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The Debate That Shouldn’t Be Ignored
Chris Skates
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"Rise up together as one voice"
"Be careful where you stand"
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nObama Uses Pope for Political Point 
In a rare instance when someone comes to the U.S. from Cuba not floating on a homemade raft, Pope Francis will arrive at John Base Andrews at 4 p.m. today for his six-day visit to the United States. In his first visit to the U.S., Francis will address the UN, visit a correctional facility in Philadelphia and meet with Barack nObama. Francis is controversial, not necessarily because of his doctrine — which does raise questions — but because of how the media, which does a dismal job covering religion, has portrayed him. For example: In July 2013, the media breathlessly reported that Francis, when asked about homosexuality, responded, "Who am I to judge?" But the larger context was that Francis started his statement saying, "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and he has good will..." See, morality and faith are still in play, and the pope opposes same-sex marriage. Still, many people reject the nuance of Francis' statements, one of them being nObama. When the executive greets the pope, by his side will be LGBT advocates, openly homosexual Episcopal priest Vicky Imogene Robinson and a group of nuns that helped lobby for nObamaCare. While the pope speaks of liberation theology, a similar philosophy embraced by nObama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright, the Holy See objected to these guests, saying images from the event could imply that the pope endorses those practices. But everything is political for nObama. Nuance or no, he will use Francis' visit as a way to further his ideology. -The Patriot Post
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Climate Alarmists Want Dissenters Imprisoned
On Sept. 1, twenty professors and climate scientists wrote a letter to Barack nObama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and science czar John Holdren praising their regulatory assault on fossil fuels. That wasn't the point of the letter, however. The disgruntled authors encouraged a more crushing strategy the White House should use to speed up compliance to nObama's climate change agenda. The group stated, "We appreciate that you are making aggressive and imaginative use of the limited tools available to you in the face of a recalcitrant Congress." But... "One additional tool — recently proposed by Senator Sheldon White house — is a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) investigation of corporations and other organizations that have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change, as a means to forestall America's response to climate change." In other words, why not just prosecute and imprison those darn skeptics getting in the way?
Specifically, the authors cite RICO's success in taking on the tobacco industry, adding, "[I]t is imperative that these misdeeds be stopped as soon as possible so that America and the world can get on with the critically important business of finding effective ways to restabilize the Earth's climate, before even more lasting damage is done." As climate blogger Steve Goddard retorted, "They might want to consult with the Pope about this. The Vatican has considerable experience arresting heretics." Investor's Business Daily's Kerry Jackson put it best: "[W]e could be wrong about global warming. It might all be as the alarmists claim. We acknowledge this. Science is not static but always moving. Let's see what it tells us. Yet has any true believer ever renounced his global warming faith or conceded that there is even the slightest chance that he might be just a bit wrong?" Who exactly are acting like cultish fanatics?
Oh, and by the way, George Mason University Professor Jagadish Shukla, a leader of the letter writers, reportedly profited from government climate grants to the tune of $1.5 million. -The Patriot Post
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Trump, Carson and the Islamic Controversy Over the last several days, the Leftmedia have worked themselves into a tizzy over two particular presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Ben Carson, following comments that were made — and not made — about Muslims. It’s one of those "gotcha" moments when a candidate must choose between speaking what he believes, dodging the question or simply not saying anything. Regardless of how the candidate answers, they will catch heat for it, primarily because they are Republicans.
During a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, a questioner accused Barack nObama of being a Muslim, of not being American and stated, “We have [Muslim] training camps growing where they want to kill us, that’s my question. When can we get rid of them?”
Trump didn't respond the way many in the Leftmedia thought that he should have. He didn't rebut the questioner’s accusations about nObama's religion or citizenship. (After all, Trump himself once questioned nObama's citizenship.) Instead, Trump answered the question vaguely, stating, "We're going to be looking at a lot of different things, and a lot of people are saying that and saying that bad things are happening out there. We're going to be looking at that and plenty of other things.”
To be sure, Trump could have answered the question better, and he could have taken the bait to address the man’s accusations. But he didn't — or rather, deliberately chose to ignore the accusations from the man because he foresaw the media onslaught that would surely follow. In his own words, Trump told ABC News, "If I would have challenged the man ... to put it mildly the media would have accused me of interfering with that man's right of free speech. ... A no win situation, do we agree?”
