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ACORN is the latest victim of Fox news personality Glenn Beck's racist smear campaigns. Beck aired a staged video on his program entrapping a couple of low level members of ACORN. ACORN is a non-profit organisation that works to serve low income and working Americans. ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low and moderate income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities. These are good Americans working for the benefit of those less fortunate. ACORN has over 400,000 members and more than 850 neighborhood chapters in over 100...

Just to give full disclosure upfront, I used to consider Charles Johnson one of my "Idols" in the blogging world. He helped invent citizen Journalism. That was until banned from Little Green Footballs for one reason, refusing to give up my friendship with Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs) and Robert Spencer (Jihad Watch). For the last two years Johnson has been like the crazy old man who tries to alienate his family, but in his case he has been throwing bloggers out of his site. For some of them like Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer he not only cast them asunder,...

You probably never heard of Van Jones, and you may never hear of him again. Until last week, he was President Obama's adviser on "Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation" in the White House Council on Environmental Quality. But he is no longer. Now he's out of a job. And therein lies a tale that should make all of us angry or nervous. One man railroaded Jones out of his job: Fox News anchor and radio talk show host Glenn Beck. You remember him. He's the nut who called President Obama a "racist" on "Fox and Friends" last July 28. There...

Here is video of Conservative Comedian Steven Crowder as Keith Olbermann attacking Glenn Beck! His spoof of Olbermann is preceded by a very short "NotMuhammed Segment." NOTE: Crowder makes an appearance as Rachel Maddow too! (VIDEO)

U.S. Rep. Dan Boren said Congress should use the power of the purse to push the Obama administration to remove so-called czars that do not go through a confirmation process. Boren joined others in criticizing the growing trend to name czars to lead efforts in specific areas. Such officials do not go through oversight hearings or a confirmation vote in the Senate. Boren referred to them as unelected bureaucrats who do not answer to lawmakers. Even though such czars do not go through a confirmation process, Boren cited the “authority’’ that came along with the congressional control over the power...

Clearly, Rep. Wilson’s “uncalibrated” timing of his outburst will sidetrack the easily distracted from the real issue at hand: Last month the President said “This is not just about the 47 million Americans who don't have any health insurance at all.” Magically last night, we went down from 47 million uninsured in America to “over” 30 million American “citizens”. And that was without spending a dime! Who are these missing 17 odd million uninsured people? The Department of Homeland Security reported that the number of illegal aliens as of January 2008 was about 12 million. Imagine that. What's five million...

Todd Stern, now the State Department’s special envoy for climate change, once pushed for the creation of an annual “E8” summit to address environmental issues. As the administration’s point man climate issues, Stern represents the United States in international environmental negotiations. One of his biggest upcoming negotiations will be the annual United Nations Conference on Climate Change, which will take place in Copenhagen this December. As CNSNews reported in April, delegates to the Copenhagen conference will be negotiating a new global climate change treaty. Stern, a veteran of the Clinton administration, was also the U.S. negotiator at the conference in...

A 19-year-old Canadian must wait two years before she can return to the United Kingdom to be reunited with her husband after a law meant to protect vulnerable young women from forced marriage helped tear them apart. The newlyweds have become the unintended victims of changes to British immigration law meant to discourage Britons and their families from bringing young, unwilling brides from overseas and forcing them into often abusive marriages.She entered the country on a six-month visa with plans to leave again a month later, but she fell in love and decided to marry and begin a life in...

Sent to the President Just now, Read my Lips, I don't want Government Health Care. Don't want cap and trade either. Cap the trial lawyers and the settlements they get. Control costs by passing the Fair Tax. Do you care about our nation? Then you will pass the Fair Tax Asap. That is the only thing which will save our nation from ruin. Get on it or get out. Paul Goertz, An American citizen and Patriot.

It was the heckle heard round the world. During President Obama's Wednesday speech, Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted "You lie!" when Obama said his health plan wouldn't cover illegal aliens.Democrats — and many Republicans — cried foul at the breach of decorum. Wilson apologized for his "inappropriate and regrettable" outburst. Obama said Thursday he accepted the apology. But was Wilson inaccurate? Some independent analysis indicates — contrary to Obama's claim — that the House health bill could result in coverage being extended to illegal immigrants. The Congressional Research Service, a nonpartisan agency that analyzes legislation for lawmakers, notes that most...

