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Poles Troubled by Obama's 'ignorance, lack of knowledge, bad intentions leading to such a ...

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Washington (CNN) -- The Polish prime minister on Wednesday reacted strongly to what the White House said was a mistake by President Barack Obama during Tuesday's Medal of Freedom ceremony.

LOST: The Danger of Article 82 and Obama’s Latest Treaty

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Back in 1982, President Ronald Reagan decided not to sign a treaty known as “Law of the Sea” (LOST), a United Nations convention that would raid America’s treasury for billions of dollars, then redistribute that wealth to the rest of the world by an international bureaucracy headquartered in Kingston, Jamaica.

Obama's Feeble 'Forward' Campaign Theme: No Hope, No Change

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

President Obama's campaign has yet to find a clear 2012 reelection slogan that carries the heft of 2008's "Change You Can Believe In," raising worries among his supporters — and hopes among Republicans — that he is having trouble articulating a concise case for a second term.

Maryland Voters Double Down Placing the Definition of Marriage on the November Ballot

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Annapolis, MD – The Maryland Marriage Alliance (MMA) yesterday announced they have submitted over 113,000 valid signatures of voters, more than two times the number necessary to qualify a referendum putting the definition of marriage on the November ballot.

Opposition Mounts Against Martin O'Malley's Special Session On Gaming...Taxpayers Again

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Annapolis – House Minority Leader Anthony O’Donnell and Minority Whip Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio sent a letter to Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch expressing the Caucus’ opposition to a Special Session to deal with gaming legislation.

Somebody Tell Nina Totenberg Her Buddy Brett Kimberlin Is Making News Again

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Robert Stacy McCain | The Other McCain:

In the fall of 1988, when convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin was still locked up in federal prison and claiming to have sold dope to GOP vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle, every political reporter in the country wanted to write about Kimberlin.

Lloyd's of London preparing for euro collapse

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

The Telegraph:

The chief executive of the multi-billion pound Lloyd's of London has publicly admitted that the world's leading insurance market is prepared for a collapse in the single currency and has reduced its exposure "as much as possible" to the crisis-ridden continent.

Mississippi school district agrees to not handcuff students to objects

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

(Reuters) - The Jackson, Mississippi, school district has agreed to stop shackling students to fixed objects, after it was sued for handcuffing pupils to railings and poles at a school for troubled children, officials said on Friday.

No mistake! Obama backs Muslim Brotherhood again

no_email@example.com (Staff) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

JERUSALEM – In the latest “Arab Spring” uprising, the U.S. is backing protesters, many of whom, informed Middle Eastern security officials tell WND, are now pressing to openly announce an affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Rubio On Bin Laden Film: "Part Of A Troubling Trend Of Chest Thumping"

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

“I think it’s part of a troubling trend of chest thumping, showing how smart and good our intelligence services are. And they certainly are, but in the process trying to impress people by what this administration was able to do, whether it was on that raid or other things.

Memorial Day Is NOT on Sale

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Millions of Patriots Have Already Paid the Full Price

"I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States." --John Adams

Krauthammer: Obama Claim Of Fiscal Discipline "Whopper Of The Year"

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

"That is what makes it whopper of the year," syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer says of a report that federal spending, under the Obama administration, has risen at the lowest pace in 60 years.

RNC Ad: Obama Has Had His Worst Week Ever

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

What If We Have Only Memories of Freedom?

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

What if Memorial Day reminds us of times when we had more freedom? What if freedom is dying right under our eyes? What if the memory of the past is more fulfilling than the reality of the present?

Mitt Romney's school voucher push should headline suspended North Carolina teacher

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Ed Farnan | Irish Central | From the Right:

The recent case of a North Carolina high school student berated by his teacher for daring to question her pro Obama rants, has opened a window into the public school classrooms of America.

Public Safety Alert: Control Mob Violence or Declare Baltimore's Inner Harbor a "No Travel ...