-The Patriot Post
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WHAT WALKER (AND EVERYONE ELSE) GOT WRONG ABOUT 2016
The Scott Walker campaign autopsy will drag on for a bit longer elsewhere, but we will spare you the viscera.
The real work is already done, anyway. Josh Kraushaar (here) and Liz Mair (aggregated here) had already determined the causes of death before most in the political press had even finished snark-Tweeting.
So, enough about the roadkill. Let’s talk about the road.
What squashed Walker wasn’t so much about bad staffing or unpreparedness as it was about his fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of his party in this cycle.
Walker looks like a good alternative to Jeb Bush if Ted Cruz is on the other side. But what if the outer boundary is actually Donald Trump or Ben Carson
The Scott Walker campaign autopsy will drag on for a bit longer elsewhere, but we will spare you the viscera.
The real work is already done, anyway. Josh Kraushaar (here) and Liz Mair (aggregated here) had already determined the causes of death before most in the political press had even finished snark-Tweeting.
So, enough about the roadkill. Let’s talk about the road.
What squashed Walker wasn’t so much about bad staffing or unpreparedness as it was about his fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of his party in this cycle.
Walker looks like a good alternative to Jeb Bush if Ted Cruz is on the other side. But what if the outer boundary is actually Donald Trump or Ben Carson
Second-place Carson is currently running laps around Trump on the issues of sharia law and creeping Islamism. While Trump is trying to get off the topic, Carson is denouncing willful P.C. blindness to the issue.
If you knew these would be the dominant issues of late September, would you have been bullish on Walker in the spring?
With so many voters so deeply despairing about the nature of the government and the state of the republic, Walker-like “reform” doesn’t sound so attractive. Revolt is the thing in the GOP these days.
Many have tried to rigidly apply the 2012 template to the 2016 stakes – including Walker’s campaign. And while there are similarities, 2016 looks different: the nature and size of the field, the compressed schedule, the perceptions of Hilly Clinton’s vulnerability and, most of all, a deeper sense of dread among party activists.
Here’s a way to think about it. When the 2012 GOP nominating cycle was entering its darkest days, Newt Gingrich was warning of creeping sharia. It seems like Carson is picking up where he left off, but with more vigor. It took a while in the 2012 cycle to get to brutal attacks on rivals’ immigration stances. In this cycle, it’s where Trump started.
It’s not so much that Walker peaked too soon, it’s that it’s much later in the cycle than we think.
Given the bloody war that has raged in the GOP since the last presidential cycle, this ought not to surprise us. But it certainly has, and no one more than Walker. -Fox News
If you knew these would be the dominant issues of late September, would you have been bullish on Walker in the spring?
With so many voters so deeply despairing about the nature of the government and the state of the republic, Walker-like “reform” doesn’t sound so attractive. Revolt is the thing in the GOP these days.
Many have tried to rigidly apply the 2012 template to the 2016 stakes – including Walker’s campaign. And while there are similarities, 2016 looks different: the nature and size of the field, the compressed schedule, the perceptions of Hilly Clinton’s vulnerability and, most of all, a deeper sense of dread among party activists.
Here’s a way to think about it. When the 2012 GOP nominating cycle was entering its darkest days, Newt Gingrich was warning of creeping sharia. It seems like Carson is picking up where he left off, but with more vigor. It took a while in the 2012 cycle to get to brutal attacks on rivals’ immigration stances. In this cycle, it’s where Trump started.
It’s not so much that Walker peaked too soon, it’s that it’s much later in the cycle than we think.
Given the bloody war that has raged in the GOP since the last presidential cycle, this ought not to surprise us. But it certainly has, and no one more than Walker. -Fox News
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{rickwells.us} ~ Jim Simpson, an author and writer for American Thinker, has been sounding the alarm on the war on America, along with the Center for Security Policy... and working to stop the Trojan horse refugee resettlement efforts into the United States. In an interview earlier this month with Joe Miller, the former Republican Alaska Governor who is now a radio host, Simpson exposed the invasion for what it is, describing it as the regime and their enablers attacking the West in an effort to infuse their Islamic culture over ours, to “bring in third-world people from all over the world to dilute our culture” and our country “unrecognizable.” He noted the anti-American Ted Kennedy’s 1980 Refugee Act as being one of the chief tools being utilized towards our destruction. He described the purpose of that legislation as also being “to bring in people with no experience of American concepts of the rule of law, of individual freedom, of religious freedom, people with no concept and, frankly, a lot of people with no interest in adopting the American way of life other than to suck up welfare resources.”
