CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 03/16/2011

ATF Cover Up: Illegal Arms Shipped to Mexico It is a right by the United States Constitution that you can own arms for protection. However, is it a "right" for ATF to literally send over 1,500 weapons to criminal cartels in Mexico to justify a "sting" operation? Like most Americans, I say NO! One federal agent is dead. Now the Mexican government is calling for hearings, or an investigation, into the so-called "Project Gunrunner" operation by the ATF. Read More

Park 51 Legal Challenge: Demolish for Islamic Building or Dedicate as 9/11 Landmark? A New York building set to be demolished for an Islamic cultural center and mosque should be preserved as a monument of the September 11 al Qaeda attacks, opponents of the mosque project said in court Tuesday. A lawsuit by a New York firefighter who survived the attacks in 2001 seeks to overturn a decision by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission last August denying landmark status to the Lower Manhattan building, clearing the way for the 16-story, $150 million center. Read More

Wholesale prices up 1.6 pct. on steep rise in food Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to higher energy costs and the steepest rise in food prices in 36 years. Excluding those volatile categories, inflation was tame. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the Producer Price Index rose a seasonally adjusted 1.6 percent in February -- double the 0.8 percent rise in the previous month. Outside of food and energy costs, the core index ticked up 0.2 percent, less than January's 0.5 percent rise. Read More