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Editor,

Criminal acts and violent behavior have been occurring in the greater Baltimore area for many years, particularly in and near Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Recently, however, the number of events are increasing, becoming more frequent, and are getting more brutal. That is why I have asked the Governor to declare the harbor area a "no travel zone" until it's safe. This could be accomplished overnight with the proper leadership, a "Solutions Summit" and a city-wide curfew.

Update On NDAA And Drones Flying Over The US

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

In a stunning upset for the Obama administration and big-government zealots in general, a federal judge in New York has issued an injunction against the citizen detention portion of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Bob Unruh at World Net Daily has the story.

Carroll County Budget Employing Failed Progressive Accounting Practices

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Regretfully, I cannot support the FY13 Budget embraced by three fellow commissioners. I believe they are doing what they believe is best, and their motives are honorable. The proposed budget addresses some lingering problems, and there have been some compromises along the way.

Political Activists Posing As “Educators”

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Between 2000 and 2010, the California Teachers Association spent $210 million on political campaigning. More than 99% of that money went to Democrats.

Maryland Democrats show their true colors

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

The lights had barely gone out on the Annapolis special session, called to increase income taxes, when the Department of Labor jobs numbers came out for April. It reported that Maryland led the nation in job losses, dropping by 6,000. Is there a connection to government policy? You bet.

Warren Buffett’s Latest Leftist Bailouts: Newspapers and GM

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Mega-mogul Warren Buffett has made a lot of money in our (semi) capitalist system. And schizophrenically spent a lot of time supporting politicians and policies that will drag us further still from our successful capitalist roots.

Should Black People Tolerate This?

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1976 and 2011, there were 279,384 black murder victims. Using the 94 percent figure means that 262,621 were murdered by other blacks.

Smart Meter = Smart Surveillance

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

We have all heard a lot of discussion lately on the energy department’s move toward a “smart grid” and the use of “smart meters” fueled by the stimulus funding from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This smart grid promises to “increase energy efficiency, bolster electric power grid reliability, and facilitate demand response, among other benefits.” However the devil is in the details; as they say.

The Government Lying to Us -- What Else is New?

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

A Twitter friend of mine recently recounted a conversation with another friend -- not a self-described anarchist -- who spontaneously concluded that voting was useless. "I think it's insane to think that people who are in the kind of power that only government and capitalism provide would willingly allow their stability to be up to CHANCE."

Medicine in the Nanny State

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Most people are familiar with the old adage that says "the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." Originally the refrain of a poem honoring motherhood, today this phrase is perhaps more applicable to the omnipresent hand of the modern nanny state. Think of the Obama campaign's cradle-to-grave welfare avatar "Julia" and you get an idea of just how pervasive the idea of government involvement in virtually every aspect of life has become.

Big Lies in Politics

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy them, and only in the short run. The current outbreaks of riots in Europe show what happens when the truth catches up with both the politicians and the people in the long run.

A Book for Republicans

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Democrats have been having a field day with the cry of "tax cuts for the rich" — for which Republicans seem to have no reply. This is especially surprising, because Democrats made the same arguments back in the 1920s, and the Republicans then not only had a reply, but one that eventually carried the day, when the top tax rate was brought down from 73 percent to 24 percent.

On Indefinite Detention: The Tyranny Continues

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

The bad news from last week's passage of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act is that Americans can still be arrested on US soil and detained indefinitely without trial. Some of my colleagues would like us to believe that they fixed last year's infamous Sections 1021 and 1022 of the NDAA, which codified into law the unconstitutional notion that some Americans are not subject to the protections of the Constitution. However, nothing in this year's bill or amendments to the bill restored those constitutional rights.

GM's Pathetic Stock Price Means a $30 Billion Taxpayer Tab

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

Has General Motors (GM) forgotten We the Taxpayers are still out $30+ billion on the $82 billion auto bailout?

Agenda 21 Conspiracy Theory or Threat

no_email@example.com (Copy Editor) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:23 GMT

The battle over Agenda 21 is raging across the nation. City and County Councils have become war zones as citizens question the origins of development plans and planners deny any international connections to the UN’s Agenda 21. What is the truth? Since I helped start this war, I believe it is up to me to help with the answers.