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UK Defence Secretary: “Harder by the day” to stop jihad terror attacks
{Robert Spencer} ~ PROTECTING Britons from terror attacks is “becoming harder by the day”, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon warned yesterday... Intelligence experts have also warned that the Islamic terror threat is yet to peak. Mr Fallon told a London think-tank the slaughter of 38 tourists, including 30 Britons, on a beach in Tunisia in June shows how difficult it is to defend “our people”. And he warned that terrorists and other states are “catching up” with Britain, whose technological edge on the battlefield is being eroded..
US-trained rebels gave their weapons to al-Qaeda...
{Robert Spencer} ~ Pentagon-trained rebels in Syria are reported to have betrayed their American backers and handed their weapons over to al-Qaeda in Syria immediately after re-entering the country... Fighters with Division 30, the “moderate” rebel division favoured by the United States, surrendered to the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, a raft of sources claimed on Monday night. Division 30 was the first faction whose fighters graduated from a US-led training programme in Turkey which aims to forge a force on the ground in Syria to fight against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil). http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/09/us-trained-rebels-gave-their-weapons-to-al-qaeda-immediately-on-entering-syria.
Iran Promises to Violate Nuke Deal
{Adam Kredo} ~ Multiple senior Iranian officials have vowed in recent weeks to violate the recently inked nuclear accord that aims to constrain the Islamic Republic’s contested nuclear enrichment program... according to multiple comments by top Iranian leaders. Iranian leaders, including President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, have said that the country has “no intention” of abiding by a United Nations Security Council Resolution that encompasses the deal and other restrictions on Tehran’s rogue activities, according to these comments. These officials said that Iran views the recent Iranian nuclear deal secured in Vienna as separate from the resolution endorsing the deal and further prohibiting Iran from developing advanced ballistic missiles and purchasing other types of arms, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute, or MEMRI, which issued a report compiling recent statements by Iran. The agreement, which was made earlier this year, is a non-binding set of resolutions focused on Iran’s nuclear program. The deal was transferred to the United Nations and officially endorsed as UNSRC 2231..
Texas Rep Introduces Bill To Suspend Refugee Importation...
{rickwells.us} ~ It looks like someone in Congress other than Senator Jeff Sessions is finally standing up to the lawless Hussein nObama and his orchestrated importation of Muslims into America... his pursuit of transforming America away from a white majority Christian nation to one more reflective of the third world he was raised in. Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) has introduced a bill into Congress that would halt the resettlement of refugees in the country until a thorough assessment of the costs and dangers of the process is conducted. It seems like an obvious first step to the average American possessing basic common sense but saying no to the outlaw in the White House is not something that the Congress has proven to be very good at. http://rickwells.us/not-so-fast-obama-texas-rep-introduces-bill-to-suspend-refugee-importation-pending-cost-and-threat-evaluations/.
Insanity on Steroids!
{Paul Driessen} ~ The Middle East is imploding. Islamic State butchers are annihilating Christian and other communities. Putin is sending arms to Assad... Under the nObama-Iran nuclear deal, the mullahs will get $100+ billion to expand their proxy terror war on Israel and the West. Saudi Arabia has 100,000 empty air-conditioned tents but won’t take any of the millions who’ve been driven from their homes. Neither will most of the other 22 Arab League nations or 57 Organization of Islamic Cooperation member countries. Instead, millions of mostly Muslim migrants, militants and refugees are heading to Europe – with limited money, education, job skills, or desire to assimilate. They demand entry into EU countries whose energy, economic, employment and welfare systems are already foundering or nearing collapse..
America unprepared for Devastating 'Black Swan'
{F. Michael Maloof} ~ Supply-chain disruptions often are the result of adverse weather, unplanned telecom outages, data breaches or even cyber hacking... However, the one “Black Swan” event that would make these instances pale by comparison and result in a cascading disruption is a natural or man-made electromagnetic pulse event. A “Black Swan” is an event regarded at the time of its occurrence as unprecedented and unexpected but later, in hindsight, understood to have been inevitable. An EMP is in that category, since scientific experts repeatedly warn that a major EMP event is not a question of if, but when..
