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Walker Would School Them All
Tom McLaughlin
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Judge Blocks nObama's Immigration Orders -- For Now
In response to a suit by 26 states to stop Barack nObama's unconstitutional move on immigration, a federal judge issued an injunction, temporarily halting the federal government's implementation of those immigration fiats. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen blocked nObama's orders because they would allow immigrants to collect benefits and thus burden the states. Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, who led the states in the suit, said of the ruling, "nObama abdicated his responsibility to uphold the United States Constitution when he attempted to circumvent the laws passed by Congress via executive fiat, and Judge Hanen's decision rightly stops the president's overreach in its tracks." Don't expect the feds to give up easily, as nObama's spokesman Josh Earnest said the Supreme Court already gave the executive branch power to prioritize enforcement, and the Department of Justice will appeal Hanen's decision. National Review's Patrick Brennan says this victory may be temporary, as the rest of the court system tends to be neutral or favor nObama on separation of powers issues. But for now, nObama's decrees are blocked, even if it took half of the state governments and the court system to do it. More... -The Patriot Post
Ohio Secretary of State John Husted told Congress last week that Barack nObama's amnesty is going to add millions of illegals to the voter rolls. That's because nObama's move makes it possible for illegals to obtain Social Security numbers, while several states issue them driver's licenses. "These are the same documents that federal law requires the states to recognize as valid forms of identification for voter registration," Husted warned. "There is no way for us to validate [U.S. citizenship], since under the executive actions previously undocumented non-citizens will have access to the same documents as U.S. citizens." Of course, nObama's intent was to build an enduring Democrat base of new voters who owe him and his party their allegiance. Investor's Business Daily wonders, "What kind of country is it that lets those who are not citizens decide who governs those who are? If any foreigner can now vote here, is the United States even a country anymore? If Congress doesn't stop it soon, de facto enfranchising of illegals will be our road to ruin." It will certainly tip elections. As Husted testified, in just the last 15 months, some 70 Ohio elections were either tied or decided by a single vote. And the 2000 presidential election was decided by 537 votes in Florida. Now send millions of illegals to the voting booth. -The Patriot Post
What if Christians Beheaded Muslims?
The Rev. Franklin Graham asked a poignant question following the brutal beheading of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya: What would public reaction be if roles were reversed? "The militant Islamic terrorist group ISIS has released a video called A MESSAGE SIGNED WITH BLOOD TO THE NATION OF THE CROSS showing the beheadings of the 21 Egyptian Christians who had been kidnapped in Libya," Franklin wrote. "Can you imagine the outcry if 21 Muslims had been beheaded by Christians? Where is the universal condemnation by Muslim leaders around the world? As we mourn with the families of those 21 martyrs, we'd better take this warning seriously as these acts of terror will only spread throughout Europe and the United States. ... The storm is coming." Remember, Barack nObama's White House statement on the beheadings didn't even mention the victims were Christians. -The Patriot Post
Jobs for Jihadistan?