“I don’t think there is a great deal of support for sending more troops to Afghanistan in the country or in Congress,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today. The Democrats are an inherently pacifist party, not interested in using military force beyond America's borders. Of course, two years ago, when they could use Afghanistan as a rhetorical tool to bash the Iraq War, Democrats thought sending more troops to Afghanistan was a sell idea. Pelosi included: "The war on terror is in Afghanistan. The fact that we weakened our commitment to Afghanistan in order to concentrate in Iraq has taken...

I just got this phone number (866)311-3405,from the SEIU action alert system.Its part of an attempt to leverage Barky`s speech and garner support for his socialist healthcare proposal or the "Employee Free Choice Act".It says they`ll pay for the call to your Congresscritter if you enter your zip code.I tried it and they did send me to my senator`s office, which is closed at this time of the evening.Would you like to place a call to your Congresscritter`s office courtesy of the union goons at SEIU?

The US and Russia have given differing responses to Iran's latest proposals on its nuclear programme. The proposals, aimed at ending the impasse over Iran's nuclear ambitions, were submitted to a group of six global powers on Wednesday. The US State Department said the proposals fell short of satisfying international demands. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said they contained something to work with. "Based on a brief review of the Iranian papers my impression is there is something there to use," Mr Lavrov said in Moscow. "The most important thing is (that) Iran is ready for a comprehensive discussion...

Here is video of Ann Coulter shooting it out with Bill O'Reilly tonight over President Obama's Health Care Speech. Coulter totally disagreed with O'Reilly that regulation in Health Care will make insurance companies more honest. Coulter believes competition is the better way, and pointed to the failure of regulation to prevent the mortgage meltdown. Coulter praised South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson for speaking the truth when he yelled out to Obama "You Lied." Coulter pointed out Democrats had voted down amendments that would have prevented coverage of illegal aliens and abortions. O'Reilly defended Obama as having said he would not...

Eight years have passed since the thousands of you Innocents of September left us. How easy time passes, how fast. This season we will be reminded of you as the retrospectives once again remind us of that 11th day of September 2001 through your visages. I didn’t know any of you, but yet I know who you were. I can imagine your lives as they were ongoing, up until those last moments when they were taken away by strangers. You were Mothers and Fathers…Sons and Daughters…Husbands and Wives…Friends of others…Who miss you still and still don’t understand how you could...

I thought I'd heard every possible charge about corruption at ACORN, a feisty, union-backed activist group that became infamous last year when it was investigated for voter registration fraud in 15 states. Just yesterday, 11 ACORN workers were accused by Florida prosecutors of falsifying information on some 900 voter registration forms. But this morning brings a Fox News report that ACORN officials in Baltimore offered to help get a housing loan and falsify tax documents for a proposed house of prostitution that would employ underage girls from El Salvador. ... In helping Mr. O'Keefe set up his supposed brothel, ACORN...

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During Obama's pro-Islamic Cairo speech, he promised that he would work with American Muslims so that they call fulfill their obligation of zakat. When Obama returned to America he said that he would ease the scrutiny of Islamic charities. Obviously Obama is well educated on Islam, but what he didn't tell us is that zakat is supposed to be divided into 8 categories. One of these is for Muslims fighting in the name of the Allah. Does anyone hear America Muslims warning us about this? I don't.

The machinists at Boeing's newly acquired Charleston facility have voted against continued representation by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), according to the employee hotline set up to notify the workforce of the result. Employees of Boeing Charleston voted 68 in favour of continued representation by the IAM and 199 against. A simple majority vote was required to continue the IAM's representation of the Boeing Charleston workforce. In reaction to the preliminary vote that has yet to be certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Boeing spokesman Tim Healy said in a statement it was happy...

ACORN engages in voter fraud and Obama invites them to shape national policy. ACORN engages in embezzlement schemes and Obama invites them to help with the national census next year. Now that ACORN is shown to be engaged in child prostitution rings, what will Obama offer them next? Control of America’s public schools? VIDEO: ACORN Aids And Abets Child Sex Trade 84rules September 10, 2009