'Wake Up!' Muslim persecution of Christians abetted by the West
{Raymond Ibrahim} ~ Not only is the Islamic State (IS) persecuting Christians but so are the U.S.-supported “rebel” forces, which the nObama administration assures are “moderate.”... According to a recent NPR report, “With backing from U.S. allies, like Turkey and Saudi Arabia, this U.S. supported rebel coalition fights both the Syrian regime and the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS. But the coalition has extremists in its own ranks who have mistreated Christians and forced them out of their homes”—just as IS has done. In response, Mideast Christian leaders made clear that, far from expecting the West to intervene on their behalf, they merely wish that the West stops arming, supporting, or simply facilitating the Islamic terrorists making their lives a living hell—as plainly spelled out in a Christian Today article titled, “Syrian Christian leader tells West: ‘Stop arming terror groups who are massacring our people.”.
Christian Gospels, The Muslim Quran All Say The Temple Mount Is...
{Jeff Dunetz} ~ In the latest attempt to de-legitimize the Jewish connection to Israel, Jerusalem and the site of the two holy temples to God... the Palestinians under the leadership of President Abbas is trying to remove any claim Israel has to Mount Moriah, the Temple mount and Jerusalem the city it sits in, saying “[the Jews] no right to defile” the site with “their filthy feet.” Abbas further urged violence by saying, “We salute every drop of blood spilled for the sake of Jerusalem.” If Abbas cared about the truth, he would remember that in the ancient texts the ancient Greeks, Romans, Christians, and even the ancient Muslims reported that Jerusalem and Temple Mount were Jewish lands..
Evidence US Is Backtracking on Iran Stance, Restarting Negotiations...
{Ruthie Blum} ~ The U.S. could be easing its policy on sanctions relief for Iran and restarting negotiations with the Islamic Republic, theMiddle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reportedon Monday... According to the report, the fact that foreign ministers of the P5+1 and Iran are set to meet with their Iranian counterpart in New York next week to “examine the recent developments of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)” is evidence of this potential shift. At a joint press conference in Berlin on Sunday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, U.S. Secretary of State hanoi John Kerry announced that he would meet Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on September 28 – on the margins of the UN General Assembly – to discuss “Iran and other matters.”.
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The Debate That Shouldn’t Be Ignored
Chris Skates
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That’s because this Kentucky election has all the stark contrasts in policy views, proposed remedies, and voter metrics that we’ve become familiar with in the Presidential race. The contrasts were on display in the debate.
That’s because this Kentucky election has all the stark contrasts in policy views, proposed remedies, and voter metrics that we’ve become familiar with in the Presidential race. The contrasts were on display in the debate.
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Economy- When asked about the current democratic governor’s expansion of Medicaid, Conway’s answer was a typical kick the can down the road solution of revisiting whether or not the state could pay for the increased entitlement in 2021. Bevin met the issue head on. Though some voters will likely balk at losing their new benefits, Bevin vowed to end the program and use those funds to find a more efficient (and likely privatized) method to insure as many of the current beneficiaries as possible. When asked repeatedly about other budgetary shortfalls, Conway’s answer was either to ride out the bad times and hope they get better, or raise taxes. Bevin emphasized the importance of removing as many obtrusive regulations on job creators as possible (Bevin supports “right to work” which contrary to accusations, has proven very beneficial for both union and non-union workers) and thus expand the tax base via employing more Kentuckians
Economy- When asked about the current democratic governor’s expansion of Medicaid, Conway’s answer was a typical kick the can down the road solution of revisiting whether or not the state could pay for the increased entitlement in 2021. Bevin met the issue head on. Though some voters will likely balk at losing their new benefits, Bevin vowed to end the program and use those funds to find a more efficient (and likely privatized) method to insure as many of the current beneficiaries as possible. When asked repeatedly about other budgetary shortfalls, Conway’s answer was either to ride out the bad times and hope they get better, or raise taxes. Bevin emphasized the importance of removing as many obtrusive regulations on job creators as possible (Bevin supports “right to work” which contrary to accusations, has proven very beneficial for both union and non-union workers) and thus expand the tax base via employing more Kentuckians
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Energy- File this one under “credit where credit is due.” As Kentucky Attorney General, Conway did join a couple of lawsuits against the EPA as a counter to that agencies very real “war on coal”. However, Conway made certain to tout the need for “environmentally responsible” energy generation. Read that as a nod to one of his significant campaign contributors, the Sierra Club (two large donors having recently given this same Sierra Club 105 million dollars to help them wage that war on coal). Bevin recognized the essential role that coal must play as the lowest cost provider of electricity in this nation, and said Kentucky must not allow the EPA and its allies to run roughshod over Kentucky’s coal industry.