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. That's the policy of Barack nObama's administration, especially when it comes to denying the reality of Islamic fascism. State Department spokesperson Marie Harf is the latest to explain their alternate reality. "We're killing a lot of them [ISIL fighters] and we're going to keep killing more of them. So are the Egyptians, so are the Jordanians. They're in this fight with us," she said. "But we cannot win this war by killing them. We cannot kill our way out of this war." On the contrary, wars are won by killing the enemy until they surrender. But Harf wasn't done with her illusion. She blamed the rise of ISIL on -- wait for it -- the lack of economic opportunity. "We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that lead people to join these groups, [including the] lack of opportunity for jobs," she pontificated. "We can work with countries around the world to help improve their governance. We can help them build their economies so they can have job opportunities for these people." In a better world, the U.S. would be fighting evil instead of excusing it, and people like Marie Harf would be looking for "job opportunities" in the private sector. -The Patriot Post
Look Who Wants to Avoid nObamaCare Penalties
About four million Americans are going to get hit with IRS fines for not having health insurance this tax season, and congressional Democrats have taken it upon themselves to stop such a travesty. Democrat representatives Sander Levin, Jim McDermott and Lloyd Doggett told the Associated Press they are concerned about the law they passed in 2009 because their constituents may have their tax returns gouged hundreds of dollars by the IRS. Furthermore, nine senators sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services advocating the department to open a special enrollment period. Rush Limbaugh weighed in on the Democrat's strategy on Feb. 16 when he said, "Here we have congressional Democrats acting like they had nothing to do with this law, that their voters are a bunch of victims of something. ... This situation exists because the Democrat Party gave us this bill. The Democrat Party and the Democrat Party alone gave us nObamaCare. There wasn't a single Republican vote for it." The Left wants a nanny state utopia but they don't like the harsh reality that government is an iron rod that will bend subjects to its will. So they will continue to patch nObamaCare every couple years and throw hundreds of millions of dollars at a website on life support in an effort to keep their statist dream alive. More... -The Patriot Post
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Egypt's Sissi Seeks UN Mandate for Broad Intervention in Libya
(voanews.com) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has called on the U.N. Security Council Tuesday to adopt a resolution calling for international military intervention in Libya following the beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya by Islamic State militants... "What happened is a hateful crime against humanity, not only against Egyptians," el-Sissi told France's Europe 1 radio a day after his forces retaliated against the killings by launching airstrikes against what Cairo said were Islamic State militants in eastern Libya. "There is no other choice, taking into account the agreement of the Libyan people and government and that they call on us to act," he said of the need for intervention. http://www.voanews.com/content/sissi-seeks-un-mandate-on-international-intervention-in-libya/2647046.html
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ISIS reportedly burn to death 45 people
(FoxNews.com) - Islamic State militants reportedly have burned to death 45 people in the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi on Tuesday, just five miles away from an air base staffed by hundreds of U.S. Marines...The identities of the victims are not clear, the local police chief told the BBC, but some are believed to be among the security forces that have been clashing with ISIS for control of the town. ISIS fighters reportedly captured most of the town last week. Obeidi, pleading for help from the Iraqi government and international community, said a compound that houses families of security personnel and officials is now under siege. A week goes without hearing about burning people to death and what is nObama doing, he is playing golf. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/17/isis-reportedly-burns-alive-45-people-in-western-iraqi-town/
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America is committing government-assisted suicide
(Lawrence Sellin PhD) - The United States is under direct and sustained attack by the combined forces of the tyrannical far left and radical Islam, punctuated by humiliation abroad and despair at home...We are losing because unlike Walter Mitty, whose delusions were confined to his own head, Barack nObama has been permitted to play out his most destructive leftist and pro-Islamic fantasies in real-time from the most powerful office on the planet. nObama behaves like a dictator not just because he is a narcissist, but because his political beliefs are, at their core, authoritarian. He represents a perfect anti-American storm, the amalgamation of twin totalitarian ideologies, Marxist-Leninism and Islamic extremism, both dedicated to the destruction of Judeo-Christian civilization. http://www.aim.org/guest-column/america-is-committing-government-assisted-suicide/?utm_source=AIM+-+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=email021715&utm_medium=email
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Joe Klein: nObama’s ‘Slow-Walking Aid to the al Sisi Government’
(nicedeb) - Joe Klein on Morning Joe this morning said the nObama administration is “slow-walking aid to the al-Sisi government.”...The reason why the Regime is stiffing our ally in the fight against ISIS, Klein explained, is because the al Sisi government came to power by overthrowing the nObama favored Muslim Brotherhood. “I think it comes from the NSC – which is pretty weak – and also there are a group of people both at the State Dept and the NSC who are – um – who are…*humanitarians and human rights advocates,” Klein explained. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qv9XztzJOA
