen, be sure to sign the survey putting yourself squarely on record AGAINST this radical gun ban.

Thank you,


Christine H
National Association for Gun Rights

Scandal kingpin spotted on VIP tour of Democrat convention runs fleeing from news cameras

Steven Spinner, the Obama fundraiser who arranged the half-billion dollar taxpayer-funded giveaway to Solyndra, was among those in a red carpet, VIP royalty tour of the Democrat National Convention. 

When ABC News tried to approach Spinner to ask him about his role in the scandal, Spinner literally ran from the cameras.  Democrat Party staffers physically blocked ABC News from following him.

Obama gave the cash to his top campaign fundraisers despite warnings from the Justice Department the loan would fail.  Obama then personally changed federal laws requiring taxpayers be reimbursed first when taxpayer funds are loaned, allowing his campaign fundraisers to pocket cash first.

The Obama allies who pocketed that cash are now funneling their taxpayer loot into Obama's campaign accounts.

Obama downgrades speech venue. Here's what else he downgraded.

After promising he would fill the 75,000-seat Bank of America Stadium and give his Democrat nomination acceptance speech "rain or shine," Obama has canceled the venue amid troubles filling the seats, downgrading the venue to the 15,000-seat Time Warner Cable Arena.
What else has Obama downgraded?

America's credit rating: AAA in January 2009, AA+ today.

Working labor force: 65.7 million in January 2009, 63.7 million in July 2012 (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Business startups: "The U.S. business startup rate fell to the lowest point on record for new firm births in 2010, the most current year for which data is available." (Source: Kansas City Star, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation)

Inflation rate: 0.0% in January 2009, 1.4% in July 2012 (Source: U.S. Inflation Calculator)

The Misery Index: 7.83 in  2009, 9.71 in 2012 (Source: U.S. Misery Index)

Americans not on food stamps: 31.9 million food stamp recipients in January 2009, 46.7 million in June 2012 (Source: USDA)

National debt: 10.6 trillion on January 20 2009, 16.0 trillion on August 31, 2012 (Source: U.S. Treasury)

Dems lie about weather, looking to bail on Obama venue

Democrats are looking to move Obama's acceptance speech from the 74,000-seat Bank of America Stadium to a 20,000-seat arena.

They swear it it not because they can't fill it due to a lack of enthusiasm for Obama, but because of the likelihood of lightning that night.

Here's the forecast for Bank of America Stadium's location for Thursday.

The Official RNC Ron Paul Tribute Video