Energy- File this one under “credit where credit is due.” As Kentucky Attorney General, Conway did join a couple of lawsuits against the EPA as a counter to that agencies very real “war on coal”. However, Conway made certain to tout the need for “environmentally responsible” energy generation. Read that as a nod to one of his significant campaign contributors, the Sierra Club (two large donors having recently given this same Sierra Club 105 million dollars to help them wage that war on coal). Bevin recognized the essential role that coal must play as the lowest cost provider of electricity in this nation, and said Kentucky must not allow the EPA and its allies to run roughshod over Kentucky’s coal industry.
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Education-There was significant disagreement on this topic, with Bevin favoring less funding for Universities and colleges (that that this author would purport have become more and more indoctrination centers for liberal political views) and maybe a little more for trade schools that train students to enter the one segment of the economy that seems to be adding jobs, tradesmen. At the same time, Bevin stated that the new governor needs to find better ways to spend existing tax dollars, as opposed to seeking higher taxes, so that those funds can be poured blindly down an education rabbit hole. Conway called Bevin mean and anti-education and made the classic democratic tie-in between spending more money on education and actually achieving superior educations for students. History over the last three decades has proven that a false premise. Conway went on to assert that once Kentucky students receive this superior education, fueled by tax dollars, and I suppose common core indoctrination, great jobs will supposedly follow. This answer is likely why the teachers union bused in legions of Conway supporters at the recent political rally at Fancy Farm.
Education-There was significant disagreement on this topic, with Bevin favoring less funding for Universities and colleges (that that this author would purport have become more and more indoctrination centers for liberal political views) and maybe a little more for trade schools that train students to enter the one segment of the economy that seems to be adding jobs, tradesmen. At the same time, Bevin stated that the new governor needs to find better ways to spend existing tax dollars, as opposed to seeking higher taxes, so that those funds can be poured blindly down an education rabbit hole. Conway called Bevin mean and anti-education and made the classic democratic tie-in between spending more money on education and actually achieving superior educations for students. History over the last three decades has proven that a false premise. Conway went on to assert that once Kentucky students receive this superior education, fueled by tax dollars, and I suppose common core indoctrination, great jobs will supposedly follow. This answer is likely why the teachers union bused in legions of Conway supporters at the recent political rally at Fancy Farm.
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Social Issues- Obviously the recent incident that thrust Kentucky into the national spotlight was discussed at length. In case you don’t know, it was the Kentucky Constitutional Amendment upholding traditional marriage, which Attorney General Conway refused to defend before the Supreme Court, which came before the US Supreme Court in the Obergfell decision this past June. At the time Conway stated that he wanted to save the taxpayers the money it would cost to appeal, but he also stated that he personally found the amendment discriminatory. He hasn’t said if he thinks 75% of Kentuckians who voted for the amendment are discriminatory.
Social Issues- Obviously the recent incident that thrust Kentucky into the national spotlight was discussed at length. In case you don’t know, it was the Kentucky Constitutional Amendment upholding traditional marriage, which Attorney General Conway refused to defend before the Supreme Court, which came before the US Supreme Court in the Obergfell decision this past June. At the time Conway stated that he wanted to save the taxpayers the money it would cost to appeal, but he also stated that he personally found the amendment discriminatory. He hasn’t said if he thinks 75% of Kentuckians who voted for the amendment are discriminatory.
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As to metrics, Kentucky has trended towards red statehood in national elections but has been firmly blue when it comes to selecting governors. If Kentucky is willing to buck this trend and elect Matt Bevin, it should bode well for the 2016 elections.
As to metrics, Kentucky has trended towards red statehood in national elections but has been firmly blue when it comes to selecting governors. If Kentucky is willing to buck this trend and elect Matt Bevin, it should bode well for the 2016 elections.
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