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Fort Carson Unit Headed to Possible Showdown with Islamic State
(Tom Roeder) - As Congress mulls America's war with the Islamic State terror group, more than 4,000 Fort Carson soldiers prepared Thursday to leave Colorado for Kuwait, where they will take over as America's largest ground force in the troubled region...The 3rd Brigade Combat Team bid farewell to the post in a ceremony and will head off soon to serve as U.S. Central Command's Reserve force in the Middle East - the first soldiers into battle if a major combat force is used to battle Islamic State fighters. http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/02/14/fort-carson-unit-headed-to-possible-showdown-with-islamic-state.html?ESRC=army.nl
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nObama Admin Discouraging Egyptian Airstrikes Against ISIS in Libya
(nicedeb) - One of the bright spots in the Middle East right now is Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who in an important speech on January 1, called for religious reformation of the Muslim faith...So we have a strong potential ally in al Sisi, launching a military operation against (one would think) our common enemy ISIS/Daesh in Libya to avenge the deaths of 21 Egyptians who were not Muslims – but Coptic Christians. You would think that the United States would be embracing this important ally in the war against Islamic Terror. But you would (of course) be wrong. https://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2015/02/17/obama-admin-discouraging-egyptian-airstrikes-against-isis-in-libya-prefers-political-solution/
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The Democratic case for Impeachment
(Derrick Wilburn) - With each new extra-constitutional action taken by President nObama (they’re slowly becoming too numerous to count) a chorus of impeachment talk inevitably rises then just as inevitably fades...Conventional wisdom is that hardline establishment Republicans or Tea Party-backed hyper-partisans would be the ones to lead the impeachment charge. But in this case, conventional wisdom is flawed. The ones who ought to be doing any and everything within their power to impeach and remove this president are our nation’s Democrats! Barack nObama is doing damage to the Democrat Party that, while not irreparable, may well take decades if not longer to recover from. Not just on Capitol Hill -- from Canada to Mexico, Atlantic to Pacific, governor’s mansions to local school boards Obama is obliterating Democrats everywhere. http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/02/the_emdemocraticem_case_for_impeachment.html
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UN “Peace” Forces in Haiti Prey on Civilians, Children
(Alex Newman) - Rather than protecting local civilians, United Nations “peacekeeping” forces in Haiti are behaving as ruthless predators that systematically prey on Haitians, raping and sexually abusing even children with impunity, according to a new report detailing the horrors...Instead of dealing with the ghastly and systemic abuses perpetrated under its latest decade-long occupation, UN military officials seek to cover it up and even retaliate against whistleblowers. On top of that, the global outfit’s “peace” armies have been spreading deadly diseases among the traumatized population — particularly cholera, which has killed almost 10,000 Haitians so far. All the while, the UN continues to avoid any semblance of accountability under the guise of “immunity.” America should kick them out of the NY and stop all funds. http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/20141-un-peace-forces-in-haiti-prey-on-civilians-children?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=8f714eb5ee-The_Editors_Top_Picks_3_12_143_12_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8ca494f2d2-8f714eb5ee-289778381
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Fundamental Transformation Hits A Snag
(Rick Wells) - In the case of their assault on United States, it is necessary for the Marxists to import much of their revolutionaries from Mexico and Central America...In order to create a sufficient level of dissent and agitation, they must both lower our standard of living and increase the number of unskilled militant revolutionary workers, their “downtrodden immigrants.” That’s where Luis the Roach and amnesty come in. They were originally, so they claim, expecting to be conducting another of their pep rallies in support of commandeering undeserved rights in the name of “fairness.” A change of topic was in order when Judge Hanen dropped something distasteful into their political punch bowl. http://www.rickwells.us/fundamental-transformation-hits-a-snag-marxist-operative-luis-la-cucharacha-gutierrez-is-beside-himself/
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How Many Marines Would Take to Take Down All Of ISIS
(Reid Mene) - Former U.S. Navy Seal and author of ‘Lone Survivor” Marcus Lutrell, recently appeared on Fox and Friends to discuss how 300 marines could take down all of ISIS...His advice: to unshackle our troops and let them do what Marines do best – fight. The map below shows the spread of the terrorist organization throughout the Middle East. Lutrell points out that Al-Asad Air Base, which houses 300 Marines, is just five miles from terrorist-controlled al-Baghdadi and at the heart of the conflict in Iraq. http://www.ijreview.com/2015/02/252704-real-lone-survivor-marcus-luttrell-gives-advise-just-300-marines-can-take-isis/
Walker Would School Them All
Tom McLaughlin
I was a teacher. Still am, some say. Two comments last week from web sites on which my column runs claimed that I was educating them — and if they say so, then it’s true. What I wrote informed them about something or helped them see something in another light. For that, I’m glad. Some teachers say they're educators, but I always thought of myself as a teacher.
Was I in the education business? No, because education is not a business, not in the public schools in which I spent 34 years. If it were, it would be more effective, but it’s a union-controlled institution with the inherent inertia too many such institutions possess. Businesses have to remain competitive but government institutions do not. Neither do they have to be accountable, because they’re not elected; they’re funded by taxpayers in an indirect way. Educational institutions like public schools and colleges suffer from the same inertia objects do as observed by Isaac Newton: they have a tendency to remain at rest until acted upon by an outside force. They need to be shaken up if they’re ever going to change.
What might accomplish that? Competition, that’s what — in the form of vouchers. If parents could have a choice about where they sent their children to school, including the choice of private and religious schools, and get just half of what public schools would spend to teach a child year to year, it would revolutionize education at the elementary and secondary level.
Many are coming to believe lately that a college education has been way oversold. Parents with a child living in their basement after graduation, saddled with tens of thousands in student loan debt, and no way to pay them because he has no job, are doubting its value. So are the graduates themselves. What is a college degree worth? Depends on that the major was. If it was engineering, medicine, or one of the other hard sciences, it might be worth something. If it was in something like art history? Gender studies? They’re unproductive. There’s no market, unless it’s to teach in the gender studies or the art history department at Liberal U.
When I decided to become a teacher, I had to go back to college after I had dropped out for two years to do things that were more interesting. After I went back it took me another year and a half for a BS, then two more years for an M. Ed. Did those degrees prepare me to teach? Not really, no. For the BS (aptly named, that) I had to do six weeks of student teaching. That prepared me, but none of the education courses I took along with it did, and I took dozens. The states of Maine and Massachusetts required that I get those degrees to license me, but I’d have been better off learning more about the subjects I taught. I became a better teacher after years of doing it, not studying to do it.
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Wisconsin teachers called in sick to protest Walker As conservative Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s presidential poll numbers have climbed, liberal media drones have zeroed in on his having dropped out of Marquette University in his senior year to accept a job. “What?” they exclaimed. “He doesn’t have a college degree? And he’s running for president? Is he smart enough to be president?” He got elected governor in 2010. He fought off government unions, the media, and the entire Democrat political machine in a 2012 recall election, then was officially reelected in 2014 — and all that while actually governing effectively in a very liberal state.
Our media elite, however, still question his intelligence because he’s a conservative and a Christian. To them, believing in Jesus Christ is akin to believing in the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny, so he must be a moron. One asked Walker if he believed in evolution. They think anyone who professes belief in Christianity is convinced the earth was created 6000 years ago. In one week, they’ve put more effort into scrutinizing Scott Walker’s college records than they’ve put into President nObama’s over the past eight years. Why, for instance, did nObama seal his college records? What is he hiding? Liberal media elitists don’t want to know.
To be a teacher, one must first have learned, and learning should never stop during any teacher’s lifetime. There are many paths to knowledge and college is only one — probably not the best one either if nObama’s tenure as president is any guide.
At least two of our best presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman, did not have college degrees. Neither does Bill Gates, so don’t worry about Scott Walker. If he’s elected president, he’ll do just fine, especially compared to the community organizer he will have succeeded. http://tommclaughlin.blogspot.com/2015/02/walker-would-school-them-all.html |
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